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title: "Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 84"
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# Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 84

> राममाश्वासमाने तु लक्ष्मणे भ्रातृवत्सले।  
> निक्षिप्य गुल्मान् स्वस्थाने तत्रागच्छद् विभीषणः॥ १॥  
> नानाप्रहरणैर्वीरैश्चतुर्भिरभिसंवृतः।  
> नीलाञ्जनचयाकारैर्मातंगैरिव यूथपैः॥ २॥

Having restored the simian troops to their position while Lakṣmaṇa, who was so fond of his elder brother, was reassuring Śrī Rāma, Vibhīṣaṇa for his part made his appearance there, surrounded by four champions armed with various weapons and resembling elephants, who were leaders of their herds and looked like heaps of collyrium. (1-2)

> सोऽभिगम्य महात्मानं राघवं शोकलालसम्।  
> वानरांश्चापि ददृशे बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणान्॥ ३॥

Approaching the high-souled Lakṣmaṇa, a scion of Raghu, he found him entirely given up to grief and the monkeys too with their eyes full of tears. (3)

> राघवं च महात्मानमिक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनम्।  
> ददर्श मोहमापन्नं लक्ष्मणस्याङ्कमाश्रितम्॥ ४॥

He also beheld the high-souled Śrī Rāma, a scion of Raghu, the delight of Ikṣwāku’s race, fallen into a swoon and lying in the lap of Lakṣmaṇa. (4)

> व्रीडितं शोकसंतप्तं दृष्ट्वा रामं विभीषणः।  
> अन्तर्दुःखेन दीनात्मा किमेतदिति सोऽब्रवीत्॥ ५॥

Vibhīṣaṇa felt depressed in spirits due to mental anguish on seeing Śrī Rāma put out of countenance and tormented with grief. He said, “What is this?” (5)

> विभीषणमुखं दृष्ट्वा सुग्रीवं तांश्च वानरान्।  
> लक्ष्मणोवाच मन्दार्थमिदं बाष्पपरिप्लुतः॥ ६॥

Fixing his gaze on the face of Vibhīṣaṇa and looking at Sugrīva and the celebrated monkeys, Lakṣmaṇa, who was bathed in tears, spoke in the following terse language: (6)

> हता इन्द्रजिता सीता इति श्रुत्वैव राघवः।  
> हनूमद्वचनात् सौम्य ततो मोहमुपाश्रितः॥ ७॥

“Immediately on hearing through the words of Hanumān that Sītā has been killed by Indrajit, Śrī Rāma, a scion of Raghu, O friend, has fallen into a swoon for that reason.” (7)

> कथयन्तं तु सौमित्रिं संनिवार्य विभीषणः।  
> पुष्कलार्थमिदं वाक्यं विसंज्ञं राममब्रवीत्॥ ८॥

Restraining the son of Sumitrā even while he was speaking, Vibhīṣaṇa, for his part, made the following submission, which was full of ample meaning, to Śrī Rāma, who was lying unconscious: (8)

> मनुजेन्द्रार्तरूपेण यदुक्तस्त्वं हनूमता।  
> तदयुक्तमहं मन्ये सागरस्येव शोषणम्॥ ९॥

“I hold that what you have been told by Hanumān with a sorrowful mien, O ruler of men, to be absurd as the drying up of the sea. (9)

> अभिप्रायं तु जानामि रावणस्य दुरात्मनः।  
> सीतां प्रति महाबाहो न च घातं करिष्यति॥ १०॥

“I, for my part, know the design of the evil-minded Rāvaṇa with reference to Sītā, O mighty-armed one! He would never cause her to be killed. (10)

> याच्यमानः सुबहुशो मया हितचिकीर्षुणा।  
> वैदेहीमुत्सृजस्वेति न च तत् कृतवान् वचः॥ ११॥

“Nay, even though being solicited very often by me, who wished well of him, in the words: ‘Give up the princess of the Videha territory!’ he would never heed that advice of mine. (11)

> नैव साम्ना न दानेन न भेदेन कुतो युधा।  
> सा द्रष्टुमपि शक्येत नैव चान्येन केनचित्॥ १२॥

“She cannot even be perceived in any wise, much less killed, by anyone else by recourse to persuasion, gift or sowing dissension, much less by recourse to war. (12)

> वानरान् मोहयित्वा तु प्रतियातः स राक्षसः।  
> मायामयीं महाबाहो तां विद्धि जनकात्मजाम्॥ १३॥

“That ogre, Indrajit, for his part withdrew from the battlefield after hoodwinking the monkeys. Know that daughter of Janaka, who was seemingly killed by him, to be illusory, O mighty-armed one! (13)

> चैत्यं निकुम्भिलामद्य प्राप्य होमं करिष्यति।  
> हुतवानुपयातो हि देवैरपि सवासवैः॥ १४॥  
> दुराधर्षो भवत्येष संग्रामे रावणात्मजः।  
> तेन मोहयता नूनमेषा माया प्रयोजिता॥ १५॥  
> विघ्नमन्विच्छता तत्र वानराणां पराक्रमे।  
> ससैन्यास्तत्र गच्छामो यावत्तन्न समाप्यते॥ १६॥

“Duly reaching the sanctuary known by the name of Nikumbhilā today, he will pour oblations into the sacred fire. Having returned after pouring oblations into the sacred fire, Indrajit, sprung from the loins of Rāvaṇa, will undoubtedly prove difficult to overcome in battle even for gods including Indra, the ruler of gods. Surely this conjuring trick (in the shape of killing an illusory living effigy of Sītā) was employed by him in order to put us off the scent, anticipating, as he did, interruption in his sacrificial performance at the hands of the monkeys in the event of their prowess remaining unchecked on the battlefield. We shall, therefore, proceed to that place with an army while the sacrificial performance is not yet over. (14—16)

> त्यजैनं नरशार्दूल मिथ्या संतापमागतम्।  
> सीदते हि बलं सर्वं दृष्ट्वा त्वां शोककर्शितम्॥ १७॥

“Shake off, O tiger among men, this agony which has come upon you without any real cause. Seeing you stricken with grief, the entire army is feeling distressed. (17)

> इह त्वं स्वस्थहृदयस्तिष्ठ सत्त्वसमुच्छ्रितः।  
> लक्ष्मणं प्रेषयास्माभिः सह सैन्यानुकर्षिभिः॥ १८॥

“Very elevated as you are in courage, stay you here, confident at heart, and dispatch Lakṣmaṇa with us, who are taking the army alongwith us. (18)

> एष तं नरशार्दूलो रावणिं निशितैः शरैः।  
> त्याजयिष्यति तत्कर्म ततो वध्यो भविष्यति॥ १९॥

“With his whetted shafts this tiger among men will compel the aforesaid son of Rāvaṇa to discontinue that ritual; then he will be prone to being dispatched. (19)

> तस्यैते निशितास्तीक्ष्णाः पत्रिपत्राङ्गवाजिनः।  
> पतत्त्रिण इवासौम्याः शराः पास्यन्ति शोणितम्॥ २०॥

“These whetted and piercing arrows of Lakṣmaṇa, which fly swiftly, furnished as they are with the limbs of birds in the form of their feathers, will drink Indrajit’s blood like cruel birds. (20)

> तत् संदिश महाबाहो लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्षणम्।  
> राक्षसस्य विनाशाय वज्रं वज्रधरो यथा॥ २१॥

“Therefore, O mighty-armed one, dispatch Lakṣmaṇa, who is endowed with auspicious bodily marks, for the destruction of the ogre, Indrajit, even as Indra, the wielder of the thunderbolt, would employ the thunderbolt for the destruction of his enemies, the demons. (21)

> मनुजवर न कालविप्रकर्षो  
> रिपुनिधनं प्रति यत्क्षमोऽद्य कर्तुम्।  
> त्वमतिसृज रिपोर्वधाय वज्रं  
> दिविजरिपोर्मथने यथा महेन्द्रः॥ २२॥

“Since, O jewel among human beings (the progeny of Manu), loss of time in compassing the death of the enemy, Indrajit, is no longer desirable in anyway, send Lakṣmaṇa for making short work of the enemy even as the mighty Indra, the ruler of gods, would hurl his thunderbolt for the destruction of an enemy of gods (lit., those born in heaven). (22)

> समाप्तकर्मा हि स राक्षसर्षभो  
> भवत्यदृश्यः समरे सुरासुरैः।  
> युयुत्सता तेन समाप्तकर्मणा  
> भवेत् सुराणामपि संशयो महान्॥ २३॥

“On concluding the ritual, that prince of ogres will turn invisible on the battlefield to gods and demons alike. There will be great danger even to gods in fighting with him when he has concluded the ritual and feels inclined to fight.” (23)

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