Rama's Exile and Ravana's Wrath

Verse 1 (3.278.1)

उक्तं भगवता जन्म रामादीनां पृथक्पृथक् । प्रस्थानकारणं ब्रह्मञ्श्रोतुमिच्छामि कथ्यताम् ॥

uktaṃ bhagavatā janma rāmādīnāṃ pṛthakpṛthak | prasthānakāraṇaṃ brahmañśrotumicchāmi kathyatām

"O blessed one, you have told me the births of Rama and the others, one by one. Now, O brahmin, I wish to hear why they set out for the forest; please tell me.

Verse 2 (3.278.2)

कथं दाशरथी वीरौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ । प्रस्थापितौ वने ब्रह्मन्मैथिली च यशस्विनी ॥

kathaṃ dāśarathī vīrau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau | prasthāpitau vane brahmanmaithilī ca yaśasvinī

"How were the two heroic sons of Dasharatha, the brothers Rama and Lakshmana, sent away into the forest, O brahmin, and the renowned Maithili with them?"

Note on the text: Corrected प्रस्तापितौ → प्रस्थापितौ (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; the critical edition reads prasthāpitau).

Verse 3 (3.278.3)

जातपुत्रो दशरथः प्रीतिमानभवन्नृप । क्रियारतिर्धर्मरतः सततं वृद्धसेविता ॥

jātaputro daśarathaḥ prītimānabhavannṛpa | kriyāratirdharmarataḥ satataṃ vṛddhasevitā

Having been blessed with sons, Dasharatha was filled with joy, O king; devoted to sacred rites and to dharma, he always honoured the elders.

Verse 4 (3.278.4)

क्रमेण चास्य ते पुत्रा व्यवर्धन्त महौजसः । वेदेषु सरहस्येषु धनुर्वेदेषु पारगाः ॥

krameṇa cāsya te putrā vyavardhanta mahaujasaḥ | vedeṣu sarahasyeṣu dhanurvedeṣu pāragāḥ

In time his sons grew up, full of great vigour, masters of the Vedas with their secret teachings and of the science of archery.

Verse 5 (3.278.5)

चरितब्रह्मचर्यास्ते कृतदाराश्च पार्थिव । दृष्ट्वा रामं दशरथः प्रीतिमानभवत्सुखी ॥

caritabrahmacaryāste kṛtadārāśca pārthiva | dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ daśarathaḥ prītimānabhavatsukhī

They completed their studentship and took wives, O king; and seeing Rama, Dasharatha was glad and content.

Note on the text: Corrected पार्तिव → पार्थिव (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; the critical edition reads pārthiva).

Verse 6 (3.278.6)

ज्येष्ठो रामोऽभवत्तेषां रमयामास हि प्रजाः । मनोहरतया धीमान्पितुर्हृदयनन्दनः ॥

jyeṣṭho rāmo'bhavatteṣāṃ ramayāmāsa hi prajāḥ | manoharatayā dhīmānpiturhṛdayanandanaḥ

Rama was the eldest of them. Wise and charming, he delighted the people and gladdened his father's heart.

Verse 7 (3.278.7)

ततः स राजा मतिमान्मत्वाऽऽत्मानं वयोधिकम् । मन्त्रयामास सचिवैर्मन्त्रज्ञैश्च पुरोहितैः ॥

tataḥ sa rājā matimānmatvā''tmānaṃ vayodhikam | mantrayāmāsa sacivairmantrajñaiśca purohitaiḥ

Then that wise king, considering himself advanced in years, took counsel with his ministers and with his priests, who were skilled in counsel,

Verse 8 (3.278.8)

अभिषेकाय रामस्य यौवराज्येन भारत । प्राप्तकालं च ते सर्वे मेनिरे मन्त्रिसत्तमाः ॥

abhiṣekāya rāmasya yauvarājyena bhārata | prāptakālaṃ ca te sarve menire mantrisattamāḥ

about consecrating Rama as crown prince, O Bharata; and all those excellent ministers judged that the time had come.

Note on the text: Corrected यावैराज्येन → यौवराज्येन (misprint in Wikisource; misplaced vowel signs; the critical edition reads yauvarājyena).

Verse 9 (3.278.9)

लोहिताक्षं महाबाहुं मत्तमातङ्गगामिनम् । कम्बुग्रीवं महोरस्कं नीलकुञ्चितमूर्धजम् ॥

lohitākṣaṃ mahābāhuṃ mattamātaṅgagāminam | kambugrīvaṃ mahoraskaṃ nīlakuñcitamūrdhajam

Red-eyed and strong-armed, he walked like an elephant in rut; his neck was lined like a conch, his chest broad, his hair dark and curling.

Verse 10 (3.278.10)

दीप्यमानं श्रिया वीरं शक्रादनवरं बले । पारगं सर्वधर्माणां बृहस्पतिसमं मतौ ॥

dīpyamānaṃ śriyā vīraṃ śakrādanavaraṃ bale | pāragaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ bṛhaspatisamaṃ matau

He shone with glory, a hero not inferior to Shakra in strength, a master of every duty, equal to Brihaspati in wisdom.

Verse 11 (3.278.11)

सर्वानुरक्तप्रकृतिं सर्वविद्याविशारदम् । जितेन्द्रियममित्राणामपि दृष्टिमनोहरम् ॥

sarvānuraktaprakṛtiṃ sarvavidyāviśāradam | jitendriyamamitrāṇāmapi dṛṣṭimanoharam

All his subjects loved him; he was skilled in every branch of learning, master of his senses, and pleasing to the eye even of his enemies.

Verse 12 (3.278.12)

नियन्तारमसाधूनां गोप्तारं धर्मचारिणाम् । धृतिमन्तमनाधृष्यं जेतारमपराजितम् ॥

niyantāramasādhūnāṃ goptāraṃ dharmacāriṇām | dhṛtimantamanādhṛṣyaṃ jetāramaparājitam

He restrained the wicked and protected the righteous; he was steadfast, unassailable, a conqueror never conquered.

Verse 13 (3.278.13)

पुत्रं राजा दशरथः कौसल्यानन्दवर्धनम् । संदृश्यपरमां प्रीतिमगच्छत्कुलनन्दनम् ॥

putraṃ rājā daśarathaḥ kausalyānandavardhanam | saṃdṛśyaparamāṃ prītimagacchatkulanandanam

Seeing such a son, who increased Kausalya's joy and delighted his family, King Dasharatha felt the highest happiness.

Verse 14 (3.278.14)

चिन्तयंश्च महातेजा गुणान्रामस्य वीर्यवान् । अभ्यभाषत भद्रं ते प्रीयमाणः पुरोहितम् ॥

cintayaṃśca mahātejā guṇānrāmasya vīryavān | abhyabhāṣata bhadraṃ te prīyamāṇaḥ purohitam

Reflecting on Rama's virtues, the glorious and mighty king, full of joy, spoke to his family priest; may it go well with you, O king.

Verse 15 (3.278.15)

अद्य पुष्यो निशि ब्रह्मन्पुण्यं योगमुपैष्यति । संभाराः संभ्रियन्तां मे रामश्चोपनिमन्त्र्यताम् ॥

adya puṣyo niśi brahmanpuṇyaṃ yogamupaiṣyati | saṃbhārāḥ saṃbhriyantāṃ me rāmaścopanimantryatām

"Tonight, O brahmin, the Pushya star will enter an auspicious conjunction. Let the materials be gathered for me, and let Rama be summoned.

Note on the text: Corrected अद् → अद्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara य; the critical edition reads adya). Speaker: the whole verse is Dasharatha's speech to his priest; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 16 (3.278.16)

श्व एवपुष्यो भविता यत्ररामः सुतो मया । यौवराज्येऽभिषेक्तव्यः पौरेषु सहमन्त्रिभिः ॥

śva evapuṣyo bhavitā yatrarāmaḥ suto mayā | yauvarājye'bhiṣektavyaḥ paureṣu sahamantribhiḥ

"Tomorrow, indeed, will be Pushya, when my son Rama is to be consecrated by me as crown prince, together with the ministers, before the citizens."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark). Not in the critical text; this verse is the starred passage 3.261.15d*1244 of its apparatus. Speaker: Dasharatha's speech continues.

Verse 17 (3.278.17)

इति तद्राजवचनं प्रतिश्रुत्याथ मन्थरा । कैकेयीमभिगम्येदं काले वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

iti tadrājavacanaṃ pratiśrutyātha mantharā | kaikeyīmabhigamyedaṃ kāle vacanamabravīt

Hearing the king's words, Manthara went to Kaikeyi and, at the right moment, said this to her:

Verse 18 (3.278.18)

अद्य कैकेयि दौर्भाग्यं राज्ञा ते ख्यापितं महत् । आशीविषस्त्वां संक्रुद्धश्छन्नो दशति दुर्भगे ॥

adya kaikeyi daurbhāgyaṃ rājñā te khyāpitaṃ mahat | āśīviṣastvāṃ saṃkruddhaśchanno daśati durbhage

"Today, Kaikeyi, the king has proclaimed your great misfortune. An enraged poisonous snake, hidden from sight, is biting you, unlucky woman.

Note on the text: Speaker: the whole verse is Manthara's speech to Kaikeyi; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 19 (3.278.19)

सुभगा खलु कौसल्या यस्याः पुत्रोऽभिषेक्ष्यते । कुतो हि तव सौभाग्यं यस्याः पुत्रो न राज्यभाक् ॥

subhagā khalu kausalyā yasyāḥ putro'bhiṣekṣyate | kuto hi tava saubhāgyaṃ yasyāḥ putro na rājyabhāk

"Fortunate indeed is Kausalya, whose son is to be consecrated. Where is your good fortune, when your son will have no share in the kingdom?"

Verse 20 (3.278.20)

सा तद्वचनमाज्ञाय सर्वाभरणभूषिता । वेदीविलग्नमध्येन बिभ्रती रूपमुत्तमम् ॥

sā tadvacanamājñāya sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā | vedīvilagnamadhyena bibhratī rūpamuttamam

Taking in these words, Kaikeyi adorned herself with all her ornaments and, with a waist slender as the middle of a sacrificial altar, displaying her supreme beauty,

Note on the text: Joined वेदी विलग्नमध्येन → वेदीविलग्नमध्येन (spacing misprint in Wikisource breaks the compound "with a waist slender as an altar"; the critical edition has the compound, vedīvilagnamadhyeva).

Verse 21 (3.278.21)

विविक्ते पतिमासाद्य हसन्तीव शुचिस्मिता । राजानं तर्जयन्तीव मधुरं वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

vivikte patimāsādya hasantīva śucismitā | rājānaṃ tarjayantīva madhuraṃ vākyamabravīt

approached her husband in private and, as if laughing, with a bright smile, as if threatening the king, spoke sweet words:

Note on the text: Corrected वविक्ते → विविक्ते (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign ि; the critical edition reads vivikte).

Verse 22 (3.278.22)

सत्यप्रतिज्ञ यन्मे त्वं काममेकं विसृष्टवान् । उपाकुरुष्व तद्राजंस्तस्मान्मुञ्चस्व संकटात् । तदद्य कुरु सत्यं मे वरं वरद भूपते ॥

satyapratijña yanme tvaṃ kāmamekaṃ visṛṣṭavān | upākuruṣva tadrājaṃstasmānmuñcasva saṃkaṭāt | tadadya kuru satyaṃ me varaṃ varada bhūpate

"You who are true to your promise once granted me one wish of my choosing. Grant it now, O king, and so free yourself from this bind. Make the boon good for me today, O boon-giving lord of the earth."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) around the last line. The first two lines are 3.261.21; the last line is not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension). Speaker: the whole verse is Kaikeyi's speech; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 23 (3.278.23)

वरं ददानि ते हन्त तद्गृहाण यदिच्छसि । अवध्यो वध्यतां कोद्य वध्यः कोऽद्य विमुच्यतां ॥

varaṃ dadāni te hanta tadgṛhāṇa yadicchasi | avadhyo vadhyatāṃ kodya vadhyaḥ ko'dya vimucyatāṃ

"I grant you a boon, gladly; take whatever you wish. Who that should not die is to be put to death today? Who that deserves death is to be set free today?

Note on the text: Speaker: Wikisource prints the heading राजोवाच (numbered 25x) above this verse; the speaker is King Dasharatha.

Verse 24 (3.278.24)

धनं ददानि कस्याद्य ह्रियतां कस्य वा पुनः । ब्राह्मणस्वादिहान्यत्रयत्किंचिद्वित्तमस्ति मे ॥

dhanaṃ dadāni kasyādya hriyatāṃ kasya vā punaḥ | brāhmaṇasvādihānyatrayatkiṃcidvittamasti me

"To whom shall I give wealth today, and from whom shall it be taken away? I will give whatever wealth I have, here or elsewhere, apart from what belongs to brahmins.

Note on the text: Corrected कस्याद् → कस्याद्य (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara य; the critical edition reads kasyādya) and कस्यरवापुनः → कस्य वा पुनः (misprint in Wikisource; stray र in the non-word रवा; the critical edition reads kasya vā punaḥ).

Verse 25 (3.278.25)

पृथिव्यां राजराजोस्मि चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षिता । यस्तेऽभिलषितः कामो ब्रूहि कल्याणि माचिरं ॥

pṛthivyāṃ rājarājosmi cāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā | yaste'bhilaṣitaḥ kāmo brūhi kalyāṇi māciraṃ

"I am king of kings on the earth, the protector of the four classes. Tell me without delay, fair lady, what wish you have set your heart on."

Note on the text: Corrected चातुर्वर्ण्यस् रिता → चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षिता (misprint in Wikisource; dropped aksharas य and क्षि; the critical apparatus reads cāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā) and अभिलपितः → अभिलषितः (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; the apparatus reads abhilaṣitaḥ). Not in the critical text; this verse is the starred passage 3.261.23d*1245 of its apparatus.

Verse 26 (3.278.26)

सातद्वचनमाज्ञाय परिगृह्य नराधिपम् । आत्मनो बलमाज्ञाय तत एनमुवाच ह ॥

sātadvacanamājñāya parigṛhya narādhipam | ātmano balamājñāya tata enamuvāca ha

Taking in his words and holding the king to his promise, and knowing her own power over him, she then said to him:

Note on the text: Speaker: narration resumes here (the critical edition prints mārkaṇḍeya uvāca); Wikisource prints no heading and carries राजा on through the rest of the adhyaya. Speakers from here on are set by the text.

Verse 27 (3.278.27)

आभिषेचनिकं यत्ते रामार्थमुपकल्पितम् । भरतस्तदवाप्नोतु वनं गच्छतु राघवः ॥

ābhiṣecanikaṃ yatte rāmārthamupakalpitam | bharatastadavāpnotu vanaṃ gacchatu rāghavaḥ

"The consecration that has been prepared for Rama, let Bharata receive it; and let Raghava go to the forest.

Note on the text: Speaker: the whole verse is Kaikeyi's demand; Wikisource prints no heading.

Verse 28 (3.278.28)

नव पञ्च च वर्षाणि दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः । चीराजिनजटाधारी रामो भवतु तापसः ॥

nava pañca ca varṣāṇi daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ | cīrājinajaṭādhārī rāmo bhavatu tāpasaḥ

"For nine years and five, dwelling in the Dandaka forest, wearing bark garments and deerskin and matted hair, let Rama live as an ascetic."

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark). Not in the critical text; this verse is the starred passage 3.261.25d*1246 of its apparatus. Speaker: Kaikeyi's demand continues.

Verse 29 (3.278.29)

स तं राजा वरं श्रुत्वा विप्रियं दारुणोदयम् । दुःखार्तो भरतश्रेष्ठ न किंचिद्व्याजहार ह ॥

sa taṃ rājā varaṃ śrutvā vipriyaṃ dāruṇodayam | duḥkhārto bharataśreṣṭha na kiṃcidvyājahāra ha

Hearing that unwelcome boon with its terrible consequence, the king, stricken with grief, said nothing at all, O best of the Bharatas.

Verse 30 (3.278.30)

ततस्तथोक्तं पितरं रामो विज्ञाय वीर्यवान् । वनं प्रतस्थे धर्मात्मा राजा सत्यो भवत्विति ॥

tatastathoktaṃ pitaraṃ rāmo vijñāya vīryavān | vanaṃ pratasthe dharmātmā rājā satyo bhavatviti

Then mighty Rama, righteous of soul, learning that his father had been so entreated, set out for the forest, so that the king might stay true to his word.

Verse 31 (3.278.31)

तमन्वगच्छल्लक्ष्मीवान्धनुष्माँल्लक्ष्मणस्तदा । सीता च भार्या भद्रं ते वैदेही जनकात्मजा ॥

tamanvagacchallakṣmīvāndhanuṣmām̐llakṣmaṇastadā | sītā ca bhāryā bhadraṃ te vaidehī janakātmajā

Glorious Lakshmana followed him then, bow in hand, and so did Sita his wife, may it go well with you, Vaidehi, daughter of Janaka.

Verse 32 (3.278.32)

ततो वनं गतेरामे राजा दशरथस्तदा । समयुज्यत देहस्य कालपर्यायधर्मणा ॥

tato vanaṃ gaterāme rājā daśarathastadā | samayujyata dehasya kālaparyāyadharmaṇā

Then, after Rama had gone to the forest, King Dasharatha met the end that the turning of time brings to the body.

Verse 33 (3.278.33)

रामं तु गतमाज्ञाय राजानं च तथागतम् । अनार्या भरतं देवी कैकेयी वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥

rāmaṃ tu gatamājñāya rājānaṃ ca tathāgatam | anāryā bharataṃ devī kaikeyī vākyamabravīt

Learning that Rama had gone and that the king had passed away, the ignoble queen Kaikeyi spoke to Bharata:

Verse 34 (3.278.34)

गतोदशरथः स्वर्गं वनस्थौ रामलक्ष्मणौ । गृहाण राज्यंविपुलं क्षेमं निहतकण्टकम् ॥

gatodaśarathaḥ svargaṃ vanasthau rāmalakṣmaṇau | gṛhāṇa rājyaṃvipulaṃ kṣemaṃ nihatakaṇṭakam

"Dasharatha has gone to heaven, and Rama and Lakshmana are in the forest. Take this vast kingdom, secure and rid of its thorns."

Note on the text: Speaker: the whole verse is Kaikeyi's speech to Bharata; Wikisource prints no heading.

Verse 35 (3.278.35)

तामुवाच स धर्मात्मा नृशंसं बत ते कृतम् । पतिं हत्वाकुलं चेदमुत्साद्य धनलुब्धया ॥

tāmuvāca sa dharmātmā nṛśaṃsaṃ bata te kṛtam | patiṃ hatvākulaṃ cedamutsādya dhanalubdhayā

The righteous Bharata said to her: "Alas, what a cruel thing you have done, greedy for wealth, killing your husband and destroying this family!

Verse 36 (3.278.36)

अयशः पातयित्वा मे मूर्ध्नि त्वं कुलपांसने । सकामा भव मे मातरित्युक्त्वा प्ररुरोद ह ॥

ayaśaḥ pātayitvā me mūrdhni tvaṃ kulapāṃsane | sakāmā bhava me mātarityuktvā praruroda ha

"You disgrace of the family, you have heaped infamy upon my head; have your wish, mother!" So saying, he wept.

Verse 37 (3.278.37)

स चारित्रं विशोध्याथ सर्वप्रकृतिसन्निधौ । अन्वयाद्भ्रातरं रामं विनिवर्तनलालसः ॥

sa cāritraṃ viśodhyātha sarvaprakṛtisannidhau | anvayādbhrātaraṃ rāmaṃ vinivartanalālasaḥ

Having cleared his conduct before all the people, he followed his brother Rama, longing to bring him back.

Note on the text: Corrected अन्वयाद्धातरं → अन्वयाद्भ्रातरं (misprint in Wikisource; broken conjunct, ध for भ्र; the critical edition reads anvayād bhrātaraṃ).

Verse 38 (3.278.38)

कौसल्यां च सुमित्रां च कैकेयीं च सुदुःखितः । अग्रे प्रस्थाप्य यानैः स शत्रुघ्नसहितो ययौ ॥

kausalyāṃ ca sumitrāṃ ca kaikeyīṃ ca suduḥkhitaḥ | agre prasthāpya yānaiḥ sa śatrughnasahito yayau

Deeply grieved, he sent Kausalya, Sumitra and Kaikeyi ahead in carriages, and went on with Shatrughna,

Verse 39 (3.278.39)

वसिष्ठवामदेवाभ्यां विप्रैश्चान्यैः सहस्रशः । पौरजानपदैः सार्धं रामानयनकाङ्क्षया ॥

vasiṣṭhavāmadevābhyāṃ vipraiścānyaiḥ sahasraśaḥ | paurajānapadaiḥ sārdhaṃ rāmānayanakāṅkṣayā

with Vasishtha and Vamadeva and thousands of other brahmins, together with the people of the city and the countryside, hoping to bring Rama back.

Verse 40 (3.278.40)

ददर्श चित्रकूटस्थं स रामं सहलक्ष्मणम् । तापसानामलंकारं धारयन्तं धनुर्धरम् ॥

dadarśa citrakūṭasthaṃ sa rāmaṃ sahalakṣmaṇam | tāpasānāmalaṃkāraṃ dhārayantaṃ dhanurdharam

He found Rama with Lakshmana on Chitrakuta, wearing the dress of ascetics and bearing his bow.

Verse 41 (3.278.41)

उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वाप्रणिपत्य रघूत्तमम् । शशंस मरणं राज्ञः सोऽनाथांश्चापि कोसलान् ॥

uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvāpraṇipatya raghūttamam | śaśaṃsa maraṇaṃ rājñaḥ so'nāthāṃścāpi kosalān

Folding his hands and bowing down before the best of the Raghus, he spoke. He told him of the king's death and that the Kosalas were left without a protector,

Note on the text: Removed a stray opening wiki mark (backtick). Not in the critical text; verses 41–44 are the starred passage 3.261.37d*1248 of its apparatus (this verse is its lines 1–2). Wikisource prints the next line (line 3 of the passage) as a separate verse 42.

Verse 42 (3.278.42)

नाथ त्वं प्रतिपद्यस्व स्वराज्यमिति चोक्तवान् ॥

nātha tvaṃ pratipadyasva svarājyamiti coktavān

and he said, "Lord, take up your own kingdom."

Note on the text: Not in the critical text; this half-verse is line 3 of the starred passage 3.261.37d*1248 of its apparatus. Wikisource numbers it as a verse of its own (42a only); it completes the sense of verse 41 and is kept as printed.

Verse 43 (3.278.43)

स तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा रामः परमदुःखितः । चकार देवकल्पस्य पितुः स्नात्वोदकक्रियाम् ॥

sa tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rāmaḥ paramaduḥkhitaḥ | cakāra devakalpasya pituḥ snātvodakakriyām

Hearing his words, Rama, deeply grieved, bathed and performed the water rites for his godlike father.

Note on the text: Not in the critical text; this verse is the starred passage 3.261.37d*1248 (lines 4–5) of its apparatus.

Verse 44 (3.278.44)

अब्रवीत्स तदारामो भ्रातरं भ्रातृवत्सलम् । पादुके मे भविष्येते राज्यगोप्त्र्यौ परंतप । एवमस्त्विति तं प्राह भरतः प्रणतस्तदा ॥

abravītsa tadārāmo bhrātaraṃ bhrātṛvatsalam | pāduke me bhaviṣyete rājyagoptryau paraṃtapa | evamastviti taṃ prāha bharataḥ praṇatastadā

Then Rama said to his brother, who loved his brother: "My sandals shall guard the kingdom, O scorcher of foes." "So be it," Bharata answered him, bowing low.

Note on the text: Removed a stray closing wiki mark (quote mark). Not in the critical text; this verse is the starred passage 3.261.37d*1248 (lines 6–8) of its apparatus.

Verse 45 (3.278.45)

विसर्जितः स रामेण पितुर्वचनकारिणा । नन्दिग्रामेऽकरोद्राज्यं पुरस्कृत्यास्य पादुके ॥

visarjitaḥ sa rāmeṇa piturvacanakāriṇā | nandigrāme'karodrājyaṃ puraskṛtyāsya pāduke

Sent away by Rama, who was carrying out his father's word, Bharata ruled the kingdom from Nandigrama, placing Rama's sandals before him.

Verse 46 (3.278.46)

रामस्तु पुनराशङ्क्य पौरजानपदागमम् । प्रविवेश महारण्यं शरभङ्गाश्रमं प्रति ॥

rāmastu punarāśaṅkya paurajānapadāgamam | praviveśa mahāraṇyaṃ śarabhaṅgāśramaṃ prati

But Rama, fearing that the people of the city and the countryside would come to him again, went deep into the great forest, toward the hermitage of Sharabhanga.

Verse 47 (3.278.47)

सत्कृत्य शरभङ्गं स दण्डकारण्यमाश्रितः । नदीं गोदावरीं रम्यामाश्रित्य न्यवसत्तदा ॥

satkṛtya śarabhaṅgaṃ sa daṇḍakāraṇyamāśritaḥ | nadīṃ godāvarīṃ ramyāmāśritya nyavasattadā

Having paid honour to Sharabhanga, he entered the Dandaka forest and settled there beside the lovely river Godavari.

Verse 48 (3.278.48)

वसतस्तस्य रामस्य ततः शूर्पणखाकृतम् । खरेणासीन्महद्वैरं जनस्थाननिवासिना ॥

vasatastasya rāmasya tataḥ śūrpaṇakhākṛtam | khareṇāsīnmahadvairaṃ janasthānanivāsinā

While Rama was living there, a great enmity arose, through the doing of Shurpanakha, with Khara, who dwelt in Janasthana.

Verse 49 (3.278.49)

रक्षार्थं तापसानां तु राघवो धर्मवत्सलः । चतुर्दशसहस्राणि जघान भुवि राक्षसान् ॥

rakṣārthaṃ tāpasānāṃ tu rāghavo dharmavatsalaḥ | caturdaśasahasrāṇi jaghāna bhuvi rākṣasān

To protect the ascetics, Raghava, devoted to dharma, slew fourteen thousand rakshasas on the earth.

Verse 50 (3.278.50)

दूषणं च खरं चैवनिहत्य सुमहाबलौ । चक्रे क्षेमं पुनर्धीमान्धर्मारण्यं स राघवः ॥

dūṣaṇaṃ ca kharaṃ caivanihatya sumahābalau | cakre kṣemaṃ punardhīmāndharmāraṇyaṃ sa rāghavaḥ

Having slain Dushana and Khara, both of great might, wise Raghava made the sacred forest safe once more.

Note on the text: Corrected स्वरं → खरं (misprint in Wikisource; स्व for ख; the critical edition reads kharaṃ).

Verse 51 (3.278.51)

हतेषु तेषु रक्षःसु ततः शूर्पणखा पुनः । ययौ निकृत्तनासोष्ठी लङ्कां भ्रातुर्निवेशनम् ॥

hateṣu teṣu rakṣaḥsu tataḥ śūrpaṇakhā punaḥ | yayau nikṛttanāsoṣṭhī laṅkāṃ bhrāturniveśanam

When those rakshasas had been killed, Shurpanakha, her nose and lips cut off, went once more to Lanka, her brother's home.

Verse 52 (3.278.52)

ततो रावणमभ्येत्य राक्षसी दुःखमूर्च्छिता । पपात पादयोर्भ्रातुः संशुष्करुधिरानना ॥

tato rāvaṇamabhyetya rākṣasī duḥkhamūrcchitā | papāta pādayorbhrātuḥ saṃśuṣkarudhirānanā

Coming to Ravana, the rakshasi, faint with grief, fell at her brother's feet, her face caked with dried blood.

Verse 53 (3.278.53)

तां तथा विकृतां दृष्ट्वा रावणः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः । उत्पपातासनात्क्रुद्धो दन्तैर्दन्तानुपस्पृशन् ॥

tāṃ tathā vikṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇaḥ krodhamūrcchitaḥ | utpapātāsanātkruddho dantairdantānupaspṛśan

Seeing her so disfigured, Ravana, beside himself with rage, sprang up from his seat in fury, grinding his teeth.

Verse 54 (3.278.54)

स्वानमात्यान्विसृज्याथ विविक्ते तामुवाच सः । केनास्येवं कृता भद्रे मामचिन्त्यावमत्य च ॥

svānamātyānvisṛjyātha vivikte tāmuvāca saḥ | kenāsyevaṃ kṛtā bhadre māmacintyāvamatya ca

Dismissing his ministers, he spoke to her in private: "Who has done this to you, dear one, heedless of me and scorning me?

Verse 55 (3.278.55)

कः शूलं तीक्ष्णमासाद्य सर्वगात्रेषु सेवते । कः शिरस्यग्निमाधाय विश्वस्तः स्वपते सुखम् ॥

kaḥ śūlaṃ tīkṣṇamāsādya sarvagātreṣu sevate | kaḥ śirasyagnimādhāya viśvastaḥ svapate sukham

"Who takes a sharp spear and rubs it over all his limbs? Who places fire on his head and sleeps at ease, untroubled?

Note on the text: Speaker: the whole verse is Ravana's speech, begun in the previous verse; Wikisource prints no heading.

Verse 56 (3.278.56)

आशीविषं घोरतरं पादेन स्पृशतीह कः । सिंहं केसरिणं मत्तः स्पृष्ट्वा दंष्ट्रासु तिष्ठति ॥

āśīviṣaṃ ghorataraṃ pādena spṛśatīha kaḥ | siṃhaṃ kesariṇaṃ mattaḥ spṛṣṭvā daṃṣṭrāsu tiṣṭhati

"Who here touches with his foot a most deadly poisonous snake? Who, in his madness, touches a maned lion on its fangs and stays standing?"

Verse 57 (3.278.57)

इत्येवं ब्रुवतस्तस्य नेत्रेभ्यस्तेजसोऽर्चिषः । निश्चेरुर्दह्यतो रात्रौ वृक्षस्येव स्वरन्ध्रतः ॥

ityevaṃ bruvatastasya netrebhyastejaso'rciṣaḥ | niścerurdahyato rātrau vṛkṣasyeva svarandhrataḥ

As he spoke thus, flames of fire burst from his eyes, as from the hollows of a tree burning in the night.

Verse 58 (3.278.58)

तस्य तत्सर्वमाचख्यौ भगिनी रामविक्रमम् । खरदूषणसंयुक्तं राक्षसानां पराभवम् ॥

tasya tatsarvamācakhyau bhaginī rāmavikramam | kharadūṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ rākṣasānāṃ parābhavam

His sister told him all of Rama's valour, and the defeat of the rakshasas, with Khara and Dushana.

Verse 59 (3.278.59)

ततो ज्ञातिवधं श्रुत्वा रावणः कालचोदितः । रामस्य वधमाकाङ्क्षन्मारीचं मनसागमत् ॥

tato jñātivadhaṃ śrutvā rāvaṇaḥ kālacoditaḥ | rāmasya vadhamākāṅkṣanmārīcaṃ manasāgamat

Then, hearing of the slaughter of his kin, Ravana, driven on by fate and longing for Rama's death, turned his thoughts to Maricha.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark). Not in the critical text; this verse is the starred passage 3.261.51d*1251 of its apparatus.

Verse 60 (3.278.60)

स निश्चित्यततः कृत्यं सागरं लवणाकरम् । ऊर्ध्वमाचक्रमे राजा विधाय नगरे विधिम् ॥

sa niścityatataḥ kṛtyaṃ sāgaraṃ lavaṇākaram | ūrdhvamācakrame rājā vidhāya nagare vidhim

Having decided what to do, the king set the affairs of his city in order and rose up into the air over the ocean, the mine of salt.

Verse 61 (3.278.61)

त्रिकूटं समतिक्रम्य कालपर्वतमेव च । ददर्श मकरावासं गम्भीरोदं महोदधिम् ॥

trikūṭaṃ samatikramya kālaparvatameva ca | dadarśa makarāvāsaṃ gambhīrodaṃ mahodadhim

Passing over Trikuta and the Kala mountain, he saw the great, deep ocean, the home of sea monsters.

Verse 62 (3.278.62)

तमतीत्याथ गोकर्णमभ्यगच्छद्दशाननः । दयितं स्थानमव्यग्रं शूलपाणेर्महात्मनः ॥

tamatītyātha gokarṇamabhyagacchaddaśānanaḥ | dayitaṃ sthānamavyagraṃ śūlapāṇermahātmanaḥ

Crossing it, the ten-faced one came to Gokarna, the beloved and tranquil place of the great-souled bearer of the trident.

Note on the text: Corrected स्तानम् → स्थानम् (misprint in Wikisource; त for थ; the critical edition reads sthānam).

Verse 63 (3.278.63)

तत्राभ्यगच्छन्मारीचं पूर्वामात्यं दशाननः । पुरा रामभयादेव तापसं प्रियजीवितम् ॥

tatrābhyagacchanmārīcaṃ pūrvāmātyaṃ daśānanaḥ | purā rāmabhayādeva tāpasaṃ priyajīvitam

There the ten-faced one went to Maricha, his former minister, who long before, out of fear of Rama, had become an ascetic, clinging to his life.