Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 4.59
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4.59.1
ततस्तदमृतास्वादं गृध्रराजेन भाषितम्।
निशम्य वदता हृष्टास्ते वचः प्लवगर्षभाः ॥ ४.५९.१ ॥
Then, hearing the words spoken by the vulture-king, sweet as nectar, those bull-like leaders of the monkeys rejoiced.
4.59.2
जाम्बवान् वानरश्रेष्ठः सह सर्वैः प्लवङ्गमैः।
भूतलात् सहसोत्थाय गृध्रराजानमब्रवीत् ॥ ४.५९.२ ॥
Jāmbavān, the foremost of the monkeys, together with all the monkeys, suddenly rose from the ground and spoke to the vulture-king.
4.59.3
क्व सीता केन वा दृष्टा को वा हरति मैथिलीम्।
तदाख्यातु भवान् सर्वं गतिर्भव वनौकसाम् ॥ ४.५९.३ ॥
Where is Sītā? By whom was she seen? Or who is carrying off Maithilī? Tell us all of it; be a refuge for us forest-dwellers.
4.59.4
को दाशरथिबाणानां वज्रवेगनिपातिनाम्।
स्वयं लक्ष्मणमुक्तानां न चिन्तयति विक्रमम् ॥ ४.५९.४ ॥
Who would not consider the prowess of Dāśarathi's arrows, which strike with the speed of thunderbolts, released by Lakṣmaṇa himself?
4.59.5
स हरीन् प्रतिसम्मुक्तान् सीताश्रुतिसमाहितान्।
पुनराश्वासयन् प्रीत इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ४.५९.५ ॥
Consoling the monkeys, who had been released again and were attentive to the news of Sītā, he spoke these words with delight.
4.59.6
श्रूयतामिह वैदेह्या यथा मे हरणं श्रुतम्।
येन चापि ममाख्यातं यत्र चायतलोचना ॥ ४.५९.६ ॥
Hear here how I came to know of Vaidehī's abduction, by whom it was told to me, and where the long-eyed one is.
4.59.7
अहमस्मिन् गिरौ दुर्गे बहुयोजनमायते।
चिरान्निपतितो वृद्धः क्षीणप्राणपराक्रमः ॥ ४.५९.७ ॥
I have long lain fallen on this inaccessible mountain, stretching for many yojanas; I am old, and my life and valour have wasted away.
4.59.8
तं मामेवंगतं पुत्रः सुपार्श्वो नाम नामतः।
आहारेण यथाकालं बिभर्ति पततां वरः ॥ ४.५९.८ ॥
Thus fallen, I am sustained in due time with food brought by my son named Supārśva, the best of birds.
4.59.9
तीक्ष्णकामास्तु गन्धर्वास्तीक्ष्णकोपा भुजङ्गमाः।
मृगाणां तु भयं तीक्ष्णं ततस्तीक्ष्णक्षुधा वयम् ॥ ४.५९.९ ॥
The Gandharvas are fierce in desire, the serpents fierce in wrath, and the deer have fierce fear; therefore we are fierce with hunger.
4.59.10
स कदाचित् क्षुधार्तस्य ममाहाराभिकांक्षिणः।
गतसूर्येऽहनि प्राप्तो मम पुत्रो ह्यनामिषः ॥ ४.५९.१० ॥
Once, after the sun had set, my son came to me, hunger-stricken and desiring food, but without any flesh.
4.59.11
स मयाऽऽहारसंरोधात् पीडितः प्रीतिवर्धनः।
अनुमान्य यथातत्त्वमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ४.५९.११ ॥
That son of mine, who increases my joy, distressed by my withholding of food, addressed me truly and spoke these words.
4.59.12
अहं तात यथाकालमामिषार्थी खमाप्लुतः।
महेन्द्रस्य गिरेर्द्वारमावृत्य सुसमाश्रितः ॥ ४.५९.१२ ॥
Father, in due time, seeking flesh, I flew up into the sky, covered the gate of the great mountain Mahendra, and took firm shelter there.
4.59.13
तत्र सत्त्वसहस्राणां सागरान्तरचारिणाम्।
पन्थानमेकोऽध्यवसं संनिरोद्धुमवाङ्मुखः ॥ ४.५९.१३ ॥
There, to block the path of the thousands of creatures moving within the ocean, I alone resolved, face downward.
4.59.14
तत्र कश्चिन्मया दृष्टः सूर्योदयसमप्रभाम्।
स्त्रियमादाय गच्छन् वै भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः ॥ ४.५९.१४ ॥
There I saw a woman radiant as the rising sun, carrying off someone who looked like a heap of broken collyrium.
4.59.15
सोऽहमभ्यवहारार्थं तौ दृष्ट्वा कृतनिश्चयः।
तेन साम्ना विनीतेन पन्थानमनुयाचितः ॥ ४.५९.१५ ॥
Seeing the two of them, I resolved to take food; and with that humble, conciliatory word, I was asked for passage.
4.59.16
नहि सामोपपन्नानां प्रहर्ता विद्यते भुवि।
नीचेष्वपि जनः कश्चित् किमङ्ग बत मद्विधः ॥ ४.५९.१६ ॥
On earth there is no one who strikes those endowed with conciliation; even among the base no one does so, much less one like me!
4.59.17
स यातस्तेजसा व्योम संक्षिपन्निव वेगितः।
अथाहं खेचरैर्भूतैरभिगम्य सभाजितः ॥ ४.५९.१७ ॥
He went swiftly, his radiance as if contracting the sky. Then the sky-wandering beings approached me and honoured me.
4.59.18
दिष्ट्या जीवति सीतेति ह्यब्रुवन् मां महर्षयः।
कथंचित् सकलत्रोऽसौ गतस्ते स्वस्त्यसंशयम् ॥ ४.५९.१८ ॥
"By good fortune Sītā is alive," the great sages told me. "He has gone somehow with his wife; your welfare is assured, without doubt."
4.59.19
एवमुक्तस्ततोऽहं तैः सिद्धैः परमशोभनैः।
स च मे रावणो राजा रक्षसां प्रतिवेदितः ॥ ४.५९.१९ ॥
Thus addressed by those supremely splendid siddhas, I was informed of Rāvaṇa, king of the rākṣasas.
4.59.20
पश्यन् दाशरथेर्भार्यां रामस्य जनकात्मजाम्।
भ्रष्टाभरणकौशेयां शोकवेगपराजिताम् ॥ ४.५९.२० ॥
Seeing the wife of Rāma, son of Daśaratha, the daughter of Janaka, her ornaments and silken garment fallen away, overcome by the force of grief.
4.59.21
रामलक्ष्मणयोर्नाम क्रोशन्तीं मुक्तमूर्धजाम्।
एष कालात्ययस्तात इति वाक्यविदां वरः ॥ ४.५९.२१ ॥
Crying out the names of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, her hair unbound. "Dear sir, the time is running out" — thus spoke the best of those skilled in speech.
4.59.22
एतदर्थं समग्रं मे सुपार्श्वः प्रत्यवेदयत् ।
तच्छ्रुत्वापि हि मे बुद्धिर्नासीत् काचित् पराक्रमे ॥ ४.५९.२२ ॥
For this very purpose Supārśva reported the whole matter to me. Even having heard it, my mind saw no course of action regarding valour.
4.59.23
अपक्षो हि कथं पक्षी कर्म किंचित् समारभेत्।
यत् तु शक्यं मया कर्तुं वाग्बुद्धिगुणवर्तिना ॥ ४.५९.२३ ॥
How could a wingless bird undertake any deed at all? Yet what can be done by me, abiding in the excellences of speech and intellect, that I shall do.
4.59.24
श्रूयतां तत्र वक्ष्यामि भवतां पौरुषाश्रयम्।
वाङ्मतिभ्यां हि सर्वेषां करिष्यामि प्रियं हि वः ॥ ४.५९.२४ ॥
There I shall speak of what rests on your manly effort — listen. By word and by mind I shall surely do what is pleasing to you all.
4.59.25
यद्धि दाशरथेः कार्यं मम तन्नात्र संशयः।
तद् भवन्तो मतिश्रेष्ठा बलवन्तो मनस्विनः ॥ ४.५९.२५ ॥
What is the task of Daśaratha's son is indeed my own; there is no doubt of it. Therefore you, foremost in judgment, strong and resolute—
4.59.26
प्रहिताः कपिराजेन देवैरपि दुरासदाः।
रामलक्ष्मणबाणाश्च विहिताः कङ्कपत्रिणः ॥ ४.५९.२६ ॥
the arrows of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, hurled by the monkey king, hard even for the gods to withstand, fitted with the feathers of the kaṅka bird—
4.59.27
त्रयाणामपि लोकानां पर्याप्तास्त्राणनिग्रहे।
कामं खलु दशग्रीवस्तेजोबलसमन्वितः।
भवतां तु समर्थानां न किंचिदपि दुष्करम् ॥ ४.५९.२७ ॥
You are fully capable of protecting and restraining all three worlds. Indeed Daśagrīva is endowed with splendor and might; yet for capable ones such as you, nothing is difficult.
4.59.28
तदलं कालसङ्गेन क्रियतां बुद्धिनिश्चयः।
नहि कर्मसु सज्जन्ते बुद्धिमन्तो भवद्विधाः ॥ ४.५९.२८ ॥
Therefore, enough of delay; let your resolve be made. Wise men such as you do not cling to hesitation in action.