Kamba Ramayanam Yudha Kandam 6 (Padalam 16)
Kamba Ramayanam Yudha Kandam 6 (Padalam 16)

By Kambar (Kavichakravarthy Kamban)

Translated in English by P. R Ramachander

Kamba Ramayanam-Yudha Kandam 6 (Padalam 16)

Yudha Kandam (contd)

16. Maya Janaka Padalam

Chapter on the illusory Janaka
(While the fighting is going on Mahodhara suggests   to make a Janaka by illusion to   influence Sita. When that Maya Janaka  advices Sita to marry Ravana and save him,  She loses her temper and starts   feel;ing that he is not the real Janaka. At that time the messengers come and inform Ravana about death of Kumbhakarna. Ravana breaks down   and goes away. This incident is not  there  in Valmiki Ramayana.)  

7632. We told  about  the  masculine acts which were done   with great honestyBy Kumbhakarna  In that battle field   so that they  are clearly understood ,And we are going to tell about   the unfair deeds  of illusion  done by king of Lanka ,In the city of Lanka   due to great passion   in a separate place.

7633. That  Ravana who had won all the directions due to the power of his shoulders,Looked at Mahodhara   an expert in illusion   who came   to his council hall,And asked him “What is   the method of attaing Sita   and   get rid of this mind’s sorrow?Please tell me now itself here   and give me back  my sweet soul” , said Ravana.

7634. ”Today itself by a trick  , I would give  firm results   to you and I would do,An act of illusion by which  Sita would come of her  own accord and join you.I would perform a matchless deceit   and transform a   Rakshasa called Marutha  ,In to Janaka   and if  I show that  Janaka  of illusion, Sita would be forced  to marry you.”

7635. As soon as Mahodhara told this Ravana  got up with joy and  hugged him,And said, “My dear one  , convert that Marutha  in to Janaka  and come to Asoka Vana,”And went there to scare Sita   who had won bad fate   just by the strength of her chastity  ,He went towards  Asoka Vana   which was    filled     with pretty   flowers.

7636. Due to lustrous  row of pots   lighting it up   and spreading  the light  of early sun,The approaching darkness    ran away from there  , and wearing   garland of lustrous gems  ,Hanging on his shoulder looking like  the stream falling  from a blue mountain,Ravana came making  the huge  tamed elephant    feeling shy.

7637. The Deva maidens who had a forehead like    the crescent   of the moon ,Who were carrying lamps  , who had tied   waist belt   which was like serpent,And whose waist  was getting tired of   carrying    their heavy breasts,Walked in front and behind him   and were singing his praise  .

7638. Ravana saw with his twenty eyes   with great passion Sita  , whose speech was made by music,Whose lips were made with coral   , with all female    organs well made  ,And   created with measureless   and great   cultural habits  ,So that   that   Sita would    get greatly worried and confused.

7639. That Ravana who had a small knife like sword tied to his waist  sat ,On a golden seat which was put there   with shoulders   which had   removed the Devas,From their homes surrounding him , with one feet  placed above his other thigh,With round  ornamental regal umbrellas   held over his head ,With white cowries   fanning  him  from both sides and told the following words.

7640. ”When are you going    to show  mercy on this slave  of yours?When are you   going   to find difference between  me  , Sun as   well as the moon?When are you going to be affected by the flower   arrows  of the shapeless  God of love?”And then   he started   telling  all  his sufferings due   to passion for her.

7641. ”Oh  lady who    was  born along with nectar  ,I wanted to eat myself  ,The mixture of poison and nectar  which had the form of a lady   andDue to that, day by day my heart    started  losing the culture   of honesty,And I am scared  to give up my life   after stopping thinking about you  ,I   who am your slave    am   some one that  needs your protection.”

7642. ”You defeated  me who has been never  defeated  by any one else ,You made  moon burn my body,, you made   breeze   after spreading of which,My body started   sweating , You made  the god of  love with heat  shout with joy  ,You made me realize what  is sorrow  , you removed the fear of Devas ,And I do not know what are the other sufferings  which you are  going to give me?”

7643. ”  You have made  it such that  , all   the girls that I want is yourself.The name I wish to call would be only your name  , All my twenty   eyes,Would be seeing you only  , make the God of love  the one who shoots  ,Arrows at me  , and make in my body the five types  of wounds  ,By his five type of arrows   and this  has made  me in to a different person.”

7644.  “I   who have   won all people  right from Lord Shiva  to the ordinary men,And achieved victory so that  I can rule  over all the three   worlds,Have not been defeated   so far by any   valorous   person,And though I was that great  ,  if my disease  of passion towards  a lady,Has killed my masculinity  , would not my masculinity be  at fault?”

7645.  “My soul which has been fading    all these   days  , even while   suffering,From the disease of passion   for several days  , became almost  like a soul of a dog?Those  learned people  who have read and learned   the introduction of a poem,Are saying that   the sufferings caused by passion   are ten states,And that  appears   to be a lie since I have  already passed   through thousand states.”

7646.  “Oh lady who is like wealth earned  by following  the  path of Dharma ,Who is sweeter than nectar  , who has come to make me like one who  is not born,Due to your great beauty   destroying my  respectability  , I have forgotten   the great deeds,Which were   done by me  and   due to the medicine  that, “one day   you will take mercy on me “I am daily dying and then living. Who can know   about this state  of mine  ?”

7647. ”Oh lady  , who has nectar  like speech , If we examine    without any bias,Once upon a time  there   was a lady called Ahalya   and when Indra told about his  love for her,She gave herself to him  and he got joy, Because of that did she go down in status ?To cure  my disease of passion   only the nectar   from your lotus like mouth ,Is the medicine, There  are no other chants and no   other medicine.”

7648.  After    telling several   such things , Ravana got up  with his shoulders  ,Which cannot be compared    to the   blue mountain which tells twenty  ,And which were very big   touching   the ground   and kept   all his crowns  ,In a row  , which were like lightning , just like the   Sun Wanted to give  light all over and is kept in a row.”

7649. Sita who had a very soft form  , seeing Ravana   near her, felt as if ,She was a deer which was seeing     the tiger   near to it  , became confused ,Started getting shivers all over her body  , sobbed  , wailed  and  thinking,Even if he has come to kill me  , I would tell him what is in my mind  ,And   looking at a useless   twig of grass   and started   telling  .

7650. “ You seem  not to have thought   that by what you propose   to do,  Is only  sin and bad name   would come  due to it  and  the words   that you told,Should not be told by people like you  . You have  not realized  this.Doing  such acts which ought not   to be done  and telling  words,That you ought  not to speak ,your   heart  has not torn to pieces,And  if you have not got destroyed along with relations   who help you in this evil acts ,It appears    that the  power  of my chastity   is not big.”

7651. ”The sky is there.  And to all bodies that  follow the path of Dharma  , there is  a soul,They   all have good feelings  but they all   do not talk   or behave like you  ,To tell words   which are not proper to you , you also have ten mouths.And I am there    to hear all your cruel words and so,Is there anything which you would not tell and anything   which you would   not do.”

7652. ”You seem not to be  bothered  about   the great deeds done by Indra  ,Brahma who sits on lotus  , Lord Subrahamanya   son of Lord Shiva who holds an axe  ,And Lord Vishnu who killed   asura called  Kesi but you  keep on telling  ,That you won over them in battle. Possibly  you did not raise ,Your  eyes and see   my fruit of love Rama   when you entered  the battle  field.”

7653. “ Protecting   this body   which has thinned   down due to not taking food,  Without getting the fame of dying   immediately after  parting with my husband  ,I am shamelessly   standing before you, is it not? I am keeping myself alive  ,Due to the love   towards Rama who wears the  faultless   culture   as  ornaments,And who has an auspicious form,   with the hope   that I may be able to see him.”

7654. ”When Lakshmana   the younger brother  is standing like  golden  Meru mountain   ,In the battle field  , to see   you show   your back and run away  , Rama   would  cut off,All your ten heads , make them fall on earth   and kill the entire clan of Asuras ,And  with a great wish to   see     his victorious form  , I am stopping  ,My soul from going away   , when it tries to escape again and again.”

See also  Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 13 (Padalam 34)

7655. ”Oh Ravana who has not set a limit to his bad behavior, do not ever   think,That  I have   a different soul   except that Rama , whose soul is mercy  only,Who has  eyes like  lotus  flowers  , who gives happiness  to the minds of all,And who is like a  water rich cloud    holding a  big bow  .”

7656. When Sita ended her reply  , Ravana    with eyes  from which fire    came out ,With a   feeling of  disrespect that  he has been killed  , getting angry like God of death,Laughed   like  burst of thunder  making fun of   Sita   told,“You would  live so that your soul becomes one   with  Rama  ,After   he defeats me completely     and   gets you released.”

7657. ”Among the Rakshasas  , people of earth   and devas and others  ,Who have been subject of my anger  , who has    survived so far?I would kill that  Rama who is the  boy   of Dasaratha  , whom you consider,AS Lord Vishnu  who wears   the Thulasi garland and are overjoyed,And later   possibly    you can live    with him.”

7658. ”Oh lady  with a very   narrow waist  , the monkeys have besieged  Lanka,And for that purpose  they   built a bridge    in the ocean  , they made   great sound,By their mouth   several times ,  and if  they   have become over joyous   because of that ,Please    do not get surprised , for all those   monkeys which come  before me  ,Are   like  insects   which come to die falling   in the flame  .”

7659. ”I have  sent   a victorious Rakshasa   army   to Ayodhya   with the order,“Please catch hold of entire clan of the  kings of Ayodhya  or other wise  ,Bring their  freshly cut heads  ,Do whatever act   is needed to do this  ,”And I have also   asked victorious and Valorous   Rakshasas  ,To    bring your father  Janaka, “  said   Ravana.

7660.  As soon as Ravana told like this  Sita thought  “For this Ravana   who has  ,Carried out tricks of illusion  and kept me in this prison,  nothing is ,Impossible for him to do”  and due   to this thought    she got scared,Perplexed  , mentally agitated , left   heavy breath  and like people,Who again and again swallow fire and spit  it, she became the home of sorrow.

7661. Sita  who did not have banks   to stop the    stream of  tears  ,That were  flowing from her   eyes  thought  , “These  people,Who could do such things to me here  , would they not  be ,Able to  do any thing there? definitely   yes, alas.”    And felt agitated ,Thinking that   action of lie    those days were like   actions of Dharma.

7662. At that time Mahodhara  arrived at that place   brought  Marutha ,Who had been made   to look  like Janaka   and who was   wailing  and cryingAnd who speedily   was   taken before  Ravana   who was like a burning   flame  ,And Sita was made to see that  illusory   Janaka    saluting Ravana   and she,Started   suffering like a little kid bird seeing   her mother   fall in the fire.

7663. Sita not knowing   that the person brought    forcibly by  Mahodhara,Was only an illusory Janaka  , pressed her hands , hit her eyes   with her hands ,Struggled as if her lotus   like soft feet    had been kept on open fire ,Where ghee has been poured, and felt she cannot    sit on the earth,Felt as if her mind   was burning  , with sorrow wailed    greatly  ,Due  to shivering of body fell down, rolled in earth due to affection ,And wailed   making    very loud  noise.

7664. She said  “Oh God”  , she said  “has truth been destroyed “ , she thought,“Shall   I curse   the world for destruction  “ she would see  “Evil is superior   in this world”,She would say , “Shall I continue to be alive”    and became sad in various ways  And who can tell definitely whether it was Dharma or Sita   who wailed like this..”

7665. “oh father ,. Oh father  ,due to me you have also got in to this problem,Is this the way   that you have to suffer  because   you gave birth to me as your daughter ,Oh father who has helped   all the world like father , who   is like a mother   to all,Who does good   like performing dharma  , Oh father    who is like penance  “And then due    to suffering great sorrow  , she well like a  fire wood falling in fire.

7666. ”You gave food to   others   and then only took food  , You  observed   Dharma  ,You burnt  the town of enemies     who opposed you  and you performed,Several fire sacrifices  and you have been tied on your strong shoulders,By these   toddy drinkers  who have    the evil habit   of eating men ,And I am forced to see    this state    of yours by my eyes.”

7667. She went on telling several such words , several times   and due to great sorrow  ,Fell on the floor   and looked like one who is dead  , losing ability to   stifle sorrows,Taking  deep tortured breath   and became like an individual lightning Falling  on the ground and rolling   and   like a female andril bird   started  crying  with open mouth.

7668. ”You are a king who  is one of those,  who never  faltered from the path of Vedas,You are the one   who never came to  the old  Ayodha and lived there   even for   doing,The  duties  of the birth-house    to the girls who have crescent  like foreheads,And have you come    to this prison to see  me suffer   in this prison .”

7669. ”Greatly wise people have told   lord Vishnu   who travels on Garuda  ,With very strong wings exists there to  free   people from this illusory prison   of birth –death cycle Except those words , I do not see any one trying to free  me from this   prison,And who is there in this world,  who will free you   who has been imprisoned   for my sake ?”

7670. You have got an enemy who does   not mix with people of good culture  ,And it would be good if you go to heroes heaven after   being killed by him,You had reached    greatness and counted  among the greatest  kings  ,And you have  also received this bad name   and you did not   search for that  bad name  ,But got it by having  me as    your daughter  .How many parents can be as great as you?”

7671. ”Like the tiny bullock    which is    tied   to the plough by the rope , being also beaten  ,By a whip after   keeping burden on it  , also  pierced by sharp sticks  ,Not moving away from the slushy field   but falling there , from the time  ,I was caught by the enemy  , have  become one who sold   and ate all of you  ,Is there   any   method   of escape     for me?”

7672. ”Being  alive  in this prison at Lanka  , I was not able to  see  that  all my enemies are destroyed,And became very happy   because of it  .I had not  saluted the holy feet of my Lord  Rama  ,I have    been sorrowing here for a long time   and I have destroyed you  with your clan,Alas,   With my mouth   I have eaten away   the greatness   of kings of Ayodhya.”

7673. “In the Panchavati, I gave an enemy to   my husband    by requesting him to kill,And now   I am seeing that the mountain like   shoulders are tied  by   ropes ,And because of this I have   caused   sorrow to both my birth- house and marital house  ,Is this not true ? , Am I  a simple person? As I am not dying take  pity on me.”

7674.  “Once upon a time  my father    did a great fire sacrifice     to get me as his daughter ,And I have seen now  that his strong shoulders which help his enemies cross the sea  ,Have been toied by rope   and he  is being made   to roll    on the earth  , Is it that  ,I would die only after   seeing Rama  who married me according to rituals  ,And held my hand after   telling the proper chants  , being tied  ,BY rope by the enemies    and made    to roll   on this earth.”

7675. ”Oh my  mothers  , elders  , my dear sisters   who are like my soul,Did you know about  what happened    to my father earlier to this?Did you all also suffer    due to similar sorrow  , did you  ,All  come along with him   and before meeting me  , have you all   died?”

7676. “Even if  you climb to the top of the Meru mountain   and conquer the sky,The  old city of Lanka   which is surrounded by water   is not  a proper place to reach Oh father   I do not know whether you were caught after fighting  or caught by deceit ,’Do you have  a person like Hanuman with you  , so that  other people can be informed.”

7677.”   Those    who caught and brought this  King Janaka  , without any doubt   would,Catch hold   of  the very weak  Bharatha who is sitting   in Nandigrama   always facing south  ,And if Bharatha is caught   Rama who goes   on giving everything    to every body  ,Would also not live   and Lakshmana also   will not continue to live  .It seems,Those who follow  Dharma  and observe penance   will meet such a   bad   fate.”

7678. ”The great joy which went on increasing   when I heard Monkeys built a bridge,Over the sea,  then monkeys reached Lanka   and reached   the walls of Lanka  ,And then    destroyed    the enemy army  , has been destroyed by fate  ,By performing an alternate  trick “ she repeated      this  several   times.

7679. When   The Sita who was suffering due to sorrow    told like this  , Ravana who had the sword  ,Which removed the greatness of all Devas , looked at her with love decided that,That she cannot suffer  more   sorrow     and so by supporting and saving her ,He can get a place for him in his mind , He started   telling the following.

See also  Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 4 (Padalam 9)

7680. ”oh pretty lady   who has a gait like  a   female swan  , with a great   desire,To have you  , I have started   giving you unimaginable     sorrow  .This is wrong  and so please  excuse me   and even now  I am not that   angry  ,That I want to destroy all people in Mithila and  even when angry, I will not  kill Janaka.  Do not scared.”

7681. “If you consent    and cure t his burden of  the disease of passion ,Then to this Janaka    who wears the flower garland , I would give   either,The land of devas or   these seven islands   of earth   or the   wealth of my kingship,Which is spread  in all the three   worlds fully and live with you  , saluting you.”

7682. “If he wants   I can give him this city    and I  can  live in some other  place ,I would give   him the treasures Sanga Nidhi and Padma Nidhi   which would be beneficial to him,’I would also give him  the divine and  pretty Pushpaka Vimana   to him  to enjoy as he likes,If he wants I will give him the sword   given by Lord Shiva using which I won over the Devas ,I will not say  “no”   to anything   that he asks.”

7683. ”Oh Sita , with you pretty coral like mouth ,  if you tell   the matchless   words of mercy  ,I will take   the crown of Indra and making Devas   salute him with his head  ,And make him wear as per rituals with chant of Manthras   and make   the Deva maidens,Surround him  like all-round    and I would    stand there  obeying his orders.”

7684. “Oh Sita  , if you   consent to   this , Lord Brahma who is the father of sage Pulasthya,Who is the father of Sage Visravas   and who is my father , who created    all this world ,Would come personally and give this  Janaka    all the boons that he desires  ,And also Lord of Death would work like a   slave   and   the Goddess  Lakshmi  , Who   was born in the ocean of  milk along with nectar    would be a servant of yours.”

7685.  “Apart from the Devas, the very strong Nagas   and  the people of this earth,Would salute the feet of your father  Janaka   and do all the work  that he orders.Oh lady who is like a picture  , because     you were born to this Janaka  ,The benefits that   he is going to get or limitless  and would not have any defect  ,And so you can give him all the three worlds   and also fulfill   the purpose of your birth.”

7686.   “The   wealth that you promised to give to Janaka   would be received   by indra  ,Lanka and its false     wealth would be   received  by  Vibheeshana   and  the pretty arrows,In the hand of Rama    the lord of devas   would enter   in to your chest , and the divine feet,Of that pretty  and  black lord   are suitable     to be kept    on my    head.” Said Sita.

7687. ”The very fearful arrows  with thename    of my wonderful lord   would laugh  at you,And would split your chest and enter in to you   and all those  wounds that  have opened  ,Are great and do suitable good   and once they leave    the string   of  his bow ,Would make      even the    huge mountains that fall down on it .”

7688.   “The arrows    that come out of the bow   of the   lotus eyed  Rama  ,Would come and reach   your chest wearing    garlands    which are greatly pretty.The crows   would talk sweet words with each other  and would take away   your eyes,With their beaks   and are going to eat them and after that  Ghosts ,Which reek  of the smell of flesh   with great   joy    are going   to hug you.”

7689. ”When    the steel arrows    of that Valorous Rama   are going   to your heads,With open mouths with teeth   your life     would come   to an end   and Hanuman,Who wears  a garland made of  fresh Thulasi leaves and buds  ,Would come   and tell about    you with great mercy  and I would hear his words  with great desire.”

7690. “Oh    son of a silly person  , Request with me those   favours that can be requested ,In the ensuing war   the soul of your son   would be    taken away  by Lakshmana  ,Who came in   this world    to the glory  and benefit  of my mother   Sumithra And later     his dead body would be licked    by dogs   and then  , you ,Would keep on prattling and shouting       that  “My son  is no more  “.

7691.  Ravana who was extremely cruel hearing that  ,Angrily stared  like a hot sun,Grinded     his    twenty  valorous  hands , biting   his teeth hard   in his  open mouth,Ran towards   Sita to kill her  , Mahodhara   prevented   him   and told him   that “if  her father,Who wears   hero anklets requests   her,, she may agree  , and so do not get angry with her.”

7692.   Then he moved away   and sat on his seat   and that illusory  Janaka ,Who was lying down on earth  , whom others   thought   is already   dead  ,Got up and told, “Now you accept    the proposal of Ravana   otherwise ,You would become a sinner who has murdered  me along with my clan,”And started    telling    the following words   to the surprised Sita.

7693. “Goddess Lakshmi    who sits on the lotus   flower  gives her wealth  to all,And not only to Lord Vishnu.Oh sinner   who is my daughter  ,I have been imprisoned  because   of you , .Is my losing  my soul for your sake good?,What is wrong in being wife of Ravana   who is the lord of Devas ?What are you  thinking and thinking in this prison and crying?”

7694.   That illusory Janaka    who was wailing   to make others  believe  that ,He may lose his life   further said  “after saving my  sweet life and    the life  of  members,Of my clan  and making me get so much wealth  making me wealthy for a long time,After  getting yourself released    from prison , make all   people    enjoy life  “And then afterwards   he fell at the pretty  feet  of Sita and saluted her.

7695.   That lady who heard    those words  , Closed   tightly   both her  ears  by her hands,Let out    hot breaths  , lost her conscience  and resembled   a dead lady,And when her anger greatly increased   she got up   and said  ,“Thinking that leading a life  joy   is special  , my father  Janaka   would not have ,Told these   words to me    and these are not  proper words also”And then seething with anger   , she started telling words   that will hurt.

7696. ”With Dharma getting spoiled  , with   old  rules of good  behavior   broken,With   the valour   which is suitable    to the clan of king    being lost  ,With truth reducing  , with bad name  coming  , with good conduct   breaking down,With the fame that is protected   with desire of Devas   getting dimmed  ,You have told   these type of words  ,When I think, I doubt whether   you are Janaka?”

7697. “Even if the path of travel  of a king nears   damage  , even if   his  own life  , Is   getting eroded  and nearing destruction and even if spear comes and  is about,To enter  his  chest  , the proper method  for  him      would   be to be obey the words  of wise people,And  and are there   any more  kings like you who go against Dharma  And live in hiding   and getting    blamed by others ”

7698. “Even if you, your  relatives and the people  in your wide country   are going to die,In front of my eyes  , Would I live a life    which  destroys  my good character  ?I would prefer   to be a slave  to Rama   who has diamond like    strong shoulders  ,Who has one thousand names   and who is  the  incarnation of Lord Vishnu  with divine  wheel.And I would not like   to  lead a life without shame ,And would I ever   look at that   Ravana    who is like   a Dog.”

7699. ”Oh person who is    worse than a dog  , except the matchless Rama who holds a  very strong bow,If any other  male   comes near me   they would   be burned like  insects attracted by light  ,Would I  who am a lioness who has lived with a   lion who is the king   of all  animals Live  with a  fox which searches   and eats    the dirt  in my backyard.”

7700. “You who have   told these   evil words are   certainly not my  father,If you want  praise  the bow Lord Rama who wears   the garland  of victoryAnd escape from here, if he saves  you, if he is  not able  to save you,Better die .Without doing anything  you  are telling words that  should,Not be told   and you have accepted a bad name that  cannot be erased,”  said Sita.

7701. That Ravana who  was a Rakshasa  who  has cruel strength, understanding,The harsh words  that   were   told by Sita  , said, “Let your decision stay  in your mind,Let whatever has to happen , happen  ,Possibly you are   thinking   that ,This person is  not Janaka   and so  I will kill him this instant  “And he   took   his powerful sword     on his hand.

7702. Sita said, “you cannot kill me   and you cannot kill  this Janaka of illusion,And  also  , you cannot afford to kill yourself  and you cannot   kill  ,The people   of this earth   , but I can take away   the sweet soul of mine  ,And afterwards   you along with   your  relatives would be killed by   arrows of Rama.”

7703. “Oh king who   got the wealth of Indra .this Janaka     has not    done  anything wrong,Except is begging for favours with Sita   and because   of that   is it important  to kill him?If we   win over the cruel enemy Rama who has    surrounded Lanka  ,This Sita would start  obeying you  .If you trouble her father , will not she  become sad?”Asked  Mahodhara   to Ravana.

7704. When Mahodhara    stopped him like this   and when he has   changed his opinion,Due to the mountain like  Kumbhakarna    being killed   by Rama  ,  the very strong monkeys  ,Were  shouting   in a high tone   and that  shout of victory   reached    the sky  ,And there  it merged with sound made by Devas   and was   heard  by Ravana.

See also  Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 14 (Padalam 36)

7705. ”Those   Devas   who had  lost   their strength  because of me  , the monkey army  ,That wants to fight   and  the twang being done by Rama and  Lakshmana   in their bow,Are making sound one beating the other   and I think that   is because  ,A situation   has arisen when my brother   is alone in the battle field  ,And due to that   sorrow    has  arisen   in my mind.”     Said   Ravana

7706. The emissaries who came   with great speed    after crossing   the army  ,That was surrounding Ravana   went near him and   told in his ears .In a soft tome  said, “Your brother   who was    shattering    the ocean,Like monkey army   is no  more   and  he was killed by Rama with an arrow.”

7707.  Ravana fell  down on the earth   like a huge Maramara tree   deeply rooted  ,In the earth falling  completely uprooted  , pushing   in to earth,    his crowns,Which were shining  like Sun  which   joined with other  planets  ,And which were decorated    by the garlands made   of Gold.

7708. Since Khumbakarna   was born along with him   and   they never had the sorrow,Of parting   at any time  , Ravana who was thinking that   they were one soul in two bodies,Hearing that   in the  battle were people throw weapons at each other   , Khumbakarna  ,Had died for his sake  , became very sad   and started wailing,So loud   that it reached the end of the universe and he started  prattling .

7709. “Are you only a brother to me? Oh brother   who was like an elephant in rut,And was capable of confusing and destroying   the devas    who were like a lotus forest,Who   was born to the son’s son of    the four faced  Lord Brahma , Oh great male  ,Who completely cleaned   the good fate  of Indra  which lead to his great fame  ,I have been fated    to hear   such a news    about you.”

7710. ”Oh brother who held a lustrous spear with shape of leaf  , I was not ,Able to  be  with you and was    not able to see   you while   you  attained death,I  did not enquire with others   about the   state of affairs  in battle field,When you were fighting  , I am standing here protecting    my own life  ,If your  condition is like this, Would not Indra   ride on,His elephant with ornamental mask   and go back to his own city?”

7711. ”Oh brother   who held the spear which even scared    the lightning  ,If with a stone like heart   , if you go to  the heaven of heroes , who would like ,To be born with another in the same  mother’s womb? Would not,The Dhanavas    who were scared   to come before me  ,Come before me    gently   massaging    their own chest?”

7712. ”Oh brother who had very strong shoulders  , is not   the Meru mountain,Of the north stone used  to rub of your feet while you are bathing?Oh  best among males  , I am greatly saddened    by the words,That you have been killed   by an an arrow sent by an ordinary man.”

7713. ”The very  famous divine spear of Lord Shiva  , The divine   wheel  of Lord Vishnu,And Indra’s  Vajrayudha , touched you but returned back not able to do anything to you.And it seems    that   arrows shot by a man   entered in to you  and came out ,And  when this was happening the great me was watching my own shoulders.”

7714. With  brothers dying without even a chance for me to see  ,This Lanka  us easily going to hands of enemies and with my uncle Mareecha dying    ,My sister  losing her nose  which all   happened     due to    the extreme passion,That I had to another lady’s breast and I still continue    to live  ,Would I continue  living    after losing you, my dear brother?”

7715. I have not heard   that   you have killed   Rama , his brother  , his commander in chief Neela,The king of monkeys Sugreeva  , The son  of Vali Angadha  , Hanuman who is the loving son of wind  ,And    the chief of the bears  Jambavan, How is it that   you alone met with your death  ?”

7716. ”Oh brother who was sleeping on this soft bed    with poor maids  caressing   your feet,In the pretty bed room   where   the cool  wind    was blowing , did you sleep on bed of dust of earth ,With the ghosts    who are surrounding    that place  making sound like    the Thunangai drum.”

7717. “ Oh brother  who is like an elephant in rut  , I was   safely living   here  ,When you after    drinking the red wine and went to various places  and won those places,And now without  parting from you   soon, I will also come    with you,If   you delay  a bit so that    you need    not go alone.”

7718. Like this    he was telling various things   and called loudly , so that  ,It could be heard till    end of solar system so  that  many people   understood,Why he was given that  name* earlier and Sita with    eyes like Ghendai fish ,With   her red colour  lips throbbing  ,  got very great  joy in her mind.   * Ravana   means one who cries./makes others cry

7719. The breasts of Sita    due to joy slightly puffed up  , Her body   which had reduced,Became normal  , her mind was filled with joy , she was scared earlier got back her soul,And that divine lady   with faultless   chastity   who could  be a friend,To Goddess Lasksmi    was filled up with joy, Who can ever describe it?

7720. That  Sita   who has   earlier seen  Rama with great shoulders with prettiness  ,That cannot be measured   and  Kumbhakarna    and had  got matchlessly scared  ,Knowing that  the victorious  arrow of Rama which would kill without any doubt  ,Has killed  Kumbhakarna who had huge strength   and huge form  ,Hearing those matchless   words  , grew fat   and looked like some one else.

7721. Ravana seething with anger told  , “ I would kill   all the people   in the wide heaven  ,And cremate the body of my brother   and  keep in prison, those trinity of Gods  ,Who never die as well   all  the devas   who had taken nectar   earlier to   avoid death.”

7722. That Ravana who had gone  to all   directions and had been victorious   in those places,Slightly got composed when     the ministers consoled him   and decided,“Now itself  , I would do water oblations thrice    to my dead brother  ,Using the  blood   of Rama  and Lakshmana   after killing them “And with eyes   burning     with anger   left that place  ,

7723. “ Now there  is nothing for us to tell.  Our   Kumbhakarna  lay dead  ,In the battle field where   eagles fly” and after telling like this  ,Mahodhara ordered that illusory Janaka    be put in a separate   prison   ,And went away   in one    direction.

7724. Trijata who loved Sita   who had tied up her    dirty hair  , which was not,Decorated   by pretty scented flowers   frequented by bees  and had one bunch of hair  ,Consoled   her  and told    her   the following words.

7725. ”That person who came   before you calling himself your father  ,By changing his form   is  Marutha , who is an expert in illusory   acts  ,He is  an Asura capable   of  acts   which are  of limitless   evil”Said Trijata  who is one    with nectar like    good habits  ,And she told   it in such a way that  Sita was well impressed.

7726. That Sita who always    used   to get consoled   hearing the words of Trijata ,Removed the sorrows and  doubts   from her mind  and body   and we   will now tell,What  the angry king of Lanka   who went   to his palace   did.

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About Kavichakravarthy Kamban

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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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Who wrote Tamil Ramayana?

Kambar or Kavichakravarthy Kamban (1180–1250) was a medieval Tamil poet and the author of the Ramavataram, popularly known as Kambaramayanam, the Tamil version of the epic Ramayana.

What is the difference between Kamba Ramayanam and Valmiki Ramayana?

Valmiki Ramayana and Kamba Ramayanam are two versions of Ramayana written in the Sanskrit and Tamil languages respectively. … Kamba Ramayanam is originally called as Ramavataram. Although Valmiki Ramayana is the original version of the story of Rama, Kamba Ramayana is believed to be based on the work by Valmiki.

What is the story of Kamba Ramayanam?

The Kamba Ramayanam, is a Tamil epic that was written by the Tamil poet Kambar during the 12th century. Based on Valmiki’s Ramayana (which is in Sanskrit), the story describes the life of King Rama of Ayodhya.

How many Kandam are there in Kamba Ramayanam?

The book is divided into six chapters, called Kandam in Tamil. The Kandams are further divided into 123 sections called Padalam (படலம்) in Tamil. These 123 sections contain approximately 12,000 verses of the epic.

Kamba Ramayanam in English Index

Kamba Ramayanam: An Introduction
Bala Kandam
Bala Kandam – Padalam 1
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 1 (Padalam 2)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 1 (Padalam 3)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 1 (Padalam 4)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam (Padalam 5)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam (Padalam 6)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam (Padalam 7)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 3 (Padalam 8)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 3 (Padalam 9)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 3 (Padalam 10)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 4 (Padalam 11)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 4 (Padalam 12)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 4 (Padalam 13)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 4 (Padalam 14)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 5 (Padalam 15)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 5 (Padalam 16)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 5 (Padalam 17)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 5 (Padalam 18)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 6 (Padalam 19)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 6 (Padalam 20)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 6 (Padalam 21)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 7 (Padalam 22)
Kamba Ramayanam: Bala Kandam 7 (Padalam 23)
Ayodhya Kandam
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 1 (Padalam 1)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 1 (Padalam 2)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 1 (Padalam 3)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 2 (Padalam 4)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 3 (Padalam 5)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 3 (Padalam 6)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 3 (Padalam 7)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 3 (Padalam 8)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 3 (Padalam 9)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 4 (Padalam 10)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 4 (Padalam 11)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 4 (Padalam 12)
Kamba Ramayanam: Ayodhya Kandam 5 (Padalam 13)
Aranya Kandam
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 1 (Padalam 1)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 1 (Padalam 2)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 1 (Padalam 3)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 1 (Padalam 4)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 2 (Padalam 5)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 2 (Padalam 6)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 3 (Padalam 7)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 3 (Padalam 8)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 4 (Padalam 9)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 4 (Padalam 10)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 5 (Padalam 11)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 5 (Padalam 12)
Kamba Ramayanam: Aranya Kandam 5 (Padalam 13)
Kishkinda Kandam
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 1 (Padalam 1)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 1 (Padalam 2)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 1 (Padalam 3)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 1 (Padalam 4)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 1 (Padalam 5)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 1 (Padalam 6)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 2 (Padalam 7)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 2 (Padalam 8)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 3 (Padalam 9)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 3 (Padalam 10)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 4 (Padalam 11)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 4 (Padalam 12)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 4 (Padalam 13)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 4 (Padalam 14)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 5 (Padalam 15)
Kamba Ramayanam: Kishkinda Kandam 5 (Padalam 16)
Sundara Kandam
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 1 (Padalam 1)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 1 (Padalam 2)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 2 (Padalam 3)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 2 (Padalam 4)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 3 (Padalam 5)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 3 (Padalam 6)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 3 (Padalam 7)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 3 (Padalam 8)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 4 (Padalam 9)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 4 (Padalam 10)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 4 (Padalam 11)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 5 (Padalam 12)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 5 (Padalam 13)
Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 5 (Padalam 14)
Yudha Kandam
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 1 (Padalam 1)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 1 (Padalam 2)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 1 (Padalam 3)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 2 (Padalam 4)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 2 (Padalam 5)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 2 (Padalam 6)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 3 (Padalam 7)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 3 (Padalam 8)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 3 (Padalam 9)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 3 (Padalam 10)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 3 (Padalam 11)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 4 (Padalam 12)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 4 (Padalam 13)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 4 (Padalam 14)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 5 (Padalam 15)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 6 (Padalam 16)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 6 (Padalam 17)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 7 (Padalam 18)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 8 (Padalam 19)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 8 (Padalam 20)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 9 (Padalam 21)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 9 (Padalam 22)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 10 (Padalam 23)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 10 (Padalam 24)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 10 (Padalam 25)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 11 (Padalam 26)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 11 (Padalam 27)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 12 (Padalam 28)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 12 (Padalam 29)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 12 (Padalam 30)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 13 (Padalam 31)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 13 (Padalam 32)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 13 (Padalam 33)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 13 (Padalam 34)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 13 (Padalam 35)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 14 (Padalam 36)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 15 (Padalam 37)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 16 (Padalam 38)
Kamba Ramayanam: Yudha Kandam 16 (Padalam 39)
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