तन्मया वार्यमाणस्तु यदि रामेण विग्रहम्। करिष्यस्यापदां घोरां क्षिप्रं प्राप्य न शिष्यसि
Therefore, if you, despite my warning, engage in conflict with Rāma, you will quickly meet with terrible calamities and will not survive.
क्रीडारतिविधिज्ञानां समाजोत्सवदर्शिनाम्। रक्षसां चैव संतापमनर्थं चाहरिष्यसि
You will bring grief and disaster upon the Rākṣasas, who are skilled in games, pleasures, and festivities, and who witness assemblies and celebrations.
हर्म्यप्रासादसम्बाधां नानारत्नविभूषिताम्। द्रक्ष्यसि त्वं पुरीं लङ्कां विनष्टां मैथिलीकृते
You will see the city of Laṅkā, crowded with mansions and palaces, adorned with various jewels, destroyed for the sake of Maithilī.
अकुर्वन्तोऽपि पापानि शुचयः पापसंश्रयात्। परपापैर्विनश्यन्ति मत्स्या नागह्रदे यथा
Even those who do not commit sins, being pure, perish through association with the wicked—just as fish perish in a serpent-infested pool.
दिव्यचन्दनदिग्धाङ्गान् दिव्याभरणभूषितान्। द्रक्ष्यस्यभिहतान् भूमौ तव दोषात् तु राक्षसान्
You will see the demons, adorned with divine sandalwood and decorated with celestial ornaments, struck down upon the ground because of your fault.
हृतदारान् सदारांश्च दश विद्रवतो दिशः। हतशेषानशरणान् द्रक्ष्यसि त्वं निशाचरान्
You will see the night-wanderers, their wives taken, some with their wives fleeing in all directions, and the survivors, helpless and without refuge.
शरजालपरिक्षिप्तामग्निज्वालासमावृताम्। प्रदग्धभवनां लङ्कां द्रक्ष्यसि त्वमसंशयम्
You will surely see Lanka, surrounded by volleys of arrows and enveloped in flames, its buildings burned.
परदाराभिमर्शात् तु नान्यत् पापतरं महत्। प्रमदानां सहस्राणि तव राजन् परिग्रहे
There is no greater sin than the violation of another's wife; O king, you have thousands of women in your possession.
भव स्वदारनिरतः स्वकुलं रक्ष राक्षसान्। मानं वृद्धिं च राज्यं च जीवितं चेष्टमात्मनः
Be devoted to your own wife, protect your lineage and the demons, and preserve your honor, prosperity, kingdom, and your own cherished life.
कलत्राणि च सौम्यानि मित्रवर्गं तथैव च। यदीच्छसि चिरं भोक्तुं मा कृथा रामविप्रियम्
If you wish to enjoy your gentle wives and circle of friends for a long time, do not do anything displeasing to Rama.
निवार्यमाणः सुहृदा मया भृशं प्रसह्य सीतां यदि धर्षयिष्यसि। गमिष्यसि क्षीणबलः सबान्धवो यमक्षयं रामशरास्तजीवितः
If, despite my earnest warnings as your friend, you forcibly violate Sita, you will go, with your kin and diminished strength, to the abode of Yama, slain by Rama's arrows.
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Hear now the thirty-ninth chapter. In the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakaṇḍa, chapter thirty-nine.
एवमस्मि तदा मुक्तः कथंचित् तेन संयुगे। इदानीमपि यद् वृत्तं तच्छृणुष्व यदुत्तरम्
Thus, at that time, I was somehow released by him in battle; now hear what happened next.
राक्षसाभ्यामहं द्वाभ्यामनिर्विण्णस्तथाकृतः। सहितो मृगरूपाभ्यां प्रविष्टो दण्डकावने
I, unwearied, was attacked by two demons, and together with them, in the form of deer, I entered the Dandaka forest.
दीप्तजिह्वो महादंष्ट्रस्तीक्ष्णशृङ्गो महाबलः। व्यचरन् दण्डकारण्यं मांसभक्षो महामृगः
With blazing tongue, great fangs, sharp horns, and immense strength, I roamed the Dandaka forest as a mighty beast, eating flesh.
अग्निहोत्रेषु तीर्थेषु चैत्यवृक्षेषु रावण। अत्यन्तघोरो व्यचरंस्तापसांस्तान् प्रधर्षयन्
At sacrificial altars, holy places, and sacred trees, O Ravana, I wandered, extremely fierce, harassing ascetics.
निहत्य दण्डकारण्ये तापसान् धर्मचारिणः। रुधिराणि पिबंस्तेषां तन्मांसानि च भक्षयन्
Slaying the righteous ascetics in the Dandaka forest, I drank their blood and devoured their flesh.
ऋषिमांसाशनः क्रूरस्त्रासयन् वनगोचरान्। तदा रुधिरमत्तोऽहं व्यचरं दण्डकावनम्
Cruel, eating the flesh of sages, terrifying the dwellers of the forest, I wandered the Dandaka forest, intoxicated with blood.
तदाहं दण्डकारण्ये विचरन् धर्मदूषकः। आसादयं तदा रामं तापसं धर्ममाश्रितम्
Roaming the Dandaka forest, a corrupter of righteousness, I then encountered Rama, the ascetic devoted to dharma.
वैदेहीं च महाभागां लक्ष्मणं च महारथम्। तापसं नियताहारं सर्वभूतहिते रतम्
I saw Vaidehi, the noble lady, and Lakshmana, the great charioteer, the ascetic of restrained diet, devoted to the welfare of all beings.
सोऽहं वनगतं रामं परिभूय महाबलम्। तापसोऽयमिति ज्ञात्वा पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन्
I, disregarding Rama, who was dwelling in the forest and possessed great strength, thinking him an ascetic and recalling my former enmity, approached him.
अभ्यधावं सुसंक्रुद्धस्तीक्ष्णशृङ्गो मृगाकृतिः। जिघांसुरकृतप्रज्ञस्तं प्रहारमनुस्मरन्
I, in the form of a deer with sharp horns, rushed at him in great anger, intent on killing, remembering the previous blow.
तेन त्यक्तास्त्रयो बाणाः शिताः शत्रुनिबर्हणाः। विकृष्य सुमहच्चापं सुपर्णानिलतुल्यगाः
He released three sharp arrows, destroyers of enemies, drawing his great bow, their speed equal to that of Garuda and the wind.
ते बाणा वज्रसंकाशाः सुघोरा रक्तभोजनाः। आजग्मुः सहिताः सर्वे त्रयः संनतपर्वणः
Those arrows, resembling thunderbolts, terrifying and thirsting for blood, all three together, with their joints bent, advanced.
पराक्रमज्ञो रामस्य शठो दृष्टभयः पुरा। समुत्क्रान्तस्ततो मुक्तस्तावुभौ राक्षसौ हतौ
Knowing Rama’s valor, deceitful and once having seen danger, he escaped; then, released, both those Rakshasas were slain.
शरेण मुक्तो रामस्य कथंचित् प्राप्य जीवितम्। इह प्रव्राजितो युक्तस्तापसोऽहं समाहितः
Freed by Rama’s arrow, somehow preserving my life, I have wandered here, now settled as an ascetic, composed in mind.
वृक्षे वृक्षे हि पश्यामि चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरम्। गृहीतधनुषं रामं पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम्
On every tree I see Rama, clad in bark and black deer skin, holding his bow, like Death with a noose in hand.
अपि रामसहस्राणि भीतः पश्यामि रावण। रामभूतमिदं सर्वमरण्यं प्रतिभाति मे
Even thousands of Ramas I see, terrified, O Ravana; this whole forest appears to me as if it has become Rama.
राममेव हि पश्यामि रहिते राक्षसेश्वर। दृष्ट्वा स्वप्नगतं राममुद्भ्रमामि विचेतनः
I see only Rama, even in solitude, O lord of Rakshasas; having seen Rama in a dream, I wander, bewildered and senseless.
रकारादीनि नामानि रामत्रस्तस्य रावण। रत्नानि च रथाश्चैव वित्रासं जनयन्ति मे
Names beginning with 'Ra', gems, and chariots, O Ravana, all cause me fear, for I am terrified by Rama.