Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 30

गुहं प्रविष्टे सुग्रीवे विमुक्ते गगने घनैः। वर्षरात्रोषितो रामः कामशोकाभिपीडितः4.30.1।। पाण्डुरं गगनं दृष्ट्वा विमलं चन्द्रमण्डलम्। शारदीं रजनीं चैव दृष्ट्वा ज्योत्स्नानुलेपनाम्4.30.2।। कामवृत्तं च सुग्रीवं नष्टां च जनकात्मजाम्। बुद्ध्वा कालमतीतं च मुमोह परमातुरः4.30.3।।

guhaṃ praviṣṭe sugrīve vimukte gagane ghanaiḥ| varṣarātroṣito rāmaḥ kāmaśokābhipīḍitaḥ4.30.1|| pāṇḍuraṃ gaganaṃ dṛṣṭvā vimalaṃ candramaṇḍalam| śāradīṃ rajanīṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā jyotsnānulepanām4.30.2|| kāmavṛttaṃ ca sugrīvaṃ naṣṭāṃ ca janakātmajām| buddhvā kālamatītaṃ ca mumoha paramāturaḥ4.30.3||

While Sugriva was in his residence, Rama was (in Prasravana mountain) spending his rainy nights tormented by passion (for Sita). Sugriva was engaged in love, forgetting the time fixed for taking up the search for Sita. When the sky became clear of clouds after the rainy season, Rama sat gazing at the clear autumnal Moon's orb. He was besmeared with moonlight and felt perturbed as time was running out. And then fell into a swoon. (only a few months remained for the completion of the exile and Bharata will put an end to himself if Rama does not return to Ayodhya on the stipulated day. This worried Rama.)

गुहं प्रविष्टे सुग्रीवे विमुक्ते गगने घनैः। वर्षरात्रोषितो रामः कामशोकाभिपीडितः4.30.1।। पाण्डुरं गगनं दृष्ट्वा विमलं चन्द्रमण्डलम्। शारदीं रजनीं चैव दृष्ट्वा ज्योत्स्नानुलेपनाम्4.30.2।। कामवृत्तं च सुग्रीवं नष्टां च जनकात्मजाम्। बुद्ध्वा कालमतीतं च मुमोह परमातुरः4.30.3।।

guhaṃ praviṣṭe sugrīve vimukte gagane ghanaiḥ| varṣarātroṣito rāmaḥ kāmaśokābhipīḍitaḥ4.30.1|| pāṇḍuraṃ gaganaṃ dṛṣṭvā vimalaṃ candramaṇḍalam| śāradīṃ rajanīṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā jyotsnānulepanām4.30.2|| kāmavṛttaṃ ca sugrīvaṃ naṣṭāṃ ca janakātmajām| buddhvā kālamatītaṃ ca mumoha paramāturaḥ4.30.3||

While Sugriva was in his residence, Rama was (in Prasravana mountain) spending his rainy nights tormented by passion (for Sita). Sugriva was engaged in love, forgetting the time fixed for taking up the search for Sita. When the sky became clear of clouds after the rainy season, Rama sat gazing at the clear autumnal Moon's orb. He was besmeared with moonlight and felt perturbed as time was running out. And then fell into a swoon. (only a few months remained for the completion of the exile and Bharata will put an end to himself if Rama does not return to Ayodhya on the stipulated day. This worried Rama.)

गुहं प्रविष्टे सुग्रीवे विमुक्ते गगने घनैः। वर्षरात्रोषितो रामः कामशोकाभिपीडितः4.30.1।। पाण्डुरं गगनं दृष्ट्वा विमलं चन्द्रमण्डलम्। शारदीं रजनीं चैव दृष्ट्वा ज्योत्स्नानुलेपनाम्4.30.2।। कामवृत्तं च सुग्रीवं नष्टां च जनकात्मजाम्। बुद्ध्वा कालमतीतं च मुमोह परमातुरः4.30.3।।

guhaṃ praviṣṭe sugrīve vimukte gagane ghanaiḥ| varṣarātroṣito rāmaḥ kāmaśokābhipīḍitaḥ4.30.1|| pāṇḍuraṃ gaganaṃ dṛṣṭvā vimalaṃ candramaṇḍalam| śāradīṃ rajanīṃ caiva dṛṣṭvā jyotsnānulepanām4.30.2|| kāmavṛttaṃ ca sugrīvaṃ naṣṭāṃ ca janakātmajām| buddhvā kālamatītaṃ ca mumoha paramāturaḥ4.30.3||

While Sugriva was in his residence, Rama was (in Prasravana mountain) spending his rainy nights tormented by passion (for Sita). Sugriva was engaged in love, forgetting the time fixed for taking up the search for Sita. When the sky became clear of clouds after the rainy season, Rama sat gazing at the clear autumnal Moon's orb. He was besmeared with moonlight and felt perturbed as time was running out. And then fell into a swoon. (only a few months remained for the completion of the exile and Bharata will put an end to himself if Rama does not return to Ayodhya on the stipulated day. This worried Rama.)

स तु संज्ञामुपागम्य मुहूर्तान्मतिमान्पुनः। मनस्स्थामपि वैदेहीं चिन्तयामास राघवः4.30.4।।

sa tu saṃjñāmupāgamya muhūrtānmatimānpunaḥ| manassthāmapi vaidehīṃ cintayāmāsa rāghavaḥ4.30.4||

Gaining back the senses after a while, wise Rama started thinking about Vaidehi, who remained in his heart.

आसीनः पर्वतस्याग्रे हेमधातुविभूषिते। शारदं गगनं दृष्ट्वा जगाम मनसा प्रियाम्4.30.5।।

āsīnaḥ parvatasyāgre hemadhātuvibhūṣite| śāradaṃ gaganaṃ dṛṣṭvā jagāma manasā priyām4.30.5||

Sitting on top of the mountain shining with gold and minerals, Rama gazed at the pleasant autumnal sky and started thinking of his beloved.

दृष्ट्वा च विमलं व्योम गतविद्युद्वलाहकम्। सारसारावसङ्घुष्ठं विललापार्तया गिरा4.30.6।।

dṛṣṭvā ca vimalaṃ vyoma gatavidyudvalāhakam| sārasārāvasaṅghuṣṭhaṃ vilalāpārtayā girā4.30.6||

Looking at the sky rid of clouds and lightning, filled with the sounds of flocks of sarasa birds, Rama cried in a pitiable state.

सारसारावसन्नादैस्सारसारवनादिनी। याऽऽश्रमे रमते बाला साऽद्य मे रमते कथम्4.30.7।।

sārasārāvasannādaissārasāravanādinī| yā''śrame ramate bālā sā'dya me ramate katham4.30.7||

'How will the young lady (Sita) whose voice is like the sarasa bird's, who was revelling, listening to its sweet cackle at the hermitage be living now?

पुष्पितांश्चासनान् दृष्ट्वा काञ्चनानिव निर्मलान्। कथं सा रमते बाला पश्यन्ती मामपश्यती4.30.8।।

puṣpitāṃścāsanān dṛṣṭvā kāñcanāniva nirmalān| kathaṃ sā ramate bālā paśyantī māmapaśyatī4.30.8||

'How will my beloved wife feel on seeing the asana flowers which are as pure as gold, when she does not find me anywhere?

या पुरा कलहंसानां स्वरेण कलभाषिणी। बुध्यते चारुसर्वाङ्गी साऽद्य मे बुद्ध्यते कथम्4.30.9।।

yā purā kalahaṃsānāṃ svareṇa kalabhāṣiṇī| budhyate cārusarvāṅgī sā'dya me buddhyate katham4.30.9||

'How will my Sita with her charming limbs and sweet words, who used to get up from sleep by the cackle of swans, wake up now?

निस्वनं चक्रवाकानां निशम्य नहचारिणाम्। पुण्डरीकविशालाक्षी कथमेषा भविष्यति4.30.10।।

nisvanaṃ cakravākānāṃ niśamya nahacāriṇām| puṇḍarīkaviśālākṣī kathameṣā bhaviṣyati4.30.10||

'How will that lady with large, pale white eyes sustain her life now, since she is used to listening to the sweet notes of chakravaka birds, who were her companions?

सरांसि सरितो वापीः काननानि वनानि च। तां विना मृगशाबाक्षीं चरन्नाद्य सुखं लभे4.30.11।।

sarāṃsi sarito vāpīḥ kānanāni vanāni ca| tāṃ vinā mṛgaśābākṣīṃ carannādya sukhaṃ labhe4.30.11||

'Even though I am wandering by lakes, rivers, wells, forests and groves,I am not happy without that fawneyed lady.

अपि तां मद्वियोगाच्छ सौकुमार्याच्च भामिनीम्। सुदूरं पीडयेत्कामश्शरद्गुणनिरन्तरः4.30.12।।

api tāṃ madviyogāccha saukumāryācca bhāminīm| sudūraṃ pīḍayetkāmaśśaradguṇanirantaraḥ4.30.12||

'I think even the charm of autumn must be always tormenting that lovely lady, as she is very far from me. She is too delicate to suffer the agony of separation.'

एवमादि नरश्रेष्ठो विललाप नृपात्मजः। विहङ्ग इव सारङ्गस्सलिलं त्रिदशेश्वरात्4.30.13।।

evamādi naraśreṣṭho vilalāpa nṛpātmajaḥ| vihaṅga iva sāraṅgassalilaṃ tridaśeśvarāt4.30.13||

Thus the best among the princes wailed just as chakrabaka laments for water from Indra, lord of the gods.

ततश्चञ्चूर्य रम्येषु फलार्थी गिरिसानुषु। ददर्श पर्युपावृत्तो लक्ष्मीवान्लक्ष्मणोऽग्रजम्4.30.14।।

tataścañcūrya ramyeṣu phalārthī girisānuṣu| dadarśa paryupāvṛtto lakṣmīvānlakṣmaṇo'grajam4.30.14||

Graceful Lakshmana returned after going round and round the beautiful mountain slopes for fruits and saw his brother.

तं चिन्तया दुस्सहया परीतं विसंज्ञमेकं विजने मनस्वी। भ्रातुर्विषादात्परितापदीनः समीक्ष्य सौमित्रिरुवाच रामम्4.30.15।।

taṃ cintayā dussahayā parītaṃ visaṃjñamekaṃ vijane manasvī| bhrāturviṣādātparitāpadīnaḥ samīkṣya saumitriruvāca rāmam4.30.15||

Observing Rama who had lost his senses, lying alone in unbearable agony, venerable Lakshmana became sad and miserable and spoke to his brother:

किमार्य कामस्य वशंगतेन किमात्मपौरुष्यपराभवेन। अयं सदा संह्रियते समाधिः किमत्र योगेन निवर्तितेन4.30.16।।

kimārya kāmasya vaśaṃgatena kimātmapauruṣyaparābhavena| ayaṃ sadā saṃhriyate samādhiḥ kimatra yogena nivartitena4.30.16||

'O revered brother why do you succumb to passion and loss of selfconfidence? Why is the usual composure of your mind withdrawn? Why do you desist from yaga?

क्रियाभियोगं मनसः प्रसादं समाधियोगानुगतं च कालम्। सहायसामर्थ्यमदीनसत्त्वः स्वकर्म हेतुं च कुरुष्व हेतुम्4.30.17।।

kriyābhiyogaṃ manasaḥ prasādaṃ samādhiyogānugataṃ ca kālam| sahāyasāmarthyamadīnasattvaḥ svakarma hetuṃ ca kuruṣva hetum4.30.17||

'You are an undaunted warrior. Take to the path of action. Resort to samadhiyoga or meditation and regain the serenity of mind. Make the strength of your effort the source of your success.

न जानकी मानव वंशनाथ त्वया सनाथा सुलभा परेण। न चाग्निचूडां ज्वलितामुपेत्य न दह्यते वीर वरार्ह कच्छित्4.30.18।।

na jānakī mānava vaṃśanātha tvayā sanāthā sulabhā pareṇa| na cāgnicūḍāṃ jvalitāmupetya na dahyate vīra varārha kacchit4.30.18||

'O lord of the human race O worthy hero when you are the protector, Janaki cannot be retained by any one easily just as burning fire after it reaches its full height cannot be retained by any one.'

सलक्षणं लक्ष्मणमप्रधृष्यं स्वभावजं वाक्यमुवाच रामः। हितं च पथ्यं च नयप्रसक्तं ससाम धर्मार्थसमाहितं च4.30.19।।

salakṣaṇaṃ lakṣmaṇamapradhṛṣyaṃ svabhāvajaṃ vākyamuvāca rāmaḥ| hitaṃ ca pathyaṃ ca nayaprasaktaṃ sasāma dharmārthasamāhitaṃ ca4.30.19||

Rama said to Lakshmana, an unassailable warrior with auspicious signs, that what he had spoken was natural, beneficial, wise and useful.It is in accordance with Sama Veda and the science of statecraft, well established in dharma and artha.

निस्संशयं कार्यमवेक्षितव्यं क्रियाविशेषोऽह्यनुवर्तितव्यः। ननु प्रवृत्तस्य दुरासदस्य कुमार कार्यस्य फलं च चिन्त्यम्4.30.20।।

nissaṃśayaṃ kāryamavekṣitavyaṃ kriyāviśeṣo'hyanuvartitavyaḥ| nanu pravṛttasya durāsadasya kumāra kāryasya phalaṃ ca cintyam4.30.20||

'My dear, there is no doubt that I have to consider the work (ahead), give special attention to follow up. Surely I need to think over this herculian task and its achievement'.

अथ पद्मपलाशाक्षीं मैथिलीमनुचिन्तयन्। उवाच लक्ष्मणं रामो मुखेन परिशुष्यता4.30.21।।

atha padmapalāśākṣīṃ maithilīmanucintayan| uvāca lakṣmaṇaṃ rāmo mukhena pariśuṣyatā4.30.21||

Then falling back on the memory of Maithili, the lady with eyes like lotus petals, he said to Lakshmana with parched lips:

तर्पयित्वा सहस्राक्षस्सलिलेन वसुन्धराम्। निर्वर्तयित्वा सस्यानि कृतकर्मा व्यवस्थितः4.30.22।।

tarpayitvā sahasrākṣassalilena vasundharām| nirvartayitvā sasyāni kṛtakarmā vyavasthitaḥ4.30.22||

'Having satisfied the earth with abundant rain water and having fulfilled the task of ripening the crops, the thousandeyed Indra has done his duty, has settled down now.

स्निग्धगम्भीरनिर्घोषाश्शैलद्रुमपुरोगमाः। विसृज्य सलिलं मेघाः परिश्रान्ता नृपात्मज4.30.23।।

snigdhagambhīranirghoṣāśśailadrumapurogamāḥ| visṛjya salilaṃ meghāḥ pariśrāntā nṛpātmaja4.30.23||

'O prince having discharged their water the clouds (after the rains) are exhausted. They are moving now over trees and mountains, making deep and pleasant sounds.

नीलोत्पलदलश्यामाश्श्यामीकृत्वा दिशो दश। विमदा इव मातङ्गाश्शान्तवेगाः पयोधराः4.30.24।।

nīlotpaladalaśyāmāśśyāmīkṛtvā diśo daśa| vimadā iva mātaṅgāśśāntavegāḥ payodharāḥ4.30.24||

'The clouds, which were dark till now like the blue lotus petals darkening all the ten directions are like elephants free from all intoxication as their fury is abated৷৷

जलगर्भा महामेघा कुटजार्जुनगन्धिनः। चरित्वा विरतास्सौम्य वृष्टिवातास्समुद्यताः4.30.25।।

jalagarbhā mahāmeghā kuṭajārjunagandhinaḥ| caritvā viratāssaumya vṛṣṭivātāssamudyatāḥ4.30.25||

'O dear the moist winds have ceased to blow as before and are carrying the fragrance of kutaja and arjuna flowers.

घनानां वारणानां च मयूराणां च लक्ष्मण। नादः प्रस्रवणानां च प्रशान्तस्सहसाऽनघ4.30.26।।

ghanānāṃ vāraṇānāṃ ca mayūrāṇāṃ ca lakṣmaṇa| nādaḥ prasravaṇānāṃ ca praśāntassahasā'nagha4.30.26||

'O sinless Lakshmana the rumblings of heavy clouds, the trumpeting of elephants, the cry of peacocks and the sound of waterfalls have become suddenly stilled.

अभिवृष्टा महामेघैर्निर्मलाश्चित्रसानवः। अनुलिप्ता इवाऽभान्ति गिरयश्चित्रदीप्तिभिः4.30.27।।

abhivṛṣṭā mahāmeghairnirmalāścitrasānavaḥ| anuliptā ivā'bhānti girayaścitradīptibhiḥ4.30.27||

'The mountain slopes, having been washed by the showers of rain on all sides, are cleansed. They are shining in variegated colours and look as though the mountain peaks are smeared with glowing colours (of minerals).

शाखासु सप्तच्छदपादपानां प्रभासु तारार्कनिशाकराणाम्। लीलासु चैवोत्तम वारणानां श्रियं विभज्याद्य शरत्प्रवृत्ता4.30.28।।

śākhāsu saptacchadapādapānāṃ prabhāsu tārārkaniśākarāṇām| līlāsu caivottama vāraṇānāṃ śriyaṃ vibhajyādya śaratpravṛttā4.30.28||

'The autumn has set in, manifesting its grace on the branches of saptachada trees(sevenleafed banana plant) through the radiance of stars, Sun and Moon and through the sports of excellent elephants.

सम्प्रत्यनेकाश्रय चित्रशोभा लक्ष्मीश्शरत्कालगुणोपनीता। सूर्याग्रहस्तप्रतिबोधितेषु पद्माकरेष्वभ्यधिकं विभाति4.30.29।।

sampratyanekāśraya citraśobhā lakṣmīśśaratkālaguṇopanītā| sūryāgrahastapratibodhiteṣu padmākareṣvabhyadhikaṃ vibhāti4.30.29||

'From the beauty of autumn manifested in a variety of ways on the clusters of lotuses, touched by the Sun, it seems the goddess of wealth shines and shines effulgently. (The lotus is goddess Laxmi's favourite flower)

सप्तच्छदानां कुसुमोपगन्धी षट्पादबृन्दैरनुगीयमानः। मत्तद्विपानां पवनोऽनुसारी दर्पं विनेष्यन्नधिकं करोति।।4.30.30।।

saptacchadānāṃ kusumopagandhī ṣaṭpādabṛndairanugīyamānaḥ| mattadvipānāṃ pavano'nusārī darpaṃ vineṣyannadhikaṃ karoti

'The wind carries the fragrance of saptachada flowers. Attracted by the fragrance, swarms of bees come humming. The pride of the elephants in rut increases.

अभ्यागतैश्चारुविशालपक्षै स्सरःप्रियैः पद्मरजोवकीर्णैः। महानदीनां पुलिनोपयातैः क्रीडन्ति हंसास्सह चक्रवाकैः4.30.31।।

abhyāgataiścāruviśālapakṣai ssaraḥpriyaiḥ padmarajovakīrṇaiḥ| mahānadīnāṃ pulinopayātaiḥ krīḍanti haṃsāssaha cakravākaiḥ4.30.31||

'The swans have come face to face with chakravaka birds. They have newly arrived. Lovers of lakes, they are shaking the pollen of lotuses on their lovely wide wings and have settled on the sandy bankssporting.

मदप्रगल्भेषु च वारणेषु गवां समूहेषु च दर्पितेषु। प्रसन्नतोयासु च निम्नगासु विभाति लक्ष्मीर्बहुधा विभक्ता4.30.32।।

madapragalbheṣu ca vāraṇeṣu gavāṃ samūheṣu ca darpiteṣu| prasannatoyāsu ca nimnagāsu vibhāti lakṣmīrbahudhā vibhaktā4.30.32||

'Goddess Laxmi with her scattered self shines there among the proud elephants, among herds of excited bulls and among streams with clear water.

नभस्समीक्ष्याम्बुधरैर्विमुक्तं विमुक्तबर्हाभरणा वनेषु। प्रियास्वसक्ता विनिवृत्तशोभा गतोत्सवा ध्यानपरा मयूराः4.30.33।।

nabhassamīkṣyāmbudharairvimuktaṃ vimuktabarhābharaṇā vaneṣu| priyāsvasaktā vinivṛttaśobhā gatotsavā dhyānaparā mayūrāḥ4.30.33||

'The sky is free from clouds. The peacocks have shed their ornamental plumes. They have lost interest in their beloveds. With their glory withdrawn, the peacocks are devoid of happiness and absorbed in the thought of the clouds.

मनोज्ञगन्धैः प्रियकैरनल्पैः पुष्पातिभारावनताग्रशाखैः। सुवर्णगौरैर्नयनाभिरामै रुद्योतितानीव वनान्तराणि4.30.34।।

manojñagandhaiḥ priyakairanalpaiḥ puṣpātibhārāvanatāgraśākhaiḥ| suvarṇagaurairnayanābhirāmai rudyotitānīva vanāntarāṇi4.30.34||

'The forests are delightful to the eyes, as if illuminated by a large number of goldencoloured, finesmelling priyaka branches bent under the heavy loads of flowers.

प्रियान्वितानां नलिनीप्रियाणां वने रतानां कुसुमोद्धतानाम्। मदोत्कटानां मदलालसानां गजोत्तमानां गतयोऽद्य मन्दाः4.30.35।।

priyānvitānāṃ nalinīpriyāṇāṃ vane ratānāṃ kusumoddhatānām| madotkaṭānāṃ madalālasānāṃ gajottamānāṃ gatayo'dya mandāḥ4.30.35||

'Lordly elephants accompanied by their dear female mates, fond of lotus ponds and woods are out to enjoy the sweet smell of the blossoms of saptachada and excited by passion and longing for sexual union are moving slowly.

व्यभ्रं नभश्शस्त्रविधौतवर्णं कृशप्रवाहानि नदीजलानि। कह्लारशीताः पवनाः प्रवान्ति तमोविमुक्ताश्च दिशः प्रकाशाः4.30.36।।

vyabhraṃ nabhaśśastravidhautavarṇaṃ kṛśapravāhāni nadījalāni| kahlāraśītāḥ pavanāḥ pravānti tamovimuktāśca diśaḥ prakāśāḥ4.30.36||

'Cleared of the black clouds, the sky is shining like a polished weapon. The river waters flow feebly. Winds blowing over white lotuses feel cool. All quarters clear of darkness are shining.

सूर्यातपक्रामणनष्टपङ्का भूमिश्चिरोदधाटितसान्द्ररेणुः। अन्योन्यवैरेणसमायुताना मुद्योगकालोऽद्य नराधिपानाम्4.30.37।।

sūryātapakrāmaṇanaṣṭapaṅkā bhūmiścirodadhāṭitasāndrareṇuḥ| anyonyavaireṇasamāyutānā mudyogakālo'dya narādhipānām4.30.37||

Now, with the mud dried by the sun's heat and thick dust raised after long, is the right season for the expeditions of kings bound in mutual enmity.

शरद्गुणाप्यायितरूपशोभाः प्रहर्षिताः पांशुसमुत्क्षिताङ्गाः। मदोत्कटास्सम्प्रति युद्धलुब्धा वृषा गवां मध्यगता नदन्ति4.30.38।।

śaradguṇāpyāyitarūpaśobhāḥ praharṣitāḥ pāṃśusamutkṣitāṅgāḥ| madotkaṭāssamprati yuddhalubdhā vṛṣā gavāṃ madhyagatā nadanti4.30.38||

'The bulls surrounded by cows are bellowing with the dust settled on their limbs. Excited by passion they are happy, ready to fight. They look attractive, blessed by the attributes of Autumn.

समन्मथं तीव्रगतानुरागाः कुलान्विता मन्दगतिं करिण्यः। मदान्वितं सम्परिवार्य यान्तं वनेषु भर्तारमनुप्रयान्ति4.30.39।।

samanmathaṃ tīvragatānurāgāḥ kulānvitā mandagatiṃ kariṇyaḥ| madānvitaṃ samparivārya yāntaṃ vaneṣu bhartāramanuprayānti4.30.39||

'The female elephants of good breed, deeply passionate, gather round and follow their intoxicated lord moving slowly through the forest.

त्यक्त्वा वराण्यात्मविभूषणानि बर्हाणि तीरोपगता नदीनाम्। निर्भर्त्स्यमाना इव सारसौघैः प्रयान्ति दीना विमदा मयूराः4.30.40।।

tyaktvā varāṇyātmavibhūṣaṇāni barhāṇi tīropagatā nadīnām| nirbhartsyamānā iva sārasaughaiḥ prayānti dīnā vimadā mayūrāḥ4.30.40||

'The peacocks have shed their ornamental wear, their plumes. They are moving on the river banks miserably, devoid of high spirit as if they are being taunted by flocks of sarasa birds (who are highspinted and cheerful).

वित्रास्य कारण्डवचक्रवाका न्महारवैर्भिन्नकटा गजेन्द्राः। सरस्सु बद्धाम्बुजभूषणेषु विक्षोभ्य विक्षोभ्य जलं पिबन्ति4.30.41।।

vitrāsya kāraṇḍavacakravākā nmahāravairbhinnakaṭā gajendrāḥ| sarassu baddhāmbujabhūṣaṇeṣu vikṣobhya vikṣobhya jalaṃ pibanti4.30.41||

'Excellent elephants in rut, with ichor exuding from their temples trumpet, frightening the ducks and chakravaka birds in the water. Strirring the water in the lakes, ornamented with lotuses, they drink it.

व्यपेतपङ्कासु सवालुकासु प्रसन्नतोयासु सगोकुलासु। ससारसारावनिनादितासु नदीषु हृष्टा निपतन्ति हंसाः4.30.42।।

vyapetapaṅkāsu savālukāsu prasannatoyāsu sagokulāsu| sasārasārāvanināditāsu nadīṣu hṛṣṭā nipatanti haṃsāḥ4.30.42||

'The swans are full of joy, flocking on the sand banks of rivers crowded with cows where the water is pure and devoid of mud. The rivers are full of sarasa birds and swans who are singing delightfully.

नदीघनप्रस्रवणोदकाना मतिप्रवृद्धानिलबर्हिणानाम्। प्लवङ्गमानां च गतोत्सवानां द्रुतं रवास्सम्प्रति सम्प्रणष्टाः4.30.43।।

nadīghanaprasravaṇodakānā matipravṛddhānilabarhiṇānām| plavaṅgamānāṃ ca gatotsavānāṃ drutaṃ ravāssamprati sampraṇaṣṭāḥ4.30.43||

'Suddenly the turbulent sounds of the river waters, waterfalls and thunderclouds have stopped. The peacoks having lost the pleasure of blowing winds lost their excitement. The croaking of frogs is silent.

अनेकवर्णास्सुविनष्टकाया नवोदितेष्वम्बुधरेषु नष्टाः। क्षुधार्दिता घोरविषा बिलेभ्य श्चिरोषिता विप्रसरन्ति सर्पाः4.30.44।।

anekavarṇāssuvinaṣṭakāyā navoditeṣvambudhareṣu naṣṭāḥ| kṣudhārditā ghoraviṣā bilebhya ściroṣitā viprasaranti sarpāḥ4.30.44||

'With no new rainclouds (in the sky), venomous, multicoloured serpents crawl out of the anthills with emacited (hybernated) bodies, troubled by hunger due to long confinement.

चञ्चच्चन्द्रकरस्पर्शहर्षोन्मीलिततारका। अहो रागवती सन्ध्या जहाति स्वयमम्बरम्4.30.45।।

cañcaccandrakarasparśaharṣonmīlitatārakā| aho rāgavatī sandhyā jahāti svayamambaram4.30.45||

'While the stars appear with the soothing touch of the Moon's beams, this ruddy twilight is quitting the sky on her own.

रात्रिश्शशाङ्कोदितसौम्यवक्त्रा तारागणोन्मीलितचारुनेत्रा। ज्योत्स्नांशुकप्रावरणा विभाति नारीव शुक्लांशुकसंवृताङ्गी4.30.46।।

rātriśśaśāṅkoditasaumyavaktrā tārāgaṇonmīlitacārunetrā| jyotsnāṃśukaprāvaraṇā vibhāti nārīva śuklāṃśukasaṃvṛtāṅgī4.30.46||

'The night appears like a lady with a sweet face lit up by the rising Moon, her beautiful eyes opened up by stars, her body draped in the robe of white Moon light.

विपक्वशालिप्रसवानि भुक्त्वा प्रहर्षिता सारसचारुपङ्क्तिः। नभस्समाक्रामति शीघ्रवेगाः वातावधूता ग्रथितेव माला4.30.47।।

vipakvaśāliprasavāni bhuktvā praharṣitā sārasacārupaṅktiḥ| nabhassamākrāmati śīghravegāḥ vātāvadhūtā grathiteva mālā4.30.47||

'Driven by the wind, the lovely sarasa birds, after eating ripened grains from paddy fields happily fly the sky in rows like a garland at great speed.

सुप्तैकहंसं कुमुदैरुपेतं महाह्रदस्थं सलिलं विभाति। घनैर्विमुक्तं निशि पूर्णचन्द्रं तारागणाकीर्णमिवान्तरिक्षम्4.30.48।।

suptaikahaṃsaṃ kumudairupetaṃ mahāhradasthaṃ salilaṃ vibhāti| ghanairvimuktaṃ niśi pūrṇacandraṃ tārāgaṇākīrṇamivāntarikṣam4.30.48||

'With a single swan in sleep night lotuses blooming around it, the water in the big tank appear like the sky free from clouds with the full Moon and clusters of stars scattered. (The swan is the moon, the lotuses the stars and the clean pond the sky).

प्रकीर्णहंसाकुलमेखलानां प्रबुद्धपद्मोत्पलमालिनीनाम्। वाप्युत्तमानामधिकाऽद्य लक्ष्मी र्वराङ्गनानामिव भूषितानाम्4.30.49।।

prakīrṇahaṃsākulamekhalānāṃ prabuddhapadmotpalamālinīnām| vāpyuttamānāmadhikā'dya lakṣmī rvarāṅganānāmiva bhūṣitānām4.30.49||

'Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth (also of autumn) appears decorated with deep wells like an excellent lady with swans as girdles and blooming lotuses and lilies as garlands.

वेणुस्वनव्यञ्जिततूर्यमिश्रः प्रत्यूषकालानिलसम्प्रवृद्धः। सम्मूर्छितो गर्गरगोवृषाणा मन्योन्यमापूरयतीव शब्दः4.30.50।।

veṇusvanavyañjitatūryamiśraḥ pratyūṣakālānilasampravṛddhaḥ| sammūrchito gargaragovṛṣāṇā manyonyamāpūrayatīva śabdaḥ4.30.50||

'The whistling of bamboos enhanced by the wind in the early morning, and the bellowing of bulls echoing in the caves supplement each other as it were.

नवैर्नदीनां कुसुमप्रभासै र्व्याधूयमानैर्मृदुमारुतेन। धौतामलक्षौमपटप्रकाशैः कूलानि काशैरुपशोभितानि4.30.51।।

navairnadīnāṃ kusumaprabhāsai rvyādhūyamānairmṛdumārutena| dhautāmalakṣaumapaṭaprakāśaiḥ kūlāni kāśairupaśobhitāni4.30.51||

'The river banks shining with fresh white flowers of kasa reeds swayed by the gentle breeze silken look like a lady wrapped in white silk.

वनप्रचण्डा मधुपानशौण्डाः प्रियान्विताष्षट्चरणाः प्रह्रृष्टाः। वनेषु मत्ताः पवनानुयात्रां कुर्वन्ति पद्मासनरेणुगौराः4.30.52।।

vanapracaṇḍā madhupānaśauṇḍāḥ priyānvitāṣṣaṭcaraṇāḥ prahrṛṣṭāḥ| vaneṣu mattāḥ pavanānuyātrāṃ kurvanti padmāsanareṇugaurāḥ4.30.52||

'The butterflies glitter around in the forest fearlessly showing their skill in drinking honey, with their backs turned white with the dust of pollen grains from the lotus cups. They follow the wind along with their loved ones in the forest.

जलं प्रसन्नं कुमुदं प्रभासं क्रौञ्चस्वनश्शालिवनं विपक्वम्। मृदुश्च वायुर्विमलश्च चन्द्र श्शंसन्ति वर्षव्यपनीतकालम्4.30.53।।

jalaṃ prasannaṃ kumudaṃ prabhāsaṃ krauñcasvanaśśālivanaṃ vipakvam| mṛduśca vāyurvimalaśca candra śśaṃsanti varṣavyapanītakālam4.30.53||

'The fresh blooms of night lotuses, the cackle of krauncha birds, fully ripened fields of paddy, the gentle breeze and the bright Moon indicate the coming to an end of the rainy season and setting in of autum.

मीनोपसन्दर्शितमेखलानां नदीवधूनां गतयोऽद्य मन्दाः। कान्तोपभुक्तालसगामिनीनां प्रभातकालेष्विव कामिनीनाम्4.30.54।।

mīnopasandarśitamekhalānāṃ nadīvadhūnāṃ gatayo'dya mandāḥ| kāntopabhuktālasagāminīnāṃ prabhātakāleṣviva kāminīnām4.30.54||

'Now the riverbrides, displaying their girdles of fish, have slowed down like the gait of sensuous ladies in the early morning, exhausted by sexual pleasures.

सचक्रवाकानि सशैवलानि काशैर्दुकूलैरिव संवृतानि। सपत्रलेखानि सरोचनानि वधूमुखानीव नदीमुखानि4.30.55।।

sacakravākāni saśaivalāni kāśairdukūlairiva saṃvṛtāni| sapatralekhāni sarocanāni vadhūmukhānīva nadīmukhāni4.30.55||

'Crowded with chakravaka birds and green moss, and covered with kasa reeds like silken veils, the river banks appear like the face of the bride decorated with designs of green leaves and gorochana tilaka.

प्रफुल्लबाणासनचित्रितेषु प्रहृष्टषट्पादनिकूजितेषु। गृहीतचापोद्यतचण्डदण्डः प्रचण्डचारोऽद्य वनेषु कामः4.30.56।।

praphullabāṇāsanacitriteṣu prahṛṣṭaṣaṭpādanikūjiteṣu| gṛhītacāpodyatacaṇḍadaṇḍaḥ pracaṇḍacāro'dya vaneṣu kāmaḥ4.30.56||

'Now Cupid is moving unobstructed showing his power by holding his bow indicating strict punishment to those separated from their beloveds in the forests with bana and asana flowers in bloom and bees humming happily.

लोकं सुवृष्ट्या परितोषयित्वा नदीस्तटाकानि च पूरयित्वा। निष्पन्नसस्यां वसुधां च कृत्वा त्यक्त्वा नभस्तोयधराः प्रणष्टाः4.30.57।।

lokaṃ suvṛṣṭyā paritoṣayitvā nadīstaṭākāni ca pūrayitvā| niṣpannasasyāṃ vasudhāṃ ca kṛtvā tyaktvā nabhastoyadharāḥ praṇaṣṭāḥ4.30.57||

'Having showered heavy rains, and filling tanks and rivers, and producing bumper crops on the earth the clouds have disapeared.

दर्शयन्ति शरन्नद्यः पुलिनानि शनैः शनैः। नवसङ्गमसव्रीडा जघनानीव योषितः4.30.58।।

darśayanti śarannadyaḥ pulināni śanaiḥ śanaiḥ| navasaṅgamasavrīḍā jaghanānīva yoṣitaḥ4.30.58||

'Just as bashful young brides show their loins slowly during their first sexual meet the rivers start showing their sandy banks slowly in autumn.

प्रसन्नसलिलास्सौम्य कुररीभिर्विनादिताः। चक्रवाकगणाकीर्णा विभान्ति सलिलाशयाः4.30.59।।

prasannasalilāssaumya kurarībhirvināditāḥ| cakravākagaṇākīrṇā vibhānti salilāśayāḥ4.30.59||

'O gentle Lakshmana the pure water in the tanks and sweet sounds of flocks of female kurari birds and chakravakas there are splendid.

असनास्सप्तपर्णाश्च कोविदाराश्च पुष्पिताः। दृश्यन्ते बन्धुजीवाश्च श्यामाश्च गिरिसानुषु4.30.60।।

asanāssaptaparṇāśca kovidārāśca puṣpitāḥ| dṛśyante bandhujīvāśca śyāmāśca girisānuṣu4.30.60||

'The asanas, saptaparna, kovida and bandhujeeva trees and shyama creepers are seen in full bloom on the mountain slopes.

हंससारसचक्राह्वैः कुररैश्च समन्ततः। पुलिनान्यवकीर्णानि नदीनां पश्य लक्ष्मण4.30.61।।

haṃsasārasacakrāhvaiḥ kuraraiśca samantataḥ| pulinānyavakīrṇāni nadīnāṃ paśya lakṣmaṇa4.30.61||

'Lakshmana look at the swans, sarasas, chakravakas and kurara birds scattered all over the river banks.

अन्योन्यबद्धवैराणां जिगीषूणां नृपात्मज। उद्योगसमयस्सौम्य पार्थिवानामुपस्थितः4.30.62।।

anyonyabaddhavairāṇāṃ jigīṣūṇāṃ nṛpātmaja| udyogasamayassaumya pārthivānāmupasthitaḥ4.30.62||

'O handsome prince the time has come for making expeditions by kings against the enemies waiting for victory.

इयं सा प्रथमा यात्रा पार्थिवानां नृपात्मज न च पश्यामि सुग्रीवमुद्योगं वा तथाविधम्4.30.63।।

iyaṃ sā prathamā yātrā pārthivānāṃ nṛpātmaja na ca paśyāmi sugrīvamudyogaṃ vā tathāvidham4.30.63||

'O prince this is time for the first expedition (of the year) by kings. I do not find Sugriva making effort in that direction.

चत्वारो वार्षिका मासा गता वर्षशतोपमाः। मम शोकाभिभूतस्य सौम्य सीतामपश्यतः4.30.64।।

catvāro vārṣikā māsā gatā varṣaśatopamāḥ| mama śokābhibhūtasya saumya sītāmapaśyataḥ4.30.64||

'O gentle one, the four months of rainy season are spent without seeing Sita. It is equal to a hundred years for my griefstricken heart.

चक्रवाकीव भर्तारं पृष्ठतोऽनुगता वनम्। विषमं दण्डकारण्यमुद्यानमिव याऽगता4.30.65।।

cakravākīva bhartāraṃ pṛṣṭhato'nugatā vanam| viṣamaṃ daṇḍakāraṇyamudyānamiva yā'gatā4.30.65||

'Just as a female chakravaka follows the male, Sita followed her husband into this dense Dandaka forest as though it is a pleasuregarden.

प्रियाविहीने दुःखार्ते हृतराज्ये विवासिते। कृपां न कुरुते राजा सुग्रीवो मयि लक्ष्मण4.30.66।।

priyāvihīne duḥkhārte hṛtarājye vivāsite| kṛpāṃ na kurute rājā sugrīvo mayi lakṣmaṇa4.30.66||

'O Lakshmana king Sugriva shows no mercy on one, who is griefstricken, separated from his wife, and banished from the kingdom.

अनाथो हृतराज्योऽयं रावणेन च धर्षितः। दीनो दूरगृहः कामी मां चैव शरणं गतः4.30.67।। इत्येतैः कारणैस्सौम्य सुग्रीवस्य दुरात्मनः। अहं वानरराजस्य परिभूतः परन्तप4.30.68।।

anātho hṛtarājyo'yaṃ rāvaṇena ca dharṣitaḥ| dīno dūragṛhaḥ kāmī māṃ caiva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ4.30.67|| ityetaiḥ kāraṇaissaumya sugrīvasya durātmanaḥ| ahaṃ vānararājasya paribhūtaḥ parantapa4.30.68||

'O gentle one although I am a vanquisher of foes, this evilminded king of monkeys is slighting me because I am away from home, I have lost my kingdom, I am outraged by Ravana, I am miserable and lovesick and I have sought his help.

अनाथो हृतराज्योऽयं रावणेन च धर्षितः। दीनो दूरगृहः कामी मां चैव शरणं गतः4.30.67।। इत्येतैः कारणैस्सौम्य सुग्रीवस्य दुरात्मनः। अहं वानरराजस्य परिभूतः परन्तप4.30.68।।

anātho hṛtarājyo'yaṃ rāvaṇena ca dharṣitaḥ| dīno dūragṛhaḥ kāmī māṃ caiva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ4.30.67|| ityetaiḥ kāraṇaissaumya sugrīvasya durātmanaḥ| ahaṃ vānararājasya paribhūtaḥ parantapa4.30.68||

'O gentle one although I am a vanquisher of foes, this evilminded king of monkeys is slighting me because I am away from home, I have lost my kingdom, I am outraged by Ravana, I am miserable and lovesick and I have sought his help.

स कालं परिसङ्ख्याय सीतायाः परिमार्गणे। कृतार्थस्समयं कृत्वा दुर्मतिर्नावबुध्यते4.30.69।।

sa kālaṃ parisaṅkhyāya sītāyāḥ parimārgaṇe| kṛtārthassamayaṃ kṛtvā durmatirnāvabudhyate4.30.69||

'The evilminded Sugriva, having fulfilled his objective, does not realise that he has made a promise to me and has reached the time set for the search of Sita.

त्वं च किष्किन्धां प्रविश्य ब्रूहि वानरपुङ्गवम्। मूर्खं ग्राम्यसुखे सक्तं सुग्रीवं वचनान्मम4.30.70।।

tvaṃ ca kiṣkindhāṃ praviśya brūhi vānarapuṅgavam| mūrkhaṃ grāmyasukhe saktaṃ sugrīvaṃ vacanānmama4.30.70||

'Go to Kishkinda and speak (on my behalf ) to that fool, Sugriva, the chief of monkeys who is revelling in habitual sensual pleasures

अर्थिनामुपपन्नानां पूर्वं चाप्युपकारिणाम्। आशां संश्रुत्य यो हन्ति स लोके पुरुषाधमः4.30.71।।

arthināmupapannānāṃ pūrvaṃ cāpyupakāriṇām| āśāṃ saṃśrutya yo hanti sa loke puruṣādhamaḥ4.30.71||

'He who, having promised to his friend to grant his desire and who, having been obliged, fails to implement the promise, is the lowest on earth.

शुभं वा यदि वा पापं यो हि वाक्यमुदीरितम्। सत्येन प्रतिगृह्णाति स वीरः पुरुषोत्तमः4.30.72।।

śubhaṃ vā yadi vā pāpaṃ yo hi vākyamudīritam| satyena pratigṛhṇāti sa vīraḥ puruṣottamaḥ4.30.72||

'(On the other hand) he who honours his promise, whether good or bad, is truly heroic, the best of men.'

कृतार्था ह्यकृतार्थानां मित्राणां न भवन्ति ये। तान्मृतानपि क्रव्यादाः कृतघ्नान्नोपभुञ्जते4.30.73।।

kṛtārthā hyakṛtārthānāṃ mitrāṇāṃ na bhavanti ye| tānmṛtānapi kravyādāḥ kṛtaghnānnopabhuñjate4.30.73||

'Even the carnivorous animals dislike to eat the body of such ungrateful men who do not help their friends even though they have received help and have achieved their objective.'

नूनं काञ्चनपृष्ठस्य विकृष्टस्य मया रणे। द्रष्टुमिच्छति चापस्य रूपं विद्युद्गणोपमम्4.30.74।।

nūnaṃ kāñcanapṛṣṭhasya vikṛṣṭasya mayā raṇe| draṣṭumicchati cāpasya rūpaṃ vidyudgaṇopamam4.30.74||

'Surely he wishes to see the form of my bow inlaid with gold bent by me to its full length, looking like a streak of lightning.

घोरं ज्यातलनिर्घोषं क्रुद्धस्य मम संयुगे। निर्घोषमिव वज्रस्य पुनस्संश्रोतुमिच्छसि4.30.75।।

ghoraṃ jyātalanirghoṣaṃ kruddhasya mama saṃyuge| nirghoṣamiva vajrasya punassaṃśrotumicchasi4.30.75||

'Perhaps he wants once again to hear when enraged in a combat, the dreadful twang of my bow, resembling the peal of a thunderbolt .

काममेवंगतेऽप्यस्य परिज्ञाते पराक्रमे। त्वत्सहायस्य मे वीर न चिन्ता स्यान्नृपात्मज4.30.76।।

kāmamevaṃgate'pyasya parijñāte parākrame| tvatsahāyasya me vīra na cintā syānnṛpātmaja4.30.76||

'O prince knowing my valour fully welI, and knowing that you are here to help me he is unhesitatingly revelling in sensual pleasures.

यदर्थमयमारम्भः कृतः परपुरञ्जयः। समयं नाभिजानाति कृतार्थः प्लवगेश्वरः4.30.77।।

yadarthamayamārambhaḥ kṛtaḥ parapurañjayaḥ| samayaṃ nābhijānāti kṛtārthaḥ plavageśvaraḥ4.30.77||

'O conqueror of the enemy capital the monkey lord who has achieved his goal does not realise the importance of my mission.

वर्षासमयकालं तु प्रतिज्ञाय हरीश्वरः। व्यतीतांश्चतुरो मासान्विहरन्नावबुध्यते4.30.78।।

varṣāsamayakālaṃ tu pratijñāya harīśvaraḥ| vyatītāṃścaturo māsānviharannāvabudhyate4.30.78||

'Having promised (to search for Sita) after the rainy season,Sugriva is not aware that he has (already) spent the four monthsrevelling.

सामात्यपरिषत्क्रीडन्पानमेवोपसेवते। शोकदीनेषु नास्मासु सुग्रीवः कुरुते दयाम्4.30.79।।

sāmātyapariṣatkrīḍanpānamevopasevate| śokadīneṣu nāsmāsu sugrīvaḥ kurute dayām4.30.79||

'Sporting with the council of ministers surrounding him, resorting to drinking, he shows no compassion to us feeling wretched with grief.

उच्यतां गच्छ सुग्रीवस्त्वया वत्स महाबल। मम रोषस्य यद्रूपं ब्रूयाश्चैवमिदं वचः4.30.80।।

ucyatāṃ gaccha sugrīvastvayā vatsa mahābala| mama roṣasya yadrūpaṃ brūyāścaivamidaṃ vacaḥ4.30.80||

'O mighty warrior O dear, go to Sugriva and make him aware of the virulence of my anger and tell him:

न च सङ्कुचितः पन्था येन वाली हतो गतः। समये तिष्ठ सुग्रीव मा वालिपथमन्वगाः4.30.81।।

na ca saṅkucitaḥ panthā yena vālī hato gataḥ| samaye tiṣṭha sugrīva mā vālipathamanvagāḥ4.30.81||

'The route by which Vali departed, killed by me has not been closed. O Sugriva you ought to abide by the pledge given. Do not follow the path of Vali.

एक एव रणे वाली शरेण निहतो मया। त्वां तु सत्यादतिक्रान्तं हनिष्यामि सबान्धवम्4.30.82।।

eka eva raṇe vālī śareṇa nihato mayā| tvāṃ tu satyādatikrāntaṃ haniṣyāmi sabāndhavam4.30.82||

'Vali was killed by me in the battle with a single arrow while I shall kill you now along with your near and dear ones since you have deviated from the truth.'

तदेवं विहिते कार्ये यद्धितं पुरुषर्षभ। तत्तद्भ्रूहि नरश्रेष्ठत्वर कालव्यतिक्रमः4.30.83।।

tadevaṃ vihite kārye yaddhitaṃ puruṣarṣabha| tattadbhrūhi naraśreṣṭhatvara kālavyatikramaḥ4.30.83||

'O bull among men O hero speak to him that all that is done in time is done well. Hurry up. Ask him to do whatever is good for him as well as for us:

कुरुष्व सत्यं मयि वानरेश्वर प्रतिश्रुतं धर्ममवेक्ष्य शाश्वतम्। मा वालिनं प्रेत्य गतो यमक्षयं त्वमद्य पश्येर्मम चोदितैश्शरैः4.30.84।।

kuruṣva satyaṃ mayi vānareśvara pratiśrutaṃ dharmamavekṣya śāśvatam| mā vālinaṃ pretya gato yamakṣayaṃ tvamadya paśyermama coditaiśśaraiḥ4.30.84||

'O lord of monkeys Carry out the promise you made to me, consider it to be eternal dharma. Slain by my arrows, you will see Vali in the abode of the lord of death.'

स पूर्वजं तीव्रविवृद्धकोपं लालप्यमानं प्रसमीक्ष्य दीनम्। चकार तीव्रां मतिमुग्रतेजा हरीश्वरे मानववंशनाथः4.30.85।।

sa pūrvajaṃ tīvravivṛddhakopaṃ lālapyamānaṃ prasamīkṣya dīnam| cakāra tīvrāṃ matimugratejā harīśvare mānavavaṃśanāthaḥ4.30.85||

On seeing Rama, the protector of the human race, wailing Lakshmana of terrific lustre hardened his stand against Sugriva and proceeded, charged with intense anger. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये किष्किन्धाकाण्डे त्रिंशस्सर्गः Thus ends the thirtieth sarga of Kishkindakanda of the Holy Ramayana, the first epic, composed by sage Valmiki.