Sarga 113

Verse 1

रावणंनिहतंदृष्टवाराघवेणमहात्मना ।अन्तःपुराद्विनिष्पेतूराक्षस्यश्शोककर्शिताः ।।।।

Seeing Rāvaṇa slain by the great-souled Rāghava, the rākṣasī women—worn down by grief—rushed out from the inner chambers.

Verse 2

वार्यमाणास्सुबहुशोवेष्टन्त्यःक्षितिपांसुषु ।विमुक्तकेश्यश्शोकार्तागावोवत्सहतायथा ।।।।

Though restrained again and again, many women rolled in the dust of the earth, their hair dishevelled, crying in grief like cows whose calves have been killed.

Verse 3

उत्तरेणविनिष्क्रम्यद्वारेणसहराक्षसैः ।प्रविश्यायोधनंघोरंविचिन्वन्त्वोहतंपतिम् ।।।।आर्यपुत्रेतिवादिन्योहानाथेति च सर्वशः ।परिपेतुःकबन्धाङ्कांमहींशोणितकर्दमाम् ।।।।

Coming out by the northern gate together with the rākṣasas, the women entered the dreadful battlefield, searching for their slain husbands. Crying out everywhere, “O noble son!” and “O my lord, I am without protector!”, they wandered over the ground strewn with trunks, smeared with blood and mire.

Verse 4

उत्तरेणविनिष्क्रम्यद्वारेणसहराक्षसैः ।प्रविश्यायोधनंघोरंविचिन्वन्त्वोहतंपतिम् ।।6.113.3।।आर्यपुत्रेतिवादिन्योहानाथेति च सर्वशः ।परिपेतुःकबन्धाङ्कांमहींशोणितकर्दमाम् ।।6.113.4।।

Coming out through the northern gate with the rākṣasas, they entered the dreadful battlefield, seeking their slain husbands; crying “O noble son!” and “Alas, my lord!”, they roamed everywhere over the earth littered with headless trunks and thick with blood and mud.

Verse 5

ताबाष्पपरिपूर्णाक्ष्योभर्तृशोकपराजिताः ।करेण्वइवनर्द्नत्योविनेदुर्हतयूथपाः ।।।।

Their eyes brimming with tears and overcome by grief for their husbands, they cried out—like she-elephants whose leader has been slain—raising a terrible roar.

Verse 6

ददृशुस्तामहाकायंमहावीर्यंमहाद्युतिम् ।रावणंनिहतम्भूमौनीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् ।।।।

They saw Rāvaṇa—of gigantic form, immense power, and great radiance—slain upon the ground, like a heap of dark collyrium-stone (a black mountain-mass).

Verse 7

ताःपतिंसहसादृष्टवाशयानंरणपांसुषु ।निपेतुस्तस्यगात्रेषुछिन्नावनलताइव ।।।।

Seeing their husband lying amid the dust of battle, they suddenly fell upon his limbs—like garden-creepers cut down and collapsing.

Verse 8

बहुमानात्परिष्वज्यकाचिदेवंरुरोद ह ।चरणौकाचिदालम्ब्यकाचित्कण्ठेऽवलम्ब्य च ।।।।

Out of deep reverence, some embraced him and cried out aloud; some clung to his feet and wept, and others hung upon his neck, weeping.

Verse 9

उत्क्षिप्य च भुजौकाचिद्भूमौसुपरिवर्तते ।हतस्यवदनंदृष्टवाकाचिन्मोहमुपागमत् ।।।।

Some, flinging up their arms, fell to the ground and rolled about; some, on seeing the face of the slain, were overcome by shock and faintness.

Verse 10

काचिदङ्केशिरःकृत्वारुरोदमुखमीक्षती ।स्नापयन्तीमुखंबाष्पैस्तुषारैरिवपङ्कजम् ।।।।

One woman set his head upon her lap and wept as she gazed at his face, bathing it with tears like dew upon a lotus.

Verse 11

एवमार्ताःपतिंदृष्टवारावणंनिहतंभुवि ।चुक्रुशुर्भहुधाशोकाद्भूयस्ताःपर्यदेवयन् ।।।।

Thus afflicted, seeing their husband Rāvaṇa slain upon the ground, they cried out in many ways, lamenting again and again in overwhelming sorrow.

Verse 12

येनमित्रासितःशक्रोयेनवित्रासितोयमः ।येनवैश्रवणोराजापुष्पकेणवियोजितः ।।।।गन्धर्वाणामृषीणां च सुराणां च महात्मनाम् ।भयंयेनरणेदत्तंसोऽयंशेतेरणेहतः ।।।।

He before whom even Śakra and Yama trembled; he who deprived King Vaiśravaṇa of the Puṣpaka; he who struck fear in battle into Gandharvas, Ṛṣis, and the great-souled gods—he now lies slain upon the battlefield.

Verse 13

येनमित्रासितःशक्रोयेनवित्रासितोयमः ।येनवैश्रवणोराजापुष्पकेणवियोजितः ।।6.113.12।।गन्धर्वाणामृषीणां च सुराणां च महात्मनाम् ।भयंयेनरणेदत्तंसोऽयंशेतेरणेहतः ।।6.113.13।।

He who once spread fear in battle among the Gandharvas, the seers, and the high-souled gods—now lies here on the battlefield, slain.

Verse 14

असुरेभ्यःसुरेभ्योवापन्नगेभ्योऽपिवातथा ।भयंयो न विजानातितस्येदंमानुषाद् भयम् ।।।।

He who never knew fear—whether from Asuras, from the gods, or even from the serpent-races—has now met fear from a mere human.

Verse 15

अवध्योदेवतानांयस्तथादानवराक्षसाम् ।हतःसोऽयंरणेशेतेमानुषेणपदातिना ।।।।

He whom neither the gods nor the Dānavas and Rākṣasas could slay—he now lies on the battlefield, killed by a human warrior on foot.

Verse 16

यो न शक्यस्सुरैर्हन्तुं न यक्षैर्नासुरैस्तथा ।सोऽयंकश्चिदिवासत्त्वोमृत्युंमर्त्येनलम्भितः ।।।।

He whom neither gods, nor Yakṣas, nor Asuras could kill—he has now met death at the hands of a mortal, lying as though bereft of all power.

Verse 17

एवंवदन्त्योरुरुदुस्तस्यतादुःखिताःस्त्रियः ।भूयएव च दुःखार्ताविलेपुश्चपुनःपुनः ।।।।

Speaking thus, those grief-stricken women wept loudly for him; tormented by sorrow, they wailed again and again.

Verse 18

अशृण्वतातुसुहृदांसततंहितवादिनाम् ।मरणायहृतासीताराक्षसाश्चनिपातिताः ।।।।एतास्सममिदानींतेवयमात्मा च पातितः ।

Because you did not listen to your well-wishers who spoke what was beneficial, you abducted Sītā only to meet death; and the Rākṣasas too have been struck down. Now, together, you—along with us all, and even your very self—have fallen into ruin.

Verse 19

ब्रुवाणोऽपिहितंवाक्यमिष्टोभ्राताविभीषणः ।।।।धृष्टंपरुषितोमोहत्त्वयात्मवथकाङ्क्षिणा ।

Even when your beloved brother Vibhīṣaṇa spoke words for your good, you—blinded by delusion and bent on your own destruction—answered him with harshness and contempt.

Verse 20

दिनिर्यातितातेस्वासतीतारामायमैथिली ।।।।ननस्स्याद्व्यसनंघोरमिदंमूलहरंमहत् ।

Had you sent back Sītā of Mithilā—Rāma’s own wife—to Rāma, this terrible calamity that has uprooted us would not have come upon us.

Verse 21

वृत्तकामोभवेद्भ्रातारामोमित्रकुलंभवेत् ।।।।वयंचाध्विवाःसर्वाःसकमा न च शत्रवः ।

Your brother’s purpose would have been fulfilled; Rāma would have become an ally to our line. We would not all have become widows—and the enemies would not have had their wish fulfilled.

Verse 22

त्वयापुनर्नृशंशंसेनसीतांसंरुन्धताबलात् ।।।।राक्षसावयमात्मा च त्रयंतुल्यंनिपातितम् ।

Because you, in cruelty, kept Sītā confined by force, the rākṣasas, we ourselves, and you too—these three—have all been brought down together in ruin.

Verse 23

न कामकारःकामंवातवराक्षसपुङ्गव ।दैवंचेष्टयतेसर्वंहतंदैवेनहन्यते ।।।।

O foremost of rākṣasas, neither one’s self-will nor one’s desire alone prevails; destiny impels all. Whom fate has struck down—by fate he is slain.

Verse 24

वानराणांविनाशोऽयंराक्षसानां च तेरणे ।तवचैवमहाबाहो दैवयोगादुपागतः ।।।।

O mighty-armed one, in this war this destruction has come upon the vānaras, upon the rākṣasas, and upon you as well—through the convergence of destiny.

Verse 25

नैवार्थेन न कामेनविक्रमेण न चाज्ञया ।शक्यादैवगतिर्लोकेनिवर्तयितुमुद्यता ।।।।

In this world, the course of destiny, once set in motion, cannot be turned back—neither by wealth, nor by desire, nor by prowess, nor even by royal command.

Verse 26

विलेपुरेवंदीनास्ताराक्षसाधिपयोषितः ।कुरर्यइवदुःखार्ताबाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाः ।।।।

Thus the wives of the lord of rākṣasas wailed in misery—tormented by grief, their eyes clouded and shaken with tears—crying like kurarī birds.