Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.55
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5.55.1
संदीप्यमानां वित्रस्तां त्रस्तरक्षोगणां पुरीम्।
अवेक्ष्य हनुमाँल्लङ्कां चिन्तयामास वानरः ॥ ५.५५.१ ॥
Seeing the city of Laṅkā, set ablaze, terrified, its throngs of rākṣasas frightened, the monkey Hanumān began to reflect.
5.55.2
तस्याभूत् सुमहांस्त्रासः कुत्सा चात्मन्यजायत।
लङ्कां प्रदहता कर्म किंस्वित् कृतमिदं मया ॥ ५.५५.२ ॥
A great terror arose in him regarding that city, and self-reproach arose within him: what deed have I done, I who have burned Laṅkā?
5.55.3
धन्याः खलु महात्मानो ये बुद्ध्या कोपमुत्थितम्।
निरुन्धन्ति महात्मानो दीप्तमग्निमिवाम्भसा ॥ ५.५५.३ ॥
Truly fortunate are those great-souled ones who, by wisdom, restrain anger that has arisen, as one quenches blazing fire with water.
5.55.4
क्रुद्धः पापं न कुर्यात् कः क्रुद्धो हन्याद् गुरूनपि।
क्रुद्धः परुषया वाचा नरः साधूनधिक्षिपेत् ॥ ५.५५.४ ॥
Who, when angry, does not commit evil? The angry man may even kill his elders; the angry man with harsh speech reviles even the good.
5.55.5
वाच्यावाच्यं प्रकुपितो न विजानाति कर्हिचित्।
नाकार्यमस्ति क्रुद्धस्य नावाच्यं विद्यते क्वचित् ॥ ५.५५.५ ॥
The thoroughly enraged man never knows what should or should not be said. For the angry man there is no deed not to be done, and no word not to be spoken.
5.55.6
यः समुत्पतितं क्रोधं क्षमयैव निरस्यति।
यथोरगस्त्वचं जीर्णां स वै पुरुष उच्यते ॥ ५.५५.६ ॥
He who casts off risen anger by forbearance alone, as a serpent sheds its old skin, is indeed called a true man.
5.55.7
धिगस्तु मां सुदुर्बुद्धिं निर्लज्जं पापकृत्तमम्।
अचिन्तयित्वा तां सीतामग्निदं स्वामिघातकम् ॥ ५.५५.७ ॥
Shame upon me, the most foolish, shameless and sinful one, who set fire without thinking of Sītā, and so harmed my own master.
5.55.8
यदि दग्धा त्वियं सर्वा नूनमार्यापि जानकी।
दग्धा तेन मया भर्तुर्हतं कार्यमजानता ॥ ५.५५.८ ॥
If all of this has burned, then surely the noble Jānakī has burned too; by that deed, done unknowingly, I have ruined my master's very purpose.
5.55.9
यदर्थमयमारम्भस्तत्कार्यमवसादितम्।
मया हि दहता लङ्कां न सीता परिरक्षिता ॥ ५.५५.९ ॥
The very purpose for which this undertaking began has been ruined; in burning Laṅkā I did not protect Sītā.
5.55.10
ईषत्कार्यमिदं कार्यं कृतमासीन्न संशयः।
तस्य क्रोधाभिभूतेन मया मूलक्षयः कृतः ॥ ५.५५.१० ॥
This task was indeed only slightly accomplished, there is no doubt; yet overcome by anger, I have destroyed its very root.
5.55.11
विनष्टा जानकी व्यक्तं न ह्यदग्धः प्रदृश्यते।
लङ्कायाः कश्चिदुद्देशः सर्वा भस्मीकृता पुरी ॥ ५.५५.११ ॥
Jānakī has surely perished, for no part of Laṅkā is seen unburned; the whole city has been reduced to ashes.
5.55.12
यदि तद्विहतं कार्यं मया प्रज्ञाविपर्ययात्।
इहैव प्राणसंन्यासो ममापि ह्यद्य रोचते ॥ ५.५५.१२ ॥
If through an error of my judgment that task has been ruined, then giving up my life right here seems fitting to me today.
5.55.13
किमग्नौ निपताम्यद्य आहोस्विद् वडवामुखे।
शरीरमिह सत्त्वानां दद्मि सागरवासिनाम् ॥ ५.५५.१३ ॥
Shall I fall today into the fire, or into the mouth of the submarine fire? Here itself I will give my body to the creatures that dwell in the ocean.
5.55.14
कथं नु जीवता शक्यो मया द्रष्टुं हरीश्वरः।
तौ वा पुरुषशार्दूलौ कार्यसर्वस्वघातिना ॥ ५.५५.१४ ॥
How, being alive, could I ever see the lord of the monkeys, or those two tigers among men, I who have destroyed the whole purpose of the mission?
5.55.15
मया खलु तदेवेदं रोषदोषात् प्रदर्शितम्।
प्रथितं त्रिषु लोकेषु कपित्वमनवस्थितम् ॥ ५.५५.१५ ॥
Indeed, through the fault of anger I have displayed just this: the monkey-nature, renowned in the three worlds, restless and unsteady.
5.55.16
धिगस्तु राजसं भावमनीशमनवस्थितम्।
ईश्वरेणापि यद् रागान्मया सीता न रक्षिता ॥ ५.५५.१६ ॥
Shame upon this passionate, uncontrolled, unsteady disposition! Though able, I did not protect Sītā, because of desire.
5.55.17
विनष्टायां तु सीतायां तावुभौ विनशिष्यतः।
तयोर्विनाशे सुग्रीवः सबन्धुर्विनशिष्यति ॥ ५.५५.१७ ॥
If Sītā is destroyed, those two too will perish; and with their destruction, Sugrīva will perish along with his kinsmen.
5.55.18
एतदेव वचः श्रुत्वा भरतो भ्रातृवत्सलः।
धर्मात्मा सहशत्रुघ्नः कथं शक्ष्यति जीवितुम् ॥ ५.५५.१८ ॥
Having heard just these words, how will Bharata, affectionate to his brothers and righteous of soul, be able to live, together with Śatrughna?
5.55.19
इक्ष्वाकुवंशे धर्मिष्ठे गते नाशमसंशयम्।
भविष्यन्ति प्रजाः सर्वाः शोकसंतापपीडिताः ॥ ५.५५.१९ ॥
If that most righteous one of the Ikṣvāku line should perish, without doubt, all the subjects will be afflicted with sorrow and anguish.
5.55.20
तदहं भाग्यरहितो लुप्तधर्मार्थसंग्रहः।
रोषदोषपरीतात्मा व्यक्तं लोकविनाशनः ॥ ५.५५.२० ॥
Therefore I, devoid of fortune, having lost the gathering of dharma and wealth, my soul overcome by the fault of anger, am clearly a destroyer of the world.
5.55.21
पूर्वमप्युपलब्धानि साक्षात् पुनरचिन्तयत् ॥ ५.५५.२१ ॥
He thought again about the signs he had perceived directly before.
5.55.22
अथ वा चारुसर्वाङ्गी रक्षिता स्वेन तेजसा।
न नशिष्यति कल्याणी नाग्निरग्नौ प्रवर्तते ॥ ५.५५.२२ ॥
Or else, the beautiful-limbed auspicious one, protected by her own radiance, will not perish; fire does not arise within fire.
5.55.23
नहि धर्मात्मनस्तस्य भार्याममिततेजसः।
स्वचरित्राभिगुप्तां तां स्प्रष्टुमर्हति पावकः ॥ ५.५५.२३ ॥
Indeed, the wife of that righteous one of immeasurable radiance, guarded by her own conduct, not even fire is able to touch her.
5.55.24
नूनं रामप्रभावेण वैदेह्याः सुकृतेन च।
यन्मां दहनकर्मायं नादहद्धव्यवाहनः ॥ ५.५५.२४ ॥
Surely by the power of Rāma and the merit of Vaidehī, this fire, the carrier of oblations whose deed is burning, did not burn me.
5.55.25
त्रयाणां भरतादीनां भ्रातॄणां देवता च या।
रामस्य च मनःकान्ता सा कथं विनशिष्यति ॥ ५.५५.२५ ॥
She who is the deity of the three brothers, Bharata and the rest, and the beloved of Rāma's heart — how could she perish?
5.55.26
यद् वा दहनकर्मायं सर्वत्र प्रभुरव्ययः।
न मे दहति लाङ्गूलं कथमार्यां प्रधक्ष्यति ॥ ५.५५.२६ ॥
Or if this fire, the lord everywhere and imperishable, does not burn my tail, how will it burn the noble lady?
5.55.27
पुनश्चाचिन्तयत् तत्र हनूमान् विस्मितस्तदा।
हिरण्यनाभस्य गिरेर्जलमध्ये प्रदर्शनम् ॥ ५.५५.२७ ॥
Then Hanumān, astonished there, reflected again on the appearance of Hiraṇyanābha's mountain in the midst of the water.
5.55.28
तपसा सत्यवाक्येन अनन्यत्वाच्च भर्तरि।
असौ विनिर्दहेदग्निं न तामग्निः प्रधक्ष्यति ॥ ५.५५.२८ ॥
By her austerity, by the truth of her word, and by her undivided devotion to her husband, she could burn even fire itself; fire will not burn her.
5.55.29
स तथा चिन्तयंस्तत्र देव्या धर्मपरिग्रहम्।
शुश्राव हनुमांस्तत्र चारणानां महात्मनाम् ॥ ५.५५.२९ ॥
As he reflected thus there on the goddess's steadfastness in dharma, Hanumān heard the speech of the great-souled Cāraṇas.
5.55.30
अहो खलु कृतं कर्म दुर्विगाहं हनूमता।
अग्निं विसृजता तीक्ष्णं भीमं राक्षससद्मनि ॥ ५.५५.३० ॥
Ah! Truly a hard-to-accomplish deed has been done by Hanumān, who released a fierce and terrible fire in the abode of the rākṣasas!
5.55.31
प्रपलायितरक्षःस्त्रीबालवृद्धसमाकुला।
जनकोलाहलाध्माता क्रन्दन्तीवाद्रिकन्दरैः ॥ ५.५५.३१ ॥
Filled with rākṣasa women, children and old men fleeing in panic, swollen with the clamor of the people, as if wailing through the mountain caves.
5.55.32
दग्धेयं नगरी लङ्का साट्टप्राकारतोरणा।
जानकी न च दग्धेति विस्मयोऽद्भुत एव नः ॥ ५.५५.३२ ॥
This city of Laṅkā, with its mansions, ramparts and gateways, has been burnt — yet Jānakī was not burnt. This is a wondrous astonishment to us.
5.55.33
बभूव चास्य मनसो हर्षस्तत्कालसम्भवः ॥ ५.५५.३३ ॥
And at that very moment, joy arose in his mind.
5.55.34
स निमित्तैश्च दृष्टार्थैः कारणैश्च महागुणैः।
ऋषिवाक्यैश्च हनुमानभवत् प्रीतमानसः ॥ ५.५५.३४ ॥
By those omens, by the aims seen fulfilled before his eyes, by the reasons endowed with great virtues, and by the words of the sages, Hanumān's mind became glad.
5.55.35
ततः कपिः प्राप्तमनोरथार्थ-
स्तामक्षतां राजसुतां विदित्वा।
प्रत्यक्षतस्तां पुनरेव दृष्ट्वा
प्रतिप्रयाणाय मतिं चकार ॥ ५.५५.३५ ॥
Then the monkey Hanumān, his desire and purpose fulfilled, having learned that the king's daughter was unharmed and having seen her face to face once more, resolved to set out on his return.