Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.31
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5.31.1
एवं बहुविधां चिन्तां चिन्तयित्वा महामतिः।
संश्रवे मधुरं वाक्यं वैदेह्या व्याजहार ह ॥ ५.३१.१ ॥
Having pondered many kinds of anxious thoughts, the great-minded Hanumān spoke sweet words to Vaidehī, within her hearing.
5.31.2
राजा दशरथो नाम रथकुञ्जरवाजिमान्।
पुण्यशीलो महाकीर्तिरिक्ष्वाकूणां महायशाः ॥ ५.३१.२ ॥
There was a king named Daśaratha, possessed of chariots, elephants and horses, virtuous of character, of great fame, the most renowned of the Ikṣvākus.
5.31.3
राजर्षीणां गुणश्रेष्ठस्तपसा चर्षिभिः समः।
चक्रवर्तिकुले जातः पुरंदरसमो बले ॥ ५.३१.३ ॥
Foremost in virtues among royal sages, equal to the seers in austerity, born in the lineage of the universal emperor, equal to Purandara (Indra) in strength.
5.31.4
अहिंसारतिरक्षुद्रो घृणी सत्यपराक्रमः।
मुख्यस्येक्ष्वाकुवंशस्य लक्ष्मीवाँल्लक्ष्मिवर्धनः ॥ ५.३१.४ ॥
Delighting in non-violence, magnanimous, compassionate, whose valour is truth; the chief of the Ikṣvāku line, radiant, increaser of prosperity.
5.31.5
पार्थिवव्यञ्जनैर्युक्तः पृथुश्रीः पार्थिवर्षभः।
पृथिव्यां चतुरन्तायां विश्रुतः सुखदः सुखी ॥ ५.३१.५ ॥
Endowed with the marks of royalty, of great splendour, the bull among kings; renowned on the earth bounded by four oceans, giver of happiness, himself happy.
5.31.6
तस्य पुत्रः प्रियो ज्येष्ठस्ताराधिपनिभाननः।
रामो नाम विशेषज्ञः श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम् ॥ ५.३१.६ ॥
His beloved eldest son, moon-faced, named Rāma, discerning of distinctions, the best of all archers.
5.31.7
रक्षिता स्वस्य वृत्तस्य स्वजनस्यापि रक्षिता।
रक्षिता जीवलोकस्य धर्मस्य च परंतपः ॥ ५.३१.७ ॥
He was the guardian of his own conduct, the protector of his own kinsmen, the protector of the living world, and the protector of dharma, O tormentor of foes.
5.31.8
तस्य सत्याभिसंधस्य वृद्धस्य वचनात् पितुः।
सभार्यः सह च भ्रात्रा वीरः प्रव्रजितो वनम् ॥ ५.३१.८ ॥
That hero of true vow, at the word of his aged father, went forth into the forest together with his wife and his brother.
5.31.9
तेन तत्र महारण्ये मृगयां परिधावता।
राक्षसा निहताः शूरा बहवः कामरूपिणः ॥ ५.३१.९ ॥
There, roaming the great forest in pursuit of game, he slew many heroic rakshasas who could assume any form at will.
5.31.10
जनस्थानवधं श्रुत्वा निहतौ खरदूषणौ।
ततस्त्वमर्षापहृता जानकी रावणेन तु ॥ ५.३१.१० ॥
Having heard of the slaughter at Janasthāna and that Khara and Dūṣaṇa had been slain, then Rāvaṇa, in his fury, carried off Jānakī.
5.31.11
वञ्चयित्वा वने रामं मृगरूपेण मायया।
स मार्गमाणस्तां देवीं रामः सीतामनिन्दिताम् ॥ ५.३१.११ ॥
Having deceived Rāma in the forest by an illusory form of a deer, Rāvaṇa carried her off; and Rāma, searching for that blameless goddess Sītā...
5.31.12
आससाद वने मित्रं सुग्रीवं नाम वानरम्।
ततः स वालिनं हत्वा रामः परपुरंजयः ॥ ५.३१.१२ ॥
In the forest he met a monkey friend named Sugrīva. Then Rāma, conqueror of enemy cities, having slain Vālin...
5.31.13
आयच्छत् कपिराज्यं तु सुग्रीवाय महात्मने।
सुग्रीवेणाभिसंदिष्टा हरयः कामरूपिणः ॥ ५.३१.१३ ॥
He gave the kingdom of the monkeys to the great-souled Sugrīva, and the monkeys, able to take any form at will, were sent out at Sugrīva's command.
5.31.14
दिक्षु सर्वासु तां देवीं विचिन्वन्तः सहस्रशः।
अहं सम्पातिवचनाच्छतयोजनमायतम् ॥ ५.३१.१४ ॥
Searching in every direction by the thousands for that goddess, I, on Sampāti's word, leapt across the ocean stretching a hundred yojanas.
5.31.15
तस्या हेतोर्विशालाक्ष्याः समुद्रं वेगवान् प्लुतः।
यथारूपां यथावर्णां यथालक्ष्मवतीं च ताम् ॥ ५.३१.१५ ॥
For the sake of that broad-eyed lady I swiftly leapt over the ocean; she is just as her form, her complexion, and her auspicious marks described her.
5.31.16
अश्रौषं राघवस्याहं सेयमासादिता मया।
विररामैवमुक्त्वा स वाचं वानरपुंगवः ॥ ५.३१.१६ ॥
I heard of Rāghava (Rāma), and this very lady has been found by me. Having spoken thus, that best of monkeys fell silent.
5.31.17
जानकी चापि तच्छ्रुत्वा विस्मयं परमं गता।
ततः सा वक्रकेशान्ता सुकेशी केशसंवृतम्।
उन्नम्य वदनं भीरुः शिंशपामन्ववैक्षत ॥ ५.३१.१७ ॥
Jānakī too, hearing this, was struck with the greatest wonder. Then she, fair-haired, her hair's ends curled, timid, lifted her face veiled by her hair and gazed up at the śiṃśapā tree.
5.31.18
निशम्य सीता वचनं कपेश्च
दिशश्च सर्वाः प्रदिशश्च वीक्ष्य।
स्वयं प्रहर्षं परमं जगाम
सर्वात्मना राममनुस्मरन्ती ॥ ५.३१.१८ ॥
Sītā, having heard the monkey's words and looked over all the directions and intermediate directions, herself attained supreme joy, remembering Rāma with her whole being.
5.31.19
सा तिर्यगूर्ध्वं च तथा ह्यधस्ता-
न्निरीक्षमाणा तमचिन्त्यबुद्धिम्।
ददर्श पिंगाधिपतेरमात्यं
वातात्मजं सूर्यमिवोदयस्थम् ॥ ५.३१.१९ ॥
Looking across, upward and downward, she saw the minister of the lord of the tawny monkeys, the son of the Wind, of inconceivable intelligence, standing like the sun at its rising.