Maricha's Deception and the Abduction of Sita

Verse 1 (3.279.1)

मारीचस्त्वथ संभ्रान्तो दृष्ट्वा रावणमागतम् । पूजयामास सत्कारैः फलमूलादिभिस्ततः ॥

mārīcastvatha saṃbhrānto dṛṣṭvā rāvaṇamāgatam | pūjayāmāsa satkāraiḥ phalamūlādibhistataḥ

Maricha, startled to see Ravana arrive, honoured him with hospitality, offering fruits, roots and the like.

Verse 2 (3.279.2)

विश्रान्तं चैनमासीनमन्वासीनः स राक्षसः । उवाच प्रश्रितं वाक्यं वाक्यज्ञो वाक्यकोविदम् ॥

viśrāntaṃ cainamāsīnamanvāsīnaḥ sa rākṣasaḥ | uvāca praśritaṃ vākyaṃ vākyajño vākyakovidam

When Ravana had rested and was seated, the rakshasa sat down beside him, and, skilled in speech himself, spoke courteous words to that master of eloquence:

Verse 3 (3.279.3)

न ते प्रकृतिमान्वर्णः कच्चित्क्षेमं पुरे तव । कच्चित्प्रकृतयः सर्वा भजन्ते त्वां यथा पुरा ॥

na te prakṛtimānvarṇaḥ kaccitkṣemaṃ pure tava | kaccitprakṛtayaḥ sarvā bhajante tvāṃ yathā purā

"Your colour is not what it naturally is. Is all well in your city? Do all your subjects serve you as they did before?

Note on the text: Speaker set to Maricha: verses 3–4 are wholly his direct speech, announced in verse 2, with no printed heading.

Verse 4 (3.279.4)

किमिहागमने चापि कार्यं ते राक्षसेश्वर । कृतमित्येव तद्विद्धि यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुष्करम् ॥

kimihāgamane cāpi kāryaṃ te rākṣaseśvara | kṛtamityeva tadviddhi yadyapi syātsuduṣkaram

And what business brings you here, lord of the rakshasas? Know that it is as good as done, however hard it may be."

Verse 5 (3.279.5)

शशंस रावणस्तस्मै तत्सर्वं रामचेष्टितम् । समासेनैव कार्याणि क्रोधामर्षसमन्वितः ॥

śaśaṃsa rāvaṇastasmai tatsarvaṃ rāmaceṣṭitam | samāsenaiva kāryāṇi krodhāmarṣasamanvitaḥ

Ravana, filled with anger and indignation, told him in brief all that Rama had done, and what he wanted done.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.262.5ab; line 2 is not in its constituted text but appears in the apparatus (3.262.5b*1252). Unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 6 (3.279.6)

मारीचस्त्वब्रवीच्छ्रत्वा समासेनैव रावणम् । अलं ते राममासाद्य वीर्यज्ञो ह्यस्मि तस्य वै ॥

mārīcastvabravīcchratvā samāsenaiva rāvaṇam | alaṃ te rāmamāsādya vīryajño hyasmi tasya vai

Having heard him, Maricha answered Ravana just as briefly: "Enough of going up against Rama! I know his prowess.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.262.5cd, line 2 its 3.262.6ab; unmatched by the automatic alignment. Maricha's words begin mid-verse, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 7 (3.279.7)

बाणवेगं हि कस्तस्य शक्तः सोढुं महात्मनः । प्रव्रज्यायां हि मे हेतुः स एव पुरुषर्षभः । विनाशमुखमेतत्ते केनाख्यातं दुरात्मना ॥

bāṇavegaṃ hi kastasya śaktaḥ soḍhuṃ mahātmanaḥ | pravrajyāyāṃ hi me hetuḥ sa eva puruṣarṣabhaḥ | vināśamukhametatte kenākhyātaṃ durātmanā

Who can bear the force of that great-souled man's arrows? That bull among men is the very reason I took to the life of a renunciant. What wicked person has shown you this road that opens onto ruin?"

Note on the text: Speaker set to Maricha: the verse is wholly his direct speech, with no printed heading. Its three lines are the critical edition's 3.262.6cd and 7abcd; unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 8 (3.279.8)

तमुवाचाथ सक्रोधो रावणः परिभर्त्सयन् । अकुर्वतोऽस्मद्वचनं स्यान्मृत्युरपि ते ध्रुवम् ॥

tamuvācātha sakrodho rāvaṇaḥ paribhartsayan | akurvato'smadvacanaṃ syānmṛtyurapi te dhruvam

Then Ravana, furious, threatened him and said: "If you do not do as I say, your death too is certain."

Verse 9 (3.279.9)

मारीचश्चिन्तयामास विशिष्टान्मरणं वरम् । अवश्यं मरणे प्राप्ते करिष्याम्यस्य यन्मतम् ॥

mārīcaścintayāmāsa viśiṣṭānmaraṇaṃ varam | avaśyaṃ maraṇe prāpte kariṣyāmyasya yanmatam

Maricha thought: 'Better to die at the hands of one who is greater. Since death has come to me in any case, I shall do what he wants.'

Note on the text: Corrected मरीचश्चिन्तयामास → मारीचश्चिन्तयामास (misprint in Wikisource; the name is Maricha, मारीच, as everywhere else in the adhyaya and in the critical edition's mārīcaś).

Verse 10 (3.279.10)

ततस्तं प्रत्युवाचाथ मारीचो रक्षसांवरम् । किं ते साह्यं मया कार्यं करिष्याम्यवशोपि तत् ॥

tatastaṃ pratyuvācātha mārīco rakṣasāṃvaram | kiṃ te sāhyaṃ mayā kāryaṃ kariṣyāmyavaśopi tat

Then Maricha replied to that best of rakshasas: "What help am I to give you? I shall give it, even against my will."

Note on the text: Corrected साह्यां → साह्यं (misprint in Wikisource; sāhya, "help", is neuter; critical edition sāhyaṃ).

Verse 11 (3.279.11)

तमब्रवीद्दशग्रीवो गच्छ सीतां प्रलोभय । रत्नशृङ्गो मृगो भूत्वा रत्नचित्रतनूरुहः ॥

tamabravīddaśagrīvo gaccha sītāṃ pralobhaya | ratnaśṛṅgo mṛgo bhūtvā ratnacitratanūruhaḥ

The ten-necked Ravana said to him: "Go and tempt Sita. Become a deer with jewelled horns, its hide dappled with jewels.

Verse 12 (3.279.12)

ध्रुवं सीता समालक्ष्यत्वां रामं चोदयिष्यति । अपक्रान्ते च काकुत्स्थे सीता वश्या भविष्यति ॥

dhruvaṃ sītā samālakṣyatvāṃ rāmaṃ codayiṣyati | apakrānte ca kākutsthe sītā vaśyā bhaviṣyati

Sita will surely catch sight of you and urge Rama on, and once Kakutstha has gone off, Sita will be in my power.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ravana: verses 12–13 are wholly his direct speech, begun in verse 11, with no printed heading.

Verse 13 (3.279.13)

तामादायापनेष्यामि ततः स नभविष्यति । भार्यावियोगाद्दुर्बुद्धिरेतत्साह्यं कुरुष्व मे ॥

tāmādāyāpaneṣyāmi tataḥ sa nabhaviṣyati | bhāryāviyogāddurbuddhiretatsāhyaṃ kuruṣva me

I will carry her off, and then, parted from his wife, the fool will be no more. Do me this service."

Verse 14 (3.279.14)

इत्येवमुक्तोमारीचः कृत्वोदकमथात्मनः । रावणं पुरतो यान्तमन्वगच्छत्सुदुःखितः ॥

ityevamuktomārīcaḥ kṛtvodakamathātmanaḥ | rāvaṇaṃ purato yāntamanvagacchatsuduḥkhitaḥ

So addressed, Maricha offered the funeral water for himself and, deeply grieved, followed Ravana as he went on ahead.

Verse 15 (3.279.15)

ततस्तस्याश्रमं गत्वारामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः । चक्रतुस्तद्यथा सर्वमुभौ यत्पूर्वमन्त्रितम् ॥

tatastasyāśramaṃ gatvārāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ | cakratustadyathā sarvamubhau yatpūrvamantritam

Then, reaching the hermitage of Rama, whose deeds were tireless, the two of them carried out everything just as they had planned it beforehand.

Verse 16 (3.279.16)

रावणस्तु यतिर्भूत्वा मुण्डः कुण्डीत्रिदण्डधृत् । मृगश्चभूत्वामारीचस्तं देशमुपजग्मतुः ॥

rāvaṇastu yatirbhūtvā muṇḍaḥ kuṇḍītridaṇḍadhṛt | mṛgaścabhūtvāmārīcastaṃ deśamupajagmatuḥ

Ravana became a renunciant, shaven-headed, carrying a water-pot and a triple staff, and Maricha became a deer, and so the two came to that place.

Verse 17 (3.279.17)

दर्शयामास मारीचो वैदेहीं मृगरूपधृत् । चोदयामास तस्यार्थे सा रामं विधिचोदिता ॥

darśayāmāsa mārīco vaidehīṃ mṛgarūpadhṛt | codayāmāsa tasyārthe sā rāmaṃ vidhicoditā

Maricha, in the shape of a deer, showed himself to Vaidehi, and she, driven by fate, urged Rama to get it for her.

Verse 18 (3.279.18)

रामस्तस्याः प्रियं कुर्वन्धनुरादाय सत्वरः । रक्षार्थे लक्ष्मणं न्यस्य प्रययौ मृगलिप्सया ॥

rāmastasyāḥ priyaṃ kurvandhanurādāya satvaraḥ | rakṣārthe lakṣmaṇaṃ nyasya prayayau mṛgalipsayā

To please her, Rama quickly took up his bow, left Lakshmana to guard her, and set out, eager to catch the deer.

Verse 19 (3.279.19)

स धन्वी बद्धतूणीरः खड्गगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान् । अन्वधावन्मृगं रामो रुद्रस्तारामृगं यथा ॥

sa dhanvī baddhatūṇīraḥ khaḍgagodhāṅgulitravān | anvadhāvanmṛgaṃ rāmo rudrastārāmṛgaṃ yathā

Bow in hand, quiver bound on, wearing a sword, an arm-guard and finger-guards, Rama ran after the deer as Rudra once ran after the star-deer.

Note on the text: Corrected खङ्गगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान् → खड्गगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान् (misprint in Wikisource; ङ्ग for ड्ग; critical edition khaḍga-).

Verse 20 (3.279.20)

सोऽन्तर्हितः पुनस्तस्य दर्शनं राक्षसो व्रजन् । चकर्ष महदध्वानं रामस्तं बुबुधे ततः ॥

so'ntarhitaḥ punastasya darśanaṃ rākṣaso vrajan | cakarṣa mahadadhvānaṃ rāmastaṃ bubudhe tataḥ

Now vanishing, now showing himself to him again, the rakshasa drew him a long way off; then Rama understood what he was.

Note on the text: Corrected वुबुधे → बुबुधे (misprint in Wikisource; the perfect of budh reduplicates with ब; critical edition bubudhe).

Verse 21 (3.279.21)

निशाचरं विदित्वा तं राघवः प्रतिभानवान् । अमोघं शरमादाय जघान मृगरूपिणम् ॥

niśācaraṃ viditvā taṃ rāghavaḥ pratibhānavān | amoghaṃ śaramādāya jaghāna mṛgarūpiṇam

Knowing him to be a night-roamer, Raghava, quick of understanding, took an unfailing arrow and struck down the one in the shape of a deer.

Verse 22 (3.279.22)

स रामवाणाभिहतः कृत्वा रामस्वरं तदा । हा सीते लक्ष्मणेत्येवं चुक्रोशार्तस्वरेण ह ॥

sa rāmavāṇābhihataḥ kṛtvā rāmasvaraṃ tadā | hā sīte lakṣmaṇetyevaṃ cukrośārtasvareṇa ha

Struck by Rama's arrow, he then put on Rama's voice and cried out in anguish, 'Ah Sita! Ah Lakshmana!'

Verse 23 (3.279.23)

शुश्राव तस्य वैदेही ततस्तां करुणां गिरम् । साप्रापतत्ततः सीता तामुवाचाथ लक्ष्मणः ॥

śuśrāva tasya vaidehī tatastāṃ karuṇāṃ giram | sāprāpatattataḥ sītā tāmuvācātha lakṣmaṇaḥ

Vaidehi heard that piteous cry of his, and Sita rushed out at once; then Lakshmana said to her:

Verse 24 (3.279.24)

अलं ते शङ्कया भीरु को रामं प्रहरिष्यति । मुहूर्ताद्द्रक्ष्यसे रामं भर्तारं त्वं शुचिस्मितम् ॥

alaṃ te śaṅkayā bhīru ko rāmaṃ prahariṣyati | muhūrtāddrakṣyase rāmaṃ bhartāraṃ tvaṃ śucismitam

"Enough of this fear, timid one! Who could strike Rama? In a moment you will see Rama, your bright-smiling husband."

Note on the text: Speaker set to Lakshmana: the verse is wholly his direct speech, announced in verse 23, with no printed heading.

Verse 25 (3.279.25)

इत्युक्ता सा प्ररुदती पर्यशङ्कत लक्ष्मणम् । हता वै स्त्रीस्वभावेन शुद्धचारित्रभूषणा ॥

ityuktā sā prarudatī paryaśaṅkata lakṣmaṇam | hatā vai strīsvabhāvena śuddhacāritrabhūṣaṇā

Told this, she wept, and, though purity of conduct was her ornament, overcome by a woman's nature she came to suspect Lakshmana.

Verse 26 (3.279.26)

सा तं परुषमारब्धा वक्तुं साध्वी पतिव्रता । नैष कामो भवेन्मूढ यं त्वं प्रार्थयसे हृदा ॥

sā taṃ paruṣamārabdhā vaktuṃ sādhvī pativratā | naiṣa kāmo bhavenmūḍha yaṃ tvaṃ prārthayase hṛdā

That virtuous, devoted wife began to speak harshly to him: "Fool, the desire you nurse in your heart will never be fulfilled.

Verse 27 (3.279.27)

अप्यहंशस्त्रमादाय हन्यामात्मानमात्मना । पतेयं गिरिशृङ्गाद्वा विशेयं वा हुताशनम् ॥

apyahaṃśastramādāya hanyāmātmānamātmanā | pateyaṃ giriśṛṅgādvā viśeyaṃ vā hutāśanam

I would sooner take up a weapon and kill myself with my own hand, or throw myself from a mountain peak, or enter the fire,

Note on the text: Speaker set to Sita: verses 27–28 are wholly her direct speech, begun in verse 26, with no printed heading.

Verse 28 (3.279.28)

रामं भर्तारमुत्सृज्य न त्वहं त्वां कथञ्चन । निहीनमुपतिष्ठेयं शार्दूली क्रोष्टुकं यथा ॥

rāmaṃ bhartāramutsṛjya na tvahaṃ tvāṃ kathañcana | nihīnamupatiṣṭheyaṃ śārdūlī kroṣṭukaṃ yathā

but never would I abandon Rama, my husband, and go to you, base as you are, any more than a tigress would go to a jackal."

Note on the text: Corrected भर्तारमुत्सुज्यन त्वहं → भर्तारमुत्सृज्य न त्वहं (misprint in Wikisource; ु for ृ and a misplaced word space; critical edition utsṛjya na tv ahaṃ).

Verse 29 (3.279.29)

एतादृशं वचः श्रुत्वा लक्ष्मणः प्रियराघवः । पिधायकर्णौ सद्वृत्तः प्रस्थितो येन राघवः ॥

etādṛśaṃ vacaḥ śrutvā lakṣmaṇaḥ priyarāghavaḥ | pidhāyakarṇau sadvṛttaḥ prasthito yena rāghavaḥ

Hearing such words, Lakshmana, who loved Raghava and was upright in conduct, stopped his ears and set out on the path Rama had taken.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रियराघ्नव → प्रियराघवः (misprint in Wikisource; a stray न् and a lost visarga; critical edition priyarāghavaḥ). The critical edition's 3.262.29abcd; unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 30 (3.279.30)

स रामस्य पदंगृह्य प्रससार धनुर्धरः । अवीक्षमाणो विम्बोष्ठीं प्रययौ लक्ष्मणस्तदा ॥

sa rāmasya padaṃgṛhya prasasāra dhanurdharaḥ | avīkṣamāṇo vimboṣṭhīṃ prayayau lakṣmaṇastadā

Following in Rama's footsteps, bow in hand, Lakshmana went on his way, without looking back at the lady whose lips were red as the bimba fruit.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.262.29ef; line 2 is not in its constituted text but appears in the apparatus (3.262.29f*1254, with अवेक्षमाणो वैदेहीं for अवीक्षमाणो विम्बोष्ठीं). Unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 31 (3.279.31)

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे रक्षो रावणः प्रत्यदृश्यत । अभव्यो भव्यरूपेण भस्मच्छन्न इवानलः ॥

etasminnantare rakṣo rāvaṇaḥ pratyadṛśyata | abhavyo bhavyarūpeṇa bhasmacchanna ivānalaḥ

Meanwhile the rakshasa Ravana appeared, the ill-omened one in a fair-seeming form, like a fire covered with ash,

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.262.30abcd; unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 32 (3.279.32)

यतिवेषप्रतिच्छन्नो जिहीर्षुस्तामनिन्दिताम् । उपागच्छत्स वैदेहीं रावणः पापनिश्चयः ॥

yativeṣapraticchanno jihīrṣustāmaninditām | upāgacchatsa vaidehīṃ rāvaṇaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ

hidden in the garb of a renunciant, bent on carrying off that blameless lady: so Ravana, set on evil, approached Vaidehi.

Note on the text: Corrected यतिवेपप्रतिच्छन्नो → यतिवेषप्रतिच्छन्नो (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; critical edition yativeṣa-), and removed stray wiki quote marks (` and ') around the second line. Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.262.30ef; line 2 is not in its constituted text but appears in the apparatus (3.262.30f*1255). Unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 33 (3.279.33)

सा तमालक्ष्यसंप्राप्तं धर्मज्ञा जनकात्मजा । निमन्त्रयामास तदा फलमूलाशनादिभिः ॥

sā tamālakṣyasaṃprāptaṃ dharmajñā janakātmajā | nimantrayāmāsa tadā phalamūlāśanādibhiḥ

Seeing him arrive, Janaka's daughter, who knew what dharma requires, invited him to a meal of fruits, roots and the like.

Verse 34 (3.279.34)

अवमत्यततः सर्वं स्वं रूपं प्रत्यपद्यत । सान्त्वयामास वैदेहीं कामी राक्षसपुङ्गवः ॥

avamatyatataḥ sarvaṃ svaṃ rūpaṃ pratyapadyata | sāntvayāmāsa vaidehīṃ kāmī rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ

Then, scorning all of it, the bull among rakshasas took on his own form and, full of desire, set about coaxing Vaidehi:

Verse 35 (3.279.35)

सीते राक्षसराजोऽहंरावणो नाम विश्रुतः । मम लङ्कापुरी नाम्ना रम्या पारे महोदधेः ॥

sīte rākṣasarājo'haṃrāvaṇo nāma viśrutaḥ | mama laṅkāpurī nāmnā ramyā pāre mahodadheḥ

"Sita, I am the king of the rakshasas, famed by the name of Ravana. My city, Lanka by name, lovely, lies beyond the great ocean.

Note on the text: Speaker set to Ravana: verses 35–36 are wholly his direct speech, announced in verse 34, with no printed heading.

Verse 36 (3.279.36)

तत्र त्वं नरनारीषु शोभिष्यसि मया सह । भार्या मे भव सुश्रोणि तापसं त्यज राघवम् ॥

tatra tvaṃ naranārīṣu śobhiṣyasi mayā saha | bhāryā me bhava suśroṇi tāpasaṃ tyaja rāghavam

There, with me, you will shine among men and women. Be my wife, lovely-hipped one; leave the ascetic Raghava."

Verse 37 (3.279.37)

एवमादीनि वाक्यानि श्रुत्वा तस्याथ जानकी । पिधाय कर्णौ सुश्रोणी मैवमित्यब्रवीद्वचः ॥

evamādīni vākyāni śrutvā tasyātha jānakī | pidhāya karṇau suśroṇī maivamityabravīdvacaḥ

Hearing these and other such words from him, the lovely-hipped Janaki covered her ears and said, "Not so!"

Verse 38 (3.279.38)

प्रपतेद्द्यौः सनक्षत्रा पृथिवी शकलीभवेत् । शुष्येत्तोयनिधौ तोयं चन्द्रः शीतांशुतां त्यजेत् ॥

prapateddyauḥ sanakṣatrā pṛthivī śakalībhavet | śuṣyettoyanidhau toyaṃ candraḥ śītāṃśutāṃ tyajet

"The sky with its stars may fall, the earth may break into pieces, the water in the ocean may dry up, the moon may give up its coolness,

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (`) before the second line. Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.262.36ab; line 2 is not in its constituted text but appears in the apparatus (3.262.36b*1256, line 1). Unmatched by the automatic alignment. Speaker set to Sita: verses 38–41 are wholly her direct speech, begun in verse 37, with no printed heading.

Verse 39 (3.279.39)

उष्णांशुत्वमथो जह्यादादित्यो वह्निरुष्णताम् । त्यक्त्वाशैत्यं भजेन्नाहं त्यजेयंरघुनन्दनम् ॥

uṣṇāṃśutvamatho jahyādādityo vahniruṣṇatām | tyaktvāśaityaṃ bhajennāhaṃ tyajeyaṃraghunandanam

the sun may give up its heat, and fire may cast off its warmth and turn cold; but I will not abandon the delight of the Raghus.

Note on the text: Removed a stray wiki quote mark (') at the end of the first line. Line 1 is not in the critical edition's constituted text but appears in the apparatus (3.262.36b*1256, line 2); line 2 corresponds to its 3.262.36cd (with त्यक्त्वा शैत्यं भजेत् for śaityam agnir iyāt). Unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 40 (3.279.40)

कथं हि भिन्नकरटं पद्मिनं वनगोचरम् । उपस्थाय महानागं करेणुः सूकरं स्पृशेत् ॥

kathaṃ hi bhinnakaraṭaṃ padminaṃ vanagocaram | upasthāya mahānāgaṃ kareṇuḥ sūkaraṃ spṛśet

How could a she-elephant who has stood beside a great forest elephant, its temples split with rut and its skin marked with lotus spots, ever touch a hog?

Verse 41 (3.279.41)

कथं हि पीत्वा माध्वीकं पीत्वा च मधुमाधवीम् । लोभं सौवीरके कुर्यान्नारी काचिदिति स्मरेः ॥

kathaṃ hi pītvā mādhvīkaṃ pītvā ca madhumādhavīm | lobhaṃ sauvīrake kuryānnārī kāciditi smareḥ

How, after drinking wine of honey-flowers and the honeyed madhavi liquor, could any woman crave sour rice-gruel? Think on that!"

Verse 42 (3.279.42)

इति सा तं समाभाष्य प्रविवेशाश्रमं ततः । क्रोधात्प्रस्फुरमाणौष्ठी विधुन्वाना करौ मुहुः ॥

iti sā taṃ samābhāṣya praviveśāśramaṃ tataḥ | krodhātprasphuramāṇauṣṭhī vidhunvānā karau muhuḥ

Having spoken thus to him, she went into the hermitage, her lips trembling with anger, shaking her hands again and again.

Note on the text: Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.262.39ab (with ततः for punaḥ); line 2 is not in its constituted text but appears in the apparatus (3.262.39b*1257). Unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 43 (3.279.43)

तामधिद्रुत्य सुश्रोणीं रावणः प्रत्यषेधयत् ॥

tāmadhidrutya suśroṇīṃ rāvaṇaḥ pratyaṣedhayat

Ravana rushed after the lovely-hipped lady and stopped her.

Note on the text: A single line, as printed in Wikisource: the critical edition's 3.262.39cd (with तामधिद्रुत्य for tām anudrutya). Unmatched by the automatic alignment.

Verse 44 (3.279.44)

भर्त्सयित्वातु रूक्षेण स्वरेण गतचेतनाम् । मूर्धजेषु निजग्राह ऊर्ध्वमाचक्रमे ततः ॥

bhartsayitvātu rūkṣeṇa svareṇa gatacetanām | mūrdhajeṣu nijagrāha ūrdhvamācakrame tataḥ

Upbraiding her in a harsh voice as she fainted away, he seized her by the hair and then rose up into the air.

Verse 45 (3.279.45)

तां ददर्श ततो गृध्रो जटायुर्गिरिगोचरः । रुदतीं रामरामेति ह्रियमाणां तपस्विनीम् ॥

tāṃ dadarśa tato gṛdhro jaṭāyurgirigocaraḥ | rudatīṃ rāmarāmeti hriyamāṇāṃ tapasvinīm

Then the vulture Jatayu, who lived on the mountain, saw the poor lady as she was carried off, weeping and crying, "Rama! Rama!"

Note on the text: Corrected हियमाणां → ह्रियमाणां (misprint in Wikisource; ह for ह्र, "being carried off"; critical edition hriyamāṇāṃ).