येन वित्रासितः शक्रो येन वित्रासितो यमः। येन वैश्रवणो राजा पुष्पकेण वियोजितः
He who terrified Indra, he who terrified Yama, he who deprived King Kubera of the Pushpaka chariot—
गन्धर्वाणामृषीणां च सुराणां च महात्मनाम्। भयं येन रणे दत्तं सोऽयं शेते रणे हतः
He who brought fear in battle to the Gandharvas, the sages, and the great gods—now lies slain on the battlefield.
असुरेभ्यः सुरेभ्यो वा पन्नगेभ्योऽपि वा तथा। भयं यो न विजानाति तस्येदं मानुषाद् भयम्
He who knew no fear from asuras, gods, or even serpents—this is the fear he has met from a mortal.
अवध्यो देवतानां यस्तथा दानवरक्षसाम्। हतः सोऽयं रणे शेते मानुषेण पदातिना
He who was invulnerable to the gods and to the foremost of demons and rākṣasas—now lies slain in battle by a human foot-soldier.
यो न शक्यः सुरैर्हन्तुं न यक्षैर्नासुरैस्तथा। सोऽयं कश्चिदिवासत्त्वो मृत्युं मर्त्येन लम्भितः
He whom gods, yakṣas, and asuras could not slay—he, as if by fate, has met death at the hands of a mortal.
एवं वदन्त्यो रुरुदुस्तस्य ता दुःखिताः स्त्रियः। भूय एव च दुःखार्ता विलेपुश्च पुनः पुनः
Thus speaking, those sorrowful women wept for him, and, overwhelmed by grief, lamented again and again.
अशृण्वता तु सुहृदां सततं हितवादिनाम्। मरणायाहृता सीता राक्षसाश्च निपातिताः। एताः सममिदानीं ते वयमात्मा च पातितः
Because he did not listen to the constant good counsel of friends, Sita was brought here for his death, the rākṣasas have been destroyed, and now we, and he himself, have been brought down.
ब्रुवाणोऽपि हितं वाक्यमिष्टो भ्राता विभीषणः। दृष्टं परुषितो मोहात् त्वयाऽऽत्मवधकांक्षिणा
Even though his dear brother Vibhishana spoke words of good advice, out of delusion you saw him as harsh, desiring your own destruction.
यदि निर्यातिता ते स्यात् सीता रामाय मैथिली। न नः स्याद् व्यसनं घोरमिदं मूलहरं महत्
If Sita, the daughter of Janaka, had been returned to Rama, this terrible, root-destroying calamity would not have befallen us.
वृत्तकामो भवेद् भ्राता रामो मित्रकुलं भवेत्। वयं चाविधवाः सर्वाः सकामा न च शत्रवः
Your brother would have been satisfied, Rama would have become an ally, we all would not be widows, our desires fulfilled, and there would be no enemies.
त्वया पुनर्नृशंसेन सीतां संरुन्धता बलात्। राक्षसा वयमात्मा च त्रयं तुल्यं निपातितम्
But by you, cruelly detaining Sita by force, the rākṣasas, we, and you yourself—three have been equally destroyed.
न कामकारः कामं वा तव राक्षसपुंगव। दैवं चेष्टयते सर्वं हतं दैवेन हन्यते
Neither desire nor the fulfillment of desire is yours, O foremost of rākṣasas; fate directs all actions—what is destroyed is destroyed by fate.
वानराणां विनाशोऽयं राक्षसानां च ते रणे। तव चैव महाबाहो दैवयोगादुपागतः
This destruction of the vānaras and rākṣasas in battle, and even yours, O mighty-armed one, has come about through the workings of destiny.
नैवार्थेन च कामेन विक्रमेण न चाज्ञया। शक्या दैवगतिर्लोके निवर्तयितुमुद्यता
Neither by wealth, nor desire, nor valor, nor command can the course of fate, once set in motion in this world, be turned back.
विलेपुरेवं दीनास्ता राक्षसाधिपयोषितः। कुरर्य इव दुःखार्ता बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाः
Thus, those wives of the rākṣasa lord, afflicted and sorrowful, wept, their eyes clouded with tears, like distressed she-owls.
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Listen to the one hundred and eleventh sarga in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa.
तासां विलपमानानां तदा राक्षसयोषिताम्। ज्येष्ठपत्नी प्रिया दीना भर्तारं समुदैक्षत
Then, as those rākṣasa women lamented, the eldest and beloved wife, stricken with grief, gazed upon her husband.
दशग्रीवं हतं दृष्ट्वा रामेणाचिन्त्यकर्मणा। पतिं मन्दोदरी तत्र कृपणा पर्यदेवयत्
Seeing Daśagrīva slain by Rāma, whose deeds are unimaginable, Mandodarī, wretched, mourned her husband there.
ननु नाम महाबाहो तव वैश्रवणानुज। क्रुद्धस्य प्रमुखे स्थातुं त्रस्यत्यपि पुरंदरः
Surely, O mighty-armed one, even Indra himself trembles to stand before you in anger, you who are the brother of Vaiśravaṇa.
ऋषयश्च महान्तोऽपि गन्धर्वाश्च यशस्विनः। ननु नाम तवोद्वेगाच्चारणाश्च दिशो गताः
Indeed, because of your wrath, even great sages and renowned gandharvas, and the celestial bards, have fled in all directions.
स त्वं मानुषमात्रेण रामेण युधि निर्जितः। न व्यपत्रपसे राजन् किमिदं राक्षसेश्वर
And yet, you have been defeated in battle by Rāma, a mere man—do you not feel shame, O king, what is this, lord of rākṣasas?
कथं त्रैलोक्यमाक्रम्य श्रिया वीर्येण चान्वितम्। अविषह्यं जघान त्वां मानुषो वनगोचरः
How is it that, having conquered the three worlds, endowed with splendor and might, you, unconquerable, have been slain by a man dwelling in the forest?
मानुषाणामविषये चरतः कामरूपिणः। विनाशस्तव रामेण संयुगे नोपपद्यते
For you, who move beyond the reach of men and assume forms at will, destruction at the hands of Rāma in battle is inconceivable.
न चैतत् कर्म रामस्य श्रद्दधामि चमूमुखे। सर्वतः समुपेतस्य तव तेनाभिमर्षणम्
Nor do I believe this deed to be Rāma's, that he, surrounded on all sides, could have struck you down in the midst of the army.
अथवा रामरूपेण कृतान्तः स्वयमागतः। मायां तव विनाशाय विधायाप्रतितर्किताम्
Or perhaps, in the form of Rāma, Death himself has come, devising an unfathomable illusion for your destruction.
अथवा वासवेन त्वं धर्षितोऽसि महाबल। वासवस्य तु का शक्तिस्त्वां द्रष्टुमपि संयुगे
Or perhaps you have been overpowered by Vāsava, O mighty one; but what power does Vāsava have even to behold you in battle?
महाबलं महावीर्यं देवशत्रुं महौजसम्। व्यक्तमेष महायोगी परमात्मा सनातनः
This one, of great strength and valor, the foe of the gods, of immense energy, is clearly a great yogi, the supreme, eternal Self.
अनादिमध्यनिधनो महतः परमो महान्। तमसः परमो धाता शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः
He is without beginning, middle, or end, the highest among the great, beyond darkness, the creator, bearing the conch, discus, and mace.
श्रीवत्सवक्षा नित्यश्रीरजय्यः शाश्वतो ध्रुवः। मानुषं रूपमास्थाय विष्णुः सत्यपराक्रमः
With the Śrīvatsa mark upon his chest, ever prosperous, unconquerable, eternal, and steadfast, Viṣṇu of true valor has assumed a human form.
सर्वैः परिवृतो देवैर्वानरत्वमुपागतैः। सर्वलोकेश्वरः श्रीमाँल्लोकानां हितकाम्यया
Surrounded by all the gods who had assumed the form of monkeys, the glorious lord of all worlds, desiring the welfare of the worlds,