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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 49

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 49

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 49

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 49 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 32 verses.

Total: 32 Verses • Citations: VR 4.49.1–32 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 4.49.1 अनुष्टुप्
सह ताराङ्गदाभ्यां तु संगम्य हनुमान्कपिः । विचिनोति स्म विन्ध्यस्य गुहाश्च गहनानि च ॥
saha tārāṅgadābhyāṃ tu saṃgamya hanumānkapiḥ | vicinoti sma vindhyasya guhāśca gahanāni ca ||
English Translation
The monkey, Hanumān, in company with Tārā and Angada searcheth the caves and woods of Vindhya, caverns all around haunted by lions and tigers, and in vast inaccessible cascades in that foremost of mountains.
VR 4.49.2 अनुष्टुप्
सिंहशार्दूलजुष्टाश्च गुहाश्च परितस्तथा । विषमेषु नगेन्द्रस्य महाप्रस्रवणेषु च ॥
siṃhaśārdūlajuṣṭāśca guhāśca paritastathā | viṣameṣu nagendrasya mahāprasravaṇeṣu ca ||
English Translation
The monkey, Hanumān, in company with Tārā and Angada searcheth the caves and woods of Vindhya, caverns all around haunted by lions and tigers, and in vast inaccessible cascades in that foremost of mountains.
VR 4.49.3 अनुष्टुप्
तेषां तत्रैव वसतां स कालो व्यत्यवर्तत ॥
teṣāṃ tatraiva vasatāṃ sa kālo vyatyavartata ||
English Translation
And they came to the south-western summit of the inountain. And when they sojourned there, their (appointed) term had not expired.
VR 4.49.4 अनुष्टुप्
स हि देशो दुरन्वेषो गुहा गहनवान्महान् । तत्र वायुसुतः सर्वं विचिनोति स्म पर्वतम् ॥
sa hi deśo duranveṣo guhā gahanavānmahān | tatra vāyusutaḥ sarvaṃ vicinoti sma parvatam ||
English Translation
And that spacious country, consisting as it did, of caves and grots and woods, was difficult to search. And there the wind-god's offspring searched all over the mountain.
VR 4.49.5 अनुष्टुप्
परस्परेण रहिता अन्योन्यस्याविदूरतः । गजो गवाक्षो गवयः शरभो गन्धमादनः ॥
paraspareṇa rahitā anyonyasyāvidūrataḥ | gajo gavākṣo gavayaḥ śarabho gandhamādanaḥ ||
VR 4.49.6 अनुष्टुप्
मैन्दश्च द्विविदश्चैव हनुमाञ्जाम्बवानपि । अङ्गदो युवराजश्च तारश्च वनगोचरः ॥
maindaśca dvividaścaiva hanumāñjāmbavānapi | aṅgado yuvarājaśca tāraśca vanagocaraḥ ||
VR 4.49.7 उपजातिः
गिरिजालावृतान्देशान्मार्गित्वा दक्षिणां दिशम् । क्षुत्पिपासा परीताश्च श्रान्ताश्च सलिलार्थिनः । अवकीर्णं लतावृक्षैर्ददृशुस्ते महाबिलम् ॥
girijālāvṛtāndeśānmārgitvā dakṣiṇāṃ diśam | kṣutpipāsā parītāśca śrāntāśca salilārthinaḥ | avakīrṇaṃ latāvṛkṣairdadṛśuste mahābilam ||
English Translation
Overcome with hunger and thirst, the exhausted monkeys noticed a huge cave covered with creepers and bushes, while they were looking around for water.
VR 4.49.8 अनुष्टुप्
ततः क्रौञ्चाश्च हंसाश्च सारसाश्चापि निष्क्रमन् । जलार्द्राश्चक्रवाकाश्च रक्ताङ्गाः पद्मरेणुभिः ॥
tataḥ krauñcāśca haṃsāśca sārasāścāpi niṣkraman | jalārdrāścakravākāśca raktāṅgāḥ padmareṇubhiḥ ||
English Translation
Just then, the kraunchas, swans, geese and chakravaka drenched in water with their limbs reddened with the pollen of lotuses were fluttering out (of the cave).
VR 4.49.9 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तद्बिलमासाद्य सुगन्धि दुरतिक्रमम् । विस्मयव्यग्रमनसो बभूवुर्वानरर्षभाः ॥
tatastadbilamāsādya sugandhi duratikramam | vismayavyagramanaso babhūvurvānararṣabhāḥ ||
English Translation
And drawing nigh to that fragrant and inaccessible cave, those superior monkeys were struck with amaze, and became eager (to enter into it).
VR 4.49.10 अनुष्टुप्
संजातपरिशङ्कास्ते तद्बिलं प्लवगोत्तमाः । अभ्यपद्यन्त संहृष्टास्तेजोवन्तो महाबलाः ॥
saṃjātapariśaṅkāste tadbilaṃ plavagottamāḥ | abhyapadyanta saṃhṛṣṭāstejovanto mahābalāḥ ||
English Translation
The brilliant host of monkeys experienced both fear and joy to see the cave difficult to enter.
VR 4.49.11 अनुष्टुप्
ततः पर्वतकूटाभो हनुमान्मारुतात्मजः । अब्रवीद्वानरान्सर्वान्कान्तार वनकोविदः ॥
tataḥ parvatakūṭābho hanumānmārutātmajaḥ | abravīdvānarānsarvānkāntāra vanakovidaḥ ||
English Translation
Then Hanuman, son of the Windgod who appeared like a huge mountain and knew about forests spoke to the fellowmonkeys:
VR 4.49.12 अनुष्टुप्
गिरिजालावृतान्देशान्मार्गित्वा दक्षिणां दिशम् । वयं सर्वे परिश्रान्ता न च पश्यामि मैथिलीम् ॥
girijālāvṛtāndeśānmārgitvā dakṣiṇāṃ diśam | vayaṃ sarve pariśrāntā na ca paśyāmi maithilīm ||
English Translation
Having explored the South, (containing) countries enveloped with mountain chains, we have all got fatigued, but we have failed to find Mithila's daughter.
VR 4.49.13 अनुष्टुप्
अस्माच्चापि बिलाद्धंसाः क्रौञ्चाश्च सह सारसैः । जलार्द्राश्चक्रवाकाश्च निष्पतन्ति स्म सर्वशः ॥
asmāccāpi bilāddhaṃsāḥ krauñcāśca saha sārasaiḥ | jalārdrāścakravākāśca niṣpatanti sma sarvaśaḥ ||
English Translation
And from yonder cave come out swarms of and and kraunchas and chakravākas, drenched with water. For certain here is a well or a watery expanse. And at the mouth of the cave there are these cool trees.'
VR 4.49.14 अनुष्टुप्
नूनं सलिलवानत्र कूपो वा यदि वा ह्रदः । तथा चेमे बिलद्वारे स्निग्धास्तिष्ठन्ति पादपाः ॥
nūnaṃ salilavānatra kūpo vā yadi vā hradaḥ | tathā ceme biladvāre snigdhāstiṣṭhanti pādapāḥ ||
English Translation
And from yonder cave come out swarms of and and kraunchas and chakravākas, drenched with water. For certain here is a well or a watery expanse. And at the mouth of the cave there are these cool trees.'
VR 4.49.15 अनुष्टुप्
इत्युक्तास्तद्बिलं सर्वे विविशुस्तिमिरावृतम् । अचन्द्रसूर्यं हरयो ददृशू रोमहर्षणम् ॥
ityuktāstadbilaṃ sarve viviśustimirāvṛtam | acandrasūryaṃ harayo dadṛśū romaharṣaṇam ||
English Translation
On hearing him, the monkeys entered the cave full of darkness. There was no light of the Moon or the Sun. It was a horripilating experience.
VR 4.49.16 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तस्मिन्बिले दुर्गे नानापादपसंकुले । अन्योन्यं संपरिष्वज्य जग्मुर्योजनमन्तरम् ॥
tatastasminbile durge nānāpādapasaṃkule | anyonyaṃ saṃpariṣvajya jagmuryojanamantaram ||
English Translation
Holding one another's hands, they went in for a distance of one yojana inside the cave that was densely covered with several kinds of trees.
VR 4.49.17 अनुष्टुप्
ते नष्टसंज्ञास्तृषिताः संभ्रान्ताः सलिलार्थिनः । परिपेतुर्बिले तस्मिन्कंचित्कालमतन्द्रिताः ॥
te naṣṭasaṃjñāstṛṣitāḥ saṃbhrāntāḥ salilārthinaḥ | paripeturbile tasminkaṃcitkālamatandritāḥ ||
English Translation
And deprived of their sense, and tried with thirst, and bewildered, and thirsting for water, they for a time vigilantly descended in darkness down the cave. And emaciated, with woebegone faces, and spent, those monkeys despairing of their lives, (at last) saw light.
VR 4.49.18 अनुष्टुप्
ते कृशा दीनवदनाः परिश्रान्ताः प्लवंगमाः । आलोकं ददृशुर्वीरा निराशा जीविते तदा ॥
te kṛśā dīnavadanāḥ pariśrāntāḥ plavaṃgamāḥ | ālokaṃ dadṛśurvīrā nirāśā jīvite tadā ||
English Translation
Exhausted and enfeebled, they saw with dejected faces a gleam of light at a time when they were desparate.
VR 4.49.19 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तं देशमागम्य सौम्यं वितिमिरं वनम् । ददृशुः काञ्चनान्वृक्षान्दीप्तवैश्वानरप्रभान् ॥
tatastaṃ deśamāgamya saumyaṃ vitimiraṃ vanam | dadṛśuḥ kāñcanānvṛkṣāndīptavaiśvānaraprabhān ||
English Translation
Those mild ones, coming to a spot free from darkness, saw golden trees, possessed of the brightness of flaming fire.
VR 4.49.20 अनुष्टुप्
सालांस्तालांश्च पुंनागान्ककुभान्वञ्जुलान्धवान् । चम्पकान्नागवृक्षांश्च कर्णिकारांश्च पुष्पितान् ॥
sālāṃstālāṃśca puṃnāgānkakubhānvañjulāndhavān | campakānnāgavṛkṣāṃśca karṇikārāṃśca puṣpitān ||
VR 4.49.21 अनुष्टुप्
तरुणादित्यसंकाशान्वैदूर्यमयवेदिकान् । नीलवैदूर्यवर्णाश्च पद्मिनीः पतगावृताः ॥
taruṇādityasaṃkāśānvaidūryamayavedikān | nīlavaidūryavarṇāśca padminīḥ patagāvṛtāḥ ||
VR 4.49.22 अनुष्टुप्
महद्भिः काञ्चनैर्वृक्षैर्वृतं बालार्क संनिभैः । जातरूपमयैर्मत्स्यैर्महद्भिश्च सकच्छपैः ॥
mahadbhiḥ kāñcanairvṛkṣairvṛtaṃ bālārka saṃnibhaiḥ | jātarūpamayairmatsyairmahadbhiśca sakacchapaiḥ ||
VR 4.49.23 अनुष्टुप्
नलिनीस्तत्र ददृशुः प्रसन्नसलिलायुताः । काञ्चनानि विमानानि राजतानि तथैव च ॥
nalinīstatra dadṛśuḥ prasannasalilāyutāḥ | kāñcanāni vimānāni rājatāni tathaiva ca ||
VR 4.49.24 अनुष्टुप्
तपनीयगवाक्षाणि मुक्ताजालावृतानि च । हैमराजतभौमानि वैदूर्यमणिमन्ति च ॥
tapanīyagavākṣāṇi muktājālāvṛtāni ca | haimarājatabhaumāni vaidūryamaṇimanti ca ||
English Translation
The vanaras beheld highrise palaces built with gold and silver. The windows fixed on the roof were golden, shaped like cow's eye with lattices of pearls. They also saw best of houses built in gold, silver and clay, decorated with precious gems including vaidurya.
VR 4.49.25 अनुष्टुप्
ददृशुस्तत्र हरयो गृहमुख्यानि सर्वशः । पुष्पितान्फलिनो वृक्षान्प्रवालमणिसंनिभान् ॥
dadṛśustatra harayo gṛhamukhyāni sarvaśaḥ | puṣpitānphalino vṛkṣānpravālamaṇisaṃnibhān ||
VR 4.49.26 अनुष्टुप्
काञ्चनभ्रमरांश्चैव मधूनि च समन्ततः । मणिकाञ्चनचित्राणि शयनान्यासनानि च ॥
kāñcanabhramarāṃścaiva madhūni ca samantataḥ | maṇikāñcanacitrāṇi śayanānyāsanāni ca ||
VR 4.49.27 अनुष्टुप्
महार्हाणि च यानानि ददृशुस्ते समन्ततः । हैमराजतकांस्यानां भाजनानां च संचयान् ॥
mahārhāṇi ca yānāni dadṛśuste samantataḥ | haimarājatakāṃsyānāṃ bhājanānāṃ ca saṃcayān ||
English Translation
They saw all over rich collections of beds, couches and highly valuable vehicles, decorated beautifully with gems and gold.They also saw a large collection of shining utensils made of gold, silver and bronze.
VR 4.49.28 अनुष्टुप्
अगरूणां च दिव्यानां चन्दनानां च संचयान् । शुचीन्यभ्यवहार्याणि मूलानि च फलानि च ॥
agarūṇāṃ ca divyānāṃ candanānāṃ ca saṃcayān | śucīnyabhyavahāryāṇi mūlāni ca phalāni ca ||
English Translation
There they noticed a wonderful collection of incense and sandal, tasty and pure eatables, roots and fruits
VR 4.49.29 उपजातिः
महार्हाणि च पानानि मधूनि रसवन्ति च । दिव्यानामम्बराणां च महार्हाणां च संचयान् । कम्बलानां च चित्राणामजिनानां च संचयान् ॥
mahārhāṇi ca pānāni madhūni rasavanti ca | divyānāmambarāṇāṃ ca mahārhāṇāṃ ca saṃcayān | kambalānāṃ ca citrāṇāmajinānāṃ ca saṃcayān ||
English Translation
(They found) excellent drinks and many kinds of honey, wonderful collections of clothes, colourful blankets and heaps of animal skin.
VR 4.49.30 अनुष्टुप्
तत्र तत्र विचिन्वन्तो बिले तत्र महाप्रभाः । ददृशुर्वानराः शूराः स्त्रियं कांचिददूरतः ॥
tatra tatra vicinvanto bile tatra mahāprabhāḥ | dadṛśurvānarāḥ śūrāḥ striyaṃ kāṃcidadūrataḥ ||
English Translation
While searching here and there in the cave, the strong and powerful monkeys discovered a woman not far from there.
VR 4.49.31 अनुष्टुप्
तां दृष्ट्वा भृशसंत्रस्ताश्चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बराम् । तापसीं नियताहारां ज्वलन्तीमिव तेजसा ॥
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhṛśasaṃtrastāścīrakṛṣṇājināmbarām | tāpasīṃ niyatāhārāṃ jvalantīmiva tejasā ||
English Translation
She was an ascetic in bark robes and deer skin blazing with lustre, restrained in her food. The monkeys got very frightened.
VR 4.49.32 उपजातिः
ततो हनूमान्गिरिसंनिकाशः; कृताञ्जलिस्तामभिवाद्य वृद्धाम् । पप्रच्छ का त्वं भवनं बिलं च; रत्नानि चेमानि वदस्व कस्य ॥
tato hanūmāngirisaṃnikāśaḥ; kṛtāñjalistāmabhivādya vṛddhām | papraccha kā tvaṃ bhavanaṃ bilaṃ ca; ratnāni cemāni vadasva kasya ||
English Translation
And-Hanumān like to a hill, bowing down to the old women with joined hands, asked her, saying,-Who are you? And tell me, to whom belong this edifice and the cave as well as all these jewels.
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