रघुनाथ इति ख्यातिं गमिष्यति महामनाः । तेषामनंतनामानि रामस्य बलिनः सखि
He, great of mind, will become renowned as Raghunātha; these are the countless names of Rāma, the powerful one, O friend.
पद्मकोश इव शोभनं मुखं । पंकजाभनयने सुदीर्घके । उन्नता पृथुमनोहरा नसा । वल्गुसंगत मनोहरे भ्रुवौ
His face is beautiful like a lotus bud; his eyes are long, resembling lotuses; his nose is high, broad, and charming; his brows are lovely, gracefully joined and captivating.
जानुलंबित मनोहरौ भुजौ । कंबुशोभिगलकोऽतिह्रस्वकः । सत्कपाटतलविस्तृतश्रिकं । वक्ष एतदमलं सलक्ष्मकम्
His arms are long and delightful, reaching to his knees; his neck shines like a conch, and is very short; his chest is broad, splendid, and marked with auspicious signs, pure and radiant.
शोभनोरुकटिशोभया युतं । जानुयुग्मममलं स्वसेवितम् । पादपद्ममखिलैर्निजैः सदा । सेवितं रघुपतिं सुशोभनम्
He is endowed with the beauty of shapely thighs and hips; his pair of knees is spotless and well-formed; his lotus-like feet are always served by his own attendants—such is the splendid Raghupati.
एतद्रूपधरो रामो मया किं तु स वर्ण्यते । शताननोपि नो याति पक्षिणः किमु मादृशाः
Rāma assumes such a form—how can I possibly describe him? Even the thousand-headed one cannot reach it; how then could birds like us?
यद्रूपं वीक्ष्य ललिता मनोहरवपुर्धरा । लक्ष्मीर्मुमोह भुविका वर्तते या न मोहति
Seeing that form, adorned with beauty and captivating charm, even Lakṣmī was bewildered—she who is never deluded upon earth.
महाबलो महावीर्यो महामोहनरूपधृक् । किं वर्णयामि श्रीरामं सर्वैश्वर्यगुणान्वितम्
He is of great strength, great valor, and bears a supremely enchanting form—how can I describe Śrī Rāma, endowed with all lordly qualities?
धन्या सा जानकीदेवी महामोहनरूपधृक् । रंस्यते येन सहिता वर्षाणामयुतं मुदा
Blessed indeed is Lady Jānakī, who will delight together with him, the bearer of the supremely enchanting form, for ten thousand years in joy.
त्वं कासि किं तु नामासि बत सुंदरि यत्तु माम् । परिपृच्छसि वैदग्ध्याद्रामकीर्तनमादरात्
Who are you, and what is your name, O beautiful one, that you ask me so skillfully, with such eagerness, about the praise of Rāma?
एतद्वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य जानकी पक्षिणोर्युगम् । उवाच जन्मललितं शंसंती स्वस्य मोहनम्
Hearing these words, Jānakī spoke to the pair of birds, recounting her noble birth and the cause of her own enchantment.
या त्वया जानकी प्रोक्ता साहं जनकपुत्रिका । स रामो मां यदाभ्येत्य प्राप्स्यते सुमनोहरः
I am she whom you called Jānakī, the daughter of Janaka; that supremely charming Rāma will come and obtain me.
तदा वां मोचयाम्यद्धानान्यथा वाक्यलोभिता । लालयामि सुखेनास्तां मद्गेहे मधुराक्षरौ
Then I will surely release you both, or else, enticed by your words, I will fondly keep her in my house with happiness, O sweet-voiced ones.
इत्युक्तं तत्समाकर्ण्य वेपतुर्भयतां गतौ । परस्परं प्रक्षुभितौ जानकीमित्यवोचताम्
When she had spoken thus and they heard it, the birds trembled in fear; agitated, they addressed Jānakī together.
वयं वै पक्षिणः साध्वि वनस्था वृक्षगोचराः । परिभ्रमाम सर्वत्र नो सुखं नो भवेद्गृहे
We are but birds, O virtuous lady, dwelling in the forest among the trees; we wander everywhere—there is no happiness for us in a house.
अंतर्वत्नी स्वके स्थाने गत्वा संसूय पुत्रकान् । त्वत्स्थानमागमिष्यामि सत्यं मे ह्युदितं वचः
Let my mate remain in her own place and hatch the young; after that, I will come to your abode—my words are truly spoken.
एवं प्रोक्ता तया सा तु न मुमोच शुकीं स्वयम् । तदापतिस्तां प्रोवाच विनीतवदनुत्सुकः
Though thus addressed by him, she did not release the female parrot; then her mate, eager yet humble, spoke to her.
सीते मुंच कथं भार्यां रक्षसे मे मनोहरीम् । आवां गच्छाव विपिने विचरावः सुखं वने
O Sītā, release my beloved wife—how can you keep her captive? Let us both go into the forest and wander happily there.
अंतर्वत्नी तु वर्तेत भार्या मम मनोरमा । तस्याः प्रसूतिं कृत्वा त्वामागमिष्यामि शोभने
Let my mate, my lovely wife, remain there; after she has given birth, O beautiful one, I will come to you.
इत्युक्ता निजगादेमं सुखं गच्छ महामते । एतां रक्षामि सुखिनीं मत्पार्श्वे प्रियकारिणीम्
Thus addressed, she replied: 'Go happily, O wise one; I will keep her safe and content, performing loving acts at my side.'
इत्युक्तो दुःखितः पक्षी तामूचे करुणान्वितः । योगिभिः प्रोच्यते यद्वै तद्वचस्तथ्यमेव हि
Thus spoken to, the sorrowful bird said to her with compassion: 'What is spoken by yogis is indeed true.'
न वक्तव्यं न वक्तव्यं मौनमाश्रित्य तिष्ठताम् । नोचेत्स वाक्यदोषेण प्राप्नोत्यालानमुन्मदः
'One should not speak, one should not speak—let them remain in silence; otherwise, through the fault of speech, a madman meets with bondage.'
वयं चेदत्र वाक्यं नाकरिष्याम नगोपरि । बंधनं कथमावां स्यात्तस्मान्मौनं समाचरेत्
'If we had not spoken these words here, atop the mountain, how could this bondage have come upon us? Therefore, one should practice silence.'
इत्युक्त्वा तां प्रत्युवाच नाहं जीवामि सुंदरि । एतया भार्यया सीते तस्मान्मुंच मनोहरे
Having said this, he replied to her, 'O beautiful one, I cannot live with this wife, O Sītā; therefore, let her go, O charming one.'
अनेकविधवाक्यैः सा बोधिता नामुचत्तदा । कुपिता दुःखिता भार्या शशाप जनकात्मजाम्
Though addressed with many kinds of words, she did not let go at that time; angered and distressed, the wife cursed the daughter of Janaka.
यथा त्वं पतिना सार्धं वियोजयसि मामितः । तथा त्वमपि रामेण वियुक्ता भव गर्भिणी
Just as you separate me here from my husband, so too, may you, while pregnant, be separated from Rāma.
इत्युक्तवत्यां तस्यां तु दुःखितायां पुनः पुनः । प्राणा निरगमन्दुःखात्पतिदुःखेन पूरितात्
As she spoke thus, again and again, in her grief, her life departed due to sorrow, filled with the pain of her husband.
रामं रामं स्मरंत्याश्च वदंत्यांश्च पुनः पुनः । विमानमागतं सुष्ठु पक्षिणी स्वर्गता बभौ
As she remembered Rāma and called out his name again and again, a splendid aerial chariot arrived, and the bird-wife appeared to ascend to heaven.
तस्यां मृतायां दुःखार्तो भर्ता तस्याः स पक्षिराट् । परमं क्रोधमापन्नो जाह्नव्यां दुःखितोऽपतत्
When she had died, her husband, the king of birds, afflicted with grief, fell into the Jahnavī river, overwhelmed by intense anger.
तथा भवामि रामस्य नगरे जनपूरिते । मद्वाक्यादियमुद्विग्ना वियोगेन सुदुःखिता
So shall it be in Rāma's city, filled with people; because of my words, she will be disturbed, and deeply afflicted by separation.
इत्युक्त्वा स पपातोदे जाह्नव्या भ्रमशोभिते । दुःखितः कुपितो भीतस्तद्वियोगेन कंपितः
Having said this, he fell into the beautiful, flowing Jahnavī, suffering, enraged, fearful, shaken by that separation.