अहं तु हनुमान्नाम मारुतस्यौरसः सुतः। सीतायास्तु कृते तूर्णं शतयोजनमायतम्
But I am Hanumān by name, the true-born son of Vāyu; for Sītā's sake, I swiftly crossed the ocean, a hundred yojanas wide.
समुद्रं लङ्घयित्वैव त्वां दिदृक्षुरिहागतः। भ्रमता च मया दृष्टा गृहे ते जनकात्मजा
Having crossed the ocean, I came here desiring to see you; and while wandering, I saw Janaka's daughter in your house.
तद् भवान् दृष्टधर्मार्थस्तपःकृतपरिग्रहः। परदारान् महाप्राज्ञ नोपरोद्धुं त्वमर्हसि
Therefore, you who know righteousness and wealth, who have undertaken austerities, O wise one, you ought not to oppress another's wife.
नहि धर्मविरुद्धेषु बह्वपायेषु कर्मसु। मूलघातिषु सज्जन्ते बुद्धिमन्तो भवद्विधाः
For those like you, wise men, do not engage in acts that are unrighteous, dangerous, and destructive at their root.
कश्च लक्ष्मणमुक्तानां रामकोपानुवर्तिनाम्। शराणामग्रतः स्थातुं शक्तो देवासुरेष्वपि
Who among gods or demons could stand before the arrows released by Lakṣmaṇa, who follows Rāma's wrath?
न चापि त्रिषु लोकेषु राजन् विद्येत कश्चन। राघवस्य व्यलीकं यः कृत्वा सुखमवाप्नुयात्
Nor, O king, is there anyone in the three worlds who, having wronged Rāghava, could attain happiness.
तत् त्रिकालहितं वाक्यं धर्म्यमर्थानुयायि च। मन्यस्व नरदेवाय जानकी प्रतिदीयताम्
Therefore, consider these words, beneficial in all times, righteous and aligned with purpose: let Jānakī be returned to the lord of men.
दृष्टा हीयं मया देवी लब्धं यदिह दुर्लभम्। उत्तरं कर्म यच्छेषं निमित्तं तत्र राघवः
This goddess has been seen by me; if something rare has been gained here, the remaining task is for Rāghava, who is the cause in this matter.
लक्षितेयं मया सीता तथा शोकपरायणा। गृहे यां नाभिजानासि पञ्चास्यामिव पन्नगीम्
I have seen Sītā, devoted to sorrow, whom you do not recognize in your house, like a five-headed serpent.
नेयं जरयितुं शक्या सासुरैरमरैरपि। विषसंस्पृष्टमत्यर्थं भुक्तमन्नमिवौजसा
She cannot be subdued, not even by gods or demons, just as food touched by poison cannot be digested, however powerful one may be.
तपःसंतापलब्धस्ते सोऽयं धर्मपरिग्रहः। न स नाशयितुं न्याय्य आत्मप्राणपरिग्रहः
This righteousness you have gained through the heat of austerity—such a possession should not be destroyed, nor the possession of one's own life.
अवध्यतां तपोभिर्यां भवान् समनुपश्यति। आत्मनः सासुरैर्देवैर्हेतुस्तत्राप्ययं महान्
The invulnerability you perceive for yourself through austerities, even among gods and demons, has a great cause for its end here.
सुग्रीवो न च देवोऽयं न यक्षो न च राक्षसः। मानुषो राघवो राजन् सुग्रीवश्च हरीश्वरः। तस्मात् प्राणपरित्राणं कथं राजन् करिष्यसि
Sugrīva is not a god, nor a yakṣa, nor a demon; Rāghava is a man, O king, and Sugrīva is lord of the monkeys; therefore, how will you protect your life, O king?
न तु धर्मोपसंहारमधर्मफलसंहितम्। तदेव फलमन्वेति धर्मश्चाधर्मनाशनः
But the result of unrighteousness, which is bound to the fruit of wrongdoing, does not bring about the fulfillment of righteousness; indeed, righteousness destroys unrighteousness.
प्राप्तं धर्मफलं तावद् भवता नात्र संशयः। फलमस्याप्यधर्मस्य क्षिप्रमेव प्रपत्स्यसे
You have already obtained the fruit of righteousness—of this there is no doubt; but you will very soon reap the fruit of this unrighteousness as well.
जनस्थानवधं बुद्ध्वा वालिनश्च वधं तथा। रामसुग्रीवसख्यं च बुद्ध्यस्व हितमात्मनः
Reflect on the slaughter at Janasthāna, on the killing of Vāli, and on the alliance between Rāma and Sugrīva—consider what is truly beneficial for yourself.
कामं खल्वहमप्येकः सवाजिरथकुञ्जराम्। लङ्कां नाशयितुं शक्तस्तस्यैष तु न निश्चयः
Indeed, I alone am capable of destroying Laṅkā, along with its horses, chariots, and elephants; but that is not my resolve in this matter.
रामेण हि प्रतिज्ञातं हर्यृक्षगणसंनिधौ। उत्सादनममित्राणां सीता यैस्तु प्रधर्षिता
For Rāma has vowed, in the presence of the hosts of monkeys and bears, to annihilate those enemies by whom Sītā has been wronged.
अपकुर्वन् हि रामस्य साक्षादपि पुरंदरः। न सुखं प्राप्नुयादन्यः किं पुनस्त्वद्विधो जनः
Even Indra himself, if he were to harm Rāma, would not find happiness—how much less someone like you.
यां सीतेत्यभिजानासि येयं तिष्ठति ते गृहे। कालरात्रीति तां विद्धि सर्वलङ्काविनाशिनीम्
She whom you know as Sītā, who now dwells in your house—know her as the Night of Destruction, destined to bring ruin upon all of Laṅkā.
तदलं कालपाशेन सीताविग्रहरूपिणा। स्वयं स्कन्धावसक्तेन क्षेममात्मनि चिन्त्यताम्
Therefore, enough of this noose of Time, which has taken the form of enmity with Sītā and now hangs upon your shoulders—think of your own safety.
सीतायास्तेजसा दग्धां रामकोपप्रदीपिताम्। दह्यमानामिमां पश्य पुरीं साट्टप्रतोलिकाम्
See this city, with its ramparts and gates, burning—set aflame by the power of Sītā and kindled by Rāma's wrath.
स्वानि मित्राणि मन्त्रींश्च ज्ञातीन् भ्रातॄन् सुतान्हितान्। भोगान् दारांश्च लङ्कां च मा विनाशमुपानय
Do not bring destruction upon your friends, counselors, kinsmen, brothers, sons, treasures, wives, and upon Laṅkā itself.
सत्यं राक्षसराजेन्द्र शृणुष्व वचनं मम। रामदासस्य दूतस्य वानरस्य विशेषतः
Hear, O king of the Rākṣasas, the true words I speak—as the messenger of Rāma, and especially as a monkey.
सर्वाल्ँ लोकान् सुसंहृत्य सभूतान् सचराचरान्। पुनरेव तथा स्रष्टुं शक्तो रामो महायशाः
Rāma, of great renown, is able to withdraw all the worlds, with all beings, both moving and unmoving, and to create them again as before.
देवासुरनरेन्द्रेषु यक्षरक्षोरगेषु च। विद्याधरेषु नागेषु गन्धर्वेषु मृगेषु च
Among the lords of gods, asuras, men, yakṣas, rākṣasas, serpents, vidyādharas, nāgas, gandharvas, and beasts—
सिद्धेषु किंनरेन्द्रेषु पतत्त्रिषु च सर्वतः। सर्वत्र सर्वभूतेषु सर्वकालेषु नास्ति सः
Among siddhas, kings of kinnaras, and all birds—everywhere, among all beings, at all times—there is none such as he.
यो रामं प्रति युध्येत विष्णुतुल्यपराक्रमम्। सर्वलोकेश्वरस्येह कृत्वा विप्रियमीदृशम्। रामस्य राजसिंहस्य दुर्लभं तव जीवितम्
Whoever would fight against Rāma, whose valor equals Viṣṇu's, who is lord of all worlds, and who has done such harm as this—such a one, O king of kings, will find life itself hard to attain.
देवाश्च दैत्याश्च निशाचरेन्द्र गन्धर्वविद्याधरनागयक्षाः। रामस्य लोकत्रयनायकस्य स्थातुं न शक्ताः समरेषु सर्वे
Neither gods nor demons, O lord of night-walkers, nor gandharvas, vidyādharas, nāgas, or yakṣas—all these, though Rāma is lord of the three worlds, are unable to stand against him in battle.
ब्रह्मा स्वयम्भूश्चतुराननो वा रुद्रस्त्रिनेत्रस्त्रिपुरान्तको वा। इन्द्रो महेन्द्रः सुरनायको वा स्थातुं न शक्ता युधि राघवस्य
Neither Brahmā, the self-born, the four-faced one, nor Rudra, the three-eyed destroyer of Tripura, nor Indra, the great lord of the gods, is able to stand against Rāghava in battle.