Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 119

एवमुक्तातुवैदेहिपरुषंरोमहर्षणम् । राघवेणसरोषेणश्रुत्वाप्रव्यथिताऽभवत् ।।6.119.1।।

evamuktātuvaidehiparuṣaṃromaharṣaṇam | rāghaveṇasaroṣeṇaśrutvāpravyathitā'bhavat

Vaidehi heard the harsh horripilating words spoken by Rama in anger and was very much afflicted.

सातदश्रुतपूर्वंहिजनेमहतिमैथिली । श्रुत्वाभर्तृर्वचोरूक्षंलज्जयावनताभवत् ।।6.119.2।।

sātadaśrutapūrvaṃhijanemahatimaithilī | śrutvābhartṛrvacorūkṣaṃlajjayāvanatābhavat

Then Mythili hearing her husband 's harsh words, in the presence of a large number of people, stayed bent with shyness.

प्रविशन्तीवगात्राणिस्वानिसाजनकात्मजा । वाक्षरैस्स्सैःसशल्येवभृशमाश्रूण्यवर्तयत् ।।6.119.3।।

praviśantīvagātrāṇisvānisājanakātmajā | vākṣaraisssaiḥsaśalyevabhṛśamāśrūṇyavartayat

As if pierced by those arrowlike words, Janaka's daughter shed tears excessively, shrinking into her own limbs.

ततोबाष्पपरिक्लिन्नंप्रमार्जन्तीस्वमाननम् । शनैर्गद्गदयावाचाभर्तारमिदमब्रवीत् ।।6.119.4।।

tatobāṣpapariklinnaṃpramārjantīsvamānanam | śanairgadgadayāvācābhartāramidamabravīt

Thereafter, wiping her face clean from flowing tears she spoke slowly in a choked voice in broken words to her husband.

किंमामसदृशंवाक्यमीदृशंश्रोत्रदारुणम् । रूक्षंश्रावयसेवीर प्राकृतःप्राकृतमिव ।।6.119.5।।

kiṃmāmasadṛśaṃvākyamīdṛśaṃśrotradāruṇam | rūkṣaṃśrāvayasevīra prākṛtaḥprākṛtamiva

"Hero! Why are you addressing me in such harsh unkind words in a rude manner, in a harsh tone like a common man?"

न तथास्मिमहाबाहो यथामामवगच्छसि । प्रत्ययंगच्छमेस्वेनचारित्रेणैवतेशपे ।।6.119.6।।

na tathāsmimahābāho yathāmāmavagacchasi | pratyayaṃgacchamesvenacāritreṇaivateśape

"O Mighty armed! I am not as you think of me, so also show me a proof of it in my past. I swear on my past."

पृथकस्त्रीणांप्रचारेणजातिंत्वंपरिशङ्कसे । परित्यजैनांशङ्कांतुयदितेऽहंपरीक्षिता ।।6.119.7।।

pṛthakastrīṇāṃpracāreṇajātiṃtvaṃpariśaṅkase | parityajaināṃśaṅkāṃtuyadite'haṃparīkṣitā

"You give up judging all womankind by the path followed by vulgar women. You give up these doubts if you have examined."

यदहंगात्रसम्पर्शंगतास्मिविशवाप्रभो । कामकारो न मेतत्रदैवंतत्रापराध्यति ।।6.119.8।।

yadahaṃgātrasamparśaṃgatāsmiviśavāprabho | kāmakāro na metatradaivaṃtatrāparādhyati

"O Lord! I was helpless when Ravana contacted my limbs in the past. I was not acting according to my will. My fate is to be blamed and not me."

मदधीनंतुयत्तन्मेहृदयंत्वयिवर्तते । पराधीनेषुगात्रेषुकिंकरिष्याम्यनीश्वरी ।।6.119.9।।

madadhīnaṃtuyattanmehṛdayaṃtvayivartate | parādhīneṣugātreṣukiṃkariṣyāmyanīśvarī

"That mind which is under my control is my heart and it abides in you. What can I do about my limbs when I am at others' mercy?"

सहसम्वृद्धभावेनसंसर्गेण च मानद । यदितेऽहं न विज्ञाताहतातेनास्मिशाश्वतम् ।।6.119.10।।

sahasamvṛddhabhāvenasaṃsargeṇa ca mānada | yadite'haṃ na vijñātāhatātenāsmiśāśvatam

"Honourable Rama! If I am not understood by you despite our growing up together with love and in spite of our intimate relationship, I am done forever."

प्रेषितस्तेमहावीरोहनुमानवलोककः । लङ्कास्थाहंत्वयाराजन्किंतदा न विसर्जिता ।।6.119.11।।

preṣitastemahāvīrohanumānavalokakaḥ | laṅkāsthāhaṃtvayārājankiṃtadā na visarjitā

"King! When the great hero Hanuman was sent by you to find me in Lanka, why did you not leave me then."

प्रत्यक्षंवानरस्यास्यतद्वाक्यसमनन्तरम् । त्वयासन्त्यक्तयावीरत्यक्तंस्याजजीवितंमया ।।6.119.12।।

pratyakṣaṃvānarasyāsyatadvākyasamanantaram | tvayāsantyaktayāvīratyaktaṃsyājajīvitaṃmayā

"O hero! Had you given me up immediately on receiving your message from Vanara I would have given up my life in the presence of Hanuman there itself."

न वृथातेश्रमोऽयंस्यात्संशयेन्यस्यजीवितम् । सुहृज्जनपरिक्लेशो न चायंविपुलस्तव ।।6.119.13।।

na vṛthāteśramo'yaṃsyātsaṃśayenyasyajīvitam | suhṛjjanaparikleśo na cāyaṃvipulastava

"O Life! If you had a doubt this exertion to you is wasteful. This fruitless hard work was perhaps not required on your part nor your friends."

त्वयातुनृपशार्दूलदोषमेवानुवर्तता । लघुनेवमनुष्येणस्त्रीत्वमेवपुरस्कृतम् ।।6.119.14।।

tvayātunṛpaśārdūladoṣamevānuvartatā | laghunevamanuṣyeṇastrītvamevapuraskṛtam

"O tiger among kings! You also gave up yourself to anger like a weak man and adopted womanliness"

अपदेशेनजनकादुत्पततिर्वसुथातलात् । ममवृत्तं च वृत्तज्ञबहुते न पुरस्कृतम् ।।6.119.15।।

apadeśenajanakādutpatatirvasuthātalāt | mamavṛttaṃ ca vṛttajñabahute na puraskṛtam

She who arose from the surface of the earth by way of Janaka, and my own conduct—O knower of conduct, much of this you have not held in honour.

न प्रमाणीकृतंपाणिर्भाल्येममनिपीडितः । ममभक्तिश्चशीलं च सर्वंतेपृष्ठतःकृतम् ।।6.119.16।।

na pramāṇīkṛtaṃpāṇirbhālyemamanipīḍitaḥ | mamabhaktiścaśīlaṃ ca sarvaṃtepṛṣṭhataḥkṛtam

"When in my young age you held my hand as a mark of acceptance (in our marriage), has it not been considered by you? Has my devotion, character and chastity not been taken into account?"

इतिब्रुवन्तीरुदतीबाष्पगद्गगभाषिणी । उवाचलक्ष्मणंसीतादीनंध्यानपरायणम् ।।6.119.17।।

itibruvantīrudatībāṣpagadgagabhāṣiṇī | uvācalakṣmaṇaṃsītādīnaṃdhyānaparāyaṇam

Thus speaking, and weeping with tears, with choked throat, Sita was absorbed in her mind and piteous. She spoke to Lakshmana.

चितांमेकुरुसौमित्रेव्यवनस्यास्यभेषजम् । मिध्यापवादोपहतानाहंजीवितुमुत्सहे ।।6.119.18।।

citāṃmekurusaumitrevyavanasyāsyabheṣajam | midhyāpavādopahatānāhaṃjīvitumutsahe

"Saumithri! Cure for this sorrow is only pyre. Arrange for pyre as I do not desire to live with false reproaches."

अप्रीतेनगुणैर्भर्त्रात्यक्तायाजनसंसदि । याक्षमामेगतिर्गन्तुंप्रवेक्ष्येहव्यवाहनम् ।।6.119.19।।

aprītenaguṇairbhartrātyaktāyājanasaṃsadi | yākṣamāmegatirgantuṃpravekṣyehavyavāhanam

"When my husband is not pleased with my virtues, renounces me in the gathering of people, I have only that path for me, that is, entering fire and offering myself as oblation."

एवमुक्तस्तुवैदेह्यालक्ष्मणःपरवीरहा । अमर्षवशमापन्नोराघवंसमुदैक्षत ।।6.119.20।।

evamuktastuvaidehyālakṣmaṇaḥparavīrahā | amarṣavaśamāpannorāghavaṃsamudaikṣata

Spoken in that manner by Vaidehi, Lakshmana, the destroyer of enemies, overcome with indignation looked at Raghava.

स विज्ञायततश्छन्दंरामस्याकारसूचितम् । चितांचकारसौमित्रिर्मतेरामस्यवीर्यवान् ।।6.119.21।।

sa vijñāyatataśchandaṃrāmasyākārasūcitam | citāṃcakārasaumitrirmaterāmasyavīryavān

Understanding Rama's indication from his looks, Saumithri started to prepare the earth for pyre.

नहिरामंतदाकश्चित्कालान्तकयमोपमम् । अनुनेतुमथोवक्तुंद्रष्टुंवाप्यशकत्सुहृत् ।।6.119.22।।

nahirāmaṃtadākaścitkālāntakayamopamam | anunetumathovaktuṃdraṣṭuṃvāpyaśakatsuhṛt

Indeed, no friend or dear could see or speak or make a request or pacify Rama. at that time.

अधोमुखंस्थितंरामंततःकृत्वाप्रदक्षिणम् । उपावर्ततवैदेहीदीप्यमानंहुताशनम् ।।6.119.23।।

adhomukhaṃsthitaṃrāmaṃtataḥkṛtvāpradakṣiṇam | upāvartatavaidehīdīpyamānaṃhutāśanam

Thereafter, Vaidehi, walking clockwise near Rama went round him in accordance with tradition and approached the pyre.

प्रणम्यदैवतेभ्यश्चब्राह्मणेभ्यश्चमैथिली । बद्धाञ्जलिपुटाचेदमुवाचानगिसमीपतः ।।6.119.24।।

praṇamyadaivatebhyaścabrāhmaṇebhyaścamaithilī | baddhāñjalipuṭācedamuvācānagisamīpataḥ

Mythili greeted the gods and brahmanas with joined palms and went near fire and again joined her palms in greeting and spoke as follows.

यथामेहृदयंनित्यंनापसर्पतिराघवात् । तथालोकस्यसाक्षीमांसर्वतःपातुपावकः ।।6.119.25।।

yathāmehṛdayaṃnityaṃnāpasarpatirāghavāt | tathālokasyasākṣīmāṃsarvataḥpātupāvakaḥ

"If it is true that my heart has never slid from Raghava at all, may the fire god protect me always and so also the world witness."

यथामांशुद्धचरितांदुष्टांजानातिराघवः । तथालोकस्यसाक्षीमांसर्वतःपातुपावकः ।।6.119.26।।

yathāmāṃśuddhacaritāṃduṣṭāṃjānātirāghavaḥ | tathālokasyasākṣīmāṃsarvataḥpātupāvakaḥ

"If in Rama's view, I am of impeccable conduct and so also if what he is seeing is not known to be true, let the world witness and fire god protect me."

कर्मणामनसावाचायथानातिचराम्यहम् । राघवंसर्वधर्मज्ञंतथामांपातुपावकः ।।6.119.27।।

karmaṇāmanasāvācāyathānāticarāmyaham | rāghavaṃsarvadharmajñaṃtathāmāṃpātupāvakaḥ

'If I have ever acted or been unfaithful at heart or in speech and did not follow a righteous path with Rama, who is a knower of all virtues, let the fire god protect me."

आदित्योभगवान्वायुर्धिशश्चन्द्रस्तथैव च । अहश्चापितथासन्ध्येरात्रिश्चपृथिवीतथआ ।।6.119.28।। यथान्येऽपिविजानन्तितथाचारित्रसंयुताम् ।

ādityobhagavānvāyurdhiśaścandrastathaiva ca | ahaścāpitathāsandhyerātriścapṛthivītathaā yathānye'pivijānantitathācāritrasaṃyutām |

"O gods! Supreme Aditya, wind god, god of the four quarters, and also by moon, and gods presiding during day, night, twilight and so also earth, know me as a woman of good character, let the fire god protect me that way."

एवमुक्त्वातुवैदेहीपरिक्रम्यहुताशनम् । विवेशज्वलनंदीप्तंनिःशङ्केनान्तरात्मना ।।6.119.29।।

evamuktvātuvaidehīparikramyahutāśanam | viveśajvalanaṃdīptaṃniḥśaṅkenāntarātmanā

Having spoken in that way, Vaidehi went round fire fearlessly, absorbed with in herself and entered the flaming and burning fire.

नश्चसुमहांस्तत्रबालवृद्धसमाकुलः ।।6.119.30।। ददर्शमैथिलींदीप्तांप्रविशन्तींहुताशनम् ।

naścasumahāṃstatrabālavṛddhasamākulaḥ dadarśamaithilīṃdīptāṃpraviśantīṃhutāśanam |

Young and old assembled there, and the gathering of people witnessed Mythili entering the flaming and burning fire.

सातप्तनवहेमाभातप्तकाञ्चनभूषणा ।।6.119.31।। पपातज्वलनंदीप्तंसर्वलोकस्यसन्निधौ ।

sātaptanavahemābhātaptakāñcanabhūṣaṇā papātajvalanaṃdīptaṃsarvalokasyasannidhau |

Like freshly polished gold, like shining gold ornament, in the presence of the whole world she fell into flaming and glowing fire.

ददृशुस्तांविशालाक्षींपतन्तींहव्यवाहनम् ।।6.119.32।। सीतांसर्वाणिरूपाणिरुक्मवेदिनिभांतदा ।

dadṛśustāṃviśālākṣīṃpatantīṃhavyavāhanam sītāṃsarvāṇirūpāṇirukmavedinibhāṃtadā |

All created beings and forms witnessed large eyed Sita descending on the golden altar, into the fire like goddess of fortune descending on her vehicle.

ददृशुस्तांमहाभागांप्रविशन्तींहुताशनम् ।।6.119.33।। सीतांकृत्स्नास्त्रयोलोकाःपुण्यामाज्याहुतीमिव ।

dadṛśustāṃmahābhāgāṃpraviśantīṃhutāśanam sītāṃkṛtsnāstrayolokāḥpuṇyāmājyāhutīmiva |

All the three worlds witnessed noble dark Sita entering the fire, like ghee offered to fire.

प्रचुक्रुशुःस्त्रियःसर्वास्तांदृष्टवाहव्यवाहवे ।।6.119.34।। पतन्तींसंस्कृतांमन्रन्स्सैर्वसोर्दारामिवाध्वरे ।

pracukruśuḥstriyaḥsarvāstāṃdṛṣṭavāhavyavāhave patantīṃsaṃskṛtāṃmanranssairvasordārāmivādhvare |

All the women who stood there fled, screaming on seeing Sita falling into fire, like the flow of ghee poured continuously into sacrificial fire reciting sacred verses by priests.

ददृशुस्तांत्रयोलोकादेवगन्धर्वदानवाः ।।6.119.35।। शस्तांपतन्तींनिरयेत्रिविवाद्धेवतामिव ।

dadṛśustāṃtrayolokādevagandharvadānavāḥ śastāṃpatantīṃnirayetrivivāddhevatāmiva |

All the Devas, Gandharvas and Danavas of the three worlds who witnessed her falling, extolled her as if goddess was falling from heaven into hell.