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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 58

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 58

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 58

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 58 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 29 verses.

Total: 29 Verses • Citations: VR 4.58.1–29 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 4.58.1 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तदमृतास्वादं गृध्रराजेन भाषितम् । निशम्य वदतो हृष्टास्ते वचः प्लवगर्षभाः ॥
tatastadamṛtāsvādaṃ gṛdhrarājena bhāṣitam | niśamya vadato hṛṣṭāste vacaḥ plavagarṣabhāḥ ||
English Translation
Then hearing that ambrosial speech of the vulture-king, the monkey-chiefs, being delighted, kept on parleying (on that topic).
VR 4.58.2 अनुष्टुप्
जाम्बवान्वै हरिश्रेष्ठः सह सर्वैः प्लवंगमैः । भूतलात्सहसोत्थाय गृध्रराजानमब्रवीत् ॥
jāmbavānvai hariśreṣṭhaḥ saha sarvaiḥ plavaṃgamaiḥ | bhūtalātsahasotthāya gṛdhrarājānamabravīt ||
English Translation
Then Jāmbavān-foremost of monkeystogether with all the monkeys, arising suddenly from the ground, spoke to the vulture-king, saying,
VR 4.58.3 अनुष्टुप्
क्व सीता केन वा दृष्टा को वा हरति मैथिलीम् । तदाख्यातु भवान्सर्वं गतिर्भव वनौकसाम् ॥
kva sītā kena vā dṛṣṭā ko vā harati maithilīm | tadākhyātu bhavānsarvaṃ gatirbhava vanaukasām ||
English Translation
Where is Sītā? By whom has she been seen? And who has carried away Mithila's daughter? Do you tell us all about this, and (thus) prove the path of these rangers of the woods.
VR 4.58.4 अनुष्टुप्
को दाशरथिबाणानां वज्रवेगनिपातिनाम् । स्वयं लक्ष्मणमुक्तानां न चिन्तयति विक्रमम् ॥
ko dāśarathibāṇānāṃ vajraveganipātinām | svayaṃ lakṣmaṇamuktānāṃ na cintayati vikramam ||
English Translation
Who is there that does not take heed of the force of Dasarathi's* and Laksmana's arrows, speeding with the vehemence of thunder? *Lit. Dasaratha's son. The term is applied in especial to Rāma.
VR 4.58.5 अनुष्टुप्
स हरीन्प्रीतिसंयुक्तान्सीता श्रुतिसमाहितान् । पुनराश्वासयन्प्रीत इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
sa harīnprītisaṃyuktānsītā śrutisamāhitān | punarāśvāsayanprīta idaṃ vacanamabravīt ||
English Translation
Thereat, cheering up those monkeys, who had risen from their attitudes of fasting, and who were all attention to hear news concerning Sītā, he (Sampāti), well pleased, said these words,
VR 4.58.6 अनुष्टुप्
श्रूयतामिह वैदेह्या यथा मे हरणं श्रुतम् । येन चापि ममाख्यातं यत्र चायतलोचना ॥
śrūyatāmiha vaidehyā yathā me haraṇaṃ śrutam | yena cāpi mamākhyātaṃ yatra cāyatalocanā ||
English Translation
Listen as to how I came to know of the ravishment of Vaidehī, Sītā, at this place; and who it was that told me where that one of expansive eyes is.
VR 4.58.7 अनुष्टुप्
अहमस्मिन्गिरौ दुर्गे बहुयोजनमायते । चिरान्निपतितो वृद्धः क्षीणप्राणपराक्रमः ॥
ahamasmingirau durge bahuyojanamāyate | cirānnipatito vṛddhaḥ kṣīṇaprāṇaparākramaḥ ||
English Translation
For a long time I lay here, old, and of feeble life and energy. that best of birds, my son named Supārswa, coming to me, at the proper hour maintained me with food.
VR 4.58.8 अनुष्टुप्
तं मामेवंगतं पुत्रः सुपार्श्वो नाम नामतः । आहारेण यथाकालं बिभर्ति पततां वरः ॥
taṃ māmevaṃgataṃ putraḥ supārśvo nāma nāmataḥ | āhāreṇa yathākālaṃ bibharti patatāṃ varaḥ ||
English Translation
For a long time I lay here, old, and of feeble life and energy. that best of birds, my son named Supārswa, coming to me, at the proper hour maintained me with food.
VR 4.58.9 अनुष्टुप्
तीक्ष्णकामास्तु गन्धर्वास्तीक्ष्णकोपा भुजंगमाः । मृगाणां तु भयं तीक्ष्णं ततस्तीक्ष्णक्षुधा वयम् ॥
tīkṣṇakāmāstu gandharvāstīkṣṇakopā bhujaṃgamāḥ | mṛgāṇāṃ tu bhayaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ tatastīkṣṇakṣudhā vayam ||
English Translation
Gandharvas exceedingly lascivious; serpents are exceedingly wrathful; fear is excessive in deer; and we have excessive hunger.
VR 4.58.10 अनुष्टुप्
स कदाचित्क्षुधार्तस्य मम चाहारकाङ्क्षिणः । गतसूर्योऽहनि प्राप्तो मम पुत्रो ह्यनामिषः ॥
sa kadācitkṣudhārtasya mama cāhārakāṅkṣiṇaḥ | gatasūryo'hani prāpto mama putro hyanāmiṣaḥ ||
English Translation
Once on a time my son, going forth about sunrise to procure food for me who was suffering from hunger and (accordingly) eager for it, came back in the evening without any flesh. are
VR 4.58.11 अनुष्टुप्
स मया वृद्धभावाच्च कोपाच्च परिभर्त्सितः । क्षुत्पिपासा परीतेन कुमारः पततां वरः ॥
sa mayā vṛddhabhāvācca kopācca paribhartsitaḥ | kṣutpipāsā parītena kumāraḥ patatāṃ varaḥ ||
VR 4.58.12 अनुष्टुप्
स ममाहारसंरोधात्पीडितः प्रीतिवर्धनः । अनुमान्य यथातत्त्वमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥
sa mamāhārasaṃrodhātpīḍitaḥ prītivardhanaḥ | anumānya yathātattvamidaṃ vacanamabravīt ||
English Translation
Hurt (by my speech uttered) in consequence of my non-receipt of food, that enhancer of my joy, asking my forgiveness, said these words fraught with fact,
VR 4.58.13 अनुष्टुप्
अहं तात यथाकालमामिषार्थी खमाप्लुतः । महेन्द्रस्य गिरेर्द्वारमावृत्य च समास्थितः ॥
ahaṃ tāta yathākālamāmiṣārthī khamāplutaḥ | mahendrasya girerdvāramāvṛtya ca samāsthitaḥ ||
English Translation
'Father, taking to my wings at the proper time for procuring flesh, I (went) and stood, obstructing the pass of the Mahendra mountain.
VR 4.58.14 अनुष्टुप्
तत्र सत्त्वसहस्राणां सागरान्तरचारिणाम् । पन्थानमेकोऽध्यवसं संनिरोद्धुमवाङ्मुखः ॥
tatra sattvasahasrāṇāṃ sāgarāntaracāriṇām | panthānameko'dhyavasaṃ saṃniroddhumavāṅmukhaḥ ||
English Translation
There stood I looking down, obstructing the way of thousands of creatures ranging the sea.
VR 4.58.15 अनुष्टुप्
तत्र कश्चिन्मया दृष्टः सूर्योदयसमप्रभाम् । स्त्रियमादाय गच्छन्वै भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः ॥
tatra kaścinmayā dṛṣṭaḥ sūryodayasamaprabhām | striyamādāya gacchanvai bhinnāñjanacayopamaḥ ||
English Translation
There I saw somebody resembling a mass of crushed collyrium, going away, taking a female resembling the rising sun in splendour.
VR 4.58.16 अनुष्टुप्
सोऽहमभ्यवहारार्थी तौ दृष्ट्वा कृतनिश्चयः । तेन साम्ना विनीतेन पन्थानमभियाचितः ॥
so'hamabhyavahārārthī tau dṛṣṭvā kṛtaniścayaḥ | tena sāmnā vinītena panthānamabhiyācitaḥ ||
English Translation
Seeing them I had made up my mind that they should serve for your fare, when he humbly in a pacific manner begged for way.
VR 4.58.17 अनुष्टुप्
न हि सामोपपन्नानां प्रहर्ता विद्यते क्वचित् । नीचेष्वपि जनः कश्चित्किमङ्ग बत मद्विधः ॥
na hi sāmopapannānāṃ prahartā vidyate kvacit | nīceṣvapi janaḥ kaścitkimaṅga bata madvidhaḥ ||
English Translation
Even among the mean, there is none on earth that can slay people who assume a mild attitude. What shall I say, alas! of superior ones like myself?
VR 4.58.18 अनुष्टुप्
स यातस्तेजसा व्योम संक्षिपन्निव वेगतः । अथाहं खे चरैर्भूतैरभिगम्य सभाजितः ॥
sa yātastejasā vyoma saṃkṣipanniva vegataḥ | athāhaṃ khe carairbhūtairabhigamya sabhājitaḥ ||
English Translation
And summoning celerity, he went on as if pushing off the sky by his energy. Then the rangers of the air and other beings worshipped me.
VR 4.58.19 अनुष्टुप्
दिष्ट्या जीवसि तातेति अब्रुवन्मां महर्षयः । कथंचित्सकलत्रोऽसौ गतस्ते स्वस्त्यसंशयम् ॥
diṣṭyā jīvasi tāteti abruvanmāṃ maharṣayaḥ | kathaṃcitsakalatro'sau gataste svastyasaṃśayam ||
English Translation
And the Maharsis said to me,-By luck it is that Sītā is still living' — he together with a female, having passed by you, certainly augurs good fortune to you. 1. The commentator supplies the elipsis thus,-Coming within your ken by fuck, Sītā is living. 2. The passage is obscure. The commentator has glossed over this sloka, and the meaning is lone the clear for his explanation.
VR 4.58.20 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्तस्ततोऽहं तैः सिद्धैः परमशोभनैः । स च मे रावणो राजा रक्षसां प्रतिवेदितः ॥
evamuktastato'haṃ taiḥ siddhaiḥ paramaśobhanaiḥ | sa ca me rāvaṇo rājā rakṣasāṃ prativeditaḥ ||
English Translation
Then those eminently handsome Siddhas spoke thus to me.-This is Ravana, the king of the Rākşasas, said they to me.
VR 4.58.21 अनुष्टुप्
हरन्दाशरथेर्भार्यां रामस्य जनकात्मजाम् । भ्रष्टाभरणकौशेयां शोकवेगपराजिताम् ॥
harandāśaratherbhāryāṃ rāmasya janakātmajām | bhraṣṭābharaṇakauśeyāṃ śokavegaparājitām ||
VR 4.58.22 अनुष्टुप्
रामलक्ष्मणयोर्नाम क्रोशन्तीं मुक्तमूर्धजाम् । एष कालात्ययस्तावदिति वाक्यविदां वरः ॥
rāmalakṣmaṇayornāma krośantīṃ muktamūrdhajām | eṣa kālātyayastāvaditi vākyavidāṃ varaḥ ||
VR 4.58.23 अनुष्टुप्
एतमर्थं समग्रं मे सुपार्श्वः प्रत्यवेदयत् । तच्छ्रुत्वापि हि मे बुद्धिर्नासीत्काचित्पराक्रमे ॥
etamarthaṃ samagraṃ me supārśvaḥ pratyavedayat | tacchrutvāpi hi me buddhirnāsītkācitparākrame ||
VR 4.58.24 अनुष्टुप्
अपक्षो हि कथं पक्षी कर्म किंचिदुपक्रमेत् । यत्तु शक्यं मया कर्तुं वाग्बुद्धिगुणवर्तिना ॥
apakṣo hi kathaṃ pakṣī karma kiṃcidupakramet | yattu śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ vāgbuddhiguṇavartinā ||
English Translation
How can a bird bereft of wings, undertake any thing? But listen! I will tell you as to what I am capable of through speech, intellect and merit, and what you can exèrt your manliness in.
VR 4.58.25 उपजातिः
श्रूयतां तत्प्रवक्ष्यामि भवतां पौरुषाश्रयम् । वाङ्मतिभ्यां हि सार्वेषां करिष्यामि प्रियं हि वः । यद्धि दाशरथेः कार्यं मम तन्नात्र संशयः ॥
śrūyatāṃ tatpravakṣyāmi bhavatāṃ pauruṣāśrayam | vāṅmatibhyāṃ hi sārveṣāṃ kariṣyāmi priyaṃ hi vaḥ | yaddhi dāśaratheḥ kāryaṃ mama tannātra saṃśayaḥ ||
English Translation
I will do what is agreeable to you by my words and my and my intention. That which is Dasarathi's work is also mine. Of this there is no doubt.
VR 4.58.26 अनुष्टुप्
ते भवन्तो मतिश्रेष्ठा बलवन्तो मनस्विनः । सहिताः कपिराजेन देवैरपि दुरासदाः ॥
te bhavanto matiśreṣṭhā balavanto manasvinaḥ | sahitāḥ kapirājena devairapi durāsadāḥ ||
English Translation
You, foremost in intelligence, strong, intellectual, and incapable of being overcome by the gods themselves, have been despatched by the monarch of monkeys.
VR 4.58.27 अनुष्टुप्
रामलक्ष्मणबाणाश्च निशिताः कङ्कपत्रिणः । त्रयाणामपि लोकानां पर्याप्तास्त्राणनिग्रहे ॥
rāmalakṣmaṇabāṇāśca niśitāḥ kaṅkapatriṇaḥ | trayāṇāmapi lokānāṃ paryāptāstrāṇanigrahe ||
English Translation
Rama's and Laksmana's shafts furnished with the feathers of the Kanka, are competent to afflict or save the three worlds.
VR 4.58.28 अनुष्टुप्
कामं खलु दशग्रीवस्तेजोबलसमन्वितः । भवतां तु समर्थानां न किंचिदपि दुष्करम् ॥
kāmaṃ khalu daśagrīvastejobalasamanvitaḥ | bhavatāṃ tu samarthānāṃ na kiṃcidapi duṣkaram ||
English Translation
And although the Ten-necked one is endowed with strength and energy, yet to you who are competent, nothing is hard to accomplish.
VR 4.58.29 अनुष्टुप्
तदलं कालसंगेन क्रियतां बुद्धिनिश्चयः । न हि कर्मसु सज्जन्ते बुद्धिमन्तो भवद्विधाः ॥
tadalaṃ kālasaṃgena kriyatāṃ buddhiniścayaḥ | na hi karmasu sajjante buddhimanto bhavadvidhāḥ ||
English Translation
There is no need of delay. Make up 'yo minds. Persons like you do not give way to laziness in enterprise.
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