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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 54

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 54

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 54

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 54 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 21 verses.

Total: 21 Verses • Citations: VR 4.54.1–21 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 4.54.1 अनुष्टुप्
श्रुत्वा हनुमतो वाक्यं प्रश्रितं धर्मसंहितम् । स्वामिसत्कारसंयुक्तमङ्गदो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
śrutvā hanumato vākyaṃ praśritaṃ dharmasaṃhitam | svāmisatkārasaṃyuktamaṅgado vākyamabravīt ||
English Translation
Hearing Hanuman's speech, uttered meekly, fraught with morality, and reflecting honour upon Sugriva, Angada said,
VR 4.54.2 अनुष्टुप्
स्थैर्यं सर्वात्मना शौचमानृशंस्यमथार्जवम् । विक्रमैश्चैव धैर्यं च सुग्रीवे नोपपद्यते ॥
sthairyaṃ sarvātmanā śaucamānṛśaṃsyamathārjavam | vikramaiścaiva dhairyaṃ ca sugrīve nopapadyate ||
English Translation
Firmness, and mental sanctity, mercy, candour, prowess, and patience, are not in Sugriva.
VR 4.54.3 अनुष्टुप्
भ्रातुर्ज्येष्ठस्य यो भार्यां जीवितो महिषीं प्रियाम् । धर्मेण मातरं यस्तु स्वीकरोति जुगुप्सितः ॥
bhrāturjyeṣṭhasya yo bhāryāṃ jīvito mahiṣīṃ priyām | dharmeṇa mātaraṃ yastu svīkaroti jugupsitaḥ ||
English Translation
He that, while her son is living, appropriateth the beloved queen of his elder brother, mother to him by morality, is hated (of all beings). How can he that could cover up the mouth of the cave, when he had been desired by his brother gone on martial mission, to guard the same,—(how can he) know morality?
VR 4.54.4 अनुष्टुप्
कथं स धर्मं जानीते येन भ्रात्रा दुरात्मना । युद्धायाभिनियुक्तेन बिलस्य पिहितं मुखम् ॥
kathaṃ sa dharmaṃ jānīte yena bhrātrā durātmanā | yuddhāyābhiniyuktena bilasya pihitaṃ mukham ||
English Translation
He that, while her son is living, appropriateth the beloved queen of his elder brother, mother to him by morality, is hated (of all beings). How can he that could cover up the mouth of the cave, when he had been desired by his brother gone on martial mission, to guard the same,—(how can he) know morality?
VR 4.54.5 अनुष्टुप्
सत्यात्पाणिगृहीतश्च कृतकर्मा महायशाः । विस्मृतो राघवो येन स कस्य सुकृतं स्मरेत् ॥
satyātpāṇigṛhītaśca kṛtakarmā mahāyaśāḥ | vismṛto rāghavo yena sa kasya sukṛtaṃ smaret ||
English Translation
Whose good office remembereth he who could forget the renowned Räghava himself of mighty deeds, after having, in the name of truth, taken his hand? How can he reap religious merit that directed us to search Sītā here, from fear of Laksmana, and not from fear of unrighteousness?
VR 4.54.6 अनुष्टुप्
लक्ष्मणस्य भयाद्येन नाधर्मभयभीरुणा । आदिष्टा मार्गितुं सीतां धर्ममस्मिन्कथं भवेत् ॥
lakṣmaṇasya bhayādyena nādharmabhayabhīruṇā | ādiṣṭā mārgituṃ sītāṃ dharmamasminkathaṃ bhavet ||
English Translation
Whose good office remembereth he who could forget the renowned Räghava himself of mighty deeds, after having, in the name of truth, taken his hand? How can he reap religious merit that directed us to search Sītā here, from fear of Laksmana, and not from fear of unrighteousness?
VR 4.54.7 अनुष्टुप्
तस्मिन्पापे कृतघ्ने तु स्मृतिहीने चलात्मनि । आर्यः को विश्वसेज्जातु तत्कुलीनो जिजीविषुः ॥
tasminpāpe kṛtaghne tu smṛtihīne calātmani | āryaḥ ko viśvasejjātu tatkulīno jijīviṣuḥ ||
English Translation
What noble person, in especial, sprung in his race, shall any longer repose confidence in that impious one of unstable soul who has run amuck of morality?
VR 4.54.8 अनुष्टुप्
राज्ये पुत्रं प्रतिष्ठाप्य सगुणो निर्गुणोऽपि वा । कथं शत्रुकुलीनं मां सुग्रीवो जीवयिष्यति ॥
rājye putraṃ pratiṣṭhāpya saguṇo nirguṇo'pi vā | kathaṃ śatrukulīnaṃ māṃ sugrīvo jīvayiṣyati ||
English Translation
Meritorious or otherwise, how can Sugriva, having installed in the kingdom me, son (of his enemy) and the enemy sprung in his race, suffer me to live?
VR 4.54.9 अनुष्टुप्
भिन्नमन्त्रोऽपराद्धश्च हीनशक्तिः कथं ह्यहम् । किष्किन्धां प्राप्य जीवेयमनाथ इव दुर्बलः ॥
bhinnamantro'parāddhaśca hīnaśaktiḥ kathaṃ hyaham | kiṣkindhāṃ prāpya jīveyamanātha iva durbalaḥ ||
English Translation
How can I, whose counsels have been revealed, who have transgressed, and who have been deprived of my power, repairing to Kiş kindhā like one forlorn and feeble, live?
VR 4.54.10 अनुष्टुप्
उपांशुदण्डेन हि मां बन्धनेनोपपादयेत् । शठः क्रूरो नृशंसश्च सुग्रीवो राज्यकारणात् ॥
upāṃśudaṇḍena hi māṃ bandhanenopapādayet | śaṭhaḥ krūro nṛśaṃsaśca sugrīvo rājyakāraṇāt ||
English Translation
For the sake of his kingdom, Sugrīva, wily, cunning and cruel, shall put me in solitary confinement.
VR 4.54.11 अनुष्टुप्
बन्धनाच्चावसादान्मे श्रेयः प्रायोपवेशनम् । अनुजानीत मां सर्वे गृहान्गच्छन्तु वानराः ॥
bandhanāccāvasādānme śreyaḥ prāyopaveśanam | anujānīta māṃ sarve gṛhāngacchantu vānarāḥ ||
English Translation
For me fasting to death is better than being confined-and suffering the consequent misery. Do you grant me your permission; and go to your homes, you monkeys.
VR 4.54.12 अनुष्टुप्
अहं वः प्रतिजानामि न गमिष्याम्यहं पुरीम् । इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये श्रेयो मरणमेव मे ॥
ahaṃ vaḥ pratijānāmi na gamiṣyāmyahaṃ purīm | ihaiva prāyamāsiṣye śreyo maraṇameva me ||
English Translation
I vow before you, to the palace I will never repair. At this very spot will I fast for death; as death is good for me.
VR 4.54.13 अनुष्टुप्
अभिवादनपूर्वं तु राजा कुशलमेव च । वाच्यस्ततो यवीयान्मे सुग्रीवो वानरेश्वरः ॥
abhivādanapūrvaṃ tu rājā kuśalameva ca | vācyastato yavīyānme sugrīvo vānareśvaraḥ ||
English Translation
Bowing to the king as well as to the powerful Rāghava, you should communicate my wellbeing to Sugriva— lord of my health and peace to my mother Umā.
VR 4.54.14 अनुष्टुप्
आरोग्यपूर्वं कुशलं वाच्या माता रुमा च मे । मातरं चैव मे तारामाश्वासयितुमर्हथ ॥
ārogyapūrvaṃ kuśalaṃ vācyā mātā rumā ca me | mātaraṃ caiva me tārāmāśvāsayitumarhatha ||
English Translation
'You should convey my mother as well as Ruma my good wishes for their health and wellbeing. You should console my mother Tara also.
VR 4.54.15 अनुष्टुप्
प्रकृत्या प्रियपुत्रा सा सानुक्रोशा तपस्विनी । विनष्टं मामिह श्रुत्वा व्यक्तं हास्यति जीवितम् ॥
prakṛtyā priyaputrā sā sānukrośā tapasvinī | vinaṣṭaṃ māmiha śrutvā vyaktaṃ hāsyati jīvitam ||
English Translation
'By nature my mother, is compassionate. She is fond of me. (But) she is helpless. On hearing about my death, she will certainly give up her life'.
VR 4.54.16 अनुष्टुप्
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं वृद्धानप्यभिवाद्य च । संविवेशाङ्गदो भूमौ रुदन्दर्भेषु दुर्मनाः ॥
etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ vṛddhānapyabhivādya ca | saṃviveśāṅgado bhūmau rudandarbheṣu durmanāḥ ||
English Translation
Having expresed so much of his feelings, disheartened Angada saluted the elderly monkeys and started crying. Then he spread the darbha grass and lay down on the ground.
VR 4.54.17 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य संविशतस्तत्र रुदन्तो वानरर्षभाः । नयनेभ्यः प्रमुमुचुरुष्णं वै वारिदुःखिताः ॥
tasya saṃviśatastatra rudanto vānararṣabhāḥ | nayanebhyaḥ pramumucuruṣṇaṃ vai vāriduḥkhitāḥ ||
English Translation
When he had entered, those foremost monkeys, stricken with sorrow, weeping shed warm tears from their eyes. And censuring Sugrīva and praising Vāli, they, surrounding Angada, determined to starve themselves to death.
VR 4.54.18 अनुष्टुप्
सुग्रीवं चैव निन्दन्तः प्रशंसन्तश्च वालिनम् । परिवार्याङ्गदो सर्वे व्यवस्यन्प्रायमासितुम् ॥
sugrīvaṃ caiva nindantaḥ praśaṃsantaśca vālinam | parivāryāṅgado sarve vyavasyanprāyamāsitum ||
English Translation
When he had entered, those foremost monkeys, stricken with sorrow, weeping shed warm tears from their eyes. And censuring Sugrīva and praising Vāli, they, surrounding Angada, determined to starve themselves to death.
VR 4.54.19 उपजातिः
मतं तद्वालिपुत्रस्य विज्ञाय प्लवगर्षभाः । उपस्पृश्योदकं सर्वे प्राङ्मुखाः समुपाविशन् । दक्षिणाग्रेषु दर्भेषु उदक्तीरं समाश्रिताः ॥
mataṃ tadvāliputrasya vijñāya plavagarṣabhāḥ | upaspṛśyodakaṃ sarve prāṅmukhāḥ samupāviśan | dakṣiṇāgreṣu darbheṣu udaktīraṃ samāśritāḥ ||
English Translation
Taking to heart the speech of Väli's son, those prime monkeys, sipping water, sat down facing the East. And sitting on the edge of the water on grass pointing to the south, the foremost monkeys, wishing for surcease, thought within themselves,-Even this is fit for us.
VR 4.54.20 अनुष्टुप्
स संविशद्भिर्बहुभिर्महीधरो; महाद्रिकूटप्रमितैः प्लवंगमैः ॥
sa saṃviśadbhirbahubhirmahīdharo; mahādrikūṭapramitaiḥ plavaṃgamaiḥ ||
English Translation
When those monkeys resembling mountainsummits had entered in, they set up cries, which, like to the rumbling of clouds, making the sky resound, made that mountain with its rills reverberate.
VR 4.54.21 अनुष्टुप्
बभूव संनादितनिर्झरान्तरो; भृशं नदद्भिर्जलदैरिवोल्बणैः ॥
babhūva saṃnāditanirjharāntaro; bhṛśaṃ nadadbhirjaladairivolbaṇaiḥ ||
English Translation
While the numerous monkeys, resembling peaks of high mountains were roaring, it resounded through the mountain caves. It was like the sound of the stormy thunderclouds.इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये किष्किन्धाकाण्डे पञ्चपञ्चाशस्सर्गः॥Thus ends the fiftyfifth sarga in Kishkindakanda of the first epic, the Holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.
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