Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 18
DB 4 18.1
ब्रह्माणं प्रति विष्णुवाक्यम् व्यास उवाच शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि कृष्णस्य चरितं महत् । अवतारकारणं चैव देव्याश्चरितमद्भुतम्
brahmāṇaṃ prati viṣṇuvākyam vyāsa uvāca śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi kṛṣṇasya caritaṃ mahat | avatārakāraṇaṃ caiva devyāścaritamadbhutam
Viṣṇu's speech to Brahmā. Vyāsa said: Listen, O king, I shall relate the great deeds of Kṛṣṇa, and the reason for his descent, and the wondrous deeds of the Goddess.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.2
धरैकदा भराक्रान्ता रुदती चातिकर्शिता । गोरूपधारिणी दीना भीतागच्छत्त्रिविष्टपम्
dharaikadā bharākrāntā rudatī cātikarśitā | gorūpadhāriṇī dīnā bhītāgacchattriviṣṭapam
Once the Earth, oppressed by her burden, weeping and much emaciated, wretched and afraid, bearing the form of a cow, came to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.3
पृष्टा शक्रेण किं तेऽद्य वर्तते भयमित्यथ । केन वै पीडितासि त्वं किं ते दुःखं वसुन्धरे
pṛṣṭā śakreṇa kiṃ te'dya vartate bhayamityatha | kena vai pīḍitāsi tvaṃ kiṃ te duḥkhaṃ vasundhare
She was asked by Śakra: "What fear besets you today? By whom indeed have you been afflicted? What is your sorrow, O Earth?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.4
तच्छ्रुत्वेला तदोवाच शृणु देवेश मेऽखिलम् । दुःखं पृच्छसि यत्त्वं मे भाराक्रान्तोऽस्मि मानद
tacchrutvelā tadovāca śṛṇu deveśa me'khilam | duḥkhaṃ pṛcchasi yattvaṃ me bhārākrānto'smi mānada
Hearing that, Ilā (the Earth) then said: "Hear from me all of it, O lord of gods. As for the sorrow you ask me about — I am oppressed by a burden, O giver of honour.
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DB 4 18.5
जरासन्धो महापापी मागधेषु पतिर्मम । शिशुपालस्तथा चैद्यः काशिराजः प्रतापवान्
jarāsandho mahāpāpī māgadheṣu patirmama | śiśupālastathā caidyaḥ kāśirājaḥ pratāpavān
Jarāsandha, the great sinner, is my master among the Māgadhas; likewise Śiśupāla the Caidya, and the mighty king of Kāśi;
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DB 4 18.6
रुक्मी च बलवान्कंसो नरकश्च महाबलः । शाल्वः सौभपतिः क्रूरः केशी धेनुकवत्सकौ
rukmī ca balavānkaṃso narakaśca mahābalaḥ | śālvaḥ saubhapatiḥ krūraḥ keśī dhenukavatsakau
and the powerful Rukmī, Kaṃsa, and Naraka of great strength, Śālva the lord of Saubha, the cruel Keśī, and Dhenuka and Vatsaka;
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DB 4 18.7
सर्वे धर्मविहीनाश्च परस्परविरोधिनः । पापाचारा मदोन्मत्ताः कालरूपाश्च पार्थिवाः
sarve dharmavihīnāśca parasparavirodhinaḥ | pāpācārā madonmattāḥ kālarūpāśca pārthivāḥ
all of them devoid of dharma and hostile to one another, evil in conduct, maddened with pride — these princes are forms of Death.
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DB 4 18.8
तैरहं पीडिता शक्र भाराक्रान्ताक्षमा विभो । किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि चिन्ता मे महती स्थिता
tairahaṃ pīḍitā śakra bhārākrāntākṣamā vibho | kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi cintā me mahatī sthitā
By them I am afflicted, O Śakra; oppressed by the burden I cannot bear it, O lord. What am I to do, where shall I go? Great is the anxiety that has settled on me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.9
पीडिताहं वराहेण विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । शक्र जानीहि हरिणा दुःखाद्दुःखतरं गता
pīḍitāhaṃ varāheṇa viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | śakra jānīhi hariṇā duḥkhādduḥkhataraṃ gatā
I have been afflicted by the Boar, by Viṣṇu, the mighty lord. Know, O Śakra, that through Hari I have gone from sorrow to greater sorrow.
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DB 4 18.10
यतोऽहं दुष्टदैत्येन कश्यपस्यात्मजेन वै । हृताहं हिरण्याक्षेण मग्ना तस्मिन्महार्णवे
yato'haṃ duṣṭadaityena kaśyapasyātmajena vai | hṛtāhaṃ hiraṇyākṣeṇa magnā tasminmahārṇave
For when I was carried off by the wicked demon Hiraṇyākṣa, the son of Kaśyapa, I was sunk in that great ocean;
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DB 4 18.11
तदा सूकररूपेण विष्णुना निहतोऽप्यसौ । उद्धृताहं वराहेण स्थापिता हि स्थिरा कृता
tadā sūkararūpeṇa viṣṇunā nihato'pyasau | uddhṛtāhaṃ varāheṇa sthāpitā hi sthirā kṛtā
then he was slain by Viṣṇu in the form of a boar, and I was lifted up by the Boar, set in place and made firm.
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DB 4 18.12
नोचेद्रसातले स्वस्था स्थिता स्यां सुखशायिनी । न शक्तास्म्यद्य देवेश भारं वोढुं दुरात्मनाम्
nocedrasātale svasthā sthitā syāṃ sukhaśāyinī | na śaktāsmyadya deveśa bhāraṃ voḍhuṃ durātmanām
Otherwise I would have remained at ease in the nether world, lying happily. Today, O lord of gods, I am not able to bear the weight of these evil-souled ones.
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DB 4 18.13
अग्रे दुष्टः समायाति ह्यष्टाविंशस्तथा कलिः । तदाहं पीडिता शक्र गन्तास्म्याशु रसातलम्
agre duṣṭaḥ samāyāti hyaṣṭāviṃśastathā kaliḥ | tadāhaṃ pīḍitā śakra gantāsmyāśu rasātalam
Ahead comes the wicked twenty-eighth (age), and then the Kali (age); then, afflicted, O Śakra, I shall go swiftly to the nether world.
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DB 4 18.14
तस्मात्त्वं देवदेवेश दुःखरूपार्णवस्य च । पारदो भव भारं मे हर पादौ नमामि ते
tasmāttvaṃ devadeveśa duḥkharūpārṇavasya ca | pārado bhava bhāraṃ me hara pādau namāmi te
Therefore, O lord of the gods of gods, be the one who ferries (me) across this ocean that is sorrow itself; take away my burden — I bow to your feet."
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DB 4 18.15
इंद्र उवाच इले किं ते करोम्यद्य ब्रह्माणं शरणं व्रज । अहं तत्रागमिष्यामि स ते दुःखं हरिष्यति
iṃdra uvāca ile kiṃ te karomyadya brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja | ahaṃ tatrāgamiṣyāmi sa te duḥkhaṃ hariṣyati
Indra said: O Ilā, what can I do for you today? Go to Brahmā for refuge. I too shall come there; he will take away your sorrow.
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DB 4 18.16
तच्छ्रुत्वा त्वरिता पृथ्वी ब्रह्मलोकं गता तदा । शक्रोऽपि पृष्ठतः प्राप्तः सर्वदेवपुरःसरः
tacchrutvā tvaritā pṛthvī brahmalokaṃ gatā tadā | śakro'pi pṛṣṭhataḥ prāptaḥ sarvadevapuraḥsaraḥ
Hearing that, the Earth went in haste to Brahmā's world; and Śakra too arrived behind her, going in front of all the gods.
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DB 4 18.17
सुरभीमागतां तत्र दृष्ट्वोवाच प्रजापतिः । महीं ज्ञात्वा महाराज ध्यानेन समुपस्थिताम्
surabhīmāgatāṃ tatra dṛṣṭvovāca prajāpatiḥ | mahīṃ jñātvā mahārāja dhyānena samupasthitām
Seeing the cow that had come there, the Lord of creatures spoke, having known by meditation, O great king, that it was the Earth who had presented herself.
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DB 4 18.18
कस्माद्रुदसि कल्याणि किं ते दुःखं वदाधुना । पीडितासि च केन त्वं पापाचारेण भूर्वद चतुर्थस्कन्धे ब्रह्माणं प्रति विष्णुवाक्यं नामाष्टादशोऽध्यायः
kasmādrudasi kalyāṇi kiṃ te duḥkhaṃ vadādhunā | pīḍitāsi ca kena tvaṃ pāpācāreṇa bhūrvada caturthaskandhe brahmāṇaṃ prati viṣṇuvākyaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
"Why do you weep, good lady? Tell (me) now, what is your sorrow? And by which evil-doer are you afflicted — speak, O Earth!" — in the Fourth Book, the chapter called the eighteenth, (containing) Viṣṇu's speech to Brahmā.
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DB 4 18.19
धरोवाच कलिरायाति दुष्टोऽयं बिभेमि तद्भयादहम् । पापाचाराः प्रजास्तत्र भविष्यन्ति जगत्पते
dharovāca kalirāyāti duṣṭo'yaṃ bibhemi tadbhayādaham | pāpācārāḥ prajāstatra bhaviṣyanti jagatpate
The Earth said: This wicked Kali is coming; out of fear of him I am afraid. The creatures there will be of evil conduct, O Lord of the world.
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DB 4 18.20
राजानश्च दुराचाराः परस्परविरोधिनः । चौरकर्मरताः सर्वे राक्षसाः पूर्णवैरिणः
rājānaśca durācārāḥ parasparavirodhinaḥ | caurakarmaratāḥ sarve rākṣasāḥ pūrṇavairiṇaḥ
And the kings (will be) of bad conduct, opposing one another, all bent on the work of thieves, demons filled with enmity.
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DB 4 18.21
तान्हत्वा नृपतीन्भारं हर मेऽद्य पितामह । पीडितास्मि महाराज सैन्यभारेण भूभृताम्
tānhatvā nṛpatīnbhāraṃ hara me'dya pitāmaha | pīḍitāsmi mahārāja sainyabhāreṇa bhūbhṛtām
Having slain those kings, take away my burden today, O Grandfather; I am afflicted, O great king, by the weight of the armies of the rulers of the earth.
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DB 4 18.22
ब्रह्योवाच नाहं शक्तस्तथा देवि भारावतरणे तव । गच्छावः सदनं विष्णोर्देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः
brahyovāca nāhaṃ śaktastathā devi bhārāvataraṇe tava | gacchāvaḥ sadanaṃ viṣṇordevadevasya cakriṇaḥ
Brahmā said: I am not able, O goddess, to remove your burden thus; let us two go to the abode of Viṣṇu, the god of gods, bearer of the discus.
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DB 4 18.23
स ते भारापनोदं वै करिष्यति जनार्दनः । पूर्वं मयापि ते कार्यं चिन्तितं सुविचार्य च
sa te bhārāpanodaṃ vai kariṣyati janārdanaḥ | pūrvaṃ mayāpi te kāryaṃ cintitaṃ suvicārya ca
That Janārdana will indeed bring about the removal of your burden; earlier too your matter was pondered by me, and well considered.
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DB 4 18.24
तत्र गच्छ सुरश्रेष्ठ यत्र देवो जनार्दनः । व्यास उवाच इत्युक्त्वा वेदकर्तासौ पुरस्कृत्य सुरांश्च गाम्
tatra gaccha suraśreṣṭha yatra devo janārdanaḥ | vyāsa uvāca ityuktvā vedakartāsau puraskṛtya surāṃśca gām
"Go there, best of gods, where the god Janārdana is." Vyāsa said: Having spoken thus, that maker of the Vedas, placing the gods and the cow (Earth) in front,
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DB 4 18.25
जगाम विष्णुसदनं हंसारूढश्चतुर्मुखः । तुष्टाव वेदवाक्यैश्च भक्तिप्रवणमानसः
jagāma viṣṇusadanaṃ haṃsārūḍhaścaturmukhaḥ | tuṣṭāva vedavākyaiśca bhaktipravaṇamānasaḥ
the four-faced one, mounted on his goose, went to Viṣṇu's abode; and with words of the Vedas he praised (him), his mind inclined to devotion.
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DB 4 18.26
ब्रह्मोवाच सहस्रशीर्षास्त्वमसि सहस्राक्षः सहस्रपात् । त्वं वेदपुरुषः पूर्वं देवदेवः सनातनः
brahmovāca sahasraśīrṣāstvamasi sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt | tvaṃ vedapuruṣaḥ pūrvaṃ devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ
Brahmā said: You are thousand-headed, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed; you are the primordial Puruṣa of the Vedas, the eternal god of gods.
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DB 4 18.27
भूतपूर्वं भविष्यच्च वर्तमानं च यद्विभो । अमरत्वं त्वया दत्तमस्माकं च रमापते
bhūtapūrvaṃ bhaviṣyacca vartamānaṃ ca yadvibho | amaratvaṃ tvayā dattamasmākaṃ ca ramāpate
Whatever has been in the past, and will be, and is now, O all-pervading one — and immortality was granted to us by you, O lord of Ramā.
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DB 4 18.28
एतावान्महिमा तेऽस्ति को न वेत्ति जगत्त्रये । त्वं कर्ताप्यविता हन्ता त्वं सर्वगतिरीश्वरः
etāvānmahimā te'sti ko na vetti jagattraye | tvaṃ kartāpyavitā hantā tvaṃ sarvagatirīśvaraḥ
Such is your greatness — who in the three worlds does not know it? You are the maker, the protector, and the destroyer; you are the goal of all, the Lord.
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DB 4 18.29
व्यास उवाच इतीडितः प्रभुर्विष्णुः प्रसन्नो गरुडध्वजः । दर्शनञ्च ददौ तेभ्यो ब्रह्मादिभ्योऽमलाशयः
vyāsa uvāca itīḍitaḥ prabhurviṣṇuḥ prasanno garuḍadhvajaḥ | darśanañca dadau tebhyo brahmādibhyo'malāśayaḥ
Vyāsa said: Thus praised, the lord Viṣṇu, whose banner is Garuḍa, was pleased, and he of spotless intent granted a sight (of himself) to them, to Brahmā and the rest.
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DB 4 18.30
पप्रच्छ स्वागतं देवान्प्रसन्नवदनो हरिः । ततस्त्वागमने तेषां कारणञ्च सविस्तरम्
papraccha svāgataṃ devānprasannavadano hariḥ | tatastvāgamane teṣāṃ kāraṇañca savistaram
With a gracious face Hari asked the gods about their welcome (arrival), and then, in full detail, the reason for their coming.
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DB 4 18.31
तमुवाचाब्जजो नत्वा धरादुःखञ्च संस्मरन् । भारावतरणं विष्णो कर्तव्यं ते जनार्दन
tamuvācābjajo natvā dharāduḥkhañca saṃsmaran | bhārāvataraṇaṃ viṣṇo kartavyaṃ te janārdana
The lotus-born one, bowing and recalling the Earth's sorrow, said to him: "The removal of the burden must be done by you, O Viṣṇu, O Janārdana.
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DB 4 18.32
भुवि धृत्वावतारं त्वं द्वापरान्ते समागते । हत्वा दुष्टान्नृपानुर्व्या हर भारं दयानिधे
bhuvi dhṛtvāvatāraṃ tvaṃ dvāparānte samāgate | hatvā duṣṭānnṛpānurvyā hara bhāraṃ dayānidhe
Taking an incarnation on the earth when the end of the Dvāpara (age) has come, slay the wicked kings and take away the earth's burden, O treasury of compassion."
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DB 4 18.33
विष्णुरुवाच नाहं स्वतन्त्र एवात्र न ब्रह्मा न शिवस्तथा । नेन्द्रोऽग्निर्न यमस्त्वष्टा न सूर्यो वरुणस्तथा
viṣṇuruvāca nāhaṃ svatantra evātra na brahmā na śivastathā | nendro'gnirna yamastvaṣṭā na sūryo varuṇastathā
Viṣṇu said: I am not independent in this matter, nor is Brahmā, nor Śiva likewise; nor Indra, nor Agni, nor Yama, nor Tvaṣṭā, nor the Sun, nor Varuṇa.
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DB 4 18.34
योगमायावशे सर्वमिदं स्थावरजङ्गमम् । ब्रह्मादिस्तम्बपर्यन्तं ग्रथितं गुणसूत्रतः
yogamāyāvaśe sarvamidaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam | brahmādistambaparyantaṃ grathitaṃ guṇasūtrataḥ
All this, moving and unmoving, is under the sway of Yogamāyā; from Brahmā down to a clump of grass it is strung together by the thread of the guṇas.
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DB 4 18.35
यथा सा स्वेच्छया पूर्वं कर्तुमिच्छति सुव्रत । तथा करोति सुहिता वयं सर्वेऽपि तद्वशाः
yathā sā svecchayā pūrvaṃ kartumicchati suvrata | tathā karoti suhitā vayaṃ sarve'pi tadvaśāḥ
As she first wishes by her own will to act, O you of good vows, so she, the benefactress, acts; and all of us too are under her sway.
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DB 4 18.36
यद्यहं स्यां स्वतन्त्रो वै चिन्तयन्तु धिया किल । कुतोऽभवं मत्स्यवपुः कच्छपो वा महार्णवे
yadyahaṃ syāṃ svatantro vai cintayantu dhiyā kila | kuto'bhavaṃ matsyavapuḥ kacchapo vā mahārṇave
If I were indeed independent — let them consider it with (their) intelligence — how would I have become fish-bodied, or a tortoise in the great ocean?
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DB 4 18.37
तिर्यग्योनिषु को भोगः का कीर्तिः किं सुखं पुनः । किं पुण्यं किं फलं तत्र क्षुद्रयोनिगतस्य मे
tiryagyoniṣu ko bhogaḥ kā kīrtiḥ kiṃ sukhaṃ punaḥ | kiṃ puṇyaṃ kiṃ phalaṃ tatra kṣudrayonigatasya me
In animal births what enjoyment is there, what fame, and what pleasure? What merit, what fruit was there for me, gone into a lowly birth?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.38
कोलो वाथ नृसिंहो वा वामनो वाभवं कुतः । जमदग्निसुतः कस्मात्सम्भवेयं पितामह
kolo vātha nṛsiṃho vā vāmano vābhavaṃ kutaḥ | jamadagnisutaḥ kasmātsambhaveyaṃ pitāmaha
(Why) was I a boar, or a man-lion, or a dwarf? Why should I come to be born as the son of Jamadagni, O grandfather?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.39
नृशंसं वा कथं कर्म कृतवानस्मि भूतले । क्षतजैस्तु ह्रदान्सर्वान्पूरयेयं कथं पुनः
nṛśaṃsaṃ vā kathaṃ karma kṛtavānasmi bhūtale | kṣatajaistu hradānsarvānpūrayeyaṃ kathaṃ punaḥ
Or how is it that I have done a cruel deed on the earth? And how (came it that) I should fill all the pools with blood?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.40
तत्कथं जमदग्नेश्च पुत्रो भूत्वा द्विजोत्तमः । क्षत्रियान्हतवानाजौ निर्दयो गर्भगानपि
tatkathaṃ jamadagneśca putro bhūtvā dvijottamaḥ | kṣatriyānhatavānājau nirdayo garbhagānapi
Why then, having become the son of Jamadagni, the best of the twice-born, did I slay kṣatriyas in battle, pitiless, even those (still) in the womb?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.41
रामो भूत्वाथ देवेन्द्र प्राविशद्दण्डकं वनम् । पदातिश्चीरवासाश्च जटावल्कलवान्पुनः
rāmo bhūtvātha devendra prāviśaddaṇḍakaṃ vanam | padātiścīravāsāśca jaṭāvalkalavānpunaḥ
And then, having become Rāma, O lord of the gods, I entered the Daṇḍaka forest, on foot, clothed in rags, wearing matted hair and bark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.42
असहायो ह्यपाथेयो भीषणे निर्जने वने । कुर्वन्नाखेटकं तत्र व्यचरं विगतत्रपः
asahāyo hyapātheyo bhīṣaṇe nirjane vane | kurvannākheṭakaṃ tatra vyacaraṃ vigatatrapaḥ
Without a helper indeed, without provisions, in a fearsome uninhabited forest, hunting there, I roamed about, shame gone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.43
न ज्ञातवान्मृगं हैमं मायया पिहितस्तदा । उटजे जानकीं त्यक्त्वा निर्गतस्तत्पदानुगः
na jñātavānmṛgaṃ haimaṃ māyayā pihitastadā | uṭaje jānakīṃ tyaktvā nirgatastatpadānugaḥ
I did not recognize the golden deer, veiled then by magic; leaving Jānakī in the leaf-hut, I went out following its tracks.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.44
लक्ष्मणोऽपि च तां त्यक्त्वा निर्गतो मत्पदानुगः । वारितोऽपि मयात्यर्थं मोहितः प्राकृतैर्गुणैः
lakṣmaṇo'pi ca tāṃ tyaktvā nirgato matpadānugaḥ | vārito'pi mayātyarthaṃ mohitaḥ prākṛtairguṇaiḥ
And Lakṣmaṇa too, leaving her, went out following my tracks, though I forbade him strongly—deluded by the qualities of primal nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.45
भिक्षुरूपं ततः कृत्वा रावणः कपटाकृतिः । जहार तरसा रक्षो जानकीं शोककर्शिताम्
bhikṣurūpaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā rāvaṇaḥ kapaṭākṛtiḥ | jahāra tarasā rakṣo jānakīṃ śokakarśitām
Then Rāvaṇa, of deceitful shape, having assumed the form of a mendicant, that demon swiftly carried off Jānakī, wasted with grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.46
दुःखार्तेन मया तत्र रुदितञ्च वने वने । सुग्रीवेण च मित्रत्वं कृतं कार्यवशान्मया
duḥkhārtena mayā tatra ruditañca vane vane | sugrīveṇa ca mitratvaṃ kṛtaṃ kāryavaśānmayā
There, pained with sorrow, I wept in forest after forest; and friendship with Sugrīva was made by me under the compulsion of my purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.47
अन्यायेन हतो वाली शापाच्चैव निवारितः । सहायान्वानरान् कृत्वा लङ्कायां चलितः पुनः
anyāyena hato vālī śāpāccaiva nivāritaḥ | sahāyānvānarān kṛtvā laṅkāyāṃ calitaḥ punaḥ
Vālin was killed unjustly, and (I was) held back by a curse; making the monkeys my helpers, I then marched on Laṅkā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 4 18.48
बद्धोऽहं नागपाशैश्च लक्ष्मणश्च ममानुजः । विसंज्ञौ पतितौ दृष्ट्वा वानरा विस्मयं गताः
baddho'haṃ nāgapāśaiśca lakṣmaṇaśca mamānujaḥ | visaṃjñau patitau dṛṣṭvā vānarā vismayaṃ gatāḥ
I was bound with serpent-nooses, and Lakṣmaṇa my younger brother (as well); seeing the two of us fallen senseless, the monkeys were astonished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.49
गरुडेन तदाऽऽगत्य मोचितौ भ्रातरौ किल । चिन्ता मे महती जाता दैवं किं वा करिष्यति
garuḍena tadā''gatya mocitau bhrātarau kila | cintā me mahatī jātā daivaṃ kiṃ vā kariṣyati
Then Garuḍa came and released the two brothers, so it is said. A great anxiety arose in me: what will fate do (next)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.50
हृतं राज्यं वने वासो मृतस्तातः प्रिया हृता । युद्धं कष्टं ददात्येवमग्रे किं वा करिष्यति
hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ vane vāso mṛtastātaḥ priyā hṛtā | yuddhaṃ kaṣṭaṃ dadātyevamagre kiṃ vā kariṣyati
The kingdom taken away, dwelling in the forest, my father dead, my beloved carried off—thus (fate) gives grievous war; what will it do further on?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.51
प्रथमं तु महद्दुःखमराज्यस्य वनाश्रयम् । राजपुत्र्यान्वितस्यैव धनहीनस्य मे सुराः
prathamaṃ tu mahadduḥkhamarājyasya vanāśrayam | rājaputryānvitasyaiva dhanahīnasya me surāḥ
But first (came) the great sorrow of one without a kingdom, the taking refuge in the forest—for me, accompanied only by a king's daughter and bereft of wealth, O gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.52
वराटिकापि पित्रा मे न दत्ता वननिर्गमे । पदातिरसहायोऽहं धनहीनश्च निर्गतः
varāṭikāpi pitrā me na dattā vananirgame | padātirasahāyo'haṃ dhanahīnaśca nirgataḥ
Not even a cowrie was given me by my father at my departure to the forest; on foot, without a helper, and without wealth, I went out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.53
चतुर्दशैव वर्षाणि नीतानि च तदा मया । क्षात्रं धर्मं परित्यज्य व्याधवृत्त्या महावने
caturdaśaiva varṣāṇi nītāni ca tadā mayā | kṣātraṃ dharmaṃ parityajya vyādhavṛttyā mahāvane
And fourteen whole years were then passed by me in the great forest, having abandoned the kṣatriya's duty, living by the way of a hunter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.54
दैवाद्युद्धे जयः प्राप्तो निहतोऽसौ महासुरः । आनीता च पुनः सीता प्राप्तायोध्या मया तथा
daivādyuddhe jayaḥ prāpto nihato'sau mahāsuraḥ | ānītā ca punaḥ sītā prāptāyodhyā mayā tathā
By fate victory in the war was obtained, that great demon was slain, and Sītā was brought back, and Ayodhyā was reached by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.55
वर्षाणि कतिचित्तत्र सुखं संसारसम्भवम् । प्राप्तं राज्यञ्च सम्पूर्णं कोसलानधितिष्ठता
varṣāṇi katicittatra sukhaṃ saṃsārasambhavam | prāptaṃ rājyañca sampūrṇaṃ kosalānadhitiṣṭhatā
For some years there, happiness such as arises in worldly existence was obtained, and a complete kingdom, as I ruled over the Kosalas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.56
पुरैवं वर्तमानेन प्राप्तराज्येन वै तदा । लोकापवादभीतेन त्यक्ता सीता वने मया
puraivaṃ vartamānena prāptarājyena vai tadā | lokāpavādabhītena tyaktā sītā vane mayā
While living thus in the city, having obtained the kingdom, then, in fear of the people's censure, Sītā was abandoned by me in the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.57
कान्ताविरहजं दुःखं पुनः प्राप्तं दुरासदम् । पातालं सा गता पश्चाद्धरां भित्त्वा धरात्मजा
kāntāvirahajaṃ duḥkhaṃ punaḥ prāptaṃ durāsadam | pātālaṃ sā gatā paścāddharāṃ bhittvā dharātmajā
Again the hard-to-bear sorrow born of separation from my wife was obtained; afterwards she, the daughter of the earth, split the earth and went to the netherworld.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.58
एवं रामावतारेऽपि दुःखं प्राप्तं निरन्तरम् । परतन्त्रेण मे नूनं स्वतन्त्रः को भवेत्तदा
evaṃ rāmāvatāre'pi duḥkhaṃ prāptaṃ nirantaram | paratantreṇa me nūnaṃ svatantraḥ ko bhavettadā
"Thus in the Rāma incarnation too I met with unceasing sorrow. Since I am under another's control, surely — who then could be independent?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.59
पश्चात्कालवशात्प्राप्तः स्वर्गो मे भ्रातृभिः सह । परतन्त्रस्य का वार्ता वक्तव्या विबुधेन वै
paścātkālavaśātprāptaḥ svargo me bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | paratantrasya kā vārtā vaktavyā vibudhena vai
"Afterwards, by the force of time, heaven was attained by me together with my brothers. What account of one who is dependent on another should be told by a wise man?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 4 18.60
परतन्त्रोऽत्म्यहं नूनं पद्मयोने निशामय । तथा त्वमपि रुद्रश्च सर्वे चान्ये सुरोत्तमाः
paratantro'tmyahaṃ nūnaṃ padmayone niśāmaya | tathā tvamapi rudraśca sarve cānye surottamāḥ
"Surely I am dependent on another, O lotus-born one — listen; and so are you, and Rudra, and all the other foremost gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition