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The fast unto death; Sampati

Valmiki · Kishkindha Kanda
4.53.1–4.63.15 (CrEd 4.52.14–4.62.15)

தமிழ் · விரைவில் வருகிறது · The Tamil is coming

The month Sugriva set runs out at the edge of the sea, and Angada, sure his uncle will punish him, sits down with the monkeys in a fast unto death. The old vulture Sampati, Jatayu's brother, hears them speak of Jatayu's death, and tells them that Ravana holds Sita in Lanka, an island a hundred yojanas across the sea. As he speaks, his burnt wings grow again, as the sage Nishakara foretold, and the monkeys set out, their courage won back.

Sanskrit · English·Translation: Raam Leela

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Part 1 · பகுதி 1

The month is gone

Valmiki 4.53.1–4.55.23 (CrEd 4.52.14–4.54.21)

॥ 4.53.1–2 ॥

CrEd 4.52.14–15

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततस् ते ददृशुर् घोरं सागरं वरुणालयम् ।
अपारम् अभिगर्जन्तं घोरैर् ऊर्मिभिर् आकुलम् ।
मयस्य मायाविहितं गिरिदुर्गं विचिन्वताम् ।
तेषां मासो व्यतिक्रान्तो यो राज्ञा समयः कृतः ॥

tatas te dadṛśur ghoraṃ sāgaraṃ varuṇālayam
apāram abhigarjantaṃ ghorair ūrmibhir ākulam
mayasya māyāvihitaṃ giridurgaṃ vicinvatām
teṣāṃ māso vyatikrānto yo rājñā samayaḥ kṛtaḥ

English

Then they saw the dreadful sea,
the ocean, Varuna’s home,
boundless, roaring,
tossed with terrible waves.
While they searched the mountain stronghold
that Maya’s magic made,
their month ran out,
the term the king had set.

॥ 4.53.3–5 ॥

CrEd 4.52.16–18

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

विन्ध्यस्य तु गिरेः पादे संप्रपुष्पितपादपे उपविश्य महाभागाश् चिन्ताम् आपेदिरे तदा ततः पुष्पातिभाराग्रांल् लताशतसमावृतान् द्रुमान् वासन्तिकान् दृष्ट्वा बभूवुर् भयशङ्किताः ते वसन्तम् अनुप्राप्तं प्रतिवेद्य परस्परम् नष्टसंदेशकालार्था निपेतुर् धरणीतले ॥

vindhyasya tu gireḥ pāde saṃprapuṣpitapādape upaviśya mahābhāgāś cintām āpedire tadā tataḥ puṣpātibhārāgrāṃl latāśatasamāvṛtān drumān vāsantikān dṛṣṭvā babhūvur bhayaśaṅkitāḥ te vasantam anuprāptaṃ prativedya parasparam naṣṭasaṃdeśakālārthā nipetur dharaṇītale

English

At the foot of the Vindhya mountain,
where the trees stood all in flower,
the noble ones sat down
and fell then into brooding.
The trees with tips bowed down by blossom,
wrapped in a hundred creepers,
the trees of spring, they saw,
and fear and doubt came over them.
Telling one another
that spring had come,
their errand’s time and purpose lost,
they fell upon the ground.

॥ 4.53.8 ॥

CrEd 4.52.20

Angada

Sanskrit

शासनात् कपिराजस्य वयं सर्वे विनिर्गताः मासः पूर्णो बिलस्थानां हरयः किं न बुध्यते ॥

śāsanāt kapirājasya vayaṃ sarve vinirgatāḥ māsaḥ pūrṇo bilasthānāṃ harayaḥ kiṃ na budhyate

English

At the bidding of the monkey king
we all of us set out;
the month is full, while we were in the cave:
monkeys, is this not understood?

॥ 4.53.13–15 ॥

CrEd 4.52.21–23

Angada

Sanskrit

तस्मिन्न् अतीते काले तु सुग्रीवेण कृते स्वयम् प्रायोपवेशनं युक्तं सर्वेषां च वनौकसाम् तीक्ष्णः प्रकृत्या सुग्रीवः स्वामिभावे व्यवस्थितः न क्षमिष्यति नः सर्वान् अपराधकृतो गतान् अप्रवृत्तौ च सीतायाः पापम् एव करिष्यति तस्मात् क्षमम् इहाद्यैव प्रायोपविशनं हि नः ॥

tasminn atīte kāle tu sugrīveṇa kṛte svayam prāyopaveśanaṃ yuktaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca vanaukasām tīkṣṇaḥ prakṛtyā sugrīvaḥ svāmibhāve vyavasthitaḥ na kṣamiṣyati naḥ sarvān aparādhakṛto gatān apravṛttau ca sītāyāḥ pāpam eva kariṣyati tasmāt kṣamam ihādyaiva prāyopaviśanaṃ hi naḥ

English

Now that the time is past
that Sugriva himself set,
the fast unto death befits
all of us who dwell in the forest.
Sugriva is harsh by nature,
and stands now as our master;
he will not forgive us, all of us
who come back to him at fault.
With no word of Sita
he will do us only harm;
so it is fitting, here, today,
that we sit down in the fast.

॥ 4.53.17–18 ॥

CrEd 4.52.25–26

Angada

Sanskrit

न चाहं यौवराज्येन सुग्रीवेणाभिषेचितः नरेन्द्रेणाभिषिक्तोऽस्मि रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा स पूर्वं बद्धवैरो मां राजा दृष्ट्वा व्यतिक्रमम् घातयिष्यति दण्डेन तीक्ष्णेन कृतनिश्चयः ॥

na cāhaṃ yauvarājyena sugrīveṇābhiṣecitaḥ narendreṇābhiṣikto 'smi rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā sa pūrvaṃ baddhavairo māṃ rājā dṛṣṭvā vyatikramam ghātayiṣyati daṇḍena tīkṣṇena kṛtaniścayaḥ

English

Not by Sugriva was I
consecrated as crown prince;
I was consecrated by a king of men,
by Rama, tireless in deeds.
The king, long bound in enmity to me,
seeing my fault,
will strike me down with a harsh rod,
his mind made up.

॥ 4.53.25–26 ॥

CrEd 4.52.31–32

Tara

Sanskrit

प्लवंगमानां तु भयार्दितानां श्रुत्वा वचस् तार इदं बभाषे ।
अलं विषादेन बिलं प्रविश्य वसाम सर्वे यदि रोचते वः ।
इदं हि मायाविहितं सुदुर्गमं प्रभूतवृक्षोदकभोज्यपेयम् ।
इहास्ति नो नैव भयं पुरंदरान् न राघवाद् वानरराजतोऽपि वा ॥

plavaṃgamānāṃ tu bhayārditānāṃ śrutvā vacas tāra idaṃ babhāṣe
alaṃ viṣādena bilaṃ praviśya vasāma sarve yadi rocate vaḥ
idaṃ hi māyāvihitaṃ sudurgamaṃ prabhūtavṛkṣodakabhojyapeyam
ihāsti no naiva bhayaṃ puraṃdarān na rāghavād vānararājato 'pi vā

English

The words of the monkeys, stricken with fear,
hearing, Tara spoke this:
“Enough of despair! Let us enter the cave
and all live there, if it pleases you.
For this place, wrought by magic, is hard to reach,
rich in trees and water, food and drink;
here we have no fear of Indra,
none of Raghava, nor of the monkey king.”

॥ 4.53.27 ॥

CrEd 4.52.33

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

श्रुत्वाङ्गदस्यापि वचोऽनुकूलम् ऊचुश् च सर्वे हरयः प्रतीताः यथा न हन्येम तथाविधानम् असक्तम् अद्यैव विधीयतां नः ॥

śrutvāṅgadasyāpi vaco 'nukūlam ūcuś ca sarve harayaḥ pratītāḥ yathā na hanyema tathāvidhānam asaktam adyaiva vidhīyatāṃ naḥ

English

Hearing words that pleased Angada too,
all the monkeys, heartened, said:
“That we may not be killed, let such a plan
be made for us today, without delay.”

॥ 4.54.1, 5 ॥

CrEd 4.53.1, 5

condensed from 4.54.1, 5

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तथा ब्रुवति तारे तु ताराधिपतिवर्चसि अथ मेने हृतं राज्यं हनुमान् अङ्गदेन तत् … भर्तुर् अर्थे परिश्रान्तं सर्वशास्त्रविशारदम् अभिसंधातुम् आरेभे हनुमान् अङ्गदं ततः ॥

tathā bruvati tāre tu tārādhipativarcasi atha mene hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ hanumān aṅgadena tat … bhartur arthe pariśrāntaṃ sarvaśāstraviśāradam abhisaṃdhātum ārebhe hanumān aṅgadaṃ tataḥ

English

As Tara spoke so,
bright as the lord of stars,
Hanuman thought the kingdom
taken away by Angada.
…
Worn out in his master’s cause,
versed in every science,
him, Angada, Hanuman then
set about to win over.

॥ 4.54.13–14 ॥

CrEd 4.53.13–14

Hanuman

Sanskrit

यां चेमां मन्यसे धात्रीम् एतद् बिलम् इति श्रुतम् एतल् लक्ष्मणबाणानाम् ईषत्कार्यं विदारणे स्वल्पं हि कृतम् इन्द्रेण क्षिपता ह्य् अशनिं पुरा लक्ष्मणो निशितैर् बाणैर् भिन्द्यात् पत्रपुटं यथा ॥

yāṃ cemāṃ manyase dhātrīm etad bilam iti śrutam etal lakṣmaṇabāṇānām īṣatkāryaṃ vidāraṇe svalpaṃ hi kṛtam indreṇa kṣipatā hy aśaniṃ purā lakṣmaṇo niśitair bāṇair bhindyāt patrapuṭaṃ yathā

English

This, which you think your nurse,
this cave, renowned as such,
for Lakshmana’s arrows it is a small thing
to tear it open.
Little indeed did Indra do,
hurling his thunderbolt of old;
Lakshmana with sharpened arrows
would pierce it like a cup of leaves.

॥ 4.54.16–17 ॥

CrEd 4.53.15–16

Hanuman

Sanskrit

अवस्थाने यदैव त्वम् आसिष्यसि परंतप तदैव हरयः सर्वे त्यक्ष्यन्ति कृतनिश्चयाः स्मरन्तः पुत्रदाराणां नित्योद्विग्ना बुभुक्षिताः खेदिता दुःखशय्याभिस् त्वां करिष्यन्ति पृष्ठतः ॥

avasthāne yadaiva tvam āsiṣyasi paraṃtapa tadaiva harayaḥ sarve tyakṣyanti kṛtaniścayāḥ smarantaḥ putradārāṇāṃ nityodvignā bubhukṣitāḥ kheditā duḥkhaśayyābhis tvāṃ kariṣyanti pṛṣṭhataḥ

English

The moment you sit down to stay,
O scorcher of foes,
that moment all the monkeys
will leave you, their minds made up.
Remembering sons and wives,
ever anxious, hungry,
worn by beds of hardship,
they will put you at their backs.

॥ 4.54.20–22 ॥

CrEd 4.53.19–21

Hanuman

Sanskrit

अस्माभिस् तु गतं सार्धं विनीतवद् उपस्थितम् आनुपूर्व्यात् तु सुग्रीवो राज्ये त्वां स्थापयिष्यति धर्मकामः पितृव्यस् ते प्रीतिकामो दृढव्रतः शुचिः सत्यप्रतिज्ञश् च न त्वां जातु जिघांसति प्रियकामश् च ते मातुस् तदर्थं चास्य जीवितम् तस्यापत्यं च नास्त्य् अन्यत् तस्माद् अङ्गद गम्यताम् ॥

asmābhis tu gataṃ sārdhaṃ vinītavad upasthitam ānupūrvyāt tu sugrīvo rājye tvāṃ sthāpayiṣyati dharmakāmaḥ pitṛvyas te prītikāmo dṛḍhavrataḥ śuciḥ satyapratijñaś ca na tvāṃ jātu jighāṃsati priyakāmaś ca te mātus tadarthaṃ cāsya jīvitam tasyāpatyaṃ ca nāsty anyat tasmād aṅgada gamyatām

English

But going back with us,
presenting yourself humbly,
in due course Sugriva
will set you on the throne.
Your uncle loves dharma,
wishes you well, is firm in his vows,
pure and true to his word;
never will he seek your death.
He wishes your mother well,
and for her sake he lives;
and he has no other child:
so, Angada, let us go.

॥ 4.55.5 ॥

CrEd 4.54.5

Angada

Sanskrit

सत्यात् पाणिगृहीतश् च कृतकर्मा महायशाः विस्मृतो राघवो येन स कस्य सुकृतं स्मरेत् ॥

satyāt pāṇigṛhītaś ca kṛtakarmā mahāyaśāḥ vismṛto rāghavo yena sa kasya sukṛtaṃ smaret

English

His hand clasped in a pledge of truth,
his work done, great in fame,
Raghava is forgotten by him:
whose good deed would he remember?

॥ 4.55.11–12 ॥

CrEd 4.54.11–12

Angada

Sanskrit

बन्धनाच् चावसादान् मे श्रेयः प्रायोपवेशनम् अनुजानीत मां सर्वे गृहान् गच्छन्तु वानराः अहं वः प्रतिजानामि न गमिष्याम्य् अहं पुरीम् इहैव प्रायम् आसिष्ये श्रेयो मरणम् एव मे ॥

bandhanāc cāvasādān me śreyaḥ prāyopaveśanam anujānīta māṃ sarve gṛhān gacchantu vānarāḥ ahaṃ vaḥ pratijānāmi na gamiṣyāmy ahaṃ purīm ihaiva prāyam āsiṣye śreyo maraṇam eva me

English

Better than bonds and wasting away
is the fast unto death for me.
Give me leave, all of you;
let the monkeys go to their homes.
I make you this promise:
I will not go to the city;
here I will sit in the fast;
death is the better for me.

॥ 4.55.13–15 ॥

CrEd 4.54.13–15

Angada

Sanskrit

अभिवादनपूर्वं तु राजा कुशलम् एव च वाच्यस् ततो यवीयान् मे सुग्रीवो वानरेश्वरः आरोग्यपूर्वं कुशलं वाच्या माता रुमा च मे मातरं चैव मे ताराम् आश्वासयितुम् अर्हथ प्रकृत्या प्रियपुत्रा सा सानुक्रोशा तपस्विनी विनष्टं माम् इह श्रुत्वा व्यक्तं हास्यति जीवितम् ॥

abhivādanapūrvaṃ tu rājā kuśalam eva ca vācyas tato yavīyān me sugrīvo vānareśvaraḥ ārogyapūrvaṃ kuśalaṃ vācyā mātā rumā ca me mātaraṃ caiva me tārām āśvāsayitum arhatha prakṛtyā priyaputrā sā sānukrośā tapasvinī vinaṣṭaṃ mām iha śrutvā vyaktaṃ hāsyati jīvitam

English

With a bow, then wishes for his welfare,
let the king be greeted,
my younger father, Sugriva,
lord of the monkeys.
With wishes for health and welfare
let my mother Ruma be greeted;
and my mother Tara
it is for you to comfort.
By nature she loves her son,
tender-hearted, poor lady;
hearing that I have perished here,
she will surely give up her life.

॥ 4.55.16–17 ॥

CrEd 4.54.16–17

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

एतावद् उक्त्वा वचनं वृद्धान् अप्य् अभिवाद्य च ।
संविवेशाङ्गदो भूमौ रुदन् दर्भेषु दुर्मनाः ।
तस्य संविशतस् तत्र रुदन्तो वानरर्षभाः ।
नयनेभ्यः प्रमुमुचुर् उष्णं वै वारि दुःखिताः ॥

etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ vṛddhān apy abhivādya ca
saṃviveśāṅgado bhūmau rudan darbheṣu durmanāḥ
tasya saṃviśatas tatra rudanto vānararṣabhāḥ
nayanebhyaḥ pramumucur uṣṇaṃ vai vāri duḥkhitāḥ

English

Having spoken these words,
and bowed to the elders too,
Angada lay down on the ground,
weeping, on the darbha, sick at heart.
As he lay down there,
the monkey chiefs, weeping,
let fall from their eyes
hot tears, in their grief.

॥ 4.55.18–20 ॥

CrEd 4.54.18–19

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

सुग्रीवं चैव निन्दन्तः प्रशंसन्तश् च वालिनम् परिवार्याङ्गदं सर्वे व्यवस्यन् प्रायम् आसितुम् मतं तद् वालिपुत्रस्य विज्ञाय प्लवगर्षभाः उपस्पृश्योदकं सर्वे प्राङ्मुखाः समुपाविशन् दक्षिणाग्रेषु दर्भेषु उदक्तीरं समाश्रिताः ॥

sugrīvaṃ caiva nindantaḥ praśaṃsantaś ca vālinam parivāryāṅgadaṃ sarve vyavasyan prāyam āsitum mataṃ tad vāliputrasya vijñāya plavagarṣabhāḥ upaspṛśyodakaṃ sarve prāṅmukhāḥ samupāviśan dakṣiṇāgreṣu darbheṣu udaktīraṃ samāśritāḥ

English

Blaming Sugriva,
praising Vali,
all gathered round Angada
and resolved to sit in the fast.
Knowing that mind of Vali’s son,
the monkey chiefs
touched water, all of them,
and sat down facing east,
on darbha with its tips to the south,
keeping to the northern shore.

॥ 4.56.1 ॥

CrEd 4.55.1

silent moment

Part 2 · பகுதி 2

The old vulture

Valmiki 4.56.1–4.58.11 (CrEd 4.55.1–4.57.11)

॥ 4.56.2–3 ॥

CrEd 4.55.2–3

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

साम्पातिर् नाम नाम्ना तु चिरजीवी विहंगमः भ्राता जटायुषः श्रीमान् प्रख्यातबलपौरुषः कन्दराद् अभिनिष्क्रम्य स विन्ध्यस्य महागिरेः उपविष्टान् हरीन् दृष्ट्वा हृष्टात्मा गिरम् अब्रवीत् ॥

sāmpātir nāma nāmnā tu cirajīvī vihaṃgamaḥ bhrātā jaṭāyuṣaḥ śrīmān prakhyātabalapauruṣaḥ kandarād abhiniṣkramya sa vindhyasya mahāgireḥ upaviṣṭān harīn dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭātmā giram abravīt

English

Sampati was his name,
a long-lived bird,
Jatayu’s glorious brother,
famed for strength and manhood.
Coming out from a cave
of the great Vindhya mountain,
he saw the monkeys sitting there,
and, glad at heart, he spoke.

॥ 4.56.4–5 ॥

CrEd 4.55.4–5

Sampati

Sanskrit

विधिः किल नरं लोके विधानेनानुवर्तते यथायं विहितो भक्ष्यश् चिरान् मह्यम् उपागतः परम्पराणां भक्षिष्ये वानराणां मृतं मृतम् उवाचैवं वचः पक्षी तान् निरीक्ष्य प्लवंगमान् ॥

vidhiḥ kila naraṃ loke vidhānenānuvartate yathāyaṃ vihito bhakṣyaś cirān mahyam upāgataḥ paramparāṇāṃ bhakṣiṣye vānarāṇāṃ mṛtaṃ mṛtam uvācaivaṃ vacaḥ pakṣī tān nirīkṣya plavaṃgamān

English

Truly fate, in this world,
attends a man by its ordering,
as this food, ordained for me,
has come to me after so long.
One after another I shall eat
these monkeys, each as he dies:
so the bird spoke these words,
gazing on the monkeys.

॥ 4.56.6–7 ॥

CrEd 4.55.6–7

Angada

Sanskrit

तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा भक्षलुब्धस्य पक्षिणः अङ्गदः परम् आयस्तो हनूमन्तम् अथाब्रवीत् पश्य सीतापदेशेन साक्षाद् वैवस्वतो यमः इमं देशम् अनुप्राप्तो वानराणां विपत्तये ॥

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā bhakṣalubdhasya pakṣiṇaḥ aṅgadaḥ param āyasto hanūmantam athābravīt paśya sītāpadeśena sākṣād vaivasvato yamaḥ imaṃ deśam anuprāpto vānarāṇāṃ vipattaye

English

Hearing those words
of the bird greedy for food,
Angada, deeply troubled,
then said to Hanuman:
“Look: with Sita for a pretext,
Yama, Vivasvat’s son, in person
has come to this place
for the ruin of the monkeys.”

॥ 4.56.8, 13 ॥

CrEd 4.55.8, 12

condensed from 4.56.8, 13

Angada

Sanskrit

रामस्य न कृतं कार्यं राज्ञो न च वचः कृतम् हरीणाम् इयम् अज्ञाता विपत्तिः सहसागता … स सुखी गृध्रराजस् तु रावणेन हतो रणे मुक्तश् च सुग्रीवभयाद् गतश् च परमां गतिम् ॥

rāmasya na kṛtaṃ kāryaṃ rājño na ca vacaḥ kṛtam harīṇām iyam ajñātā vipattiḥ sahasāgatā … sa sukhī gṛdhrarājas tu rāvaṇena hato raṇe muktaś ca sugrīvabhayād gataś ca paramāṃ gatim

English

Rama’s work is not done,
nor the king’s word fulfilled;
upon the monkeys this unforeseen
ruin has suddenly come.
…
Happy is the vulture king,
killed by Ravana in battle,
freed from the fear of Sugriva,
gone to the highest state.

॥ 4.56.18 ॥

CrEd 4.55.16

silent moment

॥ 4.56.19, 20cd ॥

CrEd 4.55.17, 18cd

condensed from 4.56.19, 20cd

Sampati

Sanskrit

कोऽयं गिरा घोषयति प्राणैः प्रियतरस्य मे जटायुषो वधं भ्रातुः कम्पयन्न् इव मे मनः … नामधेयम् इदं भ्रातुश् चिरस्याद्य मया श्रुतम् ॥

ko 'yaṃ girā ghoṣayati prāṇaiḥ priyatarasya me jaṭāyuṣo vadhaṃ bhrātuḥ kampayann iva me manaḥ … nāmadheyam idaṃ bhrātuś cirasyādya mayā śrutam

English

Who is this who cries aloud,
of one dearer to me than life,
the killing of Jatayu, my brother,
as if to shake my heart?
…
This name of my brother
after long years today I hear.

॥ 4.56.20ab, 24 ॥

CrEd 4.55.18ab, 21

condensed from 4.56.20ab, 24

Sampati

Sanskrit

कथम् आसीज् जनस्थाने युद्धं राक्षसगृध्रयोः … सूर्यांशुदग्धपक्षत्वान् न शक्नोमि विसर्पितुम् इच्छेयं पर्वताद् अस्माद् अवतर्तुम् अरिंदमाः ॥

katham āsīj janasthāne yuddhaṃ rākṣasagṛdhrayoḥ … sūryāṃśudagdhapakṣatvān na śaknomi visarpitum iccheyaṃ parvatād asmād avatartum ariṃdamāḥ

English

How came there, in Janasthana,
the fight of rakshasa and vulture?
…
My wings burnt by the rays of the sun,
I have no power to crawl;
I would come down from this mountain,
O tamers of foes.

॥ 4.57.1–3 ॥

CrEd 4.56.1–3

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

शोकाद् भ्रष्टस्वरम् अपि श्रुत्वा ते हरियूथपाः श्रद्दधुर् नैव तद् वाक्यं कर्मणा तस्य शङ्किताः ते प्रायम् उपविष्टास् तु दृष्ट्वा गृध्रं प्लवंगमाः चक्रुर् बुद्धिं तदा रौद्रां सर्वान् नो भक्षयिष्यति सर्वथा प्रायम् आसीनान् यदि नो भक्षयिष्यति कृतकृत्या भविष्यामः क्षिप्रं सिद्धिम् इतो गताः ॥

śokād bhraṣṭasvaram api śrutvā te hariyūthapāḥ śraddadhur naiva tad vākyaṃ karmaṇā tasya śaṅkitāḥ te prāyam upaviṣṭās tu dṛṣṭvā gṛdhraṃ plavaṃgamāḥ cakrur buddhiṃ tadā raudrāṃ sarvān no bhakṣayiṣyati sarvathā prāyam āsīnān yadi no bhakṣayiṣyati kṛtakṛtyā bhaviṣyāmaḥ kṣipraṃ siddhim ito gatāḥ

English

Though his voice was broken with grief,
the monkey chiefs who heard
put no faith in those words,
wary of what he would do.
Sitting in the fast, the monkeys,
seeing the vulture,
then formed a grim resolve:
“He will eat us all.
Either way, as we sit in the fast,
if he should eat us,
our task is done; swiftly
we go from here to our end.”

॥ 4.57.4 ॥

CrEd 4.56.4

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

एतां बुद्धिं ततश् चक्रुः सर्वे ते वानरर्षभाः अवतार्य गिरेः शृङ्गाद् गृध्रम् आहाङ्गदस् तदा ॥

etāṃ buddhiṃ tataś cakruḥ sarve te vānararṣabhāḥ avatārya gireḥ śṛṅgād gṛdhram āhāṅgadas tadā

English

This was the resolve then
of all those monkey chiefs;
bringing the vulture down from the peak,
Angada then spoke to him.

॥ 4.57.9–10 ॥

CrEd 4.56.9–10

Angada

Sanskrit

रामस्य च पितुर् मित्रं जटायुर् नाम गृध्रराट् ददर्श सीतां वैदेहीं ह्रियमाणां विहायसा रावणं विरथं कृत्वा स्थापयित्वा च मैथिलीम् परिश्रान्तश् च वृद्धश् च रावणेन हतो रणे ॥

rāmasya ca pitur mitraṃ jaṭāyur nāma gṛdhrarāṭ dadarśa sītāṃ vaidehīṃ hriyamāṇāṃ vihāyasā rāvaṇaṃ virathaṃ kṛtvā sthāpayitvā ca maithilīm pariśrāntaś ca vṛddhaś ca rāvaṇena hato raṇe

English

The friend of Rama’s father,
the vulture king named Jatayu,
saw Sita, Vaidehi,
being carried through the sky.
He left Ravana chariotless
and set Maithili down;
but weary and old,
he was killed by Ravana in battle.

॥ 4.57.11, 15 ॥

CrEd 4.56.11, 15

condensed from 4.57.11, 15

Angada

Sanskrit

एवं गृध्रो हतस् तेन रावणेन बलीयसा संस्कृतश् चापि रामेण गतश् च गतिम् उत्तमाम् … एवं रामप्रयुक्तास् तु मार्गमाणास् ततस् ततः वैदेहीं नाधिगच्छामो रात्रौ सूर्यप्रभाम् इव ॥

evaṃ gṛdhro hatas tena rāvaṇena balīyasā saṃskṛtaś cāpi rāmeṇa gataś ca gatim uttamām … evaṃ rāmaprayuktās tu mārgamāṇās tatas tataḥ vaidehīṃ nādhigacchāmo rātrau sūryaprabhām iva

English

So the vulture was killed
by that mighty Ravana,
and Rama gave him his rites,
and he went to the highest state.
…
So, sent out by Rama,
searching here and there,
we do not find Vaidehi,
as none finds sunlight at night.

॥ 4.58.1 ॥

CrEd 4.57.1

silent moment

॥ 4.58.2–3 ॥

CrEd 4.57.2–3

Sampati

Sanskrit

यवीयान् मम स भ्राता जटायुर् नाम वानराः यम् आख्यात हतं युद्धे रावणेन बलीयसा वृद्धभावाद् अपक्षत्वाच् छृण्वंस् तद् अपि मर्षये न हि मे शक्तिर् अद्यास्ति भ्रातुर् वैरविमोक्षणे ॥

yavīyān mama sa bhrātā jaṭāyur nāma vānarāḥ yam ākhyāta hataṃ yuddhe rāvaṇena balīyasā vṛddhabhāvād apakṣatvāc chṛṇvaṃs tad api marṣaye na hi me śaktir adyāsti bhrātur vairavimokṣaṇe

English

My younger brother was he,
Jatayu by name, O monkeys,
whom you tell of as killed in battle
by mighty Ravana.
Being old, being wingless,
I hear even this and bear it;
for I have no strength today
to settle my brother’s feud.

॥ 4.58.4–6 ॥

CrEd 4.57.4–6

Sampati

Sanskrit

पुरा वृत्रवधे वृत्ते स चाहं च जयैषिणौ ।
आदित्यम् उपयातौ स्वो ज्वलन्तं रश्मिमालिनम् ।
आवृत्याकाशमार्गेण जवेन स्म गतौ भृशम् ।
मध्यं प्राप्ते च सूर्ये च जटायुर् अवसीदति ।
तम् अहं भ्रातरं दृष्ट्वा सूर्यरश्मिभिर् अर्दितम् ।
पक्षाभ्यां छादयाम् आस स्नेहात् परमविह्वलम् ॥

purā vṛtravadhe vṛtte sa cāhaṃ ca jayaiṣiṇau
ādityam upayātau svo jvalantaṃ raśmimālinam
āvṛtyākāśamārgeṇa javena sma gatau bhṛśam
madhyaṃ prāpte ca sūrye ca jaṭāyur avasīdati
tam ahaṃ bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sūryaraśmibhir arditam
pakṣābhyāṃ chādayām āsa snehāt paramavihvalam

English

Long ago, when Vritra was slain,
he and I, eager to win,
flew up toward the sun,
blazing, garlanded with rays.
Circling by the path of the sky,
we went with all our speed;
and when the sun had reached mid-heaven,
Jatayu began to sink.
Seeing my brother
tormented by the sun’s rays,
with my two wings I covered him,
for love, so faint was he.

॥ 4.58.7 ॥

CrEd 4.57.7

Sampati

Sanskrit

निर्दग्धपक्षः पतितो विन्ध्येऽहं वानरोत्तमाः अहम् अस्मिन् वसन् भ्रातुः प्रवृत्तिं नोपलक्षये ॥

nirdagdhapakṣaḥ patito vindhye 'haṃ vānarottamāḥ aham asmin vasan bhrātuḥ pravṛttiṃ nopalakṣaye

English

My wings burnt, I fell
on the Vindhya, best of monkeys;
living here, of my brother
no tidings have I had.

॥ 4.58.8 ॥

CrEd 4.57.8

silent moment

॥ 4.58.9–10 ॥

CrEd 4.57.9–10

Angada

Sanskrit

जटायुषो यदि भ्राता श्रुतं ते गदितं मया आख्याहि यदि जानासि निलयं तस्य रक्षसः अदीर्घदर्शिनं तं वा रावणं राक्षसाधिपम् अन्तिके यदि वा दूरे यदि जानासि शंस नः ॥

jaṭāyuṣo yadi bhrātā śrutaṃ te gaditaṃ mayā ākhyāhi yadi jānāsi nilayaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ adīrghadarśinaṃ taṃ vā rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam antike yadi vā dūre yadi jānāsi śaṃsa naḥ

English

If you are Jatayu’s brother,
you have heard what I have said;
tell us, if you know it,
the dwelling of that rakshasa,
or of that short-sighted Ravana,
the lord of the rakshasas:
whether near or far,
if you know it, tell us.

॥ 4.58.11 ॥

CrEd 4.57.11

silent moment

Part 3 · பகுதி 3

Wings

Valmiki 4.58.12–4.63.15 (CrEd 4.57.12–4.62.15)

॥ 4.58.12 ॥

CrEd 4.57.12

Sampati

Sanskrit

निर्दग्धपक्षो गृध्रोऽहं गतवीर्यः प्लवंगमाः वाङ्मात्रेण तु रामस्य करिष्ये साह्यम् उत्तमम् ॥

nirdagdhapakṣo gṛdhro 'haṃ gatavīryaḥ plavaṃgamāḥ vāṅmātreṇa tu rāmasya kariṣye sāhyam uttamam

English

A vulture with burnt wings am I,
my strength gone, O monkeys;
yet with words alone I will give Rama
the best of help.

॥ 4.58.15–17 ॥

CrEd 4.57.15–17

Sampati

Sanskrit

तरुणी रूपसंपन्ना सर्वाभरणभूषिता ह्रियमाणा मया दृष्टा रावणेन दुरात्मना क्रोशन्ती राम रामेति लक्ष्मणेति च भामिनी भूषणान्य् अपविध्यन्ती गात्राणि च विधुन्वती सूर्यप्रभेव शैलाग्रे तस्याः कौशेयम् उत्तमम् असिते राक्षसे भाति यथा वा तडिदम्बुदे ॥

taruṇī rūpasaṃpannā sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā hriyamāṇā mayā dṛṣṭā rāvaṇena durātmanā krośantī rāma rāmeti lakṣmaṇeti ca bhāminī bhūṣaṇāny apavidhyantī gātrāṇi ca vidhunvatī sūryaprabheva śailāgre tasyāḥ kauśeyam uttamam asite rākṣase bhāti yathā vā taḍidambude

English

A young woman, lovely,
adorned with every ornament,
I saw being carried off
by Ravana, the evil-souled.
She cried out, “Rama, Rama!”
and “Lakshmana!”, the lady,
flinging off her ornaments,
and twisting her limbs.
Like sunlight on a mountain top
her fine silk
shone on the dark rakshasa,
or like lightning in a cloud.

॥ 4.58.18–20, 22cd–23ab ॥

CrEd 4.57.18–21

Sampati

Sanskrit

तां तु सीताम् अहं मन्ये रामस्य परिकीर्तनात् श्रूयतां मे कथयतो निलयं तस्य रक्षसः पुत्रो विश्रवसः साक्षाद् भ्राता वैश्रवणस्य च अध्यास्ते नगरीं लङ्कां रावणो नाम राक्षसः इतो द्वीपे समुद्रस्य संपूर्णे शतयोजने तस्मिंल् लङ्का पुरी रम्या निर्मिता विश्वकर्मणा तस्यां वसति वैदेही दीना कौशेयवासिनी रावणान्तःपुरे रुद्धा राक्षसीभिः सुरक्षिता ॥

tāṃ tu sītām ahaṃ manye rāmasya parikīrtanāt śrūyatāṃ me kathayato nilayaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ putro viśravasaḥ sākṣād bhrātā vaiśravaṇasya ca adhyāste nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ ito dvīpe samudrasya saṃpūrṇe śatayojane tasmiṃl laṅkā purī ramyā nirmitā viśvakarmaṇā tasyāṃ vasati vaidehī dīnā kauśeyavāsinī rāvaṇāntaḥpure ruddhā rākṣasībhiḥ surakṣitā

English

Her I take to be Sita,
from her calling Rama’s name.
Hear me as I tell
the dwelling of that rakshasa.
The son of Vishravas,
Vaishravana’s own brother,
dwells in the city of Lanka,
the rakshasa named Ravana.
From here, on an island of the sea,
a full hundred yojanas off,
stands Lanka, a lovely city,
built by Vishvakarma.
There Vaidehi dwells,
wretched, clad in silk,
shut in Ravana’s inner rooms,
closely guarded by rakshasis.

॥ 4.58.31–32 ॥

CrEd 4.57.28cd–29

Sampati

Sanskrit

इहस्थोऽहं प्रपश्यामि रावणं जानकीं तथा ।
अस्माकम् अपि सौपर्णं दिव्यं चक्षुर्बलं तथा ।
तस्माद् आहारवीर्येण निसर्गेण च वानराः ।
आयोजनशतात् साग्राद् वयं पश्याम नित्यशः ॥

ihastho 'haṃ prapaśyāmi rāvaṇaṃ jānakīṃ tathā
asmākam api sauparṇaṃ divyaṃ cakṣurbalaṃ tathā
tasmād āhāravīryeṇa nisargeṇa ca vānarāḥ
āyojanaśatāt sāgrād vayaṃ paśyāma nityaśaḥ

English

Staying here, I see
Ravana, and Janaki too;
for ours too is the divine
sight of Suparna’s line.
So, by the strength of our food
and by nature, O monkeys,
to a hundred yojanas and beyond
we always see.

॥ 4.58.31 ॥

CrEd 4.57.28

silent moment

॥ 4.58.25cd–26ab, 34 ॥

CrEd 4.57.24, 31

condensed from 4.58.25cd–26ab, 34

Sampati

Sanskrit

तत्रैव त्वरिताः क्षिप्रं विक्रमध्वं प्लवंगमाः ज्ञानेन खलु पश्यामि दृष्ट्वा प्रत्यागमिष्यथ … उपायो दृश्यतां कश् चिल् लङ्घने लवणाम्भसः अभिगम्य तु वैदेहीं समृद्धार्था गमिष्यथ ॥

tatraiva tvaritāḥ kṣipraṃ vikramadhvaṃ plavaṃgamāḥ jñānena khalu paśyāmi dṛṣṭvā pratyāgamiṣyatha … upāyo dṛśyatāṃ kaś cil laṅghane lavaṇāmbhasaḥ abhigamya tu vaidehīṃ samṛddhārthā gamiṣyatha

English

There, in haste, swiftly,
show your valour, O monkeys;
by knowledge truly I see it:
you will see her and come back.
…
Let some means be found
for leaping the salt sea;
reaching Vaidehi, you will go back
with your purpose won.

॥ 4.58.35 ॥

CrEd 4.57.32

Sampati

Sanskrit

समुद्रं नेतुम् इच्छामि भवद्भिर् वरुणालयम् प्रदास्याम्य् उदकं भ्रातुः स्वर्गतस्य महात्मनः ॥

samudraṃ netum icchāmi bhavadbhir varuṇālayam pradāsyāmy udakaṃ bhrātuḥ svargatasya mahātmanaḥ

English

To the sea, Varuna’s home,
I would be taken by you;
I will offer water to my brother,
the great-souled, gone to heaven.

॥ 4.58.36–37 ॥

CrEd 4.57.33–34

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततो नीत्वा तु तं देशं तीरे नदनदीपतेः निर्दग्धपक्षं संपातिं वानराः सुमहौजसः पुनः प्रत्यानयित्वा वै तं देशं पतगेश्वरम् बभूवुर् वानरा हृष्टाः प्रवृत्तिम् उपलभ्य ते ॥

tato nītvā tu taṃ deśaṃ tīre nadanadīpateḥ nirdagdhapakṣaṃ saṃpātiṃ vānarāḥ sumahaujasaḥ punaḥ pratyānayitvā vai taṃ deśaṃ patageśvaram babhūvur vānarā hṛṣṭāḥ pravṛttim upalabhya te

English

Then to that place on the shore
of the lord of streams and rivers
the mighty monkeys carried
Sampati, his wings burnt;
and bringing the lord of birds
back to his place again,
the monkeys rejoiced,
having gained the tidings.

॥ 4.59.1–2 ॥

CrEd 4.58.1–2

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

ततस् तद् अमृतास्वादं गृध्रराजेन भाषितम् निशम्य वदतो हृष्टास् ते वचः प्लवगर्षभाः जाम्बवान् वै हरिश्रेष्ठः सह सर्वैः प्लवंगमैः भूतलात् सहसोत्थाय गृध्रराजानम् अब्रवीत् ॥

tatas tad amṛtāsvādaṃ gṛdhrarājena bhāṣitam niśamya vadato hṛṣṭās te vacaḥ plavagarṣabhāḥ jāmbavān vai hariśreṣṭhaḥ saha sarvaiḥ plavaṃgamaiḥ bhūtalāt sahasotthāya gṛdhrarājānam abravīt

English

Then, hearing words that tasted of nectar,
spoken by the vulture king,
the monkey chiefs
rejoiced at what he said.
Jambavan, best of monkeys,
with all the monkeys,
sprang up suddenly from the ground
and spoke to the vulture king.

॥ 4.59.3 ॥

CrEd 4.58.3

Jambavan

Sanskrit

क्व सीता केन वा दृष्टा को वा हरति मैथिलीम् तद् आख्यातु भवान् सर्वं गतिर् भव वनौकसाम् ॥

kva sītā kena vā dṛṣṭā ko vā harati maithilīm tad ākhyātu bhavān sarvaṃ gatir bhava vanaukasām

English

Where is Sita? Who has seen her?
Who carries Maithili away?
Tell it all, sir;
be the refuge of the forest folk.

॥ 4.59.8, 10 ॥

CrEd 4.58.8, 10–11

condensed from 4.59.8, 10

Sampati

Sanskrit

तं माम् एवंगतं पुत्रः सुपार्श्वो नाम नामतः ।
आहारेण यथाकालं बिभर्ति पततां वरः ।
… ।
स कदा चित् क्षुधार्तस्य मम चाहारकाङ्क्षिणः ।
गतसूर्योऽहनि प्राप्तो मम पुत्रो ह्य् अनामिषः ।
स मया वृद्धभावाच् च कोपाच् च परिभर्त्सितः ।
क्षुत्पिपासापरीतेन कुमारः पततां वरः ॥

taṃ mām evaṃgataṃ putraḥ supārśvo nāma nāmataḥ
āhāreṇa yathākālaṃ bibharti patatāṃ varaḥ
…
sa kadā cit kṣudhārtasya mama cāhārakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
gatasūryo 'hani prāpto mama putro hy anāmiṣaḥ
sa mayā vṛddhabhāvāc ca kopāc ca paribhartsitaḥ
kṣutpipāsāparītena kumāraḥ patatāṃ varaḥ

English

Me, fallen thus, my son,
Suparshva by name,
keeps alive with food in season,
that best of birds.
…
Once, when I was racked with hunger,
and longing for food,
my son came, the sun gone from the day,
without meat.
And I, from age and from anger,
scolded him harshly,
I, beset by hunger and thirst,
the young prince, best of birds.

॥ 4.59.12, 14–15ab ॥

CrEd 4.58.13, 15–16ab

condensed from 4.59.12, 14–15ab

Sampati

Sanskrit

अहं तात यथाकालम् आमिषार्थी खम् आप्लुतः महेन्द्रस्य गिरेर् द्वारम् आवृत्य च समास्थितः … तत्र कश् चिन् मया दृष्टः सूर्योदयसमप्रभाम् स्त्रियम् आदाय गच्छन् वै भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः सोऽहम् अभ्यवहारार्थी तौ दृष्ट्वा कृतनिश्चयः ॥

ahaṃ tāta yathākālam āmiṣārthī kham āplutaḥ mahendrasya girer dvāram āvṛtya ca samāsthitaḥ … tatra kaś cin mayā dṛṣṭaḥ sūryodayasamaprabhām striyam ādāya gacchan vai bhinnāñjanacayopamaḥ so 'ham abhyavahārārthī tau dṛṣṭvā kṛtaniścayaḥ

English

“Father, at the proper time,
wanting meat, I flew into the sky,
and blocking the gate of Mount Mahendra,
there I took my stand.
…
There I saw someone;
bright as the rising sun,
a woman he carried as he went,
he like a heap of broken collyrium.
And I, wanting food,
seeing the two, made up my mind.”

॥ 4.59.15cd–16 ॥

CrEd 4.58.16cd–17

Sampati

Sanskrit

तेन साम्ना विनीतेन पन्थानम् अभियाचितः न हि सामोपपन्नानां प्रहर्ता विद्यते क्व चित् नीचेष्व् अपि जनः कश् चित् किम् अङ्ग बत मद्विधः ॥

tena sāmnā vinītena panthānam abhiyācitaḥ na hi sāmopapannānāṃ prahartā vidyate kva cit nīceṣv api janaḥ kaś cit kim aṅga bata madvidhaḥ

English

“But he, with soft and courteous words,
begged of me the way;
for none anywhere strikes
those who come with courtesy,
not even one among the low;
how much less, alas, one like me!”

॥ 4.59.22–23ab ॥

CrEd 4.58.23–24ab

Sampati

Sanskrit

एतम् अर्थं समग्रं मे सुपार्श्वः प्रत्यवेदयत् तच् छ्रुत्वापि हि मे बुद्धिर् नासीत् का चित् पराक्रमे अपक्षो हि कथं पक्षी कर्म किं चिद् उपक्रमेत् ॥

etam arthaṃ samagraṃ me supārśvaḥ pratyavedayat tac chrutvāpi hi me buddhir nāsīt kā cit parākrame apakṣo hi kathaṃ pakṣī karma kiṃ cid upakramet

English

All this matter, whole,
Suparshva made known to me;
yet hearing it, my mind
turned to no brave deed;
for how could a wingless bird
undertake any deed at all?

॥ 4.60.8; 4.62.2, 11–12 ॥

CrEd 4.59.8; 4.61.2, 11–12

condensed from 4.60.8; 4.62.2, 11–12

Sampati

Sanskrit

आसीच् चात्राश्रमं पुण्यं सुरैर् अपि सुपूजितम् ऋषिर् निशाकरो नाम यस्मिन्न् उग्रतपाभवत् … पक्षौ च ते प्रपक्षौ च पुनर् अन्यौ भविष्यतः … एष्यन्त्य् अन्वेषकास् तस्या रामदूताः प्लवंगमाः आख्येया राममहिषी त्वया तेभ्यो विहंगम सर्वथा तु न गन्तव्यम् ईदृशः क्व गमिष्यसि देशकालौ प्रतीक्षस्व पक्षौ त्वं प्रतिपत्स्यसे ॥

āsīc cātrāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ surair api supūjitam ṛṣir niśākaro nāma yasminn ugratapābhavat … pakṣau ca te prapakṣau ca punar anyau bhaviṣyataḥ … eṣyanty anveṣakās tasyā rāmadūtāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ ākhyeyā rāmamahiṣī tvayā tebhyo vihaṃgama sarvathā tu na gantavyam īdṛśaḥ kva gamiṣyasi deśakālau pratīkṣasva pakṣau tvaṃ pratipatsyase

English

Here was a holy hermitage,
honoured even by the gods,
where a sage named Nishakara
lived in fierce austerity.
…
“Your wings and your wing-feathers
will grow again, anew.
…
They will come, seeking her,
monkeys, Rama’s messengers;
of Rama’s queen you must tell
those monkeys, O bird.
Do not go anywhere at all;
such as you are, where would you go?
Wait for the place and the hour;
your wings will be yours again.”

॥ 4.63.3 ॥

CrEd 4.62.3

Sampati

Sanskrit

अद्य त्व् एतस्य कालस्य साग्रं वर्षशतं गतम् देशकालप्रतीक्षोऽस्मि हृदि कृत्वा मुनेर् वचः ॥

adya tv etasya kālasya sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ gatam deśakālapratīkṣo 'smi hṛdi kṛtvā muner vacaḥ

English

Today, since that time,
a hundred years and more have gone;
I wait for the place and the hour,
the sage’s word in my heart.

॥ 4.63.8cd–10ab ॥

CrEd 4.62.8–9

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तस्य त्व् एवं ब्रुवाणस्य संपातेर् वानरैः सह उत्पेततुस् तदा पक्षौ समक्षं वनचारिणाम् स दृष्ट्वा स्वां तनुं पक्षैर् उद्गतैर् अरुणच्छदैः प्रहर्षम् अतुलं लेभे वानरांश् चेदम् अब्रवीत् ॥

tasya tv evaṃ bruvāṇasya saṃpāter vānaraiḥ saha utpetatus tadā pakṣau samakṣaṃ vanacāriṇām sa dṛṣṭvā svāṃ tanuṃ pakṣair udgatair aruṇacchadaiḥ praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe vānarāṃś cedam abravīt

English

As Sampati was speaking so
with the monkeys,
his two wings sprang up then
before the forest-rovers’ eyes.
Seeing his body with wings
risen anew, red-feathered,
he knew joy beyond compare,
and spoke this to the monkeys.

॥ 4.63.10cd–12ab ॥

CrEd 4.62.10–11

Sampati

Sanskrit

निशाकरस्य महर्षेः प्रभावाद् अमितात्मनः आदित्यरश्मिनिर्दग्धौ पक्षौ मे पुनर् उत्थितौ यौवने वर्तमानस्य ममासीद् यः पराक्रमः तम् एवाद्यावगच्छामि बलं पौरुषम् एव च ॥

niśākarasya maharṣeḥ prabhāvād amitātmanaḥ ādityaraśminirdagdhau pakṣau me punar utthitau yauvane vartamānasya mamāsīd yaḥ parākramaḥ tam evādyāvagacchāmi balaṃ pauruṣam eva ca

English

By the power of the great sage
Nishakara, of boundless soul,
my wings, burnt by the sun’s rays,
have risen again.
The valour that was mine
when I was in my youth,
that same I know today,
the strength, the manhood too.

॥ 4.63.12cd–13ab ॥

CrEd 4.62.12

Sampati

Sanskrit

सर्वथा क्रियतां यत्नः सीताम् अधिगमिष्यथ पक्षलाभो ममायं वः सिद्धिप्रत्ययकारकः ॥

sarvathā kriyatāṃ yatnaḥ sītām adhigamiṣyatha pakṣalābho mamāyaṃ vaḥ siddhipratyayakārakaḥ

English

Make every effort;
you will find Sita.
This winning back of my wings
is your pledge of success.

॥ 4.63.13cd–14ab ॥

CrEd 4.62.13

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

इत्य् उक्त्वा तान् हरीन् सर्वान् संपातिः पततां वरः उत्पपात गिरेः शृङ्गाज् जिज्ञासुः खगमो गतिम् ॥

ity uktvā tān harīn sarvān saṃpātiḥ patatāṃ varaḥ utpapāta gireḥ śṛṅgāj jijñāsuḥ khagamo gatim

English

Having said this to all the monkeys,
Sampati, best of birds,
flew up from the mountain’s peak,
the sky-goer, to know his flight.

॥ 4.63.14cd–15 ॥

CrEd 4.62.14–15

Valmikiverse caption

Sanskrit

तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रीतिसंहृष्टमानसाः ।
बभूवुर् हरिशार्दूला विक्रमाभ्युदयोन्मुखाः ।
अथ पवनसमानविक्रमाः प्लवगवराः प्रतिलब्धपौरुषाः ।
अभिजिदभिमुखां दिशं ययुर् जनकसुतापरिमार्गणोन्मुखाः ॥

tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā prītisaṃhṛṣṭamānasāḥ
babhūvur hariśārdūlā vikramābhyudayonmukhāḥ
atha pavanasamānavikramāḥ plavagavarāḥ pratilabdhapauruṣāḥ
abhijidabhimukhāṃ diśaṃ yayur janakasutāparimārgaṇonmukhāḥ

English

Hearing those words of his,
their hearts thrilled with joy,
the tigers among monkeys turned
eager for valour and its rising.
Then, with valour like the wind’s,
the best of monkeys, their manhood won back,
set out toward Abhijit’s quarter,
eager to search for Janaka’s daughter.