Chapter 13
Kishkindha Kanda - The Empire of Holy Monkeys
ऋश्यमूकात् स धर्मात्मा किष्किन्धाम् लक्ष्मण अग्रजः
जगाम सह सुग्रीवो वालि विक्रम पालिताम्
ṛśyamūkāt sa dharmātmā kiṣkindhām lakṣmaṇa agrajaḥ
jagāma saha sugrīvo vāli vikrama pālitām
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
That righteous Rama readying his great bow decorated with gold, and on taking blazing sun similar arrows that are victory-oriented in wars, proceeded from Rishyamuka along with Sugreeva to the city ruled by the valour of Vali, namely Kishkindha. [4-13-1, 2]
अग्रतः तु ययौ तस्य राघवस्य महात्मनः
सुग्रीवः संहत ग्रीवो लक्ष्मणः च महाबलः
agrataḥ tu yayau tasya rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ
sugrīvaḥ saṃhata grīvo lakṣmaṇaḥ ca mahābalaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Stern-necked Sugreeva and the great mighty Lakshmana strode ahead of that great soul Rama. [4-13-3]
पृष्ठतो हनुमान् वीरो नलो नीलः च वीर्यवान्
तारः चैव महातेजा हरि यूथप यूथपाः
pṛṣṭhato hanumān vīro nalo nīlaḥ ca vīryavān
tāraḥ caiva mahātejā hari yūthapa yūthapāḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
The brave Hanuma, dauntless Nala and Neela, and the captain of monkey's captains Tara of great energy followed them rearward. [4-13-4]
ते वीक्षमाणा वृक्षाम् च पुष्प भार अवलम्बिनः
प्रसन्न अंबुवहाः चैव सरितः सागरम् गमाः
te vīkṣamāṇā vṛkṣām ca puṣpa bhāra avalambinaḥ
prasanna aṃbuvahāḥ caiva saritaḥ sāgaram gamāḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
They moved on looking at the trees that are drooping with the weight of their flowers, and at he rivers that are carrying pleasant water while themselves are coursing towards ocean. [4-13-5]
कन्दराणि च शैलाम् च निर्दराणि गुहाः तथा
शिखराणि च मुख्यानि दरीः च प्रिय दर्शनाः
kandarāṇi ca śailām ca nirdarāṇi guhāḥ tathā
śikharāṇi ca mukhyāni darīḥ ca priya darśanāḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
They on seeing house-like caverns, crags, ravines and caves, and monumental peaks, cavities that are pleasant for sight have moved on. [4-13-6]
PURPORT
वैदूर्य विमलैः तोयैः पद्मैः च आकोश कुड्मलैः
शोभितान् सजलान् मार्गे तटाकान् च अवलोकयन्
vaidūrya vimalaiḥ toyaiḥ padmaiḥ ca ākośa kuḍmalaiḥ
śobhitān sajalān mārge taṭākān ca avalokayan
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
On their way they observed lakes that are glistening forth with gem-like waters without slime, and with lotus buds in budding stage. [4-13-7]
PURPORT
कारण्डैस्सारसै^^र्हंसै^^र्वञ्जुलै^^र्जलकुक्कुटैः
चक्रवाकैस्थाचान्यैश्शकुनै^^र्प्रतिनादितान्
kāraṇḍaissārasai^^rhaṃsai^^rvañjulai^^rjalakukkuṭaiḥ
cakravākaisthācānyaiśśakunai^^rpratināditān
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Those lakes are reverberant with Karandava-s, Saarasa-s, Swans, Vanjula-s and other waterfowls, also like that with Chakravaaka-s and other birds. [4-13-8]
मृदुशष्पाङ्कुराअहारान्निर्भयान्वनगोचरान्
चरतांसर्वतोपश्यन्स्थलीषु हरिणान्स्थितान्
mṛduśaṣpāṅkurāahārānnirbhayānvanagocarān
caratāṃsarvatopaśyansthalīṣu hariṇānsthitān
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
They have seen fearless deer feeding on soft grass blades everywhere, somewhere moving here and there in the forest, and else where standing. [4-13-9]
तटाक वैरिणः च अपि शुक्ल दन्त विभूषितान्
घोरान् एकचरान् वन्यान् द्विरदान् कूल घातिनः
taṭāka vairiṇaḥ ca api śukla danta vibhūṣitān
ghorān ekacarān vanyān dviradān kūla ghātinaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
They have also seen the forest elephants that have white tusks for their ornaments and that are moving in herds, and which are the dangerous enemies of lakes as they destroy lakebeds. [4-13-10]
मत्तन् गिरि तट उद्घुष्टान् पर्वतान् इव जंगमान्
वानरान् द्विरद प्रख्यान् मही रेणु समुक्षितान्
mattan giri taṭa udghuṣṭān parvatān iva jaṃgamān
vānarān dvirada prakhyān mahī reṇu samukṣitān
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Also seen are the vigorous and elephantine monkeys that are like mobile mountains, begrimed with dust, and bellowing on mountain ridges. [4-13-11]
PURPORT
वने वन चराम् च अन्यान् खेचराम् च विहंगमान्
पश्यन्तः त्वरिता जग्मुः सुग्रीव वश वर्तिनः
vane vana carām ca anyān khecarām ca vihaṃgamān
paśyantaḥ tvaritā jagmuḥ sugrīva vaśa vartinaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
On seeing other forest beings in that forest and birds moving aloft in sky, those followers of Sugreeva quickly moved on. [4-13-12]
PURPORT
तेषाम् तु गच्छताम् तत्र त्वरितम् रघुनंदनः
द्रुम षण्ड वनम् दृष्ट्वा रामः सुग्रीवम् अब्रवीत्
teṣām tu gacchatām tatra tvaritam raghunaṃdanaḥ
druma ṣaṇḍa vanam dṛṣṭvā rāmaḥ sugrīvam abravīt
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
While they are quickly going, Rama, the delight of Raghu's dynasty, saw there a clump of forest trees and he asked Sugreeva like this. [4-13-13]
एष मेघ इव आकाशे वृक्ष षण्डः प्रकाशते
मेघ संघात विपुलः पर्यन्त कदली वृतः
eṣa megha iva ākāśe vṛkṣa ṣaṇḍaḥ prakāśate
megha saṃghāta vipulaḥ paryanta kadalī vṛtaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"This cluster of trees surrounded with plantain trees is like an accumulation of thick clouds, and this is shining forth like a cloudscape in sky. [4-13-14]
किम् एतत् ज्ञातुम् इच्छामि सखे कौतूहलम् मम
कौतूहल अपनयनम् कर्तुम् इच्छामि अहम् त्वया
kim etat jñātum icchāmi sakhe kautūhalam mama
kautūhala apanayanam kartum icchāmi aham tvayā
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"What is this? I wish to know and oh, friend, I wish you to clear this inquisitiveness of mine. [4-13-15]
तस्य तद् वचनम् श्रुत्वा राघवस्य महात्मनः
गच्छन्न् एव आचचक्षे अथ सुग्रीवः तत् महद् वनम्
tasya tad vacanam śrutvā rāghavasya mahātmanaḥ
gacchann eva ācacakṣe atha sugrīvaḥ tat mahad vanam
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
On hearing that sentence of that great soul Raghava, then Sugreeva described about the significance of that forest while proceeding on the way. [4-13-16]
एतद् राघव विस्तीर्णम् आश्रमम् श्रम नाशनम्
उद्यान वन संपन्नम् स्वादु मूल फल उदकम्
etad rāghava vistīrṇam āśramam śrama nāśanam
udyāna vana saṃpannam svādu mūla phala udakam
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Raghava, this spacious hermitage with abundant gardens and dainty tubers, fruits and water is a weary remover." Thus Sugreeva started telling Rama. [4-13-17]
अत्र सप्तजना नाम मुनयः संशित व्रताः
सप्त एव आसन् अधः शीर्षा नियतम् जल शायिनः
atra saptajanā nāma munayaḥ saṃśita vratāḥ
sapta eva āsan adhaḥ śīrṣā niyatam jala śāyinaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"There were hermits named sapta jana , Seven Persons, who were dourly vowed with their heads pendulous downward and legs up, as in shiirSa aasana , the upside-down yogic body posture, and who always reclined in water. [4-13-18]
सप्त रात्रे कृत आहारा वायुना अचल वासिनः
दिवम् वर्ष शतैः याताः सप्तभिः सकलेवराः
sapta rātre kṛta āhārā vāyunā acala vāsinaḥ
divam varṣa śataiḥ yātāḥ saptabhiḥ sakalevarāḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"They were making diet on air alone that too once in seven days, and living unwaveringly in that way they practised their asceticism for seven hundred years and went to heavens with their bodies. [4-13-19]
तेषाम् एतत् प्रभावेण द्रुम प्राकार संवृतम्
आश्रमम् सुदुराधर्षम् अपि स इन्द्रैः सुर असुरैः
teṣām etat prabhāveṇa druma prākāra saṃvṛtam
āśramam sudurādharṣam api sa indraiḥ sura asuraiḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"This hermitage that has encircling trees for its compound wall has become highly unassailable even for Indra together with all gods and demons. [4-13-20]
पक्षिणो वर्जयन्ति एतत् तथा अन्ये वनचारिणः
विशन्ति मोहाद् ये अपि अत्र न निवर्तन्ते ते पुनः
pakṣiṇo varjayanti etat tathā anye vanacāriṇaḥ
viśanti mohād ye api atra na nivartante te punaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Birds and other forest moving animals forbear this hermitage and those that unknowingly enter in there they do not return. [4-13-21]
विभूषण रवाअः च अत्र श्रूयंते सकलाक्षराः
तूर्य गीत स्वनाअः च अपि गन्धो दिव्यः च राघव
vibhūṣaṇa ravāaḥ ca atra śrūyaṃte sakalākṣarāḥ
tūrya gīta svanāaḥ ca api gandho divyaḥ ca rāghava
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"From there artistically worded lyrical and instrumental tunes, and even the sounds of ornaments are audible, and oh, Raghava, one can sense a divine fragrance too. [4-13-22]
त्रेताग्नयो अपि दीप्यन्ते धूमो हि एष प्रदृश्यते
वेष्टयन् इव वृक्ष अग्रान् कपोत अंग अरुणो घनः
tretāgnayo api dīpyante dhūmo hi eṣa pradṛśyate
veṣṭayan iva vṛkṣa agrān kapota aṃga aruṇo ghanaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Even the triadic ritual-fires glow there, and their thick and ochry coloured smoke like that of a reddish-brown pigeon is apparent muffling the treetops. [4-13-23]
एते वृक्षाः प्रकाशन्ते धूम संसक्त मस्तकाः
मेघ जाल प्रतिच्छन्ना वैदूर्य गिरयो यथा
ete vṛkṣāḥ prakāśante dhūma saṃsakta mastakāḥ
megha jāla praticchannā vaidūrya girayo yathā
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TRANSLATION
"When that smoke is mantling their tops these trees are beaming forth like mountains of gems overlaid with clusters of clouds. [4-13-24]
कुरु प्रणामम् धर्मात्मन् तेषाम् उद्दिश्य राघवः
लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा प्रयतः संयत अंजलिः
kuru praṇāmam dharmātman teṣām uddiśya rāghavaḥ
lakṣmaṇena saha bhrātrā prayataḥ saṃyata aṃjaliḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Offer salutations determinedly and adjoining palms addressing the sages called Seven Persons, oh Raghava, along with brother Lakshmana [4-13-25]
प्रणमन्ति हि ये तेषाम् ऋषीणाम् भावित आत्मनाम्
न तेषाम् अशुभम् किंचित् शरीरे राम दृश्यते
praṇamanti hi ye teṣām ṛṣīṇām bhāvita ātmanām
na teṣām aśubham kiṃcit śarīre rāma dṛśyate
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
"Those that offer salutations to those sages with contemplated souls will evince no bodily trauma in the least." Thus said Sugreeva to Rama. [4-13-26]
ततो रामः सह भ्रात्रा लक्ष्मणेन कृतांजलिः
समुद्दिश्य महात्मानः तान् ऋषीन् अभ्यवादयत्
tato rāmaḥ saha bhrātrā lakṣmaṇena kṛtāṃjaliḥ
samuddiśya mahātmānaḥ tān ṛṣīn abhyavādayat
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Then Rama along with brother Lakshmana adjoined palms, addressed himself to the great-souled sages known as Seven Persons, and offered salutations to them. [4-13-27]
अभिवाद्य च धर्मात्मा रामो भ्राता च लक्ष्मणः
सुग्रीवो वानराअः चैव जग्मुः संहृष्ट मानसाः
४१३२८
abhivādya ca dharmātmā rāmo bhrātā ca lakṣmaṇaḥ
sugrīvo vānarāaḥ caiva jagmuḥ saṃhṛṣṭa mānasāḥ
4-13-28
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
That righteous Rama along with brother Lakshmana, Sugreeva and other monkeys having worshipped those sages proceeded to Kishkindha well-pleased at heart. [4-13-28]
ते गत्वा दूरम् अध्वानम् तस्मात् सप्त जन आश्रमात्
ददृशुः ताम् दुराधर्षाम् किष्किन्धाम् वालि पालिताम्
te gatvā dūram adhvānam tasmāt sapta jana āśramāt
dadṛśuḥ tām durādharṣām kiṣkindhām vāli pālitām
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Having gone a long way from that hermitage of Seven Persons they have seen that unassailable and Vali ruled city namely Kishkindha. [4-13-29]
इति वाल्मीकि रामायणे आदि काव्ये किष्किन्ध काण्डे त्रयोदशः सर्गः
iti vālmīki rāmāyaṇe ādi kāvye kiṣkindha kāṇḍe trayodaśaḥ sargaḥ
SYNONYMS
TRANSLATION
Then Rama's bother Lakshmana, Rama, and other monkeys wielding their weapons and flaring with their upsurged fiery again came to eliminate that enemy Vali to the city that is ruled by the brawn of the same Vali, the son of Indra. [4-13-30]
