न विन्दते तत्र तु शर्म मैथिली विरूपनेत्राभिरतीव तर्जिता। पतिं स्मरन्ती दयितं च देवरं विचेतनाभूद् भयशोकपीडिता
There, Maithili found no comfort, harshly threatened by those with monstrous eyes; remembering her beloved husband and his brother, she became senseless, tormented by fear and grief.
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Hear now the fifty-seventh sarga in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇya Kāṇḍa.
राक्षसं मृगरूपेण चरन्तं कामरूपिणम्। निहत्य रामो मारीचं तूर्णं पथि न्यवर्तत
Rama swiftly killed Maricha, who was roaming in the form of a deer, able to assume any shape at will, and turned back on the path.
तस्य संत्वरमाणस्य द्रष्टुकामस्य मैथिलीम्। क्रूरस्वनोऽथ गोमायुर्विननादास्य पृष्ठतः
As he hurried, eager to see Maithili, a jackal with a cruel voice howled behind him.
स तस्य स्वरमाज्ञाय दारुणं रोमहर्षणम्। चिन्तयामास गोमायोः स्वरेण परिशङ्कितः
Hearing that dreadful, hair-raising sound, he became suspicious and pondered the jackal's cry.
अशुभं बत मन्येऽहं गोमायुर्वाश्यते यथा। स्वस्ति स्यादपि वैदेह्या राक्षसैर्भक्षणं विना
Alas, I think this jackal's howl is an evil omen; may Vaidehi be safe, unharmed by the rakshasas.
मारीचेन तु विज्ञाय स्वरमालक्ष्य मामकम्। विक्रुष्टं मृगरूपेण लक्ष्मणः शृणुयाद् यदि
But if Lakshmana hears the cry, which Maricha, recognizing my voice, has imitated in the form of a deer—
स सौमित्रिः स्वरं श्रुत्वा तां च हित्वाथ मैथिलीम्। तयैव प्रहितः क्षिप्रं मत्सकाशमिहैष्यति
Then Saumitri, hearing that voice and leaving Maithili, will quickly come to me, sent by her.
राक्षसैः सहितैर्नूनं सीताया ईप्सितो वधः। काञ्चनश्च मृगो भूत्वा व्यपनीयाश्रमात्तु माम्
Surely, the rakshasas desire Sita's death; by becoming a golden deer, they lured me away from the hermitage.
दूरं नीत्वाथ मारीचो राक्षसोऽभूच्छराहतः। हा लक्ष्मण हतोऽस्मीति यद्वाक्यं व्याजहार ह
Having led me far away, Maricha, struck by my arrow, cried out, 'Alas, Lakshmana, I am slain!'
अपि स्वस्ति भवेद् द्वाभ्यां रहिताभ्यां मया वने। जनस्थाननिमित्तं हि कृतवैरोऽस्मि राक्षसैः
May all be well for those two, left alone by me in the forest; for, because of Janasthana, I have become an enemy to the rakshasas.
निमित्तानि च घोराणि दृश्यन्तेऽद्य बहूनि च। इत्येवं चिन्तयन् रामः श्रुत्वा गोमायुनिःस्वनम्
Many dreadful omens are seen today; thus thinking, Rama heard the jackal's howl.
निवर्तमानस्त्वरितो जगामाश्रममात्मवान्। आत्मनश्चापनयनं मृगरूपेण रक्षसा
Turning back quickly, self-possessed Rama went to the hermitage, reflecting on how the rakshasa, in the form of a deer, had drawn him away.
आजगाम जनस्थानं राघवः परिशङ्कितः। तं दीनमानसं दीनमासेदुर्मृगपक्षिणः
Rāghava, filled with anxiety, returned to Janasthāna; seeing him dejected in spirit, the forest animals and birds also gathered around him, sharing in his sorrow.
सव्यं कृत्वा महात्मानं घोरांश्च ससृजुः स्वरान्। तानि दृष्ट्वा निमित्तानि महाघोराणि राघवः। न्यवर्तताथ त्वरितो जवेनाश्रममात्मनः
Placing the great-souled one on their left, they uttered dreadful cries; seeing these terrible omens, Rāghava swiftly turned back toward his own hermitage with haste.
ततो लक्ष्मणमायान्तं ददर्श विगतप्रभम्। ततोऽविदूरे रामेण समीयाय स लक्ष्मणः
Then he saw Lakṣmaṇa approaching, his radiance faded; and Lakṣmaṇa drew near to Rāma, not far away.
विषण्णः सन् विषण्णेन दुःखितो दुःखभागिना। स जगर्हेऽथ तं भ्राता दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणमागतम्
Distressed himself, seeing his brother equally distressed and afflicted with sorrow, Rāma reproached Lakṣmaṇa as he arrived.
विहाय सीतां विजने वने राक्षससेविते। गृहीत्वा च करं सव्यं लक्ष्मणं रघुनन्दनः
Having left Sītā alone in the forest haunted by rākṣasas, Rāghava took Lakṣmaṇa's left hand.
उवाच मधुरोदर्कमिदं परुषमार्तवत्। अहो लक्ष्मण गर्ह्यं ते कृतं यत् त्वं विहाय ताम्
He spoke these words, both sweet and harsh in their import, filled with pain: 'Ah, Lakṣmaṇa, it is blameworthy what you have done, leaving her behind.'
सीतामिहागतः सौम्य कच्चित् स्वस्ति भवेदिति। न मेऽस्ति संशयो वीर सर्वथा जनकात्मजा
'You have come here, gentle one, leaving Sītā—may all be well! Yet, O hero, I have no doubt: the daughter of Janaka—'
विनष्टा भक्षिता वापि राक्षसैर्वनचारिभिः। अशुभान्येव भूयिष्ठं यथा प्रादुर्भवन्ति मे
'—has either perished or been devoured by the rākṣasas who roam the forest. For only inauspicious omens appear before me in abundance.'
अपि लक्ष्मण सीतायाः सामग्र्यं प्राप्नुयामहे। जीवन्त्याः पुरुषव्याघ्र सुताया जनकस्य वै
'O Lakṣmaṇa, will we find any trace of Sītā, the daughter of Janaka, the tiger among men, while she still lives?'
यथा वै मृगसंघाश्च गोमायुश्चैव भैरवम्। वाश्यन्ते शकुनाश्चापि प्रदीप्तामभितो दिशम्। अपि स्वस्ति भवेत् तस्या राजपुत्र्या महाबल
'Just as the herds of deer and the dreadful jackals howl, and birds cry out around the blazing quarters, may all be well with that royal maiden, O mighty one.'
इदं हि रक्षो मृगसंनिकाशं प्रलोभ्य मां दूरमनुप्रयातम्। हतं कथंचिन्महता श्रमेण स राक्षसोऽभून्म्रियमाण एव
'That demon, resembling a deer, lured me far away; after a great struggle, I somehow slew him as he was dying.'
मनश्च मे दीनमिहाप्रहृष्टं चक्षुश्च सव्यं कुरुते विकारम्। असंशयं लक्ष्मण नास्ति सीता हृता मृता वा पथि वर्तते वा
'My mind is dejected and joyless here, and my left eye twitches with agitation; without doubt, Lakṣmaṇa, Sītā is gone—either abducted, dead, or wandering somewhere.'
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Listen now to the fifty-eighth sarga in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Araṇyakāṇḍa.
स दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणं दीनं शून्यं दशरथात्मजः। पर्यपृच्छत धर्मात्मा वैदेहीमागतं विना
Seeing Lakṣmaṇa dejected and alone, the son of Daśaratha, righteous in nature, questioned him about Vaidehī, who had not come.
प्रस्थितं दण्डकारण्यं या मामनुजगाम ह। क्व सा लक्ष्मण वैदेही यां हित्वा त्वमिहागतः
'She who followed me when I set out for the Daṇḍaka forest—where is that Vaidehī, Lakṣmaṇa, whom you left behind and came here?'
राज्यभ्रष्टस्य दीनस्य दण्डकान् परिधावतः। क्व सा दुःखसहाया मे वैदेही तनुमध्यमा
'As I wander the Daṇḍaka forest, deprived of my kingdom and stricken with sorrow, where is that slender-waisted Vaidehī, my companion in suffering?'
यां विना नोत्सहे वीर मुहूर्तमपि जीवितुम्। क्व सा प्राणसहाया मे सीता सुरसुतोपमा
'O hero, without her I cannot bear to live even for a moment; where is that Sītā, my companion in life, who is like a daughter of the gods?'