Kamba Ramayanam-Aranya Kandam Padalam 9-10

Aranya Kandam (contd)

9.Ravanan choozhchi Padalam

Chapter   on Ravana’s trick.
(Ravana appears like a sage before Sita, who hospitably receives him. When he tells that   he had come from Lanka and has a great regard for Ravana,   Sita says Ravana is a cruel monster, Ravana then takes his original form, digs the hermitage and keeps it on his chariot and proceeds to Lanka. Sita cries and prattles. In Valmiki Ramayana, Ravana catches hold of   Sita and keeps her in his plane and tries to fly away. There is no mention of charioteer there.)
3319. We till now told   what happened   to Rama who was like ,The matchless    blue sea   with conches when he    went in chase,Of the golden deer and now     we will tell what happened,To Sita    who decorated   her hair with   flowers which were fragrant.

3320. When the words shouted   by Mareecha   opening his    cave like mouth,Which was sad to hear   reached the ears    of Sita , she became   as sad as a Koel,Which slipped from a tree and fell , She beat her belly with hands and fell down   fainted

3321. Saying “I who am ignorant   has brought to an end my happy life ,With my husband by telling him, “You yourself catch this    deer and give to me,”And like a flowering branch catching fire   and like   a long serpent ,Losing its strength   on hearing the thunder, she fell down and rolled   on earth.

3322.”My great lord who does not have    any fault , due to the   cheating,Done by that cruel Rakshasa, has fallen down dead   and even after hearing it,You who are his younger brother is still standing   near me”,    she said.

3323.”In this   world which is simple   , is there any one    who is more strong, And great than Rama? You have told this due to feminine   understanding “Said Lakshmana    who understood it   , in a manner that Sita would understand.

3324.Would the individual valour Of Rama    in any cruel war , would be less than,The small strength    of all those people in seven seas , Fourteen worlds , Seven mountains   ? This would never happen”   said Lakshmana

3325.” All the   Earth , water   , wind , sky and    the   fire   and others   besides these ,Would get agitated    as   soon as   Rama   gets angry and why are   you,Getting    drowned   in this ocean of sorrow ? What are   you thinking   about,That Rama who is black like cloud    and   with eyes   like red lotus   flower?”

3326.”Would Rama    become weakened   and call for help when sorrowing   Before another Rakshasa? If perchance he calls    all   the   huge ,Universes   would come down and get    destroyed andThe life of Brahma    and other devas also would get destroyed?”

3327. “What more can I tell about   prowess   of Rama? Is there ,Any other   strength which is comparable to his    strength   by which ,He stringed   and broke   the huge   bow   of Lord Shiva   who destroyed,Three cities    and was   praised    by heaven as   well as earth   for it ?’

3328.”If    Rama has been destroyed     as you think   then by now,The heavens, earth    and Patala     would have been destroyed by this time ,All the devas   and sages who were   existing from beginning   as   well as,The best among people    would have by now been destroyed.Also Dharma   would have been destroyed.”

3329.”What else should I tell in detail ? When our Lord Rama    shot the arrow ,And when it hit that     deer in that place , that   Rakshasa   who must have,Lost his strength   would have shouted those    words   loudly ?Please   do not sorrow   , getting worried    by it ,Please stay calm.” Lakshmana   told.

3330. When Lakshmana told like this , with greatly ebbing anger ,She who felt sorrow as if she was killed , one with boiling mind ,And one who is not afraid of anything   said, “After hearing ,The bad things that might have   happened to Rama , your ,Not going there is not justice” Said she with great enmity.

3331.”Even if a person has moved    only for one day with another ,He would   sacrifice    his life and other one due   to the other person’s love,But   you , though you have heard that   Rama has   been destroyed ,Are standing without getting scared? What other way do I have?I would now   itself   speedily   fall in the fire and die.”   She said.

3332.Seeing Sita who was like a swan jumping   over the forest of lotus flowers,Who was preparing herself to jump in the huge    fire    with great smoke ,Lakshmana who was requested    to guard her   by Rama, stopped her,Touched the space below the lotus like   feet of Sita and told.

3333.”Why should you die? I am scared    after   hearing   your words ,Please get   rid of your sorrow   and be here itself   , I would go now ,Are we ones   who can win over      the    very angry fate “ he said.
3334.” I am going now itself , a great danger has   come to us by itself,You want me to disobey Rama   and want   me   to go,You are alone without any support “ saying this   Lakshmana,Whose heart was bursting   with great sorrow , took leave of her.
3335,He was greatly   worried thinking “If I am here ,That Sita,Would jump in the fire   and if I go to   Rama who is like a mountain,The lady    would be left without any guard and evil may come to her.What should I who have interest in my life     do now?”

3336.”Only by Dharma we can prevent any loss of life and if I do not leave here ,Going against the wish Of Sita , she would definitely die?   And so,The only thing   that I dares to do   is    to go from here”I am an ignorant one who has attained by my    bad and old fate.”
3337.”I would go   but if something bad were to happen   , to the extent possible,Jatayu , the king of hawks    would protect her “ saying like this  That Lakshmana   went by the same route , due to the penance of devas.3338. “As soon as Lakshmana left   , Ravana who had curved   teeth,And who was expecting   him to go   , to complete the cruel plan of his,Took the form of a sage holding the well tied   three bamboo sticks.Which would destroy   the three ills of passion, anger and illusion.”
3339.He had a well dried body appearing as if he has not taken food,And appeared as if he     has with great difficulty walked a long distance,And   was singing    musical songs   following proper   beats ,The Sama Veda   which was like the music    from Veena.

3340.He was   having a soft walk    like the petals of   flowers have been spread,And was    taking steps as   if   the entire floor was   full of burning   embers,And was   having shivering    feet as well as   hand   that cannot be protected ,And was having    a form of a very old man , which would make him hateful to others.
3341.He was wearing a garland of penance    made   of lotus    beads ,Appearing as if he was like a tortoise   which has controlled its five senses ,Had a   bent body , had a great chest   wearing    the sacred   thread ,And reached the hermitage of Sita who had a stainless mind like Arundathi.
3342.That Ravana who had   put on a garb of a saint could even mislead devas ,And he   reached the doors of    that faultless   hermitage , He had a voice ,Which seemed to shiver   and falter    and asked   “Who is living   in this    hermitage .?”

3343.Sita who was in the forest , thinking   that he was one with faultless mind,And faultless   penance , who had sweet voice   like the honey syrup,And who was as pretty as the   coral branch came out,To receive him and said “Please   come over here.”
3344. He who had   a body which sweats like the Kanmadha (viscous rock) of the mountains,Who has been   caught up in    the sea of passion due to love saw herWho was an ornament to beauty , who is the seat of fame   and Who is the queen for virtue    using   his own eyes.
3345.Let us now see    the state   of   the mind of the thirsting mind Ravana   who has   seen,Sita   with the sweet voice   like that of a koel which is not tired,And who had a beauty that   was much greater that beauty of divine maidens.His   arms   which had great valour increased in size on seeing her   and then became thin.

3346.What is the use of telling    that   the row of eyes   of Ravana on seeing Sita,Who was    having the prettiness   of the peacocks     that wander in the forest,Became joyous like the crowd honey bees     which visited   the garden   full of flowers ,Filled with honey   and drunk it and were    dancing with joy ? it is better ,To say that   it became   joyous like   the mind   of Ravana.
3347.Are   the twenty eyes    which do not blink sufficient      to see ,The gem like red   body of Sita    who was looking like goddess Lakshmi,Who had come there leaving her seat of lotus    flowers ? He became ,Sad that   he did not have    one thousand such non blinking eyes?
3348. Ravana   thought   , Is the life span   of three and half crore years,That   I got doing   great faultless penance   sufficient    to play ,In the shore less    sea   of the beauty of her    who had large number ,Of bangles in her fore arms and who was the best among ladies.
3349.Ravana thought , with devas   along with their     wives ,Obeying all the orders that I put to them   and becoming slave to her,For generations   and with this    girl ruling all the three   worlds,I would   obey her orders    and live happily with her.

3350. “Even when her mind    is paining   and she is sorrowing ,If    her face shines like this , when she    breaks in to a smile,Like a streak of lightning , how will her beauty   be?To my sister    who saw this lady with the   untied hair ,And gave her to me, I would give her even my kingship,”
3351.When that   Ravana , the one without Dharma   was thinking like this ,And staring her with greatly increasing desire , that virtuous Sita,Rubbed off the tears from her eye   and then welcomed him,Saying   “Please    do come     here.”
3352.Sita after welcoming him   and after   he reached her hermitage ,Gave him a seat of cane   and requested    him to sit on it   and that ,Famous cheat   Ravana kept his hand at rest with three   sticks byAnd     sat in the hermitage which was beautified   by flowers.
3353. The mountains and trees   shivered    on seeing    that Rakshasa,Of greatly sinful    and cruel deeds , the birds stopped cooing ,The big wild animals     were   scared and the snakes did not open their hood.
3354. Ravana who took his seat    asked   “which is this home ?,Which great saint lives here? And who are you?” and then,Sita thinking that   he was new to that place and is one,Without deceit   and she   with long eyes   started talking to him.

3355.”Oh great one , the son of Dasaratha   belonging to the Ikshuvaku clan,Along with his younger brother , as per the orders of his mother ,Who was born in the great Kekaya    clan , is staying hereYou might possibly be   knowing his name   “ said she.
3356.”I have heard about what you told    but   I have   not seen him,I had once gone   to that prosperous kingdom   through    which,River Ganges   flows. Oh lady with a long eye    which is like ,Lotus flower   as well as sword, Whose    daughter are you,Why   are you spending time in this harsh    forest” , he asked.
3357.That faultless    lady of great Virtue   Sita after hearing his words,Said, “Oh saint who is following    the faultless   Dharma , Janaka ,Is one who thinks about people   like you and not God   and ,I am his   darling   daughter and my name   is Janaki ,And I am the   wife of Rama belonging to Kakustha clan.”
3358. Then after    telling about her story     that Sita   asked him,“Oh very old man , you have suffered because   you have ,Come through    the harsh path in the forest and   doing penance ,You have wanted to cross the sins and blessed   deeds.From where   have    you come here”, she asked.
3359.Ravana told “He is the Lord of Indra    himself ,He posseses the prettiness   of the picture , He was born in clan of Brahma,And He is ruling all the countries including those in heaven,And he has a toungue   on which the manthras of Vedas    reside.”

3360.”He has the strength       to even uproot    the very big Kailasa mountain, On Which   the Lord Shiva lives and he has great   shoulders ,Using which he had powdered    the tusks of elephants,Which     carry this    world from eight   different directions.”
3361. “All   the people who are crowding   his entrance door are Devas,And all   the assets   of Devas   like   the Karpaga      tree are   with him,The place where   he lives   in the famous city of Lanka surrounded   by   the sea, And while telling about his greatness    the words lose their power.”
3362.”His town is sweeter     than the golden city   Of Indra ,The ancient city of Bhogavathi    which is frequented by the serpents     And in fact all cities of this world   and that of heaven and everything ,In the city of his are    completely without any fault.
3363”.He is having the endless life span      as given by Lord Brahma ,Who sits on the lotus flower . He has a big hand   holding the great sword   given ,By Lord Shiva who has given, half of himself     to the Goddess ,He has a prison    in which    all the planets   are imprisoned,And in fact he is the top most    in each and every good   quality.”

3364,”He is one with good qualities    without cruelty   . He is an expert in wide Vedas,He is unbiased , He has    the prettiness     wanted    by the God of love ,And he has all the greatness   of all the three Gods,Who are   considered   as the greatest ones by all the world.”
3365.There are many    best among the   prettiest   ladies of the world,And who are   all thirsting     for his love   and though they are,Pining away for him , he is not interested in giving them joy,But is searching   for a lady     who is sweet   to his heart.”
3366. “Very much liking the great   city from which he rules ,I wanted     to stay there    for   a few days   and though I stayed,There for a long time, with a mind not willing to part with him .I came here”   said he    who wanted to kidnap Sita.
3367.Sita asked, “Oh saint who thinks     that even body is an extra   burden,Without liking   Vedas   and    the mercy of those    who have learnt VedasWhat is the reason for you to stay    in a town of Rakshasa who does sinful acts ,And who eats   men who are   rational    and are   stable>’
3368. “You avoided    staying    with sages of great penance in the forest,You did not think about   very pretty and prosperous   countries   with plenty of water ,And you have stayed    with a crowd of Rakshasas    who never think about Dharma,Oh saint , what type   of activity   is this “ Sita   asked.

3369. Having heard    what has been told   by the lady, he who has   got limitless   boons,“If faultless   people     tell that the Rakshasas    who swing    the sword   are cruel,We would not get scared and if we really think about   the truth ,Oh lady with the shining face like full moon , Are the   Rakshasas more cruel,Than the    devas    and to people like is Rakshasas   are good people.”
3370.When Ravana told like that , Sita who wore very good ornaments   thought “Those good people who have    friendship     with cruel people   cannot be pure,To explain it   more properly   those   who have connection with old   cruel habits,”And as she was not aware     that   the Rakshasas    who are   expert   in illusion, Can take    any form   which they like   and so she did not think otherwise.
3371.Ravana    who hearing the words   Of Sita    though    she has,Started   suspecting him , wanting to avoid       that completely ,Started    talking in a different way “ in the three worlds ,Which does not have    difference in knowledge ,For the Rakshasas   what is the    alternative   except, Following    their   own culture “.
3372. As soon as the Cheater    Ravana       who had ability to know    The state of   mind told those    words , Sita told him that “ Rama   ,Who has come to reinstate Dharma   , by the    time he   completes,The penance    in the forest , the Rakshasas   who travel in    cruel   path,Would be completely   eliminated   along with    their clan   ,And so there would not be any sorrow    because of them.”

3373. As soon    as the human lady told like    this , Ravana told,“Oh Lady who has shining eyes like the fishes , If human beings can,Completely    uproot the population     of Rakshasas       then,The entire    crowd    of elephants     would be killed   by small rabbits,And the crowd of Lions with curved nails would be killed   by the deer.”
3374.”Viradha who had     red hair which looked like a bundle of   streaks ,Of lightning, , The very angry Khara    who had a matured   mind ,Along    with his innumerable    army   died , which   gave riseTo sound of great joy    and possibly     you have   not heard it.”And the rain      thinking   about   the end   of those shed    tears.”
3375. “Oh faultless one , The lion that you told about is Rama   and the Rakshasas ,Are comparable to the crowd of deer   and you are going to see soon ,The destruction of all Rakshasas and the joy     of the devas   because of that,How can Dharma which cannot be forsaken be   defeated by sin, Don’t you know , it cannot.”
3376.When the soft words   of Sita which were like   honey mixed with nectar ,Entered    his ears , Ravana though he had a    body which expands    with joy,Due to his self respect being hurt   by the words   that human beings are   strong, became very angry.
3377. That angry Ravana replied “if you praise Rama   that he gave   an end,To the silly   persons like Viradha , you would know    about its end   tomorrow itself,When the great wind from the twenty shoulders   of Ravana   blows,And destroys the small    silk cotton     flower   like   man.
3378. “Oh innocent lady who babbles some words   Whether ,One wants to uproot the     great Meru mountain    or break the sky,Or    stir the waters of the ocan , or    destroy the northern fire of Badavagni,Or   uproot the earth or do    any of those    great   acts ,None of them are    difficult      to perform     for Ravana, what do you think of him.”

3379. Then Sita asked “Just because   one has many more    big shoulders ,Does it mean that   they are powerful? Did not Parasurama     with his two shoulders ,That too in his young age cut off   the one thousand    stout shoulders   ,Of Kartha Veeryarjuna   who wore   a heroic anklets   and imprisonedThe king of Lanka   surrounded by   the sea with the water    crows.”
3380. When she told like that his eyes burnt , his big shoulders ,Further   expanded , his ten crowns     touched     the sky,The strong twenty hands    clapped against each    other ,The row of teeth biting themselves created   the sound of thunder from clouds,And due to great anger    the form that he took due to illusion vanished.
3381. Sita thinking    that this man who has taken this form   is not a sage ,Who has forsaken the   good and the bad   and getting suspicion,And when she was standing there   not able to conclude   who he is,Ravana looked like the   very poisonous snake   which   had,Opened its hood    which has   become greatly angry by itself.
3382.If we think about the sorrow of Sita   who was   already greatly sorrowing ,After    she saw Ravana’s real form , how can there   be more sorrow than that?There is nothing   in the world     which can be comparable    to it.She did not do anything to escape   and    was shivering like ,When the God of death who cannot be stopped    appears   before her.
3383. Without bothering    to think about my valour   which made ,Devas do menial work for me , you said that   a man who lives ,Lke a worm in this world as    strong , You are alive only because you are a lady,Otherwise I would think of grinding   you with my hand and eating you,And if I do that , I would    then take away my   own life”, said Ravana.

3384.“Oh lady who is as tender   as a swan I would   lift you in each of my heads,Which has not bowed before   any one , separately and in a sweet manner ,And make the deva maidens   wearing numberless ornaments   ,Bow before your feet    and obey you   and then    you can ,Become   happy   in the wealthy life of ruling all the fourteen worlds.”Said Ravana.
3385.She then closed   both her ears tightly    by   her tender   hands and said,“ Without bothering to think the good conduct by which I am protecting the virtue  For the victorious Rama   who holds the pretty bow, like a    dog wanting ,To taste the ghee    which is poured by sages   in Yagna   fire ,What words     did you tell    me , Oh Rakshasa.”
3386.”Would I want    to destroy    the greatness   of being born in a great clan,Bothering    about losing my life   which is temporary   like the drop of water in the tip of grass?Before   Rama    with arrows which shine   like lightning   and .Which hits   like thunder   takes away your life , for   the sake of protecting your life ,Run away    from here     and   hide    yourself”, Sita told.
3387.When Sita told like    this , The Rakshasa who was standing before her ,Devoid of any mercy   told her , “The    arrow which would be sent by your husband,Comes to hit my chest which has    destroyed   the tusks of the elephants,Which guard   all the eight directions   , it would be like,An arrow made of flower    sent to destroy   a   mountain.

3388. That Ravana    who had shoulders   more powerful than that of the mountains,That   bear this world   said, “Oh divine lady who is divine for other divine ladies,I am having a famished   body due to the disease   of passion that   grew in my   mind ,And please save my soul   and give it to me   and accept the great position   of ,The divine ladies who wear heavy ear globes .” Saying this   he    saluted her.
3389.When he fell down to salute    her feet   , suffering like   her soul,Falling on the blood stained   sword Sita who was personification, Of patience    cried   with great sorrow   and wailed, “Oh Lord ,Oh younger brother “
3390. Then at that time that bad soul Ravana   , recollecting the   curse ,Given to him Brahma   , without touching the body of the divine lady,Due to the power of his shoulders     which were like     stone pillars ,Unearthed the hermitage     from a depth   of two miles   below the earth.
3391.He kept the hermitage he has unearthed     on his chariot   which ,Was seen by Sita who wears pretty bangles   but she could not see   her soul like Rama, And like a   streak of lightning    falling on earth from the cloud ,She   fainted   and   at that time    Ravana wanted to go speedily by way of sky.

3392. When Ravana told the charioteer to drive his chariot     with greater    speed,She   was rolling   like a creeper   which had fallen on the    burning fire,And when   she was getting flustered , greatly depressed and greatly tired ,She was telling “Oh Dharma , please save me speedily from    this predicament.”
3393.”Oh mountains , Oh trees , Oh peacocks , Oh Koels ,Oh male deer, oh female deer , oh male   elephants, oh female elephants,Please   understand    the state of my unstable soul ,And go and tell about it   to Rama and Lakshmana   who have stable valour.”
3394.”Oh clouds , Oh gardens   , Oh Gods   of the forest , you know ,The sad state    of the honest and valorous Rama   , if he loses me,Please    , if you console me saying “do not be scared” , then,Possibly I would get saved    and If I am saved   is it   bad for you ?”
3395.”Oh Rama , for the sake of completely    uprooting the Rakshasas,Would you not come here   and    send rain of arrows like blue clouds?Oh Protector , Oh brother , oh    faultless Bharata   ,Oh Shatrugna     who is a brother , would you not come here   and save me?”

3396. “Oh river Godavari , Oh River     who is cool   who has nature of melting,Oh    mother like river   who has got   a very clear   mind , please run,And inform my husband who has    learnt all books without learning them,About   my     very sorrowful bad fate , Would you not do it?”
3397.”Oh mountain springs    which appear   before me , Oh lions ,Who live in mountain caves , you would later   laugh   when you   see,The twenty arms   that unearthed me   as well as his ten heads ,Fall   down here and there   by the powerful arrows   of Rama?”
3398.Seeing Sita who was prattling many such things   and who was   wailing,With an opened mouth , Ravana who was unnecessarily    wasting his life ,Said, “Oh lady who is wearing many ornaments    and ear globes ,Who has very dense breasts , Would those human being s defeat me in war,And free   you from me ? If they can let    them do it “And then he clapped    his hands together and loudly laughed.

3399.When that Ravana was telling all these   in words , Sita looked at him,And told, through illusion you have created a deer and you made   Rama,Who is like the God of death and who would kill you in some other place,You came here and are stealing me   and if you know , the way ,By which you can save yourself , do not drive the chariot any further.
3400”:If you are a true   hero , after you have heard about the fact    that a few men,Have killed   all your Rakshasas in a very short time   and have   cut off ,The nose and breasts of your sister , your coming like this   using illusion ,Is only due to the deep fear   that you have” she told and further   told,
3401. When Sita told   like this   Ravana looked at    her and told.“Oh lady , please hear this , If I start    waging   a war against ,The humans with a very weak body , My shoulders ,Which uprooted    the mountain of God who has eyes on forehead,Would get a vey bad name and this act of cheating    would lead to better results”
3402.That lady who was like a doll after hearing it   told,Possibly fighting a war with the enemies   of our clan is wrong ,.Possibly    to fight with them holding the sword would shame us ,And to steal   the ladies with virtue in deceit   is only right thing,To the Rakshasas who do not have   any mercy ,Which is a crime     and which would   bring bad name?

10.Jatayu uyir neetha padalam

Chapter    on the giving up of Jatayu.
(Jatayu , the king of hawks   fights a raging battle with Ravana. He breaks his chariot , kils his horses, breaks his armour his bow etc. Ravana taking Chandra hasa   cuts off the wings of Jatayu,. He carries the earth on which Sita was sitting to Lanka and imprisons her in Asoka Vana in the city of Lanka. Lakshmana meets the worried Rama. They both find that Sita has been taken by some body    along with the hermitage. They follow the tracks of the chariot    and find Jatayu. Jatayu tells them what happened and dies. Rama perform obsequies to Jatayu .   In Valmiki    Ramayana,   When Ravana is taking   Sita , she removes her ornaments, makes it in to a bundle and puts it in the middle of   five monkeys sitting on the mountain top. After cremating Jatayu Rama kills a deer , makes balls out of its flesh and offers it to the soul of Jatayu.)

3403. When Sita told him like this    a sound was heard ‘Hey, Hey , how can you ,Escape from me, stop , stop”   which was told    by the king of Hawks,Who had sound like thunder , who had enraged eyes like   burning fire ,Who had huge wings which lashed   like lightning   and who appeared,Like the golden mountain Meru coming    flying    in the sky.

3404.     He came    with   the huge    wind raised   by   flapping of his wings,Making   very huge mountains    getting uprooted   and   dashing,Against each other    on the sky    and   getting powdered like dust and scatter ,And   the sea hugely rising up   making the earth and sea      becoming same ,And causing   a huge cruel    wind    storming all over the world.

3405.   Due to that wind     huge trees   along with their branches ,Fell on the ground along with their tops touching the earth ,With all clouds   on the    top of the   sky    going   to one side ,And    with serpents closing their hoods and hiding themselves thinking that ,The   famous cruel Garuda is coming on the paths    of the sky.

3406. Elephants   , Yaalis and other big animals , all the trees   in the forest ,Bushes, and stones due to the speed   of the wind raised   by those two wings,Went crowded in to   the sky   and due to this sky and forest became difficult to make out.
3407. That very cultured Jatayu came     spreading his wings in protection,And asked “You have   kept the wife    of that   pure and great one on the chariot ,Where are you going ? Now I will    hide the sky     with all directions with my wings.”
3408. With an intention   of preventing the going of   the chariot,On which engines were fixed   belonging to the uncultured    Ravana ,Jatayu   who had kumkum like   red legs     and head   and neck,Which   were like the reddish    sky    and who had a form similar,To the Kailasa mountain   and who was the king of hawks   came before Ravana.
3409,Then that Jatayu told Sita   , “do not get scared “   and understanding,That Ravana   has   not touched    her , he kept    his greatly ebbing   anger ,Under his control    and started   talking    to   Ravana.

3410.”You have got spoiled along with your relations , you have burnt your life ,And destroyed it . Why did you start    this unsuitable   act? Assuming that you are dead,Leave   Rama’s virtuous   wife   and go and then perhaps you would not die.”
3411.”Oh ignorant fellow   , You have committed a very big   mistake ,In your mind you have     thought Sita     who is like mother of entire   world,Oh thoughtless one    , Who is left    there    to support   you now?”
3412. “ Oh sir , Do you not know    that people of your clan like Khara ,Fought with him in war and were not able     to escape , Rama   gave ,Their souls as feast    and the God of death   took   armful,Of their souls    and had a very great feast   for himself.”
3413. “Did you desire   to throw small balls made of earth ,On the cruel elephant    which is coming    to kill you and escape?Or even without realizing   that   it would cause   your   death,Perhaps you wanted     to keep on swallowing poison and survive?”
3414,”All the people   in the three   worlds   , Indra the chief of devas ,The   great trinity of Gods   on seeing him    would   shiver ,Like deer   seeing tiger   and not only that   would any of them,Be capable    of defeating   that   great   archer    Rama.?”
3415.”In this birth    because    there is nothing more for you to do,To cause    the death of yourselves   along     with your relatives   and ,This would also take you to the huge hell in the next world   ,Which cannot be tolerated   and for whose good   did you this?’
3416. “ Due to the fact    that     these humans    are    the primeval ,Root cause of the great trinity , perhaps you did   not understand,To which God they should be compared     and because of that ,You lost your brain     and did this heinous   crime.”
3417. The boons that   you got   due to the grace of Lord   Shiva , Who    rides on the bull which is expert in war   andWho made      the three   cities burn as well other expertise in war,Are   only powerful    till Rama who is the truth    sends arrows from his bow.
3418-3420.”If that Rama , the son of king Dasaratha   who has a bow which is bent ,Comes personally   , it is extremely    difficult    to prevent his arrows    and so ,I would take    this Sita with the pretty forehead    to wherever she was ,And you go away from here   quickly “ When Jatayu told like    this,Ravana    who was the leader of Rakshasas , with spark of anger ,Coming   out of his black greatly lustrous eyes and with biting lips ,Told him with anger”, Do not talk these   unnecessary words , You show me   those people quickly . Oh Hawk who comes against me ,Before my arrows   pierce    your chest   and creates there   a big wound, Go away from here quickly. Some times the water   inside the ,Steel may come out   but Sita   who talks sweeter   than,The juice of Sugarcane    would not go away from me .Please see that.”
3421.As soon as   Ravana   told like     this, Sita ‘s fear doubled ,And seeing the swan like    Sita sorrowing   , Jatayu   told her ,“Oh mother , , now itself the body of this   Rakshasa   ,Would be made   in to pieces , do not    sorrow,That our lord , the son of the king   has   not come ,Holding      his      great   bow in his hand .”
3422. “Do not cry shedding tears   like the scattering of pearls ,Which fall on your breasts   and do loose   all     hope , and see me ,Giving as    sacrifice his ten heads   to all the ten directions ,Which are   like      pierced    fruits of Palmyra     tree.”
3423. That Jatayu    who came speedily   flying , flapping his   wings ,Making a   great sound   of thunder , pushed down the series of crowns of Ravana,And   wanted to cut his    head in to pieces   by speedy flapping of the    wings,Bur   broke his    flag which had    the shape   of veena   and got praise    from devas.

3424. That   Rakshasa to whom such a great mishap    has never occurred before ,Laughed ,With eyes of the red colour of   molten lac and With great anger making seven worlds,Along with his eye brows he also bent    his    mountain like   bow.
3425. When    the rain of arrows    from Ravana who had    crescent like teeth,Approached him, Jatayu made    some of them fall   by the flap of his wings,Some of them    he broke using   the sharp claws      of his   and using his beak,Which made even the God of death scared   he cut his bow   in to pieces.
3426.   On the ten strong heads of Ravana which were like numerous   serpents,With huge cruel eyes , Jatayu with his sharp strong beaks   neared ,Even before he took another    bow and was    bending it   ,And rose up snatching    his gem studded   ear globes.
3427, Then that Rakshasa   shouted loudly    and sent   fourteen   arrows ,Aiming at the chest of Jatayu   who snatched    away his ear globes ,And these   did not stop there    and went through the   bird king and Again,He sent several lustrous arrows at Jatayu   and the devas took a long breath,Thinking   that Jatayu   who was greatly valorous in war    has fallen down.
3428.Inspite   of   new blood flowing out   of those wounds , that the king of the birds,Who looked like a huge    white cloud shining    in the sky which was similar   to,The White cloud which drank the   streams of blood    which flowed,From the body of Khara     and other Asuras thinking   that it is a sea and later left it all.

3429.   That Jatayu who was like a white cloud , took a deep breath immediately .Became very angry   and rushed and got up the rows of twenty shoulders ,By pecking in his beak and by scratching by his   nails , by beating with his wings ,Cut off   his armour which he was wearing on chest adorned with pearl necklace.
3430 That Ravana     then sent   one hundred arrows on the broad chest of Jatayu,Who    broke his armour   and seeing that Devas   were scared   and perplexed,And even before that   the king of the birds   , snatched   the bow of Ravana ,By his teeth   , making the crowd of devas   shout   with great joy.
3431. That Jatayu   by snatching   the bow of Ravana , who using his strong shoulders ,Lifted the shining silver mountain     along with Lord Shiva , shined   like ,The rain bow   along with the    huge cloud   and there was no one   who can,Adequately    describe    the great strength   of shoulders of Jatayu, using mere words.
3432, He broke   the bow of Ravana who using his   sword   punished  And won over   Indra   who had the chest that never retreats   and had   one thousand eyesBy taking it by his moth and breaking    it by legs and he    was the friend ,Of their father Dasaratha and   who was the protector of   Rama,Who broke the bow of Lord shiva   who was of the red colour of fire.

3433.That Ravana   who brings destruction to the   world   and who ,Never gets defeated    by the valour of others   seeing the bow,Which was suitable to his valour broken with great anger ,Took a   a trident which was like the arrow that   was sent by Lord Shiva ,Who   has Halahala   poison on his neck   for   destroying the three cities, And making great sound    threw   it at Jatayu.
3434. That Jatayu who was    the king of hawks   saying “do not think ,That I would not be able to bear this   and   now see   my power”,Received the trident with three   heads   sent by Ravana on his chest,And the devas   who were in hiding due to their fear    to Ravana   said“Who can do such acts now” and tapped on their shoulders and shouted with joy.
3435.That trident , like those starved   of the    five sense organs,Visiting the home of prostitutes , like the guests who have   gone,To the homes were   cultured ladies were absent   and like   the ladies,With soft and passionate looks    approaching the matured saints,Who can see their own souls , came back not able to pierce Jatayu.
3436. Before that Ravana who lost his trident , could take    another weapon with speed,Jatayu   cut of   the charioteer driving   the chariot drawn by tall horses which hid the sky,And threw it   on the face of Ravana who   had great passion   towards    the Very virtuous Sita,Making him extremely    sorrowful.
3437.Looking at Jatayu who threw the head of charioteer at him    and understanding ,The power of his mind   and becoming angry , Ravana took his golden mace ,And hit him with it   like the flame   of   fire    rising    up and    ,Then the chief of the hawks    fell   like a mountain   on the earth.

3438.As soon as Jatayu fell on the earth, Ravana very speedily drove ,His chariot   which cannot be   even followed by the eye   sight ,Rose up on the sky   and when he did that , the soft natured Sita,Struggled like    the hot embers   entered   in to the existing wound.
3439.Jatayu   seeing   Sita   fading and   struggling   like a new born leaf,Said to her, “Oh lady who is like a swan , Do not get drowned   in sorrow ,Do not fear “ and got up leaving   a very deep breath   and shouted,“Hey , how can you escape    from me “ and   again   rushed ,On the chariot of Ravana    with the devas making sounds of joy.
3440.That Jatayu who rushed on Ravana snatched   his mace    and threw it away,And   killed   the sixteen   horses   which were    tied to that very speedy chariot ,Using   his   powerful beak    which was like    a very harp sword,And seeing that valorous deed , even the God of    death shivered.
3441.Further Jatayu destroyed his chariot   and due to his not having a bow,And since    Ravana ’s   arrows were useless to him like ,   the treasure to the miserUsing    his very sharp talons   he plucked    the quiverWhich was tied on his   shoulders   which touched    the sky .

3442.And then later   like a Chichily   bird he   jumped    on the chests ,As well as shoulders   of Ravana    and beat    him with   his wings and due to that ,Ravana   fell down sorrowing   and with a head bent fainted   and Jatayu said,With great disdain “Oh your power    is only   this much .”
3443. As soon as Jatayu told like that , Ravana   flew in to great rage ,And since    he was not able   to use   his cruel trident    and he did not ,Have any other weapon with him   Telling “I would kill this Jatayu”,Took out from its sheath   the sword   called   Chandra hasa,Which never   failed    to kill   the enemy   and threw   it at him.
3444. Due to the sword which was   given to him by gods   and which,Cannot be stopped   by any one , which would without fail cut the heads of all,And   since his   life span slowly   decreased    and got completely over ,That Jatayu who cannot be defeated by strength    fell like a,A mountain on which    the God    of Devas    threw his powerful Vajrayudha.
3445. Jatayu fell    on the earth with his    wings completely   spread ,And seeing that the Devas ran away , the crowd of sages   sorrowed,Because   Sita had lost her protection    and those living   ,On the world of Lord Vishnu    rained    golden flowers   on him,And the mind and body   of Sita   who saw it started   shivering.
3446.Due to his getting defeated   and then winning . that   Rakshasa felt ashamed ,And    shouted    with joy   which sound reached   the sky   and appreciated his own strength,And Sita who was depressed like    the deer which was    caught   in the net ,Without seeing any way to protect   herself   she went on taking long breath ,Get fainted   and like a   creeper   not having support because ,The branch   on which it was spreading   had got broken , she fell on the chariot.
3447”.Even Jatayu the king of hawks    who said , “I am your strong protection”,Was destroyed . What   is my fate now?” thought Sita   and wailed like ,The female Andril bird   which was    greatly   sorrowing due to loss of its mate.

3448. Sita    was confused    and wailed “ Is it proper   for   the good Jatayu,Who said to me , who had    attained very great sorrow , “Do not get scared” To get defeated? Is it proper for this one    from hell to win?Would sin win?   Would Vedas became a lie? Does not Dharma    exist ? “
3449. She sobbed and wailed “ Obeying me    who was shameless ,You had   gone away, Oh gem amongst males,,.At least please come To see Jatayu   , who was   a great friend of your father ,Who was like a nail of support to all those   who try to stand ,In the right   path of Dharma .”
3450. “Though it is my duty   that nothing happens to my chastity   , a bad name ,Has come to the pretty   and very powerful   bow of Rama , who is an expert in war ,And a bad name has also come to the clan in which I was born “telling like this she sorrowed.
3451.”Oh Lord Dasaratha     who is ruling over   the lustrous heaven ,Would you help this Jatayu   who followed Dharma as per books ,And who has repaid the debt of a close friend   in a perfect manner” saying this she sobbed.
3452. The Rakshasa Ravana seeing the   state of Jatayu who has lost his wings ,And Sita who is wailing   and her very unprotected   state , understanding ,That there is no one to stop him   , Lifted Sita along    with her hermitage, From the chariot    on to his shoulders   and started flying on the sky.
3453. Due to speed with which Ravana   was going on the sky ,Sita whose   eyes and mind   were rotating , with the ,Consciousness   of the mind   getting   destroyed ,Without able to understand any thing ,Was lying on the floor of hermitage in unconscious state.
3454. After   the Rakshasa went away   , the king of hawks withThe sorrow that made him loose consciousness   getting slightly reduced ,With great thought was staring at the direction   in which Ravana went ,And seeing that cheating Rakshasa   was going with great speed ,Started telling the following   words to himself.

3455. “My sons Rama and Lakshmana   have still not   arrived back,The fate which did not give the fame    thatI   removed the sorrow of my daughter in law ,Has broken   the   fence of Dharma    and   What is now going to happen?”
3456. “If only   The victorious Rama and Lakshmana   were here , then to Sita,With a thin waist like streak of lightning   and   wearing several gold bangles Such a sad state of affairs could not have happened. I am not to understand ,Their state of affairs ,Is it c cruel trick played by Rama’s    step mother?
3457.”The blue coloured Rama   is none   but Lord Vishnu   ,Who sleeps on     the bed   of serpents    called AdhiSesha.And so   would   it be possible    for the very angry Rakshasa,To win over him? I think he   has played   a trick with his illusion .”
3458.”My son Rama    would completely   uproot all the Rakshasas,After completely winning over them   and   reek his cruel   vengeance?Ravana the Rakshasa due to the unmistakable curse of Lord Brahma    who was born,Out of the lotus flower , Would be scared   to touch the Queen of Rama.”
3459. After telling all these words, Jatayu who had very large wings,Thought that Sita had reached   the great prison of Ravana,And thought that   though my wings by which I do war have been destroyed,The great wing called Virtue of Sita    who speaks sweet words ,Would never   get destroyed.   Thinking like this he lost his sorrow.
3460. With   his pretty wings   getting weak    due to excess flow of blood,And with the thought   that he was not able to save the very pretty Sita ,And with his mind filled    with love for Rama and Lakshmana ,He   started   sleeping with his    brain   in tact.
3461.Ravana the Rakshasa speedily took    the climbing plant like pretty Sita,Being scared    to touch her    directly , , kept her imprisoned in the ,Asoka Vana    in the    middle of several very cruel   Rakshasis.
3462. Till now we told about activies of Ravana   and now we would ,Tell about the state of Lakshmana    who had gone , as per orders of Sita ,To find out   the welfare of Rama who had gone chasing the golden deer.
3463.Lakshmana whose mind was paining   due to heightened sorrow ,Thinking about the lonely    state   of the matchless   Sita ,Was similar   to Bharatha   who had to go away    from his lord and brother,And   was forced to go back     to the city of Ayodhya .
3464. That Lakshmana    who was going speedily   like ,A speed boat in a very clear   sea , saw   Rama ,Who was like a huge   black cloud   which has got down on earth,And who was   like   a huge forest   of Lotus which had fully flowered,And his eyes   became as   joyous     as his mind.
3465. That   Rama of black colour who was worried with thought  That the very scary   voice of the magical deer,Would   be heard by Sita who had    the looks of the peacock,And due to the illusion created by the ignorance of feminine nature,She would have difference of opinion with Lakshmana   and would become depressed,Saw his younger    brother coming towards    him.
3466. Seeing Lakshmana coming alone   in spite   of his telling “ Please protect   Sita”,Going against his words   and coming slightly depressed in search of him,Possibly thinking   from the voice of the magical deer ,   that Rama ,Would be facing some problem, possibly   sent by Sita who spoke the very harsh words ,Who had   an innocent mind    and would have    been deceived   by the lies ,Which came out from the open mouth   and becoming greatly depressed   by it,Though    he knew about his     true strength    and nature, Was it done due to illusion?
3467. When Rama was thinking like this   and also considering   “Who can go against    fate “,That young valorous hero   who was carrying a pretty   bow   came near Rama   and ,When he was saluting it He was hugged    by Rama who was   wearing   ,A shining   sacred   thread   and with a melting mind asked him,“What   is the reason for    you to come here   after   waiting “and Lakshmana replied.

3468.”Due   to the words which are other worldly , which was not rhyming ,With reason   and which was cruel and cheating , Sita who was like a creeper,Became   very sad , and when I told her that   they were   only the words,Of that Rakshasa with big mouth , she did not bother about that ,And becoming confused   and ordered me ,” Without stopping here ,Find out its truth “ and then I told her   about the great strength,Of your shoulders   but she did not take it in to her mind,And became    very angry    and greatly depressed.
3469-3470. When she told “If you do   not go in search of Rama   , I   will fall in fire and die,”And started   running   in the big   forest , I became   greatly   scared and thinking ,That If I who am considered as a cheat does   not go from there , she would,Definitely take away her life   and I told her “Please do not die, it is not Dharma”,And   then I have   come over   here and meeting you,Then the faultless Rama thought “She is not   of the nature    who would not die , Even If this Lakshmana had not come in search of me   and what has happened   cannot be prevented ,Because   the true state of affairs as narrated by Lakshmana    did not impress her mind,Alas, alas. , Some thing bad will happen to her   when she is alone and not protected,That bad happening cannot be prevented and those who wanted to kidnap her .Wanted to separate   both of us from her   and have cheated   us very badly.”

3471.”Your coming away leaving Sita   alone   is not any mistake on your part,Because Sita who is innocent would easily    get mentally   upset, and along ,With great sorrow in her mind    has told like that and this is the result of that.Thinking that it has been told by a very confused mind   , Please remove the sorrows that has been caused by her mind ,When you   told after proper thought that it was a   Rakshasa and not a golden deer And prevented me , I did not   change my decision   and ,Decided to catch the deer and that decision of mine has spoiled me   “
3472., Becoming further depressed   he further   told ,”what is the use   Of further delay? My sorrow    would get over only if I am able to see ,Sita who is like the   friendly Naganavai   bird as   well as the koel,And there is no other    way except this. WE would walk   speedily,And cover this long distance   like   the arrow leaving out of the bow,And would reach   the garden where Sita   Who is similar to the best quality    gold , is there .
3473, As per    the decision   when Rama ran and reached the garden and ,When he was   not able to find Sita who decorates her hair    with flowers ,And felt like a soul leaving the body and later    did not   find it,Even after a great   search   and stood there    greatly perplexed.
3474. That Rama    not able to see   that divine Sita    with the best made up hair,Became dejected   and like one who does not have   anything to help him,And like one who buried    all the money earned in earth       and later   finding that,It was dug out and taken away by some   cheats   , stood there greatly perplexed.
3475, The earth rotated , the huge mountains rotated , the thought,Of greatly wise people rotated , The   waters with waves of seven   seas rotated,The sky rotated , The stable Vedas broke down and rotated ,The eyes of Lord Brahma rotated and the sun and moon were displaced and rotated.
3476-3477. “Would that greatly cultured   Rama , shout    at   Dharma .Would he shout   at the culture of giving? Would he shout at ability of Devas,Would he shout at the   sages, would he shout   at cruelty of bad Asuras?Would he shout   at the ability of Vedas?” thinking   like that ,And shivering and not knowing    how his great anger    would end ,When at that end   the countless materials   were   going up to down,And down to up   due to the    change    of mood   of that great one,Who has a body of blue colour and they thought that along    with,The primeval God , the world also    would come to an end .
3478.        Then the younger brother    saluting his elder   one told,“We have seen marks of wheels of the chariot , we have seen,That some one was scared of touching Sita and uprooted   her,Along with the land she was standing and so there is no point ,In thinking that the person was   not having strength and,We should follow   him before   he reaches a great distance.”
3479.The faultless Rama said, “yes , that is what has to be done”,And then   those two   wearing the long quiver and other weapons like garland ,Went along    the path followed by Ravana   destroying ,The pretty mountains   and    the trees of the forest.
3480.They saw   that   after some distance    the marks of the wheels,Of the chariot had vanished and it appeared that the   chariot,Started    flying in the sky   and seeing that   Rama felt like,A spear entering the wound caused by fire   and became greatly upset,And asked Lakshmana, “What should   we do now?”

3481. That Lakshmana    replied “Oh brother   who has great shoulders ,Which   are prepared to enter in to wrestling , that big   chariot ,Has   gone towards    the south   and knowing that ,For an   arrow let off by the bow   , the sky   is not very distant,I think that our standing confused   and sorrowing here ,Is not going to help us in any way “ and Rama   replied.
3482.”Yes, that is what we should do”   and both of them   started ,Travelling towards    the south   and when they travelled   four miles,And there they saw a mountain like thing fallen on the ground ,Possibly due to a great storm    and also    a cloth   ,Flag which was    cut in the shape of Veena.
3483.Seeing tht flag     they suspected      that due to the pretty Sita,Devas    and others   might have fought a   cruel war    with those kidnappers,But Rama understood that    the shining    flag was   cut off,By the    sword like beak of Jatayu   and   with tears ,Flowing from his   lotus flower   like eyes , started   telling.
3484. “Oh Lakshmana , if we properly think over   it , I feel,That this flag must have been cut by the   beak   of your father like Jatayu,Who must   have come here speedily ,He must have attacked with great ferocity,And we are not able to find what happened   in the middle as,He is alone   and one who is extremely old and one who is weakened a lot.”
3485. “This is   good because That Jatayu   who is so strong   that he cannot be moved,Definitely would   keep on fighting with the enemy    throughout    the day,And by that time , we can also join along with him   though it is possible,That by that time he would have freed Sita   and there is no point   in wasting time,Thinking    about   many such aspects   “ Said Lakshmana    to the very tall Rama said,
3486.”It is better    that we would walk in this same direction “ and like the wind,Blowing speedily   on the ground they both proceeded    with great haste ,Searching here   and there they saw   a   cruel huge bow  Which was   broken like   a broken rain bow fallen to the ground  And like   the huge    tide   which rises   in the ocean .
3487.”Oh Lakshmana , here lies   the bow which is as powerful as .The Mandhara mountain which was used   by Devas to churn the ocean ,And by shape it looks like a crescent of moon and see how powerful ,Jatayu must be   to break such a bow by his beak “, Said Rama and stood there.
3488.Thinking like that they walked and crossed a very long distance ,And then saw a very cruel   Trident and two quivers ,Each having large number of arrows which were lying ,There   like a mountain and both of them were wonderstruck by seeing it.
3489. Then they walked    further and there they saw   the armour ,Of that   Rakshasas king   picked and broken by    Jatayu,Which was lying with the shine   of all the heavenly bodies in the sky ,And which was so huge that   it was hiding the forest path.
3490. They also saw   the horses   with   saddle and gear , which were ,Capable of running faster than wind and which were lying dead ,Hiding the entire forest, And they also saw the plae where charioteer was lying,And late   they saw flesh and blood lying on the earth   and shining ,Ornaments   which made the place look like sky with moon and sun.
3491.Just like    several lustrous solar    orbits have left   the sky ,And had fallen on the earth , they saw several   gem studded,Ear globes   and several ornaments   with lots and lots of gems,And   stood there with   their usually shaking hands    frozen.

3492.Rama said, “Oh Lakshmana There are several shoulder ornaments lying here,There are also several groups of greatly shining   ear globes  And several gem ornamented hair pieces   are also lying here ,Our father who has lived for long and   who is one without support ,Possibly fought with several lion like heroes .”
3493.When Rama , the consort   of Lakshmi told like this , the lion like son of Sumithra,Said, if the   tree like long shoulders    and several     heads were there   ,To fight against    our father   , the one who has    carried Sita     to this lng distance ,Should only be one and he must   most probably    be Ravana.
3494. Approving   the words of Lakshmana who was wearing a garland made of flower petals Rama who was speedily   moving with fire sparks coming    out of his    powerful eyes ,Saw   his father Jatayu who was   like the mandara mountain established in the ocean of blood.
3495.Rama who was great and who was devoid of any bad thoughts   with his red lotus eyes ,Shedding copious tears fell on his soul like father   who was   strong and cultured , Like ,A huge black mountain falling on the   silver mountain of Lord Shiva ,Who was red    like a ember    of fire   in colour.
3496. For more than thirty minutes   he was not breathing   and fainted ,Without   showing off any senses   and   seeing that Lakshmana   ,Lifted him with his pretty hands   and sprinkle   the water   from,The stream that was    coming   from the cloud   and then Rama ,Opened    his lotus like eyes , slightly got better and spoke as follows.
3497. “Before me , who were there   who were   responsible    for the death of their father,Earlier the matchless Dasaratha    lost his life     due to parting    from me ,Oh my father Jatayu, you are    also dead for my sake ,Alas,I who have   a bad fate    has become the   God of death to you also.”
3498.Oh my father , for the sake of consoling the feminine Sita of her sorrow ,Caused due to golden deer , when I went behind that deer ,You without thinking about the after effects , without bothering   to think about your being alone,Fought with Ravana and has    repaid your   debt and   why should I to whom ,There are no relations become sorrowful    and for what purpose.
3499.”Due to this I have become one like dead and am not really dying now ,Because I had taken an oath that I would remove sorrows   of those who are expert in Vedas,And have extended my life span. Except going like    a tall   tree ,I am not of any use   to any body and   being one   with a lowly job,I do   not have any desire to continue    with this useless life of mine.”
3500. Instead   of me protecting my wife when she was caught by a stranger,And the enemy who killed you who were a great one   is standing very much alive,And you have been killed and I who carries a huge   and great   bow,And am carrying on my back the heavy quiver   am standing here ,And I am standing like fully grown   very tall   tree.
3501. “In this world are there any more people who are as famous as me?Oh Bird with huge wings Oh bird whose strength of teeth is beyond estimation,I , who am holding a huge bow   and am standing here   without doing any thing,When the armed enemy killed you , while my wife with a bad fate was seeing it?Can any one     tell that I am one with any valour?”
3502.Rama   who did not have any one equal to him except himself ,Went on repeatedly    telling such things   and crying and ,His brother Lakshmana who was also slowly fainting andWas standing in a similar state , and then that king of Hawks,With some sensation coming back to him , breathed with sorrow ,And saw both of    them who were   surrounding him with opened eyes.
3503.That Jatayu who was breathing heavily   not knowing the fate   of Sita after he fell down,After   seeing   those two victorious brothers   and   became more composed ,And felt greatly joyous as if    he has got back his two cut wings ,His own soul as well as the   seven worlds   and said, “I have got my bad name removed.”

3504,”Oh blessed people , Iam going to leave my useless body   which has a bad name today,And by my blessed deeds , I have been able to see you again   , come near me”Saying this   with his beak   using which he broke the heads of Ravana wearing a crown,Again and again   and for several times    smelled    the heads of both of them.
3505.”Seeing the way that Ravana was carrying Sita   made me suspect that,It would only be by a trick   and how is it that, you both who have   faultless   strength,Left Sita with sweet voice , form like a peacock   and virtue   like Arundathi alone ?” he said.
3506. When Jatayu    told like this   , Lakshmana    the younger brother ,Fully   related to him all the events    that took place   there ,Including   the coming of the strong golden deer , in deatail.
3507.When the great expert in conversation   told that words    as per the order   of Rama,Understanding that   and thinking about that   that   king of Hawks   Jatayu,Thinking that it would be better to console them without causing much mental pain,Started     telling    them the following    very suitable   words.
3508.”Can just one person make   a doll? If we do not accept, The tenet that “The sorrows   and joys that come to the fameless  Human beings   come due to fate ,” Do we have wisdom ,To win over the   strength of fate?” Jatayu asked.
3509.” When   sorrow comes due to fate , getting   disturbed   because of that,And getting ourselves destroyed is ignorance .For the loosing of one head,By Lord Brahma   who created    and differentiated the world ,What could be     greater    reason than fate   itself?”
3510. “At the time when joy or sorrow comes , Is it true, That we can prevent   them from coming to us?Lord Shiva who took the bow   to destroy   the three cities,Had to beg in the skull of Lord Brahma . Can this be explained by penance? .”

3511. It is true that   the very angry serpents   would swallow,The very sun   which flowers in the sky and which has wealth of heat,And the moon which lights    up the entire   sky in a brilliant manner ,Has   to grow    every month and also disappear after that?
3512.”Oh Lads   with pretty shoulders, the suffering one gets   ,And later their going away   are   due to fate   from the earliest of times,Is it possible to count the sufferings   that Indra , the king of devas underwent , Due   to the curses that came out of the mouth of his teacher Bruhaspathi?”
3513.”Oh Rama who is an expert in sending arrows, due   to Sambara   a Rakshasa,Who had unpreventable    strength , who used   to do very base   deeds,Indra who holds the Vajrayudha   got a bad name by losing his kingdom,And your father Dasaratha   due to power of his great shoulders solved it.
3514.Oh Lord   who has   a spear with smell of flesh   and who is like   the mother,To the birds as well as irrational    ghosts , the dharma   which is neglected by the Asuras ,And the sorrows   of the devas   are the reason   by which Sita with a lisping talk,Was made   to part from you and so please completely    destroy ,The Rakshasas who do war of illusion   and who are like weeds   and live happily.
3515.” When Sita who has long hair and eyes like the split    tender mango   was being taken,By Ravana along with the earth that she was sitting   I tried to prevent   him ,By my strength to the best of my ability but at the end   he cut me off   by using ,Chandra Hasa, a sword given to him by Lord shiva    after his penance and I fell here,This is all that   has happened in this place “ said Jatayu to Lord Rama.
3516.Even before all the words of Jatayu reached the ears of Rama ,His eyes   were completely filled    with blood , fire like strong breath came out of him,His eye brows bent and bent further and climbed up , The shining planets,Started running away   , the Globe of earth burst and all mountains were broken.
3517. With the earth starting rotating , huge stable mountains   also rotated ,The waters of the sea , the wind , The sun and the moon   also rotated,The heavens guarded by devas rotated , Brahma who was in his own world   rotated,And it became   clear that , the valorous Rama   is the form of everything in the world.

3518.The entire world was perplexed    not knowing   “On whom the great rage,That was in the mind of Rama would fall?” and at that time with his   weapons,Shining like red   fire , Rama   with a laugh   that came out of rage   started talking.
3519.”You would see me destroying completely all the   worlds   with ,The eight directions as boundary   and Devas   who kept quiet ,Even after    seeing a helpless lady who was alone being kidnapped,By a Rakshasa holding a sword and seeing you   attain this state.”
3520-3521. Please see that    with my prowess     in archery , stars   falling down,The matchless sun    becoming   powder and disintegrating   ,The entire   sky    burning like   fire , the fire , the sky ,And all the moving beings disintegrating ,And    all the fourteen   worlds     which seem to be big,Nearing final destruction and would get   completely burnt out ,Along with all   the    Planet globes   by their side ,Just like   the bubble in the water,
3522, The sun with its hot rays started    setting behind Meru mountain,And all   eight elephants    which stand in directions    which cannot be destroyed,Getting scared   ran away   , all the beings in the    world   became very sad,And even the   very brave   Lakshmana was greatly scared , Is there a limit,For fear of all   others who exist    in this world.
3523, When such things    were happening   , Jatayu , the king of the hawks   said,“Oh good natured one , Long live . Do not get even a little bit angry,Oh valorous one who cannot be defeated   , the devas and sages ,Are happily living thinking   that   through   you the   asuras can be defeated,Using which of their strengths     would they be able to win overRavana     who has done   this very cruel deed.”
3524, You saw the valorous jobs   done in defeating   me by   the faultless shoulders  of great Valour of Ravana   by the power given to him as   boons,By Lord Brahma      who sits   on the lotus flower , Is there a need to tell more?Lord Brahma who was created from the lotus   flower   with stalk ,As well as other devas   are working as   slaves to the   ten headed   Ravana,And there is no body else   who are   doing   the Dharma prescribed to them.
3525,In this earth which is surrounded   by great oceans   with very clear water,Like the   ladies the devas are   doing menial jobs   to their    enemies , is it not ?Had they not eaten the   nectar which appeared   in the ocean of milk ,Given to them by Lord Vishnu   who   once measured   all three   worlds,Just by his two steps , Would they be able to be alive   till now?”
3526,”Oh lads    who were holding the very strong bows in your red hands ,Because that Sita   who has breasts   tied by cloth was alone in the forest ,You had lost her   by going behind the golden deer with horns   ,And have earned   a   very bad name    for your clan, When we think properly ,The mistake is on your part   and what fault    has the world done in this case.”
3527.”And so    do not get angry but   remove the sorrow   of your loving wife ,Who is equal to Arundathi in virtue , fulfill the    wishes    of devas ,Establish   the Dharma    as   told   in the Vedas   and   also,Remove all other ills.” Said   Jatayu who was fit   to join the sacred lotus like feet.

3528.Rama   who is the colour   of   black cloud    taking   the words ,Told by the divine Jatayu    as the   order given to him by Dasaratha ,In his mind    understood, “What is use of   anger on others now?” And that the only job to be done by him   is to completely   exterminate the Asuras ,And completely   left       the   anger   from within his mind.
3529.After Rama’s anger   left him , that faultless Rama told,“Oh father , be peaceful. Is there anything else   other than .What you told by your   mouth   , for me to do?” and asked him“Please tell me where    that Rakshasa went .”   and the king of the birds ,Becoming tired , and   with his consciousness   reducing ,Did   not reply him anything and then died.”
3530.Looking with eyes at the holy feet of that valorous Rama who is difficult , To be seen   by Lord Brahma who sits   on the cool lotus flower and other devas,Who stands    outside the Vedas    and cannot be    seen   by the Vedas   ,Jatayu attained to that land which exists even when,The great five   el;ements of the world ceases    to exist.
3531.When that Jatayu was getting salvation , that Rama who was the king of men,Along with his brother    cried and became tired and all the trees in the forest ,AS well as the animals    became    completely    depressed    and Brahma and other    devas of heaven , the serpents of the earth ,The people    of the world Saluted Jatayu by raising   their hands above their heads,.
3532.Rama asked , “ oh younger   brother , I have lost my masculinity ,Due to the Rakshasas who do not follow   Dharma   and would I do ,Penance   after giving up everything or would I give up my life?Please tell one of them . Due to me being born as son , the father,Who gave birth to us died and here Jatayu   our father has   died,And I stand still alive, What is to be done   by me?”
3533.”When Rama told like this , his younger brother Lakshmana ,After   saluting Rama   said, “Oh victorious one , Always,Due to the nature of fate   man gets into sad states,Except for bad name? Now what is the reason for this thought ?Should we not drown in great sorrow only after completely   destroying the Rakshasas?”
3534.”My father , you being simple , may console yourself    by   the parting away ,Of the simple   Sita   who has long hair but is there   any other job ,For you to do except killing him who took away   the soul of our father Jatayu,And    what you told    seems to be    not proper now”, said Lakshmana.

3535.When the younger brother told like this   Rama understanding that ,Holding such thoughts are   the sign of ignorance , consoled himself,Wiped away the tears   he was shedding due to great sorrow   and told Lakshmana,“Let us do all the after   death rites   to our father in a proper manner.”
3536.Then they collected   black Akil logs and   sandal wood logs   and made a pyre,Making others who see it wonder , collected   the Durba grass properly as per need,And threw flowers on the body of Jatayu , This was followed by making of a sand platform,And carrying with him clear water   by his big he hands , he arrived near that platform.
3537.Rama   who is an expert   in the manthra rituals as per the Vedas ,Sprinkled sandal paste , water   and flowers   on that pyre and carried the body,By his own two hands and placed it on the pyre built   over the sand platform ,Kept the fire on the side of head of the body   and thus,Carried out all the rituals that need to be done in a proper   manner.
3538.That Rama who removed his sorrow due to his rage   to destroy the Rakshasas,Shedding stream of tears   which was like the honey drops   falling from,The red lotus flowers falling   on his body which was as soft   as the new leaf,Bathed in the river which was like   the cloud getting immersed in water,And after   that offered    water   ablations   with his hand to the   great soul.
3539.All the beings which are higher or lower   in status, starting   right from Lord Brahma Drank,The ablation water   that was offered   by Rama   and became happy ,And felt that the offer of   water   by the inter linked palms    of Rama,To the king of Hawks, with a request , “Please   accept it “ ,Was like Lord Vishnu   the chief of all beings drinking    the water   himself.
3540.That lad Rama who knew how to achieve victory completely   did   all the rituals,Which should be offered    to the dead one including   offers like that of offering rice balls,And by that time   the sun with his hot rays similar to Rama who was   ,Born in his ancient clan taking bath for the sorrow of death of Jatayu,Himself     went   in to the sea    to take bath .,