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Kishkindha Kaanda - Sarga 4
Kishkindha Kaanda - Sarga 4
In this Sarga, Hanumān asks Rāma and Lakshmaṇa who they are and why they have come to the impenetrable, dense Vana. Lakshmaṇa tells Hanumān about Daṡaratha, about Rāma and the loss of kingdom and their stay in the Vana. He tells Hanumān that both Seetā, Rāma’s wife, and he himself, followed Rāma to the Vana and that Seetā was abducted by a Rakshasa when she was alone, and that Danu, son of Diti had told them about Sugreeva, who could help them find Seetā. Lakshmaṇa tells Hanumān, with tears welling in his eyes, that Rāma, as great and capable as he was, would now have to take refuge in Sugreeva, lord of Vānaras.
With the exchange between them, Hanumān feels that the time has come for Sugreeva to regain his kingdom and Lakshmaṇa feels that Rāma’s object is as good as achieved. Hanumān then flies to Sugreeva, carrying Rāma and Lakshmana on his back.
4.4.1 தத: ப்ரஹ்ருஷ்டௌ ஹநுமாந்
க்ருத்யவாநிதி தத்வச: ।
ஸ்ருத்வா மதுரஸம்பாஷம்
ஸுக்ரீவம் மநஸா கத: ॥
tataḥ prahṛṣṭau hanumān
kṛtyavāniti tadvacaḥ ।
ṡrutvā madhurasambhāṣam
sugrīvaṃ manasā gataḥ ॥
On hearing those words that fell sweetly on the ear,
Hanumān, whose purpose seemed to have been served,
felt delighted. His thoughts went back to Sugreeva:
4.4.2 பவ்யோ ராஜ்யாகமஸ்தஸ்ய
ஸுக்ரீவஸ்ய மஹாத்மந: ।
யதயம் க்ருத்யவாந்ப்ராப்த:
க்ருத்யம் சைததுபாகதம் ॥
bhavyō rājyāgamastasya
sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ ।
yadayaṃ kṛtyavānprāptaḥ
kṛtyaṃ caitadupāgatam ॥
It seems that Mahātma Sugreeva
is going to get his kingdom back;
for, he (Rāma) seems to have come with a purpose
for which the time is ripe.
4.4.3 தத: பரமஸம்ஹ்ருஷ்டோ
ஹநுமாந் ப்லவகர்ஷப: ।
ப்ரத்யுவாச ததோ வாக்யம்
ராமம் வாக்யவிஸாரத: ॥
tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭō
hanumān plavagarṣabhaḥ ।
pratyuvāca tatō vākyam
rāmaṃ vākyaviṡāradaḥ ॥
And Hanumān, the bull among Vānaras,
who was skilled in speech,
felt extremely happy and responded to Rāma:
4.4.4 கிமர்தம் த்வம் வநம் கோரம்
பம்பாகாநநமண்டிதம் ।
ஆகதஸ்ஸாநுஜோ துர்கம்
நாநாவ்யாலம்ருகாயுதம் ॥
kimarthaṃ tvaṃ vanaṃ ghōram
pampākānanamaṇḍitam ।
āgatassānujō durgam
nānāvyālamṛgāyutam ॥
What brought you, along with your younger brother,
to this dreadful and impenetrable Vana
which is overrun with wild beasts and other animals,
except for the beautiful patch of woods that surround Pampa? There must have been some corruption in the text of this Ṡlōka, because Hanumān does not yet know that Lakshmaṇa is the brother of Rāma.
4.4.5 தஸ்ய தத்வசநம் ஸ்ருத்வா
லக்ஷ்மணோ ராமசோதித: ।
ஆசசக்ஷே மஹாத்மாநம்
ராமம் தஸரதாத்மஜம் ॥
tasya tadvacanaṃ ṡrutvā
lakṣmaṇō rāmacōditaḥ ।
ācacakṣē mahātmānam
rāmaṃ daṡarathātmajam ॥
Hearing those words of his,
Lakshmaṇa, prodded by Rāma, told him
all about Mahātma Rāma, son of Daṡaratha:
4.4.6 ராஜா தஸரதோ நாம
த்யுதிமாந்தர்மவத்ஸல: ।
சாதுர்வர்ண்யம் ஸ்வதர்மேண
நித்யமேவாபிபாலயந் ॥
rājā daṡarathō nāma
dyutimāndharmavatsalaḥ ।
cāturvarṇyaṃ svadharmēṇa
nityamēvābhipālayan ॥
There was a brilliant king by name Daṡaratha
who guarded Dharma as if it was his own child.
He diligently discharged his duty of
protecting all the four Varṇas.
4.4.7-8a ந த்வேஷ்டா வித்யதே தஸ்ய
ந ச ஸ த்வேஷ்டி கஞ்சந ।
ஸ ச ஸர்வேஷு பூதேஷு
பிதாமஹ இவாபர: ।
அக்நிஷ்டோமாதிபிர்யஜ்ஞை:
இஷ்டவாநாப்ததக்ஷிணை: ॥
na dvēṣṭā vidyatē tasya
na ca sa dvēṣṭi kañcana ।
sa ca sarvēṣu bhūtēṣu
pitāmaha ivāparaḥ ।
agniṣṭōmādibhiryajñaiḥ
iṣṭavānāptadakṣiṇaiḥ ॥
There is no one who did not like him
and there is none that he did not like.
He was like the grandsire for all beings.
He performed many Yajñas including Agnishṭōma,
giving honorariums generously.
4.4.8b-9a தஸ்யாயம் பூர்வஜ: புத்ரோ
ராமோ நாம ஜநை: ஸ்ருத:।
ஸரண்யஸ்ஸர்வபூதாநாம்
பிதுர்நிர்தேஸபாரக: ॥
tasyāyaṃ pūrvajaḥ putrō
rāmō nāma janaiḥ ṡrutaḥ।
ṡaraṇyassarvabhūtānām
piturnirdēṡapāragaḥ ॥
This is his eldest son, famed among men as Rāma.
He is the refuge of all beings and
is faithful in executing his father’s commands to the hilt.
4.4.9b-10 வீரோ தஸரதஸ்யாயம்
புத்ராணாம் குணவத்தம: ।
ராஜலக்ஷணஸம்பந்ந:
ஸம்யுக்தோ ராஜஸம்பதா ।
ராஜ்யாத்ப்ரஷ்டோ வநே வஸ்தும்
மயா ஸார்தமிஹாகத: ॥
vīrō daṡarathasyāyaṃ
putrāṇāṃ guṇavattamaḥ ।
rājalakṣaṇasampannaḥ
samyuktō rājasampadā ।
rājyādbhraṣṭō vanē vastum
mayā sārdhamihāgataḥ ॥
This Veera excels among the sons
of Daṡaratha by virtue of his great qualities.
He of every kingly virtue,
was enjoying all the royal luxuries,
when he was exiled from the kingdom and
came to live in this Vana, accompanied by me.
4.4.11 பார்யயா ச மஹாதேஜா:
ஸீதயாऽநுகதோ வஸீ ।
திநக்ஷயே மஹாதேஜா:
ப்ரபயேவ திவாகர: ॥
bhāryayā ca mahātējāḥ
sītayā'nugatō vaṡī ।
dinakṣayē mahātējāḥ
prabhayēva divākaraḥ ॥
And he, the supremely radiant one,
a master of his senses,
was followed by his wife Seetā,
like the sun while setting, by the sunlight.
4.4.12 அஹமஸ்யாவரோ ப்ராதா
குணைர்தாஸ்யமுபாகத: ।
க்ருதஜ்ஞஸ்ய பஹுஜ்ஞஸ்ய
லக்ஷ்மணோ நாம நாமத: ॥
ahamasyāvarō bhrātā
guṇairdāsyamupāgataḥ ।
kṛtajñasya bahujñasya
lakṣmaṇō nāma nāmataḥ ॥
I am his younger brother, Lakshmaṇa by name.
His great qualities, his knowledge of many things
and his sense of gratitude, made me his humble servant.
4.4.13-14 ஸுகார்ஹஸ்ய மஹார்ஹஸ்ய
ஸர்வபூதஹிதாத்மந: ।
ஐஸ்வர்யேண ச ஹீநஸ்ய
வநவாஸாஸ்ரிதஸ்ய ச ।
ரக்ஷஸாऽபஹ்ருதா பார்யா
ரஹிதே காமரூபிணா ।
தச்ச ந ஜ்ஞாயதே ரக்ஷ:
பத்நீ யேநாஸ்ய ஸா ஹ்ருதா ॥
sukhārhasya mahārhasya
sarvabhūtahitātmanaḥ ।
aiṡvaryēṇa ca hīnasya
vanavāsāṡritasya ca ।
rakṣasā'pahṛtā bhāryā
rahitē kāmarūpiṇā ।
tacca na jñāyatē rakṣaḥ
patnī yēnāsya sā hṛtā ॥
He, who deserves all luxuries and all honor,
having lost all that he had,
has taken to living in the Vana.
His wife was abducted when she was alone
by a Rākshasa, who could take any form at will.
We do not know who that Rākshasa
is, by whom she was abducted.
4.4.15 தநுர்நாம திதே: புத்ர:
ஸாபாத்ராக்ஷஸதாம் கத: ।
ஆக்யாதஸ்தேந ஸுக்ரீவ:
ஸமர்தோ வாநராதிப: ॥
danurnāma ditēḥ putraḥ
ṡāpādrākṣasatāṃ gataḥ ।
ākhyātastēna sugrīvaḥ
samarthō vānarādhipaḥ ॥
The son of Diti, Danu by name,
who was cursed with the form of a Rākshasa
has said that Sugreeva, the lord of Vānaras, is very capable.
4.4.16 ஸ ஜ்ஞாஸ்யதி மஹாவீர்ய:
தவ பார்யாபஹாரிணம் ।
ஏவமுக்த்வா தநுஸ்ஸ்வர்கம்
ப்ராஜமாநோ கதஸ்ஸுகம் ॥
sa jñāsyati mahāvīryaḥ
tava bhāryāpahāriṇam ।
ēvamuktvā danussvargam
bhrājamānō gatassukham ॥
Saying, ‘he of immense strength will be
able to find out the abductor of your wife’,
Danu ascended to heaven, happy and shining bright.
4.4.17 ஏதத்தே ஸர்வமாக்யாதம்
யதாதத்யேந ப்ருச்சத: ।
அஹம் சைவ ஹி ராமஸ்ச
ஸுக்ரீவம் ஸரணம் கதௌ ॥
ētattē sarvamākhyātam
yathātathyēna pṛcchataḥ ।
ahaṃ caiva hi rāmaṡca
sugrīvaṃ ṡaraṇaṃ gatau ॥
I have told everything as it is,
to answer your question.
Rāma and I seek refuge in Sugreeva.
4.4.18 ஏஷ தத்த்வா ச வித்தாநி
ப்ராப்ய சாநுத்தமம் யஸ: ।
லோகநாத: புரா பூத்வா
ஸுக்ரீவம் நாதமிச்சதி ॥
ēṣa dattvā ca vittāni
prāpya cānuttamaṃ yaṡaḥ ।
lōkanāthaḥ purā bhūtvā
sugrīvaṃ nāthamicchati ॥
Once upon a time, he was a lord of the world,
giving away money and earning unequalled fame.
Now, he would like to take refuge in Sugreeva.
4.4.19 பிதா யஸ்ய புரா ஹ்யாஸீத்
ஸரண்யோ தர்மவத்ஸல: ।
தஸ்ய புத்ரஸ்ஸரண்யஸ்ச
ஸுக்ரீவம் ஸரணம் கத: ॥
pitā yasya purā hyāsīt
ṡaraṇyō dharmavatsalaḥ ।
tasya putraṡṡaraṇyaṡca
sugrīvaṃ ṡaraṇaṃ gataḥ ॥
Once upon a time, everyone took refuge in him,
and in his father, who protected Dharma.
Now he seeks refuge in Sugreeva.
To be continued
Kishkindha Kaanda - Sarga 4
In this Sarga, Hanumān asks Rāma and Lakshmaṇa who they are and why they have come to the impenetrable, dense Vana. Lakshmaṇa tells Hanumān about Daṡaratha, about Rāma and the loss of kingdom and their stay in the Vana. He tells Hanumān that both Seetā, Rāma’s wife, and he himself, followed Rāma to the Vana and that Seetā was abducted by a Rakshasa when she was alone, and that Danu, son of Diti had told them about Sugreeva, who could help them find Seetā. Lakshmaṇa tells Hanumān, with tears welling in his eyes, that Rāma, as great and capable as he was, would now have to take refuge in Sugreeva, lord of Vānaras.
With the exchange between them, Hanumān feels that the time has come for Sugreeva to regain his kingdom and Lakshmaṇa feels that Rāma’s object is as good as achieved. Hanumān then flies to Sugreeva, carrying Rāma and Lakshmana on his back.
4.4.1 தத: ப்ரஹ்ருஷ்டௌ ஹநுமாந்
க்ருத்யவாநிதி தத்வச: ।
ஸ்ருத்வா மதுரஸம்பாஷம்
ஸுக்ரீவம் மநஸா கத: ॥
tataḥ prahṛṣṭau hanumān
kṛtyavāniti tadvacaḥ ।
ṡrutvā madhurasambhāṣam
sugrīvaṃ manasā gataḥ ॥
On hearing those words that fell sweetly on the ear,
Hanumān, whose purpose seemed to have been served,
felt delighted. His thoughts went back to Sugreeva:
4.4.2 பவ்யோ ராஜ்யாகமஸ்தஸ்ய
ஸுக்ரீவஸ்ய மஹாத்மந: ।
யதயம் க்ருத்யவாந்ப்ராப்த:
க்ருத்யம் சைததுபாகதம் ॥
bhavyō rājyāgamastasya
sugrīvasya mahātmanaḥ ।
yadayaṃ kṛtyavānprāptaḥ
kṛtyaṃ caitadupāgatam ॥
It seems that Mahātma Sugreeva
is going to get his kingdom back;
for, he (Rāma) seems to have come with a purpose
for which the time is ripe.
4.4.3 தத: பரமஸம்ஹ்ருஷ்டோ
ஹநுமாந் ப்லவகர்ஷப: ।
ப்ரத்யுவாச ததோ வாக்யம்
ராமம் வாக்யவிஸாரத: ॥
tataḥ paramasaṃhṛṣṭō
hanumān plavagarṣabhaḥ ।
pratyuvāca tatō vākyam
rāmaṃ vākyaviṡāradaḥ ॥
And Hanumān, the bull among Vānaras,
who was skilled in speech,
felt extremely happy and responded to Rāma:
4.4.4 கிமர்தம் த்வம் வநம் கோரம்
பம்பாகாநநமண்டிதம் ।
ஆகதஸ்ஸாநுஜோ துர்கம்
நாநாவ்யாலம்ருகாயுதம் ॥
kimarthaṃ tvaṃ vanaṃ ghōram
pampākānanamaṇḍitam ।
āgatassānujō durgam
nānāvyālamṛgāyutam ॥
What brought you, along with your younger brother,
to this dreadful and impenetrable Vana
which is overrun with wild beasts and other animals,
except for the beautiful patch of woods that surround Pampa? There must have been some corruption in the text of this Ṡlōka, because Hanumān does not yet know that Lakshmaṇa is the brother of Rāma.
4.4.5 தஸ்ய தத்வசநம் ஸ்ருத்வா
லக்ஷ்மணோ ராமசோதித: ।
ஆசசக்ஷே மஹாத்மாநம்
ராமம் தஸரதாத்மஜம் ॥
tasya tadvacanaṃ ṡrutvā
lakṣmaṇō rāmacōditaḥ ।
ācacakṣē mahātmānam
rāmaṃ daṡarathātmajam ॥
Hearing those words of his,
Lakshmaṇa, prodded by Rāma, told him
all about Mahātma Rāma, son of Daṡaratha:
4.4.6 ராஜா தஸரதோ நாம
த்யுதிமாந்தர்மவத்ஸல: ।
சாதுர்வர்ண்யம் ஸ்வதர்மேண
நித்யமேவாபிபாலயந் ॥
rājā daṡarathō nāma
dyutimāndharmavatsalaḥ ।
cāturvarṇyaṃ svadharmēṇa
nityamēvābhipālayan ॥
There was a brilliant king by name Daṡaratha
who guarded Dharma as if it was his own child.
He diligently discharged his duty of
protecting all the four Varṇas.
4.4.7-8a ந த்வேஷ்டா வித்யதே தஸ்ய
ந ச ஸ த்வேஷ்டி கஞ்சந ।
ஸ ச ஸர்வேஷு பூதேஷு
பிதாமஹ இவாபர: ।
அக்நிஷ்டோமாதிபிர்யஜ்ஞை:
இஷ்டவாநாப்ததக்ஷிணை: ॥
na dvēṣṭā vidyatē tasya
na ca sa dvēṣṭi kañcana ।
sa ca sarvēṣu bhūtēṣu
pitāmaha ivāparaḥ ।
agniṣṭōmādibhiryajñaiḥ
iṣṭavānāptadakṣiṇaiḥ ॥
There is no one who did not like him
and there is none that he did not like.
He was like the grandsire for all beings.
He performed many Yajñas including Agnishṭōma,
giving honorariums generously.
4.4.8b-9a தஸ்யாயம் பூர்வஜ: புத்ரோ
ராமோ நாம ஜநை: ஸ்ருத:।
ஸரண்யஸ்ஸர்வபூதாநாம்
பிதுர்நிர்தேஸபாரக: ॥
tasyāyaṃ pūrvajaḥ putrō
rāmō nāma janaiḥ ṡrutaḥ।
ṡaraṇyassarvabhūtānām
piturnirdēṡapāragaḥ ॥
This is his eldest son, famed among men as Rāma.
He is the refuge of all beings and
is faithful in executing his father’s commands to the hilt.
4.4.9b-10 வீரோ தஸரதஸ்யாயம்
புத்ராணாம் குணவத்தம: ।
ராஜலக்ஷணஸம்பந்ந:
ஸம்யுக்தோ ராஜஸம்பதா ।
ராஜ்யாத்ப்ரஷ்டோ வநே வஸ்தும்
மயா ஸார்தமிஹாகத: ॥
vīrō daṡarathasyāyaṃ
putrāṇāṃ guṇavattamaḥ ।
rājalakṣaṇasampannaḥ
samyuktō rājasampadā ।
rājyādbhraṣṭō vanē vastum
mayā sārdhamihāgataḥ ॥
This Veera excels among the sons
of Daṡaratha by virtue of his great qualities.
He of every kingly virtue,
was enjoying all the royal luxuries,
when he was exiled from the kingdom and
came to live in this Vana, accompanied by me.
4.4.11 பார்யயா ச மஹாதேஜா:
ஸீதயாऽநுகதோ வஸீ ।
திநக்ஷயே மஹாதேஜா:
ப்ரபயேவ திவாகர: ॥
bhāryayā ca mahātējāḥ
sītayā'nugatō vaṡī ।
dinakṣayē mahātējāḥ
prabhayēva divākaraḥ ॥
And he, the supremely radiant one,
a master of his senses,
was followed by his wife Seetā,
like the sun while setting, by the sunlight.
4.4.12 அஹமஸ்யாவரோ ப்ராதா
குணைர்தாஸ்யமுபாகத: ।
க்ருதஜ்ஞஸ்ய பஹுஜ்ஞஸ்ய
லக்ஷ்மணோ நாம நாமத: ॥
ahamasyāvarō bhrātā
guṇairdāsyamupāgataḥ ।
kṛtajñasya bahujñasya
lakṣmaṇō nāma nāmataḥ ॥
I am his younger brother, Lakshmaṇa by name.
His great qualities, his knowledge of many things
and his sense of gratitude, made me his humble servant.
4.4.13-14 ஸுகார்ஹஸ்ய மஹார்ஹஸ்ய
ஸர்வபூதஹிதாத்மந: ।
ஐஸ்வர்யேண ச ஹீநஸ்ய
வநவாஸாஸ்ரிதஸ்ய ச ।
ரக்ஷஸாऽபஹ்ருதா பார்யா
ரஹிதே காமரூபிணா ।
தச்ச ந ஜ்ஞாயதே ரக்ஷ:
பத்நீ யேநாஸ்ய ஸா ஹ்ருதா ॥
sukhārhasya mahārhasya
sarvabhūtahitātmanaḥ ।
aiṡvaryēṇa ca hīnasya
vanavāsāṡritasya ca ।
rakṣasā'pahṛtā bhāryā
rahitē kāmarūpiṇā ।
tacca na jñāyatē rakṣaḥ
patnī yēnāsya sā hṛtā ॥
He, who deserves all luxuries and all honor,
having lost all that he had,
has taken to living in the Vana.
His wife was abducted when she was alone
by a Rākshasa, who could take any form at will.
We do not know who that Rākshasa
is, by whom she was abducted.
4.4.15 தநுர்நாம திதே: புத்ர:
ஸாபாத்ராக்ஷஸதாம் கத: ।
ஆக்யாதஸ்தேந ஸுக்ரீவ:
ஸமர்தோ வாநராதிப: ॥
danurnāma ditēḥ putraḥ
ṡāpādrākṣasatāṃ gataḥ ।
ākhyātastēna sugrīvaḥ
samarthō vānarādhipaḥ ॥
The son of Diti, Danu by name,
who was cursed with the form of a Rākshasa
has said that Sugreeva, the lord of Vānaras, is very capable.
4.4.16 ஸ ஜ்ஞாஸ்யதி மஹாவீர்ய:
தவ பார்யாபஹாரிணம் ।
ஏவமுக்த்வா தநுஸ்ஸ்வர்கம்
ப்ராஜமாநோ கதஸ்ஸுகம் ॥
sa jñāsyati mahāvīryaḥ
tava bhāryāpahāriṇam ।
ēvamuktvā danussvargam
bhrājamānō gatassukham ॥
Saying, ‘he of immense strength will be
able to find out the abductor of your wife’,
Danu ascended to heaven, happy and shining bright.
4.4.17 ஏதத்தே ஸர்வமாக்யாதம்
யதாதத்யேந ப்ருச்சத: ।
அஹம் சைவ ஹி ராமஸ்ச
ஸுக்ரீவம் ஸரணம் கதௌ ॥
ētattē sarvamākhyātam
yathātathyēna pṛcchataḥ ।
ahaṃ caiva hi rāmaṡca
sugrīvaṃ ṡaraṇaṃ gatau ॥
I have told everything as it is,
to answer your question.
Rāma and I seek refuge in Sugreeva.
4.4.18 ஏஷ தத்த்வா ச வித்தாநி
ப்ராப்ய சாநுத்தமம் யஸ: ।
லோகநாத: புரா பூத்வா
ஸுக்ரீவம் நாதமிச்சதி ॥
ēṣa dattvā ca vittāni
prāpya cānuttamaṃ yaṡaḥ ।
lōkanāthaḥ purā bhūtvā
sugrīvaṃ nāthamicchati ॥
Once upon a time, he was a lord of the world,
giving away money and earning unequalled fame.
Now, he would like to take refuge in Sugreeva.
4.4.19 பிதா யஸ்ய புரா ஹ்யாஸீத்
ஸரண்யோ தர்மவத்ஸல: ।
தஸ்ய புத்ரஸ்ஸரண்யஸ்ச
ஸுக்ரீவம் ஸரணம் கத: ॥
pitā yasya purā hyāsīt
ṡaraṇyō dharmavatsalaḥ ।
tasya putraṡṡaraṇyaṡca
sugrīvaṃ ṡaraṇaṃ gataḥ ॥
Once upon a time, everyone took refuge in him,
and in his father, who protected Dharma.
Now he seeks refuge in Sugreeva.
To be continued