Siraatसुन्दरकाण्डः सर्गः 56
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ततस्तु शिंशपामूले जानकी पर्यवस्थिताम्। अभिवाद्यब्रवीद् दिष्ट्या पश्यामि त्वामिहाक्षताम्॥
tatastu śiṃśapāmūle jānakī paryavasthitām| abhivādyabravīd diṣṭyā paśyāmi tvāmihākṣatām||
Then seeing Jānakī seated at the foot of the Śinsapa tree, (Hanumān) saluting her said, “By luck it is that I see you unhurt."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततस्तं प्रस्थितं सीता वीक्षमाणा पुनः पुनः। भर्तुः स्नेहान्विता वाक्यं हनूमन्तमभाषत॥ यदि त्वं मन्यसे तात वसैकाहमिहानघ। क्वचित् सुसंवृते देशे विश्रान्तः श्वो गमिष्यसि॥
tatastaṃ prasthitaṃ sītā vīkṣamāṇā punaḥ punaḥ| bhartuḥ snehānvitā vākyaṃ hanūmantamabhāṣata|| yadi tvaṃ manyase tāta vasaikāhamihānagha| kvacit susaṃvṛte deśe viśrāntaḥ śvo gamiṣyasi||
Then eying him again and again as he was on the point of departing, Sītā said to Hanumān in words informed with affection for her husband. "If, my child, it like you, do you, O stainless one, stay here today in some retired spot. Tomorrow having refreshed yourself, you shall set out."
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मम चैवाल्पभाग्यायाः सांनिध्यात् तव वानर। शोकस्यास्याप्रमेयस्य मुहूर्तं स्यादपि क्षयः॥
mama caivālpabhāgyāyāḥ sāṃnidhyāt tava vānara| śokasyāsyāprameyasya muhūrtaṃ syādapi kṣayaḥ||
Your vicinity, O monkey, for a while beguiles me of slender luck of my measureless grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
गते हि हरिशार्दूल पुनः सम्प्राप्तये त्वयि। प्राणेष्वपि न विश्वासो मम वानरपुङ्गव॥
gate hi hariśārdūla punaḥ samprāptaye tvayi| prāṇeṣvapi na viśvāso mama vānarapuṅgava||
You will go, O powerful monkey; but ere you return, it is, O foremost of monkeys, doubtful whether I shall live.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अदर्शनं च ते वीर भूयो मां दारयिष्यति। दुःखाद् दुखतरं प्राप्तां दुर्मनः शोककर्शिताम्॥
adarśanaṃ ca te vīra bhūyo māṃ dārayiṣyati| duḥkhād dukhataraṃ prāptāṃ durmanaḥ śokakarśitām||
O hero, the not seeing you shall try me sorely, who have fallen from one misfortune in to a grater one, and who, my mind distracted have been exercised by sorrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अयं च वीर संदेहस्तिष्ठतीव ममाग्रतः। सुमहत्सु सहायेषु हर्युक्षेषु महाबलः॥ कथं नु खलु दुष्पारं संतरिष्यति सागरम्। तानि हयृक्षसैन्यानि तौ वा नरवरात्मजौ॥
ayaṃ ca vīra saṃdehastiṣṭhatīva mamāgrataḥ| sumahatsu sahāyeṣu haryukṣeṣu mahābalaḥ|| kathaṃ nu khalu duṣpāraṃ saṃtariṣyati sāgaram| tāni hayṛkṣasainyāni tau vā naravarātmajau||
O hero, this mighty doubt is (ever) present before me. How shall that exceedingly powerful one or that host of monkeys or those two sons of that man of men, albeit backed by mighty monkeys, cross over the ocean incapable of being crossed?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्रयाणामेव भूतानां सागरस्यापि लङ्घने। शक्तिः स्याद् वैनतेयस्य तव वा मारुतस्य वा॥
trayāṇāmeva bhūtānāṃ sāgarasyāpi laṅghane| śaktiḥ syād vainateyasya tava vā mārutasya vā||
Three beings have the power to bound over the deep; Vinata's offspring, you, and the Windgod.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदत्र कार्यनिर्बन्धे समुत्पन्ने दुरासदे। किं पश्यसि समाधानं त्वं हि कार्यविशारदः॥
tadatra kāryanirbandhe samutpanne durāsade| kiṃ paśyasi samādhānaṃ tvaṃ hi kāryaviśāradaḥ||
Then in this business at hand hard to accomplish, what means do you, versed in business, see, whereby the end may be attained?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
काममस्य त्वमेवैकः कार्यस्य परिसाधने। पर्याप्तः परवीरघ्न यशस्यस्ते बलोदयः॥
kāmamasya tvamevaikaḥ kāryasya parisādhane| paryāptaḥ paravīraghna yaśasyaste balodayaḥ||
O slayer of hostile heroes, you alone are quite competent to perform this task; and you shall attain fame through your rising prowess.
— 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||
But if blocking up Lankā with his forces, that afflictor of enemies, Kākutstha, take me (from hence), then that shall be worthy of him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तद् यथा तस्य विक्रान्तमनुरूपं महात्मनः। भवत्याहवशूरस्य तथा त्वमुपपादय॥
tad yathā tasya vikrāntamanurūpaṃ mahātmanaḥ| bhavatyāhavaśūrasya tathā tvamupapādaya||
Therefore do you so order things that powerful and high-souled hero in conflict, may act as becomes himself.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदर्थोपहितं वाक्यं प्रश्रितं हेतुसंहितम्। निशम्य हनुमान् वीरो वाक्यमुत्तरमब्रवीत्॥
tadarthopahitaṃ vākyaṃ praśritaṃ hetusaṃhitam| niśamya hanumān vīro vākyamuttaramabravīt||
Hearing her reasonable, affectionate and pregnant speech, that hero, Hanumān, answered,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
देवि हयृक्षसैन्यानामीश्वरः प्लवतां वरः। सुग्रीवः सत्त्वसम्पन्नस्तवार्थे कृतनिश्चयः॥
devi hayṛkṣasainyānāmīśvaraḥ plavatāṃ varaḥ| sugrīvaḥ sattvasampannastavārthe kṛtaniścayaḥ||
O noble lady, that lord and foremost of monkeys, Sugrīva gifted with strength, is determined on your behalf.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स वानरसहस्राणां कोटीभिरभिसंवृतः। क्षिप्रमेष्यति वैदेहि सुग्रीवः प्लवगाधिपः॥
sa vānarasahasrāṇāṃ koṭībhirabhisaṃvṛtaḥ| kṣiprameṣyati vaidehi sugrīvaḥ plavagādhipaḥ||
And that master of monkeys, Sugriva, O Vaidehī, surrounded by thousands and Koțīs of monkeys, shall speedily come here (for the purpose).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तौ च वीरौ नरवरौ सहितौ रामलक्ष्मणौ। आगम्य नगरी लङ्कां सायकैर्विधमिष्यतः॥
tau ca vīrau naravarau sahitau rāmalakṣmaṇau| āgamya nagarī laṅkāṃ sāyakairvidhamiṣyataḥ||
And those best of men, those heroes, Rāma and Lakşmana, coming together, shall afflict Lankā with their arrows.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सगणं राक्षसं हत्वा नचिराद् रघुनन्दनः। त्वामादाय वरारोहे स्वां पुरीं प्रति यास्यति॥
sagaṇaṃ rākṣasaṃ hatvā nacirād raghunandanaḥ| tvāmādāya varārohe svāṃ purīṃ prati yāsyati||
And slaughtering the Rākṣasa with his own adherents, Raghu's son, O exceedingly fair one, shall ere long take you back to his palace.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
समाश्वसिहि भद्रं ते भव त्वं कालकाङ्क्षिणी। क्षिप्रं द्रक्ष्यसि रामेण निहतं रावणं रणे॥
samāśvasihi bhadraṃ te bhava tvaṃ kālakāṅkṣiṇī| kṣipraṃ drakṣyasi rāmeṇa nihataṃ rāvaṇaṃ raṇe||
O gentle damsel, do you console yourself. Remain, expecting the hour. Soon shall you see Rāvana slain in battle by Rāma.
— 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 sons, councillors, and friends, you shall meet with Rāma as Rohiņi meet with the Moon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
क्षिप्रमेष्यति काकुत्स्थो हपृक्षप्रवरैर्युतः। यस्ते युधि विजित्यारीञ्छोकं व्यपनयिष्यति॥
kṣiprameṣyati kākutstho hapṛkṣapravarairyutaḥ| yaste yudhi vijityārīñchokaṃ vyapanayiṣyati||
At once shall Käkutstha come, accompanied by the foremost of monkeys, who, conquering (Ravana) in conflict, shall remove your grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एवमाश्वास्य वैदहीं हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः। गमनाय मतिं कृत्वा वैदेहीमभ्यवादयत्॥
evamāśvāsya vaidahīṃ hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ| gamanāya matiṃ kṛtvā vaidehīmabhyavādayat||
Having thus consoled Vaidehi's daughter, Hanumān, son to the Wind-god, setting his heart upon departure, saluted Vaidehi.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
राक्षसान् प्रवरान् हत्वा नाम विश्राव्य चात्मनः। समाश्वास्य च वैदेही दर्शयित्वा परं बलम्॥ नगरीमाकुलां कृत्वा वञ्चयित्वा च रावणम्। दर्शयित्वा बलं घोरं वैदेहीमभिवाद्य च॥ प्रतिगन्तुं मनश्चक्रे पुनर्मध्येन सागरम्।
rākṣasān pravarān hatvā nāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ| samāśvāsya ca vaidehī darśayitvā paraṃ balam|| nagarīmākulāṃ kṛtvā vañcayitvā ca rāvaṇam| darśayitvā balaṃ ghoraṃ vaidehīmabhivādya ca|| pratigantuṃ manaścakre punarmadhyena sāgaram|
And having soothed Vaidehī, and displayed his surpassing strength, having rendered the city disconsolate, and baffled Rāvana, exhibited his terrific might, and saluted Vaidehī, Hanuman became bent upon returning, crossing over the mid-sea.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततः स कपिशार्दूलः स्वामिसंदर्शनोत्सुकः॥ आरुरोह गिरिश्रेष्ठमरिष्टमरिमर्दनः। तुङ्गपद्मकजुष्टाभिर्नीलाभिर्वनराजिभिः॥ सोत्तरीयमिवाम्भोदैः शृङ्गान्तरविलम्बिभिः। बोध्यमानमिव प्रीत्या दिवाकरकरैः शुभैः॥ उन्मिषन्तमिवोद्भूतैर्लोचनैरिव धातुभिः तोयौघनिःस्वनैर्मन्द्रैः प्राधीतमिव पर्वतम्॥ प्रगीतमिव विस्पष्टं नानाप्रस्रवणस्वनैः। देवदारुभिरुद्भूतैरुव॑बाहुमिव स्थितम्॥ प्रपातजलनिर्घोषैः प्राक्क्रुष्टमिव सर्वतः। वेपमानमिव श्यामैः कम्पमानैः शरद्वनैः॥ वेणुभिर्मारुतोद्भूतैः कूजन्तमिव कीचकैः। निःश्वसन्तमिवामर्षाद्धोरैराशीविषोत्तमैः॥ नीहारकृतगम्भीरैायन्तमिव गह्वरैः। मेघपादनिभैः पादैः प्रक्रान्तमिव सर्वतः॥ जृम्भमाणमिवाकाशे शिखरैरभ्रमालिभिः। कूँटैश्च बहुधा कीर्णं शोभितं बहुकन्दरैः॥ सालनालैश्च कर्णैश्च वंशैश्च बहुभिर्वृतम्। लतावितानैर्विततैः : पुष्पवद्भिरलंकृतम्॥ नानामृगगणैः कीर्णं धातुनिष्यन्दभूषितम्। बहुप्रस्रवणोपेतं शिलासंचयसंकटम्॥ महर्षियक्षगन्धर्वकिंनरोरगसेवितम्। लतापादपसम्बाधं सिंहाधिष्ठितकन्दरम् ॥ व्याघ्रादिभिः समाकीर्णं स्वादुमूलफलद्रुमम्। आरुरोहानिलसुतः पर्वतं प्लवगोत्तमः॥ रामदर्शनशीघ्रण प्रहर्षेणाभिचोदितः।
tataḥ sa kapiśārdūlaḥ svāmisaṃdarśanotsukaḥ|| āruroha giriśreṣṭhamariṣṭamarimardanaḥ| tuṅgapadmakajuṣṭābhirnīlābhirvanarājibhiḥ|| sottarīyamivāmbhodaiḥ śṛṅgāntaravilambibhiḥ| bodhyamānamiva prītyā divākarakaraiḥ śubhaiḥ|| unmiṣantamivodbhūtairlocanairiva dhātubhiḥ toyaughaniḥsvanairmandraiḥ prādhītamiva parvatam|| pragītamiva vispaṣṭaṃ nānāprasravaṇasvanaiḥ| devadārubhirudbhūtairuva̭bāhumiva sthitam|| prapātajalanirghoṣaiḥ prākkruṣṭamiva sarvataḥ| vepamānamiva śyāmaiḥ kampamānaiḥ śaradvanaiḥ|| veṇubhirmārutodbhūtaiḥ kūjantamiva kīcakaiḥ| niḥśvasantamivāmarṣāddhorairāśīviṣottamaiḥ|| nīhārakṛtagambhīraiāyantamiva gahvaraiḥ| meghapādanibhaiḥ pādaiḥ prakrāntamiva sarvataḥ|| jṛmbhamāṇamivākāśe śikharairabhramālibhiḥ| kū~ṭaiśca bahudhā kīrṇaṃ śobhitaṃ bahukandaraiḥ|| sālanālaiśca karṇaiśca vaṃśaiśca bahubhirvṛtam| latāvitānairvitataiḥ : puṣpavadbhiralaṃkṛtam|| nānāmṛgagaṇaiḥ kīrṇaṃ dhātuniṣyandabhūṣitam| bahuprasravaṇopetaṃ śilāsaṃcayasaṃkaṭam|| maharṣiyakṣagandharvakiṃnaroragasevitam| latāpādapasambādhaṃ siṃhādhiṣṭhitakandaram || vyāghrādibhiḥ samākīrṇaṃ svādumūlaphaladrumam| ārurohānilasutaḥ parvataṃ plavagottamaḥ|| rāmadarśanaśīghraṇa praharṣeṇābhicoditaḥ|
Then that repressor of foes, the powerful monkey, anxious to see his master, ascended Arista, foremost of mountains; (as if covered) with a sheet consisting of blue woods, of tall padmakas, and clouds lying in the intersperse between peaks, and displayed from love by the glad light of the Sun; appearing to be beholding with the minerals scattered about serving for its eyes; seeming to be reciting aloud in consequence of the solemn sound of waters, to be carolling clearly through its many fountains, and to stay with uplifted arms by means of devadarus; appearing to be crying distressfully on account of cascades sounding all round; seeming to be trembling in consequence of verdant autumnal woods waving, and to be piping on account of kīcakas vocal through the breeze; eloquent; with the foremost poisonous serpents appearing to be sighing forth ire; appearing to be sunk in contemplation on account of caverns covered with snow and looking solemn in consequence; as if moving about by means of hills looking like its cloudlegs; seeming to yewn in the sky with peaks towering haven-wards, scattered with summits, and graced with innumerable caves; surrounded with salas, palms, tamalas, Karmas, and bamboos; graced with spreading and flowering under-woods; abounding in various beasts, and decked with mineral streams, containing numerous rills, throughed with collections of crags; frequented by Maharsis, and Yaksas, and Gandharvas and Kinnaras and serpents; impracticable in consequence of plants and trees; with caverns harbouring lions; filled with tigers and other (ferocious beasts); and furnished with trees having tasteful fruits and roots. And the Wind-god's offspring-foremost of monkeys-ascended that mountain.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तेन पादतलक्रान्ता रम्येषु गिरिसानुषु ॥ सघोषाः समशीर्यन्त शिलाञ्चूर्णीकृतास्ततः।
tena pādatalakrāntā ramyeṣu girisānuṣu || saghoṣāḥ samaśīryanta śilāñcūrṇīkṛtāstataḥ|
And on the lovely level of that mountain, the crags, crushed with sounds under the tread of that one burning to behold Rāma and wrought up with excess of joy, were scattered all round.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स तमारुह्य शैलेन्द्र व्यवर्धत महाकपिः॥ दक्षिणादुत्तरं पारं प्रार्थयँल्लवणाम्भसः।
sa tamāruhya śailendra vyavardhata mahākapiḥ|| dakṣiṇāduttaraṃ pāraṃ prārthaya~llavaṇāmbhasaḥ|
And ascending that lordly hill, the mighty monkey magnified himself, desirous of going from the southern to the northern shore of the salt waters.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अधिरुह्य ततो वीरः पर्वतं पवनात्मजः॥ ददर्श सागरं भीमं भीमोरगनिषेवितम्।
adhiruhya tato vīraḥ parvataṃ pavanātmajaḥ|| dadarśa sāgaraṃ bhīmaṃ bhīmoraganiṣevitam|
And getting to the top of the mountain, that hero, son to the Wind-god, cast his eyes upon the dreadful main inhabited by terrible snakes.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स मारुत इवाकाशं मारुतस्यात्मसम्भवः॥ प्रपेदे हरिशार्दूलो दक्षिणादुत्तरां दिशम्।
sa māruta ivākāśaṃ mārutasyātmasambhavaḥ|| prapede hariśārdūlo dakṣiṇāduttarāṃ diśam|
And that foremost of monkeys, offspring of the Wind-god, (Māruta—this term is used twice in this Sloka, once for Hanumān, and next for the Wind-god. One of these is left out on the score of redundency) (mentally) went from the south to the north, as if it were the air.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स तदा पीडितस्तेन कपिना पर्वतोत्तमः।॥ ररास विविधैर्भूतैः प्राविशद् वसुधातलम्। कम्पमानैश्च शिखरैः पतद्भिरपि च दुमैः॥
sa tadā pīḍitastena kapinā parvatottamaḥ||| rarāsa vividhairbhūtaiḥ prāviśad vasudhātalam| kampamānaiśca śikharaiḥ patadbhirapi ca dumaiḥ||
Then that best of mountains, sore pressed by the monkey, began to emit cries, and with various creatures (on it), entered under the Earth, with its peaks tottering and its trees toppling.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्योरुवेगोन्मथिताः पादपाः पुष्पशालिनः। निपेतुर्भूतले भग्नाः शक्रायुधहता इव॥
tasyoruvegonmathitāḥ pādapāḥ puṣpaśālinaḥ| nipeturbhūtale bhagnāḥ śakrāyudhahatā iva||
And borne down by the violence of his thighs, trees bearing flowers, being shattered, as if destroyed by Sakra's weapon, fell to the ground.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
कन्दरोदरसंस्थानां पीडितानां महौजसाम्। सिंहानां निनदो भीमो नभो भिन्दन् हि शुश्रुवे॥ त्रस्तव्याविद्धवसना व्याकुलीकृतभूषणाः। विद्याधर्यः समुत्पेतुः सहसा धरणीधरात्॥
kandarodarasaṃsthānāṃ pīḍitānāṃ mahaujasām| siṃhānāṃ ninado bhīmo nabho bhindan hi śuśruve|| trastavyāviddhavasanā vyākulīkṛtabhūṣaṇāḥ| vidyādharyaḥ samutpetuḥ sahasā dharaṇīdharāt||
The dreadful yells of mighty lions in pain, inhabiting caves, entered the car, piercing the heavens. And Vidyādharis with their attires falling off and their ornaments disordered, suddenly rose from the mountain to the sky. (Dharanidharāt-at-from the holder of the Earth, the latter being supposed to rest on a mountain)
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अतिप्रमाणा बलिनो दीप्तजिह्वा महाविषाः। निपीडितशिरोग्रीवा व्यवेष्टन्त महाहयः॥
atipramāṇā balino dīptajihvā mahāviṣāḥ| nipīḍitaśirogrīvā vyaveṣṭanta mahāhayaḥ||
And exceedingly powerful and mighty snakes of virulent venom, having flaming tongues, with their hoods and necks tortured, began to roll (on the earth).
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
किंनरोरगगन्धर्वयक्षविद्याधरास्तथा। पीडितं तं नगवरं त्यक्त्वा गगनमास्थिताः॥
kiṃnaroragagandharvayakṣavidyādharāstathā| pīḍitaṃ taṃ nagavaraṃ tyaktvā gaganamāsthitāḥ||
And Kinnar and serpents, Gandharvas, Yaksas and Vidyadharas, forsaking that foremost of mountains in affliction, took refuge in the sky.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स च भूमिधरः श्रीमान् बलिना तेन पीडितः। सवृक्षशिखरोदनः प्रविवेश रसातलम्॥
sa ca bhūmidharaḥ śrīmān balinā tena pīḍitaḥ| savṛkṣaśikharodanaḥ praviveśa rasātalam||
And that graceful mountain also, tormented by that powerful one, entered the nether regions with its tall trees and summits.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दशयोजनविस्तारस्त्रिंशद्योजनमुच्छ्रितः। धरण्यां समतां यातः स बभूव धराधरः॥
daśayojanavistārastriṃśadyojanamucchritaḥ| dharaṇyāṃ samatāṃ yātaḥ sa babhūva dharādharaḥ||
That mountain, which (heretofore) had measured ten Yojanas in area and thirty in height, became level with the earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स लिलचियिषुर्भीमं सलीलं लवणार्णवम्। कल्लोलास्फालवेलान्तमुत्पपात नभो हरिः॥
sa lilaciyiṣurbhīmaṃ salīlaṃ lavaṇārṇavam| kallolāsphālavelāntamutpapāta nabho hariḥ||
And desirous of crossing over the salt waters, with their shores menaced by sounding (waves), the monkey rose to the sky.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)