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Ramayana · Book IV · Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa

Ramayana, Book IV, Canto 59: Sampáti’s Storyकिष्किन्धाकाण्डम्

Ralph T. H. Griffith’s English verse (1870–74), beside the Sanskrit of sarga 4.59.

59Sanskrit sarga 4.59 · Sanskrit source · English source

Sanskrit

ततस्तदमृतास्वादं गृध्रराजेन भाषितम्।
निशम्य वदता हृष्टास्ते वचः प्लवगर्षभाः॥ १॥
जाम्बवान् वानरश्रेष्ठः सह सर्वैः प्लवङ्गमैः।
भूतलात् सहसोत्थाय गृध्रराजानमब्रवीत्॥ २॥
क्व सीता केन वा दृष्टा को वा हरति मैथिलीम्।
तदाख्यातु भवान् सर्वं गतिर्भव वनौकसाम्॥ ३॥
को दाशरथिबाणानां वज्रवेगनिपातिनाम्।
स्वयं लक्ष्मणमुक्तानां न चिन्तयति विक्रमम्॥ ४॥
स हरीन् प्रतिसम्मुक्तान् सीताश्रुतिसमाहितान्।
पुनराश्वासयन् प्रीत इदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥ ५॥
श्रूयतामिह वैदेह्या यथा मे हरणं श्रुतम्।
येन चापि ममाख्यातं यत्र चायतलोचना॥ ६॥
अहमस्मिन् गिरौ दुर्गे बहुयोजनमायते।
चिरान्निपतितो वृद्धः क्षीणप्राणपराक्रमः॥ ७॥
तं मामेवंगतं पुत्रः सुपार्श्वो नाम नामतः।
आहारेण यथाकालं बिभर्ति पततां वरः॥ ८॥
तीक्ष्णकामास्तु गन्धर्वास्तीक्ष्णकोपा भुजङ्गमाः।
मृगाणां तु भयं तीक्ष्णं ततस्तीक्ष्णक्षुधा वयम्॥ ९॥
स कदाचित् क्षुधार्तस्य ममाहाराभिकांक्षिणः।
गतसूर्येऽहनि प्राप्तो मम पुत्रो ह्यनामिषः॥ १०॥
स मयाऽऽहारसंरोधात् पीडितः प्रीतिवर्धनः।
अनुमान्य यथातत्त्वमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्॥ ११॥
अहं तात यथाकालमामिषार्थी खमाप्लुतः।
महेन्द्रस्य गिरेर्द्वारमावृत्य सुसमाश्रितः॥ १२॥
तत्र सत्त्वसहस्राणां सागरान्तरचारिणाम्।
पन्थानमेकोऽध्यवसं संनिरोद‍्धुमवाङ्मुखः॥ १३॥
तत्र कश्चिन्मया दृष्टः सूर्योदयसमप्रभाम्।
स्त्रियमादाय गच्छन् वै भिन्नाञ्जनचयोपमः॥ १४॥
सोऽहमभ्यवहारार्थं तौ दृष्ट्वा कृतनिश्चयः।
तेन साम्ना विनीतेन पन्थानमनुयाचितः॥ १५॥
नहि सामोपपन्नानां प्रहर्ता विद्यते भुवि।
नीचेष्वपि जनः कश्चित् किमङ्ग बत मद्विधः॥ १६॥
स यातस्तेजसा व्योम संक्षिपन्निव वेगितः।
अथाहं खेचरैर्भूतैरभिगम्य सभाजितः॥ १७॥
दिष्ट्या जीवति सीतेति ह्यब्रुवन् मां महर्षयः।
कथंचित् सकलत्रोऽसौ गतस्ते स्वस्त्यसंशयम्॥ १८॥
एवमुक्तस्ततोऽहं तैः सिद्धैः परमशोभनैः।
स च मे रावणो राजा रक्षसां प्रतिवेदितः॥ १९॥
पश्यन् दाशरथेर्भार्यां रामस्य जनकात्मजाम्।
भ्रष्टाभरणकौशेयां शोकवेगपराजिताम्॥ २०॥
रामलक्ष्मणयोर्नाम क्रोशन्तीं मुक्तमूर्धजाम्।
एष कालात्ययस्तात इति वाक्यविदां वरः॥ २१॥
एतदर्थं समग्रं मे सुपार्श्वः प्रत्यवेदयत् ।
तच्छ्रुत्वापि हि मे बुद्धिर्नासीत् काचित् पराक्रमे॥ २२॥
अपक्षो हि कथं पक्षी कर्म किंचित् समारभेत्।
यत् तु शक्यं मया कर्तुं वाग्बुद्धिगुणवर्तिना॥ २३॥
श्रूयतां तत्र वक्ष्यामि भवतां पौरुषाश्रयम्।
वाङ्मतिभ्यां हि सर्वेषां करिष्यामि प्रियं हि वः॥ २४॥
यद्धि दाशरथेः कार्यं मम तन्नात्र संशयः।
तद् भवन्तो मतिश्रेष्ठा बलवन्तो मनस्विनः॥ २५॥
प्रहिताः कपिराजेन देवैरपि दुरासदाः।
रामलक्ष्मणबाणाश्च विहिताः कङ्कपत्रिणः॥ २६॥
त्रयाणामपि लोकानां पर्याप्तास्त्राणनिग्रहे।
कामं खलु दशग्रीवस्तेजोबलसमन्वितः।
भवतां तु समर्थानां न किंचिदपि दुष्करम्॥ २७॥
तदलं कालसङ्गेन क्रियतां बुद्धिनिश्चयः।
नहि कर्मसु सज्जन्ते बुद्धिमन्तो भवद्विधाः॥ २८॥

English Griffith

They heard his counsel to the close,
Then swiftly to their feet they rose;
And Jámbaván with joyous breast
The vulture king again addressed:

 “Where, where is Sítá? who has seen,
Who borne away the Maithil queen?
Who would the lightning flight withstand
by Lakshmaṇ’s hand?”

 Again Sampáti spoke to cheer
The Vánars as they bent to hear:
“Now listen, and my words shall show
What of the Maithil dame I know,
And in what distant prison lies
The lady of the long dark eyes.
Scorched by the fiery God of Day,
High on this mighty hill I lay.
A long and weary time had passed,
And strength and life were failing fast.
Yet, ere the breath had left my frame,
My son, my dear Supárśva, came.
Each morn and eve he brought me food,
And filial care my life renewed.
But serpents still are swift to ire,
Gandharvas slaves to soft desire,
And we, imperial vultures, need
A full supply our maws to feed.
Once he turned at close of day,
Stood by my side, but brought no prey.
He looked upon my ravenous eye,
Heard my complaint and made reply:
“Borne on swift wings ere day was light
I stood upon Mahendra’s773 height,
And, far below, the sea I viewed
And birds in countless multitude.
Before mine eyes a giant flew
Whose monstrous form was dark of hue
And struggling in his grasp was borne
A lady radiant as the morn.
Swift to the south his course he bent,
And cleft the yielding element.
The holy spirits of the air
Came round me as I marvelled there,
And cried as their bright legions met:
“O say, is Sítá living yet?”
Thus cried the saints and told the name
Of him who held the struggling dame.
Then while mine eye with eager look
Pursued the path the robber took,
I marked the lady’s streaming hair,
And heard her cry of wild despair.
I saw her silken vesture rent
And stripped of every ornament,
Thus, O my father, fled the time:
Forgive, I pray, the heedless crime.”
In vain the mournful tale I heard
My pitying heart to fury stirred,
What could a helpless bird of air,
Reft of his boasted pinions, dare?
Yet can I aid with all that will
And words can do, and friendly skill.”

Griffith’s notes (1)
  1. Mahendra is chain of mountains generally identified with part of the Gháts of the Peninsula.

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English: Ralph T. H. Griffith, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse, 5 vols. (London: Trübner & Co.; Benares: E. J. Lazarus and Co., 1870–1874), public domain. Transcription: Project Gutenberg eBook #24869 (Distributed Proofreaders). Sanskrit: Sanskrit Wikisource. The ancient text is public domain; Wikisource page text is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.