--- title: "Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 110" canonical: "https://ramayana.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/sarga-110" lang: "en" --- # Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 110 > रावणं निहतं श्रुत्वा राघवेण महात्मना। > अन्तःपुराद् विनिष्पेतू राक्षस्यः शोककर्शिताः॥ १॥ > वार्यमाणाः सुबहुशो वेष्टन्त्यः क्षितिपांसुषु। > विमुक्तकेश्यः शोकार्ता गावो वत्सहता इव॥ २॥ Emaciated through grief on hearing of Rāvaṇa having been killed by the high-souled Śrī Rāma (a scion of Raghu), the ogresses living in the gynaeceum of Rāvaṇa, rushed out of the gynaeceum, rolling in the dust of the streets, though being held back every now and then by their maid-servants, their hair dishevelled, stricken as they were with grief like cows that had lost their calf. (1-2) > उत्तरेण विनिष्क्रम्य द्वारेण सह राक्षसैः। > प्रविश्यायोधनं घोरं विचिन्वन्त्यो हतं पतिम्॥ ३॥ > आर्यपुत्रेति वादिन्यो हा नाथेति च सर्वशः। > परिपेतुः कबन्धाङ्कां महीं शोणितकर्दमाम्॥ ४॥ Issuing out of the northern gate of Laṅkā alongwith ogres, and penetrating deep into the dreadful battlefield searching for their husband, who had been killed, nay, crying out, “O my husband! Ah my lord!!”, they all ran hither and thither on the ground, which was covered with headless trunks and rendered muddy with gore. (3-4) > ता बाष्पपरिपूर्णाक्ष्यो भर्तृशोकपराजिताः। > करिण्य इव नर्दन्त्यः करेण्वो हतयूथपाः॥ ५॥ > ददृशुस्ता महाकायं महावीर्यं महाद्युतिम्। > रावणं निहतं भूमौ नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम्॥ ६॥ Crying like female elephants, their eyes full of tears, overcome as they were with grief for their husband, the aforesaid ogresses, who also looked like female elephants that had lost the leader of their herd, saw the gigantic Rāvaṇa, who was endowed with extraordinary prowess and invested with great splendour, lying killed on the ground like a heap of black antimony. (5-6) > ताः पतिं सहसा दृष्ट्वा शयानं रणपांसुषु। > निपेतुस्तस्य गात्रेषु च्छिन्ना वनलता इव॥ ७॥ Beholding their husband lying in the dust of the battlefield, they precipitately fell down on his limbs like so many uprooted wild creepers. (7) > बहुमानात् परिष्वज्य काचिदेनं रुरोद ह। > चरणौ काचिदालम्ब्य काचित् कण्ठेऽवलम्ब्य च॥ ८॥ Embracing him out of great regard, one burst into tears, another sobbed holding his feet; while a third began to weep hanging on his neck. (8) > उत्क्षिप्य च भुजौ काचिद् भूमौ सुपरिवर्तते। > हतस्य वदनं दृष्ट्वा काचिन्मोहमुपागमत्॥ ९॥ Yet another rolled on the ground, throwing up her arms; while still another fell into a swoon on seeing the face of her deceased husband. (9) > काचिदङ्के शिरः कृत्वा रुरोद मुखमीक्षती। > स्नापयन्ती मुखं बाष्पैस्तुषारैरिव पङ्कजम्॥ १०॥ Laying his head in her lap, one wept as she looked on his countenance, bathing his face with tears even as nature would cover a lotus with dew-drops. (10) > एवमार्ताः पतिं दृष्ट्वा रावणं निहतं भुवि। > चुक्रुशुर्बहुधा शोकाद् भूयस्ताः पर्यदेवयन्॥ ११॥ Afflicted thus to see their husband, Rāvaṇa, lying killed on the ground as mentioned above, the ladies cried in diverse ways out of grief and then began to wail as follows: (11) > येन वित्रासितः शक्रो येन वित्रासितो यमः। > येन वैश्रवणो राजा पुष्पकेण वियोजितः॥ १२॥ > गन्धर्वाणामृषीणां च सुराणां च महात्मनाम्। > भयं येन रणे दत्तं सोऽयं शेते रणे हतः॥ १३॥ “Here lies killed on the battlefield the warrior by whom Indra was thrown into a fright and Yama (the god of retribution) was also struck with terror, nay, by whom Kubera (son of Sage Viśravā), the king of Yakṣas, was deprived of his aerial car, Puṣpaka, and by whom fear was inspired on the battlefield in the Gandharvas (celestial musicians), in the Ṛṣis (the seers of Vedic Mantras) as well as in the lofty-minded gods. (12-13) > असुरेभ्यः सुरेभ्यो वा पन्नगेभ्योऽपि वा तथा। > भयं यो न विजानाति तस्येदं मानुषाद् भयम्॥ १४॥ “This catastrophe in the form of death has come from a mortal to him who did not conceive any fear from the demons or the gods or even from reptiles for that matter! (14) > अवध्यो देवतानां यस्तथा दानवरक्षसाम्। > हतः सोऽयं रणे शेते मानुषेण पदातिना॥ १५॥ “Here lies killed in combat by a mortal come walking all the way from Ayodhyā, a warrior who was incapable of being killed by gods, and even so, by devils and ogres too! (15) > यो न शक्यः सुरैर्हन्तुं न यक्षैर्नासुरैस्तथा। > सोऽयं कश्चिदिवासत्त्वो मृत्युं मर्त्येन लम्भितः॥ १६॥ “Here lies, conveyed by a mortal to the region of death, like one devoid of strength, he who could not be disposed of by gods, Yakṣas and demons alike.” (16) > एवं वदन्त्यो रुरुदुस्तस्य ता दुःखिताः स्त्रियः। > भूय एव च दुःखार्ता विलेपुश्च पुनः पुनः॥ १७॥ Wailing as aforesaid, those wretched consorts of Rāvaṇa burst into tears. Nay, stricken with agony, they repeatedly lamented once more in the following words: (17) > अशृण्वता तु सुहृदां सततं हितवादिनाम्। > मरणायाहृता सीता राक्षसाश्च निपातिताः। > एताः सममिदानीं ते वयमात्मा च पातितः॥ १८॥ “To your own destruction was Sītā borne away by you, who did not listen to the remonstrances of your near and dear ones, who always offered friendly counsel to you. Nay, ogres too have been struck-down and here stand we, your consorts, as well as your ownself destroyed all at once. (18) > ब्रुवाणोऽपि हितं वाक्यमिष्टो भ्राता विभीषणः। > दृष्टं परुषितो मोहात् त्वयाऽऽत्मवधकांक्षिणा॥ १९॥ “Though tendering salutary advice to you, your beloved younger brother, Vibhīṣaṇa, was harshly treated through ignorance by you, who evidently sought your own destruction; and the result has been seen by us. (19) > यदि निर्यातिता ते स्यात् सीता रामाय मैथिली। > न नः स्याद् व्यसनं घोरमिदं मूलहरं महत्॥ २०॥ “Had Sītā, a princess of Mithilā, been restored by you to Rāma, this appalling and major calamity, which has robbed us of our very root, would not have befallen us. (20) > वृत्तकामो भवेद् भ्राता रामो मित्रकुलं भवेत्। > वयं चाविधवाः सर्वाः सकामा न च शत्रवः॥ २१॥ “Your brother, Vibhīṣaṇa, would have in that case had his desire fulfilled, Rāma would have turned our ally; nay, we all would have been spared the curse of widowhood and our enemies would not have realized their ambition. (21) > त्वया पुनर्नृशंसेन सीतां संरुन्धता बलात्। > राक्षसा वयमात्मा च त्रयं तुल्यं निपातितम्॥ २२॥ “By you, however, who, hard-hearted as you were, was forcibly kept Sītā under detention, the ogres, we, your consorts, as well as your ownself—all the three have been ruined all at once. (22) > न कामकारः कामं वा तव राक्षसपुंगव। > दैवं चेष्टयते सर्वं हतं दैवेन हन्यते॥ २३॥ “Your acting according to your own will, however, was not sufficient to ruin you, O bull among the ogres! For, Providence alone prompts all to action. He alone is killed who is killed by destiny. (23) > वानराणां विनाशोऽयं राक्षसानां च ते रणे। > तव चैव महाबाहो दैवयोगादुपागतः॥ २४॥ “This destruction of the monkeys as also of the ogres as well as yours in the conflict courted by you has come about as an act of destiny alone, O mighty-armed one! (24) > नैवार्थेन च कामेन विक्रमेण न चाज्ञया। > शक्या दैवगतिर्लोके निवर्तयितुमुद्यता॥ २५॥ “The course of destiny, when about to bear fruit, cannot be diverted by money, wish, valour or even by command.” (25) > विलेपुरेवं दीनास्ता राक्षसाधिपयोषितः। > कुरर्य इव दुःखार्ता बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाः॥ २६॥ Thus lamented like female ospreys the aforesaid consorts of Rāvaṇa, the suzerain lord of ogres, stricken with agony as they were, their eyes bedimmed with tears. 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