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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 1 (Bālakāṇḍa) • Sarga 16

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 16

बालकाण्डम् • सर्गः 16

Bālakāṇḍa Sarga 16 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 20 verses.

Total: 20 Verses • Citations: VR 1.16.1–20 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 1.16.1 अनुष्टुप्
पुत्रत्वं तु गते विष्णौ राज्ञस्तस्य महात्मनः । उवाच देवताः सर्वाः स्वयम्भूर्भगवानिदम् ॥
putratvaṃ tu gate viṣṇau rājñastasya mahātmanaḥ | uvāca devatāḥ sarvāḥ svayambhūrbhagavānidam ||
English Translation
When Vişņu had accepted the sonship of that high-souled king, the self-create Lord addressed the celestials, saying,
VR 1.16.2 अनुष्टुप्
सत्यसंधस्य वीरस्य सर्वेषां नो हितैषिणः । विष्णोः सहायान्बलिनः सृजध्वं कामरूपिणः ॥
satyasaṃdhasya vīrasya sarveṣāṃ no hitaiṣiṇaḥ | viṣṇoḥ sahāyānbalinaḥ sṛjadhvaṃ kāmarūpiṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Create strong and powerful beings capable of assuming forms at free will to extend support to Visnu who is true to his word, heroic and benevolent.
VR 1.16.3 अनुष्टुप्
मायाविदश्च शूरांश्च वायुवेगसमाञ्जवे । नयज्ञान्बुद्धिसंपन्नान्विष्णुतुल्यपराक्रमान् ॥
māyāvidaśca śūrāṃśca vāyuvegasamāñjave | nayajñānbuddhisaṃpannānviṣṇutulyaparākramān ||
VR 1.16.4 अनुष्टुप्
असंहार्यानुपायज्ञान्दिव्यसंहननान्वितान् । सर्वास्त्रगुणसंपन्नानमृतप्राशनानिव ॥
asaṃhāryānupāyajñāndivyasaṃhananānvitān | sarvāstraguṇasaṃpannānamṛtaprāśanāniva ||
VR 1.16.5 अनुष्टुप्
अप्सरःसु च मुख्यासु गन्धर्वीणां तनूषु च । यक्षपन्नगकन्यासु ऋष्कविद्याधरीषु च ॥
apsaraḥsu ca mukhyāsu gandharvīṇāṃ tanūṣu ca | yakṣapannagakanyāsu ṛṣkavidyādharīṣu ca ||
VR 1.16.6 अनुष्टुप्
किंनरीणां च गात्रेषु वानरीणां तनूषु च । सृजध्वं हरिरूपेण पुत्रांस्तुल्यपराक्रमान् ॥
kiṃnarīṇāṃ ca gātreṣu vānarīṇāṃ tanūṣu ca | sṛjadhvaṃ harirūpeṇa putrāṃstulyaparākramān ||
English Translation
And from forth the bodies of the foremost Apsaras, Gandharvis, Yaksis, and Pannagis, Rks is (She-bears) and Vidhyādharis, Kinnaris and Vānaris (She-monkeys) do you produce sons wearing the shapes of monkeys.
VR 1.16.7 अनुष्टुप्
ते तथोक्ता भगवता तत्प्रतिश्रुत्य शासनम् । जनयामासुरेवं ते पुत्रान्वानररूपिणः ॥
te tathoktā bhagavatā tatpratiśrutya śāsanam | janayāmāsurevaṃ te putrānvānararūpiṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing this mandate of Him possessed of the six attributes, they began to produce sons endowed with monkey's forms.
VR 1.16.8 अनुष्टुप्
ऋषयश्च महात्मानः सिद्धविद्याधरोरगाः । चारणाश्च सुतान्वीरान्ससृजुर्वनचारिणः ॥
ṛṣayaśca mahātmānaḥ siddhavidyādharoragāḥ | cāraṇāśca sutānvīrānsasṛjurvanacāriṇaḥ ||
English Translation
And high-souled ascetics, and Siddhas, and Vidyādharas, and Uragas, and Caranas, generated heroic sons, rangers of woods.
VR 1.16.9 अनुष्टुप्
ते सृष्टा बहुसाहस्रा दशग्रीववधोद्यताः । अप्रमेयबला वीरा विक्रान्ताः कामरूपिणः ॥
te sṛṣṭā bahusāhasrā daśagrīvavadhodyatāḥ | aprameyabalā vīrā vikrāntāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Thousands of warriors possessing immeasurable strength and courage and capable of assuming any form at will were created to kill Ravana.
VR 1.16.10 अनुष्टुप्
ते गजाचलसंकाशा वपुष्मन्तो महाबलाः । ऋक्षवानरगोपुच्छाः क्षिप्रमेवाभिजज्ञिरे ॥
te gajācalasaṃkāśā vapuṣmanto mahābalāḥ | ṛkṣavānaragopucchāḥ kṣipramevābhijajñire ||
English Translation
Endowed with bodies similar to the Meru and Mandara mountains and having great strength, bears, monkeys, monkeys with cowtails quickly came into being.
VR 1.16.11 अनुष्टुप्
यस्य देवस्य यद्रूपं वेषो यश्च पराक्रमः । अजायत समस्तेन तस्य तस्य सुतः पृथक् ॥
yasya devasya yadrūpaṃ veṣo yaśca parākramaḥ | ajāyata samastena tasya tasya sutaḥ pṛthak ||
English Translation
The sons of the deities retained distinctly the respective hues, forins, and prowess, that characterized their several sires. And those that sprang from the Golāngulas, possessed even more than the might of the gods.
VR 1.16.12 अनुष्टुप्
गोलाङ्गूलीषु चोत्पन्नाः केचित्संमतविक्रमाः । ऋक्षीषु च तथा जाता वानराः किंनरीषु च ॥
golāṅgūlīṣu cotpannāḥ kecitsaṃmatavikramāḥ | ṛkṣīṣu ca tathā jātā vānarāḥ kiṃnarīṣu ca ||
English Translation
Some monkeys with acknowledged, valour were born to female monkeys with tails Similarly some other monkeys were born to female bears and female kinnaras.
VR 1.16.13 अनुष्टुप्
शिलाप्रहरणाः सर्वे सर्वे पादपयोधिनः । नखदंष्ट्रायुधाः सर्वे सर्वे सर्वास्त्रकोविदाः ॥
śilāpraharaṇāḥ sarve sarve pādapayodhinaḥ | nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhāḥ sarve sarve sarvāstrakovidāḥ ||
English Translation
They all could strike with rocks, use nails and teeth and trees as weapons. They were skilled in the use of all kinds of weapons.
VR 1.16.14 अनुष्टुप्
विचालयेयुः शैलेन्द्रान्भेदयेयुः स्थिरान्द्रुमान् । क्षोभयेयुश्च वेगेन समुद्रं सरितां पतिम् ॥
vicālayeyuḥ śailendrānbhedayeyuḥ sthirāndrumān | kṣobhayeyuśca vegena samudraṃ saritāṃ patim ||
English Translation
They could shake mountains and uproot deeprooted trees. With their speed they could cause disturbance to Samudra, the lord of the rivers.
VR 1.16.15 अनुष्टुप्
दारयेयुः क्षितिं पद्भ्यामाप्लवेयुर्महार्णवम् । नभस्तलं विशेयुश्च गृह्णीयुरपि तोयदान् ॥
dārayeyuḥ kṣitiṃ padbhyāmāplaveyurmahārṇavam | nabhastalaṃ viśeyuśca gṛhṇīyurapi toyadān ||
English Translation
They could cause cleavage to this earth with their feet, cross the mighty ocean with one leap and enter the sky and even seize the clouds.
VR 1.16.16 अनुष्टुप्
गृह्णीयुरपि मातङ्गान्मत्तान्प्रव्रजतो वने । नर्दमानांश्च नादेन पातयेयुर्विहंगमान् ॥
gṛhṇīyurapi mātaṅgānmattānpravrajato vane | nardamānāṃśca nādena pātayeyurvihaṃgamān ||
English Translation
They could capture wild elephants sojourning in the forest and make the flying birds drop down screaming.
VR 1.16.17 उपजातिः
ईदृशानां प्रसूतानि हरीणां कामरूपिणाम् । शतं शतसहस्राणि यूथपानां महात्मनाम् । बभूवुर्यूथपश्रेष्ठा वीरांश्चाजनयन्हरीन् ॥
īdṛśānāṃ prasūtāni harīṇāṃ kāmarūpiṇām | śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi yūthapānāṃ mahātmanām | babhūvuryūthapaśreṣṭhā vīrāṃścājanayanharīn ||
English Translation
And with their roars, they could bring down birds singing. Thus came into being Koțis of high-souled leaders of monkey-herds, assuming forms at will.
VR 1.16.18 अनुष्टुप्
अन्ये ऋक्षवतः प्रस्थानुपतस्थुः सहस्रशः । अन्ये नानाविधाञ्शैलान्काननानि च भेजिरे ॥
anye ṛkṣavataḥ prasthānupatasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ | anye nānāvidhāñśailānkānanāni ca bhejire ||
English Translation
Some of these monkeys began to dwell on the top of the Rkşavān mountain; while others inhabited various other mountains and forests.
VR 1.16.19 अनुष्टुप्
सूर्यपुत्रं च सुग्रीवं शक्रपुत्रं च वालिनम् । भ्रातरावुपतस्थुस्ते सर्व एव हरीश्वराः ॥
sūryaputraṃ ca sugrīvaṃ śakraputraṃ ca vālinam | bhrātarāvupatasthuste sarva eva harīśvarāḥ ||
English Translation
All those leaders, Nala, Neela, Hanuman and others dwelt near those two brothers Sugriva, the offspring of Surya and Vali, the son of Indra.
VR 1.16.20 उपजातिः
तैर्मेघवृन्दाचलकूटकल्पै;र्महाबलैर्वानरयूथपालैः । बभूव भूर्भीमशरीररूपैः; समावृता रामसहायहेतोः ॥
tairmeghavṛndācalakūṭakalpai;rmahābalairvānarayūthapālaiḥ | babhūva bhūrbhīmaśarīrarūpaiḥ; samāvṛtā rāmasahāyahetoḥ ||
English Translation
This earth, furnished with mountains, and forests, and oceans, began to teem with those heroic lords of leaders of monkey-herds, inhabiting different places, bearing characteristic marks, resembling masses of clouds, mountain-peaks, possessed of mighty strength, and of terrible bodies and visages, in order that they might assist Rāma. or
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