A voice in the tree
॥ 5.30.1–2 ॥
CrEd 5.28.1–2
silent moment
॥ 5.30.3 ॥
CrEd 5.28.3
Hanuman
Sanskrit
यां कपीनां सहस्राणि सुबहून्य् अयुतानि च ।
दिक्षु सर्वासु मार्गन्ते सेयम् आसादिता मया ॥
yāṃ kapīnāṃ sahasrāṇi subahūny ayutāni ca
dikṣu sarvāsu mārgante seyam āsāditā mayā
English
She whom monkeys by the thousand,
by many tens of thousands,
are seeking in every direction:
here she is; I have found her.
॥ 5.30.18–19 ॥
CrEd 5.28.18–19
Hanuman
Sanskrit
यदि वाचं प्रदास्यामि द्विजातिर् इव संस्कृताम् ।
रावणं मन्यमाना मां सीता भीता भविष्यति ।
अवश्यम् एव वक्तव्यं मानुषं वाक्यम् अर्थवत् ॥
yadi vācaṃ pradāsyāmi dvijātir iva saṃskṛtām
rāvaṇaṃ manyamānā māṃ sītā bhītā bhaviṣyati
avaśyam eva vaktavyaṃ mānuṣaṃ vākyam arthavat
English
If I give voice to speech
refined, like a brahmin’s,
Sita will think me Ravana
and will be afraid.
I must, without fail, speak
the speech of men, full of meaning.
॥ 5.30.41 ॥
CrEd 5.28.41
Hanuman
Sanskrit
रामम् अक्लिष्टकर्माणं स्वबन्धुम् अनुकीर्तयन् ।
नैनाम् उद्वेजयिष्यामि तद्बन्धुगतमानसाम् ॥
rāmam akliṣṭakarmāṇaṃ svabandhum anukīrtayan
nainām udvejayiṣyāmi tadbandhugatamānasām
English
Telling the praise of Rama,
her own, whose deeds never falter,
I will not alarm her,
whose heart has gone to her own.
॥ 5.31.2 ॥
CrEd 5.29.2
Hanuman
Sanskrit
राजा दशरथो नाम रथकुञ्जरवाजिनाम् ।
पुण्यशीलो महाकीर्तिर् ऋजुर् आसीन् महायशाः ।
चक्रवर्तिकुले जातः पुरंदरसमो बले ॥
rājā daśaratho nāma rathakuñjaravājinām
puṇyaśīlo mahākīrtir ṛjur āsīn mahāyaśāḥ
cakravartikule jātaḥ puraṃdarasamo bale
English
There was a king named Dasharatha,
lord of chariots, elephants and horses,
pure in conduct, of great renown,
upright, widely famed,
born in a line of world-rulers,
equal to Indra in strength.
॥ 5.31.6 ॥
CrEd 5.29.5
Hanuman
Sanskrit
तस्य पुत्रः प्रियो ज्येष्ठस् ताराधिपनिभाननः ।
रामो नाम विशेषज्ञः श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम् ॥
tasya putraḥ priyo jyeṣṭhas tārādhipanibhānanaḥ
rāmo nāma viśeṣajñaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām
English
His dear eldest son,
his face like the moon,
is named Rama, knower of distinctions,
best of all who bear the bow.
॥ 5.31.8 ॥
CrEd 5.29.7
Hanuman
Sanskrit
तस्य सत्याभिसंधस्य वृद्धस्य वचनात् पितुः ।
सभार्यः सह च भ्रात्रा वीरः प्रव्रजितो वनम् ॥
tasya satyābhisaṃdhasya vṛddhasya vacanāt pituḥ
sabhāryaḥ saha ca bhrātrā vīraḥ pravrajito vanam
English
At the word of his aged father,
a man true to his promise,
with his wife and with his brother
the hero went into exile in the forest.
॥ 5.31.9–10 ॥
CrEd 5.29.8
Hanuman
Sanskrit
तेन तत्र महारण्ये मृगयां परिधावता ।
जनस्थानवधं श्रुत्वा हतौ च खरदूषणौ ।
ततस् त्व् अमर्षापहृता जानकी रावणेन तु ॥
tena tatra mahāraṇye mṛgayāṃ paridhāvatā
janasthānavadhaṃ śrutvā hatau ca kharadūṣaṇau
tatas tv amarṣāpahṛtā jānakī rāvaṇena tu
English
While he roamed that great forest,
ranging after game,
Ravana, hearing of the slaughter at Janasthana
and of Khara and Dushana slain,
in his fury then
carried Janaki away.
॥ 5.31.15 ॥
CrEd 5.29.9
Hanuman
Sanskrit
यथारूपां यथावर्णां यथालक्ष्मीं विनिश्चिताम् ।
अश्रौषं राघवस्याहं सेयम् आसादिता मया ॥
yathārūpāṃ yathāvarṇāṃ yathālakṣmīṃ viniścitām
aśrauṣaṃ rāghavasyāhaṃ seyam āsāditā mayā
English
Of just the form, just the colouring,
just the grace, beyond all doubt,
that I heard of from Raghava:
here she is; I have found her.
॥ 5.31.18–19 ॥
CrEd 5.29.11–12
silent moment
॥ 5.32.1–8 ॥
CrEd 5.30.1–3
silent moment
॥ 5.32.9 ॥
CrEd 5.30.4
Sita
Sanskrit
स्वप्नो मयायं विकृतोऽद्य दृष्टः शाखामृगः शास्त्रगणैर् निषिद्धः ।
स्वस्त्य् अस्तु रामाय सलक्ष्मणाय तथा पितुर् मे जनकस्य राज्ञः ॥
svapno mayāyaṃ vikṛto 'dya dṛṣṭaḥ śākhāmṛgaḥ śāstragaṇair niṣiddhaḥ
svasty astu rāmāya salakṣmaṇāya tathā pitur me janakasya rājñaḥ
English
Today I have seen an evil dream:
a monkey, forbidden by the books of lore.
May all be well with Rama and Lakshmana,
and with my father, King Janaka.
॥ 5.32.10 ॥
CrEd 5.30.5
Sita
Sanskrit
स्वप्नोऽपि नायं न हि मेऽस्ति निद्रा शोकेन दुःखेन च पीडितायाः ।
सुखं हि मे नास्ति यतोऽस्मि हीना तेनेन्दुपूर्णप्रतिमाननेन ॥
svapno 'pi nāyaṃ na hi me 'sti nidrā śokena duḥkhena ca pīḍitāyāḥ
sukhaṃ hi me nāsti yato 'smi hīnā tenendupūrṇapratimānanena
English
Yet this is no dream, for I have no sleep,
worn down as I am by grief and pain;
there is no joy for me, bereft
of him whose face is like the full moon.
॥ 5.32.14 ॥
CrEd 5.30.8
Sita
Sanskrit
नमोऽस्तु वाचस्पतये सवज्रिणे स्वयम्भुवे चैव हुताशनाय ।
अनेन चोक्तं यद् इदं ममाग्रतो वनौकसा तच् च तथास्तु नान्यथा ॥
namo 'stu vācaspataye savajriṇe svayambhuve caiva hutāśanāya
anena coktaṃ yad idaṃ mamāgrato vanaukasā tac ca tathāstu nānyathā
English
Homage to the Lord of Speech, and to Indra of the thunderbolt,
to the Self-born, and to Fire:
what this forest-dweller has said before me,
may it be so, and not otherwise.
॥ 5.33.1–2 ॥
CrEd 5.31.1
silent moment
॥ 5.33.3 ॥
CrEd 5.31.2
Hanuman
Sanskrit
का नु पद्मपलाशाक्षी क्लिष्टकौशेयवासिनी ।
द्रुमस्य शाखाम् आलम्ब्य तिष्ठसि त्वम् अनिन्दिता ॥
kā nu padmapalāśākṣī kliṣṭakauśeyavāsinī
drumasya śākhām ālambya tiṣṭhasi tvam aninditā
English
Who are you, with eyes like lotus petals,
in a soiled silk garment,
standing here, holding a branch
of the tree, blameless lady?
॥ 5.33.12 ॥
CrEd 5.31.10
Hanuman
Sanskrit
रावणेन जनस्थानाद् बलाद् अपहृता यदि ।
सीता त्वम् असि भद्रं ते तन् ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः ॥
rāvaṇena janasthānād balād apahṛtā yadi
sītā tvam asi bhadraṃ te tan mamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ
English
If you are Sita, carried off
by force from Janasthana by Ravana,
blessings on you, tell me so,
for I am asking.
॥ 5.33.16 ॥
CrEd 5.31.12
Sita
Sanskrit
दुहिता जनकस्याहं वैदेहस्य महात्मनः ।
सीता च नाम नाम्नाहं भार्या रामस्य धीमतः ॥
duhitā janakasyāhaṃ vaidehasya mahātmanaḥ
sītā ca nāma nāmnāhaṃ bhāryā rāmasya dhīmataḥ
English
I am the daughter of Janaka,
the great-souled king of Videha;
Sita is my name,
the wife of wise Rama.
॥ 5.33.30–31 ॥
CrEd 5.31.26–27
Sita
Sanskrit
वसतो दण्डकारण्ये तस्याहम् अमितौजसः ।
रक्षसापहृता भार्या रावणेन दुरात्मना ।
द्वौ मासौ तेन मे कालो जीवितानुग्रहः कृतः ।
ऊर्ध्वं द्वाभ्यां तु मासाभ्यां ततस् त्यक्ष्यामि जीवितम् ॥
vasato daṇḍakāraṇye tasyāham amitaujasaḥ
rakṣasāpahṛtā bhāryā rāvaṇena durātmanā
dvau māsau tena me kālo jīvitānugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ
ūrdhvaṃ dvābhyāṃ tu māsābhyāṃ tatas tyakṣyāmi jīvitam
English
While he of boundless might
was living in the Dandaka forest,
I, his wife, was carried off
by Ravana, the evil rakshasa.
He has granted me two months,
a term of grace to live;
and when the two months are over,
I will give up my life.
॥ 5.34.2 ॥
CrEd 5.32.2
Hanuman
Sanskrit
अहं रामस्य संदेशाद् देवि दूतस् तवागतः ।
वैदेहि कुशली रामस् त्वां च कौशलम् अब्रवीत् ॥
ahaṃ rāmasya saṃdeśād devi dūtas tavāgataḥ
vaidehi kuśalī rāmas tvāṃ ca kauśalam abravīt
English
At Rama’s bidding, lady,
I have come to you as messenger.
Vaidehi, Rama is well,
and he asks if you are well.
॥ 5.34.4 ॥
CrEd 5.32.4
Hanuman
Sanskrit
लक्ष्मणश् च महातेजा भर्तुस् तेऽनुचरः प्रियः ।
कृतवाञ् शोकसंतप्तः शिरसा तेऽभिवादनम् ॥
lakṣmaṇaś ca mahātejā bhartus te 'nucaraḥ priyaḥ
kṛtavāñ śokasaṃtaptaḥ śirasā te 'bhivādanam
English
And Lakshmana of great splendour,
your husband’s dear companion,
burning with grief,
bows his head to you in greeting.
॥ 5.34.6 ॥
CrEd 5.32.6
Sita
Sanskrit
कल्याणी बत गाथेयं लौकिकी प्रतिभाति मे ।
एति जीवन्तम् आनन्दो नरं वर्षशताद् अपि ॥
kalyāṇī bata gātheyaṃ laukikī pratibhāti me
eti jīvantam ānando naraṃ varṣaśatād api
English
How fair, how true, this saying
of the people seems to me:
joy comes to the one who lives,
even after a hundred years.
The ring
॥ 5.34.8–9 ॥
CrEd 5.32.8–9
silent moment
॥ 5.34.10 ॥
CrEd 5.32.10
Sita
Sanskrit
अहो धिग् धिक् कृतम् इदं कथितं हि यद् अस्य मे ।
रूपान्तरम् उपागम्य स एवायं हि रावणः ॥
aho dhig dhik kṛtam idaṃ kathitaṃ hi yad asya me
rūpāntaram upāgamya sa evāyaṃ hi rāvaṇaḥ
English
Oh, shame, shame on what I have done,
for I have told him everything!
He has come in another form:
this is Ravana himself.
॥ 5.34.15 ॥
CrEd 5.32.15
Sita
Sanskrit
स्वं परित्यज्य रूपं यः परिव्राजकरूपधृत् ।
जनस्थाने मया दृष्टस् त्वं स एवासि रावणः ॥
svaṃ parityajya rūpaṃ yaḥ parivrājakarūpadhṛt
janasthāne mayā dṛṣṭas tvaṃ sa evāsi rāvaṇaḥ
English
You who cast off your own form
and wore the form of a wandering ascetic,
whom I saw in Janasthana:
you are that same Ravana.
॥ 5.34.18–19 ॥
CrEd 5.32.17–18
Sita
Sanskrit
यदि रामस्य दूतस् त्वम् आगतो भद्रम् अस्तु ते ।
पृच्छामि त्वां हरिश्रेष्ठ प्रिया राम कथा हि मे ।
गुणान् रामस्य कथय प्रियस्य मम वानर ।
चित्तं हरसि मे सौम्य नदीकूलं यथा रयः ॥
yadi rāmasya dūtas tvam āgato bhadram astu te
pṛcchāmi tvāṃ hariśreṣṭha priyā rāma kathā hi me
guṇān rāmasya kathaya priyasya mama vānara
cittaṃ harasi me saumya nadīkūlaṃ yathā rayaḥ
English
If you have come as Rama’s messenger,
blessings on you.
I ask you, best of monkeys,
for talk of Rama is dear to me.
Tell me the virtues of Rama,
my beloved, monkey;
you steal my heart away, gentle one,
as a current steals a river’s bank.
॥ 5.34.32 ॥
CrEd 5.32.30
Hanuman
Sanskrit
अपकृष्याश्रमपदान् मृगरूपेण राघवम् ।
शून्ये येनापनीतासि तस्य द्रक्ष्यसि यत् फलम् ॥
apakṛṣyāśramapadān mṛgarūpeṇa rāghavam
śūnye yenāpanītāsi tasya drakṣyasi yat phalam
English
He who drew Raghava
from the hermitage in a deer’s form,
and carried you off when you were alone:
you will see what fruit he reaps.
॥ 5.34.39 ॥
CrEd 5.32.37
Hanuman
Sanskrit
अहं सुग्रीवसचिवो हनूमान् नाम वानरः ।
प्रविष्टो नगरीं लङ्कां लङ्घयित्वा महोदधिम् ॥
ahaṃ sugrīvasacivo hanūmān nāma vānaraḥ
praviṣṭo nagarīṃ laṅkāṃ laṅghayitvā mahodadhim
English
I am Sugriva’s minister,
a monkey named Hanuman;
I have entered the city of Lanka,
having leapt the great ocean.
॥ 5.34.41 ॥
CrEd 5.32.39
Hanuman
Sanskrit
नाहम् अस्मि तथा देवि यथा माम् अवगच्छसि ।
विशङ्का त्यज्यताम् एषा श्रद्धत्स्व वदतो मम ॥
nāham asmi tathā devi yathā mām avagacchasi
viśaṅkā tyajyatām eṣā śraddhatsva vadato mama
English
I am not as you take me,
lady; let this doubt
be cast away; believe me
when I speak.
॥ 5.36.2–3 ॥
CrEd 5.34.2
Hanuman
Sanskrit
वानरोऽहं महाभागे दूतो रामस्य धीमतः ।
रामनामाङ्कितं चेदं पश्य देव्य् अङ्गुलीयकम् ।
समाश्वसिहि भद्रं ते क्षीणदुःखफला ह्य् असि ॥
vānaro 'haṃ mahābhāge dūto rāmasya dhīmataḥ
rāmanāmāṅkitaṃ cedaṃ paśya devy aṅgulīyakam
samāśvasihi bhadraṃ te kṣīṇaduḥkhaphalā hy asi
English
I am a monkey, noble lady,
the messenger of wise Rama;
and see this ring, lady,
marked with Rama’s name.
Take heart, blessings on you;
the fruit of your sorrow is all but spent.
॥ 5.36.4–5 ॥
CrEd 5.34.3–4
silent moment
॥ 5.36.7 ॥
CrEd 5.34.6
Sita
Sanskrit
विक्रान्तस् त्वं समर्थस् त्वं प्राज्ञस् त्वं वानरोत्तम ।
येनेदं राक्षसपदं त्वयैकेन प्रधर्षितम् ॥
vikrāntas tvaṃ samarthas tvaṃ prājñas tvaṃ vānarottama
yenedaṃ rākṣasapadaṃ tvayaikena pradharṣitam
English
You are bold, you are able,
you are wise, best of monkeys,
you who alone have assailed
this stronghold of the rakshasas.
॥ 5.36.13 ॥
CrEd 5.34.12
Sita
Sanskrit
कुशली यदि काकुत्स्थः किं नु सागरमेखलाम् ।
महीं दहति कोपेन युगान्ताग्निर् इवोत्थितः ॥
kuśalī yadi kākutsthaḥ kiṃ nu sāgaramekhalām
mahīṃ dahati kopena yugāntāgnir ivotthitaḥ
English
If Kakutstha is well, why then
does he not burn in his anger
the sea-girdled earth,
risen like the fire at the end of an age?
॥ 5.36.33–34 ॥
CrEd 5.34.32–33
Hanuman
Sanskrit
न त्वाम् इहस्थां जानीते रामः कमललोचनः ।
श्रुत्वैव तु वचो मह्यं क्षिप्रम् एष्यति राघवः ।
चमूं प्रकर्षन् महतीं हर्यृक्षगणसंकुलाम् ॥
na tvām ihasthāṃ jānīte rāmaḥ kamalalocanaḥ
śrutvaiva tu vaco mahyaṃ kṣipram eṣyati rāghavaḥ
camūṃ prakarṣan mahatīṃ haryṛkṣagaṇasaṃkulām
English
Lotus-eyed Rama
does not know you are here;
but the moment he hears my word,
Raghava will come swiftly,
leading a mighty army,
thronged with troops of monkeys and bears.
॥ 5.37.7–8 ॥
CrEd 5.35.7–8
Sita
Sanskrit
स वाच्यः संत्वरस्वेति यावद् एव न पूर्यते ।
अयं संवत्सरः कालस् तावद् धि मम जीवितम् ।
वर्तते दशमो मासो द्वौ तु शेषौ प्लवंगम ।
रावणेन नृशंसेन समयो यः कृतो मम ॥
sa vācyaḥ saṃtvarasveti yāvad eva na pūryate
ayaṃ saṃvatsaraḥ kālas tāvad dhi mama jīvitam
vartate daśamo māso dvau tu śeṣau plavaṃgama
rāvaṇena nṛśaṃsena samayo yaḥ kṛto mama
English
He must be told, “Make haste,”
for only until this year’s term
has run its course
will my life last.
The tenth month is passing,
and two remain, monkey,
of the term that cruel Ravana
has set for me.
॥ 5.37.19 ॥
CrEd 5.35.21
Hanuman
Sanskrit
अथ वा मोचयिष्यामि ताम् अद्यैव हि राक्षसात् ।
अस्माद् दुःखाद् उपारोह मम पृष्ठम् अनिन्दिते ॥
atha vā mocayiṣyāmi tām adyaiva hi rākṣasāt
asmād duḥkhād upāroha mama pṛṣṭham anindite
English
Or else I will free you
this very day from the rakshasa,
from this misery; climb up
onto my back, blameless lady.
॥ 5.37.20 ॥
CrEd 5.35.22
Hanuman
Sanskrit
त्वं हि पृष्ठगतां कृत्वा संतरिष्यामि सागरम् ।
शक्तिर् अस्ति हि मे वोढुं लङ्काम् अपि सरावणाम् ॥
tvaṃ hi pṛṣṭhagatāṃ kṛtvā saṃtariṣyāmi sāgaram
śaktir asti hi me voḍhuṃ laṅkām api sarāvaṇām
English
With you upon my back
I will cross the ocean;
I have the strength to carry
even Lanka, with Ravana.
॥ 5.37.29–30 ॥
CrEd 5.35.31–32
Sita
Sanskrit
हनूमन् दूरम् अध्वानं कथं मां वोढुम् इच्छसि ।
तद् एव खलु ते मन्ये कपित्वं हरियूथप ।
कथं वाल्पशरीरस् त्वं माम् इतो नेतुम् इच्छसि ॥
hanūman dūram adhvānaṃ kathaṃ māṃ voḍhum icchasi
tad eva khalu te manye kapitvaṃ hariyūthapa
kathaṃ vālpaśarīras tvaṃ mām ito netum icchasi
English
Hanuman, how can you wish
to carry me so long a way?
This, I think, is surely
your monkey nature, troop leader.
How, with so small a body,
can you wish to take me from here?
॥ 5.37.31–36 ॥
CrEd 5.35.33–38
silent moment
॥ 5.37.37–38 ॥
CrEd 5.35.39–40
Hanuman
Sanskrit
सपर्वतवनोद्देशां साट्टप्राकारतोरणाम् ।
लङ्काम् इमां सनाथां वा नयितुं शक्तिर् अस्ति मे ।
तद् अवस्थाप्य तां बुद्धिर् अलं देवि विकाङ्क्षया ।
विशोकं कुरु वैदेहि राघवं सहलक्ष्मणम् ॥
saparvatavanoddeśāṃ sāṭṭaprākāratoraṇām
laṅkām imāṃ sanāthāṃ vā nayituṃ śaktir asti me
tad avasthāpya tāṃ buddhir alaṃ devi vikāṅkṣayā
viśokaṃ kuru vaidehi rāghavaṃ sahalakṣmaṇam
English
Lanka itself, with its mountains and forests,
its towers, walls and gates,
and its lord as well,
I have the strength to carry off.
So let your mind be settled, lady;
enough of doubting.
Free Raghava from grief, Vaidehi,
and Lakshmana with him.
॥ 5.37.43–44 ॥
CrEd 5.35.45–46
Sita
Sanskrit
अयुक्तं तु कपिश्रेष्ठ मया गन्तुं त्वया सह ।
वायुवेगसवेगस्य वेगो मां मोहयेत् तव ।
अहम् आकाशम् आसक्ता उपर्य् उपरि सागरम् ।
प्रपतेयं हि ते पृष्ठाद् भयाद् वेगेन गच्छतः ॥
ayuktaṃ tu kapiśreṣṭha mayā gantuṃ tvayā saha
vāyuvegasavegasya vego māṃ mohayet tava
aham ākāśam āsaktā upary upari sāgaram
prapateyaṃ hi te pṛṣṭhād bhayād vegena gacchataḥ
English
But it is not fitting, best of monkeys,
for me to go with you;
your speed, swift as the wind,
would make me faint.
Clinging in the sky, high,
high above the ocean,
I would fall from your back in fear
as you sped along.
॥ 5.37.49 ॥
CrEd 5.35.51
Sita
Sanskrit
सायुधा बहवो व्योम्नि राक्षसास् त्वं निरायुधः ।
कथं शक्ष्यसि संयातुं मां चैव परिरक्षितुम् ॥
sāyudhā bahavo vyomni rākṣasās tvaṃ nirāyudhaḥ
kathaṃ śakṣyasi saṃyātuṃ māṃ caiva parirakṣitum
English
Many rakshasas, armed, in the sky,
and you without a weapon:
how will you be able to fight
and to guard me as well?
॥ 5.37.55 ॥
CrEd 5.35.57
Sita
Sanskrit
कामं त्वम् अपि पर्याप्तो निहन्तुं सर्वराक्षसान् ।
राघवस्य यशो हीयेत् त्वया शस्तैस् तु राक्षसैः ॥
kāmaṃ tvam api paryāpto nihantuṃ sarvarākṣasān
rāghavasya yaśo hīyet tvayā śastais tu rākṣasaiḥ
English
Granted, you too are able
to slay all the rakshasas;
but Raghava’s glory would be lessened
if the rakshasas were slain by you.
॥ 5.37.60–61 ॥
CrEd 5.35.62–63
Sita
Sanskrit
भर्तुर् भक्तिं पुरस्कृत्य रामाद् अन्यस्य वानर ।
नाहं स्प्रष्टुं पदा गात्रम् इच्छेयं वानरोत्तम ।
यद् अहं गात्रसंस्पर्शं रावणस्य गता बलात् ।
अनीशा किं करिष्यामि विनाथा विवशा सती ॥
bhartur bhaktiṃ puraskṛtya rāmād anyasya vānara
nāhaṃ spraṣṭuṃ padā gātram iccheyaṃ vānarottama
yad ahaṃ gātrasaṃsparśaṃ rāvaṇasya gatā balāt
anīśā kiṃ kariṣyāmi vināthā vivaśā satī
English
Holding first my devotion to my husband,
monkey, I would not wish to touch
the body of any but Rama,
not even with my foot, best of monkeys.
That I came to touch Ravana’s body
was by force;
powerless, what could I do,
without my protector, helpless?
॥ 5.37.62 ॥
CrEd 5.35.64
Sita
Sanskrit
यदि रामो दशग्रीवम् इह हत्वा सराक्षसं ।
माम् इतो गृह्य गच्छेत तत् तस्य सदृशं भवेत् ॥
yadi rāmo daśagrīvam iha hatvā sarākṣasaṃ
mām ito gṛhya gaccheta tat tasya sadṛśaṃ bhavet
English
If Rama slays the Ten-necked one
here, with his rakshasas,
and takes me and goes from here,
that would be worthy of him.
॥ 5.38.1 ॥
CrEd 5.36.1
silent moment
The jewel
॥ 5.38.4–5 ॥
CrEd 5.36.4–5
Hanuman
Sanskrit
द्वितीयं कारणं यच् च ब्रवीषि विनयान्विते ।
रामाद् अन्यस्य नार्हामि संस्पर्शम् इति जानकि ।
एतत् ते देवि सदृशं पत्न्यास् तस्य महात्मनः ।
का ह्य् अन्या त्वाम् ऋते देवि ब्रूयाद् वचनम् ईदृशम् ॥
dvitīyaṃ kāraṇaṃ yac ca bravīṣi vinayānvite
rāmād anyasya nārhāmi saṃsparśam iti jānaki
etat te devi sadṛśaṃ patnyās tasya mahātmanaḥ
kā hy anyā tvām ṛte devi brūyād vacanam īdṛśam
English
And the second reason you give,
modest lady, Janaki,
that you must not be touched
by anyone but Rama:
this is worthy of you, lady,
the wife of that great soul;
for who but you, lady,
would speak such words?
॥ 5.38.10 ॥
CrEd 5.36.10
Hanuman
Sanskrit
यदि नोत्सहसे यातुं मया सार्धम् अनिन्दिते ।
अभिज्ञानं प्रयच्छ त्वं जानीयाद् राघवो हि यत् ॥
yadi notsahase yātuṃ mayā sārdham anindite
abhijñānaṃ prayaccha tvaṃ jānīyād rāghavo hi yat
English
If you have no heart to go
with me, blameless lady,
give me a token
that Raghava will know.
॥ 5.38.11 ॥
CrEd 5.36.11
silent moment
॥ 5.38.12–13 ॥
CrEd 5.36.12–13
Sita
Sanskrit
इदं श्रेष्ठम् अभिज्ञानं ब्रूयास् त्वं तु मम प्रियम् ।
शैलस्य चित्रकूटस्य पादे पूर्वोत्तरे तदा ।
तापसाश्रमवासिन्याः प्राज्यमूलफलोदके ।
तस्मिन् सिद्धाश्रमे देशे मन्दाकिन्या अदूरतः ॥
idaṃ śreṣṭham abhijñānaṃ brūyās tvaṃ tu mama priyam
śailasya citrakūṭasya pāde pūrvottare tadā
tāpasāśramavāsinyāḥ prājyamūlaphalodake
tasmin siddhāśrame deśe mandākinyā adūrataḥ
English
But tell my beloved this,
the best of tokens:
at the foot of the mountain Chitrakuta,
on its north-east side, back then,
when I lived in the ascetics’ hermitage,
rich in roots, fruit and water,
in that land of the siddhas’ hermitage,
not far from the Mandakini,
॥ 5.38.14, 21 ॥
CrEd 5.36.14–15
Sita
Sanskrit
तस्योपवनषण्डेषु नानापुष्पसुगन्धिषु ।
विहृत्य सलिलक्लिन्ना तवाङ्के समुपाविशम् ।
पर्यायेण प्रसुप्तश् च ममाङ्के भरताग्रजः ॥
tasyopavanaṣaṇḍeṣu nānāpuṣpasugandhiṣu
vihṛtya salilaklinnā tavāṅke samupāviśam
paryāyeṇa prasuptaś ca mamāṅke bharatāgrajaḥ
English
in its groves of flowering woods,
sweet with every kind of flower,
I played, and wet with water
came and sat in your lap.
And in turn Bharata’s elder brother
fell asleep in my lap.
॥ 5.38.15, 17–18 ॥
CrEd 5.36.16, 18–19a
Sita
Sanskrit
ततो मांससमायुक्तो वायसः पर्यतुण्डयत् ।
तम् अहं लोष्टम् उद्यम्य वारयामि स्म वायसं ।
उत्कर्षन्त्यां च रशनां क्रुद्धायां मयि पक्षिणे ।
स्रंसमाने च वसने ततो दृष्टा त्वया ह्य् अहम् ।
त्वया विहसिता चाहं क्रुद्धा संलज्जिता तदा ॥
tato māṃsasamāyukto vāyasaḥ paryatuṇḍayat
tam ahaṃ loṣṭam udyamya vārayāmi sma vāyasaṃ
utkarṣantyāṃ ca raśanāṃ kruddhāyāṃ mayi pakṣiṇe
sraṃsamāne ca vasane tato dṛṣṭā tvayā hy aham
tvayā vihasitā cāhaṃ kruddhā saṃlajjitā tadā
English
Then a crow, greedy for flesh,
kept pecking at me;
I picked up a clod of earth
and kept driving the crow away.
As I pulled at my girdle,
angry with the bird,
and my garment slipped,
then you saw me;
and you laughed at me,
and I was angry then, and ashamed.
॥ 5.38.20, 29 ॥
CrEd 5.36.21, 25
Sita
Sanskrit
बाष्पपूर्णमुखी मन्दं चक्षुषी परिमार्जती ।
लक्षिताहं त्वया नाथ वायसेन प्रकोपिता ।
ततस् तस्मिन् महाबाहुः कोपसंवर्तितेक्षणः ।
वायसे कृतवान् क्रूरां मतिं मतिमतां वर ॥
bāṣpapūrṇamukhī mandaṃ cakṣuṣī parimārjatī
lakṣitāhaṃ tvayā nātha vāyasena prakopitā
tatas tasmin mahābāhuḥ kopasaṃvartitekṣaṇaḥ
vāyase kṛtavān krūrāṃ matiṃ matimatāṃ vara
English
My face full of tears,
slowly wiping my eyes,
I was seen by you, my lord,
provoked by the crow.
Then, mighty-armed one, your eyes
rolling in anger,
you turned a cruel mind on the crow,
best of the wise.
॥ 5.38.30 ॥
CrEd 5.36.26
Sita
Sanskrit
स दर्भसंस्तराद् गृह्य ब्रह्मणोऽस्त्रेण योजयः ।
स दीप्त इव कालाग्निर् जज्वालाभिमुखो द्विजम् ॥
sa darbhasaṃstarād gṛhya brahmaṇo 'streṇa yojayaḥ
sa dīpta iva kālāgnir jajvālābhimukho dvijam
English
You took a blade from your bed of darbha grass
and joined it to Brahma’s weapon;
blazing like the fire at the end of time,
it flamed out against the bird.
॥ 5.38.33–34 ॥
CrEd 5.36.28–29
Sita
Sanskrit
स पित्रा च परित्यक्तः सुरैः सर्वैर् महर्षिभिः ।
त्रींल् लोकान् संपरिक्रम्य त्वाम् एव शरणं गतः ।
तं त्वं निपतितं भूमौ शरण्यः शरणागतम् ।
वधार्हम् अपि काकुत्स्थ कृपया पर्यपालयः ॥
sa pitrā ca parityaktaḥ suraiḥ sarvair maharṣibhiḥ
trīṃl lokān saṃparikramya tvām eva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
taṃ tvaṃ nipatitaṃ bhūmau śaraṇyaḥ śaraṇāgatam
vadhārham api kākutstha kṛpayā paryapālayaḥ
English
Forsaken by his father,
by all the gods and the great sages,
he went round the three worlds
and came to you alone for refuge.
Fallen on the ground, come for refuge,
he deserved death, Kakutstha,
yet you, the giver of refuge,
in pity protected him.
॥ 5.38.37 ॥
CrEd 5.36.31
Sita
Sanskrit
ततस् तस्याक्षि काकस्य हिनस्ति स्म स दक्षिणम् ।
दत्त्वा स दक्षिणं नेत्रं प्राणेभ्यः परिरक्षितः ॥
tatas tasyākṣi kākasya hinasti sma sa dakṣiṇam
dattvā sa dakṣiṇaṃ netraṃ prāṇebhyaḥ parirakṣitaḥ
English
Then it destroyed
the crow’s right eye;
giving up his right eye,
he kept his life.
॥ 5.38.39 ॥
CrEd 5.36.33
Sita
Sanskrit
मत्कृते काकमात्रेऽपि ब्रह्मास्त्रं समुदीरितम् ।
कस्माद् यो मां हरत् त्वत्तः क्षमसे तं महीपते ॥
matkṛte kākamātre 'pi brahmāstraṃ samudīritam
kasmād yo māṃ harat tvattaḥ kṣamase taṃ mahīpate
English
For my sake, at a mere crow,
you loosed Brahma’s weapon;
why then, lord of the earth, do you bear with
the one who took me from you?
॥ 5.38.67 ॥
CrEd 5.36.50
Sita
Sanskrit
इदं ब्रूयाश् च मे नाथं शूरं रामं पुनः पुनः ।
जीवितं धारयिष्यामि मासं दशरथात्मज ।
ऊर्ध्वं मासान् न जीवेयं सत्येनाहं ब्रवीमि ते ॥
idaṃ brūyāś ca me nāthaṃ śūraṃ rāmaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
jīvitaṃ dhārayiṣyāmi māsaṃ daśarathātmaja
ūrdhvaṃ māsān na jīveyaṃ satyenāhaṃ bravīmi te
English
And tell my lord, the hero Rama,
this, again and again:
“I will hold on to life for a month,
son of Dasharatha;
beyond that month I will not live:
I tell you this by the truth.”
॥ 5.38.69–70 ॥
CrEd 5.36.52–53
silent moment
॥ 5.39.1–2 ॥
CrEd 5.37.1–2
Sita
Sanskrit
अभिज्ञानम् अभिज्ञातम् एतद् रामस्य तत्त्वतः ।
मणिं तु दृष्ट्वा रामो वै त्रयाणां संस्मरिष्यति ।
वीरो जनन्या मम च राज्ञो दशरथस्य च ॥
abhijñānam abhijñātam etad rāmasya tattvataḥ
maṇiṃ tu dṛṣṭvā rāmo vai trayāṇāṃ saṃsmariṣyati
vīro jananyā mama ca rājño daśarathasya ca
English
This token is truly
one that Rama knows well.
Seeing the jewel, Rama the hero
will remember three:
the mother, and me,
and King Dasharatha.
॥ 5.39.14 ॥
CrEd 5.37.13
Hanuman
Sanskrit
क्षिप्रम् एष्यति काकुत्स्थो हर्यृक्षप्रवरैर् वृतः ।
यस् ते युधि विजित्यारीञ् शोकं व्यपनयिष्यति ॥
kṣipram eṣyati kākutstho haryṛkṣapravarair vṛtaḥ
yas te yudhi vijityārīñ śokaṃ vyapanayiṣyati
English
Kakutstha will come soon,
surrounded by the best of monkeys and bears,
and, conquering your foes in battle,
he will take away your grief.
॥ 5.38.71 ॥
CrEd 5.36.54
silent moment
॥ 5.38.72 ॥
CrEd 5.36.55
silent moment