मम प्राणैः प्रियतरं पुत्रं पुत्रमिवौरसम्। मया हीनमहीनार्थं सर्वतः परिपालय
Protect Angada, who is dearer to me than my own life, as if he were your own son, now left without me and without support.
त्वमप्यस्य पिता दाता परित्राता च सर्वशः। भयेष्वभयदश्चैव यथाहं प्लवगेश्वर
You must be his father, his giver, and his complete protector in every way, and grant him safety in dangers, just as I did, O lord of monkeys.
एष तारात्मजः श्रीमांस्त्वया तुल्यपराक्रमः। रक्षसां च वधे तेषामग्रतस्ते भविष्यति
This glorious son of Tara, equal to you in valor, will stand at the forefront in the destruction of the demons.
अनुरूपाणि कर्माणि विक्रम्य बलवान् रणे। करिष्यत्येष तारेयस्तेजस्वी तरुणोऽङ्गदः
This radiant young Angada, son of Tara, will perform deeds befitting him, displaying strength and courage in battle.
सुषेणदुहिता चेयमर्थसूक्ष्मविनिश्चये। औत्पातिके च विविधे सर्वतः परिनिष्ठिता
And this daughter of Sushena is well-versed in subtle matters of wealth and in all kinds of omens, being thoroughly accomplished in every way.
राघवस्य च ते कार्यं कर्तव्यमविशङ्कया। स्यादधर्मो ह्यकरणे त्वां च हिंस्यादमानितः
You must carry out your duty towards Raghava without hesitation; for failure to do so would be unrighteous, and you would be harmed by being considered unworthy.
इमां च मालामाधत्स्व दिव्यां सुग्रीव काञ्चनीम्। उदारा श्रीः स्थिता ह्यस्यां सम्प्रजह्यान्मृते मयि
And, Sugriva, place this divine golden garland upon yourself; for great fortune abides in it, and it should be relinquished only after my death.
इत्येवमुक्तः सुग्रीवो वालिना भ्रातृसौहृदात्। हर्षं त्यक्त्वा पुनर्दीनो ग्रहग्रस्त इवोडुराट्
Thus addressed by Vāli, Sugrīva, out of brotherly affection, abandoned his joy and became sorrowful again, like a moon seized by a planet.
तद्वालिवचनाच्छान्तः कुर्वन् युक्तमतन्द्रितः। जग्राह सोऽभ्यनुज्ञातो मालां तां चैव काञ्चनीम्
Calmed by Vāli's words, acting rightly and attentively, he took, with permission, that golden garland.
तां मालां काञ्चनीं दत्त्वा दृष्ट्वा चैवात्मजं स्थितम्। संसिद्धः प्रेत्यभावाय स्नेहादङ्गदमब्रवीत्
Giving that golden garland and seeing his son standing there, resolved for the afterlife, Vāli spoke affectionately to Angada.
देशकालौ भजस्वाद्य क्षममाणः प्रियाप्रिये। सुखदुःखसहः काले सुग्रीववशगो भव
Now embrace place and time, enduring both pleasant and unpleasant; bear happiness and sorrow in their season, and be obedient to Sugrīva.
यथा हि त्वं महाबाहो लालितः सततं मया। न तथा वर्तमानं त्वां सुग्रीवो बहु मन्यते
Just as you, mighty-armed one, have always been cherished by me, so Sugrīva will not regard you as highly while you remain with him.
न चातिप्रणयः कार्यः कर्तव्योऽप्रणयश्च ते। उभयं हि महादोषं तस्मादन्तरदृग् भव
You should neither show excessive affection nor complete indifference; both are great faults, so maintain a balanced view.
इत्युक्त्वाथ विवृत्ताक्षः शरसम्पीडितो भृशम्। विवृतैर्दशनैर्भीमैर्बभूवोत्क्रान्तजीवितः
Having spoken thus, his eyes rolling, severely pierced by arrows, with his dreadful teeth exposed, Vāli's life departed.
ततो विचुक्रुशुस्तत्र वानरा हतयूथपाः। परिदेवयमानास्ते सर्वे प्लवगसत्तमाः
Then the vanaras, their leader slain, cried out there; all those foremost monkeys lamented.
किष्किन्धा ह्यद्य शून्या च स्वर्गते वानरेश्वरे। उद्यानानि च शून्यानि पर्वताः काननानि च
Now Kiṣkindhā is empty, for the lord of the monkeys has gone to heaven; the gardens are deserted, as are the mountains and forests.
हते प्लवगशार्दूले निष्प्रभा वानराः कृताः। यस्य वेगेन महता काननानि वनानि च
With the tiger among monkeys slain, the vanaras have lost their brilliance; by whose great speed the forests and woods were shaken.
पुष्पौघेणानुबद्ध्यन्ते करिष्यति तदद्य कः। येन दत्तं महद् युद्धं गन्धर्वस्य महात्मनः
Who now will bind clusters of flowers, who will accomplish that, by whom a great battle was fought with the noble Gandharva?
गोलभस्य महाबाहोर्दश वर्षाणि पञ्च च। नैव रात्रौ न दिवसे तद् युद्धमुपशाम्यति
Against Golabha, the mighty-armed one, for fifteen years, neither by night nor by day did that battle cease.
ततः षोडशमे वर्षे गोलभो विनिपातितः। तं हत्वा दुर्विनीतं तु वाली दंष्ट्राकरालवान्। सर्वाभयंकरोऽस्माकं कथमेष निपातितः
Then, in the sixteenth year, Golabha was slain; having killed that unruly one, Vāli, fierce with fangs, who was a terror to us all—how has he now fallen?
हते तु वीरे प्लवगाधिपे तदा प्लवङ्गमास्तत्र न शर्म लेभिरे। वनेचराः सिंहयुते महावने यथा हि गावो निहते गवां पतौ
When the heroic leader of the monkeys was slain, the monkeys there found no comfort, forest-dwellers in the lion-filled great woods, just as cows do when their bull is killed.
ततस्तु तारा व्यसनार्णवप्लुता मृतस्य भर्तुर्वदनं समीक्ष्य सा। जगाम भूमिं परिरभ्य वालिनं महाद्रुमं छिन्नमिवाश्रिता लता
Then Tāra, plunged in the ocean of grief, seeing the face of her dead husband, fell to the ground, embracing Vāli, like a vine clinging to a felled great tree.
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Listen to the twenty-third chapter. In the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa, the twenty-third chapter.
ततः समुपजिघ्रन्ती कपिराजस्य तन्मुखम्। पतिं लोकश्रुता तारा मृतं वचनमब्रवीत्
Then Tāra, renowned in the world, approached the face of the monkey king, her husband, and spoke to the dead.
शेषे त्वं विषमे दुःखमकृत्वा वचनं मम। उपलोपचिते वीर सुदुःखे वसुधातले
You lie in distress, having disregarded my words, O hero, on this earth heaped with sorrow.
मत्तः प्रियतरा नूनं वानरेन्द्र मही तव। शेषे हि तां परिष्वज्य मां च न प्रतिभाषसे
Surely, O king of the monkeys, the earth is dearer to you than I am; for you lie there embracing her, and do not speak to me.
सुग्रीवस्य वशं प्राप्तो विधिरेष भवत्यहो। सुग्रीव एव विक्रान्तो वीर साहसिकप्रिय
Fate has truly brought you under Sugrīva’s power, alas; Sugrīva alone is now mighty, O hero who delighted in daring deeds.
ऋक्षवानरमुख्यास्त्वां बलिनं पर्युपासते। तेषां विलपितं कृच्छ्रमङ्गदस्य च शोचतः
The foremost of bears and monkeys, strong as they are, attend upon you; their lamentations and Aṅgada’s grief are hard to bear.
मम चेमा गिरः श्रुत्वा किं त्वं न प्रतिबुध्यसे। इदं तद् वीरशयनं तत्र शेषे हतो युधि
Even after hearing my words, why do you not awaken? This is that very hero’s bed—there you lie, slain in battle.
शायिता निहता यत्र त्वयैव रिपवः पुरा। विशुद्धसत्त्वाभिजन प्रिययुद्ध मम प्रिय
Here, where once you struck down your enemies, they now lie dead; O pure-souled, noble-born, lover of battle, dearest to me.