Siraatसुन्दरकाण्डः सर्गः 53
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तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा दशग्रीवो महात्मनः। देशकालहितं वाक्यं भ्रातुरुत्तरमब्रवीत्॥
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā daśagrīvo mahātmanaḥ| deśakālahitaṃ vākyaṃ bhrāturuttaramabravīt||
Hearing those words of his, the high-souled ten-necked one spoke to his brother a speech consonant to season and place,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सम्यगुक्तं हि भवता दूतवध्या विगर्हिता। अवश्यं तु वधायान्यः क्रियतामस्य निग्रहः॥
samyaguktaṃ hi bhavatā dūtavadhyā vigarhitā| avaśyaṃ tu vadhāyānyaḥ kriyatāmasya nigrahaḥ||
Properly had you spoken, to slay a messenger is improper. But let him be punished with any chastisement save slaying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
कपीनां किल लालमिष्टं भवति भूषणम्। तदस्य दीप्यतां शीघ्रं तेन दग्धेन गच्छतु॥
kapīnāṃ kila lālamiṣṭaṃ bhavati bhūṣaṇam| tadasya dīpyatāṃ śīghraṃ tena dagdhena gacchatu||
Certainly the tail is a darling ornament to a monkey. Therefore let his tail be set on fire anon; and this having been consumed, let him go away.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततः पश्यन्त्वमुं दीनमङ्गवैरूप्यकर्शितम्। सुमित्रज्ञातयः सर्वे बान्धवाः ससुहृज्जनाः॥
tataḥ paśyantvamuṃ dīnamaṅgavairūpyakarśitam| sumitrajñātayaḥ sarve bāndhavāḥ sasuhṛjjanāḥ||
Then shall his best friends and kindred and acquaintances see him crest-fallen, with his person deformed.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्य तद् आज्ञापयद् राक्षसेन्द्रः परं सर्वं सचत्वरम्। लाङ्गेलेन प्रदीप्तेन रक्षोभिः परिणीयताम्॥
tasya tad ājñāpayad rākṣasendraḥ paraṃ sarvaṃ sacatvaram| lāṅgelena pradīptena rakṣobhiḥ pariṇīyatām||
The lord of Rākşasas ordered, With his tail in flames, let this one be taken all round Lankā containing terraces.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वचनं श्रुत्वा राक्षसाः कोपकर्कशाः। वेष्टन्ते तस्य लाङ्गूलं जीर्णैः कार्पासिकैः पटैः॥
vacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasāḥ kopakarkaśāḥ| veṣṭante tasya lāṅgūlaṃ jīrṇaiḥ kārpāsikaiḥ paṭaiḥ||
Hearing his words, the Raksasas, cruel through wrath, cover up his (Hanumān's) tail with worn pieces of cotton cloth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
संवेष्ट्यमाने लाङ्गले व्यवर्धत महाकपिः। शुष्कमिन्धनमासाद्य वनेष्विव हुताशनम्॥
saṃveṣṭyamāne lāṅgale vyavardhata mahākapiḥ| śuṣkamindhanamāsādya vaneṣviva hutāśanam||
Thereat, even as fire in a forest increase on getting dry fuel, the mighty monkey grew in dimensions on his tail being wrapped up.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तैलेन परिषिच्याथ तेऽग्निं तत्रोपपादयन्। लाङ्गुलेन प्रदीप्तेन राक्षसांस्तानताडयत्॥ रोषामर्षपरीतात्मा बालसूर्यसमाननः।
tailena pariṣicyātha te'gniṃ tatropapādayan| lāṅgulena pradīptena rākṣasāṃstānatāḍayat|| roṣāmarṣaparītātmā bālasūryasamānanaḥ|
Having soaked (the cloth) in oil, they set fire to it. Thereat with his soul overpowered with rage and hatred, and his countenance like the risen sun, he lashed them with his flaming tail.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स भूयः संगतैः क्रूरै राक्षसैर्हरिपुङ्गवः॥ सहस्त्रीबालवृद्धाश्च जग्मुः प्रीतिं निशाचराः।
sa bhūyaḥ saṃgataiḥ krūrai rākṣasairharipuṅgavaḥ|| sahastrībālavṛddhāśca jagmuḥ prītiṃ niśācarāḥ|
And those-rangers of the night-those Rākşasas-old and young and females-again bringing that foremost of monkey, grew exceedingly glad.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
निबद्धः कृतवान् वीरस्तत्कालसदृशीं मतिम्॥ कामं खलु न मे शक्ता निबद्धस्यापि राक्षसाः। छित्त्वा पाशान् समुत्पत्य हन्यामहमिमान् पुनः॥
nibaddhaḥ kṛtavān vīrastatkālasadṛśīṃ matim|| kāmaṃ khalu na me śaktā nibaddhasyāpi rākṣasāḥ| chittvā pāśān samutpatya hanyāmahamimān punaḥ||
That hero (being bound), entertained a purpose in harmony with the season. "Albeit bound, the Rākşasas cannot forsooth cope with me. Snapping these bonds, I shall, darting up, again slaughter these."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदि भर्तृहितार्थाय चरन्तं भर्तृशासनात्। निबध्नन्ते दुरात्मानो न तु मे निष्कृतिः कृता॥
yadi bhartṛhitārthāya carantaṃ bhartṛśāsanāt| nibadhnante durātmāno na tu me niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā||
Although agreeably to the mandate of their master these wicked-minded ones have bound me, yet have they not been able to clear scores with me.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सर्वेषामेव पर्याप्तो राक्षसानामहं युधि। किं तु रामस्य प्रीत्यर्थं विषहिष्येऽहमीदृशम्॥
sarveṣāmeva paryāpto rākṣasānāmahaṃ yudhi| kiṃ tu rāmasya prītyarthaṃ viṣahiṣye'hamīdṛśam||
I can slay all these Rākşasas in battle; but I suffer this (maltreatment) for not marring the (pure delight) Rāma shall derive from my deed.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
लङ्का चारयितव्या मे पुनरेव भवेदिति। रात्रौ नहि सुदृष्टा मे दुर्गकर्मविधानतः॥
laṅkā cārayitavyā me punareva bhavediti| rātrau nahi sudṛṣṭā me durgakarmavidhānataḥ||
I shall once more range around Lankā. Let this be so. At night I could not satisfactorily examine the fortifications.* (Another meaning is:-lts places inaccessible on account of works.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अवश्यमेव द्रष्टव्या मया लङ्का निशाक्षये। कामं बनन्तु मे भूयः पुच्छस्योद्दीपनेन च॥ पीडां कुर्वन्ति रक्षांसि न मेऽस्ति मनसः श्रमः।
avaśyameva draṣṭavyā mayā laṅkā niśākṣaye| kāmaṃ banantu me bhūyaḥ pucchasyoddīpanena ca|| pīḍāṃ kurvanti rakṣāṃsi na me'sti manasaḥ śramaḥ|
For certain, by me is to be beheld Lankā when night has departed. Let them bind me anew. The Rākşasas pain me by setting fire to my tail; but my mind dose not tire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततस्ते संवृताकारं सत्त्ववन्तं महाकपिम्॥ परिगृह्य ययुर्हष्टा राक्षसाः कपिकुञ्जरम्। शङ्खभेरीनिनादैश्च घोषयन्तः स्वकर्मभिः॥
tataste saṃvṛtākāraṃ sattvavantaṃ mahākapim|| parigṛhya yayurhaṣṭā rākṣasāḥ kapikuñjaram| śaṅkhabherīninādaiśca ghoṣayantaḥ svakarmabhiḥ||
Then the Raksasas, rejoicing greatly, went off, taking that mighty monkey endowed with strength, an elephant (in prowess) among monkeys. And blowing conchs and trumpets, and bruiting it abroad by various actions, (Publishing Hanuman's penalty) those Raksasas of cruel deeds took (Hanumān) about the city (of Lankā).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
राक्षसाः क्रूरकर्माणश्चारयन्ति स्म तां पुरीम्। अन्वीयमानो रक्षोभिर्ययौ सुखमरिन्दमः॥ हनूमांश्चारयामास राक्षसानां महापुरीम्। यथापश्यद् विमानानि विचित्राणि महाकपिः॥ संवृतान् भूमिभागांश्च सुविभक्तांश्च चत्वरान्। रथ्याश्च गृहसंबाधाः कपिः शृङ्गाटकानि च॥ तथा रथ्योपरथ्याश्च तथैव च गृहान्तरान्।
rākṣasāḥ krūrakarmāṇaścārayanti sma tāṃ purīm| anvīyamāno rakṣobhiryayau sukhamarindamaḥ|| hanūmāṃścārayāmāsa rākṣasānāṃ mahāpurīm| yathāpaśyad vimānāni vicitrāṇi mahākapiḥ|| saṃvṛtān bhūmibhāgāṃśca suvibhaktāṃśca catvarān| rathyāśca gṛhasaṃbādhāḥ kapiḥ śṛṅgāṭakāni ca|| tathā rathyoparathyāśca tathaiva ca gṛhāntarān|
And led by those Rākşasas, that subduer of enemies, Hanumān, experienced delight, and going about the mighty metropolis of the Rākşasas, the redoubted monkey surveyed variegated cars, enclosed court-yards, wellordered terraces, streets thronged with edifices, crossings, by-ways, and the interiors dwellings.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
चत्वरेषु चतुष्केषु राजमार्गे तथैव च॥ घोषयन्ति कपि सर्वे चार इत्येव राक्षसाः।
catvareṣu catuṣkeṣu rājamārge tathaiva ca|| ghoṣayanti kapi sarve cāra ityeva rākṣasāḥ|
And on terraces and highways the Rākṣasas proclaim the monkey, saying, “This is a spy.'
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दीप्यमाने ततस्तस्य लाङ्कलाग्रे हनूमतः॥ राक्षस्यस्ता विरूपाक्ष्यः शंसुर्देव्यास्तदप्रियम्।
dīpyamāne tatastasya lāṅkalāgre hanūmataḥ|| rākṣasyastā virūpākṣyaḥ śaṃsurdevyāstadapriyam|
On Hanumān's tail being in flames, Rākṣasīs of frightful eyes related to that exalted lady (Sītā) tidings of this great mishap.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यस्त्वया कृतसंवादः सीते ताम्रमुखः कपिः॥ लाफूलेन प्रदीप्तेन स एष परिणीयते।
yastvayā kṛtasaṃvādaḥ sīte tāmramukhaḥ kapiḥ|| lāphūlena pradīptena sa eṣa pariṇīyate|
O Sītā, the copper-faced monkey with whom you hadst held talk, is being led around with his tail flaming,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
श्रुत्वा तद् वचनं क्रूरमात्मापहरणोपमम्॥ वैदेही शोकसंतप्ता हुताशनमुपागमत्।
śrutvā tad vacanaṃ krūramātmāpaharaṇopamam|| vaidehī śokasaṃtaptā hutāśanamupāgamat|
Hearing these cruel words, like to loss of life, Vaidehi, burning in grief, approached the Fire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मङ्गलाभिमुखी तस्य सा तदासीन्महाकपेः॥ उपतस्थे विशालाक्षी प्रयता हव्यवाहनम्।
maṅgalābhimukhī tasya sā tadāsīnmahākapeḥ|| upatasthe viśālākṣī prayatā havyavāhanam|
And wishing for the welfare of the mighty monkey, that large eyed lady with an intent mind began to pray to that bearer of sacrificial offerings,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यद्यस्ति पतिशुश्रूषा यद्यस्ति चरितं तपः॥ यदि वा त्वेकपत्नीत्वं शीतो भव हनूमतः।
yadyasti patiśuśrūṣā yadyasti caritaṃ tapaḥ|| yadi vā tvekapatnītvaṃ śīto bhava hanūmataḥ|
If I have served my lord, if I bear a character, if I have ascetic merit, if I have been the wife of one alone, then prove you cool to Hanumān.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततस्तीक्ष्णार्चिरव्यग्रः प्रदक्षिणशिखोऽनलः। जज्वाल मृगशावाक्ष्याः शंसन्निव शुभं कपेः॥ हनूमज्जनकश्चैव पुच्छानलयुतोऽनिलः। ववौ स्वास्थ्यकरो देव्याः प्रालेयानिलशीतलः॥
tatastīkṣṇārciravyagraḥ pradakṣiṇaśikho'nalaḥ| jajvāla mṛgaśāvākṣyāḥ śaṃsanniva śubhaṃ kapeḥ|| hanūmajjanakaścaiva pucchānalayuto'nilaḥ| vavau svāsthyakaro devyāḥ prāleyānilaśītalaḥ||
Thereat, as if communicating the welfare of the monkey to that one having eyes like those of a young deer, the Fire flamed up. And Hanumān's sire, albeit furnished with fire and a tail, blew ice-cold before that worshipful one, breathing health (to Hanumān).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दह्यमाने च लाफूले चिन्तयामास वानरः। प्रदीप्तोऽग्निरयं कस्मान मां दहति सर्वतः॥
dahyamāne ca lāphūle cintayāmāsa vānaraḥ| pradīpto'gnirayaṃ kasmāna māṃ dahati sarvataḥ||
On his tail flaming, the monkey reflected, "This fire is flaming. Why dose it not then burn me all over"?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दृश्यते च महाज्वालः करोति च न मे रुजम्। शिशिरस्येव सम्पातो लाङ्गूलाग्रे प्रतिष्ठितः॥
dṛśyate ca mahājvālaḥ karoti ca na me rujam| śiśirasyeva sampāto lāṅgūlāgre pratiṣṭhitaḥ||
I see it of exceeding brightness yet it pain me not. (On the contrary), at the end of my tail it seem like a mass of ice.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अथवा तदिदं व्यक्तं यद् दृष्टं प्लवता मया। रामप्रभावादाश्चर्यं पर्वतः सरितां पतौ॥
athavā tadidaṃ vyaktaṃ yad dṛṣṭaṃ plavatā mayā| rāmaprabhāvādāścaryaṃ parvataḥ saritāṃ patau||
Or this is clearly due to Rāma's power, even like the wonder (that I witnessed) while bounding over the main-the mountain under the lord of streams. (Mainaka)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदि तावत् समुद्रस्य मैनाकस्य च धीमतः। रामार्थं सम्भ्रमस्तादृक्किमग्निर्न करिष्यति॥
yadi tāvat samudrasya mainākasya ca dhīmataḥ| rāmārthaṃ sambhramastādṛkkimagnirna kariṣyati||
If the Ocean and the intelligent Maināka could show such regard for Råma, what may not the Fire do (for him?)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सीतायाश्चानृशंस्येन तेजसा राघवस्य च। पितुश्च मम सख्येन न मां दहति पावकः॥
sītāyāścānṛśaṃsyena tejasā rāghavasya ca| pituśca mama sakhyena na māṃ dahati pāvakaḥ||
Fire dose not burn me for Sītā's (absolute) goodness, for Rāghava's prowess, and for (his friendship with my sire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
भूयः स चिन्तयामास मुहूर्ते कपिकुञ्जरः। कथमस्मद्विधस्येह बन्धनं राक्षसाधमैः॥ प्रतिक्रियास्य युक्ता स्यात् सति मह्यं पराक्रमे।
bhūyaḥ sa cintayāmāsa muhūrte kapikuñjaraḥ| kathamasmadvidhasyeha bandhanaṃ rākṣasādhamaiḥ|| pratikriyāsya yuktā syāt sati mahyaṃ parākrame|
Then the elephantine monkey again reflected for a while, “Why should one like me suffer one's self to be bound by vile Rākşasas? Therefore it is meet that I should, displaying my prowess, avenge (this wrong)."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततश्छित्त्वा च पाशान् वेगवान् वै महाकपिः॥ उत्पपाताथ वेगेन ननाद च महाकपिः।
tataśchittvā ca pāśān vegavān vai mahākapiḥ|| utpapātātha vegena nanāda ca mahākapiḥ|
Thereat that vehement and mighty monkey snapped his bonds, and furiously springing into the sky, the terrible monkey uttered a shout. anon one
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
पुरद्वारं ततः श्रीमाशैलशृङ्गमिवोन्नतम्॥ विभक्तरक्षःसम्बाधमाससादानिलात्मजः।
puradvāraṃ tataḥ śrīmāśailaśṛṅgamivonnatam|| vibhaktarakṣaḥsambādhamāsasādānilātmajaḥ|
Then the graceful son of the Wind-god arrived at the gate of the city resembling a hill, where Rākşasas there were none.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स भूत्वा शैलसंकाशः क्षणेन पुनरात्मवान्॥ ह्रस्वतां परमां प्राप्तो बन्धनान्यवशातयत्। विमुक्तश्चाभवच्छ्रीमान् पुनः पर्वतसंनिभः॥
sa bhūtvā śailasaṃkāśaḥ kṣaṇena punarātmavān|| hrasvatāṃ paramāṃ prāpto bandhanānyavaśātayat| vimuktaścābhavacchrīmān punaḥ parvatasaṃnibhaḥ||
After having attained the magnitude of a mountain, that self-controlled diminished himself and cast off his bonds. And having freed himself, the graceful one again became mountain-like.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वीक्षमाणश्च ददृशे परिघं तोरणाश्रितम्। स तं गृह्य महाबाहुः कालायसपरिष्कृतम्। रक्षिणस्तान् पुनः सर्वान् सूदयामास मारुतिः॥
vīkṣamāṇaśca dadṛśe parighaṃ toraṇāśritam| sa taṃ gṛhya mahābāhuḥ kālāyasapariṣkṛtam| rakṣiṇastān punaḥ sarvān sūdayāmāsa mārutiḥ||
And eyeing around, he saw a bolt standing against the gate. And that mighty-armed one, the Wind-god's son, taking up that bolt of burnished iron, again slaughtered the guards.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स तान् निहत्वा रणचण्डविक्रमः समीक्षमाणः पुनरेव लङ्काम्। प्रदीप्तलाकॅलकृतार्चिमाली प्रकाशितादित्य इवार्चिमाली॥
sa tān nihatvā raṇacaṇḍavikramaḥ samīkṣamāṇaḥ punareva laṅkām| pradīptalākaॅlakṛtārcimālī prakāśitāditya ivārcimālī||
Having slain the warders, that one of terrific prowess crowned with a luminous wreath forged from his flaming tail, and appearing like the sun garlanded with glory, once again cast his eyes over Lanka.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)