pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: पुष्पितान् फलिनो वृक्षान् प्रवालमणिसंनिभान्॥ काश्चनभ्रमरांश्चैव मधूनि च समन्ततः। मणिकाञ्चनचित्राणि शयनान्यासनानि च॥ विविधानि विशालानि ददृशुस्ते समन्ततः। हैमराजतकांस्यानां भाजनानां च राशयः॥ अगुरूणां च दिव्यानां चन्दनानां च संचयान्। शुचीन्यभ्यवहाराणि मूलानि च फलानि च॥ महार्हाणि च यानानि मधूनि रसवन्ति च। दिव्यानामम्बराणां च महार्हाणां च संचयान्॥ कम्बलानां च चित्राणामजिनानां च संचयान्।
English: And on all sides they saw trees bearing fruits and flowers resembling coral; and golden black bees, and honey all round, and various spacious seats and beds about dight with gold and jewels. And searching in that cave, the exceedingly effulgent heroic monkeys saw heaps of golden, silver and bell-metal vessels; and heaps of excellent aguru and sandal; and pure fruits and roots; and costly vehicles and various kinds of sapid honey; and loads of costly attire; and lots of variegated woolen cloths and deer-skins; as well as a female, from near.
Sanskrit: तत्र तत्र विचिन्वन्तो बिले तत्र महाप्रभाः॥ ददृशुर्वानराः शूराः स्त्रियं कांचिददूरतः। तां च ते ददृशुस्तत्र चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बराम्॥ तापसी नियताहारां ज्वलन्तीमिव तेजसा।। विस्मिता हरयस्तत्र व्यवतिष्ठन्त सर्वशः। पप्रच्छ हनुमांस्तत्र काऽसि त्वं कस्य वा बिलम्॥
English: And they found her there, wearing a black deer-skin,-a female ascetic, with restrained fare-as if flaming in energy. Amazed, the monkeys sat them down in a body. And then Hanumān asked her,-Who are you? And to whom does this cave belong?
Sanskrit: ततो हनूमान् गिरिसंनिकाशः कृताञ्जलिस्तामभिवाद्य वृद्धाम्। पप्रच्छ का त्वं भवनं बिलं च रत्नानि चेमानि वदस्व कस्य॥
English: And-Hanumān like to a hill, bowing down to the old women with joined hands, asked her, saying,-Who are you? And tell me, to whom belong this edifice and the cave as well as all these jewels.
Sanskrit: इत्युक्त्वा हनुमांस्तत्र चीरकृष्णाजिनाम्बराम्। अब्रवीत् तां महाभागां तापसी धर्मचारिणीम्॥
English: Having said this to that female clad in a piece of black deer-skin, Hanumān asked that highly religious ascetic practising pious offices,
Sanskrit: इदं प्रविष्टा सहसा बिलं तिमिरसंवृताम्। क्षुत्पिपासापरिश्रान्ताः परिखिन्त्राश्च सर्वशः॥ महद् धरण्या विवरं प्रविष्टाः स्म पिपासिताः। इमांस्त्वेवंविधान् भावान् विविधानद्भुतोपमान्॥ दृष्ट्वा वयं प्रव्यथिताः सम्भ्रान्ता नष्टचेतसः। कस्येतै काञ्चना वृक्षास्तरुणादित्यसंनिभाः॥
English: Having rashly entered this cave enveloped in gloom, we have been exercised with hunger and thirst; and are extremely faint. And, having entered this mighty cave underneath the earth, we have become thirsty. And, seeing all these wonderful phenomena, we have become afflicted, and bewildered; and have lost our sense. To whom belong these golden trees resembling the infantine sun;
Sanskrit: शुचीन्यभ्यवहाराणि मूलानि च फलानि च। काञ्चनानि विमानानि राजतानि गृहाणि च ॥ तपनीयगवाक्षाणि मणिजालावृतानि च। पुष्पिताः फलवन्तश्च पुण्याः सुरभिगन्धयः॥ इमे जाम्बूनदमयाः पादपाः कस्य तेजसा।
English: And the pure fruits and roots, and the houses and vehicles of gold and silver,-veiled in networks of jewels, and furnished with golden windows? And by whose energy are these golden trees (here), bearing flowers, crowned with fruits, grateful to the sight, and breathing rich odour?
Sanskrit: काञ्चनानि च पद्मानि जातानि विमले जले॥ कथं मत्स्याश्च सौवर्णा दृश्यन्ते सह कच्छपैः। आत्मनस्त्वनुभावाद् वा कस्य वैतत्तपोबलम्॥ अजानतां नः सर्वेषां सर्वमाख्यातुमर्हसि।
English: And golden lotuses spring in in lucent water,-how golden fishes are discovered in it along with tortoises! Have these sprung from your power; or do they owe their existence to the ascetic energy of any other? It behoves you to relate all this to us who are ignorant of everything.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्ता हनुमता तापसी धर्मचारिणी॥ प्रत्युवाच हनूमन्तं सर्वभूताहिते रता।
English: Thus addressed by Hanumān, the female ascetic practising righteousness, and engaged in the welfare of all beings, replied to Hanumān,
Sanskrit: मयो नाम महातेजा मायावी वानरर्षभ॥ तेनेदं निर्मितं सर्वं मायया काञ्चनं वनम्।
English: O foremost of monkeys, there is one, named Maya, spreader of illusions. By him has this entire golden grove been constructed through his wonderful power of construction.
Sanskrit: पुरा दानवमुख्यानां विश्वकर्मा बभूव ह॥ येनेदं काञ्चनं दिव्यं निर्मितं भवनोत्तमम्।
English: He that as reared this excellent golden grove, and this charming mansion, was formerly the Viśvakarmā* of the principal Dänavas. *The name of the celestial architect.
Sanskrit: स तु वर्षसहस्राणि तपस्तप्त्वा महद्वने॥ पितामहाद् वरं लेभे सर्वमौशनसं धनम्।
English: Having for a thousand years thousand years practised austerities in this vast forest, he obtained a boon from the Great-father,-in virtue of which he had attained consummate mastery in his art, as well as absolute control over the materials required therein.
Sanskrit: विधाय सर्वं बलवान् सर्वकामेश्वरस्तदा ॥ उवास सुखितः कालं कंचिदस्मिन् महावने।
English: Having accomplished everything, that powerful one, commanding every enjoyment, for a time happily dwelt in this mighty forest.
Sanskrit: तमप्सरसि हेमायां सक्तं दानवपुङ्गवम्॥ विक्रम्यैवाशनिं गृह्य जघानेशः पुरंदरः।
English: Then he, happening to conceive a passion for an Apsara, Hema (by name), Purandara, vigorously wielding his thunder-bolt, struck him dead.
Sanskrit: इदं च ब्रह्मणा दत्तं हैमायै वनमुत्तमम्॥ शाश्वतः कामभोगश्च गृहं चेदं हिरण्मयम्।
English: Then Brahmä conferred on Hemā this fine forest and this golden mansion, with the perpetual privilege of enjoying every pleasure herein.
Sanskrit: दुहिता मेरुसावर्णेरहं तस्याः स्वयंप्रभा॥ इदं रक्षामि भवनं हेमाया वानरोत्तम।
English: I, Svayamprabhā by name,-the daughter of Merusāvarņi, guard this house of Hemā, O foremost of monkeys.
Sanskrit: मम प्रियसखी हेमा नृत्तगीतविशारदा ॥ तया दत्तवरा चास्मि रक्षामि भवनं महत्।
English: Hemā, skilled in dance and song, is my dear friend. having received her blessing, I guard this vast forest.
Sanskrit: किं कार्यं कस्य वा हेतोः कान्ताराणि प्रपद्यथ॥ कथं चेदं वनं दुर्गं युष्माभिरुपलक्षितम्।
English: What is your errand? And why is it that you have arrived at these lone woods? And how have you managed to see this inaccessible forest?
Sanskrit: शुचीन्यभ्यवहाराणि मूलानि च फलानि च। भुक्त्वा पीत्वा च पानीयं सर्वं मे वक्तुमर्हसि ॥
English: Having partaken of these fruits and roots intended for use, and drunk, do you detail all this to me.
Sanskrit: अथ तानब्रवीत् सर्वान् विश्रान्तान् हरियूथपान्। इदं वचनमेकाना तापसी धर्मचारिणी॥
English: Then to all the monkey-chiefs, after they had rested, the female ascetic, engaged in righteous practices, eagerly said these words,
Sanskrit: वानरा यदि वः खेदः प्रणष्टः फलभक्षणात्। यदि चैतन्मया श्राव्यं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तां कथाम्॥
English: You monkeys, if your pain has gone off in consequence of the fare of fruits which you have partaken, and also if it be fit to be heard by me, I would listen to your narration.
Sanskrit: तस्यास्तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः। आर्जवेन यथातत्त्वमाख्यातुमुपचक्रमे॥
English: Hearing her words, Hanumān, the son of the wind-god, in all candour began to relate everything faithfully.
Sanskrit: राजा सर्वस्य लोकस्य महेन्द्रवरुणोपमः। रामो दाशरथिः श्रीमान् प्रविष्टो दण्डकावनम्॥ लक्ष्मणेन सह भ्रात्रा वैदेह्या सह भार्यया। तस्य भार्या जनस्थानाद् रावणेन हृता बलात्॥
English: The Sovereign of all this world, resembling Mahendra or Varuna, Rāma, the graceful son of Dasaratha, entered the woods of Dandaka, in company with his brother, Laksmana, as well as his spouse, Vaidehi. His wife has been forcibly carried of by Rāvana.
Sanskrit: वीरस्तस्य सखा राज्ञः सुग्रीवो नाम वानरः। राजा वानरमुख्यानां येन प्रस्थापिता वयम् ॥ अगस्त्यचरितामाशां दक्षिणां यमरक्षिताम्। सहैभिर्वानरैर्मुख्यैरङ्गदप्रमुखैर्वयम्॥
English: His friend is that heroic king, the monkey named Sugrīva. By that monarch of the foremnost monkeys have we been despatched (hither). And we have, joining company with these prime monkeys headed by Angada, come to the South, protected by Yama, and inhabited by Agastya.
Sanskrit: रावणं सहिताः सर्वे राक्षसं कामरूपिणम्। सीतया सह वैदेह्या मार्गध्वमिति चोदिताः॥
English: And we have been commissioned, 'Do you all search for the Rākşasa Rāvana, wearing forms at will, along with Videha's daughter, Sītā.'
Sanskrit: विचित्य तु वनं सर्वं समुद्र दक्षिणां दिशम्। वयं बुभुक्षिताः सर्वे वृक्षमूलमुपाश्रिताः॥
English: Having searched through the forest as well as the ocean on the South, we becoming hungry, sat down at the foot of a tree.
Sanskrit: विवर्णवदनाः सर्वे सर्वे ध्यानपरायणाः। नाधिगच्छामहे पारं मग्नाश्चिन्तामहार्णवे॥
English: And with pallid countenance, we all, absorbed in thought, sank in a wide sea of anxiety, which we could not cross.
Sanskrit: चारयन्तस्ततश्चक्षुर्दृष्टवन्तो महद् बिलम्। लतापादपसंछन्नं तिमिरेण समावृतम्॥
English: And casting our eyes around, we spyed a huge cave covered with trees and plants and enveloped in gloom.
Sanskrit: अस्माद्धंसा जलक्लिन्नाः पक्षैः सलिलरेणुभिः। कुरराः सारसाश्चैव निष्पतन्ति पतत्त्रिणः॥
English: And (it came to pass that) from this (cave) came out swans, drenched with water, with drops of water on their wings,-and plumed kuravas and cranes.
Sanskrit: साध्वत्र प्रविशामेति मया तूक्ताः प्लवङ्गमाः। तेषामपि ह सर्वेषामनुमानमुपागतम्॥ अस्मिन् निपतिताः सर्वेऽप्यथ कार्यत्वरान्विताः। ततो गाढं निपतिता गृह्य हस्तैः परस्परम्॥ इदं प्रविष्टाः सहसा बिलं तिमिरसंवृतम्। . एतन्नः कार्यमेतेन कृत्येन वयमागताः॥
English: Let us enter here', said I to the monkeys. And they also arrived at that conclusion.* And thereupon they, bestirring themselves, entered into the cave. And firmly griping each other's hands, they at once made entry into the cave covered with darkness. This is our errand; and it is on this job that we have come. *Namely, that water was to be found there.
Sanskrit: त्वां चैवोपगताः सर्वे परिघुना बुभुक्षिताः। आतिथ्यधर्मदत्तानि मूलानि च फलानि च॥ अस्माभिरुपयुक्तानि बुभुक्षापरिपीडितैः।
English: Having come to you, hungry, and exhausted, we, who had been sore tried by hunger, have been entertained with fruits and roots, agreeably to the code regulating hospitality.
Sanskrit: यत् त्वया रक्षिताः सर्वे म्रियमाणा बुभुक्षया॥ ब्रूहि प्रत्युपकारार्थं किं ते कुर्वन्तु वानराः।
English: And as you had saved the monkeys, who were weary and suffering from hunger, tell (me),-what benefit shall the monkeys do you in return?
Sanskrit: एवमुक्ता तु सर्वज्ञा वानरैस्तैः स्वयंप्रभा॥ प्रत्युवाच ततः सर्वानिदं वानरयूथपान्।
English: Thus addressed by the apes, the all-knowing Svayamprabhā replied to the monkey-chiefs, saying,
Sanskrit: सर्वेषां परितुष्टाऽस्मि वानराणां तरस्विनाम्॥ चरन्त्या मम धर्मेण न कार्यमिह केनचित्।
English: Well pleased am I with the fast-footing monkeys. But by one engaged in your duties, there is no work that is desiderated.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्तः शुभं वाक्यं तापस्या धर्मसंहितम्॥ उवाच हनुमान् वाक्यं तामनिन्दितलोचनाम्।
English: Thus accosted in excellent words fraught with asceticism and righteousness Hanumān spoke to that one of faultless eyes, saying.
Sanskrit: शरणं त्वां प्रपन्नाः स्मः सर्वे वै धर्मचारिणीम्॥ यः कृतः समयोऽस्मासु सुग्रीवेण महात्मना। स तु कालो व्यतिक्रान्तो बिले च परिवर्तताम्॥
English: We all take refuge in you, practising piety. the term that had been fixed by the high-souled Sugrīva in respect of us, shall all be spent in this cave. Therefore it behoveth you to deliver us from this place.
Sanskrit: सा त्वमस्याद् बिलादस्मानुत्तारयितुमर्हसि। तस्मात् सुग्रीववचनादतिक्रान्तान् गतायुषः॥ त्रातुमर्हसि नः सर्वान् सुग्रीवभयशङ्कितान्।
English: It behove you to save us, exercised with fear for Sugriva,-who, happening to override Sugriva's command, shall lose our lives. And, further, O you that practisest righteousness, great is the task that is to be performed by us.
Sanskrit: महच्च कार्यमस्माभिः कर्तव्यं धर्मचारिणि ॥ तच्चापि न कृतं कार्यमस्माभिरिह वासिभिः।
English: But if we stay here, that work of ours shall remain unaccomplished.
Sanskrit: एवमुक्ता हनुमता तापसी वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥ जीवता दुष्करं मन्ये प्रविष्टेन निवर्तितुम्। तपसः सुप्रभावेण नियमोपार्जितेन च॥ सर्वानेव बिलादस्माद् तारयिष्यामि वानरान्।
English: Thus addressed by Hanumān, the ascetic said, Once entering, hard it is for any one to return (hence) alive. But by the potency of my asceticism acquired through self-discipline, I shall deliver all the monkeys from this den.
Sanskrit: निमीलयत चढूंषि सर्वे वानरपुङ्गवाः॥ नहि निष्क्रमितुं शक्यमनिमीलितलोचनैः।
English: You foremost of monkeys, do you close your eyes. No one is able to issue out of this place without closing one's eyes.
Sanskrit: ततो निमीलिताः सर्वे सुकुमाराङ्गुलैः करैः॥ सहसा पिदधुदृष्टिं हृष्टा गमनकाझ्या ।
English: Then they, eagerly desirous of going out, closed their sight* with their hands furnished with tender fingers. *The text has nimilitah—and thus they closed their eyes. This redundant epithet has been left out in the translation, as it would render the version extremely awkward.
Sanskrit: वानरास्तु महात्मानो हस्तरुद्धमुखास्तदा॥ निमेषान्तरमात्रेण बिलादुत्तारितास्तया।
English: The magnanimous monkeys, with their faces covered with their palms, were in the twinkling of an eye, liberated from the den by her.
Sanskrit: उवाच सर्वांस्तांस्तत्र तापसी धर्मचारिणी॥ निःसृतान् विषमात् तस्मात् समाश्वास्येदमब्रवीत्।
English: And then the pious anchoret spoke to them there. And when they had come out of the fearful den, cheering them up, she said,
Sanskrit: एष विन्ध्यो गिरिः श्रीमान् नानादुमलतायुतः॥ एष प्रस्रवणः शैलः सागरोऽयं महोदधिः। स्वस्ति वोऽस्तु गमिष्यामि भवनं वानरर्षभाः। इत्युक्त्वा तद् बिलं श्रीमत् प्रविवेश स्वयंप्रभा॥
English: This is the fair Vindhya mountain filled with various trees and herbs. This is the Praśravaņa hill; and this is the great deep. Fair Fortune! I go to my abode, you foremost of monkeys. Having spokea thus, Svayamprabhā entered that captivating cave.
Sanskrit: ततस्ते ददृशुर्घोरं सागरं वरुणालयम्। अपारमभिगर्जन्तं घोरैरुर्मिभिराकुलम्॥
English: Then they saw the ocean—abode of Varuņashoreless, resounding, rife with dreadful billows.
Sanskrit: मयस्य मायाविहितं गिरिदुर्गे विचिन्वताम्। तेषां मासो व्यतिक्रान्तो यो राज्ञा समयः कृतः॥
English: Exploring the mountain fateness of Maya*, they spent the month that had been set by the king. *Named Rhiksavila.
Sanskrit: विन्ध्यस्य तु गिरेः पाते सम्प्रपुष्पितपादपे। उपविश्य महात्मानश्चिन्तामापेदिरे तदा॥
English: Then sitting down at the foot of the Vindhya mountain, containing blossoming trees, at that time* those high-souled ones indulged-in reflections. *i.e. at the beginning of winter.
Sanskrit: ततः पुष्पातिभाराग्रॉल्लताशतसमावृतान्। दुमान् वासन्तिकान् दृष्ट्वा बभूवुर्भयशङ्किताः॥
English: Beholding vernal trees bending beneath the load of flowers, and environed by hundreds of plants, they were inspired with apprehension.
Sanskrit: ते वसन्तमनुप्राप्तं प्रतिवेद्य परस्परम्। नष्टसंदेशकालार्था निपेतुर्धरणीतले॥
English: And each knowing that spring had appeared, they, the term appointed for their task having run out, dropped down on the ground.
Sanskrit: ततस्तान् कपिवृद्धांश्च शिष्टांश्चैव वनौकसः। वाचा मधुरयाऽऽभाष्य यथावदनुमान्य च॥ स तु सिंहवृषस्कन्धः पीनायतभुजः कपिः। युवराजो महाप्राज्ञ अङ्गदो वाक्यमब्रवीत्॥
English: Thereat, with bland words properly honouring the aged apes and the rest dwelling in the woods, that monkey having the shoulders of a lion or a bull, and plump and broad arms-the youthful prince Angada, endowed with high wisdom, spoke,
Sanskrit: शासनात् कपिराजस्य वयं सर्वे विनिर्गताः। मासः पूर्णो बिलस्थानां हरयः किं न बुध्यत ॥ वयमाश्वयुजे मासि कालसंख्याव्यवस्थिताः। प्रस्थिताः सोऽपि चातीतः किमतः कार्यमुत्तरम्॥
English: We have come out at the mandate of the monarch of monkeys. While we sojourned in the cave, a full month had passed away, you monkeys. Why do you not understand this? We set out, engaging that our term of search should reach no further than the end of Kärtika;* but that has expired. Now, what next is to be done? *October.
Sanskrit: भवन्तः प्रत्ययं प्राप्ता नीतिमार्गविशारदाः। हितेष्वभिरता भर्तुर्निसृष्टाः सर्वकर्मसु॥ कर्मस्वप्रतिमाः सर्वे दिक्षु विश्रुतपौरुषाः। मां पुरस्कृत्य निर्याताः पिङ्गाक्षप्रतिचोदिताः॥ इदानीमकृतार्थानां मर्तव्यं नात्र संशयः। हरिराजस्य संदेशमकृत्वा कः सुखी भवेत्॥ अस्मिन्नतीते काले तु सुग्रीवेण कृते स्वयम्। प्रायोपवेशनं युक्तं सर्वेषां च वनौकसाम्॥
English: Having received the orders (of the king), you, conversant with polity, engaged in the welfare of your master, expert in every work, incomparable in execution, and renowned in every quarter, have come out, commanded by the lord of monkeys. Now, having failed to attain our object, we shall meet with death. There is no doubt whatever about this. Who, having been unsuccessful in doing the mandate of the king of monkeys, enjoyeth ease? Now all the rangers of the forest should fast for death.
Sanskrit: तीक्ष्णः प्रकृत्या सुग्रीवः स्वाभिभावे व्यवस्थितः। न क्षमिष्यति नः सर्वानपराधकृतो गतान्॥
English: Naturally stern, Sugrīva, established as our master, shall not forgive us, when we repair there, after having transgressed thus.
Sanskrit: अप्रवृत्तो च सीतायाः पापमेव करिष्यति। तस्मात् क्षममिहाद्यैव्र गन्तुं प्रायोपवेशनम्॥ त्यक्त्वा पुत्रांश्च दारांश्च धनानि च गृहाणि च ।
English: Sītā not having been found out, Sugrīva, for certain, shall commit this sin.* Therefore it is fit that, forsaking our sons, and wives, and wealth, and homes, we this very day sit down to starve ourselves to death. *i.e. slay us.
Sanskrit: ध्रुवं नो हिंसते राजा सर्वान् प्रतिगतानितः॥ वधेनाप्रतिरूपेण श्रेयान् मृत्युरिहैव नः।
English: Death at this place is preferable to the unequal punishment (we must meet with at the hands of Sugriva).
Sanskrit: न चाहं यौवराज्येन सुग्रीवेणाभिषेचितः॥ नरेन्द्रेणाभिषिक्तोऽस्मि रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा।
English: And, further, I have not been installed heirapparent by Sugrīva: I have been sprinkled by that foremost of kings, Rāma of untiring energy.
Sanskrit: स पूर्वं बद्धवैरो मां राजा दृष्ट्वा व्यतिक्रमम्॥ घातयिष्यति दण्डेन तीक्ष्णेन कृतनिश्चयः।
English: Entertaining enmity against me of old, the king, seeing this lapse, must be firmly determined to take my life by means of a severe sentence.
Sanskrit: किं मे सुहद्भिर्व्यसनं पश्यद्भिर्जीवितान्तरे। इहैव प्रायमासिष्ये पुण्ये सागररोधसि ॥
English: What is the use of suffering my friends to look on my disaster at the last moment of my existence? Therefore even on this sacred shore of the sea shall I sit down to starve myself.
Sanskrit: एतच्छ्रुत्वा कुमारेण युवराजेन भाषितम्। सर्वे ते वानरश्रेष्ठाः करुणं वाक्यमब्रुवन् ॥
English: Hearing the tender prince speak thus, all those principal monkeys pathetically observed,
Sanskrit: तीक्ष्णः प्रकृत्या सुग्रीवः प्रियारक्तश्च राघवः। समीक्ष्याकृतकार्यांस्तु तस्मिंश्च समये गते ॥ अदृष्टायां च वैदेह्यां दृष्ट्वा चैव समागतान्। राघवप्रियकामाय घातयिष्यत्यसंशयम्॥
English: Sugrīva is harsh by nature, and Rāghava loveth his wife dearly. The time appointed having passed by, seeing us (come) without attaining success in the task, and seeing us arrive without obtaining a sight of Vaidehi, (Sugrīva) shall certainly slay us from the desire of doing what is agreeable to Rāghava.
Sanskrit: न क्षमं चापराद्धानां गमनं स्वामिपार्श्वतः। प्रधानभूताश्च वयं सुग्रीवस्य समागताः॥ इहैव सीतामन्वीक्ष्य प्रवृत्तिमुपलभ्य वा। नो चेद् गच्छाम तं वीरं गमिष्यामो यमक्षयम्॥
English: Those who have transgressed, cannot come to the side of their master. Having come hither as the principal servants of Sugrīva, we shall either see Sītā or obtain information concerning her, or else, O hero, we shall repair to the mansion of Yama.
Sanskrit: प्लवङ्गमानां तु भयार्दितानां श्रुत्वा वचस्तार इदं बभाषे। अलं विषादेन बिलं प्रविश्य वसाम सर्वे यदि रोचते वः॥
English: Hearing the speeches of the monkeys afflicted with fear, Tārā said,-No use of indulging in grief. If you relish it, let us all entering the cave, dwell there.
Sanskrit: इदं हि मायाविहितं सुदुर्गमं प्रभूतपुष्पोदकभोज्यपेयम्। न राघवाद् वानरराजतोऽपि वा॥
English: This place abounding in flowers and waters, meats and drinks,—which has been brought forth by the power of ilusion, is incapable of being approached. Here we have no fear from Purandara, or Rāghava, or the king of monkeys.
Sanskrit: मूचुश्च सर्वे हरयः प्रतीताः। मसक्तमयैव विधीयतां नः॥
English: Hearing the welcome words of Angada, the monkeys,-being convinced, said,-Do you this very day so order that we may not be slain.
Sanskrit: उपविष्टास्तु ते सर्वे यस्मिन् प्रायं गिरिस्थले। हरयो गृध्रराजश्च तं देशमुपचक्रमे॥ सम्पातिर्नाम नाम्ना तु चिरजीवी विहंगमः। भ्राता जटायुषः श्रीमान् विख्यातबलपौरुषः॥
English: When the monkeys had been seated in that mountain, with the intention of putting a period to their existence through fasting a king of vultures happened to come to that quarter. And that long-lived bird was named Sampāti, the beautiful brother of Jaţāyu, famous for his strength and prowess.
Sanskrit: कन्दरादभिनिष्क्रम्य स विन्ध्यस्य महागिरेः। उपविष्टान् हरीन् दृष्ट्वा हृष्टात्मा गिरमब्रवीत्॥
English: Issuing from a cavern of the mighty mountain Vindhya, he, seeing the monkeys seated, well pleased, said.
Sanskrit: विधिः किल नरं लोके विधानेनानुवर्तते। यथायं विहितो भक्ष्यश्चिरान्मह्यमुपागतः॥ परम्पराणां भक्षिष्ये वानराणां मृतं मृतम्। उवाचैतद् वचः पक्षी तान् निरीक्ष्य प्लवङ्गमान्॥
English: Verily man reapeth the fruit of his former acts; and therefore it is that this food ordained to that end, comes to me after a long time. I shall feed on these monkeys, one by one, slaying them one after another. Eyeing those apes, the bird expressed himself thus.
Sanskrit: तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा भक्ष्यलुब्धस्य पक्षिणः। अङ्गदः परमायस्तो हनूमन्तमथाब्रवीत्॥
English: Hearing this speech of the bird coveting his food, Argada faintly spoke to Hanumān.
Sanskrit: पश्य सीतापदेशेन साक्षाद् वैवस्वतो यमः। इंग देशमनुप्राप्ते वानराणां विपत्तये॥
English: Behold! through Sita's simplicity* this onethe very son of the Sun, Yama-has come to this place, to exterminate the monkeys. *Another reading is Gridhra padesana— through the vultur's cunning. This the commentator consider as preferrable.
Sanskrit: रामस्य न कृतं कार्यं न कृतं राजशासनम्। हरीणामियमज्ञाता विपत्तिः सहसाऽऽगता॥
English: Rāma's work has not been done; nor the royal mandate. And this disaster has arrived unthought of by the monkeys.
Sanskrit: वैदेह्याः प्रियकामेन कृतं कर्म जटायुषा। गृध्रराजेन यत् तत्र श्रुतं वस्तदशेषतः॥
English: You have in detail heard all that, inspired with the desire of doing what is good to Vaidehi, that king of vultures, Jatayu, did here.
Sanskrit: तथा सर्वाणि भूतानि तिर्यग्योनिगतान्यपि। प्रियं कुर्वन्ति रामस्य त्यक्त्वा प्राणान्यथा वयम्॥
English: In this way, all creatures, even the brute species, compass the welfare of Rāma, renouncing their lives, as we do.
Sanskrit: अन्योन्यमुपकुर्वन्ति स्नेहकारुण्ययन्त्रिताः। ततस्तस्योपकारार्थं त्यजतात्मानमात्मना ॥
English: It is because of the love and tenderness* they bear towards (Rāma), that people do good to each other. *The commentator explains in pure orthodox fashion: Because every-thing is in Rama, people serve each other from the love and tenderness, which partain to him.
Sanskrit: प्रियं कृतं हि रामस्य धर्मज्ञेन जटायुषा। राघवार्थे परिश्रान्ता तयं संत्यक्तजीविताः॥ कान्ताराणि प्रपन्नाः स्म न च पश्याम मैथिलीम्।
English: Therefore the righteous Jațãyu, of his own accord laying down his life, has done the pleasure of Rāma. We also, overcome with fatigue and (almost) dying, have come to this forest; but Mithila's daughter we find not.
Sanskrit: स सुखी गृध्रराजस्तु रावणेन हतो रणे। मुक्तश्च सुग्रीवभयाद् गतश्च परमां गतिम्॥
English: Happy is that king of vultures, having been slain by Rāvaņa in battle. He has got quit of the fear of Sugrīva, and has also attained supreme state.
Sanskrit: जटायुषो विनाशेन राज्ञो दशरथस्य च। हरणेन च वैदेह्याः संशयं हरयो गताः॥
English: In consequence of the death of Jațāyu and that of king Dasaratha, as well as owing to the ravishment of Vaidehi, (the lives of) the monkeys have come into jeopardy.
Sanskrit: रामलक्ष्मणयोर्वासमरण्ये सह सीतया। राघवस्य च बाणेन वालिनश्च तथा वधः।। रामकोपादशेषाणां रक्षसां च तथा वधम्। कैकेय्या वरदानेन इदं च विकृतं कृतम्॥
English: Rama's and Laksmana's abode in the forest with Sītā, Rāghava's slaying of Vāli with a shaft, the slaughter of innumerable Räksasas by the enraged Rama, and (finally) this mishap-all these owe their origin to the bestowal of the boon on Kaikeyi.
Sanskrit: तदसुखमनुकीर्तितं वचो भुवि पतितांश्च निरीक्ष्य वानरान्। भृशचकितमतिर्महामतिः कृपणमुदाहृतवान् स गृध्रराजः॥
English: Seeing the monkeys stretched on the earth, and hearing their piteous words describing their grief, that magnanimous king of vultures, with his mind agitated said (this).