न रमे दारुणेनाहं न चाधर्मेण वै रमे। भ्रात्रा विषमशीलोऽपि कथं भ्राता निरस्यते
'I do not delight in cruelty, nor indeed in unrighteousness; even if my brother has a different nature, how can a brother be cast aside?'
धर्मात् प्रच्युतशीलं हि पुरुषं पापनिश्चयम्। त्यक्त्वा सुखमवाप्नोति हस्तादाशीविषं यथा
'One who has fallen from virtue and is intent on evil, when abandoned, brings happiness—just as a venomous snake dropped from the hand.'
परस्वहरणे युक्तं परदाराभिमर्शकम्। त्याज्यमाहुर्दुरात्मानं वेश्म प्रज्वलितं यथा
'They say that a wicked man, who is given to seizing others' wealth or coveting others' wives, should be abandoned like a house on fire.'
परस्वानां च हरणं परदाराभिमर्शनम्। सुहृदामतिशङ्का च त्रयो दोषाः क्षयावहाः
Theft of others' property, violation of another's wife, and suspicion towards friends—these three faults bring destruction.
महर्षीणां वधो घोरः सर्वदेवैश्च विग्रहः। अभिमानश्च रोषश्च वैरित्वं प्रतिकूलता
Terrible killing of great sages, conflict with all the gods, pride, anger, enmity, and hostility.
एते दोषा मम भ्रातुर्जीवितैश्वर्यनाशनाः। गुणान् प्रच्छादयामासुः पर्वतानिव तोयदाः
These faults destroyed my brother's life and prosperity; they concealed his virtues like clouds covering mountains.
दोषैरेतैः परित्यक्तो मया भ्राता पिता तव। नेयमस्ति पुरी लङ्का न च त्वं न च ते पिता
Because of these faults, I have abandoned my brother, who was your father; now this city of Lanka, you, and your father no longer exist.
अतिमानश्च बालश्च दुर्विनीतश्च राक्षस। बद्धस्त्वं कालपाशेन ब्रूहि मां यद् यदिच्छसि
You are arrogant, childish, and ill-behaved, O Rakshasa; bound by the noose of time, speak to me whatever you wish.
अद्येह व्यसनं प्राप्तं यन्मां परुषमुक्तवान्। प्रवेष्टुं न त्वया शक्यं न्यग्रोधं राक्षसाधम
Today you have met with misfortune, for you have spoken harshly to me; you will not be able to enter the banyan tree, O lowest of Rakshasas.
धर्षयित्वा च काकुत्स्थं न शक्यं जीवितुं त्वया। युध्यस्व नरदेवेन लक्ष्मणेन रणे सह। हतस्त्वं देवताकार्यं करिष्यसि यमक्षयम्
Having insulted Kakutstha, you cannot survive; fight with the prince Lakshmana in battle; when slain, you will fulfill the gods' purpose and reach Yama's abode.
निदर्शयस्वात्मबलं समुद्यतं कुरुष्व सर्वायुधसायकव्ययम्। न लक्ष्मणस्यैत्य हि बाणगोचरं त्वमद्य जीवन् सबलो गमिष्यसि
Show your own strength, fully raised; expend all your weapons and arrows; for today, after entering Lakshmana's range of arrows, you will not depart alive with your forces.
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Hear now the eighty-eighth sarga (chapter). In the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa, the eighty-eighth sarga.
विभीषणवचः श्रुत्वा रावणिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः। अब्रवीत् परुषं वाक्यं क्रोधेनाभ्युत्पपात च
Hearing Vibhīṣaṇa's words, Rāvaṇa's son, overcome by anger, spoke harsh words and rose up in fury.
उद्यतायुधनिस्त्रिंशो रथे सुसमलंकृते। कालाश्वयुक्ते महति स्थितः कालान्तकोपमः
Armed with a sword, standing in a splendidly adorned chariot yoked with horses of death, he appeared like Death at the end of time.
महाप्रमाणमुद्यम्य विपुलं वेगवद् दृढम्। धनुर्भीमबलो भीमं शरांश्चामित्रनाशनान्
Raising a great, strong, swift bow, mighty in strength, he took up terrible arrows meant for the destruction of enemies.
तं ददर्श महेष्वासो रथस्थः समलंकृतः। अलंकृतममित्रघ्नो रावणस्यात्मजो बली
The great archer, adorned and standing in his chariot, saw him—Rāvaṇa's powerful son, destroyer of foes, splendidly adorned.
हनूमत्पृष्ठमारूढमुदयस्थरविप्रभम्। उवाचैनं सुसंरब्धः सौमित्रिं सविभीषणम्
Mounted on Hanuman's back, shining like the rising sun, he fiercely addressed Saumitri and Vibhīṣaṇa.
तांश्च वानरशार्दूलान् पश्यध्वं मे पराक्रमम्। अद्य मत्कार्मुकोत्सृष्टं शरवर्षं दुरासदम्
Look, O foremost among monkeys, at my valor; today, the rain of arrows released from my bow will be impossible to withstand.
मुक्तवर्षमिवाकाशे धारयिष्यथ संयुगे। अद्य वो मामका बाणा महाकार्मुकनिःसृताः। विधमिष्यन्ति गात्राणि तूलराशिमिवानलः
As you bear the released shower in the sky during battle, today my arrows, shot from the great bow, will strike your bodies like fire consuming heaps of cotton.
तीक्ष्णसायकनिर्भिन्नान् शूलशक्त्यृष्टितोमरैः। अद्य वो गमयिष्यामि सर्वानेव यमक्षयम्
Pierced by sharp arrows, spears, javelins, and tomars, today I will send all of you to Yama's abode.
सृजतः शरवर्षाणि क्षिप्रहस्तस्य संयुगे। जीमूतस्येव नदतः कः स्थास्यति ममाग्रतः
As I release showers of arrows with swift hands in battle, who will stand before me, like thunder before a roaring cloud?
रात्रियुद्धे तदा पूर्वं वज्राशनिसमैः शरैः। शायितौ तौ मया भूयो विसंज्ञौ सपुरःसरौ
In that earlier night battle, with arrows like thunderbolts and lightning, I struck down those two leaders and their followers, rendering them unconscious.
स्मृतिर्न तेऽस्ति वा मन्ये व्यक्तं यातो यमक्षयम्। आशीविषसमं क्रुद्धं यन्मां योद्धुमुपस्थितः
It seems you have no memory, for surely you have gone to the realm of Yama, since you have come to fight me, who am as furious as a venomous serpent.
तच्छ्रुत्वा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य गर्जितं राघवस्तदा। अभीतवदनः क्रुद्धो रावणिं वाक्यमब्रवीत्
Hearing the roar of the king of the Rākṣasas, Rāghava, his face fearless and filled with anger, spoke these words to Rāvaṇa's son.
उक्तश्च दुर्गमः पारः कार्याणां राक्षस त्वया। कार्याणां कर्मणा पारं यो गच्छति स बुद्धिमान्
You have said, O Rākṣasa, that the far shore of deeds is difficult to reach; but he who attains the end of his tasks through action is truly wise.
स त्वमर्थस्य हीनार्थो दुरवापस्य केनचित्। वाचा व्याहृत्य जानीषे कृतार्थोऽस्मीति दुर्मते
You, lacking in true wealth and unable to attain what is difficult, imagine yourself accomplished just by uttering words, O misguided one.
अन्तर्धानगतेनाजौ यत्त्वया चरितस्तदा। तस्कराचरितो मार्गो नैष वीरनिषेवितः
That conduct of yours on the battlefield, vanishing from sight, is the way of thieves, not the path followed by heroes.
यथा बाणपथं प्राप्य स्थितोऽस्मि तव राक्षस। दर्शयस्वाद्य तत्तेजो वाचा त्वं किं विकत्थसे
Now that I stand within the range of your arrows, O Rākṣasa, show your prowess today—why do you boast with words?
एवमुक्तो धनुर्भीमं परामृश्य महाबलः। ससर्ज निशितान् बाणानिन्द्रजित् समितिंजयः
Thus addressed, the mighty Indrajit, grasping his formidable bow, released sharp arrows, victorious in battle.
तेन सृष्टा महावेगाः शराः सर्पविषोपमाः। सम्प्राप्य लक्ष्मणं पेतुः श्वसन्त इव पन्नगाः
Those arrows, unleashed with great speed and likened to serpent venom, reached Lakṣmaṇa and fell upon him like hissing serpents.