भट्टिकाव्यम् (रावणवधः)

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),

Verse 11

लताऽनुपातं कुसुमान्यगृह्णात्स नद्यवस्कन्दमुपास्पृशच्च । कुतूहलाच्चारु-शिलोपवेशं काकुत्स्थ ईषत्स्मयमान आस्त ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Bending before every creeper, he plucked flowers, and leaping up to every river he sipped (water) ; (indeed) that descendant of Kakutstha (Rama) sat down on every charming stone slab, smiling slightly

Verse 12

तिग्मांशु-रश्मिच्-छुरितान्य-दूरात्प्राञ्चि प्रभाते सलिलान्यपश्यत् । गभस्ति-धाराभिरिव द्रुतानि तेजांसि भानोर्भुवि संभृतानि ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: He sawnot from far, the eastern waters tinted in the morning by the rays of the sun, as if (they were) the lustre squeezed from the sunbeams and collected on the earth

Verse 13

दिग्-व्यापिनीर्लोचन-लोभनीया मृजाऽन्वयाः स्नेहमिव स्रवन्तीः । ऋज्वाऽऽयताः शस्य-विशेष-पङ्क्तीस्तुतोष पश्यन्वितृणाऽन्तरालाः ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: He was pleased to see the straight long rows of special corn, attractive to the eyes, pervading the quarters, cleanly planted, with its interstices cleared of grass and as if it were oozing out oiliness (love).

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