इमं दृष्ट्वा मणिश्रेष्ठं तथा तातस्य दर्शनम्। अद्यास्म्यवगतः सौम्य वैदेहस्य तथा विभोः
Upon seeing this excellent jewel, it is as if I have seen my father; today, gentle one, I feel I have also seen Vaideha and the lord.
अयं हि शोभते तस्याः प्रियाया मूर्ध्नि मे मणिः। अद्यास्य दर्शनेनाहं प्राप्तां तामिव चिन्तये
This jewel shines upon the head of my beloved; today, by seeing it, I imagine that I have attained her.
किमाह सीता वैदेही ब्रूहि सौम्य पुनः पुनः। परासुमिव तोयेन सिञ्चन्ती वाक्यवारिणा
Tell me again and again, gentle one, what Sītā, the princess of Videha, said—her words pouring forth like water sprinkled over a blade.
इतस्तु किं दुःखतरं यदिमं वारिसम्भवम्। मणिं पश्यामि सौमित्रे वैदेहीमागतां विना
What could be more painful than this, O Saumitri, that I see this water-born jewel without Vaidehi having returned?
चिरं जीवति वैदेही यदि मासं धरिष्यति। क्षणं वीर न जीवेयं विना तामसितेक्षणाम्
If Vaidehi lives long enough to endure a month, she will survive; but, O hero, I could not live even a moment without her dark-eyed presence.
नय मामपि तं देशं यत्र दृष्टा मम प्रिया। न तिष्ठेयं क्षणमपि प्रवृत्तिमुपलभ्य च
Take me also to the place where my beloved was seen; I could not remain even for a moment, now that I have learned of her whereabouts.
कथं सा मम सुश्रोणी भीरुभीरुः सती तदा। भयावहानां घोराणां मध्ये तिष्ठति रक्षसाम्
How does she, my slender-waisted and timid wife, remain among the terrifying and dreadful rākṣasas?
शारदस्तिमिरोन्मुक्तो नूनं चन्द्र इवाम्बुदैः। आवृतो वदनं तस्या न विराजति साम्प्रतम्
Just as the autumn moon, emerging from darkness, is veiled by clouds, so too does her face not shine at this time.
किमाह सीता हनुमंस्तत्त्वतः कथयस्व मे। एतेन खलु जीविष्ये भेषजेनातुरो यथा
Tell me truly, Hanuman, what Sītā said; by this, I shall live, as an ailing person lives by medicine.
मधुरा मधुरालापा किमाह मम भामिनी। मद्विहीना वरारोहा हनुमन् कथयस्व मे। दुःखाद् दुःखतरं प्राप्य कथं जीवति जानकी
What did my radiant beloved, sweet in speech, say, Hanuman? Tell me, how does Janaki, deprived of me and enduring greater sorrow, continue to live?
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Let the sixty-seventh chapter be heard.
एवमुक्तस्तु हनुमान् राघवेण महात्मना। सीताया भाषितं सर्वं न्यवेदयत राघवे
Thus addressed by the great-souled Rāghava, Hanuman reported everything Sītā had spoken to Rāghava.
इदमुक्तवती देवी जानकी पुरुषर्षभ। पूर्ववृत्तमभिज्ञानं चित्रकूटे यथातथम्
The lady Janaki spoke these words, O best of men, recalling the past events as they happened at Citrakūṭa.
सुखसुप्ता त्वया सार्धं जानकी पूर्वमुत्थिता। वायसः सहसोत्पत्य विददार स्तनान्तरम्
Janaki, sleeping peacefully with you, once awoke; suddenly a crow flew up and wounded her breast.
पर्यायेण च सुप्तस्त्वं देव्यङ्के भरताग्रज। पुनश्च किल पक्षी स देव्या जनयति व्यथा
In turn, you slept in the lady's lap, O elder brother of Bharata; again, that bird caused pain to the lady.
ततः पुनरुपागम्य विददार भृशं किल। ततस्त्वं बोधितस्तस्याः शोणितेन समुक्षितः
Then, returning again, he struck fiercely indeed; and you were awakened by her, covered with her blood.
वायसेन च तेनैवं सततं बाध्यमानया। बोधितः किल देव्या त्वं सुखसुप्तः परंतप
By that crow, constantly harassed, you were awakened by the lady, O scorcher of foes, while you slept peacefully.
तां च दृष्ट्वा महाबाहो दारितां च स्तनान्तरे। आशीविष इव क्रुद्धस्ततो वाक्यं त्वमूचिवान्
And seeing her, mighty-armed one, wounded between her breasts, you, angered like a furious serpent, spoke these words.
नखाग्रैः केन ते भीरु दारितं वै स्तनान्तरम्। कः क्रीडति सरोषेण पञ्चवक्त्रेण भोगिना
By whose claw-tips, O timid one, has the space between your breasts been torn? Who plays in anger like a five-headed serpent?
निरीक्षमाणः सहसा वायसं समुदैक्षथाः। नखैः सरुधिरैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तामेवाभिमुखं स्थितम्
Looking around suddenly, you saw the crow, its sharp claws bloodied, standing right before her.
सुतः किल स शक्रस्य वायसः पततां वरः। धरान्तरगतः शीघ्रं पवनस्य गतौ समः
That crow, it is said, was the son of Indra, foremost among birds, swift as the wind in flight, who had come down to earth.
ततस्तस्मिन् महाबाहो कोपसंवर्तितेक्षणः। वायसे त्वं व्यधाः क्रूरां मतिं मतिमतां वर
Then, O mighty-armed one, your eyes blazing with anger, you, best among the wise, formed a cruel resolve against the crow.
स दर्भसंस्तराद् गृह्य ब्रह्मास्त्रेण न्ययोजयः। स दीप्त इव कालाग्निर्जज्वालाभिमुखं खगम्
Taking a blade of sacred grass from the mat, you empowered it with the Brahma weapon; it blazed before the bird like fire at the end of time.
स त्वं प्रदीप्तं चिक्षेप दर्भं तं वायसं प्रति। ततस्तु वायसं दीप्तः स दर्भोऽनुजगाम ह
You hurled that blazing blade of grass at the crow; and that fiery blade pursued the crow.
भीतैश्च सम्परित्यक्तः सुरैः सर्वैश्च वायसः। त्रीँल्लोकान् सम्परिक्रम्य त्रातारं नाधिगच्छति
Abandoned in fear by all the gods, the crow wandered through the three worlds but found no protector.
पुनरप्यागतस्तत्र त्वत्सकाशमरिंदम। त्वं तं निपतितं भूमौ शरण्यः शरणागतम्
Again he returned there, to you, O subduer of enemies; you, the refuge, protected him as he fell to the ground, seeking shelter.
वधार्हमपि काकुत्स्थ कृपया परिपालयः। मोघमस्त्रं न शक्यं तु कर्तुमित्येव राघव
Though he deserved death, O descendant of Kakutstha, you preserved him out of compassion; for, O Rāghava, a weapon once released cannot be made futile.
भवांस्तस्याक्षि काकस्य हिनस्ति स्म स दक्षिणम्। राम त्वां स नमस्कृत्य राज्ञो दशरथस्य च
You destroyed the right eye of that crow; and he, bowing to you, Rāma, and to King Daśaratha as well—
विसृष्टस्तु तदा काकः प्रतिपेदे स्वमालयम्। एवमस्त्रविदां श्रेष्ठः सत्त्ववाञ्छीलवानपि
—then released, the crow returned to his own abode; thus, though the best of those skilled in weapons, and possessing virtue and character—
किमर्थमस्त्रं रक्षःसु न योजयसि राघव। न दानवा न गन्धर्वा नासुरा न मरुद्गणाः
Why, O Rāghava, do you not use your weapon against the demons? For neither Dānavas, nor Gandharvas, nor Asuras, nor hosts of Maruts—