इह शीघ्रं सुपर्वाणो ज्वलितास्या इवोरगाः। इषवो निपतिष्यन्ति रामलक्ष्मणलक्षिताः
Here, swiftly, arrows with strong shafts, marked by Rama and Lakshmana, will fall like serpents with blazing mouths.
रक्षांसि निहनिष्यन्तः पुर्यामस्यां न संशयः। असम्पातं करिष्यन्ति पतन्तः कङ्कवाससः
There is no doubt that, striking down the demons in this city, they will make them vanish, as vultures fall from the sky.
राक्षसेन्द्रमहासर्पान् स रामगरुडो महान्। उद्धरिष्यति वेगेन वैनतेय इवोरगान्
That great Garuda, Rama, will swiftly lift up the king of demons and great serpents, as Vainateya does with snakes.
अपनेष्यति मां भर्ता त्वत्तः शीघ्रमरिंदमः। असुरेभ्यः श्रियं दीप्तां विष्णुस्त्रिभिरिव क्रमैः
My husband, the destroyer of foes, will quickly rescue me from you, as Vishnu took the radiant fortune from the demons in three strides.
जनस्थाने हतस्थाने निहते रक्षसां बले। अशक्तेन त्वया रक्षः कृतमेतदसाधु वै
In Janasthana, where the demon forces were slain and destroyed, you, unable to defend, committed this unrighteous act.
आश्रमं तत्तयोः शून्यं प्रविश्य नरसिंहयोः। गोचरं गतयोर्भ्रात्रोरपनीता त्वयाधम
Entering the empty hermitage of those lion-like brothers, when they had gone out, you, vile one, took me away from their domain.
नहि गन्धमुपाघ्राय रामलक्ष्मणयोस्त्वया। शक्यं संदर्शने स्थातुं शुना शार्दूलयोरिव
Without even smelling the scent of Rama and Lakshmana, you cannot stand before them, as a dog cannot before tigers.
तस्य ते विग्रहे ताभ्यां युगग्रहणमस्थिरम्। वृत्रस्येवेन्द्रबाहुभ्यां बाहोरेकस्य विग्रहे
The grasp upon his form by those two was unsteady, like Indra’s arms holding Vṛtra, upon the arm of one in battle.
क्षिप्रं तव स नाथो मे रामः सौमित्रिणा सह। तोयमल्पमिवादित्यः प्राणानादास्यते शरैः
Soon, your master—Rāma, together with Saumitri—will take your life with arrows, as the sun draws away a small amount of water.
गिरिं कुबेरस्य गतोऽथवाऽऽलयं सभां गतो वा वरुणस्य राज्ञः। असंशयं दाशरथेर्विमोक्ष्यसे महाद्रुमः कालहतोऽशनेरिव
Whether you have gone to Kubera’s mountain, or to his abode, or entered the assembly of King Varuṇa, without doubt, you will be released by the son of Daśaratha, like a great tree struck down by lightning at its appointed time.
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Listen to the twenty-second chapter.
सीताया वचनं श्रुत्वा परुषं राक्षसेश्वरः। प्रत्युवाच ततः सीतां विप्रियं प्रियदर्शनाम्
Hearing Sītā’s harsh words, the lord of the rākṣasas replied to Sītā, who was lovely to behold, with words displeasing to her.
यथा यथा सान्त्वयिता वश्यः स्त्रीणां तथा तथा। यथा यथा प्रियं वक्ता परिभूतस्तथा तथा
The more one tries to soothe women, the more they become submissive; likewise, the more one speaks kindly, the more one is disregarded.
संनियच्छति मे क्रोधं त्वयि कामः समुत्थितः। द्रवतो मार्गमासाद्य हयानिव सुसारथिः
Desire has arisen in me for you, restraining my anger, as a skilled charioteer controls horses that rush upon the path.
वामः कामो मनुष्याणां यस्मिन् किल निबध्यते। जने तस्मिंस्त्वनुक्रोशः स्नेहश्च किल जायते
When fickle desire binds a person, compassion and affection are said to arise in that person.
एतस्मात् कारणान्न त्वां घातयामि वरानने। वधार्हामवमानार्हां मिथ्या प्रव्रजने रताम्
For this reason, O beautiful-faced one, I do not kill you, though you deserve death and contempt, being devoted to false asceticism.
परुषाणि हि वाक्यानि यानि यानि ब्रवीषि माम्। तेषु तेषु वधो युक्तस्तव मैथिलि दारुणः
For every harsh word you speak to me, O Maithilī, you deserve a cruel death.
एवमुक्त्वा तु वैदेहीं रावणो राक्षसाधिपः। क्रोधसंरम्भसंयुक्तः सीतामुत्तरमब्रवीत्
Having spoken thus to Vaidehī, Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, filled with anger and rage, addressed Sītā further.
द्वौ मासौ रक्षितव्यौ मे योऽवधिस्ते मया कृतः। ततः शयनमारोह मम त्वं वरवर्णिनि
Two months have been set by me for your protection; after that, O woman of excellent complexion, you must ascend my bed.
द्वाभ्यामूर्ध्वं तु मासाभ्यां भर्तारं मामनिच्छतीम्। मम त्वां प्रातराशार्थे सूदाश्छेत्स्यन्ति खण्डशः
If, after those two months, you do not desire me as your husband, then, for my morning meal, the cooks will cut you into pieces.
तां भर्त्स्यमानां सम्प्रेक्ष्य राक्षसेन्द्रेण जानकीम्। देवगन्धर्वकन्यास्ता विषेदुर्विकृतेक्षणाः
Seeing Jānakī being threatened by the king of the rākṣasas, the daughters of the gods and gandharvas became distressed, their eyes altered.
ओष्ठप्रकारैरपरा नेत्रैर्वक्त्रैस्तथापराः। सीतामाश्वासयामासुस्तर्जितां तेन रक्षसा
Some comforted Sītā, who was threatened by that rākṣasa, with gestures of their lips, others with their eyes, and others with their faces.
ताभिराश्वासिता सीता रावणं राक्षसाधिपम्। उवाचात्महितं वाक्यं वृत्तशौटीर्यगर्वितम्
Comforted by them, Sītā spoke to Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, words beneficial to herself, proud in her noble conduct.
नूनं न ते जनः कश्चिदस्मिन्निःश्रेयसि स्थितः। निवारयति यो न त्वां कर्मणोऽस्माद् विगर्हितात्
Surely, there is no one among your people who stands in the path of righteousness, who restrains you from this condemned act.
मां हि धर्मात्मनः पत्नीं शचीमिव शचीपतेः। त्वदन्यस्त्रिषु लोकेषु प्रार्थयेन्मनसापि कः
Who, other than you, would even in thought desire the wife of a righteous man, as one might desire Śacī, the wife of the lord of Śacī, among the three worlds?
राक्षसाधम रामस्य भार्याममिततेजसः। उक्तवानसि यत् पापं क्व गतस्तस्य मोक्ष्यसे
O vilest of Rākṣasas, you have committed a wicked act by seizing the wife of Rāma, whose splendor is immeasurable. Where will you go to escape its consequences?
यथा दृप्तश्च मातंगः शशश्च सहितौ वने। तथा द्विरदवद् रामस्त्वं नीच शशवत् स्मृतः
Just as an arrogant elephant and a hare together in the forest are not equals, so too is Rāma like the elephant, and you, base one, are to be regarded as the hare.
स त्वमिक्ष्वाकुनाथं वै क्षिपन्निह न लज्जसे। चक्षुषो विषये तस्य न यावदुपगच्छसि
You do not feel shame, hurling insults at the lord of the Ikṣvāku line here, though you have not yet come within the range of his sight.
इमे ते नयने क्रूरे विकृते कृष्णपिंगले। क्षितौ न पतिते कस्मान्मामनार्य निरीक्षतः
Why do you, ignoble one, look at me with those cruel, deformed, dark-brown eyes of yours, which have not yet fallen to the ground?
तस्य धर्मात्मनः पत्नी स्नुषा दशरथस्य च। कथं व्याहरतो मां ते न जिह्वा पाप शीर्यति
How is it, wicked one, that your tongue does not wither as you speak to me, the wife of that righteous man and daughter-in-law of Daśaratha?