Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.12
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5.12.1
स तस्य मध्ये भवनस्य संस्थितो
लतागृहांश्चित्रगृहान् निशागृहान्।
जगाम सीतां प्रतिदर्शनोत्सुको
न चैव तां पश्यति चारुदर्शनाम् ॥ ५.१२.१ ॥
He went through the arbours of creepers, the picture-galleries and the night-chambers at the centre of that mansion, eager to see Sītā again; but he did not see her, she of lovely appearance.
5.12.2
स चिन्तयामास ततो महाकपिः
प्रियामपश्यन् रघुनन्दनस्य ताम्।
ध्रुवं न सीता ध्रियते यथा न मे
विचिन्वतो दर्शनमेति मैथिली ॥ ५.१२.२ ॥
Then the great monkey reflected, not seeing the beloved of Raghu's delight: 'Surely Sītā is not alive, since in my searching I do not find the sight of the Maithilī.'
5.12.3
सा राक्षसानां प्रवरेण जानकी
स्वशीलसंरक्षणतत्परा सती।
अनेन नूनं प्रति दुष्टकर्मणा
हता भवेदार्यपथे परे स्थिता ॥ ५.१२.३ ॥
Sītā, Jānakī, devoted to guarding her own virtue against the chief of the rākṣasas, a chaste woman standing on the noble path, has surely been slain by this evil-doer.
5.12.4
विरूपरूपा विकृता विवर्चसो
महानना दीर्घविरूपदर्शनाः।
समीक्ष्य ता राक्षसराजयोषितो
भयाद् विनष्टा जनकेश्वरात्मजा ॥ ५.१२.४ ॥
Ill-formed, deformed, lustreless, big-mouthed, long and hideous to behold — having seen those women of the rākṣasa king, the daughter of Janaka, the lord, has surely perished out of fear.
5.12.5
सीतामदृष्ट्वा ह्यनवाप्य पौरुषं
विहृत्य कालं सह वानरैश्चिरम्।
न मेऽस्ति सुग्रीवसमीपगा गतिः
सुतीक्ष्णदण्डो बलवांश्च वानरः ॥ ५.१२.५ ॥
Having not seen Sītā and not attained the fruit of my manly effort, having spent much time with the monkeys, I have no course to return to Sugrīva's presence; Sugrīva is a monkey of harsh punishment and great strength.
5.12.6
दृष्टमन्तःपुरं सर्वं दृष्टा रावणयोषितः।
न सीता दृश्यते साध्वी वृथा जातो मम श्रमः ॥ ५.१२.६ ॥
I have seen the whole inner apartment and all the women of Rāvaṇa, yet the virtuous Sītā is not seen; my effort has been in vain.
5.12.7
किं नु मां वानराः सर्वे गतं वक्ष्यन्ति संगताः।
गत्वा तत्र त्वया वीर किं कृतं तद् वदस्व नः ॥ ५.१२.७ ॥
O hero, what will all the assembled monkeys say to me about my going there? Tell us what you did there.
5.12.8
अदृष्ट्वा किं प्रवक्ष्यामि तामहं जनकात्मजाम्।
ध्रुवं प्रायमुपासिष्ये कालस्य व्यतिवर्तने ॥ ५.१२.८ ॥
Without seeing Janaka's daughter, what shall I say to her? Surely, to pass the time, I shall undertake the fast unto death.
5.12.9
किं वा वक्ष्यति वृद्धश्च जाम्बवानंगदश्च सः।
गतं पारं समुद्रस्य वानराश्च समागताः ॥ ५.१२.९ ॥
What will the aged Jāmbavān and Aṅgada say? The far shore of the ocean has been reached, and the monkeys have assembled.
5.12.10
अनिर्वेदः श्रियो मूलमनिर्वेदः परं सुखम्।
भूयस्तत्र विचेष्यामि न यत्र विचयः कृतः ॥ ५.१२.१० ॥
Not despairing is the root of prosperity; not despairing is the supreme happiness. I shall search again there where the search has not been made.
5.12.11
अनिर्वेदो हि सततं सर्वार्थेषु प्रवर्तकः।
करोति सफलं जन्तोः कर्म यच्च करोति सः ॥ ५.१२.११ ॥
Indeed, not despairing is always the promoter of all aims; it makes fruitful the action that a living being performs.
5.12.12
तस्मादनिर्वेदकरं यत्नं चेष्टेऽहमुत्तमम्।
अदृष्टांश्च विचेष्यामि देशान् रावणपालितान् ॥ ५.१२.१२ ॥
Therefore I shall make the supreme effort that does not breed dejection, and I shall search the places guarded by Rāvaṇa that have not yet been seen.
5.12.13
आपानशाला विचितास्तथा पुष्पगृहाणि च।
चित्रशालाश्च विचिता भूयः क्रीडागृहाणि च ॥ ५.१२.१३ ॥
I searched the drinking halls, the flower chambers and the picture galleries, and again I searched the pleasure houses.
5.12.15
निष्कुटान्तररथ्याश्च विमानानि च सर्वशः।
भूमीगृहांश्चैत्यगृहान् गृहातिगृहकानपि।
उत्पतन् निपतंश्चापि तिष्ठन् गच्छन् पुनः क्वचित् ॥ ५.१२.१५ ॥
The inner lanes of the gardens and the pavilions everywhere; the underground chambers, the shrine-houses, and houses beyond houses — leaping up, leaping down, now standing, now moving on again somewhere.
5.12.16
अपवृण्वंश्च द्वाराणि कपाटान्यवघट्टयन्।
प्रविशन् निष्पतंश्चापि प्रपतन्नुत्पतन्निव ॥ ५.१२.१६ ॥
Opening the doors and knocking aside the door-panels, entering and going out, as if falling and leaping up.
5.12.17
सर्वमप्यवकाशं स विचचार महाकपिः।
चतुरंगुलमात्रोऽपि नावकाशः स विद्यते।
रावणान्तःपुरे तस्मिन् यं कपिर्न जगाम सः ॥ ५.१२.१७ ॥
That great monkey searched every place; there was not even a space of four fingers' breadth in Rāvaṇa's inner apartments that the monkey did not go into.
5.12.18
प्राकारान्तरवीथ्यश्च वेदिकाश्चैत्यसंश्रयाः।
श्वभ्राश्च पुष्करिण्यश्च सर्वं तेनावलोकितम् ॥ ५.१२.१८ ॥
The lanes between the enclosure walls, the terraces, the shrine-dwellings, the pits and the lotus-ponds — all of it he surveyed.
5.12.19
राक्षस्यो विविधाकारा विरूपा विकृतास्तथा।
दृष्टा हनुमता तत्र न तु सा जनकात्मजा ॥ ५.१२.१९ ॥
There Hanumān saw rākṣasī women of various forms, ugly and deformed, but he did not see Sītā, the daughter of Janaka.
5.12.20
रूपेणाप्रतिमा लोके परा विद्याधरस्त्रियः।
दृष्टा हनुमता तत्र न तु राघवनन्दिनी ॥ ५.१२.२० ॥
There Hanumān saw the incomparably beautiful, supreme women of the Vidyādhara spirits, but he did not see the delight of the Rāghavas.
5.12.21
नागकन्या वरारोहाः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाः।
दृष्टा हनुमता तत्र न तु सा जनकात्मजा ॥ ५.१२.२१ ॥
There Hanumān saw serpent maidens with fine hips and faces like the full moon, but he did not see Sītā, the daughter of Janaka.
5.12.22
प्रमथ्य राक्षसेन्द्रेण नागकन्या बलाद्धृताः।
दृष्टा हनुमता तत्र न सा जनकनन्दिनी ॥ ५.१२.२२ ॥
There Hanumān saw serpent maidens who had been seized by force and carried off by the lord of the rākṣasas, but he did not see Sītā, the daughter of Janaka.
5.12.23
सोऽपश्यंस्तां महाबाहुः पश्यंश्चान्या वरस्त्रियः।
विषसाद महाबाहुर्हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः ॥ ५.१२.२३ ॥
Not seeing her, though he saw other excellent women, the mighty-armed Hanumān, son of the Wind, fell into despair.
5.12.24
उद्योगं वानरेन्द्राणां प्लवनं सागरस्य च।
व्यर्थं वीक्ष्यानिलसुतश्चिन्तां पुनरुपागतः ॥ ५.१२.२४ ॥
Seeing that the effort of the monkey-lords and his leap over the ocean had been in vain, the son of the Wind fell once more into anxiety.
5.12.25
अवतीर्य विमानाच्च हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः।
चिन्तामुपजगामाथ शोकोपहतचेतनः ॥ ५.१२.२५ ॥
Having descended from the aerial chariot, Hanumān, son of the Wind, his consciousness struck down by grief, fell into thought.