ततो निविष्टां ध्वजिनीं सुग्रीवेणाभिपालिताम्। ददर्श राक्षसोऽभ्येत्य शार्दूलो नाम वीर्यवान्॥ चारो राक्षसराजस्य रावणस्य दुरात्मनः। तां दृष्ट्वा सर्वतोऽव्यग्रां प्रतिगम्य स राक्षसः॥ आविश्य लङ्कां वेगेन राजानमिदमब्रवीत्।
tato niviṣṭāṃ dhvajinīṃ sugrīveṇābhipālitām| dadarśa rākṣaso'bhyetya śārdūlo nāma vīryavān|| cāro rākṣasarājasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ| tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvato'vyagrāṃ pratigamya sa rākṣasaḥ|| āviśya laṅkāṃ vegena rājānamidamabravīt|
Thereupon the greatly powerful Rākşasa, by name Śārdüla, beheld the army of Sugrīva arranged on the shore of the ocean. And, beholding the army all busy, the emissary of the vicious-souled Raksasa-Ravana, entered the city of Lanka and, approaching his lord, said.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
एष वै वानरक्षौंधो लङ्कां समभिवर्तते॥ अगाधश्चाप्रमेयश्च द्वितीय इव सागरः।
eṣa vai vānarakṣauṃdho laṅkāṃ samabhivartate|| agādhaścāprameyaśca dvitīya iva sāgaraḥ|
The army of monkeys and bears has approached Lanka. It is immeasurably deep as the ocean.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
पुत्रौ दशरथस्येमौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ॥ उत्तमौ रूपसंपन्नौ सीतायाः पदमागतौ। एतौ सागरमासाद्य संनिविष्टौ महाद्युते॥ बलं चाकाशमावृत्य सर्वतो दशयोजनम्। तत्त्वभूतं महाराज क्षिप्रं वेदितुमर्हसि॥ तव दूता महाराज क्षिप्रमर्हन्ति वेदितुम्। उपप्रदानं सान्त्वं वा भेदो वात्र प्रयुज्यताम्॥
putrau daśarathasyemau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau|| uttamau rūpasaṃpannau sītāyāḥ padamāgatau| etau sāgaramāsādya saṃniviṣṭau mahādyute|| balaṃ cākāśamāvṛtya sarvato daśayojanam| tattvabhūtaṃ mahārāja kṣipraṃ veditumarhasi|| tava dūtā mahārāja kṣipramarhanti veditum| upapradānaṃ sāntvaṃ vā bhedo vātra prayujyatām||
And those two sons of the king Dasarathathe brothers Rāma and Lakşmaņa, gifted with great beauty, coming to rescue Sītā, have stationed themselves on the shore of the ocean, O you of great effulgence. The army of Rāma extends over the sky and ten yojanas. I have come, O great king, to acquaint you with the real truth. And, knowing everything, it behove your emissaries, O king, to settle whether to render back Sītā, to adopt measures of conciliation, or to sow dissension's in the enemy's camp.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शार्दूलस्य वचः श्रुत्वा रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः। उवाच सहसा व्यग्रः संप्रधार्यार्थमात्मनः। शुकं साधु तदा रक्षो वाक्यमर्थविदां वरम्।।।।।
śārdūlasya vacaḥ śrutvā rāvaṇo rākṣaseśvaraḥ| uvāca sahasā vyagraḥ saṃpradhāryārthamātmanaḥ| śukaṃ sādhu tadā rakṣo vākyamarthavidāṃ varam|||||
Hearing the words of Sardāla, Ravana, the lord of Rākşasas, being anxious to ascertain his duty, addressed a Raksasa by name Suka, the most sensible of his counsellors, with the following pregnant words.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सुग्रीवं ब्रूहि गत्वाशु राजानं वचनान्मम। यथासंदेहमक्लीबं श्लक्ष्णया परया गिरा॥
sugrīvaṃ brūhi gatvāśu rājānaṃ vacanānmama| yathāsaṃdehamaklībaṃ ślakṣṇayā parayā girā||
Do you go and communicate to king Sugrīva my behest, in becoming and excellent accents.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
त्वं वै महाराजकुलप्रसूतो महाबलश्चःरजःसुतश्च। स्तथापि मे भ्रातृसमो हरीश॥
tvaṃ vai mahārājakulaprasūto mahābalaścaḥrajaḥsutaśca| stathāpi me bhrātṛsamo harīśa||
You are born of a great family and are the mighty son of the king of bears. I have no dissension with you. In fact I consider you as my brother, O king of monkeys.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अहं यद्यहरं भायाँ राजपुत्रस्य धीमतः। किं तत्र तव सुग्रीव किष्किन्धां प्रति गम्यताम्॥
ahaṃ yadyaharaṃ bhāyā~ rājaputrasya dhīmataḥ| kiṃ tatra tava sugrīva kiṣkindhāṃ prati gamyatām||
Though I have stolen the spouse of the highsouled prince (Räma), yet what is that to you, Sugriva? Do you return to Kiskindhā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नहीयं हरिभिर्लङ्का प्राप्तुं शक्या कथंचन। देवैरपि सगन्धर्वैः किं पुनर्नरवानरैः॥
nahīyaṃ haribhirlaṅkā prāptuṃ śakyā kathaṃcana| devairapi sagandharvaiḥ kiṃ punarnaravānaraiḥ||
The monkeys shall not by any means be able to attack the city of Lankā. Even the celestials and Gandharvas could not-what of these men and monkeys?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स तदा राक्षसेन्द्रेण संदिष्टो रजनीचरः। शुको विहंगमो भूत्वा तूर्णमाप्लुत्य चाम्बरम्॥
sa tadā rākṣasendreṇa saṃdiṣṭo rajanīcaraḥ| śuko vihaṃgamo bhūtvā tūrṇamāplutya cāmbaram||
And being thus commissioned by the lord of Rākşasas, that night-ranger assumed the shape of a bird and, bounding, speedily reached the sky.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स गत्वा दूरमध्वानमुपर्युपरि सागरम्। संस्थितो ज़म्बरे वाक्यं सुग्रीवमिदमब्रवीत्॥ सर्वमुक्तं यथादिष्टं रावणेन दुरात्मना।
sa gatvā dūramadhvānamuparyupari sāgaram| saṃsthito zambare vākyaṃ sugrīvamidamabravīt|| sarvamuktaṃ yathādiṣṭaṃ rāvaṇena durātmanā|
And, proceeding far over the deep and stationing himself at the welkin, he spoke to Sugrīva all the words with which he was addressed by the vicious-souled Ravana.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तत्प्रापयन्तं वचनं तूणमाप्लुत्य वानराः॥ प्रापद्यन्तः तदा क्षिप्रं लोप्नुं हन्तुं च मुष्टिभिः।
tatprāpayantaṃ vacanaṃ tūṇamāplutya vānarāḥ|| prāpadyantaḥ tadā kṣipraṃ lopnuṃ hantuṃ ca muṣṭibhiḥ|
Hearing him speak thus, the monkeys leaped up quickly and reached there with a view to chop off his wings or to slay him with their clenched fists.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सर्वैः प्लवंगैः प्रसभं निगृहीतो निशाचरः॥ गगनाद्भूतले चाशु प्रतिगृह्यावतारितः।
sarvaiḥ plavaṃgaiḥ prasabhaṃ nigṛhīto niśācaraḥ|| gaganādbhūtale cāśu pratigṛhyāvatāritaḥ|
On being seized vehemently by all these monkeys, that night-ranger was brought down speedily from the sky to the earth.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वानरैः पीड्यमानस्तु शुको वचनमब्रवीत्॥ न दूतान्विन्ति काकुत्स्थ वार्यन्तां साधु वानराः। यस्तु हित्वा मतं भर्तुः स्वमतं संप्रधारयेत्। अनुक्तवादी दूतः सन्स दूतो वधमर्हति॥
vānaraiḥ pīḍyamānastu śuko vacanamabravīt|| na dūtānvinti kākutstha vāryantāṃ sādhu vānarāḥ| yastu hitvā mataṃ bhartuḥ svamataṃ saṃpradhārayet| anuktavādī dūtaḥ sansa dūto vadhamarhati||
And being assailed by the monkeys, suka said, O Kākutstha, it does not behove (people) to slay an emissary. Do you therefore prevent the monkeys. He who passing by his master's behest, give out his own intention, is not faithful; and he therefore deserve to be slain.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शुकस्य वचनं रामः श्रुत्वा तु परिदेवितम्। उवाच मावधिष्टेति घ्नतः शाखामृगर्षभान्॥१९
śukasya vacanaṃ rāmaḥ śrutvā tu paridevitam| uvāca māvadhiṣṭeti ghnataḥ śākhāmṛgarṣabhān||19
Hearing the piteous accents of Suka, Rama spoke to the monkeys, who were about to kill him, saying, Do not kill him.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स च पत्रलघुर्भूत्वा हरिभिर्दर्शितेऽभये। अन्तरिक्षे स्थितो भूत्वा पुनर्वचनमब्रवीत्॥
sa ca patralaghurbhūtvā haribhirdarśite'bhaye| antarikṣe sthito bhūtvā punarvacanamabravīt||
And again stationing himself on the welkin, that night-ranger said.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
सुग्रीव सत्त्वसंपन्न महाबलपराक्रम। किं मया खलु वक्तव्यो रावणो लोकरावणः॥
sugrīva sattvasaṃpanna mahābalaparākrama| kiṃ mayā khalu vaktavyo rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ||
O Sugrīva, O you gifted with great energy, O you of great prowess, what shall I speak to Rāvana, dreaded by all people?
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
स एवमुक्तः प्लवगाधिपस्तदा प्लवङ्गमानामृषभो महाबलः। उवाच वाक्यं रजनीचरस्य चारं शुकं शुद्धमदीनसत्त्वः॥
sa evamuktaḥ plavagādhipastadā plavaṅgamānāmṛṣabho mahābalaḥ| uvāca vākyaṃ rajanīcarasya cāraṃ śukaṃ śuddhamadīnasattvaḥ||
Being thus addressed, that mighty king of monkeys the bull among them, of unwearied energy, spoke to that emissary—the nightranger, Suka, saying.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न मेऽसि मित्रं न तथानुकम्प्यो न चोपकर्तासि न मे प्रियोऽसि। स्ततोऽसि वालीव वधार्ह वध्यः॥
na me'si mitraṃ na tathānukampyo na copakartāsi na me priyo'si| stato'si vālīva vadhārha vadhyaḥ||
O Rāvana, you are not my friend or an object of pity. You are not my benefactor, not are liked by me. You are Rāma's enemy, and you did therefore deserve to be slain by him like Vāli along with your friends and relatives.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
निहन्म्यहं त्वां ससुतं सबन्धु सज्ञातिवर्गं रजनीचरेश। लङ्कां च सर्वां महता बलेन सर्वैः करिष्यामि समेत्य भस्म॥
nihanmyahaṃ tvāṃ sasutaṃ sabandhu sajñātivargaṃ rajanīcareśa| laṅkāṃ ca sarvāṃ mahatā balena sarvaiḥ kariṣyāmi sametya bhasma||
I shall therefore slay you, O king of nightrangers, together with your sons, friends and relatives. And I shall have the whole city of Lankă reduced to ashes by my mighty force.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
न मोक्ष्यसे रावण राघवस्य सर्वैः सहेन्द्रैरपि मूढ गुप्तः। अन्तर्हितः सूर्यपथं गतोऽपि तथैव पातालमनुप्रविष्टः।। गिरीशपादाम्बुजसंगतो वा हतोऽसि रामेण सहानुजस्त्वम्।।
na mokṣyase rāvaṇa rāghavasya sarvaiḥ sahendrairapi mūḍha guptaḥ| antarhitaḥ sūryapathaṃ gato'pi tathaiva pātālamanupraviṣṭaḥ|| girīśapādāmbujasaṃgato vā hato'si rāmeṇa sahānujastvam||
You shall not be able to escape Rāghava, O Rāvana, O you who have lost your sense, even if you are protected by the celestials. And you shall with your brother be slain by Rāma, even if you did fly into the sky, enter into the regions under the earth, or seek shelter of Mahādeva.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तस्य ते त्रिषु लोकेषु न पिशाचं न राक्षसम्। त्रातारं नानुपश्यामि न गन्धवं च चासुरम्॥
tasya te triṣu lokeṣu na piśācaṃ na rākṣasam| trātāraṃ nānupaśyāmi na gandhavaṃ ca cāsuram||
I do not behold any in these three worldsPiśāca, Rākşasa, Gandharva, or Asura, who can protect you.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
अवधीस्त्वं जरावृद्धं गृध्रराजं जटायुषम्। किं न ते रामसांनिध्ये सकाशे लक्ष्मणस्य च। हृता सीता विशालाक्षी यां त्वं गृह्य न बुध्यसे ॥ महाबलं महात्मानं दुराधर्ष सुरैरपि। न बुध्यसे रघुश्रेष्ठं यस्ते प्राणान्हरिष्यति॥
avadhīstvaṃ jarāvṛddhaṃ gṛdhrarājaṃ jaṭāyuṣam| kiṃ na te rāmasāṃnidhye sakāśe lakṣmaṇasya ca| hṛtā sītā viśālākṣī yāṃ tvaṃ gṛhya na budhyase || mahābalaṃ mahātmānaṃ durādharṣa surairapi| na budhyase raghuśreṣṭhaṃ yaste prāṇānhariṣyati||
You have slain the monarch of vultures, who had grown decrepit through age.* You have carried off the large-eyed Sītā from the vicinity of Räma and the neighbourhood of Lakṣmaṇa; but, having captured her, you understand not (your native strength). Nor did you understand that foremost of Raghus, high-souled, possessed of great strength, and incapable of being repressed even by the celestials, who shall take your life. *The commentator has a queer and characteristic note on farduridha-decrepit through age. One that is old, may stave off decrepitude through some drug, while a youthful person may come by the same in consequence of some curse.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततोऽब्रवीद्वालिसुतोऽप्यङ्गदो हरिसत्तमः। नायं दूतो महाप्राज्ञ चारकः प्रतिभाति मे॥ तुलितं हि बलं सर्वमनेन तव तिरता। गृह्यतां मागमल्लङ्कामेतद्धि मम रोचते॥
tato'bravīdvālisuto'pyaṅgado harisattamaḥ| nāyaṃ dūto mahāprājña cārakaḥ pratibhāti me|| tulitaṃ hi balaṃ sarvamanena tava tiratā| gṛhyatāṃ māgamallaṅkāmetaddhi mama rocate||
Then spoke that best of monkeys, Angada, son of Vali, O highly wise one, this is no emissary. This one clearly appear to me as a spy. He has come to form and estimate of your entire army. Take him. Let him not go (back) to lanka. This is indeed what I would,
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ततो राज्ञा समादिष्टाः समुत्पत्य वलीमुखाः। जगृहुश्च वबन्धुश्च विलपन्तमनाथवत्॥
tato rājñā samādiṣṭāḥ samutpatya valīmukhāḥ| jagṛhuśca vabandhuśca vilapantamanāthavat||
Thereat, commanded by the king, the monkeys, springing up, seized (Suka) and bound him, as he burst out bewailing like one forlorn.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शुकस्तु वानरैश्चण्डैस्तत्र तैः संप्रपीडितः। व्याचुक्रोश महात्मानं रामं दशरथात्मजम्। लुप्येत मे बलात्पक्षौ भिद्येते मे तथाक्षिणी॥ यां च रात्रिं मरिष्यामि जाये रात्रिं च यामहम्। एतस्मिन्नन्तरे काले यन्मया ह्यशुभं कृतम्।। सर्वं तदुपपद्येथा जह्यां चेद्यदि जीवितम्॥
śukastu vānaraiścaṇḍaistatra taiḥ saṃprapīḍitaḥ| vyācukrośa mahātmānaṃ rāmaṃ daśarathātmajam| lupyeta me balātpakṣau bhidyete me tathākṣiṇī|| yāṃ ca rātriṃ mariṣyāmi jāye rātriṃ ca yāmaham| etasminnantare kāle yanmayā hyaśubhaṃ kṛtam|| sarvaṃ tadupapadyethā jahyāṃ cedyadi jīvitam||
On being sorely handled by the relentless monkeys, Suka cried to the high-souled Rāma, son of Daśaratha, 'They by main force sever my wings, and they pierce my eyes. If I lose my life, may all the evil deeds that I have committed between the night when I was born and the night when I shall die, be your!
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नाघातयत्तदा रामः श्रुत्वा तत्परिदेवितम्। वानरानब्रवीद्रामो मुच्यतां दूत आगतः॥
nāghātayattadā rāmaḥ śrutvā tatparidevitam| vānarānabravīdrāmo mucyatāṃ dūta āgataḥ||
Hearing this pitiful cry, Rāma prevented (the monkeys); and he said to them, Let go this envoy, who has come here.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
