Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.39
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6.39.1
तां रात्रिमुषितास्तत्र सुवेले हरियूथपाः।
लङ्कायां ददृशुर्वीरा वनान्युपवनानि च ॥ ६.३९.१ ॥
Having passed that night there on Suvela, the valiant leaders of the monkey troops looked out upon the forests and groves of Laṅkā.
6.39.2
समसौम्यानि रम्याणि विशालान्यायतानि च।
दृष्टिरम्याणि ते दृष्ट्वा बभूवुर्जातविस्मयाः ॥ ६.३९.२ ॥
Seeing those level, gentle, delightful, vast and spacious groves, pleasing to the eye, they were filled with wonder.
6.39.3
चम्पकाशोकबकुलशालतालसमाकुला।
तमालवनसंछन्ना नागमालासमावृता ॥ ६.३९.३ ॥
Thronged with campaka, aśoka, bakula, śāla and tāla trees, covered with tamāla groves, and encircled by rows of nāga trees.
6.39.4
हिन्तालैरर्जुनैर्नीपैः सप्तपर्णैः सुपुष्पितैः।
तिलकैः कर्णिकारैश्च पाटलैश्च समन्ततः ॥ ६.३९.४ ॥
With hintāla, arjuna, nīpa, saptaparṇa, tilaka, karṇikāra and pāṭala trees, well in blossom, on every side.
6.39.5
शुशुभे पुष्पिताग्रैश्च लतापरिगतैर्द्रुमैः।
लङ्का बहुविधैर्दिव्यैर्यथेन्द्रस्यामरावती ॥ ६.३९.५ ॥
Laṅkā shone with many kinds of divine trees, their tops in flower and wrapped in creepers, just as Indra's Amarāvatī shines.
6.39.6
विचित्रकुसुमोपेतै रक्तकोमलपल्लवैः।
शाद्वलैश्च तथा नीलैश्चित्राभिर्वनराजिभिः ॥ ६.३९.६ ॥
Adorned with variegated flowers, tender red shoots, grassy meadows, and dark blue, wondrous rows of forest.
6.39.7
गन्धाढ्यान्यतिरम्याणि पुष्पाणि च फलानि च।
धारयन्त्यगमास्तत्र भूषणानीव मानवाः ॥ ६.३९.७ ॥
The trees there bore fragrant, exceedingly lovely flowers and fruits, like men adorned with ornaments.
6.39.8
तच्चैत्ररथसंकाशं मनोज्ञं नन्दनोपमम्।
वनं सर्वर्तुकं रम्यं शुशुभे षट्पदायुतम् ॥ ६.३९.८ ॥
That forest, like Caitraratha and like Nandana, charming, having every season, delightful, shone full of bees.
6.39.9
दात्यूहकोयष्टिबकैर्नृत्यमानैश्च बर्हिणैः।
रुतं परभृतानां च शुश्रुवे वननिर्झरे ॥ ६.३९.९ ॥
Along with the dancing peacocks, the calls of the dātyūha, kōka and yaṣṭika birds and the cry of cuckoos were heard near the forest waterfall.
6.39.10
नित्यमत्तविहंगानि भ्रमराचरितानि च।
कोकिलाकुलखण्डानि विहंगाभिरुतानि च ॥ ६.३९.१० ॥
Where birds are always intoxicated, frequented by bees, tracts full of cuckoos, and resounding with the calls of birds.
6.39.11
भृङ्गराजाधिगीतानि कुररस्वनितानि च।
कोणालकविघुष्टानि सारसाभिरुतानि च।
विविशुस्ते ततस्तानि वनान्युपवनानि च ॥ ६.३९.११ ॥
Sung by the bhṛṅgarāja birds, resounding with the cries of kurara birds, echoing with the calls of koṇālaka birds and resounding with the calls of sārasa cranes — into those forests and groves they entered.
6.39.12
हृष्टाः प्रमुदिता वीरा हरयः कामरूपिणः।
तेषां प्रविशतां तत्र वानराणां महौजसाम् ॥ ६.३९.१२ ॥
The delighted, joyful, heroic monkeys, able to take any form at will — of those mighty monkeys entering there.
6.39.13
पुष्पसंसर्गसुरभिर्ववौ घ्राणसुखोऽनिलः।
अन्ये तु हरिवीराणां यूथान्निष्क्रम्य यूथपाः।
सुग्रीवेणाभ्यनुज्ञाता लङ्कां जग्मुः पताकिनीम् ॥ ६.३९.१३ ॥
A breeze scented with the touch of flowers, pleasant to the sense of smell, blew. Others among the heroic monkeys, troop-leaders, having come out from their troops and been granted leave by Sugrīva, went to banner-adorned Laṅkā.
6.39.14
वित्रासयन्तो विहगान् ग्लापयन्तो मृगद्विपान्।
कम्पयन्तश्च तां लङ्कां नादैः स्वैर्नदतां वराः ॥ ६.३९.१४ ॥
Terrifying the birds, exhausting the deer and elephants, shaking that Laṅkā with their own roars, the best of those who roar advanced.
6.39.15
कुर्वन्तस्ते महावेगा महीं चरणपीडिताम्।
रजश्च सहसैवोर्ध्वं जगाम चरणोत्थितम् ॥ ६.३९.१५ ॥
Those of great speed made the earth, pressed by their feet, [tremble]; and the dust raised by their feet suddenly rose upward.
6.39.16
ऋक्षाः सिंहाश्च महिषा वारणाश्च मृगाः खगाः।
तेन शब्देन वित्रस्ता जग्मुर्भीता दिशो दश ॥ ६.३९.१६ ॥
Bears, lions, buffaloes, elephants, deer and birds, terrified by that sound, frightened, fled in the ten directions.
6.39.17
शिखरं तु त्रिकूटस्य प्रांशु चैकं दिविस्पृशम्।
समन्तात् पुष्पसंछन्नं महारजतसंनिभम् ॥ ६.३९.१७ ॥
One peak of Trikūṭa, tall and touching the sky, covered all around with flowers, resembling great silver.
6.39.18
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं विमलं चारुदर्शनम्।
श्लक्ष्णं श्रीमन्महच्चैव दुष्प्रापं शकुनैरपि ॥ ६.३९.१८ ॥
Extending a hundred yojanas, spotless, beautiful to behold, smooth, splendid and great, that peak was hard to reach even for birds.
6.39.19
मनसापि दुरारोहं किं पुनः कर्मणा जनैः।
निविष्टा तस्य शिखरे लङ्का रावणपालिता ॥ ६.३९.१९ ॥
Not even in mind can one ascend it, much less by deed of men; on its peak stands Laṅkā, guarded by Rāvaṇa.
6.39.20
दशयोजनविस्तीर्णा विंशद्योजनमायता।
सा पुरी गोपुरैरुच्चैः पाण्डुराम्बुदसंनिभैः।
काञ्चनेन च शालेन राजतेन च शोभते ॥ ६.३९.२० ॥
That city, ten yojanas wide and twenty long, shines with lofty gateway-towers like white clouds, and with ramparts of gold and silver.
6.39.21
प्रासादैश्च विमानैश्च लङ्का परमभूषिता।
घनैरिवातपापाये मध्यमं वैष्णवं पदम् ॥ ६.३९.२१ ॥
Laṅkā, supremely adorned with palaces and mansions, appears like the middle step of Viṣṇu, like clouds at the end of the summer heat.
6.39.22
यस्यां स्तम्भसहस्रेण प्रासादः समलंकृतः।
कैलासशिखराकारो दृश्यते खमिवोल्लिखन् ॥ ६.३९.२२ ॥
Therein a palace adorned with a thousand pillars is seen, shaped like the peak of Kailāsa, as if scraping the sky.
6.39.23
चैत्यः स राक्षसेन्द्रस्य बभूव पुरभूषणम्।
शतेन रक्षसां नित्यं यः समग्रेण रक्ष्यते ॥ ६.३९.२३ ॥
That shrine of the lord of rākṣasas was the ornament of the city, constantly guarded by a hundred rākṣasas from the entire army.
6.39.24
मनोज्ञां काञ्चनवतीं पर्वतैरुपशोभिताम्।
नानाधातुविचित्रैश्च उद्यानैरुपशोभिताम् ॥ ६.३९.२४ ॥
Delightful, full of gold, adorned with mountains, variegated with many kinds of minerals and adorned with gardens (Laṅkā).
6.39.25
नानाविहगसंघुष्टां नानामृगनिषेविताम्।
नानाकुसुमसम्पन्नां नानाराक्षससेविताम् ॥ ६.३९.२५ ॥
That city, resounding with many kinds of birds, frequented by many kinds of deer, abounding in many kinds of flowers, and inhabited by many kinds of rākṣasas.
6.39.26
तां समृद्धां समृद्धार्थां लक्ष्मीवाँल्लक्ष्मणाग्रजः।
रावणस्य पुरीं रामो ददर्श सह वानरैः ॥ ६.३९.२६ ॥
That prosperous city, rich in wealth, Rāma, the glorious elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, beheld together with the monkeys — the city of Rāvaṇa.
6.39.27
तां महागृहसम्बाधां दृष्ट्वा लक्ष्मणपूर्वजः।
नगरीं त्रिदिवप्रख्यां विस्मयं प्राप वीर्यवान् ॥ ६.३९.२७ ॥
Seeing that city, crowded with great mansions and resembling heaven, Rāma, the elder brother of Lakṣmaṇa, the valiant one, was filled with wonder.
6.39.28
तां रत्नपूर्णां बहुसंविधानां
प्रासादमालाभिरलंकृतां च।
पुरीं महायन्त्रकवाटमुख्यां
ददर्श रामो महता बलेन ॥ ६.३९.२८ ॥
That city, filled with jewels, well arranged in many ways, adorned with rows of palaces, and chief among those with great machines and gates, Rāma beheld with a mighty army.