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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 13

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 13

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 13

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 13 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 52 verses.

Total: 52 Verses • Citations: VR 5.13.1–52 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 5.13.1 अनुष्टुप्
स वीक्षमाणस्तत्रस्थो मार्गमाणश्च मैथिलीम् । अवेक्षमाणश्च महीं सर्वां तामन्ववैक्षत ॥
sa vīkṣamāṇastatrastho mārgamāṇaśca maithilīm | avekṣamāṇaśca mahīṃ sarvāṃ tāmanvavaikṣata ||
English Translation
Having stationed himself on the tree, casting his looks all around in quest of Sītā and looking down on the carth he surveyed the entire forest of (Asoka).
VR 5.13.2 अनुष्टुप्
सन्तान कलताभिश्च पादपैरुपशोभिताम् । दिव्यगन्धरसोपेतां सर्वतः समलंकृताम् ॥
santāna kalatābhiśca pādapairupaśobhitām | divyagandharasopetāṃ sarvataḥ samalaṃkṛtām ||
English Translation
It was beautified with Santdaka creepers and various trees, fragrant with celestial odours and was embellished on all sides.
VR 5.13.3 अनुष्टुप्
तां स नन्दनसंकाशां मृगपक्षिभिरावृताम् । हर्म्यप्रासादसंबाधां कोकिलाकुलनिःस्वनाम् ॥
tāṃ sa nandanasaṃkāśāṃ mṛgapakṣibhirāvṛtām | harmyaprāsādasaṃbādhāṃ kokilākulaniḥsvanām ||
VR 5.13.4 अनुष्टुप्
काञ्चनोत्पलपद्माभिर्वापीभिरुपशोभिताम् । बह्वासनकुथोपेतां बहुभूमिगृहायुताम् ॥
kāñcanotpalapadmābhirvāpībhirupaśobhitām | bahvāsanakuthopetāṃ bahubhūmigṛhāyutām ||
VR 5.13.5 अनुष्टुप्
सर्वर्तुकुसुमै रम्यैः फलवद्भिश्च पादपैः । पुष्पितानामशोकानां श्रिया सूर्योदयप्रभाम् ॥
sarvartukusumai ramyaiḥ phalavadbhiśca pādapaiḥ | puṣpitānāmaśokānāṃ śriyā sūryodayaprabhām ||
VR 5.13.6 उपजातिः
प्रदीप्तामिव तत्रस्थो मारुतिः समुदैक्षत । निष्पत्रशाखां विहगैः क्रियमाणामिवासकृत् । विनिष्पतद्भिः शतशश्चित्रैः पुष्पावतंसकैः ॥
pradīptāmiva tatrastho mārutiḥ samudaikṣata | niṣpatraśākhāṃ vihagaiḥ kriyamāṇāmivāsakṛt | viniṣpatadbhiḥ śataśaścitraiḥ puṣpāvataṃsakaiḥ ||
English Translation
And stationed there Maruti beheld trees as if devoid of leaves on account of the hundreds of birds, adorned with various flowers, resorting there.
VR 5.13.7 अनुष्टुप्
आमूलपुष्पनिचितैरशोकैः शोकनाशनैः । पुष्पभारातिभारैश्च स्पृशद्भिरिव मेदिनीम् ॥
āmūlapuṣpanicitairaśokaiḥ śokanāśanaiḥ | puṣpabhārātibhāraiśca spṛśadbhiriva medinīm ||
VR 5.13.8 अनुष्टुप्
कर्णिकारैः कुसुमितैः किंशुकैश्च सुपुष्पितैः । स देशः प्रभया तेषां प्रदीप्त इव सर्वतः ॥
karṇikāraiḥ kusumitaiḥ kiṃśukaiśca supuṣpitaiḥ | sa deśaḥ prabhayā teṣāṃ pradīpta iva sarvataḥ ||
VR 5.13.9 अनुष्टुप्
पुंनागाः सप्तपर्णाश्च चम्पकोद्दालकास्तथा । विवृद्धमूला बहवः शोभन्ते स्म सुपुष्पिताः ॥
puṃnāgāḥ saptaparṇāśca campakoddālakāstathā | vivṛddhamūlā bahavaḥ śobhante sma supuṣpitāḥ ||
English Translation
There appeared in beauty many-flowery Punnāgas, Saptaparņas, Champakas, and Udalakas having deeply expanded roots.
VR 5.13.10 अनुष्टुप्
शातकुम्भनिभाः केचित्केचिदग्निशिखोपमाः । नीलाञ्जननिभाः केचित्तत्राशोकाः सहस्रशः ॥
śātakumbhanibhāḥ kecitkecidagniśikhopamāḥ | nīlāñjananibhāḥ kecittatrāśokāḥ sahasraśaḥ ||
English Translation
And there was a thousand of Asoka trees, some of whom were like gold, some were like the flame of fire and some were like dark-blue collyrium.
VR 5.13.11 अनुष्टुप्
नन्दनं विविधोद्यानं चित्रं चैत्ररथं यथा । अतिवृत्तमिवाचिन्त्यं दिव्यं रम्यं श्रिया वृतम् ॥
nandanaṃ vividhodyānaṃ citraṃ caitrarathaṃ yathā | ativṛttamivācintyaṃ divyaṃ ramyaṃ śriyā vṛtam ||
English Translation
It was like the garden of Nandana or like that of Kubera or perhaps it surpassed the both in excellence.
VR 5.13.12 अनुष्टुप्
द्वितीयमिव चाकाशं पुष्पज्योतिर्गणायुतम् । पुष्परत्नशतैश्चित्रं पञ्चमं सागरं यथा ॥
dvitīyamiva cākāśaṃ puṣpajyotirgaṇāyutam | puṣparatnaśataiścitraṃ pañcamaṃ sāgaraṃ yathā ||
English Translation
Enveloped in charming, celestial grace beyond conception and having flowers for stars that forest appeared like a second sky, And covered with hundreds of pearl-like flowers the forest looked like the fifth ocean.
VR 5.13.13 अनुष्टुप्
सर्वर्तुपुष्पैर्निचितं पादपैर्मधुगन्धिभिः । नानानिनादैरुद्यानं रम्यं मृगगणैर्द्विजैः ॥
sarvartupuṣpairnicitaṃ pādapairmadhugandhibhiḥ | nānāninādairudyānaṃ ramyaṃ mṛgagaṇairdvijaiḥ ||
English Translation
And that garden was embellished with flowers of all seasons and honey-smelling trees, and filled with diverse notes and various animals and birds. And that fragrant garden was rendered more charming with various other fragrances. And that foremost of monkeys beheld in that garden of Asoka, a round palace, situated at a distance, fragrantas the Gandhamādana mountain and high as the lord of mountains.
VR 5.13.14 अनुष्टुप्
अनेकगन्धप्रवहं पुण्यगन्धं मनोरमम् । शैलेन्द्रमिव गन्धाढ्यं द्वितीयं गन्धमादनम् ॥
anekagandhapravahaṃ puṇyagandhaṃ manoramam | śailendramiva gandhāḍhyaṃ dvitīyaṃ gandhamādanam ||
English Translation
And that garden was embellished with flowers of all seasons and honey-smelling trees, and filled with diverse notes and various animals and birds. And that fragrant garden was rendered more charming with various other fragrances. And that foremost of monkeys beheld in that garden of Asoka, a round palace, situated at a distance, fragrantas the Gandhamādana mountain and high as the lord of mountains.
VR 5.13.15 अनुष्टुप्
अशोकवनिकायां तु तस्यां वानरपुंगवः । स ददर्शाविदूरस्थं चैत्यप्रासादमूर्जितम् ॥
aśokavanikāyāṃ tu tasyāṃ vānarapuṃgavaḥ | sa dadarśāvidūrasthaṃ caityaprāsādamūrjitam ||
VR 5.13.16 अनुष्टुप्
मध्ये स्तम्भसहस्रेण स्थितं कैलासपाण्डुरम् । प्रवालकृतसोपानं तप्तकाञ्चनवेदिकम् ॥
madhye stambhasahasreṇa sthitaṃ kailāsapāṇḍuram | pravālakṛtasopānaṃ taptakāñcanavedikam ||
VR 5.13.17 अनुष्टुप्
मुष्णन्तमिव चक्षूंषि द्योतमानमिव श्रिया । विमलं प्रांशुभावत्वादुल्लिखन्तमिवाम्बरम् ॥
muṣṇantamiva cakṣūṃṣi dyotamānamiva śriyā | vimalaṃ prāṃśubhāvatvādullikhantamivāmbaram ||
VR 5.13.18 उपजातिः
ततो मलिनसंवीतां राक्षसीभिः समावृताम् । उपवासकृशां दीनां निःश्वसान्तीं पुनः पुनः । ददर्श शुक्लपक्षादौ चन्द्ररेखामिवामलाम् ॥
tato malinasaṃvītāṃ rākṣasībhiḥ samāvṛtām | upavāsakṛśāṃ dīnāṃ niḥśvasāntīṃ punaḥ punaḥ | dadarśa śuklapakṣādau candrarekhāmivāmalām ||
English Translation
Thereupon he beheld there (Sītā) wearing a soiled cloth, poorly, greatly reduced by fast, sighing again and again and encircled by a band of Räkşasīs. She was (however) spotless like to the rays of the moon on the first lunar day.
VR 5.13.19 अनुष्टुप्
मन्दप्रख्यायमानेन रूपेण रुचिरप्रभाम् । पिनद्धां धूमजालेन शिखामिव विभावसोः ॥
mandaprakhyāyamānena rūpeṇa ruciraprabhām | pinaddhāṃ dhūmajālena śikhāmiva vibhāvasoḥ ||
English Translation
Her graceful beauty could with great difficulty be perceived lie to the flame of fire enveloped with smoke.
VR 5.13.20 अनुष्टुप्
पीतेनैकेन संवीतां क्लिष्टेनोत्तमवाससा । सपङ्कामनलंकारां विपद्मामिव पद्मिनीम् ॥
pītenaikena saṃvītāṃ kliṣṭenottamavāsasā | sapaṅkāmanalaṃkārāṃ vipadmāmiva padminīm ||
English Translation
And wearing a shattered and soiled yellow cloth and divested of all ornaments she appeared like a lotus stalk without lotuses.* *This passage has another meaning-Padmini has two meanings— (i) lotus (ii) Lakşmi or the goddess of wealth. The goddess of wealth is generally described as sitting on a lotus.
VR 5.13.21 अनुष्टुप्
व्रीडितां दुःखसंतप्तां परिम्लानां तपस्विनीम् । ग्रहेणाङ्गारकेणैव पीडितामिव रोहिणीम् ॥
vrīḍitāṃ duḥkhasaṃtaptāṃ parimlānāṃ tapasvinīm | graheṇāṅgārakeṇaiva pīḍitāmiva rohiṇīm ||
English Translation
Oppressed, racked with grief, weakened and chaste as she was, she appeared like Rohini possessed by Ketu.
VR 5.13.22 अनुष्टुप्
अश्रुपूर्णमुखीं दीनां कृशामननशेन च । शोकध्यानपरां दीनां नित्यं दुःखपरायणाम् ॥
aśrupūrṇamukhīṃ dīnāṃ kṛśāmananaśena ca | śokadhyānaparāṃ dīnāṃ nityaṃ duḥkhaparāyaṇām ||
English Translation
She was greatly reduced by fast, stricken with grief and anxious thoughts, disturbed with sorrow and was poorly and her eyes were always full of tears.
VR 5.13.23 अनुष्टुप्
प्रियं जनमपश्यन्तीं पश्यन्तीं राक्षसीगणम् । स्वगणेन मृगीं हीनां श्वगणाभिवृतामिव ॥
priyaṃ janamapaśyantīṃ paśyantīṃ rākṣasīgaṇam | svagaṇena mṛgīṃ hīnāṃ śvagaṇābhivṛtāmiva ||
English Translation
Separated from her kith and kin and not beholding Rāma and Lakşmaņa* but the Rāks asīs, she appeared like a hind surrounded by dogs. *Priyājanam-literally means dear ones—but here it refers to Rāma and Lakşmana.
VR 5.13.24 अनुष्टुप्
नीलनागाभया वेण्या जघनं गतयैकया । सुखार्हां दुःखसंतप्तां व्यसनानामकोदिवाम् ॥
nīlanāgābhayā veṇyā jaghanaṃ gatayaikayā | sukhārhāṃ duḥkhasaṃtaptāṃ vyasanānāmakodivām ||
English Translation
Her braid of long hair resembling a black serpent falling on her back it appeared as if the Earth was filled with dark-blue forests on the disappearance of the rains.
VR 5.13.25 अनुष्टुप्
तां समीक्ष्य विशालाक्षीमधिकं मलिनां कृशाम् । तर्कयामास सीतेति कारणैरुपपादिभिः ॥
tāṃ samīkṣya viśālākṣīmadhikaṃ malināṃ kṛśām | tarkayāmāsa sīteti kāraṇairupapādibhiḥ ||
English Translation
And beholding that blameless daughter of the king, having expansive eyes, Hanumān, by various reasonings, reflected-“Forsooth she must be Sītā."
VR 5.13.26 अनुष्टुप्
ह्रियमाणा तदा तेन रक्षसा कामरूपिणा । यथारूपा हि दृष्टा वै तथारूपेयमङ्गना ॥
hriyamāṇā tadā tena rakṣasā kāmarūpiṇā | yathārūpā hi dṛṣṭā vai tathārūpeyamaṅganā ||
English Translation
Beholding the form of the largeeyed lady, Hanuman guessed, 'This is similar to the form seen while the demon was kidnapping her'.
VR 5.13.27 अनुष्टुप्
पूर्णचन्द्राननां सुभ्रूं चारुवृत्तपयोधराम् । कुर्वन्तीं प्रभया देवीं सर्वा वितिमिरा दिशः ॥
pūrṇacandrānanāṃ subhrūṃ cāruvṛttapayodharām | kurvantīṃ prabhayā devīṃ sarvā vitimirā diśaḥ ||
English Translation
Having the countenance of the full-moon, beautiful eye brows, round breast, she is as if dispelling the darkness from all quarters by virtue of her grace. Her throat was yellow, and her lips were like Bimbas.* She was of middle stature and her limbs were all well built. *A circubituceous plant with red fruits.
VR 5.13.28 अनुष्टुप्
तां नीलकेशीं बिम्बौष्ठीं सुमध्यां सुप्रतिष्ठिताम् । सीतां पद्मपलाशाक्षीं मन्मथस्य रतिं यथा ॥
tāṃ nīlakeśīṃ bimbauṣṭhīṃ sumadhyāṃ supratiṣṭhitām | sītāṃ padmapalāśākṣīṃ manmathasya ratiṃ yathā ||
English Translation
Her face resembled the fullmoon which dispelled the encircling gloom by its radiance. She had a slender waist, beautiful round breasts, shapely eyebrows, red lips, dark hair, and eyes like lotus petals with attractive limbs. She was comparable to Rati, consort of Cupid.
VR 5.13.29 अनुष्टुप्
इष्टां सर्वस्य जगतः पूर्णचन्द्रप्रभामिव । भूमौ सुतनुमासीनां नियतामिव तापसीम् ॥
iṣṭāṃ sarvasya jagataḥ pūrṇacandraprabhāmiva | bhūmau sutanumāsīnāṃ niyatāmiva tāpasīm ||
English Translation
She had eyes resembling lotus petals and was like the beloved wife of Manmatha-Rati and was adorable to the whole creation like the rays of the full-moon. That one having a graceful person was seated on the earth like a female ascetic having her senses restrained. And she was sighing again and again like the timid daughterin-law of the lord of serpents.* *The epithet has a special significance because through her the destruction of the race of Raksasas was brought about.
VR 5.13.30 अनुष्टुप्
निःश्वासबहुलां भीरुं भुजगेन्द्रवधूमिव । शोकजालेन महता विततेन न राजतीम् ॥
niḥśvāsabahulāṃ bhīruṃ bhujagendravadhūmiva | śokajālena mahatā vitatena na rājatīm ||
English Translation
The timid lady was hissing (sighing) like the consort of the serpent king, who being caught in a widespread cobweb of grief was looking gloomy.
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