तद् दृष्ट्वा व्यादितं त्वास्यं ह्रस्वं ह्यकरवं पुनः। तस्मिन् मुहूर्ते च पुनर्बभूवाङ्गुष्ठसम्मितः
Seeing her mouth thus opened, I made myself small again; in that instant, I became the size of a thumb.
अभिपत्याशु तद्वक्त्रं निर्गतोऽहं ततः क्षणात् । अब्रवीत् सुरसा देवी स्वेन रूपेण मां पुनः
Swiftly entering her mouth, I came out again in a moment; then the goddess Surasā, in her own form, spoke to me.
अर्थसिद्धौ हरिश्रेष्ठ गच्छ सौम्य यथासुखम्। समानय च वैदेहीं राघवेण महात्मना
O best of monkeys, go, gentle one, and accomplish your purpose as you wish; bring back Vaidehī to the great-souled Rāghava.
सुखी भव महाबाहो प्रीतास्मि तव वानर। ततोऽहं साधुसाध्वीति सर्वभूतैः प्रशंसितः
Be happy, mighty-armed one; I am pleased with you, O monkey. Then I was praised by all beings, saying, 'Well done! Well done!'
ततोऽन्तरिक्षं विपुलं प्लुतोऽहं गरुडो यथा। छाया मे निगृहीता च न च पश्यामि किंचन
Then I soared through the vast sky like Garuḍa; my shadow was seized, but I saw nothing.
सोऽहं विगतवेगस्तु दिशो दश विलोकयन्। न किंचित् तत्र पश्यामि येन मे विहता गतिः
Then, my speed gone, I looked in all ten directions; I saw nothing there by which my movement was hindered.
अथ मे बुद्धिरुत्पन्ना किंनाम गमने मम। ईदृशो विघ्न उत्पन्नो रूपमत्र न दृश्यते
Then a thought arose in me: 'What is this that obstructs my journey? Such an obstacle has appeared, but no form is seen here.'
अधोभागे तु मे दृष्टिः शोचतः पतिता तदा। तत्राद्राक्षमहं भीमां राक्षसीं सलिलेशयाम्
Then, as I grieved, my gaze fell downward, and there I saw a terrifying rākṣasī lying in the water.
प्रहस्य च महानादमुक्तोऽहं भीमया तया। अवस्थितमसम्भ्रान्तमिदं वाक्यमशोभनम्
She let out a great roar of laughter, and, unshaken, I heard her utter these harsh words to me.
क्वासि गन्ता महाकाय क्षुधिताया ममेप्सितः। भक्षः प्रीणय मे देहं चिरमाहारवर्जितम्
"Where are you going, great-bodied one? You are the meal I desire for my hunger. Satisfy me with your body, which has long been deprived of food."
बाढमित्येव तां वाणीं प्रत्यगृह्णामहं ततः। आस्यप्रमाणादधिकं तस्याः कायमपूरयम्
I replied, "So be it," and then I filled her body, which was larger than her mouth could contain.
तस्याश्चास्यं महद् भीमं वर्धते मम भक्षणे। न तु मां सा नु बुबुधे मम वा विकृतं कृतम्
As I was being devoured, her huge and dreadful mouth kept growing, but she did not perceive me, nor did she notice my altered form.
ततोऽहं विपुलं रूपं संक्षिप्य निमिषान्तरात्। तस्या हृदयमादाय प्रपतामि नभःस्थलम्
Then, in a moment, I contracted my vast form, seized her heart, and leapt into the sky.
सा विसृष्टभुजा भीमा पपात लवणाम्भसि। मया पर्वतसंकाशा निकृत्तहृदया सती
That dreadful one, her arms flung out, fell into the salty sea, her heart torn out by me, resembling a mountain.
शृणोमि खगतानां च वाचः सौम्या महात्मनाम्। राक्षसी सिंहिका भीमा क्षिप्रं हनुमता हता
I heard the gentle voices of the great beings moving through the sky: 'The terrible rākṣasī Siṃhikā has swiftly been slain by Hanuman.'
तां हत्वा पुनरेवाहं कृत्यमात्ययिकं स्मरन्। गत्वा च महदध्वानं पश्यामि नगमण्डितम्
Having slain her, I remembered my urgent task, and, after traversing a great distance, I saw a city adorned with mountains.
दक्षिणं तीरमुदधेर्लङ्का यत्र गता पुरी। अस्तं दिनकरे याते रक्षसां निलयं पुरीम्
On the southern shore of the ocean, I reached the city of Lanka, the abode of the rākṣasas, as the sun was setting.
प्रविष्टोऽहमविज्ञातो रक्षोभिर्भीमविक्रमैः। तत्र प्रविशतश्चापि कल्पान्तघनसप्रभा
I entered unnoticed by the rākṣasas of terrible might; and as I entered there, a woman appeared, radiant as a dense cloud at the end of an age.
अट्टहासं विमुञ्चन्ती नारी काप्युत्थिता पुरः। जिघांसन्तीं ततस्तां तु ज्वलदग्निशिरोरुहाम्
A certain woman, letting out a loud, mocking laugh, stood before me, her hair blazing like fire, intent on killing me.
सव्यमुष्टिप्रहारेण पराजित्य सुभैरवाम्। प्रदोषकाले प्रविशं भीतयाहं तयोदितः
With a blow of my left fist, I overcame that fearsome one; and as I entered at dusk, she, frightened, spoke to me.
अहं लङ्कापुरी वीर निर्जिता विक्रमेण ते। यस्मात् तस्माद् विजेतासि सर्वरक्षांस्यशेषतः
"O hero, by your valor, the city of Lanka has been conquered by you; therefore, you will surely defeat all the rākṣasas without exception."
तत्राहं सर्वरात्रं तु विचरञ्जनकात्मजाम्। रावणान्तःपुरगतो न चापश्यं सुमध्यमाम्
There, I wandered the whole night searching for Janaka's daughter, and though I entered Ravana's inner chambers, I did not see the slender-waisted one.
ततः सीतामपश्यंस्तु रावणस्य निवेशने। शोकसागरमासाद्य न पारमुपलक्षये
Then, not seeing Sita in Ravana's palace, I was overcome by a sea of sorrow, unable to perceive its far shore.
शोचता च मया दृष्टं प्राकारेणाभिसंवृतम्। काञ्चनेन विकृष्टेन गृहोपवनमुत्तमम्
As I grieved, I saw an excellent house-garden, surrounded by a golden wall.
सप्राकारमवप्लुत्य पश्यामि बहुपादपम्। अशोकवनिकामध्ये शिंशपापादपो महान्
Leaping over the wall, I saw, amidst many trees, a great śiṃśapā tree in the center of the Ashoka grove.
तमारुह्य च पश्यामि काञ्चनं कदलीवनम्। अदूराच्छिंशपावृक्षात् पश्यामि वरवर्णिनीम्
Climbing up there, I see a golden grove of plantains; not far from the śiṃśapā tree, I see a woman of splendid complexion.
श्यामां कमलपत्राक्षीमुपवासकृशाननाम्। तदेकवासःसंवीतां रजोध्वस्तशिरोरुहाम्
Dark-skinned, with eyes like lotus petals, her face thinned by fasting, clad in a single garment, her hair dust-stained.
मांसशोणितभक्ष्याभिर्व्याघ्रीभिर्हरिणीं यथा। सा मया राक्षसीमध्ये तर्ज्यमाना मुहुर्मुहुः
Surrounded by flesh- and blood-eating she-demons, as a doe among tigresses, she was repeatedly threatened by them in my sight.
एकवेणीधरा दीना भर्तृचिन्तापरायणा। भूमिशय्या विवर्णाङ्गी पद्मिनीव हिमागमे
Wearing her hair in a single braid, dejected, her mind fixed on her husband, lying on the ground, her body faded, like a lotus at the onset of winter.
रावणाद् विनिवृत्तार्था मर्तव्ये कृतनिश्चया। कथंचिन्मृगशावाक्षी तूर्णमासादिता मया
Having lost all hope from Rāvaṇa, resolved to die, somehow, with fawn-like eyes, she was swiftly found by me.