अथ दत्त्वा स्वयं रक्षो मृगयामटते स्म तत् । तत्रापश्यत्ततो राम मयं नाम दितेः सुतम् ।। ७.१२.
After giving her, the rākṣasa himself wandered about for hunting; there, he saw Maya, the son of Diti.
कन्यासहायं तं दृष्ट्वा दशग्रीवो निशाचरः । अपृच्छत्को भवानेको निर्मनुष्यमृगे वने । अनया मृगशावाक्ष्या किमर्थं सह तिष्ठसि ।। ७.१२.
Seeing him accompanied by a maiden, Daśagrīva, the night-wanderer, asked: 'Who are you, alone in this forest devoid of men and beasts? For what reason do you remain here with this girl, whose eyes resemble those of a fawn?'
मयस्तथाब्रवीद्राम पृच्छन्तं तं निशाचरम् । श्रूयतां सर्वमाख्यास्ये यथावृत्तमिदं मम ।। ७.१२.
Maya then spoke to the night-wanderer who questioned him: 'Listen, I will tell you everything as it happened to me.'
हेमा नामाप्सरास्तात श्रुतपूर्वा यदि त्वया । दैवतैर्मम सा दत्ता पौलोमीव शतक्रतोः ।। ७.१२.
Hemā is the name of an apsaras, O dear one, whom you may have heard of before; she was given to me by the gods, just as Paulomī was given to Śatakratu.
तस्यां सक्तमनास्तात पञ्चवर्षशतान्यहम् । सा च दैवतकार्येण त्रयोदश समा गताः ।। ७.१२.
Attached to her, O dear one, my mind dwelled for five hundred years; but she departed for the work of the gods, and thirteen years have passed.
वर्षं चतुर्दशं चैव ततो हेममयं पुरम् । वज्रवैडूर्यचित्रं च मायया निर्मितं मया ।। ७.१२.
After fourteen years, I created by my art a golden city, adorned with varied jewels of diamond and beryl.
तत्राहमवसं दीनस्तया हीनः सुदुःखितः ।। ७.१२.
There I stayed, miserable, deprived of her, greatly afflicted.
तस्मात्पुराद्दुहितरं गृहीत्वा वनमागतः । इयं ममात्मजा राजंस्तस्याः कुक्षौ विवर्धिता ।। ७.१२.
From that city, taking my daughter, I came to the forest; this is my own child, O king, who grew in her womb.
भर्तारमनया सार्धमस्याः प्राप्तो ऽस्मि मार्गितुम् । कन्यापितृत्वं दुःखं हि सर्वेषां मानकाङ्क्षिणाम् ।। ७.१२.
With her, I have come to seek a husband for her; for the fatherhood of a maiden is indeed painful for all who desire honor.
कन्या हि द्वे कुले नित्यं संशये स्थाप्य तिष्ठति । पुत्रद्वयं ममाप्यस्यां भार्यायां सम्बभूव ह ।। ७.१२.
A maiden, indeed, always remains in a state of uncertainty between two families; in this wife of mine, two sons were born to me.
मायावी प्रथमस्तात दुन्दुभिस्तदनन्तरः । एवं ते सर्वमाख्यातं याथातथ्येन पृच्छतः ।। ७.१२.
The first, O dear one, was Māyāvī, and after him came Dundubhi; thus I have told you everything as it truly is, since you asked.
त्वामिदानीं कथं तात जानीयां को भवानिति । एवमुक्तस्तु तद्रक्षो विनीतमिदमब्रवीत् ।। ७.१२.
Now, dear one, how should I know who you are? Thus addressed, that courteous Rākṣasa replied as follows:
अहं पौलस्त्यतनयो दशग्रीवश्च नामतः । मुनेर्विश्रवसो यस्तु तृतीयो ब्रह्मणो ऽभवत् ।। ७.१२.
I am the son of Pulastya, known by the name Daśagrīva; the sage Viśravas, who was the third son of Brahmā, is my father.
एवमुक्तस्तदा राम राक्षसेन्द्रेण दानवः । महर्षेस्तनयं ज्ञात्वा मयो हर्षमुपागतः । दातुं दुहितरं तस्मै रोचयामास यत्र वै ।। ७.१२.
Thus addressed by the lord of Rākṣasas, O Rāma, the Dānava, recognizing him as the great sage's son, became delighted and wished to give him his daughter.
करेण तु करं तस्या ग्राहयित्वा मयस्तदा । प्रहसन्प्राह दैत्येन्द्रो राक्षसेन्द्रमिदं वचः ।। ७.१२.
Then Maya, taking his daughter's hand in his own, smilingly spoke these words to the king of Rākṣasas:
इयं ममात्मजा राजन्हेमया ऽप्सरसा धृता । कन्या मन्दोदरी नाम पत्न्यर्थं प्रतिगृह्यताम् ।। ७.१२.
O king, this is my own daughter, Mandodarī by name, held by the celestial nymph Hemā; accept her as your wife.
बाढमित्येव तं राम दशग्रीवो ऽभ्यभाषत । प्रज्चाल्य तत्र चैवाग्निमकरोत्पाणिसङ्ग्रहम् ।। ७.१२.
Daśagrīva replied, 'So be it,' and, after invoking fire as witness, performed the joining of hands there.
स हि तस्य मयो राम शापाभिज्ञस्तपोधनात् । विदित्वा तेन सा दत्ता तस्य पैतामहं कुलम् ।। ७.१२.
O Rāma, Maya, being aware of the curse from the ascetic, gave her to him, knowing his ancestral lineage.
अमोघां तस्य शक्तिं च प्रददौ परमाद्भुताम् । परेण तपसा लब्धां जघ्निवाँल्लक्ष्मणं यया ।। ७.१२.
He also gave him an unfailing and wondrous weapon, obtained through intense austerity, by which Lakṣmaṇa was struck down.
एवं सीकृतदारो वै लङ्काया ईश्वरः प्रभुः । गत्वा तु नगरीं भार्ये भ्रातृभ्यां समुपाहरत् ।। ७.१२.
Thus having acquired a wife, the lord and master of Laṅkā went to the city and brought his wife home with his brothers.
वैरोचनस्य दौहित्रीं वज्रज्वालेति नामतः । तां भार्यां कुम्भकर्णस्य रावणः समकल्पयत् ।। ७.१२.
Rāvaṇa chose for Kumbhakarṇa a wife named Vajrajvālī, granddaughter of Vairocana.
गन्धर्वराजस्य सुतां शैलूषस्य महात्मनः । सरमां नाम धर्मज्ञां लेभे भार्यां विभीषणः ।। ७.१२.
Vibhīṣaṇa took as his wife Saramā, the virtuous daughter of the great-souled king of the Gandharvas, Śailūṣa.
तीरे तु सरसो वै तु सञ्जज्ञे मानसस्य हि । सरस्तदा मानसं तु ववृधे जलदागमे ।। ७.१२.
On the shore of the lake Mānasa, that lake grew greatly at the coming of the rains.
मात्रा तु तस्याः कन्यायाः स्नेहेनाक्रन्दितं वचः । सरो मा वर्धयस्वेति ततः सा सरमा ऽभवत् ।। ७.१२.
Out of affection, the mother of that maiden cried out, 'O lake, do not increase!' Thus she became known as Saramā.
एवं ते कृतदारा वै रेमिरे तत्र राक्षसाः । स्वां स्वां भार्यामुपागम्य गन्धर्वा इव नन्दने ।। ७.१२.
Thus, having taken wives, the Rākṣasas enjoyed themselves there, each with his own wife, like Gandharvas in Nandana.
ततो मन्दोदरी पुत्रं मेघनादमजीजनत् । स एष इन्द्रजिन्नाम युष्माभिरभिधीयते ।। ७.१२.
Then Mandodarī gave birth to a son, Meghanāda; he is the one you call Indrajit.
जातमात्रेण हि पुरा तेन रावणसूनुना । रुदता सुमहान्मुक्तो नादो जलधरोपमः ।। ७.१२.
As soon as he was born, that son of Rāvaṇa let out a great cry, like the sound of thunderclouds.
जडीकृता च सा लङ्का तस्य नादेन राघव । पिता तस्याकरोन्नाम मेघनाद इति स्वयम् ।। ७.१२.
And by his roar, Rāghava, that city of Laṅkā was rendered insensible; his father himself named him Meghanāda.
सो ऽवर्धत तदा राम रावणान्तःपुरे शुभे । रक्ष्यमाणो वरस्त्रीभिश्छन्नः काष्ठैरिवानलः ।। ७.१२.
He grew up then, Rāma, within the splendid inner chambers of Rāvaṇa, guarded by exceptional women, concealed like fire within wood.
मातापित्रोर्महाहर्षं जनयन्रावणात्मजः ।। ७.१२.
The son of Rāvaṇa brought great joy to his mother and father.