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4.20 kiṣkindhākāṇḍa - viṃśa sargaḥ

Sarga 20

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Summary — Nepali
वाल्मीकि रामायणको किष्किन्धाकाण्ड विंश सर्गमा रामको बाणले मारिएका वालिलाई देखेर उनकी पत्नी ताराले विलाप गरेको वर्णन छ। ताराले वालिको नजिक पुगी अँगालो हालिन् र उठ्न आग्रह गर्दै आफूलाई नबोलेकोमा खेद प्रकट गरिन्। उनले सुग्रीवकी पत्नी हरण र सुग्रीवलाई निर्वासन गरेको फलस्वरूप वालिले राज्य पाएको र अब कालले उनलाई सुग्रीवको वशमा पुर्‍याएको कुरा बताइन्। आफ्नो विधवापन र शोकसन्ताप भोग्नुपर्ने तथा छोरा अङ्गदको दुर्दशाको चिन्ता व्यक्त गर्दै उनले पतिको नजिक प्रायोपवेशन गर्ने निश्चय गरिन्।

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Tara, seeing her husband Valin slain by an arrow from Rama's bow, approaches and embraces him, then laments piteously over the fallen lord of the monkeys. She reproaches him for clinging to the earth and abandoning her, recalls that Sugriva's wife was taken and he was exiled, and says his own prosperity has now been attained by Sugriva. She grieves that she will endure widowhood without a protector and that the delicate Angada will come to distress, urging her son to serve his father. After all the female monkeys join in lamentation with the wretched Angada, Tara resolves to undertake a fast unto death, sitting on the ground where Valin lay.

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Meaning —
śrīmadvālmīkīya rāmāyaṇe kiṣkindhākāṇḍam |
atha viṃśassargaḥ |
Shloka 1
rāmacāpavisṛṣṭena śareṇāntakareṇa tam |
dṛṣṭvā vinihataṃ bhūmau tārā tārādhipānanā || 1 ||

Seeing him slain on the ground by an arrow discharged from Rama's bow, an arrow that brings death, Tara, whose face was like the moon, ... AI

अन्तकर्ता रामको धनुबाट छोडिएको बाणले उनलाई भूमिमा मारिएको देखेर तारा, जसको मुख चन्द्रमाजस्तै थियो, ॥१॥ AI

Shloka 2
sā samāsādya bhartāraṃ paryaṣvajata bhāminī |
iṣuṇā'bhihataṃ dṛṣṭvā vālinaṃ kuñjaropamam || 2 ||

That noble lady, approaching her husband Valin, who resembled an elephant and had been struck down by the arrow, embraced him. AI

त्यो भामिनी ताराले हात्तीजस्तो वालिलाई बाणले घाइते भएको देखेर आफ्नो पतिको नजिक पुगी अँगालो हालिन् ॥२॥ AI

Shloka 3
vānarendra mahendrābhaṃ śokasantaptamānasā |
tārā tarumivonmūlaṃ paryadevayadāturā || 3 ||

Tara, her mind scorched by grief, lamented piteously over the lord of the monkeys, who resembled the great Indra, like a tree torn up by the roots. AI

वानरेन्द्र, महेन्द्रजस्ता, शोकले तप्त मन भएकी ताराले ठूलो रुख उखेलिएझैं भएका उनलाई देखेर आतुर भई विलाप गरिन् ॥३॥ AI

Shloka 4
raṇe dāruṇa vikrānta pravīra plavatāṃ vara |
kiṃ dīnāmapurobhāgāmadya tvaṃ nābhibhāṣase || 4 ||

"O fierce and valiant one in battle, foremost of heroes, best of leapers, why do you not speak today to me, wretched and standing before you?" AI

हे रणमा दारुण पराक्रम गर्ने, प्रवीर, प्लवताहरूमध्ये श्रेष्ठ! आज दीन भएकी र अगाडि उभिएकी मलाई किन नबोल्नुहुन्छ? AI

Shloka 5
uttiṣṭha hariśārdūla bhajasva śayanottamam |
naivaṃvidhāśśerate hi bhūmau nṛpatisattamāḥ || 5 ||

"Rise, O tiger among monkeys, and take to a noble bed; for kings of the highest rank do not lie thus upon the ground." AI

हे हरिशार्दूल! उठ्नुहोस्, उत्तम शयनको सेवन गर्नुहोस्; यस्ता नृपतिसत्तमहरू भूमिमा यसरी सुत्दैनन् ॥५॥ AI

Shloka 6
atīva khalu te kāntā vasudhā vasudhādhipa |
gatāsurapi yāṃ gātrairmāṃ vihāya niṣevase || 6 ||

"Truly, O lord of the earth, this earth is exceedingly dear to you, since even though your life has departed, you cling to her with your limbs and abandon me." AI

हे वसुधाधिप! तपाईंकी कान्ता वसुधा अत्यन्त खलु छिन्; प्राण गइसके पनि तपाईं मलाई छोडेर तिनैलाई शरीरले सेवन गर्नुहुन्छ ॥६॥ AI

Shloka 7
vyaktamanyā tvayā vīra dharmataḥ sampravartitā |
kiṣkindheva purī ramyā svargamārge vinirmitā || 7 ||

"Clearly, O hero, another city has been established for you by dharma — a lovely city like Kishkindha, built upon the path to heaven." AI

हे वीर! व्यक्त छ कि तपाईंले धर्मतः अर्की पत्नी स्थापित गर्नुभएको छ — स्वर्गमार्गमा निर्मित रमणीय किष्किन्धा नगरीझैं ॥७॥ AI

Shloka 8
yānyasmābhistvayā sārdhaṃ vaneṣu madhugandhiṣu |
vihṛtāni tvayā kāle teṣāmuparamaḥ kṛtaḥ || 8 ||

"The pleasures we enjoyed together with you in the honey-scented forests — you have now brought them all to an end." AI

मह र तपाईंले सँगै महक फैलाउने वनहरूमा जुन-जुन विहार गरिएका थिए, तिनको अन्त गराइयो ॥८॥ AI

Shloka 9
nirānandā nirāśā'haṃ nimagnā śokasāgare |
tvayi pañcatvamāpanne mahāyūthapayūthape || 9 ||

With you, the great leader of the herds of monkeys, having attained to the five elements (i.e. having died), I am joyless, without hope, and sunk in an ocean of grief. AI

हे महान् यूथपतिहरूका स्वामी, तिमी पञ्चत्वलाई प्राप्त भएपछि म आनन्दरहित, आशारहित भई शोकसागरमा डुबेकी छु । AI

Shloka 10
hṛdayaṃ susthiraṃ mahyaṃ dṛṣṭvā vinihataṃ patim |
yanna śokābhisantaptaṃ sphuṭate'dya sahasradhā || 10 ||

Seeing my husband slain, my heart, though very firm, does not today burst into a thousand pieces, being scorched by grief. AI

मरेका पतिलाई देखेर पनि मेरो हृदय स्थिर रहेको छ, शोकले तप्त भएर पनि आज यो हजार टुक्रा भएर फुट्दैन । AI

Shloka 11
sugrīvasya tvayā bhāryā hṛtā sa ca vivāsitaḥ |
yattu ttasya tvayā vyuṣṭiḥ prāpteyaṃ plavagādhipa || 11 ||

Sugriva's wife was taken by you, and he was driven into exile; yet, O lord of the monkeys, this prosperity of his has now been attained by you. AI

हे प्लवगाधिप, तिमीले सुग्रीवकी पत्नी हरण गर्यौ र उसलाई निर्वासित गर्यौ; तर त्यसको फलस्वरूप तिमीले यो राज्यप्राप्ति पाएका छौ । AI

Shloka 12
niśśreyasaparā mohāttvayā cāhaṃ vigarhitā |
yaiṣā'bruvaṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ vānarendra hitaiṣiṇī || 12 ||

Intent on what is not for my good, I was despised by you in your delusion, O lord of the monkeys, though I, desiring your good, spoke this beneficial word. AI

हे वानरेन्द्र, कल्याण चाहने मैले मोहका कारण तिमीलाई हितको वचन भनेकी थिएँ, त्यसैले म कल्याणचिन्तनपरायण भएर पनि तिमीबाट निन्दित भएँ । AI

Shloka 13
rūpayauvanadṛptānāṃ dakṣiṇānāṃ ca mānada |
nūnamapsarasāmārya cittāni pramathiṣyasi || 13 ||

O giver of honour, surely you will now agitate the minds of the proud celestial nymphs who are arrogant with beauty and youth and are skilled in pleasing. AI

हे मानद, रूप र यौवनमा मत्त भएका, दक्षिण (उदार) अप्सराहरूका चित्तहरूलाई तिमीले निश्चय नै मथ्नेछौ । AI

Shloka 14
kālo nissaṃśayo nūnaṃ jīvitāntakarastava |
balādyenāvapanno'si sugrīvasyāvaśo vaśam || 14 ||

Surely the time has now come that will end your life, by which you have been brought, helpless and against your will, into Sugriva's power by force. AI

निःसन्देह तिम्रो जीवनको अन्त गर्ने काल आएको छ, जसको बलले तिमी अवश भएर सुग्रीवको वशमा परेका छौ । AI

Shloka 15
vaidhavyaṃ śokasantāpaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ kṛpaṇā satī |
aduḥkhopacitā pūrvaṃ vartayiṣyāmyanāthavat || 15 ||

I, a wretched and virtuous woman, will now pass my days like one without a protector, enduring the misery of widowhood and the torment of grief, though formerly I was heaped with happiness. AI

पहिले दुःखले नछोएकी, कृपण (दयनीय) अवस्थामा परेकी म यो विधवापन, शोकसन्ताप र दयनीयतालाई अनाथझैँ भोग्नेछु । AI

Shloka 16
lālitaścāṅgado vīrassukumārassukhocitaḥ |
vartsyate kāmavasthāṃ me pitṛvye krodhamūrchite || 16 ||

And the hero Angada, who was fondled and pampered, delicate and accustomed to comfort, will come to a state of distress, now that his uncle is overcome with anger. AI

वीर, सुकुमार र सुखको योग्य भएर लालनपालन गरिएको अङ्गदले काका क्रोधले मूर्छित भएको अवस्थामा मेरो कामावस्था (दुर्दशा) भोग्नेछ । AI

Shloka 17
kuruṣva pitaraṃ putra sudṛṣṭaṃ dharmavatsalam |
durlabhaṃ darśanaṃ vatsa tava tasya bhaviṣyati || 17 ||

O son, serve your father, who is devoted to righteousness and who has been seen well by you. O child, his sight will be difficult to obtain for you. AI

हे पुत्र, धर्ममा आसक्त, सुदृष्ट भएका पितालाई सम्हाल । हे वत्स, तिमीसँग उनको दर्शन दुर्लभ हुनेछ । AI

Shloka 18
samāśvāsaya putraṃ tvaṃ sandeśaṃ sandiśasva me |
mūrdhni cainaṃ samāghrāya pravāsaṃ prasthito hyasi || 18 ||

O son, console your son and give him my message. Having smelled him on the head, you are setting out on a journey. AI

हे पुत्र, तिमी छोरालाई सान्त्वना देऊ र मेरो सन्देश पठाऊ । यसलाई शिरमा सुँघेर (चुम्बन गरेर) जाऊ, किनकि तिमी परदेश प्रस्थान गर्दैछौ । AI

Shloka 19
rāmeṇa hi mahatkarma kṛtaṃ tvāmabhinighnatā |
ānṛṇyaṃ ca gataṃ tasya sugrīvasya pratiśrave || 19 ||

For a great deed has been done by Rama, who struck down your enemy; and his debt has been repaid by Sugriva's promise. AI

रामले तिमीलाई मार्दै (विनाश गर्दै) ठूलो कार्य गरेका छन् । सुग्रीवको प्रतिज्ञाको सम्बन्धमा उनको ऋण पनि तिरिएको छ । AI

Shloka 20
sakāmo bhava sugrīva rumāṃ tvaṃ pratipatsyase |
bhuṅkṣava rājyamanudvignaśśasto bhrātā ripustava || 20 ||

O Sugriva, be one whose desire is fulfilled; you shall obtain Ruma. Enjoy the kingdom free from anxiety; your brother, your enemy, has been slain. AI

हे सुग्रीव, तिमी कामनापूर्ण होऊ, रुमालाई प्राप्त गर्नेछौ । निर्भय भएर राज्य भोग गर; तिम्रो शत्रु भाइ मारिएको छ । AI

Shloka 21
kiṃ māmevaṃ vilapatīṃ premṇā tvaṃ nābhibhāṣase |
imāḥ paśya varā bahvīrbhāryāste vānareśvara || 21 ||

Why do you not speak to me, who am lamenting thus with affection? O lord of the monkeys, look at these many excellent wives of yours. AI

म यसरी प्रेमले विलाप गर्दै छु, तिमी किन मसँग बोल्दैनौ ? हे वानरेश्वर, यी धेरै उत्तम पत्नीहरूलाई हेर । AI

Shloka 22
tasyā vilapitaṃ śrutvā vānaryassarvataśca tāḥ |
parigṛhyāṅgadaṃ dīnaṃ duḥkhārtā paricukruśuḥ || 22 ||

Having heard her lamentation, all those female monkeys, taking the wretched Angada, cried out in grief, afflicted with sorrow. AI

उनको त्यो विलाप सुनेर वानरीहरू सबैतिरबाट दीन अङ्गदलाई अँगालो हालेर दुःखले आर्त भई कराए । AI

Shloka 23
kimaṅgadaṃ sāṅgadavīrabāho vihāya yāsyadya cirapravāsam |
na yuktamevaṃ guṇasannikṛṣṭaṃ vihāya putraṃ priyaputra gantum || 23 ||

O Angada, O hero of mighty arms, why do you abandon us and go now on a long journey? It is not fitting, O dear son, to leave your son, who is endowed with virtues, and depart. AI

हे अङ्गदसहित वीर बाहु भएका, किन अङ्गदलाई छोडेर आज दीर्घ प्रवासमा जाँदैछौ ? हे प्रिय पुत्र, गुणले नजिक भएका पुत्रलाई छोडेर यसरी जानु उचित होइन । AI

Shloka 24
kimapriyaṃ te priya cāruveṣa mayā kṛtaṃ nātha sutena vā te |
sahāṅgadāṃ māṃ pravihāya vīra yatprasthito dīrgha mitaḥ pravāsam || 24 ||

O dear one of lovely form, what unpleasant thing has been done to you by me, O lord, or by your son? O hero, why do you abandon me together with Angada and set out on a long journey from here? AI

हे प्रिय, सुन्दर वेष भएका नाथ, मैले वा तिम्रो पुत्रले तिमीलाई के अप्रिय गरेका छौ ? हे वीर, अङ्गदसहित मलाई छोडेर किन यहाँबाट दीर्घ प्रवासमा प्रस्थान गरेका छौ ? AI

Shloka 25
yadyapriyaṃ kiñcidasampradhārya kṛtaṃ mayā syāttava dīrghabāho |
kṣamasva me taddharivaṃśanātha vrajāmi mūrdhnā tava vīra pādau || 25 ||

If, O long-armed one, I have done anything unpleasing to you without due consideration, forgive me for that, O lord of the lineage of monkeys; O hero, I bow my head at your feet. AI

हे दीर्घबाहु! यदि मैले राम्ररी विचार नगरी केही अप्रिय काम गरेको छु भने, हे हरिवंशका नाथ! त्यसका लागि मलाई क्षमा गर्नुहोस्। हे वीर! म तपाईंका चरणहरूमा शिर झुकाउँदै जान्छु। AI

Shloka 26
tathā tu tārā karuṇaṃ rudantī bhartussamīpe saha vānarībhiḥ |
vyavasyata prāyamupopaveṣṭu manindyavarṇā bhuvi yatra vālī || 26 ||

Then Tara, of blameless complexion, weeping piteously together with the female monkeys near her husband, resolved to undertake a fast unto death, sitting down on the ground where Vali lay. AI

त्यसपछि निन्दारहित वर्ण भएकी तारा, वानरीहरूसँगै पतिको नजिक करुणाजनक रूपमा रुँदै, जहाँ वाली थिए त्यही भूमिमा प्रायोपवेशन गर्ने निश्चय गरिन्। AI

ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīya ādikāvye kiṣkindhākāṇḍe viṃśassargaḥ ||
Sanskrit — Devanagari (original)
श्रीमद्वाल्मीकीय रामायणे किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् ।
अथ विंशस्सर्गः ।
रामचापविसृष्टेन शरेणान्तकरेण तम् ।
दृष्ट्वा विनिहतं भूमौ तारा ताराधिपानना ॥ 1 ॥
सा समासाद्य भर्तारं पर्यष्वजत भामिनी ।
इषुणाऽभिहतं दृष्ट्वा वालिनं कुञ्जरोपमम् ॥ 2 ॥
वानरेन्द्र महेन्द्राभं शोकसन्तप्तमानसा ।
तारा तरुमिवोन्मूलं पर्यदेवयदातुरा ॥ 3 ॥
रणे दारुण विक्रान्त प्रवीर प्लवतां वर ।
किं दीनामपुरोभागामद्य त्वं नाभिभाषसे ॥ 4 ॥
उत्तिष्ठ हरिशार्दूल भजस्व शयनोत्तमम् ।
नैवंविधाश्शेरते हि भूमौ नृपतिसत्तमाः ॥ 5 ॥
अतीव खलु ते कान्ता वसुधा वसुधाधिप ।
गतासुरपि यां गात्रैर्मां विहाय निषेवसे ॥ 6 ॥
व्यक्तमन्या त्वया वीर धर्मतः सम्प्रवर्तिता ।
किष्किन्धेव पुरी रम्या स्वर्गमार्गे विनिर्मिता ॥ 7 ॥
यान्यस्माभिस्त्वया सार्धं वनेषु मधुगन्धिषु ।
विहृतानि त्वया काले तेषामुपरमः कृतः ॥ 8 ॥
निरानन्दा निराशाऽहं निमग्ना शोकसागरे ।
त्वयि पञ्चत्वमापन्ने महायूथपयूथपे ॥ 9 ॥
हृदयं सुस्थिरं मह्यं दृष्ट्वा विनिहतं पतिम् ।
यन्न शोकाभिसन्तप्तं स्फुटतेऽद्य सहस्रधा ॥ 10 ॥
सुग्रीवस्य त्वया भार्या हृता स च विवासितः ।
यत्तु त्तस्य त्वया व्युष्टिः प्राप्तेयं प्लवगाधिप ॥ 11 ॥
निश्श्रेयसपरा मोहात्त्वया चाहं विगर्हिता ।
यैषाऽब्रुवं हितं वाक्यं वानरेन्द्र हितैषिणी ॥ 12 ॥
रूपयौवनदृप्तानां दक्षिणानां च मानद ।
नूनमप्सरसामार्य चित्तानि प्रमथिष्यसि ॥ 13 ॥
कालो निस्संशयो नूनं जीवितान्तकरस्तव ।
बलाद्येनावपन्नोऽसि सुग्रीवस्यावशो वशम् ॥ 14 ॥
वैधव्यं शोकसन्तापं कृपणं कृपणा सती ।
अदुःखोपचिता पूर्वं वर्तयिष्याम्यनाथवत् ॥ 15 ॥
लालितश्चाङ्गदो वीरस्सुकुमारस्सुखोचितः ।
वर्त्स्यते कामवस्थां मे पितृव्ये क्रोधमूर्छिते ॥ 16 ॥
कुरुष्व पितरं पुत्र सुदृष्टं धर्मवत्सलम् ।
दुर्लभं दर्शनं वत्स तव तस्य भविष्यति ॥ 17 ॥
समाश्वासय पुत्रं त्वं सन्देशं सन्दिशस्व मे ।
मूर्ध्नि चैनं समाघ्राय प्रवासं प्रस्थितो ह्यसि ॥ 18 ॥
रामेण हि महत्कर्म कृतं त्वामभिनिघ्नता ।
आनृण्यं च गतं तस्य सुग्रीवस्य प्रतिश्रवे ॥ 19 ॥
सकामो भव सुग्रीव रुमां त्वं प्रतिपत्स्यसे ।
भुङ्क्षव राज्यमनुद्विग्नश्शस्तो भ्राता रिपुस्तव ॥ 20 ॥
किं मामेवं विलपतीं प्रेम्णा त्वं नाभिभाषसे ।
इमाः पश्य वरा बह्वीर्भार्यास्ते वानरेश्वर ॥ 21 ॥
तस्या विलपितं श्रुत्वा वानर्यस्सर्वतश्च ताः ।
परिगृह्याङ्गदं दीनं दुःखार्ता परिचुक्रुशुः ॥ 22 ॥
किमङ्गदं साङ्गदवीरबाहो विहाय यास्यद्य चिरप्रवासम् ।
न युक्तमेवं गुणसन्निकृष्टं विहाय पुत्रं प्रियपुत्र गन्तुम् ॥ 23 ॥
किमप्रियं ते प्रिय चारुवेष मया कृतं नाथ सुतेन वा ते ।
सहाङ्गदां मां प्रविहाय वीर यत्प्रस्थितो दीर्घ मितः प्रवासम् ॥ 24 ॥
यद्यप्रियं किञ्चिदसम्प्रधार्य कृतं मया स्यात्तव दीर्घबाहो ।
क्षमस्व मे तद्धरिवंशनाथ व्रजामि मूर्ध्ना तव वीर पादौ ॥ 25 ॥
तथा तु तारा करुणं रुदन्ती भर्तुस्समीपे सह वानरीभिः ।
व्यवस्यत प्रायमुपोपवेष्टु मनिन्द्यवर्णा भुवि यत्र वाली ॥ 26 ॥
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