Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 4.48
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4.48.1
सह ताराङ्गदाभ्यां तु सहसा हनुमान् कपिः।
सुग्रीवेण यथोद्दिष्टं गन्तुं देशं प्रचक्रमे ॥ ४.४८.१ ॥
Together with Tārā and Aṅgada, the monkey Hanumān at once set out for the region Sugrīva had indicated.
4.48.2
स तु दूरमुपागम्य सर्वैस्तैः कपिसत्तमैः।
ततो विचित्य विन्ध्यस्य गुहाश्च गहनानि च ॥ ४.४८.२ ॥
He, with all those best of monkeys, went far and searched the caves of the Vindhya and its dense thickets.
4.48.3
पर्वताग्रनदीदुर्गान् सरांसि विपुलद्रुमान्।
वृक्षषण्डांश्च विविधान् पर्वतान् वनपादपान् ॥ ४.४८.३ ॥
Mountain peaks, rivers and fastnesses, lakes, vast trees, groves of trees, various mountains, and the trees of the forest they searched.
4.48.4
अन्वेषमाणास्ते सर्वे वानराः सर्वतो दिशम्।
न सीतां ददृशुर्वीरा मैथिलीं जनकात्मजाम् ॥ ४.४८.४ ॥
Searching every direction, all those monkeys, those heroes, did not see Sītā, the Maithilī princess, daughter of Janaka.
4.48.5
ते भक्षयन्तो मूलानि फलानि विविधान्यपि।
अन्वेषमाणा दुर्धर्षा न्यवसंस्तत्र तत्र ह ॥ ४.४८.५ ॥
Eating roots and various fruits, those unconquerable monkeys kept searching and dwelt here and there.
4.48.6
स तु देशो दुरन्वेषो गुहागहनवान् महान्।
निर्जलं निर्जनं शून्यं गहनं घोरदर्शनम् ॥ ४.४८.६ ॥
That region was hard to search, full of caves and thickets, vast, waterless, deserted, empty, dense, and terrible to behold.
4.48.7
तादृशान्यप्यरण्यानि विचित्य भृशपीडिताः।
स देशश्च दुरन्वेष्यो गुहागहनवान् महान् ॥ ४.४८.७ ॥
Having searched other such forests as well, they were sorely distressed. That region, hard to search, full of caves and dense thickets, was vast.
4.48.8
त्यक्त्वा तु तं ततो देशं सर्वे वै हरियूथपाः।
देशमन्यं दुराधर्षं विविशुश्चाकुतोभयाः ॥ ४.४८.८ ॥
Leaving that region, all the leaders of the monkey troops, fearless from every quarter, entered another region hard to assail.
4.48.9
यत्र वन्ध्यफला वृक्षा विपुष्पाः पर्णवर्जिताः।
निस्तोयाः सरितो यत्र मूलं यत्र सुदुर्लभम् ॥ ४.४८.९ ॥
Where the trees were fruitless, flowerless and leafless, where the rivers were waterless, and where even roots were exceedingly hard to find.
4.48.10
न सन्ति महिषा यत्र न मृगा न च हस्तिनः।
शार्दूलाः पक्षिणो वापि ये चान्ये वनगोचराः ॥ ४.४८.१० ॥
Where there were no buffaloes, no deer, no elephants; no tigers, no birds, nor any other creatures that roam the forest.
4.48.11
न चात्र वृक्षा नौषध्यो न वल्ल्यो नापि वीरुधः।
स्निग्धपत्राः स्थले यत्र पद्मिन्यः फुल्लपङ्कजाः ॥ ४.४८.११ ॥
Here there are no trees, no medicinal herbs, no creepers, nor climbing plants; yet on the dry ground are lotus ponds with smooth leaves and blossoming lotuses.
4.48.12
प्रेक्षणीयाः सुगन्धाश्च भ्रमरैश्च विवर्जिताः।
कण्डुर्नाम महाभागः सत्यवादी तपोधनः ॥ ४.४८.१२ ॥
Pleasing to behold and fragrant, yet devoid of bees. There dwelt a great and fortunate sage named Kaṇḍu, truthful, whose wealth was austerity.
4.48.13
महर्षिः परमामर्षी नियमैर्दुष्प्रधर्षणः।
तस्य तस्मिन् वने पुत्रो बालको दशवार्षिकः ॥ ४.४८.१३ ॥
That great sage, very quick to anger and hard to assail through his vows, had a boy son, ten years old, in that forest.
4.48.14
प्रणष्टो जीवितान्ताय क्रुद्धस्तेन महामुनिः।
तेन धर्मात्मना शप्तं कृत्स्नं तत्र महद्वनम् ॥ ४.४८.१४ ॥
The boy died; and the enraged great sage, cursed by that righteous man, cursed the entire great forest there.
4.48.15
अशरण्यं दुराधर्षं मृगपक्षिविवर्जितम्।
तस्य ते काननान्तांस्तु गिरीणां कन्दराणि च ॥ ४.४८.१५ ॥
That forest became without refuge, hard to approach, and bereft of deer and birds; its forest edges and the caves of the mountains likewise.
4.48.16
प्रभवाणि नदीनां च विचिन्वन्ति समाहिताः।
तत्र चापि महात्मानो नापश्यञ्जनकात्मजाम् ॥ ४.४८.१६ ॥
With focused minds they searched also the sources of the rivers; there too those great-souled ones did not see the daughter of Janaka.
4.48.17
हर्तारं रावणं वापि सुग्रीवप्रियकारिणः।
ते प्रविश्य तु तं भीमं लतागुल्मसमावृतम् ॥ ४.४८.१७ ॥
Those monkeys who did Sugrīva's pleasure, searching also for the abductor Rāvaṇa, entered that terrible place covered with creepers and thickets.
4.48.18
ददृशुर्भीमकर्माणमसुरं सुरनिर्भयम्।
तं दृष्ट्वा वानरा घोरं स्थितं शैलमिवासुरम् ॥ ४.४८.१८ ॥
They saw a demon of terrible deeds, fearless even of the gods. Seeing that dreadful demon standing like a mountain, the monkeys...
4.48.19
गाढं परिहिताः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा तं पर्वतोपमम्।
सोऽपि तान् वानरान् सर्वान् नष्टाः स्थेत्यब्रवीद् बली ॥ ४.४८.१९ ॥
Seeing him, a mountain-like figure, all the vānaras seized him tightly. Then the strong one said to all the vānaras, "You are all lost."
4.48.20
अभ्यधावत संक्रुद्धो मुष्टिमुद्यम्य संगतम्।
तमापतन्तं सहसा वालिपुत्रोऽङ्गदस्तदा ॥ ४.४८.२० ॥
Enraged, he rushed at him with his fist clenched and raised. Then Vālī's son Aṅgada suddenly saw him coming at him.
4.48.21
रावणोऽयमिति ज्ञात्वा तलेनाभिजघान ह।
स वालिपुत्राभिहतो वक्त्राच्छोणितमुद्वमन् ॥ ४.४८.२१ ॥
Knowing "this is Rāvaṇa," Aṅgada struck him with the flat of his hand. Struck by Vālī's son, he vomited blood from his mouth.
4.48.22
असुरो न्यपतद् भूमौ पर्यस्त इव पर्वतः।
ते तु तस्मिन् निरुच्छ्वासे वानरा जितकाशिनः ॥ ४.४८.२२ ॥
The demon fell to the ground like a mountain overturned. As he lay breathless, the vānaras, thinking themselves victorious,
4.48.23
व्यचिन्वन् प्रायशस्तत्र सर्वं ते गिरिगह्वरम्।
विचितं तु ततः सर्वं सर्वे ते काननौकसः ॥ ४.४८.२३ ॥
There they searched almost everywhere in the mountain cave. Then all the forest-dwelling vānaras searched the whole cave.
4.48.24
अन्यदेवापरं घोरं विविशुर्गिरिगह्वरम्।
ते विचित्य पुनः खिन्ना विनिष्पत्य समागताः।
एकान्ते वृक्षमूले तु निषेदुर्दीनमानसाः ॥ ४.४८.२४ ॥
Then they entered another terrible mountain cave. Exhausted from searching, they came out and gathered together, and sat down at the foot of a solitary tree, their hearts downcast.