Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 46

गतेषु वानरेन्द्रेषु रामस्सुग्रीवमब्रवीत्। कथं भवान्विजानीते सर्वं वै मण्डलं भुवः।।4.46.1।।

gateṣu vānarendreṣu rāmassugrīvamabravīt| kathaṃ bhavānvijānīte sarvaṃ vai maṇḍalaṃ bhuvaḥ

When the chieftains of the monkeys left, Rama enquired Sugriva, how he had come to know the regions of the entire earth (which is a mandala. a circular form).

सुग्रीवस्तु ततो राममुवाच प्रणतात्मवान्। श्रूयतां सर्वमाख्यास्ये विस्तरेण नरर्षभ।।4.46.2।।

sugrīvastu tato rāmamuvāca praṇatātmavān| śrūyatāṃ sarvamākhyāsye vistareṇa nararṣabha

Then offering reverential salutation to Rama, Sugriva said, 'I shall narrate in detail. Listen, O bull among men

यदा तु दुन्दुभिं नाम दानवं महिषाकृतिम्। परिकालयते वाली मलयं प्रति पर्वतम्।।4.46.3।। तदा विवेश महिषो मलयस्य गुहां प्रति। विवेश वाली तत्रापि मलयं तज्जिघांसया।।4.46.4।।

yadā tu dundubhiṃ nāma dānavaṃ mahiṣākṛtim| parikālayate vālī malayaṃ prati parvatam tadā viveśa mahiṣo malayasya guhāṃ prati| viveśa vālī tatrāpi malayaṃ tajjighāṃsayā

Vali chased the demon Dundubhi in buffalo form into a cave of mount Malaya in order to kill him.

यदा तु दुन्दुभिं नाम दानवं महिषाकृतिम्। परिकालयते वाली मलयं प्रति पर्वतम्।।4.46.3।। तदा विवेश महिषो मलयस्य गुहां प्रति। विवेश वाली तत्रापि मलयं तज्जिघांसया।।4.46.4।।

yadā tu dundubhiṃ nāma dānavaṃ mahiṣākṛtim| parikālayate vālī malayaṃ prati parvatam tadā viveśa mahiṣo malayasya guhāṃ prati| viveśa vālī tatrāpi malayaṃ tajjighāṃsayā

Vali chased the demon Dundubhi in buffalo form into a cave of mount Malaya in order to kill him.

ततोऽहं तत्र निक्षिप्तो गुहाद्वारि विनीतवत्। न च निष्क्रामते वाली तदा संवत्सरे गते4.46.5।।

tato'haṃ tatra nikṣipto guhādvāri vinītavat| na ca niṣkrāmate vālī tadā saṃvatsare gate4.46.5||

'Then I waited at the entrance of the cave with due loyalty. A year passed. Yet Vali did not return.

ततः क्षतजवेगेन आपुपूरे तदा बिलम्। तदहं विस्मितो दृष्ट्वा भ्रातृशोकविषार्दितः।।4.46.6।।

tataḥ kṣatajavegena āpupūre tadā bilam| tadahaṃ vismito dṛṣṭvā bhrātṛśokaviṣārditaḥ

'There seeing the cave overflowing with the gushing blood, I was bewildered, thinking that my brother might have been killed. I suffered intense agony.

अथाऽहं कृतबुद्धिस्तु सुव्यक्तं निहतो गुरुः। शिला पर्वतसङ्काशा बिलद्वारि मया कृता।।4.46.7।। अशक्नुव न्निष्क्रमितुं महिषो विनशेदिति।

athā'haṃ kṛtabuddhistu suvyaktaṃ nihato guruḥ| śilā parvatasaṅkāśā biladvāri mayā kṛtā aśaknuva nniṣkramituṃ mahiṣo vinaśediti|

'Thereafter, convinced that my brother was killed, I placed a mountainsize rock at the entrance of the cave so that Dundubhi will be destroyed, unable to come out of the cave.

ततोऽहमागां किष्किन्धां निराशस्तस्य जीविते।।4.46.8।। राज्यं च सुमहत्प्राप्य तारया रुमया सह। मित्रैश्च सहितस्तत्र वसामि विगतज्वरः।।4.46.9।।

tato'hamāgāṃ kiṣkindhāṃ nirāśastasya jīvite rājyaṃ ca sumahatprāpya tārayā rumayā saha| mitraiśca sahitastatra vasāmi vigatajvaraḥ

'I lost hope of his life and came back to Kishkinda. Having got the kingdom, and also Ruma and Tara, I was anointed king and ruled it fearlessly with all friends.

ततोऽहमागां किष्किन्धां निराशस्तस्य जीविते।।4.46.8।। राज्यं च सुमहत्प्राप्य तारया रुमया सह। मित्रैश्च सहितस्तत्र वसामि विगतज्वरः।।4.46.9।।

tato'hamāgāṃ kiṣkindhāṃ nirāśastasya jīvite rājyaṃ ca sumahatprāpya tārayā rumayā saha| mitraiśca sahitastatra vasāmi vigatajvaraḥ

'I lost hope of his life and came back to Kishkinda. Having got the kingdom, and also Ruma and Tara, I was anointed king and ruled it fearlessly with all friends.

आजगाम ततो वाली हत्वा तं दानवर्षभम्। ततोऽहमददां राज्यं गौरवाद्भययन्त्रितः।।4.46.10।।

ājagāma tato vālī hatvā taṃ dānavarṣabham| tato'hamadadāṃ rājyaṃ gauravādbhayayantritaḥ

Then Vali, having slain that bull among danavas, returned; and I, constrained by fear yet out of respect, gave the kingdom back to him.

स मां जिघांसुर्दुष्टात्मा वाली प्रव्यथितेन्द्रियः। परिकालयते क्रोधाद्धावन्तं सचिवैस्सह।।4.46.11।।

sa māṃ jighāṃsurduṣṭātmā vālī pravyathitendriyaḥ| parikālayate krodhāddhāvantaṃ sacivaissaha

'The evilminded Vali, having lost his selfcontrol, ran after me in anger, to kill me and my ministers. I kept running.

ततोऽहं वालिना तेन साऽनुबद्धः प्रधावितः। नदीश्च विविधाः पश्यन्वनानि नगराणि च।।4.46.12।।

tato'haṃ vālinā tena sā'nubaddhaḥ pradhāvitaḥ| nadīśca vividhāḥ paśyanvanāni nagarāṇi ca

Then, chased by that Vali, I fled, seeing many rivers, forests and cities pass by.

आदर्शतलसङ्काशा ततो वै पृथिवी मया। अलातचक्रप्रतिमा दृष्टा गोष्पदवत्तदा।।4.46.13।।

ādarśatalasaṅkāśā tato vai pṛthivī mayā| alātacakrapratimā dṛṣṭā goṣpadavattadā

Then I saw the earth as though it were the surface of a mirror, like a whirling firebrand, appearing as small as a cow's hoof-print.

पूर्वां दिशं ततो गत्वा पश्यामि विविधान् द्रुमान्। पर्वतन्श्च नदी रम्यास्सरांसि विविधानि च।।4.46.14।।

pūrvāṃ diśaṃ tato gatvā paśyāmi vividhān drumān| parvatanśca nadī ramyāssarāṃsi vividhāni ca

'Then I ran in the eastern direction and saw many trees, lakes, rivers and beautiful mountains.

उदयं तत्र पश्यामि पर्वतं धातुमण्डितम्। क्षीरोदं सागरं चैव नित्यमप्सरसालयम्।।4.46.15।।

udayaṃ tatra paśyāmi parvataṃ dhātumaṇḍitam| kṣīrodaṃ sāgaraṃ caiva nityamapsarasālayam

'There I saw, filled with minerals the mountain behind which the Sun rises and the milky ocean frequented by the apsaras.

परिकालयमानस्तु वालिनाऽभिद्रुत स्तदा। पुनरावृत्य सहसा प्रस्थितोऽहं तदा विभो।।4.46.16।।

parikālayamānastu vālinā'bhidruta stadā| punarāvṛtya sahasā prasthito'haṃ tadā vibho

'O king chased thus by Vali, I ran and turned back and ran againfast.

पुनरावर्तमानस्तु वालिनाऽभिद्रुतोद्रुतम्। दिशस्तस्यास्ततो भूयः प्रस्थितो दक्षिणां दिशम्। विन्ध्यपादपसङ्कीर्णां चन्दनद्रुमशोभिताम्।।4.46.17।।

punarāvartamānastu vālinā'bhidrutodrutam| diśastasyāstato bhūyaḥ prasthito dakṣiṇāṃ diśam| vindhyapādapasaṅkīrṇāṃ candanadrumaśobhitām

'Then chased by Vali, I changed my present direction from the east towards the southern quarter where Vindhya mountain stood with its, beautiful sandal trees.

द्रुमशैलांस्ततः पश्यन्भूयो दक्षिणतोऽपराम्। पश्चिमां च दिशं प्राप्ता वालिना समभिद्रुतः।।4.46.18।।

drumaśailāṃstataḥ paśyanbhūyo dakṣiṇato'parām| paścimāṃ ca diśaṃ prāptā vālinā samabhidrutaḥ

'I was looking at the trees and mountains in the southern direction, I reached the western quarter pursued by Vali.

सम्पश्यन्विविधान्देशानस्तं च गिरिसत्तमम्। प्राप्य चास्तं गिरिश्रेष्ठमुत्तरां सम्प्रधावितः।।4.46.19।।

sampaśyanvividhāndeśānastaṃ ca girisattamam| prāpya cāstaṃ giriśreṣṭhamuttarāṃ sampradhāvitaḥ

'Looking at the places around, I reached the best of mountains where the Sun sets (I found Vali still chasing me) and ran towards the north.

हिमवन्तं च मेरुं च समुद्रं च तथोत्तरम्। यदा न विन्दं शरणं वालिना समभिद्रुतः।।4.46.20।। तदा मां बुद्धिसम्पन्नो हनूमान्वाक्यमब्रवीत्।

himavantaṃ ca meruṃ ca samudraṃ ca tathottaram| yadā na vindaṃ śaraṇaṃ vālinā samabhidrutaḥ tadā māṃ buddhisampanno hanūmānvākyamabravīt|

'I saw Himavan and mount Meru on the north and the northern sea. Still pursued by Vali, I could not know where to go when wise Hanuman spoke to me these words:

इदानीं मे स्मृतं राजन्यथा वाली हरीश्वरः।।4.46.21।। मतङ्गेन तदा शप्तो ह्यस्मिन्नाश्रममण्डले। प्रविशेद्यदि वै वाली मूर्धाऽस्य शतधा भवेत्।।4.46.22।। तत्र वासस्सुखोऽस्माकं निरुद्विग्नो भविष्यति।

idānīṃ me smṛtaṃ rājanyathā vālī harīśvaraḥ mataṅgena tadā śapto hyasminnāśramamaṇḍale| praviśedyadi vai vālī mūrdhā'sya śatadhā bhavet tatra vāsassukho'smākaṃ nirudvigno bhaviṣyati|

'I remembed Matanga's curse to Vali, king of monkeys. Vali would not enter the site of Matanga's hermitage as his head would break into a hundred pieces if he did'. Therefore we thought it would be safe for us to reside in that place.

इदानीं मे स्मृतं राजन्यथा वाली हरीश्वरः।।4.46.21।। मतङ्गेन तदा शप्तो ह्यस्मिन्नाश्रममण्डले। प्रविशेद्यदि वै वाली मूर्धाऽस्य शतधा भवेत्।।4.46.22।। तत्र वासस्सुखोऽस्माकं निरुद्विग्नो भविष्यति।

idānīṃ me smṛtaṃ rājanyathā vālī harīśvaraḥ mataṅgena tadā śapto hyasminnāśramamaṇḍale| praviśedyadi vai vālī mūrdhā'sya śatadhā bhavet tatra vāsassukho'smākaṃ nirudvigno bhaviṣyati|

'I remembed Matanga's curse to Vali, king of monkeys. Vali would not enter the site of Matanga's hermitage as his head would break into a hundred pieces if he did'. Therefore we thought it would be safe for us to reside in that place.

ततः पर्वतमासाद्य ऋष्यमूकं नृपात्मज।।4.46.23।। न विवेश तदा वाली मतङ्गस्य भयात्तदा।

tataḥ parvatamāsādya ṛṣyamūkaṃ nṛpātmaja na viveśa tadā vālī mataṅgasya bhayāttadā|

'O prince Rama then I reached mount Rishyamuka which Vali did not enter out of fear of the curse of Matanga.

एवं मया तदा राजन्प्रत्यक्षमुपलक्षितम्।।4.46.24।। पृथिवीमण्डलं कृत्स्नं गुहामस्यागतस्ततः।

evaṃ mayā tadā rājanpratyakṣamupalakṣitam pṛthivīmaṇḍalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ guhāmasyāgatastataḥ|

'O king that way I surveyed the entire earth directly and returned to this cave and lived here. इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीय आदिकाव्ये किष्किन्धाकाण्डे षटचत्वारिंशस्सर्गः।। Thus ends the fortysixth sarga in Kishkindakanda of the first epic, the Holy Ramayana composed by sage Valmiki.