Chapter 6
Sundara Kanda - Book Of Beauty
स निकामम् विमानेषु विषण्णः काम रूपधृत्
विचचार पुनर्लङ्काम् लाघवेन समन्वितः
sa nikāmam vimāneṣu viṣaṇṇaḥ kāma rūpadhṛt
vicacāra punarlaṅkām lāghavena samanvitaḥ
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That Hanuma who could assume any desire form, searching among houses had a lot of grief. Endowed with great speed, He roamed again the city of Lanka.
आससाद अथ लक्ष्मीवान् राक्षस इन्द्र निवेशनम्
प्राकारेण अर्क वर्णेन भास्वरेण अभिसम्व्र्तम्
āsasāda atha lakṣmīvān rākṣasa indra niveśanam
prākāreṇa arka varṇena bhāsvareṇa abhisamvrtam
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After that, the glorious Hanuma neared the house of Ravana shining with the golden hue of Sun, surrounded by a compound wall.
रक्षितम् राक्षसैर् भीमैः सिम्हैर् इव महद् वनम्
समीक्षमाणो भवनम् चकाशे कपि कुन्जरः
rakṣitam rākṣasair bhīmaiḥ simhair iva mahad vanam
samīkṣamāṇo bhavanam cakāśe kapi kunjaraḥ
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Hanuma shined purveying the building protected by horrible rakshasas, like a forest by lions.
रूप्य कोप हितैः चित्रैः तोरणैर् हेम भूषितैः
विचित्राभिः च कक्ष्याभिर् द्वारैः च रुचिरैर् व्र्तम्
rūpya kopa hitaiḥ citraiḥ toraṇair hema bhūṣitaiḥ
vicitrābhiḥ ca kakṣyābhir dvāraiḥ ca rucirair vrtam
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Ravana's house consisted of surprising archways decorated with sliver and gold, strange entrances and beautiful doors.
गज आस्थितैर् महा मात्रैः शूरैः च विगत श्रमैः
उपस्थितम् असम्हार्यैर् हयैः स्यन्दन यायिभिः
gaja āsthitair mahā mātraiḥ śūraiḥ ca vigata śramaiḥ
upasthitam asamhāryair hayaiḥ syandana yāyibhiḥ
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Ravana's house waited upon by men on elephants, warriors, people with removed tiredness, drivers of elephants, by undefeatable horses, and by charioteers.
सिम्ह व्याघ्र तनु त्राणैर् दान्त कान्चन राजतैः
घोषवद्भिर् विचित्रैः च सदा विचरितम् रथैः
simha vyāghra tanu trāṇair dānta kāncana rājataiḥ
ghoṣavadbhir vicitraiḥ ca sadā vicaritam rathaiḥ
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Hanuma saw Ravana's house with protective shields made of lion and tiger skins, decorated with ivory, gold and silver, being roamed always by strange chariots with great sound.
बहु रत्न समाकीर्णम् पर अर्ध्य आसन भाजनम्
महा रथ समावासम् महा रथ महा आसनम्
bahu ratna samākīrṇam para ardhya āsana bhājanam
mahā ratha samāvāsam mahā ratha mahā āsanam
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Hanuma saw Ravana's house filled with a lot of diamonds, having valuable seats and utensils, abode of great warriors, with great chariots and great utensils.
दृश्यैः च परम उदारैः तैः तैः च मृग पक्षिभिः
विविधैर् बहु साहस्रैः परिपूर्णम् समन्ततः
dṛśyaiḥ ca parama udāraiḥ taiḥ taiḥ ca mṛga pakṣibhiḥ
vividhair bahu sāhasraiḥ paripūrṇam samantataḥ
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Filled all around with those and those various kinds of animals and birds in thousands, lovely to watch - very beautiful ones.
विनीतैर् अन्त पालैः च रक्षोभिः च सुरक्षितम्
मुख्याभिः च वर स्त्रीभिः परिपूर्णम् समन्ततः
vinītair anta pālaiḥ ca rakṣobhiḥ ca surakṣitam
mukhyābhiḥ ca vara strībhiḥ paripūrṇam samantataḥ
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Well protected by well trained rakshasas, protecting the inner area, filled all over by best women who were important.
मुदित प्रमदा रत्नम् राक्षस इन्द्र निवेशनम्
वर आभरण निर्ह्रादैः समुद्र स्वन निह्स्वनम्
mudita pramadā ratnam rākṣasa indra niveśanam
vara ābharaṇa nirhrādaiḥ samudra svana nihsvanam
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Having happy women, the abode of Ravana with the tinkling of best jewellery had a sound like that of an ocean.
तद् राज गुण सम्पन्नम् मुख्यैः च वर चन्दनैः
भेरी म्र्दन्ग अभिरुतम् शन्ख घोष विनादितम्
tad rāja guṇa sampannam mukhyaiḥ ca vara candanaiḥ
bherī mrdanga abhirutam śankha ghoṣa vināditam
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Together with royal insignia, with best scents and sandal wood, spread with great number of people like a great forest with lions.
भेरीमृदङ्गाभिरुतम् शङ्खघोषनिनादितम्
नित्य अर्चितम् पर्व हुतम् पूजितम् राक्षसैः सदा
bherīmṛdaṅgābhirutam śaṅkhaghoṣanināditam
nitya arcitam parva hutam pūjitam rākṣasaiḥ sadā
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Resounded by bheris and mridagas, resounded by the sound of conch-shells, prayed upon daily by Rakshsas, with rituals on festivals, always worshipped by rakshasas.
समुद्रम् इव गम्भीरम् समुद्रम् इव निह्स्वनम्
महात्मानो महद् वेश्म महा रत्न परिच्चदम्
samudram iva gambhīram samudram iva nihsvanam
mahātmāno mahad veśma mahā ratna pariccadam
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The great Hanuma saw the wealthy Ravana's huge house, inscrutable like an ocean, like a noiseless ocean, with a roof embedded with great diamondsand filled with great diamonds.
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That great Hanuma thought the house, which was shining with its form filled with elephants, horses, chariots, to be the jewel of Lanka. Hanuma walked about there in the near-hood of Ravana.
गृहाद् गृहम् राक्षसानाम् उद्यानानि च वानरः
वीक्षमाणो हि असम्त्रस्तः प्रासादाम्ः च चचार सः
gṛhād gṛham rākṣasānām udyānāni ca vānaraḥ
vīkṣamāṇo hi asamtrastaḥ prāsādāmḥ ca cacāra saḥ
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That Hanuma moved about from one house to another of Rakshasas and also parks and observing in all directions without fear and also courtyards.
अवप्लुत्य महा वेगः प्रहस्तस्य निवेशनम्
ततो अन्यत् पुप्लुवे वेश्म महा पार्श्वस्य वीर्यवान्
avaplutya mahā vegaḥ prahastasya niveśanam
tato anyat pupluve veśma mahā pārśvasya vīryavān
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Hanuma with great prowess, and one with great speed, jumped for the house of Prahasta and from there leapt for another house that of Mahaparshva.
अथ मेघ प्रतीकाशम् कुम्भ कर्ण निवेशनम्
विभीषणस्य च तथा पुप्लुवे स महा कपिः
atha megha pratīkāśam kumbha karṇa niveśanam
vibhīṣaṇasya ca tathā pupluve sa mahā kapiḥ
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Thereafter the great Hanuma leapt for the house of Kumbhakarna which resembled a cloud and in the same way for the house of Vibhishana.
महा उदरस्य च तथा विरूप अक्षस्य चैव हि
विद्युज् जिह्वस्य भवनम् विद्युन् मालेः तथैव च
mahā udarasya ca tathā virūpa akṣasya caiva hi
vidyuj jihvasya bhavanam vidyun māleḥ tathaiva ca
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That great Hanuma in the same way leapt for the house of Mahodara and also that of Virupaaksha, that of Viddutjihva.
शुकस्य च महा वेगः सारणस्य च धीमतः
तथा च इन्द्रजितो वेश्म जगाम हरि यूथपः
śukasya ca mahā vegaḥ sāraṇasya ca dhīmataḥ
tathā ca indrajito veśma jagāma hari yūthapaḥ
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Hanuma the commander of Vanara army with great radiance went for the intellectual Suka's house, for Sarana's house, and in the same way for the house of Indrajit.
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The best among Vanaras Hanuma went for the house of Jambumali and for the house of Sumali. The great Hanuma jumped for the house Rasmiketu and in the same way for the house of Suryaketu and in that way for the building of Vajrakaaya.
धूम्र अक्षस्य च सम्पातेर् भवनम् मारुत आत्मजः
विद्युद् रूपस्य भीमस्य घनस्य विघनस्य च
dhūmra akṣasya ca sampāter bhavanam māruta ātmajaḥ
vidyud rūpasya bhīmasya ghanasya vighanasya ca
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Hanuma jumped for Dhumrah's house, for Sampati's house, for Vidhudrupa's, Bhiima's house, for Ghana's house and Vighana's house, for Sukhana's house, for Vakra's, for Satha's house and also for Vikata's house, for Brahmakarna's house, for Damshra's house, for Roma's house, for Raksha's house, for Ydhonmata's and Indrajihva's house, in the same way for Hastimukas house, for Karala's house, for Pisacha's house, and also for the building of Shonita.
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The son of Vayu, one with great fame, great one among Vanaras , moving about in a sequence in those and those best buildings, saw the wealth of those rakshasas, who were rich.
सर्वेषाम् समतिक्रम्य भवनानि समन्ततः
आससाद अथ लक्ष्मीवान् राक्षस इन्द्र निवेशनम्
sarveṣām samatikramya bhavanāni samantataḥ
āsasāda atha lakṣmīvān rākṣasa indra niveśanam
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The glorious Hanuma passing everyone's houses all round, there-after neared the house of Ravana.
रावणस्य उपशायिन्यो ददर्श हरि सत्तमः
विचरन् हरि शार्दूलो राक्षसीर् विकृत ईक्षणाः
rāvaṇasya upaśāyinyo dadarśa hari sattamaḥ
vicaran hari śārdūlo rākṣasīr vikṛta īkṣaṇāḥ
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Hanuma best among Vanaras, tiger among Vanaras, moving about saw Rakshas women, those who were sleeping near to Ravana, those who had horrific eyes, those who had Sulaas, Mudgaras in their hands, those who had Shaktis and Tomaras.
ददर्श विविधान् गुल्माम्ः तस्य रक्षः पतेर् गृहे
राक्षसांश्च महाकायान्नानाप्रहरणोद्यतान्
dadarśa vividhān gulmāmḥ tasya rakṣaḥ pater gṛhe
rākṣasāṃśca mahākāyānnānāpraharaṇodyatān
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Hanuma saw in that house of Ravana a variety of army divisions and also Rakshasas those who had huge bodies having different weapons raise up.
रक्तान् श्वेतान् सिताम्ः चैव हरीम्ः चैव महा जवान्
raktān śvetān sitāmḥ caiva harīmḥ caiva mahā javān
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That Hanuma in that house saw horses in red colour and in white colour, slightly whitish, capable of great speed, elephants born in a good breed having good appearance capable of harassing enemy's elephants, skilled in good elephant training, equalling Iraavata, capable of killing enemies armies in war, rutting like raining clouds, like mountains with water falls that are pouring down, with trumpeting resembling thundering of clouds, unassailable by enemies in a battle.
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There Hanuma saw in the house of Ravana, the king of rakshasas, army divisions in thousands decorated with gold, covered with heaps of gold, equalling the Sun who has fully come up.
शिबिका विविध आकाराः स कपिर् मारुत आत्मजः
लता गृहाणि चित्राणि चित्र शाला गृहाणि च
śibikā vividha ākārāḥ sa kapir māruta ātmajaḥ
latā gṛhāṇi citrāṇi citra śālā gṛhāṇi ca
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That Hanuma the son of Vayu saw in the house of Ravana the king of rakshasas, palanquins of various shapes, wonderful bowers, art galleries and other pleasure houses which were constructed with wooden mountains, house for sexual delight and a beautiful diurnal house.
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That Hanuma saw the best among buildings equalling mount Mandara filled with pens for peacocks, spread by flag staffs managed by courageous ones like the house of Kubera filled with many diamonds and also heaps of riches.
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That building shone by the rays of diamonds, by the splendour of Ravana like the Sun by rays.
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Hanuma leader of Vanaras saw couches and seats and chief vessels all made with gold.
इति वाल्मीकि रामायणे आदि काव्ये सुन्दर काण्डे षष्ठः सर्गः
iti vālmīki rāmāyaṇe ādi kāvye sundara kāṇḍe ṣaṣṭhaḥ sargaḥ
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Hanuma entered the big house moistened by liquor made of honey, filled with vessels made of gems delightful one, un-congested one like the building of Kubera resounded by the sound of tinkles by the sound of waist ornaments, by the sound of percussion on Mrudangas with deep sound, which consisted of many mansions filled with hundreds of best women, encircled by many spacious enclosures. Thus, this is the 6th chapter in Sundara Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana, the First Epic poem of India.
