Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 4.54
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4.54.1
तथा ब्रुवति तारे तु ताराधिपतिवर्चसि।
अथ मेने हृतं राज्यं हनूमानङ्गदेन तत् ॥ ४.५४.१ ॥
As Tārā spoke thus, she who shone like the lord of the stars, Hanumān then thought that Aṅgada had seized that kingdom.
4.54.2
बुद्ध्या ह्यष्टाङ्गया युक्तं चतुर्बलसमन्वितम्।
चतुर्दशगुणं मेने हनूमान् वालिनः सुतम् ॥ ४.५४.२ ॥
Endowed with an intellect of eight parts and possessing the four forces, Hanumān regarded Vāli's son as fourteen times greater.
4.54.3
आपूर्यमाणं शश्वच्च तेजोबलपराक्रमैः।
शशिनं शुक्लपक्षादौ वर्धमानमिव श्रिया ॥ ४.५४.३ ॥
Constantly filled with splendor, strength and valour, and growing like the moon at the start of the bright fortnight in its radiance.
4.54.4
बृहस्पतिसमं बुद्ध्या विक्रमे सदृशं पितुः।
शुश्रूषमाणं तारस्य शुक्रस्येव पुरंदरम् ॥ ४.५४.४ ॥
Equal to Bṛhaspati in intellect and like his father in valour, serving Tāra as Śukra serves Indra.
4.54.5
भर्तुरर्थे परिश्रान्तं सर्वशास्त्रविशारदः।
अभिसंधातुमारेभे हनूमानङ्गदं ततः ॥ ४.५४.५ ॥
Hanumān, skilled in all the sciences, then began to win over Aṅgada, who was weary in his lord's service.
4.54.6
स चतुर्णामुपायानां तृतीयमुपवर्णयन्।
भेदयामास तान् सर्वान् वानरान् वाक्यसम्पदा ॥ ४.५४.६ ॥
Describing the third of the four expedients, the sowing of division, he set all those monkeys against one another by the richness of his words.
4.54.7
तेषु सर्वेषु भिन्नेषु ततोऽभीषयदङ्गदम्।
भीषणैर्विविधैर्वाक्यैः कोपोपायसमन्वितैः ॥ ४.५४.७ ॥
When all of them had been divided, he then frightened Aṅgada with terrible and various words, filled with anger and stratagems.
4.54.8
त्वं समर्थतरः पित्रा युद्धे तारेय वै ध्रुवम्।
दृढं धारयितुं शक्तः कपिराज्यं यथा पिता ॥ ४.५४.८ ॥
Son of Tārā, in battle you are surely more capable than your father, and able to firmly hold the monkey kingdom just as your father did.
4.54.9
नित्यमस्थिरचित्ता हि कपयो हरिपुंगव।
नाज्ञाप्यं विषहिष्यन्ति पुत्रदारं विना त्वया ॥ ४.५४.९ ॥
Best of the monkeys, monkeys are always fickle-minded; without you, apart from son and wife, they will not endure your command.
4.54.10
त्वां नैते ह्यनुरञ्जेयुः प्रत्यक्षं प्रवदामि ते।
यथायं जाम्बवान् नीलः सुहोत्रश्च महाकपिः ॥ ४.५४.१० ॥
These will not be devoted to you — I tell you openly — just as this Jāmbavān, Nīla and the great monkey Suhotra are not.
4.54.11
नह्यहं ते इमे सर्वे सामदानादिभिर्गुणैः।
दण्डेन न त्वया शक्याः सुग्रीवादपकर्षितुम् ॥ ४.५४.११ ॥
Not all of these can be drawn away from Sugrīva by you, by the virtues of conciliation, gift and the rest, nor by force.
4.54.12
विगृह्यासनमप्याहुर्दुर्बलेन बलीयसा।
आत्मरक्षाकरस्तस्मान्न विगृह्णीत दुर्बलः ॥ ४.५४.१२ ॥
They say that by contending with the stronger, even one's seat is lost; therefore the weak, seeking self-protection, should not contend.
4.54.13
यां चेमां मन्यसे धात्रीमेतद् बिलमिति श्रुतम्।
एतल्लक्ष्मणबाणानामीषत् कार्यं विदारणम् ॥ ४.५४.१३ ॥
You think this earth is a mere cave, as you have heard; but Lakṣmaṇa's arrows need only slightly cleave it.
4.54.14
स्वल्पं हि कृतमिन्द्रेण क्षिपता ह्यशनिं पुरा।
लक्ष्मणो निशितैर्बाणैर्भिन्द्यात् पत्रपुटं यथा ॥ ४.५४.१४ ॥
Long ago Indra, hurling his thunderbolt, did only a little; Lakṣmaṇa with his sharp arrows will pierce it as one pierces a pair of leaves.
4.54.15
लक्ष्मणस्य च नाराचा बहवः सन्ति तद्विधाः।
वज्राशनिसमस्पर्शा गिरीणामपि दारकाः ॥ ४.५४.१५ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa has many arrows of this kind, touching like the thunderbolt and the lightning, which split even mountains.
4.54.16
अवस्थानं यदैव त्वमासिष्यसि परंतप।
तदैव हरयः सर्वे त्यक्ष्यन्ति कृतनिश्चयाः ॥ ४.५४.१६ ॥
O scorcher of foes, the moment you remain here, all the monkeys, resolved, will abandon you.
4.54.17
स्मरन्तः पुत्रदाराणां नित्योद्विग्ना बुभुक्षिताः।
खेदिता दुःखशय्याभिस्त्वां करिष्यन्ति पृष्ठतः ॥ ४.५४.१७ ॥
Remembering their sons and wives, always agitated, hungry, and wearied by beds of sorrow, they will desert you from behind.
4.54.18
स त्वं हीनः सुहृद्भिश्च हितकामैश्च बन्धुभिः।
तृणादपि भृशोद्विग्नः स्पन्दमानाद् भविष्यसि ॥ ४.५४.१८ ॥
Bereft of friends and of well-wishing kinsmen, you will be greatly frightened even of a blade of grass, even of a thing that trembles.
4.54.19
न च जातु न हिंस्युस्त्वां घोरा लक्ष्मणसायकाः।
अपवृत्तं जिघांसन्तो महावेगा दुरासदाः ॥ ४.५४.१९ ॥
Even if you turn and flee, Lakṣmaṇa's terrible arrows will never spare you; they are swift with great force, hard to withstand, and eager to slay even one who has turned to run.
4.54.20
अस्माभिस्तु गतं सार्धं विनीतवदुपस्थितम्।
आनुपूर्व्यात्तु सुग्रीवो राज्ये त्वां स्थापयिष्यति ॥ ४.५४.२० ॥
We shall bring you before him humbly, and then Sugrīva, in due order, will restore you to the kingdom.
4.54.21
धर्मराजः पितृव्यस्ते प्रीतिकामो दृढव्रतः।
शुचिः सत्यप्रतिज्ञश्च स त्वां जातु न नाशयेत् ॥ ४.५४.२१ ॥
Your paternal uncle, the righteous king, who desires affection, is firm in his vows, pure, and true to his word — he will never destroy you.
4.54.22
प्रियकामश्च ते मातुस्तदर्थं चास्य जीवितम्।
तस्यापत्यं च नास्त्यन्यत् तस्मादङ्गद गम्यताम् ॥ ४.५४.२२ ॥
He also desires your mother's welfare, and for her sake his life is lived; he has no other offspring. Therefore, Aṅgada, let us go.