The mendicant
॥ 4.2.1–3 ॥
CrEd 4.2.1–3
silent moment
॥ 4.2.6 ॥
CrEd 4.2.6
Sugriva
Sanskrit
एतौ वनम् इदं दुर्गं वालिप्रणिहितौ ध्रुवम् ।
छद्मना चीरवसनौ प्रचरन्ताव् इहागतौ ॥
etau vanam idaṃ durgaṃ vālipraṇihitau dhruvam
chadmanā cīravasanau pracarantāv ihāgatau
English
These two, surely sent by Vali
into this forest, hard to pass,
have come here roaming in disguise,
dressed in bark cloth.
॥ 4.2.15–16 ॥
CrEd 4.2.14–15
Hanuman
Sanskrit
यस्माद् उद्विग्नचेतास् त्वं प्रद्रुतो हरिपुंगव ।
तं क्रूरदर्शनं क्रूरं नेह पश्यामि वालिनम् ।
यस्मात् तव भयं सौम्य पूर्वजात् पापकर्मणः ।
स नेह वाली दुष्टात्मा न ते पश्याम्य् अहं भयम् ॥
yasmād udvignacetās tvaṃ pradruto haripuṃgava
taṃ krūradarśanaṃ krūraṃ neha paśyāmi vālinam
yasmāt tava bhayaṃ saumya pūrvajāt pāpakarmaṇaḥ
sa neha vālī duṣṭātmā na te paśyāmy ahaṃ bhayam
English
The one you fled from in alarm,
bull among monkeys,
Vali, cruel and cruel to look on,
I do not see here.
The one you fear, gentle one,
your elder brother of evil deeds,
that wicked Vali, is not here;
I see nothing for you to fear.
॥ 4.2.17–18 ॥
CrEd 4.2.16–17
Hanuman
Sanskrit
अहो शाखामृगत्वं ते व्यक्तम् एव प्लवंगम ।
लघुचित्ततयात्मानं न स्थापयसि यो मतौ ।
बुद्धिविज्ञानसंपन्न इङ्गितैः सर्वम् आचर ।
न ह्य् अबुद्धिं गतो राजा सर्वभूतानि शास्ति हि ॥
aho śākhāmṛgatvaṃ te vyaktam eva plavaṃgama
laghucittatayātmānaṃ na sthāpayasi yo matau
buddhivijñānasaṃpanna iṅgitaiḥ sarvam ācara
na hy abuddhiṃ gato rājā sarvabhūtāni śāsti hi
English
Ah, monkey, your branch-dweller’s nature
is plain indeed to see,
you who, so light of mind,
cannot hold yourself steady in thought.
With wit and understanding,
do all things by the signs;
for a king fallen into folly
cannot govern all beings.
॥ 4.2.24, 4.2.26 ॥
CrEd 4.2.23, 4.2.25
Sugriva
Sanskrit
तौ त्वया प्राकृतेनैव गत्वा ज्ञेयौ प्लवंगम ।
शङ्कितानां प्रकारैश् च रूपव्याभाषणेन च ।
… ।
ममैवाभिमुखं स्थित्वा पृच्छ त्वं हरिपुंगव ।
प्रयोजनं प्रवेशस्य वनस्यास्य धनुर्धरौ ॥
tau tvayā prākṛtenaiva gatvā jñeyau plavaṃgama
śaṅkitānāṃ prakāraiś ca rūpavyābhāṣaṇena ca
…
mamaivābhimukhaṃ sthitvā pṛccha tvaṃ haripuṃgava
prayojanaṃ praveśasya vanasyāsya dhanurdharau
English
Go to them as a common person,
monkey, and come to know them,
by their bearing, as the wary do,
by their looks and by their speech.
…
Stand face to face with them,
bull among monkeys, and ask
why they have entered this forest,
those two bowmen.
॥ 4.3.1–6 ॥
CrEd 4.3.1–4
silent moment
॥ 4.3.8, 4.3.11 ॥
CrEd 4.3.6cd, 4.3.9
Hanuman
Sanskrit
धैर्यवन्तौ सुवर्णाभौ कौ युवां चीरवाससौ ।
प्रभया पर्वतेन्द्रोऽयं युवयोर् अवभासितः ।
राज्यार्हाव् अमरप्रख्यौ कथं देशम् इहागतौ ॥
dhairyavantau suvarṇābhau kau yuvāṃ cīravāsasau
prabhayā parvatendro 'yaṃ yuvayor avabhāsitaḥ
rājyārhāv amaraprakhyau kathaṃ deśam ihāgatau
English
Steadfast, golden-bright,
who are you two, clad in bark?
This king of mountains
is lit up by your radiance.
Fit for kingdoms, like the immortals,
how have you come to this land?
॥ 4.3.19 ॥
CrEd 4.3.17
Hanuman
Sanskrit
एवं मां परिभाषन्तं कस्माद् वै नाभिभाषथः ॥
evaṃ māṃ paribhāṣantaṃ kasmād vai nābhibhāṣathaḥ
English
When I address you so,
why do you not answer me?
॥ 4.3.20–21 ॥
CrEd 4.3.18–19
Hanuman
Sanskrit
सुग्रीवो नाम धर्मात्मा कश् चिद् वानरयूथपः ।
वीरो विनिकृतो भ्रात्रा जगद् भ्रमति दुःखितः ।
प्राप्तोऽहं प्रेषितस् तेन सुग्रीवेण महात्मना ।
राज्ञा वानरमुख्यानां हनुमान् नाम वानरः ॥
sugrīvo nāma dharmātmā kaś cid vānarayūthapaḥ
vīro vinikṛto bhrātrā jagad bhramati duḥkhitaḥ
prāpto 'haṃ preṣitas tena sugrīveṇa mahātmanā
rājñā vānaramukhyānāṃ hanumān nāma vānaraḥ
English
There is a righteous monkey,
a leader of troops, named Sugriva,
a hero wronged by his brother,
who wanders the world in grief.
I have come, sent by him,
by great-souled Sugriva,
king of the foremost monkeys:
a monkey named Hanuman.
॥ 4.3.22–23 ॥
CrEd 4.3.20–21
Hanuman
Sanskrit
युवाभ्यां सह धर्मात्मा सुग्रीवः सख्यम् इच्छति ।
तस्य मां सचिवं वित्तं वानरं पवनात्मजम् ।
भिक्षुरूपप्रतिच्छन्नं सुग्रीवप्रियकाम्यया ।
ऋश्यमूकाद् इह प्राप्तं कामगं कामरूपिणम् ॥
yuvābhyāṃ saha dharmātmā sugrīvaḥ sakhyam icchati
tasya māṃ sacivaṃ vittaṃ vānaraṃ pavanātmajam
bhikṣurūpapraticchannaṃ sugrīvapriyakāmyayā
ṛśyamūkād iha prāptaṃ kāmagaṃ kāmarūpiṇam
English
Righteous Sugriva
seeks friendship with you both.
Know me as his minister,
a monkey, son of the Wind,
hidden in a mendicant’s form
to do Sugriva a kindness,
come here from Rishyamukha,
going where I will, taking what form I will.
॥ 4.3.24–25 ॥
CrEd 4.3.22–23
silent moment
॥ 4.3.25–26 ॥
CrEd 4.3.23–24
Rama
Sanskrit
एतच् छ्रुत्वा वचस् तस्य रामो लक्ष्मणम् अब्रवीत् ।
प्रहृष्टवदनः श्रीमान् भ्रातरं पार्श्वतः स्थितम् ।
सचिवोऽयं कपीन्द्रस्य सुग्रीवस्य महात्मनः ।
तम् एव काङ्क्षमाणस्य ममान्तिकम् उपागतः ॥
etac chrutvā vacas tasya rāmo lakṣmaṇam abravīt
prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ śrīmān bhrātaraṃ pārśvataḥ sthitam
sacivo 'yaṃ kapīndrasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ
tam eva kāṅkṣamāṇasya mamāntikam upāgataḥ
English
Hearing these words of his,
glorious Rama, his face glad,
said to Lakshmana,
his brother standing at his side:
“This is the minister
of great-souled Sugriva, lord of monkeys;
he has come to me, who was longing
for that very one.”
॥ 4.3.27 ॥
CrEd 4.3.25
Rama
Sanskrit
तम् अभ्यभाष सौमित्रे सुग्रीवसचिवं कपिम् ।
वाक्यज्ञं मधुरैर् वाक्यैः स्नेहयुक्तम् अरिंदमम् ॥
tam abhyabhāṣa saumitre sugrīvasacivaṃ kapim
vākyajñaṃ madhurair vākyaiḥ snehayuktam ariṃdamam
English
Speak, Saumitri, with sweet words
to this monkey, Sugriva’s minister,
who knows the art of speech,
who is full of warmth, a tamer of foes.
॥ 4.3.28–29 ॥
Rama
Sanskrit
नानृग्वेदविनीतस्य नायजुर्वेदधारिणः ।
नासामवेदविदुषः शक्यम् एवं विभाषितुम् ।
नूनं व्याकरणं कृत्स्नम् अनेन बहुधा श्रुतम् ।
बहु व्याहरतानेन न किं चिद् अपशब्दितम् ॥
nānṛgvedavinītasya nāyajurvedadhāriṇaḥ
nāsāmavedaviduṣaḥ śakyam evaṃ vibhāṣitum
nūnaṃ vyākaraṇaṃ kṛtsnam anena bahudhā śrutam
bahu vyāharatānena na kiṃ cid apaśabditam
English
None untrained in the Rig Veda,
none who has not borne the Yajur Veda,
none who does not know the Sama Veda
could speak in such a way.
Surely he has heard all of grammar,
and heard it many times;
for though he has said so much,
not one word was wrongly spoken.
॥ 4.4.6, 4.4.8 ॥
CrEd 4.4.6
Lakshmana
Sanskrit
राजा दशरथो नाम द्युतिमान् धर्मवत्सलः ।
तस्यायं पूर्वजः पुत्रो रामो नाम जनैः श्रुतः ॥
rājā daśaratho nāma dyutimān dharmavatsalaḥ
tasyāyaṃ pūrvajaḥ putro rāmo nāma janaiḥ śrutaḥ
English
There was a king named Dasharatha,
radiant, devoted to dharma;
this is his eldest son,
known among men as Rama.
॥ 4.4.10–11 ॥
CrEd 4.4.8
Lakshmana
Sanskrit
राज्याद् भ्रष्टो वने वस्तुं मया सार्धम् इहागतः ।
भार्यया च महातेजाः सीतयानुगतो वशी ॥
rājyād bhraṣṭo vane vastuṃ mayā sārdham ihāgataḥ
bhāryayā ca mahātejāḥ sītayānugato vaśī
English
Fallen from the kingdom, he has come here
to live in the forest with me;
and by his wife Sita he was followed,
he of great splendour, master of himself.
॥ 4.4.14 ॥
CrEd 4.4.11
Lakshmana
Sanskrit
रक्षसापहृता भार्या रहिते कामरूपिणा ।
तच् च न ज्ञायते रक्षः पत्नी येनास्य सा हृता ॥
rakṣasāpahṛtā bhāryā rahite kāmarūpiṇā
tac ca na jñāyate rakṣaḥ patnī yenāsya sā hṛtā
English
While he was away, his wife was carried off
by a rakshasa who takes what form he will;
and it is not known, that rakshasa
by whom his wife was taken.
॥ 4.4.18 ॥
CrEd 4.4.15
Lakshmana
Sanskrit
एष दत्त्वा च वित्तानि प्राप्य चानुत्तमं यशः ।
लोकनाथः पुरा भूत्वा सुग्रीवं नाथम् इच्छति ॥
eṣa dattvā ca vittāni prāpya cānuttamaṃ yaśaḥ
lokanāthaḥ purā bhūtvā sugrīvaṃ nātham icchati
English
He who gave away riches
and won the highest fame,
who was once lord of the world,
now seeks Sugriva for his lord.
॥ 4.4.26 ॥
CrEd 4.4.18
Hanuman
Sanskrit
ईदृशा बुद्धिसंपन्ना जितक्रोधा जितेन्द्रियाः ।
द्रष्टव्या वानरेन्द्रेण दिष्ट्या दर्शनम् आगताः ॥
īdṛśā buddhisaṃpannā jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ
draṣṭavyā vānarendreṇa diṣṭyā darśanam āgatāḥ
English
Such as you, rich in wisdom,
masters of anger and of the senses,
the lord of monkeys must see;
by good fortune you have come into our sight.
॥ 4.4.27–28 ॥
CrEd 4.4.19–20
Hanuman
Sanskrit
स हि राज्याच् च विभ्रष्टः कृतवैरश् च वालिना ।
हृतदारो वने त्रस्तो भ्रात्रा विनिकृतो भृशम् ।
करिष्यति स साहाय्यं युवयोर् भास्करात्मजः ।
सुग्रीवः सह चास्माभिः सीतायाः परिमार्गणे ॥
sa hi rājyāc ca vibhraṣṭaḥ kṛtavairaś ca vālinā
hṛtadāro vane trasto bhrātrā vinikṛto bhṛśam
kariṣyati sa sāhāyyaṃ yuvayor bhāskarātmajaḥ
sugrīvaḥ saha cāsmābhiḥ sītāyāḥ parimārgaṇe
English
For he has fallen from the kingdom,
and Vali has made him his enemy;
robbed of his wife, in fear in the forest,
deeply wronged by his brother.
He will give you both his help,
Sugriva, son of the Sun,
and we with him,
in the search for Sita.
॥ 4.4.29 ॥
CrEd 4.4.21
Hanuman
Sanskrit
इत्य् एवम् उक्त्वा हनुमाञ् श्लक्ष्णं मधुरया गिरा ।
बभाषे सोऽभिगच्छामः सुग्रीवम् इति राघवम् ॥
ity evam uktvā hanumāñ ślakṣṇaṃ madhurayā girā
babhāṣe so 'bhigacchāmaḥ sugrīvam iti rāghavam
English
So saying, Hanuman,
gently, in a sweet voice,
said to Raghava:
“Let us go to Sugriva.”
॥ 4.4.31–32 ॥
CrEd 4.4.23–24
Lakshmana
Sanskrit
कपिः कथयते हृष्टो यथायं मारुतात्मजः ।
कृत्यवान् सोऽपि संप्राप्तः कृतकृत्योऽसि राघव ।
प्रसन्नमुखवर्णश् च व्यक्तं हृष्टश् च भाषते ।
नानृतं वक्ष्यते वीरो हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः ॥
kapiḥ kathayate hṛṣṭo yathāyaṃ mārutātmajaḥ
kṛtyavān so 'pi saṃprāptaḥ kṛtakṛtyo 'si rāghava
prasannamukhavarṇaś ca vyaktaṃ hṛṣṭaś ca bhāṣate
nānṛtaṃ vakṣyate vīro hanūmān mārutātmajaḥ
English
As this monkey, son of the Wind,
speaks to us so gladly,
he too has come with a need of his own;
your work is done, Raghava.
The colour of his face is clear,
and plainly he speaks with gladness;
heroic Hanuman, son of the Wind,
will not speak falsely.
॥ 4.4.33–35 ॥
CrEd 4.4.25–26
silent moment
The fire and the jewels
॥ 4.5.2–3 ॥
CrEd 4.5.2–3
Hanuman
Sanskrit
अयं रामो महाप्राज्ञः संप्राप्तो दृढविक्रमः ।
लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा रामोऽयं सत्यविक्रमः ।
इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातो रामो दशरथात्मजः ।
धर्मे निगदितश् चैव पितुर् निर्देशपालकः ॥
ayaṃ rāmo mahāprājñaḥ saṃprāpto dṛḍhavikramaḥ
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā rāmo 'yaṃ satyavikramaḥ
ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule jāto rāmo daśarathātmajaḥ
dharme nigaditaś caiva pitur nirdeśapālakaḥ
English
This is Rama, of great wisdom,
who has come, firm in valour,
with Lakshmana his brother;
this Rama is true in valour.
Born in the line of the Ikshvakus,
Rama, son of Dasharatha,
renowned in dharma,
keeper of his father’s command.
॥ 4.5.6–7 ॥
CrEd 4.5.4, 4.5.7
Hanuman
Sanskrit
तस्यास्य वसतोऽरण्ये नियतस्य महात्मनः ।
रक्षसापहृता भार्या स त्वां शरणम् आगतः ।
… ।
भवता सख्यकामौ तौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
प्रतिगृह्यार्चयस्वेमौ पूजनीयतमाव् उभौ ॥
tasyāsya vasato 'raṇye niyatasya mahātmanaḥ
rakṣasāpahṛtā bhāryā sa tvāṃ śaraṇam āgataḥ
…
bhavatā sakhyakāmau tau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau
pratigṛhyārcayasvemau pūjanīyatamāv ubhau
English
While he, great-souled and restrained,
was living in the forest,
a rakshasa carried off his wife;
he has come to you for refuge.
…
Seeking friendship with you,
these two brothers, Rama and Lakshmana:
receive them and honour them,
for both are most worthy of honour.
॥ 4.5.7–8 ॥
CrEd 4.5.8–9
silent moment
॥ 4.5.9–10 ॥
CrEd 4.5.10–11
Sugriva
Sanskrit
भवान् धर्मविनीतश् च विक्रान्तः सर्ववत्सलः ।
आख्याता वायुपुत्रेण तत्त्वतो मे भवद्गुणाः ।
तन् ममैवैष सत्कारो लाभश् चैवोत्तमः प्रभो ।
यत् त्वम् इच्छसि सौहार्दं वानरेण मया सह ॥
bhavān dharmavinītaś ca vikrāntaḥ sarvavatsalaḥ
ākhyātā vāyuputreṇa tattvato me bhavadguṇāḥ
tan mamaivaiṣa satkāro lābhaś caivottamaḥ prabho
yat tvam icchasi sauhārdaṃ vānareṇa mayā saha
English
You are schooled in dharma,
valiant, kind to all;
the Wind’s son has told me truly
of your virtues.
So this is honour to me,
and the highest gain, my lord,
that you desire friendship
with me, a monkey.
॥ 4.5.11 ॥
CrEd 4.5.12
Sugriva
Sanskrit
रोचते यदि वा सख्यं बाहुर् एष प्रसारितः ।
गृह्यतां पाणिना पाणिर् मर्यादा वध्यतां ध्रुवा ॥
rocate yadi vā sakhyaṃ bāhur eṣa prasāritaḥ
gṛhyatāṃ pāṇinā pāṇir maryādā vadhyatāṃ dhruvā
English
If friendship pleases you,
here is my arm, held out;
let hand be taken in hand,
and let a firm bond be made.
॥ 4.5.12 ॥
CrEd 4.5.13
silent moment
॥ 4.5.13–14 ॥
CrEd 4.5.14–15
silent moment
॥ 4.5.15 ॥
CrEd 4.5.16
silent moment
॥ 4.5.16 ॥
CrEd 4.5.17
silent moment
॥ 4.6.1–4 ॥
CrEd 4.6.1–3
Sugriva
Sanskrit
अयम् आख्याति मे राम सचिवो मन्त्रिसत्तमः ।
हनुमान् यन्निमित्तं त्वं निर्जनं वनम् आगतः ।
लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा वसतश् च वने तव ।
रक्षसापहृता भार्या मैथिली जनकात्मजा ।
त्वया वियुक्ता रुदती लक्ष्मणेन च धीमता ।
अन्तरं प्रेप्सुना तेन हत्वा गृध्रं जटायुषम् ॥
ayam ākhyāti me rāma sacivo mantrisattamaḥ
hanumān yannimittaṃ tvaṃ nirjanaṃ vanam āgataḥ
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā vasataś ca vane tava
rakṣasāpahṛtā bhāryā maithilī janakātmajā
tvayā viyuktā rudatī lakṣmaṇena ca dhīmatā
antaraṃ prepsunā tena hatvā gṛdhraṃ jaṭāyuṣam
English
Rama, my minister Hanuman,
best of counsellors, has told me
why you have come
to this empty forest:
that while you lived in the forest
with Lakshmana your brother,
a rakshasa carried off your wife,
Maithili, Janaka’s daughter,
weeping, parted from you
and from wise Lakshmana;
watching for his chance, he
killed the vulture Jatayu.
॥ 4.6.5–6 ॥
CrEd 4.6.4–5
Sugriva
Sanskrit
भार्यावियोगजं दुःखं नचिरात् त्वं विमोक्ष्यसे ।
अहं ताम् आनयिष्यामि नष्टां वेदश्रुतिं यथा ।
रसातले वा वर्तन्तीं वर्तन्तीं वा नभस्तले ।
अहम् आनीय दास्यामि तव भार्याम् अरिंदम ॥
bhāryāviyogajaṃ duḥkhaṃ nacirāt tvaṃ vimokṣyase
ahaṃ tām ānayiṣyāmi naṣṭāṃ vedaśrutiṃ yathā
rasātale vā vartantīṃ vartantīṃ vā nabhastale
aham ānīya dāsyāmi tava bhāryām ariṃdama
English
From the grief of parting from your wife
you will soon be set free.
I will bring her back,
as the lost Veda was brought back.
Whether she dwells in the underworld
or dwells in the sky,
I will bring your wife and give her to you,
tamer of foes.
॥ 4.6.9–10 ॥
CrEd 4.6.7–8
Sugriva
Sanskrit
अनुमानात् तु जानामि मैथिली सा न संशयः ।
ह्रियमाणा मया दृष्टा रक्षसा क्रूरकर्मणा ।
क्रोशन्ती राम रामेति लक्ष्मणेति च विस्वरम् ।
स्फुरन्ती रावणस्याङ्के पन्नगेन्द्रवधूर् यथा ॥
anumānāt tu jānāmi maithilī sā na saṃśayaḥ
hriyamāṇā mayā dṛṣṭā rakṣasā krūrakarmaṇā
krośantī rāma rāmeti lakṣmaṇeti ca visvaram
sphurantī rāvaṇasyāṅke pannagendravadhūr yathā
English
But I know by inference,
beyond doubt, it was Maithili:
I saw her carried off
by a rakshasa of cruel deeds,
crying, “Rama, Rama!”
and “Lakshmana!” in a broken voice,
writhing in Ravana’s lap
like the wife of a serpent king.
॥ 4.6.11–12 ॥
CrEd 4.6.9–10
Sugriva
Sanskrit
आत्मना पञ्चमं मां हि दृष्ट्वा शैलतटे स्थितम् ।
उत्तरीयं तया त्यक्तं शुभान्य् आभरणानि च ।
तान्य् अस्माभिर् गृहीतानि निहितानि च राघव ।
आनयिष्याम्य् अहं तानि प्रत्यभिज्ञातुम् अर्हसि ॥
ātmanā pañcamaṃ māṃ hi dṛṣṭvā śailataṭe sthitam
uttarīyaṃ tayā tyaktaṃ śubhāny ābharaṇāni ca
tāny asmābhir gṛhītāni nihitāni ca rāghava
ānayiṣyāmy ahaṃ tāni pratyabhijñātum arhasi
English
For seeing me on the mountain slope,
standing there, myself the fifth,
she let fall her upper cloth
and her lovely ornaments.
These we took up
and put away, Raghava;
I will bring them;
you should know them again.
॥ 4.6.13 ॥
CrEd 4.6.11
Rama
Sanskrit
तम् अब्रवीत् ततो रामः सुग्रीवं प्रियवादिनम् ।
आनयस्व सखे शीघ्रं किमर्थं प्रविलम्बसे ॥
tam abravīt tato rāmaḥ sugrīvaṃ priyavādinam
ānayasva sakhe śīghraṃ kimarthaṃ pravilambase
English
Then Rama said
to Sugriva, speaker of kind words:
“Bring them quickly, friend.
Why do you delay?”
॥ 4.6.14 ॥
CrEd 4.6.12
silent moment
॥ 4.6.15 ॥
CrEd 4.6.13
Sugriva
Sanskrit
उत्तरीयं गृहीत्वा तु शुभान्य् आभरणानि च ।
इदं पश्येति रामाय दर्शयाम् आस वानरः ॥
uttarīyaṃ gṛhītvā tu śubhāny ābharaṇāni ca
idaṃ paśyeti rāmāya darśayām āsa vānaraḥ
English
Taking the upper cloth
and the lovely ornaments,
the monkey showed them to Rama:
“See this.”
॥ 4.6.16 ॥
CrEd 4.6.14
silent moment
॥ 4.6.17 ॥
CrEd 4.6.15
Rama
Sanskrit
सीतास्नेहप्रवृत्तेन स तु बाष्पेण दूषितः ।
हा प्रियेति रुदन् धैर्यम् उत्सृज्य न्यपतत् क्षितौ ॥
sītāsnehapravṛttena sa tu bāṣpeṇa dūṣitaḥ
hā priyeti rudan dhairyam utsṛjya nyapatat kṣitau
English
Blinded by tears
that welled from his love for Sita,
he wept, “Ah, beloved!”,
let go his composure, and fell to the ground.
॥ 4.6.17–19 ॥
CrEd 4.6.15–17
silent moment
॥ 4.6.20–21 ॥
CrEd 4.6.18–19
Rama
Sanskrit
पश्य लक्ष्मण वैदेह्या संत्यक्तं ह्रियमाणया ।
उत्तरीयम् इदं भूमौ शरीराद् भूषणानि च ।
शाद्वलिन्यां ध्रुवं भूम्यां सीतया ह्रियमाणया ।
उत्सृष्टं भूषणम् इदं तथारूपं हि दृश्यते ॥
paśya lakṣmaṇa vaidehyā saṃtyaktaṃ hriyamāṇayā
uttarīyam idaṃ bhūmau śarīrād bhūṣaṇāni ca
śādvalinyāṃ dhruvaṃ bhūmyāṃ sītayā hriyamāṇayā
utsṛṣṭaṃ bhūṣaṇam idaṃ tathārūpaṃ hi dṛśyate
English
Look, Lakshmana: this upper cloth,
let fall by Vaidehi
as she was carried off, here on the ground,
and the ornaments from her body.
Surely on grassy ground
Sita, as she was carried off,
dropped these ornaments,
for so they look.
॥ 4.6.22–23a ॥
Lakshmana
Sanskrit
नाहं जानामि केयूरे नाहं जानामि कुण्डले ।
नूपुरे त्व् अभिजानामि नित्यं पादाभिवन्दनात् ॥
nāhaṃ jānāmi keyūre nāhaṃ jānāmi kuṇḍale
nūpure tv abhijānāmi nityaṃ pādābhivandanāt
English
I do not know the armlets,
I do not know the earrings;
but the anklets I know,
from bowing at her feet each day.
॥ 4.6.24–25a ॥
CrEd 4.6.20–21ab
Rama
Sanskrit
ब्रूहि सुग्रीव कं देशं ह्रियन्ती लक्षिता त्वया ।
रक्षसा रौद्ररूपेण मम प्राणसमा प्रिया ।
क्व वा वसति तद् रक्षो महद् व्यसनदं मम ॥
brūhi sugrīva kaṃ deśaṃ hriyantī lakṣitā tvayā
rakṣasā raudrarūpeṇa mama prāṇasamā priyā
kva vā vasati tad rakṣo mahad vyasanadaṃ mama
English
Tell me, Sugriva: toward what land
did you see her carried
by the rakshasa of fearsome form,
my love, dear to me as life?
And where does he live, that rakshasa
who brings me this great calamity?
॥ 4.6.25b–26 ॥
CrEd 4.6.21cd–22
Rama
Sanskrit
यन्निमित्तम् अहं सर्वान् नाशयिष्यामि राक्षसान् ।
हरता मैथिलीं येन मां च रोषयता भृशम् ।
आत्मनो जीवितान्ताय मृत्युद्वारम् अपावृतम् ॥
yannimittam ahaṃ sarvān nāśayiṣyāmi rākṣasān
haratā maithilīṃ yena māṃ ca roṣayatā bhṛśam
ātmano jīvitāntāya mṛtyudvāram apāvṛtam
English
For his sake I will destroy
all the rakshasas.
By carrying off Maithili
and rousing me to fierce anger,
he has opened wide the door of death
to end his own life.
॥ 4.6.27 ॥
CrEd 4.6.23
Rama
Sanskrit
मम दयिततमा हृता वनाद् रजनिचरेण विमथ्य येन सा ।
कथय मम रिपुं तम् अद्य वै प्रवगपते यमसंनिधिं नयामि ॥
mama dayitatamā hṛtā vanād rajanicareṇa vimathya yena sā
kathaya mama ripuṃ tam adya vai pravagapate yamasaṃnidhiṃ nayāmi
English
My dearest was taken from the forest
by the night-walker who seized her by force;
tell me of that enemy, lord of monkeys:
this very day I lead him before Yama.
॥ 4.7.1–2 ॥
CrEd 4.7.1–2
Sugriva
Sanskrit
एवम् उक्तस् तु सुग्रीवो रामेणार्तेन वानरः ।
अब्रवीत् प्राञ्जलिर् वाक्यं सबाष्पं बाष्पगद्गदः ।
न जाने निलयं तस्य सर्वथा पापरक्षसः ।
सामर्थ्यं विक्रमं वापि दौष्कुलेयस्य वा कुलम् ॥
evam uktas tu sugrīvo rāmeṇārtena vānaraḥ
abravīt prāñjalir vākyaṃ sabāṣpaṃ bāṣpagadgadaḥ
na jāne nilayaṃ tasya sarvathā pāparakṣasaḥ
sāmarthyaṃ vikramaṃ vāpi dauṣkuleyasya vā kulam
English
Spoken to so by grieving Rama,
the monkey Sugriva,
with joined palms, in tears,
his voice choked with tears, said:
“I do not know at all
where that evil rakshasa dwells,
nor his strength, nor his valour,
nor the family of that low-born one.”
॥ 4.7.1 ॥
CrEd 4.7.1
silent moment