द्रक्ष्यन्ति निपतन्तं च सर्वभूतानि वानराः। महामेरुप्रतीकाशं मां द्रक्ष्यध्वं प्लवङ्गमाः
All beings, O monkeys, will see me falling, and you will see me, resembling mighty Mount Meru.
दिवमावृत्य गच्छन्तं ग्रसमानमिवाम्बरम्। विधमिष्यामि जीमूतान् कम्पयिष्यामि पर्वतान्। सागरं शोषयिष्यामि प्लवमानः समाहितः
As I go, covering the sky as if swallowing the firmament, I will scatter the clouds, shake the mountains, and, leaping with resolve, I will dry up the ocean.
वैनतेयस्य वा शक्तिर्मम वा मारुतस्य वा। ऋते सुपर्णराजानं मारुतं वा महाबलम्। न तद् भूतं प्रपश्यामि यन्मां प्लुतमनुव्रजेत्
Except for Garuḍa, the king of birds, or the mighty Wind, I see no being that could follow me as I leap.
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण निरालम्बनमम्बरम्। सहसा निपतिष्यामि घनाद् विद्युदिवोत्थिता
In the mere blink of an eye, I will suddenly fall through the unsupported sky, like lightning emerging from a cloud.
भविष्यति हि मे रूपं प्लवमानस्य सागरम्। विष्णोः प्रक्रममाणस्य तदा त्रीन् विक्रमानिव
Indeed, as I leap across the ocean, my form will be like Viṣṇu's when he took his three strides.
बुद्ध्या चाहं प्रपश्यामि मनश्चेष्टा च मे तथा। अहं द्रक्ष्यामि वैदेहीं प्रमोदध्वं प्लवङ्गमाः
With my intellect I perceive it, and my mind is set; I will see Vaidehī—rejoice, O monkeys!
मारुतस्य समो वेगे गरुडस्य समो जवे। अयुतं योजनानां तु गमिष्यामीति मे मतिः
I am equal to the Wind in speed, to Garuḍa in swiftness; my resolve is to cross ten thousand yojanas.
वासवस्य सवज्रस्य ब्रह्मणो वा स्वयम्भुवः। विक्रम्य सहसा हस्तादमृतं तदिहानये
Even if it were the thunderbolt-bearing Indra or Brahmā, the self-born, I would snatch the nectar from their hands by force.
लङ्कां वापि समुत्क्षिप्य गच्छेयमिति मे मतिः। तमेवं वानरश्रेष्ठं गर्जन्तममितप्रभम्
My resolve is that I could even lift up Lanka itself and carry it away; thus roared that foremost monkey of immeasurable brilliance.
प्रहृष्टा हरयस्तत्र समुदैक्षन्त विस्मिताः। तच्चास्य वचनं श्रुत्वा ज्ञातीनां शोकनाशनम्
There, the delighted monkeys gazed at him in amazement; and hearing his words, which dispelled the grief of his kin,
उवाच परिसंहृष्टो जाम्बवान् प्लवगेश्वरः। वीर केसरिणः पुत्र वेगवन् मारुतात्मज
Jāmbavān, the lord of the monkeys, greatly pleased, spoke: 'O heroic son of Keśarī, swift one, son of the Wind!'
ज्ञातीनां विपुलः शोकस्त्वया तात प्रणाशितः। तव कल्याणरुचयः कपिमुख्याः समागताः
The great sorrow of your kinsmen, dear one, has been dispelled by you; the foremost monkeys, radiant in auspiciousness, have gathered for your sake.
मङ्गलान्यर्थसिद्ध्यर्थं करिष्यन्ति समाहिताः। ऋषीणां च प्रसादेन कपिवृद्धमतेन च
Intent upon the fulfillment of the purpose, they will perform auspicious acts; by the favor of the sages and the counsel of the elder monkeys.
गुरूणां च प्रसादेन सम्प्लव त्वं महार्णवम्। स्थास्यामश्चैकपादेन यावदागमनं तव
By the favor of the elders, you must cross the vast ocean; and we shall stand on one foot until your return.
त्वद्गतानि च सर्वेषां जीवनानि वनौकसाम्। ततश्च हरिशार्दूलस्तानुवाच वनौकसः
The lives of all the forest-dwellers depend upon your arrival; then the tiger among monkeys spoke to those forest-dwellers.
कोऽपि लोके न मे वेगं प्लवने धारयिष्यति। एतानीह नगस्यास्य शिलासंकटशालिनः
No one in the world will withstand my speed in leaping; these peaks here, full of rocks and cliffs,
शिखराणि महेन्द्रस्य स्थिराणि च महान्ति च। येषु वेगं गमिष्यामि महेन्द्रशिखरेष्वहम्
The stable and great summits of Mahendra, upon which I will exert my speed, on the peaks of Mahendra.
नानाद्रुमविकीर्णेषु धातुनिष्पन्दशोभिषु। एतानि मम वेगं हि शिखराणि महान्ति च
Scattered with various trees, shining with ores, these great summits will indeed sustain my speed.
प्लवतो धारयिष्यन्ति योजनानामितः शतम्। ततस्तु मारुतप्रख्यः स हरिर्मारुतात्मजः। आरुरोह नगश्रेष्ठं महेन्द्रमरिमर्दनः
While I leap, these great peaks will bear my speed for a hundred yojanas from here; then, the monkey resembling the wind, son of the wind, ascended the best mountain, Mahendra, crusher of enemies.
वृतं नानाविधैः पुष्पैर्मृगसेवितशाद्वलम्। लताकुसुमसम्बाधं नित्यपुष्पफलद्रुमम्
Covered with various flowers, its meadows frequented by deer, crowded with creepers and blossoms, with trees ever bearing flowers and fruits.
सिंहशार्दूलसहितं मत्तमातङ्गसेवितम्। मत्तद्विजगणोद्घुष्टं सलिलोत्पीडसंकुलम्
Together with lions and tigers, frequented by intoxicated elephants, resounding with flocks of excited birds, teeming with water springs.
महद्भिरुच्छ्रितं शृङ्गैर्महेन्द्रं स महाबलः। विचचार हरिश्रेष्ठो महेन्द्रसमविक्रमः
That mighty one, with lofty peaks, Mahendra, the foremost monkey, equal in valor to Mahendra, wandered about.
पादाभ्यां पीडितस्तेन महाशैलो महात्मना। ररास सिंहाभिहतो महान् मत्त इव द्विपः
Pressed by the feet of that great-souled one, the mighty mountain roared, struck by lions, like an intoxicated elephant.
मुमोच सलिलोत्पीडान् विप्रकीर्णशिलोच्चयः। वित्रस्तमृगमातङ्गः प्रकम्पितमहाद्रुमः
It released streams of water, its rocky heights scattered; frightened deer and elephants, great trees shaken.
नानागन्धर्वमिथुनैः पानसंसर्गकर्कशैः। उत्पतद्भिर्विहंगैश्च विद्याधरगणैरपि
With various Gandharva couples, rough from the mingling of drink, birds flying up, and even groups of Vidyādharas.
त्यज्यमानमहासानुः संनिलीनमहोरगः। शैलशृङ्गशिलोत्पातस्तदाभूत् स महागिरिः
Its vast plateau abandoned, great serpents concealed, the mountain's peaks and rocks were upheaved at that time.
निःश्वसद्भिस्तदा तैस्तु भुजगैरर्धनिःसृतैः। सपताक इवाभाति स तदा धरणीधरः
With those serpents then exhaling, half-emerged, the mountain appeared as if adorned with banners.
ऋषिभिस्त्राससम्भ्रान्तैस्त्यज्यमानः शिलोच्चयः। सीदन् महति कान्तारे सार्थहीन इवाध्वगः
Abandoned by terrified and agitated sages, its rocky heights collapsing, the mountain sank in the vast wilderness like a traveler bereft of his caravan.
स वेगवान् वेगसमाहितात्मा हरिप्रवीरः परवीरहन्ता। मनः समाधाय महानुभावो जगाम लङ्कां मनसा मनस्वी
That swift one, his mind united with speed, the heroic monkey, destroyer of enemy heroes, the great-souled one, fixing his mind, went to Lanka in thought, the mindful.
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In the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Sundara Kāṇḍa, the first chapter begins.