Siraatसुन्दरकाण्डः सर्गः 39
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मणिं दत्त्वा ततः सीता हनूमन्तमथाब्रवीत्। अभिज्ञानमभिज्ञातमेतद् रामस्य तत्त्वतः॥
maṇiṃ dattvā tataḥ sītā hanūmantamathābravīt| abhijñānamabhijñātametad rāmasya tattvataḥ||
Having made over the gem, Sītā said to Hanumān, This sign is very well known to Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मणिं दृष्ट्वा तु रामो वै त्रयाणां संस्मरिष्यति। वीरो जनन्या मम च राज्ञो दशरथस्य च॥
maṇiṃ dṛṣṭvā tu rāmo vai trayāṇāṃ saṃsmariṣyati| vīro jananyā mama ca rājño daśarathasya ca||
Seeing this gem, that hero, Rāma, shall recollect three persons, his mother, myself, and king Dasaratha, You, O foremost of monkeys, will again be commissioned on this business.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स भूयस्त्वं समुत्साहचोदितो हरिसत्तम। अस्मिन् कार्यसमुत्साहे प्रचिन्तय यदुत्तरम्॥
sa bhūyastvaṃ samutsāhacodito harisattama| asmin kāryasamutsāhe pracintaya yaduttaram||
Do you bethink you as to what you will do afterwards, when you had been entrusted with this task.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्वमस्मिन्कार्यनिर्योगे प्रमाणं हरिसत्तम। तस्त चिन्तय यो यत्नो दुःखक्षयकरो भवेत्॥
tvamasminkāryaniryoge pramāṇaṃ harisattama| tasta cintaya yo yatno duḥkhakṣayakaro bhavet||
O foremost of monkeys, you are capable of compassing this work. Therefore, think as to what course of his (Rāma's) shall remove (my) misery.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
हनूमन्यत्नमास्थाय दुःखक्षयकरो भव। स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय मारुतिर्भीमविक्रमः॥ शिरसाऽऽवन्द्य वैदेहीं गमनायोपचक्रमे।
hanūmanyatnamāsthāya duḥkhakṣayakaro bhava| sa tatheti pratijñāya mārutirbhīmavikramaḥ|| śirasā''vandya vaidehīṃ gamanāyopacakrame|
O Hanumān, undergoing toils, be you instrumental in removing my misery. Saying, "So be it,” the Wind-god's offspring of terrible prowess, bowing down the head, prepared to depart.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ज्ञात्वा सम्प्रस्थितं देवी वानरं पवनात्मजम्॥ बाष्पगद्गदया वाचा मैथिली वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
jñātvā samprasthitaṃ devī vānaraṃ pavanātmajam|| bāṣpagadgadayā vācā maithilī vākyamabravīt|
Seeing that (Hanumān) was about to set out, that exalted one, Mithila's daughter, addressed that monkey, son to the Wind-god, in words choked by the vapour of grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
हनूमन्कुशलं ब्रूयाः सहितौ रामलक्ष्मणौ।७।। सुग्रीवं च सहामात्यं सर्वान्वृद्धांश्च वानरान्। ब्रूयास्त्वं वानरश्रेष्ठ कुशलं धर्मसंहितम्॥
hanūmankuśalaṃ brūyāḥ sahitau rāmalakṣmaṇau|7|| sugrīvaṃ ca sahāmātyaṃ sarvānvṛddhāṃśca vānarān| brūyāstvaṃ vānaraśreṣṭha kuśalaṃ dharmasaṃhitam||
O Hanumān, do you communicate good news to both Rāma and Lakşmaņa, to Sugrīva with his counsellors, and to all the aged monkeys. And, O best of monkeys, in consonance with righteousness, communicate good tidings (to Rāma).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यथा च स महाबाहुर्ले तारयति राघवः। अस्माद्दुःखाम्बुसंरोधात्त्वं समाधातुमर्हसि॥
yathā ca sa mahābāhurle tārayati rāghavaḥ| asmādduḥkhāmbusaṃrodhāttvaṃ samādhātumarhasi||
And it behove you to strive so that the mighty-armed Rāghava may rescues me from this sea of sorrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
जीवन्ती मां यथा रामः सम्भावयति कीर्तिमान्। तत्त्वया हनुमन्वाच्यं वाचा धर्ममवाप्नुहि॥
jīvantī māṃ yathā rāmaḥ sambhāvayati kīrtimān| tattvayā hanumanvācyaṃ vācā dharmamavāpnuhi||
O Hanumān, do you speak so that the illustrious Rāma may deliver me while I am still alive; and thereby do you reap righteousness.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नित्यमुत्साहयुक्तस्य वाचः श्रुत्वा मयेरिताः। वर्धिष्यते दाशरथेः पौरुषं मदवाप्तये॥
nityamutsāhayuktasya vācaḥ śrutvā mayeritāḥ| vardhiṣyate dāśaratheḥ pauruṣaṃ madavāptaye||
Ever breathing high spirits, Dasarathi, (Dasaratha's son) hearing my words, shall attain an access of manliness for my deliverance.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मत्संदेशयुता वाचस्त्वत्तः श्रुत्वैव राघवः। पराक्रमे मतिं वीरो विधिवत्संविधास्यति॥
matsaṃdeśayutā vācastvattaḥ śrutvaiva rāghavaḥ| parākrame matiṃ vīro vidhivatsaṃvidhāsyati||
Soon as Rāghava shall hear words couching tidings of me, that hero shall duly resolve on displaying his prowess.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सीतायास्तद् वचः श्रुत्वा हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः। शिरस्यञ्जलिमाधाय वाक्यमुत्तरमब्रवीत्॥
sītāyāstad vacaḥ śrutvā hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ| śirasyañjalimādhāya vākyamuttaramabravīt||
Hearing this speech of Sītā, Hanumān, son to the Wind-good, with his joined hands raised to his head, said.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
क्षिप्रमेष्यति काकुत्स्थो हपृक्षप्रवरैर्वृतः। यस्ते युधि विजित्यारीशोकं व्यपनयिष्यति॥
kṣiprameṣyati kākutstho hapṛkṣapravarairvṛtaḥ| yaste yudhi vijityārīśokaṃ vyapanayiṣyati||
Soon shall Käkutstha come, surrounded by the foremost monkeys and bears; and, vanquishing the foe in fight, shall remove your grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नहि पश्यामि मत्र्येषु नासुरेषु सुरेषु वा। यस्तस्य वमतो बाणान् स्थातुमुत्सहतेऽग्रतः॥
nahi paśyāmi matryeṣu nāsureṣu sureṣu vā| yastasya vamato bāṇān sthātumutsahate'grataḥ||
Find I none either among men, or Asuras, or celestials, that dares remain before him as he discharges his shafts.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अप्यर्कमपि पर्जन्यमपि वैवस्वतं यमम्। स हि सोढुं रणे शक्तस्तव हेतोर्विशेषतः॥
apyarkamapi parjanyamapi vaivasvataṃ yamam| sa hi soḍhuṃ raṇe śaktastava hetorviśeṣataḥ||
For you, in especial, he can stand in conflict even the Sun, Indra, nay-Yama himself, that offspring of the Sun.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स हि सागरपर्यन्तां महीं साधितुमर्हति। त्वनिमित्तो हि रामस्य जयो जनकनन्दिनि॥
sa hi sāgaraparyantāṃ mahīṃ sādhitumarhati| tvanimitto hi rāmasya jayo janakanandini||
For you, he prepare himself to conquer the Earth bounded by the main; and victory, you daughter of Janaka, shall be Rāma's.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा सम्यक् सत्यं सुभाषितम्। जानकी बहु मेने तं वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्॥
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā samyak satyaṃ subhāṣitam| jānakī bahu mene taṃ vacanaṃ cedamabravīt||
Hearing his words excellently spoken and thoroughly true, Jānaki honoured them highly, and spoke (as follows).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततस्तं प्रस्थितं सीता वीक्षमाणा पुनःपुनः। भर्तृस्नेहान्वितं वाक्यं सौहार्दादनुमानयत्॥
tatastaṃ prasthitaṃ sītā vīkṣamāṇā punaḥpunaḥ| bhartṛsnehānvitaṃ vākyaṃ sauhārdādanumānayat||
And gazing at him once and again as he prepared to go away, Sītā froin affection honoured the speech which had been uttered (by Hanuman) out of attachment to his master.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदि वा मन्यसे वीर वसैकाहमरिंदम। कस्मिंश्चित् संवृते देशे विश्रान्तः श्वो गमिष्यसि॥
yadi vā manyase vīra vasaikāhamariṃdama| kasmiṃścit saṃvṛte deśe viśrāntaḥ śvo gamiṣyasi||
If you wish it, O hero, do you, O subduer of enemies, stay here for one day. Having rested in some hidden nook, you will depart tomorrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मम चैवाल्पभाग्यायाः सांनिध्यात् तव वानर । अस्य शोकस्य महतो मुहूर्त मोक्षणं भवेत्॥
mama caivālpabhāgyāyāḥ sāṃnidhyāt tava vānara | asya śokasya mahato muhūrta mokṣaṇaṃ bhavet||
O monkey, (if you do remain), your vicinity shall for a moment remove the huge grief of me of slender luck.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततो हि हरिशार्दूल पुनरागमनाय तु। प्राणानामपि संदेहो मम स्यान्नात्र संशयः॥
tato hi hariśārdūla punarāgamanāya tu| prāṇānāmapi saṃdeho mama syānnātra saṃśayaḥ||
But even if you go (passing today here), I have, O tiger-like monkey, doubts as to your return; and, accordingly, doubt, certainly, as to my life.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तवादर्शनजः शोको भूयो मां परितापयेत्। दुःखाद्दुःखपरामृष्टां दीपयन्निव वानर ॥
tavādarśanajaḥ śoko bhūyo māṃ paritāpayet| duḥkhādduḥkhaparāmṛṣṭāṃ dīpayanniva vānara ||
And the grief incident to my not seeing you shall burn me greatly, even, O monkey, as grief burn one that is already consumed by sorrow over and over again.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अयं च वीर संदेहस्तिष्ठतीव ममाग्रतः। सुमहांस्त्वत्सहायेषु हर्युक्षेषु हरीश्वरः॥ कथं नु खलु दुष्पारं तरिष्यति महोदधिम्। तानि हपृक्षसैन्यानि तौ वा नरवरात्मजौ॥
ayaṃ ca vīra saṃdehastiṣṭhatīva mamāgrataḥ| sumahāṃstvatsahāyeṣu haryukṣeṣu harīśvaraḥ|| kathaṃ nu khalu duṣpāraṃ tariṣyati mahodadhim| tāni hapṛkṣasainyāni tau vā naravarātmajau||
And, O hero, O lord of monkeys, this doubt is also before me. How, alas! shall the mighty lord of monkeys, albeit backed by the monkeys and bears, cross over the mighty main hard to cross, and (how shall) those forces consisting of bears and monkeys or those sons of the best of men (cross over the same)?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्रयाणामेव भूतानां सागरस्येह लङ्घने। शक्तिः स्याद् वैनतेयस्य तव वा मारुतस्य वा॥
trayāṇāmeva bhūtānāṃ sāgarasyeha laṅghane| śaktiḥ syād vainateyasya tava vā mārutasya vā||
In all the three worlds, Vinata's offspring, your self, and the Wind-god, have talone the power of crossing over the deep.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदस्मिन्कार्यनिर्योगे वीरैवं दुरतिक्रमे। किं पश्यसे समाधानं त्वं हि कार्यविदां वरः॥
tadasminkāryaniryoge vīraivaṃ duratikrame| kiṃ paśyase samādhānaṃ tvaṃ hi kāryavidāṃ varaḥ||
Then, for the accomplishment of this work, difficult to compass, what, O hero, O you best of those conversant with business, what way do you see as to its success?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
काममस्य त्वमेवैकः कार्यस्य परिसाधने। पर्याप्तः परवीरघ्न यशस्यस्ते फलोदयः॥
kāmamasya tvamevaikaḥ kāryasya parisādhane| paryāptaḥ paravīraghna yaśasyaste phalodayaḥ||
Or you alone, O destroyer of hostile heroes, are quite enough for the fulfilment of this purpose; and you shall reap, in the shape of fame, the fruit of your achievement.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
बलैः समग्रैर्युधि मां रावणं जित्य संयुगे। विजयी स्वपुरं यायात् तत्तस्य सदृशं भवेत्॥
balaiḥ samagrairyudhi māṃ rāvaṇaṃ jitya saṃyuge| vijayī svapuraṃ yāyāt tattasya sadṛśaṃ bhavet||
But if (Rāma) himself together with all his forces, conquering Ravana and (recovering me) in battle, returned victorious to his own city, this would be worthy of himself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
बलैस्तु संकुलां कृत्वा लङ्कां परबलार्दनः। मां नयेद् यदि काकुत्स्थस्तत् तस्य सदृशं भवेत्॥
balaistu saṃkulāṃ kṛtvā laṅkāṃ parabalārdanaḥ| māṃ nayed yadi kākutsthastat tasya sadṛśaṃ bhavet||
If blocking up Lankā with his army, that afflictor of hostile hosts, Kākutstha took me (hence), that would be worthy of him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तद्यथा तस्य विक्रान्तमनुरूपं महात्मनः। भवेदाहवशूरस्य तथा त्वमुपपादय॥
tadyathā tasya vikrāntamanurūpaṃ mahātmanaḥ| bhavedāhavaśūrasya tathā tvamupapādaya||
Do you, therefore, adopt such means that the high-souled heroic warrior may have an opportunity of putting forth prowess.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदर्थोपहितं वाक्यं प्रश्रितं हेतुसंहितम्। निशम्य हनुमाशेषं वाक्यमुत्तरमब्रवीत्॥
tadarthopahitaṃ vākyaṃ praśritaṃ hetusaṃhitam| niśamya hanumāśeṣaṃ vākyamuttaramabravīt||
Hearing those words fraught with sense and reason and informed with affection, Hanumān, by way of reply said mildly.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
देवि हयृक्षसैन्यानामीश्वरः प्लवतां वरः। सुग्रीवः सत्यसम्पन्नस्तवार्थे कृतनिश्चयः॥
devi hayṛkṣasainyānāmīśvaraḥ plavatāṃ varaḥ| sugrīvaḥ satyasampannastavārthe kṛtaniścayaḥ||
O revered lady, that foremost of monkeysthe lord of bears and monkeys-Sugrīva, possessed of truth, has made up his mind on your behalf.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स वानरसहस्राणां कोटीभिरभिसंवृतः। क्षिप्रमेष्यति वैदेहि राक्षसानां निबर्हणः॥
sa vānarasahasrāṇāṃ koṭībhirabhisaṃvṛtaḥ| kṣiprameṣyati vaidehi rākṣasānāṃ nibarhaṇaḥ||
That destroyer of Rākşasas, O daughter of Vaidehi, environed by thousands of millions of monkeys, will come hither without delay.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्य विक्रमसम्पन्न सत्त्ववन्तो महाबलाः। मनः संकल्पसम्पाता निदेशे हरयः स्थिताः॥ येषां नोपरि नाधस्तान्न तिर्यक् सज्जते गतिः। न च कर्मसु सीदन्ति महत्स्वमिततेजसः॥
tasya vikramasampanna sattvavanto mahābalāḥ| manaḥ saṃkalpasampātā nideśe harayaḥ sthitāḥ|| yeṣāṃ nopari nādhastānna tiryak sajjate gatiḥ| na ca karmasu sīdanti mahatsvamitatejasaḥ||
And exceedingly powerful and mighty monkeys possessed of prowess, and speeding far with the rapidity of thought, are in his command. Nothing can impede their courses, either upward, or downward, or tending in both directions, and those ones of measureless energy never experience depression in the most arduous undertakings.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
असकृत् तैर्महोत्साहै: ससागरधराधरा । प्रदक्षिणीकृता भूमिर्वायुमार्गानुसारिभिः॥
asakṛt tairmahotsāhai: sasāgaradharādharā | pradakṣiṇīkṛtā bhūmirvāyumārgānusāribhiḥ||
Braced by their exalted spirits, these, resorting to the aerial way have many a time and oft circumambulated the Earth containing mountains and meads.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मद्विशिष्टाश्च तुल्याश्च सन्ति तत्र वनौकसः। मत्तः प्रत्यवरः कश्चिन्नास्ति सुग्रीवसंनिधौ॥
madviśiṣṭāśca tulyāśca santi tatra vanaukasaḥ| mattaḥ pratyavaraḥ kaścinnāsti sugrīvasaṃnidhau||
There are (in that army) rangers of woods, some equal and some superior to me. And near Sugrīva there are none who are inferior to me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अहं तावदिह प्राप्तः किं पुनस्ते महाबलाः। नहि प्रकृष्टाः प्रेष्यन्ते प्रेष्यन्ते हीतरे जनाः॥
ahaṃ tāvadiha prāptaḥ kiṃ punaste mahābalāḥ| nahi prakṛṣṭāḥ preṣyante preṣyante hītare janāḥ||
And since even I have reached this place, what shall I say of those ones endowed with immense might? Nor are superior (monkeys) sent on errands; it is only the inferior ones that are sent.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदलं परितापेन देवि शोको व्यपैतु ते। एकोत्पातेन ते लङ्कामेष्यन्ति हरियूथपाः॥ मम पृष्ठगतौ तौ च चन्द्रसूर्याविवोदितौ। त्वत्सकाशं महासङ्घौ नृसिंहावागमिष्यतः॥
tadalaṃ paritāpena devi śoko vyapaitu te| ekotpātena te laṅkāmeṣyanti hariyūthapāḥ|| mama pṛṣṭhagatau tau ca candrasūryāvivoditau| tvatsakāśaṃ mahāsaṅghau nṛsiṃhāvāgamiṣyataḥ||
Then, O exalted one. you need not grieve: let your sorrow depart. Those leaders of monkey herds will come to Lankā by one bound; and, like to the risen Sun and Moon, those leonine men, having large numbers to back them, will come to your side, riding my back.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तौ हि वीरौ नरवरौ सहितौ रामलक्ष्मणौ। आगम्य नगरी लङ्कां सायकैर्विधमिष्यतः॥
tau hi vīrau naravarau sahitau rāmalakṣmaṇau| āgamya nagarī laṅkāṃ sāyakairvidhamiṣyataḥ||
Those heroes and foremost of men, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa both, coming to the city of Lankā, shall destroy her by means of their shafts.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सगणं रावणं हत्वा राघवो रघुनन्दनः। त्वामादाय वरारोहे स्वपुरीं प्रति यास्यति॥
sagaṇaṃ rāvaṇaṃ hatvā rāghavo raghunandanaḥ| tvāmādāya varārohe svapurīṃ prati yāsyati||
And slaying Rāvaņa together with his adherents, Raghu's son, taking you, O paragon among women, shall return to his own city.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदाश्वसिहि भद्रं ते भव त्वं कालकाक्षिणी। नचिराद् द्रक्ष्यसे रामं प्रज्वलन्तमिवानलम्॥
tadāśvasihi bhadraṃ te bhava tvaṃ kālakākṣiṇī| nacirād drakṣyase rāmaṃ prajvalantamivānalam||
Therefore, do you take heart, good betide you! Do you remain, eagerly wishing for the time. It will not be long before you shall behold Rāma resembling flaming fire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
निहते राक्षसेन्द्रे च सपुत्रामात्यबान्धवे। त्वं समेष्यसि रामेण शशाङ्केनेव रोहिणी॥
nihate rākṣasendre ca saputrāmātyabāndhave| tvaṃ sameṣyasi rāmeṇa śaśāṅkeneva rohiṇī||
On the lord of Rākṣasas being slain along with his counsellors and friends, you shall meet with Rāma, even as Rohinī meet with the Moon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
क्षिप्रं त्वं देवि शोकस्य पारं द्रक्ष्यसि मैथिलि। रावणं चैव रामेण द्रक्ष्यसे निहतं बलात्॥
kṣipraṃ tvaṃ devi śokasya pāraṃ drakṣyasi maithili| rāvaṇaṃ caiva rāmeṇa drakṣyase nihataṃ balāt||
O worshipful one, speedily shall you behold the other shore of your misery, O Maithili; and you shall see Rāvana slain by Rāma by might of arm.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एवमाश्वास्य वैदेहीं हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः। गमनाय मतिं कृत्वा वैदेही पुनरब्रवीत्॥
evamāśvāsya vaidehīṃ hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ| gamanāya matiṃ kṛtvā vaidehī punarabravīt||
Having thus solaced Vaidehi's daughter, Hanumān, son to the Wind-god again spoke to Vaidehi, saying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तमरिघ्नं कृतात्मानं क्षिप्रं द्रक्ष्यसि राघवम्। लक्ष्मणं च धनुष्पाणिं लङ्काद्वारमुपागतम्॥
tamarighnaṃ kṛtātmānaṃ kṣipraṃ drakṣyasi rāghavam| lakṣmaṇaṃ ca dhanuṣpāṇiṃ laṅkādvāramupāgatam||
Soon shall you behold that destroyer of foes, Rāghava of subdued soul, and the bow-bearing Laksmana also, come to the gate of Lanka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नखदंष्ट्रायुधान् वीरान् सिंहशार्दूलविक्रमान्। वानरान् वारणेन्द्राभान् क्षिप्रं द्रक्ष्यसि संगतान्॥
nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhān vīrān siṃhaśārdūlavikramān| vānarān vāraṇendrābhān kṣipraṃ drakṣyasi saṃgatān||
And soon shall you behold the assembled heroic monkeys, endowed with the prowess of lions and tigers, and the splendour of the monarch of monkeys, and having nails and teeth for their arms.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शैलाम्बुदनिकाशानां लङ्कामलयसानुषु। नर्दतां कपिमुख्यानामार्ये यूथान्यनेकशः॥
śailāmbudanikāśānāṃ laṅkāmalayasānuṣu| nardatāṃ kapimukhyānāmārye yūthānyanekaśaḥ||
And you shall, O noble one, behold innumerable companies of choice monkeys, resembling hills and clouds, roaring on the plateaus of Malaya in Lankā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स तु मर्मणि घोरेण ताडितो मन्मथेषुणा। न शर्म लभते रामः सिंहार्दित इव द्विपः॥
sa tu marmaṇi ghoreṇa tāḍito manmatheṣuṇā| na śarma labhate rāmaḥ siṃhārdita iva dvipaḥ||
Like an elephant tormented by a lion, Rāma afflicted in the vitals by the dreadful shafts of Manmatha, dose not attain ease.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
रुद मा देवि शोकेन मा भूत्ते मनसोभयम्। शचीव भ; शक्रेण सङ्गमेष्यसि शोभने॥
ruda mā devi śokena mā bhūtte manasobhayam| śacīva bha; śakreṇa saṅgameṣyasi śobhane||
Do not weep, exalted one, in sorrow. Let not fear take possession of your heart! Even as Sacī meet with Sakra, shall you, O auspicious one, meet with your lord.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
रामाद् विशिष्टः कोऽन्योऽस्ति कश्चित् सौमित्रिणा समः। अग्निमारुतकल्पौ तौ भ्रातरौ तव संश्रयौ।५३ ।।
rāmād viśiṣṭaḥ ko'nyo'sti kaścit saumitriṇā samaḥ| agnimārutakalpau tau bhrātarau tava saṃśrayau|53 ||
Who is greater than Rāma? And who is equal to Saumitri? (i.e. Sumitra's son, Laksmana) And these brothers resembling Fire and the Wind, are your help.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नास्मिंश्चिरं वत्स्यसि देवि देशे रक्षोगणैरध्युषितेऽतिरौद्रे। न ते चिरादागमनं प्रियस्य क्षमस्व मत्संगमकालमात्रम्॥
nāsmiṃściraṃ vatsyasi devi deśe rakṣogaṇairadhyuṣite'tiraudre| na te cirādāgamanaṃ priyasya kṣamasva matsaṃgamakālamātram||
O revered one, you will not have to dwell long in this extremely dreadful place inhabited by the Rākşasas. The arrival of your beloved one is not distant. Just remain expecting (as best you may), during the time that elapses between this and my meeting with Rāma.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)