Полный четырёхтомник Манматхи Натха Датта, английский, Калькутта, 1891–1894. Все четыре тома конкретного перевода М. Н. Датта: Балаканда, Айодхьяканда, Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда, Сундараканда, Юддхаканда и Уттараканда. Полный текст выбранного четырёхтомного издания; это не собрание всех версий Рамаяны.
Все четыре тома конкретного перевода М. Н. Датта: Балаканда, Айодхьяканда, Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда, Сундараканда, Юддхаканда и Уттараканда. Полный текст выбранного четырёхтомного издания; это не собрание всех версий Рамаяны.
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Thereupon the greatly powerful Rakshasa, by name _Sardula_, beheld the
army of Sugriva arranged on the shore of the ocean. And, beholding the
army all busy, the emissary of the vicious-souled Rakshasa--Ravana,
entered the city of Lanka and, approaching his lord, said,--"The army of
monkeys and bears hath approached Lanka. It is immeasurably deep as the
ocean. And those two sons of the king Dacaratha--the brothers Rama and
Lakshmana, gifted with great beauty, coming to rescue Sita, have
stationed themselves on the shore of the ocean, O thou of great
effulgence. The army of Rama extends over the sky and ten _yojanas_. I
have come, O great king, to acquaint thee with the real truth. And,
knowing everything, it behoveth thy emissaries, O king, to settle
whether to render back Sita, to adopt measures of conciliation, or to
sow dissensions in the enemy's camp". Hearing the words of _Sardula_,
Ravana, the lord of Rakshasas, being anxious to ascertain his duty,
addressed a Rakshasa by name Suka, the most sensible of his counsellors,
with the following pregnant words,--"Do thou go and communicate unto
king Sugriva my behest, in becoming and excellent accents. 'Thou art
born of a great family and art the mighty son of the king of bears. I
have no dissension with thee. In fact I consider thee as my brother, O
king of monkeys. Though I have stolen the spouse of the high-souled
prince (Rama), yet what is that to thee, O Sugriva? Do thou return to
Kishkindha. The monkeys shall not by any means be able to attack the
city of Lanka. Even the celestials and Gandharbas could not--what of
these men and monkeys?'" And being thus commissioned by the lord of
Rakshasas, that night-ranger assumed the shape of a bird and, bounding,
speedily reached the sky. And, proceeding far over the deep and
stationing himself at the welkin, he spoke unto Sugriva all the words
with which he was addressed by the vicious-souled Ravana. Hearing him
speak thus, the monkeys leaped up quickly and reached there with a view
to chop off his wings or to slay him with their clenched fists. On being
seized vehemently by all these monkeys, that night-ranger was brought
down speedily from the sky to the earth. And being assailed by the
monkeys, Suka said,--"O Kakutstha, it doth not behove (people) to slay
an emissary. Do thou therefore prevent the monkeys. He who passing by
his master's behest, giveth out his own intention, is not faithful; and
he therefore deserveth to be slain". Hearing the piteous accents of
Suka, Rama spake unto the monkeys, who were about to kill him, saying,
"Do not kill him". And again stationing himself on the welkin, that
night-ranger said,--"O Sugriva, O thou gifted with great energy, O thou
of great prowess, what shall I speak unto Ravana, dreaded by all
people?" Being thus addressed, that mighty king of monkeys, the bull
among them, of unwearied energy, spake unto that emissary--the
night-ranger, Suka, saying--"O Ravana, thou art not my friend or an
object of pity. Thou art not my benefactor, nor art liked by me. Thou
art Rama's enemy, and thou dost therefore deserve to be slain by him
like Vali along with thy friends and relatives. I shall therefore slay
thee, O king of night-rangers, together with thy sons, friends and
relatives. And I shall have the whole city of Lanka reduced to ashes by
my mighty force. Thou shalt not be able to escape Raghava, O Ravana, O
thou who hast lost thy sense, even if thou art protected by the
celestials. And thou shalt with thy brother be slain by Rama, even if
thou dost fly into the sky, enter into the regions under the earth, or
seek shelter of Mahadeva. I do not behold any in these three
worlds--Pisacha, Rakshasa, Gandharba, or Asura, who can protect thee.
Thou hast slain the monarch of vultures, who had grown decrepit through
age.[50] Thou hast carried off the large-eyed Sita from the vicinity of
Rama and the neighbourhood of Lakshmana; but, having captured her, thou
understandest not (thy native strength). Nor dost thou understand that
foremost of Raghus, high-souled, possessed of great strength, and
incapable of being repressed even by the celestials,--who shall take thy
life". Then spake that best of monkeys, Angada, son of Vali,--"O highly
wise one, this is no emissary. This one clearly appeareth to me as a
spy. He hath come to form an estimate of thy entire army. Take him. Let
him not go (back) to Lanka. This is indeed what I would". Thereat,
commanded by the king, the monkeys, springing up, seized (Suka) and
bound him, as he burst out bewailing like one forlorn. On being sorely
handled by the relentless monkeys, Suka cried unto tho high-souled Rama,
son of Dacaratha,--"They by main force sever my wings, and they pierce
my eyes. If I lose my life, may all the evil deeds that I have committed
between the night when I was born and the night when I shall die, be
thine!" Hearing this pitiful cry, Rama prevented (the monkeys); and he
said unto them,--"Let go this envoy, who hath come here".
[50] The commentator has a queer and characteristic note on
_Jaravriddha--decrepit through age. One that is old, may stave off
decrepitude through some drug, while a youthful person may come by
the same in consequence of some curse.--T._
SECTION XXI.
Then on the shore of the sea, Raghava, spreading _darbha_, with his
hands joined towards the great deep, laid him down, with his face to the
East. And that slayer of foes (lay down), making his pillow his arm
resembling the shining form of a serpent; always dight with golden
ornaments; full many a time pressed with the palms of beauteous
damsels,[51] decked with jewelled golden _Keyuras_ and superb ornaments
studded with pearls; smeared from above with sandal and _aguru_; (his
arm) which formerly had been graced in bed with the head of Sita; like
unto the body of Takshaka under the waters of the Ganga; resembling a
yoke; in battle increasing the sorrow of foes and enhancing for long the
delight of friends;--his left arm having its skin destroyed by the
strokes of the bow-string; which was the refuge of the entire
earth;--his right arm resembling a mighty bludgeon,--the donor of
thousands of kine,--making this great arm his pillow (he laid him down).
"To-day either I shall die, or shall the Ocean".--Having thus formed his
resolution in respect of the great deep, Rama, restraining his speech,
with a concentrated mind lay down there agreeably to rule. And as Rama
slept on the earth on Kuca spread over, without ever swerving from the
rule, three nights passed away. And while spending three nights, Rama,
learned in polity and attached to virtue, prayed unto that lord of
streams--the Ocean. Yet the wicked Ocean, albeit adored according to his
deserts by Rama with his mind concentrated, did not show himself.
Thereat Rama grew enraged and had the corners of his eyes crimsoned; and
he spake unto Lakshmana of auspicious marks, saying,--"Behold the
hauteur of the Ocean in not presenting himself before me. Calmness,
forbearance, candour, and soft speech--these virtues of the good are by
the insolent taken for the effects of incompetency. The person[52] that
is self-laudatory, wicked, and badly-bold, publisheth his own praise,
and meteth out chastisement every where,[53] is honored in the world. By
moderation one cannot attain celebrity, by moderation one cannot attain
fame,--and, O Lakshmana, in this world by moderation one cannot attain
victory on 'the edge of battle.'[54] See, O Sumitra's son, the abode of
Makaras, with his waters obstructed all around with Makaras destroyed by
my shafts. And, O Lakshmana, see the bodies here of serpents, and the
huge bodies of mighty fishes, and the trunks of elephants,--torn by my
arrows. And to-day in terrible battle will I dry up the Ocean with
conchs and oysters, and fishes and Makaras. This abode of Makaras taketh
me, who is forbearing, to be incompetent. Fie on forbearance towards
such as he! In consequence of my moderation, Ocean showeth not his own
form. O Saumitri, bring thou my bow, my arrows resembling venomous
snakes. I will dry up the Ocean, and the monkeys shall go over on foot.
And, being angered, to-day, albeit incapable of being agitated, will I
agitate the deep. And by means of my shafts will I make Varuna's abode,
surging with a thousand billows and having his dignity maintained by his
shores,--overleap his continents. And I will agitate the deep harbouring
numbers of mighty Danavas". Having spoken thus, Rama, equipped with his
bow, with his eyes dilated in wrath, became exceedingly irrepressible,
like unto the flaming fire at the final dissolution. And straining his
dreadful bow, making the earth shake, tremulously, he let fly fierce
shafts like him of an hundred sacrifices hurling his thunder-bolt.
Thereat, flaming up, those vehement choice shafts surcharged with
energy, enter into the waters of the sea, with its serpents afflicted
with fear. And then great and exceedingly dreadful was the motion of the
sea, with fishes and Makaras, and with the roar of the winds (blowing
there). And on a sudden the mighty deep was heaving with mighty surges,
with conchs scattered about, and a smoke (enveloped) the ocean; and the
billows became visible on all sides. And the serpents were distressed,
with their faces flaming and their eyes aglow; as well as the Danavas of
terrific energy, and the dwellers of the nether spheres. And billows of
the sovran Ocean, resembling Vindhya or Mandara, containing crocodiles
and Makaras sprang up by thousands. And Varuna's abode had its surges
whirling, its serpents and Rakshasas seized with affright, and its
ferocious aquatic animals borne all around; and it sent forth sounds.
Then Sumitra's son, springing up, said unto Raghava of fiery vehemence,
as he sighed and kept stretching his matchless bow.--"This must not be".
And he took away his (Rama's) bow. "Without doing this unto the Ocean,
thou, supreme of heroes, mayst have thy work accomplished. Personages
like thee do not come under the influence of passion. Do thou
deliberately look about for some worthy means (for compassing thy end)".
Then remaining invisible in the sky, Brahmarshis and Surarshis[55]
exclaiming,--"Well-a-day!" and "Don't," in loud accents
ejaculated,--(Oh! and alas!)
[51] The commentator appropriately remarks: _As Rama was wedded to a
single wife, these damsels must mean nurses attending on him_.--T.
[52] The word, however, is _naram (ac.), man_.--T.
[53] i.e. _indiscriminately.--T._
[54] _Rana murddhani_,--'The perilous edge of battle when it raged.'
_Paradise Lost_ Book I
[55] Celestial saints.
SECTION XXII.
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