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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 18

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 18

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 18

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 18 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 57 verses.

Total: 57 Verses • Citations: VR 4.18.1–57 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 4.18.1 अनुष्टुप्
इत्युक्तः प्रश्रितं वाक्यं धर्मार्थसहितं हितम् । परुषं वालिना रामो निहतेन विचेतसा ॥
ityuktaḥ praśritaṃ vākyaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ hitam | paruṣaṃ vālinā rāmo nihatena vicetasā ||
English Translation
To these harsh words though seemingly wellmeaning, courteous and righteous, Vali who had been mortally wounded and confused in mind, Rama replied:
VR 4.18.2 अनुष्टुप्
तं निष्प्रभमिवादित्यं मुक्ततोयमिवाम्बुदम् । उक्तवाक्यं हरिश्रेष्ठमुपशान्तमिवानलम् ॥
taṃ niṣprabhamivādityaṃ muktatoyamivāmbudam | uktavākyaṃ hariśreṣṭhamupaśāntamivānalam ||
English Translation
To righteous Vali,the best of the monkeys, the lord of the monkeys, who looked like the Sun shorn of his brilliance or a raindrained cloud or a fire that had been extinguished. Rama, under the scanner, said in reply:
VR 4.18.3 अनुष्टुप्
धर्मार्थगुणसंपन्नं हरीश्वरमनुत्तमम् । अधिक्षिप्तस्तदा रामः पश्चाद्वालिनमब्रवीत् ॥
dharmārthaguṇasaṃpannaṃ harīśvaramanuttamam | adhikṣiptastadā rāmaḥ paścādvālinamabravīt ||
English Translation
To righteous Vali,the best of the monkeys, the lord of the monkeys, who looked like the Sun shorn of his brilliance or a raindrained cloud or a fire that had been extinguished. Rama, under the scanner, said in reply:
VR 4.18.4 अनुष्टुप्
धर्ममर्थं च कामं च समयं चापि लौकिकम् । अविज्ञाय कथं बाल्यान्मामिहाद्य विगर्हसे ॥
dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca samayaṃ cāpi laukikam | avijñāya kathaṃ bālyānmāmihādya vigarhase ||
English Translation
Not cognizant of virtue, knowledge, passion and custom, why did you blame me like a child?
VR 4.18.5 अनुष्टुप्
अपृष्ट्वा बुद्धिसंपन्नान्वृद्धानाचार्यसंमतान् । सौम्य वानरचापल्यात्त्वं मां वक्तुमिहेच्छसि ॥
apṛṣṭvā buddhisaṃpannānvṛddhānācāryasaṃmatān | saumya vānaracāpalyāttvaṃ māṃ vaktumihecchasi ||
English Translation
Why did you purpose to address me thus out of fickleness, consequent upon your monkeyhood not asking your wise elders recognized by the preceptors?
VR 4.18.6 अनुष्टुप्
इक्ष्वाकूणामियं भूमिः सशैलवनकानना । मृगपक्षिमनुष्याणां निग्रहानुग्रहावपि ॥
ikṣvākūṇāmiyaṃ bhūmiḥ saśailavanakānanā | mṛgapakṣimanuṣyāṇāṃ nigrahānugrahāvapi ||
English Translation
This land, abounding in hills and woods, belongs to the lkşwakus. Along with it was conferred on them the power of administering favour and chastisement to beasts, birds and human beings.
VR 4.18.7 अनुष्टुप्
तां पालयति धर्मात्मा भरतः सत्यवागृजुः । धर्मकामार्थतत्त्वज्ञो निग्रहानुग्रहे रतः ॥
tāṃ pālayati dharmātmā bharataḥ satyavāgṛjuḥ | dharmakāmārthatattvajño nigrahānugrahe rataḥ ||
English Translation
The upright, virtuous and truthful king Bharata, cognizant of virtue, knowledge and passion and ever engaged in administering favour and punisl.ment, governs this kingdom.
VR 4.18.8 अनुष्टुप्
नयश्च विनयश्चोभौ यस्मिन्सत्यं च सुस्थितम् । विक्रमश्च यथा दृष्टः स राजा देशकालवित् ॥
nayaśca vinayaścobhau yasminsatyaṃ ca susthitam | vikramaśca yathā dṛṣṭaḥ sa rājā deśakālavit ||
English Translation
That king is said to be cognizant of time and place; in him dwelleth modesty, truthfulness, prowess and a love for discipline.
VR 4.18.9 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य धर्मकृतादेशा वयमन्ये च पार्थिवः । चरामो वसुधां कृत्स्नां धर्मसंतानमिच्छवः ॥
tasya dharmakṛtādeśā vayamanye ca pārthivaḥ | carāmo vasudhāṃ kṛtsnāṃ dharmasaṃtānamicchavaḥ ||
English Translation
Ourselves and other kings, being commanded by him to practise piety, have been journeying in this wide world desirous of multiplying virtue.
VR 4.18.10 अनुष्टुप्
तस्मिन्नृपतिशार्दूल भरते धर्मवत्सले । पालयत्यखिलां भूमिं कश्चरेद्धर्मनिग्रहम् ॥
tasminnṛpatiśārdūla bharate dharmavatsale | pālayatyakhilāṃ bhūmiṃ kaścareddharmanigraham ||
English Translation
That foremost of monarchs, Bharatalover of virtue, governing this entire earth, who dares perpetrate an iniquity.?
VR 4.18.11 अनुष्टुप्
ते वयं मार्गविभ्रष्टं स्वधर्मे परमे स्थिताः । भरताज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य निगृह्णीमो यथाविधि ॥
te vayaṃ mārgavibhraṣṭaṃ svadharme parame sthitāḥ | bharatājñāṃ puraskṛtya nigṛhṇīmo yathāvidhi ||
English Translation
Stationed in the excellent virtue of our own and placing Bharata's commandments on our heads, we shall consider how we shall punish them who go astray (from the path of virtue).
VR 4.18.12 अनुष्टुप्
त्वं तु संक्लिष्टधर्मा च कर्मणा च विगर्हितः । कामतन्त्रप्रधानश्च न स्थितो राजवर्त्मनि ॥
tvaṃ tu saṃkliṣṭadharmā ca karmaṇā ca vigarhitaḥ | kāmatantrapradhānaśca na sthito rājavartmani ||
English Translation
You have oppressed virtue and perpetrated a gross iniquity. You have placed yourself under the control of your passions and deviated from the track of royal duties.
VR 4.18.13 अनुष्टुप्
ज्येष्ठो भ्राता पिता चैव यश्च विद्यां प्रयच्छति । त्रयस्ते पितरो ज्ञेया धर्मे च पथि वर्तिनः ॥
jyeṣṭho bhrātā pitā caiva yaśca vidyāṃ prayacchati | trayaste pitaro jñeyā dharme ca pathi vartinaḥ ||
English Translation
The elder brother, father, and the instructor—these three should always be regarded in the light of a father if they tread the paths of virtue and morality,
VR 4.18.14 अनुष्टुप्
यवीयानात्मनः पुत्रः शिष्यश्चापि गुणोदितः । पुत्रवत्ते त्रयश्चिन्त्या धर्मश्चेदत्र कारणम् ॥
yavīyānātmanaḥ putraḥ śiṣyaścāpi guṇoditaḥ | putravatte trayaścintyā dharmaścedatra kāraṇam ||
English Translation
A younger brother, a son and an accomplished follower should always be regarded as sons. And virtue is always at the bottom of all such considerations.
VR 4.18.15 अनुष्टुप्
सूक्ष्मः परमदुर्ज्ञेयः सतां धर्मः प्लवंगम । हृदिस्थः सर्वभूतानामात्मा वेद शुभाशुभम् ॥
sūkṣmaḥ paramadurjñeyaḥ satāṃ dharmaḥ plavaṃgama | hṛdisthaḥ sarvabhūtānāmātmā veda śubhāśubham ||
English Translation
O monkey, the religion of the good is indeed very subtle and can comprehend great things the immortal soul can understand what is good or bad.
VR 4.18.16 अनुष्टुप्
चपलश्चपलैः सार्धं वानरैरकृतात्मभिः । जात्यन्ध इव जात्यन्धैर्मन्त्रयन्द्रक्ष्यसे नु किम् ॥
capalaścapalaiḥ sārdhaṃ vānarairakṛtātmabhiḥ | jātyandha iva jātyandhairmantrayandrakṣyase nu kim ||
English Translation
Fickle as you are, how canst you comprehend what is proper, consulting with your monkey companions who are equally stupid and lighthearted, like to one, born blind, leading with another such?
VR 4.18.17 अनुष्टुप्
अहं तु व्यक्ततामस्य वचनस्य ब्रवीमि ते । न हि मां केवलं रोषात्त्वं विगर्हितुमर्हसि ॥
ahaṃ tu vyaktatāmasya vacanasya bravīmi te | na hi māṃ kevalaṃ roṣāttvaṃ vigarhitumarhasi ||
English Translation
I do fairly speak to you that it is not anger only that has led me to bring about your destruction.
VR 4.18.18 अनुष्टुप्
तदेतत्कारणं पश्य यदर्थं त्वं मया हतः । भ्रातुर्वर्तसि भार्यायां त्यक्त्वा धर्मं सनातनम् ॥
tadetatkāraṇaṃ paśya yadarthaṃ tvaṃ mayā hataḥ | bhrāturvartasi bhāryāyāṃ tyaktvā dharmaṃ sanātanam ||
English Translation
Do you consider why I have killed you-you had ravished your brother's wife renouncing that ever-existing virtue.
VR 4.18.19 अनुष्टुप्
अस्य त्वं धरमाणस्य सुग्रीवस्य महात्मनः । रुमायां वर्तसे कामात्स्नुषायां पापकर्मकृत् ॥
asya tvaṃ dharamāṇasya sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ | rumāyāṃ vartase kāmātsnuṣāyāṃ pāpakarmakṛt ||
English Translation
You, the perpetrator of many evil deeds, have got by Rumā, the wife of your brother-the high-souled Sugrīva.
VR 4.18.20 अनुष्टुप्
तद्व्यतीतस्य ते धर्मात्कामवृत्तस्य वानर । भ्रातृभार्याभिमर्शेऽस्मिन्दण्डोऽयं प्रतिपादितः ॥
tadvyatītasya te dharmātkāmavṛttasya vānara | bhrātṛbhāryābhimarśe'smindaṇḍo'yaṃ pratipāditaḥ ||
English Translation
O monkey, you had thus violated the path of virtue. And thus I have punished you who have ravished your elder brother's spouse.
VR 4.18.21 अनुष्टुप्
न हि धर्मविरुद्धस्य लोकवृत्तादपेयुषः । दण्डादन्यत्र पश्यामि निग्रहं हरियूथप ॥
na hi dharmaviruddhasya lokavṛttādapeyuṣaḥ | daṇḍādanyatra paśyāmi nigrahaṃ hariyūthapa ||
English Translation
o you, the leader of monkey-herds-I find no other alternative than to punish him who act against humanity and violates the sacred sanctions of custom.
VR 4.18.22 अनुष्टुप्
औरसीं भगिनीं वापि भार्यां वाप्यनुजस्य यः । प्रचरेत नरः कामात्तस्य दण्डो वधः स्मृतः ॥
aurasīṃ bhaginīṃ vāpi bhāryāṃ vāpyanujasya yaḥ | pracareta naraḥ kāmāttasya daṇḍo vadhaḥ smṛtaḥ ||
English Translation
I am a Ksatrya coming of a high pedigree. I cannot put up with your immoral conduct. Šāstras sanction the destruction of one who under the influence of passion ravishes his own daughter, sister and younger brother's wife.
VR 4.18.23 अनुष्टुप्
भरतस्तु महीपालो वयं त्वादेशवर्तिनः । त्वं च धर्मादतिक्रान्तः कथं शक्यमुपेक्षितुम् ॥
bharatastu mahīpālo vayaṃ tvādeśavartinaḥ | tvaṃ ca dharmādatikrāntaḥ kathaṃ śakyamupekṣitum ||
English Translation
This is Bharata's commandment-the lord of earth, and we have been satisfying his orders. You have disregarded virtue.
VR 4.18.24 अनुष्टुप्
गुरुधर्मव्यतिक्रान्तं प्राज्ञो धर्मेण पालयन् । भरतः कामवृत्तानां निग्रहे पर्यवस्थितः ॥
gurudharmavyatikrāntaṃ prājño dharmeṇa pālayan | bharataḥ kāmavṛttānāṃ nigrahe paryavasthitaḥ ||
English Translation
A wise man, living in virtue, cannot let go one who has passed by the sanctions of morality. Bharata has sanctioned the destruction of the amorous; and we, O lord of monkeys, following his orders, thought proper, to encompass the destruction of one like you who has spoliated virtue and morality.
VR 4.18.25 अनुष्टुप्
वयं तु भरतादेशं विधिं कृत्वा हरीश्वर । त्वद्विधान्भिन्नमर्यादान्नियन्तुं पर्यवस्थिताः ॥
vayaṃ tu bharatādeśaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtvā harīśvara | tvadvidhānbhinnamaryādānniyantuṃ paryavasthitāḥ ||
English Translation
'O Vali we have to follow Bharata's command and are bent upon punishing those wicked people who deviate from the bounds of dharma.
VR 4.18.26 अनुष्टुप्
सुग्रीवेण च मे सख्यं लक्ष्मणेन यथा तथा । दारराज्यनिमित्तं च निःश्रेयसि रतः स मे ॥
sugrīveṇa ca me sakhyaṃ lakṣmaṇena yathā tathā | dārarājyanimittaṃ ca niḥśreyasi rataḥ sa me ||
English Translation
Like to Laksmana, I have contracted friendship with Sugrīva. And with a view to regain his wife and kingdom, he resolved to engage in my well-being. I too also promised the same before the monkeys. And how can a man of my position neglect to make good his promise?
VR 4.18.27 अनुष्टुप्
प्रतिज्ञा च मया दत्ता तदा वानरसंनिधौ । प्रतिज्ञा च कथं शक्या मद्विधेनानवेक्षितुम् ॥
pratijñā ca mayā dattā tadā vānarasaṃnidhau | pratijñā ca kathaṃ śakyā madvidhenānavekṣitum ||
English Translation
Like to Laksmana, I have contracted friendship with Sugrīva. And with a view to regain his wife and kingdom, he resolved to engage in my well-being. I too also promised the same before the monkeys. And how can a man of my position neglect to make good his promise?
VR 4.18.28 अनुष्टुप्
तदेभिः कारणैः सर्वैर्महद्भिर्धर्मसंहितैः । शासनं तव यद्युक्तं तद्भवाननुमन्यताम् ॥
tadebhiḥ kāraṇaiḥ sarvairmahadbhirdharmasaṃhitaiḥ | śāsanaṃ tava yadyuktaṃ tadbhavānanumanyatām ||
English Translation
For these causes of very great moment, favoured by virtue, I have adininistered to you this condign punishment. Do you now approve it.
VR 4.18.29 अनुष्टुप्
सर्वथा धर्म इत्येव द्रष्टव्यस्तव निग्रहः । वयस्यस्योपकर्तव्यं धर्ममेवानुपश्यता ॥
sarvathā dharma ityeva draṣṭavyastava nigrahaḥ | vayasyasyopakartavyaṃ dharmamevānupaśyatā ||
English Translation
Your discomfiture is quite of a piece with the sanctions of morality-and to assist friends in one of the codes of religion.
VR 4.18.30 अनुष्टुप्
राजभिर्धृतदण्डास्तु कृत्वा पापानि मानवाः । निर्मलाः स्वर्गमायान्ति सन्तः सुकृतिनो यथा ॥
rājabhirdhṛtadaṇḍāstu kṛtvā pāpāni mānavāḥ | nirmalāḥ svargamāyānti santaḥ sukṛtino yathā ||
English Translation
'Men who have perpetrated sins should be subjected to punishment by kings so that they become stainless and attain heaven like pious men who have performed good deeds.
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