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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 52

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 52

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 52

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 52 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 33 verses.

Total: 33 Verses • Citations: VR 4.52.1–33 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 4.52.1 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्तः शुभं वाक्यं तापस्या धर्मसंहितम् । उवाच हनुमान्वाक्यं तामनिन्दितचेष्टिताम् ॥
evamuktaḥ śubhaṃ vākyaṃ tāpasyā dharmasaṃhitam | uvāca hanumānvākyaṃ tāmaninditaceṣṭitām ||
English Translation
Thus accosted in excellent words fraught with asceticism and righteousness Hanumān spoke to that one of faultless eyes, saying.
VR 4.52.2 उपजातिः
शरणं त्वां प्रपन्नाः स्मः सर्वे वै धर्मचारिणि । यः कृतः समयोऽस्माकं सुग्रीवेण महात्मना । स तु कालो व्यतिक्रान्तो बिले च परिवर्तताम् ॥
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapannāḥ smaḥ sarve vai dharmacāriṇi | yaḥ kṛtaḥ samayo'smākaṃ sugrīveṇa mahātmanā | sa tu kālo vyatikrānto bile ca parivartatām ||
English Translation
We all take refuge in you, practising piety. the term that had been fixed by the high-souled Sugrīva in respect of us, shall all be spent in this cave. Therefore it behoveth you to deliver us from this place.
VR 4.52.3 अनुष्टुप्
सा त्वमस्माद्बिलाद्घोरादुत्तारयितुमर्हसि ॥
sā tvamasmādbilādghorāduttārayitumarhasi ||
VR 4.52.4 अनुष्टुप्
तस्मात्सुग्रीववचनादतिक्रान्तान्गतायुषः । त्रातुमर्हसि नः सर्वान्सुग्रीवभयशङ्कितान् ॥
tasmātsugrīvavacanādatikrāntāngatāyuṣaḥ | trātumarhasi naḥ sarvānsugrīvabhayaśaṅkitān ||
English Translation
It behove you to save us, exercised with fear for Sugriva,-who, happening to override Sugriva's command, shall lose our lives. And, further, O you that practisest righteousness, great is the task that is to be performed by us.
VR 4.52.5 अनुष्टुप्
महच्च कार्यमस्माभिः कर्तव्यं धर्मचारिणि । तच्चापि न कृतं कार्यमस्माभिरिह वासिभिः ॥
mahacca kāryamasmābhiḥ kartavyaṃ dharmacāriṇi | taccāpi na kṛtaṃ kāryamasmābhiriha vāsibhiḥ ||
English Translation
But if we stay here, that work of ours shall remain unaccomplished.
VR 4.52.6 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्ता हनुमता तापसी वाक्यमब्रवीत् । जीवता दुष्करं मन्ये प्रविष्टेन निवर्तितुम् ॥
evamuktā hanumatā tāpasī vākyamabravīt | jīvatā duṣkaraṃ manye praviṣṭena nivartitum ||
English Translation
Thus addressed by Hanumān, the ascetic said, Once entering, hard it is for any one to return (hence) alive. But by the potency of my asceticism acquired through self-discipline, I shall deliver all the monkeys from this den.
VR 4.52.7 अनुष्टुप्
तपसस्तु प्रभावेन नियमोपार्जितेन च । सर्वानेव बिलादस्मादुद्धरिष्यामि वानरान् ॥
tapasastu prabhāvena niyamopārjitena ca | sarvāneva bilādasmāduddhariṣyāmi vānarān ||
English Translation
'I will help all monkeys out of this cave by virtue of my power of asceticism duly practised.
VR 4.52.8 अनुष्टुप्
निमीलयत चक्षूंषि सर्वे वानरपुंगवाः । न हि निष्क्रमितुं शक्यमनिमीलितलोचनैः ॥
nimīlayata cakṣūṃṣi sarve vānarapuṃgavāḥ | na hi niṣkramituṃ śakyamanimīlitalocanaiḥ ||
English Translation
You foremost of monkeys, do you close your eyes. No one is able to issue out of this place without closing one's eyes.
VR 4.52.9 अनुष्टुप्
ततः संमीलिताः सर्वे सुकुमाराङ्गुलैः करैः । सहसा पिदधुर्दृष्टिं हृष्टा गमनकाङ्क्षिणः ॥
tataḥ saṃmīlitāḥ sarve sukumārāṅgulaiḥ karaiḥ | sahasā pidadhurdṛṣṭiṃ hṛṣṭā gamanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Then they, eagerly desirous of going out, closed their sight* with their hands furnished with tender fingers. *The text has nimilitah—and thus they closed their eyes. This redundant epithet has been left out in the translation, as it would render the version extremely awkward.
VR 4.52.10 अनुष्टुप्
वानरास्तु महात्मानो हस्तरुद्धमुखास्तदा । निमेषान्तरमात्रेण बिलादुत्तारितास्तया ॥
vānarāstu mahātmāno hastaruddhamukhāstadā | nimeṣāntaramātreṇa bilāduttāritāstayā ||
English Translation
The magnanimous monkeys, with their faces covered with their palms, were in the twinkling of an eye, liberated from the den by her.
VR 4.52.11 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तान्वानरान्सर्वांस्तापसी धर्मचारिणी । निःसृतान्विषमात्तस्मात्समाश्वास्येदमब्रवीत् ॥
tatastānvānarānsarvāṃstāpasī dharmacāriṇī | niḥsṛtānviṣamāttasmātsamāśvāsyedamabravīt ||
English Translation
And then the pious anchoret spoke to them there. And when they had come out of the fearful den, cheering them up, she said,
VR 4.52.12 अनुष्टुप्
एष विन्ध्यो गिरिः श्रीमान्नानाद्रुमलतायुतः । एष प्रसवणः शैलः सागरोऽयं महोदधिः ॥
eṣa vindhyo giriḥ śrīmānnānādrumalatāyutaḥ | eṣa prasavaṇaḥ śailaḥ sāgaro'yaṃ mahodadhiḥ ||
English Translation
'This Vindhya mountain has a rich collection of trees and bushes. This is Prasravana hill and this is the great ocean.O monkeys. Good luck to you. (Now) I am going back home'. Having said so, Svayamprabha entered the splendid cave.
VR 4.52.13 अनुष्टुप्
स्वस्ति वोऽस्तु गमिष्यामि भवनं वानरर्षभाः । इत्युक्त्वा तद्बिलं श्रीमत्प्रविवेश स्वयंप्रभा ॥
svasti vo'stu gamiṣyāmi bhavanaṃ vānararṣabhāḥ | ityuktvā tadbilaṃ śrīmatpraviveśa svayaṃprabhā ||
English Translation
This is the fair Vindhya mountain filled with various trees and herbs. This is the Praśravaņa hill; and this is the great deep. Fair Fortune! I go to my abode, you foremost of monkeys. Having spokea thus, Svayamprabhā entered that captivating cave.
VR 4.52.14 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्ते ददृशुर्घोरं सागरं वरुणालयम् । अपारमभिगर्जन्तं घोरैरूर्मिभिराकुलम् ॥
tataste dadṛśurghoraṃ sāgaraṃ varuṇālayam | apāramabhigarjantaṃ ghorairūrmibhirākulam ||
English Translation
Then they saw the ocean—abode of Varuņashoreless, resounding, rife with dreadful billows.
VR 4.52.15 अनुष्टुप्
मयस्य माया विहितं गिरिदुर्गं विचिन्वताम् । तेषां मासो व्यतिक्रान्तो यो राज्ञा समयः कृतः ॥
mayasya māyā vihitaṃ giridurgaṃ vicinvatām | teṣāṃ māso vyatikrānto yo rājñā samayaḥ kṛtaḥ ||
English Translation
Exploring the mountain fateness of Maya*, they spent the month that had been set by the king. *Named Rhiksavila.
VR 4.52.16 अनुष्टुप्
विन्ध्यस्य तु गिरेः पादे संप्रपुष्पितपादपे । उपविश्य महाभागाश्चिन्तामापेदिरे तदा ॥
vindhyasya tu gireḥ pāde saṃprapuṣpitapādape | upaviśya mahābhāgāścintāmāpedire tadā ||
English Translation
Then sitting down at the foot of the Vindhya mountain, containing blossoming trees, at that time* those high-souled ones indulged-in reflections. *i.e. at the beginning of winter.
VR 4.52.17 अनुष्टुप्
ततः पुष्पातिभाराग्राँल्लताशतसमावृतान् । द्रुमान्वासन्तिकान्दृष्ट्वा बभूवुर्भयशङ्किताः ॥
tataḥ puṣpātibhārāgrām̐llatāśatasamāvṛtān | drumānvāsantikāndṛṣṭvā babhūvurbhayaśaṅkitāḥ ||
English Translation
Beholding vernal trees bending beneath the load of flowers, and environed by hundreds of plants, they were inspired with apprehension.
VR 4.52.18 अनुष्टुप्
ते वसन्तमनुप्राप्तं प्रतिवेद्य परस्परम् । नष्टसंदेशकालार्था निपेतुर्धरणीतले ॥
te vasantamanuprāptaṃ prativedya parasparam | naṣṭasaṃdeśakālārthā nipeturdharaṇītale ||
English Translation
And each knowing that spring had appeared, they, the term appointed for their task having run out, dropped down on the ground.
VR 4.52.19 अनुष्टुप्
स तु सिंहर्षभ स्कन्धः पीनायतभुजः कपिः । युवराजो महाप्राज्ञ अङ्गदो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
sa tu siṃharṣabha skandhaḥ pīnāyatabhujaḥ kapiḥ | yuvarājo mahāprājña aṅgado vākyamabravīt ||
English Translation
Thereat, with bland words properly honouring the aged apes and the rest dwelling in the woods, that monkey having the shoulders of a lion or a bull, and plump and broad arms-the youthful prince Angada, endowed with high wisdom, spoke,
VR 4.52.20 अनुष्टुप्
शासनात्कपिराजस्य वयं सर्वे विनिर्गताः । मासः पूर्णो बिलस्थानां हरयः किं न बुध्यते ॥
śāsanātkapirājasya vayaṃ sarve vinirgatāḥ | māsaḥ pūrṇo bilasthānāṃ harayaḥ kiṃ na budhyate ||
English Translation
We have come out at the mandate of the monarch of monkeys. While we sojourned in the cave, a full month had passed away, you monkeys. Why do you not understand this? We set out, engaging that our term of search should reach no further than the end of Kärtika;* but that has expired. Now, what next is to be done? *October.
VR 4.52.21 अनुष्टुप्
तस्मिन्नतीते काले तु सुग्रीवेण कृते स्वयम् । प्रायोपवेशनं युक्तं सर्वेषां च वनौकसाम् ॥
tasminnatīte kāle tu sugrīveṇa kṛte svayam | prāyopaveśanaṃ yuktaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca vanaukasām ||
English Translation
'Now that the time limit fixed by Sugriva has expired, the right thing to do for the monkeys is to fast unto death.
VR 4.52.22 अनुष्टुप्
तीक्ष्णः प्रकृत्या सुग्रीवः स्वामिभावे व्यवस्थितः । न क्षमिष्यति नः सर्वानपराधकृतो गतान् ॥
tīkṣṇaḥ prakṛtyā sugrīvaḥ svāmibhāve vyavasthitaḥ | na kṣamiṣyati naḥ sarvānaparādhakṛto gatān ||
English Translation
Naturally stern, Sugrīva, established as our master, shall not forgive us, when we repair there, after having transgressed thus.
VR 4.52.23 अनुष्टुप्
अप्रवृत्तौ च सीतायाः पापमेव करिष्यति । तस्मात्क्षममिहाद्यैव प्रायोपविशनं हि नः ॥
apravṛttau ca sītāyāḥ pāpameva kariṣyati | tasmātkṣamamihādyaiva prāyopaviśanaṃ hi naḥ ||
English Translation
Sītā not having been found out, Sugrīva, for certain, shall commit this sin.* Therefore it is fit that, forsaking our sons, and wives, and wealth, and homes, we this very day sit down to starve ourselves to death. *i.e. slay us.
VR 4.52.24 उपजातिः
त्यक्त्वा पुत्रांश्च दारांश्च धनानि च गृहाणि च । यावन्न घातयेद्राजा सर्वान्प्रतिगतानितः । वधेनाप्रतिरूपेण श्रेयान्मृत्युरिहैव नः ॥
tyaktvā putrāṃśca dārāṃśca dhanāni ca gṛhāṇi ca | yāvanna ghātayedrājā sarvānpratigatānitaḥ | vadhenāpratirūpeṇa śreyānmṛtyurihaiva naḥ ||
English Translation
Death at this place is preferable to the unequal punishment (we must meet with at the hands of Sugriva).
VR 4.52.25 अनुष्टुप्
न चाहं यौवराज्येन सुग्रीवेणाभिषेचितः । नरेन्द्रेणाभिषिक्तोऽस्मि रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥
na cāhaṃ yauvarājyena sugrīveṇābhiṣecitaḥ | narendreṇābhiṣikto'smi rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā ||
English Translation
And, further, I have not been installed heirapparent by Sugrīva: I have been sprinkled by that foremost of kings, Rāma of untiring energy.
VR 4.52.26 अनुष्टुप्
स पूर्वं बद्धवैरो मां राजा दृष्ट्वा व्यतिक्रमम् । घातयिष्यति दण्डेन तीक्ष्णेन कृतनिश्चयः ॥
sa pūrvaṃ baddhavairo māṃ rājā dṛṣṭvā vyatikramam | ghātayiṣyati daṇḍena tīkṣṇena kṛtaniścayaḥ ||
English Translation
Entertaining enmity against me of old, the king, seeing this lapse, must be firmly determined to take my life by means of a severe sentence.
VR 4.52.27 अनुष्टुप्
किं मे सुहृद्भिर्व्यसनं पश्यद्भिर्जीवितान्तरे । इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये पुण्ये सागररोधसि ॥
kiṃ me suhṛdbhirvyasanaṃ paśyadbhirjīvitāntare | ihaiva prāyamāsiṣye puṇye sāgararodhasi ||
English Translation
What is the use of suffering my friends to look on my disaster at the last moment of my existence? Therefore even on this sacred shore of the sea shall I sit down to starve myself.
VR 4.52.28 अनुष्टुप्
एतच्छ्रुत्वा कुमारेण युवराजेन भाषितम् । सर्वे ते वानरश्रेष्ठाः करुणं वाक्यमब्रुवन् ॥
etacchrutvā kumāreṇa yuvarājena bhāṣitam | sarve te vānaraśreṣṭhāḥ karuṇaṃ vākyamabruvan ||
English Translation
Hearing the tender prince speak thus, all those principal monkeys pathetically observed,
VR 4.52.29 अनुष्टुप्
तीक्ष्णः प्रकृत्या सुग्रीवः प्रियासक्तश्च राघवः । अदृष्टायां च वैदेह्यां दृष्ट्वास्मांश्च समागतान् ॥
tīkṣṇaḥ prakṛtyā sugrīvaḥ priyāsaktaśca rāghavaḥ | adṛṣṭāyāṃ ca vaidehyāṃ dṛṣṭvāsmāṃśca samāgatān ||
English Translation
Sugrīva is harsh by nature, and Rāghava loveth his wife dearly. The time appointed having passed by, seeing us (come) without attaining success in the task, and seeing us arrive without obtaining a sight of Vaidehi, (Sugrīva) shall certainly slay us from the desire of doing what is agreeable to Rāghava.
VR 4.52.30 अनुष्टुप्
राघवप्रियकामार्थं घातयिष्यत्यसंशयम् । न क्षमं चापराद्धानां गमनं स्वामिपार्श्वतः ॥
rāghavapriyakāmārthaṃ ghātayiṣyatyasaṃśayam | na kṣamaṃ cāparāddhānāṃ gamanaṃ svāmipārśvataḥ ||
VR 4.52.31 उपजातिः
प्लवंगमानां तु भयार्दितानां; श्रुत्वा वचस्तार इदं बभाषे । अलं विषादेन बिलं प्रविश्य; वसाम सर्वे यदि रोचते वः ॥
plavaṃgamānāṃ tu bhayārditānāṃ; śrutvā vacastāra idaṃ babhāṣe | alaṃ viṣādena bilaṃ praviśya; vasāma sarve yadi rocate vaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing the speeches of the monkeys afflicted with fear, Tārā said,-No use of indulging in grief. If you relish it, let us all entering the cave, dwell there.
VR 4.52.32 वंशस्थम्
इदं हि माया विहितं सुदुर्गमं; प्रभूतवृक्षोदकभोज्यपेयम् । इहास्ति नो नैव भयं पुरंदरा;न्न राघवाद्वानरराजतोऽपि वा ॥
idaṃ hi māyā vihitaṃ sudurgamaṃ; prabhūtavṛkṣodakabhojyapeyam | ihāsti no naiva bhayaṃ puraṃdarā;nna rāghavādvānararājato'pi vā ||
English Translation
This place abounding in flowers and waters, meats and drinks,—which has been brought forth by the power of ilusion, is incapable of being approached. Here we have no fear from Purandara, or Rāghava, or the king of monkeys.
VR 4.52.33 उपजातिः
श्रुत्वाङ्गदस्यापि वचोऽनुकूल;मूचुश्च सर्वे हरयः प्रतीताः । यथा न हन्येम तथाविधान;मसक्तमद्यैव विधीयतां नः ॥
śrutvāṅgadasyāpi vaco'nukūla;mūcuśca sarve harayaḥ pratītāḥ | yathā na hanyema tathāvidhāna;masaktamadyaiva vidhīyatāṃ naḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing the welcome words of Angada, the monkeys,-being convinced, said,-Do you this very day so order that we may not be slain.
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