👑 Uttara Kanda

Sarga 18

37 shlokas

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Uttara Kanda 18.1

प्रविष्टायां हुताशं तु वेदवत्यां रावणः पुष्पकं तु समारुह्य परिचक्राम मेदिनीम् ।। 7.18.1 ।।

praviṣṭāyāṃ hutāśaṃ tu vedavatyāṃ sa rāvaṇaḥ | puṣpakaṃ tu samāruhya paricakrāma medinīm || 7.18.1 ||

Translation

Now when Vedavati had entered the fire, Ravana, mounting the Pushpaka chariot, roamed about over the earth.

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Uttara Kanda 18.2

ततो मरुत्तं नृपतिं यजन्तं सह दैवतैः उशीरबीजमासाद्य ददर्श तु रावणः ।। 7.18.2 ।।

tato maruttaṃ nṛpatiṃ yajantaṃ saha daivataiḥ | uśīrabījamāsādya dadarśa sa tu rāvaṇaḥ || 7.18.2 ||

Translation

Then, coming to Ushirabija, that Ravana beheld King Marutta performing a sacrifice together with the gods.

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Uttara Kanda 18.3

संवर्तो नाम ब्रह्मर्षिः साक्षाद्भ्राता बृहस्पतेः याजयामास धर्मज्ञः सर्वैर्देवगणैर्वृतः ।। 7.18.3 ।।

saṃvarto nāma brahmarṣiḥ sākṣādbhrātā bṛhaspateḥ | yājayāmāsa dharmajñaḥ sarvairdevagaṇairvṛtaḥ || 7.18.3 ||

Translation

A Brahmin-sage named Samvarta, the very brother of Brihaspati, knowing the law, was conducting the sacrifice for him, surrounded by all the hosts of the gods.

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Uttara Kanda 18.4

दृष्ट्वा देवास्तु तद्रक्षो वरदानेन दुर्जयम् तिर्यग्योनिं समाविष्टास्तस्य दर्शनभीरवः ।। 7.18.4 ।।

dṛṣṭvā devāstu tadrakṣo varadānena durjayam | tiryagyoniṃ samāviṣṭāstasya darśanabhīravaḥ || 7.18.4 ||

Translation

But the gods, seeing that Rakshasa made invincible by the boon granted to him, and fearful at the sight of him, entered into the wombs of animals.

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Uttara Kanda 18.5

इन्द्रो मयूरः संवृत्तो धर्मराजस्तु वायसः कृकलासो धनाध्यक्षो हंसश्च वरुणो ऽभवत् ।। 7.18.5 ।।

indro mayūraḥ saṃvṛtto dharmarājastu vāyasaḥ | kṛkalāso dhanādhyakṣo haṃsaśca varuṇo 'bhavat || 7.18.5 ||

Translation

Indra became a peacock; the King of Dharma (Yama) became a crow; the Lord of Wealth (Kubera) became a lizard; and Varuna became a swan.

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Uttara Kanda 18.6

अन्येष्वपि गतेष्वेवं देवेष्वरिनिषूदन रावणः प्राविशद्यज्ञं सारमेय इवाशुचिः ।। 7.18.6 ।।

anyeṣvapi gateṣvevaṃ deveṣvariniṣūdana | rāvaṇaḥ prāviśadyajñaṃ sārameya ivāśuciḥ || 7.18.6 ||

Translation

When the other gods too had thus departed, O slayer of foes, Ravana entered the sacrifice, unclean as a dog.

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Uttara Kanda 18.7

तं राजानमासाद्य रावणो राक्षसाधिपः प्राह युद्धं प्रयच्छेति निर्जितो ऽस्मीति वा वद ।। 7.18.7 ।।

taṃ ca rājānamāsādya rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ | prāha yuddhaṃ prayaccheti nirjito 'smīti vā vada || 7.18.7 ||

Translation

Approaching that king, Ravana, the lord of the Rakshasas, said: 'Give me battle, or else say, I am defeated.'

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Uttara Kanda 18.8

ततो मरुत्तो नृपतिः को भवानित्युवाच तम् अपहासं ततो मुक्त्वा रावणो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ।। 7.18.8 ।।

tato marutto nṛpatiḥ ko bhavānityuvāca tam | apahāsaṃ tato muktvā rāvaṇo vākyamabravīt || 7.18.8 ||

Translation

Then King Marutta said to him, 'Who are you?' Thereupon Ravana, breaking into mocking laughter, spoke these words.

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Uttara Kanda 18.9

अकुतूहलभावेन प्रीतो ऽस्मि तव पार्थिव धनदस्यानुजं यो मां नावगच्छसि रावणम् ।। 7.18.9 ।।

akutūhalabhāvena prīto 'smi tava pārthiva | dhanadasyānujaṃ yo māṃ nāvagacchasi rāvaṇam || 7.18.9 ||

Translation

O king, I am pleased with your unconcerned manner — you who do not recognize me, Ravana, as the younger brother of Kubera, the giver of wealth.

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Uttara Kanda 18.10

त्रिषु लोकेषु को ऽन्यो ऽस्ति यो जानाति मे बलम् भ्रातरं येन निर्जित्य विमानमिदमाहृतम् ततो मरुत्तः नृपस्तं रावणमथाब्रवीत् ।। 7.18.10 ।।

triṣu lokeṣu ko 'nyo 'sti yo na jānāti me balam | bhrātaraṃ yena nirjitya vimānamidamāhṛtam | tato maruttaḥ sa nṛpastaṃ rāvaṇamathābravīt || 7.18.10 ||

Translation

Who else is there in the three worlds that does not know my strength, by which I conquered my own brother and carried off this aerial chariot? Then King Marutta answered Ravana thus.

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Uttara Kanda 18.11

धन्यः खलु भवान्येन ज्येष्ठो भ्राता रणे जितः त्वया सदृशः श्लाध्यस्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते ।। 7.18.11 ।।

dhanyaḥ khalu bhavānyena jyeṣṭho bhrātā raṇe jitaḥ | na tvayā sadṛśaḥ ślādhyastriṣu lokeṣu vidyate || 7.18.11 ||

Translation

Fortunate indeed are you, by whom your elder brother was vanquished in battle; no one praiseworthy and equal to you exists in the three worlds.

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Uttara Kanda 18.12

नाधर्मसहितं श्लाध्यं तल्लोकं प्रतिसंहितम् कर्म दौरात्म्यकं कृत्वा श्लाघ्यसे भ्रातृनिर्जयात् ।। 7.18.12 ।।

nādharmasahitaṃ ślādhyaṃ tallokaṃ pratisaṃhitam | karma daurātmyakaṃ kṛtvā ślāghyase bhrātṛnirjayāt || 7.18.12 ||

Translation

That deed which is bound up with unrighteousness is not praiseworthy, nor is it conducive to the higher world; having done a wicked act, you are praised merely for the conquest of your brother.

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Uttara Kanda 18.13

त्वं प्राक्केवलं धर्मं चरित्वा लब्धवान्वरम् श्रूतपूर्वं हि मया भाषसे यादृशं स्वयम् ।। 7.18.13 ।।

ka tvaṃ prākkevalaṃ dharmaṃ caritvā labdhavānvaram | śrūtapūrvaṃ hi na mayā bhāṣase yādṛśaṃ svayam || 7.18.13 ||

Translation

Who are you? In a former time, by practicing only righteousness, you obtained a boon. Never before have I heard anyone speak of himself as you do.

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Uttara Kanda 18.14

तिष्ठेदानीं मे जीवन्प्रतियास्यसि दुर्मते अद्य त्वां निशितैर्बाणैः प्रेषयामि यमक्षयम् ।। 7.18.14 ।।

tiṣṭhedānīṃ na me jīvanpratiyāsyasi durmate | adya tvāṃ niśitairbāṇaiḥ preṣayāmi yamakṣayam || 7.18.14 ||

Translation

Stand now, evil-minded one; you shall not depart from me alive. Today with sharp arrows I shall dispatch you to the abode of Yama.

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Uttara Kanda 18.15

ततः शरासनं गृह्य सायकांश्च नराधिपः रणाय निर्ययौ क्रुद्धः संवर्तो मार्गमावृणोत् ।। 7.18.15 ।।

tataḥ śarāsanaṃ gṛhya sāyakāṃśca narādhipaḥ | raṇāya niryayau kruddhaḥ saṃvarto mārgamāvṛṇot || 7.18.15 ||

Translation

Then, taking up his bow and his arrows, the king, enraged, went forth to battle; but Samvarta blocked his path.

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Uttara Kanda 18.16

सो ऽब्रवीत्स्नेहसंयुक्तं मरुत्तं तं महानृषिः श्रोतव्यं यदि मद्वाक्यं सम्प्रहारो ते क्षमः ।। 7.18.16 ।।

so 'bravītsnehasaṃyuktaṃ maruttaṃ taṃ mahānṛṣiḥ | śrotavyaṃ yadi madvākyaṃ samprahāro na te kṣamaḥ || 7.18.16 ||

Translation

That great sage spoke to Marutta with affection: If my words are to be heeded, combat is not fitting for you.

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Uttara Kanda 18.17

माहेश्वरमिदं सत्रमसमाप्तं कुलं दहेत् ।। 7.18.17 ।।

māheśvaramidaṃ satramasamāptaṃ kulaṃ dahet || 7.18.17 ||

Translation

This sacrifice of Maheshvara (Shiva), if left unfinished, would consume your whole line.

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Uttara Kanda 18.18

दीक्षितस्य कुतो युद्धं क्रोधित्वं दीक्षिते कुतः संशयश्च जये नित्यं राक्षसश्च सुदुर्जयः ।। 7.18.18 ।।

dīkṣitasya kuto yuddhaṃ krodhitvaṃ dīkṣite kutaḥ | saṃśayaśca jaye nityaṃ rākṣasaśca sudurjayaḥ || 7.18.18 ||

Translation

How can there be fighting for one consecrated to a sacrifice? How can there be wrath in one so consecrated? Victory is ever uncertain, and the Rakshasa is exceedingly hard to conquer.

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Uttara Kanda 18.19

निवृत्तो गुरोर्वाक्यान्मरुत्तः पृथिवीपतिः विसृज्य सशरं चापं स्वस्थो मखमुखो ऽभवत् ।। 7.18.19 ।।

sa nivṛtto gurorvākyānmaruttaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ | visṛjya saśaraṃ cāpaṃ svastho makhamukho 'bhavat || 7.18.19 ||

Translation

At the words of his preceptor, King Marutta, lord of the earth, turned back; and laying aside his bow with its arrow, he composed himself and devoted himself to the sacrifice.

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Uttara Kanda 18.20

ततस्तं निर्जितं मत्वा घोषयामास वै शुकः रावणो जयतीत्युच्चैर्हर्षान्नादं विमुक्तवान् ।। 7.18.20 ।।

tatastaṃ nirjitaṃ matvā ghoṣayāmāsa vai śukaḥ | rāvaṇo jayatītyuccairharṣānnādaṃ vimuktavān || 7.18.20 ||

Translation

Then Shuka, deeming him vanquished, proclaimed aloud, 'Ravana is victorious!' and uttered a shout of joy.

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Uttara Kanda 18.21

तान्भक्षयित्वा तत्रस्थान्महर्षीन्यज्ञमागतान् वितृप्तो रुधिरैस्तेषां पुनः सम्प्रययौ महीम् ।। 7.18.21 ।।

tānbhakṣayitvā tatrasthānmaharṣīnyajñamāgatān | vitṛpto rudhiraisteṣāṃ punaḥ samprayayau mahīm || 7.18.21 ||

Translation

Having devoured the great sages who were present there, come to attend the sacrifice, and being sated with their blood, Ravana again set out across the earth.

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Uttara Kanda 18.22

रावणे तु गते देवाः सेन्द्राश्चैव दिवौकसः ततः स्वां योनिमासाद्य तानि सत्त्वानि चाब्रुवन् ।। 7.18.22 ।।

rāvaṇe tu gate devāḥ sendrāścaiva divaukasaḥ | tataḥ svāṃ yonimāsādya tāni sattvāni cābruvan || 7.18.22 ||

Translation

But when Ravana had departed, the gods together with Indra and the other dwellers of heaven, and those creatures, each returning to its own kind, spoke.

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Uttara Kanda 18.23

हर्षात्तदाब्रवीदिन्द्रो मयूरं नीलबर्हिणम् प्रीतो ऽस्मि तव धर्मज्ञ भुजङ्गाद्धि ते भयम् ।। 7.18.23 ।।

harṣāttadābravīdindro mayūraṃ nīlabarhiṇam | prīto 'smi tava dharmajña bhujaṅgāddhi na te bhayam || 7.18.23 ||

Translation

Then Indra, out of joy, said to the peacock with its blue plumage, 'I am pleased with you, O knower of righteousness; from the serpent you shall have no fear.'

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Uttara Kanda 18.24

इदं नेत्रसहस्रं तु यत्त्वद्बर्हे भविष्यति वर्षमाणे मयि मुदं प्राप्स्यसे प्रीतिलक्षणाम् एवमिन्द्रो वरं प्रादान्मयूरस्य सुरेश्वरः ।। 7.18.24 ।।

idaṃ netrasahasraṃ tu yattvadbarhe bhaviṣyati | varṣamāṇe mayi mudaṃ prāpsyase prītilakṣaṇām | evamindro varaṃ prādānmayūrasya sureśvaraḥ || 7.18.24 ||

Translation

'These thousand eye-like markings shall appear upon your feathers; and when I am raining, you shall feel a delight that bears the mark of love.' Thus Indra, lord of the gods, bestowed a boon upon the peacock.

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Uttara Kanda 18.25

नीलाः किल पुरा बर्हा मयूराणां नराधिप सुराधिपाद्वरं प्राप्य गताः सर्वे ऽपि बर्हिणः ।। 7.18.25 ।।

nīlāḥ kila purā barhā mayūrāṇāṃ narādhipa | surādhipādvaraṃ prāpya gatāḥ sarve 'pi barhiṇaḥ || 7.18.25 ||

Translation

O king, formerly the feathers of peacocks were blue; and having obtained a boon from the lord of the gods, all the peacocks departed.

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Uttara Kanda 18.26

धर्मराजो ऽब्रवीद्राम प्राग्वंशे वायसं स्थितम् पक्षिंस्तवास्मि सुप्रीतः प्रीतस्य वचनं शृणु ।। 7.18.26 ।।

dharmarājo 'bravīdrāma prāgvaṃśe vāyasaṃ sthitam | pakṣiṃstavāsmi suprītaḥ prītasya vacanaṃ śṛṇu || 7.18.26 ||

Translation

O Rama, Dharmaraja (Yama) said to the crow perched on the front of the sacrificial hall, 'O bird, I am well pleased with you; hear the words of one who is pleased.'

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Uttara Kanda 18.27

यथान्ये विविधै रोगै; पीड्यन्ते प्राणिनो मया ते ते प्रभविष्यन्ति मयि प्रीते संशयः ।। 7.18.27 ।।

yathānye vividhai rogai; pīḍyante prāṇino mayā | te na te prabhaviṣyanti mayi prīte na saṃśayaḥ || 7.18.27 ||

Translation

'As other living creatures are afflicted by me with various diseases, those diseases shall have no power over you, since I am pleased — of this there is no doubt.'

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Uttara Kanda 18.28

मृत्युतस्ते भयं नास्ति वरान्मम विहङ्गम यावत्त्वां वधिष्यन्ति नरास्तावद्भविष्यसि ।। 7.18.28 ।।

mṛtyutaste bhayaṃ nāsti varānmama vihaṅgama | yāvattvāṃ na vadhiṣyanti narāstāvadbhaviṣyasi || 7.18.28 ||

Translation

'You have no fear of death, O bird, by my boon; as long as men do not slay you, so long shall you live.'

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Uttara Kanda 18.29

एते मद्विषयस्था वै मानवाः क्षुद्भयार्दिताः त्वयि भुक्ते तु तृप्तास्ते भविष्यन्ति सबान्धवाः ।। 7.18.29 ।।

ete madviṣayasthā vai mānavāḥ kṣudbhayārditāḥ | tvayi bhukte tu tṛptāste bhaviṣyanti sabāndhavāḥ || 7.18.29 ||

Translation

These men dwelling within my domain are tormented by the fear of hunger; but when you have eaten, they together with their kinsmen shall be satisfied.

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Uttara Kanda 18.30

वरुणस्त्वब्रवीद्धंसं गङ्गातोयविहारिणम् श्रूयतां प्रीतिसंयुक्तं वचः पत्ररथेश्वर ।। 7.18.30 ।।

varuṇastvabravīddhaṃsaṃ gaṅgātoyavihāriṇam | śrūyatāṃ prītisaṃyuktaṃ vacaḥ patraratheśvara || 7.18.30 ||

Translation

Then Varuna said to the swan that sports in the waters of the Ganga: "Hear my words spoken with affection, O lord of the winged ones."

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Uttara Kanda 18.31

वर्णो मनोहरः सौम्यश्चन्द्रमण्डलसन्निभः भविष्यति तवोदग्रः शुद्धफेनसमप्रभः ।। 7.18.31 ।।

varṇo manoharaḥ saumyaścandramaṇḍalasannibhaḥ | bhaviṣyati tavodagraḥ śuddhaphenasamaprabhaḥ || 7.18.31 ||

Translation

"A charming and gentle color, resembling the disk of the moon, lofty and bright as pure foam, shall henceforth be yours."

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Uttara Kanda 18.32

मच्छरीरं समासाद्य कान्तो नित्यं भविष्यसि प्राप्स्यसे चातुलां प्रीतिमेतन्मे प्रीतिलक्षणम् ।। 7.18.32 ।।

maccharīraṃ samāsādya kānto nityaṃ bhaviṣyasi | prāpsyase cātulāṃ prītimetanme prītilakṣaṇam || 7.18.32 ||

Translation

"Coming into contact with my body, you shall ever be lovely, and you shall attain incomparable delight—this is the mark of my favor."

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Uttara Kanda 18.33

हंसानां हि पुरा राम नीलवर्णः सपाण्डुरः पक्षा नीलाग्रसंवीताः क्रोडाः शष्पाग्रनिर्मलाः ।। 7.18.33 ।।

haṃsānāṃ hi purā rāma nīlavarṇaḥ sapāṇḍuraḥ | pakṣā nīlāgrasaṃvītāḥ kroḍāḥ śaṣpāgranirmalāḥ || 7.18.33 ||

Translation

For formerly, O Rama, the color of swans was dark mixed with pale white; their wings were edged with dark, and their breasts were spotless like the tips of young grass.

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Uttara Kanda 18.34

अथाब्रवीद्वैश्रवणः कृकलासं गिरौ स्थितम् हैरण्यं सम्प्रयच्छामि वर्णं प्रीतस्तवाप्यहम् ।। 7.18.34 ।।

athābravīdvaiśravaṇaḥ kṛkalāsaṃ girau sthitam | hairaṇyaṃ samprayacchāmi varṇaṃ prītastavāpyaham || 7.18.34 ||

Translation

Then Vaishravana (Kubera) said to the chameleon that abode upon the mountain: "Pleased with you, I too bestow upon you a golden color."

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Uttara Kanda 18.35

सद्रव्यं शिरो नित्यं भविष्यति तवाक्षयम् एष काञ्चनको वर्णो मत्प्रीत्या ते भविष्यति ।। 7.18.35 ।।

sadravyaṃ ca śiro nityaṃ bhaviṣyati tavākṣayam | eṣa kāñcanako varṇo matprītyā te bhaviṣyati || 7.18.35 ||

Translation

"Your head shall ever be of fine substance and imperishable; through my favor this golden hue shall be yours."

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Uttara Kanda 18.36

एवं दत्त्वा वरांस्तेभ्यस्तस्मिन्यज्ञोत्सवे सुराः निवृत्ताः सह राज्ञा ते पुनः स्वभवनं गताः ।। 7.18.36 ।।

evaṃ dattvā varāṃstebhyastasminyajñotsave surāḥ | nivṛttāḥ saha rājñā te punaḥ svabhavanaṃ gatāḥ || 7.18.36 ||

Translation

Having thus granted boons to them at that festival of sacrifice, the gods, together with the king, departed and returned once more to their own abodes.

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Uttara Kanda 18.37

इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदुत्तरकाण्डे ऽष्टादशः सर्गः ।। 18 ।।

ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe 'ṣṭādaśaḥ sargaḥ || 18 ||

Translation

Thus ends the eighteenth canto of the venerable Uttara Kanda in the holy Ramayana, the first poem, composed by the sage Valmiki.