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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 6 (Yuddhakāṇḍa) • Sarga 4

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 4

युद्धकाण्डम् • सर्गः 4

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 4 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 88 verses.

Total: 88 Verses • Citations: VR 6.4.1–88 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 6.4.1 अनुष्टुप्
श्रुत्वा हनूमतो वाक्यं यथावदनुपूर्वशः । ततोऽब्रवीन्महातेजा रामः सत्यपराक्रमः ॥
śrutvā hanūmato vākyaṃ yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ | tato'bravīnmahātejā rāmaḥ satyaparākramaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing Hanumăn's speech duly from the beginning, the exceedingly energetic Rāma having truth for this prowess, said.
VR 6.4.2 अनुष्टुप्
यां निवेदयसे लङ्कां पुरीं भीमस्य रक्षसः । क्षिप्रमेनां वधिष्यामि सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि ते ॥
yāṃ nivedayase laṅkāṃ purīṃ bhīmasya rakṣasaḥ | kṣipramenāṃ vadhiṣyāmi satyametadbravīmi te ||
English Translation
What you say 'I shall speedily destroy the city of this dreadful Raksasa,' is true, I tell you.
VR 6.4.3 अनुष्टुप्
अस्मिन्मुहूर्ते सुग्रीव प्रयाणमभिरोचये । युक्तो मुहूर्तो विजयः प्राप्तो मध्यं दिवाकरः ॥
asminmuhūrte sugrīva prayāṇamabhirocaye | yukto muhūrto vijayaḥ prāpto madhyaṃ divākaraḥ ||
English Translation
Therefore, at this very moment arrange for Sugrīva's march. The Sun has attained his meridian at this proper moment, capable of conferring victory.* *The moment is named abhijit.
VR 6.4.4 अनुष्टुप्
उत्तरा फल्गुनी ह्यद्य श्वस्तु हस्तेन योक्ष्यते । अभिप्रयाम सुग्रीव सर्वानीकसमावृताः ॥
uttarā phalgunī hyadya śvastu hastena yokṣyate | abhiprayāma sugrīva sarvānīkasamāvṛtāḥ ||
English Translation
To-day the Northern Phālguni (is in the ascendant); and to-morrow the moon shall be in conjunction with Hasta.* O Sugriva, shall we set our, surrounded by the entire host? *Hastā sprung from Punarvasu is the star of doom, portending death to Rāvana. The Northern Phālguni, is Sita's natal star. The expedition begun during the influence of this star, augurs deliverance to Vaidehi.
VR 6.4.5 अनुष्टुप्
निमित्तानि च धन्यानि यानि प्रादुर्भवन्ति मे । निहत्य रावणं सीतामानयिष्यामि जानकीम् ॥
nimittāni ca dhanyāni yāni prādurbhavanti me | nihatya rāvaṇaṃ sītāmānayiṣyāmi jānakīm ||
English Translation
The omens I witness, augur, that, having slain Ravana, I shall bring back Janaki.
VR 6.4.6 अनुष्टुप्
उपरिष्टाद्धि नयनं स्फुरमाणमिदं मम । विजयं समनुप्राप्तं शंसतीव मनोरथम् ॥
upariṣṭāddhi nayanaṃ sphuramāṇamidaṃ mama | vijayaṃ samanuprāptaṃ śaṃsatīva manoratham ||
English Translation
The upper lid of my eye throb; and it betook that my desire has indeed been had.
VR 6.4.7 अनुष्टुप्
अग्रे यातु बलस्यास्य नीलो मार्गमवेक्षितुम् । वृतः शतसहस्रेण वानराणां तरस्विनाम् ॥
agre yātu balasyāsya nīlo mārgamavekṣitum | vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām ||
English Translation
Surrounded by hundreds and thousands of fast-speeding monkeys, let Nīla go ahead of this force, for surveying the route.
VR 6.4.8 अनुष्टुप्
फलमूलवता नील शीतकाननवारिणा । पथा मधुमता चाशु सेनां सेनापते नय ॥
phalamūlavatā nīla śītakānanavāriṇā | pathā madhumatā cāśu senāṃ senāpate naya ||
English Translation
O Nīla, do you, O general, expeditiously take the army by a path furnished with fruits and roots, having cool waters of the woods, and replenished with honey.
VR 6.4.9 अनुष्टुप्
दूषयेयुर्दुरात्मानः पथि मूलफलोदकम् । राक्षसाः परिरक्षेथास्तेभ्यस्त्वं नित्यमुद्यतः ॥
dūṣayeyurdurātmānaḥ pathi mūlaphalodakam | rākṣasāḥ parirakṣethāstebhyastvaṃ nityamudyataḥ ||
English Translation
The wicked Raksasas vitiate* fruits, roots and water along the way. You, ever not the alert, should preserve these from the Rākṣasa. *By means of poison, etc.
VR 6.4.10 अनुष्टुप्
निम्नेषु वनदुर्गेषु वनेषु च वनौकसः । अभिप्लुत्याभिपश्येयुः परेषां निहतं बलम् ॥
nimneṣu vanadurgeṣu vaneṣu ca vanaukasaḥ | abhiplutyābhipaśyeyuḥ pareṣāṃ nihataṃ balam ||
English Translation
And, bounding down into hollow places, mountain-fastnesses, and woods, let the rangers of the wilds, spy the posted detachments of the enemy.
VR 6.4.11 अनुष्टुप्
सागरौघनिभं भीममग्रानीकं महाबलाः । कपिसिंहा प्रकर्षन्तु शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
sāgaraughanibhaṃ bhīmamagrānīkaṃ mahābalāḥ | kapisiṃhā prakarṣantu śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
English Translation
Therefore let the foremost monkeys gifted with prodigious prowess lead forth like a host of terrible ocean, the choice portion of the army, numbering hundreds and thousands.
VR 6.4.12 अनुष्टुप्
गजश्च गिरिसंकाशो गवयश्च महाबलः । गवाक्षश्चाग्रतो यान्तु गवां दृप्ता इवर्षभाः ॥
gajaśca girisaṃkāśo gavayaśca mahābalaḥ | gavākṣaścāgrato yāntu gavāṃ dṛptā ivarṣabhāḥ ||
English Translation
And let Gaja resembling a hill, and the exceedingly powerful Gavaya, and that monkey, Gavaksa, master of the leaping ones,* like a haughty bull among kine, go in the van of the monkey-host. *i.e. monkeys.
VR 6.4.13 अनुष्टुप्
यातु वानरवाहिन्या वानरः प्लवतां पतिः । पालयन्दक्षिणं पार्श्वमृषभो वानरर्षभः ॥
yātu vānaravāhinyā vānaraḥ plavatāṃ patiḥ | pālayandakṣiṇaṃ pārśvamṛṣabho vānararṣabhaḥ ||
English Translation
And let that foremost of monkeys, Rşabha, go, protecting the right wing (of the army); and let Gandha, irresistible like an elephant with the fragrant temporal juice trickling down, and the vehement Gandhamādana, go,* protecting the left wing (of the monkey-army). *The verb is singular, instead of dual, as also the qualifying epithet, Pārsamadishthita. But the sense is clear. on
VR 6.4.14 अनुष्टुप्
गन्धहस्तीव दुर्धर्षस्तरस्वी गन्धमादनः । यातु वानरवाहिन्याः सव्यं पार्श्वमधिष्ठितः ॥
gandhahastīva durdharṣastarasvī gandhamādanaḥ | yātu vānaravāhinyāḥ savyaṃ pārśvamadhiṣṭhitaḥ ||
English Translation
And let that foremost of monkeys, Rşabha, go, protecting the right wing (of the army); and let Gandha, irresistible like an elephant with the fragrant temporal juice trickling down, and the vehement Gandhamādana, go,* protecting the left wing (of the monkey-army). *The verb is singular, instead of dual, as also the qualifying epithet, Pārsamadishthita. But the sense is clear. on
VR 6.4.15 अनुष्टुप्
यास्यामि बलमध्येऽहं बलौघमभिहर्षयन् । अधिरुह्य हनूमन्तमैरावतमिवेश्वरः ॥
yāsyāmi balamadhye'haṃ balaughamabhiharṣayan | adhiruhya hanūmantamairāvatamiveśvaraḥ ||
English Translation
And, cheering the army, I myself, mounted on Hanumān, like the Lord (mounted) on Airāvata, shall march in the midst of the forces.
VR 6.4.16 अनुष्टुप्
अङ्गदेनैष संयातु लक्ष्मणश्चान्तकोपमः । सार्वभौमेण भूतेशो द्रविणाधिपतिर्यथा ॥
aṅgadenaiṣa saṃyātu lakṣmaṇaścāntakopamaḥ | sārvabhaumeṇa bhūteśo draviṇādhipatiryathā ||
English Translation
Like the lord of wealth and master of riches, mounted Sārvabhauma, let Lakşmaņa resembling the Destroyer, march forth, mounted on Angada.
VR 6.4.17 अनुष्टुप्
जाम्बवांश्च सुषेणश्च वेगदर्शी च वानरः । ऋक्षराजो महासत्त्वः कुक्षिं रक्षन्तु ते त्रयः ॥
jāmbavāṃśca suṣeṇaśca vegadarśī ca vānaraḥ | ṛkṣarājo mahāsattvaḥ kukṣiṃ rakṣantu te trayaḥ ||
English Translation
And let that king of bears, the long-armed Jāmbavān, Sușeņa, and the monkey, Vegadarci, protect the rear (of the forces).
VR 6.4.18 अनुष्टुप्
राघवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सुग्रीवो वाहिनीपतिः । व्यादिदेश महावीर्यान्वानरान्वानरर्षभः ॥
rāghavasya vacaḥ śrutvā sugrīvo vāhinīpatiḥ | vyādideśa mahāvīryānvānarānvānararṣabhaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing Rāghava's words, that foremost of monkeys and lord of the army, the exceedingly energetic Sugrīva, issued his orders.
VR 6.4.19 अनुष्टुप्
ते वानरगणाः सर्वे समुत्पत्य युयुत्सवः । गुहाभ्यः शिखरेभ्यश्च आशु पुप्लुविरे तदा ॥
te vānaragaṇāḥ sarve samutpatya yuyutsavaḥ | guhābhyaḥ śikharebhyaśca āśu pupluvire tadā ||
English Translation
And anon those highly powerful monkeys issuing up from caves and mountain-summits, began to bound (on all sides).
VR 6.4.20 अनुष्टुप्
ततो वानरराजेन लक्ष्मणेन च पूजितः । जगाम रामो धर्मात्मा ससैन्यो दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥
tato vānararājena lakṣmaṇena ca pūjitaḥ | jagāma rāmo dharmātmā sasainyo dakṣiṇāṃ diśam ||
English Translation
Then honoured by the monkey-king as well as Lakşmaņa, the righteous Rāma, understanding the import of things, again said.
VR 6.4.21 अनुष्टुप्
शतैः शतसहस्रैश्च कोटीभिरयुतैरपि । वारणाभिश्च हरिभिर्ययौ परिवृतस्तदा ॥
śataiḥ śatasahasraiśca koṭībhirayutairapi | vāraṇābhiśca haribhiryayau parivṛtastadā ||
English Translation
He marched, surrounded by hundreds and thousands, Koțis and Ayutas of monkeys resembling elephants.
VR 6.4.22 अनुष्टुप्
तं यान्तमनुयाति स्म महती हरिवाहिनी ॥
taṃ yāntamanuyāti sma mahatī harivāhinī ||
English Translation
While Rama was walking the great army of vanaras controlled by Sugriva followed him with great delight.
VR 6.4.23 उपजातिः
हृष्टाः प्रमुदिताः सर्वे सुग्रीवेणाभिपालिताः । आप्लवन्तः प्लवन्तश्च गर्जन्तश्च प्लवंगमाः । क्ष्वेलन्तो निनदन्तश्च जग्मुर्वै दक्षिणां दिशम् ॥
hṛṣṭāḥ pramuditāḥ sarve sugrīveṇābhipālitāḥ | āplavantaḥ plavantaśca garjantaśca plavaṃgamāḥ | kṣvelanto ninadantaśca jagmurvai dakṣiṇāṃ diśam ||
English Translation
Bounding by way of guarding the flanks of the forces, and leaping in front of the army for pioneering, blustering, emitting leonine roars, and uttering cries, the monkeys made towards the south.
VR 6.4.24 अनुष्टुप्
भक्षयन्तः सुगन्धीनि मधूनि च फलानि च । उद्वहन्तो महावृक्षान्मञ्जरीपुञ्जधारिणः ॥
bhakṣayantaḥ sugandhīni madhūni ca phalāni ca | udvahanto mahāvṛkṣānmañjarīpuñjadhāriṇaḥ ||
English Translation
And some partook of perfumed honey and fruits, and some bore mighty trees, holding the sprouts.
VR 6.4.25 अनुष्टुप्
अन्योन्यं सहसा दृष्टा निर्वहन्ति क्षिपन्ति च । पतन्तश्चोत्पतन्त्यन्ये पातयन्त्यपरे परान् ॥
anyonyaṃ sahasā dṛṣṭā nirvahanti kṣipanti ca | patantaścotpatantyanye pātayantyapare parān ||
English Translation
And some in pride (of strength) suddenly raised others and threw them down. And some fell and were anon up, and some brought others down.
VR 6.4.26 अनुष्टुप्
रावणो नो निहन्तव्यः सर्वे च रजनीचराः । इति गर्जन्ति हरयो राघवस्य समीपतः ॥
rāvaṇo no nihantavyaḥ sarve ca rajanīcarāḥ | iti garjanti harayo rāghavasya samīpataḥ ||
English Translation
We shall slay Rāvana, as also all the rangers of the night'; thus did the monkeys, roar out in the presence of Rāghava.
VR 6.4.27 अनुष्टुप्
पुरस्तादृषभो वीरो नीलः कुमुद एव च । पथानं शोधयन्ति स्म वानरैर्बहुभिः सह ॥
purastādṛṣabho vīro nīlaḥ kumuda eva ca | pathānaṃ śodhayanti sma vānarairbahubhiḥ saha ||
English Translation
Before (the army), Rsabha, the heroic Nila, and Kumuda, along with many monkey, went on clearing the route.
VR 6.4.28 अनुष्टुप्
मध्ये तु राजा सुग्रीवो रामो लक्ष्मण एव च । बहुभिर्बलिभिर्भीमैर्वृताः शत्रुनिबर्हणः ॥
madhye tu rājā sugrīvo rāmo lakṣmaṇa eva ca | bahubhirbalibhirbhīmairvṛtāḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ ||
English Translation
In the middle were king Sugrīva, Rāma and Laksmana, environed by innumerable powerful and terrible monkeys.
VR 6.4.29 अनुष्टुप्
हरिः शतबलिर्वीरः कोटीभिर्दशभिर्वृतः । सर्वामेको ह्यवष्टभ्य ररक्ष हरिवाहिनीम् ॥
hariḥ śatabalirvīraḥ koṭībhirdaśabhirvṛtaḥ | sarvāmeko hyavaṣṭabhya rarakṣa harivāhinīm ||
English Translation
The heroic monkey, Satabali, surrounded by ten Kotis (of troops), alone on all sides protected that monkey host.
VR 6.4.30 अनुष्टुप्
कोटीशतपरीवारः केसरी पनसो गजः । अर्कश्चातिबलः पार्श्वमेकं तस्याभिरक्षति ॥
koṭīśataparīvāraḥ kesarī panaso gajaḥ | arkaścātibalaḥ pārśvamekaṃ tasyābhirakṣati ||
English Translation
Accompanied by an hundred Kotis, Kesari, Panasa, Gaja* and Arka, by means of many protected that host on every side. *Some other than the first mentioned Gaja.
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