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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 41

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 41

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 41

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 41 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 18 verses.

Total: 18 Verses • Citations: VR 5.41.1–18 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 5.41.1 उपजातिः
ततः स किंकरान्हत्वा हनूमान्ध्यानमास्थितः । वनं भग्नं मया चैत्यप्रासादो न विनाशितः । तस्मात्प्रासादमप्येवमिमं विध्वंसयाम्यहम् ॥
tataḥ sa kiṃkarānhatvā hanūmāndhyānamāsthitaḥ | vanaṃ bhagnaṃ mayā caityaprāsādo na vināśitaḥ | tasmātprāsādamapyevamimaṃ vidhvaṃsayāmyaham ||
English Translation
Having slaughtered the servants, Hanumān, having reflected awhile, thought, “I have broken down the wood; but have not destroyed the edifice dedicated to the deities of the Rākşasas.”
VR 5.41.2 उपजातिः
इति संचिन्त्य हनुमान्मनसा दर्शयन्बलम् । चैत्यप्रासादमाप्लुत्य मेरुशृङ्गमिवोन्नतम् । आरुरोह हरिश्रेष्ठो हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः ॥
iti saṃcintya hanumānmanasā darśayanbalam | caityaprāsādamāplutya meruśṛṅgamivonnatam | āruroha hariśreṣṭho hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ ||
English Translation
Therefore, this very day will I demolish this structure. Hanumān, son to the Wind-god, foremost of monkeys, Hanumān, son to the Wind-god, displaying his strength, bounded to the Caitya (A building designed for deities) building, elevated like a summit of Meru.
VR 5.41.3 अनुष्टुप्
संप्रधृष्य च दुर्धर्षश्चैत्यप्रासादमुन्नतम् । हनूमान्प्रज्वलँल्लक्ष्म्या पारियात्रोपमोऽभवत् ॥
saṃpradhṛṣya ca durdharṣaścaityaprāsādamunnatam | hanūmānprajvalam̐llakṣmyā pāriyātropamo'bhavat ||
English Translation
Having broken down that superb edifice, the irrepressible Hanuman, flaming in auspiciousness, resembled (the mountain) Pāriyatra.
VR 5.41.4 अनुष्टुप्
स भूत्वा तु महाकायो हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः । धृष्टमास्फोटयामास लङ्कां शब्देन पूरयन् ॥
sa bhūtvā tu mahākāyo hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ | dhṛṣṭamāsphoṭayāmāsa laṅkāṃ śabdena pūrayan ||
English Translation
And attaining mighty proportions, Hanumān, son to the Wind-god, brandished his tail, filling Lankā with sounds.
VR 5.41.5 अनुष्टुप्
तस्यास्फोटितशब्देन महता श्रोत्रघातिना । पेतुर्विहंगा गगनादुच्चैश्चेदमघोषयत् ॥
tasyāsphoṭitaśabdena mahatā śrotraghātinā | peturvihaṃgā gaganāduccaiścedamaghoṣayat ||
English Translation
At the sounds of his flourishing, as well as with those resounding ones set up by himself, birds began to drop down from the sky.
VR 5.41.6 अनुष्टुप्
जयत्यतिबलो रामो लक्ष्मणश्च महाबलः । राजा जयति सुग्रीवो राघवेणाभिपालितः ॥
jayatyatibalo rāmo lakṣmaṇaśca mahābalaḥ | rājā jayati sugrīvo rāghaveṇābhipālitaḥ ||
English Translation
"Victory to Rama, the mighty and powerful, Victory to Lakshmana. Victory to king Sugriva who is ruled by Rama."
VR 5.41.7 अनुष्टुप्
दासोऽहं कोसलेन्द्रस्य रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः । हनुमाञ्शत्रुसैन्यानां निहन्ता मारुतात्मजः ॥
dāso'haṃ kosalendrasya rāmasyākliṣṭakarmaṇaḥ | hanumāñśatrusainyānāṃ nihantā mārutātmajaḥ ||
English Translation
"I, son of the Windgod, destroyer of hostile armies, am a servant of Rama, the lord of Kosala kingdom, a man of unwearied action.
VR 5.41.8 अनुष्टुप्
न रावणसहस्रं मे युद्धे प्रतिबलं भवेत् । शिलाभिस्तु प्रहरतः पादपैश्च सहस्रशः ॥
na rāvaṇasahasraṃ me yuddhe pratibalaṃ bhavet | śilābhistu praharataḥ pādapaiśca sahasraśaḥ ||
English Translation
Even a thousand Ravanas will not match me in strength when I pound stones and trees in a thousand ways.
VR 5.41.9 अनुष्टुप्
अर्दयित्वा पुरीं लङ्कामभिवाद्य च मैथिलीम् । समृद्धार्थो गमिष्यामि मिषतां सर्वरक्षसाम् ॥
ardayitvā purīṃ laṅkāmabhivādya ca maithilīm | samṛddhārtho gamiṣyāmi miṣatāṃ sarvarakṣasām ||
English Translation
"I shall destroy the city of Lanka and pay my respects to Mythili right under the nose of all demons. I will return with my purpose accomplished.
VR 5.41.10 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्त्वा विमानस्थश्चैत्यस्थान्हरिपुंगवः । ननाद भीमनिर्ह्रादो रक्षसां जनयन्भयम् ॥
evamuktvā vimānasthaścaityasthānharipuṃgavaḥ | nanāda bhīmanirhrādo rakṣasāṃ janayanbhayam ||
English Translation
Having spoken thus, that one of a prodigious person, seated on the Caitya, emitted tremendous roars, striking terror into the Raksasa.
VR 5.41.11 उपजातिः
तेन शब्देन महता चैत्यपालाः शतं ययुः । गृहीत्वा विविधानस्त्रान्प्रासान्खड्गान्परश्वधान् । विसृजन्तो महाक्षया मारुतिं पर्यवारयन् ॥
tena śabdena mahatā caityapālāḥ śataṃ yayuḥ | gṛhītvā vividhānastrānprāsānkhaḍgānparaśvadhān | visṛjanto mahākṣayā mārutiṃ paryavārayan ||
English Translation
In consequence of that mighty cry, an hundred guards attached to the Caitya sallied out, taking various weapons-bearded darts, scimitars and axes; and they surrounded the Wind-god's offspring, as he went on increasing his body.
VR 5.41.12 अनुष्टुप्
आवर्त इव गङ्गायास्तोयस्य विपुलो महान् । परिक्षिप्य हरिश्रेष्ठं स बभौ रक्षसां गणः ॥
āvarta iva gaṅgāyāstoyasya vipulo mahān | parikṣipya hariśreṣṭhaṃ sa babhau rakṣasāṃ gaṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Those numbers of Rākşasa, encountering that best of monkeys, resumbled an extensive and mighty whirlpool in the Gangā.
VR 5.41.13 अनुष्टुप्
ततो वातात्मजः क्रुद्धो भीमरूपं समास्थितः ॥
tato vātātmajaḥ kruddho bhīmarūpaṃ samāsthitaḥ ||
VR 5.41.14 उपजातिः
प्रासादस्य महांस्तस्य स्तम्भं हेमपरिष्कृतम् । उत्पाटयित्वा वेगेन हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः । ततस्तं भ्रामयामास शतधारं महाबलः ॥
prāsādasya mahāṃstasya stambhaṃ hemapariṣkṛtam | utpāṭayitvā vegena hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ | tatastaṃ bhrāmayāmāsa śatadhāraṃ mahābalaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat, the Wind-god's son, the mighty Hanumān, (Mārutatmaja-son to the Wind-god, left out on the score of redundency) waxing enraged, violently uprooting a huge pillar of the edifice, plated with gold, and having an hundred borders, began to whirl it (in the air). (The reader is powerfully reminded of a like feat of Manoah's son-'the Herculean Samson') And the fire generated there thus, burnt down the entire edifice.
VR 5.41.15 अनुष्टुप्
स राक्षसशतं हत्वा वज्रेणेन्द्र इवासुरान् । अन्तरिक्षस्थितः श्रीमानिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
sa rākṣasaśataṃ hatvā vajreṇendra ivāsurān | antarikṣasthitaḥ śrīmānidaṃ vacanamabravīt ||
English Translation
Glorious and mighty Hanuman quickly went into her mouth and got out and stood in the sky and said:.
VR 5.41.16 अनुष्टुप्
मादृशानां सहस्राणि विसृष्टानि महात्मनाम् । बलिनां वानरेन्द्राणां सुग्रीववशवर्तिनाम् ॥
mādṛśānāṃ sahasrāṇi visṛṣṭāni mahātmanām | balināṃ vānarendrāṇāṃ sugrīvavaśavartinām ||
English Translation
Thousands of strong, high-souled and foremost monkeys like myself, having been created, and remaining under the command of Sugriva, including ourselves as well as other monkeys—are ranging all over the world.
VR 5.41.17 अनुष्टुप्
शतैः शतसहस्रैश्च कोटीभिरयुतैरपि । आगमिष्यति सुग्रीवः सर्वेषां वो निषूदनः ॥
śataiḥ śatasahasraiśca koṭībhirayutairapi | āgamiṣyati sugrīvaḥ sarveṣāṃ vo niṣūdanaḥ ||
English Translation
Surrounded with monkeys of this sort, having nails and teeth for their arms, in hundreds and thousands and koțis and ayutas, come our Sugrīva, the slayer of all (foes).
VR 5.41.18 अनुष्टुप्
नेयमस्ति पुरी लङ्का न यूयं न च रावणः । यस्मादिक्ष्वाकुनाथेन बद्धं वैरं महात्मना ॥
neyamasti purī laṅkā na yūyaṃ na ca rāvaṇaḥ | yasmādikṣvākunāthena baddhaṃ vairaṃ mahātmanā ||
English Translation
Neither this city of Lanka, nor you, nor yet Rāvaņa, shall exist, having created hostility with that high-souled hero of the Ikşvāku race.
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