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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 1

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 1

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 1

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 1 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 190 verses.

Total: 190 Verses • Citations: VR 5.1.1–190 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 7 of 7 (Verses 10 shown)
VR 5.1.181 अनुष्टुप्
स तैः संभावितः पूज्यः प्रतिपन्नप्रयोजनः । जगामाकाशमाविश्य पन्नगाशनवत्कपिः ॥
sa taiḥ saṃbhāvitaḥ pūjyaḥ pratipannaprayojanaḥ | jagāmākāśamāviśya pannagāśanavatkapiḥ ||
English Translation
Honoured by these and wished well as to his purpose, that monkey, worthy of being honoured, set out, enveloping the sky, like him that subsist on serpents.* *Garuda.
VR 5.1.182 अनुष्टुप्
प्राप्तभूयिष्ठ पारस्तु सर्वतः प्रतिलोकयन् । योजनानां शतस्यान्ते वनराजिं ददर्श सः ॥
prāptabhūyiṣṭha pārastu sarvataḥ pratilokayan | yojanānāṃ śatasyānte vanarājiṃ dadarśa saḥ ||
English Translation
And it came to pass that as he had almost arrived at the other shore (of the ocean), he looking about on all sides at the end of an hundred yojanas saw a range of woods.
VR 5.1.183 अनुष्टुप्
ददर्श च पतन्नेव विविधद्रुमभूषितम् । द्वीपं शाखामृगश्रेष्ठो मलयोपवनानि च ॥
dadarśa ca patanneva vividhadrumabhūṣitam | dvīpaṃ śākhāmṛgaśreṣṭho malayopavanāni ca ||
English Translation
As he went on, that best of monkeys saw an island decked with diverse trees, and groves pertaining Malaya.
VR 5.1.184 अनुष्टुप्
सागरं सागरानूपान्सागरानूपजान्द्रुमान् । सागरस्य च पत्नीनां मुखान्यपि विलोकयन् ॥
sāgaraṃ sāgarānūpānsāgarānūpajāndrumān | sāgarasya ca patnīnāṃ mukhānyapi vilokayan ||
English Translation
He surveyed the sea, and lands bordering thereon, and trees growing on the sea shore, and the countenance of the spouses of the Sea.
VR 5.1.185 अनुष्टुप्
स महामेघसंकाशं समीक्ष्यात्मानमात्मना । निरुन्धन्तमिवाकाशं चकार मतिमान्मतिम् ॥
sa mahāmeghasaṃkāśaṃ samīkṣyātmānamātmanā | nirundhantamivākāśaṃ cakāra matimānmatim ||
English Translation
Surveying his own person resembling a mighty mass of clouds, and as if closing up the sky, that self-possessed one ascertained his course of action.
VR 5.1.186 अनुष्टुप्
कायवृद्धिं प्रवेगं च मम दृष्ट्वैव राक्षसाः । मयि कौतूहलं कुर्युरिति मेने महाकपिः ॥
kāyavṛddhiṃ pravegaṃ ca mama dṛṣṭvaiva rākṣasāḥ | mayi kautūhalaṃ kuryuriti mene mahākapiḥ ||
English Translation
Soon as the Rākṣasas shall behold my enlarged body and the vehemence of my motion, they shall be seized with curiosity concerning me.
VR 5.1.187 अनुष्टुप्
ततः शरीरं संक्षिप्य तन्महीधरसंनिभम् । पुनः प्रकृतिमापेदे वीतमोह इवात्मवान् ॥
tataḥ śarīraṃ saṃkṣipya tanmahīdharasaṃnibham | punaḥ prakṛtimāpede vītamoha ivātmavān ||
English Translation
Thus thought that magnanimous one. Thereat diminishing that person of his resembling a mountain, that self-possessed one, purged on ignorance, resumed his natural shape.
VR 5.1.188 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
स चारुनानाविधरूपधारी; परं समासाद्य समुद्रतीरम् । परैरशक्यप्रतिपन्नरूपः; समीक्षितात्मा समवेक्षितार्थः ॥
sa cārunānāvidharūpadhārī; paraṃ samāsādya samudratīram | parairaśakyapratipannarūpaḥ; samīkṣitātmā samavekṣitārthaḥ ||
English Translation
Thus wearing various graceful forms, that one, acting after reflection, having come to the other shore of the ocean incapable of being reached by others, on looking over his (immensely magnified person), reduced his body (to its former size).
VR 5.1.189 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
ततः स लम्बस्य गिरेः समृद्धे; विचित्रकूटे निपपात कूटे । सकेतकोद्दालकनालिकेरे; महाद्रिकूटप्रतिमो महात्मा ॥
tataḥ sa lambasya gireḥ samṛddhe; vicitrakūṭe nipapāta kūṭe | saketakoddālakanālikere; mahādrikūṭapratimo mahātmā ||
English Translation
That high-souled one resembling a cloudy pavilion, alighted on the (foremost) summit of the splendid mountain, Samva; crested with picturesque peaks; and abounding in ketakas, uddalakas and cocoanuts.
VR 5.1.190 वंशस्थम्
स सागरं दानवपन्नगायुतं; बलेन विक्रम्य महोर्मिमालिनम् । निपत्य तीरे च महोदधेस्तदा; ददर्श लङ्काममरावतीमिव ॥
sa sāgaraṃ dānavapannagāyutaṃ; balena vikramya mahormimālinam | nipatya tīre ca mahodadhestadā; dadarśa laṅkāmamarāvatīmiva ||
English Translation
Having by main force bounded over the ocean heaving with surges, and rife with Dānavas and Pannagas, he alighting on the shore of the mighty main, beheld Lankā like to Amarāvati.
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