देशकालौ भजस्वाद्य क्षममाणः प्रियाप्रिये। सुखदुःखसहः काले सुग्रीववशगो भव
Now embrace place and time, enduring both pleasant and unpleasant; bear happiness and sorrow in their season, and be obedient to Sugrīva.
यथा हि त्वं महाबाहो लालितः सततं मया। न तथा वर्तमानं त्वां सुग्रीवो बहु मन्यते
Just as you, mighty-armed one, have always been cherished by me, so Sugrīva will not regard you as highly while you remain with him.
न चातिप्रणयः कार्यः कर्तव्योऽप्रणयश्च ते। उभयं हि महादोषं तस्मादन्तरदृग् भव
You should neither show excessive affection nor complete indifference; both are great faults, so maintain a balanced view.
इत्युक्त्वाथ विवृत्ताक्षः शरसम्पीडितो भृशम्। विवृतैर्दशनैर्भीमैर्बभूवोत्क्रान्तजीवितः
Having spoken thus, his eyes rolling, severely pierced by arrows, with his dreadful teeth exposed, Vāli's life departed.
ततो विचुक्रुशुस्तत्र वानरा हतयूथपाः। परिदेवयमानास्ते सर्वे प्लवगसत्तमाः
Then the vanaras, their leader slain, cried out there; all those foremost monkeys lamented.
किष्किन्धा ह्यद्य शून्या च स्वर्गते वानरेश्वरे। उद्यानानि च शून्यानि पर्वताः काननानि च
Now Kiṣkindhā is empty, for the lord of the monkeys has gone to heaven; the gardens are deserted, as are the mountains and forests.
हते प्लवगशार्दूले निष्प्रभा वानराः कृताः। यस्य वेगेन महता काननानि वनानि च
With the tiger among monkeys slain, the vanaras have lost their brilliance; by whose great speed the forests and woods were shaken.
पुष्पौघेणानुबद्ध्यन्ते करिष्यति तदद्य कः। येन दत्तं महद् युद्धं गन्धर्वस्य महात्मनः
Who now will bind clusters of flowers, who will accomplish that, by whom a great battle was fought with the noble Gandharva?
गोलभस्य महाबाहोर्दश वर्षाणि पञ्च च। नैव रात्रौ न दिवसे तद् युद्धमुपशाम्यति
Against Golabha, the mighty-armed one, for fifteen years, neither by night nor by day did that battle cease.
ततः षोडशमे वर्षे गोलभो विनिपातितः। तं हत्वा दुर्विनीतं तु वाली दंष्ट्राकरालवान्। सर्वाभयंकरोऽस्माकं कथमेष निपातितः
Then, in the sixteenth year, Golabha was slain; having killed that unruly one, Vāli, fierce with fangs, who was a terror to us all—how has he now fallen?
हते तु वीरे प्लवगाधिपे तदा प्लवङ्गमास्तत्र न शर्म लेभिरे। वनेचराः सिंहयुते महावने यथा हि गावो निहते गवां पतौ
When the heroic leader of the monkeys was slain, the monkeys there found no comfort, forest-dwellers in the lion-filled great woods, just as cows do when their bull is killed.
ततस्तु तारा व्यसनार्णवप्लुता मृतस्य भर्तुर्वदनं समीक्ष्य सा। जगाम भूमिं परिरभ्य वालिनं महाद्रुमं छिन्नमिवाश्रिता लता
Then Tāra, plunged in the ocean of grief, seeing the face of her dead husband, fell to the ground, embracing Vāli, like a vine clinging to a felled great tree.
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Listen to the twenty-third chapter. In the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa, the twenty-third chapter.
ततः समुपजिघ्रन्ती कपिराजस्य तन्मुखम्। पतिं लोकश्रुता तारा मृतं वचनमब्रवीत्
Then Tāra, renowned in the world, approached the face of the monkey king, her husband, and spoke to the dead.
शेषे त्वं विषमे दुःखमकृत्वा वचनं मम। उपलोपचिते वीर सुदुःखे वसुधातले
You lie in distress, having disregarded my words, O hero, on this earth heaped with sorrow.
मत्तः प्रियतरा नूनं वानरेन्द्र मही तव। शेषे हि तां परिष्वज्य मां च न प्रतिभाषसे
Surely, O king of the monkeys, the earth is dearer to you than I am; for you lie there embracing her, and do not speak to me.
सुग्रीवस्य वशं प्राप्तो विधिरेष भवत्यहो। सुग्रीव एव विक्रान्तो वीर साहसिकप्रिय
Fate has truly brought you under Sugrīva’s power, alas; Sugrīva alone is now mighty, O hero who delighted in daring deeds.
ऋक्षवानरमुख्यास्त्वां बलिनं पर्युपासते। तेषां विलपितं कृच्छ्रमङ्गदस्य च शोचतः
The foremost of bears and monkeys, strong as they are, attend upon you; their lamentations and Aṅgada’s grief are hard to bear.
मम चेमा गिरः श्रुत्वा किं त्वं न प्रतिबुध्यसे। इदं तद् वीरशयनं तत्र शेषे हतो युधि
Even after hearing my words, why do you not awaken? This is that very hero’s bed—there you lie, slain in battle.
शायिता निहता यत्र त्वयैव रिपवः पुरा। विशुद्धसत्त्वाभिजन प्रिययुद्ध मम प्रिय
Here, where once you struck down your enemies, they now lie dead; O pure-souled, noble-born, lover of battle, dearest to me.
मामनाथां विहायैकां गतस्त्वमसि मानद। शूराय न प्रदातव्या कन्या खलु विपश्चिता
Leaving me alone and helpless, you have gone, O bestower of honor; the wise should never give a maiden to a warrior.
शूरभार्यां हतां पश्य सद्यो मां विधवां कृताम्। अवभग्नश्च मे मानो भग्ना मे शाश्वती गतिः
See me now, the wife of a hero, suddenly made a widow; my honor is shattered, and my eternal path is broken.
अगाधे च निमग्नास्मि विपुले शोकसागरे। अश्मसारमयं नूनमिदं मे हृदयं दृढम्
I am plunged into the vast, unfathomable ocean of grief; surely my heart is made of stone, so hard and unyielding.
भर्तारं निहतं दृष्ट्वा यन्नाद्य शतधा कृतम्। सुहृच्चैव च भर्ता च प्रकृत्या च मम प्रियः
Having seen my husband slain, why has my heart not burst into a hundred pieces today? Both my friend and my husband by nature, dearest to me.
प्रहारे च पराक्रान्तः शूरः पञ्चत्वमागतः। पतिहीना तु या नारी कामं भवतु पुत्रिणी
Struck down in battle, the heroic one has met his end; a woman without her husband, even if she has children, is still called a widow.
धनधान्यसमृद्धापि विधवेत्युच्यते जनैः। स्वगात्रप्रभवे वीर शेषे रुधिरमण्डले
Even if she is rich in wealth and grain, people call her a widow; O hero, you lie in a pool of blood that has sprung from your own body.
कृमिरागपरिस्तोमे स्वकीये शयने यथा। रेणुशोणितसंवीतं गात्रं तव समन्ततः
Like a bed infested with worms and insects, so is your own resting place; your body is covered all over with dust and blood.
परिरब्धुं न शक्नोमि भुजाभ्यां प्लवगर्षभ। कृतकृत्योऽद्य सुग्रीवो वैरेऽस्मिन्नतिदारुणे
I am unable to embrace you with my arms, O bull among monkeys; today Sugrīva has achieved his purpose in this most dreadful feud.
यस्य रामविमुक्तेन हृतमेकेषुणा भयम्। शरेण हृदि लग्नेन गात्रसंस्पर्शने तव
By a single arrow released by Rāma, his fear was taken away; as that arrow pierced your heart and touched your body.
वार्यामि त्वां निरीक्षन्ती त्वयि पञ्चत्वमागते। उद्बबर्ह शरं नीलस्तस्य गात्रगतं तदा
As I gazed upon you, now departed, I tried to hold you back; then Nīla drew out the arrow that had lodged in your body.