Siraatकिष्किन्धाकाण्डः सर्गः 53
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ततस्ते ददृशुर्घोरं सागरं वरुणालयम्। अपारमभिगर्जन्तं घोरैरुर्मिभिराकुलम्॥
tataste dadṛśurghoraṃ sāgaraṃ varuṇālayam| apāramabhigarjantaṃ ghorairurmibhirākulam||
Then they saw the ocean—abode of Varuņashoreless, resounding, rife with dreadful billows.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मयस्य मायाविहितं गिरिदुर्गे विचिन्वताम्। तेषां मासो व्यतिक्रान्तो यो राज्ञा समयः कृतः॥
mayasya māyāvihitaṃ giridurge vicinvatām| teṣāṃ māso vyatikrānto yo rājñā samayaḥ kṛtaḥ||
Exploring the mountain fateness of Maya*, they spent the month that had been set by the king. *Named Rhiksavila.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
विन्ध्यस्य तु गिरेः पाते सम्प्रपुष्पितपादपे। उपविश्य महात्मानश्चिन्तामापेदिरे तदा॥
vindhyasya tu gireḥ pāte samprapuṣpitapādape| upaviśya mahātmānaścintāmāpedire tadā||
Then sitting down at the foot of the Vindhya mountain, containing blossoming trees, at that time* those high-souled ones indulged-in reflections. *i.e. at the beginning of winter.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततः पुष्पातिभाराग्रॉल्लताशतसमावृतान्। दुमान् वासन्तिकान् दृष्ट्वा बभूवुर्भयशङ्किताः॥
tataḥ puṣpātibhārāgraॉllatāśatasamāvṛtān| dumān vāsantikān dṛṣṭvā babhūvurbhayaśaṅkitāḥ||
Beholding vernal trees bending beneath the load of flowers, and environed by hundreds of plants, they were inspired with apprehension.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ते वसन्तमनुप्राप्तं प्रतिवेद्य परस्परम्। नष्टसंदेशकालार्था निपेतुर्धरणीतले॥
te vasantamanuprāptaṃ prativedya parasparam| naṣṭasaṃdeśakālārthā nipeturdharaṇītale||
And each knowing that spring had appeared, they, the term appointed for their task having run out, dropped down on the ground.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततस्तान् कपिवृद्धांश्च शिष्टांश्चैव वनौकसः। वाचा मधुरयाऽऽभाष्य यथावदनुमान्य च॥ स तु सिंहवृषस्कन्धः पीनायतभुजः कपिः। युवराजो महाप्राज्ञ अङ्गदो वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
tatastān kapivṛddhāṃśca śiṣṭāṃścaiva vanaukasaḥ| vācā madhurayā''bhāṣya yathāvadanumānya ca|| sa tu siṃhavṛṣaskandhaḥ pīnāyatabhujaḥ kapiḥ| yuvarājo mahāprājña aṅgado vākyamabravīt||
Thereat, with bland words properly honouring the aged apes and the rest dwelling in the woods, that monkey having the shoulders of a lion or a bull, and plump and broad arms-the youthful prince Angada, endowed with high wisdom, spoke,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शासनात् कपिराजस्य वयं सर्वे विनिर्गताः। मासः पूर्णो बिलस्थानां हरयः किं न बुध्यत ॥ वयमाश्वयुजे मासि कालसंख्याव्यवस्थिताः। प्रस्थिताः सोऽपि चातीतः किमतः कार्यमुत्तरम्॥
śāsanāt kapirājasya vayaṃ sarve vinirgatāḥ| māsaḥ pūrṇo bilasthānāṃ harayaḥ kiṃ na budhyata || vayamāśvayuje māsi kālasaṃkhyāvyavasthitāḥ| prasthitāḥ so'pi cātītaḥ kimataḥ kāryamuttaram||
We have come out at the mandate of the monarch of monkeys. While we sojourned in the cave, a full month had passed away, you monkeys. Why do you not understand this? We set out, engaging that our term of search should reach no further than the end of Kärtika;* but that has expired. Now, what next is to be done? *October.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
भवन्तः प्रत्ययं प्राप्ता नीतिमार्गविशारदाः। हितेष्वभिरता भर्तुर्निसृष्टाः सर्वकर्मसु॥ कर्मस्वप्रतिमाः सर्वे दिक्षु विश्रुतपौरुषाः। मां पुरस्कृत्य निर्याताः पिङ्गाक्षप्रतिचोदिताः॥ इदानीमकृतार्थानां मर्तव्यं नात्र संशयः। हरिराजस्य संदेशमकृत्वा कः सुखी भवेत्॥ अस्मिन्नतीते काले तु सुग्रीवेण कृते स्वयम्। प्रायोपवेशनं युक्तं सर्वेषां च वनौकसाम्॥
bhavantaḥ pratyayaṃ prāptā nītimārgaviśāradāḥ| hiteṣvabhiratā bharturnisṛṣṭāḥ sarvakarmasu|| karmasvapratimāḥ sarve dikṣu viśrutapauruṣāḥ| māṃ puraskṛtya niryātāḥ piṅgākṣapraticoditāḥ|| idānīmakṛtārthānāṃ martavyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ| harirājasya saṃdeśamakṛtvā kaḥ sukhī bhavet|| asminnatīte kāle tu sugrīveṇa kṛte svayam| prāyopaveśanaṃ yuktaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca vanaukasām||
Having received the orders (of the king), you, conversant with polity, engaged in the welfare of your master, expert in every work, incomparable in execution, and renowned in every quarter, have come out, commanded by the lord of monkeys. Now, having failed to attain our object, we shall meet with death. There is no doubt whatever about this. Who, having been unsuccessful in doing the mandate of the king of monkeys, enjoyeth ease? Now all the rangers of the forest should fast for death.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तीक्ष्णः प्रकृत्या सुग्रीवः स्वाभिभावे व्यवस्थितः। न क्षमिष्यति नः सर्वानपराधकृतो गतान्॥
tīkṣṇaḥ prakṛtyā sugrīvaḥ svābhibhāve vyavasthitaḥ| na kṣamiṣyati naḥ sarvānaparādhakṛto gatān||
Naturally stern, Sugrīva, established as our master, shall not forgive us, when we repair there, after having transgressed thus.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अप्रवृत्तो च सीतायाः पापमेव करिष्यति। तस्मात् क्षममिहाद्यैव्र गन्तुं प्रायोपवेशनम्॥ त्यक्त्वा पुत्रांश्च दारांश्च धनानि च गृहाणि च ।
apravṛtto ca sītāyāḥ pāpameva kariṣyati| tasmāt kṣamamihādyaivra gantuṃ prāyopaveśanam|| tyaktvā putrāṃśca dārāṃśca dhanāni ca gṛhāṇi ca |
Sītā not having been found out, Sugrīva, for certain, shall commit this sin.* Therefore it is fit that, forsaking our sons, and wives, and wealth, and homes, we this very day sit down to starve ourselves to death. *i.e. slay us.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ध्रुवं नो हिंसते राजा सर्वान् प्रतिगतानितः॥ वधेनाप्रतिरूपेण श्रेयान् मृत्युरिहैव नः।
dhruvaṃ no hiṃsate rājā sarvān pratigatānitaḥ|| vadhenāpratirūpeṇa śreyān mṛtyurihaiva naḥ|
Death at this place is preferable to the unequal punishment (we must meet with at the hands of Sugriva).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न चाहं यौवराज्येन सुग्रीवेणाभिषेचितः॥ नरेन्द्रेणाभिषिक्तोऽस्मि रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा।
na cāhaṃ yauvarājyena sugrīveṇābhiṣecitaḥ|| narendreṇābhiṣikto'smi rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā|
And, further, I have not been installed heirapparent by Sugrīva: I have been sprinkled by that foremost of kings, Rāma of untiring energy.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स पूर्वं बद्धवैरो मां राजा दृष्ट्वा व्यतिक्रमम्॥ घातयिष्यति दण्डेन तीक्ष्णेन कृतनिश्चयः।
sa pūrvaṃ baddhavairo māṃ rājā dṛṣṭvā vyatikramam|| ghātayiṣyati daṇḍena tīkṣṇena kṛtaniścayaḥ|
Entertaining enmity against me of old, the king, seeing this lapse, must be firmly determined to take my life by means of a severe sentence.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
किं मे सुहद्भिर्व्यसनं पश्यद्भिर्जीवितान्तरे। इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये पुण्ये सागररोधसि ॥
kiṃ me suhadbhirvyasanaṃ paśyadbhirjīvitāntare| ihaiva prāyamāsiṣye puṇye sāgararodhasi ||
What is the use of suffering my friends to look on my disaster at the last moment of my existence? Therefore even on this sacred shore of the sea shall I sit down to starve myself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एतच्छ्रुत्वा कुमारेण युवराजेन भाषितम्। सर्वे ते वानरश्रेष्ठाः करुणं वाक्यमब्रुवन् ॥
etacchrutvā kumāreṇa yuvarājena bhāṣitam| sarve te vānaraśreṣṭhāḥ karuṇaṃ vākyamabruvan ||
Hearing the tender prince speak thus, all those principal monkeys pathetically observed,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तीक्ष्णः प्रकृत्या सुग्रीवः प्रियारक्तश्च राघवः। समीक्ष्याकृतकार्यांस्तु तस्मिंश्च समये गते ॥ अदृष्टायां च वैदेह्यां दृष्ट्वा चैव समागतान्। राघवप्रियकामाय घातयिष्यत्यसंशयम्॥
tīkṣṇaḥ prakṛtyā sugrīvaḥ priyāraktaśca rāghavaḥ| samīkṣyākṛtakāryāṃstu tasmiṃśca samaye gate || adṛṣṭāyāṃ ca vaidehyāṃ dṛṣṭvā caiva samāgatān| rāghavapriyakāmāya ghātayiṣyatyasaṃśayam||
Sugrīva is harsh by nature, and Rāghava loveth his wife dearly. The time appointed having passed by, seeing us (come) without attaining success in the task, and seeing us arrive without obtaining a sight of Vaidehi, (Sugrīva) shall certainly slay us from the desire of doing what is agreeable to Rāghava.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न क्षमं चापराद्धानां गमनं स्वामिपार्श्वतः। प्रधानभूताश्च वयं सुग्रीवस्य समागताः॥ इहैव सीतामन्वीक्ष्य प्रवृत्तिमुपलभ्य वा। नो चेद् गच्छाम तं वीरं गमिष्यामो यमक्षयम्॥
na kṣamaṃ cāparāddhānāṃ gamanaṃ svāmipārśvataḥ| pradhānabhūtāśca vayaṃ sugrīvasya samāgatāḥ|| ihaiva sītāmanvīkṣya pravṛttimupalabhya vā| no ced gacchāma taṃ vīraṃ gamiṣyāmo yamakṣayam||
Those who have transgressed, cannot come to the side of their master. Having come hither as the principal servants of Sugrīva, we shall either see Sītā or obtain information concerning her, or else, O hero, we shall repair to the mansion of Yama.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
प्लवङ्गमानां तु भयार्दितानां श्रुत्वा वचस्तार इदं बभाषे। अलं विषादेन बिलं प्रविश्य वसाम सर्वे यदि रोचते वः॥
plavaṅgamānāṃ tu bhayārditānāṃ śrutvā vacastāra idaṃ babhāṣe| alaṃ viṣādena bilaṃ praviśya vasāma sarve yadi rocate vaḥ||
Hearing the speeches of the monkeys afflicted with fear, Tārā said,-No use of indulging in grief. If you relish it, let us all entering the cave, dwell there.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इदं हि मायाविहितं सुदुर्गमं प्रभूतपुष्पोदकभोज्यपेयम्। न राघवाद् वानरराजतोऽपि वा॥
idaṃ hi māyāvihitaṃ sudurgamaṃ prabhūtapuṣpodakabhojyapeyam| na rāghavād vānararājato'pi vā||
This place abounding in flowers and waters, meats and drinks,—which has been brought forth by the power of ilusion, is incapable of being approached. Here we have no fear from Purandara, or Rāghava, or the king of monkeys.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मूचुश्च सर्वे हरयः प्रतीताः। मसक्तमयैव विधीयतां नः॥
mūcuśca sarve harayaḥ pratītāḥ| masaktamayaiva vidhīyatāṃ naḥ||
Hearing the welcome words of Angada, the monkeys,-being convinced, said,-Do you this very day so order that we may not be slain.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)