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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 4 (Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa) • Sarga 27

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 27

किष्किन्धाकाण्डम् • सर्गः 27

Kiṣkindhākāṇḍa Sarga 27 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 46 verses.

Total: 46 Verses • Citations: VR 4.27.1–46 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 4.27.1 अनुष्टुप्
स तदा वालिनं हत्वाह्सुग्रीवमभिषिच्य च । वसन्माल्यवतः पृष्टे रामो लक्ष्मणमब्रवीत् ॥
sa tadā vālinaṃ hatvāhsugrīvamabhiṣicya ca | vasanmālyavataḥ pṛṣṭe rāmo lakṣmaṇamabravīt ||
English Translation
Thereupon encompassing the destruction of Vāli, installing Sugrīva and dwelling on the summit of the Mālyabana hill, Rāma spoke to Laksmana, saying,
VR 4.27.2 अनुष्टुप्
अयं स कालः संप्राप्तः समयोऽद्य जलागमः । संपश्य त्वं नभो मेघैः संवृतं गिरिसंनिभैः ॥
ayaṃ sa kālaḥ saṃprāptaḥ samayo'dya jalāgamaḥ | saṃpaśya tvaṃ nabho meghaiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ girisaṃnibhaiḥ ||
English Translation
This is the time the beginning of the rainy season-do you behold the sky enveloped with clouds resembling so many hills.
VR 4.27.3 अनुष्टुप्
नव मास धृतं गर्भं भास्कारस्य गभस्तिभिः । पीत्वा रसं समुद्राणां द्यौः प्रसूते रसायनम् ॥
nava māsa dhṛtaṃ garbhaṃ bhāskārasya gabhastibhiḥ | pītvā rasaṃ samudrāṇāṃ dyauḥ prasūte rasāyanam ||
English Translation
The sky, drinking the liquid contents of the ocean through the rays of the Sun, and being enceinite for nine months, is giving birth to showers.
VR 4.27.4 अनुष्टुप्
शक्यमम्बरमारुह्य मेघसोपानपङ्क्तिभिः । कुटजार्जुनमालाभिरलंकर्तुं दिवाकरम् ॥
śakyamambaramāruhya meghasopānapaṅktibhiḥ | kuṭajārjunamālābhiralaṃkartuṃ divākaram ||
English Translation
Ascending the sky by the steps of clouds, one can ornameni the Sun with garlands of Kutajas and Arjunas.
VR 4.27.5 अनुष्टुप्
संध्यारागोत्थितैस्ताम्रैरन्तेष्वधिकपाण्डुरैः । स्निग्धैरभ्रपटच्छदैर्बद्धव्रणमिवाम्बरम् ॥
saṃdhyārāgotthitaistāmrairanteṣvadhikapāṇḍuraiḥ | snigdhairabhrapaṭacchadairbaddhavraṇamivāmbaram ||
English Translation
Like to a wound covered with a torn cloth, the sky is enveloped with cool clouds, coppery with the rays of the setting Sun, and yellow at another end.
VR 4.27.6 अनुष्टुप्
मन्दमारुतनिःश्वासं संध्याचन्दनरञ्जितम् । आपाण्डुजलदं भाति कामातुरमिवाम्बरम् ॥
mandamārutaniḥśvāsaṃ saṃdhyācandanarañjitam | āpāṇḍujaladaṃ bhāti kāmāturamivāmbaram ||
English Translation
The sky, having mild breezes as its breath, sprinkled with sandal-like evening rays and covered with yellow clouds, is appearing as it were like one stricken with amour.
VR 4.27.7 अनुष्टुप्
एषा धर्मपरिक्लिष्टा नववारिपरिप्लुता । सीतेव शोकसंतप्ता मही बाष्पं विमुञ्चति ॥
eṣā dharmaparikliṣṭā navavāripariplutā | sīteva śokasaṃtaptā mahī bāṣpaṃ vimuñcati ||
English Translation
The earth, afflicted with perspiration and filled with new water, is emitting forth vapour like to Sitā racked with sorrow.
VR 4.27.8 अनुष्टुप्
मेघोदरविनिर्मुक्ताः कह्लारसुखशीतलाः । शक्यमञ्जलिभिः पातुं वाताः केतकिगन्धिनः ॥
meghodaravinirmuktāḥ kahlārasukhaśītalāḥ | śakyamañjalibhiḥ pātuṃ vātāḥ ketakigandhinaḥ ||
English Translation
Ketaka smelling breezes may be drunk up in the cavity formed by putting the hands together, like to cold water discharged off the clouds and mixed with camphor.
VR 4.27.9 अनुष्टुप्
एष फुल्लार्जुनः शैलः केतकैरधिवासितः । सुग्रीव इव शान्तारिर्धाराभिरभिषिच्यते ॥
eṣa phullārjunaḥ śailaḥ ketakairadhivāsitaḥ | sugrīva iva śāntārirdhārābhirabhiṣicyate ||
English Translation
This hill, having blown Arjunas and Ketakas and rid of its enemies like to Sugriva, has been bathed with showers.
VR 4.27.10 अनुष्टुप्
मेघकृष्णाजिनधरा धारायज्ञोपवीतिनः । मारुतापूरितगुहाः प्राधीता इव पर्वताः ॥
meghakṛṣṇājinadharā dhārāyajñopavītinaḥ | mārutāpūritaguhāḥ prādhītā iva parvatāḥ ||
English Translation
These hillocks, having clouds for dark deerskins, heavy showers for sacred threads and having caves filled with air, are appearing like so many Brahmins who have finished their studies.
VR 4.27.11 अनुष्टुप्
कशाभिरिव हैमीभिर्विद्युद्भिरिव ताडितम् । अन्तःस्तनितनिर्घोषं सवेदनमिवाम्बरम् ॥
kaśābhiriva haimībhirvidyudbhiriva tāḍitam | antaḥstanitanirghoṣaṃ savedanamivāmbaram ||
English Translation
The sky, being struck by thunders like to so many golden lashes, is, as if, groaning under a deep mental agony.
VR 4.27.12 अनुष्टुप्
नीलमेघाश्रिता विद्युत्स्फुरन्ती प्रतिभाति मे । स्फुरन्ती रावणस्याङ्के वैदेहीव तपस्विनी ॥
nīlameghāśritā vidyutsphurantī pratibhāti me | sphurantī rāvaṇasyāṅke vaidehīva tapasvinī ||
English Translation
Methinks, the lighting, shining by the violet clouds, is appearing like to the poor Vaidehi at the lap of Rävaņa.
VR 4.27.13 अनुष्टुप्
इमास्ता मन्मथवतां हिताः प्रतिहता दिशः । अनुलिप्ता इव घनैर्नष्टग्रहनिशाकराः ॥
imāstā manmathavatāṃ hitāḥ pratihatā diśaḥ | anuliptā iva ghanairnaṣṭagrahaniśākarāḥ ||
English Translation
These quarters, enveloped with clouds and having therefore the Moon and stars hidden, are indeed very pleasant to those who are under the influence of Cupid
VR 4.27.14 उपजातिः
क्वचिद्बाष्पाभिसंरुद्धान्वर्षागमसमुत्सुकान् । कुटजान्पश्य सौमित्रे पुष्टितान्गिरिसानुषु । मम शोकाभिभूतस्य कामसंदीपनान्स्थितान् ॥
kvacidbāṣpābhisaṃruddhānvarṣāgamasamutsukān | kuṭajānpaśya saumitre puṣṭitāngirisānuṣu | mama śokābhibhūtasya kāmasaṃdīpanānsthitān ||
English Translation
Behold, O Saumitri, on the summits of the hill the flowery Kuțajas enveloped with the vapour arising out of the earth, gladdened at the approach of the rainy season and exciting my amour who am stricken with grief.
VR 4.27.15 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
रजः प्रशान्तं सहिमोऽद्य वायु;र्निदाघदोषप्रसराः प्रशान्ताः । स्थिता हि यात्रा वसुधाधिपानां; प्रवासिनो यान्ति नराः स्वदेशान् ॥
rajaḥ praśāntaṃ sahimo'dya vāyu;rnidāghadoṣaprasarāḥ praśāntāḥ | sthitā hi yātrā vasudhādhipānāṃ; pravāsino yānti narāḥ svadeśān ||
English Translation
(In this season) the dust is watered, the air is saturated with dews, all the evils of the summer are stopped, the kings no longer proceed on royal marches and those journeying in a foreign land return their native homes.
VR 4.27.16 उपजातिः
संप्रस्थिता मानसवासलुब्धाः; प्रियान्विताः संप्रति चक्रवाकः । अभीक्ष्णवर्षोदकविक्षतेषु; यानानि मार्गेषु न संपतन्ति ॥
saṃprasthitā mānasavāsalubdhāḥ; priyānvitāḥ saṃprati cakravākaḥ | abhīkṣṇavarṣodakavikṣateṣu; yānāni mārgeṣu na saṃpatanti ||
English Translation
The Cakravākas along with their mates are proceeding, being desirous to live in the Mänasa Sarovara, and in consequence of incessant rains, chariots and other conveyances cannot pass along the wayfares.
VR 4.27.17 उपजातिः
क्वचित्प्रकाशं क्वचिदप्रकाशं; नभः प्रकीर्णाम्बुधरं विभाति । क्वचित्क्वचित्पर्वतसंनिरुद्धं; रूपं यथा शान्तमहार्णवस्य ॥
kvacitprakāśaṃ kvacidaprakāśaṃ; nabhaḥ prakīrṇāmbudharaṃ vibhāti | kvacitkvacitparvatasaṃniruddhaṃ; rūpaṃ yathā śāntamahārṇavasya ||
English Translation
Somewhere hidden, somewhere open, the sky, covered with clouds, appears like a vast ocean, being encircled here and there with hills.
VR 4.27.18 उपजातिः
व्यामिश्रितं सर्जकदम्बपुष्पै;र्नवं जलं पर्वतधातुताम्रम् । मयूरकेकाभिरनुप्रयातं; शैलापगाः शीघ्रतरं वहन्ति ॥
vyāmiśritaṃ sarjakadambapuṣpai;rnavaṃ jalaṃ parvatadhātutāmram | mayūrakekābhiranuprayātaṃ; śailāpagāḥ śīghrataraṃ vahanti ||
English Translation
There speedily pass by the hill streams, being resounded with the cries of peacocks, carrying with the current Sarja and Kadamba flowers and having their coppery contents mixed with the metals of the mountain.
VR 4.27.19 उपजातिः
रसाकुलं षट्पदसंनिकाशं; प्रभुज्यते जम्बुफलं प्रकामम् । अनेकवर्णं पवनावधूतं; भूमौ पतत्याम्रफलं विपक्वम् ॥
rasākulaṃ ṣaṭpadasaṃnikāśaṃ; prabhujyate jambuphalaṃ prakāmam | anekavarṇaṃ pavanāvadhūtaṃ; bhūmau patatyāmraphalaṃ vipakvam ||
English Translation
People (in this season) live upon Inany a sweet rose-apple; and ripe mangoes, of diverse colours, being shaken by the wind, fall on the earth.
VR 4.27.20 उपजातिः
विद्युत्पताकाः सबलाक मालाः; शैलेन्द्रकूटाकृतिसंनिकाशाः । गर्जन्ति मेघाः समुदीर्णनादा; मत्तगजेन्द्रा इव संयुगस्थः ॥
vidyutpatākāḥ sabalāka mālāḥ; śailendrakūṭākṛtisaṃnikāśāḥ | garjanti meghāḥ samudīrṇanādā; mattagajendrā iva saṃyugasthaḥ ||
English Translation
The clouds, resembling the summits of a mountain, having lightnings for pennons and cranes for garlands, are muttering like to infuriated elephants in a field of battle.
VR 4.27.21 इन्द्रवज्रा
मेघाभिकामी परिसंपतन्ती; संमोदिता भाति बलाकपङ्क्तिः । वातावधूता वरपौण्डरीकी; लम्बेव माला रचिताम्बरस्य ॥
meghābhikāmī parisaṃpatantī; saṃmoditā bhāti balākapaṅktiḥ | vātāvadhūtā varapauṇḍarīkī; lambeva mālā racitāmbarasya ||
English Translation
And rows of cranes, fond of clouds, rising up in the sky, delighted and moved by the wind, are appearing like a garland of white lotuses, spread along the welkin.
VR 4.27.22 उपजातिः
निद्रा शनैः केशवमभ्युपैति; द्रुतं नदी सागरमभ्युपैति । हृष्टा बलाका घनमभ्युपैति; कान्ता सकामा प्रियमभ्युपैति ॥
nidrā śanaiḥ keśavamabhyupaiti; drutaṃ nadī sāgaramabhyupaiti | hṛṣṭā balākā ghanamabhyupaiti; kāntā sakāmā priyamabhyupaiti ||
English Translation
(In this part of the year) sleep is gradually overcoming the great God Nārāyaṇa, the river is flowing speedily towards the ocean, the delighted cranes are approaching the clouds and the damsels are proceeding towards their lovers.
VR 4.27.23 इन्द्रवज्रा
जाता वनान्ताः शिखिसुप्रनृत्ता; जाताः कदम्बाः सकदम्बशाखाः । जाता वृषा गोषु समानकामा; जाता मही सस्यवनाभिरामा ॥
jātā vanāntāḥ śikhisupranṛttā; jātāḥ kadambāḥ sakadambaśākhāḥ | jātā vṛṣā goṣu samānakāmā; jātā mahī sasyavanābhirāmā ||
English Translation
The peacocks are dancing at the forest skirts, the Kadamba trees are covered with flowers, the bulls have become attached to her and the earth has become charming with corns and forests.
VR 4.27.24 उपजातिः
वहन्ति वर्षन्ति नदन्ति भान्ति; ध्यायन्ति नृत्यन्ति समाश्वसन्ति । नद्यो घना मत्तगजा वनान्ताः; प्रियाविनीहाः शिखिनः प्लवंगाः ॥
vahanti varṣanti nadanti bhānti; dhyāyanti nṛtyanti samāśvasanti | nadyo ghanā mattagajā vanāntāḥ; priyāvinīhāḥ śikhinaḥ plavaṃgāḥ ||
English Translation
The rivers are flowing by; the clouds are discharging waters; the infuriated elephants are emitting terrible roars; the forest-lands are growing more charming; persons, separated from their wives, are growing more anxious; the peacocks are dancing with delight and the monkeys are greatly comforted for Sugrīva's attaining to the kingdom.
VR 4.27.25 उपजातिः
प्रहर्षिताः केतकपुष्पगन्ध;माघ्राय हृष्टा वननिर्झरेषु । प्रपात शब्दाकुलिता गजेन्द्राः; सार्धं मयूरैः समदा नदन्ति ॥
praharṣitāḥ ketakapuṣpagandha;māghrāya hṛṣṭā vananirjhareṣu | prapāta śabdākulitā gajendrāḥ; sārdhaṃ mayūraiḥ samadā nadanti ||
English Translation
By the fountains in he forests, the infuriated elephants delighted with the fragrance of the Ketaka flowers and maddened with the noise of the water falls, are emitting terrible roars along with the peacocks.
VR 4.27.26 उपजातिः
धारानिपातैरभिहन्यमानाः; कदम्बशाखासु विलम्बमानाः । क्षणार्जितं पुष्परसावगाढं; शनैर्मदं षट्चरणास्त्यजन्ति ॥
dhārānipātairabhihanyamānāḥ; kadambaśākhāsu vilambamānāḥ | kṣaṇārjitaṃ puṣparasāvagāḍhaṃ; śanairmadaṃ ṣaṭcaraṇāstyajanti ||
English Translation
The black bees, resorting to the branches of the Kadamba trees and overwhelmed with showers, are, as if, slowly discharging their temporal juice-namely the honey of flowers collected by them ere while.
VR 4.27.27 उपजातिः
अङ्गारचूर्णोत्करसंनिकाशैः; फलैः सुपर्याप्त रसैः समृद्धैः । जम्बूद्रुमाणां प्रविभान्ति शाखा; निलीयमाना इव षट्पदौघैः ॥
aṅgāracūrṇotkarasaṃnikāśaiḥ; phalaiḥ suparyāpta rasaiḥ samṛddhaiḥ | jambūdrumāṇāṃ pravibhānti śākhā; nilīyamānā iva ṣaṭpadaughaiḥ ||
English Translation
The branches of rose-apple trees containing enough of fruits like to a collection of char coal are so appearing as if the black bees are drinking the juice thereof.
VR 4.27.28 उपेन्द्रवज्रा
तडित्पताकाभिरलंकृताना;मुदीर्णगम्भीरमहारवाणाम् । विभान्ति रूपाणि बलाहकानां; रणोद्यतानामिव वारणानाम् ॥
taḍitpatākābhiralaṃkṛtānā;mudīrṇagambhīramahāravāṇām | vibhānti rūpāṇi balāhakānāṃ; raṇodyatānāmiva vāraṇānām ||
English Translation
The dense clouds, ornamented with pennonlike lightnings and emitting terrible roars, are appearing like so many elephants, mad after fighting.
VR 4.27.29 इन्द्रवज्रा
मार्गानुगः शैलवनानुसारी; संप्रस्थितो मेघरवं निशम्य । युद्धाभिकामः प्रतिनागशङ्की; मत्तो गजेन्द्रः प्रतिसंनिवृत्तः ॥
mārgānugaḥ śailavanānusārī; saṃprasthito megharavaṃ niśamya | yuddhābhikāmaḥ pratināgaśaṅkī; matto gajendraḥ pratisaṃnivṛttaḥ ||
English Translation
The infuriated lord of elephants, following in the track and ranging in the hills and forests hearing the muttering of clouds and taking it for the uproar of another elephant, has turned back, with a view to enter into conflict with him.
VR 4.27.30 उपजातिः
मुक्तासकाशं सलिलं पतद्वै; सुनिर्मलं पत्रपुटेषु लग्नम् । हृष्टा विवर्णच्छदना विहंगाः; सुरेन्द्रदत्तं तृषिताः पिबन्ति ॥
muktāsakāśaṃ salilaṃ patadvai; sunirmalaṃ patrapuṭeṣu lagnam | hṛṣṭā vivarṇacchadanā vihaṃgāḥ; surendradattaṃ tṛṣitāḥ pibanti ||
English Translation
The birds, having their wings discoloured, being wet with water, delighted and thirsty, are drinking the drops of clear water, falling on leaves and discharged by the Lord of celestials*. *According to Hindu mythology Indra is the god of rains.
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