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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 64

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 64

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 64

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 64 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 35 verses.

Total: 35 Verses • Citations: VR 4.64.1–35 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 4.64.1 अनुष्टुप्
ततोऽङ्गदवचः श्रुत्वा सर्वे ते वानरोत्तमाः । स्वं स्वं गतौ समुत्साहमाहुस्तत्र यथाक्रमम् ॥
tato'ṅgadavacaḥ śrutvā sarve te vānarottamāḥ | svaṃ svaṃ gatau samutsāhamāhustatra yathākramam ||
English Translation
Hearing Angada's speech, those foremost monkeys one after another began to speak, touching their respective competence in coursing.
VR 4.64.2 अनुष्टुप्
गजो गवाक्षो गवयः शरभो गन्धमादनः । मैन्दश्च द्विविदश्चैव सुषेणो जाम्बवांस्तथा ॥
gajo gavākṣo gavayaḥ śarabho gandhamādanaḥ | maindaśca dvividaścaiva suṣeṇo jāmbavāṃstathā ||
English Translation
Gaja, and Gavākṣa, and Gavaya, and Sarabha, and Gandhamādana, and Mainda, and Dwivida, and Angada, and Jāmbavān.
VR 4.64.3 अनुष्टुप्
आबभाषे गजस्तत्र प्लवेयं दशयोजनम् । गवाक्षो योजनान्याह गमिष्यामीति विंशतिम् ॥
ābabhāṣe gajastatra plaveyaṃ daśayojanam | gavākṣo yojanānyāha gamiṣyāmīti viṃśatim ||
English Translation
Gaja said, “I can leap over ten Yojanas," and Gavaksa said, "I shall go twenty Yojanas."
VR 4.64.4 अनुष्टुप्
गवयो वानरस्तत्र वानरांस्तानुवाच ह । त्रिंशतं तु गमिष्यामि योजनानां प्लवंगमाः ॥
gavayo vānarastatra vānarāṃstānuvāca ha | triṃśataṃ tu gamiṣyāmi yojanānāṃ plavaṃgamāḥ ||
English Translation
There monkey Sarabha said to those monkeys, “You monkey, I shall go thirty Yojanas."
VR 4.64.5 अनुष्टुप्
शरभो वानरस्तत्र वानरांस्तानुवाच ह । चत्वारिंशद्गमिष्यामि योजनानां न संशयः ॥
śarabho vānarastatra vānarāṃstānuvāca ha | catvāriṃśadgamiṣyāmi yojanānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||
English Translation
There monkey Sarabha said to those monkeys, “You monkey, I shall go thirty Yojanas."
VR 4.64.6 अनुष्टुप्
वानरांस्तु महातेजा अब्रवीद्गन्धमादनः । योजनानां गमिष्यामि पञ्चाशत्तु न संशयः ॥
vānarāṃstu mahātejā abravīdgandhamādanaḥ | yojanānāṃ gamiṣyāmi pañcāśattu na saṃśayaḥ ||
English Translation
And the exceedingly energetic monkey, Gandhamädana, said, I shall for certain go fifty Yojanas.
VR 4.64.7 अनुष्टुप्
मैन्दस्तु वानरस्तत्र वानरांस्तानुवाच ह । योजनानां परं षष्टिमहं प्लवितुमुत्सहे ॥
maindastu vānarastatra vānarāṃstānuvāca ha | yojanānāṃ paraṃ ṣaṣṭimahaṃ plavitumutsahe ||
English Translation
And the monkey Mainda said to the monkeys there, I shall undertake to leap over sixty Yojanas.
VR 4.64.8 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तत्र महातेजा द्विविदः प्रत्यभाषत । गमिष्यामि न संदेहः सप्ततिं योजनान्यहम् ॥
tatastatra mahātejā dvividaḥ pratyabhāṣata | gamiṣyāmi na saṃdehaḥ saptatiṃ yojanānyaham ||
English Translation
And then the highly energetic Dwivida said,-I Shall, for certain, go seventy Yojanas.
VR 4.64.9 अनुष्टुप्
सुषेणस्तु हरिश्रेष्ठः प्रोक्तवान्कपिसत्तमान् । अशीतिं योजनानां तु प्लवेयं प्लवगर्षभाः ॥
suṣeṇastu hariśreṣṭhaḥ proktavānkapisattamān | aśītiṃ yojanānāṃ tu plaveyaṃ plavagarṣabhāḥ ||
VR 4.64.10 अनुष्टुप्
तेषां कथयतां तत्र सर्वांस्ताननुमान्य च । ततो वृद्धतमस्तेषां जाम्बवान्प्रत्यभाषत ॥
teṣāṃ kathayatāṃ tatra sarvāṃstānanumānya ca | tato vṛddhatamasteṣāṃ jāmbavānpratyabhāṣata ||
English Translation
As they were speaking thus,' the oldest of them all, Jambavān, saluting them answered.
VR 4.64.11 अनुष्टुप्
पूर्वमस्माकमप्यासीत्कश्चिद्गतिपराक्रमः । ते वयं वयसः पारमनुप्राप्ताः स्म साम्प्रतम् ॥
pūrvamasmākamapyāsītkaścidgatiparākramaḥ | te vayaṃ vayasaḥ pāramanuprāptāḥ sma sāmpratam ||
English Translation
'Earlier I was also very courageous, but now I have become old and reached the fag end of life.
VR 4.64.12 अनुष्टुप्
किं तु नैवं गते शक्यमिदं कार्यमुपेक्षितुम् । यदर्थं कपिराजश्च रामश्च कृतनिश्चयौ ॥
kiṃ tu naivaṃ gate śakyamidaṃ kāryamupekṣitum | yadarthaṃ kapirājaśca rāmaśca kṛtaniścayau ||
English Translation
'However in this situation, it is not possible for us to neglect (our task) as it is the order of the monkeyking and Rama who are determined to achieve the objective.
VR 4.64.13 अनुष्टुप्
साम्प्रतं कालभेदेन या गतिस्तां निबोधत । नवतिं योजनानां तु गमिष्यामि न संशयः ॥
sāmprataṃ kālabhedena yā gatistāṃ nibodhata | navatiṃ yojanānāṃ tu gamiṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ ||
VR 4.64.14 अनुष्टुप्
तांश्च सर्वान्हरिश्रेष्ठाञ्जाम्बवान्पुनरब्रवीत् । न खल्वेतावदेवासीद्गमने मे पराक्रमः ॥
tāṃśca sarvānhariśreṣṭhāñjāmbavānpunarabravīt | na khalvetāvadevāsīdgamane me parākramaḥ ||
English Translation
Jāmbavān said this to those choice monkeys. But (formerly) my prowess in leaping was forsooth not such.* Of old in the sacrifice of Virocana's son, the external Lord Visnu, when he had covered the entire universe with three steps, was circumambulated by me. *i.e. it was greater.
VR 4.64.15 अनुष्टुप्
मया महाबलैश्चैव यज्ञे विष्णुः सनातनः । प्रदक्षिणीकृतः पूर्वं क्रममाणस्त्रिविक्रमः ॥
mayā mahābalaiścaiva yajñe viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ | pradakṣiṇīkṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ kramamāṇastrivikramaḥ ||
English Translation
'In the past, at the time of the wellknown yagna (of king Bali) I was very strong. I circumambulated the eternal Vishnu while he was taking three strides (in his incarnation of Trivikrama Vamana.)
VR 4.64.16 अनुष्टुप्
स इदानीमहं वृद्धः प्लवने मन्दविक्रमः । यौवने च तदासीन्मे बलमप्रतिमं परैः ॥
sa idānīmahaṃ vṛddhaḥ plavane mandavikramaḥ | yauvane ca tadāsīnme balamapratimaṃ paraiḥ ||
English Translation
But I who was all this, have waxed old, and my vigour sits feebly upon me. In my youth, ever, my strength was exceeding great and incomparable.
VR 4.64.17 अनुष्टुप्
संप्रत्येतावतीं शक्तिं गमने तर्कयाम्यहम् । नैतावता च संसिद्धिः कार्यस्यास्य भविष्यति ॥
saṃpratyetāvatīṃ śaktiṃ gamane tarkayāmyaham | naitāvatā ca saṃsiddhiḥ kāryasyāsya bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Now I can only by my own energy, course thus far. But has a bound shall not bring success on our undertaking.
VR 4.64.18 अनुष्टुप्
अथोत्तरमुदारार्थमब्रवीदङ्गदस्तदा । अनुमान्य महाप्राज्ञो जाम्बवन्तं महाकपिम् ॥
athottaramudārārthamabravīdaṅgadastadā | anumānya mahāprājño jāmbavantaṃ mahākapim ||
English Translation
After this, saluting the mighty monkey, Jāmbavān, the wise Angada spoke straight sense, saying,
VR 4.64.19 अनुष्टुप्
अहमेतद्गमिष्यामि योजनानां शतं महत् । निवर्तने तु मे शक्तिः स्यान्न वेति न निश्चितम् ॥
ahametadgamiṣyāmi yojanānāṃ śataṃ mahat | nivartane tu me śaktiḥ syānna veti na niścitam ||
English Translation
I can go over this mighty hundred Yojanas; but there is no certainty as to my answer of returning.
VR 4.64.20 अनुष्टुप्
तमुवाच हरिश्रेष्ठो जाम्बवान्वाक्यकोविदः । ज्ञायते गमने शक्तिस्तव हर्यृक्षसत्तम ॥
tamuvāca hariśreṣṭho jāmbavānvākyakovidaḥ | jñāyate gamane śaktistava haryṛkṣasattama ||
English Translation
Jambavan who was skilful in speech spoke to that great Angada, 'O leader among monkeys and bears your energy to cover this distance is wellknown to us'.
VR 4.64.21 अनुष्टुप्
कामं शतसहस्रं वा न ह्येष विधिरुच्यते । योजनानां भवाञ्शक्तो गन्तुं प्रतिनिवर्तितुम् ॥
kāmaṃ śatasahasraṃ vā na hyeṣa vidhirucyate | yojanānāṃ bhavāñśakto gantuṃ pratinivartitum ||
English Translation
Thereat, Jāmbavān, cognizant of speech, said to that foremost of monkeys,-0 foremost of leonine as, we know your power of motion, you are capable of ursing a hundred thousand Yojanas, as well as of coming back. But we say that even this is what is fit.
VR 4.64.22 अनुष्टुप्
न हि प्रेषयिता तत स्वामी प्रेष्यः कथंचन । भवतायं जनः सर्वः प्रेष्यः प्लवगसत्तम ॥
na hi preṣayitā tata svāmī preṣyaḥ kathaṃcana | bhavatāyaṃ janaḥ sarvaḥ preṣyaḥ plavagasattama ||
English Translation
My child, ore master must on no account be commanded by his servants. foremost of monkeys, all these should be commanded your you.
VR 4.64.23 अनुष्टुप्
भवान्कलत्रमस्माकं स्वामिभावे व्यवस्थितः । स्वामी कलत्रं सैन्यस्य गतिरेषा परंतप ॥
bhavānkalatramasmākaṃ svāmibhāve vyavasthitaḥ | svāmī kalatraṃ sainyasya gatireṣā paraṃtapa ||
English Translation
You are our spouse, and (at the same time) occuying the position of our husband. The master is the spouse if the army. This is the way of the world.
VR 4.64.24 अनुष्टुप्
तस्मात्कलत्रवत्तात प्रतिपाल्यः सदा भवान् । अपि चैतस्य कार्यस्य भवान्मूलमरिंदम ॥
tasmātkalatravattāta pratipālyaḥ sadā bhavān | api caitasya kāryasya bhavānmūlamariṃdama ||
VR 4.64.25 अनुष्टुप्
मूलमर्थस्य संरक्ष्यमेष कार्यविदां नयः । मूले हि सति सिध्यन्ति गुणाः पुष्पफलादयः ॥
mūlamarthasya saṃrakṣyameṣa kāryavidāṃ nayaḥ | mūle hi sati sidhyanti guṇāḥ puṣpaphalādayaḥ ||
English Translation
The root of any work must be preserved. This is the policy of those versed in business. The root existing, all the virtues, obtaining fruit, certainly meet with success.
VR 4.64.26 अनुष्टुप्
तद्भवानस्या कार्यस्य साधने सत्यविक्रमः । बुद्धिविक्रमसंपन्नो हेतुरत्र परंतपः ॥
tadbhavānasyā kāryasya sādhane satyavikramaḥ | buddhivikramasaṃpanno heturatra paraṃtapaḥ ||
English Translation
You, O you having truth for prowess are the instrument of this undertaking, and, O subduer of enemies, furnished with sense and vigour, you are the occasion herein. And, O foremost of monkeys, you are both our superior, and our superior's son; and resorting to you we are enabled to accomplish our object.
VR 4.64.27 अनुष्टुप्
गुरुश्च गुरुपुत्रश्च त्वं हि नः कपिसत्तम । भवन्तमाश्रित्य वयं समर्था ह्यर्थसाधने ॥
guruśca guruputraśca tvaṃ hi naḥ kapisattama | bhavantamāśritya vayaṃ samarthā hyarthasādhane ||
English Translation
You, O you having truth for prowess are the instrument of this undertaking, and, O subduer of enemies, furnished with sense and vigour, you are the occasion herein. And, O foremost of monkeys, you are both our superior, and our superior's son; and resorting to you we are enabled to accomplish our object.
VR 4.64.28 अनुष्टुप्
उक्तवाक्यं महाप्राज्ञं जाम्बवन्तं महाकपिः । प्रत्युवाचोत्तरं वाक्यं वालिसूनुरथाङ्गदः ॥
uktavākyaṃ mahāprājñaṃ jāmbavantaṃ mahākapiḥ | pratyuvācottaraṃ vākyaṃ vālisūnurathāṅgadaḥ ||
English Translation
Threat that mighty monkey, Angada, son to Vali, answered the exceedingly wise Jambavan, when he had spoken,
VR 4.64.29 अनुष्टुप्
यदि नाहं गमिष्यामि नान्यो वानरपुंगवः । पुनः खल्विदमस्माभिः कार्यं प्रायोपवेशनम् ॥
yadi nāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi nānyo vānarapuṃgavaḥ | punaḥ khalvidamasmābhiḥ kāryaṃ prāyopaveśanam ||
English Translation
If I go not, nor any other powerful monkey, then we should for certain again sit ourselves down to fast to death.
VR 4.64.30 अनुष्टुप्
न ह्यकृत्वा हरिपतेः संदेशं तस्य धीमतः । तत्रापि गत्वा प्राणानां पश्यामि परिरक्षणम् ॥
na hyakṛtvā haripateḥ saṃdeśaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ | tatrāpi gatvā prāṇānāṃ paśyāmi parirakṣaṇam ||
English Translation
Without doing the mandate of the intelligent lord of monkeys, we, repairing thither, shall not behold ourselves alive.
VR 4.64.31 अनुष्टुप्
स हि प्रसादे चात्यर्थं कोपे च हरिरीश्वरः । अतीत्य तस्य संदेशं विनाशो गमने भवेत् ॥
sa hi prasāde cātyarthaṃ kope ca harirīśvaraḥ | atītya tasya saṃdeśaṃ vināśo gamane bhavet ||
English Translation
He is extreme both in showing favour and in anger. Disregarding his order, we shall, going there, meet with destruction. And his ire shall, not take any other course.
VR 4.64.32 अनुष्टुप्
तद्यथा ह्यस्य कार्यस्य न भवत्यन्यथा गतिः । तद्भवानेव दृष्टार्थः संचिन्तयितुमर्हति ॥
tadyathā hyasya kāryasya na bhavatyanyathā gatiḥ | tadbhavāneva dṛṣṭārthaḥ saṃcintayitumarhati ||
English Translation
Therefore it behoves you, cap of seeing issues, to reflect.
VR 4.64.33 अनुष्टुप्
सोऽङ्गदेन तदा वीरः प्रत्युक्तः प्लवगर्षभः । जाम्बवानुत्तरं वाक्यं प्रोवाचेदं ततोऽङ्गदम् ॥
so'ṅgadena tadā vīraḥ pratyuktaḥ plavagarṣabhaḥ | jāmbavānuttaraṃ vākyaṃ provācedaṃ tato'ṅgadam ||
English Translation
Thus addressed by Angada that powerful and heroic monkey Jāmbavān answered Angada in excellent words, saying,
VR 4.64.34 अनुष्टुप्
अस्य ते वीर कार्यस्य न किंचित्परिहीयते । एष संचोदयाम्येनं यः कार्यं साधयिष्यति ॥
asya te vīra kāryasya na kiṃcitparihīyate | eṣa saṃcodayāmyenaṃ yaḥ kāryaṃ sādhayiṣyati ||
English Translation
That . business, O hero, say most moult a feather. I shall despatch even him who's bring about success.
VR 4.64.35 उपजातिः
ततः प्रतीतं प्लवतां वरिष्ठ;मेकान्तमाश्रित्य सुखोपविष्टम् । संचोदयामास हरिप्रवीरो; हरिप्रवीरं हनुमन्तमेव ॥
tataḥ pratītaṃ plavatāṃ variṣṭha;mekāntamāśritya sukhopaviṣṭam | saṃcodayāmāsa haripravīro; haripravīraṃ hanumantameva ||
English Translation
Then that heroic monkey ordered foremost of monkeys, the highly heroic monkey Hanuman who stood apart, convinced (of the wisdom of Jambavān decision).
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