Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 4.67
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4.67.1
तं दृष्ट्वा जृम्भमाणं ते क्रमितुं शतयोजनम्।
वेगेनापूर्यमाणं च सहसा वानरोत्तमम् ॥ ४.६७.१ ॥
Seeing that best of monkeys suddenly stretching himself and swelling with force, ready to leap a hundred yojanas,
4.67.2
सहसा शोकमुत्सृज्य प्रहर्षेण समन्विताः।
विनेदुस्तुष्टुवुश्चापि हनूमन्तं महाबलम् ॥ ४.६७.२ ॥
Suddenly casting off their grief, filled with joy, they roared aloud and also praised Hanumān, the greatly strong one.
4.67.3
प्रहृष्टा विस्मिताश्चापि ते वीक्षन्ते समन्ततः।
त्रिविक्रमं कृतोत्साहं नारायणमिव प्रजाः ॥ ४.६७.३ ॥
Delighted and amazed, they look all around, as the creatures look upon Nārāyaṇa, the three-stepping Trivikrama, full of resolve.
4.67.4
संस्तूयमानो हनुमान् व्यवर्धत महाबलः।
समाविद्ध्य च लाङ्गूलं हर्षाद् बलमुपेयिवान् ॥ ४.६७.४ ॥
Praised thus, the greatly strong Hanumān swelled; brandishing his tail, in his joy he gathered strength.
4.67.5
तस्य संस्तूयमानस्य वृद्धैर्वानरपुङ्गवैः।
तेजसाऽऽपूर्यमाणस्य रूपमासीदनुत्तमम् ॥ ४.६७.५ ॥
As he was praised by the elder, foremost monkeys and filled with radiance, his form became unsurpassed.
4.67.6
यथा विजृम्भते सिंहो विवृते गिरिगह्वरे।
मारुतस्यौरसः पुत्रस्तथा सम्प्रति जृम्भते ॥ ४.६७.६ ॥
As a lion stretches out in an open mountain cave, so now stretches out the own son of the Wind-god.
4.67.7
अशोभत मुखं तस्य जृम्भमाणस्य धीमतः।
अम्बरीषोपमं दीप्तं विधूम इव पावकः ॥ ४.६७.७ ॥
The face of that wise one, yawning, shone like a smokeless blazing fire, like the disc of the sun.
4.67.8
हरीणामुत्थितो मध्यात् सम्प्रहृष्टतनूरुहः।
अभिवाद्य हरीन् वृद्धान् हनूमानिदमब्रवीत् ॥ ४.६७.८ ॥
Rising from the midst of the monkeys, Hanumān, his hair standing on end with delight, bowed to the elder monkeys and spoke these words.
4.67.9
आरुजन् पर्वताग्राणि हुताशनसखोऽनिलः।
बलवानप्रमेयश्च वायुराकाशगोचरः ॥ ४.६७.९ ॥
Breaking the peaks of mountains, friend of fire, the wind is mighty, immeasurable, and moves through the sky.
4.67.10
तस्याहं शीघ्रवेगस्य शीघ्रगस्य महात्मनः।
मारुतस्यौरसः पुत्रः प्लवनेनास्मि तत्समः ॥ ४.६७.१० ॥
I am the true son of that swift-speeded, swift-going, great-souled Māruta, and in leaping I am his equal.
4.67.11
उत्सहेयं हि विस्तीर्णमालिखन्तमिवाम्बरम्।
मेरुं गिरिमसङ्गेन परिगन्तुं सहस्रशः ॥ ४.६७.११ ॥
Indeed I am able to circle Mount Meru, vast as it scrapes the sky, a thousand times without pause.
4.67.12
बाहुवेगप्रणुन्नेन सागरेणाहमुत्सहे।
समाप्लावयितुं लोकं सपर्वतनदीह्रदम् ॥ ४.६७.१२ ॥
Driven by the force of my arms, the ocean could overflow and flood the whole world with its mountains, rivers and lakes; I am able to do it.
4.67.13
ममोरुजङ्घावेगेन भविष्यति समुत्थितः।
समुत्थितमहाग्राहः समुद्रो वरुणालयः ॥ ४.६७.१३ ॥
By the force of my thighs and legs the ocean, the abode of Varuṇa, will rise up, and great sea-monsters will rise within it.
4.67.14
पन्नगाशनमाकाशे पतन्तं पक्षिसेवितम्।
वैनतेयमहं शक्तः परिगन्तुं सहस्रशः ॥ ४.६७.१४ ॥
Even Vainateya (Garuḍa), the devourer of serpents, flying in the sky and attended by birds, I am able to pass around a thousand times.
4.67.15
उदयात् प्रस्थितं वापि ज्वलन्तं रश्मिमालिनम्।
अनस्तमितमादित्यमहं गन्तुं समुत्सहे ॥ ४.६७.१५ ॥
Even the sun, set out from its rising, blazing and garlanded with rays, never setting, I am eager to go to.
4.67.16
ततो भूमिमसंस्पृष्ट्वा पुनरागन्तुमुत्सहे।
प्रवेगेनैव महता भीमेन प्लवगर्षभाः ॥ ४.६७.१६ ॥
Then, without touching the earth, I am able to come back again, with great and terrible speed indeed, O best of monkeys!
4.67.17
उत्सहेयमतिक्रान्तुं सर्वानाकाशगोचरान्।
सागरान् शोषयिष्यामि दारयिष्यामि मेदिनीम् ॥ ४.६७.१७ ॥
I am able to pass beyond all those that move in the sky; I will dry up the oceans and split the earth.
4.67.18
पर्वतांश्चूर्णयिष्यामि प्लवमानः प्लवङ्गमः।
हरिष्याम्युरुवेगेन प्लवमानो महार्णवम् ॥ ४.६७.१८ ॥
I will pulverize the mountains; leaping, I the monkey, with great speed, will carry off the great ocean, leaping all the while.
4.67.19
लतानां विविधं पुष्पं पादपानां च सर्वशः।
अनुयास्यति मामद्य प्लवमानं विहायसा ॥ ४.६७.१९ ॥
Today the various flowers of the creepers and trees, from every side, will follow me as I leap through the sky.
4.67.20
भविष्यति हि मे पन्थाः स्वातेः पन्था इवाम्बरे।
चरन्तं घोरमाकाशमुत्पतिष्यन्तमेव च ॥ ४.६७.२० ॥
My path will be like the path of the Svāti star in the sky, as I move through the fearsome sky and rise upward.
4.67.21
द्रक्ष्यन्ति निपतन्तं च सर्वभूतानि वानराः।
महामेरुप्रतीकाशं मां द्रक्ष्यध्वं प्लवङ्गमाः ॥ ४.६७.२१ ॥
Vānaras, all creatures will see me descending; leaping monkeys, you will see me like the great Meru.
4.67.22
दिवमावृत्य गच्छन्तं ग्रसमानमिवाम्बरम्।
विधमिष्यामि जीमूतान् कम्पयिष्यामि पर्वतान्।
सागरं शोषयिष्यामि प्लवमानः समाहितः ॥ ४.६७.२२ ॥
Covering the sky and moving as though swallowing the firmament, I will scatter the clouds, shake the mountains, and dry up the ocean, leaping with a composed mind.
4.67.23
वैनतेयस्य वा शक्तिर्मम वा मारुतस्य वा।
ऋते सुपर्णराजानं मारुतं वा महाबलम्।
न तद् भूतं प्रपश्यामि यन्मां प्लुतमनुव्रजेत् ॥ ४.६७.२३ ॥
Apart from the power of Vainateya, or my power, or that of the Wind-god, I see no being that could follow me as I leap.
4.67.24
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण निरालम्बनमम्बरम्।
सहसा निपतिष्यामि घनाद् विद्युदिवोत्थिता ॥ ४.६७.२४ ॥
In the span of a blink, I will suddenly descend from the unsupported sky, like lightning risen from a cloud.
4.67.25
भविष्यति हि मे रूपं प्लवमानस्य सागरम्।
विष्णोः प्रक्रममाणस्य तदा त्रीन् विक्रमानिव ॥ ४.६७.२५ ॥
When I leap across the ocean, my form will be like Viṣṇu's when he took his three strides.
4.67.26
बुद्ध्या चाहं प्रपश्यामि मनश्चेष्टा च मे तथा।
अहं द्रक्ष्यामि वैदेहीं प्रमोदध्वं प्लवङ्गमाः ॥ ४.६७.२६ ॥
With my intellect I clearly see, and so it is with the movement of my mind. I will see Vaidehī. Rejoice, O leaping monkeys.
4.67.27
मारुतस्य समो वेगे गरुडस्य समो जवे।
अयुतं योजनानां तु गमिष्यामीति मे मतिः ॥ ४.६७.२७ ॥
In speed I am equal to the wind, in swiftness equal to Garuḍa. My resolve is that I will go ten thousand yojanas.
4.67.28
वासवस्य सवज्रस्य ब्रह्मणो वा स्वयम्भुवः।
विक्रम्य सहसा हस्तादमृतं तदिहानये ॥ ४.६७.२८ ॥
Even from the hand of Indra with his thunderbolt, or of self-born Brahmā, I will forcibly and suddenly snatch that nectar and bring it here.
4.67.29
लङ्कां वापि समुत्क्षिप्य गच्छेयमिति मे मतिः।
तमेवं वानरश्रेष्ठं गर्जन्तममितप्रभम् ॥ ४.६७.२९ ॥
Or I would uproot and carry off Laṅkā itself—such is my resolve. Thus, the best of monkeys, roaring, of boundless splendour.
4.67.30
प्रहृष्टा हरयस्तत्र समुदैक्षन्त विस्मिताः।
तच्चास्य वचनं श्रुत्वा ज्ञातीनां शोकनाशनम् ॥ ४.६७.३० ॥
There the delighted and astonished monkeys gazed at him intently. And having heard his words, which dispel the grief of their kinsmen—
4.67.31
उवाच परिसंहृष्टो जाम्बवान् प्लवगेश्वरः।
वीर केसरिणः पुत्र वेगवन् मारुतात्मज ॥ ४.६७.३१ ॥
Greatly delighted, Jāmbavān, lord of the monkeys, spoke: O hero, son of Kesarin, swift one, son of the Wind!
4.67.32
ज्ञातीनां विपुलः शोकस्त्वया तात प्रणाशितः।
तव कल्याणरुचयः कपिमुख्याः समागताः ॥ ४.६७.३२ ॥
Dear one, you have destroyed the vast grief of our kinsmen. The chief monkeys who wish you well have gathered here.
4.67.33
मङ्गलान्यर्थसिद्ध्यर्थं करिष्यन्ति समाहिताः।
ऋषीणां च प्रसादेन कपिवृद्धमतेन च ॥ ४.६७.३३ ॥
With minds composed, they will perform auspicious rites for the success of the aim, by the grace of the sages and by the counsel of the elder monkeys.
4.67.34
गुरूणां च प्रसादेन सम्प्लव त्वं महार्णवम्।
स्थास्यामश्चैकपादेन यावदागमनं तव ॥ ४.६७.३४ ॥
By the grace of the elders, leap across the great ocean. We shall stand on one foot until your return.
4.67.35
त्वद्गतानि च सर्वेषां जीवनानि वनौकसाम्।
ततश्च हरिशार्दूलस्तानुवाच वनौकसः ॥ ४.६७.३५ ॥
The lives of all the forest-dwelling monkeys depend upon you. Then Hanumān, the tiger among monkeys, spoke to those forest-dwellers.
4.67.36
कोऽपि लोके न मे वेगं प्लवने धारयिष्यति।
एतानीह नगस्यास्य शिलासंकटशालिनः ॥ ४.६७.३६ ॥
In this world no one will withstand my speed in leaping. These peaks of this mountain, abounding in rocky crags...
4.67.37
शिखराणि महेन्द्रस्य स्थिराणि च महान्ति च।
येषु वेगं गमिष्यामि महेन्द्रशिखरेष्वहम् ॥ ४.६७.३७ ॥
The peaks of Mahendra are steady and great; upon those very peaks of Mahendra I shall gather my momentum.
4.67.38
नानाद्रुमविकीर्णेषु धातुनिष्पन्दशोभिषु।
एतानि मम वेगं हि शिखराणि महान्ति च ॥ ४.६७.३८ ॥
These great peaks, strewn with many kinds of trees and radiant with streams of flowing minerals, will indeed bear my momentum.
4.67.39
प्लवतो धारयिष्यन्ति योजनानामितः शतम्।
ततस्तु मारुतप्रख्यः स हरिर्मारुतात्मजः।
आरुरोह नगश्रेष्ठं महेन्द्रमरिमर्दनः ॥ ४.६७.३९ ॥
From here, for a hundred yojanas, these peaks will bear his leap. Then Hanumān, swift as the wind, son of the Wind, crusher of foes, the monkey, ascended Mahendra, the best of mountains.
4.67.40
वृतं नानाविधैः पुष्पैर्मृगसेवितशाद्वलम्।
लताकुसुमसम्बाधं नित्यपुष्पफलद्रुमम् ॥ ४.६७.४० ॥
It was covered with flowers of many kinds, its grassy meadows frequented by deer, crowded with creeper-blossoms, its trees ever bearing flowers and fruit.
4.67.41
सिंहशार्दूलसहितं मत्तमातङ्गसेवितम्।
मत्तद्विजगणोद्घुष्टं सलिलोत्पीडसंकुलम् ॥ ४.६७.४१ ॥
It was home to lions and tigers, frequented by maddened elephants, resounding with the calls of intoxicated flocks of birds, thronged with the rush of waters.
4.67.42
महद्भिरुच्छ्रितं शृङ्गैर्महेन्द्रं स महाबलः।
विचचार हरिश्रेष्ठो महेन्द्रसमविक्रमः ॥ ४.६७.४२ ॥
Upon Mahendra, raised high with great peaks, that mighty one roamed, the best of monkeys, whose valor equaled Mahendra's own.
4.67.43
पादाभ्यां पीडितस्तेन महाशैलो महात्मना।
ररास सिंहाभिहतो महान् मत्त इव द्विपः ॥ ४.६७.४३ ॥
Pressed beneath the feet of that great-souled one, the great mountain roared like a mighty maddened elephant struck by a lion.
4.67.44
मुमोच सलिलोत्पीडान् विप्रकीर्णशिलोच्चयः।
वित्रस्तमृगमातङ्गः प्रकम्पितमहाद्रुमः ॥ ४.६७.४४ ॥
The mountain released the pressure of its waters; its heaped rocks were scattered, its deer and elephants terrified, and its great trees shaken.
4.67.45
नानागन्धर्वमिथुनैः पानसंसर्गकर्कशैः।
उत्पतद्भिर्विहंगैश्च विद्याधरगणैरपि ॥ ४.६७.४५ ॥
It was filled with many pairs of gandharvas, rough from their drinking, with rising birds and with bands of vidyādharas as well.
4.67.46
त्यज्यमानमहासानुः संनिलीनमहोरगः।
शैलशृङ्गशिलोत्पातस्तदाभूत् स महागिरिः ॥ ४.६७.४६ ॥
Then that great mountain became one whose great summits were being abandoned, where mighty serpents lay hidden, and whose peak-rocks had been torn away.
4.67.47
निःश्वसद्भिस्तदा तैस्तु भुजगैरर्धनिःसृतैः।
सपताक इवाभाति स तदा धरणीधरः ॥ ४.६७.४७ ॥
Then, with those serpents breathing hard and half-emerged, that earth-bearing mountain appeared as though decked with banners.
4.67.48
ऋषिभिस्त्राससम्भ्रान्तैस्त्यज्यमानः शिलोच्चयः।
सीदन् महति कान्तारे सार्थहीन इवाध्वगः ॥ ४.६७.४८ ॥
That heap-of-rocks mountain, abandoned by sages bewildered with terror, seemed to sink in the great wilderness like a traveller who has lost his caravan.
4.67.49
स वेगवान् वेगसमाहितात्मा
हरिप्रवीरः परवीरहन्ता।
मनः समाधाय महानुभावो
जगाम लङ्कां मनसा मनस्वी ॥ ४.६७.४९ ॥
Swift, with his mind fixed on speed, foremost of the monkeys, slayer of enemy heroes, of great power, and resolute of mind, he composed his thoughts and set out for Laṅkā in mind alone.