Chapter 4 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 4

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 4.12

शक्तिवृक्षायुधांश्चैव पट्टिशाशनिधारिणः। क्षेपणीपाशहस्तांश्च ददर्श स महाकपिः॥ स्रग्विणस्त्वनुलिप्तांश्च वराभरणभूषितान्। नानावेषसमायुक्तान् यथास्वैरचरान् बहून्॥

śaktivṛkṣāyudhāṃścaiva paṭṭiśāśanidhāriṇaḥ| kṣepaṇīpāśahastāṃśca dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ|| sragviṇastvanuliptāṃśca varābharaṇabhūṣitān| nānāveṣasamāyuktān yathāsvairacarān bahūn||

English Meaning

And (Hanuman) saw also various weapons; and those having for their arms darts and vrikshas, or bearing patticas and asanis, or having Kshepanis* and nooses in their hands, saw that mighty monkey, or wearing wreaths, or having their persons daubed with pastes, or adorned with nobel ornaments, or clad in various kinds of raiment; and many a one ranging wherever he listed. *A short arrow thrown from the hand, or shot

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)