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title: "Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 5"
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# Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 5

> सा तु नीलेन विधिवत्स्वारक्षा सुसमाहिता।  
> सागरस्योत्तरे तीरे साधु सा विनिवेशिता॥ १॥

Properly guarded by itself and fully vigilant, the aforesaid army of monkeys for its part was comfortably quartered on the northern shore of the sea by Nīla, the Commander-in-Chief. (1)

> मैन्दश्च द्विविदश्चोभौ तत्र वानरपुङ्गवौ।  
> विचेरतुश्च तां सेनां रक्षार्थं सर्वतोदिशम्॥ २॥

Nay, both Mainda and Dwivida, the two bulls among monkeys, patrolled in that area on all sides of the army for its protection. (2)

> निविष्टायां तु सेनायां तीरे नदनदीपतेः।  
> पार्श्वस्थं लक्ष्मणं दृष्ट्वा रामो वचनमब्रवीत्॥ ३॥

The army having been quartered on the shore of the sea (the lord of all rivers and streams), Śrī Rāma for his part spoke as follows to Lakṣmaṇa on seeing him standing by his side: (3)

> शोकश्च किल कालेन गच्छता ह्यपगच्छति।  
> मम चापश्यतः कान्तामहन्यहनि वर्धते॥ ४॥

“As time passes, grief too, they say, undoubtedly disappears; in my case, however, even as I miss my darling, Sītā, it grows day by day. (4)

> न मे दुःखं प्रिया दूरे न मे दुःखं हृतेति च।  
> एतदेवानुशोचामि वयोऽस्या ह्यतिवर्तते॥ ५॥

“My agony does not exist because my beloved is away from me, nor is it due to the fact that she has been borne away. I grieve for this alone that the time allowed for her survival is actually passing away. (5)

> वाहि वात यतः कान्ता तां स्पृष्ट्वा मामपि स्पृश।  
> त्वयि मे गात्रसंस्पर्शश्चन्द्रे दृष्टिसमागमः॥ ६॥

“Speed, O Breeze, to the spot where my love is; having fanned her, touch me as well. The touch of my body with you in that case will react in the same way as the meeting of one’s gaze with the moon i.e., reliever of all pain and exhilarating. (6)

> तन्मे दहति गात्राणि विषं पीतमिवाशये।  
> हा नाथेति प्रिया सा मां ह्रियमाणा यदब्रवीत्॥ ७॥

“The exclamation ‘Ah, my lord!’ which that darling addressed to me while being borne away by the ogre, consumes my limbs like poison swallowed by me and continuing in my stomach. (7)

> तद्वियोगेन्धनवता तच्चिन्ताविमलार्चिषा।  
> रात्रिं दिवं शरीरं मे दह्यते मदनाग्निना॥ ८॥

“My body is consumed night and day by the fire of love fed with the fuel of my separation from her and flaring up into the bright flame of my thought of her. (8)

> अवगाह्यार्णवं स्वप्स्ये सौमित्रे भवता विना।  
> एवं च प्रज्वलन् कामो न मा सुप्तं जले दहेत्॥ ९॥

“Diving into the sea, without you as my companion, O darling of Sumitrā, I shall repose there. Flaming love will not certainly consume me lying asleep in water, as aforesaid. (9)

> बह्वेतत् कामयानस्य शक्यमेतेन जीवितुम्।  
> यदहं सा च वामोरुरेकां धरणिमाश्रितौ॥ १०॥

“That the said lady of charming limbs and myself repose on the selfsame earth is enough consolation for me, soliciting as I do her company (desolate that I am) and it will be possible for me to survive on this score alone. (10)

> केदारस्येव केदारः सोदकस्य निरूदकः।  
> उपस्नेहेन जीवामि जीवन्तीं यच्छृणोमि ताम्॥ ११॥

“Even as the crop in a field without water remains alive through contact with a field underwater, I too survive because I hear of her surviving. (11)

> कदा नु खलु सुश्रोणीं शतपत्रायतेक्षणाम्।  
> विजित्य शत्रून् द्रक्ष्यामि सीतां स्फीतामिव श्रियम्॥ १२॥

“When on earth, having thoroughly conquered my enemies, shall I actually behold Sītā of excellent limbs and eyes large as a lotus, and welcome as abundant fortune? (12)

> कदा सुचारुदन्तोष्ठं तस्याः पद्ममिवाननम्।  
> ईषदुन्नाम्य पास्यामि रसायनमिवातुरः॥ १३॥

“When, raising a bit her lotus-like face with its extremely charming teeth and lips, shall I kiss it even as an ailing man would drink an elixir of life? (13)

> तौ तस्याः सहितौ पीनौ स्तनौ तालफलोपमौ।  
> कदा न खलु सोत्कम्पौ श्लिष्यन्त्या मां भजिष्यतः॥ १४॥

“O, when will her close, bulging and quivering breasts, resembling the palmyra fruit, actually press me even as she embraces me? (14)

> सा नूनमसितापाङ्गी रक्षोमध्यगता सती।  
> मन्नाथा नाथहीनेव त्रातारं नाधिगच्छति॥ १५॥

“Surely that virtuous lady with dark-cornered eyes, who has myself alone for her protector and has fallen in the midst of ogres, does not find a redeemer any more than a woman without a protector. (15)

> कथं जनकराजस्य दुहिता मम च प्रिया।  
> राक्षसीमध्यगा शेते स्नुषा दशरथस्य च॥ १६॥

“How does the daughter of Janaka, nay, my darling and the daughter-in-law of Daśaratha repose in the midst of ogresses? (16)

> अविक्षोभ्याणि रक्षांसि सा विधूयोत्पतिष्यति।  
> विधूय जलदान् नीलाञ्शशिलेखा शरत्स्विव॥ १७॥

“Will Sītā emerge into view destroying through me the unshakable ogres, in the same way as the crescent would shine forth during the autumn dispersing the dark clouds? (17)

> स्वभावतनुका नूनं शोकेनानशनेन च।  
> भूयस्तनुतरा सीता देशकालविपर्ययात्॥ १८॥

“Sītā, who is slender by nature, must undoubtedly be leaner still from grief and abstinence from food due to adversity of time and place. (18)

> कदा नु राक्षसेन्द्रस्य निधायोरसि सायकान्।  
> शोकं प्रत्याहरिष्यामि शोकमुत्सृज्य मानसम्॥ १९॥

“O, when, digging shafts into the breast of Rāvaṇa (the ruler of ogres), and casting off my mental woe, shall I dispel the grief of Sītā? (19)

> कदा नु खलु मे साध्वी सीतामरसुतोपमा।  
> सोत्कण्ठा कण्ठमालम्ब्य मोक्ष्यत्यानन्दजं जलम्॥ २०॥

“O when, clinging to my neck, full of longing, will my virtuous Sītā, who is like a daughter of the gods, shed tears of joy? (20)

> कदा शोकमिमं घोरं मैथिलीविप्रयोगजम्।  
> सहसा विप्रमोक्ष्यामि वासः शुक्लेतरं यथा॥ २१॥

“When shall I cast away thoroughly and for good all at once this terrible grief born of separation from Sītā, a princess of Mithilā, in the same way as one would discard a soiled garment?” (21)

> एवं विलपतस्तस्य तत्र रामस्य धीमतः।  
> दिनक्षयान्मन्दवपुर्भास्करोऽस्तमुपागमत् ॥ २२॥

While the sagacious Śrī Rāma was wailing as aforesaid on that spot, the sun, whose brilliance had grown dim due to the decline of the day, disappeared below the western horizon. (22)

> आश्वासितो लक्ष्मणेन रामः संध्यामुपासत।  
> स्मरन् कमलपत्राक्षीं सीतां शोकाकुलीकृतः॥ २३॥

Comforted by Lakṣmaṇa, Śrī Rāma, who was distracted with grief, performed his evening devotions, thinking all the time of Sītā, whose eyes resembled the petals of a lotus. (23)

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