शोभनोरुकटिशोभया युतं । जानुयुग्मममलं स्वसेवितम् । पादपद्ममखिलैर्निजैः सदा । सेवितं रघुपतिं सुशोभनम्
Adorned with beautiful garments and a radiant waist, his spotless knees are lovingly served; his lotus feet are always attended by his own, and Raghupati shines resplendent.
एतद्रूपधरो रामो मया किं तु स वर्ण्यते । शताननोपि नो याति पक्षिणः किमु मादृशाः
Rama assumes this form, yet how can I describe him? Even the hundred-faced cannot reach him—how then could birds like me?
यद्रूपं वीक्ष्य ललिता मनोहरवपुर्धरा । लक्ष्मीर्मुमोह भुविका वर्तते या न मोहति
Upon seeing his form, so graceful and captivating, Lakshmi herself was bewildered on earth, though she is never deluded.
महाबलो महावीर्यो महामोहनरूपधृक् । किं वर्णयामि श्रीरामं सर्वैश्वर्यगुणान्वितम्
He is mighty, powerful, and bears a form of supreme enchantment; how can I portray Shri Rama, endowed with all qualities of sovereignty?
धन्या सा जानकीदेवी महामोहनरूपधृक् । रंस्यते येन सहिता वर्षाणामयुतं मुदा
Blessed is the goddess Janaki, who possesses a form of supreme enchantment; with him she delights joyfully for ten thousand years.
त्वं कासि किं तु नामासि बत सुंदरि यत्तु माम् । परिपृच्छसि वैदग्ध्याद्रामकीर्तनमादरात्
Who are you, what is your name, O beautiful one? Yet you question me skillfully, eager to hear the praise of Rama.
एतद्वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य जानकी पक्षिणोर्युगम् । उवाच जन्मललितं शंसंती स्वस्य मोहनम्
Hearing these words, Janaki spoke to the pair of birds, declaring her charming birth and her own enchanting nature.
या त्वया जानकी प्रोक्ता साहं जनकपुत्रिका । स रामो मां यदाभ्येत्य प्राप्स्यते सुमनोहरः
The Janaki you spoke of—I am she, the daughter of Janaka; when Rama, so delightful, comes to me, he will obtain me.
तदा वां मोचयाम्यद्धानान्यथा वाक्यलोभिता । लालयामि सुखेनास्तां मद्गेहे मधुराक्षरौ
Then I will release you both, or, enticed by your words, I will cherish you happily in my home, O sweet-voiced ones.
इत्युक्तं तत्समाकर्ण्य वेपतुर्भयतां गतौ । परस्परं प्रक्षुभितौ जानकीमित्यवोचताम्
When she said this and they heard it, trembling with fear, the birds, agitated, addressed Janaki together.
वयं वै पक्षिणः साध्वि वनस्था वृक्षगोचराः । परिभ्रमाम सर्वत्र नो सुखं नो भवेद्गृहे
We are birds, O virtuous one, dwelling in the forest, roaming among trees everywhere; we find no happiness at home.
अंतर्वत्नी स्वके स्थाने गत्वा संसूय पुत्रकान् । त्वत्स्थानमागमिष्यामि सत्यं मे ह्युदितं वचः
My mate, staying in her place, will nurture the young; then 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, she did not release the female parrot herself; then her mate, eager and humble, spoke to her.
सीते मुंच कथं भार्यां रक्षसे मे मनोहरीम् । आवां गच्छाव विपिने विचरावः सुखं वने
Sita, release my beloved wife, whom you are protecting; let us go and wander happily together in the forest.
अंतर्वत्नी तु वर्तेत भार्या मम मनोरमा । तस्याः प्रसूतिं कृत्वा त्वामागमिष्यामि शोभने
My mate, my charming wife, will remain; after she gives 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 protect this happy one, who acts lovingly, at my side.'
इत्युक्तो दुःखितः पक्षी तामूचे करुणान्वितः । योगिभिः प्रोच्यते यद्वै तद्वचस्तथ्यमेव हि
Thus spoken, the sorrowful bird, filled with compassion, said: 'What the yogis declare is indeed true.'
न वक्तव्यं न वक्तव्यं मौनमाश्रित्य तिष्ठताम् । नोचेत्स वाक्यदोषेण प्राप्नोत्यालानमुन्मदः
It should not be spoken, it should not be spoken—let silence be maintained; otherwise, through the fault of speech, one may incur madness.
वयं चेदत्र वाक्यं नाकरिष्याम नगोपरि । बंधनं कथमावां स्यात्तस्मान्मौनं समाचरेत्
If we do not speak here upon this city, how could we be bound? Therefore, let us observe 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, O Sita, with this wife; therefore, release me, O charming one.'
अनेकविधवाक्यैः सा बोधिता नामुचत्तदा । कुपिता दुःखिता भार्या शशाप जनकात्मजाम्
Though addressed with many kinds of words, she did not release him then; angry 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 Rama.
इत्युक्तवत्यां तस्यां तु दुःखितायां पुनः पुनः । प्राणा निरगमन्दुःखात्पतिदुःखेन पूरितात्
When she, afflicted and sorrowful, had spoken thus again and again, her life departed from her out of grief, filled with the sorrow of her husband.
रामं रामं स्मरंत्याश्च वदंत्यांश्च पुनः पुनः । विमानमागतं सुष्ठु पक्षिणी स्वर्गता बभौ
As she remembered Rama again and again and spoke his name, a splendid aerial chariot arrived, and the bird-wife shone, having attained 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 Jahnavi, seized by intense anger and sorrow.
तथा भवामि रामस्य नगरे जनपूरिते । मद्वाक्यादियमुद्विग्ना वियोगेन सुदुःखिता
So shall it be in Rama's city, filled with people: because of my words, she is agitated and deeply pained by separation.
इत्युक्त्वा स पपातोदे जाह्नव्या भ्रमशोभिते । दुःखितः कुपितो भीतस्तद्वियोगेन कंपितः
Having spoken thus, he fell into the beautiful, flowing Jahnavi, afflicted, enraged, fearful, and shaken by that separation.
क्रुद्धत्वाद्दुःखितत्वाच्च सीताया अपमाननात् । अंत्यजत्वं परं प्राप्तो रजकः क्रोधनाभिधः
Because of anger, sorrow, and the dishonor of Sita, the washerman named Krodhana attained the state of an outcaste at the end of his life.
यः क्रोधाच्च स्वकान्प्राणान्महतां दुष्टमाचरन् । संत्यजेत्स मृतो याति अंत्यजत्वं द्विजोत्तमः
He who, out of anger, commits wicked acts against his own life, O best of twice-born, abandoning life thus, becomes an outcaste after death.
तज्जातं रजकोक्त्यासौ निंदिता च वियोगिता । रजकस्य च शापेन वियुक्ता सा वनं गता
Thus, because of the washerman's words, she was reproached and abandoned; and by the washerman's curse, she was separated and went to the forest.