Aranya Kanda, Sarga 66

तं तथा शोकसन्तप्तं विलपन्तमनाथवत्। मोहेन महताविष्टं परिद्यूनमचेतनम्।।3.66.1।। ततस्सौमित्रिराश्वास्य मुहूर्तादिव लक्ष्मणः। रामं सम्बोधयामास चरणौ चाभिपीडयन्।।3.66.2।।

taṃ tathā śokasantaptaṃ vilapantamanāthavat| mohena mahatāviṣṭaṃ paridyūnamacetanam tatassaumitrirāśvāsya muhūrtādiva lakṣmaṇaḥ| rāmaṃ sambodhayāmāsa caraṇau cābhipīḍayan

Lakshmana, son of Sumitra, consoling the mighty miserable Rama, who was afflicted with sorrow, and was weeping helplessly like an orphan, drowned in great delusion, devoid of consciousness, pressed his feet and addressed him:

तं तथा शोकसन्तप्तं विलपन्तमनाथवत्। मोहेन महताविष्टं परिद्यूनमचेतनम्।।3.66.1।। ततस्सौमित्रिराश्वास्य मुहूर्तादिव लक्ष्मणः। रामं सम्बोधयामास चरणौ चाभिपीडयन्।।3.66.2।।

taṃ tathā śokasantaptaṃ vilapantamanāthavat| mohena mahatāviṣṭaṃ paridyūnamacetanam tatassaumitrirāśvāsya muhūrtādiva lakṣmaṇaḥ| rāmaṃ sambodhayāmāsa caraṇau cābhipīḍayan

Lakshmana, son of Sumitra, consoling the mighty miserable Rama, who was afflicted with sorrow, and was weeping helplessly like an orphan, drowned in great delusion, devoid of consciousness, pressed his feet and addressed him:

महता तपसा राम महता चापि कर्मणा। राज्ञा दशरथेनासि लब्धोऽमृतमिवामरैः।।3.66.3।।

mahatā tapasā rāma mahatā cāpi karmaṇā| rājñā daśarathenāsi labdho'mṛtamivāmaraiḥ

O Rama king Dasaratha begot you by doing a great penance and performing great deeds, just as gods begot the nectar.

तव चैव गुणैर्बद्धस्त्वद्वियोगान्महीपतिः। राजा देवत्वमापन्नो भरतस्य यथाश्रुतम्।।3.66.4।।

tava caiva guṇairbaddhastvadviyogānmahīpatiḥ| rājā devatvamāpanno bharatasya yathāśrutam

King Dasaratha, impelled by your virtues, and separation from you attained godhood as heard from Bharata.

दुःखितो हि भवान्लोकांस्तेजसा यदि धक्ष्यते। आर्ताः प्रजा नरव्याघ्र क्व नु यास्यन्ति निर्वृतिम्।।3.66.6।।

duḥkhito hi bhavānlokāṃstejasā yadi dhakṣyate| ārtāḥ prajā naravyāghra kva nu yāsyanti nirvṛtim

O best of men if you grieve and burn the world with your brilliance, wherefrom will the (ordinary) afflicted people get relief?

लोकस्वभाव एवैष ययातिर्नहुषात्मजः। गतश्शक्रेण सालोक्यमनयस्तं समस्पृशत्।।3.66.7।।

lokasvabhāva evaiṣa yayātirnahuṣātmajaḥ| gataśśakreṇa sālokyamanayastaṃ samaspṛśat

It is the go of the world. Yayati, son of Nahusa, shared heaven with Indra but because of his curse (for his bad conduct) suffered misfortune.

महर्षिर्यो वसिष्ठस्तु यः पितुर्नः पुरोहितः। अह्ना पुत्रशतं जज्ञे तथैवास्य पुनर्हतम्।।3.66.8।।

maharṣiryo vasiṣṭhastu yaḥ piturnaḥ purohitaḥ| ahnā putraśataṃ jajñe tathaivāsya punarhatam

To sage Vasistha, our father's priest, were born a hundred sons in a day.But all of them were killed in one day the same way.

या चेयं जगतां माता देवी लोकनमस्कृता। अस्याश्च चलनं भूमेर्दृश्यते सत्यसंश्रव।।3.66.9।।

yā ceyaṃ jagatāṃ mātā devī lokanamaskṛtā| asyāśca calanaṃ bhūmerdṛśyate satyasaṃśrava

You (rigidly) adhere to truth.(Like you) the mother earth who is adored by all the worlds, is unshakeable. Yet she is seen to be shaking at times.

यौ धर्मौ जगतां नेत्रौ यत्र सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्। आदित्यचन्द्रौ ग्रहणमभ्युपेतौ महाबलौ।।3.66.10।।

yau dharmau jagatāṃ netrau yatra sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam| ādityacandrau grahaṇamabhyupetau mahābalau

The powerful Sun and Moon, righteous entities, who are the two eyes of these worlds and on whom everything rests firmly, also suffer eclipses sometimes.

सुमहान्त्यपि भूतानि देवाश्च पुरुषर्षभ। न दैवस्य प्रमुञ्चन्ति सर्वभूतानि देहिनः।।3.66.11।।

sumahāntyapi bhūtāni devāśca puruṣarṣabha| na daivasya pramuñcanti sarvabhūtāni dehinaḥ

O best among men Fate spares none. Great beings, every creature, even the gods cannot escape fate.

शक्रादिष्वपि देवेषु वर्तमानौ नयानयौ। श्रूयेते नरशार्दूल न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि।।3.66.12।।

śakrādiṣvapi deveṣu vartamānau nayānayau| śrūyete naraśārdūla na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi

It is I heard that Indra and other deities are also governed by the principle of justice. Therefore, you should not bewail, O tiger among men.

नष्टायामपि वैदेह्यां हृतायामपि चानघ शोचितुं नार्हसे वीर यथान्यः प्राकृतस्तथा।।3.66.13।।

naṣṭāyāmapi vaidehyāṃ hṛtāyāmapi cānagha śocituṃ nārhase vīra yathānyaḥ prākṛtastathā

Even if Vaidehi is killed or abducted, you should not grieve like ordinary men, O sinless hero

त्वव्दिधा न हि शोचन्ति सततं सत्यदर्शिनः। सुमहत्स्वपि कृच्छ्रेषु रामानिर्विण्णदर्शनाः।।3.66.14।।

tvavdidhā na hi śocanti satataṃ satyadarśinaḥ| sumahatsvapi kṛcchreṣu rāmānirviṇṇadarśanāḥ

O Rama, you always see the truth. So in the face of great difficulties men like you, whose vision is not blurred, should not lose heart.

तत्त्वतो हि नरश्रेष्ठ बुद्ध्या समनुचिन्तय। बुध्द्या युक्ता महाप्राज्ञा विजानन्ति शुभाशुभे।।3.66.15।।

tattvato hi naraśreṣṭha buddhyā samanucintaya| budhdyā yuktā mahāprājñā vijānanti śubhāśubhe

O best among men judge the facts rightly with your intellect. The wise apply their minds and know what is right and what is wrong.

अदृष्टगुणदोषाणामध्रुवाणां तु कर्मणाम्। नान्तरेण क्रियां तेषां फलमिष्टं प्रवर्तते।।3.66.16।।

adṛṣṭaguṇadoṣāṇāmadhruvāṇāṃ tu karmaṇām| nāntareṇa kriyāṃ teṣāṃ phalamiṣṭaṃ pravartate

Good results are not expected from the actions of persons who cannot distinguish between their virtues and vices, from those who are unstable in their deeds.

त्वमेव हि पुरा राम मामेवं बहुशोऽन्वशाः। अनुशिष्याद्धि को नु त्वामपि साक्षाद्बृहस्पतिः।।3.66.17।।

tvameva hi purā rāma māmevaṃ bahuśo'nvaśāḥ| anuśiṣyāddhi ko nu tvāmapi sākṣādbṛhaspatiḥ

O Rama you yourself in the past have instructed me many times that way. Who can be your adviser in this matter ? You are indeed like Brihaspati.

बुद्धिश्च ते महाप्राज्ञ देवैरपि दुरन्वया। शोकेनाभिप्रसुप्तं ते ज्ञानं सम्बोधयाम्यहम्।।3.66.18।।

buddhiśca te mahāprājña devairapi duranvayā| śokenābhiprasuptaṃ te jñānaṃ sambodhayāmyaham

Even gods cannot fathom your intellect. I am only trying to rouse your wisdom your sorrow has sent to sleep.

दिव्यं च मानुषं च त्वमात्मनश्च पराक्रमम्। इक्ष्वाकुवृषभावेक्ष्य यतस्व द्विषतां वधे।।3.66.19।।

divyaṃ ca mānuṣaṃ ca tvamātmanaśca parākramam| ikṣvākuvṛṣabhāvekṣya yatasva dviṣatāṃ vadhe

O bull among the Ikshvakus, weigh your divine and human prowess before you try to kill your enemies.

किं तेन सर्वनाशेन कृतेन पुरुषर्षभ। तमेव त्वं रिपुं पापं विज्ञायोद्धर्तुमर्हसि।।3.66.20।।

kiṃ tena sarvanāśena kṛtena puruṣarṣabha| tameva tvaṃ ripuṃ pāpaṃ vijñāyoddhartumarhasi

O best among men where is the good in the destruction of all? Know your sinful enemy before you uproot him. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकेय आदिकाव्ये अरण्यकाण्डे षट्षष्टितमस्सर्गः।। Thus ends the sixtysixth sarga of Aranyakanda of the holy Ramayana the first epic composed by sage Valmiki.