Chapter 57 — Sundara Kanda, Sarga 57

Valmiki Ramayana — Sundara Kanda

Verse 57.1

आप्लुत्य च महावेगः पक्षवानिव पर्वतः। भुजङ्गयक्षगन्धर्वप्रबुद्धकमलोत्पलम्॥ स चन्द्रकुमुदं रम्यं सार्ककारण्डवं शुभम्। तिष्यश्रवणकादम्बमभ्रशैवलशाद्वलम्॥ पुनर्वसुमहामीनं लोहिताङ्गमहाग्रहम्। ऐरावतमहाद्वीपं स्वातीहंसविलासितम्॥ वातसंघातजालोमिचन्द्रांशुशिशिराम्बुमत्। हनूमानपरिश्रान्तः पुप्लुवे गगनार्णवम्॥

āplutya ca mahāvegaḥ pakṣavāniva parvataḥ| bhujaṅgayakṣagandharvaprabuddhakamalotpalam|| sa candrakumudaṃ ramyaṃ sārkakāraṇḍavaṃ śubham| tiṣyaśravaṇakādambamabhraśaivalaśādvalam|| punarvasumahāmīnaṃ lohitāṅgamahāgraham| airāvatamahādvīpaṃ svātīhaṃsavilāsitam|| vātasaṃghātajālomicandrāṃśuśiśirāmbumat| hanūmānapariśrāntaḥ pupluve gaganārṇavam||

English Meaning

And springing up like to a winged hill, that one endowed with energy, with energy, the untiring Hanumān, began to swim on the ocean of the firmament having for its blown lotuses and lilies, snakes, Yakșas and Gandharvas; with the Moon for its comely Kumuda; (Lily) and with the Sun for its Kārandavas; charming to behold; having Tișya and Śravaņa for its swans, clouds for its mosses and grass, Punarvasu for its mighty fish, the red-bodied one (Bhama) for its huge aquatic animal, Airāvata for its spacious island, Swati for its sportive swan, breezes for its billows, and moonlight for its cool waters.

M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)