Book IV : Kishkindha Kanda - The Empire of Holy Monkeys
Rama to imbue confidence in Sugreeva hurtles his arrow that penetrates seven sala trees and also the subterranean planes of earth and returns into his quiver. Sugreeva obliging the prowess of Rama submits himself to Rama, who encourages Sugreeva to challenge Vali for a duel. Accordingly a duel ensues wherein Vali assaults Sugreeva and chases him off. Battered and belittled, Sugreeva implores upon Rama why he did not come to his rescue. Rama apologetically states that he could not make out difference between the two brothers for they are alike. Rama asks Sugreeva to wear a garland and again challenge Vali, so with that identification of garland he could aim his arrow at the other dueller. Again they all advance towards Kishkindha for the duel with Vali. |
etac ca vacanam shrutvaa sugriivasya subhaaSitam |
pratyayaartham mahaatejaa raamo jagraaha kaarmukam || 4-12-1
1. mahaatejaa raamaH= great-resplendent, Rama; sugriivasya su bhaaSitam= of Sugreeva, well, spoken; etat ca vacanam shrutvaa= them, also, words, on hearing; pratyaya artham= credence, to inculcate; jagraaha kaarmukam= took up, bow.
On hearing the well-spoken words of Sugreeva that expressed doubt about Rama's valour, that great resplendent Rama took-up bow to inculcate credence in Sugreeva. [4-12-1]
sa gR^ihiitvaa dhanur ghoram sharam ekam ca maanadaH |
saalam uddishya cikSepa puurayan sa ravaiH dishaH || 4-12-2
2. maana daH= dignity, bestower; saH gR^ihiitvaa dhanuH ghoram = he, on taking, bow, dreadful one; puurayan sa [jyaa] ravaiH dishaH= filling - reverberating, with [of bowstring,] twans, in all directions; saalam uddishya= at sala tree, aiming; ekam sharam cikSepa= one, arrow, darted.
Rama, the bestower of dignity to the sufferers, took up his dreadful bow, aimed at a sala tree, and darted single arrow, by which all the directions reverberated with the twang of his bowstring. [4-12-2]
sa visR^iSTo balavataa baaNaH svarNa pariSkR^itaH |
bhittvaa saalaan giri prastham sapta bhuumim vivesha ha || 4-12-3
3. balavataa= by mighty Rama; vi sR^iSTaH svarNa pariSkR^itaH= released is, in gold, decorated; saH baaNaH= that, arrow; sapta saalaan giri prastham bhittvaa = seven, sala trees, mountain, heights, on perforating; bhuumim vivesha ha= into earth, entered, indeed.
The golden arrow released by the mighty Rama perforated all the seven sala trees, and even the levelled areas of mountain, and then entered the earth. [4-12-3]
saayakaH tu muhuurtena saalaan bhittvaa mahaajavaH |
niSpatya ca punaH tuurNam tam eva pravivesha ha || 4-12-4
4. saayakaH tu mahaa javaH= arrow, but, with great, briskness; muhuurtena saalaan bhittvaa = in a moment, sala trees, on drilling; niS patya ca= out, coming, also – came up from earth; punaH tuurNam tam eva pravivesha ha= again, swiftly, that, only [that quiver of Rama,], entered, indeed.
Thus that arrow which briskly drilled all the sala trees, came up in a moment from under the earth, and again swiftly re-entered the quiver of Rama. [4-12-4]
That arrow not only drilled one tree as asked by Sugreeva, but all the seven, and also a mountain from peak to core, and even entered the seventh earthly plane, that which is beneath the sixth plane of the earth, where atala, vitala, sutala, paataala, rasaatal, talaatala are the names of six strata of earth.
taan dR^iSTvaa sapta nirbhinnaan saalaan vaanarapu.mgavaH |
raamasya shara vegena vismayam paramam gataH || 4-12-5
5. vaanara pungavaH= monkey, the best; nir bhinnaan taan sapta saalaan dR^iSTvaa= profoundly, fissured, those, seven, sala trees, on seeing; raamasya shara vegena= by Rama's, arrow's, rapidity; paramam vismayam gataH= stunning, astonishment, went into.
On seeing them the seven sala trees that are profoundly fissured, that best monkey Sugreeva went into a stunning astonishment at the rapidity of Rama's arrow. [4-12-5]
sa muurdhnaa nyapatat bhuumau prala.mbiikR^ita bhuuSaNaH |
sugriivaH parama priito raaghavaaya kR^itaa.njaliH || 4-12-6
6. parama priitaH saH sugriivaH= highly, gladdened, he, that Sugreeva; raaghavaaya kR^ita anjaliH= towards Raghava, makin palm fold; pra lambiikR^ita bhuuSaNaH = while his ornaments, made to dangling [on his crouching]; muurdhnaa nyapatat bhuumau= with head touching, fallen, on ground.
Highly gladdened Sugreeva made palm-fold in that astonishment, kneeled while his ornaments dangled, and prostrated before Raghava with his head touching the ground. [4-12-6]
idam ca uvaaca dharmaj~nam karmaNaa tena harSitaH |
raamam sarva astra viduSaam shreSTham shuuram avasthitam || 4-12-7
7. tena karmaNaa harSitaH = by that, deed, overjoyed is that Sugreeva is; dharma j~nam= to virtue-knower [Rama]; sarva astra viduSaam shreSTham = among all, missiles, experts, proficient one; shuuram= valorous one; avasthitam= present before; mam = to Rama; idam ca uvaaca= this, also, said.
Overjoyed with that deed Sugreeva said this to that virtue-knower, the one who is proficient among all experts of missiles, namely the valorous Rama, who is just in his presence him. [4-12-7]
sa indraan api suraan sarvaam tvam baaNaiH puruSarSabha |
samarthaH samare hantum kim punar vaalinam prabho || 4-12-8
8. puruSa rSabha= oh, best one among men; prabho= oh, lord; tvam samare= you, in battle; sa indraan sarvaan suraan api = with, Indra, all of them, the gods, even; baaNaiH hantum samarthaH= with arrows, to eliminate, you are capable of; vaalinam kim punaH= of Vali, why, again [speak of him.]
"You with your arrows, oh, best one among men, are capable of eliminating all the gods including Indra, oh, lord, then why to speak of Vali. [4-12-8]
yena sapta mahaa saalaa girir bhuumiH ca daaritaaH |
baaNena ekena kaakutstha sthaataa te ko raNa agrataH || 4-12-9
9. kaakutstha= oh, Rama; yena= by whom; ekena baaNena= by a single, arrow; sapta mahaa saalaa= seven, great, sala trees; giriH bhuumiH ca= mountain, earth, also; daaritaaH= are ripped off; te= such as you are, in your before; raNa agrataH= at war's, vanguard; kaH sthaataa= who, stands.
"By whom seven great sala trees, a mountain and also the earth is ripped off with only one arrow, oh Kakutstha, who then can stand up to you in the vanguard of war. [4-12-9]
adya me vigataH shokaH priitir adya paraa mama |
suhR^idam tvaam samaasaadya mahendra varuNopamam || 4-12-10
10. adya= today; mahendra varuNa upamam= to Indra and to Rain-god, in similitude; tvaam suhR^idam samaasaadya= you, kind-hearted one, on gaining; me shokaH vigataH = to me, distress, is gone; adya mama paraa priitiH = now, to me, heightened, is the joy.
"Today on gaining a kind-hearted friend like you, who is similar to Indra and Rain-god who accord favour on their own, my distress is gone and my joy is heightened. [4-12-10]
tam adya eva priyaartham me vairiNam bhraatR^i ruupiNam |
vaalinam jahi kaakutstha mayaa baddho ayam a.njaliH || 4-12-11
11. kaakutstha= oh, Rama; me bhraatR^i ruupiNam vairiNam= my, in brother's, semblance, an enemy; tam vaalinam= him, that Vali be; adya eva priyaartham= today, only, for my happiness; jahi= kill; mayaa baddhaH ayam anjaliH= by me, joined, this, palms – in supplication.
"Oh, Rama, today itself you eliminate that enemy of mine in a brother's semblance for my happiness, for which I adjoin my palms in supplication." Thus Sugreeva requested Rama. [4-12-11]
tato raamaH pariSvajya sugriivam priya darshanam |
pratyuvaaca mahaapraaj~no lakSmaNaanugatam vacaH || 4-12-12
12. tataH= thenl; mahaa praaj~naH= raamaH highly, percipient one, Rama; priya darshanam= pleasant one, in look [Sugreeva]; lakSmaNa anugatam sugriivam pariSvajya= Lakshmana's, alternate of, Sugreeva, on embracing; vacaH prati uvaaca = wrods, replied.
That great percipient Rama embraced Sugreeva, which Sugreeva is pleasant in his look for he gained confidence by now, and who is an alternate of Lakshmana to partake Rama's affection, and then Rama said these words to such a Sugreeva in reply. [4-12-12]
asmaad gacChaama kiSkindhaam kSipram gacCha tvam agrataH |
gatvaa ca aahvaya sugriiva vaalinam bhraatR^i gandhinam || 4-12-13
13. sugriiva= oh, Sugreeva; asmaat= from here; kSipram kiSkindhaam gacChaama= quickly, to Kishkindha, we will go; tvam [kshipram= quickly]; agrataH gacCha = in advance, you move; gatvaa= having gone; bhraatR^i gandhinam= Vali, brotherhood, oe who is redolent of; vaalinam= Vali be; aahvaya= you invite.
""Let us quickly go from here to Kishkindha, oh, Sugreeva, you move in advance, and on going there you invite that Vali, one redolent of your brotherhood." So said Rama to Sugreeva. [4-12-13]
This word bh˜trgandhin is a unique expression for 'name sake,' and is said to be anarthaka bh˜t® vyapadeþam where ana arthaka is not, meaningful - meaningless; bh˜t® brotherhood's; vyapadeþam nomenclature. 'A meaningless nomenclature called a brother' for that brother who has no brotherliness for his brothers. Sugreeva do have such a brother Vali, from whom he got the redolence of cruelty alone, but not any brotherliness. Rama Tilaka.
sarve te tvaritam gatvaa kiSkindhaam vaalinaH puriim |
vR^ikSaiH aatmaanam aavR^itya hi atiSThan gahane vane || 4-12-14
14. te sarve vaalinaH puriim kiSkindhaam = they, all, to Vali's, city, to Kishkindha; tvaritam gatvaa= quickly, on going; gahane vane vR^ikSaiH aatmaanam aavR^itya = in thickets, of forests, with trees themselves, covering themselves; atiSThan = stayed waited on.
They all on quickly going to Kishkindha, the city of Vali, hedged themselves in the thickets of forest trees and waited. [4-12-14]
sugriivo api vyanadad ghoram vaalino hvaana kaaraNaat |
gaaDham parihito vegaan naadaiH bhindan iva a.mbaram || 4-12-15
15. sugriivaH api = Sugreeva, even; gaaDham parihitaH= firmly, tightening [girdle-cloth]; vegaat naadaiH bhindan ambaram iva = with rapidity, of shouting, to crack, the sky, as though; vaalinaH hvaana kaaraNaat= Vali, to invite, for the purpose of; vyanadat ghoram= shouted, boisterously.
Sugreeva firmly tightened his girdle-cloth for the duel and shouted boisterously for the purpose of inviting Vali for a duel, and his rapidity in shouting appeared as though to crack the sky. [4-12-15]
tam shrutvaa ninadam bhraatuH kruddho vaalii mahaabalaH |
niSpapaata susa.mrabdho bhaaskaro asta taTaat iva || 4-12-16
16. mahaabalaH vaalii = great, mighty, Vali; bhraatuH tam ninadam shrutvaa = brother's, that, shouting. on hearing; kruddhaH= is infuriated; su samrabdhaH= impetuously [came out]; asta taTaat bhaaskaraH iva= dusking, from brink, Sun, like; niS papaata= out fallen – fell out.
On hearing his brother's shouting that great mighty Vali is infuriated and impetuously rushed out of his palace chambers, like the sun falling back onto sky from his dusking brink. [4-12-16]
Here Vali is compared with the dusking sun, who is also said to fall back onto the sky before his total dusking into western side. Some say 'because Vali is going to see the dusk of his day this simile is suitable,' while some say that 'Vali is not going to see his dusk of the day now itself hence this is unsuitable.' And some other older mms, contain this simile as toyad˜t iva bh˜skara× i.e., 'came out like blazing sun from behind the black cloud.'
tataH sutumulam yuddham vaali sugriivayoH abhuut |
gagane grahayoH ghoram budha a.ngaarakayoH iva || 4-12-17
17. tataH= then; vaali sugriivayoH= between Vali, Sugreeva; gagane budha angaarakayoH grahayoH iva= in skies, among Mercury, Mars, among planets, like; su tumulam ghoram yuddham abhuut= very, tumultuous, awful, fight, occurred;
Then a very tumultuous and awful fight occurred between Vali and Sugreeva, which is like the awful fight between the planets Mercury and Mars in skies. [4-12-17]
"The encounter between Michael and Satan is similarly said to have been as if : "Two planets rushing from aspect malign / Of fiercest opposition in midsky / Should combat, and their jarring spheres / compound." Paradise Lost. Book VI. – So say Griffith.
talaiH ashani kalpaiH ca vajra kalpaiH ca muSTibhiH |
jaghnatuH samare anyonyam bhraatarau krodha muurcChitau || 4-12-18
18. krodha muurcChitau= in frenzy, convulsed; bhraatarau= among two brothers; ashani kalpaiH= thunderbolts, similar; talaiH= with palms; vajra kalpaiH muSTibhiH= lightning, similar, with fists; samare anyonyam jaghnatuH = in fight, each other battered.
Those two brothers who are convulsed in frenzy battered each other in that fight with their thunderbolt-like palms, and lightning-like fists. [4-12-18]
tato raamo dhanuS paaNiH tau ubhau samudaikshata |
anyonya sadR^ishau viirau ubhau devau iva ashvinau || 4-12-19
19. tataH= then; raamaH dhanuS paaNiH= Rama, with bow, wielding in hand; devau ashvinau ubhau iva= gods, Ashwin, twins, like; anyonya sadR^ishau = each other, similar to the other; tau ubhau viirau samudaikshata [sam ut iikshata]= those two, valiant ones, watched them.
Then Rama wielding bow in his hand watched those valiant ones that are alike in their appearance, like the Ashwin twins among gods. [4-12-19]
The Twins of Gemini, as known in European astronomy by names Castor and Pollux, or the Dioskuri are the Ashwin twins of Hindus.
yat na avagacChat sugriivam vaalinam vaa api raaghavaH |
tato na kR^itavaan buddhim mok{}tum antakaram sharam || 4-12-20
20. raaghavaH= Raghava; sugriivam= Sugreeva; vaalinam vaa api= Vali, or, either; yat= by which reason; na avagacChat= not, descried; tataH= thereby; anta karam sharam= end, making [deadening,] arrow moktum= to release; buddhim= mind; na kR^itavaan= not, made.
For which reason Raghava could not differentiate between Sugreeva or Vali, for the same reason did not make up his mind to release his arrow, otherwise it would have been a deadening arrow, as confusion is the only reason for Rama. [4-12-20]
etasmin antare bhagnaH sugriivaH tena vaalinaa |
apashyan raaghavam naatham R^ishyamuukam pradudruve || 4-12-21
21. etasmin antare= in the, while; tena vaalinaa= by that, Vali; bhagnaH sugriivaH= broken - whacked, Sugreeva; naatham= the benefactor; raaghavam= Raghava; a + pashyan= not, seeing; R^ishyamuukam pra dudruve= to Rishyamuka, immediately, fled to.
Meanwhile Sugreeva is unable to spot out his benefactor Raghava as Vali whacked him down, and thereby he immediately fled to Mt. Rishyamuka. [4-12-21]
klaanto rudhira sik{}ta a.ngo prahaaraiH jarjarii kR^itaH |
vaalinaa abhidrutaH krodhaat pravivesha mahaavanam || 4-12-22
22. vaalinaa krodhaat abhi drutaH = by Vali, by fury, confronted / ran chasing; klaantaH rudhira sikta angaH= debilitated, blood, soaking, body-parts; prahaaraiH jarjarii kR^itaH= by thwacking, enervate, made into [enervated]; that Sugreeva; pravivesha mahaavanam= entered, great forest.
Sugreeva is debilitated and enervated by Vali's thwacking till his limbs soaked in blood, and he entered the great forest of Rishyamuka as Vali chased him. [4-12-22]
tam praviSTam vanam dR^iSTvaa vaalii shaapa bhayaat tataH |
muk{}to hi asi tvam iti uk{}tvaa sa nivR^itto mahaabalaH || 4-12-23
23. vanam praviSTam tam dR^iSTvaa= forest, entered, him [Sugreeva,] on seeing; mahaabalaH saH vaalii= great mighty, he that, Vali; tvam muktaH asi hi= you are, let off, indeed; iti uktvaa= thus, saying; shaapa bhayaat tataH nivR^ittaH= by curse's, fear, from there, returned.
On seeing Sugreeva's entry into the forest of Rishyamuka, Vali said to him "you are let off for now..." and saying so he returned to Kishkindha from there in view of fear from curse of Sage Matanga. [4-12-23]
raaghavo api saha bhraatraa saha caiva hanuumataa |
tadeva vanam aagacChat sugriivo yatra vaanaraH || 4-12-24
24. raaghavaH api= Raghava, also; saha bhraatraa= with, brother [Lakshmana]; hanuumataa ca saha eva= Hanuma, with, also, like that; yatra vaanaraH sugriivaH= where, monkey, Sugreeva is there; tat eva vanam aagacChat= to that, forest, alone, he came.
Raghava also came to that forest, along with his brother Lakshmana and along with Hanuma, where that monkey Sugreeva fled. [4-12-24]
tam samiikSya aagatam raamam sugriivaH saha lakSmaNam |
hriimaan diinam uvaaca idam vasudhaam avalokayan || 4-12-25
25. sugriivaH= Sugreeva; aagatam saha lakSmaNam= one who arrived, with, Lakshmana; tam raamam samiikSya= him, that Rama, on seeing; hriimaan vasudhaam avalokayan= ashamed one, ground, while looking at; diinam uvaaca idam= piteously, spoke, this.
Seeing the arrival of Rama with Lakshmana, Sugreeva ashamedly turned his eyes down to earth and piteously spoke this without eyeing Rama [4-12-25]
aahvayasva iti maam uk{}tvaa darshayitvaa ca vikramam |
vairiNaa ghaatayitvaa ca kim idaaniim tvayaa kR^itam || 4-12-26
26. aahvayasva iti maam uktvaa= invite [Vali,] thus, to me, on saying [encouraging]; darshayitvaa ca vikramam= showing, also, dexterity; vairiNaa ghaatayitvaa ca= by enemy, got battered; tvayaa idaaniim kim kR^itam= by you, now, what is, done.
"Showing your dexterity you encouraged me to invite Vali for fight, but you got me battered by my enemy, what is this done by you." [4-12-26]
taam eva velaam vak{}tavyam tvayaa raaghava tattvataH |
vaalinam na nihanmi iti tato na aham ito vraje || 4-12-27
27. Raaghava= oh, Raghava; taam velaam eva= at that, time, only; vaalinam na nihanmi= Vali, I do not, kill, iti tattvataH tvayaa vaktavyam= thus, truly, by you, should have been told; tataH= then; aham itaH na vraje= I, to here, would not, have come.
"You should have truly made it known at that time only, oh, Raghava, that you will not kill Vali, then I would not have come here, to Kishkindha. [4-12-27]
tasya ca evam bruvaaNasya sugriivasya mahaatmanaH |
karuNam diinayaa vaacaa raaghavaH punar abraviit || 4-12-28
28. mahaatmanaH tasya sugriivasya= great-souled one, of that, Sugreeva; diinayaa vaacaa= with pathetic, words; karuNam evam bruvaaNasya= woefully, this way, while saying; raaghavaH punaH abraviit= Raghava, again, said.
Rama replied that great-souled Sugreeva who is speaking woefully with pathetic words in this way. [4-12-28]
sugriiva shruuyataam taata krodhaH ca vyapaniiyataam |
kaaraNam yena baaNo ayam sa mayaa na visarjitaH || 4-12-29
29. taata sugriiva= dear, Sugreeva; yena= by which reason; saH ayam baaNaH= this, that, arrow – the arrow such as this; mayaa na visarjitaH= by me, not, let off; kaaraNam shruuyataam= reason, be heard; krodhaH vyapaniiyataam [vi apa niiyataam]= anger, be, aside, distanced - discarded.
"Sugreeva, by which reason I have not let-off an arrow such as that of mine, that reason may be heard and let the anger be discarded. [4-12-29]
ala.mkaareNa veSeNa pramaaNena gatena ca |
tvam ca sugriiva vaalii ca sadR^ishau sthaH parasparam || 4-12-30
30. alamkaareNa= by ornamentation; veSeNa= by attire; pramaaNena= in physicality gatena ca= by movements, also; tvam ca= you, and; sugriiva= oh, Sugreeva; vaalii ca= Vali, also; parasparam sadR^ishau sthaH= to each other, resemble, you both are there.
"By ornamentation, attire, physicality and movements, you and Vali look-alike. [4-12-30]
svareNa varcasaa ca eva prekSitena ca vaanara |
vikrameNa ca vaakyaiH ca vyak{}tim vaam na upalakSaye || 4-12-31
31. vaanara= oh monkey; svareNa= by voice; varcasaa= by bodily glow; ca eva= also, thus; prekSitena= by your looking; vikrameNa ca vaakyaiH ca= by bravery, also, by speech; vaam vyaktim na upalakSaye= among you, difference, not, spotted.
"By your voice, bodily glow also thus in your looking, also in bravery and in speech, oh monkey, I could not mark any difference. [4-12-31]
tato aham ruupa saadR^ishyaat mohito vaanarottama |
na utsR^ijaami mahaavegam sharam shatru nibarhaNam || 4-12-32
32. vaanara uttama= oh, monkey, the best; tataH= thereby; ruupa saadR^ishyaat mohitaH= by personalities, similarity, confused; aham= I; mahaa vegam= great, speeded; shatru nibarhaNam= enemy, annihilating one; sharam= arrow; na utsR^ijaami= not, released.
"Thereby, oh, great monkey, I have not released this great speeded and enemy annihilating arrow of mine as I was confused in the similarity of your personalities. [4-12-32]
jiivita antakaram ghoram saadR^ishyaat tu visha.nkitaH |
muulaghaato na nau syaaddhi dvayoH iti kR^ito mayaa || 4-12-33
33. saadR^ishyaat tu= by similarity, but; vi shankitaH= being ambiguous; jiivita antakaram ghoram= life, terminator, ghastly one; [arrow I did not release]; nau dvayoH muula ghaataH syaat hi= = to two of us, basic [object,] ruined, it will be, isn't it; hence; iti maya kR^itaH= thus [ thinking,] by me, not done.
"I was ambiguous by your similarities, as such I have not released this ghastly and life-taking arrow, otherwise the basic object of ours will be ruined, isn't it. [4-12-33]
tvayi viira vipanne hi aj~naan laaghavaan mayaa |
mauDhyam ca mama baalyam ca khyaapitam syaat kapiisvara || 4-12-34
34. viira= oh, brave one; kapiisvara= oh, monkey's, lord; a + j~naat= un, knowingly - by my unawareness; laaghavaat= by [my] fallacy; tvayi vipanne= you, when you become afflicted with hazard; maya= by me; mama= my; mauDhyam ca baalyam ca= imbecility, also; my, naivety, also; khyaapitam syaat= established, they will be [isn't it.]
"When my unawareness and fallacy hazardously afflicts none but you in the form of my own arrow, oh, brave lord of monkeys, then I will be establishing my own imbecility and naivety, isn't it. [4-12-34]
datta abhaya vadho naama paatakam mahat adbhutam |
aham ca lakshmaNaH ca eva siita ca varavarNinii || 4-12-35
tvat adhiinaa vayam sarve vane asmin sharaNam bhavaan |
35, 36a. datta abhaya vadhaH naama = given, protection, killing, means [killing one who is protected means]; paatakam mahat adbhutam= sin, highest, terrifying; aham ca lakshmaNaH ca eva= myself, also, Lakshmana, thus; vara varNinii siita ca= of exquisite, glow, Seetha, also; vayam sarve tvat adhiinaa = we, all, are under your, control – dependent on you; bhavaan asmin vane sharaNam= you are, in forest, this one, shelter,
"Eliminating one who is protected means a terrifying sin of highest order, even so, myself and Lakshmana and also thus Seetha with her exquisite glow are all dependent on you, and you are our shelterer in this forest. [4-12-35, 36a]
tasmaat yudhyasva bhuuyastvam maa sha.mkii ca vaanara || 4-12-36
etan muhuurte tu mayaa pashya vaalinam aahave |
nirastam iSuNaa ekena veSTamaanam mahiitale || 4-12-37
36. vaanara= oh, monkey; tasmaat tvam bhuuyaH yudhyasva = therefore, you, again, fight; maa= me; maa + shankii= don't, doubt; etat muhuurte tu= at this, moment, only; mayaa= by me; aahave= in fight; ekena iSuNaa nirastam= with single, arrow, reneder him ineffective; mahii tale veSTamaanam = on earth's, surface, squirming; vaalinam pashya = Vali, you may see.
"Therefore, oh, monkey, again you fight with him without doubting me, and I will render him ineffective at this moment only with a single arrow of mine, and you can see Vali squirming on the ground. [4-12-36, 37],
abhij~naanam kuruSva tvam aatmano vaanareshvara |
yena tvaam abhijaaniiyaam dvandva yuddham upaagatam || 4-12-38
38. vaanareshvara= oh, monkey's, lord; aatmanaH abhij~naanam kuruSva tvam= for yourself, identity, make, you; yena tvaam abhijaaniiyaam= by which, you, be identified; dvandva yuddham upaagatam tvaam= in duel, fight, engaged in, you.
"You have an identification for yourself, oh lord of monkeys, by which you can be identified when you are engaged in duel. [4-12-38]
gaja puSpiim imaam phullaam utpaaTya shubha lakSaNaam |
kuru lakSmaNa kaNThe asya sugriivasya mahaatmanaH || 4-12-39
39. lakSmaNa= oh, Lakshmana; imaam phullaam shubha akSaNaam gaja puSpiim= these, bloomed, beautiful, in their aspect, gaja, creeper; utpaaTya = on extracting – picking up; mahaatmanaH asya sugriivasya= noble-souled one, his, Sugreeva's; kaNThe kuru = around neck, you make you [place.]
"Lakshmana, pick up this gaja creeper that is beautiful in its appearance and let this noble souled Sugreeva be garlanded with that." So said Rama to Lakshmana. [4-12-39]
tato giri taTe jaataam utpaaTya kusumaayutaam |
lakSmaNo gaja puSpiim taam tasya kaNThe vyasarjayat || 4-12-40
40. tataH= then; lakSmaNaH= Lakshmana; giri taTe jaataam= at mountain, step, growing; kusuma aayutaam= flowers, together with; taam gaja puSpiim utpaaTya = that, gaja, creeper, on plucking; tasya kaNThe vyasarjayat [vi ava sarjayat]= his [Sugreeva's], around neck, slung it.
Then Lakshmana plucked that gaja creeper with flowers growing at the foot of the mountain, and slung it like a garland around the neck of that Sugreeva. [4-12-40] n
sa tathaa shushubhe shriimaan latayaa kaNTha sak{}tayaa |
maalayaa iva balaakaanaam sasa.mdhya iva toyadaH || 4-12-41
41. shriimaan= prosperous one [Sugreeva]; saH kaNTha saktayaa= he, with creeper, around neck; latayaa = with creeper; sa sandhya= with, sunset [colour]; toya daH= water-giver [black cloud]; balaakaanaam maalayaa iva = with herons, train of, like; shushubhe= shone forth.
He that prosperous Sugreeva with that flowery-creeper adorning his neck then shone forth like a black rain cloud against a backdrop of rich ochry colour of sunset, and with a train of herons adorning that cloud like a garland. [4-12-41]
vibhraajamaano vapuSaa raama vaakya samaahitaH |
jagaama saha raameNa kiSki.ndhaam punaraapa saH || 4-12-42
42. vapuSaa vi bhraajamaanaH = by physique, verily effulgent; saH= he that Sugreeva; raama vaakya samaahitaH= by Rama's, words, emboldened; saha raameNa= with, Rama; jagaama punaH kiSkindhaam= advanced, again, to Kishkindha; aapa= he reached it.
He that Sugreeva whose physique became effulgent by that creeper-garland is again emboldened by Rama's words, and he again advanced to Kishkindha with Rama, and reached it again. [4-12-42]
iti vaalmiiki raamaayaNe aadi kaavye kiSkindha kaaNDe dvaadashaH sargaH
Thus, this is the 12th chapter in Kishkindha Kanda of Valmiki Ramayana, the First Epic poem of India.
© 2001, Desiraju Hanumanta Rao [Revised : April 04]