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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 40

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 40

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 40

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 40 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 36 verses.

Total: 36 Verses • Citations: VR 5.40.1–36 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 5.40.1 अनुष्टुप्
ततः पक्षिनिनादेन वृक्षभङ्गस्वनेन च । बभूवुस्त्राससंभ्रान्ताः सर्वे लङ्कानिवासिनः ॥
tataḥ pakṣininādena vṛkṣabhaṅgasvanena ca | babhūvustrāsasaṃbhrāntāḥ sarve laṅkānivāsinaḥ ||
English Translation
Then on account of the cries of birds and the sounds of breaking trees, all the denizons of Lankā were seized with trepidation in consequence of fright.
VR 5.40.2 अनुष्टुप्
विद्रुताश्च भयत्रस्ता विनेदुर्मृगपक्षुणः । रक्षसां च निमित्तानि क्रूराणि प्रतिपेदिरे ॥
vidrutāśca bhayatrastā vinedurmṛgapakṣuṇaḥ | rakṣasāṃ ca nimittāni krūrāṇi pratipedire ||
English Translation
And agitated with fear, birds and beasts hurried (on all sides); and omens boding evil to the, Raksasas, began to appear (everywhere).
VR 5.40.3 अनुष्टुप्
ततो गतायां निद्रायां राक्षस्यो विकृताननाः । तद्वनं ददृशुर्भग्नं तं च वीरं महाकपिम् ॥
tato gatāyāṃ nidrāyāṃ rākṣasyo vikṛtānanāḥ | tadvanaṃ dadṛśurbhagnaṃ taṃ ca vīraṃ mahākapim ||
English Translation
And grim-visaged Rākṣasīs, awaking from their sleep, saw that wood devastated, and that heroic mighty monkey.
VR 5.40.4 अनुष्टुप्
स ता दृष्ट्व महाबाहुर्महासत्त्वो महाबलः । चकार सुमहद्रूपं राक्षसीनां भयावहम् ॥
sa tā dṛṣṭva mahābāhurmahāsattvo mahābalaḥ | cakāra sumahadrūpaṃ rākṣasīnāṃ bhayāvaham ||
English Translation
And observing them, that mighty-armed and powerful monkey endowed with immense strength, magnified his dimension, capable of striking terror into the Rākşasas.
VR 5.40.5 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तं गिरिसंकाशमतिकायं महाबलम् । राक्षस्यो वानरं दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छुर्जनकात्मजाम् ॥
tatastaṃ girisaṃkāśamatikāyaṃ mahābalam | rākṣasyo vānaraṃ dṛṣṭvā papracchurjanakātmajām ||
English Translation
Beholding that exceedingly strong monkey resembling a mountain, the Räkşasīs asked Janaka's daughter, saying.
VR 5.40.6 अनुष्टुप्
कोऽयं कस्य कुतो वायं किंनिमित्तमिहागतः । कथं त्वया सहानेन संवादः कृत इत्युत ॥
ko'yaṃ kasya kuto vāyaṃ kiṃnimittamihāgataḥ | kathaṃ tvayā sahānena saṃvādaḥ kṛta ityuta ||
English Translation
Who is this? And whence, and wherefore has he come here? And why did he carry on converse with you? Tell us this, you of expansive eyes. O lucky one, entertain no fear. And, O you having eyes with dark outer corners, what is the talk that this one has held with you?
VR 5.40.7 अनुष्टुप्
आचक्ष्व नो विशालाक्षि मा भूत्ते सुभगे भयम् । संवादमसितापाङ्गे त्वया किं कृतवानयम् ॥
ācakṣva no viśālākṣi mā bhūtte subhage bhayam | saṃvādamasitāpāṅge tvayā kiṃ kṛtavānayam ||
English Translation
Who is this? And whence, and wherefore has he come here? And why did he carry on converse with you? Tell us this, you of expansive eyes. O lucky one, entertain no fear. And, O you having eyes with dark outer corners, what is the talk that this one has held with you?
VR 5.40.8 अनुष्टुप्
अथाब्रवीत्तदा साध्वी सीता सर्वाङ्गशोभना । रक्षसां कामरूपाणां विज्ञाने मम का गतिः ॥
athābravīttadā sādhvī sītā sarvāṅgaśobhanā | rakṣasāṃ kāmarūpāṇāṃ vijñāne mama kā gatiḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat, the chaste Sītā, having all her parts perfect, answered, “What is my power to read Rākṣasas capable of wearing forms at will? ”
VR 5.40.9 अनुष्टुप्
यूयमेवास्य जानीत योऽयं यद्वा करिष्यति । अहिरेव अहेः पादान्विजानाति न संशयः ॥
yūyamevāsya jānīta yo'yaṃ yadvā kariṣyati | ahireva aheḥ pādānvijānāti na saṃśayaḥ ||
English Translation
You know who he is and what he does. Serpents, without doubt, know the way of serpents.
VR 5.40.10 अनुष्टुप्
अहमप्यस्य भीतास्मि नैनं जानामि कोऽन्वयम् । वेद्मि राक्षसमेवैनं कामरूपिणमागतम् ॥
ahamapyasya bhītāsmi nainaṃ jānāmi ko'nvayam | vedmi rākṣasamevainaṃ kāmarūpiṇamāgatam ||
English Translation
And, furthermore, I am very much frightened, nor know I who that one is. I take him to be a Rākşasa, who has come here through his capacity to put on any shape.
VR 5.40.11 अनुष्टुप्
वैदेह्या वचनं श्रुत्वा राक्षस्यो विद्रुता द्रुतम् । स्थिताः काश्चिद्गताः काश्चिद्रावणाय निवेदितुम् ॥
vaidehyā vacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasyo vidrutā drutam | sthitāḥ kāścidgatāḥ kāścidrāvaṇāya niveditum ||
English Translation
Hearing Vaidehi's words, the Raksasis swiftly took to their heels. Some remained, and some departed to inform Rāvana of the matter.
VR 5.40.12 अनुष्टुप्
रावणस्य समीपे तु राक्षस्यो विकृताननाः । विरूपं वानरं भीममाख्यातुमुपचक्रमुः ॥
rāvaṇasya samīpe tu rākṣasyo vikṛtānanāḥ | virūpaṃ vānaraṃ bhīmamākhyātumupacakramuḥ ||
English Translation
And before Rāvana, the Rākṣasīs of deformed visage informed him of the hideous and dreadful monkey.
VR 5.40.13 अनुष्टुप्
अशोकवनिका मध्ये राजन्भीमवपुः कपिः । सीतया कृतसंवादस्तिष्ठत्यमितविक्रमः ॥
aśokavanikā madhye rājanbhīmavapuḥ kapiḥ | sītayā kṛtasaṃvādastiṣṭhatyamitavikramaḥ ||
English Translation
O king, in the heart of the aśoka wood there is a monkey of a terrific body, who, possessed of immeasurable might, stay, after having carried on a conversation with Jānakī.
VR 5.40.14 अनुष्टुप्
न च तं जानकी सीता हरिं हरिणलोचणा । अस्माभिर्बहुधा पृष्टा निवेदयितुमिच्छति ॥
na ca taṃ jānakī sītā hariṃ hariṇalocaṇā | asmābhirbahudhā pṛṣṭā nivedayitumicchati ||
English Translation
Nor, albeit questioned by us many a time and oft, dose Janaka's daughter, Sītā, having the eyes of a deer, intend to tell us who the monkey is.
VR 5.40.15 अनुष्टुप्
वासवस्य भवेद्दूतो दूतो वैश्रवणस्य वा । प्रेषितो वापि रामेण सीतान्वेषणकाङ्क्षया ॥
vāsavasya bhaveddūto dūto vaiśravaṇasya vā | preṣito vāpi rāmeṇa sītānveṣaṇakāṅkṣayā ||
English Translation
He may be the emissary of Vāsava, or of Vaiśravaņa; or he may have been sent by Rāma himself from eagerness to get at the whereabouts of Sita.
VR 5.40.16 अनुष्टुप्
तेन त्वद्भूतरूपेण यत्तत्तव मनोहरम् । नानामृगगणाकीर्णं प्रमृष्टं प्रमदावनम् ॥
tena tvadbhūtarūpeṇa yattattava manoharam | nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ pramṛṣṭaṃ pramadāvanam ||
English Translation
And he it is that, wearing a wonderful form, has destroyed your charming arbour of the interior, filled with beasts of various kinds-And quarter there is none which has not been destroyer by him; and only that place where the exalted Jänakī is, remain uninjured by him.
VR 5.40.17 अनुष्टुप्
न तत्र कश्चिदुद्देशो यस्तेन न विनाशितः । यत्र सा जानकी सीता स तेन न विनाशितः ॥
na tatra kaściduddeśo yastena na vināśitaḥ | yatra sā jānakī sītā sa tena na vināśitaḥ ||
English Translation
And he it is that, wearing a wonderful form, has destroyed your charming arbour of the interior, filled with beasts of various kinds-And quarter there is none which has not been destroyer by him; and only that place where the exalted Jänakī is, remain uninjured by him.
VR 5.40.18 अनुष्टुप्
जानकीरक्षणार्थं वा श्रमाद्वा नोपलभ्यते । अथ वा कः श्रमस्तस्य सैव तेनाभिरक्षिता ॥
jānakīrakṣaṇārthaṃ vā śramādvā nopalabhyate | atha vā kaḥ śramastasya saiva tenābhirakṣitā ||
English Translation
Whether for preserving Jānakī, or from fatigue—it dose not appear. But what is his fatigue? She it is that has been preserved by him.
VR 5.40.19 अनुष्टुप्
चारुपल्लवपत्राढ्यं यं सीता स्वयमास्थिता । प्रवृद्धः शिंशपावृक्षः स च तेनाभिरक्षितः ॥
cārupallavapatrāḍhyaṃ yaṃ sītā svayamāsthitā | pravṛddhaḥ śiṃśapāvṛkṣaḥ sa ca tenābhirakṣitaḥ ||
English Translation
And that overgrown Sinsapă tree, affluent with elegant foliage, under which Sītā herself has (always rested), has been spared by him.
VR 5.40.20 अनुष्टुप्
तस्योग्ररूपस्योग्रं त्वं दण्डमाज्ञातुमर्हसि । सीता संभाषिता येन तद्वनं च विनाशितम् ॥
tasyograrūpasyograṃ tvaṃ daṇḍamājñātumarhasi | sītā saṃbhāṣitā yena tadvanaṃ ca vināśitam ||
English Translation
It behove you to order sharp chastisement to be inflicted on that one of a fierce form, who, having carried on converse with Sītā, has laid your wood waste. Who, O Sovereign of the Rākşasas, that has not his life served from him, converse with Sītā, who has captivated your heart?"
VR 5.40.21 अनुष्टुप्
मनःपरिगृहीतां तां तव रक्षोगणेश्वर । कः सीतामभिभाषेत यो न स्यात्त्यक्तजीवितः ॥
manaḥparigṛhītāṃ tāṃ tava rakṣogaṇeśvara | kaḥ sītāmabhibhāṣeta yo na syāttyaktajīvitaḥ ||
English Translation
It behove you to order sharp chastisement to be inflicted on that one of a fierce form, who, having carried on converse with Sītā, has laid your wood waste. Who, O Sovereign of the Rākşasas, that has not his life served from him, converse with Sītā, who has captivated your heart?"
VR 5.40.22 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसीनां वचः श्रुत्वा रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः । हुतागिरिव जज्वाल कोपसंवर्तितेक्षणः ॥
rākṣasīnāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ | hutāgiriva jajvāla kopasaṃvartitekṣaṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing the speeches of the Rākṣasīs, Rāvaņa, lord of Raksasas, with his eyes rolling in rage, flamed up like the fire of a funeral pyre.
VR 5.40.23 अनुष्टुप्
आत्मनः सदृशाञ्शूरान्किंकरान्नाम राक्षसान् । व्यादिदेश महातेजा निग्रहार्थं हनूमतः ॥
ātmanaḥ sadṛśāñśūrānkiṃkarānnāma rākṣasān | vyādideśa mahātejā nigrahārthaṃ hanūmataḥ ||
English Translation
And that highly energetic one ordered his heroic servants, resembling himself, to punish Hanuman.
VR 5.40.24 अनुष्टुप्
तेषामशीतिसाहस्रं किंकराणां तरस्विनाम् । निर्ययुर्भवनात्तस्मात्कूटमुद्गरपाणयः ॥
teṣāmaśītisāhasraṃ kiṃkarāṇāṃ tarasvinām | niryayurbhavanāttasmātkūṭamudgarapāṇayaḥ ||
English Translation
And from that mansion speedily issued eighty thousand of those retainers, carrying in their hands maces and mallets. (Kūța-hammer. The commentator, however, says that it means a weapon resembling a hammer.)
VR 5.40.25 अनुष्टुप्
महोदरा महादंष्ट्रा घोररूपा महाबलाः । युद्धाभिमनसः सर्वे हनूमद्ग्रहणोन्मुखाः ॥
mahodarā mahādaṃṣṭrā ghorarūpā mahābalāḥ | yuddhābhimanasaḥ sarve hanūmadgrahaṇonmukhāḥ ||
English Translation
Having huge bellies, and large teeth, of dreadful form, and possessed of unwieldy strength, all eager to engage in the conflict and take Hanuman.
VR 5.40.26 अनुष्टुप्
ते कपिं तं समासाद्य तोरणस्थमवस्थितम् । अभिपेतुर्महावेगाः पतङ्गा इव पावकम् ॥
te kapiṃ taṃ samāsādya toraṇasthamavasthitam | abhipeturmahāvegāḥ pataṅgā iva pāvakam ||
English Translation
Having come near that monkey staying at the main entrance, those swelling spirits rushed on, even as insects rush into a flame.
VR 5.40.27 अनुष्टुप्
ते गदाभिर्विचित्राभिः परिघैः काञ्चनाङ्गदैः । आजघ्नुर्वानरश्रेष्ठं शरैरादित्यसंनिभैः ॥
te gadābhirvicitrābhiḥ parighaiḥ kāñcanāṅgadaiḥ | ājaghnurvānaraśreṣṭhaṃ śarairādityasaṃnibhaiḥ ||
English Translation
And equipped with variegated maces, and bludgeons, and golden Angadas, (A bracelet worn on the upper arm) and arrows resembling the Sun, they approached that foremost of monkeys.
VR 5.40.28 अनुष्टुप्
हनूमानपि तेजस्वी श्रीमान्पर्वतसंनिभः । क्षितावाविध्य लाङ्गूलं ननाद च महास्वनम् ॥
hanūmānapi tejasvī śrīmānparvatasaṃnibhaḥ | kṣitāvāvidhya lāṅgūlaṃ nanāda ca mahāsvanam ||
English Translation
And the graceful and energetic Hanumān also, resembling a hill, flourishing his tail over the ground, sent up tremendous roars.
VR 5.40.29 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य संनादशब्देन तेऽभवन्भयशङ्किताः । ददृशुश्च हनूमन्तं संध्यामेघमिवोन्नतम् ॥
tasya saṃnādaśabdena te'bhavanbhayaśaṅkitāḥ | dadṛśuśca hanūmantaṃ saṃdhyāmeghamivonnatam ||
English Translation
They were struck with affright at his roars; and they beheld Hanumān elevated as an evening cloud.
VR 5.40.30 अनुष्टुप्
स्वामिसंदेशनिःशङ्कास्ततस्ते राक्षसाः कपिम् । चित्रैः प्रहरणैर्भीमैरभिपेतुस्ततस्ततः ॥
svāmisaṃdeśaniḥśaṅkāstataste rākṣasāḥ kapim | citraiḥ praharaṇairbhīmairabhipetustatastataḥ ||
English Translation
And now knowing for certain that the monkey had been despatched by his master, the Rākṣasas commenced assailing him with various kinds of dire arms.
VR 5.40.31 अनुष्टुप्
स तैः परिवृतः शूरैः सर्वतः स महाबलः । आससादायसं भीमं परिघं तोरणाश्रितम् ॥
sa taiḥ parivṛtaḥ śūraiḥ sarvataḥ sa mahābalaḥ | āsasādāyasaṃ bhīmaṃ parighaṃ toraṇāśritam ||
English Translation
Environed on all sides by those heroes, that exceedingly powerful one, staying by the main entrance, look up a terrific bolt.
VR 5.40.32 अनुष्टुप्
स तं परिघमादाय जघान रजनीचरान् ॥
sa taṃ parighamādāya jaghāna rajanīcarān ||
VR 5.40.33 अनुष्टुप्
स पन्नगमिवादाय स्फुरन्तं विनतासुतः । विचचाराम्बरे वीरः परिगृह्य च मारुतिः ॥
sa pannagamivādāya sphurantaṃ vinatāsutaḥ | vicacārāmbare vīraḥ parigṛhya ca mārutiḥ ||
English Translation
Hanuman, the mighty hero, seized the iron beam and struck the kinkaras, just as Garuda, the son of Vinata shoots up a struggling serpent and starts taking strides in the sky with the weapon in his hand (like Indra with his thunderbolt did with demons).
VR 5.40.34 अनुष्टुप्
स हत्वा राक्षसान्वीरः किंकरान्मारुतात्मजः । युद्धाकाङ्क्षी पुनर्वीरस्तोरणं समुपस्थितः ॥
sa hatvā rākṣasānvīraḥ kiṃkarānmārutātmajaḥ | yuddhākāṅkṣī punarvīrastoraṇaṃ samupasthitaḥ ||
English Translation
And having slain those Rākṣasas, who where the retainers of Rāvaņa, the heroic offspring of the Wind-god-foremost of heroes-desirous of fight, stood at the gate.
VR 5.40.35 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तस्माद्भयान्मुक्ताः कतिचित्तत्र राक्षसाः । निहतान्किंकरान्सर्वान्रावणाय न्यवेदयन् ॥
tatastasmādbhayānmuktāḥ katicittatra rākṣasāḥ | nihatānkiṃkarānsarvānrāvaṇāya nyavedayan ||
English Translation
Then certain Räkşasas, getting off from the field in fear, informed Rāvana of the destruction of all his servants.
VR 5.40.36 वंशस्थम्
स राक्षसानां निहतं महाबलं; निशम्य राजा परिवृत्तलोचनः । समादिदेशाप्रतिमं पराक्रमे; प्रहस्तपुत्रं समरे सुदुर्जयम् ॥
sa rākṣasānāṃ nihataṃ mahābalaṃ; niśamya rājā parivṛttalocanaḥ | samādideśāpratimaṃ parākrame; prahastaputraṃ samare sudurjayam ||
English Translation
Hearing that a mighty host of the Rākṣasas had been slain, the king, with his eyes whirling in ire, ordered Prahasta's son of incomparable prowess, and invincible in battle.
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