Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 2 (Padalam 5)

By Kambar (Kavichakravarthy Kamban)

Translated in English by P. R Ramachander

Kamba Ramayanam-Aranya Kandam 2 (Padalam 5)

5. Soorpankai padalam

Chapter on Soorpanakha
(Soorpanakha   the sister of Ravana   who happened to  see Rama , falls in love with him. Rama refuses   to marry her. She happens to see the pretty Sita.   Thinking   she was the reason   for Rama not marrying her, Soorpanakha   tries to carry away Sita  when Rama had gone to his morning ablations. Lakshmana who was guarding Sita , catches her  and cuts off her nose , ears and tips of breast  . Soorpanakha again appeals to Rama  to marry her. Rama and Lakshmana drive away Soorpanakha   who goes to meet her cousin Khara .In Valmiki Ramayana   Rama tells Soorpanakha that he is with his wife and asks  her to approach Lakshmana  , who cuts off her nose etc.)

2732. That river Godavari  which  added   beauty to earth like ornament,Used to  bring great   things and make the land  feel fertile,And  with many watering  centers  which were spread   over  ,On the   five types of land , was   with clear water ,Was with running cool water   and   was like  the Poems of with very wise and great people,And was   seen by those  valorous heroes.

2733. That very divine Godavari   with   fully open lotus flowers over which bees stayed ,Looked like a smiling , welcoming  and lustrous face  , with blue lotus flowers ,Which used to spread perfume  , seeing with its lustrous  eyes and face   andWith   moving  clear tides  of  the river  resembling the hands   appeared  ,To offer   these flowers at the divine  feet of Rama   and saluting him .
2734. That river Godavari with its  moving and running   waters    seeing ,The sorry state  of  the faultless  and truthful   sons suffering,Due to great love for them looked like    taking  deep tortured breath,And  looked like shedding tears   from the eyes of the  just opened  blue flowers and crying.

2735. That Rama with   a long bow   saw  the Chakravaka birds  with closed eyesLiving   on the bed of lotus flowers   with stalks , Rama saw the breasts  of Sita ,And she who was wearing suitable and proper ornaments   looked   at,The  shoulders of Rama   who was elder  and the best among men  ,And felt like she was seeing  hills made of blue gem stones  ,.

2736. The great  Rama who saw the swans walking , looked  at,The walking  of Sita and slightly smiled  and she who saw the walk  ,Of the male elephant returning after drinking water ,Also   broke    to a new type    of  sweet smile.

2737.  That valorous  Rama  with long arms who was   a great  expert in archery  ,  Seeing the waving  flags   on the Godavari river   with   great deal of water  ,Looked at the   waist  of Sita  ,  that  Sita   seeing  the well flowered  lotus flower,With large number of petals   in the middle of dark  row  of blue flowers ,Looked   again on the   dark   body   of  her great lord.

2738. Near   that pretty  big  Godavari river   which   ran like  a filled  up stream,They  reached   the cool  divine Panchavati  which was a perennial garden ,And a matchless  place   and  started  staying   in  the,Very pretty  and sweet  hermitage    which   was built by Lakshmana.

2739-2741. A Rakshasi called  Soorpanakha   who had the   strength  of  uprooting ,And destroying   Ravana who was black like a blue gem    by  her vile tricks,Who was  like    the cruel disease   which was born earlier   with life  ,And was with the soul waiting   for the proper time   to  destroy that soul,Who was  having dense hair on her head with the red colour  of copper,Who had   a  huge  fat body  which has limitless  growth  and full of passion,Who was capable of causing  unparalleled   destruction   to the devas ,And to those sages    who had  done great penance And who was  having   a cruel cause   for revenge   and was living,Alone in the forest   because  of that   and had the strength  ,To move around  al the world    with great speed.Reached   the garden in Panchavati where  Rama was staying  .

2742. That Soorpanakha   who would be the cause  of   the destruction  ,Of all  her relatives   saw Rama ,   who when  the  great devas  ,Who were troubled greatly  troubled   by  the asuras,Approached   him ,  left of his yogic sleep   on the  serpent,Called Adhisesha    and   had taken an  incarnation in  this  earth.

2743. She thought”The form of  the God of love   who is in the mind  of all is no more there,Indra has  one thousand eyes  , Lord Shiva has three   lotus like    eyes  andVishnu   who created all the worlds out of his  belly has four  hands and so he is none  of  them.”

2744. Then she   thought  that  the god of love   who  was destroyed ,By Lord Shiva   with pretty matted hair   using  this  eyes on his forehead,Possibly   did  great penance from the time    he lost his body   ,Till the present time    had got a pretty body, and he is that one.

2745. She thought that his long arms reaching up to  his knee ,Are  very pretty  , trees are not comparable to them ,Mountains  are inferior to them  and only  the tusks  ,Of the very strong elephants which carry earth were  comparable.

2746. “The mountains made of mere   stones   were not comparable,To  the  heroic shoulders of this one  who is an expert in battle with bows ,And only an old  pretty mountain made of blue gems  can be compared  to it,And definitely not   the Meru mountain which is golden in colour.”

2747. ”He has lustrous eyes   which are comparable   to the petals ,Of lotus flower standing out of the   pond due to  its long stalk,And he resembles a mountain  and if we see continuously ,From one of his shoulders   to other, my eyes are  not long,And also   my chest is  wide  and flat” she said.

2748. ”Is   the  face   of the pretty one , which shines    due to excessive light  ,Comparable  to the lotus flower that has  just opened   out   of its bud?IWE cannot compare it to the moon with light because ,The light  of moon diminishes daily and  still  if we compare ,We see it is not comparable  because there is a stain on  face of moon.”

2749. ”For what purpose  is he doing  penance   when he   has a beauty,That  gives pleasure, making his body suffer   unnecessarily  ?And what type of penance    was done by his ancestors  so that ,He has eyes  which   are like lotus flower  and creates newness?

2750. ”The  femaleness   of lady earth   who has a pretty form   and,The gait of a female elephant  and who is  dressed in water  of the ocean,Is indeed great  because   the  the grasses grown on her  ,Due to the touch of his feet stands  erect  as if she  has horripilation.”

2751. She   said with sarcasm “it appears that  Sun the lord of light,Has not seen the light  of the body of his, who has teeth  like lustrous moon light?For from very large distance he is emitting some little light ,And without any sense of shame ,moving about in the sky?”

2752. “It there  any thing in this world   which can be compared ,To the  beautiful lips of his, who has  huge  shoulders .Which are taller than the   difficult to cross   big mountains?And I would say   that   they are greatly superior   to  corals.”

2753. She thought , “Possibly the bark of wood   which    goes round,The waist of this male  , who shines similar    to the full moon  ,Has done great penance and possibly   the faultless ,Golden cloth has not been able to do   this much penance.”

2754”. If he had not worn his black matted hair   which are  comparable ,To the row  of groups of  rain bearing clouds which have come down,Then  the souls   of all the ladies    would be completely   destroyed.”

2755. ”If   good looking  lustrous ornaments   are worn over  his body,Would his prettiness  increase?”  and she further   thought  ,“Would the greatness   of Kausthuba   which is the best among gems,If it wears   yet another gem, would  its luster   increase   further?”

2756. ”That four headed   one  who has   placed   in his body  ,The best of everything  has been berated   because  ,The Devendra  who wanted to have the greatness ,Of the holy dust of the   feet  is ruling over   the  three  worlds?”

2757. With her  flood of love ,  making  the sky as well as  water   of the  ocean,Look small  and making her   wisdom getting drowned in that  ,Like the fame   of one   who does not give charity   when the people   who want it praise  him,And  continue to protect his wealth , she was  having a diminishing chastity.

2758. With a  faded and jaded mind  like  a  picture  of a lady   whose  picture ,Has   been drawn  on the sky  , she  fixed  her eyes   on the lustrous  ,And very pretty  shoulders   of Rama  and had   lost her usual   strength.

2759. That Soorpanakha who was staring at   shoulders   of Rama  thought,”I would go and embrace the great flat chest   of Rama   and if  I am not,Able to do that  , even if I eat the  nectar  of devas  , I would die,And there is no other go for me “ and started   thinking,How she could  go   near   him   and stand before  him.

2760-2761. That Rakshasi who had cruel protruding teeth  and  who also  had ,A pot like belly filled   with all types of beings  , thinking  that  he may not  ,Accept her with that  form  , thinking that  if she can take a form like  a peacock  ,With a voice that lisps like Koel and having red  lips  like  the Kovvai fruit,And try to hug him  , it would be better,  she meditated  on Goddess Lakshmi,Who sits   of a lotus flower  and  chanted  her root chant   which she knew,And due to that  assumed  a  pretty form   with a face   that was better looking than the moon,And   came out   like a shining   form that descended  from the sky.

2762. She had small feet  which made the red cotton  and  the best among  new growth of leaves,Shy    in its beauty   and tenderness and was  like   the pretty  and young   peacock  ,Like the vanchi creeper and  like the swan   and that  deceiving cruel Soorpanakha  ,Came before   Rama   like   a very cruel   poison.

2763. She had the prettiness  of Goddess Lakshmi  who lives in a golden lotus flower,She had a   pretty flower  like face with her eyes shining alternately  like swords  ,Which were less prettier  than her  face   and was  having the beauty   of a young girl  ,And came down on a well   decorated chariot   with screens    from the sky.

2764. She had  a body like  the Kamavalli creeper   produced   by the   scented Karpaga tree,Developed   a well perfumed  honey like   sweet voice, which were  more and more passionate  ,Assumed a beauty   which was sweet to the eyes, had a matchless sight  of a deer ,And came walking  like  a peacock  and looking  like   a peacock.

2765. With the  sound of anklets, the sound produced  by ornaments  of the waist ,With  sound of  ornaments   threaded in a chain   and   the humming of   bees which  hovered  round ,The flowers which decorate   the black  sand hair  of hers   heralding   the arrival of a lady,That son of  a king   looked at that direction from which   the sound was coming.

2766. Like the matchless sweet   nectar   given by the land of devas  ,When she  was coming near him with   waist getting tired due to  the heaviness   of her  breasts  ,Rama    who was the incarnation  of Lord Vishnu   who  using his grace removes   the ignorance  ,In the mind of his devotees  , Looked   at her with both his eyes.

2767. Seeing   that   tender   matchless  female form  which cannot  be found ,In the  land of the great serpents  , in the heaven as well as in entire earth,Rama thought “Where can one see this beauty?  Is there a limit to her beauty?.And who among the females   of this world   can match her   beauty?”

2768. That Soorpanakha   with great  desire    for Rama in  her mind  ,Seeing the handsome face of Rama  , saluted  his holy feet  by her pretty hands,Threw   her cruel glances from her  long spear   like  eyes ,Slightly moved on one side  like a deer   and with   shyness stood there .

2769. Then Rama the root of all Vedas  told her  , “Oh Goddess  like lady,Who is red in colour  , Let your visit became an auspicious  one  ,Your coming  is an auspicious one  for me .Which is your  place?What is your name?  Who are   your relatives?”

2770. She said ,”I am the daughter   of the  son of the son of  Lord Brahma,I am the sister   of Khubera  with red hands ,Who is the friend   of  Lord Shiva who  drives a bull   and   burnt the three  cities,I am the younger sister   of Ravana   who  could   uproot  ,The silvery Kailsasa mountain   and who has   the powerTo protect  the three  worlds and I am a maid    called Kamavalli.”

2771. Hearing  those   words  the mind of valorous one was  filled with doubt ,And believing  that her words were not stain less and thought  that it is proper,To ask her and know more about it   and   asked her  , “If you are the sister  ,Of the cruel Ravana    with red eyes, be pleased  to tell me , how you got  this pretty form.”

2772. When Rama with a pure  conduct ,    asked   her like this , tirelessly ,She replied, “Since I did not respect   their  habits of illusion  and cruelty,And due to having a thoughtful mind  , wanting   to travel in path of Dharma ,Did penance to get over my sins and due to the grace  of Gods became like this.”

2773. ”Oh lady, If  you are the  younger sister  of the ruler  of the three  worlds ,Under whom   the king of Indra is doing a menial job  , You are  not to be seen ,With the pride  of great wealth   and  what is   the reason  for you to come without assistants?”

2774. As soon as that valorous one told these  words, That lady who was not truthful,Said, “Oh faultless one  , I do not join  with those Rakshasas  without culture ,But have joined with  best of the  sages   and devas, and I have come to see  you,I have  a business to be completed    with your  help.”

2775. ,As soon as   she told like this  the lord  thinking   that “The thoughts  of ladies  ,With pretty foreheads do not go in the right  path  andThey are difficult  to be understood by males and they may  know about   it later ”Asked her , “oh lady who wears bangles on shoulders, For what   purpose  have you approached me?Please tell me about it   and if it is proper   for me to do it , I would do it.”

2776. Then she said , “it is not proper    for ladies    of good families,To tell about  the nature    of their  passion , themselves   to others,But  as my   soul is paining   and since   I have nobody to tell to others,About it  , Please  stop the cruelty of God of  love towards me   and save me.”

2777. After  that lady   whose vision   travelled to a long distance  ,And had returned back  ,  with    her sword like  eyes  which had,Turned in to various shades and assumed the black colour   of night  ,And were filled with red lines  and with a  well ornamented   chest Told like this  ,  Rama concluded that  she   is shameless , very base and not a good  one.”

2778. ,Not understanding Rama   who was silent  , That lady   who had assumed,A false form   with bees  humming   around  her black hair  , Started    swinging   with thoughts   as to ,whether he had a desire in her  by seeing her eyesOr   whether  he feels  that I should not have a desire for him , again told him.

2779. ”Oh lord  who has prettiness   which cannot   be made in to a picture ,Since I did  not  know   that you have come here  and since I was  completing  ,The jobs requested by sages    who knew everything   and due   to the fact ,That  my faultless  feminine qualities   and    youth    was   being wasted,My days   were  passing   without  achieving  any purpose .”

2780. Hearing that,  Rama concluded   that she is  a despicable  Rakshasi,And one who does not have just behavior and  felt that   she had come ,There to do another bad act   and told her  “oh pretty one  ,I am born in a royal family   and you are  a girl from a Brahmin family  ,And this alliance  is against   the normal ancient   rules of marriage.”

2781. ”Oh Lord,  whose job is fighting are and who has a   pretty spear  ,My father   is  a Brahmin learned in Vedas  and my mother  is a lady,Who has virtue like  Arundathi   and  is   the daughter  of Sala Sadanga,A king who ruled the world  and if this is the only reason   ,For your not accepting me  , then  my soul will not go  and I would  not live” Said Soorpanakha

2782. When she who desired him told like this, with a smile arising in his pure mind  ,That Rama  who was like the rain bearing cloud  wanted  to play   a game  ,“Oh lady,  the learned and wise people   say that  a  human being  ,Getting married   to a Rakshasa clan who do not have  sorrow is not proper.”

2783. ”Oh Lord , who is like  Lord  Vishnu sleeping  on the   serpent  ,Not  understanding  my good aspects    due to absence of devotion     with sincerity  , indicating,That you would not marry me because  I   am the sister   Of Ravana,Has happened because of your ignorance,    for due to my penance   to devas ,I have got rid of   the   degradable birth in   Rakshasa   clan ,And I had informed   about this    earlier also to you.”

2784. ”Oh best among ladies, one of  your brothers   is the undisputed  king,Of all the three  worlds , another great one   is  Khubera  , the lord of wealth,And if one of them gives you  to me I would accept you but,If you yourself    choose  me , then I would   scared.”  Said he and  she told again,

  2785. “ Oh Lord , who has shoulders  like golden mountain  , for   the man  and woman,Who are passionately  in love with each other   there  is marriage method called  Gandharva,And it is a marriage method  formulated  by Vedas and  if this marriage  happens between us,It would be   agreeable to my elder   brothers also   and there is also another news.”

2786. “My brothers have great enmity   towards all sages  and are not bothered,About justice and Dharma  and you are   living   alone in this   forest   and ,This would be a trick   for you to get friendship of those  Rakshasas,And once you marry me   you can set up your kingdom   in the land of devas,And then  they  would start loving you   and obey all  your orders”,  said Soorpanakha.

2787. Then that Rama with a shoulder  carrying a   huge bow   said   to her ,“I have got grace of Asuras and I am also getting the pleasure  of getting you ,And along with you I will get   the wealth   which   will never go from me at any time  ,And not only that  , by the penance I did  after  leaving Ayodhya  ,It looks like   I am getting all   these ,” saying this he  laughed  showing his lustrous teeth.

2788. At that time   from the   scent wafting  hermitage,  near Rama  , who was ,Like the light   of eye  to people in the heaven and earth   as well  as Gods like Brahma  ,And who had a lustrous eyes  , Sita   who was   like the queen  among all ladies ,And one who looked like   the vanchi creeper   from the gems  born in this world,Came out   for the sake of fulfilling   the boons given by  Lord Vishnu to devas.

2789. That Large mouthed  Soorpanakha   whose  body has faded  ,Due to the  fire of passion  , noticed    the huge  lustrous light,That emerged   from the   form which came  out of the hermitageAnd realized   that  she is the   fire like chastity    which has come out ,To destroy the forest   of Rakshasas who fought  ,With everyone   in the  land of devas   as well as those in earth.

2790. She thought  , “He would nor bring this lady with   scented hair to forest,There are   no ladies   here   who are   as pretty as her  , and perhaps,She is Goddess  Lakshmi   who left  her   lotus  in heaven,And has come to earth   and standing    with both legs  here,”And then she stood perplexed    at that  same spot.

2791. Soorpanakha  after staring well as Sita    for quite some time and thought,“She is   an example  to those   who create  beauty , there is no limit  of the prettiness  they can createOnce an eye  sees her, it will not see  anybody else   ,And even if it is mind  , it would not go searching any one else.If this  is my thought  , what would some body who is born as a male think?”

2792. Soorpanakha who was greatly astonished   on seeing Sita  ,Looked at Rama , who was  an expert  in war   and thought  ,“There  is no further need   to think about it  and the God sitting on the lotus  ,Must have  matchlessly thought deeply   about the matching  person  ,For  a male and female  , and this is the   real ultimate result of his efforts.”

2794. “Oh valorous one    with good conduct , this lady is an expert in illusion,And she is a Rakshasi   who is an expert  in cheating   and her thoughts  cannot be understood,It is not proper  for you think that  she is  a good lady   for her prettiness  is not truth,I am  scared   at seeing her  who eats flesh and lives and so,Drive her away from here   and prevent her  from coming near you.” She said.

2795. ”oh lady who is like streak of lightning  , Your intelligence  is very bright  ,Who can deceive you and disappear? It is surprising to know    that  ,She is a thief   and a cruel Rakshasa   girl, Please see  her carefully.”Saying this he laughed showing out his  pearl  like white teeth.

2796. At that time  , she who has come out like nectar  with  ,The great chastity  of Arundathi  , sweet words and pretty bamboo like   shoulders,And  Soorpanakha  asked , “Oh  Rakshasi lady  , why did you    come in between us  ?”And   that  enraged   Soorpanakha   who had cheating thoughts like fire.
2797. Seeing her coming near her  Sita  was greatly   scared ,That  scared one   like a swan with  her lightning streak like waists rocking,Shivering due to the pain her cotton like feet paining  ,And like the  red coral creeper   in between the dark black clouds  ,She   hugged   the shoulders   of Rama who was like a valorous elephant.

2798. Rama realizing   that a sport of teasing   with   Rakshasas.With bent cruel teeth   would only    lead to evil and said to her,“Do not do anything which causes   sorrow to us   for  if he knows,My younger   brother will get angry at you and so ogh lady, go away quickly.”

2799. Then that   Rakshasi who had assumed    a pretty   form told ,“Those   who  live  on lotus  , sea of milk    as  well  as on Kailasa  mountain,As well as God of love and other Devas   are doing penance to marry me.What is the reason  that you are   desiring   this Rakshasi,Who does not have  , good and bad in mind and berating me?”

2800. Rama thought  , “Though   I do not have any relation   with ,This hard  hearted lady, she is capable of telling further  cheating cruel words .”And that  pure hearted Rama  like the cloud   going  ahead of  lightning  ,Along   with the gold like daughter of the king of Mithila  ,Went inside   his  hermitage   in that very pretty garden.

2801. After they left , She who did not have knowledge  that” it is gone”,She who had the soul that   has gone   of the body  , stood breathless,Thinking, “He  has got angry with me  , who loved him   and has ,Not done any help to me and he  has firm love with the  lady with black kajal like hair.”

2802. Without standing there   , she thought   about her sweet life  ,With Rama and deciding that, “If I do not  hug his chest today,I would leave my life  “ She crossed  the garden with densely planted,Devadaru trees and reached a garden with a crystal rock  ,And at that time the sun set and the   sky turned   red,

2803. Like the cruel poison   flowing from  the  lustrous  poison fang ,Of   the serpent climbing up to her head, from  a destroyed   mind ,The tired Soorpanakha  The passion mentioned earlier   burnt in flames  furiously.

2804. Like   the sharp arrow   of Rama who was the king of men  Piercing  the   big chest of the very cruel Rakshasi ThadagaThe arrows of   the god of love  went and pierced  the mind of Soorpanakha,In that war   of passion   and she   became   scared   and  very sad.

2805. Soorpanakha    wanted to eat    that  God of love with  a great bow,With the full moon with sixteen crescents   as the    side dish,But when the southern breeze from Podigai mountain hit her,Like the very long spear of the   God of death , she became still.

2806. When   the body which gave her pain   became pacified  without sound,She  had an idea of drying the mountain clusters     using her palms But when the full moon appeared   in the sky   gave   a widely,Scattered   cool moon light  , became weak  and started   sorrowing.

2807. She became angry and decided    that  I would break,  All the  gardens in this earth   and make all the flowers  in them  dry  in to dust,But  Hearing   the happy sound  of Andril bird living with its mate  ,Her strength   diminished and    she   started    shivering.

2808. Becoming very angry she decided to run and bring Rahu and Kethu  ,The serpents so that   they would completely swallow the full moon,But when the cool breeze wafts   over her thick , tender  and sweet breastsHer   dear soul would  bake in the  fire of her passion   and she would be sad.

2809. She   using her two hands   picked the very cold pieces   of ice  and placed  it,On her lustrous young breasts to sate    her  fire of passion,But due to power of the spreading  strong fire of passion,They  were destroyed like  putting butter   on a very hot stone.

2810. Getting  scared  seeing the fire that  burnt  her   body ,Which was protected by love with her  , she started  taking  bath,In cold water   but that water started boiling   and she became shy,And decided that it was a proper place to hide the God of love.

2811. That Soorpanakha  whose   body was so hot due  to ,The fire of passion  made the cool big   moon stone   break,Started saluting  if she sees  a pillar   of  blue  gem,Or a black cloud   on the sky   with folded  hands.

2812. She   went and reached  mountain cave   where  a poisonous,Cruel serpent lives    so that   the pretty full moon , the cool winds  ,Or  the god   of love cannot reach there  and recognize her.

2813. At that time   the southern breeze blew    with   great  heat ,And made her suffer   three times   more than earlier ,And due to that   when her   breasts became hot and was emitting fire,Without knowing what to do, she rolled on young golden coloured  leaves.

2814. When she thought  about   the  form of Rama    in her mind  ,The Cruel Rakshasi feeling as if she   was seeing   his black   cloud like body,Would become  shy  and suddenly shiver,But when the form disappears  she would be caught  in fire of  passion.

2815. Thinking that black cloud was the body   of Rama  ,She would catch it and hug them to her breasts.And when she sees the clouds  being destroyed ,Due to the heat of her body   she would wail.Is there   any end   to the sickness   of passion?

2816. Due to passion she   felt as if she was in middle of fire of deluge,And with the desire   that she could live   with Rama of the colour of the sea,And this  medicine of hope  , people    said  , kept her alive.

2817. Her body shivered like the one who licked poison   with toungue,And  imagining Rama said,  “Oh mountain of black  , please take mercy on me,And enter  in to  my cruel and cheating mind   and  destroy my danger.”

2818. That lady who was not prepared  to leave the love  on Rama ,Even if  she  suffers  death  thought  that “ his wife    whose eyes are ,Like blue flower  or Kayal fish   is  more pretty than Goddess Lakshmi  .And so  he would never look at me    who is a sinner.”

2819. She  further thought  that  that pretty  lady   is  the very chaste,Goddess Lakshmi who sits   on the lotus flower   and that  the  if  we love,A man  then that sickness   of desire    would destroy  ,And it has  mingled    with our  body and makes it  hot like  burning fire.

2820. When  that lady was  suffering    due to excessive love she had  ,The  Sun rose  like  the birth of Rama  for   removing    the great  darkness,Created    by the   Rakshasas , who could  close  down all the  three worlds.     Some writers feel that Soorpanakai Padalam ends   with this,     And a new chapter called Mookari (cutting of nose.) padalam starts   from her)

2821. AS  soon as it became dawn   Soorpanakha     saw   her own body  and her soul,And thought   that till that matchless  lady   is near him  , he would not see me,And so  I would run quickly lift her   up and then hide   her with speed,Then the best thing would be to live with her darling happily.

2822. She came and searched   for Sita   in the hermitage and saw that,Rama had gone from there  to the river  and was doing   his morning rituals,But   did not see   his younger brother  who had a crescent like   forehead,Guarding Sita  in the  sweet scented   garden filled   with great darkness.

2823. ,Thinking that Sita is alone   and her  thought  has achieved victory,And there was no need for any more delay and thinking of some other   way,And that  cruel , hateful angry   Soorpanakha   followed   to catch,The peacock like Sita and this was   seen by Lakshmana from ,That garden which was amply   laden with    fruits.

2824. That Lakshmana shouted, “Hey stop there”  and speedily  ,Approached   her thinking   that    she is a lady  and without ,Taking his bow  pulled her   by catching    the red hair  on her head,By his red hands  , kicked her   and made   her fall down  ,And took   his lustrous    sword  from his scabbard .

2825. But Soorpanakha thought    that   with great ease, she could ,Take him also and fly in the sky  and rose up but Lakshmana  pushed her  down,Easily  , said to her “do not do this cruel deed” and    cut  off her ,Nose ears and the   cruel big  tips   of her breasts  , one after  another ,And then after  leaving his anger  , left  her   hairs also.

2826. The wail that was  made by Soorpanakha  at that time   spread,In all directions and also went   in to ears   of   Devas   in the heaven,Now    what else  need   to be told   about what happened   there?The  blood that flowed  from her nasal holes made the  entire world wet.

2827. That good   time   when   with   luster full cruel sword  , the  breasts,Where cut    and her raised up nose    was cut   which was  like  cutting  ,The tips of huge mountains   and was   like  the inaugural ceremony  ,For cutting ten heads of Ravana wearing gem studded   crowns.

2828. That  Rakshasi   when she kept her shaking feet   with  alarm,And wailed  , it  looked like  that  the asuras like Khara, Who had   shining   spear wealth  , like the God of death Were preparing for their death   in the   cruel    angry war  ,And  Soorpanakha  stood erect   and  it looked like,The black   dark clouds    were  giving rise  to rain of  blood.

2829. That Soorpanakha  born in an ancient asura clan  , which has ,Never  been approached   by sorrow , raised   up in the sky,Due to great sorrow, fell  on the earth  , and cried lying there,Became tired,   crushed  her  palms and then rotated ,Fainted  ,  woke  up   from that   faint  after some time,And muttered  , ”This  sorrow  is because I was born as a girl.”

2830. She rubbed  the nose that   was bleeding  , let out  hot breath,Like that from the bellows  of the black smith  , beat  with her hand on earth,Caught  her  very big breasts and stare at it  , sweat all over,Ran around    with her powerful  legs   and after running,And then due   to too much of bleeding  got tired.

2831. That Soorpanakha who was wandering in the  blood slushy mud   created by,The blood which was   flowing like a stream from her, being unable   to bear the pain,Shouted  and wailed  hearing which even devas  were scared and    started  running away,And she started   calling   the names of people    for her clan, whom even God of death  were scared.

2832. “oh mountain like elder brother who lifted  Kailasa which  is  the   abode of Shiva,Who holds the fire in his hand, when you exist in this world with  the stable fame,Is it not insult to your fame that  people who do penance carry the  bow and walk?Is it proper for you to stand scared   without lifting your head  before Devas. Please see me.”

2833. “Oh  mighty Ravana   who is  more powerful  than the trinity  who do not get weakened ,At the deluge   as well  as  all devas   as well as Asuras, Is the saying that ” when the   mother tiger Is nearby Its tiger calf cannot   be caught  by others   and tormented”  which the people.Of this earth , surrounded by the sea , false?.Would you not come to see my present suffering?”

2834. ”Oh Ravana  , who fought with Indra   who came   to war driving  his   elephant,And came shouting helped by all devas   , you  destroyed him in war   and made him,Run away showing his back to you   becoming greatly jittery and scared?Would you not come to see my present suffering?”

2835. ”Oh Ravana, who took   the sword Chandra hasa  when it   was given by hands of  Shiva,You made   the God of wind , the god of water , the  God of fire, the cruel God of time Yama,Sky  , the planets   doo menial jobs    for you as per your order. Have you become  ,Powerless   to fight with these two men  and have changed    your strength?”

2836. ”Oh Ravana who could keep  his  twenty shoulders erect and have a strength  ,To fight  war , who produced   streaks of fire when  he is walking  ,Who broke the tusks of the eight elephants carrying  the world  and who could ,Powder   the mountains, even if a person  is like God of love   who lost ,His body due to the    anger of Lord Shiva , they are  like the dust  below   your sandals,Would you not get angry    at such people?”

2837. ”Has  the  Ravana  and his brothers   who are  blessed with the power  of destruction,Of the devas  who wear  the Karpaga   flower garland with the scent of honey ,Lost that power and has that power   gone and settled   down among  men,Who have blood running in their body  and are feed for the Rakshasas. This is strange.”

2838. ”Does this indicate   the power and strength  of the sages   who live  hiding,In this dense   forest scared  of Rakshasas or   does it indicate   the weakening ,Of the power   of Rakshasas?.Is he lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu   or  Lord Brahma ?Oh Khara    who is always powerful, would you  not  bother   about my sorrow?”

2839. “In your palace   where Indra  and Lord Brahma    and all devas ,Are obeying your orders and attending to menial jobs , Where  ,The consort of Indra is singing  “Long live song”  , Where  all people ,On earth salute you and praise   you and where   you  are   sitting,Under royal   white Umbrella  , how can I come   without shame ,And show you my face  in which the nose and ears have been cut off.”

2840. ”Oh Brother who uprooted the mountain on which Lord Shiva sits.Is it proper for  me crying because that man pushed   me down,Making my chest crush  and roll  and   has cut off  my nose   ,And  is proudly looking at his  own shoulders  making me ,Support less and lonely  ?  Is this    not the forest where.Khara  rules? Is it proper    for me to attain   this state  ?”

2841. Oh Ravana  , who  has waged a  restless war against the elephants  ,That  are  in the  eight directions   and has broken their  tusk,Oh Ravana   who has a shoulders which are   shining with   your fame ,When I  have lost  my nose due to passion  and have   attained ,Shamelessly bad name  , Would  not   your fame  also get stained?”

2842. Oh my nephew   Indrajit  who destroyed  with roots the  Vidhyadharas,Who imprisoned  Indra who conducted   one hundred Aswamedha  Yagnas,And    who made   the devas do his menial jobs, when in these forest  two men ,Have cut off   my ears as well as nose together  , Is it all right,That  I who am a sinner   should die here alone   due to shame?”

2843. Oh  Indrajit   ,  once upon a time when   all the    seven worlds together  Waged a war against you , you drove all  of them in all  directions by your single bow,And chained  their king Indra   on both his legs  ,Would you not come to see the  strength of these  men?”

2844. Oh Khara and Dhooshana   who were born in the  clan of Rakshasas,Who wear  Gems which removes darkness  , who are  strong  and have long hand,And who have weapons which can even break a stone , are you also  sleeping,Like Kumbhakarna   who has weapons sharpened   by black smiths,And due to that  are   you not able to hear me when I call?

2845. When that   Rakshasi  was  crying and wailing  in various ways,And rolling on the dusty    floors  of the hermitage   in various ways Rama holding a huge bow  , who had huge shoulders   and  ,Who was like an emerald mountain  , after   completing   ,The rituals in river Godavari came walking back to the hermitage.

2846 .When he came there , Soorpanakha   beat her  stomach with her hands,Making the   mud slushy    with the tears  she shed and the blood flowing out  from her,Said, “Oh Lord  , oh sir   for the crime   of my desiring your pretty body,See what has   happened to me , and then fell   before him.

2847. Rama with his matchless  great  heart understood that   she who had ,Kept her hair scattered  all around   has    done some cruel deed,And also understood that  only  his younger brother   had cut off  ,Her long nose   and ears  and he  asked her  “Who are you?”

2848. Hearing that she asked , “do you  not know me  ? I am the sister ,Of Ravana  , who has abolished  enemy talk from all the three  worlds,Who  is short tempered and carries a   cruel spear   which is  like  a leaf.”

2849. And then Rama   asked her , “Why did you leave the famous place of RakshasasAnd have come here   where we have  come to do penance   after  walking a long distance?And for doing what activity have you come here ?” and then she replied,“Oh Lord who is the medicine  for cruel  passion like the coal burning    in the fire,And makes us all suffer? Did I not come yesterday   also “

2850. When Rama asked her “were you the person with long   black eyes ,Resembling the kayal fish   looking like Goddess  Lakshmi,Sitting on lotus flower    with the scent   of honey  ,Who came yesterday    to see me  ? and she replied  ,“If the breasts  , the ear wearing  ear globes  and the flag like nose  ,Are cut off, Oh king of beauty   who has    very pretty eyes,Would not any great   beauty   be destroyed  ,oh king.”

2851. ,That Lord Rama  , after  breaking  in to a smile , looking  at the face ,Of his heroic brother  asked, “Oh valorous one, What crime did she commit,So that you have cut off  her dropping ear   and   long nose” and thenThat  valorous Lakshmana saluted    the   holy feet  of Rama and started telling.

2852. , “ I do not know whether   she was searching for eating   something with her long teeth,Or whether  a group of cruel Rakshasas  were near her but I knew not the reason why,She  with her   evil eyes   spitting fire  and with an anger   which others cannot realize,She came running   looking at    Sita  “   told Lakshmana.

2853. Before Lakshmana   with a big curved   bow   could   complete ,What he was saying , That Rakshasi who had   enmity    with him,Said, “Oh lord   who has   watering places   in his kingdom,In which a pregnant she frog   seeing her  mate   sitting on a conch,Developed  a great love tiff   and was    stirring violently the water ,If a lady sees the other wife of her   husband   would not her  mind burn?”

2854. Hearing her words  Rama told her  “We came here searchingFor the cowardly Rakshasas who were experts  in wars of illusion,By which   they were   able to search and destroy   huge   complex of people,And so do not tell these cruel words and march towards   destruction,And run away from this forest where   sages of truth   are living  ,”And hearing all thrse words  of Rama , she started  replying.

2855. ’If I tell  that the devas   like Lord Brahma   who do not   develop  ,White  hairs and folded skin , who are  very many in number  ,Are  paying tribute to my brother   and are citizens   under his ruleIt would not be proper  ,  as  any action done in haste  is not good.If you have sufficient wisdom    to keep on staying alive ,I have some thing   to be told    to you individually.”

2856. Ravana who has   ten heads   would cut  off the tongues,Of those   who tell him that , “the nose of your sister  has been cut  “,Is not one who is very modern and would say . “ by cutting the nose ,You have cut  off your clan  and so there  is no way for you to escape.Have you not   made the forests   wet by  dropping  of blood there.”

2857. If  you protect me and save my life  , I would save you   from Ravana,And  if you do not do so , my brother    Ravana would completely eliminate you .And there  is no  one   among devas who protect the heavens ,Or among those   kings who protect  the earth   or  the kings who  protect The serpents for they would    only to try  to protect their  head  being cut  ,And would not   protect  your body and would try  not to die.”

2858. ”Normally    those   ladies who are  imprisoned   in the fence,Of  chastity     would not   say about their greatness  themselves,In spite of that  I am telling it  to you , because my love towards  you,I am the sister of Ravana    who is much stronger   than  devas,And I am stronger than every one in this world  ,Would  you not tell  this to your brother”

2859. ”I would protect you in big wars.I would  be able to carry you  ,Through  the path of sky to any place   that   you would desire to go,I am capable of bringing   many types    of fruits   which are   as tasty as meat,Why  do   you hate and want to  destroy  ,all those   who guard   you,I would be able to give you  anything that   you desire  by mind,And I am not able to understand how this  flower like lady would be useful to you.”

2860. ”Due to birth in a high clan , due to culture of doing good,Due to my ability to bring    anything that is wanted   by you ,Due to intelligence , Due to innocence  and due to my beauty,All the people of earth as well as heaven , would  not be able    ,Tell any other   lady   that they know   as one  equal to me  .”

2861. ”You have cut off my nose , what did I lose by that  ?If you accept me   within a second    I would be able to remake it ,I would also gain lot of beauty and I would also get  your merciful habit,After that    would  there be any     short coming to my feminineness,Is it not true   that high and long nose   is common to ladies?”

2862. “Is it not true    that those who are  needed   are not liked,And if your mind loves me   , would not   my soul become yours?Is not the beauty   which  is desired by all  , a type   of poison ?Would you not accept me  ,when I take the form which is liked by my husband?”

2863. Oh Lord  who was    formed  by the joining  of Shiva, Brahma who sits on the lotus  , The great Vishnu   and the Indra with Vajrayudha   and has a  very pretty form.Because   the God of love   is troubling the souls  of every one  ,Using his flower  arrows   and is not merciful  ,Like your younger brother  , is he also your younger brother?”

2864 . “Oh Lord who wears   heroic anklets    made   of gold  ,Is there any reason for cutting off my nose   and making it in to a big hole?I would take the sweet and pretty form that  I had   before,My nose   was cut and then go away from there  .and if you  had cut  my nose  ,Thinking   that  I would not go anywhere   and no body  would look at me  ,You have done a great mistake   and It is due to my knowing the truth  ,My love to you got   doubled. Am I one  who is not wise enough?”

2865. When those Rakshasas   who are boiling with anger   and having a long spear  ,Come to know of this cruelty done to me   and look at   you with anger ,And due to that    would    completely    destroy all   the world   and so,Remembering   your Dharma   the people   who are with  great families .Please   do not  do any deed   that   would   bring bad name to them,And so avoid doing this act which will bring bad name to you  ,And  be kind enough   to live with me.”   Said Soorpanakha  and saluted him,

2866. ”Oh cruel Rakshasi  , I am still having the   arrow   which killed Thadaga ,Who  is   the mother   of your mother   and you being  one who caused ,The world unbearable   harm also  , know that I have been born in this    world  ,To do penance  and destroy the Rakshasas who have great strength ,Of shoulders and densely formed   flower garlands   and who have ,Enmity with me   and so leave these cruel habits and run away  .”

2867. Rama again told ,  “We are the sons of Dasaratha who ruled the world,And have come  in obedience  to the    words  of my step mother To this  forest which is scented and as per the desire   of those ,Who chant the Vedas  and those    who do great  penance  ,We want to completely uproot    all the Rakshasas  along  ,With their big army  and  would go back to the   city of Ayodhya,Which has  houses  which are similar   to the great mountains ,Please  think about of all these    and understand it properly.

2868. ”Without standing in front of Rakshasas   who do not follow good habits,The devas who lived for a long time  were  all defeated   and ran away ,If you are intelligent do not consider    both of us as after all   only   men,If you  bring  , those Rakshasas  wearing garlands     and  holding     spears ,Those Rakshasas who have won victory  over Yakshas   and others  ,And all those   whom you consider as  strong  , we  would kill them in front of you.”

2869. Then she said, “Oh person of Kosala country  which produces lot of paddy,Due to its having good water   resources  , Without   finding fault  on  me   as one,Whose teeth of upper palate     are long and protruding outside  and one having a large  mouth,Please show   your grace    and mercy on me  and then you can kill Rakshasas,You can understand  their   acts of illusion  even before ,  you can win over all the  kings,You can get over the   black magic acts   of theirs   and    you can get over,All the cheating acts of Rakshasas with my help . “  said that Rakshasi called  Soorpanakha.

  2870. “I understand that you would not part   with your wife ,Who has bamboo like shoulders  and  would I also be a great burden,If you are interested   in fighting a war with the  strong  Rakshasas  who cheat  ,I would   understand their tricks  that they use by their five sense   organs  ,Which are cheating which lead to senselessness   and prevent them,After all  they say the feet   of one serpent   is only known to another.

2871.  “If you say that you have  one lady who likes you and  want to marry you,And if you think of waging   a war against Asuras  , Me , you and your brother  ,Would fight with them   and make   that battle field in to a tank of blood,And gain victory  and if you think that  this event is not likely   to happen,Then make me live with your brother “ said   the sister of Ravana,Who once   waged a war  and imprisoned  the sun and moon.

2872. ”On the day that  you all go back to    Ayodhya  , the city of festivities,I would assume a form you like   and even if your brother  is one  ,Who has anger that never goes away   and even if  he tells,That I would  not  live with one who has a cut nose and ears  ,Oh Lord,  Have you not lived    for a long time with one  who has no waist.”

2873. Looking at that  Soorpanakha     who told like this, Lakshmana  ,After looking at   his spear  with a shape of a leaf   and asked Rama“If I do not kill her  here itself then she    would   greatly sorrow,What is your order regarding this?”  Rama said,“The words   you said are  proper   and if she does not   go away,Do accordingly “ And Soorpanakha   understood that  , they would,Not agree to her proposals   and that  she would lose her life.

2874. ”Would I  patiently    continue to live   with  my long nose  ,Two ears   and my two breasts  which were  making me pretty  being cut off ?What I have been doing here   was only an act   of   cheating  , to make you understand,I would  now itself  bring Khara   who is  more powerful than  wind as well as fire  ,Who is very cruel   and who is the  God   of  death   who is going to kill you  all”Saying like this   with  great anger  which had not cooled down , She went away.

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About Kavichakravarthy Kamban

Historians place him in the 9th century CE, But surely Kamban belongs to the third great wave of Tamizh literature that started with the Sangam period (dated before the Common Era), followed by the widespread impact of Bhakti literature of the Alwars (vaishnavite saints) & Nayanamars (shaivaite saints). Kamban Authored Ramanaya in Tamil…Known as Kamba Ramayanam..

Kambar has been the milestone for the Tamil scholars that none had reached. He was also known as “Kamba Naatazhvar” at his time. Many Tamil authors from the modern world have written the books on the poet Kamban.

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