The Ramayana: Āranyakāndam. 1891Girish Chandra Chackravarti, 1892 |
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abode addressed afflicted Agastya anchoret arms arrows asceticism ascetics Asuras asylum battle beautiful behold behove thee birds blood Brahmā Brahmana brother carried celestials charioteer countenance Daçaratha damsel Danavas darted daughter of Janaka deer Destroyer devoured dost thou dreadful Dushana earth effulgent elephants enraged exceedingly expansive eyes fear flowers foremost forest of Dandaka fruits Gandharbas gold graceful grief hath Hearing hero high-souled incapable Indra Janaka Janasthāna Kaikeyi Kākutstha Khara killed Kinnaras Kshatriyas Lankā living lord of Rakshasas lotuses Maharshi Maithili Maricha mighty mighty-armed mountain Nāgas night ornaments Pampā Panchavati person pious prowess Raghava Raghu Rama Rāma and Lakshmana Rama's ranger Rāvana renouncing resembling righteous Saumitri saying SECTION shafts Sita slain slaying spake unto Sugriva Sumitra's Surpanakhā Sutikshna Ten-necked terrible Thereat Thereupon thou art thou dost thou hast thou shalt thunder-bolt thyself Tilakas trees Triçira unto Lakshmana unto thee Vaidehi virtue wearing wife woods words Yakshas Yatayu
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Page 535 - Ramayana woman is described as unstable and restless : This hath been the nature of the fair sex from the commencement of creation, that they gladden him that is well off, and forsake a person in adversity. And women imitate the instability of lightning, the sharpness of weapons, and the celerity of the eagle (garuda) and the wind.
Page 634 - And the lord of Rakshasas, passing beyond Pampa, directed his course towards the city of Lanka, taking Mithila's daughter along with him, indulging in lamentations. Experiencing the height of delight, Ravana ravished her, taking her, on his lap, like a sharp-toothed serpent of virulent poison. And speedily, like an arrow shot from a bow, he, coursing the welkin, left behind woods and streams and mountains and pieces of water. And coming to the abode of Varuna, that refuge of rivers, the exhaustless...
Page 523 - And in that asylum, that excellent scimitar was deposited as a trust with that righteous person practising asceticism. Receiving that weapon, that ascetic intent upon preserving his trust, rangeth the forest, maintaining his faith. And intent upon preserving his trust, he goeth nowhere for procuring fruits and roots without that sword deposited with him as a trust. Constantly carrying the sword, by degrees, the ascetic, foregoing all thoughts about asceticism, had his mind involved in fierce sentiments....
Page 628 - Throbbings of the eyes or other parts of the body, dreams, seeing birds or hearing their voices, are found to augur happiness or misery to men. And, O Rama, although birds and beasts are scampering away before thee on my account, thou understandest not the mighty mishap that has befallen thee. O Rama, this bird, who, moved by kindness, had come to rescue me, owing to my (ill) luck, lies slain on the ground. O Kakutstha, O Lakshmana, save me l" Thus did that best of females, afflicted with fear, bewail...
Page 594 - In vain shall thou bring about the affliction of the mirthful and sportive Rakshasas ever witnessing social festivities. And in vain shalt thou for Sita compass the destruction of the city of Lanka, adorned with diverse jewels and filled with golden edifices. Pious men living with a vicious man, meet with destruction for his sins, though they themselves do not commit any misdeed, like unto fish (devoured by Garura) living in a lake where snakes dwell. Thus shalt thou witness that for thy own...
Page 634 - Let no man or woman behold Sita without my permission. And I command that, should she ask for pearls, or rubies, or gold, or apparel, or ornaments, the same should be rendered unto her. She that, whether knowingly or unknowingly should say anything unpleasant to Vaidehi, would hold her life cheap.
Page 601 - Vaidehi thou shall wend thy way and away shall I carry the daughter of the king of Mithila by force (when there shall be neither Rama nor Lakshmana by her.)" Thereupon Taraka's son assented to Havana's words, and both of them ascending the chariot like unto a heavenly car set out for the hermitage. And beholding diverse towns, forests, mountains, rivers, kingdoms and cities they reached the forest of Dandaka and the asylum of Rama. And descending now from the golden car the lord of Rakshasas together...
Page 634 - O Ten-headed one, this is thy end." Thus did the Siddhas then say. And taking Sita on his lap, representing his own Death. — who endeavoured (to liberate herself), Ravana entered the city or Lanka. And entering the city of Lanka, vast, with all its highways well-arranged, and with people thronging its gates, he entered his own inner apartment.
Page 676 - Rama, resolved to destroy my person, shall surely come within the compass of my arms, I do always assail with relish, O worshipful one, O thou best of kings, every animal I meet with in this forest. Thou art that Rama. May good betide thee, O Raghava. Verily did the great ascetic speak unto me that none should be able to assail me but Rama. Being cremated by you, I shall counsel you best and tell you with whom you should contract friendship.
Page 637 - ... those numerous excellent women who are my wives. Dear, be thou my wife. This is for thy good. Why shouldst thou act otherwise ? Do thou relish my speech. Do thou bend thy mind towards me. It behoves thee to favour me, .who am burning (in the heat of desire). This Lanka measuring an hundred Yoyanas girt round by the ocean, is incapable of being harassed by the celestials themselves headed by Indra. Neither among the celestials nor Yakshas nor Gandharbas nor Serpents, find I any one that can match...