Siraatसुन्दरकाण्डः सर्गः 55
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संदीप्यमानां वित्रस्तां त्रस्तरक्षोगणां पुरीम्। अवेक्ष्य हनुमाँल्लङ्कां चिन्तयामास वानरः॥
saṃdīpyamānāṃ vitrastāṃ trastarakṣogaṇāṃ purīm| avekṣya hanumā~llaṅkāṃ cintayāmāsa vānaraḥ||
Beholding Lankā burnt down and devastated and the demons terrified, the monkey Hanumān began to reflect.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्याभूत्सुमहांस्त्रासः कुत्सा चात्मन्यजायत। लङ्कां प्रदहता कमें किंस्वित्कृतमिदं मया॥
tasyābhūtsumahāṃstrāsaḥ kutsā cātmanyajāyata| laṅkāṃ pradahatā kameṃ kiṃsvitkṛtamidaṃ mayā||
And worked up with fear and remorse, he reflected, “What a mighty iniquity have I perpetrated by burning down Lankā of my own accord.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
धन्याः खलु महात्मानो ये बुद्ध्या कोपमुत्थितम्। निरुन्धन्ति महात्मानो दीप्तमग्निमिवाम्भसा॥
dhanyāḥ khalu mahātmāno ye buddhyā kopamutthitam| nirundhanti mahātmāno dīptamagnimivāmbhasā||
Blessed are those high-souled ones who control their wrath by dint of their own good sense, like to fire quenched by water.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
क्रुद्धः पापं न कुर्यात् कः क्रुद्धो हन्याद् गुरुनपि। क्रुद्धः परुषया वाचा नरः साधूनधिक्षिपेत्॥
kruddhaḥ pāpaṃ na kuryāt kaḥ kruddho hanyād gurunapi| kruddhaḥ paruṣayā vācā naraḥ sādhūnadhikṣipet||
What iniquity is there which cannot be perpetrated by the angry? They can even slay the worshipful and vilify the pious with harsh words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वाच्यावाच्यं प्रकुपितो न विजानाति कर्हिचित्। नाकार्यमस्ति क्रुद्धस्य नावाच्यं विद्यते क्वचित्॥
vācyāvācyaṃ prakupito na vijānāti karhicit| nākāryamasti kruddhasya nāvācyaṃ vidyate kvacit||
The angry cannot decide what should be spoken and what not. There is no vice which cannot be committed by them, and there is nothing which cannot be spoken by them.
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यः समुत्पतितं क्रोधं क्षमयैव निरस्यति। यथोरगस्त्वचं जीर्णा स पुरुष
yaḥ samutpatitaṃ krodhaṃ kṣamayaiva nirasyati| yathoragastvacaṃ jīrṇā sa puruṣa
He is the proper person who can subdue his rising ire by means of forgiveness as a serpent leaves off his worn skin.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वै उच्यते॥ धिगस्तु मां सुदुर्बुद्धिं निर्लज्ज पापकृत्तमम्। अचिन्तयित्वा तां सीतामग्निदं स्वामिघातकम्॥
vai ucyate|| dhigastu māṃ sudurbuddhiṃ nirlajja pāpakṛttamam| acintayitvā tāṃ sītāmagnidaṃ svāmighātakam||
O fie on me who am vicious-minded, shameless and the perpetrator of a mighty iniquity. Not thinking of Sītā, I have slain my master with fire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदि दग्धा त्वियं सर्वा नूनमार्यापि जानकी। दग्धा तेन मया भर्तुर्हतं कार्यमजानता॥
yadi dagdhā tviyaṃ sarvā nūnamāryāpi jānakī| dagdhā tena mayā bharturhataṃ kāryamajānatā||
Forsooth has the worshipful Jảnaki been burnt, since the whole city of Lankā has been devastated with fire. And she being burnt, foolishly have I spoilt the work of my master.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदर्थमयमारम्भस्तत्कार्यमवसादितम्। मया हि दहता लङ्कां न सीता परिरक्षिता॥
yadarthamayamārambhastatkāryamavasāditam| mayā hi dahatā laṅkāṃ na sītā parirakṣitā||
I have defeated the great object for which I have laboured so much. In burning down Lankā, I have not saved Sītā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ईषत्कार्यमिदं कार्यं कृतमासीन्न संशयः। तस्य क्रोधाभिभूतेन मया मूलक्षयः कृतः॥ विनष्टा जानकी व्यक्तं न ह्यदग्धः प्रदृश्यते। लङ्कायाः कश्चिदुद्देशः सर्वा भस्मीकृता पुरी॥
īṣatkāryamidaṃ kāryaṃ kṛtamāsīnna saṃśayaḥ| tasya krodhābhibhūtena mayā mūlakṣayaḥ kṛtaḥ|| vinaṣṭā jānakī vyaktaṃ na hyadagdhaḥ pradṛśyate| laṅkāyāḥ kaściduddeśaḥ sarvā bhasmīkṛtā purī||
To have burnt down Lankā is assuredly a trifle, but in my ire I have lost my great object. Forsooth has Janaki been consumed, since I behold no spot in Lankā which is not made desolate with fire-in fact the whole city has been reduced to ashes.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदि तद्विहतं कार्यं मया प्रज्ञाविपर्ययात्। इहैव प्राणसंन्यासो ममापि ह्यद्य रोचते॥
yadi tadvihataṃ kāryaṃ mayā prajñāviparyayāt| ihaiva prāṇasaṃnyāso mamāpi hyadya rocate||
As I have committed such an injury under the influence of my perverse understanding, it behave me to relinquish my life here.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
किमग्नौ निपताम्यद्य आहोस्विद्वडवामुखे। शरीरमिह सत्त्वानां दद्मि सागरवासिनाम्॥
kimagnau nipatāmyadya āhosvidvaḍavāmukhe| śarīramiha sattvānāṃ dadmi sāgaravāsinām||
I shall jump into this flame or into a submarine fire, or I shall resign my mortal frame to the animals that infest the ocean.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
कथं नु जीवता शक्यो मया द्रष्टुं हरीश्वरः। तौ वा पुरुषशार्दूलौ कार्यसर्वस्वघातिना ॥
kathaṃ nu jīvatā śakyo mayā draṣṭuṃ harīśvaraḥ| tau vā puruṣaśārdūlau kāryasarvasvaghātinā ||
For, living, I shall not be able to face that lord of monkeys, and how shall I, having spoilt their work utterly, show myself to those foremost of men?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मया खलु तदेवेदं रोषदोषात् प्रदर्शितम्। प्रथितं त्रिषु लोकेषु कपित्वमनवस्थितम्॥
mayā khalu tadevedaṃ roṣadoṣāt pradarśitam| prathitaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kapitvamanavasthitam||
I have through my culpable passion furnished an illustration of the reckless monkey-nature, which is well known over the three worlds.
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धिगस्तु राजसं भावमनीशमनवस्थितम् ईश्वरेणापि यद्रागान्मया सीता न रक्षिता॥
dhigastu rājasaṃ bhāvamanīśamanavasthitam īśvareṇāpi yadrāgānmayā sītā na rakṣitā||
Fie on this activity, born of (the quality of) passion, which is the source of incompetence and rashness; since although capable, I did not protect Sita.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
विनष्टायां तु सीतायां तावुभौ विनशिष्यतः। तयोर्विनाशे सुग्रीवः सबन्धुर्विनशिष्यति॥
vinaṣṭāyāṃ tu sītāyāṃ tāvubhau vinaśiṣyataḥ| tayorvināśe sugrīvaḥ sabandhurvinaśiṣyati||
On Sītā having met with destruction, both of them (Rāma and Lakşmaņa) shall cease to exist; and on their ceasing to exist, Sugrīva shall die along with his friends.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एतदेव वचः श्रुत्वा भरतो भ्रातृवत्सलः। धर्मात्मा सहशत्रुघ्नः कथं शक्ष्यति जीवितुम्॥
etadeva vacaḥ śrutvā bharato bhrātṛvatsalaḥ| dharmātmā sahaśatrughnaḥ kathaṃ śakṣyati jīvitum||
Hearing these tidings, how shall the righteous Bharata, attached to his brother (Rāma), along with Satrughna, live?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इक्ष्वाकुवंशे धर्मिष्ठे गते नाशमसंशयम्। भविष्यन्ति प्रजाः सर्वाः शोकसंतापपीडिताः॥
ikṣvākuvaṃśe dharmiṣṭhe gate nāśamasaṃśayam| bhaviṣyanti prajāḥ sarvāḥ śokasaṃtāpapīḍitāḥ||
And on the virtuous Ikşvāku race being extinct, without doubt, all the subjects shall be overwhelmed with grief.
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तदहं भाग्यरहितो लुप्तधर्मार्थसंग्रहः। रोषदोषपरीतात्मा व्यक्तं लोकविनाशनः॥
tadahaṃ bhāgyarahito luptadharmārthasaṃgrahaḥ| roṣadoṣaparītātmā vyaktaṃ lokavināśanaḥ||
Therefore, I of crust luck has had my harvest of virtue and profit taken away; and being under the influence of baleful passion, I am the cause of the destruction of creatures.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इति चिन्तयतस्तस्य निमित्तान्युपपेदिरे। पूर्वमप्युपलब्धानि साक्षात् पुनरचिन्तयत् ॥
iti cintayatastasya nimittānyupapedire| pūrvamapyupalabdhāni sākṣāt punaracintayat ||
As he was reflecting thus, he bethought him of auspicious omens which he had witnessed since.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अथ वा चारुसर्वाङ्गी रक्षिता स्वेन तेजसा। न नशिष्यति कल्याणी नाग्निरग्नौ प्रवर्तते॥
atha vā cārusarvāṅgī rakṣitā svena tejasā| na naśiṣyati kalyāṇī nāgniragnau pravartate||
Or it may be that one of charming limbs has been preserved by her proper energy. The blessed one may not have met with her end, for fire dose burn fire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नहि धर्मात्मनस्तस्य भार्याममिततेजसः। स्वचरित्राभिगुप्तां तां स्प्रष्टुमर्हति पावकः॥
nahi dharmātmanastasya bhāryāmamitatejasaḥ| svacaritrābhiguptāṃ tāṃ spraṣṭumarhati pāvakaḥ||
Fire should not touch the spouse of that virtuous one of immeasurable energy, who is protected by her own character.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नूनं रामप्रभावेण वैदेह्याः सुकृतेन च। यन्मां दहनकर्मायं नादहद्धव्यवाहनः॥
nūnaṃ rāmaprabhāveṇa vaidehyāḥ sukṛtena ca| yanmāṃ dahanakarmāyaṃ nādahaddhavyavāhanaḥ||
And that bearer of sacrificial offerings has not burnt me, is owing to Rāma's power and the virtue of Vaidehi.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्रयाणां भरतादीनां भ्रातृणां देवता च या। रामस्य च मन:कान्ता सा कथं विनशिष्यति॥
trayāṇāṃ bharatādīnāṃ bhrātṛṇāṃ devatā ca yā| rāmasya ca mana:kāntā sā kathaṃ vinaśiṣyati||
Why should she that is a very goddess to the three brothers, Bharata and the others, and that has enchanted the mind of Rāma, meet with destruction?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यद् वा दहनकर्मायं सर्वत्र प्रभुरव्ययः न मे दहति लाङ्गुलं कथमार्या प्रधक्ष्यति ॥
yad vā dahanakarmāyaṃ sarvatra prabhuravyayaḥ na me dahati lāṅgulaṃ kathamāryā pradhakṣyati ||
When that everywhere unspent Lord, having burning for his office, has not consumed my tail, why should he burn the exalted lady?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
पुनश्चाचिन्तयत् तत्र हनूमान् विस्मितस्तदा। हिरण्यनाभस्य गिरेर्जलमध्ये प्रदर्शनम्॥
punaścācintayat tatra hanūmān vismitastadā| hiraṇyanābhasya girerjalamadhye pradarśanam||
Then Hanuman with wonder again thought of the sight of the golden mountain under the water. (Remembering the incident of his seeing the mountain Maināka through Sītā, Hanuman was put in mind of Sītā's superhuman power.)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तपसा सत्यवाक्येन अनन्यत्वाच्च भर्तरि। असौ विनिर्दहेदग्नि न तामग्निः प्रधक्ष्यति ॥
tapasā satyavākyena ananyatvācca bhartari| asau vinirdahedagni na tāmagniḥ pradhakṣyati ||
By virtue of her asceticism, veracity, and devotion to her lord she it is that can consume Fire, but Fire cannot burn her.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स तथा चिन्तयंस्तत्र देव्या धर्मपरिग्रहम्। शुश्राव हनुमांस्तत्र चारणानां महात्मनाम् ॥
sa tathā cintayaṃstatra devyā dharmaparigraham| śuśrāva hanumāṃstatra cāraṇānāṃ mahātmanām ||
And as Hanumān was thinking of the magnitude of that revered lady's religious merit, he heard the converse there of high-souled Caranas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अहो खलु कृतं कर्म दुर्विगाहं हनूमता। अग्नि विसृजता तीक्ष्णं भीमं राक्षससद्मनि ॥
aho khalu kṛtaṃ karma durvigāhaṃ hanūmatā| agni visṛjatā tīkṣṇaṃ bhīmaṃ rākṣasasadmani ||
Ah! hard is the feat that Hanumān has forsooth achieved. He has created a terrific and fierce conflagration in the abode of the Rākşasa.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
प्रपलायितरक्षः स्त्रीबालवृद्धसमाकुला। जनकोलाहलाध्माता क्रन्दन्तीवाद्रिकन्दरैः॥ दग्धेयं नगरी लङ्का साट्टप्राकारतोरणा। जानकी न च दग्धेति विस्मयोऽद्भुत एव नः॥
prapalāyitarakṣaḥ strībālavṛddhasamākulā| janakolāhalādhmātā krandantīvādrikandaraiḥ|| dagdheyaṃ nagarī laṅkā sāṭṭaprākāratoraṇā| jānakī na ca dagdheti vismayo'dbhuta eva naḥ||
The females of Rākşasa accompanied by boys and old folks, are flying amain; and in consequence of the hubbub it seems as if (Lankā) is in lamentation through her mountaincaverns. Burnt is this city of Lankā with her turrets, walls and gate-ways; and we are astonished that Jānakī is not burnt.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
इति शुश्राव हनुमान्वाचं ताममृतोपमाम्। बभूव चास्य मनसो हर्षस्तत्कालसम्भवः॥
iti śuśrāva hanumānvācaṃ tāmamṛtopamām| babhūva cāsya manaso harṣastatkālasambhavaḥ||
These words resembling ambrosia Hanumān heard (at that time); and his mind was filled with joy.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स निमित्तैश्च दृष्टार्थोः कारणैश्च महागुणैः। ऋषिवाक्यैश्च हनुमानभवत्प्रीतमानसः॥
sa nimittaiśca dṛṣṭārthoḥ kāraṇaiśca mahāguṇaiḥ| ṛṣivākyaiśca hanumānabhavatprītamānasaḥ||
And what through the auspicious omens that he had witnessed, and what through the speech of the saints, Hanumān was delighted (beyond measure).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततः कपिः प्राप्तमनोरथार्थस्तमक्षतां राजसुतां विदित्वा। प्रत्यक्षतस्तां पुनरेव दृष्ट्वा प्रतिप्रयाणाय मतिं चकार ॥
tataḥ kapiḥ prāptamanorathārthastamakṣatāṃ rājasutāṃ viditvā| pratyakṣatastāṃ punareva dṛṣṭvā pratiprayāṇāya matiṃ cakāra ||
Then the monkey, with his end attained, knowing that the king's daughter was unhurt, became bent upon returning after seeing her once again.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)