अतिकायोत्तमांगीं च तनुदीर्घशिरोधराम्। ध्वस्तकेशीं तथाकेशीं केशकम्बलधारिणीम्
He saw one with an enormous body and prominent limbs, one with a thin, long neck, one with disheveled hair, one with abundant hair, and one wearing a mass of hair like a cloak.
लम्बकर्णललाटां च लम्बोदरपयोधराम्। लम्बोष्ठीं चिबुकोष्ठीं च लम्बास्यां लम्बजानुकाम्
He saw one with drooping ears and forehead, one with a hanging belly and breasts, one with large lips and chin, one with a gaping mouth, and one with sagging knees.
ह्रस्वां दीर्घां च कुब्जां च विकटां वामनां तथा। करालां भुग्नवक्त्रां च पिंगाक्षीं विकृताननाम्
He saw short and tall ones, hunchbacked and misshapen, dwarfish, fierce, with twisted faces, tawny-eyed, and deformed features.
विकृताः पिंगलाः कालीः क्रोधनाः कलहप्रियाः। कालायसमहाशूलकूटमुद्गरधारिणीः
Distorted, tawny, dark, angry, fond of quarrels; bearing black iron spikes and maces.
वराहमृगशार्दूलमहिषाजशिवामुखाः। गजोष्ट्रहयपादाश्च निखातशिरसोऽपराः
With faces of boar, deer, tiger, buffalo, goat; some with elephant, camel, horse feet, and others with heads buried.
एकहस्तैकपादाश्च खरकर्ण्यश्वकर्णिकाः। गोकर्णीर्हस्तिकर्णीश्च हरिकर्णीस्तथापराः
Some with one hand, one foot; with donkey ears, horse ears, cow ears, elephant ears, and monkey ears, and others.
अतिनासाश्च काश्चिच्च तिर्यङ्नासा अनासिकाः। गजसंनिभनासाश्च ललाटोच्छ्वासनासिकाः
Some with excessively large noses, slanted noses, or no noses; some with elephant-like noses, and some breathing through their foreheads.
हस्तिपादा महापादा गोपादाः पादचूलिकाः। अतिमात्रशिरोग्रीवा अतिमात्रकुचोदरीः
With elephant feet, huge feet, cow feet, and feet like pads; with excessively large heads and necks, and overly large breasts and bellies.
अतिमात्रास्यनेत्राश्च दीर्घजिह्वाननास्तथा। अजामुखीर्हस्तिमुखीर्गोमुखीः सूकरीमुखीः
With oversized mouths and eyes, long tongues and faces; with goat faces, elephant faces, cow faces, and pig faces.
हयोष्ट्रखरवक्त्राश्च राक्षसीर्घोरदर्शनाः। शूलमुद्गरहस्ताश्च क्रोधनाः कलहप्रियाः
With faces of horse, camel, and donkey, the terrifying rākṣasīs; holding spikes and maces, angry and fond of quarrels.
कराला धूम्रकेशिन्यो राक्षसीर्विकृताननाः। पिबन्ति सततं पानं सुरामांससदाप्रियाः
Fierce, with smoky hair, rākṣasīs with distorted faces; constantly drinking liquor, always fond of meat.
स्कन्धवन्तमुपासीनाः परिवार्य वनस्पतिम्। तस्याधस्ताच्च तां देवीं राजपुत्रीमनिन्दिताम्
Seated around the tree with broad shoulders, and beneath it, the blameless royal princess.
लक्षयामास लक्ष्मीवान् हनूमाञ्जनकात्मजाम्। निष्प्रभां शोकसंतप्तां मलसंकुलमूर्धजाम्
Hanuman, full of splendor, observed Janaka's daughter: dimmed, scorched by sorrow, her hair tangled with dirt.
क्षीणपुण्यां च्युतां भूमौ तारां निपतितामिव। चारित्रव्यपदेशाढ्यां भर्तृदर्शनदुर्गताम्
Her merit depleted, fallen to earth like a star dropped; rich in virtue, suffering from separation from her husband.
भूषणैरुत्तमैर्हीनां भर्तृवात्सल्यभूषिताम्। राक्षसाधिपसंरुद्धां बन्धुभिश्च विनाकृताम्
Deprived of fine ornaments, adorned by her husband's affection; confined by the rākṣasa chief, separated from her kin.
वियूथां सिंहसंरुद्धां बद्धां गजवधूमिव। चन्द्ररेखां पयोदान्ते शारदाभ्रैरिवावृताम्
Surrounded by troops, hemmed in like an elephant cow; like a crescent moon at the edge of clouds, veiled by autumn mists.
क्लिष्टरूपामसंस्पर्शादयुक्तामिव वल्लकीम्। स तां भर्तृहिते युक्तामयुक्तां रक्षसां वशे
With a distressed form, untouched, like a lute out of tune; devoted to her husband's welfare, yet subject to the rākṣasīs.
अशोकवनिकामध्ये शोकसागरमाप्लुताम्। ताभिः परिवृतां तत्र सग्रहामिव रोहिणीम्
In the midst of the Ashoka grove, plunged in an ocean of sorrow; surrounded there by those women, like Rohini with the stars.
ददर्श हनुमांस्तत्र लतामकुसुमामिव। सा मलेन च दिग्धांगी वपुषा चाप्यलंकृता। मृणाली पङ्कदिग्धेव विभाति च न भाति च
Hanuman saw her there, like a creeper without flowers; her body smeared with dirt, yet adorned with beauty; like a lotus stalk smeared with mud, shining yet not shining.
मलिनेन तु वस्त्रेण परिक्लिष्टेन भामिनीम्। संवृतां मृगशावाक्षीं ददर्श हनुमान् कपिः
With soiled, worn clothing, the radiant one; Hanuman the monkey saw her, with eyes like a fawn, covered.
तां देवीं दीनवदनामदीनां भर्तृतेजसा। रक्षितां स्वेन शीलेन सीतामसितलोचनाम्
That goddess, with a sorrowful face yet undaunted, protected by her own virtue, Sita with dark eyes, radiant by her husband's glory.
तां दृष्ट्वा हनुमान् सीतां मृगशावनिभेक्षणाम्। मृगकन्यामिव त्रस्तां वीक्षमाणां समन्ततः
Hanuman, seeing Sita with eyes like those of a deer, frightened like a young doe, looking all around—
दहन्तीमिव निःश्वासैर्वृक्षान् पल्लवधारिणः। संघातमिव शोकानां दुःखस्योर्मिमिवोत्थिताम्
As if burning the leafy trees with her sighs, as if a mass of sorrows, as if a wave of suffering had arisen—
तां क्षमां सुविभक्तांगीं विनाभरणशोभिनीम्। प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे मारुतिः प्रेक्ष्य मैथिलीम्
Seeing her, whose limbs were well-formed, whose beauty was undiminished without ornaments, Maruti felt incomparable joy upon beholding the princess of Mithila.
हर्षजानि च सोऽश्रूणि तां दृष्ट्वा मदिरेक्षणाम्। मुमोच हनुमांस्तत्र नमश्चक्रे च राघवम्
Hanuman shed tears of joy upon seeing her with intoxicating eyes, and there he offered his salutations to Rama.
नमस्कृत्वाथ रामाय लक्ष्मणाय च वीर्यवान्। सीतादर्शनसंहृष्टो हनुमान् संवृतोऽभवत्
Then, having bowed to Rama and to Lakshmana, the mighty Hanuman, delighted at seeing Sita, concealed himself.
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Hear now the eighteenth chapter. In the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Sundara Kāṇḍa, eighteenth chapter.
तथा विप्रेक्षमाणस्य वनं पुष्पितपादपम्। विचिन्वतश्च वैदेहीं किञ्चिच्छेषा निशाभवत्
As he was observing the forest with blossoming trees and searching for Vaidehi, the night was nearly spent.
षडंगवेदविदुषां क्रतुप्रवरयाजिनाम्। शुश्राव ब्रह्मघोषान् स विरात्रे ब्रह्मरक्षसाम्
He heard the chanting of the Vedas and the sounds of sacrificial rites performed by those learned in the six branches of the Veda, by Brahmarākṣasas, during the night.
अथ मंगलवादित्रैः शब्दैः श्रोत्रमनोहरैः। प्राबोध्यत महाबाहुर्दशग्रीवो महाबलः
Then, with auspicious musical instruments and sounds delightful to the ear, the mighty ten-headed Ravana was awakened.