हस्ताभ्यामेव संरभ्य हनिष्यामि सवज्रिणम्। यदि मे मुष्टिवेगं स राघवोऽद्य सहिष्यति
With my own hands, attacking fiercely, I will slay even the wielder of the thunderbolt, if Raghava can withstand the force of my fists today.
ततः पास्यन्ति बाणौघा रुधिरं राघवस्य मे। चिन्तया तप्यसे राजन् किमर्थं मयि तिष्ठति
Then the torrents of my arrows will drink the blood of Raghava; O king, why do you grieve in your thoughts while I am here?
सोऽहं शत्रुविनाशाय तव निर्यातुमुद्यतः। मुञ्च रामाद् भयं घोरं निहनिष्यामि संयुगे
Thus, I am prepared to go forth for the destruction of your enemy; cast off your dreadful fear of Rama—I will slay him in battle.
राघवं लक्ष्मणं चैव सुग्रीवं च महाबलम्। हनूमन्तं च रक्षोघ्नं येन लङ्का प्रदीपिता
Raghava, Lakshmana, the mighty Sugriva, and Hanuman the slayer of Rakshasas, by whom Lanka was set ablaze—
हरींश्च भक्षयिष्यामि संयुगे समुपस्थिते। असाधारणमिच्छामि तव दातुं महद् यशः
—and the monkeys, I will devour when the battle is joined; I wish to grant you unparalleled great glory.
यदि चेन्द्राद् भयं राजन् यदि चापि स्वयंभुवः। ततोऽहं नाशयिष्यामि नैशं तम इवांशुमान्
If you fear Indra, O king, or even the Self-born, then I will destroy them as the sun dispels the night’s darkness.
अपि देवाः शयिष्यन्ते मयि क्रुद्धे महीतले। यमं च शमयिष्यामि भक्षयिष्यामि पावकम्
Even the gods would lie fallen on the earth if I am enraged; I will subdue Yama and devour Fire.
आदित्यं पातयिष्यामि सनक्षत्रं महीतले। शतक्रतुं वधिष्यामि पास्यामि वरुणालयम्
I will hurl the sun along with the stars down to earth; I will slay Shatakratu and drink up the abode of Varuna.
पर्वतांश्चूर्णयिष्यामि दारयिष्यामि मेदिनीम्। दीर्घकालं प्रसुप्तस्य कुम्भकर्णस्य विक्रमम्
I will crush the mountains and tear the earth asunder—such is the might of Kumbhakarna, long dormant.
अद्य पश्यन्तु भूतानि भक्ष्यमाणानि सर्वशः। न त्विदं त्रिदिवं सर्वमाहारो मम पूर्यते
Let all beings witness today as I devour them entirely; yet even all of heaven cannot satisfy my hunger.
वधेन ते दाशरथेः सुखावहं सुखं समाहर्तुमहं व्रजामि। निहत्य रामं सह लक्ष्मणेन खादामि सर्वान् हरियूथमुख्यान्
By killing you, son of Dasharatha, I shall attain great happiness; after slaying Rama along with Lakshmana, I will consume all the foremost monkey chiefs.
रमस्व राजन् पिब चाद्य वारुणीं कुरुष्व कृत्यानि विनीय दुःखम्। मयाद्य रामे गमिते यमक्षयं चिराय सीता वशगा भविष्यति
Enjoy yourself, O king, and drink the wine today; do what you must, setting aside sorrow. For when I send Rama to the abode of Yama today, Sita will long remain under your control.
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Listen now to the sixty-fourth sarga in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa.
तदुक्तमतिकायस्य बलिनो बाहुशालिनः। कुम्भकर्णस्य वचनं श्रुत्वोवाच महोदरः
Hearing the words spoken by the mighty and strong-armed Atikāya, Mahodara replied to Kumbhakarṇa.
कुम्भकर्ण कुले जातो धृष्टः प्राकृतदर्शनः। अवलिप्तो न शक्नोषि कृत्यं सर्वत्र वेदितुम्
Born in Kumbhakarṇa's lineage, you are bold and of ordinary understanding; being arrogant, you are unable to comprehend what must be done in every situation.
नहि राजा न जानीते कुम्भकर्ण नयानयौ। त्वं तु कैशोरकाद् धृष्टः केवलं वक्तुमिच्छसि
It is not that the king does not know right and wrong, Kumbhakarṇa; but you, emboldened since youth, only wish to speak out.
स्थानं वृद्धिं च हानिं च देशकालविधानवित्। आत्मनश्च परेषां च बुध्यते राक्षसर्षभः
A foremost among rākṣasas knows the place, growth, decline, and the proper arrangement of time and place, both for himself and for others.
यत् त्वशक्यं बलवता वक्तुं प्राकृतबुद्धिना। अनुपासितवृद्धेन कः कुर्यात् तादृशं बुधः
Who, possessing wisdom, would act as you do—speaking rashly with a common mind and without having served the elders?
यांस्तु धर्मार्थकामांस्त्वं ब्रवीषि पृथगाश्रयान्। अवबोद्धुं स्वभावेन नहि लक्षणमस्ति तान्
The dharma, artha, and kāma you speak of as separate pursuits—by nature, you lack the capacity to truly understand their marks.
कर्म चैव हि सर्वेषां कारणानां प्रयोजनम्। श्रेयः पापीयसां चात्र फलं भवति कर्मणाम्
For all causes, action is the purpose; and here, the fruit of actions is better or worse depending on their nature.
निःश्रेयसफलावेव धर्मार्थावितरावपि। अधर्मानर्थयोः प्राप्तं फलं च प्रत्यवायिकम्
Indeed, dharma and artha yield the highest fruit, while adharma and anartha bring about harmful results.
ऐहलौकिकपारक्यं कर्म पुंभिर्निषेव्यते। कर्माण्यपि तु कल्याणि लभते काममास्थितः
Men perform actions for results in this world and the next; even one devoted to desire attains auspicious deeds.
तत्र क्लृप्तमिदं राज्ञा हृदि कार्यं मतं च नः। शत्रौ हि साहसं यत् तत् किमिवात्रापनीयते
Thus, what the king has resolved in his heart is our counsel; what boldness is there to be brought against the enemy in this?
एकस्यैवाभियाने तु हेतुर्यः प्राहृतस्त्वया। तत्राप्यनुपपन्नं ते वक्ष्यामि यदसाधु च
As for the reason you have given for a single person advancing alone, I will tell you what is improper and unfit in that.
येन पूर्वं जनस्थाने बहवोऽतिबला हताः। राक्षसा राघवं तं त्वं कथमेको जयिष्यसि
How will you, alone, conquer Rāghava, by whom many mighty rākṣasas were previously slain in Janasthāna?
ये पूर्वं निर्जितास्तेन जनस्थाने महौजसः। राक्षसांस्तान् पुरे सर्वान् भीतानद्य न पश्यसि
Those powerful rākṣasas whom he defeated before in Janasthāna—you do not see any of them in the city today, for they are all afraid.
तं सिंहमिव संक्रुद्धं रामं दशरथात्मजम्। सर्पं सुप्तमहो बुद्ध्वा प्रबोधयितुमिच्छसि
You wish to rouse Rama, son of Dasharatha, who is like an enraged lion, like awakening a sleeping serpent.
ज्वलन्तं तेजसा नित्यं क्रोधेन च दुरासदम्। कस्तं मृत्युमिवासह्यमासादयितुमर्हति
Who is able to approach him, ever blazing with energy, formidable in his wrath, and as unassailable as death itself?
संशयस्थमिदं सर्वं शत्रोः प्रतिसमासने। एकस्य गमनं तात नहि मे रोचते भृशम्
All this remains uncertain as we confront the enemy; Father, I do not at all approve of a single person going forth.
हीनार्थस्तु समृद्धार्थं को रिपुं प्राकृतं यथा। निश्चितं जीवितत्यागे वशमानेतुमिच्छति
Who, being deprived of resources, would seek to subdue a prosperous enemy, like an ordinary man, with certain risk to his own life?