अस्मिन् मुहूर्ते सुग्रीव प्रतियातुमितोऽर्हसि। मत्वा हीनं मया राजन् रावणोऽभिभविष्यति
At this very moment, Sugrīva, you should return from here, for thinking me lost, O king, Rāvaṇa will overpower you.
अङ्गदं तु पुरस्कृत्य ससैन्यं सपरिच्छदम्। सागरं तर सुग्रीव नीलेन च नलेन च
Placing Aṅgada at the forefront, with your army and attendants, cross the ocean, Sugrīva, together with Nīla and Nala.
कृतं हि सुमहत्कर्म यदन्यैर्दुष्करं रणे। ऋक्षराजेन तुष्यामि गोलाङ्गूलाधिपेन च
A truly great deed, difficult for others in battle, has been accomplished; I am pleased with the monkey king and the lord of the bears.
अङ्गदेन कृतं कर्म मैन्देन द्विविदेन च। युद्धं केसरिणा संख्ये घोरं सम्पातिना कृतम्
The deeds performed by Aṅgada, Mainda, and Dvivida, and the fierce battle fought by Kesari and Sampāti, are worthy of praise.
गवयेन गवाक्षेण शरभेण गजेन च। अन्यैश्च हरिभिर्युद्धं मदर्थे त्यक्तजीवितैः
By Gavaya, Gavākṣa, Śarabha, Gaja, and other monkeys who gave up their lives for my sake, battle was waged.
न चातिक्रमितुं शक्यं दैवं सुग्रीव मानुषैः। यत्तु शक्यं वयस्येन सुहृदा वा परं मम
But fate, Sugrīva, cannot be overcome by human effort; yet whatever could be done by a friend or companion for me has been accomplished.
कृतं सुग्रीव तत् सर्वं भवता धर्मभीरुणा। मित्रकार्यं कृतमिदं भवद्भिर्वानरर्षभाः
All that was to be done, Sugrīva, has been done by you, who are devoted to righteousness; this duty of friendship has been fulfilled by you and these foremost monkeys.
अनुज्ञाता मया सर्वे यथेष्टं गन्तुमर्हथ। शुश्रुवुस्तस्य ये सर्वे वानराः परिदेवितम्
I have given you all permission; you may go wherever you wish. All the monkeys who heard his lament wept.
वर्तयांचक्रिरेऽश्रूणि नेत्रैः कृष्णेतरेक्षणाः
With their dark and reddish eyes, they shed tears.
ततः सर्वाण्यनीकानि स्थापयित्वा विभीषणः। आजगाम गदापाणिस्त्वरितं यत्र राघवः
Then Vibhīṣaṇa, mace in hand, after arranging all the troops, quickly came to where Rāghava was.
तं दृष्ट्वा त्वरितं यान्तं नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम्। वानरा दुद्रुवुः सर्वे मन्यमानास्तु रावणिम्
Seeing him hastening, dark as a mass of collyrium, all the monkeys fled, thinking him to be Rāvaṇa.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये युद्धकाण्डे एकोनपञ्चाशः सर्गः ॥६-
Thus ends the forty-ninth sarga in the Yuddha Kāṇḍa of the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, the first poem.
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Hear now the fiftieth sarga in the Yuddha Kāṇḍa of the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa.
अथोवाच महातेजा हरिराजो महाबलः। किमियं व्यथिता सेना मूढवातेव नौर्जले
Then the mighty and radiant king of the monkeys spoke: Why is this army so distressed, like a ship lost at sea?
सुग्रीवस्य वचः श्रुत्वा वालिपुत्रोऽङ्गदोऽब्रवीत्। न त्वं पश्यसि रामं च लक्ष्मणं च महारथम्
Hearing Sugrīva’s words, Aṅgada, son of Vāli, replied: Do you not see Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the great chariot-warriors?
शरजालाचितौ वीरावुभौ दशरथात्मजौ। शरतल्पे महात्मानौ शयानौ रुधिरोक्षितौ
Those two heroic sons of Daśaratha, covered with a multitude of arrows, lie upon a bed of arrows, their bodies stained with blood.
अथाब्रवीद् वानरेन्द्रः सुग्रीवः पुत्रमङ्गदम्। नानिमित्तमिदं मन्ये भवितव्यं भयेन तु
Then the monkey king Sugrīva said to his son Aṅgada: I do not think this is without cause; surely, it must be from fear.
विषण्णवदना ह्येते त्यक्तप्रहरणा दिशः। पलायन्तेऽत्र हरयस्त्रासादुत्फुल्ललोचनाः
For these monkeys, their faces downcast, have abandoned their weapons and are fleeing in all directions, their eyes wide with terror.
अन्योन्यस्य न लज्जन्ते न निरीक्षन्ति पृष्ठतः। विप्रकर्षन्ति चान्योन्यं पतितं लङ्घयन्ति च
They do not feel shame before one another, nor do they look back; they drag each other away and leap over those who have fallen.
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे वीरो गदापाणिर्विभीषणः। सुग्रीवं वर्धयामास राघवं च जयाशिषा
At that moment, the heroic Vibhīṣaṇa, mace in hand, encouraged Sugrīva and offered victory blessings to Rāghava.
विभीषणं च सुग्रीवो दृष्ट्वा वानरभीषणम्। ऋक्षराजं महात्मानं समीपस्थमुवाच ह
Seeing Vibhīṣaṇa, terrifying to the monkeys, and the noble king of the bears standing nearby, Sugrīva spoke to him.
विभीषणोऽयं सम्प्राप्तो यं दृष्ट्वा वानरर्षभाः। द्रवन्त्यायतसंत्रासा रावणात्मजशङ्कया
This is Vibhīṣaṇa who has arrived; seeing him, the foremost monkeys flee in great fear, suspecting him to be Rāvaṇa’s son.
शीघ्रमेतान् सुसंत्रस्तान् बहुधा विप्रधावितान्। पर्यवस्थापयाख्याहि विभीषणमुपस्थितम्
Quickly gather these terrified ones, who have scattered in all directions, and tell them that Vibhīṣaṇa has come.
सुग्रीवेणैवमुक्तस्तु जाम्बवानृक्षपार्थिवः। वानरान् सान्त्वयामास संनिवर्त्य प्रधावतः
Thus addressed by Sugrīva, Jāmbavān, the king of the bears, calmed the fleeing monkeys and brought them back.
ते निवृत्ताः पुनः सर्वे वानरास्त्यक्तसाध्वसाः। ऋक्षराजवचः श्रुत्वा तं च दृष्ट्वा विभीषणम्
Hearing the words of the bear king and seeing Vibhīṣaṇa, all the monkeys returned, their fear abandoned.
विभीषणस्तु रामस्य दृष्ट्वा गात्रं शरैश्चितम्। लक्ष्मणस्य तु धर्मात्मा बभूव व्यथितस्तदा
But when Vibhīṣaṇa saw Rāma’s body pierced with arrows, and Lakṣmaṇa’s as well, the righteous one was deeply troubled.
जलक्लिन्नेन हस्तेन तयोर्नेत्रे विमृज्य च। शोकसम्पीडितमना रुरोद विललाप च
With a hand wet with water, he wiped their eyes, his mind oppressed by grief, and he wept and lamented.
इमौ तौ सत्त्वसम्पन्नौ विक्रान्तौ प्रियसंयुगौ। इमामवस्थां गमितौ राक्षसैः कूटयोधिभिः
These two, endowed with courage and valor, fond of battle, have been brought to this state by the deceitful rākṣasas.
भ्रातृपुत्रेण चैतेन दुष्पुत्रेण दुरात्मना। राक्षस्या जिह्मया बुद्ध्या वञ्चितावृजुविक्रमौ
By this brother’s son, evil-minded and wicked, these two upright heroes have been deceived by the rākṣasa’s crooked schemes.
शरैरिमावलं विद्धौ रुधिरेण समुक्षितौ। वसुधायामिमौ सुप्तौ दृश्येते शल्यकाविव
Pierced by arrows, drenched in blood, these two lie on the ground like great elephants struck down.