Siraatसुन्दरकाण्डः सर्गः 68
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अथाहमुत्तरं देव्या पुनरुक्तः ससम्भ्रमम्। तव स्नेहान्नरव्याघ्र सौहार्दादनुमान्य च॥
athāhamuttaraṃ devyā punaruktaḥ sasambhramam| tava snehānnaravyāghra sauhārdādanumānya ca||
Thereupon, O foremost of men, out of your love and adoring me for your friendship, that worshipful dame-addressed me again, saying.
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एवं बहुविधं वाच्यो रामो दाशरथिस्त्वया। यथा मां प्राप्नुयाच्छीघ्रं हत्वा रावणमाहवे॥
evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ vācyo rāmo dāśarathistvayā| yathā māṃ prāpnuyācchīghraṃ hatvā rāvaṇamāhave||
Do you thus speak every thing to Rāma, the son of Daśaratha, so that he might soon take me hence, slaying Ravana in battle.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यदि वा मन्यसे वीर वसैकाहमरिंदम। कस्मिश्चित् संवृते देशे विश्रान्तः श्वो गमिष्यसि॥
yadi vā manyase vīra vasaikāhamariṃdama| kasmiścit saṃvṛte deśe viśrāntaḥ śvo gamiṣyasi||
O hero, O slayer of foes, if it please you, you may relieve yourself of the toil by living in a secret nook and then proceed to-morrow.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मम चाप्यल्पभाग्यायाः सांनिध्यात् तव वानर। अस्य शोकविपाकस्य मुहूर्तं स्याद् विमोक्षणम्॥
mama cāpyalpabhāgyāyāḥ sāṃnidhyāt tava vānara| asya śokavipākasya muhūrtaṃ syād vimokṣaṇam||
O monkey, in your company, I do momentarily forget the weight of my grief, unfortunate as I am.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
गते हि त्वयि विक्रान्ते पुनरागमनाय वै। प्राणानामपि संदेहो मम स्यान्नात्र संशयः॥
gate hi tvayi vikrānte punarāgamanāya vai| prāṇānāmapi saṃdeho mama syānnātra saṃśayaḥ||
O you gifted with great prowess, yourself departing, I shall wait for your return, but doubt I very much whether I shall live till then.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तवादर्शनजः शोको भूयो मां परितापयेत्। दुःखाद् दुःखपराभूतां दुर्गतां दुःखभागिनीम्। ६॥
tavādarśanajaḥ śoko bhūyo māṃ paritāpayet| duḥkhād duḥkhaparābhūtāṃ durgatāṃ duḥkhabhāginīm| 6||
Burnt I shall be with the fear of not beholding you again, wretched and stricken with grief as I am. And so I shall be, hereafter, overwhelmed with a mightier grief.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अयं च वीर संदेहस्तिष्ठतीव ममाग्रतः। सुमहांस्त्वत्सहायेषु हर्यक्षेषु हरीश्वर ॥ कथं नु खलु दुष्पारं तरिष्यन्ति महोदधिम्। तानि हपृक्षसैन्यानि तौ वा नरवरात्मजौ॥
ayaṃ ca vīra saṃdehastiṣṭhatīva mamāgrataḥ| sumahāṃstvatsahāyeṣu haryakṣeṣu harīśvara || kathaṃ nu khalu duṣpāraṃ tariṣyanti mahodadhim| tāni hapṛkṣasainyāni tau vā naravarātmajau||
O hero, besides, I entertain a grave doubt about your assistants, the monkeys and bears. I do not know how shall the host of monkeys and bears and those two princes cross over the mighty main?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्रयाणामेव भूतानां सागरस्यास्य लङ्घने। शक्तिः स्याद् वैनतेयस्य वायोर्वा तव चानघ॥
trayāṇāmeva bhūtānāṃ sāgarasyāsya laṅghane| śaktiḥ syād vainateyasya vāyorvā tava cānagha||
O innocent monkey of all the creatures three only are qualified to cross over the ocean, yourself, Garuda and the Wind.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदस्मिन् कार्यनिर्योगे वीरैवं दुरतिक्रमे। किं पश्यसि समाधानं ब्रूहि कार्यविदां वर॥
tadasmin kāryaniryoge vīraivaṃ duratikrame| kiṃ paśyasi samādhānaṃ brūhi kāryavidāṃ vara||
O you foremost of those skilled in speech, what had you settled about the accomplishment of this hard work?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
काममस्य त्वमेवैकः कार्यस्य परिसाधने। पर्याप्तः परवीरन यशस्यस्ते बलोदयः॥
kāmamasya tvamevaikaḥ kāryasya parisādhane| paryāptaḥ paravīrana yaśasyaste balodayaḥ||
True it is that you are alone qualified to accomplish this work, you the slayer of inimical heroes-but such manifestation of your prowess shall increase your glory only.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
बलैः समग्रैर्यदि मां हत्वा रावणमाहवे। विजयी स्वपुरी रामो नयेत् तत्स्याद् यशस्करम् ॥
balaiḥ samagrairyadi māṃ hatvā rāvaṇamāhave| vijayī svapurī rāmo nayet tatsyād yaśaskaram ||
But if Rāma, obtaining victory, can take me hence to his own city, it shall redound to his glory.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यथाहं तस्य वीरस्य वनादुपधिना हृता। रक्षसा तद्भयादेव तथा नार्हति राघवः॥
yathāhaṃ tasya vīrasya vanādupadhinā hṛtā| rakṣasā tadbhayādeva tathā nārhati rāghavaḥ||
It dose not behove the heroic Rāghava, to take me away by steal, like to Rāvaņa capturing me from the forest under a disguise.
— 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||
Truly it shall be his becoming work, if Kākutstha, the repressor of enemy's host, can take me away, enveloping the city Lankā with his army.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तद् यथा तस्य विक्रान्तमनुरूपं महात्मनः। भवत्याहवशूरस्य तथा त्वमुपपादय॥
tad yathā tasya vikrāntamanurūpaṃ mahātmanaḥ| bhavatyāhavaśūrasya tathā tvamupapādaya||
Do you therefore initiate that work as become that high-souled hero and may display his prowess.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदर्थोपहितं वाक्यं प्रश्रितं हेतुसंहितम्। निशम्याहं ततः शेषं वाक्यमुत्तरमब्रुवम्॥
tadarthopahitaṃ vākyaṃ praśritaṃ hetusaṃhitam| niśamyāhaṃ tataḥ śeṣaṃ vākyamuttaramabruvam||
Hearing these sound reasonable and affectionate words I gave her the last reply, saying.
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देवि हर्युक्षसैन्यानामीश्वरः प्लवतां वरः। सुग्रीवः सत्त्वसम्पन्नस्त्वदर्थे कृतनिश्चयः॥
devi haryukṣasainyānāmīśvaraḥ plavatāṃ varaḥ| sugrīvaḥ sattvasampannastvadarthe kṛtaniścayaḥ||
O worshipful dame, Sugrīva, the foremost of the monkeys, the lord of monkey and bear hosts and gifted with manliness, has resolved upon rescuing you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्य विक्रमसम्पन्नाः सत्त्ववन्तो महाबलाः। मन:संकल्पसदृशा निदेशे हरयः स्थिताः॥
tasya vikramasampannāḥ sattvavanto mahābalāḥ| mana:saṃkalpasadṛśā nideśe harayaḥ sthitāḥ||
He has under his command a number of mighty and courageous monkeys gifted with great prowess and quick-coursing like imagination.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
येषां नोपरि नाधस्तान्न तिर्यक् सज्जते गतिः। न च कर्मसु सीदन्ति महत्स्वमिततेजसः॥
yeṣāṃ nopari nādhastānna tiryak sajjate gatiḥ| na ca karmasu sīdanti mahatsvamitatejasaḥ||
Their course is never thwarted-whether going upwards or downwardsor moving tortuously. They are never exhausted in their actions—highly courageous and of measureless prowess.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
असकृत् तैर्महाभागैर्वानरैर्बलसंयुतैः। प्रदक्षिणीकृता भूमिर्वायुमार्गानुसारिभिः॥
asakṛt tairmahābhāgairvānarairbalasaṃyutaiḥ| pradakṣiṇīkṛtā bhūmirvāyumārgānusāribhiḥ||
And those great and powerful monkeys, coursing in the air, have again and again circumambulated the earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मद्विशिष्टाश्च तुल्याश्व सन्ति तत्र वनौकसः। मत्तः प्रत्यवरः कश्चिन्नास्ति सुग्रीवसंनिधौ॥
madviśiṣṭāśca tulyāśva santi tatra vanaukasaḥ| mattaḥ pratyavaraḥ kaścinnāsti sugrīvasaṃnidhau||
Sugriva has many monkeys-my equal-and greater than I but none of inferior strength.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अहं तावदिह प्राप्तः किं पुनस्ते महाबलाः। नहि प्रकृष्टाः प्रेष्यन्ते प्रेष्यन्ते हीतरे जनाः॥
ahaṃ tāvadiha prāptaḥ kiṃ punaste mahābalāḥ| nahi prakṛṣṭāḥ preṣyante preṣyante hītare janāḥ||
While I have crossed over the main-what of these mighty heroes? The leading heroes are never sent on a mission but only those of inferior merit.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तदलं परितापेन देवि मन्युरपैतु ते। एकोत्पातेन ते लङ्कामेष्यन्ति हरियूथपाः॥
tadalaṃ paritāpena devi manyurapaitu te| ekotpātena te laṅkāmeṣyanti hariyūthapāḥ||
No more of bewailing, O worshipful dame. Do you remove your grief. And with one leap these leaders of monkey-hosts shall reach Lankā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मम पृष्ठगतौ तौ च चन्द्रसूर्याविवोदितौ । त्वत्सकाशं महाभागे नृसिंहावागमिष्यतः॥
mama pṛṣṭhagatau tau ca candrasūryāvivoditau | tvatsakāśaṃ mahābhāge nṛsiṃhāvāgamiṣyataḥ||
O great damsel, these two princes, placing themselves on my back shall come to you like to the rising Sun and Moon.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अरिघ्नं सिंहसंकाशं क्षिप्रं द्रक्ष्यसि राघवम्। लक्ष्मणं च धनुष्मन्नं लङ्काद्वारमुपागतम्॥
arighnaṃ siṃhasaṃkāśaṃ kṣipraṃ drakṣyasi rāghavam| lakṣmaṇaṃ ca dhanuṣmannaṃ laṅkādvāramupāgatam||
You shall soon behold before Lanka's gate Rāghava the slayer of foes resembling a lion and Lakşmana with a bow in his hand.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नखदंष्ट्रायुधान् वीरान् सिंहशार्दूलविक्रमान्। वानरान् वारणेन्द्राभान् क्षिप्रं द्रक्ष्यसि संगतान् ॥
nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhān vīrān siṃhaśārdūlavikramān| vānarān vāraṇendrābhān kṣipraṃ drakṣyasi saṃgatān ||
You shall soon observe in a band the heroic monkeys, gifted with the strength of lions and tigers, and having nails and teeth for their weapons.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शैलाम्बुदनिकाशानां लङ्कामलयसानुषु। नर्दतां कपिमुख्यानां नचिराच्छ्रोष्यसे स्वनम्॥
śailāmbudanikāśānāṃ laṅkāmalayasānuṣu| nardatāṃ kapimukhyānāṃ nacirācchroṣyase svanam||
You shall soon bear the roaring of the leading monkeys on the summit of mount Malaya, resembling the muttering of the clouds.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
निवृत्तवनवासं च त्वया सार्धमरिंदमम्। अभिषिक्तमयोध्यायां क्षिप्रं द्रक्ष्यसि राघवम्॥
nivṛttavanavāsaṃ ca tvayā sārdhamariṃdamam| abhiṣiktamayodhyāyāṃ kṣipraṃ drakṣyasi rāghavam||
You shall soon behold Rāghava, the slayer of foes, installed along with you on the throne of Ayodhya after returning from the forest.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततो मया वाग्भिरदीनभाषिणी शिवाभिरिष्टाभिरभिप्रसादिता। उवाह शान्तिं मम मैथिलात्मजा तवातिशोकेन तथातिपीडिता॥
tato mayā vāgbhiradīnabhāṣiṇī śivābhiriṣṭābhirabhiprasāditā| uvāha śāntiṃ mama maithilātmajā tavātiśokena tathātipīḍitā||
That daughter of the king of Mithilā although heavily laden with sorrow in your absence was greatly comforted and pleased by my auspicious words boding the fulfilment of her desire.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)