Sundara Kanda, Sarga 67

एवमुक्तस्तु हनुमान् राघवेण महात्मना। सीताया भाषितं सर्वं न्यवेदयत राघवे।।5.67.1।।

evamuktastu hanumān rāghaveṇa mahātmanā| sītāyā bhāṣitaṃ sarvaṃ nyavedayata rāghave

Thus asked by Sri Rama, Hanuman repeated everything spoken by Sita to Rama.

इदमुक्तवती देवी जानकी पुरुषर्षभ। पूर्व वृत्तमभिज्ञानं चित्रकूटे यथातथम्।।5.67.2।।

idamuktavatī devī jānakī puruṣarṣabha| pūrva vṛttamabhijñānaṃ citrakūṭe yathātatham

"O bull among men queen Janaki related to me as a token of identification an incident that had taken place at Chitrakuta in the past.

सुखसुप्ता त्वया सार्धं जानकी पूर्वमुत्थिता। वायस स्सहसोत्पत्य विददार स्तनान्तरे।।5.67.3।।

sukhasuptā tvayā sārdhaṃ jānakī pūrvamutthitā| vāyasa ssahasotpatya vidadāra stanāntare

"When she was lying on your lap happily she awoke early and a crow came swiftly and scratched on her breast.

पर्यायेण च सुप्तस्त्वं देव्यङ्के भरताग्रज। पुनश्च किल पक्षी स देव्या जनयति व्यथाम्।।5.67.4।।

paryāyeṇa ca suptastvaṃ devyaṅke bharatāgraja| punaśca kila pakṣī sa devyā janayati vyathām

"O Bharata's brother, when Sita awoke from sleep you slept on her lap. The same crow again hurt her.

पुनः पुनरुपागम्य विददार भृशं किल। ततस्त्वं बोधितस्तस्याश्शोणितेन समुक्षितः।।5.67.5।।

punaḥ punarupāgamya vidadāra bhṛśaṃ kila| tatastvaṃ bodhitastasyāśśoṇitena samukṣitaḥ

Again and again the crow came to her and scratched her. She woke you up as you were getting wet with blood shed from her body.

वायसेन च तेनैव सततं बाध्यमानया। बोधितः किल देव्या त्वं सुखसुप्तः परन्तप।।5.67.6।।

vāyasena ca tenaiva satataṃ bādhyamānayā| bodhitaḥ kila devyā tvaṃ sukhasuptaḥ parantapa

"O scorcher of enemies pained by the crow hurting her repeatedly, while you were sleeping happily, she woke you up and informed you about it.

तां तु दृष्ट्वा महाबाहो दारितां च स्तनान्तरे। आशीविष इव क्रुद्धो निश्वसन्नभ्यभाषथाः।।5.67.7।।

tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā mahābāho dāritāṃ ca stanāntare| āśīviṣa iva kruddho niśvasannabhyabhāṣathāḥ

"Seeing the blood flowing from her breasts you became furious like a hissing serpent and said:

नखाग्रैः केन ते भीरु दारितं तु स्तनान्तरम्। कः क्रीडति सरोषेण पञ्चवक्त्रेण भोगिना।।5.67.8।।

nakhāgraiḥ kena te bhīru dāritaṃ tu stanāntaram| kaḥ krīḍati saroṣeṇa pañcavaktreṇa bhoginā

"You are of timid nature. Who has scratched your breasts with the tip of the nail? Who is sporting with an enraged fivehooded serpent"?

निरीक्षमाणस्सहसा वायसं समवैक्षथाः। नखै स्सरुधिरैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तामेवाभिमुखं स्थितम्।।5.67.9।।

nirīkṣamāṇassahasā vāyasaṃ samavaikṣathāḥ| nakhai ssarudhiraistīkṣṇaistāmevābhimukhaṃ sthitam

'Seeing all over, at once I glanced at the crow that stood in front of her with sharp bloodstained nails'.

सुतः किल स शक्रस्य वायसः पततां वरः। धरान्तरचरश्शीघ्रं पवनस्य गतौ समः।।5.67.10।।

sutaḥ kila sa śakrasya vāyasaḥ patatāṃ varaḥ| dharāntaracaraśśīghraṃ pavanasya gatau samaḥ

'That crow, the foremost of the birds was the son of Indra moving about all over the earth swiftly. His speed matched the Windgod's.

ततस्तस्मिन्महाबाहो कोपसंवर्तितेक्षणः। वायसे त्वं कृथाः क्रूरां मतिं मतिमतां वर।।5.67.11।।

tatastasminmahābāho kopasaṃvartitekṣaṇaḥ| vāyase tvaṃ kṛthāḥ krūrāṃ matiṃ matimatāṃ vara

'O longarmed, wise and revered Rama, then in anguish you took a cruel decision'.

स दर्भं संस्तराद्गृह्य ब्रह्मास्त्रेण ह्ययोजयः। स दीप्त इव कालाग्निर्जज्वालाभिमुखः खगम्।।5.67.12।।

sa darbhaṃ saṃstarādgṛhya brahmāstreṇa hyayojayaḥ| sa dīpta iva kālāgnirjajvālābhimukhaḥ khagam

'You took out a blade of grass from your mat and chanted the mantra to invoke the weapon of Brahma (Brahmastra) and hurled it on the crow. It blazed like the fire of the doom's day.

क्षिप्तवांस्त्वं प्रदीप्तं हि दर्भं तं वायसं प्रति। ततस्तु वायसं दीप्तस्स दर्भोऽनुजगाम ह।।5.67.13।।

kṣiptavāṃstvaṃ pradīptaṃ hi darbhaṃ taṃ vāyasaṃ prati| tatastu vāyasaṃ dīptassa darbho'nujagāma ha

'You hurled the blazing blade of grass on to the crow. That burning blade of grass chased the crow.

स पित्रा च परित्यक्तस्सुरैश्च समहर्षिभिः। त्रीन् लोकान् सम्परिक्रम्य त्रातारं नाधिगच्छति।।5.67.14।।

sa pitrā ca parityaktassuraiśca samaharṣibhiḥ| trīn lokān samparikramya trātāraṃ nādhigacchati

'He was abandoned by his father, even by great sages and gods. Then he went round the three worlds but could not find a saviour.

पुनरेवागतस्त्रस्तस्त्वत्सकाशमरिंदम। स तं निपतितं भूमौ शरण्यश्शरणागतम्।।5.67.15।। वधार्हमपि काकुत्स्थ कृपया पर्यपालयः।

punarevāgatastrastastvatsakāśamariṃdama| sa taṃ nipatitaṃ bhūmau śaraṇyaśśaraṇāgatam vadhārhamapi kākutstha kṛpayā paryapālayaḥ|

'O destroyer of enemies the crow came back again to you trembling seeking protection from you and fell on the ground. Even though it deserved to be slayed, you saved him out of compassion.

मोघमस्त्रं न शक्यं तु कर्तुमित्येव राघव।।5.67.16।। भवांस्तस्याक्षि काकस्य हिनस्ति स्म स दक्षिणम्।

moghamastraṃ na śakyaṃ tu kartumityeva rāghava bhavāṃstasyākṣi kākasya hinasti sma sa dakṣiṇam|

'O Rama since a divine weapon cannot be withdrawn, it did strike his right eye'.