The city in the sky
॥ 5.2.1–2 ॥
CrEd 5.2.1–2
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
स सागरम् अनाधृष्यम् अतिक्रम्य महाबलः त्रिकूटशिखरे लङ्कां स्थितां स्वस्थो ददर्श ह ततः पादपमुक्तेन पुष्पवर्षेण वीर्यवान् अभिवृष्टः स्थितस् तत्र बभौ पुष्पमयो यथा ॥
sa sāgaram anādhṛṣyam atikramya mahābalaḥ trikūṭaśikhare laṅkāṃ sthitāṃ svastho dadarśa ha tataḥ pādapamuktena puṣpavarṣeṇa vīryavān abhivṛṣṭaḥ sthitas tatra babhau puṣpamayo yathā
Translation
That sea none may assail
the mighty one passed over;
on Trikuta’s peak, Lanka
he saw standing, himself at ease.
Then with a rain of blossoms
loosed from the trees, the valiant one,
showered, standing there,
shone as if made of flowers.
Subtitle
On Trikuta's peak stood Lanka.
Showered with blossoms from the trees,
he stood there
as if made of flowers.
॥ 5.2.19–20 ॥
CrEd 5.2.18–19
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
गिरिमूर्ध्नि स्थितां लङ्कां पाण्डुरैर् भवनैः शुभैः ददर्श स कपिः श्रीमान् पुरम् आकाशगं यथा पालितां राक्षसेन्द्रेण निर्मितां विश्वकर्मणा प्लवमानाम् इवाकाशे ददर्श हनुमान् पुरीम् ॥
girimūrdhni sthitāṃ laṅkāṃ pāṇḍurair bhavanaiḥ śubhaiḥ dadarśa sa kapiḥ śrīmān puram ākāśagaṃ yathā pālitāṃ rākṣasendreṇa nirmitāṃ viśvakarmaṇā plavamānām ivākāśe dadarśa hanumān purīm
Translation
On the mountain’s crown stood Lanka,
with fair white mansions;
the glorious monkey saw it,
like a city moving in the sky.
Guarded by the rakshasa lord,
fashioned by Vishvakarma,
floating, as it were, in the air:
so Hanuman saw the city.
Subtitle
On the mountain's crown, white mansions:
a city built by Vishvakarma,
floating, as it were,
in the sky.
॥ 5.2.22–23, 26 ॥
CrEd 5.2.23–24
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.2.27–28 ॥
CrEd 5.2.25–26
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
आगत्यापीह हरयो भविष्यन्ति निरर्थकाः न हि युद्धेन वै लङ्का शक्या जेतुं सुरैर् अपि इमां तु विषमां दुर्गां लङ्कां रावणपालिताम् प्राप्यापि स महाबाहुः किं करिष्यति राघवः ॥
āgatyāpīha harayo bhaviṣyanti nirarthakāḥ na hi yuddhena vai laṅkā śakyā jetuṃ surair api imāṃ tu viṣamāṃ durgāṃ laṅkāṃ rāvaṇapālitām prāpyāpi sa mahābāhuḥ kiṃ kariṣyati rāghavaḥ
Translation
Though the monkeys come here,
they will come to nothing;
for Lanka cannot be won by war,
not even by the gods.
This rugged fortress, Lanka,
held in Ravana’s keeping:
even reaching it, the mighty-armed,
what will Raghava do?
लीला
वानर आ भी जाएँ, तो व्यर्थ है। लंका को युद्ध से देवता भी नहीं जीत सकते। इस गढ़ तक पहुँचकर भी, राघव क्या करेंगे?
Subtitle
Even if the monkeys come,
it will be in vain:
not even gods could win Lanka by war.
What will Raghava do here?
॥ 5.2.29–30 ॥
CrEd 5.2.27–28
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
अवकाशो न सान्त्वस्य राक्षसेष्व् अभिगम्यते न दानस्य न भेदस्य नैव युद्धस्य दृश्यते चतुर्णाम् एव हि गतिर् वानराणां महात्मनाम् वालिपुत्रस्य नीलस्य मम राज्ञश् च धीमतः ॥
avakāśo na sāntvasya rākṣaseṣv abhigamyate na dānasya na bhedasya naiva yuddhasya dṛśyate caturṇām eva hi gatir vānarāṇāṃ mahātmanām vāliputrasya nīlasya mama rājñaś ca dhīmataḥ
Translation
No room for conciliation
is found among the rakshasas,
none for gifts, none for division,
none to be seen for war.
Only four can make this passage,
great-souled monkeys all:
the son of Vali, Nila,
I, and my wise king.
लीला
राक्षसों से न साम चलेगा, न दान, न भेद, न युद्ध। यहाँ तक तो हम चार ही पहुँच सकते हैं: अंगद, नील, सुग्रीव और मैं।
Subtitle
No peace with rakshasas,
no gifts, no division, no war.
Only four of us could reach here:
Angada, Nila, Sugriva and I.
॥ 5.2.36 ॥
CrEd 5.2.34
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.2.37–38 ॥
CrEd 5.2.35–36
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
केनोपायेन पश्येयं मैथिलीं जनकात्मजाम् अदृष्टो राक्षसेन्द्रेण रावणेन दुरात्मना न विनश्येत् कथं कार्यं रामस्य विदितात्मनः एकाम् एकश् च पश्येयं रहिते जनकात्मजाम् ॥
kenopāyena paśyeyaṃ maithilīṃ janakātmajām adṛṣṭo rākṣasendreṇa rāvaṇena durātmanā na vinaśyet kathaṃ kāryaṃ rāmasya viditātmanaḥ ekām ekaś ca paśyeyaṃ rahite janakātmajām
Translation
By what means may I see Maithili,
the daughter of Janaka,
unseen by the rakshasa lord,
by Ravana, the evil-souled?
How may the cause not perish
of Rama, whose self is known?
How may I, alone, see her alone,
Janaka’s daughter, in some hidden place?
लीला
रावण से छिपकर मैं मैथिली को कैसे देखूँ? राम का काम कैसे न बिगड़े? उन्हें अकेले में कैसे मिलूँ?
Subtitle
How can I see Maithili
unseen by Ravana?
How can Rama's cause be saved?
How can I find her alone?
॥ 5.2.40–41 ॥
CrEd 5.2.38–39
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
अर्थानर्थान्तरे बुद्धिर् निश्चितापि न शोभते घातयन्ति हि कार्याणि दूताः पण्डितमानिनः न विनश्येत् कथं कार्यं वैक्लव्यं न कथं भवेत् लङ्घनं च समुद्रस्य कथं नु न वृथा भवेत् ॥
arthānarthāntare buddhir niścitāpi na śobhate ghātayanti hi kāryāṇi dūtāḥ paṇḍitamāninaḥ na vinaśyet kathaṃ kāryaṃ vaiklavyaṃ na kathaṃ bhavet laṅghanaṃ ca samudrasya kathaṃ nu na vṛthā bhavet
Translation
Between gain and loss, a judgment,
though settled, does not shine;
for envoys who think themselves wise
bring ruin on their tasks.
How may the task not perish?
How may I not falter?
And how may this leap across the sea
not prove to be in vain?
लीला
जो दूत अपने को बड़ा बुद्धिमान समझते हैं, वही काम बिगाड़ते हैं। मैं कैसे न घबराऊँ? मेरा सागर लाँघना कैसे व्यर्थ न जाए?
Subtitle
Envoys who think themselves wise
ruin the work.
How can I not falter?
How can my leap not be in vain?
The gate of red gold
॥ 5.2.45–47 ॥
CrEd 5.2.43–45
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
इहाहं यदि तिष्ठामि स्वेन रूपेण संवृतः विनाशम् उपयास्यामि भर्तुर् अर्थश् च हीयते तद् अहं स्वेन रूपेण रजन्यां ह्रस्वतां गतः लङ्काम् अभिपतिष्यामि राघवस्यार्थसिद्धये रावणस्य पुरीं रात्रौ प्रविश्य सुदुरासदाम् विचिन्वन् भवनं सर्वं द्रक्ष्यामि जनकात्मजाम् ॥
ihāhaṃ yadi tiṣṭhāmi svena rūpeṇa saṃvṛtaḥ vināśam upayāsyāmi bhartur arthaś ca hīyate tad ahaṃ svena rūpeṇa rajanyāṃ hrasvatāṃ gataḥ laṅkām abhipatiṣyāmi rāghavasyārthasiddhaye rāvaṇasya purīṃ rātrau praviśya sudurāsadām vicinvan bhavanaṃ sarvaṃ drakṣyāmi janakātmajām
Translation
If I remain here as I am,
clad in my own form,
I will go to my destruction,
and my master’s cause will fail.
So, in my own form, by night,
having made myself small,
I will leap down upon Lanka
to win Raghava’s purpose.
Ravana’s city, hard to reach,
entering it by night,
and searching every house,
I will see Janaka’s daughter.
लीला
इस रूप में रुका, तो मारा जाऊँगा, स्वामी का काम बिगड़ेगा। रात में, छोटा बनकर, लंका में कूदूँगा, और हर भवन में जानकी को खोजूँगा।
Subtitle
Stay in this form, and I perish,
and my master's cause is lost.
By night, made small, I leap into Lanka
to find Janaka's daughter.
॥ 5.2.48–49 ॥
CrEd 5.2.46
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.2.57–58 ॥
CrEd 5.2.54–55
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वाल्मीकि
चन्द्रोऽपि साचिव्यम् इवास्य कुर्वंस् तारागणैर् मध्यगतो विराजन् ज्योत्स्नावितानेन वितत्य लोकम् उत्तिष्ठते नैकसहस्ररश्मिः शङ्खप्रभं क्षीरमृणालवर्णम् उद्गच्छमानं व्यवभासमानम् ददर्श चन्द्रं स कपिप्रवीरः पोप्लूयमानं सरसीव हंसम् ॥
candro 'pi sācivyam ivāsya kurvaṃs tārāgaṇair madhyagato virājan jyotsnāvitānena vitatya lokam uttiṣṭhate naikasahasraraśmiḥ śaṅkhaprabhaṃ kṣīramṛṇālavarṇam udgacchamānaṃ vyavabhāsamānam dadarśa candraṃ sa kapipravīraḥ poplūyamānaṃ sarasīva haṃsam
Translation
The moon too, as if to be his friend,
shining in the midst of the stars,
spread its canopy of light upon the world
and rose with its thousand thousand rays.
Bright as a conch, as milk, as lotus fibre,
rising, shedding its light,
the moon the monkey hero saw,
floating like a swan upon a lake.
Subtitle
The moon rose, as if to help him,
white as a conch, as milk,
floating like a swan
on a lake.
॥ 5.3.20–22 ॥
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.3.23–24 ॥
Lanka
वाल्मीकि
कस् त्वं केन च कार्येण इह प्राप्तो वनालय कथयस्वेह यत् तत्त्वं यावत् प्राणा धरन्ति ते न शक्यं खल्व् इयं लङ्का प्रवेष्टुं वानर त्वया रक्षिता रावणबलैर् अभिगुप्ता समन्ततः ॥
kas tvaṃ kena ca kāryeṇa iha prāpto vanālaya kathayasveha yat tattvaṃ yāvat prāṇā dharanti te na śakyaṃ khalv iyaṃ laṅkā praveṣṭuṃ vānara tvayā rakṣitā rāvaṇabalair abhiguptā samantataḥ
Translation
Who are you, and on what errand
have you come here, forest-dweller?
Tell me now what is the truth,
while still your breath holds on.
This Lanka cannot be entered,
monkey, not by you:
guarded by Ravana’s forces,
it is warded on every side.
लीला
कौन है तू, वनवासी? क्यों आया है? जब तक साँस है, सच बता। तू लंका में नहीं घुस सकता। रावण की सेनाएँ इसे घेरे हैं।
Subtitle
Who are you, forest-dweller? Why come here?
Tell the truth while you still breathe.
You cannot enter Lanka:
Ravana's armies guard it all round.
॥ 5.3.25–26 ॥
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
कथयिष्यामि ते तत्त्वं यन् मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि का त्वं विरूपनयना पुरद्वारेऽवतिष्ठसे किमर्थं चापि मां रुद्ध्वा निर्भर्त्सयसि दारुणा ॥
kathayiṣyāmi te tattvaṃ yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi kā tvaṃ virūpanayanā puradvāre 'vatiṣṭhase kimarthaṃ cāpi māṃ ruddhvā nirbhartsayasi dāruṇā
Translation
I will tell you the truth
of what you ask of me.
Who are you, with your misshapen eyes,
who stand at the city gate?
And why, harsh one, do you bar my way
and threaten me so?
लीला
जो पूछ रही हो, वह सच बताऊँगा। पर तुम कौन हो, भयानक आँखों वाली, जो द्वार पर खड़ी हो? मुझे रोककर क्यों धमका रही हो?
Subtitle
I will tell you the truth you ask.
But who are you, fierce-eyed, at the gate?
Why do you stop me
and threaten me?
॥ 5.3.28, 30, 36 ॥
Lanka
वाल्मीकि
अहं राक्षसराजस्य रावणस्य महात्मनः आज्ञाप्रतीक्षा दुर्धर्षा रक्षामि नगरीम् इमाम् अहं हि नगरी लङ्का स्वयम् एव प्लवङ्गम माम् अनिर्जित्य दुर्बुद्धे राक्षसेश्वरपालिता न शक्यम् अद्य ते द्रष्टुं पुरीयं वानराधम ॥
ahaṃ rākṣasarājasya rāvaṇasya mahātmanaḥ ājñāpratīkṣā durdharṣā rakṣāmi nagarīm imām ahaṃ hi nagarī laṅkā svayam eva plavaṅgama mām anirjitya durbuddhe rākṣaseśvarapālitā na śakyam adya te draṣṭuṃ purīyaṃ vānarādhama
Translation
I, of the rakshasa king,
of Ravana, the great-souled,
await the word; none can assail me;
I guard this city.
For I am the city, Lanka,
I myself, O monkey.
Without conquering me, fool,
this city the rakshasa lord protects
you cannot see today,
vilest of monkeys.
लीला
मैं रावण की आज्ञा से इस नगरी की रक्षा करती हूँ। मैं स्वयं लंका हूँ। मुझे जीते बिना, अधम वानर, तू इसे नहीं देख सकता।
Subtitle
At Ravana's command I guard this city.
I am Lanka herself.
Conquer me first, vile monkey,
or never see it.
॥ 5.3.37 ॥
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
दृष्ट्वा पुरीम् इमां भद्रे पुनर् यास्ये यथागतम् ॥
dṛṣṭvā purīm imāṃ bhadre punar yāsye yathāgatam
Translation
Once I have seen this city, good lady,
I will go back the way I came.
लीला
भद्रे, यह नगरी देखकर, मैं जैसे आया हूँ, वैसे ही लौट जाऊँगा।
Subtitle
Good lady,
let me see this city,
and I will go back
the way I came.
॥ 5.3.38, 40 ॥
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वाल्मीकि
ततः कृत्वा महानादं सा वै लङ्का भयावहम् तलेन वानरश्रेष्ठं ताडयाम् आस वेगिता ततः संवर्तयाम् आस वामहस्तस्य सोऽङ्गुलीः मुष्टिनाभिजघानैनाम् हनुमान् क्रोधमूर्छितः स्त्री चेति मन्यमानेन नातिक्रोधः स्वयं कृतः ॥
tataḥ kṛtvā mahānādaṃ sā vai laṅkā bhayāvaham talena vānaraśreṣṭhaṃ tāḍayām āsa vegitā tataḥ saṃvartayām āsa vāmahastasya so 'ṅgulīḥ muṣṭinābhijaghānainām hanumān krodhamūrchitaḥ strī ceti manyamānena nātikrodhaḥ svayaṃ kṛtaḥ
Translation
Then, raising a mighty roar,
a roar to bring dread, Lanka
struck the best of monkeys
with her palm, in her fury.
Then he curled the fingers
of his left hand,
and struck her with his fist,
Hanuman, swept with anger;
yet, thinking, ‘She is a woman,’
he held his anger back.
Subtitle
She roared and struck him with her palm.
He closed his left hand
and struck her with his fist,
holding back, for she was a woman.
॥ 5.3.41–43 ॥
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.3.44–46 ॥
Lanka
वाल्मीकि
प्रसीद सुमहाबाहो त्रायस्व हरिसत्तम समये सौम्य तिष्ठन्ति सत्त्ववन्तो महाबलाः अहं तु नगरी लङ्का स्वयम् एव प्लवङ्गम निर्जिताहं त्वया वीर विक्रमेण महाबल ॥
prasīda sumahābāho trāyasva harisattama samaye saumya tiṣṭhanti sattvavanto mahābalāḥ ahaṃ tu nagarī laṅkā svayam eva plavaṅgama nirjitāhaṃ tvayā vīra vikrameṇa mahābala
Translation
Be gracious, mighty-armed one;
spare me, best of monkeys.
The strong keep within bounds, gentle one,
those of true courage and great might.
I am the city, Lanka,
I myself, O monkey;
I am conquered by you, hero,
by your valour, mighty one.
लीला
दया कीजिए, महाबाहु! मेरी रक्षा कीजिए। सच्चे बलवान मर्यादा में रहते हैं। वीर, मैं स्वयं लंका हूँ, और आपके पराक्रम ने मुझे जीत लिया है।
Subtitle
Be gracious, mighty one; spare me.
The truly strong keep within bounds.
I am Lanka herself,
and your valour has conquered me.
॥ 5.3.46–48 ॥
Lanka
वाल्मीकि
इदं तु तथ्यं शृणु वै ब्रुवन्त्या मे हरीश्वर स्वयंभुवा पुरा दत्तं वरदानं यथा मम यदा त्वां वानरः कश् चिद् विक्रमाद् वशम् आनयेत् तदा त्वया हि विज्ञेयं रक्षसां भयम् आगतम् स हि मे समयः सौम्य प्राप्तोऽद्य तव दर्शनात् ॥
idaṃ tu tathyaṃ śṛṇu vai bruvantyā me harīśvara svayaṃbhuvā purā dattaṃ varadānaṃ yathā mama yadā tvāṃ vānaraḥ kaś cid vikramād vaśam ānayet tadā tvayā hi vijñeyaṃ rakṣasāṃ bhayam āgatam sa hi me samayaḥ saumya prāpto 'dya tava darśanāt
Translation
Hear this truth as I tell it,
lord of the monkeys:
the boon the Self-born gave me
long ago, how it ran.
‘When some monkey by his valour
brings you under his sway,
then you must know that danger
has come upon the rakshasas.’
That hour has come for me, gentle one,
today, in the sight of you.
लीला
ब्रह्मा ने मुझे वचन दिया था: "जब कोई वानर तुम्हें बल से जीत ले, समझना, राक्षसों पर भय आ पहुँचा।" आज वह घड़ी आ गई।
Subtitle
Brahma gave me his word:
"When a monkey masters you,
know that fear has come for the rakshasas."
That hour is here.
॥ 5.3.48–51 ॥
Lanka
वाल्मीकि
स्वयंभूविहितः सत्यो न तस्यास्ति व्यतिक्रमः सीतानिमित्तं राज्ञस् तु रावणस्य दुरात्मनः रक्षसां चैव सर्वेषां विनाशः समुपागतः प्रविश्य शापोपहतां हरीश्वर शुभां पुरीं राक्षसराजपालिताम् यदृच्छया त्वं जनकात्मजां सतीं विमार्ग सर्वत्र गतो यथासुखम् ॥
svayaṃbhūvihitaḥ satyo na tasyāsti vyatikramaḥ sītānimittaṃ rājñas tu rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ rakṣasāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ vināśaḥ samupāgataḥ praviśya śāpopahatāṃ harīśvara śubhāṃ purīṃ rākṣasarājapālitām yadṛcchayā tvaṃ janakātmajāṃ satīṃ vimārga sarvatra gato yathāsukham
Translation
What the Self-born ordained is true;
there is no passing it by.
For Sita’s sake, upon King Ravana,
the evil-souled,
and upon all the rakshasas
ruin has come.
Enter, lord of monkeys, the city struck by the curse,
the fair city the rakshasa king protects;
as you will, seek Janaka’s faithful daughter,
go everywhere at your ease.
लीला
ब्रह्मा का विधान टलता नहीं। सीता के कारण रावण का, सब राक्षसों का विनाश आ पहुँचा है। जाइए, शापित नगरी में सती जानकी को खोजिए।
Subtitle
Brahma's word cannot be undone.
For Sita's sake, ruin has come
to Ravana and all the rakshasas.
Go, search for Janaki.
॥ 5.4.1–3 ॥
silent moment मौन क्षण
The sleeping palace
॥ 5.3.19; 5.4.5 ॥
CrEd 5.3.19, 21
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तां नष्टतिमिरां दीपैर् भास्वरैश् च महागृहैः नगरीं राक्षसेन्द्रस्य ददर्श स महाकपिः गृहमेधैः पुरी रम्या बभासे द्यौर् इवाम्बुदैः ॥
tāṃ naṣṭatimirāṃ dīpair bhāsvaraiś ca mahāgṛhaiḥ nagarīṃ rākṣasendrasya dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ gṛhamedhaiḥ purī ramyā babhāse dyaur ivāmbudaiḥ
Translation
Its darkness driven off by lamps
and by great houses shining,
the city of the rakshasa lord
the great monkey saw.
With its houses the lovely city
shone like the sky with clouds.
Subtitle
Its darkness driven off by lamps
and shining mansions,
the city shone
like the sky with clouds.
॥ 5.4.13–23; 5.6.16–18 ॥
CrEd 5.3.26–34; 5.5.15–17
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.9.31 ॥
CrEd 5.7.27
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
स्वर्गोऽयं देवलोकोऽयम् इन्द्रस्येयं पुरी भवेत् सिद्धिर् वेयं परा हि स्याद् इत्य् अमन्यत मारुतिः ॥
svargo 'yaṃ devaloko 'yam indrasyeyaṃ purī bhavet siddhir veyaṃ parā hi syād ity amanyata mārutiḥ
Translation
‘This is heaven, this the world of the gods,
this must be Indra’s city,
or else the highest attainment’:
so thought the son of the Wind.
लीला
यह स्वर्ग है! यह देवलोक है! यह इंद्र की नगरी होगी, या कोई परम सिद्धि।
Subtitle
This is heaven, the world of the gods!
Indra's own city,
or the highest of attainments.
॥ 5.9.32–33 ॥
CrEd 5.7.28–29
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
प्रध्यायत इवापश्यत् प्रदीपांस् तत्र काञ्चनान् धूर्तान् इव महाधूर्तैर् देवनेन पराजितान् ॥
pradhyāyata ivāpaśyat pradīpāṃs tatra kāñcanān dhūrtān iva mahādhūrtair devanena parājitān
Translation
As if brooding, he saw them,
the golden lamps there,
like gamblers beaten at the dice
by greater gamblers.
Subtitle
He saw golden lamps there,
still, as if brooding,
like gamblers beaten at dice
by greater gamblers.
॥ 5.9.34–36 ॥
CrEd 5.7.30–32
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
ततोऽपश्यत् कुथासीनं नानावर्णाम्बरस्रजम् सहस्रं वरनारीणां नानावेषविभूषितम् परिवृत्तेऽर्धरात्रे तु पाननिद्रावशं गतम् क्रीडित्वोपरतं रात्रौ सुष्वाप बलवत् तदा तत् प्रसुप्तं विरुरुचे निःशब्दान्तरभूषणम् निःशब्दहंसभ्रमरं यथा पद्मवनं महत् ॥
tato 'paśyat kuthāsīnaṃ nānāvarṇāmbarasrajam sahasraṃ varanārīṇāṃ nānāveṣavibhūṣitam parivṛtte 'rdharātre tu pānanidrāvaśaṃ gatam krīḍitvoparataṃ rātrau suṣvāpa balavat tadā tat prasuptaṃ viruruce niḥśabdāntarabhūṣaṇam niḥśabdahaṃsabhramaraṃ yathā padmavanaṃ mahat
Translation
Then he saw, seated on a carpet,
in robes and garlands of many hues,
a thousand lovely women,
adorned in many guises.
Midnight had turned,
and, mastered by wine and sleep,
their play at night now over,
they slept, and deeply.
That sleeping throng shone,
its ornaments silent,
like a great forest of lotuses
whose swans and bees are still.
Subtitle
Past midnight, a thousand women
lay deep in sleep,
silent as a great lotus pool
whose swans and bees are still.
॥ 5.9.70 ॥
CrEd 5.7.66
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
न तत्र का चित् प्रमदा प्रसह्य वीर्योपपन्नेन गुणेन लब्धा न चान्यकामापि न चान्यपूर्वा विना वरार्हां जनकात्मजां तु ॥
na tatra kā cit pramadā prasahya vīryopapannena guṇena labdhā na cānyakāmāpi na cānyapūrvā vinā varārhāṃ janakātmajāṃ tu
Translation
No woman there had been seized by force;
by the valiant one’s worth they were won;
none loved another, none had been another’s,
save the noble daughter of Janaka.
Subtitle
None there had been taken by force;
none loved another,
none had been another's:
none but Janaka's daughter.
॥ 5.9.72–73 ॥
CrEd 5.7.68–69
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
बभूव बुद्धिस् तु हरीश्वरस्य यदीदृशी राघवधर्मपत्नी इमा यथा राक्षसराजभार्याः सुजातम् अस्येति हि साधुबुद्धेः पुनश् च सोऽचिन्तयद् आर्तरूपो ध्रुवं विशिष्टा गुणतो हि सीता अथायम् अस्यां कृतवान् महात्मा लङ्केश्वरः कष्टम् अनार्यकर्म ॥
babhūva buddhis tu harīśvarasya yadīdṛśī rāghavadharmapatnī imā yathā rākṣasarājabhāryāḥ sujātam asyeti hi sādhubuddheḥ punaś ca so 'cintayad ārtarūpo dhruvaṃ viśiṣṭā guṇato hi sītā athāyam asyāṃ kṛtavān mahātmā laṅkeśvaraḥ kaṣṭam anāryakarma
Translation
A thought came to the lord of monkeys:
‘If such is Raghava’s wedded wife
as these, the rakshasa king’s wives,
then it is well with him,’ thought the good one.
And again he thought, in pain:
‘Surely Sita excels in virtue;
and on her this mighty one,
Lanka’s lord, has wrought a cruel, ignoble deed.’
लीला
राघव की धर्मपत्नी इन रानियों जैसी हों, तो राघव भाग्यवान हैं। पर सीता गुणों में इनसे बढ़कर हैं। लंकापति ने उनसे नीच काम किया है।
Subtitle
If Rama's wife is like these queens,
Rama is fortunate.
But Sita stands above them in virtue,
and Lanka's lord has wronged her.
॥ 5.10.1–13, 15–16, 29 ॥
CrEd 5.8.1–11, 13–14, 27
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.10.50–52 ॥
CrEd 5.8.46–48
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
तासाम् एकान्तविन्यस्ते शयानां शयने शुभे ददर्श रूपसंपन्नाम् अपरां स कपिः स्त्रियम् गौरीं कनकवर्णाभाम् इष्टाम् अन्तःपुरेश्वरीम् कपिर् मन्दोदरीं तत्र शयानां चारुरूपिणीम् ॥
tāsām ekāntavinyaste śayānāṃ śayane śubhe dadarśa rūpasaṃpannām aparāṃ sa kapiḥ striyam gaurīṃ kanakavarṇābhām iṣṭām antaḥpureśvarīm kapir mandodarīṃ tatra śayānāṃ cārurūpiṇīm
Translation
Apart from them, on a fair bed,
lying, set aside,
the monkey saw another woman,
rich in beauty:
fair, golden-hued,
beloved queen of the inner palace,
Mandodari, there,
lying, lovely of form.
Subtitle
Apart, on a lovely bed,
he saw another, golden-skinned,
queen of the inner palace:
Mandodari, asleep.
॥ 5.10.53 ॥
CrEd 5.8.49
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
स तां दृष्ट्वा महाबाहुर् भूषितां मारुतात्मजः तर्कयाम् आस सीतेति रूपयौवनसंपदा ॥
sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābāhur bhūṣitāṃ mārutātmajaḥ tarkayām āsa sīteti rūpayauvanasaṃpadā
Translation
Seeing her, adorned,
the mighty-armed son of the Wind
judged, ‘This is Sita,’
from her wealth of beauty and youth.
लीला
सीता! यही सीता हैं!
Subtitle
Sita!
This is Sita!
॥ 5.10.53–54 ॥
CrEd 5.8.49–50
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.11.1–3 ॥
CrEd 5.9.1–3
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
न रामेण वियुक्ता सा स्वप्तुम् अर्हति भामिनी न भोक्तुं नाप्य् अलंकर्तुं न पानम् उपसेवितुम् नान्यं नरम् उपस्थातुं सुराणाम् अपि चेश्वरम् न हि रामसमः कश् चिद् विद्यते त्रिदशेष्व् अपि अन्येयम् इति निश्चित्य ॥
na rāmeṇa viyuktā sā svaptum arhati bhāminī na bhoktuṃ nāpy alaṃkartuṃ na pānam upasevitum nānyaṃ naram upasthātuṃ surāṇām api ceśvaram na hi rāmasamaḥ kaś cid vidyate tridaśeṣv api anyeyam iti niścitya
Translation
Parted from Rama, she could not sleep,
that lovely lady,
nor eat, nor adorn herself,
nor give herself to drink,
nor go to another man,
not even the lord of the gods;
for none is there equal to Rama,
not even among the gods.
‘This is another’: so deciding…
लीला
नहीं। राम से बिछड़कर सीता सो नहीं सकतीं, खा नहीं सकतीं। राम जैसा तो देवताओं में भी कोई नहीं। यह कोई और है।
Subtitle
Parted from Rama,
Sita could not sleep, could not eat.
None is like Rama, even among the gods.
This is someone else.
॥ 5.11.3–25 ॥
CrEd 5.9.3–23
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.11.37–39 ॥
CrEd 5.9.35–36
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
परदारावरोधस्य प्रसुप्तस्य निरीक्षणम् इदं खलु ममात्यर्थं धर्मलोपं करिष्यति न हि मे परदाराणां दृष्टिर् विषयवर्तिनी अयं चात्र मया दृष्टः परदारपरिग्रहः ॥
paradārāvarodhasya prasuptasya nirīkṣaṇam idaṃ khalu mamātyarthaṃ dharmalopaṃ kariṣyati na hi me paradārāṇāṃ dṛṣṭir viṣayavartinī ayaṃ cātra mayā dṛṣṭaḥ paradāraparigrahaḥ
Translation
To gaze upon another’s wives,
his women, as they sleep:
this, surely, beyond measure
will bring my dharma low.
Never has my sight strayed
toward other men’s wives;
and here I have beheld
another’s wedded women.
लीला
पराई स्त्रियों को सोते देखना, यह मेरे धर्म के विरुद्ध है। मेरी दृष्टि कभी पराई स्त्रियों पर नहीं गई, और यहाँ मैंने उन्हें देख लिया।
Subtitle
To look on another's wives asleep
is against my dharma.
My eyes never sought such sights,
yet here I have seen them.
॥ 5.11.40–42 ॥
CrEd 5.9.38–39
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
कामं दृष्ट्वा मया सर्वा विश्वस्ता रावणस्त्रियः न तु मे मनसः किं चिद् वैकृत्यम् उपपद्यते मनो हि हेतुः सर्वेषाम् इन्द्रियाणां प्रवर्तते शुभाशुभास्व् अवस्थासु तच् च मे सुव्यवस्थितम् ॥
kāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā mayā sarvā viśvastā rāvaṇastriyaḥ na tu me manasaḥ kiṃ cid vaikṛtyam upapadyate mano hi hetuḥ sarveṣām indriyāṇāṃ pravartate śubhāśubhāsv avasthāsu tac ca me suvyavasthitam
Translation
I have seen them, it is true, all of them,
Ravana’s women, at their ease;
yet in my mind no change
of any kind arises.
For the mind it is that drives
the senses, every one,
in states both fair and foul;
and mine stands firm and still.
लीला
मैंने रावण की सब स्त्रियों को देखा, पर मेरा मन ज़रा नहीं डिगा। मन ही इंद्रियों को चलाता है, और मेरा मन स्थिर है।
Subtitle
I saw all of Ravana's women,
yet my mind never stirred.
The mind drives the senses,
and mine stands firm.
॥ 5.11.42–43 ॥
CrEd 5.9.40
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
नान्यत्र हि मया शक्या वैदेही परिमार्गितुम् स्त्रियो हि स्त्रीषु दृश्यन्ते सदा संपरिमार्गणे ॥
nānyatra hi mayā śakyā vaidehī parimārgitum striyo hi strīṣu dṛśyante sadā saṃparimārgaṇe
Translation
Nowhere else could I have sought
for Vaidehi;
for women are found among women,
always, when they are sought.
लीला
और वैदेही को मैं और कहाँ खोजता? स्त्री को स्त्रियों में ही खोजा जाता है।
Subtitle
Where else could I seek Vaidehi?
A woman is sought
among women.
॥ 5.11.35–36, 45–46 ॥
CrEd 5.9.33, 43–44
silent moment मौन क्षण
Not losing heart
॥ 5.12.1, 23–25 ॥
CrEd 5.10.1, 23–25
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.12.2–3 ॥
CrEd 5.10.2–3
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
ध्रुवं नु सीता म्रियते यथा न मे विचिन्वतो दर्शनम् एति मैथिली सा राक्षसानां प्रवरेण बाला स्वशीलसंरक्षणतत्परा सती अनेन नूनं प्रतिदुष्टकर्मणा हता भवेद् आर्यपथे परे स्थिता ॥
dhruvaṃ nu sītā mriyate yathā na me vicinvato darśanam eti maithilī sā rākṣasānāṃ pravareṇa bālā svaśīlasaṃrakṣaṇatatparā satī anena nūnaṃ pratiduṣṭakarmaṇā hatā bhaved āryapathe pare sthitā
Translation
Surely Sita is dead, for, though I search,
Maithili comes not into my sight.
That young one, by the chief of rakshasas,
faithful, intent on guarding her virtue,
by this doer of wicked deeds, surely,
was slain, keeping to the highest noble path.
लीला
खोजता हूँ, पर मैथिली कहीं नहीं दिखतीं। निश्चय ही सीता नहीं रहीं। अपने शील पर डटी उस सती को इस दुष्ट ने मार डाला होगा।
Subtitle
I search, and she is nowhere.
Surely Sita is dead.
Guarding her virtue,
she must have been killed by this evil one.
॥ 5.12.7–9 ॥
CrEd 5.10.7–9
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
किं नु मां वानराः सर्वे गतं वक्ष्यन्ति संगताः गत्वा तत्र त्वया वीर किं कृतं तद् वदस्व नः अदृष्ट्वा किं प्रवक्ष्यामि ताम् अहं जनकात्मजाम् किं वा वक्ष्यति वृद्धश् च जाम्बवान् अङ्गदश् च सः ॥
kiṃ nu māṃ vānarāḥ sarve gataṃ vakṣyanti saṃgatāḥ gatvā tatra tvayā vīra kiṃ kṛtaṃ tad vadasva naḥ adṛṣṭvā kiṃ pravakṣyāmi tām ahaṃ janakātmajām kiṃ vā vakṣyati vṛddhaś ca jāmbavān aṅgadaś ca saḥ
Translation
What will all the monkeys say
to me, gathered, when I am back?
‘Hero, you went there:
what did you do? Tell us.’
What shall I say, not having seen her,
not having seen Janaka’s daughter?
And what will old Jambavan say,
and Angada?
लीला
सब वानर पूछेंगे: "वीर, वहाँ जाकर तुमने क्या किया?" जानकी को देखे बिना मैं क्या कहूँगा? बूढ़े जाम्बवान क्या कहेंगे? अंगद क्या कहेंगे?
Subtitle
The monkeys will ask,
"Hero, what did you do there?"
What can I tell them?
What will old Jambavan say, and Angada?
॥ 5.12.10 ॥
CrEd 5.10.10
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.12.10–12 ॥
CrEd 5.10.10
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
अनिर्वेदः श्रियो मूलम् अनिर्वेदः परं सुखम् भूयस् तावद् विचेष्यामि न यत्र विचयः कृतः ॥
anirvedaḥ śriyo mūlam anirvedaḥ paraṃ sukham bhūyas tāvad viceṣyāmi na yatra vicayaḥ kṛtaḥ
Translation
Not losing heart is the root of fortune;
not losing heart, the highest joy.
Once more, then, I will search,
where no search has yet been made.
लीला
हिम्मत न हारना ही सफलता की जड़ है। हिम्मत न हारना ही सबसे बड़ा सुख है। मैं फिर खोजूँगा, वहाँ, जहाँ अब तक नहीं खोजा।
Subtitle
Not losing heart
is the root of fortune, the highest joy.
I will search again,
where I have not searched.
॥ 5.12.14–17 ॥
CrEd 5.10.15–17
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वाल्मीकि
अपावृण्वंश् च द्वाराणि कपाटान्य् अवघट्टयन् प्रविशन् निष्पतंश् चापि प्रपतन्न् उत्पतन्न् अपि सर्वम् अप्य् अवकाशं स विचचार महाकपिः चतुरङ्गुलमात्रोऽपि नावकाशः स विद्यते रावणान्तःपुरे तस्मिन् यं कपिर् न जगाम सः ॥
apāvṛṇvaṃś ca dvārāṇi kapāṭāny avaghaṭṭayan praviśan niṣpataṃś cāpi prapatann utpatann api sarvam apy avakāśaṃ sa vicacāra mahākapiḥ caturaṅgulamātro 'pi nāvakāśaḥ sa vidyate rāvaṇāntaḥpure tasmin yaṃ kapir na jagāma saḥ
Translation
Opening the doors,
pushing at the panels,
going in and coming out,
dropping down and springing up,
every space there was
the great monkey ranged.
Not even four fingers wide
was there a space
in that inner palace of Ravana
where the monkey did not go.
Subtitle
In Ravana's palace there was not a space
four fingers wide
that the monkey did not enter.
॥ 5.12.19–24; 5.13.1–3 ॥
CrEd 5.10.19–24; 5.11.1–3
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.13.23–24, 46 ॥
CrEd 5.11.23, 45
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
गत्वा तु यदि काकुत्स्थं वक्ष्यामि परम् अप्रियम् न दृष्टेति मया सीता ततस् त्यक्ष्यन्ति जीवितम् नेतः प्रतिगमिष्यामि ताम् अदृष्ट्वासितेक्षणाम् ॥
gatvā tu yadi kākutsthaṃ vakṣyāmi param apriyam na dṛṣṭeti mayā sītā tatas tyakṣyanti jīvitam netaḥ pratigamiṣyāmi tām adṛṣṭvāsitekṣaṇām
Translation
If I go to Kakutstha
and speak the bitterest word,
‘I did not see Sita,’
they will give up their lives.
I will not go back from here
without seeing the dark-eyed one.
लीला
अगर राम से कहूँ, "सीता मुझे नहीं दिखीं," तो वे प्राण त्याग देंगे। उन काली आँखों वाली को देखे बिना, मैं नहीं लौटूँगा।
Subtitle
If I tell Rama, "I did not see Sita,"
they will give up their lives.
I will not go back
without seeing her.
॥ 5.13.47–48 ॥
CrEd 5.11.47
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
विनाशे बहवो दोषा जीवन् प्राप्नोति भद्रकम् तस्मात् प्राणान् धरिष्यामि ध्रुवो जीवति संगमः ॥
vināśe bahavo doṣā jīvan prāpnoti bhadrakam tasmāt prāṇān dhariṣyāmi dhruvo jīvati saṃgamaḥ
Translation
In death are many evils;
the living come to good.
So I will hold on to life:
for the living, meeting is sure.
लीला
मरने में बहुत दोष हैं। जो जीता है, वही भला देखता है। इसलिए मैं प्राण धारण करूँगा। जीते रहें, तो मिलन निश्चित है।
Subtitle
Death holds many evils;
the living come to good.
I will hold on to life:
the living surely meet.
॥ 5.13.52–53 ॥
CrEd 5.11.52
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
यावत् सीतां न पश्यामि रामपत्नीं यशस्विनीम् तावद् एतां पुरीं लङ्कां विचिनोमि पुनः पुनः ॥
yāvat sītāṃ na paśyāmi rāmapatnīṃ yaśasvinīm tāvad etāṃ purīṃ laṅkāṃ vicinomi punaḥ punaḥ
Translation
Until I see Sita,
Rama’s glorious wife,
this city, Lanka,
I will search again and again.
लीला
जब तक राम की यशस्विनी पत्नी को देख न लूँ, तब तक इस लंका को बार-बार खोजूँगा।
Subtitle
Until I see Rama's wife,
I will search this Lanka
again and again.
॥ 5.13.55–56 ॥
CrEd 5.11.55
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.13.55–56 ॥
CrEd 5.11.55
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
अशोकवनिका चापि महतीयं महाद्रुमा इमाम् अभिगमिष्यामि न हीयं विचिता मया ॥
aśokavanikā cāpi mahatīyaṃ mahādrumā imām abhigamiṣyāmi na hīyaṃ vicitā mayā
Translation
And this Ashoka grove,
vast, and its trees are great:
I will go there,
for this I have not searched.
लीला
और यह विशाल अशोक-वाटिका, ऊँचे-ऊँचे वृक्षों वाली! इसे तो मैंने खोजा ही नहीं। मैं वहाँ जाऊँगा।
Subtitle
And this great Ashoka grove,
its great trees:
I have not searched it.
I will go there.
॥ 5.13.58–59 ॥
CrEd 5.11.58–59
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
नमोऽस्तु रामाय सलक्ष्मणाय देव्यै च तस्यै जनकात्मजायै नमोऽस्तु रुद्रेन्द्रयमानिलेभ्यो नमोऽस्तु चन्द्रार्कमरुद्गणेभ्यः ॥
namo 'stu rāmāya salakṣmaṇāya devyai ca tasyai janakātmajāyai namo 'stu rudrendrayamānilebhyo namo 'stu candrārkamarudgaṇebhyaḥ
Translation
Homage to Rama, with Lakshmana,
and to the queen, Janaka’s daughter;
homage to Rudra, Indra, Yama, the Wind;
homage to moon and sun and the Maruts’ host.
लीला
लक्ष्मण सहित राम को नमस्कार। जनक की पुत्री, देवी सीता को नमस्कार। रुद्र, इंद्र, यम और पवन को नमस्कार। चंद्र, सूर्य और मरुतों को नमस्कार।
Subtitle
Homage to Rama and Lakshmana,
and to the queen, Janaka's daughter.
Homage to Rudra, Indra, Yama, the Wind,
the moon, the sun.
॥ 5.13.60 ॥
CrEd 5.11.60
silent moment मौन क्षण
The grove
॥ 5.14.1–4 ॥
CrEd 5.12.1–4
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.14.9–12 ॥
CrEd 5.12.9–12
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वाल्मीकि
मार्गमाणो वरारोहां राजपुत्रीम् अनिन्दिताम् सुखप्रसुप्तान् विहगान् बोधयाम् आस वानरः उत्पतद्भिर् द्विजगणैः पक्षैः सालाः समाहताः अनेकवर्णा विविधा मुमुचुः पुष्पवृष्टयः पुष्पावकीर्णः शुशुभे हनुमान् मारुतात्मजः अशोकवनिकामध्ये यथा पुष्पमयो गिरिः दिशः सर्वाभिदावन्तं वृक्षषण्डगतं कपिम् दृष्ट्वा सर्वाणि भूतानि वसन्त इति मेनिरे ॥
mārgamāṇo varārohāṃ rājaputrīm aninditām sukhaprasuptān vihagān bodhayām āsa vānaraḥ utpatadbhir dvijagaṇaiḥ pakṣaiḥ sālāḥ samāhatāḥ anekavarṇā vividhā mumucuḥ puṣpavṛṣṭayaḥ puṣpāvakīrṇaḥ śuśubhe hanumān mārutātmajaḥ aśokavanikāmadhye yathā puṣpamayo giriḥ diśaḥ sarvābhidāvantaṃ vṛkṣaṣaṇḍagataṃ kapim dṛṣṭvā sarvāṇi bhūtāni vasanta iti menire
Translation
Seeking the fair-hipped princess,
the blameless one,
he roused the birds sleeping at ease,
the monkey, as he went.
By the flocks of birds flying up,
struck by their wings, the trees
let fall, of many hues and kinds,
their rains of flowers.
Strewn with flowers, he shone,
Hanuman, son of the Wind,
in the midst of the Ashoka grove,
like a mountain made of flowers.
Rushing to every quarter,
the monkey among the trees:
seeing him, all creatures
thought, ‘It is spring.’
Subtitle
Showered with blossoms,
he shone like a mountain of flowers;
all creatures thought
spring itself had come.
॥ 5.14.37–41 ॥
CrEd 5.12.36–40
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.14.42, 51 ॥
CrEd 5.12.41, 50
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
इतो द्रक्ष्यामि वैदेहीं रामदर्शनलालसाम् इतश् चेतश् च दुःखार्तां संपतन्तीं यदृच्छया यदि जीवति सा देवी ताराधिपनिभानना आगमिष्यति सावश्यम् इमां शिवजलां नदीम् ॥
ito drakṣyāmi vaidehīṃ rāmadarśanalālasām itaś cetaś ca duḥkhārtāṃ saṃpatantīṃ yadṛcchayā yadi jīvati sā devī tārādhipanibhānanā āgamiṣyati sāvaśyam imāṃ śivajalāṃ nadīm
Translation
From here I will see Vaidehi,
longing for the sight of Rama,
this way and that, stricken with grief,
wandering as chance may lead.
If she lives, that queen,
her face like the lord of stars,
she will surely come
to this river of clear water.
लीला
यहाँ से मैं वैदेही को देखूँगा, राम के दर्शन को तरसती, दुख में भटकती। यदि वे चंद्रमुखी जीवित हैं, तो इस निर्मल नदी पर अवश्य आएँगी।
Subtitle
From here I will see Vaidehi,
wandering in her grief.
If the moon-faced queen lives,
she will surely come to this river.
॥ 5.14.52–5.15.18 ॥
CrEd 5.12.51–5.13.17
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.15.19–21 ॥
CrEd 5.13.18–20
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वाल्मीकि
ततो मलिनसंवीतां राक्षसीभिः समावृताम् उपवासकृशां दीनां निःश्वसान्तीं पुनः पुनः ददर्श शुक्लपक्षादौ चन्द्ररेखाम् इवामलाम् मन्दप्रख्यायमानेन रूपेण रुचिरप्रभाम् पिनद्धां धूमजालेन शिखाम् इव विभावसोः पीतेनैकेन संवीतां क्लिष्टेनोत्तमवाससा सपङ्काम् अनलंकारां विपद्माम् इव पद्मिनीम् ॥
tato malinasaṃvītāṃ rākṣasībhiḥ samāvṛtām upavāsakṛśāṃ dīnāṃ niḥśvasāntīṃ punaḥ punaḥ dadarśa śuklapakṣādau candrarekhām ivāmalām mandaprakhyāyamānena rūpeṇa ruciraprabhām pinaddhāṃ dhūmajālena śikhām iva vibhāvasoḥ pītenaikena saṃvītāṃ kliṣṭenottamavāsasā sapaṅkām analaṃkārāṃ vipadmām iva padminīm
Translation
Then, clad in soiled garments,
ringed about by rakshasis,
thin with fasting, wretched,
sighing again and again,
he saw her, like the crescent moon
at the bright fortnight’s start, unstained;
her beauty barely to be seen,
yet lovely in its light,
like a tongue of fire
veiled in a net of smoke;
clad in one fine garment,
yellow, and soiled,
mud-stained, unadorned,
like a lotus pool without its lotuses.
Subtitle
Ringed by rakshasis, thin with fasting,
in one soiled yellow silk, sighing,
he saw her,
like the first thin crescent of the moon.
॥ 5.15.38–40 ॥
CrEd 5.13.36–38
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.15.43–44 ॥
CrEd 5.13.41–42
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
तान्य् एवैतानि मन्येऽहं यानि रामोऽन्वकीर्तयत् तत्र यान्य् अवहीनानि तान्य् अहं नोपलक्षये यान्य् अस्या नावहीनानि तानीमानि न संशयः ॥
tāny evaitāni manye 'haṃ yāni rāmo 'nvakīrtayat tatra yāny avahīnāni tāny ahaṃ nopalakṣaye yāny asyā nāvahīnāni tānīmāni na saṃśayaḥ
Translation
These are the very ones, I think,
that Rama told of.
Those that fell away there
I do not see;
those of hers that did not fall
are these, beyond a doubt.
लीला
ये वही आभूषण हैं, जिनका राम ने वर्णन किया था। जो उन्होंने गिराए थे, वे यहाँ नहीं हैं; जो नहीं गिराए, वे यही हैं, निःसंदेह।
Subtitle
These are the ornaments Rama described.
Those she dropped are not here;
those she kept are these,
no doubt.
॥ 5.15.49–50 ॥
CrEd 5.13.47–48
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
इयं सा यत् कृते रामश् चतुर्भिः परितप्यते कारुण्येनानृशंस्येन शोकेन मदनेन च स्त्री प्रनष्टेति कारुण्याद् आश्रितेत्य् आनृशंस्यतः पत्नी नष्टेति शोकेन प्रियेति मदनेन च ॥
iyaṃ sā yat kṛte rāmaś caturbhiḥ paritapyate kāruṇyenānṛśaṃsyena śokena madanena ca strī pranaṣṭeti kāruṇyād āśritety ānṛśaṃsyataḥ patnī naṣṭeti śokena priyeti madanena ca
Translation
This is she for whose sake Rama
burns in fourfold pain:
with pity and with kindness,
with grief and with love:
pity, for a woman lost;
kindness, for one who sheltered with him;
grief, for a wife lost;
and love, for his beloved.
लीला
इन्हीं के लिए राम चार तरह तपते हैं: करुणा से, कि स्त्री खो गई; दया से, कि शरण में थीं; शोक से, कि पत्नी बिछड़ी; प्रेम से, कि प्रिया हैं।
Subtitle
For her, Rama burns four ways:
pity, for a woman lost; kindness, for one in his care;
grief, for a wife;
love, for his beloved.
॥ 5.16.1–2 ॥
CrEd 5.14.1–2
silent moment मौन क्षण
॥ 5.16.13–14 ॥
CrEd 5.14.13–14
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
यदि रामः समुद्रान्तां मेदिनीं परिवर्तयेत् अस्याः कृते जगच् चापि युक्तम् इत्य् एव मे मतिः राज्यं वा त्रिषु लोकेषु सीता वा जनकात्मजा त्रैलोक्यराज्यं सकलं सीताया नाप्नुयात् कलाम् ॥
yadi rāmaḥ samudrāntāṃ medinīṃ parivartayet asyāḥ kṛte jagac cāpi yuktam ity eva me matiḥ rājyaṃ vā triṣu lokeṣu sītā vā janakātmajā trailokyarājyaṃ sakalaṃ sītāyā nāpnuyāt kalām
Translation
If Rama should overturn
the sea-bounded earth,
for her sake, and the world as well,
it would be right: so I judge.
Kingship of the three worlds,
or Sita, Janaka’s daughter:
the whole kingship of the three worlds
would not reach Sita’s smallest part.
लीला
इनके लिए राम सारी धरती उलट दें, तो भी उचित है। तीनों लोकों का राज्य भी सीता के एक अंश के बराबर नहीं।
Subtitle
For her, Rama could rightly
overturn the whole earth.
The three worlds' kingship
is not worth a sliver of Sita.
॥ 5.16.25, 28 ॥
CrEd 5.14.25, 28
हनुमानHanuman
वाल्मीकि
नैषा पश्यति राक्षस्यो नेमान् पुष्पफलद्रुमान् एकस्थहृदया नूनं रामम् एवानुपश्यति इमाम् असितकेशान्तां शतपत्रनिभेक्षणाम् सुखार्हां दुःखितां दृष्ट्वा ममापि व्यथितं मनः ॥
naiṣā paśyati rākṣasyo nemān puṣpaphaladrumān ekasthahṛdayā nūnaṃ rāmam evānupaśyati imām asitakeśāntāṃ śatapatranibhekṣaṇām sukhārhāṃ duḥkhitāṃ dṛṣṭvā mamāpi vyathitaṃ manaḥ
Translation
She sees not the rakshasis,
nor these trees of flower and fruit;
her heart in one place, surely
she sees only Rama.
Her, with her dark-edged hair,
her eyes like hundred-petalled lotuses,
worthy of joy, in sorrow: seeing her,
my own heart is pained.
लीला
वे न राक्षसियों को देखती हैं, न इन फूलों को। उनका मन एक है, वे बस राम को देखती हैं। उनका दुख देखकर मेरा मन भी दुखता है।
Subtitle
She sees neither the rakshasis
nor these flowering trees:
she sees only Rama.
Seeing her grief, my heart aches.
॥ 5.17.1–3 ॥
CrEd 5.15.1–3
वाल्मीकिValmikiverse caption
वाल्मीकि
ततः कुमुदषण्डाभो निर्मलं निर्मलः स्वयम् प्रजगाम नभश् चन्द्रो हंसो नीलम् इवोदकम् साचिव्यम् इव कुर्वन् स प्रभया निर्मलप्रभः चन्द्रमा रश्मिभिः शीतैः सिषेवे पवनात्मजम् स ददर्श ततः सीतां पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम् शोकभारैर् इव न्यस्तां भारैर् नावम् इवाम्भसि ॥
tataḥ kumudaṣaṇḍābho nirmalaṃ nirmalaḥ svayam prajagāma nabhaś candro haṃso nīlam ivodakam sācivyam iva kurvan sa prabhayā nirmalaprabhaḥ candramā raśmibhiḥ śītaiḥ siṣeve pavanātmajam sa dadarśa tataḥ sītāṃ pūrṇacandranibhānanām śokabhārair iva nyastāṃ bhārair nāvam ivāmbhasi
Translation
Then, like a bed of lilies, the moon,
spotless itself, into the spotless sky
went up, a swan
upon blue water.
As if to be his friend,
with its radiance, spotless in light,
the moon with its cool rays
served the son of the Wind.
Then he saw Sita,
her face like the full moon,
sunk as if by loads of grief,
like a laden boat in the water.
Subtitle
The moon rose, as if to help him,
and by its light he saw Sita,
sunk under grief
like a laden boat in water.
॥ 5.17.18, 24 ॥
CrEd 5.15.18, 24
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वाल्मीकि
स्कन्धवन्तम् उपासीनाः परिवार्य वनस्पतिम् तस्याधस्ताच् च तां देवीं राजपुत्रीम् अनिन्दिताम् अशोकवनिकामध्ये शोकसागरम् आप्लुताम् ताभिः परिवृतां तत्र सग्रहाम् इव रोहिणीम् ॥
skandhavantam upāsīnāḥ parivārya vanaspatim tasyādhastāc ca tāṃ devīṃ rājaputrīm aninditām aśokavanikāmadhye śokasāgaram āplutām tābhiḥ parivṛtāṃ tatra sagrahām iva rohiṇīm
Translation
Seated about the great-trunked tree,
ringing it round, the rakshasis;
and beneath it the queen,
the princess without blame,
in the midst of the grove of no-sorrow,
sunk in a sea of sorrow,
ringed by them there,
like Rohini beset by a planet.
Subtitle
In the midst of the grove of no-sorrow,
ringed by rakshasis,
she was sunk
in a sea of sorrow.
॥ 5.17.30–32 ॥
CrEd 5.15.31–33
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प्रहर्षम् अतुलं लेभे मारुतिः प्रेक्ष्य मैथिलीम् हर्षजानि च सोऽश्रूणि तां दृष्ट्वा मदिरेक्षणाम् मुमोच हनुमांस् तत्र नमश् चक्रे च राघवम् नमस्कृत्वा च रामाय लक्ष्मणाय च वीर्यवान् सीतादर्शनसंहृष्टो हनूमान् संवृतोऽभवत् ॥
praharṣam atulaṃ lebhe mārutiḥ prekṣya maithilīm harṣajāni ca so 'śrūṇi tāṃ dṛṣṭvā madirekṣaṇām mumoca hanumāṃs tatra namaś cakre ca rāghavam namaskṛtvā ca rāmāya lakṣmaṇāya ca vīryavān sītādarśanasaṃhṛṣṭo hanūmān saṃvṛto 'bhavat
Translation
Joy beyond measure he found,
the son of the Wind, seeing Maithili;
and tears born of joy, seeing her,
the lady of the intoxicating eyes,
Hanuman shed there,
and bowed to Raghava.
And having bowed to Rama
and to Lakshmana, the valiant one,
delighted at the sight of Sita,
Hanuman stayed hidden.
Subtitle
Seeing Maithili, he wept for joy,
bowed to Rama and Lakshmana,
and stayed hidden.