Siraatकिष्किन्धाकाण्डः सर्गः 21
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ततो निपतिता तारां च्युतां तारामिवाम्बरात्। शनैराश्वासयामास हनुमान् हरियूथपः॥
tato nipatitā tārāṃ cyutāṃ tārāmivāmbarāt| śanairāśvāsayāmāsa hanumān hariyūthapaḥ||
Thereupon beholding Tārā fallen (on the ground) like to a star dropt down from the sky, Hanumān, the lord of monkey-herds, consoled her again and again.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
गुणदोषकृतं जन्तुः स्वकर्मफलहेतुकम्। अव्यग्रस्तदवाप्नोति सर्वं प्रेत्य शुभाशुभम्॥
guṇadoṣakṛtaṃ jantuḥ svakarmaphalahetukam| avyagrastadavāpnoti sarvaṃ pretya śubhāśubham||
Animals unagitated, attain to happiness or misery, as an outcome of their actions performed (in their previous existence) by merits or demerits.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शोच्या शोचसि कं शोच्यं दीनं दीनानुकम्पसे। कश्च कस्यानुशोच्योऽस्ति देहेऽस्मिन् बुदबुदोपमे॥
śocyā śocasi kaṃ śocyaṃ dīnaṃ dīnānukampase| kaśca kasyānuśocyo'sti dehe'smin budabudopame||
Why did you mourn for others, yourself being an object of mourning? Why did you feel commiseration for the poor, yourself being poorly? In this body like to a bubble who is there who mourneth for another?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अङ्गदस्तु कुमारोऽयं द्रष्टव्यो जीवपुत्रया। आयत्यां च विधेयानि समर्थान्यस्य चिन्तय।४।।
aṅgadastu kumāro'yaṃ draṣṭavyo jīvaputrayā| āyatyāṃ ca vidheyāni samarthānyasya cintaya|4||
It behoveth you now, O you having your son alive, to look after prince Angada and think of those duties which remain to be executed by you (after the demise of Vāli).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
जानास्यनियतामेवं भूतानामागतिं गतिम्। तस्माच्छुभं हि कर्तव्यं पण्डितेनेह लौकिकम्॥
jānāsyaniyatāmevaṃ bhūtānāmāgatiṃ gatim| tasmācchubhaṃ hi kartavyaṃ paṇḍiteneha laukikam||
Do you know that life and death of the animals is very unsettled. It is therefore proper to perform what tends to the welfare of after-life. It does not behove you, O learned damsel, to mourn like others.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यस्मिन् हरिसहस्राणि शतानि नियुतानि च। वर्तयन्ति कृताशानि सोऽयं दिष्टान्तमागतः॥
yasmin harisahasrāṇi śatāni niyutāni ca| vartayanti kṛtāśāni so'yaṃ diṣṭāntamāgataḥ||
He even, who (while living) was surrounded by thousands of monkeys cherishing hopes, has met his destined end.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदयं न्यायदृष्टार्थः सामदानक्षमापरः। गतो धर्मजितां भूमिं नैनं शोचितुमर्हसि ॥
yadayaṃ nyāyadṛṣṭārthaḥ sāmadānakṣamāparaḥ| gato dharmajitāṃ bhūmiṃ nainaṃ śocitumarhasi ||
This hero discharged his royal duties in consonance with the sanctions of morality and was gifted with various kingly accomplishments such as conciliation, clarity and forgiveness. He has attained to the land of kings and it becomes you not to mourn for him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सर्वे च हरिशार्दूलाः पुत्रश्चायं तवाङ्गदः। हवृक्षपतिराज्यं च त्वत्सनाथमनिन्दिते॥
sarve ca hariśārdūlāḥ putraścāyaṃ tavāṅgadaḥ| havṛkṣapatirājyaṃ ca tvatsanāthamanindite||
O blameless damsel, all these foremost of monkeys, this your son Angada, this kingdom of the monkey chief, do belong to you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ताविमौ शोकसंतप्तौ शनैः प्रेरय भामिनि। त्वया परिगृहीतोऽयमङ्गदः शास्तु मेदिनीम्॥
tāvimau śokasaṃtaptau śanaiḥ preraya bhāmini| tvayā parigṛhīto'yamaṅgadaḥ śāstu medinīm||
Do you soon despatch, O passionate lady, these two (Angada and Sugrīva) exercised with grief as they are (for the performance of Vali's funeral rites). And abiding by your commandments let Angada govern the earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
संततिश्च यथा दृष्टा कृत्यं यच्चापि साम्प्रतम्। राज्ञस्तत् क्रियतां सर्वमेष कालस्य निश्चयः॥
saṃtatiśca yathā dṛṣṭā kṛtyaṃ yaccāpi sāmpratam| rājñastat kriyatāṃ sarvameṣa kālasya niścayaḥ||
Let Angada perform all those ceremonies, which should be gone through by sons according to the Šāstras and which are for the well-being of the king; this is the time for the performance of those funeral rites.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
संस्कार्यो हरिराजस्तु अङ्गदश्चाभिषिच्यताम्। सिंहासनगतं पुत्रं पश्यन्ती शान्तिमेष्यसि॥
saṃskāryo harirājastu aṅgadaścābhiṣicyatām| siṃhāsanagataṃ putraṃ paśyantī śāntimeṣyasi||
Performing the funeral ceremonies of the lord of monkeys do you install Angada. And beholding your son thus established on the throne you shall be able to pacify your grief?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सा तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा भर्तृव्यसनपीडिता। अब्रवीदुत्तरं तारा हनूमन्तमवस्थितम्॥
sā tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bhartṛvyasanapīḍitā| abravīduttaraṃ tārā hanūmantamavasthitam||
Hearing those words of Hanumān, Tārā, racked with grief consequent upon the loss of her lord, bespake him who was standing there:
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अङ्गदप्रतिरूपाणां पुत्राणामेकतः शतम्। हतस्याप्यस्य वीरस्य गात्रसंश्लेषणं वरम्॥
aṅgadapratirūpāṇāṃ putrāṇāmekataḥ śatam| hatasyāpyasya vīrasya gātrasaṃśleṣaṇaṃ varam||
I would rather die with this hero who has been slain than have hundred sons like Angada.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न चाहं हरिराज्यस्य प्रभवाम्यङ्गदस्य वा। पितृव्यस्तस्य सुग्रीवः सर्वकार्येष्वनन्तरः॥
na cāhaṃ harirājyasya prabhavāmyaṅgadasya vā| pitṛvyastasya sugrīvaḥ sarvakāryeṣvanantaraḥ||
I cannot myself govern this kingdom nor can I confer it upon Angada. Such duty-devolves upon his (Angada's) uncle Sugrīva now.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नह्येषा बुद्धिरास्थेया हनूमन्नङ्गदं प्रति। पिता हि बन्धुः पुत्रस्य न माता हरिसत्तम ॥
nahyeṣā buddhirāstheyā hanūmannaṅgadaṃ prati| pitā hi bandhuḥ putrasya na mātā harisattama ||
O Hanumān, do you not consider that I shall confer this kingdom upon Angada-0 best of monkeys, father is son's friend (in this respect) not mother.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नहि मम हरिराजसंश्रयात् क्षमतरमस्ति परत्र चेह वा। अभिमुखहतवीर सेवितं शयनमिदं मम सेवितुं क्षमम्॥
nahi mama harirājasaṃśrayāt kṣamataramasti paratra ceha vā| abhimukhahatavīra sevitaṃ śayanamidaṃ mama sevituṃ kṣamam||
There is no other resource for me tending to my welfare both in this world and the next than taking refuge to this lord of monkeys. It is becoming for me to serve this bed which has been resorted to by the hero, slain (and lying before me.) monkeys, father is son's friend (in this respect) not mother.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नहि मम हरिराजसंश्रयात् क्षमतरमस्ति परत्र चेह वा। अभिमुखहतवीर सेवितं शयनमिदं मम सेवितुं क्षमम्॥
nahi mama harirājasaṃśrayāt kṣamataramasti paratra ceha vā| abhimukhahatavīra sevitaṃ śayanamidaṃ mama sevituṃ kṣamam||
There is no other resource for me tending to my welfare both in this world and the next than taking refuge to this lord of monkeys. It is becoming for me to serve this bed which has been resorted to by the hero, slain (and lying before me.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)