Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 4.3
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4.3.1
वचो विज्ञाय हनुमान् सुग्रीवस्य महात्मनः।
पर्वतादृष्यमूकात् तु पुप्लुवे यत्र राघवौ ॥ ४.३.१ ॥
Having understood the words of the great-souled Sugrīva, Hanumān leapt from the Ṛṣyamūka mountain to where the two descendants of Raghu were.
4.3.2
कपिरूपं परित्यज्य हनुमान् मारुतात्मजः।
भिक्षुरूपं ततो भेजे शठबुद्धितया कपिः ॥ ४.३.२ ॥
Having abandoned his monkey form, Hanumān, son of the Wind-god, then took on the form of a mendicant, out of crafty intent.
4.3.3
ततश्च हनुमान् वाचा श्लक्ष्णया सुमनोज्ञया।
विनीतवदुपागम्य राघवौ प्रणिपत्य च ॥ ४.३.३ ॥
Then Hanumān, with gentle and most pleasing speech, humbly approached the two Rāghavas and bowed to them.
4.3.4
आबभाषे च तौ वीरौ यथावत् प्रशशंस च।
सम्पूज्य विधिवद् वीरौ हनुमान् वानरोत्तमः ॥ ४.३.४ ॥
Hanumān, best of monkeys, spoke to the two heroes as is fitting, praised them, and honoured them according to rule.
4.3.5
उवाच कामतो वाक्यं मृदु सत्यपराक्रमौ।
राजर्षिदेवप्रतिमौ तापसौ संशितव्रतौ ॥ ४.३.५ ॥
Hanumān freely spoke gentle words to the two ascetics of true valour, like royal sages and gods, firm in their vows.
4.3.6
देशं कथमिमं प्राप्तौ भवन्तौ वरवर्णिनौ।
त्रासयन्तौ मृगगणानन्यांश्च वनचारिणः ॥ ४.३.६ ॥
How have you two, of excellent complexion, come to this region, frightening herds of deer and the other forest-dwelling creatures?
4.3.7
पम्पातीररुहान् वृक्षान् वीक्षमाणौ समन्ततः।
इमां नदीं शुभजलां शोभयन्तौ तरस्विनौ ॥ ४.३.७ ॥
Gazing all around at the trees growing on the bank of the Pampā, the two swift and mighty ones who adorn this river of pure waters.
4.3.8
धैर्यवन्तौ सुवर्णाभौ कौ युवां चीरवाससौ।
निःश्वसन्तौ वरभुजौ पीडयन्ताविमाः प्रजाः ॥ ४.३.८ ॥
Steadfast ones, golden-hued, clad in bark garments, sighing, mighty-armed: who are you two, afflicting these creatures?
4.3.9
सिंहविप्रेक्षितौ वीरौ महाबलपराक्रमौ।
शक्रचापनिभे चापे गृहीत्वा शत्रुनाशनौ ॥ ४.३.९ ॥
Heroes with a lion's gaze, of great strength and valor, taking up bows like Indra's bow, destroyers of enemies: you two.
4.3.10
श्रीमन्तौ रूपसम्पन्नौ वृषभश्रेष्ठविक्रमौ।
हस्तिहस्तोपमभुजौ द्युतिमन्तौ नरर्षभौ ॥ ४.३.१० ॥
Glorious, endowed with beauty, valiant as the best of bulls, with arms like elephants' trunks, radiant: the two best of men.
4.3.11
प्रभया पर्वतेन्द्रोऽसौ युवयोरवभासितः।
राज्यार्हावमरप्रख्यौ कथं देशमिहागतौ ॥ ४.३.११ ॥
By your radiance this king of mountains is illumined. Worthy of kingship, like the immortals, how have you two come to this land?
4.3.12
पद्मपत्रेक्षणौ वीरौ जटामण्डलधारिणौ।
अन्योन्यसदृशौ वीरौ देवलोकादिहागतौ ॥ ४.३.१२ ॥
Lotus-petal-eyed heroes, wearing matted hair, alike to each other, you two have come here from the world of the gods.
4.3.13
यदृच्छयेव सम्प्राप्तौ चन्द्रसूर्यौ वसुंधराम्।
विशालवक्षसौ वीरौ मानुषौ देवरूपिणौ ॥ ४.३.१३ ॥
As if by chance, moon and sun have come down to the earth: the two heroes, broad-chested, human yet with divine forms.
4.3.14
सिंहस्कन्धौ महोत्साहौ समदाविव गोवृषौ।
आयताश्च सुवृत्ताश्च बाहवः परिघोपमाः ॥ ४.३.१४ ॥
Lion-shouldered, of great energy, like rutting bulls; their arms are long, well-rounded, and like iron bars.
4.3.15
सर्वभूषणभूषार्हाः किमर्थं न विभूषिताः।
उभौ योग्यावहं मन्ये रक्षितुं पृथिवीमिमाम् ॥ ४.३.१५ ॥
Worthy of being adorned with every ornament, why are they not adorned? I think these two are fit to protect this earth.
4.3.16
ससागरवनां कृत्स्नां विन्ध्यमेरुविभूषिताम्।
इमे च धनुषी चित्रे श्लक्ष्णे चित्रानुलेपने ॥ ४.३.१६ ॥
The whole earth with its oceans and forests, adorned by the Vindhya and Meru mountains; and these two wondrous, smooth bows with their colorful lacquer.
4.3.17
प्रकाशेते यथेन्द्रस्य वज्रे हेमविभूषिते।
सम्पूर्णाश्च शितैर्बाणैस्तूणाश्च शुभदर्शनाः ॥ ४.३.१७ ॥
They shine like Indra's thunderbolts adorned with gold; and the quivers, full of sharp arrows, are auspicious to behold.
4.3.18
जीवितान्तकरैर्घोरैर्ज्वलद्भिरिव पन्नगैः।
महाप्रमाणौ विपुलौ तप्तहाटकभूषणौ ॥ ४.३.१८ ॥
Like terrible, blazing snakes that end life; those two are of great stature, broad, adorned with heated gold ornaments.
4.3.19
खड्गावेतौ विराजेते निर्मुक्तभुजगाविव।
एवं मां परिभाषन्तं कस्माद् वै नाभिभाषतः ॥ ४.३.१९ ॥
These two swords shine like serpents that have cast off their skins. Though I speak to you thus, why do you not answer me?
4.3.20
सुग्रीवो नाम धर्मात्मा कश्चिद् वानरपुङ्गवः।
वीरो विनिकृतो भ्रात्रा जगद्भ्रमति दुःखितः ॥ ४.३.२० ॥
There is a righteous-souled best of monkeys named Sugrīva. The hero, wronged by his brother, wanders the world in sorrow.
4.3.21
प्राप्तोऽहं प्रेषितस्तेन सुग्रीवेण महात्मना।
राज्ञा वानरमुख्यानां हनुमान् नाम वानरः ॥ ४.३.२१ ॥
I have come here, sent by the great-souled Sugrīva, king of the chief monkeys. I am a monkey named Hanumān.
4.3.22
युवाभ्यां स हि धर्मात्मा सुग्रीवः सख्यमिच्छति।
तस्य मां सचिवं वित्तं वानरं पवनात्मजम् ॥ ४.३.२२ ॥
That righteous-souled Sugrīva desires friendship with you two. Know me as his minister, the monkey, son of the Wind.
4.3.23
भिक्षुरूपप्रतिच्छन्नं सुग्रीवप्रियकारणात्।
ऋष्यमूकादिह प्राप्तं कामगं कामचारिणम् ॥ ४.३.२३ ॥
Disguised in the form of a mendicant, I have come here from Ṛṣyamūka to do a service for Sugrīva. I am able to go and roam at will.
4.3.24
एवमुक्त्वा तु हनुमांस्तौ वीरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ।
वाक्यज्ञो वाक्यकुशलः पुनर्नोवाच किंचन ॥ ४.३.२४ ॥
Having spoken thus, Hanumān, knowing speech and skilled in speaking, said nothing more to those two heroes, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.
4.3.25
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य रामो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत्।
प्रहृष्टवदनः श्रीमान् भ्रातरं पार्श्वतः स्थितम् ॥ ४.३.२५ ॥
Hearing these words of his, Rāma of the radiant face spoke to his brother Lakṣmaṇa, who stood beside him.
4.3.26
सचिवोऽयं कपीन्द्रस्य सुग्रीवस्य महात्मनः।
तमेव कांक्षमाणस्य ममान्तिकमिहागतः ॥ ४.३.२६ ॥
This is the minister of the great-souled lord of monkeys, Sugrīva; seeking me alone, he has come here into my presence.
4.3.27
तमभ्यभाष सौमित्रे सुग्रीवसचिवं कपिम्।
वाक्यज्ञं मधुरैर्वाक्यैः स्नेहयुक्तमरिंदमम् ॥ ४.३.२७ ॥
O son of Sumitrā, speak to that monkey, Sugrīva's minister, skilled in words and subduer of foes, with sweet words full of affection.
4.3.28
नानृग्वेदविनीतस्य नायजुर्वेदधारिणः।
नासामवेदविदुषः शक्यमेवं विभाषितुम् ॥ ४.३.२८ ॥
One who is not trained in the Ṛg Veda, who does not bear the Yajur Veda, and who does not know the Sāma Veda, could not speak in this way.
4.3.29
नूनं व्याकरणं कृत्स्नमनेन बहुधा श्रुतम्।
बहु व्याहरतानेन न किंचिदपशब्दितम् ॥ ४.३.२९ ॥
Surely he has studied the whole of grammar in many ways, for though he has spoken so much, he has not uttered a single faulty word.
4.3.30
न मुखे नेत्रयोश्चापि ललाटे च भ्रुवोस्तथा।
अन्येष्वपि च सर्वेषु दोषः संविदितः क्वचित् ॥ ४.३.३० ॥
In his face, in his eyes, in his forehead and brows, and likewise in all his other limbs as well, no fault at all has been perceived anywhere.
4.3.31
अविस्तरमसंदिग्धमविलम्बितमव्यथम्।
उरःस्थं कण्ठगं वाक्यं वर्तते मध्यमस्वरम् ॥ ४.३.३१ ॥
Speech that is neither lengthy nor ambiguous, neither hurried nor faltering, resting in the chest and issuing from the throat, in a middle pitch.
4.3.32
संस्कारक्रमसम्पन्नामद्भुतामविलम्बिताम्।
उच्चारयति कल्याणीं वाचं हृदयहर्षिणीम् ॥ ४.३.३२ ॥
He utters speech that is well-ordered and refined, wondrous, unhurried, auspicious, and gladdening to the heart.
4.3.33
अनया चित्रया वाचा त्रिस्थानव्यञ्जनस्थया।
कस्य नाराध्यते चित्तमुद्यतासेररेरपि ॥ ४.३.३३ ॥
With this varied speech, expressed in three registers, whose mind would not be won over, even that of an enemy with raised sword?
4.3.34
एवंविधो यस्य दूतो न भवेत् पार्थिवस्य तु।
सिद्ध्यन्ति हि कथं तस्य कार्याणां गतयोऽनघ ॥ ४.३.३४ ॥
For a king who has no envoy of such a kind, how could the courses of his affairs be accomplished, O sinless one?
4.3.35
एवंगुणगणैर्युक्ता यस्य स्युः कार्यसाधकाः।
तस्य सिद्ध्यन्ति सर्वेऽर्था दूतवाक्यप्रचोदिताः ॥ ४.३.३५ ॥
For the one who has envoys, accomplishers of affairs, endowed with such a host of qualities, all his aims are fulfilled, impelled by the words of the envoy.
4.3.36
एवमुक्तस्तु सौमित्रिः सुग्रीवसचिवं कपिम्।
अभ्यभाषत वाक्यज्ञो वाक्यज्ञं पवनात्मजम् ॥ ४.३.३६ ॥
Thus addressed, Lakṣmaṇa, skilled in speech, spoke to the monkey, minister of Sugrīva, the son of the Wind-god, who was also skilled in speech.
4.3.37
विदिता नौ गुणा विद्वन् सुग्रीवस्य महात्मनः।
तमेव चावां मार्गावः सुग्रीवं प्लवगेश्वरम् ॥ ४.३.३७ ॥
Learned one, we know the qualities of the great-souled Sugrīva; and we two shall seek that very Sugrīva, lord of the monkeys.
4.3.38
यथा ब्रवीषि हनुमन् सुग्रीववचनादिह।
तत् तथा हि करिष्यावो वचनात् तव सत्तम ॥ ४.३.३८ ॥
Hanumān, as you say here at Sugrīva's word, so indeed shall we do at your word, O best of the good.
4.3.39
तत् तस्य वाक्यं निपुणं निशम्य
प्रहृष्टरूपः पवनात्मजः कपिः।
मनः समाधाय जयोपपत्तौ
सख्यं तदा कर्तुमियेष ताभ्याम् ॥ ४.३.३९ ॥
Having heard their skilful words, the monkey, son of the Wind-god, his form radiant with joy, fixed his mind on the attainment of victory and then desired to make friendship with those two.