Aranya Kanda, Sarga 19
तां तथा पतितां दृष्ट्वा विरूपां शोणितोक्षिताम्। भगिनीं क्रोधसंतप्तः खरः पप्रच्छ राक्षसः॥ १॥
Meaning
Inflamed with anger to see his aforesaid sister fallen as she had done, mutilated and drenched in blood, the ogre Khara said : (1)
उत्तिष्ठ तावदाख्याहि प्रमोहं जहि सम्भ्रमम्। व्यक्तमाख्याहि केन त्वमेवंरूपा विरूपिता॥ २॥
Meaning
“Get up, shake off your unconsciousness and fear and point out explicitly by whom you have been mutilated in this way. (2)
कः कृष्णसर्पमासीनमाशीविषमनागसम्। तुदत्यभिसमापन्नमङ्गुल्यग्रेण लीलया॥ ३॥
Meaning
“Who has hit in sport with the tip of his finger a poisonous black serpent arrived in front and sitting harmlessly: (3)
कालपाशं समासज्य कण्ठे मोहान्न बुध्यते। यस्त्वामद्य समासाद्य पीतवान् विषमुत्तमम्॥ ४॥
Meaning
“He who having assailed you has drunk up a most effective poison (in the form of mutilating you) is not conscious of his having fastened the noose of Death round his neck. (4)
बलविक्रमसम्पन्ना कामगा कामरूपिणी। इमामवस्थां नीता त्वं केनान्तकसमागता॥ ५॥
Meaning
“By whom were you approached and reduced to this state—you, who are richly endowed with strength and prowess, nay, moving at will, are capable of assuming any form you like and are a compeer of Death? (5)
देवगन्धर्वभूतानामृषीणां च महात्मनाम्। कोऽयमेवं महावीर्यस्त्वां विरूपां चकार ह॥ ६॥
Meaning
“Possessed of extraordinary prowess among gods, Gandharvas (celestial musicians) and high-souled seers of Vedic Mantras, who is it that has actually mutilated you thus? (6)
नहि पश्याम्यहं लोके यः कुर्यान्मम विप्रियम्। अमरेषु सहस्राक्षं महेन्द्रं पाकशासनम्॥ ७॥
Meaning
“Really I do not perceive in the world anyone who dare give offence to me—not even the mighty Indra, the thousand-eyed tamer of the demon Pāka. (7)
अद्याहं मार्गणैः प्राणानादास्ये जीवितान्तगैः। सलिले क्षीरमासक्तं निष्पिबन्निव सारसः॥ ८॥
Meaning
“Today I shall take the offender’s life with my deadly arrows, even as a swan drains off the milk mixed up in water, while heartily drinking it. (8)
निहतस्य मया संख्ये शरसंकृत्तमर्मणः। सफेनं रुधिरं कस्य मेदिनी पातुमिच्छति॥ ९॥
Meaning
“Whose foaming blood does the earth seek to suck when he has been slain by me on the battlefield, his vital parts having been cut through with my arrows? (9)
कस्य पत्ररथाः कायान्मांसमुत्कृत्य संगताः। प्रहृष्टा भक्षयिष्यन्ति निहतस्य मया रणे॥ १०॥
Meaning
“Whose flesh will the birds, come together, most delightedly swallow tearing it off from his body when he has been killed by me on the battlefield? (10)
तं न देवा न गन्धर्वा न पिशाचा न राक्षसाः। मयापकृष्टं कृपणं शक्तास्त्रातुं महाहवे॥ ११॥
Meaning
“Neither gods nor Gandharvas, nor fiends nor ogres shall be able to save the wretch dragged by me on the battlefield. (11)
उपलभ्य शनैः संज्ञां तं मे शंसितुमर्हसि। येन त्वं दुर्विनीतेन वने विक्रम्य निर्जिता॥ १२॥
Meaning
“Gradually recovering consciousness, please tell me the name of the unruly fellow by whom you were assailed and subdued in the forest.” (12)
इति भ्रातुर्वचः श्रुत्वा क्रुद्धस्य च विशेषतः। ततः शूर्पणखा वाक्यं सबाष्पमिदमब्रवीत्॥ १३॥
Meaning
Hearing these words of her brother, Khara, especially when he was seized with fury, Śūrpaṇakhā now made the following reply with tears in her eyes : (13)
तरुणौ रूपसम्पन्नौ सुकुमारौ महाबलौ। पुण्डरीकविशालाक्षौ चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरौ॥ १४॥ फलमूलाशनौ दान्तौ तापसौ ब्रह्मचारिणौ। पुत्रौ दशरथस्यास्तां भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ॥ १५॥
Meaning
“Young and richly endowed with comeliness, tender yet possessed of extraordinary might, having large lotus-like eyes and clad in the bark of trees and black antelope skin, living on fruits and roots, self-controlled, practising austerities and continence, there are two brothers, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, sons of Daśaratha. (14-15)
गन्धर्वराजप्रतिमौ पार्थिवव्यञ्जनान्वितौ। देवौ वा दानवावेतौ न तर्कयितुमुत्सहे॥ १६॥
Meaning
“They look like the king of Gandharvas and are endowed with the bodily marks of kings. I am unable to guess whether they are gods or demons. (16)
तरुणी रूपसम्पन्ना सर्वाभरणभूषिता। दृष्टा तत्र मया नारी तयोर्मध्ये सुमध्यमा॥ १७॥
Meaning
“In their midst was seen by me there a young lady with a slender waist, richly endowed with bodily charm and adorned with all kinds of ornaments. (17)
ताभ्यामुभाभ्यां सम्भूय प्रमदामधिकृत्य ताम्। इमामवस्थां नीताहं यथानाथासती तथा॥ १८॥
Meaning
“I was reduced to this plight by both the aforesaid brothers together on account of that young lady, in the same way as an unprotected and vile woman would be. (18)
तस्याश्चानृजुवृत्तायास्तयोश्च हतयोरहम्। सफेनं पातुमिच्छामि रुधिरं रणमूर्धनि॥ १९॥
Meaning
“I long to drink the foaming blood of that woman of crooked ways as well as of those two brothers, killed in the van of a combat. (19)
एष मे प्रथमः कामः कृतस्तत्र त्वया भवेत्। तस्यास्तयोश्च रुधिरं पिबेयमहमाहवे॥ २०॥
Meaning
“This foremost desire of mine may be accomplished by you there, viz., that I may drink on the battlefield the blood of that lady as well as of those two brothers.” (20)
इति तस्यां ब्रुवाणायां चतुर्दश महाबलान्। व्यादिदेश खरः क्रुद्धो राक्षसानन्तकोपमान्॥ २१॥
Meaning
Even while she was speaking thus, the infuriated Khara commanded (as follows) fourteen ogres, who were possessed of extraordinary might and resembled Death : (21)
मानुषौ शस्त्रसम्पन्नौ चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बरौ। प्रविष्टौ दण्डकारण्यं घोरं प्रमदया सह॥ २२॥
Meaning
“Two human beings, fully equipped with arms, clad in bark and black antelope skin, and accompanied by a young woman, have entered the frightful Daṇḍaka forest. (22)
तौ हत्वा तां च दुर्वृत्तामुपावर्तितुमर्हथ। इयं च भगिनी तेषां रुधिरं मम पास्यति॥ २३॥
Meaning
“Having made short work of the two brothers, you should also kill that vile woman. This sister of mine will drink their blood. (23)
मनोरथोऽयमिष्टोऽस्या भगिन्या मम राक्षसाः। शीघ्रं सम्पाद्यतां गत्वा तौ प्रमथ्य स्वतेजसा॥ २४॥
Meaning
“Proceeding quickly and killing those two brothers with your own might, accomplish this cherished longing of this sister of mine, O ogres ! (24)
युष्माभिर्निहतौ दृष्ट्वा तावुभौ भ्रातरौ रणे। इयं प्रहृष्टा मुदिता रुधिरं युधि पास्यति॥ २५॥
Meaning
“Highly delighted to see those two brothers killed on the battlefield by you, this lady will drink their blood on the battlefield with joy.” (25)
इति प्रतिसमादिष्टा राक्षसास्ते चतुर्दश। तत्र जग्मुस्तया सार्धं घना वातेरिता इव॥ २६॥
Meaning
Commanded in these words by Khara, those fourteen ogres went there with her like clouds driven by a blast. (26)
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