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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 47

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 47

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 47

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 47 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 22 verses.

Total: 22 Verses • Citations: VR 4.47.1–22 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 4.47.1 अनुष्टुप्
सहताराङ्गदाभ्यां तु गत्वा स हनुमान्कपिः । सुग्रीवेण यथोद्दिष्टं तं देशमुपचक्रमे ॥
sahatārāṅgadābhyāṃ tu gatvā sa hanumānkapiḥ | sugrīveṇa yathoddiṣṭaṃ taṃ deśamupacakrame ||
English Translation
The monkey Hanumān in company with Tārā and Angada swiftly set out for the quarter assigned by Sugrīva.
VR 4.47.2 अनुष्टुप्
स तु दूरमुपागम्य सर्वैस्तैः कपिसत्तमैः । विचिनोति स्म विन्ध्यस्य गुहाश्च गहनानि च ॥
sa tu dūramupāgamya sarvaistaiḥ kapisattamaiḥ | vicinoti sma vindhyasya guhāśca gahanāni ca ||
English Translation
He went a long distance with other heroic monkeys, searching in the impenetrable caves of Vindhya mountain. They combed interior places, mountain peaks, fortresses surrounded by rivers, lakes, extensive groves of trees, bushes and thickets.
VR 4.47.3 अनुष्टुप्
पर्वताग्रान्नदीदुर्गान्सरांसि विपुलान्द्रुमान् । वृक्षषण्डांश्च विविधान्पर्वतान्घनपादपान् ॥
parvatāgrānnadīdurgānsarāṃsi vipulāndrumān | vṛkṣaṣaṇḍāṃśca vividhānparvatānghanapādapān ||
English Translation
He went a long distance with other heroic monkeys, searching in the impenetrable caves of Vindhya mountain. They combed interior places, mountain peaks, fortresses surrounded by rivers, lakes, extensive groves of trees, bushes and thickets.
VR 4.47.4 अनुष्टुप्
अन्वेषमाणास्ते सर्वे वानराः सर्वतो दिशम् । न सीतां ददृशुर्वीरा मैथिलीं जनकात्मजाम् ॥
anveṣamāṇāste sarve vānarāḥ sarvato diśam | na sītāṃ dadṛśurvīrā maithilīṃ janakātmajām ||
English Translation
The heroic monkeys went searching all over the direction for the daughter of Janaka, but in vain.
VR 4.47.5 उपजातिः
ते भक्षयन्तो मूलानि फलानि विविधानि च । अन्वेषमाणा दुर्धर्षा न्यवसंस्तत्र तत्र ह । स तु देशो दुरन्वेषो गुहागहनवान्महान् ॥
te bhakṣayanto mūlāni phalāni vividhāni ca | anveṣamāṇā durdharṣā nyavasaṃstatra tatra ha | sa tu deśo duranveṣo guhāgahanavānmahān ||
English Translation
The unassailable monkeys ate roots and fruits and halted here and there at different places searching for Sita.
VR 4.47.6 अनुष्टुप्
त्यक्त्वा तु तं तदा देशं सर्वे वै हरियूथपाः । देशमन्यं दुराधर्षं विविशुश्चाकुतोभयाः ॥
tyaktvā tu taṃ tadā deśaṃ sarve vai hariyūthapāḥ | deśamanyaṃ durādharṣaṃ viviśuścākutobhayāḥ ||
English Translation
Having searched all over in the forests and very difficult areas, the fearless, invincible vanaras moved forward, leaving that place and entered another areasearching.
VR 4.47.7 अनुष्टुप्
यत्र वन्ध्यफला वृक्षा विपुष्पाः पर्णवर्जिताः । निस्तोयाः सरितो यत्र मूलं यत्र सुदुर्लभम् ॥
yatra vandhyaphalā vṛkṣā vipuṣpāḥ parṇavarjitāḥ | nistoyāḥ sarito yatra mūlaṃ yatra sudurlabham ||
English Translation
As they marched forward, they entered a location where there were trees devoid of leaves, flowers and fruits and rivers without water and a place where it was difficult to get roots (for food).
VR 4.47.8 अनुष्टुप्
न सन्ति महिषा यत्र न मृगा न च हस्तिनः । शार्दूलाः पक्षिणो वापि ये चान्ये वनगोचराः ॥
na santi mahiṣā yatra na mṛgā na ca hastinaḥ | śārdūlāḥ pakṣiṇo vāpi ye cānye vanagocarāḥ ||
English Translation
There were no buffaloes, no deer, no elephants, tigers or even birds and other wild animals.
VR 4.47.9 अनुष्टुप्
स्निग्धपत्राः स्थले यत्र पद्मिन्यः फुल्लपङ्कजाः । प्रेक्षणीयाः सुगन्धाश्च भ्रमरैश्चापि वर्जिताः ॥
snigdhapatrāḥ sthale yatra padminyaḥ phullapaṅkajāḥ | prekṣaṇīyāḥ sugandhāśca bhramaraiścāpi varjitāḥ ||
English Translation
And there are there neither trees, nor annual plants, nor creepers, nor herbs,-and in that place there are no pleasant pools, with cool leaves, and filled with blown lotuses, and it has been renounced by the black-bees.
VR 4.47.10 अनुष्टुप्
कण्डुर्नाम महाभागः सत्यवादी तपोधनः । महर्षिः परमामर्षी नियमैर्दुष्प्रधर्षणः ॥
kaṇḍurnāma mahābhāgaḥ satyavādī tapodhanaḥ | maharṣiḥ paramāmarṣī niyamairduṣpradharṣaṇaḥ ||
English Translation
There dwelleth a Maharași, Kandu by name, an eminently pious, and truthful ascetic, irascible, and irrepressible because of his practice of self-discipline.
VR 4.47.11 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य तस्मिन्वने पुत्रो बालको दशवार्षिकः । प्रनष्टो जीवितान्ताय क्रुद्धस्तत्र महामुनिः ॥
tasya tasminvane putro bālako daśavārṣikaḥ | pranaṣṭo jīvitāntāya kruddhastatra mahāmuniḥ ||
English Translation
In that wood his son, a boy of ten years, his sands having run out, breathed his last; and it is for this that the mighty ascetic has come under the influence of passion.
VR 4.47.12 अनुष्टुप्
तेन धर्मात्मना शप्तं कृत्स्नं तत्र महद्वनम् । अशरण्यं दुराधर्षं मृगपक्षिविवर्जितम् ॥
tena dharmātmanā śaptaṃ kṛtsnaṃ tatra mahadvanam | aśaraṇyaṃ durādharṣaṃ mṛgapakṣivivarjitam ||
English Translation
And cursed by that high-souled one, the entire mighty forest has become unfit to harbour (any creatures); difficult of entrance; and devoid of birds and beasts.
VR 4.47.13 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य ते काननान्तांस्तु गिरीणां कन्दराणि च । प्रभवानि नदीनांच विचिन्वन्ति समाहिताः ॥
tasya te kānanāntāṃstu girīṇāṃ kandarāṇi ca | prabhavāni nadīnāṃca vicinvanti samāhitāḥ ||
English Translation
They carefully search the skirts of its woods, mountain-caves, and the sources of its streams. And those high-souled ones, devoted to the good of Sugrīva, did not find Janaka's daughter, or her ravisher, Rāvaņa.
VR 4.47.14 अनुष्टुप्
तत्र चापि महात्मानो नापश्यञ्जनकात्मजाम् । हर्तारं रावणं वापि सुग्रीवप्रियकारिणः ॥
tatra cāpi mahātmāno nāpaśyañjanakātmajām | hartāraṃ rāvaṇaṃ vāpi sugrīvapriyakāriṇaḥ ||
English Translation
They carefully search the skirts of its woods, mountain-caves, and the sources of its streams. And those high-souled ones, devoted to the good of Sugrīva, did not find Janaka's daughter, or her ravisher, Rāvaņa.
VR 4.47.15 अनुष्टुप्
ते प्रविश्य तु तं भीमं लतागुल्मसमावृतम् । ददृशुः क्रूरकर्माणमसुरं सुरनिर्भयम् ॥
te praviśya tu taṃ bhīmaṃ latāgulmasamāvṛtam | dadṛśuḥ krūrakarmāṇamasuraṃ suranirbhayam ||
English Translation
And entering (into a wood), they saw a terrible Asura, concealed by the shrubs and plants-of dreadful deeds, and cherishing no fear even of the gods.
VR 4.47.16 अनुष्टुप्
तं दृष्ट्वा वनरा घोरं स्थितं शैलमिवापरम् । गाढं परिहिताः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा तं पर्वतोपमम् ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vanarā ghoraṃ sthitaṃ śailamivāparam | gāḍhaṃ parihitāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā taṃ parvatopamam ||
English Translation
And seeing that dreadful Asura, seated like a hill, and resembling a mountain, they all tightened their cloths,
VR 4.47.17 अनुष्टुप्
सोऽपि तान्वानरान्सर्वान्नष्टाः स्थेत्यब्रवीद्बली । अभ्यधावत संक्रुद्धो मुष्टिमुद्यम्य संहितम् ॥
so'pi tānvānarānsarvānnaṣṭāḥ sthetyabravīdbalī | abhyadhāvata saṃkruddho muṣṭimudyamya saṃhitam ||
English Translation
And that strong one also, saying to the monkeys, Destroyed are you, and uplifting his clenched fist, rushed after them in rage.
VR 4.47.18 अनुष्टुप्
तमापतन्तं सहसा वालिपुत्रोऽङ्गदस्तदा । रावणोऽयमिति ज्ञात्वा तलेनाभिजघान ह ॥
tamāpatantaṃ sahasā vāliputro'ṅgadastadā | rāvaṇo'yamiti jñātvā talenābhijaghāna ha ||
English Translation
And as he darted suddenly, Angada, the son of Vali, knowing, This is Ravana, administered to him a slap.
VR 4.47.19 अनुष्टुप्
स वालिपुत्राभिहतो वक्त्राच्छोणितमुद्वमन् । असुरो न्यपतद्भूमौ पर्यस्त इव पर्वतः ॥
sa vāliputrābhihato vaktrācchoṇitamudvaman | asuro nyapatadbhūmau paryasta iva parvataḥ ||
English Translation
Struck by Vāli's son, that Asura, his mouth vomiting blood, fell down to the earth like a hill toppled down. And on his having breathed his last, the monkeys, elated with victory, thoroughly searched that mountain cavern.
VR 4.47.20 अनुष्टुप्
ते तु तस्मिन्निरुच्छ्वासे वानरा जितकाशिनः । व्यचिन्वन्प्रायशस्तत्र सर्वं तद्गिरिगह्वरम् ॥
te tu tasminnirucchvāse vānarā jitakāśinaḥ | vyacinvanprāyaśastatra sarvaṃ tadgirigahvaram ||
English Translation
Struck by Vāli's son, that Asura, his mouth vomiting blood, fell down to the earth like a hill toppled down. And on his having breathed his last, the monkeys, elated with victory, thoroughly searched that mountain cavern.
VR 4.47.21 अनुष्टुप्
विचितं तु ततः कृत्वा सर्वे ते काननं पुनः । अन्यदेवापरं घोरं विविशुर्गिरिगह्वरम् ॥
vicitaṃ tu tataḥ kṛtvā sarve te kānanaṃ punaḥ | anyadevāparaṃ ghoraṃ viviśurgirigahvaram ||
English Translation
And when they had satisfied themselves that the cave had been searched all through, the dwellers of the woods entered another fearful mountain cavern.
VR 4.47.22 अनुष्टुप्
ते विचिन्त्य पुनः खिन्ना विनिष्पत्य समागताः । एकान्ते वृक्षमूले तु निषेदुर्दीनमानसाः ॥
te vicintya punaḥ khinnā viniṣpatya samāgatāḥ | ekānte vṛkṣamūle tu niṣedurdīnamānasāḥ ||
English Translation
And after having searched (that place) also, they came out fatigued; and with desponding hearts sat them down at a distance under the shade of a tree. they came out fatigued; and with desponding hearts sat them down at a distance under the shade of a tree.
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