The keeper of the grove
॥ 5.62.37–38 ॥
CrEd 5.60.34–35
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण स हि प्राप्तो वनालयः ।
सहस्रांशुसुतो धीमान् सुग्रीवो यत्र वानरः ।
रामं च लक्ष्मणं चैव दृष्ट्वा सुग्रीवम् एव च ।
समप्रतिष्ठां जगतीम् आकाशान् निपपात ह ॥
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa sa hi prāpto vanālayaḥ
sahasrāṃśusuto dhīmān sugrīvo yatra vānaraḥ
rāmaṃ ca lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā sugrīvam eva ca
samapratiṣṭhāṃ jagatīm ākāśān nipapāta ha
English
In the space of a single blink
he reached the forest home
where the wise son of the thousand-rayed Sun,
Sugriva the vanara, was.
Seeing Rama and Lakshmana,
and Sugriva there as well,
down to the level ground
he dropped out of the sky.
॥ 5.62.39–40 ॥
CrEd 5.60.36–37
silent moment
॥ 5.63.1–2 ॥
CrEd 5.61.1–2
Sugriva
Sanskrit
उत्तिष्ठोत्तिष्ठ कस्मात् त्वं पादयोः पतितो मम अभयं ते भवेद् वीर सत्यम् एवाभिधीयताम् ॥
uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha kasmāt tvaṃ pādayoḥ patito mama abhayaṃ te bhaved vīra satyam evābhidhīyatām
English
Rise, rise! Why is it that you
have fallen at my feet?
Let there be no fear for you, hero;
let the truth alone be told.
॥ 5.63.3–4 ॥
CrEd 5.61.3–4
Dadhimukha
Sanskrit
नैवर्क्षरजसा राजन् न त्वया नापि वालिना वनं निसृष्टपूर्वं हि भक्षितं तत् तु वानरैः ॥
naivarkṣarajasā rājan na tvayā nāpi vālinā vanaṃ nisṛṣṭapūrvaṃ hi bhakṣitaṃ tat tu vānaraiḥ
English
Not by Rksharajas, king,
not by you, nor yet by Vali,
was that grove ever given away;
yet the vanaras have eaten it.
॥ 5.63.5–6 ॥
CrEd 5.61.5–6
Dadhimukha
Sanskrit
एभिः प्रधर्षिताश् चैव वारिता वनरक्षिभिः मधून्य् अचिन्तयित्वेमान् भक्षयन्ति पिबन्ति च शिष्टम् अत्रापविध्यन्ति भक्षयन्ति तथापरे निवार्यमाणास् ते सर्वे भ्रुवौ वै दर्शयन्ति हि ॥
ebhiḥ pradharṣitāś caiva vāritā vanarakṣibhiḥ madhūny acintayitvemān bhakṣayanti pibanti ca śiṣṭam atrāpavidhyanti bhakṣayanti tathāpare nivāryamāṇās te sarve bhruvau vai darśayanti hi
English
They have overpowered the grove’s guards
who sought to hold them back;
heedless of them, they eat
the honey, and they drink;
the leavings some fling away,
while others eat their fill;
and when they are restrained, they all
show us their knitted brows.
॥ 5.63.9–10 ॥
CrEd 5.61.9–10
Dadhimukha
Sanskrit
पाणिभिर् निहताः के चित् के चिज् जानुभिर् आहताः प्रकृष्टाश् च यथाकामं देवमार्गं च दर्शिताः एवम् एते हताः शूरास् त्वयि तिष्ठति भर्तरि ॥
pāṇibhir nihatāḥ ke cit ke cij jānubhir āhatāḥ prakṛṣṭāś ca yathākāmaṃ devamārgaṃ ca darśitāḥ evam ete hatāḥ śūrās tvayi tiṣṭhati bhartari
English
Some were struck down with hands,
and some were beaten with knees,
dragged about at their will,
and shown the path of the gods.
So have these brave ones been beaten,
while you stand here as their lord.
॥ 5.63.11–12 ॥
CrEd 5.61.11–12
Lakshmana
Sanskrit
किम् अयं वानरो राजन् वनपः प्रत्युपस्थितः कं चार्थम् अभिनिर्दिश्य दुःखितो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
kim ayaṃ vānaro rājan vanapaḥ pratyupasthitaḥ kaṃ cārtham abhinirdiśya duḥkhito vākyam abravīt
English
Why, king, has this vanara,
the grove’s keeper, come before you?
And pointing to what matter
has he spoken, in such grief?
॥ 5.63.13–15 ॥
CrEd 5.61.13–15
Sugriva
Sanskrit
आर्य लक्ष्मण संप्राह वीरो दधिमुखः कपिः अङ्गदप्रमुखैर् वीरैर् भक्षितं मधुवानरैः नैषाम् अकृतकृत्यानाम् ईदृशः स्याद् उपक्रमः ॥
ārya lakṣmaṇa saṃprāha vīro dadhimukhaḥ kapiḥ aṅgadapramukhair vīrair bhakṣitaṃ madhuvānaraiḥ naiṣām akṛtakṛtyānām īdṛśaḥ syād upakramaḥ
English
Noble Lakshmana, so reports
the brave vanara Dadhimukha:
the heroes led by Angada,
those vanaras, have eaten the honey.
Had they not done their work,
they would never venture thus.
॥ 5.63.17 ॥
CrEd 5.61.15
silent moment
॥ 5.63.17 ॥
CrEd 5.61.15–16
Sugriva
Sanskrit
वनं यथाभिपन्नं तैः साधितं कर्म वानरैः दृष्टा देवी न संदेहो न चान्येन हनूमता ॥
vanaṃ yathābhipannaṃ taiḥ sādhitaṃ karma vānaraiḥ dṛṣṭā devī na saṃdeho na cānyena hanūmatā
English
The way they have fallen on the grove,
the vanaras have done their work.
The devi is found, there is no doubt,
and by none but Hanuman.
॥ 5.63.19 ॥
CrEd 5.61.18
Sugriva
Sanskrit
जाम्बवान् यत्र नेता स्याद् अङ्गदस्य बलेश्वरः हनूमांश् चाप्य् अधिष्ठाता न तस्य गतिर् अन्यथा ॥
jāmbavān yatra netā syād aṅgadasya baleśvaraḥ hanūmāṃś cāpy adhiṣṭhātā na tasya gatir anyathā
English
Where Jambavan is the guide,
Angada’s lord of the host,
and Hanuman stands over all,
the end can be no other.
॥ 5.63.22–23 ॥
CrEd 5.61.22–23
Sugriva
Sanskrit
सौमित्रे पश्य तत्त्वतः अभिगम्य यथा सर्वे पिबन्ति मधु वानराः न चाप्य् अदृष्ट्वा वैदेहीं विश्रुताः पुरुषर्षभ वनं दत्त वरं दिव्यं धर्षयेयुर् वनौकसः ॥
saumitre paśya tattvataḥ abhigamya yathā sarve pibanti madhu vānarāḥ na cāpy adṛṣṭvā vaidehīṃ viśrutāḥ puruṣarṣabha vanaṃ datta varaṃ divyaṃ dharṣayeyur vanaukasaḥ
English
See it truly, Saumitri:
how all of them have gone to it,
the vanaras, and drink the honey.
Nor, had they not seen Vaidehi,
would those famed ones, bull among men,
ravage the heavenly grove, a boon,
those dwellers of the forest.
॥ 5.63.24–25 ॥
CrEd 5.61.24–25
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
ततः प्रहृष्टो धर्मात्मा लक्ष्मणः सहराघवः ।
श्रुत्वा कर्णसुखां वाणीं सुग्रीववदनाच् च्युताम् ।
प्राहृष्यत भृशं रामो लक्ष्मणश् च महायशाः ॥
tataḥ prahṛṣṭo dharmātmā lakṣmaṇaḥ saharāghavaḥ
śrutvā karṇasukhāṃ vāṇīṃ sugrīvavadanāc cyutām
prāhṛṣyata bhṛśaṃ rāmo lakṣmaṇaś ca mahāyaśāḥ
English
Then righteous Lakshmana rejoiced,
and Raghava with him;
hearing words sweet to the ear
that fell from Sugriva’s mouth,
Rama rejoiced exceedingly,
and Lakshmana of great fame.
॥ 5.63.27 ॥
CrEd 5.61.26
Sugriva
Sanskrit
प्रीतोऽस्मि सौम्य यद् भुक्तं वनं तैः कृतकर्मभिः मर्षितं मर्षणीयं च चेष्टितं कृतकर्मणाम् ॥
prīto 'smi saumya yad bhuktaṃ vanaṃ taiḥ kṛtakarmabhiḥ marṣitaṃ marṣaṇīyaṃ ca ceṣṭitaṃ kṛtakarmaṇām
English
I am glad, gentle one, the grove
was enjoyed by those whose work is done;
it is pardoned, and deserves pardon,
the conduct of those who did the deed.
॥ 5.63.28 ॥
CrEd 5.61.27
Sugriva
Sanskrit
इच्छामि शीघ्रं हनुमत्प्रधानान् शाखामृगांस् तान् मृगराजदर्पान् द्रष्टुं कृतार्थान् सह राघवाभ्यां श्रोतुं च सीताधिगमे प्रयत्नम् ॥
icchāmi śīghraṃ hanumatpradhānān śākhāmṛgāṃs tān mṛgarājadarpān draṣṭuṃ kṛtārthān saha rāghavābhyāṃ śrotuṃ ca sītādhigame prayatnam
English
I wish to see them quickly, with Hanuman at their head,
those branch-deer, proud as the king of beasts,
their purpose won, together with the two Raghavas,
and hear what toil they spent in finding Sita.
॥ 5.64.1–2 ॥
CrEd 5.62.1–2
silent moment
The humble prince
॥ 5.64.3–4 ॥
CrEd 5.62.3–5
silent moment
॥ 5.64.5–6 ॥
CrEd 5.62.6–7
Dadhimukha
Sanskrit
सौम्य रोषो न कर्तव्यो यद् एभिर् अभिवारितः अज्ञानाद् रक्षिभिः क्रोधाद् भवन्तः प्रतिषेधिताः युवराजस् त्वम् ईशश् च वनस्यास्य महाबल मौर्ख्यात् पूर्वं कृतो दोषस् तद् भवान् क्षन्तुम् अर्हति ॥
saumya roṣo na kartavyo yad ebhir abhivāritaḥ ajñānād rakṣibhiḥ krodhād bhavantaḥ pratiṣedhitāḥ yuvarājas tvam īśaś ca vanasyāsya mahābala maurkhyāt pūrvaṃ kṛto doṣas tad bhavān kṣantum arhati
English
Gentle one, do not be angry
that these men held you back;
in ignorance and in anger
the guards opposed you all.
You are crown prince, mighty one,
and lord of this very grove;
the fault was done before, in folly:
be pleased to pardon it.
॥ 5.64.7–9 ॥
CrEd 5.62.9–11
Dadhimukha
Sanskrit
आख्यातं हि मया गत्वा पितृव्यस्य तवानघ इहोपयानं सर्वेषाम् एतेषां वनचारिणाम् स त्वदागमनं श्रुत्वा सहैभिर् हरियूथपैः प्रहृष्टो न तु रुष्टोऽसौ वनं श्रुत्वा प्रधर्षितम् … शीघ्रं प्रेषय सर्वांस् तान् इति होवाच पार्थिवः ॥
ākhyātaṃ hi mayā gatvā pitṛvyasya tavānagha ihopayānaṃ sarveṣām eteṣāṃ vanacāriṇām sa tvadāgamanaṃ śrutvā sahaibhir hariyūthapaiḥ prahṛṣṭo na tu ruṣṭo 'sau vanaṃ śrutvā pradharṣitam … śīghraṃ preṣaya sarvāṃs tān iti hovāca pārthivaḥ
English
I went, blameless one, and told
your father’s brother all:
how they had come here, every one,
these rangers of the woods.
Hearing you had come
with these leaders of the troops,
he was glad and not angry,
though he heard the grove was ravaged.
“Send them all quickly,”
so the king said.
॥ 5.64.11–12 ॥
CrEd 5.62.13–14
Angada
Sanskrit
शङ्के श्रुतोऽयं वृत्तान्तो रामेण हरियूथपाः तत् क्षमं नेह नः स्थातुं कृते कार्ये परंतपाः पीत्वा मधु यथाकामं विश्रान्ता वनचारिणः किं शेषं गमनं तत्र सुग्रीवो यत्र मे गुरुः ॥
śaṅke śruto 'yaṃ vṛttānto rāmeṇa hariyūthapāḥ tat kṣamaṃ neha naḥ sthātuṃ kṛte kārye paraṃtapāḥ pītvā madhu yathākāmaṃ viśrāntā vanacāriṇaḥ kiṃ śeṣaṃ gamanaṃ tatra sugrīvo yatra me guruḥ
English
I think this news has reached Rama,
you leaders of the troops;
so it is not fit we linger here,
foe-scorchers, our work done.
We have drunk honey as we pleased,
we rangers, and have rested;
what is left but to go
where Sugriva is, my elder?
॥ 5.64.13–14 ॥
CrEd 5.62.15–16
Angada
Sanskrit
सर्वे यथा मां वक्ष्यन्ति समेत्य हरियूथपाः तथास्मि कर्ता कर्तव्ये भवद्भिः परवान् अहम् नाज्ञापयितुम् ईशोऽहं युवराजोऽस्मि यद्य् अपि अयुक्तं कृतकर्माणो यूयं धर्षयितुं मया ॥
sarve yathā māṃ vakṣyanti sametya hariyūthapāḥ tathāsmi kartā kartavye bhavadbhiḥ paravān aham nājñāpayitum īśo 'haṃ yuvarājo 'smi yady api ayuktaṃ kṛtakarmāṇo yūyaṃ dharṣayituṃ mayā
English
As all of you shall tell me,
gathered, leaders of the troops,
so shall I do what must be done;
I am in your hands.
I am not lord to command you,
crown prince though I be;
it is not fit that I should press
you, who have done the work.
॥ 5.64.16 ॥
CrEd 5.62.18
Gandhamadana
Sanskrit
एवं वक्ष्यति को राजन् प्रभुः सन् वानरर्षभ ऐश्वर्यमदमत्तो हि सर्वोऽहम् इति मन्यते ॥
evaṃ vakṣyati ko rājan prabhuḥ san vānararṣabha aiśvaryamadamatto hi sarvo 'ham iti manyate
English
Who would speak thus, O king,
being master, bull among vanaras?
For drunk with the pride of power,
each one thinks, “I am all.”
॥ 5.64.17 ॥
CrEd 5.62.19
Mainda
Sanskrit
तव चेदं सुसदृशं वाक्यं नान्यस्य कस्य चित् संनतिर् हि तवाख्याति भविष्यच् छुभभाग्यताम् ॥
tava cedaṃ susadṛśaṃ vākyaṃ nānyasya kasya cit saṃnatir hi tavākhyāti bhaviṣyac chubhabhāgyatām
English
These words well become you,
and no one else at all;
for your humility proclaims
the good fortune yet to come.
॥ 5.64.18–19 ॥
CrEd 5.62.20–21
Dvivida
Sanskrit
सर्वे वयम् अपि प्राप्तास् तत्र गन्तुं कृतक्षणाः स यत्र हरिवीराणां सुग्रीवः पतिर् अव्ययः त्वया ह्य् अनुक्तैर् हरिभिर् नैव शक्यं पदात् पदम् क्व चिद् गन्तुं हरिश्रेष्ठ ब्रूमः सत्यम् इदं तु ते ॥
sarve vayam api prāptās tatra gantuṃ kṛtakṣaṇāḥ sa yatra harivīrāṇāṃ sugrīvaḥ patir avyayaḥ tvayā hy anuktair haribhir naiva śakyaṃ padāt padam kva cid gantuṃ hariśreṣṭha brūmaḥ satyam idaṃ tu te
English
We all, too, stand ready,
eager to go there
where Sugriva is, the unfailing
lord of the vanara heroes.
Unbidden by you, the vanaras
cannot move one step
anywhere, best of vanaras;
this we tell you truly.
॥ 5.64.20 ॥
CrEd 5.62.22
Angada
Sanskrit
बाढं गच्छाम ॥
bāḍhaṃ gacchāma
English
Very well: let us go.
॥ 5.64.20–21 ॥
CrEd 5.62.22–23
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
बाढं गच्छाम इत्य् उक्त्वा उत्पपात महीतलात् ।
उत्पतन्तम् अनूत्पेतुः सर्वे ते हरियूथपाः ।
कृत्वाकाशं निराकाशं यज्ञोत्क्षिप्ता इवानलाः ॥
bāḍhaṃ gacchāma ity uktvā utpapāta mahītalāt
utpatantam anūtpetuḥ sarve te hariyūthapāḥ
kṛtvākāśaṃ nirākāśaṃ yajñotkṣiptā ivānalāḥ
English
“Very well, let us go,” he said,
and leapt up from the ground.
As he rose, they leapt after him,
all those leaders of the troops,
and made the sky a skyless sky,
like fires flung up at a sacrifice.
॥ 5.64.23 ॥
CrEd 5.62.25
silent moment
॥ 5.64.24 ॥
CrEd 5.62.26
Sugriva
Sanskrit
समाश्वसिहि भद्रं ते दृष्टा देवी न संशयः नागन्तुम् इह शक्यं तैर् अतीते समये हि नः ॥
samāśvasihi bhadraṃ te dṛṣṭā devī na saṃśayaḥ nāgantum iha śakyaṃ tair atīte samaye hi naḥ
English
Take heart, and blessings on you:
the devi is found, past doubt;
they could not have come here,
with the time we set gone by.
॥ 5.64.27–31 ॥
CrEd 5.62.30–33
Sugriva
Sanskrit
कौसल्या सुप्रजा राम समाश्वसिहि सुव्रत … हनूमति हि सिद्धिश् च मतिश् च मतिसत्तम व्यवसायश् च वीर्यं च सूर्ये तेज इव ध्रुवम् … मा भूश् चिन्ता समायुक्तः संप्रत्य् अमितविक्रम ॥
kausalyā suprajā rāma samāśvasihi suvrata … hanūmati hi siddhiś ca matiś ca matisattama vyavasāyaś ca vīryaṃ ca sūrye teja iva dhruvam … mā bhūś cintā samāyuktaḥ saṃpraty amitavikrama
English
Rama, Kausalya’s fine son,
take heart, true to your vows.
In Hanuman are success and wisdom,
O best of the wise,
resolve and valour,
fixed, like light in the sun.
Do not give yourself to care
now, of boundless might.
॥ 5.64.31–32 ॥
CrEd 5.62.34
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
ततः किल किला शब्दं शुश्रावासन्नम् अम्बरे ।
हनूमत् कर्मदृप्तानां नर्दतां काननौकसाम् ।
किष्किन्धाम् उपयातानां सिद्धिं कथयताम् इव ॥
tataḥ kila kilā śabdaṃ śuśrāvāsannam ambare
hanūmat karmadṛptānāṃ nardatāṃ kānanaukasām
kiṣkindhām upayātānāṃ siddhiṃ kathayatām iva
English
Then he heard a kilakila clamour,
near at hand in the sky,
of forest-dwellers roaring,
proud of Hanuman’s deed,
as they drew near Kishkindha,
as if telling their success.
॥ 5.64.33 ॥
CrEd 5.62.35
silent moment
॥ 5.64.34–35 ॥
CrEd 5.62.36–37
silent moment
॥ 5.64.36 ॥
CrEd 5.62.38
Hanuman
Sanskrit
हनूमांश् च महाबाहुः प्रणम्य शिरसा ततः ।
नियताम् अक्षतां देवीं राघवाय न्यवेदयत् ॥
hanūmāṃś ca mahābāhuḥ praṇamya śirasā tataḥ
niyatām akṣatāṃ devīṃ rāghavāya nyavedayat
English
And Hanuman, the mighty-armed,
bowing his head then,
told Raghava of the devi:
constant, and unharmed.
॥ 5.64.37–39 ॥
CrEd 5.62.39–40
silent moment
All I have to give
॥ 6.1.1 ॥
CrEd 6.1.1
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
श्रुत्वा हनुमतो वाक्यं यथावद् अभिभाषितम् ।
रामः प्रीतिसमायुक्तो वाक्यम् उत्तरम् अब्रवीत् ॥
śrutvā hanumato vākyaṃ yathāvad abhibhāṣitam
rāmaḥ prītisamāyukto vākyam uttaram abravīt
English
Hearing Hanuman’s words,
told just as it befell,
Rama, filled with joy,
spoke these words in reply.
॥ 6.1.2–3 ॥
CrEd 6.1.2–3
Rama
Sanskrit
कृतं हनुमता कार्यं सुमहद् भुवि दुष्करम् मनसापि यद् अन्येन न शक्यं धरणीतले न हि तं परिपश्यामि यस् तरेत महार्णवम् अन्यत्र गरुणाद् वायोर् अन्यत्र च हनूमतः ॥
kṛtaṃ hanumatā kāryaṃ sumahad bhuvi duṣkaram manasāpi yad anyena na śakyaṃ dharaṇītale na hi taṃ paripaśyāmi yas tareta mahārṇavam anyatra garuṇād vāyor anyatra ca hanūmataḥ
English
A deed has Hanuman done,
mighty, hard on earth to do,
which none else on the face of the earth
could do, even in thought.
For I see no one who could cross
the great and mighty ocean,
save Garuda and save Vayu,
and save Hanuman.
॥ 6.1.7, 10 ॥
CrEd 6.1.7, 9
Rama
Sanskrit
यो हि भृत्यो नियुक्तः सन् भर्त्रा कर्मणि दुष्करे कुर्यात् तदनुरागेण तम् आहुः पुरुषोत्तमम् … तन्नियोगे नियुक्तेन कृतं कृत्यं हनूमता … सुग्रीवश् चापि तोषितः ॥
yo hi bhṛtyo niyuktaḥ san bhartrā karmaṇi duṣkare kuryāt tadanurāgeṇa tam āhuḥ puruṣottamam … tanniyoge niyuktena kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ hanūmatā … sugrīvaś cāpi toṣitaḥ
English
The servant who, set by his master
to a task hard to do,
does it with devotion,
him they call the best of men.
Set to that charge, Hanuman
has done what was to be done,
and Sugriva too is pleased.
॥ 6.1.11 ॥
CrEd 6.1.10
Rama
Sanskrit
अहं च रघुवंशश् च लक्ष्मणश् च महाबलः वैदेह्या दर्शनेनाद्य धर्मतः परिरक्षिताः ॥
ahaṃ ca raghuvaṃśaś ca lakṣmaṇaś ca mahābalaḥ vaidehyā darśanenādya dharmataḥ parirakṣitāḥ
English
I, and the line of Raghu,
and Lakshmana of great might,
by the finding of Vaidehi today
are rightly kept from harm.
॥ 6.1.12–13 ॥
CrEd 6.1.11–12
Rama
Sanskrit
इदं तु मम दीनस्य मनो भूयः प्रकर्षति ।
यद् इहास्य प्रियाख्यातुर् न कुर्मि सदृशं प्रियम् ।
एष सर्वस्वभूतस् तु परिष्वङ्गो हनूमतः ।
मया कालम् इमं प्राप्य दत्तस् तस्य महात्मनः ॥
idaṃ tu mama dīnasya mano bhūyaḥ prakarṣati
yad ihāsya priyākhyātur na kurmi sadṛśaṃ priyam
eṣa sarvasvabhūtas tu pariṣvaṅgo hanūmataḥ
mayā kālam imaṃ prāpya dattas tasya mahātmanaḥ
English
But this drags at my heart the more,
helpless as I am:
that I do no kindness here to match
the kindness of his news.
This embrace, which is all I own,
this clasping of Hanuman,
I give, now this hour has come,
to him, the great-souled one.
॥ 6.1.13–14 ॥
CrEd 6.1.12
silent moment
॥ 6.1.16–17 ॥
CrEd 6.1.13–14
Rama
Sanskrit
सर्वथा सुकृतं तावत् सीतायाः परिमार्गणम् सागरं तु समासाद्य पुनर् नष्टं मनो मम कथं नाम समुद्रस्य दुष्पारस्य महाम्भसः हरयो दक्षिणं पारं गमिष्यन्ति समाहिताः ॥
sarvathā sukṛtaṃ tāvat sītāyāḥ parimārgaṇam sāgaraṃ tu samāsādya punar naṣṭaṃ mano mama kathaṃ nāma samudrasya duṣpārasya mahāmbhasaḥ harayo dakṣiṇaṃ pāraṃ gamiṣyanti samāhitāḥ
English
The search for Sita, in every way,
has so far been well done;
but come to the sea,
my heart is lost again.
How ever, over the ocean,
hard to cross, of mighty waters,
to its southern shore shall go
the vanaras, all together?
॥ 6.1.19 ॥
CrEd 6.1.16
silent moment
॥ 6.2.2 ॥
CrEd 6.2.2
Sugriva
Sanskrit
किं त्वं संतप्यसे वीर यथान्यः प्राकृतस् तथा मैवं भूस् त्यज संतापं कृतघ्न इव सौहृदम् ॥
kiṃ tvaṃ saṃtapyase vīra yathānyaḥ prākṛtas tathā maivaṃ bhūs tyaja saṃtāpaṃ kṛtaghna iva sauhṛdam
English
Why do you grieve, O hero,
like some common man?
Be not so; cast off this grief,
as an ingrate casts off friendship.
॥ 6.2.5, 9 ॥
CrEd 6.2.5, 9
Sugriva
Sanskrit
समुद्रं लङ्घयित्वा तु महानक्रसमाकुलम् लङ्काम् आरोहयिष्यामो हनिष्यामश् च ते रिपुम् … सेतुर् अत्र यथा वध्येद् यथा पश्येम तां पुरीम् तस्य राक्षसराजस्य तथा त्वं कुरु राघव ॥
samudraṃ laṅghayitvā tu mahānakrasamākulam laṅkām ārohayiṣyāmo haniṣyāmaś ca te ripum … setur atra yathā vadhyed yathā paśyema tāṃ purīm tasya rākṣasarājasya tathā tvaṃ kuru rāghava
English
Leaping over the sea,
thronged with great crocodiles,
we shall climb up into Lanka
and slay your enemy.
That a bridge be bound here,
that we may see the city
of that king of the rakshasas,
so act, Raghava.
॥ 6.2.19–20 ॥
CrEd 6.2.17
Sugriva
Sanskrit
अचिराद् द्रक्ष्यसे सीतां तीर्त्वा सागरम् अक्षयम् तद् अलं शोकम् आलम्ब्य क्रोधम् आलम्ब भूपते ॥
acirād drakṣyase sītāṃ tīrtvā sāgaram akṣayam tad alaṃ śokam ālambya krodham ālamba bhūpate
English
Soon you shall see Sita,
having crossed the endless sea;
enough, then, of holding to grief:
hold to anger, lord of the earth.
॥ 6.3.1 ॥
CrEd 6.3.1
silent moment
॥ 6.3.2–3 ॥
CrEd 6.3.2–3
Rama
Sanskrit
तरसा सेतुबन्धेन सागरोच्छोषणेन वा सर्वथा सुसमर्थोऽस्मि सागरस्यास्य लङ्घने कति दुर्गाणि दुर्गाया लङ्कायास् तद् ब्रवीहि मे ज्ञातुम् इच्छामि तत् सर्वं दर्शनाद् इव वानर ॥
tarasā setubandhena sāgarocchoṣaṇena vā sarvathā susamartho 'smi sāgarasyāsya laṅghane kati durgāṇi durgāyā laṅkāyās tad bravīhi me jñātum icchāmi tat sarvaṃ darśanād iva vānara
English
Swiftly, by binding a bridge,
or else by drying the sea,
in every way am I able
to leap across this ocean.
How many forts has Lanka,
hard of access? Tell me that.
I wish to know it all, vanara,
as though I saw it myself.
॥ 6.3.7, 11 ॥
CrEd 6.3.7, 10
Hanuman
Sanskrit
श्रूयतां सर्वम् आख्यास्ये दुर्गकर्मविधानतः गुप्ता पुरी यथा लङ्का रक्षिता च यथा बलैः … दृढबद्धकवाटानि महापरिघवन्ति च द्वाराणि विपुलान्य् अस्याश् चत्वारि सुमहान्ति च ॥
śrūyatāṃ sarvam ākhyāsye durgakarmavidhānataḥ guptā purī yathā laṅkā rakṣitā ca yathā balaiḥ … dṛḍhabaddhakavāṭāni mahāparighavanti ca dvārāṇi vipulāny asyāś catvāri sumahānti ca
English
Hear it: I shall tell you all,
by the craft of her defences,
how the city of Lanka is warded,
how her forces keep her safe.
With doors fast bolted,
and with mighty bars,
her gates are broad, and four,
and very great.
॥ 6.3.14–15 ॥
CrEd 6.3.13–14
Hanuman
Sanskrit
सौवर्णश् च महांस् तस्याः प्राकारो दुष्प्रधर्षणः मणिविद्रुमवैदूर्यमुक्ताविचरितान्तरः सर्वतश् च महाभीमाः शीततोया महाशुभाः अगाधा ग्राहवत्यश् च परिखा मीनसेविताः ॥
sauvarṇaś ca mahāṃs tasyāḥ prākāro duṣpradharṣaṇaḥ maṇividrumavaidūryamuktāvicaritāntaraḥ sarvataś ca mahābhīmāḥ śītatoyā mahāśubhāḥ agādhā grāhavatyaś ca parikhā mīnasevitāḥ
English
Her mighty wall is of gold,
hard to storm,
set all along with gems and coral,
beryl and pearl.
And all around, most fearsome,
most lovely, cold of water,
fathomless, full of crocodiles,
the moats where fishes dwell.
॥ 6.3.29–30 ॥
CrEd 6.3.28–29
Hanuman
Sanskrit
ते मया संक्रमा भग्नाः परिखाश् चावपूरिताः दग्धा च नगरी लङ्का प्राकाराश् चावसादिताः येन केन तु मार्गेण तराम वरुणालयम् हतेति नगरी लङ्कां वानरैर् अवधार्यताम् ॥
te mayā saṃkramā bhagnāḥ parikhāś cāvapūritāḥ dagdhā ca nagarī laṅkā prākārāś cāvasāditāḥ yena kena tu mārgeṇa tarāma varuṇālayam hateti nagarī laṅkāṃ vānarair avadhāryatām
English
Those bridges I have broken,
and the moats I have filled;
the city of Lanka is burned,
and its walls are thrown down.
By whatever road it be,
let us cross Varuna’s home;
count the city of Lanka
destroyed by the vanaras.
॥ 6.3.31, 34 ॥
CrEd 6.3.30, 32
Hanuman
Sanskrit
अङ्गदो द्विविदो मैन्दो जाम्बवान् पनसो नलः नीलः सेनापतिश् चैव बलशेषेण किं तव … एवम् आज्ञापय क्षिप्रं बलानां सर्वसंग्रहम् मुहूर्तेन तु युक्तेन प्रस्थानम् अभिरोचय ॥
aṅgado dvivido maindo jāmbavān panaso nalaḥ nīlaḥ senāpatiś caiva balaśeṣeṇa kiṃ tava … evam ājñāpaya kṣipraṃ balānāṃ sarvasaṃgraham muhūrtena tu yuktena prasthānam abhirocaya
English
Angada, Dvivida, Mainda,
Jambavan, Panasa, Nala,
and Nila, lord of the army:
what need have you of more?
So give the word at once:
let all the forces gather;
at a fitting hour
resolve to march.
॥ 6.4.1–2 ॥
CrEd 6.4.1–2
Rama
Sanskrit
यां निवेदयसे लङ्कां पुरीं भीमस्य रक्षसः क्षिप्रम् एनां वधिष्यामि सत्यम् एतद् ब्रवीमि ते ॥
yāṃ nivedayase laṅkāṃ purīṃ bhīmasya rakṣasaḥ kṣipram enāṃ vadhiṣyāmi satyam etad bravīmi te
English
This Lanka you tell of,
the city of that dread rakshasa,
swiftly shall I destroy it:
this I tell you truly.
॥ 6.4.3 ॥
CrEd 6.4.3
silent moment