Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 83

राघवश्चापिविपुलंतंराक्षसवनौकसाम् । श्रुत्वासङ्ग्रामनिर्घोषंजाम्बवन्तमुवाच ह ।।6.83.1।।

rāghavaścāpivipulaṃtaṃrākṣasavanaukasām | śrutvāsaṅgrāmanirghoṣaṃjāmbavantamuvāca ha

Hearing the great noise of war between Rakshasas and Vanaras, Rama said to Jambavantha.

सौम्यनूनंहनुमताकृतंकर्मसुदुष्करम् । श्रूयते च यथाभीमस्सुमहावायुधस्वनः ।।6.83.2।।

saumyanūnaṃhanumatākṛtaṃkarmasuduṣkaram | śrūyate ca yathābhīmassumahāvāyudhasvanaḥ

"O gentle Jambavan! The terrifying sound of weapons is heard. Surely Hanuman has done a difficult task."

तद्गच्छकुरुसाहाय्यंस्वबलेनाभिसम्वृतः । क्षिप्रमक्षपतेतस्यकपिश्रेष्ठस्ययुध्यतः ।।6.83.3।।

tadgacchakurusāhāyyaṃsvabalenābhisamvṛtaḥ | kṣipramakṣapatetasyakapiśreṣṭhasyayudhyataḥ

"O King of Bears! Accompanied by your army, go to the battlefield and help the best of monkeys."

ऋक्षराक्षस्तथोक्तस्तुस्वेनानीकेनसम्वृतः । आगच्छत्पश्चिमद्वारंहनूमान्यत्रवानरः ।।6.83.4।।

ṛkṣarākṣastathoktastusvenānīkenasamvṛtaḥ | āgacchatpaścimadvāraṃhanūmānyatravānaraḥ

Rama having spoken thus, King of Bears surrounded by Vanaras went to Hanuman at the western gate.

अथायान्तंहनूमन्तंददर्शर्क्षपतिपथि । वानरैःकृतसङ्ग्रामैश्श्वसद्भिरभिसम्वृतम् ।।6.83.5।।

athāyāntaṃhanūmantaṃdadarśarkṣapatipathi | vānaraiḥkṛtasaṅgrāmaiśśvasadbhirabhisamvṛtam

Then the Lord of Bears saw Hanuman accompanied by Vanaras who fought in war coming sighing.

दृष्टापथिहनूमांश्चतदृक्षबलमुद्यतम् । नीलमेघनिभंभीमंसन्निवार्यन्यवर्तत ।।6.83.6।।

dṛṣṭāpathihanūmāṃścatadṛkṣabalamudyatam | nīlameghanibhaṃbhīmaṃsannivāryanyavartata

Hanuman seeing the terrific army of Bears marching like a dark cloud asked them to return and he also returned with them.

स तेनसहसैन्येनसन्निकर्षंमहायशाः । शीघ्रमागम्यरामायदुःखितोवाक्यमब्रवीत् ।।6.83.7।।

sa tenasahasainyenasannikarṣaṃmahāyaśāḥ | śīghramāgamyarāmāyaduḥkhitovākyamabravīt

Hanuman of great fame accompanied by army quickly came to Rama and submitted as follows.

समरेयुध्यमानानामस्माकंप्रेक्षतांपुरः । जघानरुदतींसीतामिन्द्रजिद्रावणात्मजः ।।6.83.8।।

samareyudhyamānānāmasmākaṃprekṣatāṃpuraḥ | jaghānarudatīṃsītāmindrajidrāvaṇātmajaḥ

"Ravana's son, Indrajith struck Sita, who was crying in front of us looking at us while we were fighting in war."

उद्भ्रान्तचित्तस्तांदृष्टवाविषण्णोऽहमरिन्दमः । तदहंभवतोवृतंविज्ञापयितुमागतः ।।6.83.9।।

udbhrāntacittastāṃdṛṣṭavāviṣaṇṇo'hamarindamaḥ | tadahaṃbhavatovṛtaṃvijñāpayitumāgataḥ

"O Tamer of enemies! Seeing her (Sita) bewildered in mind, worried, I have come to inform you accompanied by Vanaras."

तस्यतद्वचनंश्रुत्वाराघवश्शोकमूर्चितः । निपपाततदाभूमौछिन्नमूलंइवद्रुमः ।।6.83.10।।

tasyatadvacanaṃśrutvārāghavaśśokamūrcitaḥ | nipapātatadābhūmauchinnamūlaṃivadrumaḥ

On hearing, Hanuman's words Raghava became deluded in sorrow and fell on the ground like a tree cut at the root.

तंभूमौदेवसङ्काशंपतितंदृश्यराघवम् । अभिपेतुस्समुत्पत्यसर्वतःकपिसत्तमाः ।।6.83.11।।

taṃbhūmaudevasaṅkāśaṃpatitaṃdṛśyarāghavam | abhipetussamutpatyasarvataḥkapisattamāḥ

Seeing Raghava who is equal to god fallen on the ground, and the best of monkeys lifting him, the Vanaras from all over came jumping.

आसिञ्चन् सलिलैश्चैनंपद्मोत्पलसुगन्धिभिः । प्रदहन्तमानासाद्यंसहसाग्निमिवोद्यतम् ।।6.83.12।।

āsiñcan salilaiścainaṃpadmotpalasugandhibhiḥ | pradahantamānāsādyaṃsahasāgnimivodyatam

Reaching Rama, who was like a burning fire that has risen up and suddenly fallen, the Vanaras sprinkled water with fragrance of lotuses and lilies on Rama just as sprinkling water on an inextinguishable fire that has flared up suddenly.

तंलक्ष्मणोऽथबाहुभ्यांपरिष्वज्यसुदुःखितः । उवाचराममस्वस्थंवाक्यंहेत्वर्थसम्युतम् ।।6.83.13।।

taṃlakṣmaṇo'thabāhubhyāṃpariṣvajyasuduḥkhitaḥ | uvācarāmamasvasthaṃvākyaṃhetvarthasamyutam

Then, Lakshmana who was very worried held the arms of Rama who was unwell and spoke these meaningful words.

शुभेवर्त्मनितिष्ठन्तंत्वामार्यविजितेन्द्रियम् । अनर्थेभ्यो न शक्नोतित्रातुंधर्मोनिरर्थकः ।।6.83.14।।

śubhevartmanitiṣṭhantaṃtvāmāryavijitendriyam | anarthebhyo na śaknotitrātuṃdharmonirarthakaḥ

"O Noble Rama! If You, who have gained over senses and sticking to a virtuous path are not protected, from this calamity by righteousness, then righteousness is useless."

भूतानांस्थावाराणां च जङ्गमानां च दर्शनम् । यथास्ति न तथाधर्मस्तेननास्तीतिमेमतिः ।।6.83.15।।

bhūtānāṃsthāvārāṇāṃ ca jaṅgamānāṃ ca darśanam | yathāsti na tathādharmastenanāstītimematiḥ

" As animate and inanimate beings are seen experiencing joy at present, righteousness is not the cause of joy, I think so."

यथैवस्थावरंव्यक्तंजङ्गमं न तथाविधम् । नायमर्थस्तथायुक्तस्त्वद्विधो न विपद्यते ।।6.83.16।।

yathaivasthāvaraṃvyaktaṃjaṅgamaṃ na tathāvidham | nāyamarthastathāyuktastvadvidho na vipadyate

"Just as inanimate beings which are seen happy and animate are also seen in the same manner, in which case that righteousness alone prospers is not there (for a person like you would not suffer). Knowing this you should not suffer."

यद्यधर्मोभवेद्भूतोरावणोनरकंव्रजेत् । भवांश्चधर्मसम्युक्तोनैवंव्यसनमाप्नुयात् ।।6.83.17।।

yadyadharmobhavedbhūtorāvaṇonarakaṃvrajet | bhavāṃścadharmasamyuktonaivaṃvyasanamāpnuyāt

"If there is unrighteousness, Ravana should be in hell. You who are endowed with righteousness should not have agony."

तस्य च व्यसनाभावाद्व्यसनंचागतेत्वयि । धर्मोभवत्यधर्मश्चपरस्परविरोधिनौ ।।6.83.18।।

tasya ca vyasanābhāvādvyasanaṃcāgatetvayi | dharmobhavatyadharmaścaparasparavirodhinau

" As Ravana has no sorrow and you have experienced agony the contraries of each other have changed the roles of righteousness and unrighteousness."

धर्मेणोपलभेद्धर्ममधर्मंचाप्यधर्मतः । यद्यधर्मेणयुज्येयुर्येष्वधर्मःप्रतिष्ठितः ।।6.83.19।। यदिधर्मेणवियुज्येरन्नधर्मरुचयोजनाः । धर्मेणचरतांधर्मंचैषांधर्मफलंभवेत् ।।6.83.20।।

dharmeṇopalabheddharmamadharmaṃcāpyadharmataḥ | yadyadharmeṇayujyeyuryeṣvadharmaḥpratiṣṭhitaḥ yadidharmeṇaviyujyerannadharmarucayojanāḥ | dharmeṇacaratāṃdharmaṃcaiṣāṃdharmaphalaṃbhavet

"The righteous attains the benefit through righteous means, and the unrighteous suffer by unrighteous means. If unrighteousness is rooted in the unrighteous and are pleased with unrighteousness they will be deprived of the result of righteousness. It is not otherwise."

धर्मेणोपलभेद्धर्ममधर्मंचाप्यधर्मतः । यद्यधर्मेणयुज्येयुर्येष्वधर्मःप्रतिष्ठितः ।।6.83.19।। यदिधर्मेणवियुज्येरन्नधर्मरुचयोजनाः । धर्मेणचरतांधर्मंचैषांधर्मफलंभवेत् ।।6.83.20।।

dharmeṇopalabheddharmamadharmaṃcāpyadharmataḥ | yadyadharmeṇayujyeyuryeṣvadharmaḥpratiṣṭhitaḥ yadidharmeṇaviyujyerannadharmarucayojanāḥ | dharmeṇacaratāṃdharmaṃcaiṣāṃdharmaphalaṃbhavet

"The righteous attains the benefit through righteous means, and the unrighteous suffer by unrighteous means. If unrighteousness is rooted in the unrighteous and are pleased with unrighteousness they will be deprived of the result of righteousness. It is not otherwise."

यस्मादर्थाविवर्धन्तेयेष्वधर्मःप्रतिष्ठितः । क्लिश्यन्तेधर्मशीलाश्चतस्मादेतौनिरर्थकौ ।।6.83.21।।

yasmādarthāvivardhanteyeṣvadharmaḥpratiṣṭhitaḥ | kliśyantedharmaśīlāścatasmādetaunirarthakau

"Since those rooted in unrighteous develop and are wealthy, and those who follow dharma suffer both these are meaningless."

वध्यन्तेपापकर्माणोयद्यधर्मेणराघव । वधकर्महतोऽधर्मः स हतःकिंवधिष्यति ।।6.83.22।।

vadhyantepāpakarmāṇoyadyadharmeṇarāghava | vadhakarmahato'dharmaḥ sa hataḥkiṃvadhiṣyati

"Righteousness and unrighteousness are forms of actions, sinful or not sinful. If sinful action is unrighteous, those who have done sinful actions should suffer. Since sinful action is momentary, and as soon as the action is over unrighteousness is also gone. That being so how can unrighteousness cause pain to anyone?"

अथवाविहितेनायंहन्यतेहन्तिवापरम् । विधिरालिप्यतेतेन न स पापेनकर्मणा ।।6.83.23।।

athavāvihitenāyaṃhanyatehantivāparam | vidhirālipyatetena na sa pāpenakarmaṇā

"Or else if a man is destroyed by killing another, destiny which is engendered by the sinful action suffers and not the doer of sinful action."

अदृष्टप्रतिकारेणत्वव्यक्तेनासतासता । कथंशक्यंपरंप्राप्तुंधर्मेणारिविकर्षण ।।6.83.24।।

adṛṣṭapratikāreṇatvavyaktenāsatāsatā | kathaṃśakyaṃparaṃprāptuṃdharmeṇārivikarṣaṇa

"O Crusher of enemies! How does righteousness get encountered? It is not seen. How to know whether it is real or unreal? Is it possible to know that the best result is attained by righteousness."

यदिसत्स्यात्सतांमुख्यनासत्स्यत्तवकिञ्चन । त्वयायदीदृशंप्राप्तंतस्मात्सन्नोपपद्यते ।।6.83.25।।

yadisatsyātsatāṃmukhyanāsatsyattavakiñcana | tvayāyadīdṛśaṃprāptaṃtasmātsannopapadyate

"O foremost among the victorious! To you, who are a jewel no evil should accrue. Since such difficulty has been faced by you, the fact that good actions result in good destiny is not true."

अथवादुर्बलःक्लीबोबलंधर्मोऽनुवर्तते । दुर्बलोहृतमर्यादो न सेव्यइतिमेमतिः ।।6.83.26।।

athavādurbalaḥklībobalaṃdharmo'nuvartate | durbalohṛtamaryādo na sevyaitimematiḥ

"Or else dharma becomes feeble, ineffective, submits to might, then it is better not to follow such dharma which is feeble, I think."

बलस्ययदिचेद्धर्मोगुणभूतःपराक्रमे । धर्ममुत्सृज्यवर्तस्वयथाधर्मेतथाबले ।।6.83.27।।

balasyayadiceddharmoguṇabhūtaḥparākrame | dharmamutsṛjyavartasvayathādharmetathābale

"Giving up predominance of virtue, seek courage and submit to might for succeeding in action. Seek might just as you have sought dharma earlier for success."

अथचेत्सत्यवचनंधर्म: किलपरन्तप । अनृतस्त्वय्यकरुणःकिं न बद्धस्त्वयापिता ।।6.83.28।।

athacetsatyavacanaṃdharma: kilaparantapa | anṛtastvayyakaruṇaḥkiṃ na baddhastvayāpitā

"O scorcher of enemies! If you consider speaking the truth is dharma, why did you not bind your father (who promised to give the kingdom) and was not compassionate (spoke untruth later)."

यदिधर्मोभवेद्भूतअधर्मोवापरन्तप । न स्महत्वामुनिंवज्रीकुर्यादिज्यांशतक्रतुः ।।6.83.29।।

yadidharmobhavedbhūtaadharmovāparantapa | na smahatvāmuniṃvajrīkuryādijyāṃśatakratuḥ

"Indra killed an ascetic (Viswarupa) and did fire sacrifice. If dharma alone is his duty, he could have done hundreds of fire sacrifices and not have killed the ascetic. If adharma is duty he would have killed the ascetic and not done fire sacrifice."

अधर्मसंश्रितोधर्मोविनाशयतिराघव । सर्वमेतद्यथाकामंकाकुत्स्थकुरुतेनरः ।।6.83.30।।

adharmasaṃśritodharmovināśayatirāghava | sarvametadyathākāmaṃkākutsthakurutenaraḥ

"Kakuthsa Rama! Kings followed dharma and adharma both according to context. Whether following dharma or adharma destruction is happening. Therefore, humans keep doing both as per their desire."

ममचेदंमतंतातधरोऽयमितिराघव । धर्ममूलंत्वयाछिन्नंराज्यमुत्सृजतातदा ।।6.83.31।।

mamacedaṃmataṃtātadharo'yamitirāghava | dharmamūlaṃtvayāchinnaṃrājyamutsṛjatātadā

"Dear Raghava! In my opinion also depending on desire and context, following dharma or adharma is proper. You have severed the roots of dharma by giving up the kingdom."

अर्थेभ्योहिप्रवृद्धेभ्यःसम्वृत्तेभ्यस्ततस्ततः । क्रियाःसर्वाःप्रवर्तन्तेपर्वतेभ्यःइवापगाः ।।6.83.32।।

arthebhyohipravṛddhebhyaḥsamvṛttebhyastatastataḥ | kriyāḥsarvāḥpravartanteparvatebhyaḥivāpagāḥ

"Prosperity is augmented gradually and developed by all means just as rivers flow from mountains, all undertakings follow conducive to success."

अर्थेनहिविमुक्तस्यपुरुषस्याल्पचेतसः । विच्छिद्यन्तेक्रियास्सर्वाग्रीष्मेकुसरितोयथा ।।6.83.33।।

arthenahivimuktasyapuruṣasyālpacetasaḥ | vicchidyantekriyāssarvāgrīṣmekusaritoyathā

"Just like streams dry up in summer, if one who is of meagre intelligence and forsakes wealth, all his actions will be interrupted."

सोऽयमर्थंपरित्यज्यसुखकामःसुखैधितः । पापमारभतेकर्तुंतदादोषःप्रवर्तते ।।6.83.34।।

so'yamarthaṃparityajyasukhakāmaḥsukhaidhitaḥ | pāpamārabhatekartuṃtadādoṣaḥpravartate

"If one who has been happy seeks happiness on renouncing wealth then proceeds to perform sinful actions it is a mistake."

यस्यार्थास्तस्यमित्राणियस्यार्थास्यस्यबान्धवाः । यस्यार्थास्सपुमान्लोकेयस्यार्थाः स च पण्डितः ।।6.83.35।।

yasyārthāstasyamitrāṇiyasyārthāsyasyabāndhavāḥ | yasyārthāssapumānlokeyasyārthāḥ sa ca paṇḍitaḥ

"Friends gather round him in whom riches abide. Relations stand by him who has wealth. He is considered manly in whom wealth abides, and he is learned who has wealth."

यस्यार्थास्स च विक्रान्तोयस्यार्थास्स च बुद्धिमान् । यस्यार्थास्समहाभागोयस्यार्थास्समहागुणः ।।6.83.36।।

yasyārthāssa ca vikrāntoyasyārthāssa ca buddhimān | yasyārthāssamahābhāgoyasyārthāssamahāguṇaḥ

He is gallant to whom wealth has flown, he is intelligent in whom wealth abides, he is glorious in whom wealth exists and he is superior in great virtues in whom wealth found receptacle.

अर्थस्यैतेपरित्यागेदोषाःप्रव्याहृतामया । राज्यमुत्सृजतावीरयेनबुद्धिस्त्वयाकृता ।।6.83.37।।

arthasyaiteparityāgedoṣāḥpravyāhṛtāmayā | rājyamutsṛjatāvīrayenabuddhistvayākṛtā

'If you give up wealth the evils will follow you', said I. Now you left the kingdom. The basis on which you made such a resolve is not known to me.

यस्यार्थाःधर्मकामार्थास्तस्यसर्वंप्रदक्षिणम् । अधनेनार्थकामेननार्थश्शक्योविचिन्वता ।।6.83.38।।

yasyārthāḥdharmakāmārthāstasyasarvaṃpradakṣiṇam | adhanenārthakāmenanārthaśśakyovicinvatā

For one who has wealth all his actions of dharma would give pleasure and favourable. One who has no wealth and is worrying about it can't attain it.

हर्षःकामश्चदर्पश्चधर्मःक्रोधश्शमोदमः । अर्थादेतानिसर्वाणिप्रवर्तन्तेनराधिप ।।6.83.39।।

harṣaḥkāmaścadarpaścadharmaḥkrodhaśśamodamaḥ | arthādetānisarvāṇipravartantenarādhipa

"O Rama! Desire, delight, pride, virtue, anger, forgiveness, fortitude all these are effective through wealth."

येषांनश्यत्ययंलोकश्चरतांधर्मचारिणाम् । तेऽर्थास्त्वयि न दृश्यन्तेदुर्दिनेषुयथाग्रहाः ।।6.83.40।।

yeṣāṃnaśyatyayaṃlokaścaratāṃdharmacāriṇām | te'rthāstvayi na dṛśyantedurdineṣuyathāgrahāḥ

"Even if there is wealth if one renunciates wealth and follows dharma in this world they perish like planets on cloudy days."

त्वयिप्रव्रजितेवीरगुरोश्चवचनेस्थिते । रक्षसापहृताभार्याप्राणैःप्रियतरातव ।।6.83.41।।

tvayipravrajitevīraguroścavacanesthite | rakṣasāpahṛtābhāryāprāṇaiḥpriyatarātava

"O heroic Rama! You have been faithful to the promise to your father and left home following dharma (giving up wealth), and your dear wife who is your life has been abducted by Rakshasa."

तदद्यविपुलंवीरदुःखमिन्द्रजिताकृतम् । कर्मणाव्यपनेष्यामितस्मादुत्तिष्ठराघव ।।6.83.42।।

tadadyavipulaṃvīraduḥkhamindrajitākṛtam | karmaṇāvyapaneṣyāmitasmāduttiṣṭharāghava

"Get up, heroic Raghava! I will get rid of the agony caused to you by Indrajith, by the action."

उत्थिष्ठनरशार्दूलदीर्घबाहोधृतव्रत । किमात्मानंमहात्मानंमात्मानं न बुध्यसे ।।6.83.43।।

utthiṣṭhanaraśārdūladīrghabāhodhṛtavrata | kimātmānaṃmahātmānaṃmātmānaṃ na budhyase

"O tiger among men! O broad shouldered endowed with fortitude! Why do you not know yourself that you are a great soul and doer of action?"