Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.35
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7.35.1
अपृच्छत तदा रामो दक्षिणाशाश्रमं मुनिम् ।
प्राञ्जलिर्विनयोपेत इदमाह वचो ऽर्थवत् ॥ ७.३५.१ ॥
Then Rāma, with folded hands and humility, asked the sage of the southern hermitage and spoke these meaningful words.
7.35.2
अतुलं बलमेतद्वै वालिनो रावणस्य च ।
न त्वेताभ्यां हनुमता समं त्विति मतिर्मम ॥ ७.३५.२ ॥
The strength of Vālin and of Rāvaṇa is incomparable, yet in my judgment neither of these two equals Hanumān.
7.35.3
शौर्यं दाक्ष्यं बलं धैर्यं प्राज्ञता नयसाधनम् ।
विक्रमश्च प्रभावश्च हनूमति कृतालयाः ॥ ७.३५.३ ॥
Valour, skill, strength, steadfastness, wisdom, the means of sound policy, prowess and majesty have all made their home in Hanumān.
7.35.4
दृष्ट्वैव सागरं वीक्ष्य सीदन्तीं कपिवाहिनीम् ।
समाश्वास्य महाबाहुर्योजनानां शतं प्लुतः ॥ ७.३५.४ ॥
Seeing the sea, and seeing the monkey army sinking in despair, the great-armed one consoled them and leaped a hundred yojanas.
7.35.5
धर्षयित्वा पुरीं लङ्कां रावणान्तःपुरं तदा ।
दृष्ट्वा सम्भाषिता चापि सीता ह्याश्वासिता तथा ॥ ७.३५.५ ॥
Having terrified the city of Laṅkā and entered Rāvaṇa's inner apartments, he saw Sītā, spoke with her, and comforted her too.
7.35.6
सेनाग्रगा मन्त्रिसुताः किङ्करा रावणात्मजः ।
एते हनुमता तत्र ह्येकेन वितिपातिताः ॥ ७.३५.६ ॥
The foremost of the army, the sons of ministers, the servants, and Rāvaṇa's son—all were struck down there by Hanumān alone.
7.35.7
भूयो बन्धाद्विमुक्तेन भाषयित्वा दशाननम् ।
लङ्का भस्मीकृता येन पावकेनेव मेदिनी ॥ ७.३५.७ ॥
Freed once more from his bonds, after speaking with Daśānana, he reduced Laṅkā to ash, as fire consumes the earth.
7.35.8
न कालस्य न शक्रस्य न विष्णोर्वित्तपस्य च ।
कर्माणि तानि श्रूयन्ते यानि युद्धे हनूमतः ॥ ७.३५.८ ॥
Those deeds are heard of, neither of Death, nor of Indra, nor of Viṣṇu, nor of Kubera, which Hanumān performed in battle.
7.35.9
एतस्य बाहुवीर्येण लङ्का सीता च लक्ष्मणः ।
प्राप्ता मया जयश्चैव राज्यं मित्राणि बान्धवाः ॥ ७.३५.९ ॥
By the strength of his arms, Laṅkā, Sītā and Lakṣmaṇa were won by me, and victory, the kingdom, friends and kinsmen as well.
7.35.10
हनूमान्यदि मे नः स्याद्वानराधिपतेः सखा ।
प्रवृत्तिमपि को वेत्तुं जानक्याः शक्तिमान्भवेत् ॥ ७.३५.१० ॥
Had Hanumān not been the friend of our lord of the monkeys, who would have been able even to learn news of Jānakī?
7.35.11
किमर्थं वाल्यनेनैव सुग्रीवप्रियकाम्यया ।
तदा वैरे समुत्पन्ने न दग्धो वीरुधो यथा ॥ ७.३५.११ ॥
Why then, when enmity arose, did Vālin, out of desire to please Sugrīva, not burn him up as fire burns creepers?
7.35.12
नहि वेदितवान्मन्ये हनूमानात्मनो बलम् ।
यद्दृष्टवाञ्जीवितेष्टं क्लिश्यन्तं वानराधिपम् ॥ ७.३५.१२ ॥
I think Hanumān did not know his own strength, for he saw the lord of the monkeys, dear as life itself, suffering.
7.35.13
एतन्मे भगवन्सर्वं हनूमति महामतौ ।
विस्तरेण यथातत्त्वं कथयामरपूजित ॥ ७.३५.१३ ॥
Venerable one, tell me all of this about the great-minded Hanumān in full detail and as it truly is, O you honored by the immortals.
7.35.14
राघवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा हेतुयुक्तमृषिस्तदा ।
हनूमतः समक्षं तमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.३५.१४ ॥
Having heard Rāghava's reasoned words, the sage then spoke these words to him in Hanumān's presence.
7.35.15
सत्यमेतद्रघुश्रेष्ठ यद्ब्रवीषि हनूमतः ।
न बले विद्यते तुल्यो न गतौ न मतौ परः ॥ ७.३५.१५ ॥
What you say of Hanumān is true, O best of the Raghus: none equals him in strength, none surpasses him in speed or in intellect.
7.35.16
अमोघशापैः शप्तस्तु दत्तो ऽस्य मुनिभिः पुरा ।
न वेत्ता हि बलं येन बली सन्निरिमर्दनः ॥ ७.३५.१६ ॥
Cursed with unfailing curses, which the sages long ago pronounced upon him, he does not know his own strength, though he is mighty and a crusher of foes.
7.35.17
बाल्ये ऽप्येतेन यत्कर्म कृतं राम महाबल ।
तन्न वर्णयितुं शक्यमिति बालतया ऽ ऽस्यते ॥ ७.३५.१७ ॥
Rāma, mighty one, even in childhood the deeds he performed cannot be fully described; because of his youthful nature they are regarded as mere childish play.
7.35.18
यदि वा ऽस्ति त्वभिप्रायस्तच्छ्रोतुं तव राघव ।
समाधाय मतिं राम निशामय वदाम्यहम् ॥ ७.३५.१८ ॥
If you wish to hear it, Rāghava, then, Rāma, compose your mind and listen: I will speak.
7.35.19
सूर्यदत्तवरस्वर्णः सुमेरुर्नाम पर्वतः ।
यत्र राज्यं प्रशास्त्यस्य केसरी नाम वै पिता ॥ ७.३५.१९ ॥
There is the mountain named Sumeru, whose gold lustre was granted by the Sun, where their father, named Kesarī, ruled the kingdom.
7.35.20
तस्य भार्या बभूवैषा ह्यञ्जनेति परिश्रुता ।
जनयामास तस्यां वै वायुरात्मजमुत्तमम् ॥ ७.३५.२० ॥
His wife, renowned by the name Añjanā, bore to Vāyu, the wind-god, an excellent son.
7.35.21
शालिशूकनिभाभासं प्रासूतामुं तदा ऽञ्जना ।
फलान्याहर्तुकामा वै निष्क्रान्ता गहनेचरा ॥ ७.३५.२१ ॥
Having borne that son, whose radiance was like a rice-shoot, Añjanā then went forth into the dense forest, wishing to fetch fruits.
7.35.22
एष मातुर्वियोगाच्च क्षुधया च भृशार्दितः ।
रुरोद शिशुरत्यर्थं शिशुः शरवणे यथा ॥ ७.३५.२२ ॥
Sorely afflicted by separation from his mother and by hunger, the infant wept exceedingly, as that infant once wept in the reed-thicket.
7.35.23
तदोद्यन्तं विवस्वन्तं जपापुष्पोत्करोपमम् ।
ददर्श फललोभाच्च ह्युत्पपात रविं प्रति ॥ ७.३५.२३ ॥
Then he saw the rising sun, red like a heap of hibiscus flowers, and from desire for the fruit he leapt up toward the sun.
7.35.24
बालार्काभिमुखो बालो बालार्क इव मूर्तिमान् ।
ग्रहीतुकामो बालार्कं प्लवते ऽम्बरमध्यगः ॥ ७.३५.२४ ॥
That child, facing the young sun, like an embodied young sun himself, leapt through the middle of the sky, wishing to seize the young sun.
7.35.25
एतस्मिन्प्लवमाने तु शिशुभावे हनूमति ।
देवदानवयक्षाणां विस्मयः सुमहानभूत् ॥ ७.३५.२५ ॥
As Hanumān, in his childlike state, leapt along thus, the gods, demons and yakṣas were filled with great amazement.
7.35.26
नाप्येवं वेगवान्वायुर्गरुडो वा मनस्तथा ।
यथा ऽयं वायुपुत्रस्तु क्रमते ऽम्बरमुत्तमम् ॥ ७.३५.२६ ॥
Neither the swift wind, nor Garuḍa, nor the mind moves so fast as this son of the Wind striding across the lofty sky.
7.35.27
यदि तावच्छिशोरस्य त्वीदृशो गतिविक्रमः ।
यौवनं बलमासाद्य कथं वेगो भविष्यति ॥ ७.३५.२७ ॥
If the child's pace and prowess are already like this, how swift will he be once he attains youth and strength?
7.35.28
तमनुप्लवते वायुः प्लवन्तं पुत्रमात्मनः ।
सूर्यदाहभयाद्रक्षंस्तुषारचयशीतलः ॥ ७.३५.२८ ॥
Fearing the sun's scorching heat, the Wind, cool as heaps of frost, follows his leaping son, shielding him.
7.35.29
बहुयोजनसाहस्रं क्रमत्येष गतोम्बरम् ।
पितुर्बलाच्च बाल्याच्च भास्कराभ्याशमागतः ॥ ७.३५.२९ ॥
He strides across many thousands of yojanas of sky, and, by his father's strength and by his childish heedlessness, has come near the sun.
7.35.30
शिशुरेष त्वदोषज्ञ इति मत्वा दिवाकरः ।
कार्यं चात्र समायत्तमित्येवं न ददाह सः ॥ ७.३५.३० ॥
Thinking, 'This child knows no wrong, and a task depends upon him here,' the sun did not burn him.
7.35.31
यमेव दिवसं ह्येष ग्रहीतुं भास्करं प्लुतः ।
तमेव दिवसं राहुर्जिघृक्षति दिवाकरम् ॥ ७.३५.३१ ॥
On the very day that this one leapt to seize the sun, Rāhu now desires to seize the sun-maker.
7.35.32
अनेन स परामृष्टो राम सूर्यरथोपरि ।
अपक्रान्तस्ततस्त्रस्तो राहुश्चन्द्रार्कमर्दनः ॥ ७.३५.३२ ॥
O Rāma, seized by him upon the sun's chariot, Rāhu, the crusher of moon and sun, was terrified and withdrew.
7.35.33
स इन्द्रभवनं गत्वा सरोषः सिंहिकासुतः ।
अब्रवीद्भ्रुकुटिं कृत्वा देवं देवगणैर्वृतम् ॥ ७.३५.३३ ॥
Angered, the son of Siṃhikā went to Indra's abode and, knitting his brows, spoke to the god surrounded by the hosts of gods.
7.35.34
बुभुक्षापनयं दत्त्वा चन्द्रार्कौ मम वासव ।
किमिदं तत्त्वया दत्तमन्यस्य बलवृत्रहन् ॥ ७.३५.३४ ॥
O Vāsava, having given me the moon and sun to quench my hunger, why, O slayer of Vṛtra's might, have you given this to another?
7.35.35
अद्याहं पर्वकाले तु जिघृक्षुः सूर्यमागतः ।
अथान्यो राहुरासाद्य जग्राह सहसा रविम् ॥ ७.३५.३५ ॥
Today, at the time of the junction, I came desiring to seize the sun; then another Rāhu drew near and suddenly seized the sun.
7.35.36
स राहोर्वचनं श्रुत्वा वासवः सम्भ्रमान्वितः ।
उत्पपातासनं हित्वा चोद्वहन्काञ्चनीं स्रजम् ॥ ७.३५.३६ ॥
Hearing Rāhu's words, Indra, agitated, sprang up from his seat, leaving it, wearing a golden garland.
7.35.37
ततः कैलासकूटाभं चतुर्दन्तं मदस्रवम् ।
शृङ्गारधारिणं प्रांशुं स्वर्णघण्टाट्टहासिनम् ॥ ७.३५.३७ ॥
Then, like a peak of Kailāsa, four-tusked, streaming with musk-ichor, adorned, tall, laughing with the clatter of golden bells — the elephant (Indra mounted).
7.35.38
इन्द्रः करीन्द्रमारुह्य राहुं कृत्वा पुरःसरम् ।
प्रायाद्यत्राभवत्सूर्यः सहानेन हनूमता ॥ ७.३५.३८ ॥
Indra, having mounted that lordly elephant and placed Rāhu before him, went to the place where the sun was together with this Hanumān.
7.35.39
अथातिरभसेनागाद्राहुरुत्सृज्य वासवम् ।
अनेन च स वै दृष्टः प्रधावञ्छैलकूटवत् ॥ ७.३५.३९ ॥
Then Rāhu came with great haste, abandoning Indra; he was seen by this one (Hanumān), rushing forward like a mountain peak.
7.35.40
ततः सूर्यं समुत्सृज्य राहुं फलमवेक्ष्य च ।
उत्पपात पुनर्व्योम ग्रहीतुं सिंहिकासुतम् ॥ ७.३५.४० ॥
Then, letting go of the sun and seeing Rāhu like a fruit, he leapt again into the sky to seize the son of Siṃhikā.
7.35.41
उत्सृज्यार्कमिमं राम प्रधावन्तं प्लवङ्गमम् ।
अवेक्ष्यैवं परावृत्त्य मुखशेषः पराङ्मुखः ॥ ७.३५.४१ ॥
O Rāma, releasing the sun and seeing this monkey rushing forward, Rāhu turned back in this way, with face averted, turned away.
7.35.42
इन्द्रमाशंसमानस्तु त्रातारं सिंहिकासुतः ।
इन्द्र इन्द्रेति संत्रासान्मुहुर्महुरभाषत ॥ ७.३५.४२ ॥
But the son of Siṃhikā, hoping for Indra as his protector, cried out again and again in terror, "Indra, Indra!"
7.35.43
राहोर्विक्रोशमानस्य प्रागेवालक्षितं स्वरम् ।
श्रुत्वेन्द्रोवाच मा भैषीरहमेनं निषूदये ॥ ७.३५.४३ ॥
Hearing Rāhu's cry, which no one had noticed before, Indra said, 'Do not fear; I will destroy him.'
7.35.44
ऐरावतं ततो दृष्ट्वा महत्तदिदमित्यपि ।
फलं मत्वा हस्तिराजमभिदुद्राव मारुतिः ॥ ७.३५.४४ ॥
Then, seeing Airāvata and thinking, 'This is a great prize,' Māruti rushed toward that king of elephants.
7.35.45
तथास्य धावतो रूपमैरावतजिघृक्षया ।
मुहूर्तमभवद्घोरमिन्द्राग्न्योरिव भास्वरम् ॥ ७.३५.४५ ॥
As he ran, desiring to seize Airāvata, his form for a moment became terrible and blazing, like that of Indra and Agni.
7.35.46
एवमाधावमानं तु नातिक्रुद्धः शचीपतिः ।
हस्तान्तादतिमुक्तेन कुलिशेनाभ्यताडयत् ॥ ७.३५.४६ ॥
Though not greatly angered, Indra, lord of Śacī, struck him as he rushed on, with the thunderbolt released from his hand.
7.35.47
ततो गिरौ पपातैष इन्द्रवज्राभिताडितः ।
पतमानस्य चैतस्य वामो हनुरभज्यत ॥ ७.३५.४७ ॥
Struck by Indra's thunderbolt, he fell onto the mountain, and as he fell, his left jaw was broken.
7.35.48
तस्मिंस्तु पतिते बाले वज्रताडनविह्वले ।
चुक्रोधेन्द्राय पवनः प्रजानामहिताय सः ॥ ७.३५.४८ ॥
When that child fell, overwhelmed by the thunderbolt's blow, Pavana (the Wind) grew angry at Indra for harming the creatures.
7.35.49
प्रचारं स तु सङ्गृह्य प्रजास्वन्तर्गतः प्रभुः ।
गुहां प्रविष्टः स्वसुतं शिशुमादाय मारुतः ॥ ७.३५.४९ ॥
The lord Māruta, who had been moving within the creatures, gathered in his movement, took up his infant son, and entered a cave.
7.35.50
विण्मूत्राशयमावृत्य प्रजानां परमार्तिकृत् ।
रुरोध सर्वभूतानि यथा वर्षाणि वासवः ॥ ७.३५.५० ॥
That one, causing the creatures great distress, enclosed the bodies, the receptacles of excrement and urine, and obstructed all beings just as Indra withholds the rains.
7.35.51
वायुप्रकोपाद्भूतानि निरुच्छ्वासानि सर्वतः ।
सन्धिभिर्भिद्यमानैश्च काष्ठभूतानि जज्ञिरे ॥ ७.३५.५१ ॥
Through the wind's agitation, beings everywhere became breathless; their joints broke apart, and they became like wood.
7.35.52
निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारं निष्क्रियं धर्मवर्जितम् ।
वायुप्रकोपात्ऺत्रैलोक्यं निरयस्थमिवाभवत् ॥ ७.३५.५२ ॥
Through the wind's agitation, the three worlds, without Vedic recitation and without the vaṣaṭ offering cry, idle and bereft of dharma, became as if dwelling in hell.
7.35.53
ततः प्रजाः सगन्धर्वाः सदेवासुरमानुषाः ।
प्रजापतिं समाधावन्दुःखिताश्च सुखेच्छया ॥ ७.३५.५३ ॥
Then the creatures, together with the Gandharvas, the gods, asuras and men, distressed and desiring happiness, hastened toward Prajāpati.
7.35.54
ऊचुः प्राञ्जलयो देवा महोदरनिभोदराः ।
त्वया नु भगवन्सृष्टाः प्रजानाथ चतुर्विधाः ॥ ७.३५.५४ ॥
With joined palms, the gods, their bellies swollen like great bellies, spoke: "O blessed lord, lord of creatures, by you indeed have the four kinds of beings been created."
7.35.55
त्वया दत्तो ऽयमस्माकमायुषः पवनः पतिः ।
सो ऽस्मान्प्राणेश्वरो भूत्वा कस्मादेषो ऽद्य सत्तम ॥ ७.३५.५५ ॥
You gave us this wind as lord of our lives. Why, O best of the good, does he, who is our lord of breath, act thus today?
7.35.56
रुरोध दुःखं जनयन्नन्तःपुर इव स्त्रियः ।
तस्मात्त्वां शरणं प्राप्ता वायुनोहता वयम् ॥ ७.३५.५६ ॥
He obstructs us, causing suffering as if we were women of the inner chambers. Therefore, struck by the wind, we have come to you for refuge.
7.35.57
एतत्प्रजानां श्रुत्वा तु प्रजानाथः प्रजापतिः ।
कारणादिति चोक्त्वासौ प्रजाः पुनरभाषत ॥ ७.३५.५७ ॥
Having heard this from the creatures, Prajāpati, lord of creatures, saying, "Here is the cause," spoke again to them.
7.35.58
यस्मिंश्च कारणे वायुश्चुक्रोध च रुरोध च ।
प्रजाः शृणुध्वं तत्सर्वं श्रोतव्यं चात्मनः क्षमम् ॥ ७.३५.५८ ॥
For the reason by which the wind grew angry and obstructed you, O creatures, listen to all of it; it is fit for you to hear.
7.35.59
पुत्रस्तस्यामरेशेन इन्द्रेणाद्य निपातितः ।
राहोर्वचनमास्थाय ततः स कुपितो ऽनिलः ॥ ७.३५.५९ ॥
His son was struck down today by Indra, lord of the gods. Then the wind, relying on the words of Rāhu, became enraged.
7.35.60
अशरीरः शरीरेषु वायुश्चरति पालयन् ।
शरीरं हि विना वायुं समतां याति दारुभिः ॥ ७.३५.६० ॥
The wind, bodiless, moves among bodies, sustaining them. Without the wind, a body comes to stillness like wood.
7.35.61
वायुः प्राणः सुखं वायुर्वायुः सर्वमिदं जगत् ।
वायुना सम्परित्यक्तं न सुखं विन्दते जगत् ॥ ७.३५.६१ ॥
Wind is breath, wind is happiness, wind is this entire world. A world abandoned by the wind finds no happiness.
7.35.62
अद्यैव च परित्यक्तं वायुना जगदायुषा ।
अद्यैव ते निरुच्छ्वासाः काष्ठकुड्योपमाः स्थिताः ॥ ७.३५.६२ ॥
Today the wind, the life of the world, has forsaken it; today they stand breathless, like wood or walls.
7.35.63
तद्यामस्तत्र यत्रास्ते मारुतो रुक्प्रदो हि नः ।
मा विनाशं गमिष्याम अप्रसाद्यादितेः सुताः ॥ ७.३५.६३ ॥
Let us go to where the Wind-god dwells, the giver of relief from pain. Sons of Aditi, let us not perish without appeasing him.
7.35.64
ततः प्रजाभिः सहितः प्रजापतिः सदेवगन्धर्वभुजङ्गगुह्यकैः ।
जगाम तत्रास्यति यत्र मारुतः सुतं सुरेन्द्राभिहतं प्रगृह्य सः ॥ ७.३५.६४ ॥
Then the Lord of creatures, with the creatures, and with gods, gandharvas, serpents and guhyakas, went to where the Wind-god was, and took up his son, struck down by the lord of gods.
7.35.65
ततो ऽर्कवैश्वानरकाञ्चनप्रभं सुतं तदोत्सङ्गगतं सदागतेः ।
चतुर्मुखो वीक्ष्य कृपामथाकरोत्सदेवगन्धर्वर्षियक्षराक्षसैः ॥ ७.३५.६५ ॥
Then the Four-faced one saw the son, radiant like the sun, fire and gold, lying in the lap of Sadāgati, and with the gods, gandharvas, sages, yakṣas and rākṣasas he felt compassion.