👑 Uttara Kanda

Sarga 30

56 shlokas

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Uttara Kanda 30.1

जिते महेन्द्रे ऽतिबले रावणस्य सुतेन वै प्रजापतिं पुरस्कृत्य ययुर्लङ्कां सुरास्तदा ।। 7.30.1 ।।

jite mahendre 'tibale rāvaṇasya sutena vai | prajāpatiṃ puraskṛtya yayurlaṅkāṃ surāstadā || 7.30.1 ||

Translation

When the mighty great Indra had been conquered by the son of Ravana, the gods then, placing the Lord of Creatures (Brahma) at their head, went to Lanka.

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Uttara Kanda 30.2

तत्र रावणमासाद्य पुत्रभ्रातृभिरावृतम् अब्रवीद्गगने तिष्ठन्सामपूर्वं प्रजापतिः ।। 7.30.2 ।।

tatra rāvaṇamāsādya putrabhrātṛbhirāvṛtam | abravīdgagane tiṣṭhansāmapūrvaṃ prajāpatiḥ || 7.30.2 ||

Translation

There, approaching Ravana, who was surrounded by his sons and brothers, the Lord of Creatures, standing in the sky, spoke, beginning with conciliatory words.

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Uttara Kanda 30.3

वत्स रावण तुष्टो ऽस्मि पुत्रस्य तव संयुगे अहो ऽस्य विक्रमौदार्यं तव तुल्यो ऽधिको ऽपि वा ।। 7.30.3 ।।

vatsa rāvaṇa tuṣṭo 'smi putrasya tava saṃyuge | aho 'sya vikramaudāryaṃ tava tulyo 'dhiko 'pi vā || 7.30.3 ||

Translation

"Dear Ravana, I am pleased with your son in battle. Ah, his valor and nobility are equal to yours, or even greater."

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Uttara Kanda 30.4

जितं हि भवता सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं स्वेन तेजसा कृता प्रतिज्ञा सफला प्रीतो ऽस्मि स्वसुतेन वै ।। 7.30.4 ।।

jitaṃ hi bhavatā sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ svena tejasā | kṛtā pratijñā saphalā prīto 'smi svasutena vai || 7.30.4 ||

Translation

"For the whole triple world has been conquered by you through your own might; your vow has been fulfilled. I am pleased with your son."

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Uttara Kanda 30.5

अयं पुत्रो ऽतिबलस्तव रावण वीर्यवान् जगतीन्द्रजिदित्येव परिख्यातो भविष्यति ।। 7.30.5 ।।

ayaṃ ca putro 'tibalastava rāvaṇa vīryavān | jagatīndrajidityeva parikhyāto bhaviṣyati || 7.30.5 ||

Translation

"And this son of yours, Ravana, of immense strength and valor, shall become renowned throughout the world by the very name Indrajit (Conqueror of Indra)."

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Uttara Kanda 30.6

बलवान्दुर्जयश्चैव भविष्यत्येव राक्षसः यं समाश्रित्य ते राजन्स्थापितास्त्रिदशा वशे ।। 7.30.6 ।।

balavāndurjayaścaiva bhaviṣyatyeva rākṣasaḥ | yaṃ samāśritya te rājansthāpitāstridaśā vaśe || 7.30.6 ||

Translation

"This rakshasa shall indeed become mighty and unconquerable, the one relying upon whom, O king, you have kept the gods under your control."

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Uttara Kanda 30.7

तन्मुच्यतां महाबाहो महेन्द्रः पाकशासनः किञ्चास्य मोक्षणार्थाय प्रयच्छन्तु दिवौकसः ।। 7.30.7 ।।

tanmucyatāṃ mahābāho mahendraḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | kiñcāsya mokṣaṇārthāya prayacchantu divaukasaḥ || 7.30.7 ||

Translation

"Therefore, O mighty-armed one, let great Indra, the chastiser of Paka, be released; and for the sake of his release, let the dwellers of heaven offer something."

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Uttara Kanda 30.8

अथाब्रवीन्महातेजा इन्द्रजित्समितिञ्जयः अमरत्वमहं देव वृणे यद्येष मुच्यते ।। 7.30.8 ।।

athābravīnmahātejā indrajitsamitiñjayaḥ | amaratvamahaṃ deva vṛṇe yadyeṣa mucyate || 7.30.8 ||

Translation

Then Indrajit of great splendor, victorious in battle, spoke: "O god, I choose immortality, if he is to be released."

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Uttara Kanda 30.9

चतुष्पदां खेचराणामन्येषां वा महौजसाम् वृक्षगुल्मक्षुपलतातृणोपलमहीभृताम् ।। 7.30.9 ।।

catuṣpadāṃ khecarāṇāmanyeṣāṃ vā mahaujasām | vṛkṣagulmakṣupalatātṛṇopalamahībhṛtām || 7.30.9 ||

Translation

"...whether of four-footed creatures, of those that move through the air, or of others of great might — of trees, shrubs, bushes, creepers, grasses, stones, and mountains."

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Uttara Kanda 30.10

सर्वे ऽपि जन्तवो ऽन्योन्यं भेतव्ये सति बिभ्यति अतो ऽत्र लोके सर्वेषां सर्वस्माच्च भवेद्भयम् ।। 7.30.10 ।।

sarve 'pi jantavo 'nyonyaṃ bhetavye sati bibhyati | ato 'tra loke sarveṣāṃ sarvasmācca bhavedbhayam || 7.30.10 ||

Translation

"All creatures fear one another when there is cause for fear; therefore here in this world there would be fear for all from everything."

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Uttara Kanda 30.11

ततो ऽब्रवीन्महातेजा मेघनादं प्रजापतिः नास्ति सर्वामरत्वं हि कस्यचित्प्राणिनो भुवि चतुष्पदः पक्षिणश्च भूतानां वा महौजसाम् ।। 7.30.11 ।।

tato 'bravīnmahātejā meghanādaṃ prajāpatiḥ | nāsti sarvāmaratvaṃ hi kasyacitprāṇino bhuvi | catuṣpadaḥ pakṣiṇaśca bhūtānāṃ vā mahaujasām || 7.30.11 ||

Translation

Then the Lord of Creatures of great splendor spoke to Meghanada: "There is no complete immortality for any living being on earth — neither for four-footed creatures, nor for birds, nor for beings of great might."

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Uttara Kanda 30.12

श्रुत्वा पितामहेनोक्तमिन्द्रजित्प्रभुणाव्ययम् ।। 7.30.12 ।।

śrutvā pitāmahenoktamindrajitprabhuṇāvyayam || 7.30.12 ||

Translation

Having heard the imperishable words spoken by the Grandfather, the mighty lord Indrajit replied to him.

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Uttara Kanda 30.13

्वं हि कस्यचित्प्राणिनो भुवि अथाब्रवीत्स तत्रस्थं मेघनादो महाबलः श्रूयतां वा भवेत्सिद्धिः शतक्रतुविमोक्षणे ।। 7.30.13 ।।

्vaṃ hi kasyacitprāṇino bhuvi | athābravītsa tatrasthaṃ meghanādo mahābalaḥ | śrūyatāṃ vā bhavetsiddhiḥ śatakratuvimokṣaṇe || 7.30.13 ||

Translation

"You are not in debt to any living being upon the earth." Then the mighty Meghanada said to him who stood there: "Let it be heard, that there may be a means whereby the performer of a hundred sacrifices may be released."

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Uttara Kanda 30.14

ममेष्टं नित्यशो हर्व्यैर्मन्त्रैः सम्पूज्य पावकम् सङ्ग्राममवतर्त्तुं शत्रुनिर्जयकाङ्क्षिणः ।। 7.30.14 ।।

mameṣṭaṃ nityaśo harvyairmantraiḥ sampūjya pāvakam | saṅgrāmamavatarttuṃ ca śatrunirjayakāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 7.30.14 ||

Translation

"It is my wish that, having always worshipped the Fire with oblations and with sacred mantras, when I desire to overcome my enemies and to descend into battle—

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Uttara Kanda 30.15

अश्वयुक्तो रथो मह्यमुत्तिष्ठेत्तु विभावसोः तत्स्थस्यामरता स्यान्मे एष मे निश्चयो वरः ।। 7.30.15 ।।

aśvayukto ratho mahyamuttiṣṭhettu vibhāvasoḥ | tatsthasyāmaratā syānme eṣa me niścayo varaḥ || 7.30.15 ||

Translation

"—a chariot yoked with horses should rise up for me from the Fire; and for me, when stationed in that chariot, let there be immortality. This is my chosen boon."

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Uttara Kanda 30.16

तस्मिन्यद्यसमाप्ते जप्यहोमे विभावसौ युध्येयं देव सङ्ग्रामे तदा मे स्याद्विनाशनम् ।। 7.30.16 ।।

tasminyadyasamāpte ca japyahome vibhāvasau | yudhyeyaṃ deva saṅgrāme tadā me syādvināśanam || 7.30.16 ||

Translation

"But if, O god, while that muttered prayer and oblation in the Fire is left unfinished, I should fight in battle, then let there be destruction for me."

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Uttara Kanda 30.17

सर्वो हि तपसा देव वृणोत्यमरतां पुमान् विक्रमेण मया त्वेतदमरत्वं प्रवर्तितम् ।। 7.30.17 ।।

sarvo hi tapasā deva vṛṇotyamaratāṃ pumān | vikrameṇa mayā tvetadamaratvaṃ pravartitam || 7.30.17 ||

Translation

"For, O god, every man wins immortality through austerity; but by me this immortality has been brought about through valor."

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Uttara Kanda 30.18

एवमस्त्विति तं चाह वाक्यं देवः पितामहः मुक्तश्चेन्द्रजिता शक्रो गताश्च त्रिदिवं सुराः ।। 7.30.18 ।।

evamastviti taṃ cāha vākyaṃ devaḥ pitāmahaḥ | muktaścendrajitā śakro gatāśca tridivaṃ surāḥ || 7.30.18 ||

Translation

"So be it," the divine Grandfather said to him in reply. Then Shakra was released by Indrajit, and the gods went to heaven.

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Uttara Kanda 30.19

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राम दीनो भ्रष्टाम्बरद्युतिः इन्द्रश्चिन्तापरीतात्मा ध्यानतत्परतां गतः ।। 7.30.19 ।।

etasminnantare rāma dīno bhraṣṭāmbaradyutiḥ | indraścintāparītātmā dhyānatatparatāṃ gataḥ || 7.30.19 ||

Translation

Meanwhile, O Rama, Indra, wretched and with the luster of his garments fallen away, his mind beset with anxiety, became absorbed in meditation.

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Uttara Kanda 30.20

तं तु दृष्ट्वा तथाभूतं प्राह देवः प्रजापतिः शतक्रतो किमु पुरा करोति स्म सुदुष्कृतम् ।। 7.30.20 ।।

taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā tathābhūtaṃ prāha devaḥ prajāpatiḥ | śatakrato kimu purā karoti sma suduṣkṛtam || 7.30.20 ||

Translation

Seeing him in such a state, the divine Lord of creatures, Prajapati, said: "O Shatakratu, what very wicked deed did you formerly commit?"

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Uttara Kanda 30.21

अमरेन्द्र मया बह्व्यः प्रजाः सृष्टास्तथा प्रभो एकवर्णाः समाभाषा एकरूपाश्च सर्वशः ।। 7.30.21 ।।

amarendra mayā bahvyaḥ prajāḥ sṛṣṭāstathā prabho | ekavarṇāḥ samābhāṣā ekarūpāśca sarvaśaḥ || 7.30.21 ||

Translation

"O lord of the immortals, O master, many creatures were created by me, and they were all of one color, of like speech, and of one form in every respect."

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Uttara Kanda 30.22

तासां नास्ति विशेषो हि दर्शने लक्षणे ऽपि वा ततो ऽहमेकाग्रमनास्ताः प्रजाः परिचिन्तयम् ।। 7.30.22 ।।

tāsāṃ nāsti viśeṣo hi darśane lakṣaṇe 'pi vā | tato 'hamekāgramanāstāḥ prajāḥ paricintayam || 7.30.22 ||

Translation

"Among them there was no distinction whatever, neither in appearance nor in marks; therefore, with single-minded attention, I pondered over those creatures."

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Uttara Kanda 30.23

सो ऽहं तासां विशेषार्थं स्त्रियमेकां विनिर्ममे यद्यत्प्रजानां प्रत्यङ्गं विशिष्टं तत्तदुद्धृतम् ।। 7.30.23 ।।

so 'haṃ tāsāṃ viśeṣārthaṃ striyamekāṃ vinirmame | yadyatprajānāṃ pratyaṅgaṃ viśiṣṭaṃ tattaduddhṛtam || 7.30.23 ||

Translation

"So, for the sake of distinction among them, I fashioned a single woman; and whatever was most excellent in each limb of the creatures, that was drawn out and taken up."

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Uttara Kanda 30.24

ततो मया रूपगुणैरहल्या स्त्री विनिर्मिता हलं नामेह वैरूपं हल्यं तत्प्रभवं भवेत् ।। 7.30.24 ।।

tato mayā rūpaguṇairahalyā strī vinirmitā | halaṃ nāmeha vairūpaṃ halyaṃ tatprabhavaṃ bhavet || 7.30.24 ||

Translation

"Then by me, through her beauty and qualities, the woman Ahalya was fashioned. Here 'hala' means ugliness, and 'halya' would be that which arises from it."

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Uttara Kanda 30.25

यस्मान्न विद्यते हल्यं तेनाहल्येति विश्रुता अहल्येति मया शक्र तस्या नाम प्रवर्तितम् ।। 7.30.25 ।।

yasmānna vidyate halyaṃ tenāhalyeti viśrutā | ahalyeti mayā śakra tasyā nāma pravartitam || 7.30.25 ||

Translation

"Because no ugliness (halya) is found in her, therefore she is renowned as Ahalya; and thus the name Ahalya was given to her by me, O Shakra."

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Uttara Kanda 30.26

निर्मितायां देवेन्द्र तस्यां नार्यां सुरर्षभ भविष्यतीति कस्यैषा मम चिन्ता ततो ऽभवत् ।। 7.30.26 ।।

nirmitāyāṃ ca devendra tasyāṃ nāryāṃ surarṣabha | bhaviṣyatīti kasyaiṣā mama cintā tato 'bhavat || 7.30.26 ||

Translation

"And when that woman had been fashioned, O lord of the gods, O bull among the immortals, the anxious thought then arose in me as to whose she should become."

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Uttara Kanda 30.27

त्वं तु शक्र तदा नारीं जानीषे मनसा प्रभो स्थानाधिकतया पत्नी ममैषेति पुरन्दर ।। 7.30.27 ।।

tvaṃ tu śakra tadā nārīṃ jānīṣe manasā prabho | sthānādhikatayā patnī mamaiṣeti purandara || 7.30.27 ||

Translation

"But you, O Shakra, then knew that woman in your mind, O lord, thinking, 'Because of the eminence of my station, she is my wife,' O Purandara."

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Uttara Kanda 30.28

सा मया न्यासभूता तु गौतमस्य महात्मनः न्यस्ता बहूनि वर्षाणि तेन निर्यातिता ।। 7.30.28 ।।

sā mayā nyāsabhūtā tu gautamasya mahātmanaḥ | nyastā bahūni varṣāṇi tena niryātitā ca ha || 7.30.28 ||

Translation

"But she was placed by me as a thing held in trust with the great-souled Gautama; deposited with him for many years, she was afterward returned by him."

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Uttara Kanda 30.29

ततस्तस्य परिज्ञाय महास्थैर्यं महामुनेः ज्ञात्वा तपसि सिद्धिं पत्न्यर्थं स्पर्शिता तदा ।। 7.30.29 ।।

tatastasya parijñāya mahāsthairyaṃ mahāmuneḥ | jñātvā tapasi siddhiṃ ca patnyarthaṃ sparśitā tadā || 7.30.29 ||

Translation

"Then, having recognized the great steadfastness of that great sage, and knowing his perfection in austerity, she was at that time given to him to be his wife."

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Uttara Kanda 30.30

सङ्क्रुद्धस्त्वं हि धर्मात्मन् गत्वा तस्याश्रमं मुनेः दृष्टवांश्च तदा तां स्त्रीं दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव ।। 7.30.30 ।।

saṅkruddhastvaṃ hi dharmātman gatvā tasyāśramaṃ muneḥ | dṛṣṭavāṃśca tadā tāṃ strīṃ dīptāmagniśikhāmiva || 7.30.30 ||

Translation

"But you, O righteous one, filled with rage, went to the hermitage of that sage and then beheld that woman, blazing like the flame of fire."

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Uttara Kanda 30.31

सा त्वया धर्षिता शक्र कामार्तेन समन्युना दृष्टस्त्वं तदा तेन ह्याश्रमे परमर्षिणा ।। 7.30.31 ।।

sā tvayā dharṣitā śakra kāmārtena samanyunā | dṛṣṭastvaṃ ca tadā tena hyāśrame paramarṣiṇā || 7.30.31 ||

Translation

"She was violated by you, O Shakra, afflicted with desire and full of passion; and at that time you were seen there in the hermitage by that supreme sage."

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Uttara Kanda 30.32

ततः क्रुद्धेन तेना ऽसि शप्तः परमतेजसा गतो ऽसि येन देवेन्द्र दशाभागविपर्ययम् ।। 7.30.32 ।।

tataḥ kruddhena tenā 'si śaptaḥ paramatejasā | gato 'si yena devendra daśābhāgaviparyayam || 7.30.32 ||

Translation

Then, O Indra, you were cursed in his wrath by that one of supreme splendor, on account of which you fell into the loss of a tenth part of your power.

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Uttara Kanda 30.33

यस्मान्मे धर्षिता पत्नी त्वया वासव निर्भयम् तस्मात्त्वं समरे राजञ्छत्रुहस्तं गमिष्यसि ।। 7.30.33 ।।

yasmānme dharṣitā patnī tvayā vāsava nirbhayam | tasmāttvaṃ samare rājañchatruhastaṃ gamiṣyasi || 7.30.33 ||

Translation

Because my wife was violated by you fearlessly, O Vasava, for that reason, O king, you shall in battle fall into the hand of your enemy.

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Uttara Kanda 30.34

अयं तु भावो दुर्बुद्धे यस्त्वयेह प्रवर्तितः मानुषेष्वपि लोकेषु भविष्यति संशयः ।। 7.30.34 ।।

ayaṃ tu bhāvo durbuddhe yastvayeha pravartitaḥ | mānuṣeṣvapi lokeṣu bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 7.30.34 ||

Translation

And this deed which has been set in motion by you here, O evil-minded one, shall come to pass among the worlds of men as well; of this there is no doubt.

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Uttara Kanda 30.35

तत्रार्धं तस्य यः कर्ता त्वय्यर्धं निपतिष्यति ते स्थावरं स्थानं भविष्यति संशयः ।। 7.30.35 ।।

tatrārdhaṃ tasya yaḥ kartā tvayyardhaṃ nipatiṣyati | na ca te sthāvaraṃ sthānaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 7.30.35 ||

Translation

Therein half of that deed shall fall upon whoever commits it, and the other half shall descend upon you; and your station shall not be stable, of this there is no doubt.

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Uttara Kanda 30.36

यश्च यश्च सुरेन्द्रः स्याद्ध्रुवः भविष्यति एष शापो मया मुक्त इत्यसौ त्वां तदा ऽब्रवीत् ।। 7.30.36 ।।

yaśca yaśca surendraḥ syāddhruvaḥ sa na bhaviṣyati | eṣa śāpo mayā mukta ityasau tvāṃ tadā 'bravīt || 7.30.36 ||

Translation

And whoever should become lord of the gods, he shall not remain secure in that office. 'This curse is released by me'—thus did he then speak to you.

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Uttara Kanda 30.37

तां तु भार्यां निर्भर्त्स्य सो ऽब्रवीत्सुमहातपाः दुर्विनीते विनिध्वंस ममाश्रमसमीपतः ।। 7.30.37 ।।

tāṃ tu bhāryāṃ sa nirbhartsya so 'bravītsumahātapāḥ | durvinīte vinidhvaṃsa mamāśramasamīpataḥ || 7.30.37 ||

Translation

And having rebuked that wife of his, the one of mighty austerity spoke: 'O ill-conducted woman, be destroyed from the vicinity of my hermitage.'

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Uttara Kanda 30.38

रूपयौवनसम्पन्ना यस्मात्त्वमनवस्थिता तस्माद्रूपवती लोके त्वमेका भविष्यति ।। 7.30.38 ।।

rūpayauvanasampannā yasmāttvamanavasthitā | tasmādrūpavatī loke na tvamekā bhaviṣyati || 7.30.38 ||

Translation

'Because you, endowed with beauty and youth, have not remained steadfast, for that reason you shall not be the only beautiful woman in the world.'

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Uttara Kanda 30.39

रूपं ते प्रजाः सर्वा गमिष्यन्ति संशयः यत्तदेकं समाश्रित्य विभ्रमो ऽयमुपस्थितः ।। 7.30.39 ।।

rūpaṃ ca te prajāḥ sarvā gamiṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ | yattadekaṃ samāśritya vibhramo 'yamupasthitaḥ || 7.30.39 ||

Translation

'And all creatures shall come to possess your beauty, of this there is no doubt—that beauty, relying upon which alone this delusion has arisen.'

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Uttara Kanda 30.40

तदाप्रभृति भूयिष्ठं प्रजा रूपसमन्विताः सा तं प्रसादयामास महर्षिं गौतमं तदा ।। 7.30.40 ।।

tadāprabhṛti bhūyiṣṭhaṃ prajā rūpasamanvitāḥ | sā taṃ prasādayāmāsa maharṣiṃ gautamaṃ tadā || 7.30.40 ||

Translation

From that time onward creatures became very largely endowed with beauty. Then she sought to propitiate that great sage Gautama.

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Uttara Kanda 30.41

अज्ञानाद्धर्षिता विप्र त्वद्रूपेण दिवौकसा कामकाराद्विप्रर्षे प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि ।। 7.30.41 ।।

ajñānāddharṣitā vipra tvadrūpeṇa divaukasā | na kāmakārādviprarṣe prasādaṃ kartumarhasi || 7.30.41 ||

Translation

'Through ignorance was I violated, O brahmin, by the dweller in heaven in your form; not through willful desire, O sage among brahmins—it behooves you to show grace.'

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Uttara Kanda 30.42

अहल्यया त्वेवमुक्तः प्रत्युवाच गौतमः उत्पत्स्यति महातेजा इक्ष्वाकूणां महारथः ।। 7.30.42 ।।

ahalyayā tvevamuktaḥ pratyuvāca sa gautamaḥ | utpatsyati mahātejā ikṣvākūṇāṃ mahārathaḥ || 7.30.42 ||

Translation

Thus addressed by Ahalya, that Gautama replied: 'There shall be born a mighty warrior of great splendor among the Ikshvakus,'

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Uttara Kanda 30.43

रामो नाम श्रुतो लोके वनं चाप्युपयास्यति ब्राह्मणार्थे महाबाहुर्विष्णुर्मानुषविग्रहः तं द्रक्ष्यसि यदा भद्रे ततः पूता भविष्यसि ।। 7.30.43 ।।

rāmo nāma śruto loke vanaṃ cāpyupayāsyati | brāhmaṇārthe mahābāhurviṣṇurmānuṣavigrahaḥ | taṃ drakṣyasi yadā bhadre tataḥ pūtā bhaviṣyasi || 7.30.43 ||

Translation

'known in the world as Rama by name, and he shall come to the forest; the mighty-armed one, for the sake of a brahmin, Vishnu in human form. When you behold him, O gentle lady, then you shall become purified.'

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Uttara Kanda 30.44

हि पावयितुं शक्तस्त्वया यद्दुष्कृतं कृतम् तस्यातिथ्यं कृत्वा वै मत्समीपं गमिष्यसि ।। 7.30.44 ।।

sa hi pāvayituṃ śaktastvayā yadduṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam | tasyātithyaṃ ca kṛtvā vai matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyasi || 7.30.44 ||

Translation

'For he is able to purify the wrongdoing that has been committed by you; and having shown him hospitality, you shall come into my presence.'

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Uttara Kanda 30.45

वत्स्यसि त्वं मया सार्धं तदा हि वरवर्णिनि एवमुक्त्वा विप्रर्षिराजगाम स्वमाश्रमम् ।। 7.30.45 ।।

vatsyasi tvaṃ mayā sārdhaṃ tadā hi varavarṇini | evamuktvā sa viprarṣirājagāma svamāśramam || 7.30.45 ||

Translation

'Then indeed you shall dwell together with me, O fair-complexioned one.' Having spoken thus, that sage among brahmins went away to his own hermitage.

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Uttara Kanda 30.46

तपश्चाचार सुमहत्सा पत्नी ब्रह्मवादिनः शापोत्सर्गाद्धि तस्येदं मुनेः सर्वमुपस्थितम् ।। 7.30.46 ।।

tapaścācāra sumahatsā patnī brahmavādinaḥ | śāpotsargāddhi tasyedaṃ muneḥ sarvamupasthitam || 7.30.46 ||

Translation

And she, the wife of the expounder of Brahman, practiced very great austerity; for all this came upon that sage through the pronouncing of his curse.

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Uttara Kanda 30.47

तत्स्मर त्वं महाबाहो दुष्कृतं यत्त्वया कृतम् तेन त्वं ग्रहणं शत्रोर्यातो नान्येन वासव ।। 7.30.47 ।।

tatsmara tvaṃ mahābāho duṣkṛtaṃ yattvayā kṛtam | tena tvaṃ grahaṇaṃ śatroryāto nānyena vāsava || 7.30.47 ||

Translation

Therefore call to mind, O mighty-armed one, the wrongdoing that was committed by you; through that, O Vasava, you fell into the seizing by your enemy and through no other cause.

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Uttara Kanda 30.48

शीघ्रं वै यज यज्ञं त्वं वैष्णवं सुसमाहितः पावितस्तेन यज्ञेन यास्यसे त्रिदिवं ततः ।। 7.30.48 ।।

śīghraṃ vai yaja yajñaṃ tvaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ susamāhitaḥ | pāvitastena yajñena yāsyase tridivaṃ tataḥ || 7.30.48 ||

Translation

Swiftly indeed perform the Vaishnava sacrifice, well-concentrated; purified by that sacrifice, you shall thereafter go to heaven.

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Uttara Kanda 30.49

पुत्रश्च तव देवेन्द्र विनष्टो महारणे नीतः सन्निहितश्चैव आर्यकेण महोदधौ ।। 7.30.49 ।।

putraśca tava devendra na vinaṣṭo mahāraṇe | nītaḥ sannihitaścaiva āryakeṇa mahodadhau || 7.30.49 ||

Translation

And your son, O Indra, was not destroyed in the great battle; he was carried off and kept safe by his maternal grandfather within the great ocean.

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Uttara Kanda 30.50

एतच्छ्रुत्वा महेन्द्रस्तु यज्ञमिष्ट्वा वैष्णवम् पुनस्त्रिदिवमाक्रामदन्वशासच्च देवराट् ।। 7.30.50 ।।

etacchrutvā mahendrastu yajñamiṣṭvā ca vaiṣṇavam | punastridivamākrāmadanvaśāsacca devarāṭ || 7.30.50 ||

Translation

Having heard this, the great Indra, and having offered the Vaishnava sacrifice, again ascended to heaven, and the king of the gods resumed his rule.

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Uttara Kanda 30.51

एतदिन्द्रजितो नाम बलं यत्कीर्तितं मया निर्जितस्तेन देवेन्द्रः प्राणिनो ऽन्ये तु किं पुनः ।। 7.30.51 ।।

etadindrajito nāma balaṃ yatkīrtitaṃ mayā | nirjitastena devendraḥ prāṇino 'nye tu kiṃ punaḥ || 7.30.51 ||

Translation

This is the might of him named Indrajit which has been recounted by me; by him the lord of the gods himself was vanquished—how much more, then, other living beings?

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Uttara Kanda 30.52

आश्चर्यमिति रामश्च लक्ष्मणश्चाब्रवीत्तदा अगस्त्यवचनं श्रुत्वा वानरा राक्षसास्तदा ।। 7.30.52 ।।

āścaryamiti rāmaśca lakṣmaṇaścābravīttadā | agastyavacanaṃ śrutvā vānarā rākṣasāstadā || 7.30.52 ||

Translation

"How wonderful!" exclaimed both Rama and Lakshmana then; and the vanaras and the rakshasas too, having heard the words of Agastya, were filled with wonder.

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Uttara Kanda 30.53

विभीषणस्तु रामस्य पार्श्वस्थो वाक्यमब्रवीत् आश्चर्यं स्मारितो ऽस्म्यद्य यत्तद्दृष्टं पुरातनम् ।। 7.30.53 ।।

vibhīṣaṇastu rāmasya pārśvastho vākyamabravīt | āścaryaṃ smārito 'smyadya yattaddṛṣṭaṃ purātanam || 7.30.53 ||

Translation

Then Vibhishana, standing at Rama's side, spoke these words: "I have been reminded today of a marvel, that ancient thing which was once witnessed."

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Uttara Kanda 30.54

अगस्त्यं त्वब्रवीद्रामः सत्यमेतच्छ्रुतं मे ।। 7.30.54 ।।

agastyaṃ tvabravīdrāmaḥ satyametacchrutaṃ ca me || 7.30.54 ||

Translation

And Rama said to Agastya, "This is true, and I too have heard of it."

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Uttara Kanda 30.55

एवं राम समुद्भूतो रावणो लोककण्टकः सपुत्रो येन सङ्ग्रामे जितः शक्रः सुरेश्वरः ।। 7.30.55 ।।

evaṃ rāma samudbhūto rāvaṇo lokakaṇṭakaḥ | saputro yena saṅgrāme jitaḥ śakraḥ sureśvaraḥ || 7.30.55 ||

Translation

"Thus, O Rama, arose Ravana, that thorn in the side of the world, by whom, together with his son, Shakra the lord of the gods was vanquished in battle."

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Uttara Kanda 30.56

इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदुत्तरकाण्डे त्रिंशः सर्गः ।। 30 ।।

ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe triṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 30 ||

Translation

Thus ends the thirtieth canto in the venerable Uttara Kanda of the sacred Ramayana, the first epic poem composed by the sage Valmiki.