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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 14

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 14

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 14

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 14 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 21 verses.

Total: 21 Verses • Citations: VR 4.14.1–21 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 4.14.1 अनुष्टुप्
सर्वे ते त्वरितं गत्वा किष्किन्धां वालिपालिताम् । वृक्षैरात्मानमावृत्य व्यतिष्ठन्गहने वने ॥
sarve te tvaritaṃ gatvā kiṣkindhāṃ vālipālitām | vṛkṣairātmānamāvṛtya vyatiṣṭhangahane vane ||
English Translation
Thereupon proceeding quickly to Kişkindhā, Väli's capital—they all stood waiting in that dense forest, hiding themselves under the trees.
VR 4.14.2 अनुष्टुप्
विचार्य सर्वतो दृष्टिं कानने काननप्रियः । सुग्रीवो विपुलग्रीवः क्रोधमाहारयद्भृशम् ॥
vicārya sarvato dṛṣṭiṃ kānane kānanapriyaḥ | sugrīvo vipulagrīvaḥ krodhamāhārayadbhṛśam ||
English Translation
Casting his looks all around in the forest, Sugrīva, having a huge neck and fond of woods, became exceedingly enraged.
VR 4.14.3 अनुष्टुप्
ततः स निनदं घोरं कृत्वा युद्धाय चाह्वयत् । परिवारैः परिवृतो नादैर्भिन्दन्निवाम्बरम् ॥
tataḥ sa ninadaṃ ghoraṃ kṛtvā yuddhāya cāhvayat | parivāraiḥ parivṛto nādairbhindannivāmbaram ||
English Translation
Setting up a terrible uproar and rending the sky with his cry (Sugrīva) encircled by his kinsmen, invited (Vāli) to battle.
VR 4.14.4 अनुष्टुप्
अथ बालार्कसदृशो दृप्तसिंहगतिस्तदा । दृष्ट्वा रामं क्रियादक्षं सुग्रीवो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
atha bālārkasadṛśo dṛptasiṃhagatistadā | dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ kriyādakṣaṃ sugrīvo vākyamabravīt ||
English Translation
Sugriva, proficient in the performance of any task, one who appeared like the rising Sun and moved like a proud lion, said to Rama:
VR 4.14.5 अनुष्टुप्
हरिवागुरया व्याप्तं तप्तकाञ्चनतोरणाम् । प्राप्ताः स्म ध्वजयन्त्राढ्यां किष्किन्धां वालिनः पुरीम् ॥
harivāgurayā vyāptaṃ taptakāñcanatoraṇām | prāptāḥ sma dhvajayantrāḍhyāṃ kiṣkindhāṃ vālinaḥ purīm ||
English Translation
You have reached Kiskindhā, Vāli's capital, adorned with gold, filled with pennons and instruments and surrounded by monkeys. Do you make good your promise, O hero, you hadst made before to encompass the destruction of Vāli like to the season making the creepers filled with fruits.
VR 4.14.6 अनुष्टुप्
प्रतिज्ञा या त्वया वीर कृता वालिवधे पुरा । सफलां तां कुरु क्षिप्रं लतां काल इवागतः ॥
pratijñā yā tvayā vīra kṛtā vālivadhe purā | saphalāṃ tāṃ kuru kṣipraṃ latāṃ kāla ivāgataḥ ||
English Translation
'O heroic Rama fulfil quickly the vow taken by you earlier to kill Vali in the same way a creeper bears fruit when the time comes.'
VR 4.14.7 अनुष्टुप्
एवमुक्तस्तु धर्मात्मा सुग्रीवेण स राघवः । तमथोवाच सुग्रीवं वचनं शत्रुसूदनः ॥
evamuktastu dharmātmā sugrīveṇa sa rāghavaḥ | tamathovāca sugrīvaṃ vacanaṃ śatrusūdanaḥ ||
English Translation
Requested thus by Sugriva, righteous Rama, the destroyer of enemies, replied:.
VR 4.14.8 अनुष्टुप्
कृताभिज्ञान चिह्नस्त्वमनया गजसाह्वया । विपरीत इवाकाशे सूर्यो नक्षत्र मालया ॥
kṛtābhijñāna cihnastvamanayā gajasāhvayā | viparīta ivākāśe sūryo nakṣatra mālayā ||
English Translation
'Lakshmana has uprooted a creeper of gaja, and fastened it on your neck by which you can be easily identified.
VR 4.14.9 अनुष्टुप्
अद्य वालिसमुत्थं ते भयं वैरं च वानर । एकेनाहं प्रमोक्ष्यामि बाणमोक्षेण संयुगे ॥
adya vālisamutthaṃ te bhayaṃ vairaṃ ca vānara | ekenāhaṃ pramokṣyāmi bāṇamokṣeṇa saṃyuge ||
English Translation
I shall, O monkey, by the discharge of one shaft in the conflict, destroy your fear and enmity proceeding from Vāli.
VR 4.14.10 अनुष्टुप्
मम दर्शय सुग्रीववैरिणं भ्रातृरूपिणम् । वाली विनिहतो यावद्वने पांसुषु वेष्टते ॥
mama darśaya sugrīvavairiṇaṃ bhrātṛrūpiṇam | vālī vinihato yāvadvane pāṃsuṣu veṣṭate ||
English Translation
Do you show me, O Sugriva, your enemy, in the guise of a brother. Wounded (by my shaft) Vāli shall roll in the dust in the forest.
VR 4.14.11 अनुष्टुप्
यदि दृष्टिपथं प्राप्तो जीवन्स विनिवर्तते । ततो दोषेण मा गच्छेत्सद्यो गर्हेच्च मा भवान् ॥
yadi dṛṣṭipathaṃ prāpto jīvansa vinivartate | tato doṣeṇa mā gacchetsadyo garhecca mā bhavān ||
English Translation
If regaining his life he comes in your view, do you leave this field, showering abuses upon me. more
VR 4.14.12 अनुष्टुप्
प्रत्यक्षं सप्त ते साला मया बाणेन दारिताः । ततो वेत्सि बलेनाद्य बालिनं निहतं मया ॥
pratyakṣaṃ sapta te sālā mayā bāṇena dāritāḥ | tato vetsi balenādya bālinaṃ nihataṃ mayā ||
English Translation
You didst behold seven Talas riven by a single shaft of mine and do you therefore consider Vāli destroyed to-day by my prowess in the conflict.
VR 4.14.13 अनुष्टुप्
अनृतं नोक्तपूर्वं मे वीर कृच्छ्रेऽपि तिष्ठता । धर्मलोभपरीतेन न च वक्ष्ये कथंचन ॥
anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me vīra kṛcchre'pi tiṣṭhatā | dharmalobhaparītena na ca vakṣye kathaṃcana ||
English Translation
'O Sugriva, I have uttered no falsehood before for fear of deviation from righteousness although I was in distress, nor shall I utter any falsehood in any circumstances hereafter.
VR 4.14.14 अनुष्टुप्
सफलां च करिष्यामि प्रतिज्ञां जहि संभ्रमम् । प्रसूतं कलमं क्षेत्रे वर्षेणेव शतक्रतुः ॥
saphalāṃ ca kariṣyāmi pratijñāṃ jahi saṃbhramam | prasūtaṃ kalamaṃ kṣetre varṣeṇeva śatakratuḥ ||
English Translation
'I shall fulfil my promise just as Indra (who performed a hundred sacrifices) helps production in the cornfield through timely rain. Give up your apprehension.
VR 4.14.15 अनुष्टुप्
तदाह्वाननिमित्तं त्वं वालिनो हेममालिनः । सुग्रीव कुरु तं शब्दं निष्पतेद्येन वानरः ॥
tadāhvānanimittaṃ tvaṃ vālino hemamālinaḥ | sugrīva kuru taṃ śabdaṃ niṣpatedyena vānaraḥ ||
English Translation
'O Sugriva give a warcry so that Vali adorned with a golden garland will come out.
VR 4.14.16 अनुष्टुप्
जितकाशी जयश्लाघी त्वया चाधर्षितः पुरात् । निष्पतिष्यत्यसंगेन वाली स प्रियसंयुगः ॥
jitakāśī jayaślāghī tvayā cādharṣitaḥ purāt | niṣpatiṣyatyasaṃgena vālī sa priyasaṃyugaḥ ||
English Translation
He has subdued his breath, is proud of victory and fond of warfare; you could not repress him before. Forsooth that Vāli shall come out, leaving the company (of his wives). Hearing the war cry of his enemy, he shall never put up with it, specially, as he boasteth of his prowess before his wives.
VR 4.14.17 अनुष्टुप्
रिपूणां धर्षणं शूरा मर्षयन्ति न संयुगे । जानन्तस्तु स्वकं वीर्यं स्त्रीसमक्षं विशेषतः ॥
ripūṇāṃ dharṣaṇaṃ śūrā marṣayanti na saṃyuge | jānantastu svakaṃ vīryaṃ strīsamakṣaṃ viśeṣataḥ ||
English Translation
He has subdued his breath, is proud of victory and fond of warfare; you could not repress him before. Forsooth that Vāli shall come out, leaving the company (of his wives). Hearing the war cry of his enemy, he shall never put up with it, specially, as he boasteth of his prowess before his wives.
VR 4.14.18 अनुष्टुप्
स तु रामवचः श्रुत्वा सुग्रीवो हेमपिङ्गलः । ननर्द क्रूरनादेन विनिर्भिन्दन्निवाम्बरम् ॥
sa tu rāmavacaḥ śrutvā sugrīvo hemapiṅgalaḥ | nanarda krūranādena vinirbhindannivāmbaram ||
English Translation
Hearing Rāma's words. Sugrīva, having a gold-yellow hue, set up a terrible roar, as if riving the sky.
VR 4.14.19 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य शब्देन वित्रस्ता गावो यान्ति हतप्रभाः । राजदोषपरामृष्टाः कुलस्त्रिय इवाकुलाः ॥
tasya śabdena vitrastā gāvo yānti hataprabhāḥ | rājadoṣaparāmṛṣṭāḥ kulastriya ivākulāḥ ||
English Translation
Terrified by that sound, the kine, losing their countenance do move hither and thither like to damsels, oppressed on account of their kings' neglecting (to protect them).
VR 4.14.20 अनुष्टुप्
द्रवन्ति च मृगाः शीघ्रं भग्ना इव रणे हयाः । पतन्ति च खगा भूमौ क्षीणपुण्या इव ग्रहाः ॥
dravanti ca mṛgāḥ śīghraṃ bhagnā iva raṇe hayāḥ | patanti ca khagā bhūmau kṣīṇapuṇyā iva grahāḥ ||
English Translation
And the deer fly away like to the horses defeated in a warfare. And the birds fall down on the earth, like to planets, losing their purity.
VR 4.14.21 उपजातिः
ततः स जीमूतगणप्रणादो; नादं व्यमुञ्चत्त्वरया प्रतीतः । सूर्यात्मजः शौर्यविवृद्धतेजाः; सरित्पतिर्वानिलचञ्चलोर्मिः ॥
tataḥ sa jīmūtagaṇapraṇādo; nādaṃ vyamuñcattvarayā pratītaḥ | sūryātmajaḥ śauryavivṛddhatejāḥ; saritpatirvānilacañcalormiḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon confiding in Rāma's words, that son, of Suryya (Sun) having his energy enhanced by means of his prowess resembling the ocean agitated by the wind, began to roar like to cloud.
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