Valmiki Ramayana — Yuddha Kanda — Chapter 104

VR 6 104.1

स तु मोहात्सुसंक्रुद्धं कृतान्तबलचोदितः। क्रोधसंरक्तनयनो रावणः सूतमब्रवीत्॥

sa tu mohātsusaṃkruddhaṃ kṛtāntabalacoditaḥ| krodhasaṃraktanayano rāvaṇaḥ sūtamabravīt||

After gradually regaining his senses, Rāvana, urged on by the force of the Finisher, getting into a furious passion, with his eyes reddened in wrath, addressed the charioteer, saying.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.2

हीनवीर्यमिवाशक्तं पौरुषेण विवर्जितम्। भीरं लघुमिवासत्त्वं विहीनमिव तेजसा॥ विमुक्तमिव मायाबिरलैरिव बहिष्कृतम्। मामवज्ञाय दुर्बुद्धे स्वया बुद्ध्या विचेष्टसे॥

hīnavīryamivāśaktaṃ pauruṣeṇa vivarjitam| bhīraṃ laghumivāsattvaṃ vihīnamiva tejasā|| vimuktamiva māyābiralairiva bahiṣkṛtam| māmavajñāya durbuddhe svayā buddhyā viceṣṭase||

perverse sense, disregarding me as devoid of prowess, and incompetent, and bereft of vigour-as cowardly, light, nerveless and shorn of energy, and as divorced by the power of illusion and debarred by arms, you act on your own understanding.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.3

किमर्थं मामवज्ञाय मच्छन्दमनवेक्ष्य च। त्वया शत्रुसमक्षं मे रथोऽयमपवाहितः॥

kimarthaṃ māmavajñāya macchandamanavekṣya ca| tvayā śatrusamakṣaṃ me ratho'yamapavāhitaḥ||

Wherefore disregarding me, and not minding O you of my purpose, have you taken away my car from before the presence of the enemy?

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.4

त्वयाद्य हि ममानार्य चिरकालमुपार्जितम्। यशो वीर्यं च तेजश्च प्रत्ययश्च विनाशितः॥

tvayādya hi mamānārya cirakālamupārjitam| yaśo vīryaṃ ca tejaśca pratyayaśca vināśitaḥ||

O abject one! by you have my long earned renown and energy and prowess and credit been brought to naught.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.5

शत्रोः प्रख्यातवीर्यस्य रञ्जनीयस्य विक्रमैः। पश्यतो युद्धलुब्धोऽहं कृतः कापुरुषस्त्वया।६।।

śatroḥ prakhyātavīryasya rañjanīyasya vikramaiḥ| paśyato yuddhalubdho'haṃ kṛtaḥ kāpuruṣastvayā|6||

In the very sight of an enemy of renowned prowess, and one capable of being gratified with valorous deeds, have you made me, burning for battle, look as if I were a coward.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.6

यत्त्वं कथमिदं मोहान्न चेद्वहसि दुर्मते। सत्योऽयं प्रतितों मे परेण त्वमुपस्कृतः॥

yattvaṃ kathamidaṃ mohānna cedvahasi durmate| satyo'yaṃ pratitoṃ me pareṇa tvamupaskṛtaḥ||

As, O wicked minded one, you did not even through heedlessness, take the car to the field of batile, I infer for certain that you have been bribed by the foe.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.7

नहि तद्विद्यते कर्म सुहृदो हितकामिणः। रिपूणां सदृशं त्वेतद्यत्त्वयैतदनुष्ठितम्॥

nahi tadvidyate karma suhṛdo hitakāmiṇaḥ| ripūṇāṃ sadṛśaṃ tvetadyattvayaitadanuṣṭhitam||

The act that you have done, does not appear as that of a friend seeking our welfare; but today you have acted like an enemy.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.8

निवर्तय रथं शीघ्रं यावत्रापैति मे रिपुः। यदि वाध्युषितोऽसि त्वं स्मर्यते यदि मे गुणः॥

nivartaya rathaṃ śīghraṃ yāvatrāpaiti me ripuḥ| yadi vādhyuṣito'si tvaṃ smaryate yadi me guṇaḥ||

If you have been maintained by me, if you remember my merit, do you swiftly turn the car before my enemy has departed.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.9

एवं परुषमुक्तस्तु हितबुद्धिरबुद्धिना। अब्रवीद्रावणं सूतो हितं सानुनयं वचः॥

evaṃ paruṣamuktastu hitabuddhirabuddhinā| abravīdrāvaṇaṃ sūto hitaṃ sānunayaṃ vacaḥ||

Thus admonished by him of slender sense, the charioteer possessed of intelligence, humbly spoke to Råvaņa words fraught with good.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.10

न भीतोऽस्मि न मूढोऽस्मि नोपजप्तोऽस्मि शत्रुभिः न प्रमत्तो न निःस्नेहो विस्मृता न च सत्क्रिया॥

na bhīto'smi na mūḍho'smi nopajapto'smi śatrubhiḥ na pramatto na niḥsneho vismṛtā na ca satkriyā||

I am not afraid, nor stupefied, nor have I been bribed by the foe, nor am I negligent. And I have not forgotten your affection or your good offices.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.11

मया तु हितकामेन यशश्च परिरक्षता। स्नेहप्रसन्नमनसा हितमित्यप्रियं कृतम्॥

mayā tu hitakāmena yaśaśca parirakṣatā| snehaprasannamanasā hitamityapriyaṃ kṛtam||

And studious of your welfare, I have saved your fame; and with a mind overflowing with affection I have done (to you) this unpalatable good.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.12

नास्मिनर्थे महाराज त्वं मां प्रियहिते रतम्। कश्चिल्लघुरिवानार्यो दोषतो गन्तुमर्हसि ॥

nāsminarthe mahārāja tvaṃ māṃ priyahite ratam| kaścillaghurivānāryo doṣato gantumarhasi ||

O mighty monarch, for this, you should not, like a frivolous and base one, criminate me that am ever engaged in what is good and dear to you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.13

श्रूयतां प्रति दास्यामि यन्निमित्तं मया रथः। नदीवेग इवाम्भोभिः संयुगे विनिवर्तितः॥

śrūyatāṃ prati dāsyāmi yannimittaṃ mayā rathaḥ| nadīvega ivāmbhobhiḥ saṃyuge vinivartitaḥ||

Listen! I shall render you reason why I turned away from the field the car, rushing like a river when the sea is swelled up* *On the ascension of the Moon.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.14

श्रमं तवावगच्छामि महता रणकर्मणा। नहि ते वीर्यसौमुख्यं प्रकर्ष नोपधारये॥

śramaṃ tavāvagacchāmi mahatā raṇakarmaṇā| nahi te vīryasaumukhyaṃ prakarṣa nopadhāraye||

I knew that you had been fatigued in consequence of your mighty exertions in the fight. And I could not perceive that your prowess then stood superior (to that of the foe).* *Two negatives in this verse amounting to an affirmative. This is the only instance of double negatives in Valmiki.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.15

रथोद्वहनखिन्नाश्च भग्ना मे रथवाजिनः। दीना धर्मपरिश्रान्ता गावो वर्षहता इव ॥

rathodvahanakhinnāśca bhagnā me rathavājinaḥ| dīnā dharmapariśrāntā gāvo varṣahatā iva ||

The steeds of my car were worn out by-carrying it; and they were battered, and helpless and perspired like kine in a shower.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.16

निमित्तानि च भूयिष्ठं यानि प्रादुर्भवन्ति नः। तेषु तेष्वभिपनेषु लक्षयाम्यप्रदक्षिणम्॥

nimittāni ca bhūyiṣṭhaṃ yāni prādurbhavanti naḥ| teṣu teṣvabhipaneṣu lakṣayāmyapradakṣiṇam||

And bad omens fast sprang up before us. And on these occurring, I perceived that things would go against us.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.17

देशकालौ च विज्ञेयौ लक्षणानीङ्गितानि च। दैन्यं हर्षश्च खेदश्च रथिनश्च महाबल॥

deśakālau ca vijñeyau lakṣaṇānīṅgitāni ca| dainyaṃ harṣaśca khedaśca rathinaśca mahābala||

O you endowed with exceeding might, a charioteer should be conversant with season and place, with omens, and the expressions of emotions; as also with depression of spirits, exhilaration, and grief.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.18

स्थलनिम्नानि भूमेश्च समानि विषमाणि च। युद्धकालश्च विज्ञेयः परस्यान्तरदर्शनम् ॥

sthalanimnāni bhūmeśca samāni viṣamāṇi ca| yuddhakālaśca vijñeyaḥ parasyāntaradarśanam ||

And he should have a knowledge of low, lever and uneven grounds, and the time for conflict, and he should be able to perceive the shortcomings of the enemy.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.19

उपयानापयाने च स्थानं प्रत्यपसर्पणम्। सर्वमेतद्रथस्थेन ज्ञेयं रथकुटुम्बिना॥

upayānāpayāne ca sthānaṃ pratyapasarpaṇam| sarvametadrathasthena jñeyaṃ rathakuṭumbinā||

And a charioteer mounted on a car, should know when to draw near an enemy, when to turn away from him when to stay; and when to turn round from before the foe-all these (he should know).

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.20

तव विश्रामहेतोस्तु तथैषां रथवाजिनाम्। रौद्रं वर्जयता खेदं क्षमं कृतमिदं मया॥

tava viśrāmahetostu tathaiṣāṃ rathavājinām| raudraṃ varjayatā khedaṃ kṣamaṃ kṛtamidaṃ mayā||

What I, for bringing respite to you as well as the horses of the car, have done by way of removing the terrific exhaustion, is proper.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.21

स्वेच्छया न मया वीर रथोऽयमपवाहितः। भर्तुः स्नेहपरीतेन मयेदं यत्कृतं प्रभो॥

svecchayā na mayā vīra ratho'yamapavāhitaḥ| bhartuḥ snehaparītena mayedaṃ yatkṛtaṃ prabho||

I did not, O hero, turn away the car of my own sheer will. What I have done, O lord, had been dictated by my affection for you.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.22

आज्ञापय यथातत्त्वं वक्ष्यस्यरिनिषूदन। तत्करिष्याम्यहं वीर गतानृण्येन चेतसा ॥

ājñāpaya yathātattvaṃ vakṣyasyariniṣūdana| tatkariṣyāmyahaṃ vīra gatānṛṇyena cetasā ||

Command me. What you say, O destroyer of foes. I will do every way, O hero with my whole soul.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.23

संतुष्टस्तेन वाक्येन रावणस्तस्य सारथेः। प्रशस्यैनं बहुविधं युद्धलुब्धोऽब्रवीदिदम्॥

saṃtuṣṭastena vākyena rāvaṇastasya sāratheḥ| praśasyainaṃ bahuvidhaṃ yuddhalubdho'bravīdidam||

Thereat, well pleased with the speech of the charioteer, Ravana, eager for encounter, after praising him in various ways said.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.24

रथं शीघ्रमिमं सूत राघवाभिमुखं नय। नाहत्वा समरे शत्रूनिवर्तिष्यति रावणः॥

rathaṃ śīghramimaṃ sūta rāghavābhimukhaṃ naya| nāhatvā samare śatrūnivartiṣyati rāvaṇaḥ||

O charioteer, do you swiftly take the car towards Rāghava. Without slaying his foe in fight, Ravana turn not away (from the field).

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.25

एवमुक्त्वा रथस्थस्य रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः। ददौ तस्य शुभं ह्येकं हस्ताभरणमुत्तमम्।। श्रुत्वा रावणवाक्यानि सारथिः सन्यवर्तत।२६।।

evamuktvā rathasthasya rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ| dadau tasya śubhaṃ hyekaṃ hastābharaṇamuttamam|| śrutvā rāvaṇavākyāni sārathiḥ sanyavartata|26||

Speaking thus Råvaņa-lord of Rākşasas-gave the charioteer on the car an excellent ornament for the hand. Hearing Ravana's words, the charioteer drove the car.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)

VR 6 104.26

ततो द्रुतं रावणवाक्यचोदितः प्रचोदयामास हयान्स सारथिः। स राक्षसेन्द्रस्य ततो महारथः क्षणेन रामस्य रणाग्रतोऽभवत्॥

tato drutaṃ rāvaṇavākyacoditaḥ pracodayāmāsa hayānsa sārathiḥ| sa rākṣasendrasya tato mahārathaḥ kṣaṇena rāmasya raṇāgrato'bhavat||

And urged on by the speech of Rāvana, the charioteer drove on the steeds, and in a moment the mighty chariot of the Rākşasa-chief appeared before Rāma in the field of battle.

— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)