Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 5

सातुनीलेनविधिवत्स्वारक्षासुसमाहिता । सागरस्योत्तरेतीरेसाधुसेनानिवेशिता ।।6.5.1।।

sātunīlenavidhivatsvārakṣāsusamāhitā | sāgarasyottaretīresādhusenāniveśitā

Nila settled the army successfully by making them reside on the northern shore of the sea, as per tradition.

मैन्दश्चद्विविदश्चोभौतत्रवानरपुङ्गवौ । विचेरतुश्चतांसेनांरक्षार्थंसर्वतोदिशम् ।।6.5.2।।

maindaścadvividaścobhautatravānarapuṅgavau | viceratuścatāṃsenāṃrakṣārthaṃsarvatodiśam

Dwivida and Mainda, the best of the vanaras, went about in all directions for safeguarding the army.

निविष्टायांतुसेनायांतीरेनदनदीपतेः । पार्श्वस्थंलक्ष्मणंदृष्टवारामोवचनमब्रवीत् ।।6.5.3।।

niviṣṭāyāṃtusenāyāṃtīrenadanadīpateḥ | pārśvasthaṃlakṣmaṇaṃdṛṣṭavārāmovacanamabravīt

After the army had settled down on the shores of the lord of rivers (sea), Rama spoke to Lakshmana who stood beside him.

शोकश्चकिलकालेनगच्छताह्यपगच्छति । ममचापश्यतःकान्तामहन्यहनिवर्धते ।।6.5.4।।

śokaścakilakālenagacchatāhyapagacchati | mamacāpaśyataḥkāntāmahanyahanivardhate

As time passes, grief passes away. However my sorrow is progressing day by day being unable to see my beloved.

नमेदुःखंप्रियादूरेनमेदुःखंहृतेतिवा । एतदेवानुशोचामिवयोस्याह्यतिवर्तते ।।6.5.5।।

nameduḥkhaṃpriyādūrenameduḥkhaṃhṛtetivā | etadevānuśocāmivayosyāhyativartate

There is no grief in me that my beloved is at a distance, nor that she is taken away. Indeed her age is advancing. On this account I am feeling for her.

वाहिवातयतःकान्तातांस्पृष्टवामामपिस्पृश । त्वयिमेगात्रसंस्पर्शश्चन्द्रेदृष्टिसमागमः ।।6.5.6।।

vāhivātayataḥkāntātāṃspṛṣṭavāmāmapispṛśa | tvayimegātrasaṃsparśaścandredṛṣṭisamāgamaḥ

O Wind Touch that place where my beloved is and touch me as it will give me the same feeling as my beloved's touch. Through the moon I will get her eye contact too.

तन्मेदहतिगात्राणिविषंपीतमिवाशये । हानाथेतिप्रियासामांह्रियमाणायदब्रवीत् ।।6.5.7।।

tanmedahatigātrāṇiviṣaṃpītamivāśaye | hānāthetipriyāsāmāṃhriyamāṇāyadabravīt

While being carried away that beloved of mine would have cried aloud saying 'oh my lord'. This thought is burning my body as though I have consumed poison in my stomach.

तद्वियोगेन्धनवतातच्चिन्ताविपुलार्चिषा । रात्रिंदिवंशरीरंमेदह्यतेमदनाग्निना ।।6.5.8।।

tadviyogendhanavatātaccintāvipulārciṣā | rātriṃdivaṃśarīraṃmedahyatemadanāgninā

The pain of separation from her is working as fuel and the thought about hers is engulfing me as extensive flame and burning my body day and night.

अवगाह्यर्णवंस्वप्स्येसौमित्रेभवताविना । कथञ्चित्प्रज्वलन्कामस्समांसुप्तंजलेदहेत् ।।6.5.9।।

avagāhyarṇavaṃsvapsyesaumitrebhavatāvinā | kathañcitprajvalankāmassamāṃsuptaṃjaledahet

O Saumitri Plunging into water alone I will lie down. Probably then the god of love will not be able to consume me while sleeping.

बह्वेतत्कामयानस्यशक्यमेतेनजीवितुम् । यदहंसाचवामोरूरेकांधरणिमाश्रितौ ।।6.5.10।।

bahvetatkāmayānasyaśakyametenajīvitum | yadahaṃsācavāmorūrekāṃdharaṇimāśritau

Me and Sita are seeking refuge on the same land indeed. Because of that only survival is possible for me, who is desiring for her very much.

केदारस्येवकेदारस्सोदकस्यनिरूदकः । उपस्नेहेनजीवामिजीवन्तींयच्छृणोमिताम् ।।6.5.11।।

kedārasyevakedārassodakasyanirūdakaḥ | upasnehenajīvāmijīvantīṃyacchṛṇomitām

I am living only because of hearing about her survival, just as a paddy field without water gets wet by the proximity of a neighboring paddy field with water.

कदानुखलुसुश्रोणींशतपत्त्रायतेक्षणाम् । विजित्यशत्रून्द्रक्ष्यामिसीतास्फीतामिवश्रियम् ।।6.5.12।।

kadānukhalusuśroṇīṃśatapattrāyatekṣaṇām | vijityaśatrūndrakṣyāmisītāsphītāmivaśriyam

When will I be able to win the enemies and see that Sita of charming limbs, with large and beautiful eyes like lotus petals, who is like an abundance of fortune?

कदानुचारुबिम्बोष्ठंतस्याःपद्ममिवाननम् । ईषदुन्नम्यपास्यामिरसायनमिवातुरः ।।6.5.13।।

kadānucārubimboṣṭhaṃtasyāḥpadmamivānanam | īṣadunnamyapāsyāmirasāyanamivāturaḥ

I do not know when I will lift her lotuslike face slightly and drink her beautiful lips like an afflicted man drinks sweet juice.

तस्यात्तुसंहितौपीनौस्तनौतालफलोपमौ । कदानुखलुसोत्कम्पौश्लिष्यन्त्यामांभजिष्यत: ।।6.5.14।।

tasyāttusaṃhitaupīnaustanautālaphalopamau | kadānukhalusotkampauśliṣyantyāmāṃbhajiṣyata:

Indeed I am eager to embrace my chest with hers like the palmyra -fruit trees hold the fruits.When will it happen?

सानूनमसितापाङ्गीरक्षोमध्यगतासती । मन्नाथानाथहीनेवत्रातारंनाधिगच्छति ।।6.5.15।।

sānūnamasitāpāṅgīrakṣomadhyagatāsatī | mannāthānāthahīnevatrātāraṃnādhigacchati

That darkeyed lady (Sita), even though she has me (husband), is in the midst of rakshasas. Surely she is sad and emaciated being away from her husband, without a protector.

कथंजनकरजस्यदुहिताममचप्रिया । राक्षसीमध्यगाशेतेस्नुषादशरथस्यच ।।6.5.16।।

kathaṃjanakarajasyaduhitāmamacapriyā | rākṣasīmadhyagāśetesnuṣādaśarathasyaca

My beloved is king Janaka's daughter and daughterinlaw of Dasaratha. Yet she is sleeping amid Rakshasas. How is it?

कदाऽविक्षोभ्यरक्षांसिसाविधूयोत्पतिष्यति । विधूयजलदान्नीलान् शशिरेखाशरत्स्विव ।।6.5.17।।

kadā'vikṣobhyarakṣāṃsisāvidhūyotpatiṣyati | vidhūyajaladānnīlān śaśirekhāśaratsviva

When will she come out pushing the Rakshasas like the crescent moon comes out pushing the dark clouds in autumn?

स्वभावतनुकानूनंशोकेनानशनेनच । भूयस्तनुतरासीतादेशकालविपर्ययात् ।।6.5.18।।

svabhāvatanukānūnaṃśokenānaśanenaca | bhūyastanutarāsītādeśakālaviparyayāt

Sita who is by nature slim would surely be slender due to abstaining from eating, unfavorable time and location.

कदानुराक्षसेन्द्रस्यनिधायोरसिसायकान् । सीतांप्रत्याहरिष्यामिशोकमुत्सृज्यमानसम् ।।6.5.19।।

kadānurākṣasendrasyanidhāyorasisāyakān | sītāṃpratyāhariṣyāmiśokamutsṛjyamānasam

Indeed by shooting arrows into the chest of rakshasa king, when will I get back Sita and cast off grief from my mind.

कदानुखलुमांसाध्वीसीतासुरसुतोपमा । सोत्कण्ठाकण्ठमालम्ब्यमोक्ष्यत्यानन्दजंजलम् ।।6.5.20।।

kadānukhalumāṃsādhvīsītāsurasutopamā | sotkaṇṭhākaṇṭhamālambyamokṣyatyānandajaṃjalam

When will Sita, the chaste woman, who is like the daughter of Gods, cling to my neck, and indeed shed tears of joy?

कदाशोकमिमंघोरंमैथिलीविप्रयोगजम् । सहसाविप्रमोक्ष्यामिवासश्शुक्लेतरंयथा ।।6.5.21।।

kadāśokamimaṃghoraṃmaithilīviprayogajam | sahasāvipramokṣyāmivāsaśśukletaraṃyathā

When will I get rid of this terrible grief of separation from Mythili for good, just like discarding a soiled garment?

एवंविलपतस्तस्यतत्ररामस्यधीमतः । दिनक्षयान्मन्दवपुर्भास्करोऽस्तमुपागतः ।।6.5.22।।

evaṃvilapatastasyatatrarāmasyadhīmataḥ | dinakṣayānmandavapurbhāskaro'stamupāgataḥ

While sagacious Rama was wailing in that way the day came to an end with the sun descending to the west.

आश्वासितोलक्ष्मणेनरामस्सन्ध्यामुपासत । स्मरन्कमलपत्राक्षींसीतांशोकाकुलीकृतः ।।6.5.23।।

āśvāsitolakṣmaṇenarāmassandhyāmupāsata | smarankamalapatrākṣīṃsītāṃśokākulīkṛtaḥ

Remembering the lotus petal eyed Sita, Rama who was distracted with grief, comforted by Lakshmana offered evening prayers. ।।इत्यार्षेवाल्मीकीयेश्रीमद्रामायणेआदिकाव्येयुद्दकाण्डेपञ्चमस्सर्गः।। This is the end of the fifth Sarga of Yuddhakanda of the first epic, the holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.