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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 46

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 46

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 46

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 46 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 59 verses.

Total: 59 Verses • Citations: VR 5.46.1–59 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 29 shown)
VR 5.46.31 वंशस्थम्
हनूमतो वेद न राक्षसोऽन्तरं; न मारुतिस्तस्य महात्मनोऽन्तरम् । परस्परं निर्विषहौ बभूवतुः; समेत्य तौ देवसमानविक्रमौ ॥
hanūmato veda na rākṣaso'ntaraṃ; na mārutistasya mahātmano'ntaram | parasparaṃ nirviṣahau babhūvatuḥ; sametya tau devasamānavikramau ||
English Translation
And Hanuman could not find out the shortcomings of the Rākşasa, nor could that highsouled one detect the weak points of the son of the Wind-god.
VR 5.46.32 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
ततस्तु लक्ष्ये स विहन्यमाने; शरेषु मोघेषु च संपतत्सु । जगाम चिन्तां महतीं महात्मा; समाधिसंयोगसमाहितात्मा ॥
tatastu lakṣye sa vihanyamāne; śareṣu mogheṣu ca saṃpatatsu | jagāma cintāṃ mahatīṃ mahātmā; samādhisaṃyogasamāhitātmā ||
English Translation
And these two gifted with celestial prowess, engaged in conflict, became unbearable to each other. And seeing him unhurt though aimed at with infallible arrows, the high-souled (Indrajit), controlling his senses, engaged in deep and devout meditation (According Hindu philosophy, one by virtue of yoga and selfcontrol can realise many great things which are beyond ordinary human conception. Beholding to Human unhurt though assailed incessantly with terrible shafts, Indrajit at once jumped at the conclusion that he must be a great spirit in a monkey-form. To realise who he in reality was, he gagged in yoga or devout meditation) (to realise the true identity of Hanumān).
VR 5.46.33 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
ततो मतिं राक्षसराजसूनु;श्चकार तस्मिन्हरिवीरमुख्ये । अवध्यतां तस्य कपेः समीक्ष्य; कथं निगच्छेदिति निग्रहार्थम् ॥
tato matiṃ rākṣasarājasūnu;ścakāra tasminharivīramukhye | avadhyatāṃ tasya kapeḥ samīkṣya; kathaṃ nigacchediti nigrahārtham ||
English Translation
Thereupon, that son of the lord of Rākşasas pinned his thoughts upon that foremost of monkeys, and finding him incapable of being slain, he began to devise plans how he could be bound.
VR 5.46.34 अनुष्टुप्
ततः पैतामहां वीरः सोऽस्त्रमस्त्रविदां वरः । संदधे सुमहातेजास्तं हरिप्रवरं प्रति ॥
tataḥ paitāmahāṃ vīraḥ so'stramastravidāṃ varaḥ | saṃdadhe sumahātejāstaṃ haripravaraṃ prati ||
English Translation
And that hero, foremost of those versed in the use of weapons, discharged at that best of monkeys the highly powerful weapon conferred on him by Brahmă, the Great-father of the celestials.
VR 5.46.35 अनुष्टुप्
अवध्योऽयमिति ज्ञात्वा तमस्त्रेणास्त्रतत्त्ववित् । निजग्राह महाबाहुर्मारुतात्मजमिन्द्रजित् ॥
avadhyo'yamiti jñātvā tamastreṇāstratattvavit | nijagrāha mahābāhurmārutātmajamindrajit ||
English Translation
And knowing him incapable of being slain, Indrajit conversant with the use of weapons, bound that large-armed son of the Wind-god with that weapon.
VR 5.46.36 अनुष्टुप्
तेन बद्धस्ततोऽस्त्रेण राक्षसेन स वानरः । अभवन्निर्विचेष्टश्च पपात च महीतले ॥
tena baddhastato'streṇa rākṣasena sa vānaraḥ | abhavannirviceṣṭaśca papāta ca mahītale ||
English Translation
And being bound up by that Rākşasa with the weapon, the monkey became motionless and fell down on the earth.
VR 5.46.37 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
ततोऽथ बुद्ध्वा स तदास्त्रबन्धं; प्रभोः प्रभावाद्विगताल्पवेगः । पितामहानुग्रहमात्मनश्च; विचिन्तयामास हरिप्रवीरः ॥
tato'tha buddhvā sa tadāstrabandhaṃ; prabhoḥ prabhāvādvigatālpavegaḥ | pitāmahānugrahamātmanaśca; vicintayāmāsa haripravīraḥ ||
English Translation
And thinking that he was bound up with a Brahma weapon, he did not feel the least pain in consequence of Brahmā's blessing.
VR 5.46.38 अनुष्टुप्
ततः स्वायम्भुवैर्मन्त्रैर्ब्रह्मास्त्रमभिमन्त्रितम् । हनूमांश्चिन्तयामास वरदानं पितामहात् ॥
tataḥ svāyambhuvairmantrairbrahmāstramabhimantritam | hanūmāṃścintayāmāsa varadānaṃ pitāmahāt ||
English Translation
And that heroic monkey began to think of the boons conferred on him by the Great-father of the celestials.
VR 5.46.39 उपजातिः
न मेऽस्त्रबन्धस्य च शक्तिरस्ति; विमोक्षणे लोकगुरोः प्रभावात् । इत्येवमेवंविहितोऽस्त्रबन्धो; मयात्मयोनेरनुवर्तितव्यः ॥
na me'strabandhasya ca śaktirasti; vimokṣaṇe lokaguroḥ prabhāvāt | ityevamevaṃvihito'strabandho; mayātmayoneranuvartitavyaḥ ||
English Translation
And thinking that the weapon was conferred by the Self-create and consecrated by sacred Mantras, Hanuman began to think of boons conferred by the Great-father. “In consequence of the power of the Lord of creation I am incapable of extricating myself from these bonds." (Knowing this by means of devout mediation, he reflected again)-“This has been ordained by Him, and I must put up with this pain for sometime.” Revolving well the power of the weapon, the boon of the Great-father, and his own prowess to extricate himself from bonds, the monkey followed the Great-father's behest.
VR 5.46.40 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
स वीर्यमस्त्रस्य कपिर्विचार्य; पितामहानुग्रहमात्मनश्च । विमोक्षशक्तिं परिचिन्तयित्वा; पितामहाज्ञामनुवर्तते स्म ॥
sa vīryamastrasya kapirvicārya; pitāmahānugrahamātmanaśca | vimokṣaśaktiṃ paricintayitvā; pitāmahājñāmanuvartate sma ||
English Translation
And thinking that the weapon was conferred by the Self-create and consecrated by sacred Mantras, Hanuman began to think of boons conferred by the Great-father. “In consequence of the power of the Lord of creation I am incapable of extricating myself from these bonds." (Knowing this by means of devout mediation, he reflected again)-“This has been ordained by Him, and I must put up with this pain for sometime.” Revolving well the power of the weapon, the boon of the Great-father, and his own prowess to extricate himself from bonds, the monkey followed the Great-father's behest.
VR 5.46.41 अनुष्टुप्
अस्त्रेणापि हि बद्धस्य भयं मम न जायते । पितामहमहेन्द्राभ्यां रक्षितस्यानिलेन च ॥
astreṇāpi hi baddhasya bhayaṃ mama na jāyate | pitāmahamahendrābhyāṃ rakṣitasyānilena ca ||
English Translation
I do not fear though bound by this weapon, since I am being protected by Brahmā, Indra and the Wind-god.
VR 5.46.42 अनुष्टुप्
ग्रहणे चापि रक्षोभिर्महन्मे गुणदर्शनम् । राक्षसेन्द्रेण संवादस्तस्माद्गृह्णन्तु मां परे ॥
grahaṇe cāpi rakṣobhirmahanme guṇadarśanam | rākṣasendreṇa saṃvādastasmādgṛhṇantu māṃ pare ||
English Translation
It will be better if I am carried off by the Rākşasas, for I shall reap very great benefit by my conversation with the lord of Rākşasas.
VR 5.46.43 उपजातिः
स निश्चितार्थः परवीरहन्ता; समीक्ष्य करी विनिवृत्तचेष्टः । परैः प्रसह्याभिगतैर्निगृह्य; ननाद तैस्तैः परिभर्त्स्यमानः ॥
sa niścitārthaḥ paravīrahantā; samīkṣya karī vinivṛttaceṣṭaḥ | paraiḥ prasahyābhigatairnigṛhya; nanāda taistaiḥ paribhartsyamānaḥ ||
English Translation
"Therefore let the enemies carry me." Having resolved this, the considerate (monkey)-slayer of foes—remained motionless. And being ruthlessly bound by the foes and remonstrated with by them, he began to moan piteously.
VR 5.46.44 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तं राक्षसा दृष्ट्वा निर्विचेष्टमरिंदमम् । बबन्धुः शणवल्कैश्च द्रुमचीरैश्च संहतैः ॥
tatastaṃ rākṣasā dṛṣṭvā nirviceṣṭamariṃdamam | babandhuḥ śaṇavalkaiśca drumacīraiśca saṃhataiḥ ||
English Translation
And beholding that slayer of foes motionless, the Rakşasas bound him up with cotton and bark.
VR 5.46.45 इन्द्रवज्रा
स रोचयामास परैश्च बन्धनं; प्रसह्य वीरैरभिनिग्रहं च । कौतूहलान्मां यदि राक्षसेन्द्रो; द्रष्टुं व्यवस्येदिति निश्चितार्थः ॥
sa rocayāmāsa paraiśca bandhanaṃ; prasahya vīrairabhinigrahaṃ ca | kautūhalānmāṃ yadi rākṣasendro; draṣṭuṃ vyavasyediti niścitārthaḥ ||
English Translation
And he gladly allowed himself to be tied up and rebuked by his enemies, thinking that he might converse with the lord of the Rākşasas, if he, out of curiosity, should like to see him.
VR 5.46.46 अनुष्टुप्
स बद्धस्तेन वल्केन विमुक्तोऽस्त्रेण वीर्यवान् । अस्त्रबन्धः स चान्यं हि न बन्धमनुवर्तते ॥
sa baddhastena valkena vimukto'streṇa vīryavān | astrabandhaḥ sa cānyaṃ hi na bandhamanuvartate ||
English Translation
Being bound with bark, that powerful (monkey) got himself freed from the binding of the weapon, for the binding force of a Brahma weapon becomes null when there is any other binding.
VR 5.46.47 उपजातिः
अथेन्द्रजित्तं द्रुमचीरबन्धं; विचार्य वीरः कपिसत्तमं तम् । विमुक्तमस्त्रेण जगाम चिन्ता;मन्येन बद्धो ह्यनुवर्ततेऽस्त्रम् ॥
athendrajittaṃ drumacīrabandhaṃ; vicārya vīraḥ kapisattamaṃ tam | vimuktamastreṇa jagāma cintā;manyena baddho hyanuvartate'stram ||
English Translation
Then the heroic Indrajit coming to know that the foremost of the monkeys bound by bark ropes was released from the bondage of Brahmastra, thought, 'indeed the divine weapon does not tolerate other bonds, so the vanara is released'.
VR 5.46.48 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
अहो महत्कर्म कृतं निरर्थकं; न राक्षसैर्मन्त्रगतिर्विमृष्टा । पुनश्च नास्त्रे विहतेऽस्त्रमन्य;त्प्रवर्तते संशयिताः स्म सर्वे ॥
aho mahatkarma kṛtaṃ nirarthakaṃ; na rākṣasairmantragatirvimṛṣṭā | punaśca nāstre vihate'stramanya;tpravartate saṃśayitāḥ sma sarve ||
English Translation
Beholding that best of monkeys tied up with bark and liberated from the binding of the weapon Indrajit reflected that the binding force of the Brahma weapon became powerless when there was any other binding. “Alas, (those Räkşas) have rendered my mighty deed fruitless. They know not the action of Mantras. (That the action of a Brahma mantra upon one is multified if one is bound physically) And on the Brahma weapon being baffled, any other weapon cannot effect anything; and thus we thus we have all been placed in a critical predicament."
VR 5.46.49 अनुष्टुप्
अस्त्रेण हनुमान्मुक्तो नात्मानमवबुध्यते । कृष्यमाणस्तु रक्षोभिस्तैश्च बन्धैर्निपीडितः ॥
astreṇa hanumānmukto nātmānamavabudhyate | kṛṣyamāṇastu rakṣobhistaiśca bandhairnipīḍitaḥ ||
English Translation
On being released from the weapon, Hanumān did not betray any signs of his liberation, albeit he was pulled by the Rākşasas and pained by the bonds they had bound him with. And the monkey, Hanumān, was pulled by those cruel Rākṣasas having fatal boxes, in the direction of the lord of Rākşasas.
VR 5.46.50 अनुष्टुप्
हन्यमानस्ततः क्रूरै राक्षसैः काष्ठमुष्टिभिः । समीपं राक्षसेन्द्रस्य प्राकृष्यत स वानरः ॥
hanyamānastataḥ krūrai rākṣasaiḥ kāṣṭhamuṣṭibhiḥ | samīpaṃ rākṣasendrasya prākṛṣyata sa vānaraḥ ||
English Translation
On being released from the weapon, Hanumān did not betray any signs of his liberation, albeit he was pulled by the Rākşasas and pained by the bonds they had bound him with. And the monkey, Hanumān, was pulled by those cruel Rākṣasas having fatal boxes, in the direction of the lord of Rākşasas.
VR 5.46.51 उपजातिः
अथेन्द्रजित्तं प्रसमीक्ष्य मुक्त;मस्त्रेण बद्धं द्रुमचीरसूत्रैः । व्यदर्शयत्तत्र महाबलं तं; हरिप्रवीरं सगणाय राज्ञे ॥
athendrajittaṃ prasamīkṣya mukta;mastreṇa baddhaṃ drumacīrasūtraiḥ | vyadarśayattatra mahābalaṃ taṃ; haripravīraṃ sagaṇāya rājñe ||
English Translation
Seeing (Hanuman) freed from the (Brahma) weapon yet bound by the bark of trees, he (Indrajit) showed the exceedingly powerful and highly heroic monkey to the king along with his adherents.
VR 5.46.52 अनुष्टुप्
तं मत्तमिव मातङ्गं बद्धं कपिवरोत्तमम् । राक्षसा राक्षसेन्द्राय रावणाय न्यवेदयन् ॥
taṃ mattamiva mātaṅgaṃ baddhaṃ kapivarottamam | rākṣasā rākṣasendrāya rāvaṇāya nyavedayan ||
English Translation
And the Rākṣasas related to the ruler of Rākșas everything touching that foremost of choice monkeys, resembling a mad elephant who was in bonds.
VR 5.46.53 अनुष्टुप्
कोऽयं कस्य कुतो वापि किं कार्यं को व्यपाश्रयः । इति राक्षसवीराणां तत्र संजज्ञिरे कथाः ॥
ko'yaṃ kasya kuto vāpi kiṃ kāryaṃ ko vyapāśrayaḥ | iti rākṣasavīrāṇāṃ tatra saṃjajñire kathāḥ ||
English Translation
“Who is he? And whose son? And where from? And what's his errand? And by whom is he backed?” Thus did the heroic Rākşasas converse on beholding Hanumān.
VR 5.46.54 अनुष्टुप्
हन्यतां दह्यतां वापि भक्ष्यतामिति चापरे । राक्षसास्तत्र संक्रुद्धाः परस्परमथाब्रुवन् ॥
hanyatāṃ dahyatāṃ vāpi bhakṣyatāmiti cāpare | rākṣasāstatra saṃkruddhāḥ parasparamathābruvan ||
English Translation
Thereafter other ogres angrily said 'Let us kill him, burn him or otherwise devour him,' thus they spoke to one another.
VR 5.46.55 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
अतीत्य मार्गं सहसा महात्मा; स तत्र रक्षोऽधिपपादमूले । ददर्श राज्ञः परिचारवृद्धा;न्गृहं महारत्नविभूषितं च ॥
atītya mārgaṃ sahasā mahātmā; sa tatra rakṣo'dhipapādamūle | dadarśa rājñaḥ paricāravṛddhā;ngṛhaṃ mahāratnavibhūṣitaṃ ca ||
English Translation
And others said, "Kill him," "Burn him," "Eat him up". The Raksasas, growing enraged, thus said to each other. Having passed some way, that magnanimous one saw there old servants sitting at the feet of the lord of Rākşasas, as well as a mansion embellished with countless jewels.
VR 5.46.56 अनुष्टुप्
स ददर्श महातेजा रावणः कपिसत्तमम् । रक्षोभिर्विकृताकारैः कृष्यमाणमितस्ततः ॥
sa dadarśa mahātejā rāvaṇaḥ kapisattamam | rakṣobhirvikṛtākāraiḥ kṛṣyamāṇamitastataḥ ||
English Translation
And the exceedingly energetic Rāvana saw that foremost of monkeys dragged hither and thither by Rākṣasas of frightful forms.
VR 5.46.57 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसाधिपतिं चापि ददर्श कपिसत्तमः । तेजोबलसमायुक्तं तपन्तमिव भास्करम् ॥
rākṣasādhipatiṃ cāpi dadarśa kapisattamaḥ | tejobalasamāyuktaṃ tapantamiva bhāskaram ||
English Translation
And that best of monkeys too saw that lord of Rākşasas, endowed with strength and energy and resembling the resplendent sun.
VR 5.46.58 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
स रोषसंवर्तितताम्रदृष्टि;र्दशाननस्तं कपिमन्ववेक्ष्य । अथोपविष्टान्कुलशीलवृद्धा;न्समादिशत्तं प्रति मन्त्रमुख्यान् ॥
sa roṣasaṃvartitatāmradṛṣṭi;rdaśānanastaṃ kapimanvavekṣya | athopaviṣṭānkulaśīlavṛddhā;nsamādiśattaṃ prati mantramukhyān ||
English Translation
And with his reddened eyes rolling, the tennecked one, gazing at that monkey, ordered his principal counsellors, boasting of high pedigree and noble character, (to interrogate the incomer).
VR 5.46.59 उपजातिः
यथाक्रमं तैः स कपिश्च पृष्टः; कार्यार्थमर्थस्य च मूलमादौ । निवेदयामास हरीश्वरस्य; दूतः सकाशादहमागतोऽस्मि ॥
yathākramaṃ taiḥ sa kapiśca pṛṣṭaḥ; kāryārthamarthasya ca mūlamādau | nivedayāmāsa harīśvarasya; dūtaḥ sakāśādahamāgato'smi ||
English Translation
And by turns questioned by them as to his mission and purpose, as well as the fundamental occasion (of his in road), that foremost of monkeys replied, “A messenger, I come (from Sugriva.)"
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