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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 28

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 28

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 28

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 28 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 44 verses.

Total: 44 Verses • Citations: VR 5.28.1–44 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 14 shown)
VR 5.28.31 अनुष्टुप्
उद्देशे नष्टमार्गेऽस्मिन्राक्षसैः परिवारिते । सागरेण परिक्षिप्ते गुप्ते वसति जानकी ॥
uddeśe naṣṭamārge'sminrākṣasaiḥ parivārite | sāgareṇa parikṣipte gupte vasati jānakī ||
English Translation
And Jānakī live in this secret place, girt by the ocean, guarded on all sides by the Raksasas, difficult of being got at and having all avenues to it shut up.
VR 5.28.32 अनुष्टुप्
विशस्ते वा गृहीते वा रक्षोभिर्मयि संयुगे । नान्यं पश्यामि रामस्य सहायं कार्यसाधने ॥
viśaste vā gṛhīte vā rakṣobhirmayi saṃyuge | nānyaṃ paśyāmi rāmasya sahāyaṃ kāryasādhane ||
English Translation
If I am killed or captured by Rākşasas in battle, I do not find any who can help Rāma in his enterprise.
VR 5.28.33 अनुष्टुप्
विमृशंश्च न पश्यामि यो हते मयि वानरः । शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं लङ्घयेत महोदधिम् ॥
vimṛśaṃśca na paśyāmi yo hate mayi vānaraḥ | śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ laṅghayeta mahodadhim ||
English Translation
Myself killed, I do not find any monkey who can leap a hundred leagues across the sea.
VR 5.28.34 अनुष्टुप्
कामं हन्तुं समर्थोऽस्मि सहस्राण्यपि रक्षसाम् । न तु शक्ष्यामि संप्राप्तुं परं पारं महोदधेः ॥
kāmaṃ hantuṃ samartho'smi sahasrāṇyapi rakṣasām | na tu śakṣyāmi saṃprāptuṃ paraṃ pāraṃ mahodadheḥ ||
English Translation
I am capable of destroying thousands of Rākşasas, but I shall not then be able to get at the other shore of the great ocean.
VR 5.28.35 अनुष्टुप्
असत्यानि च युद्धानि संशयो मे न रोचते । कश्च निःसंशयं कार्यं कुर्यात्प्राज्ञः ससंशयम् ॥
asatyāni ca yuddhāni saṃśayo me na rocate | kaśca niḥsaṃśayaṃ kāryaṃ kuryātprājñaḥ sasaṃśayam ||
English Translation
Victory or defeat is uncertain in a battle-I do not (therefore) like to engage in such an uncertain (act). What wise man merges certainty in uncertainly?
VR 5.28.36 अनुष्टुप्
एष दोषो महान्हि स्यान्मम सीताभिभाषणे । प्राणत्यागश्च वैदेह्या भवेदनभिभाषणे ॥
eṣa doṣo mahānhi syānmama sītābhibhāṣaṇe | prāṇatyāgaśca vaidehyā bhavedanabhibhāṣaṇe ||
English Translation
It is a great sin in me (I own) to talk with Sita-But she will die if I do not talk with her.
VR 5.28.37 अनुष्टुप्
भूताश्चार्था विनश्यन्ति देशकालविरोधिताः । विक्लवं दूतमासाद्य तमः सूर्योदये यथा ॥
bhūtāścārthā vinaśyanti deśakālavirodhitāḥ | viklavaṃ dūtamāsādya tamaḥ sūryodaye yathā ||
English Translation
Works, almost accomplished, when entrusted to an inconsiderate emissary, are generally spoiled, out of season and out of place, like to darkness driven by the appearance of the sun.
VR 5.28.38 अनुष्टुप्
अर्थानर्थान्तरे बुद्धिर्निश्चितापि न शोभते । घातयन्ति हि कार्याणि दूताः पण्डितमानिनः ॥
arthānarthāntare buddhirniścitāpi na śobhate | ghātayanti hi kāryāṇi dūtāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ ||
English Translation
All those works, which are generally taken in hand after duly deliberating over their propriety and impropriety, are generally spoiled by those emissaries who are proud of their learing.
VR 5.28.39 अनुष्टुप्
न विनश्येत्कथं कार्यं वैक्लव्यं न कथं भवेत् । लङ्घनं च समुद्रस्य कथं नु न वृथा भवेत् ॥
na vinaśyetkathaṃ kāryaṃ vaiklavyaṃ na kathaṃ bhavet | laṅghanaṃ ca samudrasya kathaṃ nu na vṛthā bhavet ||
English Translation
What shall I do, by which my work is not injured, I am not blamed of foolishness and my crossing over the main dose not become fruitless? What shall I do so that Sītā might listen to me without being terrified? Thinking over this, the intelligent Hanumān arrived at a conclusion.
VR 5.28.40 अनुष्टुप्
कथं नु खलु वाक्यं मे शृणुयान्नोद्विजेत च । इति संचिन्त्य हनुमांश्चकार मतिमान्मतिम् ॥
kathaṃ nu khalu vākyaṃ me śṛṇuyānnodvijeta ca | iti saṃcintya hanumāṃścakāra matimānmatim ||
English Translation
What shall I do, by which my work is not injured, I am not blamed of foolishness and my crossing over the main dose not become fruitless? What shall I do so that Sītā might listen to me without being terrified? Thinking over this, the intelligent Hanumān arrived at a conclusion.
VR 5.28.41 अनुष्टुप्
राममक्लिष्टकर्माणं स्वबन्धुमनुकीर्तयन् । नैनामुद्वेजयिष्यामि तद्बन्धुगतमानसाम् ॥
rāmamakliṣṭakarmāṇaṃ svabandhumanukīrtayan | naināmudvejayiṣyāmi tadbandhugatamānasām ||
English Translation
I shall not disturb her, speaking (all on a sudden) about Rāma of unwearied actions, dear to her and to whom.
VR 5.28.42 अनुष्टुप्
इक्ष्वाकूणां वरिष्ठस्य रामस्य विदितात्मनः । शुभानि धर्मयुक्तानि वचनानि समर्पयन् ॥
ikṣvākūṇāṃ variṣṭhasya rāmasya viditātmanaḥ | śubhāni dharmayuktāni vacanāni samarpayan ||
English Translation
She is firmly attached. Uttering the name of Rāma, the foremost of the Ikşvākus, and of subdued soul and lauding his piety and fame in sweet accents, I shall so manage that Sītā might hear and believe them.
VR 5.28.43 अनुष्टुप्
श्रावयिष्यामि सर्वाणि मधुरां प्रब्रुवन्गिरम् । श्रद्धास्यति यथा हीयं तथा सर्वं समादधे ॥
śrāvayiṣyāmi sarvāṇi madhurāṃ prabruvangiram | śraddhāsyati yathā hīyaṃ tathā sarvaṃ samādadhe ||
English Translation
She is firmly attached. Uttering the name of Rāma, the foremost of the Ikşvākus, and of subdued soul and lauding his piety and fame in sweet accents, I shall so manage that Sītā might hear and believe them.
VR 5.28.44 पुष्पिताग्रा = [१२: ननरय] १,३ + [१२: नजजरग] २,४
इति स बहुविधं महानुभावो; जगतिपतेः प्रमदामवेक्षमाणः । मधुरमवितथं जगाद वाक्यं; द्रुमविटपान्तरमास्थितो हनूमान् ॥
iti sa bahuvidhaṃ mahānubhāvo; jagatipateḥ pramadāmavekṣamāṇaḥ | madhuramavitathaṃ jagāda vākyaṃ; drumaviṭapāntaramāsthito hanūmān ||
English Translation
Beholding the spouse of that high-souled lord of the earth and engaging in this train of thoughts, Hanumān, stationed on a branch of the tree, spoke the following sweet words.
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