Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.54
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5.54.1
वीक्षमाणस्ततो लङ्कां कपिः कृतमनोरथः।
वर्धमानसमुत्साहः कार्यशेषमचिन्तयत् ॥ ५.५४.१ ॥
Then, surveying Laṅkā, the monkey whose desire was fulfilled, his enthusiasm growing ever greater, considered the remaining task.
5.54.2
किं नु खल्ववशिष्टं मे कर्तव्यमिह साम्प्रतम्।
यदेषां रक्षसां भूयः संतापजननं भवेत् ॥ ५.५४.२ ॥
What, then, remains for me to do here now, that would cause these rākṣasas still more distress?
5.54.3
वनं तावत्प्रमथितं प्रकृष्टा राक्षसा हताः।
बलैकदेशः क्षपितः शेषं दुर्गविनाशनम् ॥ ५.५४.३ ॥
The grove has been laid waste so far, the foremost rākṣasas have been slain, a part of the army has been destroyed; what remains is the destruction of the fortress.
5.54.4
दुर्गे विनाशिते कर्म भवेत् सुखपरिश्रमम्।
अल्पयत्नेन कार्येऽस्मिन् मम स्यात् सफलः श्रमः ॥ ५.५४.४ ॥
When the fortress is destroyed, this deed will be a toil of ease; in this task, with little effort, my labour will bear fruit.
5.54.5
यो ह्ययं मम लाङ्गूले दीप्यते हव्यवाहनः।
अस्य संतर्पणं न्याय्यं कर्तुमेभिर्गृहोत्तमैः ॥ ५.५४.५ ॥
It is fitting that this fire blazing on my tail be satisfied by these excellent houses.
5.54.6
ततः प्रदीप्तलाङ्गूलः सविद्युदिव तोयदः।
भवनाग्रेषु लङ्काया विचचार महाकपिः ॥ ५.५४.६ ॥
Then the great monkey, his tail ablaze, moved about over the rooftops of Laṅkā like a cloud with lightning.
5.54.7
गृहाद् गृहं राक्षसानामुद्यानानि च वानरः।
वीक्षमाणो ह्यसंत्रस्तः प्रासादांश्च चचार सः ॥ ५.५४.७ ॥
From house to house, and looking at the gardens of the rākṣasas, the monkey roamed fearlessly among the mansions.
5.54.8
अवप्लुत्य महावेगः प्रहस्तस्य निवेशनम्।
अग्निं तत्र विनिक्षिप्य श्वसनेन समो बली ॥ ५.५४.८ ॥
The mighty monkey of great speed leapt down into the dwelling of Prahasta and set fire there, as swift as the wind.
5.54.9
ततोऽन्यत् पुप्लुवे वेश्म महापार्श्वस्य वीर्यवान्।
मुमोच हनुमानग्निं कालानलशिखोपमम् ॥ ५.५४.९ ॥
Then the valiant Hanumān leapt onto another house of Mahāpārśva and released a fire like the flame of the fire of time.
5.54.10
वज्रदंष्ट्रस्य च तथा पुप्लुवे स महाकपिः।
शुकस्य च महातेजाः सारणस्य च धीमतः ॥ ५.५४.१० ॥
So too the great monkey leapt onto the dwellings of Vajradaṃṣṭra, of Śuka of great brilliance, and of the wise Sāraṇa.
5.54.11
तथा चेन्द्रजितो वेश्म ददाह हरियूथपः।
जम्बुमालेः सुमालेश्च ददाह भवनं ततः ॥ ५.५४.११ ॥
Likewise the leader of the monkey troop burned the dwelling of Indrajit, and then burned the dwellings of Jambumālī and Sumālī.
5.54.12
रश्मिकेतोश्च भवनं सूर्यशत्रोस्तथैव च।
ह्रस्वकर्णस्य दंष्ट्रस्य रोमशस्य च रक्षसः ॥ ५.५४.१२ ॥
The dwelling of Raśmiketu, likewise that of Sūryaśatru, and also the dwellings of the rākṣasas Hrasvakarṇa, Daṃṣṭra and Romaśa.
5.54.13
युद्धोन्मत्तस्य मत्तस्य ध्वजग्रीवस्य रक्षसः।
विद्युज्जिह्वस्य घोरस्य तथा हस्तिमुखस्य च ॥ ५.५४.१३ ॥
The dwelling of the rākṣasa Dhvajagrīva, who was maddened for battle and intoxicated, of the terrible Vidyujjihva, and likewise of Hastimukha.
5.54.14
करालस्य विशालस्य शोणिताक्षस्य चैव हि।
कुम्भकर्णस्य भवनं मकराक्षस्य चैव हि ॥ ५.५४.१४ ॥
The dwellings of Karāla, Viśāla and Śoṇitākṣa, the dwelling of Kumbhakarṇa, and the dwelling of Makarākṣa as well.
5.54.15
नरान्तकस्य कुम्भस्य निकुम्भस्य दुरात्मनः।
यज्ञशत्रोश्च भवनं ब्रह्मशत्रोस्तथैव च ॥ ५.५४.१५ ॥
The dwellings of Narāntaka, Kumbha, and the evil-minded Nikumbha, the dwelling of the enemy of sacrifice, and likewise the dwelling of the enemy of Brahman.
5.54.16
वर्जयित्वा महातेजा विभीषणगृहं प्रति।
क्रममाणः क्रमेणैव ददाह हरिपुङ्गवः ॥ ५.५४.१६ ॥
Sparing the house of Vibhīṣaṇa, the greatly radiant best of monkeys advanced step by step and set fire to the rest.
5.54.17
तेषु तेषु महार्हेषु भवनेषु महायशाः।
गृहेष्वृद्धिमतामृद्धिं ददाह कपिकुञ्जरः ॥ ५.५४.१७ ॥
In those very valuable dwellings, the greatly famed elephant among monkeys burned the wealth of the prosperous men's houses.
5.54.18
सर्वेषां समतिक्रम्य राक्षसेन्द्रस्य वीर्यवान्।
आससादाथ लक्ष्मीवान् रावणस्य निवेशनम् ॥ ५.५४.१८ ॥
Passing over all of them, the mighty and splendid one reached the residence of Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas.
5.54.19
ततस्तस्मिन् गृहे मुख्ये नानारत्नविभूषिते।
मेरुमन्दरसंकाशे नानामङ्गलशोभिते ॥ ५.५४.१९ ॥
Then in that chief mansion, adorned with many jewels, resembling the mountains Meru and Mandara, graced with many auspicious objects—
5.54.20
प्रदीप्तमग्निमुत्सृज्य लाङ्गूलाग्रे प्रतिष्ठितम्।
ननाद हनुमान् वीरो युगान्तजलदो यथा ॥ ५.५४.२० ॥
Releasing the blazing fire that was set at the tip of his tail, the hero Hanumān roared like the cloud of the world's end.
5.54.21
श्वसनेन च संयोगादतिवेगो महाबलः।
कालाग्निरिव जज्वाल प्रावर्धत हुताशनः ॥ ५.५४.२१ ॥
Joined with the wind, that exceedingly swift and mighty fire blazed like the fire of time and grew greatly.
5.54.22
प्रदीप्तमग्निं पवनस्तेषु वेश्मसु चारयन्।
तानि काञ्चनजालानि मुक्तामणिमयानि च ॥ ५.५४.२२ ॥
The wind spread that blazing fire through those mansions, which had golden latticework and ornaments made of pearls and gems.
5.54.23
भवनानि व्यशीर्यन्त रत्नवन्ति महान्ति च।
तानि भग्नविमानानि निपेतुर्वसुधातले ॥ ५.५४.२३ ॥
Those great jewel-filled mansions began to crumble, and the shattered aerial chariots fell upon the earth.
5.54.24
भवनानीव सिद्धानामम्बरात् पुण्यसंक्षये।
संजज्ञे तुमुलः शब्दो राक्षसानां प्रधावताम् ॥ ५.५४.२४ ॥
Like the mansions of the perfected beings falling from the sky when their merit is spent, a tumultuous cry rose from the rākṣasas as they ran.
5.54.25
स्वे स्वे गृहपरित्राणे भग्नोत्साहोज्झितश्रियाम्।
नूनमेषोऽग्निरायातः कपिरूपेण हा इति ॥ ५.५४.२५ ॥
Each in the defence of his own house, their courage broken and their splendour lost, cried out: "Alas! Surely this fire has come in the form of a monkey!"
5.54.26
क्रन्दन्त्यः सहसा पेतुः स्तनंधयधराः स्त्रियः।
काश्चिदग्निपरीताङ्ग्यो हर्म्येभ्यो मुक्तमूर्धजाः ॥ ५.५४.२६ ॥
Crying out, women carrying infants at the breast suddenly fell; some, with their limbs surrounded by fire, fell from the mansions with their hair loosened.
5.54.27
पतन्त्योरेजिरेऽभ्रेभ्यः सौदामन्य इवाम्बरात्।
वज्रविद्रुमवैदूर्यमुक्तारजतसंहतान् ॥ ५.५४.२७ ॥
Falling, they shone like lightning falling from the clouds across the sky: heaps of diamond, coral, cat's-eye, pearl and silver.
5.54.28
विचित्रान् भवनाद्धातून् स्यन्दमानान् ददर्श सः।
नाग्निस्तृप्यति काष्ठानां तृणानां च यथा तथा ॥ ५.५४.२८ ॥
He saw the varied metal-ores melting and flowing from the mansions; but as fire is never sated by wood and grass, so it was not sated by them.
5.54.29
हनूमान् राक्षसेन्द्राणां वधे किंचिन्न तृप्यति।
न हनूमद्विशस्तानां राक्षसानां वसुन्धरा ॥ ५.५४.२९ ॥
Hanumān is not at all satisfied with slaying the lords of the rākṣasas, nor is the earth satisfied with the rākṣasas slain by Hanumān.
5.54.30
हनूमता वेगवता वानरेण महात्मना।
लङ्कापुरं प्रदग्धं तद् रुद्रेण त्रिपुरं यथा ॥ ५.५४.३० ॥
By Hanumān, the swift monkey, the great-souled one, the city of Laṅkā was burned, just as Rudra burned the three cities.
5.54.31
ततः स लङ्कापुरपर्वताग्रे
समुत्थितो भीमपराक्रमोऽग्निः।
प्रसार्य चूडावलयं प्रदीप्तो
हनूमता वेगवतोपसृष्टः ॥ ५.५४.३१ ॥
Then that fire of terrible valour, let loose by the swift Hanumān, rose upon the mountain-peak of the city of Laṅkā, spread its ring of flame, and blazed.
5.54.32
युगान्तकालानलतुल्यरूपः
समारुतोऽग्निर्ववृधे दिवस्पृक्।
विधूमरश्मिर्भवनेषु सक्तो
रक्षःशरीराज्यसमर्पितार्चिः ॥ ५.५४.३२ ॥
That fire, resembling the fire of the end of an age, grew together with the wind, touching the sky; with smokeless rays it clung to the houses, and its flame was fed by the ghee of the demons' bodies.
5.54.33
आदित्यकोटीसदृशः सुतेजा
लङ्कां समस्तां परिवार्य तिष्ठन्।
शब्दैरनेकैरशनिप्ररूढै-
र्भिन्दन्निवाण्डं प्रबभौ महाग्निः ॥ ५.५४.३३ ॥
Like ten million suns, of great brilliance, the great fire stood encircling all of Laṅkā; with many dreadful roars like risen thunderbolts it blazed, as though splitting open the egg of the universe.
5.54.34
तत्राम्बरादग्निरतिप्रवृद्धो
रूक्षप्रभः किंशुकपुष्पचूडः।
निर्वाणधूमाकुलराजयश्च
नीलोत्पलाभाः प्रचकाशिरेऽभ्राः ॥ ५.५४.३४ ॥
There, from the sky, the fire grown exceedingly, of harsh light and crowned with kiṃśuka blossoms, and the clouds, blue like lotuses, filled with rows of smoke from the dying fire, shone forth.
5.54.35
वज्री महेन्द्रस्त्रिदशेश्वरो वा
साक्षाद् यमो वा वरुणोऽनिलो वा।
रौद्रोऽग्निरर्को धनदश्च सोमो
न वानरोऽयं स्वयमेव कालः ॥ ५.५४.३५ ॥
Is this Mahendra, the thunder-wielder, lord of the gods? Or is he verily Yama, Varuṇa, or Vāyu? Or the fierce Rudra, Agni, the sun, Kubera, or the moon? This is no monkey—this is Time itself.
5.54.36
किं ब्रह्मणः सर्वपितामहस्य
लोकस्य धातुश्चतुराननस्य।
इहागतो वानररूपधारी
रक्षोपसंहारकरः प्रकोपः ॥ ५.५४.३६ ॥
Is this perhaps Brahmā, the grandfather of all, the four-faced creator of the world, who has come here in the form of a monkey and shows the wrath that destroys the rākṣasas?
5.54.37
किं वैष्णवं वा कपिरूपमेत्य
रक्षोविनाशाय परं सुतेजः।
अचिन्त्यमव्यक्तमनन्तमेकं
स्वमायया साम्प्रतमागतं वा ॥ ५.५४.३७ ॥
Or is this Viṣṇu himself, of supreme splendor, who has come in the form of a monkey to destroy the rākṣasas? He who is inconceivable, unmanifest, infinite and one, has now come here by his own illusory power.
5.54.38
इत्येवमूचुर्बहवो विशिष्टा
रक्षोगणास्तत्र समेत्य सर्वे।
सप्राणिसङ्घां सगृहां सवृक्षां
दग्धां पुरीं तां सहसा समीक्ष्य ॥ ५.५४.३८ ॥
Thus spoke the many distinguished bands of rākṣasas, all gathered there, when they suddenly beheld that city burnt, together with its multitudes of living beings, its houses and its trees.
5.54.39
ततस्तु लङ्का सहसा प्रदग्धा
सराक्षसा साश्वरथा सनागा।
सपक्षिसङ्घा समृगा सवृक्षा
रुरोद दीना तुमुलं सशब्दम् ॥ ५.५४.३९ ॥
Then Laṅkā, suddenly and utterly burnt, together with the rākṣasas, her horses and chariots, her elephants, flocks of birds, deer and trees, wept wretchedly with a tumultuous sound.
5.54.40
हा तात हा पुत्रक कान्त मित्र
हा जीवितेशाङ्ग हतं सुपुण्यम्।
रक्षोभिरेवं बहुधा ब्रुवद्भिः
शब्दः कृतो घोरतरः सुभीमः ॥ ५.५४.४० ॥
"Alas, father! Alas, son! Alas, beloved! Alas, friend! Alas, lord of my life! Alas, the very meritorious (city) is destroyed!" Thus, lamenting in many ways, the rākṣasas made a sound most dreadful and terrible.
5.54.41
हुताशनज्वालसमावृता सा
हतप्रवीरा परिवृत्तयोधा।
हनूमतः क्रोधबलाभिभूता
बभूव शापोपहतेव लङ्का ॥ ५.५४.४१ ॥
Surrounded by the flames of fire, that Laṅkā, with her heroes slain and her warriors turned in flight, was overcome by Hanumān's wrath and might, as if struck down by a curse.
5.54.42
ससम्भ्रमं त्रस्तविषण्णराक्षसां
समुज्ज्वलज्ज्वालहुताशनाङ्किताम्।
ददर्श लङ्कां हनुमान् महामनाः
स्वयंभुरोषोपहतामिवावनिम् ॥ ५.५४.४२ ॥
Hanumān, great of mind, saw Laṅkā, marked by blazing fire, its rākṣasas terrified and despondent in confusion, like the earth struck by the wrath of Svayambhū.
5.54.43
भङ्क्त्वा वनं पादपरत्नसंकुलं
हत्वा तु रक्षांसि महान्ति संयुगे।
दग्ध्वा पुरीं तां गृहरत्नमालिनीं
तस्थौ हनूमान् पवनात्मजः कपिः ॥ ५.५४.४३ ॥
Having broken the grove crowded with the finest trees, having slain the great rākṣasas in battle, and having burned that city garlanded with splendid houses, the monkey Hanumān, son of the Wind, stood.
5.54.44
स राक्षसांस्तान् सुबहूंश्च हत्वा
वनं च भङ्क्त्वा बहुपादपं तत्।
विसृज्य रक्षोभवनेषु चाग्निं
जगाम रामं मनसा महात्मा ॥ ५.५४.४४ ॥
Having slain those many rākṣasas, broken that grove with its many trees, and set fire to the rākṣasas' dwellings, the great-souled Hanumān went in his mind to Rāma.
5.54.45
ततस्तु तं वानरवीरमुख्यं
महाबलं मारुततुल्यवेगम्।
महामतिं वायुसुतं वरिष्ठं
प्रतुष्टुवुर्देवगणाश्च सर्वे ॥ ५.५४.४५ ॥
Then all the hosts of gods praised him: the foremost of monkey heroes, of great might, of speed equal to the wind, of great intellect, the son of Vāyu, the most excellent.
5.54.46
देवाश्च सर्वे मुनिपुङ्गवाश्च
गन्धर्वविद्याधरपन्नगाश्च।
भूतानि सर्वाणि महान्ति तत्र
जग्मुः परां प्रीतिमतुल्यरूपाम् ॥ ५.५४.४६ ॥
There all the gods, the best of sages, the gandharvas, vidyādharas and serpents, and all the great beings attained a supreme delight, incomparable in form.
5.54.47
भङ्क्त्वा वनं महातेजा हत्वा रक्षांसि संयुगे।
दग्ध्वा लङ्कापुरीं भीमां रराज स महाकपिः ॥ ५.५४.४७ ॥
Having broken the grove, slain the demons in battle, and burned the terrible city of Laṅkā, the great monkey of mighty splendour shone forth.
5.54.48
गृहाग्र्यशृङ्गाग्रतले विचित्रे
प्रतिष्ठितो वानरराजसिंहः।
प्रदीप्तलाङ्गूलकृतार्चिमाली
व्यराजतादित्य इवार्चिमाली ॥ ५.५४.४८ ॥
Standing on the summit of a wondrous, lofty house-peak, that lion among monkey-kings, his blazing tail making a garland of flame, shone like the sun garlanded with its rays.
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लङ्कां समस्तां सम्पीड्य लाङ्गूलाग्निं महाकपिः।
निर्वापयामास तदा समुद्रे हरिपुङ्गवः ॥ ५.५४.४९ ॥
Having scorched all of Laṅkā, the great monkey, best of monkeys, then quenched the fire of his tail in the ocean.
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ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः।
दृष्ट्वा लङ्कां प्रदग्धां तां विस्मयं परमं गताः ॥ ५.५४.५० ॥
Then the gods, along with the gandharvas, the siddhas and the great sages, seeing that Laṅkā burned, were filled with supreme amazement.
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तं दृष्ट्वा वानरश्रेष्ठं हनूमन्तं महाकपिम्।
कालाग्निरिति संचिन्त्य सर्वभूतानि तत्रसुः ॥ ५.५४.५१ ॥
Seeing that best of monkeys, the great monkey Hanumān, all beings there were terrified, thinking, "This is the fire of destruction."