रामायणम् — उत्तरकाण्डे त्रिंशः सर्गः

जिते महेन्द्रेऽतिबले रावणस्य सुतेन वै ।
प्रजापतिं पुरस्कृत्य गता लङ्कां सुरास्तदा ॥

Summary AI When the mighty Mahendra was conquered by Rāvaṇa’s son, the gods, led by Prajāpati, went to Laṅkā.

M N Dutt The highly powerful Mahendra being thus defeated by Ravana's son, all the celestials, taking the patriarch Brahmä before them, went to Lanka.

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तं रावणं समासाद्य पुत्रभ्रातृभिरावृतम् ।
अब्रवीद्गगने तिष्ठन्सान्त्वपूर्वं प्रजापतिः ॥

Summary AI Standing in the sky and approaching Rāvaṇa, who was surrounded by his sons and brothers, Prajāpati spoke words of conciliation.

M N Dutt Having obtained Rāvana encircled by his sons and brothers the Patriarch, stationed in the welkin, calmly said.

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वत्स रावण तुष्टोऽस्मि तव पुत्रस्य संयुगे ।
अहोऽस्य विक्रमौदार्यं तव तुल्योऽधिकोऽपि वा ॥

Summary AI "O child Rāvaṇa! I am pleased with your son's performance in battle. Oh, what magnificent prowess! He is equal to you, or perhaps even greater."

M N Dutt My son, Ravana, I have been pleased with your son in the conflict. Oh! what wonderful prowess, what strength-equal or greater than your.

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जितं हि भवता सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं स्वेन तेजसा ।
कृता प्रतिज्ञा सफला प्रीतोऽस्मि स्वसुतेन वै ॥

Summary AI "You have indeed conquered all the three worlds by your own brilliance. Your vow has been fulfilled. I am truly pleased with your son."

M N Dutt You have, by your own prowess, conquered the three worlds — your promise has borne fruits-I have been pleased with you-both the father and son.

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अयं च पुत्रोऽतिबलस्तव रावण रावणिः ।
इन्द्रजित्त्विति विख्यातो जगत्येष भविष्यति ॥

Summary AI "O Rāvaṇa, this mighty son of yours, the scion of Rāvaṇa, shall be famous in the world as Indrajit (conqueror of Indra)."

M N Dutt O Rāvana, this your son is highly powerful and gifted with great strength and he shall be celebrated in the world under the appellation of 'Indrajit' or the conqueror of Indra.

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बलवाञ्शत्रुनिर्जेता भविष्यत्येष राक्षसः ।
यमाश्रित्य त्वया राजन्स्थापितास्त्रिदशा वशे ॥

Summary AI "This Rākṣasa shall be a powerful conqueror of enemies; relying on him, O King, you have brought the gods under your control."

M N Dutt The Raksasa shall be powerful and irrepressible, by those help, O King, the celestials have been brought under your subjection.

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तन्मुच्यतां महाबाहो महेन्द्रः पाकशासनः ।
किं चास्य मोक्षणार्थाय प्रयच्छन्ति दिवौकसः ॥

Summary AI "O mighty-armed one, therefore let Mahendra, the subduer of Pāka, be released. What shall the denizens of heaven offer in exchange for his liberation?"

M N Dutt Do you therefore, O you having long arms, release Mahendra, she chastiser of Pāka and for setting him free what do you want from the celestials?

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अथाब्रवीन्महातेजा इन्द्रजित्समितिंजयः ।
अमरत्वमहं देव वृणोमीहास्य मोक्षणे ॥

Summary AI Then the glorious Indrajit, victorious in battle, said, "O Lord, in exchange for his release, I choose immortality."

M N Dutt Thereupon the highly powerful Indrajit-the subduer of enemies, said: "If do you say so, O god, I pray for immortality."

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अब्रवीत्तु तदा देवो रावणिं कमलोद्भवः ।
नास्ति सर्वामरत्वं हि केषांचित्प्राणिनां भुवि ॥

Summary AI Then the lotus-born deity (Brahmā) said to the son of Rāvaṇa, "Absolute immortality does not exist for any living beings on earth."

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अथाब्रवीत्स तत्रस्थमिन्द्रजित्पद्मसंभवम् ।
श्रूयतां या भवेत्सिद्धिः शतक्रतुविमोक्षणे ॥

Summary AI Then Indrajit said to the lotus-born one standing there, "Listen to the condition under which the release of Śatakratu (Indra) may take place."

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ममेष्टं नित्यशो देव हव्यैः संपूज्य पावकम् ।
संग्राममवतर्तुं वै शत्रुनिर्जयकाङ्क्षिणः ॥

Summary AI "O Lord, it is my constant desire, as one seeking victory over enemies, to enter the battlefield only after worshipping the sacrificial fire with oblations."

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तस्मिंश्चेदसमाप्ते तु जप्यहोमे विभावसोः ।
युध्येयं देव संग्रामे तदा मे स्याद्विनाशनम् ॥

Summary AI "O Lord, if I should fight in battle while that prayer and oblation to the god of fire remain unfinished, then let my destruction occur."

M N Dutt May I meet with destruction, O deity, whenever I shall engage in fight without finishing my offerings to fire.

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सर्वो हि तपसा चैव वृणोत्यमरतां पुमान् ।
विक्रमेण मया त्वेतदमरत्वं प्रवर्तितम् ॥

Summary AI "Every man seeks immortality through penance; I, however, have earned this form of immortality through my own prowess."

M N Dutt All others, O god, attain to immortality by virtue of devout penances but I shall acquire that by dint of my own prowess.

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एवमस्त्विति तं प्राह वाक्यं देवः प्रजापतिः ।
मुक्तश्चेन्द्रजिता शक्रो गताश्च त्रिदिवं सुराः ॥

Summary AI The deity Prajāpati said to him, "Let it be so." Śakra was released by Indrajit, and the gods returned to heaven.

M N Dutt Where to the grand-father replied saying "so be it." Thereupon Meghanäda released Indra and the celestials returned to their own abode.

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एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शक्रो दीनो भ्रष्टाम्बरस्रजः ।
राम चिन्तापरीतात्मा ध्यानतत्परतां गतः ॥

Summary AI Meanwhile, O Rāma, Śakra, dejected, with his garments and garlands disheveled and his mind overwhelmed by anxiety, fell into deep contemplation.

M N Dutt In the interval, O Rāma, Indra became poorly, divested of his immortal brilliance, stricken with anxiety and pensive.

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तं तु दृष्ट्वा तथाभूतं प्राह देवः प्रजापतिः ।
शतक्रतो किमुत्कण्ठां करोषि स्मर दुष्कृतम् ॥

Summary AI Seeing him in such a state, the deity Prajāpati said, "O Śatakratu, why do you grieve? Remember your past misdeed."

M N Dutt Beholding him in that plight the grand-father of the deities said:-O performer of hundred sacrifices, why did you formerly perpetrate that mighty iniquity?

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अमरेन्द्र मया बह्व्यः प्रजाः सृष्टाः पुरा प्रभो ।
एकवर्णाः समाभाषा एकरूपाश्च सर्वशः ॥

Summary AI "O Lord of the immortals, in the past I created many beings; they were all of one color, spoke the same language, and had the same appearance in every way."

M N Dutt O Chief of the immortals! O lord!, some creatures were all of the same colour, same speech, and same appearance.

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तासां नास्ति विशेषो हि दर्शने लक्षणेऽपि वा ।
ततोऽहमेकाग्रमनास्ताः प्रजाः पर्यचिन्तयम् ॥

Summary AI "There was indeed no distinction among them in appearance or characteristics. Therefore, with a concentrated mind, I reflected upon those creatures."

M N Dutt There was no difference visible in their appearance or marks. Thereupon, with wholeminded-ness, I began to think of these created beings.

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सोऽहं तासां विशेषार्थं स्त्रियमेकां विनिर्ममे ।
यद्यत्प्रजानां प्रत्यङ्गं विशिष्टं तत्तदुद्धृतम् ॥

Summary AI "To create a distinction among them, I fashioned a single woman. Whatever was most excellent in the various limbs of all creatures, that I extracted."

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ततो मया रूपगुणैरहल्या स्त्री विनिर्मिता ।
अहल्येत्येव च मया तस्या नाम प्रवर्तितम् ॥

Summary AI "Then, through those beauties and qualities, the woman Ahalyā was created by me; and I bestowed upon her the name Ahalyā."

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निर्मितायां तु देवेन्द्र तस्यां नार्यां सुरर्षभ ।
भविष्यतीति कस्यैषा मम चिन्ता ततोऽभवत् ॥

Summary AI O Chief of the Gods, after that woman was created, a concern arose within me as to who would eventually possess her.

M N Dutt Having created that female I was thinking, O king of the celestials! O foremost of the deities!, on whom I should confer her.

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त्वं तु शक्र तदा नारीं जानीषे मनसा प्रभो ।
स्थानाधिकतया पत्नी ममैषेति पुरंदर ॥

Summary AI O Purandara, O Lord, you then believed in your mind that she should be your wife by virtue of your superior rank.

M N Dutt Being proud of dignity, O Sakra, O lord, O Purandara you did regard her in your mind as your spouse.

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सा मया न्यासभूता तु गौतमस्य महात्मनः ।
न्यस्ता बहूनि वर्षाणि तेन निर्यातिता च सा ॥

Summary AI I placed her as a trust with the high-souled Gautama, and after many years, she was returned by him.

M N Dutt I placed her under the care of the high-souled Gautama and he rendered her back after many long years.

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ततस्तस्य परिज्ञाय मया स्थैर्यं महामुनेः ।
ज्ञात्वा तपसि सिद्धिं च पत्न्यर्थं स्पर्शिता तदा ॥

Summary AI Recognizing the steadfastness and success in penance of that great sage, I then assigned her to him to be his wife.

M N Dutt Thereupon considering the patience and accomplished asceticism of Gautama I married her with him.

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स तया सह धर्मात्मा रमते स्म महामुनिः ।
आसन्निराशा देवास्तु गौतमे दत्तया तया ॥

Summary AI The righteous great sage rejoiced with her, but the gods were filled with disappointment when she was given to Gautama.

M N Dutt That virtuous-souled, great ascetic enjoyed her company; and for my thus conferring her upon Gautama alll the celestials disappointed.

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त्वं क्रुद्धस्त्विह कामात्मा गत्वा तस्याश्रमं मुनेः ।
दृष्टवांश्च तदा तां स्त्रीं दीप्तामग्निशिखामिव ॥

Summary AI Driven by lust and anger, you went to the sage's hermitage and beheld that woman shining like a radiant flame of fire.

M N Dutt But being enraged and possessed by lust you did repair to the hermitage of the ascetic and see her resplendent like the flaming fire.

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सा त्वया धर्षिता शक्र कामार्तेन समन्युना ।
दृष्टस्त्वं च तदा तेन आश्रमे परमर्षिणा ॥

Summary AI O Śakra, overcome by lust and resentment, you violated her, and you were caught in the act by that supreme sage.

M N Dutt Maddened with lust and ire you did ravish her and you was seen in that hermitage by the great ascetic. were

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ततः क्रुद्धेन तेनासि शप्तः परमतेजसा ।
गतोऽसि येन देवेन्द्र दशाभागविपर्ययम् ॥

Summary AI You were then cursed by that highly effulgent and angry sage, which led to your current reversal of fortune, O Devendra.

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यस्मान्मे धर्षिता पत्नी त्वया वासव निर्भयम् ।
तस्मात्त्वं समरे राजञ्शत्रुहस्तं गमिष्यसि ॥

Summary AI O Vāsava, because you fearlessly violated my wife, you shall fall into the hands of your enemies in battle, O King.

M N Dutt You were then imprecated by him, enraged and gifted with great effulgence saying, 'O lord of the celestials, you have attained to a change of circumstances-for which, O Vásava, you have fearlessly ravished my spouse. You shall, therefore, O Sakra, go under the arms of the enemies, in conflict.

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अयं तु भावो दुर्बुद्धे यस्त्वयेह प्रवर्तितः ।
मानुषेष्वपि सर्वेषु भविष्यति न संशयः ॥

Summary AI O evil-minded one, the sinful tendency you have initiated here will undoubtedly manifest among all human beings as well.

M N Dutt And this vile desire, O you having a vicious intellect, which you have first created, shall undoubtedly spread in the world of mortals.

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तत्राधर्मः सुबलवान्समुत्थास्यति यो महान् ।
तत्रार्धं तस्य यः कर्ता त्वय्यर्धं निपतिष्यति ॥

Summary AI Of the great and powerful unrighteousness that arises from this, half shall fall upon the doer and half upon you.

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न च ते स्थावरं स्थानं भविष्यति पुरंदर ।
एतेनाधर्मयोगेन यस्त्वयेह प्रवर्तितः ॥

Summary AI O Purandara, because of this unrighteous path you have initiated, your position as the King of Gods will no longer be permanent.

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यश्च यश्च सुरेन्द्रः स्याद्ध्रुवः स न भविष्यति ।
एष शापो मया मुक्त इत्यसौ त्वां तदाब्रवीत् ॥

Summary AI Whoever becomes the Lord of the Gods shall not be eternal; this was the curse he pronounced as he spoke to you.

M N Dutt Whoever shall be the lord of the celestials, shall not have his position secure. This is the curse I give, which I have communicated to you.

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तां तु भार्यां विनिर्भर्त्स्य सोऽब्रवीत्सुमहातपाः ।
दुर्विनीते विनिध्वंस ममाश्रमसमीपतः ॥

Summary AI Rebuking his wife, that sage of great penance said: O ill-behaved woman, perish and depart from the vicinity of my hermitage.

M N Dutt Having remonstrated with his wife that one of devout penances said to her-'O vicious one, let your beauty be spoiled in the vicinity of the hermitage. You are gifted with beauty and youth but your mind is fickle; so you shall not continue as the single beautiful damsel in the world.

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रूपयौवनसंपन्ना यस्मात्त्वमनवस्थिता ।
तस्माद्रूपवती लोके न त्वमेका भविष्यसि ॥

Summary AI Since you, endowed with beauty and youth, were unfaithful, you shall no longer be the only beautiful woman in the world.

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रूपं च तत्प्रजाः सर्वा गमिष्यन्ति सुदुर्लभम् ।
यत्तवेदं समाश्रित्य विभ्रमेऽयमुपस्थितः ॥

Summary AI That rare beauty of yours, which caused this delusion, shall now be distributed among all created beings.

M N Dutt All created beings shall participate your beauty; your matchless beauty has brought about this mischief.' Thenceforward all created beings were gifted with beauty.

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तदा प्रभृति भूयिष्ठं प्रजा रूपसमन्विताः ।
शापोत्सर्गाद्धि तस्येदं मुनेः सर्वमुपागतम् ॥

Summary AI Since then, many creatures have been endowed with beauty; all this occurred due to the release of the sage's curse.

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तत्स्मर त्वं महाबाहो दुष्कृतं यत्त्वया कृतम् ।
येन त्वं ग्रहणं शत्रोर्गतो नान्येन वासव ॥

Summary AI O mighty-armed Vāsava, remember the misdeed you committed, for it is because of that, and nothing else, that you were captured.

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शीघ्रं यजस्व यज्ञं त्वं वैष्णवं सुसमाहितः ।
पावितस्तेन यज्ञेन यास्यसि त्रिदिवं ततः ॥

Summary AI Perform the Vaiṣṇava sacrifice with focused devotion immediately; purified by that rite, you shall then ascend to heaven.

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पुत्रश्च तव देवेन्द्र न विनष्टो महारणे ।
नीतः संनिहितश्चैव अर्यकेण महोदधौ ॥

Summary AI O Devendra, your son was not killed in the great battle; he was taken and safely hidden by Aryaka in the vast ocean.

M N Dutt You shall be purified by that sacrifice and go to heaven; and your son, O lord of celestials, has not been destroyed in the conflict. He has been taken into the ocean by his grand father.

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एतच्छ्रुत्वा महेन्द्रस्तु यज्ञमिष्ट्वा च वैष्णवम् ।
पुनस्त्रिदिवमाक्रामदन्वशासच्च देवताः ॥

Summary AI After hearing this, Mahendra performed a Vaiṣṇava sacrifice and once again ascended to heaven, where he resumed his rule over the deities.

M N Dutt Hearing this and having celebrated the sacrifice in honour of Vişnu he again went to the region of celestials and reigned there as their king.

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एतदिन्द्रजितो राम बलं यत्कीर्तितं मया ।
निर्जितस्तेन देवेन्द्रः प्राणिनोऽन्ये च किं पुनः ॥

Summary AI O Rāma, such is the might of Indrajit that I have described; when even Devendra was defeated by him, what needs to be said about other living beings?

M N Dutt I have thus described to you the strength of Indrajit-what to speak of others he vanquished even Indra-the king of the celestials.

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