भट्टिकाव्यम् (रावणवधः)

Verse 1

वनस्पतीनां सरसां नदीनां तेजस्विनां कान्तिभृतां दिशां च । निर्याय तस्याः स पुरः समन्ता च्छ्रियं दधानां शरदं ददर्श ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Having come out of the city, he (Rama) perceived the autumn bearing, all around, the beauty of plants, lakes, and rivers, and the radiant quarters possessing splendour.

Verse 2

तरङ्ग-सङ्गाच्चपलैः पलाशैर्ज्वाला-श्रियं साऽतिशयां दधन्ति । स-धूम-दीप्ताऽग्नि-रुचीनि रेजुस्ताम्रोत्पलान्याकुल-षट्-पदानि ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Wearing the excessive splendour of filames on their petals (that were) tremulous on account of the contact with the ripples, the red lotuses, which had the hue of smoky blazing fire and had bees hovering (around), looked to advantage.

Verse 3

बिम्बाऽऽगतैस्तीर-वनैः समृद्धिं निजां विलोक्याऽपहृतां पयोभिः । कूलानि साऽऽमर्षतयेव तेनुः सरोज-लक्ष्मीं स्थल-पद्म-हासैः ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: On seeing their own affiluence snatched away by the waters through the clusters of trees on the banks that had entered (the waters) as reflections, the banks, as if through wrath, exhibited the splendour of the water-lilies by means of the blooms of ground-lilies.

Verse 4

निशा-तुषारैर्नयनाऽम्बु-कल्पैः पत्रा-ऽन्त-पर्यागलदच्छ-बिन्दुः ।उपारुरोदेव नदत्-पतङ्गः कुमुद्वतीं तीर-तरुर्दिनाऽऽदौ ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: With clear drops dripping from around the edges of its leaves, on account of the night dew that resembled tears from the eyes, a tree on the bank, on which the birds were chirping, bewailed, as it were, the moon-lotus at the dawn of the day.

Verse 5

वनानि तोयानि च नेत्र-कल्पैः पुष्पैः सरोजैश्च निलीन-भृङ्गैः । परस्परां विस्मयवन्ति लक्ष्मी- मालोकयाञ्चक्रुरिवाऽऽदरेण ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: The woods and the waters, with (their) eyes, respectively, in the from of flowers and the white lotuses on which bees had rested, observed, as if with respect, the marvellous riches of each other.

Verse 6

प्रभात-वाताहऽऽति-कम्पिताऽऽकृतिः कुमुद्वती-रेणु-पिशङ्ग-विग्रहम् । निरास भृङ्गं कुपितेव पद्मिनी न मानिनी संसहतेऽन्य-सङ्गमम् ॥

Metre: वंशस्थम्

Karandikar: The sun-lotus plant, whose frame was shaken by the morning breezedrove out, as if enraged, the bee whose form was tawny with the pollen from the moon-lotus creeper. A self-respecting woman does not tolerate (her lover's) contact with another (woman).

Verse 7

दत्ताऽवधानं मधु-लेहि-गीतौ प्रशान्त-चेष्टं हरिणं जिघांसुः ।आकर्णयन्नुत्सुक-हंस-नादान्लक्ष्ये समाधिं न दधे मृगावित् ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Desirous of killing a deer that had fixed its attention on the song of the bees, (and so was standing still), the hunter, listening to the warblings of the eager Swans, could not rivet his concentration on his target, (viz. the deer)

Verse 8

गिरेर्नितम्बे मरुता विभिन्नं तोयाऽवशेषेण हिमाऽऽभमभ्रम् । सरिन्-मुखाऽभ्युच्चयमादधानं शैलाऽधिपस्याऽनुचकार लक्ष्मीम् ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: The cloud, shattered by the wind on the slope of the mountain, resembling snowspray on account of the remnants of water and causing a swelling of the rivers, imitated the charm of the Lord of Mountains.

Verse 9

गर्जन्हरिः साऽम्भसि शैल-कुञ्जे प्रतिध्वनीनात्म-कृतान्निशम्य । क्रमं बबन्ध क्रमितुं स-कोपः प्रतर्कयन्नन्य-मृगेन्द्र-नादान् ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Roaring, on having heard the echoes aroused by him self in the watery towers of the mountain, the angry lion taking them ( to be ) the roars of another lion, assumed a position for attack.

Verse 10

अदृक्षताऽम्भांसि नवोत्पलानि रुतानि चाऽश्रोषत षट्-पदानाम् ।आघ्रायि वान्गन्ध-वहः सु-गन्धस्तेनाऽरविन्द-व्यतिषङ्ग-वांश्च ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: The waters with fresh lotuses were seen, the humming of bees were heard and the gently blowing breeze, fragrant by its contact with the lotuses, was inhaled by him (Rama),

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