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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 44

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 44

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 44

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 44 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 39 verses.

Total: 39 Verses • Citations: VR 5.44.1–39 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 5.44.1 अनुष्टुप्
हतान्मन्त्रिसुतान्बुद्ध्वा वानरेण महात्मना । रावणः संवृताकारश्चकार मतिमुत्तमाम् ॥
hatānmantrisutānbuddhvā vānareṇa mahātmanā | rāvaṇaḥ saṃvṛtākāraścakāra matimuttamām ||
English Translation
Learning that the sons of the counsellors had been slain by the high-souled monkey, the Tennecked one suppressing the apprehension that was in his heart, restored the balance of his mind.
VR 5.44.2 अनुष्टुप्
स विरूपाक्षयूपाक्षौ दुर्धरं चैव राक्षसं । प्रघसं भासकर्णं च पञ्चसेनाग्रनायकान् ॥
sa virūpākṣayūpākṣau durdharaṃ caiva rākṣasaṃ | praghasaṃ bhāsakarṇaṃ ca pañcasenāgranāyakān ||
English Translation
He directed five of the foremost leaders of his forces, the heroic Virūpaksa Yupakşa, the Rāks asa Durdharsa, Praghasa, and Bhasakarma, versed in polity, endowed with the speed of the Wind in conflict and alert on every occasion, to take Hanumān captive.
VR 5.44.3 अनुष्टुप्
संदिदेश दशग्रीवो वीरान्नयविशारदान् । हनूमद्ग्रहणे व्यग्रान्वायुवेगसमान्युधि ॥
saṃdideśa daśagrīvo vīrānnayaviśāradān | hanūmadgrahaṇe vyagrānvāyuvegasamānyudhi ||
English Translation
He directed five of the foremost leaders of his forces, the heroic Virūpaksa Yupakşa, the Rāks asa Durdharsa, Praghasa, and Bhasakarma, versed in polity, endowed with the speed of the Wind in conflict and alert on every occasion, to take Hanumān captive.
VR 5.44.4 अनुष्टुप्
यात सेनाग्रगाः सर्वे महाबलपरिग्रहाः । सवाजिरथमातङ्गाः स कपिः शास्यतामिति ॥
yāta senāgragāḥ sarve mahābalaparigrahāḥ | savājirathamātaṅgāḥ sa kapiḥ śāsyatāmiti ||
English Translation
You generals, do youtaking mighty host with steeds, elephants and cars, chastise that monkey.
VR 5.44.5 अनुष्टुप्
यत्तैश्च खलु भाव्यं स्यात्तमासाद्य वनालयम् । कर्म चापि समाधेयं देशकालविरोधितम् ॥
yattaiśca khalu bhāvyaṃ syāttamāsādya vanālayam | karma cāpi samādheyaṃ deśakālavirodhitam ||
English Translation
And coming to that dweller of the woods, youhad better act heedfully, and should accomplish this work in consonance with place and season.
VR 5.44.6 उपजातिः
न ह्यहं तं कपिं मन्ये कर्मणा प्रतितर्कयन् । सर्वथा तन्महद्भूतं महाबलपरिग्रहम् । भवेदिन्द्रेण वा सृष्टमस्मदर्थं तपोबलात् ॥
na hyahaṃ taṃ kapiṃ manye karmaṇā pratitarkayan | sarvathā tanmahadbhūtaṃ mahābalaparigraham | bhavedindreṇa vā sṛṣṭamasmadarthaṃ tapobalāt ||
English Translation
Having regard to his acts, I do not take him to be a monkey. He is a great being endowed with extraordinary prowess every way.
VR 5.44.7 अनुष्टुप्
सनागयक्षगन्धर्वा देवासुरमहर्षयः । युष्माभिः सहितैः सर्वैर्मया सह विनिर्जिताः ॥
sanāgayakṣagandharvā devāsuramaharṣayaḥ | yuṣmābhiḥ sahitaiḥ sarvairmayā saha vinirjitāḥ ||
VR 5.44.8 अनुष्टुप्
तैरवश्यं विधातव्यं व्यलीकं किंचिदेव नः । तदेव नात्र संदेहः प्रसह्य परिगृह्यताम् ॥
tairavaśyaṃ vidhātavyaṃ vyalīkaṃ kiṃcideva naḥ | tadeva nātra saṃdehaḥ prasahya parigṛhyatām ||
VR 5.44.9 अनुष्टुप्
नावमन्यो भवद्भिश्च हरिः क्रूरपराक्रमः । दृष्टा हि हरयः शीघ्रा मया विपुलविक्रमाः ॥
nāvamanyo bhavadbhiśca hariḥ krūraparākramaḥ | dṛṣṭā hi harayaḥ śīghrā mayā vipulavikramāḥ ||
VR 5.44.10 अनुष्टुप्
वाली च सह सुग्रीवो जाम्बवांश्च महाबलः । नीलः सेनापतिश्चैव ये चान्ये द्विविदादयः ॥
vālī ca saha sugrīvo jāmbavāṃśca mahābalaḥ | nīlaḥ senāpatiścaiva ye cānye dvividādayaḥ ||
English Translation
This monkey of deliberate prowess should not be disregarded by you. I have seen (There is a word sighra, soon-in this Śloka, of which I fail to perceive the relation) monkeys of immense prowess, Vāli with Sugrīva and the exceedingly powerful Jāmbavāna, and Nīla the general, and others with Dwivida at their head.
VR 5.44.11 अनुष्टुप्
नैव तेषां गतिर्भीमा न तेजो न पराक्रमः । न मतिर्न बलोत्साहो न रूपपरिकल्पनम् ॥
naiva teṣāṃ gatirbhīmā na tejo na parākramaḥ | na matirna balotsāho na rūpaparikalpanam ||
English Translation
Their speed is not dreadful, nor their energy, nor their prowess, nor their intelligence, nor their strength, nor their courage, nor their capacity to change shapes.
VR 5.44.12 अनुष्टुप्
महत्सत्त्वमिदं ज्ञेयं कपिरूपं व्यवस्थितम् । प्रयत्नं महदास्थाय क्रियतामस्य निग्रहः ॥
mahatsattvamidaṃ jñeyaṃ kapirūpaṃ vyavasthitam | prayatnaṃ mahadāsthāya kriyatāmasya nigrahaḥ ||
English Translation
Therefore you should know him as some great being staying in the form of a monkey. Exerting yourself to the uttermost, do you chastise him.
VR 5.44.13 अनुष्टुप्
कामं लोकास्त्रयः सेन्द्राः ससुरासुरमानवाः । भवतामग्रतः स्थातुं न पर्याप्ता रणाजिरे ॥
kāmaṃ lokāstrayaḥ sendrāḥ sasurāsuramānavāḥ | bhavatāmagrataḥ sthātuṃ na paryāptā raṇājire ||
English Translation
These three worlds combined, with Indra, celestials and mortals, are incapable of long staying before you in the field of battle.
VR 5.44.14 अनुष्टुप्
तथापि तु नयज्ञेन जयमाकाङ्क्षता रणे । आत्मा रक्ष्यः प्रयत्नेन युद्धसिद्धिर्हि चञ्चला ॥
tathāpi tu nayajñena jayamākāṅkṣatā raṇe | ātmā rakṣyaḥ prayatnena yuddhasiddhirhi cañcalā ||
English Translation
Still a person versed in polity, albeit anxious to secure victory in battle, should carefully preserve self, as success in war is unstable.
VR 5.44.15 अनुष्टुप्
ते स्वामिवचनं सर्वे प्रतिगृह्य महौजसः । समुत्पेतुर्महावेगा हुताशसमतेजसः ॥
te svāmivacanaṃ sarve pratigṛhya mahaujasaḥ | samutpeturmahāvegā hutāśasamatejasaḥ ||
English Translation
Taking King's order, the strong and swift warriors, resplendent as the flame of sacrificial fire sallied forth with their army on chariots, on the back of rutting elephants, some on swift horses equipped with sharp weapons of many kinds.
VR 5.44.16 अनुष्टुप्
रथैश्च मत्तैर्नागैश्च वाजिभिश्च महाजवैः । शस्त्रैश्च विविधैस्तीक्ष्णैः सर्वैश्चोपचिता बलैः ॥
rathaiśca mattairnāgaiśca vājibhiśca mahājavaiḥ | śastraiśca vividhaistīkṣṇaiḥ sarvaiścopacitā balaiḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon, they, possessed of the energy of fire, accepting the words of their master, rushed forth vehemendy, accompanied with cars, mad elephants, fleet steeds, sharp and whetted weapons, and forces of all kinds.
VR 5.44.17 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तं ददृशुर्वीरा दीप्यमानं महाकपिम् । रश्मिमन्तमिवोद्यन्तं स्वतेजोरश्मिमालिनम् ॥
tatastaṃ dadṛśurvīrā dīpyamānaṃ mahākapim | raśmimantamivodyantaṃ svatejoraśmimālinam ||
English Translation
Then those heroes saw that effulgent mighty monkey, shining in his native splendour, like to the risen sun, possessed of great strength and immense speed, and magnanimity of mind, seated at the gate.
VR 5.44.18 अनुष्टुप्
तोरणस्थं महावेगं महासत्त्वं महाबलम् । महामतिं महोत्साहं महाकायं महाबलम् ॥
toraṇasthaṃ mahāvegaṃ mahāsattvaṃ mahābalam | mahāmatiṃ mahotsāhaṃ mahākāyaṃ mahābalam ||
VR 5.44.19 अनुष्टुप्
तं समीक्ष्यैव ते सर्वे दिक्षु सर्वास्ववस्थिताः । तैस्तैः प्रहरणैर्भीमैरभिपेतुस्ततस्ततः ॥
taṃ samīkṣyaiva te sarve dikṣu sarvāsvavasthitāḥ | taistaiḥ praharaṇairbhīmairabhipetustatastataḥ ||
English Translation
And soon as they saw him, they, frightened at his appearance, assailed him with their respective terrible weapons.
VR 5.44.20 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य पञ्चायसास्तीक्ष्णाः सिताः पीतमुखाः शराः । शिरस्त्युत्पलपत्राभा दुर्धरेण निपातिताः ॥
tasya pañcāyasāstīkṣṇāḥ sitāḥ pītamukhāḥ śarāḥ | śirastyutpalapatrābhā durdhareṇa nipātitāḥ ||
English Translation
And Durdhasa discharged at Hanumān's head five white iron (This may rather look an incongruous mixture of images; but the iron arrows may have been silvered over) arrows with yellow heads, and possessing the lustre of lotus-leaves.
VR 5.44.21 अनुष्टुप्
स तैः पञ्चभिराविद्धः शरैः शिरसि वानरः । उत्पपात नदन्व्योम्नि दिशो दश विनादयन् ॥
sa taiḥ pañcabhirāviddhaḥ śaraiḥ śirasi vānaraḥ | utpapāta nadanvyomni diśo daśa vinādayan ||
English Translation
Having been pierced in the head with those shafts, the monkey, roaring, leapt into the sky inaking the ten cardinal points resound.
VR 5.44.22 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तु दुर्धरो वीरः सरथः सज्जकार्मुकः । किरञ्शरशतैर्नैकैरभिपेदे महाबलः ॥
tatastu durdharo vīraḥ sarathaḥ sajjakārmukaḥ | kirañśaraśatairnaikairabhipede mahābalaḥ ||
English Translation
Then the exceedingly powerful and heroic Durdhara mounted on a car, with his bow stringed, came forward showering innumerable arrows by hundreds.
VR 5.44.23 अनुष्टुप्
स कपिर्वारयामास तं व्योम्नि शरवर्षिणम् । वृष्टिमन्तं पयोदान्ते पयोदमिव मारुतः ॥
sa kapirvārayāmāsa taṃ vyomni śaravarṣiṇam | vṛṣṭimantaṃ payodānte payodamiva mārutaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat, even as the wind drive away rainpouring clouds at the end of the rainy season, the monkey, remaining in the sky, resisted (his antagonist) as he kept on pouring his shafts.
VR 5.44.24 अनुष्टुप्
अर्द्यमानस्ततस्तेन दुर्धरेणानिलात्मजः । चकार निनदं भूयो व्यवर्धत च वेगवान् ॥
ardyamānastatastena durdhareṇānilātmajaḥ | cakāra ninadaṃ bhūyo vyavardhata ca vegavān ||
English Translation
And sore beset by Durdhara, the Wind-god's son again emitted cries, and that puissant one also increased himself.
VR 5.44.25 अनुष्टुप्
स दूरं सहसोत्पत्य दुर्धरस्य रथे हरिः । निपपात महावेगो विद्युद्राशिर्गिराविव ॥
sa dūraṃ sahasotpatya durdharasya rathe hariḥ | nipapāta mahāvego vidyudrāśirgirāviva ||
English Translation
Then darting far up in the air, the monkey suddenly descended on the car of Durdhara with extreme vehemence, like to a mass of lightning alighting on a mountain.
VR 5.44.26 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तं मथिताष्टाश्वं रथं भग्नाक्षकूवरम् । विहाय न्यपतद्भूमौ दुर्धरस्त्यक्तजीवितः ॥
tatastaṃ mathitāṣṭāśvaṃ rathaṃ bhagnākṣakūvaram | vihāya nyapatadbhūmau durdharastyaktajīvitaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat his eight steeds getting mangled, and the wheels and pole of his car having been broken, Durdhara leaving the car, fell down to the earth, deprived of life.
VR 5.44.27 अनुष्टुप्
तं विरूपाक्षयूपाक्षौ दृष्ट्वा निपतितं भुवि । संजातरोषौ दुर्धर्षावुत्पेततुररिंदमौ ॥
taṃ virūpākṣayūpākṣau dṛṣṭvā nipatitaṃ bhuvi | saṃjātaroṣau durdharṣāvutpetaturariṃdamau ||
English Translation
Seeing him down on the earth, those irrepressible subduers of enemies, Virūpaksa and Yupaksa, waxing wroth, sprang up.
VR 5.44.28 अनुष्टुप्
स ताभ्यां सहसोत्पत्य विष्ठितो विमलेऽम्बरे । मुद्गराभ्यां महाबाहुर्वक्षस्यभिहतः कपिः ॥
sa tābhyāṃ sahasotpatya viṣṭhito vimale'mbare | mudgarābhyāṃ mahābāhurvakṣasyabhihataḥ kapiḥ ||
English Translation
And springing up suddenly, they by means of maces, dealt blows on the chest of the monkey, who was staying in the unclouded sky.
VR 5.44.29 अनुष्टुप्
तयोर्वेगवतोर्वेगं विनिहत्य महाबलः । निपपात पुनर्भूमौ सुपर्णसमविक्रमः ॥
tayorvegavatorvegaṃ vinihatya mahābalaḥ | nipapāta punarbhūmau suparṇasamavikramaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat resisting the furious rush of those gifted with ebullient erergy, that exceedingly powerful one descended to the earth with the violence of the Fair-feathered (bird).* (Suparna-a name of Garuda.)
VR 5.44.30 अनुष्टुप्
स सालवृक्षमासाद्य समुत्पाट्य च वानरः । तावुभौ राक्षसौ वीरौ जघान पवनात्मजः ॥
sa sālavṛkṣamāsādya samutpāṭya ca vānaraḥ | tāvubhau rākṣasau vīrau jaghāna pavanātmajaḥ ||
English Translation
Then getting at and uprooting a sāla tree, that monkey, the Wind-god's offspring, slew both of those heroic Rākşasas.
VR 5.44.31 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तांस्त्रीन्हताञ्ज्ञात्वा वानरेण तरस्विना । अभिपेदे महावेगः प्रसह्य प्रघसो हरिम् ॥
tatastāṃstrīnhatāñjñātvā vānareṇa tarasvinā | abhipede mahāvegaḥ prasahya praghaso harim ||
English Translation
Finding all the three generals dead, swift Praghasa advanced towards the Vanara and attacked him. Valiant Bhasakarna also lifted a trident and attacked him. Both were famous for swift and violent action in war
VR 5.44.32 अनुष्टुप्
भासकर्णश्च संक्रुद्धः शूलमादाय वीर्यवान् । एकतः कपिशार्दूलं यशस्विनमवस्थितौ ॥
bhāsakarṇaśca saṃkruddhaḥ śūlamādāya vīryavān | ekataḥ kapiśārdūlaṃ yaśasvinamavasthitau ||
VR 5.44.33 अनुष्टुप्
पट्टिशेन शिताग्रेण प्रघसः प्रत्यपोथयत् । भासकर्णश्च शूलेन राक्षसः कपिसत्तमम् ॥
paṭṭiśena śitāgreṇa praghasaḥ pratyapothayat | bhāsakarṇaśca śūlena rākṣasaḥ kapisattamam ||
English Translation
Praghasa fought back the glorious tiger among vanaras with a sharp crowbar on one side and Bhaskarana attacked with a spear from the other.
VR 5.44.34 अनुष्टुप्
स ताभ्यां विक्षतैर्गात्रैरसृग्दिग्धतनूरुहः । अभवद्वानरः क्रुद्धो बालसूर्यसमप्रभः ॥
sa tābhyāṃ vikṣatairgātrairasṛgdigdhatanūruhaḥ | abhavadvānaraḥ kruddho bālasūryasamaprabhaḥ ||
English Translation
And with his limbs wounded by them, and his hair wetted with blood, that monkey resembling in splendour the infant sun, grew furiously enraged.
VR 5.44.35 अनुष्टुप्
समुत्पाट्य गिरेः शृङ्गं समृगव्यालपादपम् । जघान हनुमान्वीरो राक्षसौ कपिकुञ्जरः ॥
samutpāṭya gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ samṛgavyālapādapam | jaghāna hanumānvīro rākṣasau kapikuñjaraḥ ||
English Translation
That elephantine monkey, the heroic Hanumān, uprooting a mountain-peak with beasts, snakes, and trees (in it), slew those Raksasas; and, crushed by that mountainsummit, they were reduced to powder.
VR 5.44.36 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तेष्ववसन्नेषु सेनापतिषु पञ्चसु । बलं तदवशेषं तु नाशयामास वानरः ॥
tatasteṣvavasanneṣu senāpatiṣu pañcasu | balaṃ tadavaśeṣaṃ tu nāśayāmāsa vānaraḥ ||
English Translation
On those five generals having fallen, the monkey slew the remaining forces.
VR 5.44.37 अनुष्टुप्
अश्वैरश्वान्गजैर्नागान्योधैर्योधान्रथै रथान् । स कपिर्नाशयामास सहस्राक्ष इवासुरान् ॥
aśvairaśvāngajairnāgānyodhairyodhānrathai rathān | sa kapirnāśayāmāsa sahasrākṣa ivāsurān ||
English Translation
As the thousand-eyed Deity destroyed Asuras, the monkey destroyed steeds with steeds, elephants with elephants, warriors with warriors, and cars with cars.
VR 5.44.38 अनुष्टुप्
हतैर्नागैश्च तुरगैर्भग्नाक्षैश्च महारथैः । हतैश्च राक्षसैर्भूमी रुद्धमार्गा समन्ततः ॥
hatairnāgaiśca turagairbhagnākṣaiśca mahārathaiḥ | hataiśca rākṣasairbhūmī ruddhamārgā samantataḥ ||
English Translation
And with horses and elephants, swift steeds, with broken wheels and mighty cars, and Raksasas slain, all the ways were blocked up.
VR 5.44.39 वंशस्थम्
ततः कपिस्तान्ध्वजिनीपतीन्रणे; निहत्य वीरान्सबलान्सवाहनान् । तदेव वीरः परिगृह्य तोरणं; कृतक्षणः काल इव प्रजाक्षये ॥
tataḥ kapistāndhvajinīpatīnraṇe; nihatya vīrānsabalānsavāhanān | tadeva vīraḥ parigṛhya toraṇaṃ; kṛtakṣaṇaḥ kāla iva prajākṣaye ||
English Translation
Having destroyed in battle the heroic generals with all their forces and vehicles, that hero in the same way rested at the gate like Kāla himself engaged in destroying people when he has gained respite. Having destroyed in battle the heroic generals with all their forces and vehicles, that hero in the same way rested at the gate like Kāla himself engaged in destroying people when he has gained respite.
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