{"kanda":3,"kandaName":"Araṇya Kāṇḍa","sarga":20,"title":"Śūrpaṇakhā challenges Khara","sentence":"She reports the fourteen deaths, threatens to die and tells him to fight Rāma or abandon Janasthāna","portion":"Śūrpaṇakhā and the first retaliation","sequence":[[{"steps":["Khara asks why she has returned weeping when he sent loyal, powerful fighters to help her (20.1–5)"],"from":1,"to":5,"sarga":20},{"steps":["she explains that Rāma killed all fourteen almost immediately and that witnessing it has terrified her (20.6–10)"],"from":6,"to":10,"sarga":20},{"steps":["she again asks Khara to rescue her and avenge the dead (20.11–13)"],"from":11,"to":13,"sarga":20},{"steps":["she threatens to die before him unless he kills Rāma (20.14)"],"from":14,"to":14,"sarga":20},{"steps":["turning from appeal to insult, she questions whether he can face Rāma at all and calls his reputation for valor empty (20.15–16)"],"from":15,"to":16,"sarga":20},{"steps":["she tells him to abandon Janasthāna if he is too weak to defend it, predicting that the brothers will destroy him otherwise (20.17–18)."],"from":17,"to":18,"sarga":20}]],"verses":[{"v":1,"ref":"3.020.001","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"sa punaḥ patitāṃ dṛṣṭvā krodhāc chūrpaṇakhāṃ kharaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"uvāca vyaktatā vācā tām anarthārtham āgatām","q":null}],"tr":"Seeing Śūrpaṇakhā fallen once more, Khara, in anger, spoke in distinct words to her, who had come bent on mischief:","w":[["sa","he"],["punaḥ","again"],["patitāṃ","fallen"],["dṛṣṭvā","having seen"],["krodhāc","out of anger","krodhāt"],["chūrpaṇakhāṃ","Śūrpaṇakhā","śūrpaṇakhāṃ"],["kharaḥ","Khara"],["uvāca","said"],["vyaktatā","distinctly, clearly","vyaktayā"],["vācā","with words"],["tām","her"],["anarthārtham","bent on mischief","anartha-artham",[["anartha","calamity, mischief"],["artha","purpose"]]],["āgatām","who had come"]]},{"v":2,"ref":"3.020.002","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"mayā tv idānīṃ śūrās te rākṣasā rudhirāśanāḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"tvatpriyārthaṃ vinirdiṣṭāḥ kimarthaṃ rudyate punaḥ","q":null}],"tr":"“Those brave, blood-eating rākṣasas were just now dispatched by me for your sake; why do you weep again?","w":[["mayā","by me"],["tv","indeed","tu"],["idānīṃ","now, just now"],["śūrās","brave","śūrāḥ"],["te","those"],["rākṣasā","rākṣasas","rākṣasāḥ"],["rudhirāśanāḥ","blood-eating","rudhira-aśanāḥ",[["rudhira","blood"],["aśana","eating, food"]]],["tvatpriyārthaṃ","for your sake","tvat-priya-arthaṃ",[["tvat","you"],["priya","pleasing"],["artha","sake"]]],["vinirdiṣṭāḥ","dispatched, appointed"],["kimarthaṃ","why, for what","kim-arthaṃ",[["kim","what"],["artha","purpose"]]],["rudyate","is there weeping"],["punaḥ","again"]]},{"v":3,"ref":"3.020.003","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"bhaktāś caivānuraktāś ca hitāś ca mama nityaśaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"ghnanto 'pi na nihantavyā na na kuryur vaco mama","q":null}],"tr":"Devoted, loyal, and ever well-disposed to me, they were not ones to be slain even while slaying (their foes); nor would they ever fail to do my bidding.","w":[["bhaktāś","devoted","bhaktāḥ"],["caivānuraktāś","and loyal, attached","ca eva anuraktāḥ",[["anurakta","devoted, fond"]]],["ca","and"],["hitāś","well-disposed, benevolent","hitāḥ"],["ca","and"],["mama","to me"],["nityaśaḥ","always, ever"],["ghnanto 'pi","even while slaying","ghnantaḥ api"],["na nihantavyā","not to be slain","na nihantavyāḥ"],["na na kuryur","would not fail to do (double neg.)","na na kuryuḥ"],["vaco","the word, bidding","vacaḥ"],["mama","my"]]},{"v":4,"ref":"3.020.004","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"kim etac chrotum icchāmi kāraṇaṃ yatkṛte punaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"hā nātheti vinardantī sarpavad veṣṭase kṣitau","q":null}],"tr":"I wish to hear what this reason is, for which, crying ‘Alas, my lord!’, you writhe on the ground like a serpent.","w":[["kim","what"],["etac","this","etat"],["chrotum","to hear","śrotum"],["icchāmi","I wish"],["kāraṇaṃ","reason, cause"],["yatkṛte","for the sake of which","yat-kṛte",[["yat","which"],["kṛte","for the sake of"]]],["punaḥ","again"],["hā nātheti","'Alas, O lord!'","hā nātha iti",[["hā","alas"],["nātha","lord, protector"]]],["vinardantī","crying out, wailing"],["sarpavad","like a serpent","sarpavat",[["sarpa","serpent"],["-vat","like"]]],["veṣṭase","you writhe, roll"],["kṣitau","on the ground"]]},{"v":5,"ref":"3.020.005","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"anāthavad vilapasi kiṃ nu nāthe mayi sthite","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha mā bhaiṣīr vaiklavyaṃ tyajyatām iha","q":null}],"tr":"Why do you lament like one without a protector, when I, your protector, stand here? Rise up, rise up, do not fear; let this faint-heartedness be cast off.”","w":[["anāthavad","like one without a protector","anāthavat",[["anātha","protectorless"],["-vat","like"]]],["vilapasi","you lament"],["kiṃ nu","why then"],["nāthe mayi sthite","when I, (your) lord, stand (here)","nāthe mayi sthite (loc. abs.)"],["uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha","rise up, rise up","uttiṣṭha uttiṣṭha"],["mā bhaiṣīr","do not fear","mā bhaiṣīḥ"],["vaiklavyaṃ","faint-heartedness, agitation"],["tyajyatām","let it be abandoned"],["iha","here, now"]]},{"v":6,"ref":"3.020.006","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ity evam uktā durdharṣā khareṇa parisāntvitā","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"vimṛjya nayane sāsre kharaṃ bhrātaram abravīt","q":null}],"tr":"Thus addressed and consoled by Khara, the redoubtable one, wiping her tear-filled eyes, said to her brother Khara:","w":[["ity evam uktā","thus addressed","iti evam uktā"],["durdharṣā","the redoubtable one, hard to assail"],["khareṇa","by Khara"],["parisāntvitā","consoled, comforted"],["vimṛjya","having wiped"],["nayane","the (two) eyes"],["sāsre","tear-filled","sa-asre",[["sa","with"],["asra","tear"]]],["kharaṃ","to Khara"],["bhrātaram","brother"],["abravīt","said"]]},{"v":7,"ref":"3.020.007","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"preṣitāś ca tvayā śūrā rākṣasās te caturdaśa","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"nihantuṃ rāghavaṃ ghorā matpriyārthaṃ salakṣmaṇam","q":null}],"tr":"“Those fourteen brave, dreadful rākṣasas were sent by you, for my sake, to slay Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa;","w":[["preṣitāś","were sent","preṣitāḥ"],["ca","and"],["tvayā","by you"],["śūrā","brave","śūrāḥ"],["rākṣasās","rākṣasas","rākṣasāḥ"],["te","those"],["caturdaśa","fourteen"],["nihantuṃ","to slay"],["rāghavaṃ","Rāghava"],["ghorā","dreadful","ghorāḥ"],["matpriyārthaṃ","for my sake","mat-priya-arthaṃ",[["mat","my"],["priya","pleasing"],["artha","sake"]]],["salakṣmaṇam","together with Lakṣmaṇa","sa-lakṣmaṇam",[["sa","with"],["lakṣmaṇa","Lakṣmaṇa"]]]]},{"v":8,"ref":"3.020.008","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"te tu rāmeṇa sāmarṣāḥ śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"samare nihatāḥ sarve sāyakair marmabhedibhiḥ","q":null}],"tr":"but all those wrathful ones, spears and paṭṭiśas in hand, were slain in battle by Rāma with arrows that pierce the vitals.","w":[["te tu","but those"],["rāmeṇa","by Rāma"],["sāmarṣāḥ","wrathful, indignant","sa-amarṣāḥ",[["sa","with"],["amarṣa","wrath, indignation"]]],["śūlapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ","spears and paṭṭiśas in hand","śūla-paṭṭiśa-pāṇayaḥ",[["śūla","spear"],["paṭṭiśa","spiked mace"],["pāṇi","hand"]]],["samare","in battle"],["nihatāḥ","slain"],["sarve","all"],["sāyakair","with arrows","sāyakaiḥ"],["marmabhedibhiḥ","vital-piercing","marma-bhedibhiḥ",[["marman","vital part"],["bhedin","piercing"]]]]},{"v":9,"ref":"3.020.009","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"tān bhūmau patitān dṛṣṭvā kṣaṇenaiva mahābalān","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmasya ca mahat karma mahāṃs trāso 'bhavan mama","q":null}],"tr":"Seeing those mighty ones fallen to the ground in but a moment, and this great feat of Rāma, a great terror came over me.","w":[["tān","those"],["bhūmau","on the ground"],["patitān","fallen"],["dṛṣṭvā","having seen"],["kṣaṇenaiva","in but a moment","kṣaṇena eva"],["mahābalān","the mighty ones","",[["mahā","great"],["bala","strength"]]],["rāmasya","of Rāma"],["ca","and"],["mahat karma","the great deed"],["mahāṃs","great","mahān"],["trāso","terror, fear","trāsaḥ"],["'bhavan","arose, came to be","abhavat"],["mama","my, over me"]]},{"v":10,"ref":"3.020.010","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"sāsmi bhītā samudvignā viṣaṇṇā ca niśācara","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ punaḥ prāptā sarvato bhayadarśinī","q":null}],"tr":"So I am frightened, agitated, and dejected, O night-roamer; seeing danger on every side, I have come to you once more for refuge.","w":[["sāsmi","so I am","sā asmi"],["bhītā","frightened"],["samudvignā","agitated, alarmed"],["viṣaṇṇā","dejected, despondent"],["ca","and"],["niśācara","O night-roamer"],["śaraṇaṃ","for refuge"],["tvāṃ","to you"],["punaḥ","again"],["prāptā","come, arrived"],["sarvato","on every side","sarvataḥ"],["bhayadarśinī","seeing danger","",[["bhaya","danger, fear"],["darśin","seeing"]]]]},{"v":11,"ref":"3.020.011","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"viṣādanakrādhyuṣite paritrāsormimālini","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"kiṃ māṃ na trāyase magnāṃ vipule śokasāgare","q":null}],"tr":"Why do you not rescue me, sunk in a vast ocean of grief, infested with the crocodiles of despair and garlanded with waves of terror?","w":[["viṣādanakrādhyuṣite","infested with the crocodiles of despair","viṣāda-nakra-adhyuṣite",[["viṣāda","despair"],["nakra","crocodile"],["adhyuṣita","inhabited, infested"]]],["paritrāsormimālini","garlanded with waves of terror","paritrāsa-ūrmi-mālini",[["paritrāsa","terror"],["ūrmi","wave"],["mālin","garlanded"]]],["kiṃ","why"],["māṃ","me"],["na","not"],["trāyase","do you rescue"],["magnāṃ","sunk, drowned"],["vipule","vast, wide"],["śokasāgare","in the ocean of grief","śoka-sāgare",[["śoka","grief"],["sāgara","ocean"]]]]},{"v":12,"ref":"3.020.012","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ete ca nihatā bhūmau rāmeṇa niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"ye ca me padavīṃ prāptā rākṣasāḥ piśitāśanāḥ","q":null}],"tr":"And these flesh-eating rākṣasas who had come along my track lie slain on the ground by Rāma with his sharp arrows.","w":[["ete","these"],["ca","and"],["nihatā","slain","nihatāḥ"],["bhūmau","on the ground"],["rāmeṇa","by Rāma"],["niśitaiḥ","sharp, whetted"],["śaraiḥ","with arrows"],["ye","who"],["ca","and"],["me","my"],["padavīṃ","the track, path"],["prāptā","had come to, reached","prāptāḥ"],["rākṣasāḥ","rākṣasas"],["piśitāśanāḥ","flesh-eating","piśita-aśanāḥ",[["piśita","flesh"],["aśana","eating"]]]]},{"v":13,"ref":"3.020.013","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"mayi te yady anukrośo yadi rakṣaḥsu teṣu ca","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"rāmeṇa yadi śaktis te tejo vāsti niśācara","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"daṇḍakāraṇyanilayaṃ jahi rākṣasakaṇṭakam","q":null}],"tr":"If you have compassion for me and for those rākṣasas, if you have the strength or the might against Rāma, O night-roamer, then slay him who dwells in the Daṇḍaka forest, that thorn in the side of the rākṣasas.","w":[["mayi","for me"],["te","your"],["yady","if","yadi"],["anukrośo","compassion, pity","anukrośaḥ"],["yadi","if"],["rakṣaḥsu","for the rākṣasas"],["teṣu","those"],["ca","and"],["rāmeṇa","against Rāma"],["yadi","if"],["śaktis","strength, power","śaktiḥ"],["te","your"],["tejo","energy, might","tejaḥ"],["vāsti","or there is","vā asti"],["niśācara","O night-roamer"],["daṇḍakāraṇyanilayaṃ","(him) dwelling in the Daṇḍaka forest","daṇḍaka-araṇya-nilayaṃ",[["daṇḍaka","Daṇḍaka"],["araṇya","forest"],["nilaya","abode, dwelling"]]],["jahi","slay, strike down"],["rākṣasakaṇṭakam","the thorn in the side of the rākṣasas","rākṣasa-kaṇṭakam",[["rākṣasa","demon"],["kaṇṭaka","thorn, bane"]]]]},{"v":14,"ref":"3.020.014","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"yadi rāmaṃ mamāmitram adya tvaṃ na vadhiṣyasi","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"tava caivāgrataḥ prāṇāṃs tyakṣyāmi nirapatrapā","q":null}],"tr":"If today you will not slay Rāma, my enemy, then I, past all shame, shall give up my life-breaths before your very eyes.","w":[["yadi","if"],["rāmaṃ","Rāma"],["mamāmitram","my enemy","mama amitram",[["mama","my"],["amitra","enemy"]]],["adya","today"],["tvaṃ","you"],["na","not"],["vadhiṣyasi","will slay"],["tava","your"],["caivāgrataḥ","and in front, before","ca eva agrataḥ",[["agratas","in front"]]],["prāṇāṃs","life-breaths","prāṇān"],["tyakṣyāmi","I shall give up"],["nirapatrapā","shameless, past all shame","nir-apatrapā",[["nir","without"],["apatrapā","shame"]]]]},{"v":15,"ref":"3.020.015","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"buddhyāham anupaśyāmi na tvaṃ rāmasya saṃyuge","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sthātuṃ pratimukhe śaktaḥ sacāpasya mahāraṇe","q":null}],"tr":"By my judgement I foresee that you are not able to stand face to face with Rāma, bow in hand, in the great battle.","w":[["buddhyāham","by (my) intellect I","buddhyā aham"],["anupaśyāmi","I perceive, foresee"],["na","not"],["tvaṃ","you"],["rāmasya","of/against Rāma"],["saṃyuge","in combat"],["sthātuṃ","to stand"],["pratimukhe","face to face, in front"],["śaktaḥ","able"],["sacāpasya","of (Rāma) with bow in hand","sa-cāpasya",[["sa","with"],["cāpa","bow"]]],["mahāraṇe","in the great battle","mahā-raṇe",[["mahā","great"],["raṇa","battle"]]]]},{"v":16,"ref":"3.020.016","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"śūramānī na śūras tvaṃ mithyāropitavikramaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"mānuṣau yan na śaknoṣi hantuṃ tau rāmalakṣmaṇau","q":null}],"tr":"You fancy yourself a hero but are no hero; your valour is falsely claimed — since you cannot slay those two men, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.","w":[["śūramānī","fancying yourself a hero","",[["śūra","hero"],["mānin","fancying, deeming"]]],["na śūras","no hero","na śūraḥ"],["tvaṃ","you"],["mithyāropitavikramaḥ","whose valour is falsely attributed","mithyā-āropita-vikramaḥ",[["mithyā","falsely"],["āropita","imputed, attributed"],["vikrama","valour"]]],["mānuṣau","two men, mortals"],["yan","since, in that","yat"],["na śaknoṣi","you cannot"],["hantuṃ","to slay"],["tau","those two"],["rāmalakṣmaṇau","Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa"]]},{"v":17,"ref":"3.020.017","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"apayāhi janasthānāt tvaritaḥ sahabāndhavaḥ","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"niḥsattvasyālpavīryasya vāsas te kīdṛśas tv iha","q":null}],"tr":"Depart quickly from Janasthāna together with your kinsmen; for one so feeble and of little valour, what sort of dwelling is there for you here?","w":[["apayāhi","depart, go away"],["janasthānāt","from Janasthāna"],["tvaritaḥ","quickly, hastily"],["sahabāndhavaḥ","together with (your) kinsmen","",[["saha","with"],["bāndhava","kinsman"]]],["niḥsattvasyālpavīryasya","of (you) feeble and of little valour","niḥsattvasya alpavīryasya",[["niḥ","without"],["sattva","strength"],["alpa","little"],["vīrya","valour"]]],["vāsas","dwelling, abode","vāsaḥ"],["te","your"],["kīdṛśas","of what sort","kīdṛśaḥ"],["tv","indeed","tu"],["iha","here"]]},{"v":18,"ref":"3.020.018","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"rāmatejo'bhibhūto hi tvaṃ kṣipraṃ vinaśiṣyasi","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"sa hi tejaḥsamāyukto rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ","q":null},{"p":"e","t":"bhrātā cāsya mahāvīryo yena cāsmi virūpitā","q":null}],"tr":"For, overwhelmed by Rāma's splendour, you will swiftly perish; 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