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Four armies to four directions

चार दिशाओं में चार सेनाएँ
Valmiki · Kishkindha Kanda
4.37.1–4.47.14 (CrEd 4.36.1–4.46.14)

अपना वचन याद दिलाए जाने पर सुग्रीव धरती के सारे वानरों को बुलाते हैं, और राम उन्हें याद दिलाते हैं कि राजा धर्म, अर्थ और काम, हर एक को उसका समय देता है। वानरराज चारों दिशाओं में चार सेनाएँ भेजते हैं, हर एक को सीता को खोजकर महीने भर में लौटने की आज्ञा देकर, और राम दक्षिण जाने वाले हनुमान को सीता के लिए पहचान के रूप में अपनी अँगूठी देते हैं। महीना पूरा होने पर पूर्व, उत्तर और पश्चिम की सेनाएँ निराश लौटती हैं; केवल हनुमान वाला दक्षिणी दल अभी नहीं लौटा है।

Sugriva, recalled to his promise, summons every vanara on earth, and Rama reminds him that a king gives dharma, wealth and pleasure each its time. The vanara lord sends four armies to the four quarters, each told to search for Sita and return within a month, and Rama gives Hanuman, who goes south, his ring as a token for Sita. When the month is full the east, north and west come back without hope; only the southern band, with Hanuman, has not yet returned.

Sanskrit · Hindi · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1 · भाग 1

Every vanara on earth

Valmiki 4.37.1–4.39.44 (CrEd 4.36.1–4.38.37)

॥ 4.37.1–2, 9 ॥

CrEd 4.36.1–2, 9

condensed from 4.37.1–2, 9

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

महेन्द्रहिमवद्विन्ध्यकैलासशिखरेषु च मन्दरे पाण्डुशिखरे पञ्चशैलेषु ये स्थिताः … तांस् तांस् त्वम् आनय क्षिप्रं पृथिव्यां सर्ववानरान् सामदानादिभिः कल्पैर् आशु प्रेषय वानरान् ॥

mahendrahimavadvindhyakailāsaśikhareṣu ca mandare pāṇḍuśikhare pañcaśaileṣu ye sthitāḥ … tāṃs tāṃs tvam ānaya kṣipraṃ pṛthivyāṃ sarvavānarān sāmadānādibhiḥ kalpair āśu preṣaya vānarān

Translation

On the peaks of Mahendra and Himalaya,
of Vindhya and Kailasa,
on Mandara, on Pandushikhara,
on the Five Mountains, those who dwell …
all these, bring them here, and quickly,
every vanara on the earth;
by conciliation, gifts and every means,
send out the vanaras at once.

लीला

हनुमान, महेन्द्र, हिमालय, विंध्य और कैलास की चोटियों से, धरती के सारे वानरों को जल्दी बुला लाओ। मनाकर, भेंट देकर, जैसे भी हो, दूत भेजो।

Subtitle

From Mahendra, Himalaya,
Vindhya and Kailasa,
bring every vanara on earth, quickly:
by persuasion, by gifts, by any means.

॥ 4.37.11 ॥

CrEd 4.36.11

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

ये प्रसक्ताश् च कामेषु दीर्घसूत्राश् च वानराः इहानयस्व तान् सर्वाञ् शीघ्रं तु मम शासनात् ॥

ye prasaktāś ca kāmeṣu dīrghasūtrāś ca vānarāḥ ihānayasva tān sarvāñ śīghraṃ tu mama śāsanāt

Translation

Those who cling to pleasures,
those vanaras slow to act,
bring them all here,
and quickly, at my command.

लीला

और जो वानर भोग में डूबे हैं, जो हर काम टालते रहते हैं, उन सबको भी, मेरी आज्ञा से, तुरंत यहाँ ले आओ।

Subtitle

And those sunk in pleasures,
who put everything off:
bring them all here at once,
by my order.

॥ 4.37.12 ॥

CrEd 4.36.12

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

अहोभिर् दशभिर् ये च नागच्छन्ति ममाज्ञया हन्तव्यास् ते दुरात्मानो राजशासनदूषकाः ॥

ahobhir daśabhir ye ca nāgacchanti mamājñayā hantavyās te durātmāno rājaśāsanadūṣakāḥ

Translation

Those who within ten days
come not at my command
must die, the wicked,
defilers of the king’s decree.

लीला

जो दस दिन में मेरी आज्ञा पर न आएँ, वे राजा की आज्ञा तोड़ने वाले दुष्ट हैं, उन्हें मृत्युदंड मिलेगा।

Subtitle

Whoever has not come in ten days
at my command
defies the king's order,
and shall be put to death.

॥ 4.37.16–17 ॥

CrEd 4.36.16–17

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तस्य वानरराजस्य श्रुत्वा वायुसुतो वचः दिक्षु सर्वासु विक्रान्तान् प्रेषयाम् आस वानरान् ते पदं विष्णुविक्रान्तं पतत्रिज्योतिरध्वगाः प्रयाताः प्रहिता राज्ञा हरयस् तत्क्षणेन वै ॥

tasya vānararājasya śrutvā vāyusuto vacaḥ dikṣu sarvāsu vikrāntān preṣayām āsa vānarān te padaṃ viṣṇuvikrāntaṃ patatrijyotiradhvagāḥ prayātāḥ prahitā rājñā harayas tatkṣaṇena vai

Translation

Hearing the word of the vanara king,
the Wind’s son
into every quarter sent
bold vanaras forth.
Along the path that Vishnu strode,
the road of birds and stars,
sent by the king, the monkeys went,
in that same instant gone.

Subtitle

Hanuman sent swift vanaras out;
they flew at once along Vishnu's stride,
the road of birds and stars.

॥ 4.37.27–30, 35 ॥

CrEd 4.36.27–30, 35

condensed from 4.37.27–30, 35

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तस्मिन् गिरिवरे रम्ये यज्ञो माहेश्वरः पुरा ।
… ।
तद् अन्नसंभवं दिव्यं फलं मूलं मनोहरम् ।
यः कश् चित् सकृद् अश्नाति मासं भवति तर्पितः ॥

tasmin girivare ramye yajño māheśvaraḥ purā
…
tad annasaṃbhavaṃ divyaṃ phalaṃ mūlaṃ manoharam
yaḥ kaś cit sakṛd aśnāti māsaṃ bhavati tarpitaḥ

Translation

On that lovely king of mountains
was Maheshvara’s sacrifice, of old …
born of that food, divine,
the fruit and roots, delightful:
whoever eats of them but once
is sated for a month.

Subtitle

They brought fruits from the Himalaya,
where Shiva once held his sacrifice:
one taste, and you are fed for a month.

॥ 4.37.36 ॥

CrEd 4.36.36

VanaraArmies

वाल्मीकि

सर्वे परिगताः शैलाः समुद्राश् च वनानि च पृथिव्यां वानराः सर्वे शासनाद् उपयान्ति ते ॥

sarve parigatāḥ śailāḥ samudrāś ca vanāni ca pṛthivyāṃ vānarāḥ sarve śāsanād upayānti te

Translation

Every mountain has been circled,
the seas, the forests too;
all the vanaras on earth
are coming at your command.

लीला

हमने सारे पर्वत, सागर और वन छान मारे। धरती के सारे वानर आपकी आज्ञा से आ रहे हैं।

Subtitle

We have gone round every mountain,
sea and forest.
All the vanaras on earth
are coming at your command.

॥ 4.38.3 ॥

CrEd 4.37.3

लक्ष्मणLakshmana

वाल्मीकि

स लक्ष्मणो भीमबलं सर्ववानरसत्तमम् अब्रवीत् प्रश्रितं वाक्यं सुग्रीवं संप्रहर्षयन् किष्किन्धाया विनिष्क्राम यदि ते सौम्य रोचते ॥

sa lakṣmaṇo bhīmabalaṃ sarvavānarasattamam abravīt praśritaṃ vākyaṃ sugrīvaṃ saṃpraharṣayan kiṣkindhāyā viniṣkrāma yadi te saumya rocate

Translation

Then Lakshmana, to him of fearsome strength,
best of all the vanaras,
spoke courteous words to Sugriva,
gladdening his heart:
“Come forth from Kishkindha,
if it pleases you, gentle friend.”

लीला

सौम्य, यदि तुम्हें अच्छा लगे, तो किष्किंधा से बाहर चलो।

Subtitle

Gentle friend,
if it pleases you,
come out of Kishkindha.

॥ 4.38.5 ॥

CrEd 4.37.5ab

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

एवं भवतु गच्छामः स्थेयं त्वच्छासने मया ॥

evaṃ bhavatu gacchāmaḥ stheyaṃ tvacchāsane mayā

Translation

So be it; let us go.
I must abide by your command.

लीला

ऐसा ही हो। चलिए। मुझे आपकी आज्ञा में ही रहना है।

Subtitle

So be it. Let us go.
I must abide by your word.

॥ 4.38.11–15 ॥

CrEd 4.37.11–15

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 4.38.16–17 ॥

CrEd 4.37.16–17

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वाल्मीकि

आसाद्य च ततो रामं कृताञ्जलिपुटोऽभवत् ।
कृताञ्जलौ स्थिते तस्मिन् वानराश् चाभवंस् तथा ।
तटाकम् इव तद् दृष्ट्वा रामः कुड्मलपङ्कजम् ।
वानराणां महत् सैन्यं सुग्रीवे प्रीतिमान् अभूत् ॥

āsādya ca tato rāmaṃ kṛtāñjalipuṭo 'bhavat
kṛtāñjalau sthite tasmin vānarāś cābhavaṃs tathā
taṭākam iva tad dṛṣṭvā rāmaḥ kuḍmalapaṅkajam
vānarāṇāṃ mahat sainyaṃ sugrīve prītimān abhūt

Translation

Coming then before Rama,
he stood with palms joined;
and as he stood with palms joined,
so stood the vanaras too.
Like a lake of lotus buds,
Rama saw it:
the great army of the vanaras;
and he was glad of Sugriva.

Subtitle

Sugriva joined his palms before Rama,
and all the vanaras joined theirs.
Rama saw the host
like a lake of lotus buds.

॥ 4.38.18–19 ॥

CrEd 4.37.18–19

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 4.38.20 ॥

CrEd 4.37.20

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

धर्मम् अर्थं च कामं च काले यस् तु निषेवते विभज्य सततं वीर स राजा हरिसत्तम ॥

dharmam arthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca kāle yas tu niṣevate vibhajya satataṃ vīra sa rājā harisattama

Translation

Dharma, wealth and pleasure,
each in its season, who attends,
ever dividing them, hero:
he is a king, best of monkeys.

लीला

वीर, जो धर्म, अर्थ और काम, हर एक को उसके समय पर निभाए, वही राजा है।

Subtitle

Hero, the one who gives dharma,
wealth and pleasure
each its proper time:
he is a king.

॥ 4.38.21 ॥

CrEd 4.37.21

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

हित्वा धर्मं तथार्थं च कामं यस् तु निषेवते स वृक्षाग्रे यथा सुप्तः पतितः प्रतिबुध्यते ॥

hitvā dharmaṃ tathārthaṃ ca kāmaṃ yas tu niṣevate sa vṛkṣāgre yathā suptaḥ patitaḥ pratibudhyate

Translation

Forsaking dharma, and wealth too,
who serves pleasure alone
is like one asleep on a treetop:
having fallen, he wakes.

लीला

जो धर्म और अर्थ छोड़कर केवल काम में लगा रहे, वह पेड़ की चोटी पर सोए आदमी जैसा है। गिरकर ही जागता है।

Subtitle

He who drops dharma and wealth
to serve pleasure alone
is a man asleep on a treetop:
he wakes as he falls.

॥ 4.38.23 ॥

CrEd 4.37.23

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

उद्योगसमयस् त्व् एष प्राप्तः शत्रुविनाशन संचिन्त्यतां हि पिङ्गेश हरिभिः सह मन्त्रिभिः ॥

udyogasamayas tv eṣa prāptaḥ śatruvināśana saṃcintyatāṃ hi piṅgeśa haribhiḥ saha mantribhiḥ

Translation

This hour of effort now
has come, destroyer of foes;
let it be weighed, tawny lord,
with the monkeys, your counsellors.

लीला

शत्रुओं का नाश करने वाले, अब उद्यम का समय आ गया है। वानरराज, अपने मंत्रियों के साथ इस पर विचार करो।

Subtitle

The time for effort has come,
destroyer of foes.
Think it through, lord of the vanaras,
with your counsellors.

॥ 4.38.25–26 ॥

CrEd 4.37.25–26

condensed from 4.38.25–26

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

प्रनष्टा श्रीश् च कीर्तिश् च कपिराज्यं च शाश्वतम् त्वत्प्रसादान् महाबाहो पुनः प्राप्तम् इदं मया … कृतं न प्रतिकुर्याद् यः पुरुषाणां स दूषकः ॥

pranaṣṭā śrīś ca kīrtiś ca kapirājyaṃ ca śāśvatam tvatprasādān mahābāho punaḥ prāptam idaṃ mayā … kṛtaṃ na pratikuryād yaḥ puruṣāṇāṃ sa dūṣakaḥ

Translation

Lost were fortune and fame,
and the lasting monkey kingdom;
by your grace, mighty-armed,
this I have won again …
who does not repay a kindness done
is a disgrace among men.

लीला

श्री, यश, वानरों का यह राज्य, सब खो चुका था। आपकी कृपा से फिर मिला है। जो उपकार का बदला न चुकाए, वह मनुष्यों पर कलंक है।

Subtitle

Fortune, fame and this kingdom were lost;
by your grace they are mine again.
Who does not repay a kindness
is a disgrace among men.

॥ 4.38.27, 33 ॥

CrEd 4.37.27, 33

condensed from 4.38.27, 33

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

एते वानरमुख्याश् च शतशः शत्रुसूदन प्राप्ताश् चादाय बलिनः पृथिव्यां सर्ववानरान् … ते त्वाम् अभिगमिष्यन्ति राक्षसं ये सबान्धवम् निहत्य रावणं संख्ये ह्य् आनयिष्यन्ति मैथिलीम् ॥

ete vānaramukhyāś ca śataśaḥ śatrusūdana prāptāś cādāya balinaḥ pṛthivyāṃ sarvavānarān … te tvām abhigamiṣyanti rākṣasaṃ ye sabāndhavam nihatya rāvaṇaṃ saṃkhye hy ānayiṣyanti maithilīm

Translation

These chief vanaras, in hundreds,
destroyer of foes,
have come, the mighty, bringing
all the vanaras of the earth …
They will follow you, who the rakshasa
with all his kin,
Ravana, slaying in battle,
will bring Maithili home.

लीला

ये सैकड़ों वानर-सरदार धरती के सारे वानरों को लेकर आ पहुँचे हैं। ये युद्ध में रावण को उसके बंधुओं समेत मारकर मैथिली को लौटा लाएँगे।

Subtitle

These chiefs have come in hundreds,
bringing every vanara on earth.
They will kill Ravana and his kin in battle,
and bring Maithili back.

॥ 4.39.1–3 ॥

CrEd 4.38.1–3

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

यद् इन्द्रो वर्षते वर्षं न तच् चित्रं भवेद् भुवि आदित्यो वा सहस्रांशुः कुर्याद् वितिमिरं नभः चन्द्रमा रश्मिभिः कुर्यात् पृथिवीं सौम्य निर्मलाम् त्वद्विधो वापि मित्राणां प्रतिकुर्यात् परंतप ॥

yad indro varṣate varṣaṃ na tac citraṃ bhaved bhuvi ādityo vā sahasrāṃśuḥ kuryād vitimiraṃ nabhaḥ candramā raśmibhiḥ kuryāt pṛthivīṃ saumya nirmalām tvadvidho vāpi mitrāṇāṃ pratikuryāt paraṃtapa

Translation

That Indra rains his rain
is no wonder on the earth;
nor that the thousand-rayed sun
should clear the sky of dark;
nor that the moon with its rays should make
the earth bright, gentle friend;
nor that one such as you
should repay his friends, scorcher of foes.

लीला

इन्द्र बरसें, सूरज अँधेरा मिटाए, चाँद धरती को उजला करे, इसमें अचरज क्या? वैसे ही, तुम जैसा मित्र उपकार लौटाए, तो इसमें भी कोई अचरज नहीं।

Subtitle

Indra's rain is no wonder,
nor the sun clearing the sky, nor the moon's light;
nor a friend like you
repaying a friend.

॥ 4.39.8–9 ॥

CrEd 4.38.8–9

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे चैव रजः समभिवर्तत उष्णां तीव्रां सहस्रांशोश् छादयद् गगने प्रभाम् दिशः पर्याकुलाश् चासन् रजसा तेन मूर्छिताः चचाल च मही सर्वा सशैलवनकानना ॥

etasminn antare caiva rajaḥ samabhivartata uṣṇāṃ tīvrāṃ sahasrāṃśoś chādayad gagane prabhām diśaḥ paryākulāś cāsan rajasā tena mūrchitāḥ cacāla ca mahī sarvā saśailavanakānanā

Translation

And in that moment
dust came rolling up;
the hot, fierce light of the thousand-rayed
it covered in the sky.
The quarters reeled,
stunned by that dust,
and the whole earth shook,
with its mountains, woods and forests.

Subtitle

Then dust rose and hid the blazing sun;
the quarters reeled,
and the whole earth shook,
with its mountains and forests.

॥ 4.39.14–15, 18, 22, 30 ॥

CrEd 4.38.14–15, 17, 21, 25

condensed from 4.39.14–15, 18, 22, 30

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

कोटीसहस्रैर् दशभिः श्रीमान् परिवृतस् तदा वीरः शतबलिर् नाम वानरः प्रत्यदृश्यत ततः काञ्चनशैलाभस् ताराया वीर्यवान् पिता … पिता हनुमतः श्रीमान् केसरी प्रत्यदृश्यत … नीलो नामाथ यूथपः … युवराजोऽङ्गदः प्राप्तः पितृतुल्यपराक्रमः ॥

koṭīsahasrair daśabhiḥ śrīmān parivṛtas tadā vīraḥ śatabalir nāma vānaraḥ pratyadṛśyata tataḥ kāñcanaśailābhas tārāyā vīryavān pitā … pitā hanumataḥ śrīmān kesarī pratyadṛśyata … nīlo nāmātha yūthapaḥ … yuvarājo 'ṅgadaḥ prāptaḥ pitṛtulyaparākramaḥ

Translation

Ringed by ten thousand crores,
the glorious one, then,
the hero named Shatabali,
the vanara, was seen.
Then, like a golden mountain,
Tara’s mighty father …
Hanuman’s father, glorious,
Kesari, was seen …
then the troop-leader named Nila …
Angada the crown prince came,
his father’s equal in valour.

Subtitle

Shatabali came, with ten thousand crores;
Tara's father, like a golden mountain;
Kesari, Hanuman's father;
Nila; and Angada, the crown prince.

॥ 4.39.18 ॥

CrEd 4.38.17

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 4.39.40–41 ॥

CrEd 4.38.33–34

silent moment मौन क्षण

Part 2 · भाग 2

You give the orders

Valmiki 4.39.43–4.43.62 (CrEd 4.38.36–4.42.62)

॥ 4.40.2, 5, 8 ॥

CrEd 4.39.2, 5, 7

condensed from 4.40.2, 5, 8

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

आगता विनिविष्टाश् च बलिनः कामरूपिणः वानरेन्द्रा महेन्द्राभा ये मद्विषयवासिनः … कोट्यग्रश इमे प्राप्ता वानरास् तव किंकराः … यन् मन्यसे नरव्याघ्र प्राप्तकालं तद् उच्यताम् तत् सैन्यं त्वद्वशे युक्तम् आज्ञापयितुम् अर्हसि ॥

āgatā viniviṣṭāś ca balinaḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ vānarendrā mahendrābhā ye madviṣayavāsinaḥ … koṭyagraśa ime prāptā vānarās tava kiṃkarāḥ … yan manyase naravyāghra prāptakālaṃ tad ucyatām tat sainyaṃ tvadvaśe yuktam ājñāpayitum arhasi

Translation

They have come and are encamped,
the mighty ones, who change their form at will,
the vanara lords, like great Indra,
who dwell within my realm …
by the crore they have come,
these vanaras, your servants …
What you think fit, tiger among men,
for the hour, let it be said;
that army is yoked to your will:
it is yours to command.

लीला

मेरे राज्य के सारे बलवान वानर-राजा आ गए हैं, करोड़ों वानर, आपके सेवक। जो समय के अनुकूल हो, कहिए। यह सेना आपके वश में है, आज्ञा दीजिए।

Subtitle

The vanara lords of my realm
have come, by the crore: your servants.
Say what the hour needs.
This army is yours to command.

॥ 4.40.10–11 ॥

CrEd 4.39.9–10

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

ज्ञायतां सौम्य वैदेही यदि जीवति वा न वा स च देशो महाप्राज्ञ यस्मिन् वसति रावणः ॥

jñāyatāṃ saumya vaidehī yadi jīvati vā na vā sa ca deśo mahāprājña yasmin vasati rāvaṇaḥ

Translation

Let it be known, gentle friend,
whether Vaidehi lives or not,
and the land, O wise one,
where Ravana dwells.

लीला

सौम्य, पता लगाओ कि वैदेही जीवित है या नहीं। और वह देश, जहाँ रावण रहता है।

Subtitle

Find out, my friend,
whether Vaidehi lives or not,
and the land
where Ravana lives.

॥ 4.40.13–14 ॥

CrEd 4.39.12–13

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

नाहम् अस्मिन् प्रभुः कार्ये वानरेश न लक्ष्मणः त्वम् अस्य हेतुः कार्यस्य प्रभुश् च प्लवगेश्वर त्वम् एवाज्ञापय विभो मम कार्यविनिश्चयम् त्वं हि जानासि यत् कार्यं मम वीर न संशयः ॥

nāham asmin prabhuḥ kārye vānareśa na lakṣmaṇaḥ tvam asya hetuḥ kāryasya prabhuś ca plavageśvara tvam evājñāpaya vibho mama kāryaviniścayam tvaṃ hi jānāsi yat kāryaṃ mama vīra na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

In this task I am not master,
lord of vanaras, nor Lakshmana;
you are this task’s cause
and its master, lord of leapers.
You yourself command, O mighty one,
the resolve of my task;
for you know what my task is,
hero; there is no doubt.

लीला

इस काम का स्वामी न मैं हूँ, न लक्ष्मण। वानरराज, इसका कारण भी तुम, स्वामी भी तुम। आज्ञा तुम ही दो।

Subtitle

In this, I am not the master,
nor is Lakshmana.
You are its cause and its master.
You give the orders.

॥ 4.40.16 ॥

CrEd 4.39.15

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 4.40.16, 18–19 ॥

CrEd 4.39.15, 17–18

condensed from 4.40.16, 18–19

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

एवम् उक्तस् तु सुग्रीवो विनतं नाम यूथपम् अब्रवीद् राम साम्निध्ये लक्ष्मणस्य च धीमतः … वृतः शतसहस्रेण वानराणां तरस्विनाम् अधिगच्छ दिशं पूर्वां सशैलवनकाननाम् तत्र सीतां च वैदेहीं निलयं रावणस्य च मार्गध्वं गिरिदुर्गेषु वनेषु च नदीषु च ॥

evam uktas tu sugrīvo vinataṃ nāma yūthapam abravīd rāma sāmnidhye lakṣmaṇasya ca dhīmataḥ … vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām adhigaccha diśaṃ pūrvāṃ saśailavanakānanām tatra sītāṃ ca vaidehīṃ nilayaṃ rāvaṇasya ca mārgadhvaṃ giridurgeṣu vaneṣu ca nadīṣu ca

Translation

So addressed, Sugriva
to the troop-leader named Vinata
spoke, in Rama’s presence
and wise Lakshmana’s …
“Ringed by a hundred thousand
swift vanaras,
go to the eastern quarter,
with its mountains, woods and forests.
There Sita, Vaidehi,
and Ravana’s dwelling
seek in mountain fastnesses,
in forests and in rivers.”

लीला

विनत, एक लाख वेगवान वानरों को लेकर पूर्व दिशा में जाओ। वहाँ के पहाड़ों, वनों और नदियों में सीता को खोजो, और रावण का ठिकाना भी।

Subtitle

Vinata, take a hundred thousand
and go east.
Search its mountains, forests, rivers
for Sita, and for Ravana's lair.

॥ 4.40.54, 57–58 ॥

CrEd 4.39.48, 51–52

condensed from 4.40.54, 57–58

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

ततः परं हेममयः श्रीमान् उदयपर्वतः … शृङ्गं सौमनसं नाम जातरूपमयं ध्रुवम् तत्र पूर्वं पदं कृत्वा पुरा विष्णुस् त्रिविक्रमे द्वितीयं शिखरं मेरोश् चकार पुरुषोत्तमः ॥

tataḥ paraṃ hemamayaḥ śrīmān udayaparvataḥ … śṛṅgaṃ saumanasaṃ nāma jātarūpamayaṃ dhruvam tatra pūrvaṃ padaṃ kṛtvā purā viṣṇus trivikrame dvitīyaṃ śikharaṃ meroś cakāra puruṣottamaḥ

Translation

Beyond that, golden,
glorious, stands Mount Udaya …
the peak named Saumanasa,
made of gold, unmoving.
There, setting down his first step,
Vishnu of old, in his three strides,
made Meru’s peak his second,
the Supreme Person.

लीला

पूर्व के छोर पर सोने का उदय पर्वत है। उसकी चोटी पर, बहुत पहले, त्रिविक्रम विष्णु ने अपना पहला पग रखा था।

Subtitle

At the end of the east
stands Udaya, the golden mountain.
On its peak, Vishnu the Three-Strider
set down his first step.

॥ 4.40.68 ॥

CrEd 4.39.60

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

एतावद् वानरैः शक्यं गन्तुं वानरपुंगवाः अभास्करम् अमर्यादं न जानीमस् ततः परम् ॥

etāvad vānaraiḥ śakyaṃ gantuṃ vānarapuṃgavāḥ abhāskaram amaryādaṃ na jānīmas tataḥ param

Translation

This far can vanaras go,
O bulls among vanaras;
sunless, without bound,
what lies beyond we do not know.

लीला

बस यहीं तक वानर जा सकते हैं। उसके आगे, न सूरज है, न सीमा; हम नहीं जानते।

Subtitle

This far a vanara can go.
Beyond, no sun, no bound;
we do not know.

॥ 4.40.69–70 ॥

CrEd 4.39.61–62

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

अधिगम्य तु वैदेहीं निलयं रावणस्य च मासे पूर्णे निवर्तध्वम् उदयं प्राप्य पर्वतम् ऊर्ध्वं मासान् न वस्तव्यं वसन् वध्यो भवेन् मम ॥

adhigamya tu vaidehīṃ nilayaṃ rāvaṇasya ca māse pūrṇe nivartadhvam udayaṃ prāpya parvatam ūrdhvaṃ māsān na vastavyaṃ vasan vadhyo bhaven mama

Translation

Having found Vaidehi
and Ravana’s dwelling,
when the month is full, return,
having reached Mount Udaya.
Beyond the month you must not stay;
who stays shall die by me.

लीला

उदय पर्वत तक पहुँचकर, महीना पूरा होते ही लौट आना। महीने से ऊपर कोई न रुके; जो रुका, वह मेरे हाथों मारा जाएगा।

Subtitle

Reach Mount Udaya,
and when the month is full, come back.
Stay beyond the month,
and you die by my hand.

॥ 4.41.1–2, 5–6 ॥

CrEd 4.40.1–2, 5–6

condensed from 4.41.1–2, 5–6

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

ततः प्रस्थाप्य सुग्रीवस् तन् महद् वानरं बलम् दक्षिणां प्रेषयाम् आस वानरान् अभिलक्षितान् नीलम् अग्निसुतं चैव हनुमन्तं च वानरम् पितामहसुतं चैव जाम्बवन्तं महाकपिम् … अङ्गदप्रमुखान् वीरान् वीरः कपिगणेश्वरः वेगविक्रमसंपन्नान् संदिदेश विशेषवित् ॥

tataḥ prasthāpya sugrīvas tan mahad vānaraṃ balam dakṣiṇāṃ preṣayām āsa vānarān abhilakṣitān nīlam agnisutaṃ caiva hanumantaṃ ca vānaram pitāmahasutaṃ caiva jāmbavantaṃ mahākapim … aṅgadapramukhān vīrān vīraḥ kapigaṇeśvaraḥ vegavikramasaṃpannān saṃdideśa viśeṣavit

Translation

Having sent forth
that great vanara host,
Sugriva sent to the south
vanaras of his choosing:
Nila, son of Fire,
and the vanara Hanuman,
and the Grandsire’s son,
Jambavan, the great monkey …
to the heroes led by Angada
the hero, lord of the monkey hosts,
to those rich in speed and valour,
gave his orders, knowing their worth.

Subtitle

To the south he sent his chosen:
Nila, son of Fire; Hanuman;
Jambavan, son of the Grandsire;
and the heroes led by Angada.

॥ 4.41.8, 14–15 ॥

CrEd 4.40.8, 15–16

condensed from 4.41.8, 14–15

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

सहस्रशिरसं विन्ध्यं नानाद्रुमलतावृतम् नर्मदां च नदीं दुर्गां महोरगनिषेविताम् … तत्र द्रक्ष्यथ कावेरीं विहृताम् अप्सरोगणैः तस्यासीनं नगस्याग्रे मलयस्य महौजसं द्रक्ष्यथादित्यसंकाशम् अगस्त्यम् ऋषिसत्तमम् ॥

sahasraśirasaṃ vindhyaṃ nānādrumalatāvṛtam narmadāṃ ca nadīṃ durgāṃ mahoraganiṣevitām … tatra drakṣyatha kāverīṃ vihṛtām apsarogaṇaiḥ tasyāsīnaṃ nagasyāgre malayasya mahaujasaṃ drakṣyathādityasaṃkāśam agastyam ṛṣisattamam

Translation

The thousand-peaked Vindhya,
clad in trees and creepers of every kind,
and the river Narmada, hard to cross,
haunted by great serpents …
there you will see the Kaveri,
where the apsaras play.
Seated on the summit of that mountain,
Malaya, the mighty one,
you will see, bright as the sun,
Agastya, best of sages.

लीला

हज़ार चोटियों वाला विंध्य और नर्मदा पार करना। आगे निर्मल कावेरी मिलेगी, और मलय पर्वत पर बैठे, सूरज जैसे तेजस्वी, ऋषि अगस्त्य।

Subtitle

Cross the thousand-peaked Vindhya
and the Narmada. You will see the clear Kaveri,
and on Malaya, bright as the sun,
the sage Agastya.

॥ 4.41.16–17 ॥

CrEd 4.40.17–18

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

ताम्रपर्णीं ग्राहजुष्टां तरिष्यथ महानदीम् सा चन्दनवनैर् दिव्यैः प्रच्छन्ना द्वीप शालिनी कान्तेव युवतिः कान्तं समुद्रम् अवगाहते ॥

tāmraparṇīṃ grāhajuṣṭāṃ tariṣyatha mahānadīm sā candanavanair divyaiḥ pracchannā dvīpa śālinī kānteva yuvatiḥ kāntaṃ samudram avagāhate

Translation

the Tamraparni, haunt of crocodiles,
that great river, you will cross.
Hidden in divine sandal forests,
rich in islands,
as a young woman to her beloved,
she plunges into the sea.

लीला

चंदन के वनों में छिपी ताम्रपर्णी ऐसे सागर से मिलती है, जैसे कोई युवती अपने प्रियतम से।

Subtitle

Hidden in sandal forests,
the Tamraparni runs into the sea
like a young woman
to her beloved.

॥ 4.41.23–25 ॥

CrEd 4.40.24–25

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

द्वीपस् तस्यापरे पारे शतयोजनम् आयतः अगम्यो मानुषैर् दीप्तस् तं मार्गध्वं समन्ततः तत्र सर्वात्मना सीता मार्गितव्या विशेषतः स हि देशस् तु वध्यस्य रावणस्य दुरात्मनः राक्षसाधिपतेर् वासः सहस्राक्षसमद्युतेः ॥

dvīpas tasyāpare pāre śatayojanam āyataḥ agamyo mānuṣair dīptas taṃ mārgadhvaṃ samantataḥ tatra sarvātmanā sītā mārgitavyā viśeṣataḥ sa hi deśas tu vadhyasya rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ rākṣasādhipater vāsaḥ sahasrākṣasamadyuteḥ

Translation

An island on its farther shore,
a hundred yojanas long,
shining, beyond the reach of men:
search it on every side.
There with all your being Sita
must be sought, above all.
For that is the land of Ravana,
the wicked, doomed to die,
the dwelling of the rakshasa lord,
bright as thousand-eyed Indra.

लीला

सागर के उस पार, सौ योजन का एक चमकता द्वीप है, जहाँ मनुष्य नहीं पहुँचते। वही दुष्ट रावण का घर है। सीता को वहीं, सबसे बढ़कर, खोजना।

Subtitle

Across the sea lies a shining island,
a hundred yojanas, beyond men's reach:
the home of evil Ravana.
Search there above all.

॥ 4.41.47–48 ॥

CrEd 4.40.45–46

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

यस् तु मासान् निवृत्तोऽग्रे दृष्टा सीतेति वक्ष्यति मत्तुल्यविभवो भोगैः सुखं स विहरिष्यति ततः प्रियतरो नास्ति मम प्राणाद् विशेषतः कृतापराधो बहुशो मम बन्धुर् भविष्यति ॥

yas tu māsān nivṛtto 'gre dṛṣṭā sīteti vakṣyati mattulyavibhavo bhogaiḥ sukhaṃ sa vihariṣyati tataḥ priyataro nāsti mama prāṇād viśeṣataḥ kṛtāparādho bahuśo mama bandhur bhaviṣyati

Translation

Whoever, back within the month, the first,
says, “Sita has been seen,”
with wealth and pleasures equal to mine
shall live at ease.
None then shall be dearer to me,
more than my own life;
though he has offended many times,
he shall be my kin.

लीला

जो महीने के भीतर सबसे पहले लौटकर कहे कि सीता मिल गईं, वह मुझे प्राणों से प्यारा होगा। चाहे कितने ही अपराध हों, वह मेरा अपना होगा।

Subtitle

Whoever returns first within the month
and says, "Sita is found,"
will be dearer to me than life;
whatever his faults, my own.

॥ 4.42.1–2 ॥

CrEd 4.41.2–3ab

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 4.42.2–5 ॥

CrEd 4.41.3cd–4

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

साहाय्यं कुरु रामस्य कृत्येऽस्मिन् समुपस्थिते वृतः शतसहस्रेण वानराणां तरस्विनाम् अभिगच्छ दिशं सौम्य पश्चिमां वारुणीं प्रभो ॥

sāhāyyaṃ kuru rāmasya kṛtye 'smin samupasthite vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām abhigaccha diśaṃ saumya paścimāṃ vāruṇīṃ prabho

Translation

Give Rama your help
in this task now at hand.
Ringed by a hundred thousand
swift vanaras,
go, gentle one, to the quarter
west, Varuna’s, my lord.

लीला

इस घड़ी में राम की सहायता कीजिए। एक लाख वेगवान वानरों के साथ, आप पश्चिम में जाइए, वरुण की दिशा में।

Subtitle

Help Rama in this hour.
Take a hundred thousand swift vanaras
and go west, my lord,
to Varuna's quarter.

॥ 4.42.53–54 ॥

CrEd 4.41.47cd–48

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

सहैव शूरो युष्माभिः श्वशुरो मे गमिष्यति श्रोतव्यं सर्वम् एतस्य भवद्भिर् दिष्ट कारिभिः गुरुर् एष महाबाहुः श्वशुरो मे महाबलः ॥

sahaiva śūro yuṣmābhiḥ śvaśuro me gamiṣyati śrotavyaṃ sarvam etasya bhavadbhir diṣṭa kāribhiḥ gurur eṣa mahābāhuḥ śvaśuro me mahābalaḥ

Translation

With you, the brave one,
my father-in-law, will go.
Heed all he says,
you who do as you are bidden:
he is my elder, mighty-armed,
my father-in-law, of great strength.

लीला

मेरे वीर ससुर तुम्हारे साथ जाएँगे। ये मेरे गुरुजन हैं। इनकी हर बात मानना।

Subtitle

My brave father-in-law goes with you.
He is my elder:
heed every word he says.

॥ 4.43.3–4 ॥

CrEd 4.42.3–4

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

वृतः शतसहस्रेण त्वद्विधानां वनौकसाम् वैवस्वत सुतैः सार्धं प्रतिष्ठस्व स्वमन्त्रिभिः दिशं ह्य् उदीचीं विक्रान्तां हिमशैलावतंसकाम् सर्वतः परिमार्गध्वं रामपत्नीम् अनिन्दिताम् ॥

vṛtaḥ śatasahasreṇa tvadvidhānāṃ vanaukasām vaivasvata sutaiḥ sārdhaṃ pratiṣṭhasva svamantribhiḥ diśaṃ hy udīcīṃ vikrāntāṃ himaśailāvataṃsakām sarvataḥ parimārgadhvaṃ rāmapatnīm aninditām

Translation

Ringed by a hundred thousand
forest-dwellers like yourself,
with Vaivasvata’s sons, set out,
with your own counsellors,
to the wide northern quarter,
crowned with the snow mountain;
search on every side
for Rama’s blameless wife.

लीला

शतबलि, अपने जैसे एक लाख वानर और अपने मंत्री लेकर उत्तर को जाओ, जिसके माथे पर हिमालय का मुकुट है। वहाँ हर ओर राम की पत्नी को खोजो।

Subtitle

Shatabali, take a hundred thousand like you,
and go north,
the quarter crowned with the snow mountain.
Search everywhere for Rama's wife.

॥ 4.43.5–6 ॥

CrEd 4.42.5–6

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

अस्मिन् कार्ये विनिवृत्ते कृते दाशरथेः प्रिये ऋणान् मुक्ता भविष्यामः कृतार्थार्थविदां वराः कृतं हि प्रियम् अस्माकं राघवेण महात्मना तस्य चेत् प्रतिकारोऽस्ति सफलं जीवितं भवेत् ॥

asmin kārye vinivṛtte kṛte dāśaratheḥ priye ṛṇān muktā bhaviṣyāmaḥ kṛtārthārthavidāṃ varāḥ kṛtaṃ hi priyam asmākaṃ rāghaveṇa mahātmanā tasya cet pratikāro 'sti saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ bhavet

Translation

When this task is done,
what is dear to Dasharatha’s son,
free of our debt we shall be,
best of those who reach their ends.
For a kindness was done us
by Raghava, the great-souled;
if there be a return for it,
our life will bear its fruit.

लीला

राम का यह प्रिय काम पूरा हुआ, तो हम कर्ज़ से मुक्त हो जाएँगे। राघव ने हमारा भला किया है। उसका बदला चुका सकें, तो जीवन सफल।

Subtitle

When this work for Rama is done,
we will be free of our debt.
He did us a kindness:
repay it, and our lives bear fruit.

॥ 4.43.59 ॥

CrEd 4.42.59

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

एतावद् वानरैः शक्यं गन्तुं वानरपुंगवाः अभास्करम् अमर्यादं न जानीमस् ततः परम् ॥

etāvad vānaraiḥ śakyaṃ gantuṃ vānarapuṃgavāḥ abhāskaram amaryādaṃ na jānīmas tataḥ param

Translation

This far can vanaras go,
O bulls among vanaras;
sunless, without bound,
what lies beyond we do not know.

लीला

बस यहीं तक वानर जा सकते हैं। उसके आगे, न सूरज है, न सीमा; हम नहीं जानते।

Subtitle

This far a vanara can go.
Beyond, no sun, no bound;
we do not know.

॥ 4.43.59–62 ॥

CrEd 4.42.59–62

silent moment मौन क्षण

Part 3 · भाग 3

The ring

Valmiki 4.44.1–4.47.14 (CrEd 4.43.1–4.46.14)

॥ 4.44.1 ॥

CrEd 4.43.1

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 4.44.3–4 ॥

CrEd 4.43.2–3

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

न भूमौ नान्तरिक्षे वा नाम्बरे नामरालये नाप्सु वा गतिसंगं ते पश्यामि हरिपुंगव सासुराः सहगन्धर्वाः सनागनरदेवताः विदिताः सर्वलोकास् ते ससागरधराधराः ॥

na bhūmau nāntarikṣe vā nāmbare nāmarālaye nāpsu vā gatisaṃgaṃ te paśyāmi haripuṃgava sāsurāḥ sahagandharvāḥ sanāganaradevatāḥ viditāḥ sarvalokās te sasāgaradharādharāḥ

Translation

Not on earth, nor in the air,
nor in the sky, nor where the gods dwell,
nor in the waters, do I see a check to your going,
bull among monkeys.
With asuras, with gandharvas,
with nagas, men and gods,
all the worlds are known to you,
with their seas and mountains.

लीला

न धरती पर, न अंतरिक्ष में, न आकाश में, न देवलोक में, न जल में, कहीं मैं तुम्हारी गति रुकते नहीं देखता। सारे लोक तुम्हारे जाने-पहचाने हैं।

Subtitle

Earth, air, sky, the gods' home, the waters:
nowhere do I see
anything that can stop you.
You know all the worlds.

॥ 4.44.5, 7 ॥

CrEd 4.43.4, 6

condensed from 4.44.5, 7

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

गतिर् वेगश् च तेजश् च लाघवं च महाकपे पितुस् ते सदृशं वीर मारुतस्य महौजसः … त्वय्य् एव हनुमन्न् अस्ति बलं बुद्धिः पराक्रमः देशकालानुवृत्तश् च नयश् च नयपण्डित ॥

gatir vegaś ca tejaś ca lāghavaṃ ca mahākape pitus te sadṛśaṃ vīra mārutasya mahaujasaḥ … tvayy eva hanumann asti balaṃ buddhiḥ parākramaḥ deśakālānuvṛttaś ca nayaś ca nayapaṇḍita

Translation

Your going, your speed, your fire,
your lightness, great monkey,
are your father’s, hero,
the Wind’s, the mighty one’s …
In you alone, Hanuman, are
strength, wisdom, valour,
conduct fit to place and time,
and policy, master of policy.

लीला

तुम्हारी गति, तुम्हारा वेग, तुम्हारा तेज, तुम्हारी फुर्ती, सब तुम्हारे पिता पवन जैसे हैं। हनुमान, बल, बुद्धि और पराक्रम, ये सब तुम्हीं में हैं।

Subtitle

Your speed, your force, your fire
are your father the Wind's.
In you alone, Hanuman,
are strength, wisdom and courage.

॥ 4.44.9, 11 ॥

CrEd 4.43.8, 10

condensed from 4.44.9, 11

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

सर्वथा निश्चितार्थोऽयं हनूमति हरीश्वरः निश्चितार्थतरश् चापि हनूमान् कार्यसाधने … तं समीक्ष्य महातेजा व्यवसायोत्तरं हरिम् कृतार्थ इव संवृत्तः प्रहृष्टेन्द्रियमानसः ॥

sarvathā niścitārtho 'yaṃ hanūmati harīśvaraḥ niścitārthataraś cāpi hanūmān kāryasādhane … taṃ samīkṣya mahātejā vyavasāyottaraṃ harim kṛtārtha iva saṃvṛttaḥ prahṛṣṭendriyamānasaḥ

Translation

Wholly sure of his purpose
in Hanuman is the monkey lord,
and surer still of it is Hanuman,
of bringing the task to pass …
Looking on that monkey,
resolve his highest trait,
the glorious one became as one fulfilled,
his senses and his heart in joy.

Subtitle

Rama saw: the king was sure of Hanuman,
and Hanuman surer still.
His heart rose,
as if the task were done.

॥ 4.44.12 ॥

CrEd 4.43.11

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

ददौ तस्य ततः प्रीतः स्वनामाङ्कोपशोभितम् अङ्गुलीयम् अभिज्ञानं राजपुत्र्याः परंतपः ॥

dadau tasya tataḥ prītaḥ svanāmāṅkopaśobhitam aṅgulīyam abhijñānaṃ rājaputryāḥ paraṃtapaḥ

Translation

Then, pleased, he gave him,
adorned with the mark of his own name,
a ring, a token
for the king’s daughter, the scorcher of foes.

Subtitle

Then, glad, Rama gave him his ring,
engraved with his own name:
a token for the king's daughter.

॥ 4.44.13 ॥

CrEd 4.43.12

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अनेन त्वां हरिश्रेष्ठ चिह्नेन जनकात्मजा मत्सकाशाद् अनुप्राप्तम् अनुद्विग्नानुपश्यति ॥

anena tvāṃ hariśreṣṭha cihnena janakātmajā matsakāśād anuprāptam anudvignānupaśyati

Translation

By this sign, best of monkeys,
Janaka’s daughter
will look on you, come from my side,
and will not be afraid.

लीला

हरिश्रेष्ठ, इस चिह्न से जनक की बेटी जानेगी कि तुम मेरे पास से आए हो, और तुम्हें देखकर डरेगी नहीं।

Subtitle

By this sign,
Janaka's daughter will know
you come from me,
and will not be afraid.

॥ 4.44.15 ॥

CrEd 4.43.14

silent moment मौन क्षण

॥ 4.44.16 ॥

CrEd 4.43.15

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

स तत् प्रकर्षन् हरिणां बलं महद् बभूव वीरः पवनात्मजः कपिः ।
गताम्बुदे व्योम्नि विशुद्धमण्डलः शशीव नक्षत्रगणोपशोभितः ॥

sa tat prakarṣan hariṇāṃ balaṃ mahad babhūva vīraḥ pavanātmajaḥ kapiḥ
gatāmbude vyomni viśuddhamaṇḍalaḥ śaśīva nakṣatragaṇopaśobhitaḥ

Translation

Drawing on that great host of monkeys,
the hero, the Wind’s son, the monkey, became,
in a sky the clouds have left, pure in its orb,
like the moon, adorned with hosts of stars.

Subtitle

Leading that great host,
the Wind's son shone
like the full moon in a cloudless sky,
ringed by the stars.

॥ 4.44.17 ॥

CrEd 4.43.16

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

अतिबलबलम् आश्रितस् तवाहं हरिवरविक्रमविक्रमैर् अनल्पैः पवनसुत यथाभिगम्यते सा जनकसुता हनुमंस् तथा कुरुष्व ॥

atibalabalam āśritas tavāhaṃ harivaravikramavikramair analpaiḥ pavanasuta yathābhigamyate sā janakasutā hanumaṃs tathā kuruṣva

Translation

On your strength beyond all strength I lean,
on the great feats of the best of monkeys;
Son of the Wind, so that she may be found,
Janaka’s daughter, Hanuman, so act.

लीला

पवनपुत्र, मैं तुम्हारे अपार बल के भरोसे हूँ। हनुमान, जैसे भी हो, जनक की बेटी मिले, वैसा करना।

Subtitle

Son of the Wind,
I lean on your great strength.
Hanuman, do whatever it takes
to find Janaka's daughter.

॥ 4.45.10–11 ॥

CrEd 4.44.9

VanaraArmies

वाल्मीकि

नदन्तश् चोन्नदन्तश् च गर्जन्तश् च प्लवंगमाः क्ष्वेलन्तो धावमानाश् च ययुः प्लवगसत्तमाः आनयिष्यामहे सीतां हनिष्यामश् च रावणम् ॥

nadantaś connadantaś ca garjantaś ca plavaṃgamāḥ kṣvelanto dhāvamānāś ca yayuḥ plavagasattamāḥ ānayiṣyāmahe sītāṃ haniṣyāmaś ca rāvaṇam

Translation

Roaring, shouting out,
bellowing, the leapers,
whooping and running,
the best of leapers went:
“We will bring back Sita,
and we will slay Ravana!”

लीला

हम सीता को लाएँगे! हम रावण को मारेंगे!

Subtitle

We will bring Sita back!
We will kill Ravana!

॥ 4.45.12 ॥

CrEd 4.44.10

Army

वाल्मीकि

अहम् एको हनिष्यामि प्राप्तं रावणम् आहवे ततश् चोन्मथ्य सहसा हरिष्ये जनकात्मजाम् ॥

aham eko haniṣyāmi prāptaṃ rāvaṇam āhave tataś conmathya sahasā hariṣye janakātmajām

Translation

I alone will slay
Ravana, met in battle,
and then, crushing him in a stroke,
I will bear off Janaka’s daughter.

लीला

मैं अकेला युद्ध में रावण को मार डालूँगा, और झटपट जनक की बेटी को छुड़ा लाऊँगा!

Subtitle

I alone will kill Ravana in battle,
and snatch Janaka's daughter back
in one stroke!

॥ 4.45.13 ॥

CrEd 4.44.11

Army

वाल्मीकि

वेपमानं श्रमेणाद्य भवद्भिः स्थीयताम् इति एक एवाहरिष्यामि पातालाद् अपि जानकीम् ॥

vepamānaṃ śrameṇādya bhavadbhiḥ sthīyatām iti eka evāhariṣyāmi pātālād api jānakīm

Translation

“Trembling with weariness today,
you all stay here,” they cried;
“I alone will bring back
Janaki, even from the underworld.”

लीला

तुम लोग तो थकान से काँप रहे हो, यहीं ठहरो! जानकी को मैं अकेला ले आऊँगा, पाताल से भी!

Subtitle

You're trembling with weariness,
stay here! I alone will bring Janaki back,
even from the underworld!

॥ 4.45.14–15 ॥

CrEd 4.44.12–13

Army

वाल्मीकि

विधमिष्याम्य् अहं वृक्षान् दारयिष्याम्य् अहं गिरीन् धरणीं दारयिष्यामि क्षोभयिष्यामि सागरान् अहं योजनसंख्यायाः प्लविता नात्र संशयः शतं योजनसंख्यायाः शतं समधिकं ह्य् अहम् ॥

vidhamiṣyāmy ahaṃ vṛkṣān dārayiṣyāmy ahaṃ girīn dharaṇīṃ dārayiṣyāmi kṣobhayiṣyāmi sāgarān ahaṃ yojanasaṃkhyāyāḥ plavitā nātra saṃśayaḥ śataṃ yojanasaṃkhyāyāḥ śataṃ samadhikaṃ hy aham

Translation

I will shatter the trees,
I will split the mountains,
I will rend the earth,
I will churn the seas.
I can leap the yojanas, counted;
there is no doubt;
a hundred yojanas, counted,
a hundred and more, I.

लीला

मैं पेड़ उखाड़ दूँगा, पहाड़ चीर दूँगा, धरती फाड़ दूँगा, सागर मथ डालूँगा! मैं सौ योजन छलाँग लगा सकता हूँ, सौ से भी ज़्यादा!

Subtitle

I'll smash trees, split mountains,
churn the seas!
I can leap a hundred yojanas,
more than a hundred!

॥ 4.45.2, 9 ॥

CrEd 4.44.1, 8

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

तद् उग्रशासनं भर्तुर् विज्ञाय हरिपुंगवाः शलभा इव संछाद्य मेदिनीं संप्रतस्थिरे ॥

tad ugraśāsanaṃ bhartur vijñāya haripuṃgavāḥ śalabhā iva saṃchādya medinīṃ saṃpratasthire

Translation

Knowing their master’s
fierce command, the bulls among monkeys,
like locusts covering
the earth, set forth.

Subtitle

Like locusts they covered the earth,
each army to its quarter,
and were gone.

॥ 4.46.1 ॥

CrEd 4.45.1

रामRama

वाल्मीकि

गतेषु वानरेन्द्रेषु रामः सुग्रीवम् अब्रवीत् कथं भवान् विजानीते सर्वं वै मण्डलं भुवः ॥

gateṣu vānarendreṣu rāmaḥ sugrīvam abravīt kathaṃ bhavān vijānīte sarvaṃ vai maṇḍalaṃ bhuvaḥ

Translation

When the vanara lords had gone,
Rama spoke to Sugriva:
“How is it that you know
the whole circle of the earth?”

लीला

सुग्रीव, तुम धरती के इस सारे मंडल को कैसे जानते हो?

Subtitle

How do you know
the whole circle of the earth?

॥ 4.46.11–13 ॥

CrEd 4.45.10–12

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

स मां जिघांसुर् दुष्टात्मा वाली प्रव्यथितेन्द्रियः ।
परिकालयते क्रोधाद् धावन्तं सचिवैः सह ।
ततोऽहं वालिना तेन सानुबन्धः प्रधावितः ।
नदीश् च विविधाः पश्यन् वनानि नगराणि च ।
आदर्शतलसंकाशा ततो वै पृथिवी मया ।
अलातचक्रप्रतिमा दृष्टा गोष्पदवत् तदा ॥

sa māṃ jighāṃsur duṣṭātmā vālī pravyathitendriyaḥ
parikālayate krodhād dhāvantaṃ sacivaiḥ saha
tato 'haṃ vālinā tena sānubandhaḥ pradhāvitaḥ
nadīś ca vividhāḥ paśyan vanāni nagarāṇi ca
ādarśatalasaṃkāśā tato vai pṛthivī mayā
alātacakrapratimā dṛṣṭā goṣpadavat tadā

Translation

Wishing to kill me, wicked,
Vali, his senses in turmoil,
in his anger hunted me
as I ran with my counsellors.
Then, chased by that Vali,
I ran, my companions with me,
seeing rivers of every kind,
forests and cities too.
Like the face of a mirror
the earth appeared to me then,
like a whirling firebrand,
small as a cow’s hoofprint.

लीला

वाली मुझे मारने को पीछे दौड़ा, तो मैं नदियों, वनों, नगरों के पार भागा। तब धरती मुझे दर्पण जैसी दिखी, गाय के खुर जितनी छोटी।

Subtitle

When Vali hunted me,
I ran past rivers, forests, cities.
The earth looked like a mirror,
small as a cow's hoofprint.

॥ 4.46.14–21 ॥

CrEd 4.45.13

सुग्रीवSugriva

वाल्मीकि

ततः पूर्वम् अहं गत्वा दक्षिणाम् अहम् आश्रितः दिशं च पश्चिमां भूयो गतोऽस्मि भयशङ्कितः उत्तरां तु दिशं यान्तं हनुमान् माम् अथाब्रवीत् ॥

tataḥ pūrvam ahaṃ gatvā dakṣiṇām aham āśritaḥ diśaṃ ca paścimāṃ bhūyo gato 'smi bhayaśaṅkitaḥ uttarāṃ tu diśaṃ yāntaṃ hanumān mām athābravīt

Translation

Then, having gone to the east,
I sought refuge in the south,
and to the western quarter once more
I went, struck with fear;
and as I made for the northern quarter,
Hanuman then spoke to me.

लीला

डर के मारे मैं पूर्व गया, फिर दक्षिण, फिर पश्चिम। और जब मैं उत्तर को जा रहा था, तब हनुमान बोले।

Subtitle

In fear I fled east,
then south, then west.
As I turned north,
Hanuman spoke to me.

॥ 4.45.3; 4.47.6 ॥

CrEd 4.44.2; 4.46.6

condensed from 4.45.3; 4.47.6

वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption

वाल्मीकि

रामः प्रस्रवणे तस्मिन् न्यवसत् सहलक्ष्मणः प्रतीक्षमाणस् तं मासं यः सीताधिगमे कृतः … तद् अहः प्रथमं कृत्वा मासे प्रस्रवणं गताः कपिराजेन संगम्य निराशाः कपियूथपाः ॥

rāmaḥ prasravaṇe tasmin nyavasat sahalakṣmaṇaḥ pratīkṣamāṇas taṃ māsaṃ yaḥ sītādhigame kṛtaḥ … tad ahaḥ prathamaṃ kṛtvā māse prasravaṇaṃ gatāḥ kapirājena saṃgamya nirāśāḥ kapiyūthapāḥ

Translation

Rama dwelt on that Prasravana,
Lakshmana at his side,
waiting out the month
set for the finding of Sita …
Counting from that first day,
at the month’s end they came to Prasravana,
and met the monkey king,
the troop-leaders, without hope.

Subtitle

On Prasravana, Rama waited out the month.
When it was full, the leaders came back,
without hope.

॥ 4.47.7, 10–11 ॥

CrEd 4.46.7, 10–11

condensed from 4.47.7, 10–11

Vinata

वाल्मीकि

विचित्य तु दिशं पूर्वां यथोक्तां सचिवैः सह अदृष्ट्वा विनतः सीताम् आजगाम महाबलः … विचिताः पर्वताः सर्वे वनानि नगराणि च निम्नगाः सागरान्ताश् च सर्वे जनपदास् तथा ॥

vicitya tu diśaṃ pūrvāṃ yathoktāṃ sacivaiḥ saha adṛṣṭvā vinataḥ sītām ājagāma mahābalaḥ … vicitāḥ parvatāḥ sarve vanāni nagarāṇi ca nimnagāḥ sāgarāntāś ca sarve janapadās tathā

Translation

Having searched the eastern quarter,
as told, with his counsellors,
not having seen Sita, Vinata
came back, the mighty one …
“Searched are all the mountains,
the forests and the cities,
the rivers that run down to the sea,
and all the lands as well.”

लीला

वानरराज, हमने सारे पर्वत, वन और नगर खोज डाले, सागर तक जाती नदियाँ, सारे जनपद।

Subtitle

We searched every mountain,
forest and city,
every river down to the sea,
every land.

॥ 4.47.8, 12–13 ॥

CrEd 4.46.8, 12–13

condensed from 4.47.8, 12–13

Shatabali

वाल्मीकि

उत्तरां तु दिशं सर्वां विचित्य स महाकपिः आगतः सह सैन्येन वीरः शतबलिस् तदा … गुहाश् च विचिताः सर्वा यास् त्वया परिकीर्तिताः विचिताश् च महागुल्मा लताविततसंतताः … ये चैव गहना देशा विचितास् ते पुनः पुनः ॥

uttarāṃ tu diśaṃ sarvāṃ vicitya sa mahākapiḥ āgataḥ saha sainyena vīraḥ śatabalis tadā … guhāś ca vicitāḥ sarvā yās tvayā parikīrtitāḥ vicitāś ca mahāgulmā latāvitatasaṃtatāḥ … ye caiva gahanā deśā vicitās te punaḥ punaḥ

Translation

The whole northern quarter
having searched, the great monkey
came back with his army,
the hero Shatabali, then …
“The caves are searched, all of them,
that you have named,
and searched the great thickets,
spread over with creepers …
and the lands that are dense
have been searched again and again.”

लीला

आपकी बताई हर गुफा, बेलों से ढकी हर झाड़ी, हर घना देश, हमने बार-बार खोजा।

Subtitle

Every cave you named,
every thicket matted with creepers,
every dense land:
searched again and again.

॥ 4.47.9, 14 ॥

CrEd 4.46.9, 14

condensed from 4.47.9, 14

सुषेणSushena

वाल्मीकि

सुषेणः पश्चिमाम् आशां विचित्य सह वानरैः समेत्य मासे संपूर्णे सुग्रीवम् उपचक्रमे … उदारसत्त्वाभिजनो महात्मा स मैथिलीं द्रक्ष्यति वानरेन्द्रः दिशं तु याम् एव गता तु सीता ताम् आस्थितो वायुसुतो हनूमान् ॥

suṣeṇaḥ paścimām āśāṃ vicitya saha vānaraiḥ sametya māse saṃpūrṇe sugrīvam upacakrame … udārasattvābhijano mahātmā sa maithilīṃ drakṣyati vānarendraḥ diśaṃ tu yām eva gatā tu sītā tām āsthito vāyusuto hanūmān

Translation

Sushena, the western quarter
having searched with the vanaras,
coming when the month was full,
approached Sugriva …
“Noble of spirit and of birth, the great-souled,
he will see Maithili, the vanara lord;
for the very quarter Sita went,
that one the Wind’s son Hanuman has taken.”

लीला

ऊँचे कुल का, बड़े मन का वह वानरवीर, मैथिली को वही देखेगा। जिस दिशा में सीता गईं, उसी दिशा में पवनपुत्र हनुमान गए हैं।

Subtitle

Noble-born and great of heart,
he will see Maithili.
The way Sita went
is the way the Wind's son has gone.

॥ 4.47.14 ॥

CrEd 4.46.14

silent moment मौन क्षण

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