Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.40
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5.40.1
श्रुत्वा तु वचनं तस्य वायुसूनोर्महात्मनः।
उवाचात्महितं वाक्यं सीता सुरसुतोपमा ॥ ५.४०.१ ॥
Having heard those words of the great-souled son of the Wind-god, Sītā, like a daughter of the gods, spoke words beneficial to herself.
5.40.2
त्वां दृष्ट्वा प्रियवक्तारं सम्प्रहृष्यामि वानर।
अर्धसंजातसस्येव वृष्टिं प्राप्य वसुंधरा ॥ ५.४०.२ ॥
Seeing you, a speaker of pleasant words, O monkey, I rejoice greatly, as the earth with half-grown crops rejoices on receiving rain.
5.40.3
यथा तं पुरुषव्याघ्रं गात्रैः शोकाभिकर्शितैः।
संस्पृशेयं सकामाहं तथा कुरु दयां मयि ॥ ५.४०.३ ॥
So that I may touch that tiger among men with my limbs worn down by grief, and my desire be fulfilled, show compassion upon me.
5.40.4
अभिज्ञानं च रामस्य दद्या हरिगणोत्तम।
क्षिप्तामिषीकां काकस्य कोपादेकाक्षिशातनीम् ॥ ५.४०.४ ॥
O best of the monkey host, give also a token of recognition for Rāma: the blade of grass that was hurled in anger and blinded one eye of the crow.
5.40.5
मनःशिलायास्तिलको गण्डपार्श्वे निवेशितः।
त्वया प्रणष्टे तिलके तं किल स्मर्तुमर्हसि ॥ ५.४०.५ ॥
A tilaka mark of red arsenic was placed on my cheek; that tilaka has been lost, so you should indeed remind him of it.
5.40.6
स वीर्यवान् कथं सीतां हृतां समनुमन्यसे।
वसन्तीं रक्षसां मध्ये महेन्द्रवरुणोपम ॥ ५.४०.६ ॥
How does that mighty one accept Sītā, who has been abducted and dwells among the rākṣasas? O you who are like Indra and Varuṇa, how do you consent to this?
5.40.7
एष चूडामणिर्दिव्यो मया सुपरिरक्षितः।
एतं दृष्ट्वा प्रहृष्यामि व्यसने त्वामिवानघ ॥ ५.४०.७ ॥
This divine crest-jewel, carefully guarded by me—seeing it, I rejoice even in calamity, as if I were seeing you, O sinless one.
5.40.8
एष निर्यातितः श्रीमान् मया ते वारिसम्भवः।
अतः परं न शक्ष्यामि जीवितुं शोकलालसा ॥ ५.४०.८ ॥
This glorious lotus-token I send to you. From now on I shall not be able to live, longing in grief.
5.40.9
असह्यानि च दुःखानि वाचश्च हृदयच्छिदः।
राक्षसैः सह संवासं त्वत्कृते मर्षयाम्यहम् ॥ ५.४०.९ ॥
Unbearable sorrows and words that pierce the heart, living among the rākṣasas—these I endure for your sake.
5.40.10
धारयिष्यामि मासं तु जीवितं शत्रुसूदन।
मासादूर्ध्वं न जीविष्ये त्वया हीना नृपात्मज ॥ ५.४०.१० ॥
O slayer of foes, I shall sustain my life for only a month. O prince, after a month, bereft of you, I shall not live.
5.40.11
घोरो राक्षसराजोऽयं दृष्टिश्च न सुखा मयि।
त्वां च श्रुत्वा विषज्जन्तं न जीवेयमपि क्षणम् ॥ ५.४०.११ ॥
This rākṣasa king is terrible, and his gaze upon me is not pleasant. Hearing that he is attached to you, I would not live even for a moment.
5.40.12
वैदेह्या वचनं श्रुत्वा करुणं साश्रुभाषितम्।
अथाब्रवीन्महातेजा हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः ॥ ५.४०.१२ ॥
Having heard Vaidehī's piteous words, spoken with tears, the greatly radiant Hanumān, son of the Wind, then spoke.
5.40.13
त्वच्छोकविमुखो रामो देवि सत्येन ते शपे।
रामे शोकाभिभूते तु लक्ष्मणः परितप्यते ॥ ५.४०.१३ ॥
O goddess, Rāma has turned away from your sorrow — I swear it to you by truth. Rāma is overcome with grief, and Lakṣmaṇa is tormented on his account.
5.40.14
दृष्टा कथंचिद् भवती न कालः परिदेवितुम्।
इमं मुहूर्तं दुःखानामन्तं द्रक्ष्यसि भामिनि ॥ ५.४०.१४ ॥
O radiant lady, I have somehow seen you; this is no time for lamenting. In this very moment you will see the end of your sorrows.
5.40.15
तावुभौ पुरुषव्याघ्रौ राजपुत्रावनिन्दितौ।
त्वद्दर्शनकृतोत्साहौ लङ्कां भस्मीकरिष्यतः ॥ ५.४०.१५ ॥
Those two princes, tigers among men and blameless, eager because of their desire to see you, will reduce Laṅkā to ashes.
5.40.16
हत्वा तु समरे रक्षो रावणं सहबान्धवैः।
राघवौ त्वां विशालाक्षि स्वां पुरीं प्रति नेष्यतः ॥ ५.४०.१६ ॥
Having slain the demon Rāvaṇa in battle together with his kinsmen, the two Rāghavas will lead you back to your own city, O wide-eyed one.
5.40.17
यत्तु रामो विजानीयादभिज्ञानमनिन्दिते।
प्रीतिसंजननं भूयस्तस्य त्वं दातुमर्हसि ॥ ५.४०.१७ ॥
O blameless one, you should give him a token that Rāma would recognize, one that will again awaken affection in him.
5.40.18
साब्रवीद् दत्तमेवाहो मयाभिज्ञानमुत्तमम्।
एतदेव हि रामस्य दृष्ट्वा यत्नेन भूषणम् ॥ ५.४०.१८ ॥
She said: Ah, I have already given this excellent token. This is the very ornament that Rāma looked at with care.
5.40.19
श्रद्धेयं हनुमन् वाक्यं तव वीर भविष्यति।
स तं मणिवरं गृह्य श्रीमान् प्लवगसत्तमः ॥ ५.४०.१९ ॥
Hanumān, O hero, your word will be worthy of belief. Then that glorious best of monkeys took the excellent jewel.
5.40.20
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवीं गमनायोपचक्रमे।
तमुत्पातकृतोत्साहमवेक्ष्य हरियूथपम् ॥ ५.४०.२० ॥
Bowing his head to the goddess, he made ready to depart. Seeing the lord of the monkey troop eager to make his great leap,
5.40.21
वर्धमानं महावेगमुवाच जनकात्मजा।
अश्रुपूर्णमुखी दीना बाष्पगद्गदया गिरा ॥ ५.४०.२१ ॥
To that monkey, growing in his great speed, spoke the daughter of Janaka. With her face full of tears, sorrowful, her voice choked with weeping, Sītā spoke.
5.40.22
हनूमन् सिंहसंकाशौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ।
सुग्रीवं च सहामात्यं सर्वान् ब्रूया अनामयम् ॥ ५.४०.२२ ॥
O Hanumān, tell the two brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, lion-like, and Sugrīva with his ministers, all of them, my well-being.
5.40.23
यथा च स महाबाहुर्मां तारयति राघवः।
अस्माद् दुःखाम्बुसंरोधात् त्वं समाधातुमर्हसि ॥ ५.४०.२३ ॥
And as the mighty-armed Rāghava will rescue me from this obstruction of the flood of sorrow, so you ought to arrange it.
5.40.24
इदं च तीव्रं मम शोकवेगं
रक्षोभिरेभिः परिभर्त्सनं च।
ब्रूयास्तु रामस्य गतः समीपं
शिवश्च तेऽध्वास्तु हरिप्रवीर ॥ ५.४०.२४ ॥
Go near to Rāma and tell him of this intense surge of my grief and these threats made by the rākṣasas. And may your journey be auspicious, O hero among monkeys.
5.40.25
स राजपुत्र्या प्रतिवेदितार्थः
कपिः कृतार्थः परिहृष्टचेताः।
तदल्पशेषं प्रसमीक्ष्य कार्यं
दिशं ह्युदीचीं मनसा जगाम ॥ ५.४०.२५ ॥
Having received from the princess the report of his errand, the monkey, fulfilled and with a delighted heart, considered the small task that remained and set out in his mind toward the northern quarter.