Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.34
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5.34.1
तस्यास्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा हनूमान् हरिपुंगवः।
दुःखाद् दुःखाभिभूतायाः सान्त्वमुत्तरमब्रवीत् ॥ ५.३४.१ ॥
Having heard her words, Hanumān, the best of monkeys, spoke in reply words of comfort to her, who was overcome by grief.
5.34.2
अहं रामस्य संदेशाद् देवि दूतस्तवागतः।
वैदेहि कुशली रामः स त्वां कौशलमब्रवीत् ॥ ५.३४.२ ॥
I have come to you, O goddess, as Rāma's messenger, bearing his word. O Vaidehī, Rāma is well, and he has asked after your welfare.
5.34.3
यो ब्राह्ममस्त्रं वेदांश्च वेद वेदविदां वरः।
स त्वां दाशरथी रामो देवि कौशलमब्रवीत् ॥ ५.३४.३ ॥
Rāma, son of Daśaratha, who knows the divine weapon and the Vedas, the best of those who know the Vedas, he, O goddess, has asked after your welfare.
5.34.4
लक्ष्मणश्च महातेजा भर्तुस्तेऽनुचरः प्रियः।
कृतवाञ्छोकसंतप्तः शिरसा तेऽभिवादनम् ॥ ५.३४.४ ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, of great splendor, the dear follower of your husband, afflicted with grief, has bowed his head and offered you his salutation.
5.34.5
सा तयोः कुशलं देवी निशम्य नरसिंहयोः।
प्रतिसंहृष्टसर्वांगी हनूमन्तमथाब्रवीत् ॥ ५.३४.५ ॥
Having heard the welfare of those two lions among men, the goddess, every limb thrilled in response, then spoke to Hanumān.
5.34.6
कल्याणी बत गाथेयं लौकिकी प्रतिभाति मा।
एति जीवन्तमानन्दो नरं वर्षशतादपि ॥ ५.३४.६ ॥
How auspicious indeed is this word! Yet it seems to me like a common saying of the world: joy comes even to a living man after a hundred years.
5.34.7
तयोः समागमे तस्मिन् प्रीतिरुत्पादिताद्भुता।
परस्परेण चालापं विश्वस्तौ तौ प्रचक्रतुः ॥ ५.३४.७ ॥
In that meeting of the two, a wonderful affection arose, and, reassured, they began to converse with one another.
5.34.8
तस्यास्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः।
सीतायाः शोकतप्तायाः समीपमुपचक्रमे ॥ ५.३४.८ ॥
Hearing her words, Hanumān, the son of the Wind, began to approach Sītā, who was scorched by grief.
5.34.9
यथा यथा समीपं स हनूमानुपसर्पति।
तथा तथा रावणं सा तं सीता परिशङ्कते ॥ ५.३४.९ ॥
The nearer Hanumān drew, the more Sītā came to suspect that he was Rāvaṇa.
5.34.10
अहो धिग् धिक्कृतमिदं कथितं हि यदस्य मे।
रूपान्तरमुपागम्य स एवायं हि रावणः ॥ ५.३४.१० ॥
Alas, shame! What he has just said to me is truly shameful. This is that very Rāvaṇa, who has come in another form.
5.34.11
तामशोकस्य शाखां तु विमुक्त्वा शोककर्शिता।
तस्यामेवानवद्याङ्गी धरण्यां समुपाविशत् ॥ ५.३४.११ ॥
Letting go of that branch of the aśoka tree, Sītā, faultless of limb and worn by grief, sat down on the ground beneath it.
5.34.12
अवन्दत महाबाहुस्ततस्तां जनकात्मजाम्।
सा चैनं भयसंत्रस्ता भूयो नैनमुदैक्षत ॥ ५.३४.१२ ॥
Then the mighty-armed one bowed to the daughter of Janaka; but Sītā, trembling with fear, did not look at him again.
5.34.13
तं दृष्ट्वा वन्दमानं च सीता शशिनिभानना।
अब्रवीद् दीर्घमुच्छ्वस्य वानरं मधुरस्वरा ॥ ५.३४.१३ ॥
Seeing him bowing before her, Sītā, moon-faced and sweet-voiced, heaved a long sigh and spoke to the monkey.
5.34.14
मायां प्रविष्टो मायावी यदि त्वं रावणः स्वयम्।
उत्पादयसि मे भूयः संतापं तन्न शोभनम् ॥ ५.३४.१४ ॥
If you are Rāvaṇa himself, the illusionist who has entered into illusion, then it is not fitting that you again cause me torment.
5.34.15
स्वं परित्यज्य रूपं यः परिव्राजकरूपवान्।
जनस्थाने मया दृष्टस्त्वं स एव हि रावणः ॥ ५.३४.१५ ॥
You are that very Rāvaṇa whom I saw at Janasthāna, who abandoned his own form and took on the appearance of a wandering ascetic.
5.34.16
उपवासकृशां दीनां कामरूप निशाचर।
संतापयसि मां भूयः संतापं तन्न शोभनम् ॥ ५.३४.१६ ॥
O night-wanderer who takes whatever form you wish, you torment me again — wasted by fasting and wretched as I am. That is not fitting.
5.34.17
अथवा नैतदेवं हि यन्मया परिशङ्कितम्।
मनसो हि मम प्रीतिरुत्पन्ना तव दर्शनात् ॥ ५.३४.१७ ॥
Or perhaps what I have suspected is not so. My heart has been filled with joy at the sight of you.
5.34.18
यदि रामस्य दूतस्त्वमागतो भद्रमस्तु ते।
पृच्छामि त्वां हरिश्रेष्ठ प्रिया रामकथा हि मे ॥ ५.३४.१८ ॥
If you have come as a messenger of Rāma, may good fortune be yours. O best of monkeys, I ask you: the tale of Rāma is dear to me.
5.34.19
गुणान् रामस्य कथय प्रियस्य मम वानर।
चित्तं हरसि मे सौम्य नदीकूलं यथा रयः ॥ ५.३४.१९ ॥
O monkey, tell me the qualities of Rāma, my beloved. O gentle one, you carry away my mind as a river's current carries away its bank.
5.34.20
अहो स्वप्नस्य सुखता याहमेव चिराहृता।
प्रेषितं नाम पश्यामि राघवेण वनौकसम् ॥ ५.३४.२० ॥
Ah, how pleasant this dream is, in which I, who have been carried off so long, am here! I see that Rāghava has sent a forest-dweller.
5.34.21
स्वप्नेऽपि यद्यहं वीरं राघवं सहलक्ष्मणम्।
पश्येयं नावसीदेयं स्वप्नोऽपि मम मत्सरी ॥ ५.३४.२१ ॥
If only in a dream I could see the heroic Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa, I would not sink into sorrow. But even this dream of mine is envious of me.
5.34.22
नाहं स्वप्नमिमं मन्ये स्वप्ने दृष्ट्वा हि वानरम्।
न शक्योऽभ्युदयः प्राप्तुं प्राप्तश्चाभ्युदयो मम ॥ ५.३४.२२ ॥
I do not think this is a dream, for in a dream one cannot see a monkey. Prosperity is not easy to attain, yet prosperity has come to me.
5.34.23
किं नु स्याच्चित्तमोहोऽयं भवेद् वातगतिस्त्वियम्।
उन्मादजो विकारो वा स्यादयं मृगतृष्णिका ॥ ५.३४.२३ ॥
Is this a delusion of the mind, or some disturbance like the motion of the wind? Or a disorder born of madness? Is this a mirage?
5.34.24
अथवा नायमुन्मादो मोहोऽप्युन्मादलक्षणः।
सम्बुध्ये चाहमात्मानमिमं चापि वनौकसम् ॥ ५.३४.२४ ॥
Or this is not madness, nor a delusion bearing the marks of madness. I am clearly aware of myself and of this forest-dweller.
5.34.25
इत्येवं बहुधा सीता सम्प्रधार्य बलाबलम्।
रक्षसां कामरूपत्वान्मेने तं राक्षसाधिपम् ॥ ५.३४.२५ ॥
Thus, considering in many ways their strength and weakness, Sītā, because the rākṣasas can take whatever form they wish, regarded him as the lord of the rākṣasas.
5.34.26
एतां बुद्धिं तदा कृत्वा सीता सा तनुमध्यमा।
न प्रतिव्याजहाराथ वानरं जनकात्मजा ॥ ५.३४.२६ ॥
Having settled upon this thought, Sītā, the daughter of Janaka, slender-waisted, did not answer the monkey.
5.34.27
सीताया निश्चितं बुद्ध्वा हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः।
श्रोत्रानुकूलैर्वचनैस्तदा तां सम्प्रहर्षयन् ॥ ५.३४.२७ ॥
Hanumān, son of the Wind-god, understanding Sītā's resolve, then gladdened her with words pleasing to the ear.
5.34.28
आदित्य इव तेजस्वी लोककान्तः शशी यथा।
राजा सर्वस्य लोकस्य देवो वैश्रवणो यथा ॥ ५.३४.२८ ॥
Radiant like the sun, beloved of the world like the moon, and like the god Vaiśravaṇa, king of all the worlds.
5.34.29
विक्रमेणोपपन्नश्च यथा विष्णुर्महायशाः।
सत्यवादी मधुरवाग् देवो वाचस्पतिर्यथा ॥ ५.३४.२९ ॥
Endowed with valor like Viṣṇu of great fame, truthful and sweet-spoken like the god Vācaspati.
5.34.30
रूपवान् सुभगः श्रीमान् कंदर्प इव मूर्तिमान्।
स्थानक्रोधे प्रहर्ता च श्रेष्ठो लोके महारथः ॥ ५.३४.३० ॥
Handsome, fortunate and glorious, like Kāmadeva made manifest; a striker who is angry at the right moment, the best great charioteer-warrior in the world.
5.34.31
बाहुच्छायामवष्टब्धो यस्य लोको महात्मनः।
अपक्रम्याश्रमपदान्मृगरूपेण राघवम् ॥ ५.३४.३१ ॥
He, in the form of a deer, led far away from the hermitage Rāghava, under whose great-souled arm's shelter the whole world rests.
5.34.32
शून्ये येनापनीतासि तस्य द्रक्ष्यसि तत्फलम्।
अचिराद् रावणं संख्ये यो वधिष्यति वीर्यवान् ॥ ५.३४.३२ ॥
You will soon see the result for him who carried you off from the empty place: the valiant one will slay Rāvaṇa in battle.
5.34.33
क्रोधप्रमुक्तैरिषुभिर्ज्वलद्भिरिव पावकैः।
तेनाहं प्रेषितो दूतस्त्वत्सकाशमिहागतः ॥ ५.३४.३३ ॥
Sent by him, whose arrows released in anger blaze like fire, I have come here as a messenger into your presence.
5.34.34
त्वद्वियोगेन दुःखार्तः स त्वां कौशलमब्रवीत्।
लक्ष्मणश्च महातेजाः सुमित्रानन्दवर्धनः ॥ ५.३४.३४ ॥
Afflicted with sorrow at your separation, he asked after your welfare; and the greatly radiant Lakṣmaṇa, who increases Sumitrā's joy, also asked after your welfare.
5.34.35
अभिवाद्य महाबाहुः स त्वां कौशलमब्रवीत्।
रामस्य च सखा देवि सुग्रीवो नाम वानरः ॥ ५.३४.३५ ॥
The mighty-armed one, having greeted you respectfully, asked after your welfare. O goddess, Sugrīva, the monkey and friend of Rāma, also asked after your welfare.
5.34.36
राजा वानरमुख्यानां स त्वां कौशलमब्रवीत्।
नित्यं स्मरति ते रामः ससुग्रीवः सलक्ष्मणः ॥ ५.३४.३६ ॥
The king of the chief monkeys, too, asked after your welfare. Rāma, together with Sugrīva and Lakṣmaṇa, always remembers you.
5.34.37
दिष्ट्या जीवसि वैदेहि राक्षसीवशमागता।
नचिराद् द्रक्ष्यसे रामं लक्ष्मणं च महारथम् ॥ ५.३४.३७ ॥
By good fortune you are alive, Vaidehī, though you have fallen into the power of the rākṣasīs. Before long you will see Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the great charioteers.
5.34.38
मध्ये वानरकोटीनां सुग्रीवं चामितौजसम्।
अहं सुग्रीवसचिवो हनूमान् नाम वानरः ॥ ५.३४.३८ ॥
Among tens of millions of monkeys, I am Hanumān by name, a monkey, minister of Sugrīva, who has boundless might.
5.34.39
प्रविष्टो नगरीं लङ्कां लङ्घयित्वा महोदधिम्।
कृत्वा मूर्ध्नि पदन्यासं रावणस्य दुरात्मनः ॥ ५.३४.३९ ॥
Having leapt across the great ocean, I entered the city of Laṅkā, and placed my foot upon the head of the wicked-souled Rāvaṇa.
5.34.40
त्वां द्रष्टुमुपयातोऽहं समाश्रित्य पराक्रमम्।
नाहमस्मि तथा देवि यथा मामवगच्छसि।
विशङ्का त्यज्यतामेषा श्रद्धत्स्व वदतो मम ॥ ५.३४.४० ॥
O goddess, I have come to see you, relying on my own valour. I am not such as you take me to be. Let this doubt be cast aside; put your trust in my words.