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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 56

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 56

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 56

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 56 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 19 verses.

Total: 19 Verses • Citations: VR 4.56.1–19 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 4.56.1 अनुष्टुप्
शोकाद्भ्रष्टस्वरमपि श्रुत्वा ते हरियूथपाः । श्रद्दधुर्नैव तद्वाक्यं कर्मणा तस्य शङ्किताः ॥
śokādbhraṣṭasvaramapi śrutvā te hariyūthapāḥ | śraddadhurnaiva tadvākyaṃ karmaṇā tasya śaṅkitāḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing his accents faltering through grief, the leaders of monkey-herds, alarmed by his action*, did not repose confidence in his speech. Karmaņā (instru.) by his action. The commentator explains: alarmed by his speech about eating up the monkeys. The passage is
VR 4.56.2 अनुष्टुप्
ते प्रायमुपविष्टास्तु दृष्ट्वा गृध्रं प्लवंगमाः । चक्रुर्बुद्धिं तदा रौद्रां सर्वान्नो भक्षयिष्यति ॥
te prāyamupaviṣṭāstu dṛṣṭvā gṛdhraṃ plavaṃgamāḥ | cakrurbuddhiṃ tadā raudrāṃ sarvānno bhakṣayiṣyati ||
English Translation
Seated for the purpose of fasting to death, the monkeys, seeing the vulture, with terror thought within themselves, he shall eat us all up.
VR 4.56.3 अनुष्टुप्
सर्वथा प्रायमासीनान्यदि नो भक्षयिष्यति । कृतकृत्या भविष्यामः क्षिप्रं सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥
sarvathā prāyamāsīnānyadi no bhakṣayiṣyati | kṛtakṛtyā bhaviṣyāmaḥ kṣipraṃ siddhimito gatāḥ ||
English Translation
If he eat us up, who have sat down to fast to death, we shall secure success, and speedily attain our end.
VR 4.56.4 अनुष्टुप्
एतां बुद्धिं ततश्चक्रुः सर्वे ते वानरर्षभाः । अवतार्य गिरेः शृङ्गाद्गृध्रमाहाङ्गदस्तदा ॥
etāṃ buddhiṃ tataścakruḥ sarve te vānararṣabhāḥ | avatārya gireḥ śṛṅgādgṛdhramāhāṅgadastadā ||
English Translation
Then those monkey-chiefs resolved thus. And descending from the summit of the mountain, Angada spoke to the vulture,
VR 4.56.5 अनुष्टुप्
बभूवुर्क्षरजो नाम वानरेन्द्रः प्रतापवान् । ममार्यः पार्थिवः पक्षिन्धार्मिकौ तस्य चात्मजौ ॥
babhūvurkṣarajo nāma vānarendraḥ pratāpavān | mamāryaḥ pārthivaḥ pakṣindhārmikau tasya cātmajau ||
English Translation
There was a lord of monkeys named Riksaraja, endowed with prowess. That king, O bird, was my grandsire. He had two virtuous sons, exceedingly powerful both-Vāli and Sugriva. My father, Vali, was famed in the world for his deeds.
VR 4.56.6 अनुष्टुप्
सुग्रीवश्चैव वली च पुत्रावोघबलावुभौ । लोके विश्रुतकर्माभूद्राजा वाली पिता मम ॥
sugrīvaścaiva valī ca putrāvoghabalāvubhau | loke viśrutakarmābhūdrājā vālī pitā mama ||
English Translation
'O powerful bird my revered grandfather Riksharaja was a glorious king of monkeys. He had two sons called Sugriva and Vali.Both were strong like floodwaters. My father Vali was wellknown in this world for his remarkable deeds.
VR 4.56.7 अनुष्टुप्
राजा कृत्स्नस्य जगत इक्ष्वाकूणां महारथः । रामो दाशरथिः श्रीमान्प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम् ॥
rājā kṛtsnasya jagata ikṣvākūṇāṃ mahārathaḥ | rāmo dāśarathiḥ śrīmānpraviṣṭo daṇḍakāvanam ||
English Translation
It came to pass that mighty monarch of all this earth, descendant of the Ikṣwākus, the great and graceful car warrior, Rāma, son to Dasaratha, intent upon the injunction of his sire, resorting to the path of righteousness, entered the woods of Dandaka in company with his brother, Lakşmaņa and his wife Vaidehī.
VR 4.56.8 उपजातिः
लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा वैदेह्या चापि भार्यया । पितुर्निदेशनिरतो धर्म्यं पन्थानमाश्रितः । तस्य भार्या जनस्थानाद्रावणेन हृता बलात् ॥
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā vaidehyā cāpi bhāryayā | piturnideśanirato dharmyaṃ panthānamāśritaḥ | tasya bhāryā janasthānādrāvaṇena hṛtā balāt ||
English Translation
'Rama, son of Dasaratha, a prosperous king of all the worlds, comparable to Indra and Varuna came to the Dandaka forest along with his brother Laksmana and wife Vaidehi. Ravana abducted his wife from Janasthana.
VR 4.56.9 अनुष्टुप्
रामस्य च पितुर्मित्रं जटायुर्नाम गृध्रराट् । ददर्श सीतां वैदेहीं ह्रियमाणां विहायसा ॥
rāmasya ca piturmitraṃ jaṭāyurnāma gṛdhrarāṭ | dadarśa sītāṃ vaidehīṃ hriyamāṇāṃ vihāyasā ||
English Translation
'His wife was abducted from Janasthana by Ravana. The king of vultures Jatayu, a friend of Rama's father observed princess of Videha, being forcibly carried away through the aerial region.
VR 4.56.10 अनुष्टुप्
रावणं विरथं कृत्वा स्थापयित्वा च मैथिलीम् । परिश्रान्तश्च वृद्धश्च रावणेन हतो रणे ॥
rāvaṇaṃ virathaṃ kṛtvā sthāpayitvā ca maithilīm | pariśrāntaśca vṛddhaśca rāvaṇena hato raṇe ||
English Translation
'Jatayu destroyed Ravana's aerial chariot and put Maithili in a (safe) place. But being old and exhausted, he was killed in a combat by Ravana.
VR 4.56.11 अनुष्टुप्
एवं गृध्रो हतस्तेन रावणेन बहीयसा । संस्कृतश्चापि रामेण गतश्च गतिमुत्तमाम् ॥
evaṃ gṛdhro hatastena rāvaṇena bahīyasā | saṃskṛtaścāpi rāmeṇa gataśca gatimuttamām ||
English Translation
Thus slain by the powerful Rāvana, the vulture, having had his funereal obsequies performed by Rama. (himself), has attained excellent state.
VR 4.56.12 अनुष्टुप्
ततो मम पितृव्येण सुग्रीवेण महात्मना । चकार राघवः सख्यं सोऽवधीत्पितरं मम ॥
tato mama pitṛvyeṇa sugrīveṇa mahātmanā | cakāra rāghavaḥ sakhyaṃ so'vadhītpitaraṃ mama ||
English Translation
Then Rāghava made friends with my uncle, the high-souled Sugrīva; and he also slew my sire.
VR 4.56.13 अनुष्टुप्
माम पित्रा विरुद्धो हि सुग्रीवः सचिवैः सह । निहत्य वालिनं रामस्ततस्तमभिषेचयत् ॥
māma pitrā viruddho hi sugrīvaḥ sacivaiḥ saha | nihatya vālinaṃ rāmastatastamabhiṣecayat ||
English Translation
My father had debarred Sugrīva from the kingdom along with his counsellors; but Rāma, having slain Vāli, installed him (Sugrīva).
VR 4.56.14 अनुष्टुप्
स राज्ये स्थापितस्तेन सुग्रीवो वानरेश्वरः । राजा वानरमुख्यानां येन प्रस्थापिता वयम् ॥
sa rājye sthāpitastena sugrīvo vānareśvaraḥ | rājā vānaramukhyānāṃ yena prasthāpitā vayam ||
English Translation
And established in the monarchy by him (Rāma), Sugriva is (now) the master of the monkeys and king of all the foremost monkeys. By him have we been sent.
VR 4.56.15 अनुष्टुप्
एवं रामप्रयुक्तास्तु मार्गमाणास्ततस्ततः । वैदेहीं नाधिगच्छामो रात्रौ सूर्यप्रभामिव ॥
evaṃ rāmaprayuktāstu mārgamāṇāstatastataḥ | vaidehīṃ nādhigacchāmo rātrau sūryaprabhāmiva ||
English Translation
Despatched hither by Rāma, we have searched for Sītā all round, but Vaidehī we have not found, as one does not find the solar splendour at night.
VR 4.56.16 अनुष्टुप्
ते वयं दण्दकारण्यं विचित्य सुसमाहिताः । अज्ञानात्तु प्रविष्टाः स्म धरण्या विवृतं बिलम् ॥
te vayaṃ daṇdakāraṇyaṃ vicitya susamāhitāḥ | ajñānāttu praviṣṭāḥ sma dharaṇyā vivṛtaṃ bilam ||
English Translation
It came to pass that, having heedfully explored the Dandaka forest, we through ignorance entered a cave lying open before.
VR 4.56.17 अनुष्टुप्
मयस्य माया विहितं तद्बिलं च विचिन्वताम् । व्यतीतस्तत्र नो मासो यो राज्ञा सामयः कृतः ॥
mayasya māyā vihitaṃ tadbilaṃ ca vicinvatām | vyatītastatra no māso yo rājñā sāmayaḥ kṛtaḥ ||
English Translation
Exploring the mountain fateness of Maya*, they spent the month that had been set by the king. *Named Rhiksavila.
VR 4.56.18 अनुष्टुप्
ते वयं कपिराजस्य सर्वे वचनकारिणः । कृतां संस्थामतिक्रान्ता भयात्प्रायमुपास्महे ॥
te vayaṃ kapirājasya sarve vacanakāriṇaḥ | kṛtāṃ saṃsthāmatikrāntā bhayātprāyamupāsmahe ||
English Translation
Doing the behests of the king of monkeys, we, having overstayed the terms which had been appointed, have from fear sat here down for the purpose of fasting to death.
VR 4.56.19 अनुष्टुप्
क्रुद्धे तस्मिंस्तु काकुत्स्थे सुग्रीवे च सलक्ष्मणे । गतानामपि सर्वेषां तत्र नो नास्ति जीवितम् ॥
kruddhe tasmiṃstu kākutsthe sugrīve ca salakṣmaṇe | gatānāmapi sarveṣāṃ tatra no nāsti jīvitam ||
English Translation
On that Kākutstha being wrought up with wrath, as well as Sugrīva together with Lakş maņa, we, repairing thither, shall lose our lives.
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