Every vanara on earth
॥ 4.37.1–2, 9 ॥
CrEd 4.36.1–2, 9
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.37.11 ॥
CrEd 4.36.11
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
Those who cling to pleasures,
those vanaras slow to act,
bring them all here,
and quickly, at my command.
॥ 4.37.12 ॥
CrEd 4.36.12
Sugriva
Sanskrit
अहोभिर् दशभिर् ये च नागच्छन्ति ममाज्ञया हन्तव्यास् ते दुरात्मानो राजशासनदूषकाः ॥
ahobhir daśabhir ye ca nāgacchanti mamājñayā hantavyās te durātmāno rājaśāsanadūṣakāḥ
English
Those who within ten days
come not at my command
must die, the wicked,
defilers of the king’s decree.
॥ 4.37.16–17 ॥
CrEd 4.36.16–17
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.37.27–30, 35 ॥
CrEd 4.36.27–30, 35
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.37.36 ॥
CrEd 4.36.36
VanaraArmies
Sanskrit
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
English
Every mountain has been circled,
the seas, the forests too;
all the vanaras on earth
are coming at your command.
॥ 4.38.3 ॥
CrEd 4.37.3
Lakshmana
Sanskrit
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
English
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.”
॥ 4.38.5 ॥
CrEd 4.37.5ab
Sugriva
Sanskrit
एवं भवतु गच्छामः स्थेयं त्वच्छासने मया ॥
evaṃ bhavatu gacchāmaḥ stheyaṃ tvacchāsane mayā
English
So be it; let us go.
I must abide by your command.
॥ 4.38.11–15 ॥
CrEd 4.37.11–15
silent moment
॥ 4.38.16–17 ॥
CrEd 4.37.16–17
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.38.18–19 ॥
CrEd 4.37.18–19
silent moment
॥ 4.38.20 ॥
CrEd 4.37.20
Rama
Sanskrit
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
English
Dharma, wealth and pleasure,
each in its season, who attends,
ever dividing them, hero:
he is a king, best of monkeys.
॥ 4.38.21 ॥
CrEd 4.37.21
Rama
Sanskrit
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
English
Forsaking dharma, and wealth too,
who serves pleasure alone
is like one asleep on a treetop:
having fallen, he wakes.
॥ 4.38.23 ॥
CrEd 4.37.23
Rama
Sanskrit
उद्योगसमयस् त्व् एष प्राप्तः शत्रुविनाशन संचिन्त्यतां हि पिङ्गेश हरिभिः सह मन्त्रिभिः ॥
udyogasamayas tv eṣa prāptaḥ śatruvināśana saṃcintyatāṃ hi piṅgeśa haribhiḥ saha mantribhiḥ
English
This hour of effort now
has come, destroyer of foes;
let it be weighed, tawny lord,
with the monkeys, your counsellors.
॥ 4.38.25–26 ॥
CrEd 4.37.25–26
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.38.27, 33 ॥
CrEd 4.37.27, 33
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.39.1–3 ॥
CrEd 4.38.1–3
Rama
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.39.8–9 ॥
CrEd 4.38.8–9
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.39.14–15, 18, 22, 30 ॥
CrEd 4.38.14–15, 17, 21, 25
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.39.18 ॥
CrEd 4.38.17
silent moment
॥ 4.39.40–41 ॥
CrEd 4.38.33–34
silent moment
You give the orders
॥ 4.40.2, 5, 8 ॥
CrEd 4.39.2, 5, 7
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.40.10–11 ॥
CrEd 4.39.9–10
Rama
Sanskrit
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
English
Let it be known, gentle friend,
whether Vaidehi lives or not,
and the land, O wise one,
where Ravana dwells.
॥ 4.40.13–14 ॥
CrEd 4.39.12–13
Rama
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.40.16 ॥
CrEd 4.39.15
silent moment
॥ 4.40.16, 18–19 ॥
CrEd 4.39.15, 17–18
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.”
॥ 4.40.54, 57–58 ॥
CrEd 4.39.48, 51–52
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.40.68 ॥
CrEd 4.39.60
Sugriva
Sanskrit
एतावद् वानरैः शक्यं गन्तुं वानरपुंगवाः अभास्करम् अमर्यादं न जानीमस् ततः परम् ॥
etāvad vānaraiḥ śakyaṃ gantuṃ vānarapuṃgavāḥ abhāskaram amaryādaṃ na jānīmas tataḥ param
English
This far can vanaras go,
O bulls among vanaras;
sunless, without bound,
what lies beyond we do not know.
॥ 4.40.69–70 ॥
CrEd 4.39.61–62
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.41.1–2, 5–6 ॥
CrEd 4.40.1–2, 5–6
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.41.8, 14–15 ॥
CrEd 4.40.8, 15–16
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.41.16–17 ॥
CrEd 4.40.17–18
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.41.23–25 ॥
CrEd 4.40.24–25
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.41.47–48 ॥
CrEd 4.40.45–46
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.42.1–2 ॥
CrEd 4.41.2–3ab
silent moment
॥ 4.42.2–5 ॥
CrEd 4.41.3cd–4
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.42.53–54 ॥
CrEd 4.41.47cd–48
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.43.3–4 ॥
CrEd 4.42.3–4
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.43.5–6 ॥
CrEd 4.42.5–6
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.43.59 ॥
CrEd 4.42.59
Sugriva
Sanskrit
एतावद् वानरैः शक्यं गन्तुं वानरपुंगवाः अभास्करम् अमर्यादं न जानीमस् ततः परम् ॥
etāvad vānaraiḥ śakyaṃ gantuṃ vānarapuṃgavāḥ abhāskaram amaryādaṃ na jānīmas tataḥ param
English
This far can vanaras go,
O bulls among vanaras;
sunless, without bound,
what lies beyond we do not know.
॥ 4.43.59–62 ॥
CrEd 4.42.59–62
silent moment
The ring
॥ 4.44.1 ॥
CrEd 4.43.1
silent moment
॥ 4.44.3–4 ॥
CrEd 4.43.2–3
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.44.5, 7 ॥
CrEd 4.43.4, 6
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.44.9, 11 ॥
CrEd 4.43.8, 10
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.44.12 ॥
CrEd 4.43.11
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
ददौ तस्य ततः प्रीतः स्वनामाङ्कोपशोभितम् अङ्गुलीयम् अभिज्ञानं राजपुत्र्याः परंतपः ॥
dadau tasya tataḥ prītaḥ svanāmāṅkopaśobhitam aṅgulīyam abhijñānaṃ rājaputryāḥ paraṃtapaḥ
English
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.
॥ 4.44.13 ॥
CrEd 4.43.12
Rama
Sanskrit
अनेन त्वां हरिश्रेष्ठ चिह्नेन जनकात्मजा मत्सकाशाद् अनुप्राप्तम् अनुद्विग्नानुपश्यति ॥
anena tvāṃ hariśreṣṭha cihnena janakātmajā matsakāśād anuprāptam anudvignānupaśyati
English
By this sign, best of monkeys,
Janaka’s daughter
will look on you, come from my side,
and will not be afraid.
॥ 4.44.15 ॥
CrEd 4.43.14
silent moment
॥ 4.44.16 ॥
CrEd 4.43.15
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.44.17 ॥
CrEd 4.43.16
Rama
Sanskrit
अतिबलबलम् आश्रितस् तवाहं हरिवरविक्रमविक्रमैर् अनल्पैः पवनसुत यथाभिगम्यते सा जनकसुता हनुमंस् तथा कुरुष्व ॥
atibalabalam āśritas tavāhaṃ harivaravikramavikramair analpaiḥ pavanasuta yathābhigamyate sā janakasutā hanumaṃs tathā kuruṣva
English
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.
॥ 4.45.10–11 ॥
CrEd 4.44.9
VanaraArmies
Sanskrit
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
English
Roaring, shouting out,
bellowing, the leapers,
whooping and running,
the best of leapers went:
“We will bring back Sita,
and we will slay Ravana!”
॥ 4.45.12 ॥
CrEd 4.44.10
Army
Sanskrit
अहम् एको हनिष्यामि प्राप्तं रावणम् आहवे ततश् चोन्मथ्य सहसा हरिष्ये जनकात्मजाम् ॥
aham eko haniṣyāmi prāptaṃ rāvaṇam āhave tataś conmathya sahasā hariṣye janakātmajām
English
I alone will slay
Ravana, met in battle,
and then, crushing him in a stroke,
I will bear off Janaka’s daughter.
॥ 4.45.13 ॥
CrEd 4.44.11
Army
Sanskrit
वेपमानं श्रमेणाद्य भवद्भिः स्थीयताम् इति एक एवाहरिष्यामि पातालाद् अपि जानकीम् ॥
vepamānaṃ śrameṇādya bhavadbhiḥ sthīyatām iti eka evāhariṣyāmi pātālād api jānakīm
English
“Trembling with weariness today,
you all stay here,” they cried;
“I alone will bring back
Janaki, even from the underworld.”
॥ 4.45.14–15 ॥
CrEd 4.44.12–13
Army
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.45.2, 9 ॥
CrEd 4.44.1, 8
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
तद् उग्रशासनं भर्तुर् विज्ञाय हरिपुंगवाः शलभा इव संछाद्य मेदिनीं संप्रतस्थिरे ॥
tad ugraśāsanaṃ bhartur vijñāya haripuṃgavāḥ śalabhā iva saṃchādya medinīṃ saṃpratasthire
English
Knowing their master’s
fierce command, the bulls among monkeys,
like locusts covering
the earth, set forth.
॥ 4.46.1 ॥
CrEd 4.45.1
Rama
Sanskrit
गतेषु वानरेन्द्रेषु रामः सुग्रीवम् अब्रवीत् कथं भवान् विजानीते सर्वं वै मण्डलं भुवः ॥
gateṣu vānarendreṣu rāmaḥ sugrīvam abravīt kathaṃ bhavān vijānīte sarvaṃ vai maṇḍalaṃ bhuvaḥ
English
When the vanara lords had gone,
Rama spoke to Sugriva:
“How is it that you know
the whole circle of the earth?”
॥ 4.46.11–13 ॥
CrEd 4.45.10–12
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.46.14–21 ॥
CrEd 4.45.13
Sugriva
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.45.3; 4.47.6 ॥
CrEd 4.44.2; 4.46.6
Valmikiverse caption
Sanskrit
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
English
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.
॥ 4.47.7, 10–11 ॥
CrEd 4.46.7, 10–11
Vinata
Sanskrit
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
English
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.”
॥ 4.47.8, 12–13 ॥
CrEd 4.46.8, 12–13
Shatabali
Sanskrit
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
English
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.”
॥ 4.47.9, 14 ॥
CrEd 4.46.9, 14
Sushena
Sanskrit
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
English
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.”
॥ 4.47.14 ॥
CrEd 4.46.14
silent moment
In other Hindu scriptures
Hanuman's son at the gate of the underworld