Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 4.57
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4.57.1
शोकाद् भ्रष्टस्वरमपि श्रुत्वा वानरयूथपाः।
श्रद्दधुर्नैव तद्वाक्यं कर्मणा तस्य शङ्किताः ॥ ४.५७.१ ॥
Hearing his words, though his voice was broken by grief, the leaders of the vānara troops, doubtful because of his deed, did not believe his speech.
4.57.2
ते प्रायमुपविष्टास्तु दृष्ट्वा गृध्रं प्लवंगमाः।
चक्रुर्बुद्धिं तदा रौद्रां सर्वान् नो भक्षयिष्यति ॥ ४.५७.२ ॥
They were seated in the vow of fasting unto death; seeing the vulture, the monkeys then made a terrible plan: that it would devour us all.
4.57.3
सर्वथा प्रायमासीनान् यदि नो भक्षयिष्यति।
कृतकृत्या भविष्यामः क्षिप्रं सिद्धिमितो गताः ॥ ४.५७.३ ॥
If it devours us all, seated in the fast unto death, then, having fully accomplished our aim, we shall quickly attain perfection, gone hence.
4.57.4
एतां बुद्धिं ततश्चक्रुः सर्वे ते हरियूथपाः।
अवतार्य गिरेः शृङ्गाद् गृध्रमाहाङ्गदस्तदा ॥ ४.५७.४ ॥
Then all the leaders of the monkey troops made this plan; having brought him down from the mountain peak, Aṅgada then spoke to the vulture.
4.57.5
बभूवर्क्षरजो नाम वानरेन्द्रः प्रतापवान्।
ममार्यः पार्थिवः पक्षिन् धार्मिकौ तस्य चात्मजौ ॥ ४.५७.५ ॥
There was a mighty lord of the vānaras named Ṛkṣarajas; O bird, my noble father, that king, has died, and he had two righteous sons.
4.57.6
सुग्रीवश्चैव वाली च पुत्रौ घनबलावुभौ।
लोके विश्रुतकर्माभूद् राजा वाली पिता मम ॥ ४.५७.६ ॥
Sugrīva and Vālī, both sons of great strength; the king Vālī, famed in the world for his deeds, was my father.
4.57.7
राजा कृत्स्नस्य जगत इक्ष्वाकूणां महारथः।
रामो दाशरथिः श्रीमान् प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम् ॥ ४.५७.७ ॥
Rāma, king of the whole world, great charioteer of the Ikṣvākus, the glorious son of Daśaratha, entered the Daṇḍaka forest.
4.57.8
लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा वैदेह्या सह भार्यया।
पितुर्निदेशनिरतो धर्मं पन्थानमाश्रितः ॥ ४.५७.८ ॥
Together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa and his wife Vaidehī, intent on his father's command, having taken the path of dharma.
4.57.9
तस्य भार्या जनस्थानाद् रावणेन हृता बलात्।
रामस्य तु पितुर्मित्रं जटायुर्नाम गृध्रराट् ॥ ४.५७.९ ॥
His wife was carried off by force from Janasthāna by Rāvaṇa. Jaṭāyu by name, king of vultures, was the friend of Rāma's father.
4.57.10
ददर्श सीतां वैदेहीं ह्रियमाणां विहायसा।
रावणं विरथं कृत्वा स्थापयित्वा च मैथिलीम्।
परिश्रान्तश्च वृद्धश्च रावणेन हतो रणे ॥ ४.५७.१० ॥
He saw Sītā, the Vaidehī, being carried off through the sky. Having left Rāvaṇa chariotless and set Maithilī down, though weary and aged, he was slain in battle by Rāvaṇa.
4.57.11
एवं गृध्रो हतस्तेन रावणेन बलीयसा।
संस्कृतश्चापि रामेण जगाम गतिमुत्तमाम् ॥ ४.५७.११ ॥
Thus the vulture was slain by the mighty Rāvaṇa. Rāma also performed his funeral rites, and he went to the supreme destination.
4.57.12
ततो मम पितृव्येण सुग्रीवेण महात्मना।
चकार राघवः सख्यं सोऽवधीत् पितरं मम ॥ ४.५७.१२ ॥
Then Rāghava made friendship with Sugrīva, my paternal uncle, the great-souled one; and he slew my father.
4.57.13
मम पित्रा निरुद्धो हि सुग्रीवः सचिवैः सह।
निहत्य वालिनं रामस्ततस्तमभिषेचयत् ॥ ४.५७.१३ ॥
My father had confined Sugrīva together with his ministers. Then Rāma, having slain Vālin, had him anointed king.
4.57.14
स राज्ये स्थापितस्तेन सुग्रीवो वानरेश्वरः।
राजा वानरमुख्यानां तेन प्रस्थापिता वयम् ॥ ४.५७.१४ ॥
Sugrīva, lord of the vānaras, whom Rāma had established in the kingdom, is king of the chief vānaras; by him we have been sent forth.
4.57.15
एवं रामप्रयुक्तास्तु मार्गमाणास्ततस्ततः।
वैदेहीं नाधिगच्छामो रात्रौ सूर्यप्रभामिव ॥ ४.५७.१५ ॥
Thus, sent by Rāma, we searched here and there, but we could not find Vaidehī, as one cannot find the light of the sun at night.
4.57.16
ते वयं दण्डकारण्यं विचित्य सुसमाहिताः।
अज्ञानात् तु प्रविष्टाः स्म धरण्या विवृतं बिलम् ॥ ४.५७.१६ ॥
We searched the Daṇḍaka forest with close attention, and through ignorance we entered a cavern that the earth had opened.
4.57.17
मयस्य मायाविहितं तद् बिलं च विचिन्वताम्।
व्यतीतस्तत्र नो मासो यो राज्ञा समयः कृतः ॥ ४.५७.१७ ॥
While searching in that cavern made by Maya's illusion, the month that the king had set as our time limit passed there.
4.57.18
ते वयं कपिराजस्य सर्वे वचनकारिणः।
कृतां संस्थामतिक्रान्ता भयात् प्रायमुपासिताः ॥ ४.५७.१८ ॥
We were all obedient to the monkey king's word; fearing that the appointed time had been exceeded, we resolved upon prāyopaveśa, a fast unto death.
4.57.19
क्रुद्धे तस्मिंस्तु काकुत्स्थे सुग्रीवे च सलक्ष्मणे।
गतानामपि सर्वेषां तत्र नो नास्ति जीवितम् ॥ ४.५७.१९ ॥
If the Kākutstha (Rāma), Sugrīva, and Lakṣmaṇa are enraged, then for all of us who have gone there, there is no life.