Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.58
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5.58.1
ततस्तस्य गिरेः शृङ्गे महेन्द्रस्य महाबलाः।
हनुमत्प्रमुखाः प्रीतिं हरयो जग्मुरुत्तमाम् ॥ ५.५८.१ ॥
Then on that mountain peak of Mahendra, the mighty monkeys led by Hanumān attained supreme delight.
5.58.2
प्रीतिमत्सूपविष्टेषु वानरेषु महात्मसु।
तं ततः प्रतिसंहृष्टः प्रीतियुक्तं महाकपिम् ॥ ५.५८.२ ॥
As the great-souled monkeys sat down in gladness, they looked greatly delighted at that great monkey, full of affection.
5.58.3
जाम्बवान् कार्यवृत्तान्तमपृच्छदनिलात्मजम्।
कथं दृष्टा त्वया देवी कथं वा तत्र वर्तते ॥ ५.५८.३ ॥
Jāmbavān asked the son of the Wind about the account of the task: 'How did you see the goddess, and how is she there?'
5.58.4
तस्यां चापि कथं वृत्तः क्रूरकर्मा दशाननः।
तत्त्वतः सर्वमेतन्नः प्रब्रूहि त्वं महाकपे ॥ ५.५८.४ ॥
And how did ten-faced Rāvaṇa, the doer of cruel deeds, behave toward her? O great monkey, tell us all of this truly.
5.58.5
सम्मार्गिता कथं देवी किं च सा प्रत्यभाषत।
श्रुतार्थाश्चिन्तयिष्यामो भूयः कार्यविनिश्चयम् ॥ ५.५८.५ ॥
How was the goddess searched out, and what did she reply? Having heard the matter, we shall again consider our decision about the task.
5.58.6
यश्चार्थस्तत्र वक्तव्यो गतैरस्माभिरात्मवान्।
रक्षितव्यं च यत्तत्र तद् भवान् व्याकरोतु नः ॥ ५.५८.६ ॥
What matter must we speak there when we have gone, and what must be guarded there? Let your honour explain that to us.
5.58.7
स नियुक्तस्ततस्तेन सम्प्रहृष्टतनूरुहः।
नमस्यन् शिरसा देव्यै सीतायै प्रत्यभाषत ॥ ५.५८.७ ॥
Thus instructed by him, his hair standing on end with joy, he bowed his head to the goddess Sītā and replied.
5.58.8
प्रत्यक्षमेव भवतां महेन्द्राग्रात् खमाप्लुतः।
उदधेर्दक्षिणं पारं काङ्क्षमाणः समाहितः ॥ ५.५८.८ ॥
Before your very eyes I leapt through the sky from the summit of Mahendra, desiring to reach the southern shore of the ocean, my mind composed.
5.58.9
गच्छतश्च हि मे घोरं विघ्नरूपमिवाभवत्।
काञ्चनं शिखरं दिव्यं पश्यामि सुमनोहरम् ॥ ५.५८.९ ॥
As I was going, it became like a terrible obstacle; I see a divine, exceedingly lovely golden peak.
5.58.10
स्थितं पन्थानमावृत्य मेने विघ्नं च तं नगम्।
उपसंगम्य तं दिव्यं काञ्चनं नगमुत्तमम् ॥ ५.५८.१० ॥
He took that mountain, standing and blocking the path, to be an obstacle; then approaching that divine, golden, excellent mountain.
5.58.11
कृता मे मनसा बुद्धिर्भेत्तव्योऽयं मयेति च।
प्रहतस्य मया तस्य लाङ्गूलेन महागिरेः ॥ ५.५८.११ ॥
I resolved in my mind, 'This must be broken by me'; and I struck that great mountain with my tail.
5.58.12
शिखरं सूर्यसंकाशं व्यशीर्यत सहस्रधा।
व्यवसायं च तं बुद्ध्वा स होवाच महागिरिः ॥ ५.५८.१२ ॥
That peak, resembling the sun, was shattered into a thousand pieces; and knowing his resolve, the great mountain spoke.
5.58.13
पुत्रेति मधुरां वाणीं मनः प्रह्लादयन्निव।
पितृव्यं चापि मां विद्धि सखायं मातरिश्वनः ॥ ५.५८.१३ ॥
"Son," he said, as if gladdening the heart with sweet speech, "know me to be your father's brother and the friend of Mātariśvan."
5.58.14
मैनाकमिति विख्यातं निवसन्तं महोदधौ।
पक्षवन्तः पुरा पुत्र बभूवुः पर्वतोत्तमाः ॥ ५.५८.१४ ॥
"Son, I am known as Mainaka, dwelling in the great ocean. In former times the excellent mountains had wings."
5.58.15
छन्दतः पृथिवीं चेरुर्बाधमानाः समन्ततः।
श्रुत्वा नगानां चरितं महेन्द्रः पाकशासनः ॥ ५.५८.१५ ॥
At will they roamed the earth on every side, harassing it. Having heard of the mountains' conduct, Mahendra, the punisher of Paka...
5.58.16
वज्रेण भगवान् पक्षौ चिच्छेदैषां सहस्रशः।
अहं तु मोचितस्तस्मात् तव पित्रा महात्मना ॥ ५.५८.१६ ॥
The venerable Indra cut their wings by the thousand with his thunderbolt; but I was freed from that by your great-souled father.
5.58.17
मारुतेन तदा वत्स प्रक्षिप्तो वरुणालये।
राघवस्य मया साह्ये वर्तितव्यमरिंदम ॥ ५.५८.१७ ॥
Then, dear child, I was cast by the wind into Varuṇa's abode, the ocean. O subduer of foes, I should act in aid of Rāghava (Rāma).
5.58.18
रामो धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठो महेन्द्रसमविक्रमः।
एतच्छ्रुत्वा मया तस्य मैनाकस्य महात्मनः ॥ ५.५८.१८ ॥
Rāma, best of the upholders of dharma, whose valor equals Mahendra's — having heard this from the great-souled Mainaka, I...
5.58.19
कार्यमावेद्य च गिरेरुद्धतं वै मनो मम।
तेन चाहमनुज्ञातो मैनाकेन महात्मना ॥ ५.५८.१९ ॥
Having declared the task, the lofty mind of the mountain stirred me; and with the permission of the great-souled Mainaka, I went on.
5.58.20
स चाप्यन्तर्हितः शैलो मानुषेण वपुष्मता।
शरीरेण महाशैलः शैलेन च महोदधौ ॥ ५.५८.२० ॥
That mountain too, taking a human form, vanished into the great ocean; that great mountain hid in the sea with its body, along with the mountain.
5.58.21
उत्तमं जवमास्थाय शेषमध्वानमास्थितः।
ततोऽहं सुचिरं कालं जवेनाभ्यगमं पथि ॥ ५.५८.२१ ॥
Adopting supreme speed, I pressed on along the remaining path; then for a long time I went swiftly along the way.
5.58.22
ततः पश्याम्यहं देवीं सुरसां नागमातरम्।
समुद्रमध्ये सा देवी वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥ ५.५८.२२ ॥
Then, in the midst of the ocean, I saw the goddess Surasā, mother of the serpents; and that goddess spoke these words.
5.58.23
मम भक्ष्यः प्रदिष्टस्त्वममरैर्हरिसत्तम।
ततस्त्वां भक्षयिष्यामि विहितस्त्वं हि मे सुरैः ॥ ५.५८.२३ ॥
O best of monkeys, you have been appointed as my food by the gods; therefore I shall eat you, for the gods have ordained you for me.
5.58.24
एवमुक्तः सुरसया प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतः स्थितः।
विवर्णवदनो भूत्वा वाक्यं चेदमुदीरयम् ॥ ५.५८.२४ ॥
When Surasā had spoken thus, I stood with joined palms, bowing low; and with a pale face I uttered these words.
5.58.25
रामो दाशरथिः श्रीमान् प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम्।
लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा सीतया च परंतपः ॥ ५.५८.२५ ॥
Rāma, son of Daśaratha, the radiant one, the scorcher of foes, entered the Daṇḍaka forest together with his brother Lakṣmaṇa and Sītā.
5.58.26
तस्य सीता हृता भार्या रावणेन दुरात्मना।
तस्याः सकाशं दूतोऽहं गमिष्ये रामशासनात् ॥ ५.५८.२६ ॥
His wife Sītā was carried off by the wicked-souled Rāvaṇa. By Rāma's command I shall go to her as a messenger.
5.58.27
कर्तुमर्हसि रामस्य साहाय्यं विषये सती।
अथवा मैथिलीं दृष्ट्वा रामं चाक्लिष्टकारिणम् ॥ ५.५८.२७ ॥
O virtuous one, you ought to help Rāma in this region. Or, having seen Maithilī, and having seen Rāma, the effortless doer...
5.58.28
आगमिष्यामि ते वक्त्रं सत्यं प्रतिशृणोमि ते।
एवमुक्ता मया सा तु सुरसा कामरूपिणी ॥ ५.५८.२८ ॥
I will enter your mouth — this is the truth, I promise you. Thus addressed by me, Surasā, who can take any form at will...
5.58.29
अब्रवीन्नातिवर्तेत कश्चिदेष वरो मम।
एवमुक्तः सुरसया दशयोजनमायतः ॥ ५.५८.२९ ॥
She said, "No one should transgress this boon of mine." Thus addressed by Surasā, I grew to a stature of ten yojanas.
5.58.30
ततोऽर्धगुणविस्तारो बभूवाहं क्षणेन तु।
मत्प्रमाणाधिकं चैव व्यादितं तु मुखं तया ॥ ५.५८.३० ॥
Then in an instant I grew one and a half times her extent, and she gaped her mouth wider than my own size.
5.58.31
तद् दृष्ट्वा व्यादितं त्वास्यं ह्रस्वं ह्यकरवं पुनः।
तस्मिन् मुहूर्ते च पुनर्बभूवाङ्गुष्ठसम्मितः ॥ ५.५८.३१ ॥
Seeing her gaping mouth, I at once made myself small; and in that very moment I became again no bigger than a thumb.
5.58.32
अभिपत्याशु तद्वक्त्रं निर्गतोऽहं ततः क्षणात् ।
अब्रवीत् सुरसा देवी स्वेन रूपेण मां पुनः ॥ ५.५८.३२ ॥
Darting swiftly into her mouth, I came out of it in an instant. Then the goddess Surasā, in her own form, spoke to me again.
5.58.33
अर्थसिद्धौ हरिश्रेष्ठ गच्छ सौम्य यथासुखम्।
समानय च वैदेहीं राघवेण महात्मना ॥ ५.५८.३३ ॥
Let your aim be accomplished, best of monkeys. Go, gentle one, as you wish, and bring back Vaidehī to the great-souled Rāghava.
5.58.34
सुखी भव महाबाहो प्रीतास्मि तव वानर।
ततोऽहं साधुसाध्वीति सर्वभूतैः प्रशंसितः ॥ ५.५८.३४ ॥
Be happy, mighty-armed monkey; I am pleased with you. Then all beings praised me, crying, 'Well done, well done!'
5.58.35
ततोऽन्तरिक्षं विपुलं प्लुतोऽहं गरुडो यथा।
छाया मे निगृहीता च न च पश्यामि किंचन ॥ ५.५८.३५ ॥
Then I leaped up into the vast sky like Garuḍa; but my shadow was seized, and I could see nothing at all.
5.58.36
सोऽहं विगतवेगस्तु दिशो दश विलोकयन्।
न किंचित् तत्र पश्यामि येन मे विहता गतिः ॥ ५.५८.३६ ॥
Having lost my momentum, I gazed in all ten directions, but I saw nothing there by which my course had been blocked.
5.58.37
अथ मे बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना किंनाम गमने मम।
ईदृशो विघ्न उत्पन्नो रूपमत्र न दृश्यते ॥ ५.५८.३७ ॥
Then a thought arose in me: what indeed is this obstacle that has arisen in my going? No form is seen here.
5.58.38
अधोभागे तु मे दृष्टिः शोचतः पतिता तदा।
तत्राद्राक्षमहं भीमां राक्षसीं सलिलेशयाम् ॥ ५.५८.३८ ॥
As I grieved, my gaze then fell downward, and there I saw a terrible female rākṣasa lying in the water.
5.58.39
प्रहस्य च महानादमुक्तोऽहं भीमया तया।
अवस्थितमसम्भ्रान्तमिदं वाक्यमशोभनम् ॥ ५.५८.३९ ॥
Laughing aloud, the terrible one spoke to me, who stood unshaken, these unseemly words.
5.58.40
क्वासि गन्ता महाकाय क्षुधिताया ममेप्सितः।
भक्षः प्रीणय मे देहं चिरमाहारवर्जितम् ॥ ५.५८.४० ॥
Where are you going, great-bodied one? To me, hungry, you are the desired prey. Satisfy my body, long deprived of food.
5.58.41
बाढमित्येव तां वाणीं प्रत्यगृह्णामहं ततः।
आस्यप्रमाणादधिकं तस्याः कायमपूरयम् ॥ ५.५८.४१ ॥
Saying only, "Very well," I answered her words. Then I enlarged my body beyond the measure of her mouth and filled her body.
5.58.42
तस्याश्चास्यं महद् भीमं वर्धते मम भक्षणे।
न तु मां सा नु बुबुधे मम वा विकृतं कृतम् ॥ ५.५८.४२ ॥
And as she tried to devour me, her terrible great mouth kept growing; yet she did not perceive me, nor did she perceive the change I had made.
5.58.43
ततोऽहं विपुलं रूपं संक्षिप्य निमिषान्तरात्।
तस्या हृदयमादाय प्रपतामि नभःस्थलम् ॥ ५.५८.४३ ॥
Then, contracting my vast form in an instant, I seized her heart and darted up toward the sky's expanse.
5.58.44
सा विसृष्टभुजा भीमा पपात लवणाम्भसि।
मया पर्वतसंकाशा निकृत्तहृदया सती ॥ ५.५८.४४ ॥
That terrible one, her arms flung loose, mountain-like, her heart torn by me, fell into the salt water.
5.58.45
शृणोमि खगतानां च वाचः सौम्या महात्मनाम्।
राक्षसी सिंहिका भीमा क्षिप्रं हनुमता हता ॥ ५.५८.४५ ॥
I hear the words of gentle great-souled beings moving in the sky: 'The terrible rākṣasī Siṃhikā has been swiftly slain by Hanumān.'
5.58.46
तां हत्वा पुनरेवाहं कृत्यमात्ययिकं स्मरन्।
गत्वा च महदध्वानं पश्यामि नगमण्डितम् ॥ ५.५८.४६ ॥
Having slain her, again recalling my urgent task, and going a great distance, I saw the land adorned with mountains.
5.58.47
दक्षिणं तीरमुदधेर्लङ्का यत्र गता पुरी।
अस्तं दिनकरे याते रक्षसां निलयं पुरीम् ॥ ५.५८.४७ ॥
The southern shore of the ocean, where the city of Laṅkā lies — when the sun had set, I reached the city, the abode of the rākṣasas.
5.58.48
प्रविष्टोऽहमविज्ञातो रक्षोभिर्भीमविक्रमैः।
तत्र प्रविशतश्चापि कल्पान्तघनसप्रभा ॥ ५.५८.४८ ॥
Unrecognized by the rākṣasas, terrible in valour, I entered; and as I entered there, my radiance was like the cloud at the world's end.
5.58.49
अट्टहासं विमुञ्चन्ती नारी काप्युत्थिता पुरः।
जिघांसन्तीं ततस्तां तु ज्वलदग्निशिरोरुहाम् ॥ ५.५८.४९ ॥
A woman, loosing a loud laugh, rose up before me. Then, wishing to kill me, she of hair like blazing fire—
5.58.50
सव्यमुष्टिप्रहारेण पराजित्य सुभैरवाम्।
प्रदोषकाले प्रविशं भीतयाहं तयोदितः ॥ ५.५८.५० ॥
Having defeated that most terrible one with a blow of my left fist, I entered at dusk; and the frightened one spoke to me—
5.58.51
अहं लङ्कापुरी वीर निर्जिता विक्रमेण ते।
यस्मात् तस्माद् विजेतासि सर्वरक्षांस्यशेषतः ॥ ५.५८.५१ ॥
"O hero, I am the city of Laṅkā, conquered by your valour; therefore you are the victor over all the rākṣasas, entirely."
5.58.52
तत्राहं सर्वरात्रं तु विचरञ्जनकात्मजाम्।
रावणान्तःपुरगतो न चापश्यं सुमध्यमाम् ॥ ५.५८.५२ ॥
There I wandered the whole night searching for Janaka's daughter; I went into Rāvaṇa's inner apartments, but I did not see the slender-waisted one.
5.58.53
ततः सीतामपश्यंस्तु रावणस्य निवेशने।
शोकसागरमासाद्य न पारमुपलक्षये ॥ ५.५८.५३ ॥
Then, not seeing Sītā in Rāvaṇa's dwelling, I fell into an ocean of grief, and I could perceive no shore to it.
5.58.54
शोचता च मया दृष्टं प्राकारेणाभिसंवृतम्।
काञ्चनेन विकृष्टेन गृहोपवनमुत्तमम् ॥ ५.५८.५४ ॥
While I was grieving, I saw an excellent house-garden, enclosed by a long wall of gold.
5.58.55
सप्राकारमवप्लुत्य पश्यामि बहुपादपम्।
अशोकवनिकामध्ये शिंशपापादपो महान् ॥ ५.५८.५५ ॥
Leaping down over the wall, I saw in the middle of the Aśoka grove, thick with many trees, a great śiṃśapā tree.
5.58.56
तमारुह्य च पश्यामि काञ्चनं कदलीवनम्।
अदूराच्छिंशपावृक्षात् पश्यामि वरवर्णिनीम् ॥ ५.५८.५६ ॥
Climbing that tree, I saw a grove of golden plantains, and not far from the śiṃśapā tree I saw a woman of excellent complexion.
5.58.57
श्यामां कमलपत्राक्षीमुपवासकृशाननाम्।
तदेकवासःसंवीतां रजोध्वस्तशिरोरुहाम् ॥ ५.५८.५७ ॥
She was dark-complexioned, lotus-petal-eyed, her face thinned by fasting, clad in a single garment, her hair matted with dust.
5.58.58
शोकसंतापदीनाङ्गीं सीतां भर्तृहिते स्थिताम्।
राक्षसीभिर्विरूपाभिः क्रूराभिरभिसंवृताम् ॥ ५.५८.५८ ॥
Sītā, her body wretched with grief and anguish, remained steadfast in devotion to her husband's welfare, surrounded by hideous, cruel rākṣasa women.
5.58.59
मांसशोणितभक्ष्याभिर्व्याघ्रीभिर्हरिणीं यथा।
सा मया राक्षसीमध्ये तर्ज्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ ५.५८.५९ ॥
Like a doe surrounded by tigresses that feed on flesh and blood, she was being threatened again and again among the rākṣasa women; this I saw.
5.58.60
एकवेणीधरा दीना भर्तृचिन्तापरायणा।
भूमिशय्या विवर्णाङ्गी पद्मिनीव हिमागमे ॥ ५.५८.६० ॥
Wearing a single braid, wretched, absorbed in thoughts of her husband, sleeping on the bare ground, her limbs pale, she was like a lotus plant at the coming of winter.
5.58.61
रावणाद् विनिवृत्तार्था मर्तव्ये कृतनिश्चया।
कथंचिन्मृगशावाक्षी तूर्णमासादिता मया ॥ ५.५८.६१ ॥
Having lost all hope from Rāvaṇa and resolved to die, the doe-eyed lady I had quickly found somehow.
5.58.62
तां दृष्ट्वा तादृशीं नारीं रामपत्नीं यशस्विनीम्।
तत्रैव शिंशपावृक्षे पश्यन्नहमवस्थितः ॥ ५.५८.६२ ॥
Seeing that famous wife of Rāma in such a state, I remained there, watching from the śiṃśapā tree.
5.58.63
ततो हलहलाशब्दं काञ्चीनूपुरमिश्रितम्।
शृणोम्यधिकगम्भीरं रावणस्य निवेशने ॥ ५.५८.६३ ॥
Then I heard in Rāvaṇa's residence a very deep sound 'hala-hala', mixed with the jingling of girdles and anklets.
5.58.64
ततोऽहं परमोद्विग्नः स्वरूपं प्रत्यसंहरम्।
अहं च शिंशपावृक्षे पक्षीव गहने स्थितः ॥ ५.५८.६४ ॥
Then, greatly agitated, I drew in my own form, and like a bird I remained hidden in the dense śiṃśapā tree.
5.58.65
ततो रावणदाराश्च रावणश्च महाबलः।
तं देशमनुसम्प्राप्तो यत्र सीताभवत् स्थिता ॥ ५.५८.६५ ॥
Then Rāvaṇa's women and the mighty Rāvaṇa arrived at that place where Sītā was seated.
5.58.66
तं दृष्ट्वाथ वरारोहा सीता रक्षोगणेश्वरम्।
संकुच्योरू स्तनौ पीनौ बाहुभ्यां परिरभ्य च ॥ ५.५८.६६ ॥
Seeing the lord of the rākṣasa hosts, the fair-hipped Sītā drew in her thighs and full breasts, and embracing them with both arms, held herself close.
5.58.67
वित्रस्तां परमोद्विग्नां वीक्ष्यमाणामितस्ततः।
त्राणं कंचिदपश्यन्तीं वेपमानां तपस्विनीम् ॥ ५.५८.६७ ॥
Seeing Sītā, that ascetic woman, terrified and greatly agitated, looking here and there, finding no protector, trembling.
5.58.68
तामुवाच दशग्रीवः सीतां परमदुःखिताम्।
अवाक्शिराः प्रपतितो बहुमन्यस्व मामिति ॥ ५.५८.६८ ॥
Then Rāvaṇa, the ten-necked, said to Sītā, who was deeply grieved: "With head bowed, I have fallen before you; regard me with honour."
5.58.69
यदि चेत्त्वं तु मां दर्पान्नाभिनन्दसि गर्विते।
द्विमासानन्तरं सीते पास्यामि रुधिरं तव ॥ ५.५८.६९ ॥
"O proud Sītā, if out of pride you do not accept me, after two months I shall drink your blood."
5.58.70
एतच्छ्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य रावणस्य दुरात्मनः।
उवाच परमक्रुद्धा सीता वचनमुत्तमम् ॥ ५.५८.७० ॥
Hearing these words of the wicked Rāvaṇa, Sītā, greatly enraged, spoke these noble words.
5.58.71
राक्षसाधम रामस्य भार्याममिततेजसः।
इक्ष्वाकुवंशनाथस्य स्नुषां दशरथस्य च ॥ ५.५८.७१ ॥
"O lowest of rākṣasas! You have seized the wife of Rāma of boundless splendour, the daughter-in-law of Daśaratha, lord of the Ikṣvāku line!"
5.58.72
अवाच्यं वदतो जिह्वा कथं न पतिता तव।
किंस्विद्वीर्य तवानार्य यो मां भर्तुरसंनिधौ ॥ ५.५८.७२ ॥
"Why did your tongue not fall off, speaking words that should not be spoken? O ignoble one, what valour is this of yours, to take me in my husband's absence?"
5.58.73
अपहृत्यागतः पाप तेनादृष्टो महात्मना।
न त्वं रामस्य सदृशो दास्येऽप्यस्य न युज्यसे ॥ ५.५८.७३ ॥
Wicked one, you were carried off here while the great-souled Rāma did not see you. You are not equal to Rāma; you are not even fit to be his servant.
5.58.74
अजेयः सत्यवाक् शूरो रणश्लाघी च राघवः।
जानक्या परुषं वाक्यमेवमुक्तो दशाननः ॥ ५.५८.७४ ॥
Rāghava (Rāma) is unconquerable, truthful, heroic, and boastful in battle. When Jānakī spoke such harsh words, the ten-faced one (Rāvaṇa) answered thus.
5.58.75
जज्वाल सहसा कोपाच्चितास्थ इव पावकः।
विवृत्य नयने क्रूरे मुष्टिमुद्यम्य दक्षिणम् ॥ ५.५८.७५ ॥
In rage he suddenly blazed like a fire on a funeral pyre. Opening his cruel eyes wide, he raised his right fist.
5.58.76
मैथिलीं हन्तुमारब्धः स्त्रीभिर्हाहाकृतं तदा।
स्त्रीणां मध्यात् समुत्पत्य तस्य भार्या दुरात्मनः ॥ ५.५८.७६ ॥
He set about to kill Maithilī (Sītā), and the women cried out in lamentation. Then the wife of that wicked-minded one sprang up from among the women.
5.58.77
वरा मन्दोदरी नाम तया स प्रतिषेधितः।
उक्तश्च मधुरां वाणीं तया स मदनार्दितः ॥ ५.५८.७७ ॥
The excellent Mandodarī restrained him, and he, tormented by desire, was addressed by her in sweet speech.
5.58.78
सीतया तव किं कार्यं महेन्द्रसमविक्रम।
मया सह रमस्वाद्य मद्विशिष्टा न जानकी ॥ ५.५८.७८ ॥
O you whose valor rivals Indra's, what use have you for Sītā? Take your pleasure with me today; Jānakī is not superior to me.
5.58.79
देवगन्धर्वकन्याभिर्यक्षकन्याभिरेव च।
सार्धं प्रभो रमस्वेति सीतया किं करिष्यसि ॥ ५.५८.७९ ॥
Enjoy yourself, O lord, with the daughters of gods, gandharvas and yakṣas. What do you have to do with Sītā?
5.58.80
ततस्ताभिः समेताभिर्नारीभिः स महाबलः।
उत्थाप्य सहसा नीतो भवनं स्वं निशाचरः ॥ ५.५८.८० ॥
Then those women, gathered together, suddenly lifted up that mighty night-wanderer and carried him off to their own palace.
5.58.81
याते तस्मिन् दशग्रीवे राक्षस्यो विकृताननाः।
सीतां निर्भर्त्सयामासुर्वाक्यैः क्रूरैः सुदारुणैः ॥ ५.५८.८१ ॥
When that ten-necked one had gone, the rākṣasī women with distorted faces threatened and reviled Sītā with cruel and most dreadful words.
5.58.82
तृणवद् भाषितं तासां गणयामास जानकी।
गर्जितं च तथा तासां सीतां प्राप्य निरर्थकम् ॥ ५.५८.८२ ॥
Jānakī counted their words as no more than a blade of grass, and their roaring, too, was pointless before Sītā.
5.58.83
वृथा गर्जितनिश्चेष्टा राक्षस्यः पिशिताशनाः।
रावणाय शशंसुस्ताः सीताव्यवसितं महत् ॥ ५.५८.८३ ॥
The flesh-eating rākṣasī women, having roared in vain and grown helpless, reported Sītā's great resolve to Rāvaṇa.
5.58.84
ततस्ताः सहिताः सर्वा विहताशा निरुद्यमाः।
परिक्लिश्य समस्तास्ता निद्रावशमुपागताः ॥ ५.५८.८४ ॥
Then they all together, their hopes shattered and their efforts spent, worn out, fell under the power of sleep.
5.58.85
तासु चैव प्रसुप्तासु सीता भर्तृहिते रता।
विलप्य करुणं दीना प्रशुशोच सुदुःखिता ॥ ५.५८.८५ ॥
When they all were asleep, Sītā, intent on her husband's welfare, lamented piteously, wretched and deeply sorrowful, and wept.
5.58.86
तासां मध्यात् समुत्थाय त्रिजटा वाक्यमब्रवीत्।
आत्मानं खादत क्षिप्रं न सीतामसितेक्षणाम् ॥ ५.५८.८६ ॥
Rising from the midst of them, Trijaṭā spoke: "Devour yourselves quickly, not dark-eyed Sītā."
5.58.87
जनकस्यात्मजां साध्वीं स्नुषां दशरथस्य च।
स्वप्नो ह्यद्य मया दृष्टो दारुणो रोमहर्षणः ॥ ५.५८.८७ ॥
Concerning Sītā, the daughter of Janaka, the virtuous daughter-in-law of Daśaratha, I have seen today a terrible, hair-raising dream.
5.58.88
रक्षसां च विनाशाय भर्तुरस्या जयाय च।
अलमस्मान् परित्रातुं राघवाद् राक्षसीगणम् ॥ ५.५८.८८ ॥
For the destruction of the rākṣasas and for the victory of her husband, and to protect us from Rāghava, this suffices for the host of rākṣasī women.
5.58.89
अभियाचाम वैदेहीमेतद्धि मम रोचते।
यदि ह्येवंविधः स्वप्नो दुःखितायाः प्रदृश्यते ॥ ५.५८.८९ ॥
Let us entreat Vaidehī; this seems good to me, if such a dream is seen by the sorrowful one.
5.58.90
सा दुःखैर्विविधैर्मुक्ता सुखमाप्नोत्यनुत्तमम्।
प्रणिपातप्रसन्ना हि मैथिली जनकात्मजा ॥ ५.५८.९० ॥
Freed from many kinds of sorrow, she will attain supreme happiness, for Maithilī, the daughter of Janaka, is pleased by reverent prostration.
5.58.91
अलमेषा परित्रातुं राक्षस्यो महतो भयात्।
ततः सा ह्रीमती बाला भर्तुर्विजयहर्षिता ॥ ५.५८.९१ ॥
She is able to save these rākṣasa women from great fear. Then the modest young woman, gladdened by her husband's victory, [...]
5.58.92
अवोचद् यदि तत् तथ्यं भवेयं शरणं हि वः।
तां चाहं तादृशीं दृष्ट्वा सीताया दारुणां दशाम् ॥ ५.५८.९२ ॥
She said, 'If this is true, I would be a refuge for you.' And seeing Sītā in such a dreadful condition, [...]
5.58.93
चिन्तयामास विश्रान्तो न च मे निर्वृतं मनः।
सम्भाषणार्थे च मया जानक्याश्चिन्तितो विधिः ॥ ५.५८.९३ ॥
Having rested, I pondered; yet my mind was not at ease. I considered a way to speak with Jānakī.
5.58.94
इक्ष्वाकुकुलवंशस्तु स्तुतो मम पुरस्कृतः।
श्रुत्वा तु गदितां वाचं राजर्षिगणभूषिताम् ॥ ५.५८.९४ ॥
I praised the lineage of the Ikṣvāku family and put it forward. Hearing that speech, adorned by the host of royal sages, [...]
5.58.95
प्रत्यभाषत मां देवी बाष्पैः पिहितलोचना।
कस्त्वं केन कथं चेह प्राप्तो वानरपुङ्गव ॥ ५.५८.९५ ॥
The goddess, her eyes covered with tears, answered me: 'Who are you, and by whom and how have you come here, best of monkeys?'
5.58.96
का च रामेण ते प्रीतिस्तन्मे शंसितुमर्हसि।
तस्यास्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा अहमप्यब्रुवं वचः ॥ ५.५८.९६ ॥
'And what is your bond with Rāma? You should tell me that.' Hearing her words, I too replied.
5.58.97
देवि रामस्य भर्तुस्ते सहायो भीमविक्रमः।
सुग्रीवो नाम विक्रान्तो वानरेन्द्रो महाबलः ॥ ५.५८.९७ ॥
O goddess, your husband Rāma has an ally: Sugrīva by name, a monkey-king of terrible prowess, valiant and of great strength.
5.58.98
तस्य मां विद्धि भृत्यं त्वं हनूमन्तमिहागतम्।
भर्त्रा सम्प्रहितस्तुभ्यं रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥ ५.५८.९८ ॥
Know me as his servant Hanumān, who has come here; it was your husband Rāma, of unwearying deeds, who sent me to you.
5.58.99
इदं तु पुरुषव्याघ्रः श्रीमान् दाशरथिः स्वयम्।
अङ्गुलीयमभिज्ञानमदात् तुभ्यं यशस्विनि ॥ ५.५८.९९ ॥
This ring, the best of men, the glorious son of Daśaratha himself, gave to you as a token of recognition, O illustrious one.
5.58.100
तदिच्छामि त्वयाज्ञप्तं देवि किं करवाण्यहम्।
रामलक्ष्मणयोः पार्श्वं नयामि त्वां किमुत्तरम् ॥ ५.५८.१०० ॥
Therefore, O goddess, I wish that you would command me: what shall I do? Shall I take you to the side of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, or will you give some other reply?
5.58.101
एतच्छ्रुत्वा विदित्वा च सीता जनकनन्दिनी।
आह रावणमुत्पाट्य राघवो मां नयत्विति ॥ ५.५८.१०१ ॥
Having heard and understood this, Sītā, daughter of Janaka, said: "Let Rāghava uproot Rāvaṇa and take me away."
5.58.102
प्रणम्य शिरसा देवीमहमार्यामनिन्दिताम्।
राघवस्य मनोह्लादमभिज्ञानमयाचिषम् ॥ ५.५८.१०२ ॥
Bowing my head to that goddess, the noble and blameless lady, I asked her for a token of recognition that would delight the mind of Rāghava.
5.58.103
अथ मामब्रवीत् सीता गृह्यतामयमुत्तमः।
मणिर्येन महाबाहू रामस्त्वां बहु मन्यते ॥ ५.५८.१०३ ॥
Then Sītā said to me, "Take this excellent jewel, by which Rāma, mighty-armed one, holds you in high regard."
5.58.104
इत्युक्त्वा तु वरारोहा मणिप्रवरमुत्तमम्।
प्रायच्छत् परमोद्विग्ना वाचा मां संदिदेश ह ॥ ५.५८.१०४ ॥
Having said this, that lovely-waisted lady, greatly distressed, gave me that excellent foremost jewel and instructed me with words.
5.58.105
ततस्तस्यै प्रणम्याहं राजपुत्र्यै समाहितः।
प्रदक्षिणं परिक्राममिहाभ्युद्गतमानसः ॥ ५.५८.१०५ ॥
Then I bowed to that princess, composed, and with a mind uplifted, I walked around her to the right in circumambulation.
5.58.106
उत्तरं पुनरेवाह निश्चित्य मनसा तदा।
हनूमन् मम वृत्तान्तं वक्तुमर्हसि राघवे ॥ ५.५८.१०६ ॥
Then, having resolved in her mind, she spoke again: "Hanumān, you should tell Rāghava my story."
5.58.107
यथा श्रुत्वैव नचिरात् तावुभौ रामलक्ष्मणौ।
सुग्रीवसहितौ वीरावुपेयातां तथा कुरु ॥ ५.५८.१०७ ॥
"As soon as they hear it, may those two heroes, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, come here without delay together with Sugrīva; do so."
5.58.108
यदन्यथा भवेदेतद् द्वौ मासौ जीवितं मम।
न मां द्रक्ष्यति काकुत्स्थो म्रिये साहमनाथवत् ॥ ५.५८.१०८ ॥
"If this does not happen, my life will last only two months. Kākutstha will not see me, and I shall die like one without a protector."
5.58.109
तच्छ्रुत्वा करुणं वाक्यं क्रोधो मामभ्यवर्तत।
उत्तरं च मया दृष्टं कार्यशेषमनन्तरम् ॥ ५.५८.१०९ ॥
Hearing those piteous words, anger overcame me, and at once I saw the task that remained.
5.58.110
ततोऽवर्धत मे कायस्तदा पर्वतसंनिभः।
युद्धाकाङ्क्षी वनं तस्य विनाशयितुमारभे ॥ ५.५८.११० ॥
Then my body grew like a mountain, and, desiring battle, I began to destroy his grove.
5.58.111
तद् भग्नं वनखण्डं तु भ्रान्तत्रस्तमृगद्विजम्।
प्रतिबुद्ध्य निरीक्षन्ते राक्षस्यो विकृताननाः ॥ ५.५८.१११ ॥
Seeing that broken grove-tract, where startled deer and birds fled in confusion, the rākṣasī women awoke with distorted faces and looked around.
5.58.112
मां च दृष्ट्वा वने तस्मिन् समागम्य ततस्ततः।
ताः समभ्यागताः क्षिप्रं रावणायाचचक्षिरे ॥ ५.५८.११२ ॥
Having seen me in that grove, they gathered from here and there, came swiftly, and reported to Rāvaṇa.
5.58.113
राजन् वनमिदं दुर्गं तव भग्नं दुरात्मना।
वानरेण ह्यविज्ञाय तव वीर्यं महाबल ॥ ५.५८.११३ ॥
O king, this inaccessible grove of yours has been broken by a wicked monkey, who did not know your might, O mighty one.
5.58.114
तस्य दुर्बुद्धिता राजंस्तव विप्रियकारिणः।
वधमाज्ञापय क्षिप्रं यथासौ न पुनर्व्रजेत् ॥ ५.५८.११४ ॥
O king, order the death of that wicked doer of your unpleasant deeds swiftly, so that he may never come again.
5.58.115
तच्छ्रुत्वा राक्षसेन्द्रेण विसृष्टा बहुदुर्जयाः।
राक्षसाः किंकरा नाम रावणस्य मनोऽनुगाः ॥ ५.५८.११५ ॥
Hearing this, the lord of the rakshasas sent forth the Kiṅkaras, rakshasas very hard to conquer, who followed the will of Rāvaṇa.
5.58.116
तेषामशीतिसाहस्रं शूलमुद्गरपाणिनाम्।
मया तस्मिन् वनोद्देशे परिघेण निषूदितम् ॥ ५.५८.११६ ॥
Of them, eighty thousand who held spears and clubs in their hands were slain by me with an iron bar in that forest region.
5.58.117
तेषां तु हतशिष्टा ये ते गता लघुविक्रमाः।
निहतं च मया सैन्यं रावणायाचचक्षिरे ॥ ५.५८.११७ ॥
Those of them who survived the slaughter, swift in valour, fled and reported to Rāvaṇa that the army had been slain by me.
5.58.118
ततो मे बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना चैत्यप्रासादमुत्तमम्।
तत्रस्थान् राक्षसान् हत्वा शतं स्तम्भेन वै पुनः ॥ ५.५८.११८ ॥
Then the thought arose in me: having slain the hundred rakshasas standing in that excellent shrine-palace, I would again bring it down with a pillar.
5.58.119
ललामभूतो लङ्काया मया विध्वंसितो रुषा।
ततः प्रहस्तस्य सुतं जम्बुमालिनमादिशत् ॥ ५.५८.११९ ॥
That palace, the ornament of Laṅkā, I destroyed in anger. Then Rāvaṇa sent against me Jambumālin, the son of Prahasta.
5.58.120
राक्षसैर्बहुभिः सार्धं घोररूपैर्भयानकैः।
तमहं बलसम्पन्नं राक्षसं रणकोविदम् ॥ ५.५८.१२० ॥
Together with many terrible-formed, fearsome rakshasas, I (faced) that rakshasa, endowed with strength and skilled in battle.
5.58.121
परिघेणातिघोरेण सूदयामि सहानुगम्।
तच्छ्रुत्वा राक्षसेन्द्रस्तु मन्त्रिपुत्रान् महाबलान् ॥ ५.५८.१२१ ॥
"With my terrible iron bar I will slay them together with their followers." Hearing this, the lord of rakṣasas sent the mighty sons of his ministers.
5.58.122
पदातिबलसम्पन्नान् प्रेषयामास रावणः।
परिघेणैव तान् सर्वान् नयामि यमसादनम् ॥ ५.५८.१२२ ॥
Rāvaṇa sent them, endowed with infantry forces. "With the iron bar alone I will send them all to the abode of Yama."
5.58.123
मन्त्रिपुत्रान् हतान् श्रुत्वा समरे लघुविक्रमान्।
पञ्च सेनाग्रगान् शूरान् प्रेषयामास रावणः ॥ ५.५८.१२३ ॥
Hearing that the swift-valiant sons of the ministers had been slain in battle, Rāvaṇa sent five heroes who march at the head of the army.
5.58.124
तानहं सहसैन्यान् वै सर्वानेवाभ्यसूदयम्।
ततः पुनर्दशग्रीवः पुत्रमक्षं महाबलम् ॥ ५.५८.१२४ ॥
I slew them all, together with their armies. Then the ten-necked one again sent his mighty son Akṣa.
5.58.125
बहुभी राक्षसैः सार्धं प्रेषयामास संयुगे।
तं तु मन्दोदरीपुत्रं कुमारं रणपण्डितम् ॥ ५.५८.१२५ ॥
He sent him into battle with many rakṣasas — that son of Mandodarī, the prince skilled in war.
5.58.126
सहसा खं समुद्यन्तं पादयोश्च गृहीतवान्।
तमासीनं शतगुणं भ्रामयित्वा व्यपेषयम् ॥ ५.५८.१२६ ॥
Suddenly he rose into the sky, and I seized him by the feet; whirling him a hundred times, I crushed him.
5.58.127
तमक्षमागतं भग्नं निशम्य स दशाननः।
ततश्चेन्द्रजितं नाम द्वितीयं रावणः सुतम् ॥ ५.५८.१२७ ॥
Hearing that Akṣa had come and been slain and the army shattered, the ten-faced Rāvaṇa then summoned his second son, Indrajit by name.
5.58.128
व्यादिदेश सुसंक्रुद्धो बलिनं युद्धदुर्मदम्।
तच्चाप्यहं बलं सर्वं तं च राक्षसपुङ्गवम् ॥ ५.५८.१२८ ॥
Greatly enraged, he gave orders to that mighty son, arrogant in battle: to seize me, all my strength, and that foremost of the rākṣasas.
5.58.129
नष्टौजसं रणे कृत्वा परं हर्षमुपागतः।
महतापि महाबाहुः प्रत्ययेन महाबलः ॥ ५.५८.१२९ ॥
Having stripped him of his vigour in battle, the great-armed, mighty one was filled with supreme joy, and also with great confidence.
5.58.130
प्रहितो रावणेनैष सह वीरैर्मदोद्धतैः।
सोऽविषह्यं हि मां बुद्ध्वा स्वसैन्यं चावमर्दितम् ॥ ५.५८.१३० ॥
Sent forth by Rāvaṇa together with heroes puffed up with pride, he (Indrajit), perceiving me to be unbearable and his own army crushed—
5.58.131
ब्रह्मणोऽस्त्रेण स तु मां प्रबद्ध्वा चातिवेगिनः।
रज्जुभिश्चापि बध्नन्ति ततो मां तत्र राक्षसाः ॥ ५.५८.१३१ ॥
Indrajit bound me fast with the weapon of Brahmā; then the rākṣasas there bound me with ropes, though I was of great swiftness.
5.58.132
रावणस्य समीपं च गृहीत्वा मामुपागमन्।
दृष्ट्वा सम्भाषितश्चाहं रावणेन दुरात्मना ॥ ५.५८.१३२ ॥
Seizing me, they brought me into the presence of Rāvaṇa; and having seen me, the wicked-souled Rāvaṇa addressed me.
5.58.133
पृष्टश्च लङ्कागमनं राक्षसानां च तं वधम्।
तत्सर्वं च रणे तत्र सीतार्थमुपजल्पितम् ॥ ५.५८.१३३ ॥
When asked about my coming to Laṅkā, the slaying of the rākṣasas, and all that was said and done in battle there for Sītā's sake, I told it all.
5.58.134
तस्यास्तु दर्शनाकाङ्क्षी प्राप्तस्त्वद्भवनं विभो।
मारुतस्यौरसः पुत्रो वानरो हनुमानहम् ॥ ५.५८.१३४ ॥
Desiring to see her, my lord, I have come to your abode. I am Hanumān, the monkey, the true son of the Wind-god.
5.58.135
रामदूतं च मां विद्धि सुग्रीवसचिवं कपिम्।
सोऽहं दौत्येन रामस्य त्वत्सकाशमिहागतः ॥ ५.५८.१३५ ॥
Know me as the messenger of Rāma and a monkey, minister of Sugrīva. On Rāma's mission as envoy, I have come here into your presence.
5.58.136
शृणु चापि समादेशं यदहं प्रब्रवीमि ते।
राक्षसेश हरीशस्त्वां वाक्यमाह समाहितम् ॥ ५.५८.१३६ ॥
Listen, O lord of the rākṣasas, also to the message I speak to you. The lord of monkeys has addressed you with carefully weighed words.
5.58.137
सुग्रीवश्च महाभागः स त्वां कौशलमब्रवीत्।
धर्मार्थकामसहितं हितं पथ्यमुवाच ह ॥ ५.५८.१३७ ॥
The greatly fortunate Sugrīva asked after your welfare, and spoke to you words wholesome and beneficial, joined with dharma, wealth and pleasure.
5.58.138
वसतो ऋष्यमूके मे पर्वते विपुलद्रुमे।
राघवो रणविक्रान्तो मित्रत्वं समुपागतः ॥ ५.५८.१३८ ॥
While I was dwelling on Ṛṣyamūka, the mountain of abundant trees, Rāghava, valiant in battle, entered into friendship with me.
5.58.139
तेन मे कथितं राजन् भार्या मे रक्षसा हृता।
तत्र साहाय्यहेतोर्मे समयं कर्तुमर्हसि ॥ ५.५८.१३९ ॥
He told me, O king, that my wife had been seized by a rākṣasa. Therefore it is fitting that you make a pact with me to give him help.
5.58.140
वालिना हृतराज्येन सुग्रीवेण सह प्रभुः।
चक्रेऽग्निसाक्षिकं सख्यं राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः ॥ ५.५८.१४० ॥
With Sugrīva, whose kingdom had been seized by Vālin, the lord Rāghava together with Lakṣmaṇa made a friendship, with fire as witness.
5.58.141
तेन वालिनमाहत्य शरेणैकेन संयुगे।
वानराणां महाराजः कृतः सम्प्लवतां प्रभुः ॥ ५.५८.१४१ ॥
Having struck down Vālin in battle with a single arrow, he made Sugrīva the great king and lord of the leaping monkeys.
5.58.142
तस्य साहाय्यमस्माभिः कार्यं सर्वात्मना त्विह।
तेन प्रस्थापितस्तुभ्यं समीपमिह धर्मतः ॥ ५.५८.१४२ ॥
We must give him help here with our whole being; by him I have been sent to you here, rightly.
5.58.143
क्षिप्रमानीयतां सीता दीयतां राघवस्य च।
यावन्न हरयो वीरा विधमन्ति बलं तव ॥ ५.५८.१४३ ॥
Let Sītā be quickly brought and given back to Rāghava, before the heroic monkeys scatter your army.
5.58.144
वानराणां प्रभावोऽयं न केन विदितः पुरा।
देवतानां सकाशं च ये गच्छन्ति निमन्त्रिताः ॥ ५.५८.१४४ ॥
The power of these monkeys, who go to the presence of the gods when invited, was not known to anyone before.
5.58.145
मामैक्षत ततो रुष्टश्चक्षुषा प्रदहन्निव ॥ ५.५८.१४५ ॥
Then, enraged, he looked at me with eyes as if burning me up.
5.58.146
तेन वध्योऽहमाज्ञप्तो रक्षसा रौद्रकर्मणा।
मत्प्रभावमविज्ञाय रावणेन दुरात्मना ॥ ५.५८.१४६ ॥
By that cruel-acting rakshasa, the wicked Rāvaṇa, not knowing my power, I was ordered to be killed.
5.58.147
ततो विभीषणो नाम तस्य भ्राता महामतिः।
तेन राक्षसराजश्च याचितो मम कारणात् ॥ ५.५८.१४७ ॥
Then his brother, Vibhīṣaṇa, of great wisdom, pleaded with the king of the rakshasas on my account.
5.58.148
नैवं राक्षसशार्दूल त्यज्यतामेष निश्चयः।
राजशास्त्रव्यपेतो हि मार्गः संलक्ष्यते त्वया ॥ ५.५८.१४८ ॥
No, O tiger among rākṣasas, do not persist in this resolve; you are seen to be following a path departed from the law of kings.
5.58.149
दूतवध्या न दृष्टा हि राजशास्त्रेषु राक्षस।
दूतेन वेदितव्यं च यथाभिहितवादिना ॥ ५.५८.१४९ ॥
O rākṣasa, in the treatises of kings a messenger is not seen to be fit for slaying; the envoy should be known as one who speaks just as he has been told.
5.58.150
सुमहत्यपराधेऽपि दूतस्यातुलविक्रम।
विरूपकरणं दृष्टं न वधोऽस्ति हि शास्त्रतः ॥ ५.५८.१५० ॥
O one of incomparable valor, even for a very great offense against a messenger, only disfigurement is seen as punishment; by the treatises there is no killing.
5.58.151
विभीषणेनैवमुक्तो रावणः संदिदेश तान्।
राक्षसानेतदेवाद्य लाङ्गूलं दह्यतामिति ॥ ५.५८.१५१ ॥
Thus addressed by Vibhīṣaṇa, Rāvaṇa commanded those rākṣasas: "Let this one's tail be burned today."
5.58.152
ततस्तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा मम पुच्छं समन्ततः।
वेष्टितं शणवल्कैश्च पट्टैः कार्पासकैस्तथा ॥ ५.५८.१५२ ॥
Hearing his words, they wrapped my tail all around with hemp-fibre, bark, strips of cloth and cotton.
5.58.153
राक्षसाः सिद्धसंनाहास्ततस्ते चण्डविक्रमाः।
तदादीप्यन्त मे पुच्छं हनन्तः काष्ठमुष्टिभिः ॥ ५.५८.१५३ ॥
Then those fully armed rākṣasas, fierce in valour, striking with fists of wood, set my tail ablaze.
5.58.154
बद्धस्य बहुभिः पाशैर्यन्त्रितस्य च राक्षसैः।
न मे पीडाभवत् काचिद् दिदृक्षोर्नगरीं दिवा ॥ ५.५८.१५४ ॥
Though bound by the rākṣasas with many nooses and held fast, I felt no pain at all, for I wished to see the city by daylight.
5.58.155
ततस्ते राक्षसाः शूरा बद्धं मामग्निसंवृतम्।
अघोषयन् राजमार्गे नगरद्वारमागताः ॥ ५.५८.१५५ ॥
Then those brave rākṣasas brought me, bound and wrapped in fire, to the city gate and proclaimed it along the royal road.
5.58.156
ततोऽहं सुमहद्रूपं संक्षिप्य पुनरात्मनः।
विमोचयित्वा तं बन्धं प्रकृतिस्थः स्थितः पुनः ॥ ५.५८.१५६ ॥
Then I drew in my vast form again, freed myself from that bond, and stood once more in my natural state.
5.58.157
आयसं परिघं गृह्य तानि रक्षांस्यसूदयम्।
ततस्तन्नगरद्वारं वेगेन प्लुतवानहम् ॥ ५.५८.१५७ ॥
Seizing an iron bar, I slew those rākṣasas. Then with speed I leapt toward that city gate.
5.58.158
पुच्छेन च प्रदीप्तेन तां पुरीं साट्टगोपुराम्।
दहाम्यहमसम्भ्रान्तो युगान्ताग्निरिव प्रजाः ॥ ५.५८.१५८ ॥
With my blazing tail I burned that city, its towers and gateways, fearlessly, as the fire at the end of an age burns creatures.
5.58.159
विनष्टा जानकी व्यक्तं न ह्यदग्धः प्रदृश्यते।
लङ्कायाः कश्चिदुद्देशः सर्वा भस्मीकृता पुरी ॥ ५.५८.१५९ ॥
Jānakī has surely perished, for no part of Laṅkā is seen unburnt; the whole city has been reduced to ash.
5.58.160
दहता च मया लङ्कां दग्धा सीता न संशयः।
रामस्य च महत्कार्यं मयेदं विफलीकृतम् ॥ ५.५८.१६० ॥
In burning Laṅkā, Sītā too has been burnt by me, no doubt; and by me this great task of Rāma has been rendered fruitless.
5.58.161
ततोऽहं वाचमश्रौषं चारणानां शुभाक्षराम् ॥ ५.५८.१६१ ॥
Then I heard the speech of the Cāraṇas, auspicious in its syllables.
5.58.162
जानकी न च दग्धेति विस्मयोदन्तभाषिणाम्।
ततो मे बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना श्रुत्वा तामद्भुतां गिरम् ॥ ५.५८.१६२ ॥
"Jānakī is not burnt" — hearing that wondrous word spoken in astonishment, a thought arose in my mind.
5.58.163
अदग्धा जानकीत्येव निमित्तैश्चोपलक्षितम्।
दीप्यमाने तु लाङ्गूले न मां दहति पावकः ॥ ५.५८.१६३ ॥
Jānakī is unburnt, as was recognized also through omens; while my tail blazes, the fire does not burn me.
5.58.164
हृदयं च प्रहृष्टं मे वाताः सुरभिगन्धिनः।
तैर्निमित्तैश्च दृष्टार्थैः कारणैश्च महागुणैः ॥ ५.५८.१६४ ॥
My heart is delighted, and fragrant winds are blowing; by those omens, by the visible signs, and by the reasons of great virtue, [I rejoice].
5.58.165
ऋषिवाक्यैश्च दृष्टार्थैरभवं हृष्टमानसः।
पुनर्दृष्टा च वैदेही विसृष्टश्च तया पुनः ॥ ५.५८.१६५ ॥
By the words of the sages and by the visible signs, my mind became glad; I saw Vaidehī again, and was again dismissed by her.
5.58.166
ततः पर्वतमासाद्य तत्रारिष्टमहं पुनः।
प्रतिप्लवनमारेभे युष्मद्दर्शनकाङ्क्षया ॥ ५.५८.१६६ ॥
Then, reaching that mountain, there upon Ariṣṭa I began to leap again, with desire to see you.
5.58.167
ततः श्वसनचन्द्रार्कसिद्धगन्धर्वसेवितम्।
पन्थानमहमाक्रम्य भवतो दृष्टवानिह ॥ ५.५८.१६७ ॥
Then, having crossed the path attended by the Wind, the Moon, the Sun, the Siddhas and the Gandharvas, I saw you here.
5.58.168
राघवस्य प्रसादेन भवतां चैव तेजसा।
सुग्रीवस्य च कार्यार्थं मया सर्वमनुष्ठितम् ॥ ५.५८.१६८ ॥
By the grace of Rāghava and by your splendor, for the sake of Sugrīva's task, I have accomplished everything.
5.58.169
एतत् सर्वं मया तत्र यथावदुपपादितम्।
तत्र यन्न कृतं शेषं तत् सर्वं क्रियतामिति ॥ ५.५८.१६९ ॥
All of this was duly accomplished there by me. Whatever remains undone there, let all of that now be done.