किमग्नौ निपताम्यद्य आहोस्विद् वडवामुखे। शरीरमिह सत्त्वानां दद्मि सागरवासिनाम्
Shall I cast myself into fire today, or into the mouth of the submarine fire? Shall I offer my body here to the beings dwelling in the ocean?
कथं नु जीवता शक्यो मया द्रष्टुं हरीश्वरः। तौ वा पुरुषशार्दूलौ कार्यसर्वस्वघातिना
How could I, still living, face the lord of the monkeys, or those two tiger-like men, having destroyed all that was to be accomplished?
मया खलु तदेवेदं रोषदोषात् प्रदर्शितम्। प्रथितं त्रिषु लोकेषु कपित्वमनवस्थितम्
Indeed, through the fault of anger, I have now displayed this well-known instability of monkeys to the three worlds.
धिगस्तु राजसं भावमनीशमनवस्थितम्। ईश्वरेणापि यद् रागान्मया सीता न रक्षिता
Shame on the passionate, unsteady, and uncontrolled nature—because of desire, even under a master, I did not protect Sītā.
विनष्टायां तु सीतायां तावुभौ विनशिष्यतः। तयोर्विनाशे सुग्रीवः सबन्धुर्विनशिष्यति
If Sītā is lost, then both of them will perish; and with their destruction, Sugrīva along with his kin will also be destroyed.
एतदेव वचः श्रुत्वा भरतो भ्रातृवत्सलः। धर्मात्मा सहशत्रुघ्नः कथं शक्ष्यति जीवितुम्
Hearing these very words, how will Bharata, devoted to his brother and righteous in soul, together with Shatrughna, be able to go on living?
इक्ष्वाकुवंशे धर्मिष्ठे गते नाशमसंशयम्। भविष्यन्ति प्रजाः सर्वाः शोकसंतापपीडिताः
When the virtuous Ikshvaku lineage has surely come to ruin, all the people will be afflicted with grief and sorrow.
तदहं भाग्यरहितो लुप्तधर्मार्थसंग्रहः। रोषदोषपरीतात्मा व्यक्तं लोकविनाशनः
Therefore, I am one bereft of fortune, deprived of the collection of righteousness and wealth, my mind overcome by anger and fault, clearly a destroyer of the world.
इति चिन्तयतस्तस्य निमित्तान्युपपेदिरे। पूर्वमप्युपलब्धानि साक्षात् पुनरचिन्तयत्
As he was thinking thus, omens appeared to him—those which had been observed before, he now reflected upon again directly.
अथ वा चारुसर्वाङ्गी रक्षिता स्वेन तेजसा। न नशिष्यति कल्याणी नाग्निरग्नौ प्रवर्तते
Or perhaps, O lovely-limbed one, protected by her own splendor, the blessed lady will not perish; fire does not act upon fire.
नहि धर्मात्मनस्तस्य भार्याममिततेजसः। स्वचरित्राभिगुप्तां तां स्प्रष्टुमर्हति पावकः
Indeed, fire cannot touch the wife of that righteous man of immeasurable brilliance, who is guarded by her own conduct.
नूनं रामप्रभावेण वैदेह्याः सुकृतेन च। यन्मां दहनकर्मायं नादहद्धव्यवाहनः
Surely, by the power of Rama and the merit of Vaidehi, this fire, meant to burn, did not consume me, the bearer of offerings.
त्रयाणां भरतादीनां भ्रातॄणां देवता च या। रामस्य च मनःकान्ता सा कथं विनशिष्यति
How could she, who is the beloved of Rama's heart and the goddess of the three brothers—Bharata and the others—be destroyed?
यद् वा दहनकर्मायं सर्वत्र प्रभुरव्ययः। न मे दहति लाङ्गूलं कथमार्यां प्रधक्ष्यति
Or, if this fire, the eternal lord everywhere, does not burn my tail, how could it burn the noble lady?
पुनश्चाचिन्तयत् तत्र हनूमान् विस्मितस्तदा। हिरण्यनाभस्य गिरेर्जलमध्ये प्रदर्शनम्
Then Hanuman, amazed, again considered there the vision of the golden-naveled mountain in the midst of the waters.
तपसा सत्यवाक्येन अनन्यत्वाच्च भर्तरि। असौ विनिर्दहेदग्निं न तामग्निः प्रधक्ष्यति
By her austerity, truthfulness, and exclusive devotion to her husband, she could burn up fire itself; fire will not burn her.
स तथा चिन्तयंस्तत्र देव्या धर्मपरिग्रहम्। शुश्राव हनुमांस्तत्र चारणानां महात्मनाम्
Thus reflecting there on the lady's adherence to righteousness, Hanuman heard the words of the great-souled celestial bards.
अहो खलु कृतं कर्म दुर्विगाहं हनूमता। अग्निं विसृजता तीक्ष्णं भीमं राक्षससद्मनि
Ah, indeed, what a deed Hanuman has done—difficult to accomplish—releasing fierce and terrible fire in the house of the rakshasas!
प्रपलायितरक्षःस्त्रीबालवृद्धसमाकुला। जनकोलाहलाध्माता क्रन्दन्तीवाद्रिकन्दरैः
With the rakshasas fleeing, the city was filled with women, children, and elders, swelled by the tumult of the people, wailing as if from mountain caves.
दग्धेयं नगरी लङ्का साट्टप्राकारतोरणा। जानकी न च दग्धेति विस्मयोऽद्भुत एव नः
This city of Lanka, with its ramparts, walls, and gateways, has been burned, yet Janaki is not burned—this is truly a marvelous wonder to us.
इति शुश्राव हनुमान् वाचं ताममृतोपमाम्। बभूव चास्य मनसो हर्षस्तत्कालसम्भवः
Thus Hanuman heard those words, sweet as nectar, and at that very moment, joy arose in his heart.
स निमित्तैश्च दृष्टार्थैः कारणैश्च महागुणैः। ऋषिवाक्यैश्च हनुमानभवत् प्रीतमानसः
Then Hanuman, with omens, visible signs, reasons, and the words of seers, became gladdened in heart.
ततः कपिः प्राप्तमनोरथार्थ- स्तामक्षतां राजसुतां विदित्वा। प्रत्यक्षतस्तां पुनरेव दृष्ट्वा प्रतिप्रयाणाय मतिं चकार
Then the monkey, knowing that the princess was unharmed and that his cherished purpose was fulfilled, having seen her again directly, resolved to set out on his return journey.
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Here begins the fifty-sixth chapter in the Sundara Kāṇḍa of the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa.
ततस्तु शिंशपामूले जानकीं पर्यवस्थिताम्। अभिवाद्याब्रवीद् दिष्ट्या पश्यामि त्वामिहाक्षताम्
Then, approaching Sītā who was seated at the foot of the śiṃśapā tree, Hanumān greeted her and said: 'By good fortune, I see you here unharmed.'
ततस्तं प्रस्थितं सीता वीक्षमाणा पुनः पुनः। भर्तुः स्नेहान्विता वाक्यं हनूमन्तमभाषत
Then Sītā, gazing again and again at him as he was about to depart, spoke to Hanumān, her words filled with affection for her husband.
यदि त्वं मन्यसे तात वसैकाहमिहानघ। क्वचित् सुसंवृते देशे विश्रान्तः श्वो गमिष्यसि
'If you think it proper, dear one, stay here for a single night, O sinless one; rest somewhere in a well-concealed place, and depart tomorrow.'
मम चैवाल्पभाग्यायाः सांनिध्यात् तव वानर। शोकस्यास्याप्रमेयस्य मुहूर्तं स्यादपि क्षयः
'And for me, so unfortunate, your presence, O Vānara, would bring even a moment's relief from this immeasurable sorrow.'
गते हि हरिशार्दूल पुनः सम्प्राप्तये त्वयि। प्राणेष्वपि न विश्वासो मम वानरपुङ्गव
'Once you, O tiger among monkeys, have gone, I will have no confidence even in my own life until you return, O foremost of Vānaras.'
अदर्शनं च ते वीर भूयो मां दारयिष्यति। दुःखाद् दुःखतरं प्राप्तां दुर्मनःशोककर्शिताम्
'And, O hero, your absence will torment me again, who am already afflicted by grief and weighed down by sorrow, bringing me a pain greater than pain itself.'