लक्ष्मणादथ चादाय रामो निष्पीड्य कार्मुकम्। शरमादाय संदीप्तं घोरमाशीविषोपमम्
Then Rama, taking his bow from Lakshmana and drawing it tight, took up a blazing, terrible arrow, like a venomous serpent.
संदधे धनुषि श्रीमान् रामः परपुरञ्जयः। युगान्ताग्निरिव क्रुद्ध इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
The illustrious Rama, conqueror of enemy cities, fitted the arrow to his bow, and, enraged like the fire at the end of an age, spoke these words:
यथा जरा यथा मृत्युर्यथा कालो यथा विधिः। नित्यं न प्रतिहन्यन्ते सर्वभूतेषु लक्ष्मण। तथाहं क्रोधसंयुक्तो न निवार्योऽस्म्यसंशयम्
Just as old age, death, time, and fate are never turned back among all beings, O Lakshmana, so too, joined with wrath, I am surely unstoppable.
पुरेव मे चारुदतीमनिन्दितां दिशन्ति सीतां यदि नाद्य मैथिलीम्। सदेवगन्धर्वमनुष्यपन्नगं जगत् सशैलं परिवर्तयाम्यहम्
If today they do not return Sita, the faultless Maithili, as she was before, then I shall overturn the world of gods, gandharvas, men, and serpents, along with its mountains.
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Hear now the sixty-fifth sarga in the glorious Valmiki Ramayana, Aranyakanda.
तप्यमानं तदा रामं सीताहरणकर्शितम्। लोकानामभवे युक्तं सांवर्तकमिवानलम्
At that time, Rama, tormented by the grief of Sita's abduction, burned like the annihilating fire at the end of the world, fit to destroy all beings.
वीक्षमाणं धनुः सज्यं निःश्वसन्तं पुनः पुनः। दग्धुकामं जगत् सर्वं युगान्ते च यथा हरम्
He gazed with his bow strung, breathing heavily again and again, desiring to burn the entire world, just as Shiva does at the end of an age.
अदृष्टपूर्वं संक्रुद्धं दृष्ट्वा रामं स लक्ष्मणः। अब्रवीत् प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यं मुखेन परिशुष्यता
Lakshmana, seeing Rama enraged as never before, spoke with folded hands, his face parched with anxiety.
पुरा भूत्वा मृदुर्दान्तः सर्वभूतहिते रतः। न क्रोधवशमापन्नः प्रकृतिं हातुमर्हसि
Once gentle and self-controlled, devoted to the welfare of all beings, you should not abandon your nature by succumbing to anger.
चन्द्रे लक्ष्मीः प्रभा सूर्ये गतिर्वायौ भुवि क्षमा। एतच्च नियतं नित्यं त्वयि चानुत्तमं यशः
Beauty resides in the moon, radiance in the sun, movement in the wind, and patience on earth; likewise, supreme fame is ever established in you.
एकस्य नापराधेन लोकान् हन्तुं त्वमर्हसि। ननु जानामि कस्यायं भग्नः सांग्रामिको रथः
You should not destroy the worlds for the offense of one; I do not yet know whose battle-chariot this is, broken as it is.
केन वा कस्य वा हेतोः सयुगः सपरिच्छदः। खुरनेमिक्षतश्चायं सिक्तो रुधिरबिन्दुभिः
By whom, for whom, and for what reason is this chariot, with its yoke and fittings, wounded by hooves and wheels, sprinkled with drops of blood?
देशो निर्वृत्तसंग्रामः सुघोरः पार्थिवात्मज। एकस्य तु विमर्दोऽयं न द्वयोर्वदतां वर
This place, O prince, is the site of a fierce battle now ended; but the struggle was only between one and another, not two, O best of speakers.
नहि वृत्तं हि पश्यामि बलस्य महतः पदम्। नैकस्य तु कृते लोकान् विनाशयितुमर्हसि
I do not see any trace of a great army's movement here; you should not destroy the worlds for the deed of a single person.
युक्तदण्डा हि मृदवः प्रशान्ता वसुधाधिपाः। सदा त्वं सर्वभूतानां शरण्यः परमा गतिः
Gentle and peaceful rulers administer just punishment; you are always the refuge and highest goal of all beings.
को नु दारप्रणाशं ते साधु मन्येत राघव। सरितः सागराः शैला देवगन्धर्वदानवाः
Who, O Raghava, would approve the loss of your wife? Rivers, oceans, mountains, gods, Gandharvas, and demons—
नालं ते विप्रियं कर्तुं दीक्षितस्येव साधवः। येन राजन् हृता सीता तमन्वेषितुमर्हसि
None are able to harm you, just as the virtuous cannot harm one who is consecrated; O king, you should search for the one who has taken Sita.
मद्द्वितीयो धनुष्पाणिः सहायैः परमर्षिभिः। समुद्रं वा विचेष्यामः पर्वतांश्च वनानि च
With you, unrivaled and armed with your bow, and aided by the foremost sages, we shall search the ocean, the mountains, and the forests.
गुहाश्च विविधा घोराः पद्मिन्यो विविधास्तथा। देवगन्धर्वलोकांश्च विचेष्यामः समाहिताः
We shall thoroughly search the various dreadful caves, the many lotus lakes, and the realms of gods and Gandharvas.
यावन्नाधिगमिष्यामस्तव भार्यापहारिणम्। न चेत् साम्ना प्रदास्यन्ति पत्नीं ते त्रिदशेश्वराः। कोसलेन्द्र ततः पश्चात् प्राप्तकालं करिष्यसि
Until we find the one who has taken your wife, if the lords of heaven do not return your spouse by peaceful means, O king of Kosala, then you shall act when the time is right.
शीलेन साम्ना विनयेन सीतां नयेन न प्राप्स्यसि चेन्नरेन्द्र। ततः समुत्सादय हेमपुङ्खै- र्महेन्द्रवज्रप्रतिमैः शरौघैः
If, O king, you do not obtain Sita by virtue, persuasion, and humility, then destroy them with arrows tipped with gold, like Indra's thunderbolts.
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Let the sixty-sixth chapter be heard in the glorious Valmiki Ramayana, in the Aranya Kanda, the sixty-sixth sarga.
तं तथा शोकसंतप्तं विलपन्तमनाथवत्। मोहेन महता युक्तं परिद्यूनमचेतसम्
He, thus afflicted by grief, lamenting like one abandoned, overwhelmed by great delusion, was utterly distressed and lost in mind.
ततः सौमित्रिराश्वस्य मुहूर्तादिव लक्ष्मणः। रामं सम्बोधयामास चरणौ चाभिपीडयन्
Then Saumitri, Lakshmana, after a short while, awakened Rama, pressing his feet.
महता तपसा चापि महता चापि कर्मणा। राज्ञा दशरथेनासील्लब्धोऽमृतमिवामरैः
By great austerity and by great deeds, King Dasharatha obtained you, as the immortals obtain ambrosia.
तव चैव गुणैर्बद्धस्त्वद्वियोगान्महीपतिः। राजा देवत्वमापन्नो भरतस्य यथा श्रुतम्
Bound by your virtues, the king—lord of the earth—attained divinity upon separation from you, as has been heard regarding Bharata.
यदि दुःखमिदं प्राप्तं काकुत्स्थ न सहिष्यसे। प्राकृतश्चाल्पसत्त्वश्च इतरः कः सहिष्यति
If you, Kakutstha, cannot endure this sorrow that has come, then who else, being ordinary and of little strength, could possibly endure it?
आश्वसिहि नरश्रेष्ठ प्राणिनः कस्य नापदः। संस्पृशन्त्यग्निवद् राजन् क्षणेन व्यपयान्ति च
Take heart, best of men; who among living beings is untouched by misfortune? Like fire, O king, they touch for a moment and then pass away.
दुःखितो हि भवाँल्लोकांस्तेजसा यदि धक्ष्यते। आर्ताः प्रजा नरव्याघ्र क्व नु यास्यन्ति निर्वृतिम्
If, overwhelmed by grief, you were to burn the worlds with your energy, O tiger among men, where would the afflicted people find relief?
लोकस्वभाव एवैष ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः। गतः शक्रेण सालोक्यमनयस्तं समस्पृशत्
This is the very nature of the world: Yayati, son of Nahusha, attained the same realm as Indra, yet misfortune befell him as well.