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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 5 (Sundarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 5

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 5

सुन्दरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 5

Sundarakāṇḍa Sarga 5 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 42 verses.

Total: 42 Verses • Citations: VR 5.5.1–42 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 12 shown)
VR 5.5.31 अनुष्टुप्
क्षरतश्च यथा मेघान्स्रवतश्च यथा गिरीन् । मेघस्तनितनिर्घोषान्दुर्धर्षान्समरे परैः ॥
kṣarataśca yathā meghānsravataśca yathā girīn | meghastanitanirghoṣāndurdharṣānsamare paraiḥ ||
VR 5.5.32 अनुष्टुप्
सहस्रं वाहिनीस्तत्र जाम्बूनदपरिष्कृताः । हेमजालैरविच्छिन्नास्तरुणादित्यसंनिभाः ॥
sahasraṃ vāhinīstatra jāmbūnadapariṣkṛtāḥ | hemajālairavicchinnāstaruṇādityasaṃnibhāḥ ||
English Translation
That monkey, son to the Wind-god, saw in the mansion of the lord of Rākşasas, Rāvana, hosts by thousands; and cars of various forms of glittering gold, furnished all over with golden net-works, resembling the risen sun.
VR 5.5.33 अनुष्टुप्
ददर्श राक्षसेन्द्रस्य रावणस्य निवेशने । शिबिका विविधाकाराः स कपिर्मारुतात्मजः ॥
dadarśa rākṣasendrasya rāvaṇasya niveśane | śibikā vividhākārāḥ sa kapirmārutātmajaḥ ||
English Translation
That monkey, son to the Wind-god, saw in the mansion of the lord of Rākşasas, Rāvana, hosts by thousands; and cars of various forms of glittering gold, furnished all over with golden net-works, resembling the risen sun.
VR 5.5.34 अनुष्टुप्
लतागृहाणि चित्राणि चित्रशालागृहाणि च । क्रीडागृहाणि चान्यानि दारुपर्वतकानपि ॥
latāgṛhāṇi citrāṇi citraśālāgṛhāṇi ca | krīḍāgṛhāṇi cānyāni dāruparvatakānapi ||
English Translation
The son of the Windgod saw at the palace of Ravana, the lord of demons, colourful palanquins of several kinds, bowers, picture galleries, spots for sporting, hillocks (artificial) made of wood, apartments for romance, for pleasures and day time activities.
VR 5.5.35 अनुष्टुप्
कामस्य गृहकं रम्यं दिवागृहकमेव च । ददर्श राक्षसेन्द्रस्य रावणस्य निवेशने ॥
kāmasya gṛhakaṃ ramyaṃ divāgṛhakameva ca | dadarśa rākṣasendrasya rāvaṇasya niveśane ||
English Translation
And graceful grots; and picture galleries; and sporting saloons, mountains composed of wood, captivating structures dedicated to dalliance, and dwellings for day-dalliance,' saw he in the mansion of the Raksasa monarch. 1. Designed for sport. — 2. The conception of day-dalliance met with in Vidya Sundara of Bharata Chandra Roy, the Bengali poet, is found to have first originated with Vālimiki.
VR 5.5.36 अनुष्टुप्
स मन्दरतलप्रख्यं मयूरस्थानसंकुलम् । ध्वजयष्टिभिराकीर्णं ददर्श भवनोत्तमम् ॥
sa mandaratalaprakhyaṃ mayūrasthānasaṃkulam | dhvajayaṣṭibhirākīrṇaṃ dadarśa bhavanottamam ||
English Translation
He beheld that charming mansion resembling Mandara, filled with places for peacocks* thronged with pennons and flagstaffs, a very mine of countless gems, a field of treasures spread around, where persons of intrepid calmness were engaged in acts tending to the safety of the treasures, resembling the mansion herself of Kubera. *Sportive peacocks.
VR 5.5.37 अनुष्टुप्
अनन्तरत्ननिचयं निधिजालं समन्ततः । धीरनिष्ठितकर्मान्तं गृहं भूतपतेरिव ॥
anantaratnanicayaṃ nidhijālaṃ samantataḥ | dhīraniṣṭhitakarmāntaṃ gṛhaṃ bhūtapateriva ||
English Translation
He beheld that charming mansion resembling Mandara, filled with places for peacocks* thronged with pennons and flagstaffs, a very mine of countless gems, a field of treasures spread around, where persons of intrepid calmness were engaged in acts tending to the safety of the treasures, resembling the mansion herself of Kubera. *Sportive peacocks.
VR 5.5.38 अनुष्टुप्
अर्चिर्भिश्चापि रत्नानां तेजसा रावणस्य च । विरराजाथ तद्वेश्म रश्मिमानिव रश्मिभिः ॥
arcirbhiścāpi ratnānāṃ tejasā rāvaṇasya ca | virarājātha tadveśma raśmimāniva raśmibhiḥ ||
English Translation
On account of the lustre shed by the genes, as well as the energy of Rāvana himself, that mansion appeared splendid like the rayfurnished Sun in all his glory.
VR 5.5.39 अनुष्टुप्
जाम्बूनदमयान्येव शयनान्यासनानि च । भाजनानि च शुभ्राणि ददर्श हरियूथपः ॥
jāmbūnadamayānyeva śayanānyāsanāni ca | bhājanāni ca śubhrāṇi dadarśa hariyūthapaḥ ||
English Translation
And the chief of monkey-bands saw bedsteads and seat of gold and white vessels.
VR 5.5.40 अनुष्टुप्
मध्वासवकृतक्लेदं मणिभाजनसंकुलम् । मनोरममसंबाधं कुबेरभवनं यथा ॥
madhvāsavakṛtakledaṃ maṇibhājanasaṃkulam | manoramamasaṃbādhaṃ kuberabhavanaṃ yathā ||
VR 5.5.41 अनुष्टुप्
नूपुराणां च घोषेण काञ्चीनां निनदेन च । मृदङ्गतलघोषैश्च घोषवद्भिर्विनादितम् ॥
nūpurāṇāṃ ca ghoṣeṇa kāñcīnāṃ ninadena ca | mṛdaṅgatalaghoṣaiśca ghoṣavadbhirvināditam ||
VR 5.5.42 अनुष्टुप्
प्रासादसंघातयुतं स्त्रीरत्नशतसंकुलम् । सुव्यूढकक्ष्यं हनुमान्प्रविवेश महागृहम् ॥
prāsādasaṃghātayutaṃ strīratnaśatasaṃkulam | suvyūḍhakakṣyaṃ hanumānpraviveśa mahāgṛham ||
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