Chapter 63
Yuddha Kanda - Book Of War
तस्य राक्षसराजस्य निशम्य परिदेवितम्
कुम्भकर्णो बभा षेदं वचनम् प्रजहास च
tasya rākṣasarājasya niśamya paridevitam
kumbhakarṇo babhā ṣedaṃ vacanam prajahāsa ca
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Hearing the lamentation of Ravana, Kumbhakarna laughed at a full volume and spoke as follows:
दृष्टो दोषो हि यो।अस्माभिः पुरा मन्त्रविनिर्णये
हितेष्वनभियुक्तेन सो।अयमासादितस्त्वया
dṛṣṭo doṣo hi yo|asmābhiḥ purā mantravinirṇaye
hiteṣvanabhiyuktena so|ayamāsāditastvayā
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"The same bad consequence, which was imagined by us earlier while taking the final decision after our consultation, is faced by you now, due to your utter disregard of the words spoken by your well-wishers."
श्रीघ्रम् खल्वभ्युपेतम् त्वाम् फलम् पापस्य कर्मणः
निरयेष्वेव पतनम् यथा दुष्कृतकर्मणः
śrīghram khalvabhyupetam tvām phalam pāpasya karmaṇaḥ
nirayeṣveva patanam yathā duṣkṛtakarmaṇaḥ
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TRANSLATION
"How a doer of wicked deeds indeed falls into damnation, so also a punishment for your sinful act has indeed reached your fast."
प्रथमम् वै महाराज कृत्यमेतदचिन्तितम्
केवलम् वीर्यदर्पेणनानुबन्धो विचिन्तितः
prathamam vai mahārāja kṛtyametadacintitam
kevalam vīryadarpeṇanānubandho vicintitaḥ
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TRANSLATION
"O emperor! This course of action was not excepted by you at first. You did not conceive this consequence, only because of your sheer arrogance of power."
यः पश्चात्पूर्वकार्याणि कुर्यादैश्वर्यमास्थितः
पूर्वं चोत्तरकार्याणि न स वेद नयानयौ
yaḥ paścātpūrvakāryāṇi kuryādaiśvaryamāsthitaḥ
pūrvaṃ cottarakāryāṇi na sa veda nayānayau
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"He who, abiding in power, performs duties to be done earlier at a later stage and duties to be done later, at an early stage, does not know what is a right course and what is a wrong course."
देशकालविहीनानि कर्माणि विपरीतवत्
क्रियमाणानि दुष्यन्ति हवीम्ष्यप्रयतेष्विव
deśakālavihīnāni karmāṇi viparītavat
kriyamāṇāni duṣyanti havīmṣyaprayateṣviva
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Action done perversely, regardless of space and time, get spoiled like offering oblations without properly making the fire well-prepared."
त्रयाणाम् पञ्चधा योगम् कर्मणाम् यः प्रपद्यते
सचिवैः समयम् कृत्वा स सम्यगभिवर्तते
trayāṇām pañcadhā yogam karmaṇām yaḥ prapadyate
sacivaiḥ samayam kṛtvā sa samyagabhivartate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"He, who acts according to an agreement done with his counsellors, considering three types of duties*, by harassing five types of means**, moves along a right course."
PURPORT
यथागमम् च यो राजा समयम् च चिकीर्षति
बुध्यते सचिवैर्बुद्ध्या सुहृदश्चानुपश्यति
yathāgamam ca yo rājā samayam ca cikīrṣati
budhyate sacivairbuddhyā suhṛdaścānupaśyati
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"A king who wishes to execute am agreement as per law, understands it through his own intellect as well as the counsellors and discovers it through his friends, is on a right course."
धर्ममर्थम् च कामम् च सर्वान्वा रक्षसाम् पते
भजते पुरुषः काले त्रिणि द्वन्द्वानि वा पुनः
dharmamartham ca kāmam ca sarvānvā rakṣasām pate
bhajate puruṣaḥ kāle triṇi dvandvāni vā punaḥ
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TRANSLATION
"O king of demons! A man resorts to virtue or worldly gain or pleasure or all the three together or a twin combination of virtue and worldly gain or virtue and pleasure or worldly gain and pleasure or worldly gain and pleasure, according to an appointed time*."
PURPORT
त्रिषु चैतेषु यच्छ्रेष्ठम् श्रुत्वा तन्नावबुध्यते
राजा वा राजमात्रो वा व्यर्थम् तस्य बहु श्रुतम्
triṣu caiteṣu yacchreṣṭham śrutvā tannāvabudhyate
rājā vā rājamātro vā vyartham tasya bahu śrutam
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"That sovereign king or crown prince, who, having heard which one is the best out of these three but does not keep it in mind, his extensive learning would be in vain."
उपप्रदानम् सान्त्वम् च भेदम् काले च विक्रमम्
योगम् च रक्षसाम् श्रेष्ठ तावुभौ च नयानयौ
upapradānam sāntvam ca bhedam kāle ca vikramam
yogam ca rakṣasām śreṣṭha tāvubhau ca nayānayau
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TRANSLATION
"O the foremost of demons! Whosoever deliberates with his counsellors and resorts to an act of with his counsellors and resorts to an act of bestowing gifts or conciliation or sowing dissension at appropriate occasion or exhibits valour or resorts to them all together or takes recourse to both right action and the reverse of it at the right time or pursues virtue or worldly gain or pleasure at the appropriate time, that intelligent person never confronts a misfortune in this world."
हितानुबन्धमालोक्य कुर्यात्कार्यमिहात्मनः
राजा सहार्थतत्त्वज्ञैः सचिवैर्बुद्धिजीविभिः
hitānubandhamālokya kuryātkāryamihātmanaḥ
rājā sahārthatattvajñaiḥ sacivairbuddhijīvibhiḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"A sovereign has to do an act here, looking into his welfare as a consequence along with his counsellors who make their subsistence by their intelligence and who understand the true state of the things."
अनभिज्ज़्नाय शास्त्रार्थान् पुरुषाः पशुबुद्धयः
प्रागल्भ्याद्वक्त्मिच्छिन्ति मन्त्रेष्वभ्यन्तरीकृताः
anabhijznāya śāstrārthān puruṣāḥ paśubuddhayaḥ
prāgalbhyādvaktmicchinti mantreṣvabhyantarīkṛtāḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Men with brutal ideas, who are initiated in discussions, aspire to tell haughty things, without fully knowing the precepts of the scriptures."
अशास्त्रविदुषाम् तेषाम् कार्यम् नाभिहितं वचः
अर्थशास्त्रानभिज्ञानाम् विपुलाम् श्रियमिच्छताम्
aśāstraviduṣām teṣām kāryam nābhihitaṃ vacaḥ
arthaśāstrānabhijñānām vipulām śriyamicchatām
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"The words spoken by those who did not know the scriptures, who do not recollect the books dealing with practical life and who covet for abundant wealth are not to be implemented."
अहितम् च हिताकारम् धार्ष्ट्याज्जल्पन्ति ये नराः
अवश्यम् मन्त्रबाह्यास्ते कर्तव्याः कृत्यदूषकाः
ahitam ca hitākāram dhārṣṭyājjalpanti ye narāḥ
avaśyam mantrabāhyāste kartavyāḥ kṛtyadūṣakāḥ
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TRANSLATION
"Those men who talk with audacity, some inimical things in a friendly way, are to be kept out of deliberations, as they certainly spoil the work to be done."
विनाशयन्तो भर्तारम् सहिताः शत्रुभिर्बुधैः
विपरीतानि कृत्यानि कारयन्तीह मन्त्रिणः
vināśayanto bhartāram sahitāḥ śatrubhirbudhaiḥ
viparītāni kṛtyāni kārayantīha mantriṇaḥ
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TRANSLATION
"Some counsellors, colluding with some learned adversaries, spoil their king and make them do wrong deeds."
तान् भर्ता मित्रसम्काशानमित्रान् मन्त्रनिर्णये
व्यवहारेण जानीयात्सचिवानुपसम्हितान्
tān bhartā mitrasamkāśānamitrān mantranirṇaye
vyavahāreṇa jānīyātsacivānupasamhitān
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TRANSLATION
"The king should make-out those ministers who have been transformed by the enemy to their side (through bribery and other things) and are enemies though looking like friends, through their conduct when a final decision is being taken after deliberation."
चपलस्येह कृत्यानि सहसानुप्रधावतः
चिद्रमन्ये प्रपद्यन्ते क्रौञ्चस्य खमिव द्विजाः
capalasyeha kṛtyāni sahasānupradhāvataḥ
cidramanye prapadyante krauñcasya khamiva dvijāḥ
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TRANSLATION
"Outsiders find out the fickleness of a ruler, who is led away by false appearances and quickly performs the acts, as birds discover the hole (made by the arrow of Skanda, the commander-in-chief of gods) in the Kruancha mountain."
यो हि शत्रुमवज्ञाय नात्मानमभिरक्षति
अवाप्नोति हि सो।अनर्थान् स्थानाच्च व्यवरोप्यते
yo hi śatrumavajñāya nātmānamabhirakṣati
avāpnoti hi so|anarthān sthānācca vyavaropyate
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TRANSLATION
"A king who disregards an enemy and does not protect himself, indeed faces disappointing occurrences and would be removed from his position."
यदुक्तमिह ते पूर्वम् क्रियतामनुजेन च
तदेव नो हितम् वाक्यम् यदिच्छसि च तत्कुरु
yaduktamiha te pūrvam kriyatāmanujena ca
tadeva no hitam vākyam yadicchasi ca tatkuru
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"That advice which was tendered to you earlier by vibhishana is beneficial to us. Do whatever you wish to do."
तत्तु श्रुत्वा दशग्रीवः कुम्भकर्णस्य भाषितम्
भ्रुकुटिम् चैव संचक्रे क्रुद्धश्चैनमभाषत
tattu śrutvā daśagrīvaḥ kumbhakarṇasya bhāṣitam
bhrukuṭim caiva saṃcakre kruddhaścainamabhāṣata
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
On hearing those words of Kumbhakarna, Ravana, on his part, twisted his eye-brows in anger and spoke the following words:
मन्यो गुरुरिवाचार्यः कि माम् त्वमनुशाससे
किमेवम् वाक्ष्रमम् कृत्वा काले युक्तम् विधीयताम्
manyo gururivācāryaḥ ki mām tvamanuśāsase
kimevam vākṣramam kṛtvā kāle yuktam vidhīyatām
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TRANSLATION
"Why are you advising me like a venerable great teacher? What is the use in getting wearied of your speech? Let a work, most befitting of time, be performed."
विभ्रमाच्चित्तमोहाद्वा बलवीर्याश्रयेण वा
नाभिपन्नमिदानीम् यद्व्यर्था तस्य पुनः कथा
vibhramāccittamohādvā balavīryāśrayeṇa vā
nābhipannamidānīm yadvyarthā tasya punaḥ kathā
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TRANSLATION
"Now, it is a waste to tell again of that act which was wrongly done before, either by mistake or by an illusion of mind or by taking shelter in strength and prowess."
अस्मिन् काले तु यद्युक्तम् तदिदानीम् विचिन्त्यताम्
गतम् तु नानुशोचन्ति गतम् तु गतमेव हि
asmin kāle tu yadyuktam tadidānīm vicintyatām
gatam tu nānuśocanti gatam tu gatameva hi
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TRANSLATION
"Let whatever be appropriate at this moment be thought of now. Wise men do not repent over the past. Past is indeed but the past."
ममापनयजं दुःखम् विक्रमेण समीकुरु
यदि खल्वस्ति मे स्नेहो विक्रमम् वाधिगच्छसि
mamāpanayajaṃ duḥkham vikrameṇa samīkuru
yadi khalvasti me sneho vikramam vādhigacchasi
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"If you have affection indeed for me or if you discover your own prowess and if you think it fit in your heart that my work is to be done very much, you nullify the hardship, born out of my wicked conduct, by your prowess."
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"He who rescues an afflicted soul, whose fortune is ruined, he is the real friend. He who is ready at hand to help those who have deviated from the right course, is a kinsman."
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Thereupon, hearing those deeply harsh words spoken by Ravana and understanding that he is quite enraged, Kumbhakarna spoke slowly and smoothly.
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Observing that his brother is highly perturbed and excited of his senses, Kumbhakarna, while consoling him, gently spoke the following words:
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TRANSLATION
"O king, the annihilator of adversaries! Listen to my words attentively. O emperor of demons! Enough of your giving way to the anguish. Abandoning your anger completely, you ought to be your normal self again."
नैतन्मनसि कर्तव्यम् मयि जीवति पार्थिव
तमहम् नाशयिष्यामि यत्कृते परितप्येते
naitanmanasi kartavyam mayi jīvati pārthiva
tamaham nāśayiṣyāmi yatkṛte paritapyete
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"O king! Until I live, this idea should not be formed in your mind. I shall destroy him, for whose account, you are feeling anguished."
अवश्यम् च हितम् वाच्यम् सर्वावस्थाम् गतम् मया
बन्धुभावादभिहितम् भ्रातृस्नेहाच्च पार्थिव
avaśyam ca hitam vācyam sarvāvasthām gatam mayā
bandhubhāvādabhihitam bhrātṛsnehācca pārthiva
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"O king! In whatever situation you are placed, I have to give certainly a good advice to you. I gave this advice, because of our relation and brotherly affection."
सदृशम् यच्च काले।अस्मिन् कर्तुम् स्नेहेन बन्धुना
शत्रूणाम् कदनम् पश्य क्रियमाणम् मया रणे
sadṛśam yacca kāle|asmin kartum snehena bandhunā
śatrūṇām kadanam paśya kriyamāṇam mayā raṇe
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TRANSLATION
"See that which is to be done and this juncture, out of affection by a brother, viz. the destruction of adversaries in battle, will be done by me."
अद्य पश्य महाबाहो मया समरमूर्धनि
हते रामे सहभ्रात्रा द्रवन्तीम् हरिवाहिनीम्
adya paśya mahābāho mayā samaramūrdhani
hate rāme sahabhrātrā dravantīm harivāhinīm
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TRANSLATION
"See today, O mighty armed king, the fleeing army of monkeys and Rama along with his brother being killed by me in the fore-front of the battle-field."
अद्य रामस्य तद्दृष्ट्वा मयानीतम् रणाच्छिरः
सुखि भव महाबाहो सीता भवतु दुःखिता
adya rāmasya taddṛṣṭvā mayānītam raṇācchiraḥ
sukhi bhava mahābāho sītā bhavatu duḥkhitā
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TRANSLATION
"O the mighty armed! Be happy by seeing that Rama's head, which I shall bring today from the battle. Let Seetha be unhappy."
अद्य रामस्य पश्यन्तु निधनम् सुमहत्प्रियम्
लङ्कायाम् राक्षसाः सर्वे ये ते निहतबान्धवाः
adya rāmasya paśyantu nidhanam sumahatpriyam
laṅkāyām rākṣasāḥ sarve ye te nihatabāndhavāḥ
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TRANSLATION
"Let all those demons in Lanka, whose relatives have died in battle, witness the death of the most beloved Rama today."
अद्य शोकपरीतानाम् स्वबन्धुवधशोचिनाम्
शत्रोर्युधि विनाशेन करोम्यश्रुप्रमार्जनम्
adya śokaparītānām svabandhuvadhaśocinām
śatroryudhi vināśena karomyaśrupramārjanam
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TRANSLATION
"Today, I shall do the act of wiping off tears of demons, who have been afflicted with grief and lamenting because of the destruction of their relatives in combat by the adversaries."
अद्य पर्वतसम्काशम् ससूर्यमिव तोयदम्
विकीर्णम् पश्य समरे सुग्रीवम् प्लवगेश्वरम्
adya parvatasamkāśam sasūryamiva toyadam
vikīrṇam paśya samare sugrīvam plavageśvaram
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TRANSLATION
"See today in battle, the mountain-like Sugreeva, the king of monkeys, looking like a cloud illuminated by the sun, thrown about, dissipated."
कथम् च राक्षसैरेभिर्मया च परिसान्त्वितः
जिघांसुभिर्दाशरथिम् व्यथसे त्वमिहानघ
katham ca rākṣasairebhirmayā ca parisāntvitaḥ
jighāṃsubhirdāśarathim vyathase tvamihānagha
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TRANSLATION
"O faultless Ravana! Why are you agitated now, when you are being consoled by those demons and by me, who are desirous of killing Rama?"
माम् निहत्य किल त्वाम् हि निहनिष्यति राघवः
नाहामात्मनि सम्तापम् गच्छेयम् राक्षसाधिप
mām nihatya kila tvām hi nihaniṣyati rāghavaḥ
nāhāmātmani samtāpam gaccheyam rākṣasādhipa
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TRANSLATION
"O king of demons! Rama will indeed kill you, only after killing me. On that account, I do not regret for myself."
कामम् त्विदानीमपि माम् व्यादिश त्वम् परम्तप
न परः प्रेक्षणीयस्ते युद्धायातुलविक्रम
kāmam tvidānīmapi mām vyādiśa tvam paramtapa
na paraḥ prekṣaṇīyaste yuddhāyātulavikrama
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"O Ravana, having unequal prowess and the annihilator of enemies! You can command me, even now, as you wish. No other person need be sought, for a dispatch to the battle."
अहमुत्सादयिष्यामि शत्रूंस्तव महाबलान्
यदि शक्रो यदि यमो यदि पावकमारुतौ
ahamutsādayiṣyāmi śatrūṃstava mahābalān
yadi śakro yadi yamo yadi pāvakamārutau
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TRANSLATION
"I can destroy your enemies, who have a great strength. I can engage in combat with all those persons, whether he is Indra or Yama or the fire-god to the wind-god or even Varuna."
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"Indra also gets frightened of me, having a mountain-sized body wielding a sharpened pike, having pointed tusks and even as I roar."
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"Even otherwise, no one can stand alive in front of me, who is even weaponless and smashing the enemies by me strength alone."
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"Without using a javelin or a mace or a sword or sharp arrows, I myself, on getting excited, can kill even Indra, with my bare hands."
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"If Rama today survives even after facing the rapid blows of my fists, then my flood of arrows will drink the blood of Rama."
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"O king! When I exist, why do you suffer from anxiety? Here, I am ready to sally forth for the destruction of your enemies."
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"Be free from the terrific fear of Rama. In the battle, I will kill Rama, Lakshmana, the mighty Sugreeva and even Hanuma, by whom the city of Lanka was burnt off and the demons were killed."
हरींश्च भक्षयिष्यामि सम्युगे समुपस्थिते
असाधारणमिच्छमि तव दातुम् महद्यशः
harīṃśca bhakṣayiṣyāmi samyuge samupasthite
asādhāraṇamicchami tava dātum mahadyaśaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"I shall devour the monkeys in battle, which is near at hand. I wish to contribute a tremendous and extraordinary reputation for you."
यदिचेन्द्राद्भयम् राजन्यदि चापि स्वयम्भुवः
ततो।अहम् नाशयिष्यामि नैशम् तम इवांशुमान्
yadicendrādbhayam rājanyadi cāpi svayambhuvaḥ
tato|aham nāśayiṣyāmi naiśam tama ivāṃśumān
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'O king! If you have a fear for Indra or even for Brahma, I shall remove it then, as the sun removes darkness of the night. When I am enraged, even celestials will lay down on the floor."
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"I shall extinguish even Yama the god of death. I shall devour the fire-god. I shall cause the sun along with the stars to fall asunder on the floor."
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TRANSLATION
"I shall kill Indra. I shall drink away the ocean. I shall crush the mountains into a powder. I shall tear up the earth."
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Let all the living beings, being devoured from all sides see today the prowess of Kumbhakarna, who slept for a long time. The entire heaven is not enough for my food."
वधेन ते दाशरथेः सुखावहम्
सुखम् समाहर्तुमहम् व्रजामि
निहत्य रामम् सह लक्ष्मणेन
खादामि सर्वान् हरियूथमुख्यान्
vadhena te dāśaratheḥ sukhāvaham
sukham samāhartumaham vrajāmi
nihatya rāmam saha lakṣmaṇena
khādāmi sarvān hariyūthamukhyān
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"I am going to bring you happiness, conferring you a delight by the destroyal of Rama. Having killed Rama along with Lakshmana, I shall devour all the chiefs of army of monkeys."
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे आदिकाव्ये युद्धकाण्डे त्रिषष्टितमः सर्गः
ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe ādikāvye yuddhakāṇḍe triṣaṣṭitamaḥ sargaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"O king! You make merry today and drink wine. Throw away your agony and perform your usual duties. While I send Rama to the world of Yama, the god of death, Seetha will be subservient to your after a log time."