Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 3 (Padalam 9)

By Kambar (Kavichakravarthy Kamban)

Translated in English by P. R Ramachander

Kamba Ramayanam-Kishkinda Kandam 3 (Padalam 9)

9. Kaarkala Padalam

The chapter on rainy  season.
 ( The rainy season is not suitable for travel    and so Rama and Lakshmana stayed    those  months on a mountain top near Kishkinda. The poet Kamban gives a very picturesque description of   the rainy season and early winter in the forest as well as the  suffering  of Rama due to parting with Sita. When he becomes very sad Lakshmana consoles him  . The four months get over but Rama and Lakshmana  do not see the army of monkeys coming there.   The narration is almost similar to Valmiki Ramayana but  the poetic description of  Kamban is indeed matchless.)

4148. Even  before Rama sent Hanuman and other valorous ones  towards  south  ,To search for Sita, who had a form like a picture  and a lustrous   beauty,Sun god like  a  messenger sent to south by Rama   ,Started from the  great northern  side and went towards   south.

4149. The sky covered by monsoon clouds  appeared  like   the lamp  of earth,which was ,Carried by Adhi Sesha  who had  hood with several heads , with the water  of ocean as ghee  ,And the Meru mountain as the pretty wick and  Sun God   as its   flame 

4150. That sky darkened   which was like the colour of  the neck of Lord Shiva,Who swallowed    the poison which came   from the unapproachable  ocean,The hot rays   of the sun   became cool   and lost their strength  ,And the clouds taking in lot of water  , became black and spread everywhere.

4151. The blue sky  was black  like poison  . was  like  the cool wide sea ,Was like   the black eyes of ladies who had   applied Kajal  ,Was like  their hair which was let loose  ,was  like the body   of Cheating Asuras  and their bad character.

4152. The clouds which drank   with  willingness  with their   toungue  ,The water   of the cool sea   as if they were   drinking toddy  and  the ,Streaks of lightning was like the red  wounds of elephants with flowing rut water,Caused   by  the   ferocious sword    fight   between valorous   soldiers,

4153. The crowd of pregnant black clouds  was like    the   huge blue elephants ,Which were  made to stand in a row  on the sky   and were   densely  surrounding,The earth   and appeared as if   the water of the big black sea  ,Rising up and spreading   everywhere   on the sky and produced lot of thundering sound.

4154. The   streaks of lightning   seen on the clouds    were  like  ,The shine of  the ornaments    worn by   Indra   and other  Devas,Were also like the fires that  appear  in the forests  on  the mountain top  ,And were also like  the laugh   of the faultless directions  at each other.

4155. The sky was blacker    than everything  and was like  the black smith called directions,Using   the head of coals called   the black clouds  using the  strength hot air   of their bellows,Which was the hot air circulating  and   the burning    flame of fires   was like  lightning streaks.

4156. The streaks of lightning were   like  the blood stained   sword  which was taken out,Of  its case   by the faultless  Vidhyadharas   who wear   gem studded crowns  ,And  was also like the  ornamental covering   of  face  of elephants  , which were shaken,When   the  guardians  of directions  move from one place to  another along with them.

4157. On the sky   when the lustrous streaks of  lightning   occurs   on all  directions  ,The ladies who live separated    from their lords   and the serpents  on the earth  ,Become greatly upset  with their soul itself shaking   and those   streaks were like , The rays of Sun  cut in to pieces   as also like the toungues   of thunder.

4158. The lightning  spread   its light   on the sky similar to the eight   serpents,Which are  in the eight directions reaching the earth   and   are  encircling   ,The directions with their  long  toungues   and   the black clouds  ,Which are  of similar to the    colour   of the  neck of he who has an eye in forehead,Left their   long breaths  leading to the   hot     and moist air from north.

4159. That  warm  Air   apart    from moving at the top as well  as at the bottom  moved ,Among mountains   , trees   and all other places   were like prostitutes   who have shifting minds ,Moving  to places    where they get things   without  bothering   about,The higher or lower  status   of    the people    who give them that thing.

4160. That  warm air  also went and struck   the sorrowful ladies  separated  from their lord,And hit   on their already hot  breasts due to worries ,making them   more  hotter  ,Thinking it is a   very supple  piece   of flesh   and  made   those parts   itch ,And   like   the ghosts    which have   come to swallow   those fleshy parts  and swept  strongly.

 4161. The dust   making  great sound   and rising  up  , hid the   entire sky ,And like  the sharp weapon of sword    the clouds   were   giving out  by  light by their movement, The streaks of lightning  and were  also producing great   sound  ,Which were  like   the sound produced  by the beating  of huge drums   wearing garlands,And due      to all this   the sky    was looking more like    a battle field.

4162. Like the God of love hitting  , Rama  who was   separated From Sita with a sweet smile, the clouds   with densely formed lightning,Caused  rain    on the  huge golden mountain and poured the   rain drops,

4163. Those    drops of rain which were  falling  with speed incessantly  between the rocks  ,Were like the arrows that  were sent from bow   of Indra  produced  on the cloud,And the sparks   of red fire   starting from those  clouds  were like  ,The  light  of fire   of the Manikhya   gems   which are more  brighter   at night.

4164. The rain   dropping  on those   rocks    was like  valorous heroes  ,Throwing white spears   on the  famous elephants    of the  enemy    army.And due to the falling of rain  which cannot   be stopped  , the mountains which,Were hit  and were leaning    to one side   was  like   the cruel  elephants in rut,Falling and rolling due to   being hit   by those  white   spears.

4165. With the cloud  becoming  God of love with flag   of fish  ,The lightning  (bow of Indra)   becoming   his long bow of   sugar cane,The dropping rain drops   becoming    the arrows of love god,And  the long mountain slopes   becoming those  who were separated from their consorts  ,Those   raindrops   were piercing   the entire   body with flesh.

4166. ,Like the devas shouting   with joy that  all our enemies are  destroyed,Due to the joining of the pure hearted    Rama  and the monkeys  ,The clouds   seemed to be shouting with   joy    and were  pouring,Raindrops    on those monkeys which seemed to  the rain of choice flowers on them.

4167. Like Sita   who was wearing the chosen ornament of golden bangles,Being taken away   by Ravana who had a pretty hand holding the bow,As well as  armed with the   weapon of sword  .  speedily   through the path   of the sky ,Shedding copious    tears  from her eyes  ,it was raining   during the monsoon.

4168. Those streaks of lightning   which were like the arrows   sent  by Lord Shiva,Of divine luster  in the sky during the war of the three   cities  ,And like   the sharpened     weapon of spear which hurt  the minds    of men,Separated from their wives     and they   al greatly sorrowed.

4169. Those clouds   of the rainy season   which rejoined with the  ladies,Their lords who   had gone for earning    wealth   and making them body without life ,By bringing   their souls   on the chariots which have  propensity   to roll,Were  like Garuda   who destroyed  the snakes of the   sorrow of parting.

4170. Those clouds   which   again and again thundered  ,  which were pouring the rain  ,Were     coming and dashing at  each other   and  were like big elephants  ,Which trumpeted   and  fought with great anger and shedding copiously   the water   of rut .

4171.   Due to  the  wind with    great speed  lashing    from different directions   sending,The small drops of rain   which  were looking like   the  rain of arrows   on the opposite side  ,They were   like the directions    fighting  a war     with the bigger   directions.

4172. Like the women   whose husbands   had gone away from them   ,For the sake of earning the desirable wealth , were waiting   with bodies,Without soul   were  breathing   at the break of rains   expecting the arrival of their lords,The  trees which had dried due to the   absence of rains  , became full of new growth,And   were  looking   cheerful   which were like    their   faces.

4173. During that rainy season  the  Padiri trees   were   without   any flowers  ,The sun was cooler  , White Kanthal plants   were proud  at being covered with flowers,The blue lotus  flowers never opened  , the peacocks   danced   as if they got wealth  ,And the koels kept silent ,   as if  those who liked   them were suffering with sorrow.

4174. Sugarcane in different colours  , bees  , ornaments studded  with various gems  ,The  red kanthal flowers   with red petals from which honey drips  and the the big lady earth, Were looking at the prettiness  of rainy season   saying “Rainy season has  won over summer”,And    were  all greatly surprised   and were  al like    waving hands.

4175. The serpents with sword like   sharp  teeth  , seeing the white  Kanthal plants  ,Which had a long stem   which was similar to their own head  , hugged with passion ,And  did not separate   from them (thinking they are   snakes) and those plants also  liking that  embrace,Similar to   the cruel serpents which had lost senses    due to great  passion  twined with them. 

4176.   The Indrakopa beetles, red in colour,  which had risen withoutLeaving space  even for a til  to be  dropped were strewn everywhere,Like  the  several times   spit   betel leaf thamboola by the Lord,Who had come in that season    and made love   to their lover,Who had suffered by their separation   and who had hair  ,Which had honey as well as scented by   smoke  of perfumes.

4177. Like   the big Jambu river   which flows down and   brings down   the red gold  From   the sky touching Meru  mountain on which  sweet  fruits  of Jamun  trees grow,The big streams   brought  down Vengai flowers   and  opened flowers  of Kondrai(Ixora),And spread every where   with one stream   merging with another   one.

4178. The scene of red beetles  of Indrakopa   which sat on  the long and pretty  kanthal flowers,As well as  the   well perfumed  kondrai flowers   were  similar   to the lady earth   ,Observing the  sweet  singing  of beetles , extending   her hands    high  ,And giving     away    gold  along with     the    coral gems.

4179.  The song of the bees   which was like the Kaikilai  music   was similar to Yaazh,The  clouds having  lightning  , rain drops    as well as the sound of thunder  was sounding,Like the drums tied   by leather   belts  , the peacocks were similar to ladies wearing  bangles  ,The red Kanthal    flowers were like the group of lamps  lit and kept on dancing stage  ,And the   tender   flowers   of Karuvilaium   were like the eyes  of those who see   them.

4180. The sound that is produced   when  the male  and female   bees,When they are    trying   to  dash against each other    and the sound “OL”,Produced   when they have dashed   were similar    to the clapping  ,That takes place when the dancing girls   dance on that  mountain  ,And   the fully open koothala flowers   were like  the beats  kept by  ,The dancing teacher  , when they are   singing  like   nectar.

4181. The big  rivers that   ran   through   the dense forest of  Karapunnai trees,Were like the milk flowing out of   the  mountain breasts  of the lady earth,And the kondrai trees  which were hanging golden new leaves   with,The  intention   of satisfying those who beg for things , were like thew Karpaga    trees.

4182. The forests with flowers   being filled   with dotted   and singing   bees  , Were luxuriantly growing giving   great joy to those   who see them.When   the male  deer   due to the maturity of love , just like in the pictures,Rubbed   themselves    on the trees   and due   the rubbing of the body  ,Became   shining and developed the musk perfume  , their female deer  ,Thinking that   they were  musk deer  , avoided   them.

4183.   The sharp spear like eyes of the lady, when her  lord goes   far-far away  loosing   her happiness  due to separation   folded like the   petals  of blue  lotus flower,And  the smile  of the joyful  lady, seeing her lord who is  like the  god of love  returningShowed her pearly teeth and that was like  jasmine  plant  producing  new flower buds.

4184. The  mountain streams  poured  lots of gold , like the kings who   make  presents of Gold,Seeing   the peacocks   dancing in rainy season thinking that they  are Viraliyar  , the dancing girls,And like   the joyful faces of ladies  who thought  that the  clouds  of the sky  ,Are   their guests  became more  happy  , the  lotus  flowers in the ponds  opened up.

4185. The honey bees   which burrowed  using their nose  on the  just opened flowers,And collected honey   from them  , like the lovers who  had knowledge  of books of love  ,Were   like the poets   who wrote the dramatic works    as per the book of Bharata ,Adding   all the nine   types   of taste  in it  , making  it useful.

 4186. Thinking  that Mareecha taking our form   created   very cruel sorrow  to Sita  ,Who by the beauty of her looks   destroyed   our looks  , who had a thin waist  andWho is like  the punishing God  and so we would   not tell the joy we feel  ,Those deer  moved about    without making     any sound.

4187.  Having gone away from the rivers    for a long time   and becoming faded,Due   to the   great love     that   they had in their heart , as soon as  the rainy season  came Swooning    due to  great  love , the swans   dug  the  places in all good rivers  ,And took bath    and started  playing   and were like ladies joining  their husbands.

4188. The flying , pure  white coloured  storks   lined themselves up near   the big clouds,Which were stealing water      from the sea   , looked  like    the  lustrous necklace  of pearls  ,Which decorated the    pretty    of Lord  Vishnu who is called  Neela Megha( Blue cloud)

4189. The crowd  of  flying cranes   which were  flying  in a long dense   row  in the sky   near,The  clouds of the rainy season  were  similar   to   the  upper cloth   of Lord Vishnu,Who was    the consort   of Goddess  Lakshmi and   who is considered   as divine  by  Vedas.

4190.  Since the  cruel summer   with a harsh job  which used   to make    the fresh grass   dry ,Had   gone away   and to   the good natured  rainy season   which had matchless greatness ,Had arrived  as the king , The lady earth   due   to the   great happiness ,Which arose in her mind  , had all the hairs in her  body standing erect.

4191. All the wise  ones   like  Lord Brahma    who sat on  the  lotus  flower,  Which are   desired by the bees, had  spread all over the   forest ,Peacocks which looked like eyes   so that they can search  and ,Find out   Sita , the daughter of Janaka   who had  eyes of a deer,So that the sorrow of the leader  of wisdom   is removed.

4192. Like  the feet   of ladies on which the juice of red cotton has   been applied  ,Which was capable  of turning   in to red colour   , the black   hair of their lord  ,Who holds dark red spear and    a very strong bow  ,  by the light  of their red feet  ,The lotus   flowers   were   found    and   the  flowering   climbers   were ,Like the waist  of those  ladies    which   were  like  vanchi  climber .

4193.   When Rama told the  koels  “Since   you are having the lisping  voice of Sita  ,Please   search Sita    who has separated   from me and give her to me”,And then   those Koels   went on  roaming and searching for her  at all   places  ,By shouting  in loud voice   and   due to that  they lost their voice  in rainy season.

4194.  When due to the heavy rain that fell on that large  earth , grass grew on it  ,The cows   ate them  more  than they want  that  the grass came out  in their mouth, And the mushrooms which had flowered here   and there   were like solid   curds,And   the  flowers of the Bidavam    plant   were like   the foam    on the milk pot ,Of the milk maids   who were  having  honeyed words  and  bud  like breasts.

4195.  The   made  up  hairs of Kurathi(gypsy)   ladies of the   mountainous     region Were having the scent of Vangai flowers , the hair of fisher women of the  seashore  ,Which was divided in to five parts    were attracted  by the bees which   came  speedily And  had the scent   of Karapunnai flowers,  and the   hair of cultivator ladies   from agricultural land ,Spread  the scent of Chenkazhuneer   flowers  and the hair of ladies of forest ,Was   having the   scent  of freshly  opened  jasmine    flowers.

4196. Rama who was not able to see the pretty face of Sita who had a hip like   ,The chariot board  , looking    at that rainy season   which   helped the god of love ,By giving   thousands   of    flower arrows  , was  unable to find out   the other bank ,Of the cruel ocean of sorrow  , lost   his good wisdom   and   seeing whom,Would  he be able to reduce his sorrow   and continue to live.

4197. ”If the  big  rainy season   which has limitless greatness   arrived ,People    would loose   the strength of mind  “ is applicable even,To the sages   who  do penance   and so  if we say that Rama   who got  pleasure,By hugging the bamboo like  shoulders  Sita  , who speaks   sweeter  than,Honey as well as  nectar , would be sad, would that sorrow be a  slight one.

4198.  That Rama   who was similar   to Kaavi flower  ,blue lotus flower,Neithal flower   and   Kaayaa   flower   by the colour   of   his body  ,Became tired due to wailing  and  and became so spent up that  ,It became a doubt   whether he had any   soul left   in his body  ,And Started telling it to the swan with tender  wings  due to his great love.

4199.  Oh black cloud , OH Sita who ties her  pretty breasts with cloth ,Since I do not know   the place of living  of Asuras  who have kidnapped you,I am roaming carrying my soul. You   have   only mercy with you  and in spite  of that,Do you not have mercy with me  , Would you trouble    my soul?

4200. ”Oh Cloud  , who has hard teeth   which are the   long  lightning  ,You are seen  black in colour in all sides   of the sky   and so,You are   also similar to those Asuras with cruel acts  ,Would you not go away unless   you take away my soul.?”

4201. ”Oh peacock  Would you not search and   bring that  Sita   who has eyes,Which are like spear   and who has  voice   which is sweet like   the nectar,Which came out of ocean of milk and  the   voice of the koel,Oh cruel one ,  You know   the depression of my soul   as I am alone and not having sleep,And in spite of that    would you show  your strength    and trouble me?

4202. ”Oh creeper  , you who move  due to the hot  air which blows  in rainy season,Please  get strength to  enter my soul and when I am depressed  you look exuberant  ,Are you showing me the   thin waist of Sita who   wears brooch on her forehead,And  weaken my    soul,  please  tell.”

4203. ,”oh deer  , I do not desire    even desirable   things , I would never  ,Deviate    from truth but since the wisdom to understand  is not with me  ,I am one who has done the mistake. Along with Sita  my soul  also has gone,Would you not tell me  , where   she is?”

4204. ”Oh my soul  Would you also go away from me   along with Sita,Who has a soft feet wearing an ornament   called Patakam   and who is faultless ?And if it is so , you would have   gone with her  , did you come  to any  harm?Do you not   know the strength  of the relationship  between me and Sita?”

4205. “Oh cruel Kondrai tree  , you were defeated  by the hair of Sita  ,And due to that   have  you become strongly   inimical with her  as well as me ?Are you not able to bring  her   to me , why are you not answering me.Did you   have   good relation    with me   at any time?”

4206. The  baby of the cruel snake   which had     sharp and  lustrous teeth,Similar to the buds of  Kura tree  were like the  tender  buds  of jasmine flower,That   would kill me   with   terrible  poison  and  help    me to  make grow  ,The sorrow    that cannot be tolerated and  keeps on fighting without stop,When one side   there is Ravana ‘s  Kopa(anger)  , why  is  it  that ,Indra kopa   beetles have   started  causing me further sorrow?

4207. Mareecha   after thinking  about the ways to kidnap Sita  , who has a forehead ,Wearing   a golden plate   with deceit   and took the form of the   golden deer.And now Yama  has taken the form of hot dry  air   to cause   trouble to me.It appears   that all those   who want to trouble me  can take any form they want ?

4208. Oh Cloud   who shouts loudly in the sky   like  the asuras  of cruel deeds,So that   every one gets scared  , with you produce  streaks of lightning  , showing her  to me, But have you ever   taken mercy on me   and  said,“I would give her back to you ?”But instead  you are  showing the form of a lady   who has forgotten the  lotus ,Again and again   and you are  hiding  and hiding   her.”

4209. ”Oh God of love  , with the heat generated   by parting  burning my soul ,I am greatly sorrowing and so  now  shooting  your flower arrows   , so that,My mind further   gets wounded   is an useless   job, so go away from me.If   my younger brother   who is very knowledgeable sees you,Possibly    you would not   be able    to   face  him.”

4210. ”The cruel bow and arrows   of valorous  people  are not suitable  against   ,Those   who are scared    in the battle  , possibly   they want  to aim at them ,Who do not bother  about their strength  , Oh god of love   who does not leave me,Day and night  , you have moved   away from your   good qualities    as you have  ,Sent  your arrows  at  poor ones  , thinking  it would be effective  , Is it a commendable act?”

4211. ,  Looking at Rama who is similar only to himself   who  was repeating,Such words again and again   and who had  become weak and greatly sorrowing,His brother  who also has lost his strength slightly  , saluting  Rama  ,With hands held over   his head   to console   him told  ,“Oh great one  ,  how have you   estimated   yourself “  and started   telling.

4212. “Oh valorous one who has  learnt  great books and also   earned knowledge  ,Through experience  , Oh Lord who adopted the  life of penance  ,The rainy season is long,The rain also has come  , Is it  the cause  of  your worry? Or is your sorrow  ,Due to thinking about the black bodied Asuras and feeling that it is difficult  to win over them,Or is it  due to the the thought   the army of Vali has not   come  to search  of Sita,What is the reason for    your great   depression?”

4213. “Even if   Vedas  fail and if moon changes   its place   and even if the sky  ,And the earth surrounded by the deep sea   change   in their state .Would   the change back to  your normal  great state  ever happen?The greatness  of the strength of the army of the   ignorant   Rakshasas,Who have crescent like teeth   would not stand    for a minute  , when,The cruel bow of your eye brows  , which are under  your control   shake  a little  .”

4214. “Oh very wise lord , we know  the wisdom of    the monkey called  Hanuman,But we have not been able to judge   about the ability  of the  seventy Vellam army,So far and also the rainy season which is like cruel fate  and gives great sorrowHas got  over  with great speed and now your sita with bow  like  eye brows,Would come back very easily  to you and so   completely remove this great sorrow  of yours.”

4215. ,”Oh  chief  , when the sages   who knew Vedas   came and surrendered  to you,You promised  to them, “I would gain   victory over the asuras  along with their future  clans,AS they are troubling    you  and remove all your sorrows”  and due to good fate  ,That  problem of theirs has got  over and now   we   would destroy  the asuras,In the place that they  live  and recover the heaven which is   the place of devas,And without    doing that  is it proper    for you to get   depressed.”

4216. ”Oh lord who is like my father , can the victory that you gain by killing of the enemiesWould only become available   to you   and not to others   like   those Asuras,And so   giving a chance   to sorrow   to the mind  is not a sign of valour ,And is it not a  property of ignorance? Getting bad    results   to acts  ,Undertaken is normal and it is   not a great thing to you?Now itself if you take effort, there is nothing   that is impossible   to you.So please do not   become   sorry,”  Lakshmana said,.

4217. That elder one   got rid  of the pain to his    soul due to   these wordsAnd due to the words of consolation  ,  his mind became  clear  ,Got  rid of his sorrow  and like that   after  the  elapse   of a long period  ,The rainy season  which was like a great   disease   due to bad fate  got over , And the winter   came    immediately    afterwards.

4218. The big tanks got filled with  water  , the waves   started forming  one over the other,The  black koel stopped  cooing , the big   mountains became    very cool,,The big directions   were   covered with black   clouds, those  who were  ,Separated from their partners became more sad and the Magandril ,As well as Andril birds     stood hugging their  life like   partners.

 4219. The hot air   after  caressing  the  cloth worn on the hips   of  Ladies,Who were   wearing golden ornaments  as well the swing   tied   by chains ,Blew on those who were in love with them   and made   them feel,AS if a raging fire fell on their   wounds  and also   like a   sharp.Faultless    arrow   , it created    very great    heat.

4220. The oceans were filled with water  , the hot rays of the sun   lost their ,Property of burning   and except  by the use   of  the time machine,Which showed  time by the flow  of water  , it became impossible,To know  when the  morning got  over and when the evening  got over.

4221. Due   to getting failed    by the sweetness  of the baby talk ,Of the peacock like  ladies  , the pretty parrots    hid themselves  ,IN the heap of paddy awns  making  paddy  get unloosened.The pearls that got defeated   by the pearl like   teeth of those  ladies,Hid themselves in the  broad    tides   of the ocean and in front   of ,The house s of people near   the beech  Punnai trees   which had,Flowering    branches   appeared as if   they  have opened a golden cloth bundle.

4222. Like the saints   who do not swerve    from their penance   in the black  and dark night,As   well   as in the day time   who always think about Dharma  andWho have removed  all attachments and  were like   the hills   that  did not even move When heavy rainfall with hail stones   fell  on them  , tall elephants  .Without sleep   were standing  without any  movement on sides of mountains.

4223. , The  Swans which were   shivering   due to   cold  warmed  themselves ,By going near   fire  places   of sages   where they burn Akil  at dawn, noon and dusk,And which had a    roof   made by leaves    of sandal wood tree , the female  monkeys  ,Slept in caves  and huge male monkeys  were immobile  like,Those    who practice   Yoga had  controlled   their five sense organs.

4224. ,  Due to heavy rain falling always  , the faultless mountain springs   and  ,The clean    mountain streams   did not get the scent   of the hair  ,Of ladies  who had   decorated themselves    with chosen  ornaments,And the swings installed   on gem studded   strong pillars,Due to nobody to swing on them  were not throwing  light  ,From lustrous     gems   on to the   sky.”

4225.   In the middle  of  black coloured  thazhai     plants   with cool branches ,The Thaazhai flowers which induce  love , which   attracts   all people   who see them,Surrounding like  relations  , the  female    cranes  , closing their great wings   Without  moving   to any where, were like   the lady separated     from her  lord.

4226. With the noise  of the birds    similar    to the  sound from cloud,And with   the music hummed  by several type  of bees   becoming songs,The peacocks became  like female dancers   dancing  with  several beats ,And the crowd  of deer    scared  due   to the thunder  of clouds ,Took shelter   under  the shades of   trees under which peacocks live.

4227. The young ladies who had waists which defeated   the thin   flowering branches ,And men  climbed  on cots  where the smoke  from  Akil was   hiding    the lights  ,The bees which were suffering due to cold  , leaving  the lotus bed   with petals,Went and lived in the cavity of sandal wood  tree    and  slept there.

4228. While the pretty  swans   leaving   their homes  of lotus flowers   went and  lived,In gardens   with rows of big trees , along  in the attic  of huts where  scented planks  ,Of cut trees   are stored , along with hunter girls  with white teeth  ,Their very dear   husbands   slept  comfortably.

4229.  The sheep herds   along with the sheep calves   that  needed protection  ,Were  living   below tall trees with small leaves    surrounded  by creepers  on all sides,The  big ghosts     which were living  in hiding like robbers  becoming affected  by cold,Were living with great hunger   eating their own teeth which were like thorns.

4230. Due to arrow like rain drops falling    on them   from the  clouds ,Which were high up in the  sky, the very strong   elephants  ,Which did not have   strength of mind  becoming  affected  by rain,Not being able to live  for very many days  as crowd   in  hilly places    with  Large  bee hives  entered the caves so   that rain water  would not fall on them.

4231. In this   type of rainy season   when darkness came  , the wise Rama  ,With the feelings towards  Sita who had gem like eye  balls  , who had sweet smile  ,And the  sight like a deer  , breathed   with effort and left  out hot air,And  looking   at Lakshmana    started   telling  a few things.

4232. “That Rakshasa  Ravana who is black like a cloud  , and teeth like  lightning,Played deception   and that  Sita with great breasts   became a victim of that  deception,Became sad due   to sorrow  , became   jaded    and would lose   her   soul.And to me also   living with   that sorrow   has  become   very difficult  , What is this  nature?”

4233. ”With  blood coated arrows    capable of   going through   the chest of enemies ,Sleeping   in my quiver  , Should I with    strong arms   and   very strong   shoulders ,Suffer  this type of great sorrow?  This which has happened to me  ,Is like  the spear    having gone inside   my chest  but still  I am not dead.”

4234. ”The flocks of sparrows in the pretty  light   produced by   the fire flies ,Are sleeping   with   their sweet  darling   female   sparrows  and due to,My heart being broken by  the selected  flower  arrows of God of love     I am living    with unbearable pain   without Sita in this forest.”

4235. ”Like the serpent   with poisonous teeth   becoming sad   when the clouds produce,Lightning  and when they   produce thunder , I am now sorrowing with this mind.The people of heaven  would laugh at me   looking at  the  job done by me,The people   of earth also would laugh , What other  disrespect   should come to me?”

4236”. I who am living in sorrow   cannot forget Sita   and continue to live,If the rain  of the winter  season is going to trouble   me like this,It is definite   that I would  attain the heaven  and I would   avenge ,This bad name   by taking another birth  and fighting war with him,Or I would   take Sanyasa   and leave the world so that  bad name   does not follow me.”

4237. ”Oh valorous one  , if we live here   and want to search   for  the place ,Where the Rakshasas live    we would spend very large number of days ,And so I think   this job is not desirable  and instead  , if it is told,That Rama died due disease  of parting  with Sita, it will give me great respect.”

4238. “I who have  enjoyed   drinking the nectar out of   the  flower like  mouth ,Which is red in colour  of Sita   who has   arrow like   long eyes  and  ,Who wears  well chosen pretty ornaments  feel that these rain drops  ,Which  are  like  the cooper melted  over  fire   poured  on me   andAre  burning   my entire   body. Is it proper  that my body  is burnt  and destroyed?”

4239. ” I who have  told   Janaka   before  the sacrificial fire  ,In which  ghee  was being  poured saying ‘She is  now under your protection  “,Which is  a lie , am an one   who does  not  have   good fate  and truth  ,Would not  stay with me and so it is better   that  I die.”

4240. “Because   you are   there to console   me  ,I can calm down my mind  ,And tolerate my suffering  , but Sita   who is  wearing chosen bangles  ,Cannot appear here now  and there is no one to   console  her of her sorrow,And is there  any    limit for the  sorrow    that she can bear.”

4241. The  arrows that I sent with my bow  would burn Sathyaloka  of Brahma,Would destroy     devas  and other  ancient people   and ,Would also destroy   the people of  this world .Is it that  I have  to destroy   all these things to see Sita again?”

4242. ”Oh Lakshmana   who  has a  bow   which raises thunder like sound from string,I am sorrowing  without destroying them  due to the   fear that I  have for Dharma,Even  if my enemies come before  me along with Devas , they would not escape.”  Rama said.

4243. Then  the younger  Lakshmana   told as follows, “Oh Lord who has  ,The  scepter to rule  , There is no more days left  in the time we set  to Sugreeva ,The winter  also has come to an end   and the time to search   for  the thief,Who took away Sita  has come   and so   why are  you getting worried?”

4244. ”  Though the big milk ocean with great tides  could have given the nectar,As soon as Lord Vishnu with  red eyes   asked it  to give , but  not desiring to  order,And easily getting it  , he   got the nectar   by using   instruments  ,Like  Mandara  mountain    and  churning it with,His lotus  like hands  . making   sound with  his  anklets  and shoulder  bangles.”

4245. ”Though that  Lord Vishnu   as  he thinks   could have created the world ,And easily eat them all  by putting in to his mouth  , he   won over   cruel people  ,By holding several rare  weapons   and  using several tricks   of the   war.”

4246. “Oh great lord ,  Lord Shiva who has eyes in his forehead    and is armed   with .Axe  for the sake  of destroying   the  three  cities, even at the time   ,When he  became angry  ,  the  consultations   that  held   ,And various  weapons like chariot that   he collected, Can this be known by anyone.”

4247. After making   all people   who can be useful   as our   helps  ,After thinking carefully  those  aspects  that need   to be thought  about,Several times  and  attaining  clarity , after reaching  the place of action,On the day   chosen , Victory  is something that  will never go out of our hands.

4248. ”Those  asuras   who   are not   following   the path of Dharma have ability ,And firmly think that” The path of sin is  best to us  “   and if   what  they are  thinking is wrong,And there   is great power  in the path of  dharma  , who will get fame  and victory?”

4249. ”The time   removing  sorrow of Sita who wears  golden Thodi  ,Has come  only slowly  and   so avoid   sorrow   as  of now  ,Would we who have  come   to help the sages  ,Become prey  to the  Asuras, Oh Lord  who is great in  archery  please tell” asked Lakshmana,

4250. Rama who realized that  all that Lakshmana were   true   and firm,And who was capable  of winning even the time at deluge   , thought ,“Is there  an end    to this rainy season?” and due   to this thought  ,Again became greatly sad  and at that time   that winter ,Completed   its time   and slowly   started  losing its   strength.

4251. Then that  summer which did not have   any defects   started  its big job ,And then the clouds became   white like  men  who gave all  that  they have  ,To  several  people   with very many wants   and when all their  ,Wealth were  exhausted   were not able   to able to  ,Those   who needed it and begged for it and became   sad.

4252. After  understanding that   the wealth   makes  us see  sinful deeds as blessed,And makes   us do devilish deeds  and due to real wisdom   got by  great thought  ,Which is attained  and is matchless,  the  effect of faultless  illusion vanishes,And   similarly   the great darkness   that existed in rainy season vanished.

4253. Like    the drums became    silent as soon    as the war on enemies ceased,The rumblings of the cloud which had    taken sea water   ceased and like ,The long  arrows   which are meant to destroy the enemies   not being  used,The raindrops vanished as if  they were put in the   sword case.

4254. The big mountains   which used   to prevent   water   from flowing  ,Now got rid of the water   and had only streams   flowing through them,And were like people with upper cloth    and sacred  threads  ,But looked like not wearing  the white Dhothi  , with water not  flowing around them.

4255. Due to black clouds    going away     from the top of the mountains  ,The rivers in the top  of those mountains    did not have water   flow,And so, they lost their  importance  , having lost   the wealth,That cannot  be destroyed   and looked like wealth of one who does not follow Dharma.

4256. Due to black clouds   which    were  like   male elephants  with  rut water,Flowing  over their cheeks and head  ,  having   gone away    from the sky  ,The moon which was hid   by those   clouds   became   shiningly clear,Like the face  of the dancing girls  , when the screen  before  them was  removed.

4257. The sandal paste   along with musk  and  saffron which was   applied  on the  ,Big desirable breasts   of ladies  who were   wearing ornaments  made of gold,Became dried due to northern hot wind   which came  along with pollen from flowers.

4258. The early winter   which   had capacity to    remove the   sorrow of  the first son,Of the king had arrived and so  swans started   flying  in all directions,And it looked like  they had started   their journey in search of Sita.

4259. Due to the going away of big rainy season with clouds,The peacocks   closed  their wings   and were looking sad ,And with   the confusion in mind   and thoughts  of earlier  days  ,Were scared   like the swan  like Sita   born in the  Mithila   country.

4260. The fishes engaged  in playing   in the   clear water , which   was like ,The mind   of  sages  of great penance , who have  removed deceit  completely  ,Were   like   the movement of  the eyes with Kajal ,Of the ladies    who had very soft feet  and was red  like juice of red cotton.

4261. The  well grown lotus flowers   which opened   in every node,Was like the turned  up   face of the  ladies  with love tiff, and the pretty ,Chengidai flower buds    with perfume   were  like the   red   cheeks,Of the ladies    who were enjoying their time with their lord ,

4262. The several types of frogs   like   the very tumultuous   students  ,Of teachers   who impart knowledge  , which  do not make sound ,In places   where  it is not recognized   preferred to keep  quite.

4263. The rivers carrying their  dress   of flowers  by their  hands of tide  , Were running  , and the   pearls   yielded    by the clams  lying on beach,Made them appear   to be running   with laughter   towards ocean, their strong husband.

4264. Like the  ladies   who were   separated   from their  lords  ,Who had gone to other countries    to learn from great teachers  ,Who were suffering due to love  , the bunches  of betel nut trees,Slowly lost     their green colour   and were  getting to the desirable gold colour.

4265. The beasts   like   the crocodiles  which were  in the cold  water ,For a long time  , left the   water spots that they were  living,Climbed on to the shore   and were  exposing themselves to sun light  ,And were  folding    their mouth and sleeping   on various spots.

4266. The Vanchi creepers  , with  lisping  birds sitting on them ,Which were like ladies   who talk   long baby talks  ,With  bees  having pretty wings on them similar to hair of ladies ,With plenty of newly grown leaves   which were like the ear ornaments  of ladies,And with their middle  shaking prettily  , shined   like  ladies.

4267. All the oysters with bent back  , due to the fact   that  the pearls that they produced ,Were defeated  by the pearl like   teeth of ladies   were shy    to see  ,The deer like  ladies when they come out  hid themselves    in the  slushy mud,Appearing as if   they hid   themselves due to  their great culture.

4268. Due to rainfall  the lotus flowers growing  near agricultural  lands,Grew luxuriantly   and the  male crabs which   were  living below their leaves,Along with  the female crops that  they desire, like   misers,Slowly  entered  their holes and sealed entrance  ,With mud    and   were  living there and  condensed themselves.

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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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