pari-kulkarni/itihasa-sanskrit-en-filtered huggingface dataset:
Sanskrit: पक्षी च शाखानिलयं प्रविष्टः पुनः पुनश्चोत्तमसान्त्ववादी। सुखागतां वाचमुदीरयाणः पुनः पुनश्चोदयतीव हृष्टः॥
English: And the birds, again and again, entering their nests, and highly delighted are pouring forth their notes announcing the advent of a happy occasion.
Sanskrit: ततः सा ह्रीमती बाला भर्तुर्विजयहर्षिता। अवोचद् यदि तत् तथ्यं भवेयं शरणं हि वः।॥
English: Thereupon that modest dame, dame, greatly delighted in the prospective conquest of her husband, said, “If this be true I shall save you all.”
Sanskrit: सा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य वचो निशम्य तद् रावणस्य प्रियमप्रियार्ता। सीता वितत्रास यथा वनान्ते सिंहाभिपन्ना गजराजकन्या॥
English: Hearing those unpleasant words of Rāvana, the lord of Rāksasas, Sītā, racked with sorrow on account of her husband, became terrified, like to a she-elephant, worsted by a lion on the skirt of a forest.
Sanskrit: वाग्भि शं रावणतर्जिता च। कान्तारमध्ये विजने विसृष्टा बालेव कन्या विललाप सीता॥
English: Threatened by Rāvana and encircled by the Rākşasīs, that timid damsel bewailed like a girl cast off in a lonely forest.
Sanskrit: सत्यं बतेदं प्रवदन्ति लोके नाकालमृत्युर्भवतीति सन्तः। यत्राहमेवं परिभर्व्यमाना जीवामि यस्मात् क्षणमप्यपुण्या॥
English: Truly the sages say that death in this world dose not come untimely. Or else would I have, vicious as I am, lived for a moment, being thus sorely threatened.
Sanskrit: मिदं तु नूनं हृदयं स्थिरं मे। विदीर्यते यन्न सहस्रधाद्य वज्राहतं शृङ्गमिवाचलस्य॥
English: Forsooth, my mind, divested of happiness and full of misery, is firin or else why is it not broken in sunder like to the summit of a hill clapped by a thunderbolt.
Sanskrit: नैषास्ति नूनं मम दोषमत्र वध्याहमस्याप्रियदर्शनस्य। मलं द्विजो मन्त्रमिवाद्विजाय ॥
English: Nor am I to blame for this. I am worthy of being killed by this demon of uncomely presence. As a Brāhmaṇa cannot impart instructions in Vedas to the people of other castes so I shall not confer my mind on Rāvana.
Sanskrit: तस्मिन्ननागच्छति लोकनाथे गर्भस्थजन्तोरिव शल्यकृन्तः। नूनं ममाङ्गान्यचिरादनार्य शस्त्रैः शितैच्छेत्स्यति राक्षसेन्द्रः॥
English: If that lord of the people dose not come within the appointed time, forsooth shall that vile lord, of the Rākşasas, mince my limbs with his arrows like to a surgeon cutting off the limbs of an embryo. (This passage clearly indicates that there were proficient and skilled surgeons at the time when Rāmāyaṇa was written.)
Sanskrit: दुःखं बतेदं ननु दुःखिताया मासौ चिरायाभिगमिष्यतो द्वौ। बद्धस्य वध्यस्य यथा निशान्ते राजोपरोधादिव तस्करस्य॥
English: Two months shall pass away in no time and I shall have to suffer the pain of death, overwhelmed with sorrow as I am, like to a thief, confined in stocks, at the command of the sovereign to receive death the next morning.
Sanskrit: हा राम हा लक्ष्मण हा सुमित्रे हा राममातः सह मे जनन्यः। मृगरूपधारी एषा विपद्याम्यहमल्पभाग्या महार्णवे नौरिव मूढवाता॥
English: O Rama! O Laksmana! O Sumitra! O Rama's mother! O my mothers! I am worsted in this ocean of grief, like to a bark, driven hither and thither by the blast, in the midst of an ocean.
Sanskrit: तरस्विनौ धारयता मृगस्य सत्त्वेन रूपं मनुजेन्द्रपुत्रौ। नूनं विशस्तौ मम कारणात् तौ सिंहर्षभौ द्वाविव वैद्युतेन॥
English: Verily for me, those two powerful, lion-like sons of the king, have been killed by (this demon) effulgent like the lightning and assuming the semblance of a deer.
Sanskrit: नूनं स कालो मामल्पभाग्यां लुलुभे तदानीम्। यत्रार्यपुत्रौ विससर्ज मूढा रामानुजं लक्ष्मणपूर्वजं च ॥
English: Unfortunate as I am, forsooth I was tempted then by death wearing the shape of a deer and thus foolishly lost Rāma and Lakşmana, the sons of the worshipful sire.
Sanskrit: हा राम सत्यव्रत दीर्घबाहो हा पूर्णचन्द्रप्रतिमानवक्त्र। हा जीवलोकस्य हितः प्रियश्च वध्यां न मां वेत्सि हि राक्षसानाम्॥
English: O Rāma, O you of truthful vows, O you of long arms, O you having the countenance of a full moon! O my life! engaged as you are in the welfare of the people, do you not perceive that I am about to be killed by the Rākşasas.
Sanskrit: अनन्यदेवत्वमियं क्षमा च भूमौ च शय्या नियमश्च धर्मे। पतिव्रतात्वं विफलं ममेदं कृतं कृतघ्नेष्विव मानुषाणाम्॥
English: Alas! this my devotedness to my husband, my forgiveness, my lying down on the bare earth, my observance of religious vows, my wife-like virtues, are lost like to service done for an ungrateful wight.
Sanskrit: मोघं हि धर्मश्चरितो ममायं तथैकपत्नीत्वमिदं निरर्थकम्। या त्वां न पश्यामि कृशा विवर्णा हीना त्वया सङ्गमने निराशा॥
English: In vain are my pious rites, and in vain is my devotedness to my husband since I do not behold you, am pale and feeble in your absence and have given up all hopes of seeing you.
Sanskrit: पितुर्निदेशं नियमेन कृत्वा वनान्निवृत्तश्चरितव्रतश्च। स्त्रीभिस्तु मन्ये विपुलेक्षणाभिः संरंस्यसे वीतभयः कृतार्थः॥
English: And duly satisfying your sire's command, and returning successfully from the forest, you shall fearlessly sport with many a damsel having large eyes.
Sanskrit: अहं तु राम त्वयि जातकामा चिरं विनाशाय निबद्धभावा। मोघं चरित्वाथ तपो व्रतं च त्यक्ष्यामि धिग्जीवितमल्पभोग्याम्॥
English: (But for me) O Rama, I was for my own destruction, devoted, soul and heart, to you. Oh! fruitless is my asceticism and wifely virtue! Oh fie on me! I shall renounce this my unfortunate life.
Sanskrit: संजीवितं क्षिप्रमहं त्यजेयं विषेण शस्त्रेण शितेन वापि। च्छस्त्रस्य वा वेश्मनि राक्षसस्य॥
English: I desire to do away speedily with my being by means of poison or a sharp weapon. But there is no one in this city of the Rākşasas, who bring me this poison or weapon.
Sanskrit: [इतीव देवी बहुधा विलप्य सर्वात्मना राममनुस्मरन्ती। प्रवेपमाना परिशुष्कवक्त्रा नगोत्तमं पुष्पितमाससाद ।। शोकाभितप्ता बहुधा विचिन्त्य सीताऽथ वेणीग्रथनं गृहीत्वा। महं गमिष्यामि यमस्य मूलम्॥
English: Bewailing thus in various accents, and remembering Rāma with all her heart, Sītā, having her countenance dried up, and trembling, got at the biggest tree enveloped with flowers. And thinking thus, Sītā, stricken with grief, took up in her hand, her braid of hair and thought—"I shall soon hang myself with this braid and reach the abode of Death."
Sanskrit: उपस्थिता सा मृदुसर्वगात्री शाखां गृहीत्वा च नगस्य तस्य। तस्यास्तु रामं परिचिन्तयन्त्या रामानुजं स्वं च कुलं शुभाङ्गयाः॥ तस्या विशोकानि तदा बहूनि धैर्यार्जितानि प्रवराणि लोके। प्रादुर्निमित्तानि तदा बभूवुः पुरापि सिद्धान्युपलक्षितानि॥
English: And that one of tender person reached the tree, and holding a branch, began to think of Rama, Laksmana, and the glory of her race. And on her person were perceived many auspicious marks, well-known in the world, removing grief, fostering patience and announcing the advent of future welfare.
Sanskrit: हनुमानपि विक्रान्तः सर्वं शुश्राव तत्त्वतः। सीतायास्त्रिजटायाश्च राक्षसीनां च तर्जितम्॥
English: And the powerful Hanumān, heard from the beginning to the end (the bewailings) of Sitā, the story to Trijatā's dream and the threats of the Rākşasīs.
Sanskrit: अवेक्षमाणस्तां देवी देवतामिव नन्दने। ततो बहुविधां चिन्तां चिन्तयामास वानरः॥
English: And beholding the worshipful damsel, living in the forest of Asoka, like to a celestial damsel in the garden of Nandana, the monkey-entered in a maze of anxious thoughts.
Sanskrit: यां कपीनां सहस्राणि सुबहून्ययुतानि च। दिक्षु सर्वासु मार्गन्ते सेयमासादिता मया॥
English: At length my watchful eyes have seen her, whom have been seeking in vain, the thousands and millions of the monkeys in all directions and quarters.
Sanskrit: चारेण तु सुयुक्तेन शत्रोः शक्तिमवेक्षता। गूढेन चरता तावदवेक्षितमिदं मया॥ राक्षसानां विशेषश्च पुरी चेयं निरीक्षिता। राक्षसाधिपतेरस्य प्रभावो रावणस्य च॥
English: Truly have I seen her today, engaged as I have been as a spy to estimate the strength of the enemy and am ranging secretly everywhere. I have seen minutely the city of the Rākşasas, and the strength of Rāvana the lord of Rākşasas.
Sanskrit: तथा तस्याप्रमेयस्य सर्वसत्त्वदयावतः। समाश्वासयितुं भार्यां पतिदर्शनकाङ्क्षिणीम्॥
English: It now remains to console the spouse of Rāma of incomparable power, and kind to all, who pants for her lord.
Sanskrit: अहमाश्वासयाम्येनां पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननाम्। अदृष्टदुःखां दुःखस्य न हन्तमधिगच्छतीम्।७।।
English: I shall console this damsel, having the countenance of the full moon, who had never seen grief before, and who shall not soon reach its end.
Sanskrit: यदि ह्यहं सतीमेनां शोकोपहतचेतनाम्। अनाश्वास्य गमिष्यामि दोषवद् गमनं भवेत्॥
English: And if I go away without soothing this chaste lady, who is almost senseless with grief, I shall be blamed of neglect of duty.
Sanskrit: गते हि मयि तत्रेयं राजपुत्री यशश्विनी। परित्राणमपश्यन्ती जानकी जीवितं त्यजेत्॥
English: And if I go away, the royal daughter, the famed Janaki, finding no means of safety, shall, for certain, renounce her life.
Sanskrit: यथा च स महाबाहुः पूर्णचन्द्रनिभाननः। समाश्वासयितुं न्याय्यः सीतादर्शनलालसः॥
English: She is worthy of being consoled like to the great armed (Rāma) having the countenance of the full-moon and anxious to behold Sita.
Sanskrit: निशाचरीणां प्रत्यक्षमक्षमं चाभिभाषितम्। कथं नु खलु कर्तव्यमिदं कृच्छ्रगतो ह्यहम्॥
English: It is not proper to speak before the Rākşasas-What shall I do them? I am in very great difficulty.
Sanskrit: अनेन रात्रिशेषेण यदि नाश्वास्यते मया। सर्वथा नास्ति संदेहः परित्यक्ष्यति जीवितम्॥
English: If I do not console her at this later end of the night, surely shall she renounce her life.
Sanskrit: रामस्तु यदि पृच्छेन्मां किं मां सीताब्रवीद् वचः। किमहं तं प्रतिब्रूयामसम्भाष्य सुमध्यमाम्॥
English: How shall I answer Rāma, without consoling Sītā of comely stature, when he will ask me “What message from my Sītā?”
Sanskrit: सीतासंदेशरहितं मामितस्त्वरया गतम्। निर्दहेदपि काकुत्स्थः क्रोधतीव्रण चक्षुषा ॥
English: And if I speedily repair hence without any information regarding Sītā, surely shall Kākuthutha scorci me lifeless with the fire of his angry eyes.
Sanskrit: यदि वोद्योजयिष्यामि भर्तारं रामकारणात्। व्यर्थमागमनं तस्य ससैन्यस्य भविष्यति॥
English: And if I urge my lord the king (Vibhīşaņa) to bring his hosts here for Rāma, in vain shall be his toil. (For before that Sītā shall renounce her life.)
Sanskrit: अन्तरं त्वहमासाद्य राक्षसीनामवस्थितः। शनैराश्वासयाम्यद्य संतापबहुलामिमाम्॥
English: And seizing the occasion when she shall be free from her demoniac guards, I shall console her in her dire distress.
Sanskrit: अहं ह्यतितनुश्चैव वानरश्च विशेषतः। वाचं चोदाहरिष्यामि मानुषीमिह संस्कृताम्॥
English: And a puny monkey as I am, I shall speak in Sanskrit (The language refined by the strict rules of grammar) which men delight to use.
Sanskrit: यदि वाचं प्रदास्यामि द्विजातिरिव संस्कृताम्। रावणं मन्यमाना मां सीता भीता भविष्यति॥
English: And if I speak Sanskrit like a Brāhmaṇa, Sītā shall be terrified considering me Råvaņa.
Sanskrit: अवश्यमेव वक्तव्यं मानुषं वाक्यमर्थवत्। मया सान्त्वयितुं शक्या नान्यथेयमनिन्दिता ॥
English: Must I therefore use the language of a common man or else I shall not be able to console the dame of a blameless person. (This passage clearly indicates that Sanskrit if not spoken by men, and women of the upper classes of the time when Rāmāyaṇa was written, was at least understood by them, and was commonly spoken by men of priestly class and other educated persons")
Sanskrit: सेयमालोक्य मे रूपं जानकी भाषितं तथा। रक्षोभिस्त्रासिता पूर्वं भूयस्त्रासमुपैष्यति॥
English: And beholding my monkey shape and hearing my human language she might be afraid again, terrified as she had been before by the band of the Rākşasas.
Sanskrit: ततो जातपरित्रासा शब्दं कुर्यान्मनस्विनी। जानाना मां विशालाक्षी रावणं कामरूपिणम्॥
English: And considering me Rāvaņa wearing shapes at will, that large-eyed and high-minded dame, shall cry piteously for help.
Sanskrit: सीतया च कृते शब्दे सहता राक्षसीगणः। नानाप्रहरणो घोर: समयादन्तकोपमः॥
English: And Sītā making a sudden noise, those terrible Rākṣasīs resembling Death himself and arined with various weapons, shall at once arrive there.
Sanskrit: ततो मां सम्परिक्षिप्य सर्वतो विकृताननाः। वधे च ग्रहणे चैव कुर्युर्यत्नं महाबलाः॥
English: And thereupon casting their looks all around and finding me out, those highly powerful and grim-viasged demons shall try to kill or catch ine.
Sanskrit: तं मां शाखाः प्रशाखाश्च स्कन्धांश्चोत्तमशाखिनाम्। दृष्ट्वा च परिधावन्तं भवेयुः परिशङ्किताः॥
English: Beholding me leap from branch to branch and trunk to trunk of big trees they shall be greatly alarmed.
Sanskrit: मम रूपं च सम्प्रेक्ष्य वने विचरतो महत्। राक्षस्यो भयवित्रस्ता भवेयुर्विकृतस्वराः॥
English: And espying my appearance while ranging in the forest, those Rākşasīs greatly terrified, shall fill the wood with their wild shouts.
Sanskrit: ततः कुर्युः समाह्वानं राक्षस्यो रक्षसामपि। राक्षसेन्द्रनियुक्तानां राक्षसेन्द्रनिवेशने॥
English: Then they shall call (to their assistance) all those Rākşasīs engaged in guarding the abode of the lord of the Rāksasas.
Sanskrit: ते शूलशरनिस्त्रिंशविविधायुधपाणयः। आपतेयुर्विमर्देऽस्मिन् वेगेनोद्वेगकारणात्॥
English: They, greatly agitated, shall with vehemence arrive here, armed with dirts, arrow, scimitars and various other weapons.
Sanskrit: संरुद्धस्तैस्तु परितो विधमे राक्षसं बलम्। शक्नुयां न तु सम्प्राप्तं परं पारं महोदधेः॥
English: Being surrounded by them on all sides, If I do kill that host of demons, tired, I shall not be able to bound over the main.
Sanskrit: मां वा गृहीयुरावृत्य बहवः शीघ्रकारिणः। स्यादियं चागृहीतार्था मम च ग्रहणं भवेत्॥
English: And if that host of skilled demons, succeed in making me a captive, too shall be in their hands and Sītā shall remain ignorant of my object.
Sanskrit: हिंसाभिरुचयो हिंस्युरिमां वा जनकात्मजाम्। विपन्नं स्यात् ततः कार्यं रामसुग्रीवयोरिदम्॥
English: Or the Rākşasas, pernicious as they are, shall kill the daughter of Janaka, and there shall the great work of Rāma and Sugrīva, be spoiled.
Sanskrit: उद्देशे नष्टमार्गेऽस्मिन् राक्षसैः परिवारिते। सागरेण परिक्षिप्ते गुप्ते वसति जानकी॥
English: And Jānakī live in this secret place, girt by the ocean, guarded on all sides by the Raksasas, difficult of being got at and having all avenues to it shut up.
Sanskrit: विशस्ते वा गृहीते वा रक्षोभिर्मयि संयुगे। नान्यं पश्यामि रामस्य सहायं कार्यसाधने॥
English: If I am killed or captured by Rākşasas in battle, I do not find any who can help Rāma in his enterprise.
Sanskrit: विमृशंश्च न पश्यामि यो हते मयि वानरः। शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं लङ्घयेत् महोदधिम्॥
English: Myself killed, I do not find any monkey who can leap a hundred leagues across the sea.
Sanskrit: कामं हन्तुं समर्थोऽस्मि सहस्राण्यपि रक्षसाम्। न तु शक्ष्याम्यहं प्राप्तुं परं पारं महोदधेः॥
English: I am capable of destroying thousands of Rākşasas, but I shall not then be able to get at the other shore of the great ocean.
Sanskrit: असत्यानि च युद्धानि संशयो मे न रोचते। कश्च निःसंशयं कार्यं कुर्यात् प्राज्ञः ससंशयम्॥
English: Victory or defeat is uncertain in a battle-I do not (therefore) like to engage in such an uncertain (act). What wise man merges certainty in uncertainly?
Sanskrit: एष दोषो महान् हि स्यान्मम सीताभिभाषणे। प्राणत्यागश्च वैदह्या भवेदनभिभाषणे॥
English: It is a great sin in me (I own) to talk with Sita-But she will die if I do not talk with her.
Sanskrit: भूताश्चार्था विरुद्ध्यन्ति देशकालविरोधिताः। विक्लवं दूतमासाद्य तमः सूर्योदये यथा॥
English: Works, almost accomplished, when entrusted to an inconsiderate emissary, are generally spoiled, out of season and out of place, like to darkness driven by the appearance of the sun.
Sanskrit: अर्थानान्तरे बुद्धिनिश्चितापि न शोभते। घातयन्ति हि कार्याणि दूताः पण्डितमानिनः॥
English: All those works, which are generally taken in hand after duly deliberating over their propriety and impropriety, are generally spoiled by those emissaries who are proud of their learing.
Sanskrit: न विनश्येत् कथं कार्यं वैक्लव्यं न कथं मम। लङ्घनं च समुद्रस्य कथं नु न वृथा भवेत्॥ कथं नु खलु वाक्यं मे शृणुयानोद्विजेत च। इति संचिन्त्य हनुमांश्चकार मतिमान् मतिम्॥
English: What shall I do, by which my work is not injured, I am not blamed of foolishness and my crossing over the main dose not become fruitless? What shall I do so that Sītā might listen to me without being terrified? Thinking over this, the intelligent Hanumān arrived at a conclusion.
Sanskrit: राममक्लिष्टकर्माणं सुबन्धुमनुकीर्तयन्। नैनामुद्वेजयिष्यामि तद्वन्धुगतचेतनाम्॥
English: I shall not disturb her, speaking (all on a sudden) about Rāma of unwearied actions, dear to her and to whom.
Sanskrit: इक्ष्वाकूणां वरिष्ठस्य रामस्य विदितात्मनः। शुभानि धर्मयुक्तानि वचनानि समर्पयन्॥ श्रावयिष्यामि सर्वाणि मधुरां प्रब्रुवन् गिरम्। श्रद्धास्यति यथा सीता तथा सर्वं समादधे॥
English: She is firmly attached. Uttering the name of Rāma, the foremost of the Ikşvākus, and of subdued soul and lauding his piety and fame in sweet accents, I shall so manage that Sītā might hear and believe them.
Sanskrit: इति स बहुविधं महाप्रभावो जगतिपतेः प्रमदामवेक्षमाणः। मधुरमवितथं जगाद वाक्यं द्रमविटपान्तरमास्थितो हनूमान्॥
English: Beholding the spouse of that high-souled lord of the earth and engaging in this train of thoughts, Hanumān, stationed on a branch of the tree, spoke the following sweet words.
Sanskrit: एवं बहुविधां चिन्तां चिन्तयित्वा महामतिः। संश्रवे मधुरं वाक्यं वैदेह्या व्याजहार ह॥
English: Meditating thus the highly intelligent monkey speh in accents, sweet and in such a tone as they mighty be, heard by Vaidehī.
Sanskrit: राजा दशरथो नाम रथकुञ्जरवाजिमान्। पुण्यशीलो महाकीर्तिरिक्ष्वाकूणां महायशाः॥
English: There reigned a noble and pious king named Dasaratha, highly glorious among the Ikşvākus, the lord of the warrior-cars, steeds and elephants.
Sanskrit: अहिंसारतिरक्षुद्रो घृणी सत्यपराक्रमः। मुख्यस्येक्ष्वाकुवंशस्य लक्ष्मीवॉल्लक्ष्मिवर्धनः॥ पार्थिवव्यजनैर्युक्तः पृथुश्रीः पार्थिवर्षभः। पृथिव्यां चतुरन्तायां विश्रुतः सुखदः सुखी॥
English: Devoid of envy, high-minded, kind, having truth for his prowess, the foremost of the Ikşvāku race, wealthy and the enhancer of wealth; gifted with royal marks; highly beautiful; the foremost of the kings; famous all over the world of many occans; the conferrer of happiness and himself happy.
Sanskrit: तस्य पुत्रः प्रियो ज्येष्ठस्ताराधिपनिभाननः। रामो नाम विशेषज्ञः श्रेष्ठः सर्वधनुष्मताम्॥
English: His eldest and most beloved son was the Moon-bright Rāma, wise and the foremost of those who know the science of the bended bow.
Sanskrit: रक्षिता स्वस्य वृत्तस्य स्वजनस्यापि रक्षिता। रक्षिता जीवलोकस्य धर्मस्य च परंतपः॥
English: He was the protector of his own character, of his own kinsmen, of the whole world of creation and of virtue and subduer of foes.
Sanskrit: तस्य सत्याभिसंधस्य वृद्धस्य वचनात् पितुः। सभार्यः सह च भ्राता वीरः प्रव्रजितो वनम्॥
English: And banished by his old and truthful sire's commands, that hero, along with his wife and brother (Laksmana) repaired to the forest.
Sanskrit: तेन तत्र महारण्ये मृगयां परिधावता। राक्षसा निहताः शूराः बहवः कामरूपिणः॥
English: And while roaming a-hunting in the forest he slew many a heroic Raksasa wearing shapes at will.
Sanskrit: जनस्थानवधं श्रुत्वा निहतौ खरदूषणौ। ततस्त्वमर्षापहृता जानकी रावणेन तु॥
English: And having heard of the destruction of the Rākşasas of Janasthāna and of Khara and Duşaņa, the illusive Rāvana, assuming shapes at will, beguiling Rāma, it the forest, stole away his consort-the Janaka's daughter.
Sanskrit: वञ्चयित्वा वने रामं मृगरूपेण मायया। स मार्गमाणस्तां देवीं रामः सीतामनिन्दिताम्॥
English: And roaming the country around in quest of the blameless and worshipful Sītā, Rāma found a firm friend in Sugrīva.
Sanskrit: आससाद वने मित्रं सुग्रीवं नाम वानरम्। ततः स वालिनं हत्वा रामः परपुरंजयः॥ आयच्छत् कपिराज्यं तु सुग्रीवाय महात्मने।
English: And bringing about the destruction of Vāli, Räma, the conqueror of others' cities, conferred the monkey-kingdom upon the high-souled Sugriva.
Sanskrit: सुग्रीवेणाभिसंदिष्टा हरयः कामरूपिणः॥ दिक्षु सर्वासु तां देवीं विचिन्वन्तः सहस्रशः।
English: And by Sugrīva's decree, thousands of monkeys, wearing shapes at will, have been searching that worshipful dame in various directions.
Sanskrit: अहं सम्पातिवचनाच्छतयोजनमायतम्॥ तस्याहेतोविशालाक्ष्याः समुद्रं वेगवान् प्लुतः।
English: And by Sampāti's counsel and for that largeeyed dame, I have leapt a hundred leagues across the deep.
Sanskrit: यथारूपां यथावर्णां यथालक्ष्मवती च ताम्॥ अश्रौषं राघवस्याहं सेयमासादिता मया। विररामैवमुक्त्वा स वाचं वानरपुङ्गवः॥
English: I have at last got her. And such were the form, grace and the marks that Rāghava mentioned to me. Having said this, the foremost of the monkeys ceased.
Sanskrit: जानकी चापि तच्छ्रुत्वा विस्मयं परमं गता। ततः सा वक्रकेशान्ता सुकेशी केशसंवृतम्। उन्नम्य वदनं भीरुः शिंशपामन्ववैक्षत ॥
English: And greatly wondered was Sītā hearing those words. Thereupon that timid dame, having good curling hair, raising up her face covered with hairs, looked up to the Singshapă tree.
Sanskrit: निशम्य सीता वचनं कपेश्च दिशश्च सर्वाः प्रदिशश्च वीक्ष्य। स्वयं प्रहर्षं परमं जगाम सर्वात्मना राममनुस्मरन्ती॥
English: Hearing the words of the monkey and casting her eyes to all directions and quarters, Sītā attained an excess of delight, being engaged in thoughts, concerning Rāma.
Sanskrit: निरीक्षमाणा तमचिन्त्यबुद्धिम्। ददर्श पिङ्गाधिपतेरमात्यं वातात्मजं सूर्यमिवोदयस्थम्॥
English: And looking around her and upwards, she beheld, like to the rising sun, the Wind god's son, gifted with inconceivable intellect, the minister of the king of monkeys.
Sanskrit: ततः शाखान्तरे लीनं दृष्ट्वा चलितमानसा। वेष्टितार्जुनवस्त्रं तं विद्युत्संघातपिङ्गलम्॥ सा ददर्श कपि तत्र प्रश्रितं प्रियवादिनम्। फुल्लाशोकोत्कराभासं तप्तचामीकरेक्षणम्॥
English: And beholding that tawny-coloured monkey like to a mass of lightnings and wearing a white cloth, hidden on the tree Sītā's mind was greatly agitated. And she saw there the humble, sweetspeeched monkey, appearing graceful like to a collection of full-blown Asoka flowers and having eyes resembling burning gold.
Sanskrit: साऽथ दृष्ट्वा हरिश्रेष्ठं विनीतवदवस्थितम्। मैथिली चिन्तयामास विस्मयं परमं गता॥
English: And observing that foremost of the monkeys, sitting humbly, that daughter of the king of Mithilā, again greatly amazed, thought.
Sanskrit: अहो भीममिदं सत्त्वं वानरस्य दुरासदम्। दुर्निरीक्ष्यमिदं मत्वा पुनरेव मुमोह सा ॥
English: “This monkey is the most terrible of his race and therefore hard to be got at and looked at." Thinking this she again sank in fear.
Sanskrit: विललाप भृशं सीतां करुणं भयमोहिता। रामरामेति दुःखार्ता लक्ष्मणेति च भामिनी॥
English: And stricken with grief she again bewailed in piteous accents exclaiming, “O Rāma! O Laksmana!"
Sanskrit: रुरोद सहसा सीता मन्दमन्दस्वरा सती। साऽथ दृष्ट्वा हरिवरं विनीतवदुपागतम्। थिली चिन्तयामास स्वप्नोऽयमिति भामिनी॥
English: She wept silently and lowly. And then beholding that best of monkeys approach her humbly, the fair daughter of the Mithila's king, thought, "Is this a dream mine eyes have seen?”
Sanskrit: सा वीक्षमाणा पृथुभग्नवक्त्रं शाखामृगेन्द्रस्य यथोक्तकारम्। ददर्श पिङ्गप्रवरं महाहँ वातात्मजं बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठम्॥
English: And she again looked towards that Windgod's son, the foremost of the monkeys, the best of those gifted with intelligence, having a huge disfigured countenance, highly accomplished and wearing a dress mentioned before.
Sanskrit: सा तं समीक्ष्यैव भृशं विपन्ना गतासुकल्पेव बभूव सीता। चिरेण संज्ञां प्रतिलभ्य चैवं विचिन्तयामास विशालनेत्रा॥
English: And beholding him Sītā was almost out of breath with fear. And regaining soon her sense the large-eyed damsel again thought.
Sanskrit: स्वप्नो मयायं विकृतोऽद्य दृष्टः शाखामृगः शास्त्रगणैर्निषिद्धः। स्वस्त्यस्तु रामाय सलक्ष्मणाय तथा पितुर्मे जनकस्य राज्ञः॥
English: I have seen a very inauspicious dream to-dayto see a monkey in a dream is reckoned inauspicious by the sages. May good betide Rāma, Lakşmaņa and my Sire the king of Janaka.
Sanskrit: स्वप्नो हि नायं नहि मेऽस्ति निद्रा शोकेन दुःखेन च पीडितायाः। सुखं हि मे नास्ति यतो विहीना तेनेन्दुपूर्णप्रतिमाननेन॥
English: It is not dream, I have not slept, worn with grief and trouble as I am. Apart form my lord having the countenance of the full-moon, I have no happiness.
Sanskrit: रामेति रामेति सदैव बुद्ध्या विचिन्त्य वाचा ब्रुवती तमेव। तस्यानुरूपं च कथां तदर्था मेवं प्रपश्यामि तथा शृणोमि॥
English: Thinking of Rāma always and uttering his name, each sight I see and each sound I hear brings him to my eye or ear.
Sanskrit: अहं हि तस्याद्य मनोभवेन सम्पीडिता तद्गतसर्वभावा। विचिन्तयन्ती सततं तमेव तथैव पश्यामि तथा शृणोमि ॥
English: And therefore his form appearing in my mind is distressing me to-day, who am entirely sunk in his thoughts. And thinking of him always I see him before me and hear his words.