Siraatयुद्धकाण्डः सर्गः 39
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तां रात्रिमुषितास्तत्र सुवेले हरियूथपाः। लङ्कायां ददृशुर्वीरा वनान्युपवनानि च॥
tāṃ rātrimuṣitāstatra suvele hariyūthapāḥ| laṅkāyāṃ dadṛśurvīrā vanānyupavanāni ca||
Having passed the night in Suvela, the heroic monkey-leaders surveyed woods and forests in Lankā.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
समसौम्यानि रम्याणि विशालान्यायतानि च। दृष्टिरम्याणि ते दृष्ट्वा बभूवुर्जातविस्मयः॥
samasaumyāni ramyāṇi viśālānyāyatāni ca| dṛṣṭiramyāṇi te dṛṣṭvā babhūvurjātavismayaḥ||
Seeing those extensive (woods and forests), mild, and charming, and beautiful to behold, they were seized with wonderment.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
चम्पकाशोकबकुलशालतालसमाकुला। तमालापनसच्छन्ना नागमालासमावृता॥ हिन्तालैरर्जुनैींपैः सप्तवर्णैः सुपुष्पितैः। तिलकैः कर्णिकारैश्च पाटलैश्च समन्ततः॥ शुशुभे पुष्पिताणैव लतापरिगतदुमैः। लङ्कां बहुविधैर्दृश्यैर्यथेन्द्रस्यामरावती॥
campakāśokabakulaśālatālasamākulā| tamālāpanasacchannā nāgamālāsamāvṛtā|| hintālairarjunaiīṃpaiḥ saptavarṇaiḥ supuṣpitaiḥ| tilakaiḥ karṇikāraiśca pāṭalaiśca samantataḥ|| śuśubhe puṣpitāṇaiva latāparigatadumaiḥ| laṅkāṃ bahuvidhairdṛśyairyathendrasyāmarāvatī||
Abounding in champakas, asokas, vakulas, śālas, and palms; covered with tamālas and panišas, and environed all around with trees, and surrounded with Hintālas, Arjunas, blossoming Saptaparmas, Tilakas, Karmikāras, and Patalas, trees with flowering tops, entertwined with creepers, Larkā looked exceedingly lovely, with various sights, resembling the Amarāvatī herself of Indra.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
विचित्रकुसुमोपेतै रक्तकोमलपल्लवैः। शाद्वलैश्च तथा नीलश्चित्राभिर्वनराजिभिः॥ गन्धाढ्यान्यतिरम्याणि पुष्पाणि च फलानि च। धारयन्त्यगमास्तत्र भूषणानीव मानवाः।७।।
vicitrakusumopetai raktakomalapallavaiḥ| śādvalaiśca tathā nīlaścitrābhirvanarājibhiḥ|| gandhāḍhyānyatiramyāṇi puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca| dhārayantyagamāstatra bhūṣaṇānīva mānavāḥ|7||
And trees there, furnished with variegated flowers having tender rosy leaves, and blue lawns, and rows of woods; and bearing odorous and charming blossoms and fruits, looked like men adorned with ornaments.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तच्चैत्ररथसंकाशं मनोज्ञं नन्दनोपमम्। वनं सर्वर्तुकं रम्यं शुशुभे षट्पदायुतम्॥
taccaitrarathasaṃkāśaṃ manojñaṃ nandanopamam| vanaṃ sarvartukaṃ ramyaṃ śuśubhe ṣaṭpadāyutam||
There a delightful and pleasant wood resembling Caitraratha, and like to Nandana itself, having all the seasons present, appeared beauteous to the view, with black bees all around.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
दात्यूहकोयष्टिवकैर्नृत्यमानैश्च बहिणैः। रुतं परभृतानां च शुश्रुवे वननिझरे॥
dātyūhakoyaṣṭivakairnṛtyamānaiśca bahiṇaiḥ| rutaṃ parabhṛtānāṃ ca śuśruve vananijhare||
And it had Dātyühas, and Koyașthivas, and peacocks dancing; and the strains of the coels were heard at the woodland rills.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
नित्यमत्तविहंगानि भ्रमराचरितानि च। कोकिलाकुलखण्डानि विहंगाभिरुतानि च॥ भृङ्गराजाधिगीतानि कुररस्वनितानि च। विविशुस्ते ततस्तानि वनान्युपवनानि च॥
nityamattavihaṃgāni bhramarācaritāni ca| kokilākulakhaṇḍāni vihaṃgābhirutāni ca|| bhṛṅgarājādhigītāni kurarasvanitāni ca| viviśuste tatastāni vanānyupavanāni ca||
The heroic and exhilarated monkeys, capable of wearing forms at pleasure, entered those woods and groves frequented by maddened birds and ranged by Bhramaras, tracts overflowing with the lays of coels, and ringing with the voices of songsters, resonant with the notes of Bhramaras, sovereigns of their species and eloquent with the cries of ospreys.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
हृष्टाः प्रमुदिता वीरा हरयः कामरूपिणः। तेषां प्रविशतां तत्र वानराणां महौजसाम्॥ पुष्पसंसर्गसुरभिर्ववौ प्राणसमोऽनिलः। अन्ये तु हरिवीराणां यूथानिष्क्रम्य यूथपाः।। सुग्रीवेणाभ्यनुज्ञाता लङ्का जग्मुः पताकिनीम्॥
hṛṣṭāḥ pramuditā vīrā harayaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ| teṣāṃ praviśatāṃ tatra vānarāṇāṃ mahaujasām|| puṣpasaṃsargasurabhirvavau prāṇasamo'nilaḥ| anye tu harivīrāṇāṃ yūthāniṣkramya yūthapāḥ|| sugrīveṇābhyanujñātā laṅkā jagmuḥ patākinīm||
As the exceedingly energetic monkeys entered, there blew upon them the breeze-like to life-redolent of perfume obtained from contact with the blossoms. And others of the leaders among the heroic monkeys, coming out from the bands, ordered by Sugriva, made in the direction of Lankā crowned with ensigns.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
वित्रासयन्तो विहगान ग्लापयन्तो मृगद्विपान्। कम्पयन्तश्च तां लङ्कां नादैः स्वैर्नदतां वराः॥
vitrāsayanto vihagāna glāpayanto mṛgadvipān| kampayantaśca tāṃ laṅkāṃ nādaiḥ svairnadatāṃ varāḥ||
And, terrifying the fowls and dispiriting beasts and birds and shaking Lankā with their roars, those foremost monkeys set up shouts.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
कुर्वन्तस्ते महावेगा महीं चरणपीडिताम्। रजश्च सहसैवोर्ध्वं जगाम चरणोत्थितम्॥
kurvantaste mahāvegā mahīṃ caraṇapīḍitām| rajaśca sahasaivordhvaṃ jagāma caraṇotthitam||
They, endowed with great impetuosity, went on, oppressing the earth with their battle-array; and clouds of dust suddenly arose from the march of the soldiery.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
ऋक्षाः सिंहाश्च महिषा वारणाश्च मृगाः खगाः। तेन शब्देन विवस्ता जग्मुर्भीता दिशो दश॥
ṛkṣāḥ siṃhāśca mahiṣā vāraṇāśca mṛgāḥ khagāḥ| tena śabdena vivastā jagmurbhītā diśo daśa||
And bears, and lions, and buffaloes, and elephants, and deer, and birds, overwhelmed with affright, made for the t en cardinal points.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
शिखरं तु त्रिकूटस्य प्रांशु चैकं दिविस्पृशम्। समन्दात्पुष्पसंछनं महारजतसंनिभम् ॥ शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं विमलं चारुदर्शनम्। श्लक्ष्णं श्रीमन्महच्चैव दुष्प्रापं शकुनैरपि॥ मनसापि दुरारोहं किं पुनः कर्मणा जनैः। निविष्टा तस्य शिखरे लङ्का रावणपालिता॥ दशयोजनविस्तीर्णा विंशद्योजनमायता। सा पुरी गोपुरैरुच्चैः पाण्डुराम्बुदसंनिभैः।। काञ्चनेन च शालेन राजतेन च शोभते॥ प्रासादैश्च विमानैश्च लङ्का परमभूषिता। घनैरिवातपापाये मध्यमं वैष्णवं पदम्॥
śikharaṃ tu trikūṭasya prāṃśu caikaṃ divispṛśam| samandātpuṣpasaṃchanaṃ mahārajatasaṃnibham || śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ vimalaṃ cārudarśanam| ślakṣṇaṃ śrīmanmahaccaiva duṣprāpaṃ śakunairapi|| manasāpi durārohaṃ kiṃ punaḥ karmaṇā janaiḥ| niviṣṭā tasya śikhare laṅkā rāvaṇapālitā|| daśayojanavistīrṇā viṃśadyojanamāyatā| sā purī gopurairuccaiḥ pāṇḍurāmbudasaṃnibhaiḥ|| kāñcanena ca śālena rājatena ca śobhate|| prāsādaiśca vimānaiśca laṅkā paramabhūṣitā| ghanairivātapāpāye madhyamaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam||
The graceful and lovely summit of Trikūța was entire, elevated, skypiercing, of golden splendour, measuring an hundred Yojanas, clearshining, level, inaccessible even to fowls, and not to say of actual ascension by people. Lanka, ruled by Ravana, was situated on its' top, ten Yojanas in width and twenty in length. And that city was graced with lofty ornamented gateways resembling pale clouds, and golden and silver wall; and Lankā was adorned with palaces and piles; like the sky graced with clouds on the approach of the rainy season. 1. Trikūța's. 2. Madhyamam Vaisnavam padam, the middle foot of Vişnu. When Vişņu in his Dwarf-from took the conceit out of Vāli, the renowned Asura king, he covered the earth with one pace, the sky with another and heaven with last.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
यस्यां स्तम्भसहस्रेण प्रासादः समलंकृतः। कैलासशिखराकारो दृश्यते खमिवोल्लिखन्।।२२ चैत्यः स राक्षसेन्द्रस्य बभूव पुरभूषणम्। शतेन रक्षसां नित्यं यः समग्रेण रक्ष्यते॥
yasyāṃ stambhasahasreṇa prāsādaḥ samalaṃkṛtaḥ| kailāsaśikharākāro dṛśyate khamivollikhan||22 caityaḥ sa rākṣasendrasya babhūva purabhūṣaṇam| śatena rakṣasāṃ nityaṃ yaḥ samagreṇa rakṣyate||
That palace, which was adorned with thousands of pillars, and which, as if piercing the heavens, looked like a peak of Kailasa—was the residence of the Sovereign of the Rākşasas—the ornament of the city, (ever guarded by full hundreds of Raksasas.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
मनोज्ञां काञ्चनवतीं पर्वतैरुपशोभिताम्। नानाधातुविचित्रैश्च उद्यानैरुपशोभिताम्॥ नानाविहगसंघुष्टां नानामृगनिषेविताम्। नानाकुसुमसंपन्नां नानाराक्षससेविताम्॥ तां समृद्धां समृद्धार्थां लक्ष्मीवॉल्लक्ष्मणाग्रजः। नगरीं त्रिदिवप्रख्या विस्मयं प्राप वीर्यवान्॥
manojñāṃ kāñcanavatīṃ parvatairupaśobhitām| nānādhātuvicitraiśca udyānairupaśobhitām|| nānāvihagasaṃghuṣṭāṃ nānāmṛganiṣevitām| nānākusumasaṃpannāṃ nānārākṣasasevitām|| tāṃ samṛddhāṃ samṛddhārthāṃ lakṣmīvaॉllakṣmaṇāgrajaḥ| nagarīṃ tridivaprakhyā vismayaṃ prāpa vīryavān||
Lakṣmaṇa's auspicious and puissant elder brother, beholding that flourishing and wealthy city resembling the celestial regions, charming to the mind, made of gold, graced with mountains, and decked out with mountains containing various metals, resonant with the notes of various birds; abounding in various beasts, furnished with various kinds of flowers, and inhabited by various orders of Rākşasas, was struck with astonishment.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)
तां रत्नपूर्णां बहुसंविधानां प्रासादमालाभिरलङ्कृतां च। पुरीं महायन्त्रकवाटमुख्यां ददर्श रामो महता बलेन।।२७
tāṃ ratnapūrṇāṃ bahusaṃvidhānāṃ prāsādamālābhiralaṅkṛtāṃ ca| purīṃ mahāyantrakavāṭamukhyāṃ dadarśa rāmo mahatā balena||27
Rāma, surrounded by his mighty forces, saw that palace, filled with diverse kinds of gems, adorned with rows of edifices, and having huge engines and gateways.
— M.N. Dutt (1891–94, public domain)