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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 53

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 53

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 53

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 53 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 21 verses.

Total: 21 Verses • Citations: VR 4.53.1–21 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 4.53.1 अनुष्टुप्
तथा ब्रुवति तारे तु ताराधिपतिवर्चसि । अथ मेने हृतं राज्यं हनुमानङ्गदेन तत् ॥
tathā bruvati tāre tu tārādhipativarcasi | atha mene hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ hanumānaṅgadena tat ||
English Translation
When Tārā, bright as the moon, had spoken thus, Hanumān felt as if Angada had already deprived (Sugrīva) of his kingdom.* The sense is very obscure. One meaning is: Hanumān thought that Argada acquiescing in what Tārā had said, must remain there,-and ultimately endeavour to wrest the kingdom from Sugriva. Another meaning is: Hanumān conceived that remaining there in peace, Angada would consider his position as enviable as if he had extorted the kingdom from Sugrīva.
VR 4.53.2 अनुष्टुप्
बुद्ध्या ह्यष्टाङ्गया युक्तं चतुर्बलसमन्वितम् । चतुर्दशगुणं मेने हनुमान्वालिनः सुतम् ॥
buddhyā hyaṣṭāṅgayā yuktaṃ caturbalasamanvitam | caturdaśaguṇaṃ mene hanumānvālinaḥ sutam ||
English Translation
Hanuman thought Vali's son possessed in addition to his intellect, eight kinds of limbs, four kinds of strength and fourteen qualities (required of a king):
VR 4.53.3 अनुष्टुप्
आपूर्यमाणं शश्वच्च तेजोबलपराक्रमैः । शशिनं शुक्लपक्षादौ वर्धमानमिव श्रिया ॥
āpūryamāṇaṃ śaśvacca tejobalaparākramaiḥ | śaśinaṃ śuklapakṣādau vardhamānamiva śriyā ||
VR 4.53.4 अनुष्टुप्
बृहस्पतिसमं बुद्ध्या विक्रमे सदृशं पितुः । शुश्रूषमाणं तारस्य शुक्रस्येव पुरंदरम् ॥
bṛhaspatisamaṃ buddhyā vikrame sadṛśaṃ pituḥ | śuśrūṣamāṇaṃ tārasya śukrasyeva puraṃdaram ||
VR 4.53.5 अनुष्टुप्
भर्तुरर्थे परिश्रान्तं सर्वशास्त्रविशारदम् । अभिसंधातुमारेभे हनुमानङ्गदं ततः ॥
bharturarthe pariśrāntaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam | abhisaṃdhātumārebhe hanumānaṅgadaṃ tataḥ ||
English Translation
And Hanumān versed in all branches of learning, finding Angada backward in the affair of his master, began inspire him with fear.* *Touching Tārā.
VR 4.53.6 अनुष्टुप्
स चतुर्णामुपायानां तृतीयमुपवर्णयन् । भेदयामास तान्सर्वान्वानरान्वाक्यसंपदा ॥
sa caturṇāmupāyānāṃ tṛtīyamupavarṇayan | bhedayāmāsa tānsarvānvānarānvākyasaṃpadā ||
English Translation
He, wealthy in words, laying under contribution the second of the four means,* had created division among those monkeys. *Referred to above.
VR 4.53.7 अनुष्टुप्
तेषु सर्वेषु भिन्नेषु ततोऽभीषयदङ्गदम् । भीषणैर्बहुभिर्वाक्यैः कोपोपायसमन्वितैः ॥
teṣu sarveṣu bhinneṣu tato'bhīṣayadaṅgadam | bhīṣaṇairbahubhirvākyaiḥ kopopāyasamanvitaiḥ ||
English Translation
On their being divided, he (Hanuman) set about raising Angada's apprehension by various fear-fraught speech, referring to punishments.
VR 4.53.8 अनुष्टुप्
त्वं समर्थतरः पित्रा युद्धे तारेय वै धुरम् । दृढं धारयितुं शक्तः कपिराज्यं यथा पिता ॥
tvaṃ samarthataraḥ pitrā yuddhe tāreya vai dhuram | dṛḍhaṃ dhārayituṃ śaktaḥ kapirājyaṃ yathā pitā ||
English Translation
O Tārā's son, you are for certain more capable of fight than even your sire; and you are also able to hold the monkey-kingdom as firmly as he.
VR 4.53.9 अनुष्टुप्
नित्यमस्थिरचित्ता हि कपयो हरिपुंगव । नाज्ञाप्यं विषहिष्यन्ति पुत्रदारान्विना त्वया ॥
nityamasthiracittā hi kapayo haripuṃgava | nājñāpyaṃ viṣahiṣyanti putradārānvinā tvayā ||
English Translation
But, O foremost of monkeys, the monkeys are always inconstant in character. Bereft of their wives and sons, they shall not bear your behest.
VR 4.53.10 अनुष्टुप्
त्वां नैते ह्यनुयुञ्जेयुः प्रत्यक्षं प्रवदामि ते । यथायं जाम्बवान्नीलः सुहोत्रश्च महाकपिः ॥
tvāṃ naite hyanuyuñjeyuḥ pratyakṣaṃ pravadāmi te | yathāyaṃ jāmbavānnīlaḥ suhotraśca mahākapiḥ ||
English Translation
They shall never take to you. This I tell you in presence of all. And I will tell you what. You neither by the virtues of conciliation, charity and the rest, nor by chastisement, shall succeed in drawing to your side this Jāmbavān, or Nīla, or the mighty ape Suhotra, or myself.
VR 4.53.11 अनुष्टुप्
न ह्यहं त इमे सर्वे सामदानादिभिर्गुणैः । दण्डेन न त्वया शक्याः सुग्रीवादपकर्षितुम् ॥
na hyahaṃ ta ime sarve sāmadānādibhirguṇaiḥ | daṇḍena na tvayā śakyāḥ sugrīvādapakarṣitum ||
English Translation
They shall never take to you. This I tell you in presence of all. And I will tell you what. You neither by the virtues of conciliation, charity and the rest, nor by chastisement, shall succeed in drawing to your side this Jāmbavān, or Nīla, or the mighty ape Suhotra, or myself.
VR 4.53.12 अनुष्टुप्
विगृह्यासनमप्याहुर्दुर्बलेन बलीयसः । आत्मरक्षाकरस्तस्मान्न विगृह्णीत दुर्बलः ॥
vigṛhyāsanamapyāhurdurbalena balīyasaḥ | ātmarakṣākarastasmānna vigṛhṇīta durbalaḥ ||
English Translation
A strong one wronging another that is weak, can live; therefore a weak person anxious for self-preservation, should never wrong (a strong individual).
VR 4.53.13 अनुष्टुप्
यां चेमां मन्यसे धात्रीमेतद्बिलमिति श्रुतम् । एतल्लक्ष्मणबाणानामीषत्कार्यं विदारणे ॥
yāṃ cemāṃ manyase dhātrīmetadbilamiti śrutam | etallakṣmaṇabāṇānāmīṣatkāryaṃ vidāraṇe ||
English Translation
You considerest that this cave may serve for your protectress,* having heard of it (said by Tārā); but to rive the same is but light work for the shafts of Laksmana. *The word meaning cave is feminine in Sanskrit.
VR 4.53.14 उपजातिः
स्वल्पं हि कृतमिन्द्रेण क्षिपता ह्यशनिं पुरा । लक्ष्मणो निशितैर्बाणैर्भिन्द्यात्पत्रपुटं यथा । लक्ष्मणस्य च नाराचा बहवः सन्ति तद्विधाः ॥
svalpaṃ hi kṛtamindreṇa kṣipatā hyaśaniṃ purā | lakṣmaṇo niśitairbāṇairbhindyātpatrapuṭaṃ yathā | lakṣmaṇasya ca nārācā bahavaḥ santi tadvidhāḥ ||
English Translation
Formerly this was cleft a little by Indra, with his thunderbolt hurled (against it);* but now Lakṣmaṇa would pierce it like a leaf-stalk, by means of his keen arrows. *The commentator interprets the passage differently: Formerly Indra did a little damage herein-i.e. merely slew Maya, the architect of the mansion. This is ingenuity. I give the plain sense.
VR 4.53.15 अनुष्टुप्
अवस्थाने यदैव त्वमासिष्यसि परंतप । तदैव हरयः सर्वे त्यक्ष्यन्ति कृतनिश्चयाः ॥
avasthāne yadaiva tvamāsiṣyasi paraṃtapa | tadaiva harayaḥ sarve tyakṣyanti kṛtaniścayāḥ ||
English Translation
O subduer of enemies, soon as you shall set up here, the monkeys, making up their minds, shall forsake you.
VR 4.53.16 अनुष्टुप्
स्मरन्तः पुत्रदाराणां नित्योद्विग्ना बुभुक्षिताः । खेदिता दुःखशय्याभिस्त्वां करिष्यन्ति पृष्ठतः ॥
smarantaḥ putradārāṇāṃ nityodvignā bubhukṣitāḥ | kheditā duḥkhaśayyābhistvāṃ kariṣyanti pṛṣṭhataḥ ||
English Translation
Remembering their wives and sons, ever anxious (on account of Sugrīva, pining for domestic happiness, ad aggrieved (at their pitiable plight), they shall turn their backs upon you.
VR 4.53.17 अनुष्टुप्
स त्वं हीनः सुहृद्भिश्च हितकामैश्च बन्धुभिः । तृणादपि भृशोद्विग्नः स्पन्दमानाद्भविष्यसि ॥
sa tvaṃ hīnaḥ suhṛdbhiśca hitakāmaiśca bandhubhiḥ | tṛṇādapi bhṛśodvignaḥ spandamānādbhaviṣyasi ||
English Translation
Then forsaken by the kindred as well as friends seeking your welfare, you shall be struck with affright even at a quaking blade of grass. If you make head (against Sugriva), the sharpened shafts of Laksmana, terrible, of exceeding impetuosity and mighty vehemence, and incapable of being baffled, shall be eager to slay you.
VR 4.53.18 अनुष्टुप्
न च जातु न हिंस्युस्त्वां घोरा लक्ष्मणसायकाः । अपवृत्तं जिघांसन्तो महावेगा दुरासदाः ॥
na ca jātu na hiṃsyustvāṃ ghorā lakṣmaṇasāyakāḥ | apavṛttaṃ jighāṃsanto mahāvegā durāsadāḥ ||
English Translation
In Progress
VR 4.53.19 अनुष्टुप्
अस्माभिस्तु गतं सार्धं विनीतवदुपस्थितम् । आनुपूर्व्यात्तु सुग्रीवो राज्ये त्वां स्थापयिष्यति ॥
asmābhistu gataṃ sārdhaṃ vinītavadupasthitam | ānupūrvyāttu sugrīvo rājye tvāṃ sthāpayiṣyati ||
English Translation
On the contrary, if you in humble guise present yourself (before him) along with us, he shall-establish you in the kingdom, in consideration of your being the next heir.
VR 4.53.20 अनुष्टुप्
धर्मकामः पितृव्यस्ते प्रीतिकामो दृढव्रतः । शुचिः सत्यप्रतिज्ञश्च ना त्वां जातु जिघांसति ॥
dharmakāmaḥ pitṛvyaste prītikāmo dṛḍhavrataḥ | śuciḥ satyapratijñaśca nā tvāṃ jātu jighāṃsati ||
English Translation
A righteous sovereign, steady in vow, clean, and truthful in promise, your uncle, who cherishes affection for you shall not by any mears chastise. Ju.
VR 4.53.21 अनुष्टुप्
प्रियकामश्च ते मातुस्तदर्थं चास्य जीवितम् । तस्यापत्यं च नास्त्यन्यत्तस्मादङ्गद गम्यताम् ॥
priyakāmaśca te mātustadarthaṃ cāsya jīvitam | tasyāpatyaṃ ca nāstyanyattasmādaṅgada gamyatām ||
English Translation
He loves your mother, and his life is for her; and she has no other son. Therefore, O Angada, go along with us.
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