Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.42
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5.42.1
ततः पक्षिनिनादेन वृक्षभङ्गस्वनेन च।
बभूवुस्त्राससम्भ्रान्ताः सर्वे लङ्कानिवासिनः ॥ ५.४२.१ ॥
Then, by the cries of birds and the crashing sound of breaking trees, all the inhabitants of Laṅkā were thrown into terror and confusion.
5.42.2
विद्रुताश्च भयत्रस्ता विनेदुर्मृगपक्षिणः।
रक्षसां च निमित्तानि क्रूराणि प्रतिपेदिरे ॥ ५.४२.२ ॥
Fleeing and terror-stricken, the deer and birds cried out, and the demons perceived dreadful omens.
5.42.3
ततो गतायां निद्रायां राक्षस्यो विकृताननाः।
तद् वनं ददृशुर्भग्नं तं च वीरं महाकपिम् ॥ ५.४२.३ ॥
Then, when sleep had passed, the demonesses with distorted faces saw that grove wrecked, and that heroic great monkey.
5.42.4
स ता दृष्ट्वा महाबाहुर्महासत्त्वो महाबलः।
चकार सुमहद्रूपं राक्षसीनां भयावहम् ॥ ५.४२.४ ॥
Seeing them, he, the great-armed, great-spirited, and mighty one, assumed an enormous form that struck the demonesses with fear.
5.42.5
ततस्तु गिरिसंकाशमतिकायं महाबलम्।
राक्षस्यो वानरं दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छुर्जनकात्मजाम् ॥ ५.४२.५ ॥
Then the demonesses, seeing that monkey, huge as a mountain and of great might, questioned the daughter of Janaka.
5.42.6
कोऽयं कस्य कुतो वायं किंनिमित्तमिहागतः।
कथं त्वया सहानेन संवादः कृत इत्युत ॥ ५.४२.६ ॥
Who is this? Whose is he? From where, and for what purpose has he come here? And how did you hold conversation with him?
5.42.7
आचक्ष्व नो विशालाक्षि मा भूत्ते सुभगे भयम्।
संवादमसितापाङ्गि त्वया किं कृतवानयम् ॥ ५.४२.७ ॥
Tell us, wide-eyed one; let there be no fear for you, fortunate lady. Dark-eyed woman, what conversation did this one have with you?
5.42.8
अथाब्रवीत् तदा साध्वी सीता सर्वाङ्गशोभना।
रक्षसां कामरूपाणां विज्ञाने का गतिर्मम ॥ ५.४२.८ ॥
Then Sītā, the virtuous one, lovely in all her limbs, spoke: "What means have I to know of the rākṣasas who take whatever form they wish?"
5.42.9
यूयमेवास्य जानीत योऽयं यद् वा करिष्यति।
अहिरेव ह्यहेः पादान् विजानाति न संशयः ॥ ५.४२.९ ॥
You yourselves should know who this is and what he will do; surely a snake knows the footprints of a snake, there is no doubt.
5.42.10
अहमप्यतिभीतास्मि नैव जानामि को ह्ययम्।
वेद्मि राक्षसमेवैनं कामरूपिणमागतम् ॥ ५.४२.१० ॥
I too am greatly frightened, and I do not know who this is; I only know that a rākṣasa, one who takes whatever form he wishes, has come here.
5.42.11
वैदेह्या वचनं श्रुत्वा राक्षस्यो विद्रुता द्रुतम्।
स्थिताः काश्चिद्गताः काश्चिद् रावणाय निवेदितुम् ॥ ५.४२.११ ॥
Having heard the words of Vaidehī, the rākṣasīs quickly fled; some stood there, and some went off to report to Rāvaṇa.
5.42.12
रावणस्य समीपे तु राक्षस्यो विकृताननाः।
विरूपं वानरं भीमं रावणाय न्यवेदिषुः ॥ ५.४२.१२ ॥
But in Rāvaṇa's presence, the rākṣasīs with distorted faces reported to Rāvaṇa about that terrible, hideous monkey.
5.42.13
अशोकवनिकामध्ये राजन् भीमवपुः कपिः।
सीतया कृतसंवादस्तिष्ठत्यमितविक्रमः ॥ ५.४२.१३ ॥
O king, in the midst of the Ashoka grove stands that terrible-bodied monkey of immeasurable valour, having held converse with Sītā.
5.42.14
न च तं जानकी सीता हरिं हरिणलोचना।
अस्माभिर्बहुधा पृष्टा निवेदयितुमिच्छति ॥ ५.४२.१४ ॥
And Jānakī Sītā, deer-eyed, does not wish to reveal anything about that monkey, though we have questioned her many times.
5.42.15
वासवस्य भवेद् दूतो दूतो वैश्रवणस्य वा।
प्रेषितो वापि रामेण सीतान्वेषणकाङ्क्षया ॥ ५.४२.१५ ॥
He may be a messenger of Indra, or a messenger of Kubera; or he may have been sent by Rāma himself, out of desire to search for Sītā.
5.42.16
तेनैवाद्भुतरूपेण यत्तत्तव मनोहरम्।
नानामृगगणाकीर्णं प्रमृष्टं प्रमदावनम् ॥ ५.४२.१६ ॥
It is that wondrous-formed one who has utterly ruined your delightful pleasure-grove, crowded with many herds of beasts and deer.
5.42.17
न तत्र कश्चिदुद्देशो यस्तेन न विनाशितः।
यत्र सा जानकी देवी स तेन न विनाशितः ॥ ५.४२.१७ ॥
There is no spot there that he has not destroyed; only the place where the goddess Jānakī is, that place he has not destroyed.
5.42.18
जानकीरक्षणार्थं वा श्रमाद् वा नोपलक्ष्यते।
अथवा कः श्रमस्तस्य सैव तेनाभिरक्षिता ॥ ५.४२.१८ ॥
It is not seen whether this is for the protection of Jānakī or from fatigue; or what fatigue could he have? She herself is protected by him.
5.42.19
चारुपल्लवपत्राढ्यं यं सीता स्वयमास्थिता।
प्रवृद्धः शिंशपावृक्षः स च तेनाभिरक्षितः ॥ ५.४२.१९ ॥
The great śiṃśapā tree, rich with lovely tender shoots and leaves, under which Sītā herself had sat — and he had protected it.
5.42.20
तस्योग्ररूपस्योग्रं त्वं दण्डमाज्ञातुमर्हसि।
सीता सम्भाषिता येन वनं तेन विनाशितम् ॥ ५.४२.२० ॥
You ought to order a harsh punishment for that fierce-formed one — he who spoke with Sītā and destroyed the grove.
5.42.21
मनःपरिगृहीतां तां तव रक्षोगणेश्वर।
कः सीतामभिभाषेत यो न स्यात् त्यक्तजीवितः ॥ ५.४२.२१ ॥
O lord of the rākṣasa hosts, to Sītā — whom your mind has embraced — who would dare speak, unless he had given up his life?
5.42.22
राक्षसीनां वचः श्रुत्वा रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः।
चिताग्निरिव जज्वाल कोपसंवर्तितेक्षणः ॥ ५.४२.२२ ॥
Hearing the words of the rākṣasa women, Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, blazed like a funeral pyre, his eyes rolling with wrath.
5.42.23
तस्य क्रुद्धस्य नेत्राभ्यां प्रापतन्नश्रुबिन्दवः।
दीप्ताभ्यामिव दीपाभ्यां सार्चिषः स्नेहबिन्दवः ॥ ५.४२.२३ ॥
From the eyes of the enraged one fell drops of tears, like drops of oil falling with flames from two blazing lamps.
5.42.24
आत्मनः सदृशान् वीरान् किंकरान्नाम राक्षसान्।
व्यादिदेश महातेजा निग्रहार्थं हनूमतः ॥ ५.४२.२४ ॥
The mighty-splendored one commanded his own heroic rākṣasas, called the Kiṃkaras, to restrain Hanumān.
5.42.25
तेषामशीतिसाहस्रं किंकराणां तरस्विनाम्।
निर्ययुर्भवनात् तस्मात् कूटमुद्गरपाणयः ॥ ५.४२.२५ ॥
Eighty thousand of those swift servants, the Kiṅkara rākṣasas, with iron clubs and mallets in their hands, sallied forth from that palace.
5.42.26
महोदरा महादंष्ट्रा घोररूपा महाबलाः।
युद्धाभिमनसः सर्वे हनूमद्ग्रहणोन्मुखाः ॥ ५.४२.२६ ॥
With great bellies, great fangs, and terrible forms, mighty and bent on battle, all of them were eager to seize Hanumān.
5.42.27
ते कपिं तं समासाद्य तोरणस्थमवस्थितम्।
अभिपेतुर्महावेगाः पतंगा इव पावकम् ॥ ५.४२.२७ ॥
Reaching that monkey standing on the gateway arch, the swift rākṣasas rushed upon him like moths upon a fire.
5.42.28
ते गदाभिर्विचित्राभिः परिघैः काञ्चनाङ्गदैः।
आजग्मुर्वानरश्रेष्ठं शरैरादित्यसंनिभैः ॥ ५.४२.२८ ॥
With variegated maces, iron bars adorned with gold armlets, and arrows bright as the sun, they came against that best of monkeys.
5.42.29
मुद्गरैः पट्टिशैः शूलैः प्रासतोमरपाणयः।
परिवार्य हनूमन्तं सहसा तस्थुरग्रतः ॥ ५.४२.२९ ॥
With mallets, double-edged swords, and spears, and with javelins and lances in hand, they surrounded Hanumān and suddenly stood before him.
5.42.30
हनूमानपि तेजस्वी श्रीमान् पर्वतसंनिभः।
क्षितावाविद्ध्य लाङ्गूलं ननाद च महाध्वनिम् ॥ ५.४२.३० ॥
Hanumān too, radiant and glorious, stood firm like a mountain; he struck his tail upon the ground and let out a mighty roar.
5.42.31
स भूत्वा तु महाकायो हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः।
पुच्छमास्फोटयामास लङ्कां शब्देन पूरयन् ॥ ५.४२.३१ ॥
Having become enormous in body, Hanumān, son of the Wind, cracked his tail and filled Laṅkā with the sound.
5.42.32
तस्यास्फोटितशब्देन महता चानुनादिना।
पेतुर्विहङ्गा गगनादुच्चैश्चेदमघोषयत् ॥ ५.४२.३२ ॥
At the sound of that great, resounding cracking, birds fell from the sky, and he proclaimed this aloud.
5.42.33
जयत्यतिबलो रामो लक्ष्मणश्च महाबलः।
राजा जयति सुग्रीवो राघवेणाभिपालितः ॥ ५.४२.३३ ॥
Victorious is the mighty Rāma, and victorious is the great-strong Lakṣmaṇa; victorious is King Sugrīva, protected by the Rāghava.
5.42.34
दासोऽहं कोसलेन्द्रस्य रामस्याक्लिष्टकर्मणः।
हनूमान् शत्रुसैन्यानां निहन्ता मारुतात्मजः ॥ ५.४२.३४ ॥
I am the servant of Rāma, lord of Kosala, whose deeds know no weariness. I am Hanumān, son of the Wind, the slayer of the enemy's armies.
5.42.35
न रावणसहस्रं मे युद्धे प्रतिबलं भवेत्।
शिलाभिश्च प्रहरतः पादपैश्च सहस्रशः ॥ ५.४२.३५ ॥
In battle, not even a thousand Rāvaṇas would be a match for me, as I strike them thousands of times with rocks and trees.
5.42.36
अर्दयित्वा पुरीं लङ्कामभिवाद्य च मैथिलीम्।
समृद्धार्थो गमिष्यामि मिषतां सर्वरक्षसाम् ॥ ५.४२.३६ ॥
Having crushed the city of Laṅkā and paid homage to Maithilī, I shall depart with my purpose fulfilled, while all the rākṣasas look on.
5.42.37
तस्य संनादशब्देन तेऽभवन् भयशङ्किताः।
ददृशुश्च हनूमन्तं संध्यामेघमिवोन्नतम् ॥ ५.४२.३७ ॥
At the sound of his roar they were terrified and alarmed, and they saw Hanumān standing tall like an evening cloud.
5.42.38
स्वामिसंदेशनिःशङ्कास्ततस्ते राक्षसाः कपिम्।
चित्रैः प्रहरणैर्भीमैरभिपेतुस्ततस्ततः ॥ ५.४२.३८ ॥
Then, fearless by their master's command, those rākṣasas attacked the monkey from all sides with varied and terrible weapons.
5.42.39
स तैः परिवृतः शूरैः सर्वतः स महाबलः।
आससादायसं भीमं परिघं तोरणाश्रितम् ॥ ५.४२.३९ ॥
Surrounded on every side by those heroic rākṣasas, the greatly mighty one seized the terrible iron club (parigha) that lay leaning by the gateway.
5.42.40
स तं परिघमादाय जघान रजनीचरान्।
सपन्नगमिवादाय स्फुरन्तं विनतासुतः ॥ ५.४२.४० ॥
Taking up that club, he struck down the night-roaming rākṣasas, as Garuḍa, son of Vinatā, seizes and slays a writhing serpent.
5.42.41
विचचाराम्बरे वीरः परिगृह्य च मारुतिः।
सूदयामास वज्रेण दैत्यानिव सहस्रदृक् ॥ ५.४२.४१ ॥
Moving through the sky and grasping that club, the hero Mārutí slew the rākṣasas, as Indra, the thousand-eyed, slays the daityas with his thunderbolt.
5.42.42
स हत्वा राक्षसान् वीरः किंकरान् मारुतात्मजः।
युद्धाकाङ्क्षी महावीरस्तोरणं समवस्थितः ॥ ५.४२.४२ ॥
Having slain the rākṣasas, the servants, that hero, son of the Wind, eager for battle, the great hero took his stand at the gateway.
5.42.43
ततस्तस्माद् भयान्मुक्ताः कतिचित्तत्र राक्षसाः।
निहतान् किंकरान् सर्वान् रावणाय न्यवेदयन् ॥ ५.४२.४३ ॥
Then some of the rakshasas who had escaped from that fear reported to Rāvaṇa that all the attendants had been slain.
5.42.44
स राक्षसानां निहतं महाबलं
निशम्य राजा परिवृत्तलोचनः।
समादिदेशाप्रतिमं पराक्रमे
प्रहस्तपुत्रं समरे सुदुर्जयम् ॥ ५.४२.४४ ॥
Hearing that the mighty host of the rākṣasas had been slain, the king, his eyes rolled in fury, commanded the son of Prahasta, unequalled in valour and very hard to conquer in battle.