Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.37
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5.37.1
सा सीता वचनं श्रुत्वा पूर्णचन्द्रनिभानना।
हनूमन्तमुवाचेदं धर्मार्थसहितं वचः ॥ ५.३७.१ ॥
Sītā, whose face was like the full moon, having heard those words, spoke this speech to Hanumān, joined with dharma and purpose.
5.37.2
अमृतं विषसम्पृक्तं त्वया वानर भाषितम्।
यच्च नान्यमना रामो यच्च शोकपरायणः ॥ ५.३७.२ ॥
O monkey, what you have spoken is like nectar mixed with poison; and Rāma, with his mind on nothing else, is absorbed in grief.
5.37.3
ऐश्वर्ये वा सुविस्तीर्णे व्यसने वा सुदारुणे।
रज्ज्वेव पुरुषं बद्ध्वा कृतान्तः परिकर्षति ॥ ५.३७.३ ॥
Whether in vast prosperity or in most dreadful misfortune, Death (Kṛtānta) drags a man away as though he had bound him with a rope.
5.37.4
विधिर्नूनमसंहार्यः प्राणिनां प्लवगोत्तम।
सौमित्रं मां च रामं च व्यसनैः पश्य मोहितान् ॥ ५.३७.४ ॥
O best of monkeys, the decree of fate over living beings is surely irresistible; see Lakṣmaṇa, me, and Rāma, bewildered by misfortunes.
5.37.5
शोकस्यास्य कथं पारं राघवोऽधिगमिष्यति।
प्लवमानः परिक्रान्तो हतनौः सागरे यथा ॥ ५.३७.५ ॥
How will Rāghava ever reach the far shore of this grief? Like one swimming and wandering in the sea after his boat is wrecked.
5.37.6
राक्षसानां वधं कृत्वा सूदयित्वा च रावणम्।
लङ्कामुन्मथितां कृत्वा कदा द्रक्ष्यति मां पतिः ॥ ५.३७.६ ॥
Having slain the rākṣasas and killed Rāvaṇa, having turned Laṅkā upside down, when will my husband see me?
5.37.7
स वाच्यः संत्वरस्वेति यावदेव न पूर्यते।
अयं संवत्सरः कालस्तावद्धि मम जीवितम् ॥ ५.३७.७ ॥
Tell him to hurry, before this year is complete; this span of time is my life.
5.37.8
वर्तते दशमो मासो द्वौ तु शेषौ प्लवङ्गम।
रावणेन नृशंसेन समयो यः कृतो मम ॥ ५.३७.८ ॥
O leaper, the tenth month is passing and only two remain; this is the term the cruel Rāvaṇa set for me.
5.37.9
विभीषणेन च भ्रात्रा मम निर्यातनं प्रति।
अनुनीतः प्रयत्नेन न च तत् कुरुते मतिम् ॥ ५.३७.९ ॥
My brother-in-law Vibhīṣaṇa too urged him earnestly about my release, yet he does not resolve to do it.
5.37.10
मम प्रतिप्रदानं हि रावणस्य न रोचते।
रावणं मार्गते संख्ये मृत्युः कालवशंगतम् ॥ ५.३७.१० ॥
Rāvaṇa does not like to return me; death, which has come under the sway of time, is seeking him in battle.
5.37.11
ज्येष्ठा कन्या कला नाम विभीषणसुता कपे।
तया ममैतदाख्यातं मात्रा प्रहितया स्वयम् ॥ ५.३७.११ ॥
O monkey, Kalā by name, the eldest daughter of Vibhīṣaṇa, told me this; her mother herself had sent her and had it said.
5.37.12
अविन्ध्यो नाम मेधावी विद्वान् राक्षसपुङ्गवः।
धृतिमाञ्छीलवान् वृद्धो रावणस्य सुसम्मतः ॥ ५.३७.१२ ॥
There is a wise and learned chief of the rākṣasas named Avindhya, steady, of good character, aged, and highly esteemed by Rāvaṇa.
5.37.13
रामात् क्षयमनुप्राप्तं रक्षसां प्रत्यचोदयत्।
न च तस्य स दुष्टात्मा शृणोति वचनं हितम् ॥ ५.३७.१३ ॥
Because of Rāma, he urged (Rāvaṇa) to heed the coming destruction of the rākṣasas, but that evil-minded one did not listen to his beneficial words.
5.37.14
आशंसेयं हरिश्रेष्ठ क्षिप्रं मां प्राप्स्यते पतिः।
अन्तरात्मा हि मे शुद्धस्तस्मिंश्च बहवो गुणाः ॥ ५.३७.१४ ॥
Best of monkeys, I hope my husband will soon obtain me. My inner self is pure, and in him there are many virtues.
5.37.15
उत्साहः पौरुषं सत्त्वमानृशंस्यं कृतज्ञता।
विक्रमश्च प्रभावश्च सन्ति वानर राघवे ॥ ५.३७.१५ ॥
Monkey, in Rāghava (Rāma) there are energy, manly valour, steadfastness, kindness, gratitude, prowess and power.
5.37.16
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि राक्षसानां जघान यः।
जनस्थाने विना भ्रात्रा शत्रुः कस्तस्य नोद्विजेत् ॥ ५.३७.१६ ॥
He who slew fourteen thousand rākṣasas at Janasthāna without his brother, what enemy of his would not be afraid?
5.37.17
न स शक्यस्तुलयितुं व्यसनैः पुरुषर्षभः।
अहं तस्यानुभावज्ञा शक्रस्येव पुलोमजा ॥ ५.३७.१७ ॥
That bull among men cannot be measured by calamities. As Pulomajā knows the power of Indra, so I know his power.
5.37.18
शरजालांशुमान् शूरः कपे रामदिवाकरः।
शत्रुरक्षोमयं तोयमुपशोषं नयिष्यति ॥ ५.३७.१८ ॥
Monkey, the heroic Rāma, the sun whose rays are a net of arrows, will bring the water that is the enemy's rākṣasas to complete drying up.
5.37.19
अश्रुसम्पूर्णवदनामुवाच हनुमान् कपिः ॥ ५.३७.१९ ॥
To Sītā, her face full of tears, the monkey Hanumān spoke.
5.37.20
श्रुत्वैव च वचो मह्यं क्षिप्रमेष्यति राघवः।
चमूं प्रकर्षन् महतीं हर्यृक्षगणसंकुलाम् ॥ ५.३७.२० ॥
Hearing my word, Rāghava will quickly come, bringing forth a great army crowded with hosts of monkeys and bears.
5.37.21
अथवा मोचयिष्यामि त्वामद्यैव सराक्षसात्।
अस्माद् दुःखादुपारोह मम पृष्ठमनिन्दिते ॥ ५.३७.२१ ॥
Or, O blameless one, today itself I will free you from this sorrow, along with the rākṣasas. Mount upon my back.
5.37.22
त्वां तु पृष्ठगतां कृत्वा संतरिष्यामि सागरम्।
शक्तिरस्ति हि मे वोढुं लङ्कामपि सरावणाम् ॥ ५.३७.२२ ॥
Carrying you on my back, I will cross the ocean; I have the strength to carry even Laṅkā, with Rāvaṇa.
5.37.23
अहं प्रस्रवणस्थाय राघवायाद्य मैथिलि।
प्रापयिष्यामि शक्राय हव्यं हुतमिवानलः ॥ ५.३७.२३ ॥
O Maithilī, today I will bring word to Rāghava standing on Prasravaṇa mountain, as fire carries the offering poured into it to Indra.
5.37.24
द्रक्ष्यस्यद्यैव वैदेहि राघवं सहलक्ष्मणम्।
व्यवसायसमायुक्तं विष्णुं दैत्यवधे यथा ॥ ५.३७.२४ ॥
O Vaidehī, today you will see Rāghava with Lakṣmaṇa, resolute in purpose, like Viṣṇu when he slew the demons.
5.37.25
त्वद्दर्शनकृतोत्साहमाश्रमस्थं महाबलम्।
पुरंदरमिवासीनं नगराजस्य मूर्धनि ॥ ५.३७.२५ ॥
Resolved by the sight of you, the mighty one dwelling in the hermitage is like Indra seated on the summit of the king of mountains.
5.37.26
पृष्ठमारोह मे देवि मा विकाङ्क्षस्व शोभने।
योगमन्विच्छ रामेण शशाङ्केनेव रोहिणी ॥ ५.३७.२६ ॥
O goddess, mount my back; do not hesitate, O radiant one. Seek union with Rāma, as Rohiṇī with the moon.
5.37.27
कथयन्तीव शशिना संगमिष्यसि रोहिणी।
मत्पृष्ठमधिरोह त्वं तराकाशं महार्णवम् ॥ ५.३७.२७ ॥
As Rohiṇī, speaking as it were with the moon, will unite with it, so you will unite. Mount my back, and cross the sky and the great ocean.
5.37.28
नहि मे सम्प्रयातस्य त्वामितो नयतोऽङ्गने।
अनुगन्तुं गतिं शक्ताः सर्वे लङ्कानिवासिनः ॥ ५.३७.२८ ॥
O lady, as I carry you away from here, none of the dwellers of Laṅkā will be able to follow my course.
5.37.29
यथैवाहमिह प्राप्तस्तथैवाहमसंशयम्।
यास्यामि पश्य वैदेहि त्वामुद्यम्य विहायसम् ॥ ५.३७.२९ ॥
Just as I came here, so without doubt I shall go. Behold, O Vaidehī, lifting you up through the sky.
5.37.30
मैथिली तु हरिश्रेष्ठाच्छ्रुत्वा वचनमद्भुतम्।
हर्षविस्मितसर्वाङ्गी हनूमन्तमथाब्रवीत् ॥ ५.३७.३० ॥
But Maithilī, hearing the wondrous words of the best of monkeys, her whole body thrilled with joy and amazement, spoke to Hanumān.
5.37.31
हनूमन् दूरमध्वानं कथं मां नेतुमिच्छसि।
तदेव खलु ते मन्ये कपित्वं हरियूथप ॥ ५.३७.३१ ॥
Hanumān, how do you wish to carry me along so far a road? I think this is surely your monkey-nature, O lord of the monkey troops.
5.37.32
कथं चाल्पशरीरस्त्वं मामितो नेतुमिच्छसि।
सकाशं मानवेन्द्रस्य भर्तुर्मे प्लवगर्षभ ॥ ५.३७.३२ ॥
And you, small of body, how do you wish to carry me from here into the presence of my lord, the lord of men, O best of monkeys?
5.37.33
सीतायास्तु वचः श्रुत्वा हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः।
चिन्तयामास लक्ष्मीवान् नवं परिभवं कृतम् ॥ ५.३७.३३ ॥
Having heard Sītā's words, Hanumān, son of the Wind, radiant, reflected that a fresh slight had been put upon him.
5.37.34
न मे जानाति सत्त्वं वा प्रभावं वासितेक्षणा।
तस्मात् पश्यतु वैदेही यद् रूपं मम कामतः ॥ ५.३७.३४ ॥
The dark-eyed lady does not know my strength or my power. Therefore let the Vaidehī see the form I take at will.
5.37.35
दर्शयामास सीतायाः स्वरूपमरिमर्दनः ॥ ५.३७.३५ ॥
The crusher of foes showed Sītā his own true form.
5.37.36
स तस्मात् पादपाद् धीमानाप्लुत्य प्लवगर्षभः।
ततो वर्धितुमारेभे सीताप्रत्ययकारणात् ॥ ५.३७.३६ ॥
Then the wise best of monkeys leapt down from that tree and began to enlarge his body, to give Sītā assurance.
5.37.37
मेरुमन्दरसंकाशो बभौ दीप्तानलप्रभः।
अग्रतो व्यवतस्थे च सीताया वानरर्षभः ॥ ५.३७.३७ ॥
Like Meru and Mandara in size, shining with the brilliance of a blazing fire, the best of monkeys stood before Sītā.
5.37.38
हरिः पर्वतसंकाशस्ताम्रवक्त्रो महाबलः।
वज्रदंष्ट्रनखो भीमो वैदेहीमिदमब्रवीत् ॥ ५.३७.३८ ॥
That monkey, huge as a mountain, with a copper-red face, of great strength, fearsome, with teeth and nails like thunderbolts, spoke these words to Vaidehī.
5.37.39
सपर्वतवनोद्देशां साट्टप्राकारतोरणाम्।
लङ्कामिमां सनाथां वा नयितुं शक्तिरस्ति मे ॥ ५.३७.३९ ॥
I have the power to carry off this Laṅkā, with its mountains and forest regions, its towers, walls and gateways, even with its lord.
5.37.40
तदवस्थाप्यतां बुद्धिरलं देवि विकाङ्क्षया।
विशोकं कुरु वैदेहि राघवं सहलक्ष्मणम् ॥ ५.३७.४० ॥
So let your resolve stand firm. O goddess, enough of doubt. O Vaidehī, free Rāghava and Lakṣmaṇa from sorrow.
5.37.41
तं दृष्ट्वाचलसंकाशमुवाच जनकात्मजा।
पद्मपत्रविशालाक्षी मारुतस्यौरसं सुतम् ॥ ५.३७.४१ ॥
Seeing him, mountain-like, the daughter of Janaka, large-eyed as lotus petals, spoke to the true son of the Wind-god.
5.37.42
तव सत्त्वं बलं चैव विजानामि महाकपे।
वायोरिव गतिश्चापि तेजश्चाग्नेरिवाद्भुतम् ॥ ५.३७.४२ ॥
O great monkey, I know your courage and strength. Your speed is like the Wind's, and your radiance is wondrous like fire's.
5.37.43
प्राकृतोऽन्यः कथं चेमां भूमिमागन्तुमर्हति।
उदधेरप्रमेयस्य पारं वानरयूथप ॥ ५.३७.४३ ॥
How could any ordinary being reach this land across the immeasurable ocean, O lord of the monkey troops?
5.37.44
जानामि गमने शक्तिं नयने चापि ते मम।
अवश्यं सम्प्रधार्याशु कार्यसिद्धिरिवात्मनः ॥ ५.३७.४४ ॥
I know you have the strength to go, and you have seen me with your own eyes. Yet decide this matter firmly and swiftly, as if it were your own undertaking.
5.37.45
अयुक्तं तु कपिश्रेष्ठ मया गन्तुं त्वया सह।
वायुवेगसवेगस्य वेगो मां मोहयेत् तव ॥ ५.३७.४५ ॥
But, best of monkeys, it is not fitting for me to go with you. Your speed, equal to the speed of the wind, would bewilder me.
5.37.46
अहमाकाशमासक्ता उपर्युपरि सागरम्।
प्रपतेयं हि ते पृष्ठाद् भूयो वेगेन गच्छतः ॥ ५.३७.४६ ॥
Clinging to the sky, high above the ocean, I would surely fall from your back again as you hurry on.
5.37.47
पतिता सागरे चाहं तिमिनक्रझषाकुले।
भवेयमाशु विवशा यादसामन्नमुत्तमम् ॥ ५.३७.४७ ॥
Having fallen into the ocean, full of sharks, crocodiles and fish, I would soon become helpless and the finest food for the creatures of the sea.
5.37.48
न च शक्ष्ये त्वया सार्धं गन्तुं शत्रुविनाशन।
कलत्रवति संदेहस्त्वयि स्यादप्यसंशयम् ॥ ५.३७.४८ ॥
I cannot go with you, O destroyer of enemies. Doubt would surely arise about you as well, a man who has a wife.
5.37.49
ह्रियमाणां तु मां दृष्ट्वा राक्षसा भीमविक्रमाः।
अनुगच्छेयुरादिष्टा रावणेन दुरात्मना ॥ ५.३७.४९ ॥
Seeing me being carried off, the demons of terrible prowess, at the command of the wicked-souled Rāvaṇa, would follow after me.
5.37.50
तैस्त्वं परिवृतः शूरैः शूलमुद्गरपाणिभिः।
भवेस्त्वं संशयं प्राप्तो मया वीर कलत्रवान् ॥ ५.३७.५० ॥
Surrounded by those heroes with spears and clubs in hand, you, O hero encumbered with a wife, would be brought into peril because of me.
5.37.51
सायुधा बहवो व्योम्नि राक्षसास्त्वं निरायुधः।
कथं शक्ष्यसि संयातुं मां चैव परिरक्षितुम् ॥ ५.३७.५१ ॥
In the sky there are many demons armed with weapons, while you are unarmed; how will you be able to go on and also protect me?
5.37.52
युध्यमानस्य रक्षोभिस्ततस्तैः क्रूरकर्मभिः।
प्रपतेयं हि ते पृष्ठाद् भयार्ता कपिसत्तम ॥ ५.३७.५२ ॥
Then, O best of monkeys, as you fight with those cruel-acting demons, I would surely fall from your back, afflicted with fear.
5.37.53
अथ रक्षांसि भीमानि महान्ति बलवन्ति च।
कथंचित् साम्पराये त्वां जयेयुः कपिसत्तम ॥ ५.३७.५३ ॥
Then the terrible, mighty and strong demons might somehow overpower you in battle, O best of monkeys.
5.37.54
अथवा युध्यमानस्य पतेयं विमुखस्य ते।
पतितां च गृहीत्वा मां नयेयुः पापराक्षसाः ॥ ५.३७.५४ ॥
Or else, when you have turned your face away while fighting, I would fall; and the sinful demons would seize me as I lie fallen and carry me away.
5.37.55
मां वा हरेयुस्त्वद्धस्ताद् विशसेयुरथापि वा।
अनवस्थौ हि दृश्येते युद्धे जयपराजयौ ॥ ५.३७.५५ ॥
Or they may snatch me from your hand, or else slay me; for in battle victory and defeat are seen to be uncertain.
5.37.56
अहं वापि विपद्येयं रक्षोभिरभितर्जिता।
त्वत्प्रयत्नो हरिश्रेष्ठ भवेन्निष्फल एव तु ॥ ५.३७.५६ ॥
Or I myself, terrified by the demons, might perish; and then, best of monkeys, your effort would indeed be fruitless.
5.37.57
कामं त्वमपि पर्याप्तो निहन्तुं सर्वराक्षसान्।
राघवस्य यशो हीयेत् त्वया शस्तैस्तु राक्षसैः ॥ ५.३७.५७ ॥
Granted, you too are able to slay all the demons; yet if the demons are struck down by you, the glory of Rāghava would be diminished.
5.37.58
अथवाऽऽदाय रक्षांसि न्यसेयुः संवृते हि माम्।
यत्र ते नाभिजानीयुर्हरयो नापि राघवः ॥ ५.३७.५८ ॥
Or the demons, taking me, might place me in some hidden place where the monkeys would not recognize me, nor even Rāghava.
5.37.59
आरम्भस्तु मदर्थोऽयं ततस्तव निरर्थकः।
त्वया हि सह रामस्य महानागमने गुणः ॥ ५.३७.५९ ॥
This undertaking is for my sake alone; then your effort would be pointless. For the coming of Rāma together with you is itself a great advantage.
5.37.60
मयि जीवितमायत्तं राघवस्यामितौजसः।
भ्रातॄणां च महाबाहो तव राजकुलस्य च ॥ ५.३७.६० ॥
Upon me depends the life of Rāghava of immeasurable might, O mighty-armed one, and of his brothers, and of your royal house as well.
5.37.61
तौ निराशौ मदर्थं च शोकसंतापकर्शितौ।
सह सर्वर्क्षहरिभिस्त्यक्ष्यतः प्राणसंग्रहम् ॥ ५.३७.६१ ॥
For my sake, the two of them, hopeless and worn down by grief and anguish, will give up their lives together with all the bears and monkeys.
5.37.62
भर्तुर्भक्तिं पुरस्कृत्य रामादन्यस्य वानर।
नाहं स्प्रष्टुं स्वतो गात्रमिच्छेयं वानरोत्तम ॥ ५.३७.६२ ॥
O monkey, keeping devotion to my husband before me, I would not of my own accord wish for any body other than Rāma's to touch my body, O best of monkeys.
5.37.63
यदहं गात्रसंस्पर्शं रावणस्य गता बलात्।
अनीशा किं करिष्यामि विनाथा विवशा सती ॥ ५.३७.६३ ॥
Since I have been brought against my will into the bodily touch of Rāvaṇa, powerless, without a protector and helpless, what can I, the chaste one, do?
5.37.64
यदि रामो दशग्रीवमिह हत्वा सराक्षसम्।
मामितो गृह्य गच्छेत तत् तस्य सदृशं भवेत् ॥ ५.३७.६४ ॥
If Rāma, having slain the ten-necked Rāvaṇa here together with his rākṣasas, were to take me away from here, that would be fitting for him.
5.37.65
श्रुताश्च दृष्टा हि मया पराक्रमा
महात्मनस्तस्य रणावमर्दिनः।
न देवगन्धर्वभुजङ्गराक्षसा
भवन्ति रामेण समा हि संयुगे ॥ ५.३७.६५ ॥
I have both heard of and seen the prowess of that great-souled Rāma, the crusher of foes in battle. In combat, gods, gandharvas, serpents and rākṣasas are not equal to Rāma.
5.37.66
समीक्ष्य तं संयति चित्रकार्मुकं
महाबलं वासवतुल्यविक्रमम्।
सलक्ष्मणं को विषहेत राघवं
हुताशनं दीप्तमिवानिलेरितम् ॥ ५.३७.६६ ॥
Who could withstand Rāghava, wielding a wondrous bow in battle, of great strength, of valor equal to Indra's, with Lakṣmaṇa at his side — like a blazing fire driven by the wind?
5.37.67
सलक्ष्मणं राघवमाजिमर्दनं
दिशागजं मत्तमिव व्यवस्थितम्।
सहेत को वानरमुख्य संयुगे
युगान्तसूर्यप्रतिमं शरार्चिषम् ॥ ५.३७.६७ ॥
Rāghava with Lakṣmaṇa, crusher of armies, stands firm like a maddened elephant of the quarters. O chief of the monkeys, who could withstand him in battle, blazing like the sun at the end of an age with his arrows' flame?
5.37.68
स मे कपिश्रेष्ठ सलक्ष्मणं प्रियं
सयूथपं क्षिप्रमिहोपपादय।
चिराय रामं प्रति शोककर्शितां
कुरुष्व मां वानरवीर हर्षिताम् ॥ ५.३७.६८ ॥
O best of monkeys, quickly bring him here, that beloved one, together with Lakṣmaṇa and his troop-leaders. O hero among monkeys, gladden me, who have long been wasted by grief for Rāma.