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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 11

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 11

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 11

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 11 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 69 verses.

Total: 69 Verses • Citations: VR 5.11.1–69 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 3 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 5.11.1 अनुष्टुप्
विमानात्तु सुसंक्रम्य प्राकारं हरियूथपः । हनूमान्वेगवानासीद्यथा विद्युद्घनान्तरे ॥
vimānāttu susaṃkramya prākāraṃ hariyūthapaḥ | hanūmānvegavānāsīdyathā vidyudghanāntare ||
English Translation
Alighting from the car, Hanumān possessed of vigorous activity, leader of monkeybands-nearing the wall, looked like lightning within a mass of clouds.
VR 5.11.2 अनुष्टुप्
संपरिक्रम्य हनुमान्रावणस्य निवेशनान् । अदृष्ट्वा जानकीं सीतामब्रवीद्वचनं कपिः ॥
saṃparikramya hanumānrāvaṇasya niveśanān | adṛṣṭvā jānakīṃ sītāmabravīdvacanaṃ kapiḥ ||
English Translation
And having gone round the mansions of Ravana, and not seeing Janaki, the monkey Hanuman said,
VR 5.11.3 अनुष्टुप्
भूयिष्ठं लोडिता लङ्का रामस्य चरता प्रियम् । न हि पश्यामि वैदेहीं सीतां सर्वाङ्गशोभनाम् ॥
bhūyiṣṭhaṃ loḍitā laṅkā rāmasya caratā priyam | na hi paśyāmi vaidehīṃ sītāṃ sarvāṅgaśobhanām ||
English Translation
Striving after Rāma's welfare, I have again searched through Lankā; but I do not see Vaidehi's daughter, Janaki, having all her limbs endeued with loveliness.
VR 5.11.4 उपजातिः
पल्वलानि तटाकानि सरांसि सरितस्तथा । नद्योऽनूपवनान्ताश्च दुर्गाश्च धरणीधराः । लोडिता वसुधा सर्वा न च पश्यामि जानकीम् ॥
palvalāni taṭākāni sarāṃsi saritastathā | nadyo'nūpavanāntāśca durgāśca dharaṇīdharāḥ | loḍitā vasudhā sarvā na ca paśyāmi jānakīm ||
English Translation
And I have explored pools, and watery expanses, and tanks, and rivers, and streams, and marshes, and and woods, and citadels, and mountains, yea, all this earth; but Janaki I do not fimd.
VR 5.11.5 अनुष्टुप्
इह संपातिना सीता रावणस्य निवेशने । आख्याता गृध्रराजेन न च पश्यामि तामहम् ॥
iha saṃpātinā sītā rāvaṇasya niveśane | ākhyātā gṛdhrarājena na ca paśyāmi tāmaham ||
English Translation
The vulture-king Sampati had told that Sītā was in the mansion of Rāvaņa. But why do I not see her (here)?
VR 5.11.6 अनुष्टुप्
किं नु सीताथ वैदेही मैथिली जनकात्मजा । उपतिष्ठेत विवशा रावणं दुष्टचारिणम् ॥
kiṃ nu sītātha vaidehī maithilī janakātmajā | upatiṣṭheta vivaśā rāvaṇaṃ duṣṭacāriṇam ||
English Translation
Or dose Maithili Sītā, daughter to Janaka, sprung in the Vaidehī line, forcibly carried off (by Rāvaņa), and completely in his power, abide by the mandate (of that monarch)?
VR 5.11.7 अनुष्टुप्
क्षिप्रमुत्पततो मन्ये सीतामादाय रक्षसः । बिभ्यतो रामबाणानामन्तरा पतिता भवेत् ॥
kṣipramutpatato manye sītāmādāya rakṣasaḥ | bibhyato rāmabāṇānāmantarā patitā bhavet ||
English Translation
I conceive that while taking Sītā, the Rākşasa darted upward, he being influenced by fear of Rāma's shafts; (and accordingly losing control over his movements), she fell off by the way.
VR 5.11.8 अनुष्टुप्
अथ वा ह्रियमाणायाः पथि सिद्धनिषेविते । मन्ये पतितमार्याया हृदयं प्रेक्ष्य सागरम् ॥
atha vā hriyamāṇāyāḥ pathi siddhaniṣevite | manye patitamāryāyā hṛdayaṃ prekṣya sāgaram ||
English Translation
Or I fancy that while that noble lady was being carried away along the way ranged by Siddhas, she lost her life on beholding the ocean.
VR 5.11.9 अनुष्टुप्
रावणस्योरुवेगेन भुजाभ्यां पीडितेन च । तया मन्ये विशालाक्ष्या त्यक्तं जीवितमार्यया ॥
rāvaṇasyoruvegena bhujābhyāṃ pīḍitena ca | tayā manye viśālākṣyā tyaktaṃ jīvitamāryayā ||
English Translation
Or I think that on account of the vehement spced assumed by Rāvana, and also oppressed with his arms, that large-eyed noble lady has been bereft of her life.
VR 5.11.10 अनुष्टुप्
उपर्युपरि वा नूनं सागरं क्रमतस्तदा । विवेष्टमाना पतिता समुद्रे जनकात्मजा ॥
uparyupari vā nūnaṃ sāgaraṃ kramatastadā | viveṣṭamānā patitā samudre janakātmajā ||
English Translation
For certain, while (Ravana) was soaring higher and higher, Janaka's daughter, rolling (on the car), dropped down into the sea.
VR 5.11.11 अनुष्टुप्
आहो क्षुद्रेण चानेन रक्षन्ती शीलमात्मनः । अबन्धुर्भक्षिता सीता रावणेन तपस्विनी ॥
āho kṣudreṇa cānena rakṣantī śīlamātmanaḥ | abandhurbhakṣitā sītā rāvaṇena tapasvinī ||
English Translation
"Oh poor Sita, distanced from relations, while protecting her chastity helplessly she might have been devoured by cruel Ravana.
VR 5.11.12 अनुष्टुप्
अथ वा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य पत्नीभिरसितेक्षणा । अदुष्टा दुष्टभावाभिर्भक्षिता सा भविष्यति ॥
atha vā rākṣasendrasya patnībhirasitekṣaṇā | aduṣṭā duṣṭabhāvābhirbhakṣitā sā bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Alas! trying to preserve her chastity, the forlorn Sītā, practising self-mortification, has been devoured by this abject-minded Rāvana. Or that darkeyed innocent one, has been eaten up by the wives of the Rākşasa chief, actuated by wicked motives.* *Jealously, according to the commentator.
VR 5.11.13 अनुष्टुप्
संपूर्णचन्द्रप्रतिमं पद्मपत्रनिभेक्षणम् । रामस्य ध्यायती वक्त्रं पञ्चत्वं कृपणा गता ॥
saṃpūrṇacandrapratimaṃ padmapatranibhekṣaṇam | rāmasya dhyāyatī vaktraṃ pañcatvaṃ kṛpaṇā gatā ||
English Translation
(Ever) contemplating Rāma's countenance, resembling the full Moon, with eyes like lotusleaves, she, exercised with sorrow, has breathed her last.
VR 5.11.14 अनुष्टुप्
हा राम लक्ष्मणेत्येव हायोध्येति च मैथिली । विलप्य बहु वैदेही न्यस्तदेहा भविष्यति ॥
hā rāma lakṣmaṇetyeva hāyodhyeti ca maithilī | vilapya bahu vaidehī nyastadehā bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Bewailing much with exclamations of 'Oh Rama and Laksmana!' 'Ah Ayodhya!' that lady Vaidehi has renounced her body.
VR 5.11.15 अनुष्टुप्
अथ वा निहिता मन्ये रावणस्य निवेशने । नूनं लालप्यते मन्दं पञ्जरस्थेव शारिका ॥
atha vā nihitā manye rāvaṇasya niveśane | nūnaṃ lālapyate mandaṃ pañjarastheva śārikā ||
English Translation
Or secretly kept in Rāvana's mansion, that girl, like a female parrot in a cage, is weeping bitterly.
VR 5.11.16 अनुष्टुप्
जनकस्य कुले जाता रामपत्नी सुमध्यमा । कथमुत्पलपत्राक्षी रावणस्य वशं व्रजेत् ॥
janakasya kule jātā rāmapatnī sumadhyamā | kathamutpalapatrākṣī rāvaṇasya vaśaṃ vrajet ||
English Translation
How can the slender-waisted wife of Rāma, born in the race of Janaka, furnished with eyes resembling lotus petals, come under the sway of Ravana?
VR 5.11.17 अनुष्टुप्
विनष्टा वा प्रनष्टा वा मृता वा जनकात्मजा । रामस्य प्रियभार्यस्य न निवेदयितुं क्षमम् ॥
vinaṣṭā vā pranaṣṭā vā mṛtā vā janakātmajā | rāmasya priyabhāryasya na nivedayituṃ kṣamam ||
English Translation
I shall not be able to say of Rāma's beloved wife that she has been sullied, or that I have seen her, or yet that she is dead. To say this is censurable; not to say it is also such. *This is evidently the sense, having regard to the preceding sloku, although the commentator gives the apparent meaning of vinastha perished.
VR 5.11.18 अनुष्टुप्
निवेद्यमाने दोषः स्याद्दोषः स्यादनिवेदने । कथं नु खलु कर्तव्यं विषमं प्रतिभाति मे ॥
nivedyamāne doṣaḥ syāddoṣaḥ syādanivedane | kathaṃ nu khalu kartavyaṃ viṣamaṃ pratibhāti me ||
English Translation
What is my course? I find myself in a false position. Things having drifted to this pass, what should I say, now that the time has come?'
VR 5.11.19 अनुष्टुप्
अस्मिन्नेवंगते कर्ये प्राप्तकालं क्षमं च किम् । भवेदिति मतिं भूयो हनुमान्प्रविचारयन् ॥
asminnevaṃgate karye prāptakālaṃ kṣamaṃ ca kim | bhavediti matiṃ bhūyo hanumānpravicārayan ||
English Translation
Thus thinking, Hanumān again reflected, "If without seeing Sītā, I repair to the abode of the lord of monkeys, what then shall I gain as the object of my exertions?
VR 5.11.20 अनुष्टुप्
यदि सीतामदृष्ट्वाहं वानरेन्द्रपुरीमितः । गमिष्यामि ततः को मे पुरुषार्थो भविष्यति ॥
yadi sītāmadṛṣṭvāhaṃ vānarendrapurīmitaḥ | gamiṣyāmi tataḥ ko me puruṣārtho bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Thus thinking, Hanumān again reflected, "If without seeing Sītā, I repair to the abode of the lord of monkeys, what then shall I gain as the object of my exertions?
VR 5.11.21 अनुष्टुप्
ममेदं लङ्घनं व्यर्थं सागरस्य भविष्यति । प्रवेशश्चिव लङ्काया राक्षसानां च दर्शनम् ॥
mamedaṃ laṅghanaṃ vyarthaṃ sāgarasya bhaviṣyati | praveśaściva laṅkāyā rākṣasānāṃ ca darśanam ||
English Translation
This my bounding over the main comes to nought; as also my entry into Lank, and the sight of the Rākşasas.
VR 5.11.22 अनुष्टुप्
किं वा वक्ष्यति सुग्रीवो हरयो व समागताः । किष्किन्धां समनुप्राप्तौ तौ वा दशरथात्मजौ ॥
kiṃ vā vakṣyati sugrīvo harayo va samāgatāḥ | kiṣkindhāṃ samanuprāptau tau vā daśarathātmajau ||
English Translation
And what shall Sugrīva say? Or the assembled monkeys; or those twin sons of Dasaratha; to me when I shall have come to Kiskindhā?
VR 5.11.23 अनुष्टुप्
गत्वा तु यदि काकुत्स्थं वक्ष्यामि परमप्रियम् । न दृष्टेति मया सीता ततस्त्यक्ष्यन्ति जीवितम् ॥
gatvā tu yadi kākutsthaṃ vakṣyāmi paramapriyam | na dṛṣṭeti mayā sītā tatastyakṣyanti jīvitam ||
English Translation
If going there, I should say a harsh speech to Kākutstha-'I have not seen Sitā'-he shall renounce his life.
VR 5.11.24 अनुष्टुप्
परुषं दारुणं क्रूरं तीक्ष्णमिन्द्रियतापनम् । सीतानिमित्तं दुर्वाक्यं श्रुत्वा स न भविष्यति ॥
paruṣaṃ dāruṇaṃ krūraṃ tīkṣṇamindriyatāpanam | sītānimittaṃ durvākyaṃ śrutvā sa na bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
Hearing harsh, terrible, unsufferable, fierce and foul words concerning Sītă, calculated to set the senses on fire, he shall not exist.
VR 5.11.25 अनुष्टुप्
तं तु कृच्छ्रगतं दृष्ट्वा पञ्चत्वगतमानसं । भृशानुरक्तो मेधावी न भविष्यति लक्ष्मणः ॥
taṃ tu kṛcchragataṃ dṛṣṭvā pañcatvagatamānasaṃ | bhṛśānurakto medhāvī na bhaviṣyati lakṣmaṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Seeing him come under misery, with his mind expiring, the intelligent Laksmana, firmly attached (to Rāma), shall also cease to exist.
VR 5.11.26 अनुष्टुप्
विनष्टौ भ्रातरौ श्रुत्वा भरतोऽपि मरिष्यति । भरतं च मृतं दृष्ट्वा शत्रुघ्नो न भविष्यति ॥
vinaṣṭau bhrātarau śrutvā bharato'pi mariṣyati | bharataṃ ca mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrughno na bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
And hearing that his two brothers are dead, Bharata also shall give up existence. And seeing Bharata dead, Śatrughna shall also renounce his life.
VR 5.11.27 अनुष्टुप्
पुत्रान्मृतान्समीक्ष्याथ न भविष्यन्ति मातरः । कौसल्या च सुमित्रा च कैकेयी च न संशयः ॥
putrānmṛtānsamīkṣyātha na bhaviṣyanti mātaraḥ | kausalyā ca sumitrā ca kaikeyī ca na saṃśayaḥ ||
English Translation
And beholding their sons dead, their mothers, Kausalya, Sumitra and kaikayi, shall, certainly, resign their lives,
VR 5.11.28 अनुष्टुप्
कृतज्ञः सत्यसंधश्च सुग्रीवः प्लवगाधिपः । रामं तथा गतं दृष्ट्वा ततस्त्यक्ष्यन्ति जीवितम् ॥
kṛtajñaḥ satyasaṃdhaśca sugrīvaḥ plavagādhipaḥ | rāmaṃ tathā gataṃ dṛṣṭvā tatastyakṣyanti jīvitam ||
English Translation
Seeing Rāma in that plight, the lord of the monkeys, Sugrīva, grateful and having his heart fast fixed in truth, shall give up his life.
VR 5.11.29 अनुष्टुप्
दुर्मना व्यथिता दीना निरानन्दा तपस्विनी । पीडिता भर्तृशोकेन रुमा त्यक्ष्यति जीवितम् ॥
durmanā vyathitā dīnā nirānandā tapasvinī | pīḍitā bhartṛśokena rumā tyakṣyati jīvitam ||
English Translation
Rumā, aggrieved, heart-wrung, distressed and bereft of happiness and assuming the garb of a female ascetic, because of grief for her husband, shall resign her existence.
VR 5.11.30 अनुष्टुप्
वालिजेन तु दुःखेन पीडिता शोककर्शिता । पञ्चत्वगमने राज्ञस्तारापि न भविष्यति ॥
vālijena tu duḥkhena pīḍitā śokakarśitā | pañcatvagamane rājñastārāpi na bhaviṣyati ||
English Translation
And oppressed with grief arising from Vāli, and weighed down by sorrow, the queen Tārā, also, resolving on death shall cease to exist.
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