Chapter 54 — Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 54

Valmiki Ramayana — Kishkindha Kanda

Verse 54.2

बुद्ध्या ह्यष्टाङ्गया युक्तं चतुर्बलसमन्वितम्। चतुर्दशगुणं मेने हनूमान् वालिनः सुतम्॥ आपूर्यमाणं शश्वच्च तेजोबलपराक्रमैः। शशिनं शुक्लपक्षादौ वर्धमानमिव श्रिया॥ बृहस्पतिसमं बुद्ध्या विक्रमे सदृशं पितुः। शुश्रूषमाणं तारस्य शुक्रस्येव पुरंदरम्॥

buddhyā hyaṣṭāṅgayā yuktaṃ caturbalasamanvitam| caturdaśaguṇaṃ mene hanūmān vālinaḥ sutam|| āpūryamāṇaṃ śaśvacca tejobalaparākramaiḥ| śaśinaṃ śuklapakṣādau vardhamānamiva śriyā|| bṛhaspatisamaṃ buddhyā vikrame sadṛśaṃ pituḥ| śuśrūṣamāṇaṃ tārasya śukrasyeva puraṃdaram||

English Meaning

Hanumān deemned Vāli's son as endowed with intelligence consisting of eight elements; with power of four kinds; and the four and ten virtues; as ever fraught with energy, strength and prowess; as growing in grace like the moon during the lighted fortnight; as resembling Brhaspati in intelligence; and in prowess, his own sire; and as ever listening to. Tārā's counsels, as Purandara listens to the counsels of Sukra.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)