अश्मसारमिदं नूनमथवाप्यजरामरम्। हृदयं मम येनेदं न दुःखेन विशीर्यते
Surely, my heart must be made of stone, or perhaps it is undecaying and immortal, since it does not shatter from this sorrow.
धिङ्मामनार्यामसतीं याहं तेन विना कृता। मुहूर्तमपि जीवामि जीवितं पापजीविका
Shame on me, unworthy and unfaithful, that I am still alive even for a moment, having been separated from him; my life is a sinful existence.
चरणेनापि सव्येन न स्पृशेयं निशाचरम्। रावणं किं पुनरहं कामयेयं विगर्हितम्
I would not touch that night-dweller, Rāvaṇa, even with my left foot; how then could I ever desire one so despicable?
प्रत्याख्यानं न जानाति नात्मानं नात्मनः कुलम्। यो नृशंसस्वभावेन मां प्रार्थयितुमिच्छति
He does not understand rejection, nor himself, nor his own lineage—he who, by his cruel nature, seeks to court me.
छिन्ना भिन्ना प्रभिन्ना वा दीप्ता वाग्नौ प्रदीपिता। रावणं नोपतिष्ठेयं किं प्रलापेन वश्चिरम्
Even if I were cut, broken, shattered, or set ablaze in a blazing fire, I would not submit to Rāvaṇa; why prolong this useless talk?
ख्यातः प्राज्ञः कृतज्ञश्च सानुक्रोशश्च राघवः। सद्वृत्तो निरनुक्रोशः शङ्के मद्भाग्यसंक्षयात्
Rāghava is renowned as wise, grateful, and compassionate, always righteous; yet, I fear, due to my misfortune, he shows no compassion now.
राक्षसानां जनस्थाने सहस्राणि चतुर्दश। एकेनैव निरस्तानि स मां किं नाभिपद्यते
In Janasthāna, fourteen thousand rākṣasas were defeated by him alone; why then does he not come for me?
निरुद्धा रावणेनाहमल्पवीर्येण रक्षसा। समर्थः खलु मे भर्ता रावणं हन्तुमाहवे
I have been seized by Rāvaṇa, a weak demon; yet my husband is surely capable of slaying Rāvaṇa in battle.
विराधो दण्डकारण्ये येन राक्षसपुंगवः। रणे रामेण निहतः स मां किं नाभिपद्यते
Virādha, the foremost of rākṣasas in Daṇḍaka forest, was slain in battle by Rāma; why then does he not come for me?
कामं मध्ये समुद्रस्य लङ्केयं दुष्प्रधर्षणा। न तु राघवबाणानां गतिरोधो भविष्यति
Indeed, this Laṅkā is hard to assail, situated in the midst of the ocean; but there will be no hindrance to Rāghava's arrows.
किं नु तत् कारणं येन रामो दृढपराक्रमः। रक्षसापहृतां भार्यामिष्टां यो नाभिपद्यते
What could be the reason that Rāma, so steadfast in valor, does not come for his beloved wife, who has been taken by a demon?
इहस्थां मां न जानीते शङ्के लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः। जानन्नपि स तेजस्वी धर्षणां मर्षयिष्यति
Perhaps the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa does not know I am here; or, even knowing, that illustrious one endures this outrage.
हृतेति मां योऽधिगत्य राघवाय निवेदयेत्। गृध्रराजोऽपि स रणे रावणेन निपातितः
Even the king of vultures, who learned I was taken and tried to inform Rāghava, was struck down by Rāvaṇa in battle.
कृतं कर्म महत् तेन मां तथाभ्यवपद्यता। तिष्ठता रावणवधे वृद्धेनापि जटायुषा
A great deed was done by that aged Jaṭāyu, who confronted Rāvaṇa and stood firm, seeking to kill him for my sake.
यदि मामिह जानीयाद् वर्तमानां हि राघवः। अद्य बाणैरभिक्रुद्धः कुर्याल्लोकमराक्षसम्
If Rāghava knew I was here, even now, enraged, he would make the world free of rākṣasas with his arrows.
निर्दहेच्च पुरीं लङ्कां निर्दहेच्च महोदधिम्। रावणस्य च नीचस्य कीर्तिं नाम च नाशयेत्
He would burn the city of Laṅkā, and even the great ocean, and destroy the reputation and very name of vile Rāvaṇa.
ततो निहतनाथानां राक्षसीनां गृहे गृहे। यथाहमेवं रुदती तथा भूयो न संशयः
Then, in every house of the rākṣasīs whose lord has been slain, just as I now weep, so would they—of this there is no doubt.
अन्विष्य रक्षसां लङ्कां कुर्याद् रामः सलक्ष्मणः। नहि ताभ्यां रिपुर्दृष्टो मुहूर्तमपि जीवति
Having searched out Laṅkā of the rākṣasas, Rāma with Lakṣmaṇa would destroy it; for no enemy seen by those two survives even for a moment.
चिताधूमाकुलपथा गृध्रमण्डलमण्डिता। अचिरेणैव कालेन श्मशानसदृशी भवेत्
Soon, this place will resemble a cremation ground, its paths filled with funeral smoke and strewn with vulture circles.
अचिरेणैव कालेन प्राप्स्याम्येनं मनोरथम्। दुष्प्रस्थानोऽयमाभाति सर्वेषां वो विपर्ययः
Very soon I shall attain this cherished desire; this departure seems difficult, and for all of you, a reversal of fortune appears imminent.
नूनं लङ्का हते पापे रावणे राक्षसाधिपे। शोषमेष्यति दुर्धर्षा प्रमदा विधवा यथा
Surely, when the sinful Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, is slain, unconquerable Laṅkā will wither like a widow bereft of her husband.
पुण्योत्सवसमृद्धा च नष्टभर्त्री सराक्षसा। भविष्यति पुरी लङ्का नष्टभर्त्री यथांगना
Laṅkā, the city once flourishing with auspicious festivals and filled with rākṣasas, will become like a woman bereft of her husband.
नूनं राक्षसकन्यानां रुदतीनां गृहे गृहे। श्रोष्यामि नचिरादेव दुःखार्तानामिह ध्वनिम्
Surely, before long, I shall hear in every house here the wailing of rākṣasa maidens, stricken with grief.
सान्धकारा हतद्योता हतराक्षसपुंगवा। भविष्यति पुरी लङ्का निर्दग्धा रामसायकैः
Laṅkā, shrouded in darkness, her brilliance destroyed, her foremost rākṣasas slain, will be burned down by Rāma's arrows.
यदि नाम स शूरो मां रामो रक्तान्तलोचनः। जानीयाद् वर्तमानां यां राक्षसस्य निवेशने
If only that hero Rāma, with blood-red eyes, would know that I am here, dwelling in the house of the rākṣasa.
अनेन तु नृशंसेन रावणेनाधमेन मे। समयो यस्तु निर्दिष्टस्तस्य कालोऽयमागतः
But the time appointed by this cruel, base Rāvaṇa has now arrived for me.
स च मे विहितो मृत्युरस्मिन् दुष्टेन वर्तते। अकार्यं ये न जानन्ति नैर्ऋताः पापकारिणः
And the death ordained for me by this wicked one is now at hand; those evil-doing night-dwellers know not what is right.
अधर्मात् तु महोत्पातो भविष्यति हि साम्प्रतम्। नैते धर्मं विजानन्ति राक्षसाः पिशिताशनाः
Indeed, a great calamity will now arise from unrighteousness; these flesh-eating rākṣasas do not understand righteousness.
ध्रुवं मां प्रातराशार्थं राक्षसः कल्पयिष्यति। साहं कथं करिष्यामि तं विना प्रियदर्शनम्
Surely, the rākṣasa will appoint me as his morning meal; how shall I endure, deprived of the sight of my beloved?
रामं रक्तान्तनयनमपश्यन्ती सुदुःखिता। क्षिप्रं वैवस्वतं देवं पश्येयं पतिना विना
Tormented with grief, unable to see Rāma with blood-reddened eyes, I shall soon behold the god Vaivasvata, parted from my husband.