Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.41
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5.41.1
स च वाग्भिः प्रशस्ताभिर्गमिष्यन् पूजितस्तया।
तस्माद् देशादपाक्रम्य चिन्तयामास वानरः ॥ ५.४१.१ ॥
Honored by Sītā's gracious words, the monkey, about to depart, withdrew from that place and began to reflect.
5.41.2
अल्पशेषमिदं कार्यं दृष्टेयमसितेक्षणा।
त्रीनुपायानतिक्रम्य चतुर्थ इह दृश्यते ॥ ५.४१.२ ॥
Little remains of this task, for I have seen this dark-eyed lady. Beyond the three means, a fourth is seen here.
5.41.3
न साम रक्षःसु गुणाय कल्पते
न दानमर्थोपचितेषु युज्यते।
न भेदसाध्या बलदर्पिता जनाः
पराक्रमस्त्वेष ममेह रोचते ॥ ५.४१.३ ॥
Conciliation is of no use among the rākṣasas; gifts do not suit the wealthy; people proud of strength are not won by division. Here, valor alone pleases me.
5.41.4
न चास्य कार्यस्य पराक्रमादृते
विनिश्चयः कश्चिदिहोपपद्यते।
हतप्रवीराश्च रणे तु राक्षसाः
कथंचिदीयुर्यदिहाद्य मार्दवम् ॥ ५.४१.४ ॥
No resolution of this task can arise here apart from valor. If the rākṣasas, their champions slain in battle, somehow come to gentleness today...
5.41.5
कार्ये कर्मणि निर्वृत्ते यो बहून्यपि साधयेत्।
पूर्वकार्याविरोधेन स कार्यं कर्तुमर्हति ॥ ५.४१.५ ॥
When one task is accomplished, he who can also accomplish many more without contradicting the earlier task is fit to undertake that task.
5.41.6
न ह्येकः साधको हेतुः स्वल्पस्यापीह कर्मणः।
यो ह्यर्थं बहुधा वेद स समर्थोऽर्थसाधने ॥ ५.४१.६ ॥
Here, not even a small task is accomplished by a single cause. He who knows the aim in many ways is able to accomplish the aim.
5.41.7
इहैव तावत्कृतनिश्चयो ह्यहं
व्रजेयमद्य प्लवगेश्वरालयम्।
परात्मसम्मर्दविशेषतत्त्ववित्
ततः कृतं स्यान्मम भर्तृशासनम् ॥ ५.४१.७ ॥
Here I have resolved: today I shall go to the abode of the lord of monkeys, for I know the particular truth of the clash between enemy and self; then my lord's command will be fulfilled.
5.41.8
कथं नु खल्वद्य भवेत् सुखागतं
प्रसह्य युद्धं मम राक्षसैः सह।
तथैव खल्वात्मबलं च सारवत्
समानयेन्मां च रणे दशाननः ॥ ५.४१.८ ॥
How, then, could a fight with the rākṣasas by force come easily to me today? And in the same way, would the ten-faced one bring me into battle together with his substantial strength?
5.41.9
ततः समासाद्य रणे दशाननं
समन्त्रिवर्गं सबलं सयायिनम्।
हृदि स्थितं तस्य मतं बलं च
सुखेन मत्वाहमितः पुनर्व्रजे ॥ ५.४१.९ ॥
Then, having reached the ten-faced one in battle with his council of ministers, his army and his retinue, and having easily understood the intention and strength lying in his heart, I shall return again from here.
5.41.10
इदमस्य नृशंसस्य नन्दनोपममुत्तमम्।
वनं नेत्रमनःकान्तं नानाद्रुमलतायुतम् ॥ ५.४१.१० ॥
This excellent grove of this cruel one, like the Nandana garden, delightful to the eyes and mind, is full of many kinds of trees and creepers.
5.41.11
इदं विध्वंसयिष्यामि शुष्कं वनमिवानलः।
अस्मिन् भग्ने ततः कोपं करिष्यति स रावणः ॥ ५.४१.११ ॥
This grove I shall destroy like fire a dry forest; when it is broken, Rāvaṇa will be filled with anger.
5.41.12
ततो महत्साश्वमहारथद्विपं
बलं समानेष्यति राक्षसाधिपः।
त्रिशूलकालायसपट्टिशायुधं
ततो महद्युद्धमिदं भविष्यति ॥ ५.४१.१२ ॥
Then the lord of the rākṣasas will bring a great army with horses, great chariots and elephants, armed with tridents, deadly iron and paṭṭiśa; then this will be a great battle.
5.41.13
अहं च तैः संयति चण्डविक्रमैः
समेत्य रक्षोभिरभङ्गविक्रमः।
निहत्य तद् रावणचोदितं बलं
सुखं गमिष्यामि हरीश्वरालयम् ॥ ५.४१.१३ ॥
And I, meeting those fiercely valiant rakshasas in battle, my prowess unbroken, having slain that army sent by Rāvaṇa, shall go easily to the abode of the lord of the monkeys.
5.41.14
ततो मारुतवत् क्रुद्धो मारुतिर्भीमविक्रमः।
ऊरुवेगेन महता द्रुमान् क्षेप्तुमथारभत् ॥ ५.४१.१४ ॥
Then Hanumān, son of the wind, enraged like the wind and of terrible prowess, began with the great force of his thighs to hurl up trees.
5.41.15
ततस्तद्धनुमान् वीरो बभञ्ज प्रमदावनम्।
मत्तद्विजसमाघुष्टं नानाद्रुमलतायुतम् ॥ ५.४१.१५ ॥
Then that hero Hanumān broke the pleasure grove, resounding with intoxicated birds and filled with many kinds of trees and creepers.
5.41.16
तद्वनं मथितैर्वृक्षैर्भिन्नैश्च सलिलाशयैः।
चूर्णितैः पर्वताग्रैश्च बभूवाप्रियदर्शनम् ॥ ५.४१.१६ ॥
That grove, crushed by uprooted trees, broken ponds and pounded mountain peaks, became unpleasant to behold.
5.41.17
नानाशकुन्तविरुतैः प्रभिन्नसलिलाशयैः।
ताम्रैः किसलयैः क्लान्तैः क्लान्तद्रुमलतायुतैः ॥ ५.४१.१७ ॥
That grove was full of the cries of many birds, with ponds burst open, reddish tender shoots, and withered trees and creepers.
5.41.18
न बभौ तद् वनं तत्र दावानलहतं यथा।
व्याकुलावरणा रेजुर्विह्वला इव ता लताः ॥ ५.४१.१८ ॥
That grove did not shine as a forest struck by wildfire would not; and those creepers, with their coverings in disarray, appeared distraught.
5.41.19
लतागृहैश्चित्रगृहैश्च सादितै-
र्व्यालैर्मृगैरार्तरवैश्च पक्षिभिः।
शिलागृहैरुन्मथितैस्तथा गृहैः
प्रणष्टरूपं तदभून्महद् वनम् ॥ ५.४१.१९ ॥
The vine-bowers and painted pavilions were broken, the serpents, deer and birds cried out in distress, the stone houses and other dwellings were overturned, and that great forest lost its form.
5.41.20
सा विह्वलाशोकलताप्रताना
वनस्थली शोकलताप्रताना।
जाता दशास्यप्रमदावनस्य
कपेर्बलाद्धि प्रमदावनस्य ॥ ५.४१.२० ॥
That forest ground, with its trellises of ashoka vines all thrown into disarray, became, by the strength of the monkey, a place of trellises of sorrow-vines within Ravana's pleasure-garden.
5.41.21
ततः स कृत्वा जगतीपतेर्महान्
महद् व्यलीकं मनसो महात्मनः।
युयुत्सुरेको बहुभिर्महाबलैः
श्रिया ज्वलंस्तोरणमाश्रितः कपिः ॥ ५.४१.२१ ॥
Then that great monkey, having dealt a great injury to the mind of the lord of the earth, desiring to fight alone against many mighty warriors, blazing with splendour, took his stand upon the gateway.