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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 28

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 28

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 28

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 28 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 44 verses.

Total: 44 Verses • Citations: VR 5.28.1–44 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 5.28.1 अनुष्टुप्
हनुमानपि विक्रान्तः सर्वं शुश्राव तत्त्वतः । सीतायास्त्रिजटायाश्च राक्षसीनां च तर्जनम् ॥
hanumānapi vikrāntaḥ sarvaṃ śuśrāva tattvataḥ | sītāyāstrijaṭāyāśca rākṣasīnāṃ ca tarjanam ||
English Translation
And the powerful Hanumān, heard from the beginning to the end (the bewailings) of Sitā, the story to Trijatā's dream and the threats of the Rākşasīs.
VR 5.28.2 अनुष्टुप्
अवेक्षमाणस्तां देवीं देवतामिव नन्दने । ततो बहुविधां चिन्तां चिन्तयामास वानरः ॥
avekṣamāṇastāṃ devīṃ devatāmiva nandane | tato bahuvidhāṃ cintāṃ cintayāmāsa vānaraḥ ||
English Translation
And beholding the worshipful damsel, living in the forest of Asoka, like to a celestial damsel in the garden of Nandana, the monkey-entered in a maze of anxious thoughts.
VR 5.28.3 अनुष्टुप्
यां कपीनां सहस्राणि सुबहून्ययुतानि च । दिक्षु सर्वासु मार्गन्ते सेयमासादिता मया ॥
yāṃ kapīnāṃ sahasrāṇi subahūnyayutāni ca | dikṣu sarvāsu mārgante seyamāsāditā mayā ||
English Translation
At length my watchful eyes have seen her, whom have been seeking in vain, the thousands and millions of the monkeys in all directions and quarters.
VR 5.28.4 अनुष्टुप्
चारेण तु सुयुक्तेन शत्रोः शक्तिमवेक्षिता । गूढेन चरता तावदवेक्षितमिदं मया ॥
cāreṇa tu suyuktena śatroḥ śaktimavekṣitā | gūḍhena caratā tāvadavekṣitamidaṃ mayā ||
English Translation
Truly have I seen her today, engaged as I have been as a spy to estimate the strength of the enemy and am ranging secretly everywhere. I have seen minutely the city of the Rākşasas, and the strength of Rāvana the lord of Rākşasas.
VR 5.28.5 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसानां विशेषश्च पुरी चेयमवेक्षिता । राक्षसाधिपतेरस्य प्रभावो रावणस्य च ॥
rākṣasānāṃ viśeṣaśca purī ceyamavekṣitā | rākṣasādhipaterasya prabhāvo rāvaṇasya ca ||
English Translation
Truly have I seen her today, engaged as I have been as a spy to estimate the strength of the enemy and am ranging secretly everywhere. I have seen minutely the city of the Rākşasas, and the strength of Rāvana the lord of Rākşasas.
VR 5.28.6 अनुष्टुप्
युक्तं तस्याप्रमेयस्य सर्वसत्त्वदयावतः । समाश्वासयितुं भार्यां पतिदर्शनकाङ्क्षिणीम् ॥
yuktaṃ tasyāprameyasya sarvasattvadayāvataḥ | samāśvāsayituṃ bhāryāṃ patidarśanakāṅkṣiṇīm ||
English Translation
It now remains to console the spouse of Rāma of incomparable power, and kind to all, who pants for her lord.
VR 5.28.7 अनुष्टुप्
अहमाश्वासयाम्येनां पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम् । अदृष्टदुःखां दुःखस्य न ह्यन्तमधिगच्छतीम् ॥
ahamāśvāsayāmyenāṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām | adṛṣṭaduḥkhāṃ duḥkhasya na hyantamadhigacchatīm ||
English Translation
I shall console this damsel, having the countenance of the full moon, who had never seen grief before, and who shall not soon reach its end.
VR 5.28.8 अनुष्टुप्
यदि ह्यहमिमां देवीं शोकोपहतचेतनाम् । अनाश्वास्य गमिष्यामि दोषवद्गमनं भवेत् ॥
yadi hyahamimāṃ devīṃ śokopahatacetanām | anāśvāsya gamiṣyāmi doṣavadgamanaṃ bhavet ||
English Translation
And if I go away without soothing this chaste lady, who is almost senseless with grief, I shall be blamed of neglect of duty.
VR 5.28.9 अनुष्टुप्
गते हि मयि तत्रेयं राजपुत्री यशस्विनी । परित्राणमविन्दन्ती जानकी जीवितं त्यजेत् ॥
gate hi mayi tatreyaṃ rājaputrī yaśasvinī | paritrāṇamavindantī jānakī jīvitaṃ tyajet ||
English Translation
And if I go away, the royal daughter, the famed Janaki, finding no means of safety, shall, for certain, renounce her life.
VR 5.28.10 अनुष्टुप्
मया च स महाबाहुः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननः । समाश्वासयितुं न्याय्यः सीतादर्शनलालसः ॥
mayā ca sa mahābāhuḥ pūrṇacandranibhānanaḥ | samāśvāsayituṃ nyāyyaḥ sītādarśanalālasaḥ ||
English Translation
She is worthy of being consoled like to the great armed (Rāma) having the countenance of the full-moon and anxious to behold Sita.
VR 5.28.11 अनुष्टुप्
निशाचरीणां प्रत्यक्षमक्षमं चाभिभाषणम् । कथं नु खलु कर्तव्यमिदं कृच्छ्र गतो ह्यहम् ॥
niśācarīṇāṃ pratyakṣamakṣamaṃ cābhibhāṣaṇam | kathaṃ nu khalu kartavyamidaṃ kṛcchra gato hyaham ||
English Translation
It is not proper to speak before the Rākşasas-What shall I do them? I am in very great difficulty.
VR 5.28.12 अनुष्टुप्
अनेन रात्रिशेषेण यदि नाश्वास्यते मया । सर्वथा नास्ति संदेहः परित्यक्ष्यति जीवितम् ॥
anena rātriśeṣeṇa yadi nāśvāsyate mayā | sarvathā nāsti saṃdehaḥ parityakṣyati jīvitam ||
English Translation
If I do not console her at this later end of the night, surely shall she renounce her life.
VR 5.28.13 अनुष्टुप्
रामश्च यदि पृच्छेन्मां किं मां सीताब्रवीद्वचः । किमहं तं प्रतिब्रूयामसंभाष्य सुमध्यमाम् ॥
rāmaśca yadi pṛcchenmāṃ kiṃ māṃ sītābravīdvacaḥ | kimahaṃ taṃ pratibrūyāmasaṃbhāṣya sumadhyamām ||
English Translation
How shall I answer Rāma, without consoling Sītā of comely stature, when he will ask me “What message from my Sītā?”
VR 5.28.14 अनुष्टुप्
सीतासंदेशरहितं मामितस्त्वरया गतम् । निर्दहेदपि काकुत्स्थः क्रुद्धस्तीव्रेण चक्षुषा ॥
sītāsaṃdeśarahitaṃ māmitastvarayā gatam | nirdahedapi kākutsthaḥ kruddhastīvreṇa cakṣuṣā ||
English Translation
And if I speedily repair hence without any information regarding Sītā, surely shall Kākuthutha scorci me lifeless with the fire of his angry eyes.
VR 5.28.15 अनुष्टुप्
यदि चेद्योजयिष्यामि भर्तारं रामकारणात् । व्यर्थमागमनं तस्य ससैन्यस्य भविष्यति ॥
yadi cedyojayiṣyāmi bhartāraṃ rāmakāraṇāt | vyarthamāgamanaṃ tasya sasainyasya bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
And if I urge my lord the king (Vibhīşaņa) to bring his hosts here for Rāma, in vain shall be his toil. (For before that Sītā shall renounce her life.)
VR 5.28.16 अनुष्टुप्
अन्तरं त्वहमासाद्य राक्षसीनामिह स्थितः । शनैराश्वासयिष्यामि संतापबहुलामिमाम् ॥
antaraṃ tvahamāsādya rākṣasīnāmiha sthitaḥ | śanairāśvāsayiṣyāmi saṃtāpabahulāmimām ||
English Translation
And seizing the occasion when she shall be free from her demoniac guards, I shall console her in her dire distress.
VR 5.28.17 अनुष्टुप्
अहं ह्यतितनुश्चैव वनरश्च विशेषतः । वाचं चोदाहरिष्यामि मानुषीमिह संस्कृताम् ॥
ahaṃ hyatitanuścaiva vanaraśca viśeṣataḥ | vācaṃ codāhariṣyāmi mānuṣīmiha saṃskṛtām ||
English Translation
And a puny monkey as I am, I shall speak in Sanskrit (The language refined by the strict rules of grammar) which men delight to use.
VR 5.28.18 अनुष्टुप्
यदि वाचं प्रदास्यामि द्विजातिरिव संस्कृताम् । रावणं मन्यमाना मां सीता भीता भविष्यति ॥
yadi vācaṃ pradāsyāmi dvijātiriva saṃskṛtām | rāvaṇaṃ manyamānā māṃ sītā bhītā bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
And if I speak Sanskrit like a Brāhmaṇa, Sītā shall be terrified considering me Råvaņa.
VR 5.28.19 अनुष्टुप्
अवश्यमेव वक्तव्यं मानुषं वाक्यमर्थवत् । मया सान्त्वयितुं शक्या नान्यथेयमनिन्दिता ॥
avaśyameva vaktavyaṃ mānuṣaṃ vākyamarthavat | mayā sāntvayituṃ śakyā nānyatheyamaninditā ||
English Translation
Must I therefore use the language of a common man or else I shall not be able to console the dame of a blameless person. (This passage clearly indicates that Sanskrit if not spoken by men, and women of the upper classes of the time when Rāmāyaṇa was written, was at least understood by them, and was commonly spoken by men of priestly class and other educated persons")
VR 5.28.20 अनुष्टुप्
सेयमालोक्य मे रूपं जानकी भाषितं तथा । रक्षोभिस्त्रासिता पूर्वं भूयस्त्रासं गमिष्यति ॥
seyamālokya me rūpaṃ jānakī bhāṣitaṃ tathā | rakṣobhistrāsitā pūrvaṃ bhūyastrāsaṃ gamiṣyati ||
English Translation
And beholding my monkey shape and hearing my human language she might be afraid again, terrified as she had been before by the band of the Rākşasas.
VR 5.28.21 अनुष्टुप्
ततो जातपरित्रासा शब्दं कुर्यान्मनस्विनी । जानमाना विशालाक्षी रावणं कामरूपिणम् ॥
tato jātaparitrāsā śabdaṃ kuryānmanasvinī | jānamānā viśālākṣī rāvaṇaṃ kāmarūpiṇam ||
English Translation
And considering me Rāvaņa wearing shapes at will, that large-eyed and high-minded dame, shall cry piteously for help.
VR 5.28.22 अनुष्टुप्
सीतया च कृते शब्दे सहसा राक्षसीगणः । नानाप्रहरणो घोरः समेयादन्तकोपमः ॥
sītayā ca kṛte śabde sahasā rākṣasīgaṇaḥ | nānāpraharaṇo ghoraḥ sameyādantakopamaḥ ||
English Translation
And Sītā making a sudden noise, those terrible Rākṣasīs resembling Death himself and arined with various weapons, shall at once arrive there.
VR 5.28.23 अनुष्टुप्
ततो मां संपरिक्षिप्य सर्वतो विकृताननाः । वधे च ग्रहणे चैव कुर्युर्यत्नं यथाबलम् ॥
tato māṃ saṃparikṣipya sarvato vikṛtānanāḥ | vadhe ca grahaṇe caiva kuryuryatnaṃ yathābalam ||
English Translation
And thereupon casting their looks all around and finding me out, those highly powerful and grim-viasged demons shall try to kill or catch ine.
VR 5.28.24 अनुष्टुप्
तं मां शाखाः प्रशाखाश्च स्कन्धांश्चोत्तमशाखिनाम् । दृष्ट्वा विपरिधावन्तं भवेयुर्भयशङ्किताः ॥
taṃ māṃ śākhāḥ praśākhāśca skandhāṃścottamaśākhinām | dṛṣṭvā viparidhāvantaṃ bhaveyurbhayaśaṅkitāḥ ||
English Translation
Beholding me leap from branch to branch and trunk to trunk of big trees they shall be greatly alarmed.
VR 5.28.25 अनुष्टुप्
मम रूपं च संप्रेक्ष्य वनं विचरतो महत् । राक्षस्यो भयवित्रस्ता भवेयुर्विकृताननाः ॥
mama rūpaṃ ca saṃprekṣya vanaṃ vicarato mahat | rākṣasyo bhayavitrastā bhaveyurvikṛtānanāḥ ||
English Translation
And espying my appearance while ranging in the forest, those Rākşasīs greatly terrified, shall fill the wood with their wild shouts.
VR 5.28.26 अनुष्टुप्
ततः कुर्युः समाह्वानं राक्षस्यो रक्षसामपि । राक्षसेन्द्रनियुक्तानां राक्षसेन्द्रनिवेशने ॥
tataḥ kuryuḥ samāhvānaṃ rākṣasyo rakṣasāmapi | rākṣasendraniyuktānāṃ rākṣasendraniveśane ||
English Translation
Then they shall call (to their assistance) all those Rākşasīs engaged in guarding the abode of the lord of the Rāksasas.
VR 5.28.27 अनुष्टुप्
ते शूलशरनिस्त्रिंश विविधायुधपाणयः । आपतेयुर्विमर्देऽस्मिन्वेगेनोद्विग्नकारिणः ॥
te śūlaśaranistriṃśa vividhāyudhapāṇayaḥ | āpateyurvimarde'sminvegenodvignakāriṇaḥ ||
English Translation
They, greatly agitated, shall with vehemence arrive here, armed with dirts, arrow, scimitars and various other weapons.
VR 5.28.28 अनुष्टुप्
संक्रुद्धस्तैस्तु परितो विधमन्रक्षसां बलम् । शक्नुयं न तु संप्राप्तुं परं पारं महोदधेः ॥
saṃkruddhastaistu parito vidhamanrakṣasāṃ balam | śaknuyaṃ na tu saṃprāptuṃ paraṃ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ ||
English Translation
Being surrounded by them on all sides, If I do kill that host of demons, tired, I shall not be able to bound over the main.
VR 5.28.29 अनुष्टुप्
मां वा गृह्णीयुराप्लुत्य बहवः शीघ्रकारिणः । स्यादियं चागृहीतार्था मम च ग्रहणं भवेत् ॥
māṃ vā gṛhṇīyurāplutya bahavaḥ śīghrakāriṇaḥ | syādiyaṃ cāgṛhītārthā mama ca grahaṇaṃ bhavet ||
English Translation
And if that host of skilled demons, succeed in making me a captive, too shall be in their hands and Sītā shall remain ignorant of my object.
VR 5.28.30 अनुष्टुप्
हिंसाभिरुचयो हिंस्युरिमां वा जनकात्मजाम् । विपन्नं स्यात्ततः कार्यं रामसुग्रीवयोरिदम् ॥
hiṃsābhirucayo hiṃsyurimāṃ vā janakātmajām | vipannaṃ syāttataḥ kāryaṃ rāmasugrīvayoridam ||
English Translation
Or the Rākşasas, pernicious as they are, shall kill the daughter of Janaka, and there shall the great work of Rāma and Sugrīva, be spoiled.
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