Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 4.12
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4.12.1
एतच्च वचनं श्रुत्वा सुग्रीवस्य सुभाषितम्।
प्रत्ययार्थं महातेजा रामो जग्राह कार्मुकम् ॥ ४.१२.१ ॥
Hearing these well-spoken words of Sugrīva, the radiant Rāma took up his bow to give assurance.
4.12.2
स गृहीत्वा धनुर्घोरं शरमेकं च मानदः।
सालमुद्दिश्य चिक्षेप पूरयन् स रवैर्दिशः ॥ ४.१२.२ ॥
Taking up the terrible bow and a single arrow, the giver of honor aimed at a sāla tree and loosed it, filling the quarters with the twang of his bowstring.
4.12.3
स विसृष्टो बलवता बाणः स्वर्णपरिष्कृतः।
भित्त्वा सालान् गिरिप्रस्थं सप्तं भूमिं विवेश ह ॥ ४.१२.३ ॥
That arrow, adorned with gold and released by the mighty one, pierced the sāla trees and the mountain ridge and entered the seventh earth.
4.12.4
सायकस्तु मुहूर्तेन सालान् भित्त्वा महाजवः।
निष्पत्य च पुनस्तूणं तमेव प्रविवेश ह ॥ ४.१२.४ ॥
That swift arrow, in an instant, pierced the sāla trees, came out, and then entered its own quiver again.
4.12.5
तान् दृष्ट्वा सप्त निर्भिन्नान् सालान् वानरपुङ्गवः।
रामस्य शरवेगेन विस्मयं परमं गतः ॥ ४.१२.५ ॥
Seeing those seven sāla trees pierced through by the force of Rāma's arrow, Sugrīva, the foremost of the monkeys, was struck with supreme wonder.
4.12.6
स मूर्ध्ना न्यपतद् भूमौ प्रलम्बीकृतभूषणः।
सुग्रीवः परमप्रीतो राघवाय कृताञ्जलिः ॥ ४.१२.६ ॥
Greatly pleased, Sugrīva, with his ornaments hanging loose, fell with his head to the ground before Rāghava, his palms folded in reverence.
4.12.7
इदं चोवाच धर्मज्ञं कर्मणा तेन हर्षितः।
रामं सर्वास्त्रविदुषां श्रेष्ठं शूरमवस्थितम् ॥ ४.१२.७ ॥
Delighted by that deed, he spoke these words to Rāma, the knower of dharma, the foremost of all masters of weapons, the heroic one who stood firm.
4.12.8
सेन्द्रानपि सुरान् सर्वांस्त्वं बाणैः पुरुषर्षभ।
समर्थः समरे हन्तुं किं पुनर्वालिनं प्रभो ॥ ४.१२.८ ॥
O bull among men, O lord, you are able to slay with arrows in battle all the gods, even together with Indra. What then of slaying Vāli?
4.12.9
येन सप्त महासाला गिरिर्भूमिश्च दारिताः।
बाणेनैकेन काकुत्स्थ स्थाता ते को रणाग्रतः ॥ ४.१२.९ ॥
By whom, with a single arrow, the seven great sāla trees, the mountain, and the earth were split — who, O Kākutstha, could stand before you at the front of battle?
4.12.10
अद्य मे विगतः शोकः प्रीतिरद्य परा मम।
सुहृदं त्वां समासाद्य महेन्द्रवरुणोपमम् ॥ ४.१२.१० ॥
Today my grief has departed, and today my supreme joy has arisen, for I have found a friend like Mahendra and Varuṇa in you.
4.12.11
तमद्यैव प्रियार्थं मे वैरिणं भ्रातृरूपिणम्।
वालिनं जहि काकुत्स्थ मया बद्धोऽयमञ्जलिः ॥ ४.१२.११ ॥
Today, O Kākutstha, for my dear welfare, slay Vāli, my enemy who wears the form of a brother; I have folded my hands in supplication.
4.12.12
ततो रामः परिष्वज्य सुग्रीवं प्रियदर्शनम्।
प्रत्युवाच महाप्राज्ञो लक्ष्मणानुगतं वचः ॥ ४.१२.१२ ॥
Then Rāma, the very wise, embraced the pleasant-to-behold Sugrīva and, addressing Lakṣmaṇa who followed him, spoke these words.
4.12.13
अस्माद्गच्छाम किष्किन्धां क्षिप्रं गच्छ त्वमग्रतः।
गत्वा चाह्वय सुग्रीव वालिनं भ्रातृगन्धिनम् ॥ ४.१२.१३ ॥
Let us go from here to Kiṣkindhā. You go quickly ahead; having gone, summon Sugrīva, and summon Vāli, who carries his brother's scent.
4.12.14
सर्वे ते त्वरितं गत्वा किष्किन्धां वालिनः पुरीम्।
वृक्षैरात्मानमावृत्य ह्यतिष्ठन् गहने वने ॥ ४.१२.१४ ॥
All of them quickly went to Kiṣkindhā, the city of Vāli, and, hiding themselves among the trees, stood in the dense forest.
4.12.15
सुग्रीवोऽप्यनदद् घोरं वालिनो ह्वानकारणात्।
गाढं परिहितो वेगान्नादैर्भिन्दन्निवाम्बरम् ॥ ४.१२.१५ ॥
Sugrīva, too, roared fiercely to call out to Vāli. Firmly girded and roaring with force, he seemed to pierce the sky itself.
4.12.16
तं श्रुत्वा निनदं भ्रातुः क्रुद्धो वाली महाबलः।
निष्पपात सुसंरब्धो भास्करोऽस्ततटादिव ॥ ४.१२.१६ ॥
Hearing his brother's roar, mighty Vāli was enraged, and in great fury he sprang forth, like the sun rising from the shore of the setting mountain.
4.12.17
ततः सुतुमुलं युद्धं वालिसुग्रीवयोरभूत्।
गगने ग्रहयोर्घोरं बुधाङ्गारकयोरिव ॥ ४.१२.१७ ॥
Then a terrible battle arose between Vāli and Sugrīva, like the fearsome clash of the planets Mercury and Mars in the sky.
4.12.18
तलैरशनिकल्पैश्च वज्रकल्पैश्च मुष्टिभिः।
जघ्नतुः समरेऽन्योन्यं भ्रातरौ क्रोधमूर्च्छितौ ॥ ४.१२.१८ ॥
With palm-strikes like thunderbolts and fists like diamond bolts, the two brothers struck each other in battle, stunned with rage.
4.12.19
ततो रामो धनुष्पाणिस्तावुभौ समुदैक्षत।
अन्योन्यसदृशौ वीरावुभौ देवाविवाश्विनौ ॥ ४.१२.१९ ॥
Then Rāma, bow in hand, looked closely at the two of them, two heroes alike as each other, like the twin gods the Aśvins.
4.12.20
यन्नावगच्छत् सुग्रीवं वालिनं वापि राघवः।
ततो न कृतवान् बुद्धिं मोक्तुमन्तकरं शरम् ॥ ४.१२.२० ॥
Because Rāghava could not tell Sugrīva from Vāli, he did not resolve to release the death-bringing arrow.
4.12.21
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे भग्नः सुग्रीवस्तेन वालिना।
अपश्यन् राघवं नाथमृष्यमूकं प्रदुद्रुवे ॥ ४.१२.२१ ॥
Meanwhile Sugrīva, defeated by Vāli and not seeing Rāghava his lord, fled toward Ṛṣyamūka.
4.12.22
क्लान्तो रुधिरसिक्ताङ्गः प्रहारैर्जर्जरीकृतः।
वालिनाभिद्रुतः क्रोधात् प्रविवेश महावनम् ॥ ४.१२.२२ ॥
Exhausted, his body drenched in blood, battered by the blows, pursued in fury by Vāli, Sugrīva entered a great forest.
4.12.23
तं प्रविष्टं वनं दृष्ट्वा वाली शापभयात् ततः।
मुक्तो ह्यसि त्वमित्युक्त्वा स निवृत्तो महाबलः ॥ ४.१२.२३ ॥
Seeing him enter the forest, Vāli, out of fear of the curse, said, "You are indeed released," and the mighty one turned back.
4.12.24
राघवोऽपि सह भ्रात्रा सह चैव हनूमता।
तदेव वनमागच्छत् सुग्रीवो यत्र वानरः ॥ ४.१२.२४ ॥
Rāghava too, together with his brother and with Hanumān, came to that very forest where the monkey Sugrīva was.
4.12.25
तं समीक्ष्यागतं रामं सुग्रीवः सहलक्ष्मणम्।
ह्रीमान् दीनमुवाचेदं वसुधामवलोकयन् ॥ ४.१२.२५ ॥
Seeing Rāma come with Lakṣmaṇa, the ashamed Sugrīva, downcast and gazing at the earth, spoke these words.
4.12.26
आह्वयस्वेति मामुक्त्वा दर्शयित्वा च विक्रमम्।
वैरिणा घातयित्वा च किमिदानीं त्वया कृतम् ॥ ४.१२.२६ ॥
Having told me, "Challenge him," and having shown your prowess, and having had me struck down by the enemy — what have you done now?
4.12.27
तामेव वेलां वक्तव्यं त्वया राघव तत्त्वतः।
वालिनं न निहन्मीति ततो नाहमितो व्रजे ॥ ४.१२.२७ ॥
O Rāghava, at that very moment you should have truly said, "I will not kill Vāli"; then I would not have gone away from here.
4.12.28
तस्य चैवं ब्रुवाणस्य सुग्रीवस्य महात्मनः।
करुणं दीनया वाचा राघवः पुनरब्रवीत् ॥ ४.१२.२८ ॥
As the great-souled Sugrīva spoke thus, Rāghava again spoke in a piteous, pained voice.
4.12.29
सुग्रीव श्रूयतां तात क्रोधश्च व्यपनीयताम्।
कारणं येन बाणोऽयं स मया न विसर्जितः ॥ ४.१२.२९ ॥
Listen, Sugrīva, dear friend, and cast off your anger. Hear the reason why I did not loose this arrow.
4.12.30
अलंकारेण वेषेण प्रमाणेन गतेन च।
त्वं च सुग्रीव वाली च सदृशौ स्थः परस्परम् ॥ ४.१२.३० ॥
O Sugrīva, in ornament, in dress, in stature, and in gait, you and Vāli are alike to one another.
4.12.31
स्वरेण वर्चसा चैव प्रेक्षितेन च वानर।
विक्रमेण च वाक्यैश्च व्यक्तिं वां नोपलक्षये ॥ ४.१२.३१ ॥
O monkey, even by voice, radiance, glance, prowess and words I cannot tell the difference between you two.
4.12.32
ततोऽहं रूपसादृश्यान्मोहितो वानरोत्तम।
नोत्सृजामि महावेगं शरं शत्रुनिबर्हणम् ॥ ४.१२.३२ ॥
Therefore, bewildered by the resemblance of form, O best of monkeys, I did not loose the swift arrow that destroys enemies.
4.12.33
जीवितान्तकरं घोरं सादृश्यात् तु विशङ्कितः।
मूलघातो न नौ स्याद्धि द्वयोरिति कृतो मया ॥ ४.१२.३३ ॥
A terrible arrow that brings the end of life; doubtful because of the resemblance, I reasoned that the destruction of both of us, root and branch, might follow.
4.12.34
त्वयि वीर विपन्ने हि अज्ञानाल्लाघवान्मया।
मौढ्यं च मम बाल्यं च ख्यापितं स्यात् कपीश्वर ॥ ४.१२.३४ ॥
O hero, had you been slain, my folly and childishness would have been proclaimed through my ignorance and rashness, O lord of monkeys.
4.12.35
दत्ताभयवधो नाम पातकं महदद्भुतम्।
अहं च लक्ष्मणश्चैव सीता च वरवर्णिनी ॥ ४.१२.३५ ॥
To slay one who has been granted safety is a great and monstrous sin; and I, Lakṣmaṇa, and the fair-complexioned Sītā would share in it.
4.12.36
त्वदधीना वयं सर्वे वनेऽस्मिन् शरणं भवान्।
तस्माद् युध्यस्व भूयस्त्वं मा माशङ्कीश्च वानर ॥ ४.१२.३६ ॥
We are all dependent on you in this forest; you are our refuge. Therefore, O monkey, fight again, and do not doubt.
4.12.37
एतन्मुहूर्ते तु मया पश्य वालिनमाहवे।
निरस्तमिषुणैकेन चेष्टमानं महीतले ॥ ४.१२.३७ ॥
In this very moment, look at Vālin, struck down by me with a single arrow in battle, writhing on the ground.
4.12.38
अभिज्ञानं कुरुष्व त्वमात्मनो वानरेश्वर।
येन त्वामभिजानीयां द्वन्द्वयुद्धमुपागतम् ॥ ४.१२.३८ ॥
O lord of monkeys, make some sign of yourself by which I may recognize you, come to the single combat.
4.12.39
गजपुष्पीमिमां फुल्लामुत्पाट्य शुभलक्षणाम्।
कुरु लक्ष्मण कण्ठेऽस्य सुग्रीवस्य महात्मनः ॥ ४.१२.३९ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, pluck this blooming, auspicious-marked gajapuṣpī flower and place it on the neck of the great-souled Sugrīva.
4.12.40
ततो गिरितटे जातामुत्पाट्य कुसुमायुताम्।
लक्ष्मणो गजपुष्पीं तां तस्य कण्ठे व्यसर्जयत् ॥ ४.१२.४० ॥
Then Lakṣmaṇa plucked that gajapuṣpī, grown on the mountain slope and full of flowers, and placed it on his neck.
4.12.41
स तया शुशुभे श्रीमाँल्लतया कण्ठसक्तया।
मालयेव बलाकानां ससंध्य इव तोयदः ॥ ४.१२.४१ ॥
That glorious one shone with the garland clinging to his neck like a creeper, like a rain cloud at twilight with a line of cranes.
4.12.42
विभ्राजमानो वपुषा रामवाक्यसमाहितः।
जगाम सह रामेण किष्किन्धां पुनराप सः ॥ ४.१२.४२ ॥
Shining in body, his mind fixed on Rāma's words, he went with Rāma and again reached Kiṣkindhā.