Valmiki Ramayana 5.3

5.3.1

sa lambaśikhare lambe lambatoyadasaṃnibhe
sattvam āsthāya medhāvī hanumān mārutātmajaḥ

5.3.2

niśi laṅkāṃ mahāsattvo viveśa kapikuñjaraḥ
ramyakānanatoyāḍhyāṃ purīṃ rāvaṇapālitām

5.3.3

śāradāmbudharaprakhyair bhavanair upaśobhitām
sāgaropamanirghoṣāṃ sāgarānilasevitām

5.3.4

supuṣṭabalasaṃguptāṃ yathaiva viṭapāvatīm
cārutoraṇaniryūhāṃ pāṇḍuradvāratoraṇām

5.3.5

bhujagācaritāṃ guptāṃ śubhāṃ bhogavatīm iva
tāṃ savidyudghanākīrṇāṃ jyotirmārganiṣevitām

5.3.6

caṇḍamārutanirhrādāṃ yathendrasyāmarāvatīm
śātakumbhena mahatā prākāreṇābhisaṃvṛtām

5.3.7

kiṅkiṇījālaghoṣābhiḥ patākābhir alaṃkṛtām
āsādya sahasā hṛṣṭaḥ prākāram abhipedivān

There from the circling rampart's height
He gazed upon the wondrous sight;
Broad gates with burnished gold displayed,
And courts with turkises inlaid;
With gleaming silver, gems, and rows
Of crystal stairs and porticoes.
In semblance of a Rakshas dame
The city's guardian Goddess came,--
For she with glances sure and keen
The entrance of a foe had seen,--
And thus with fury in her eye
Addressed him with an angry cry:
'Who art thou? what has led thee, say,
Within these walls to find thy way?
Thou mayst not enter here in spite
Of Ravan and his warriors' might.
'And who art thou?' the Vanar cried,
By form and frown unterrified,
'Why hast thou met me by the gate,
And chid me thus infuriate?'
He ceased: andd Lanka made reply:
'The guardian of the town am I,
Who watch for ever to fulfil
My lord the Rakshas monarch's will.
But thou shalt fall this hour, and deep
Shall be thy never-ending sleep.
Again he spake:'In spite of thee
This golden city will I see.
Her gates and towers, and all the pride
Of street and square from side to side,
And freely wander where I please
Amid her groves of flowering trees;
On all her beauties sate mine eye.
Then, as I came, will homeward hie.'
Swift with an angry roar she smote
With her huge hand the Vanar's throat.
The smitten Vanar, rage-impelled,
With fist upraised the monster felled:
But quick repented, stirred with shame
And pity for a vanquished dame,
When with her senses troubled, weak
With terror, thus she strove to speak:
'O spare me thou whose arm is strong:
O spare me, and forgive the wrong.

5.3.8

vismayāviṣṭahṛdayaḥ purīm ālokya sarvataḥ
jāmbūnadamayair dvārair vaidūryakṛtavedikaiḥ

There from the circling rampart's height
He gazed upon the wondrous sight;
Broad gates with burnished gold displayed,
And courts with turkises inlaid;
With gleaming silver, gems, and rows
Of crystal stairs and porticoes.
In semblance of a Rakshas dame
The city's guardian Goddess came,--
For she with glances sure and keen
The entrance of a foe had seen,--
And thus with fury in her eye
Addressed him with an angry cry:
'Who art thou? what has led thee, say,
Within these walls to find thy way?
Thou mayst not enter here in spite
Of Ravan and his warriors' might.
'And who art thou?' the Vanar cried,
By form and frown unterrified,
'Why hast thou met me by the gate,
And chid me thus infuriate?'
He ceased: andd Lanka made reply:
'The guardian of the town am I,
Who watch for ever to fulfil
My lord the Rakshas monarch's will.
But thou shalt fall this hour, and deep
Shall be thy never-ending sleep.
Again he spake:'In spite of thee
This golden city will I see.
Her gates and towers, and all the pride
Of street and square from side to side,
And freely wander where I please
Amid her groves of flowering trees;
On all her beauties sate mine eye.
Then, as I came, will homeward hie.'
Swift with an angry roar she smote
With her huge hand the Vanar's throat.
The smitten Vanar, rage-impelled,
With fist upraised the monster felled:
But quick repented, stirred with shame
And pity for a vanquished dame,
When with her senses troubled, weak
With terror, thus she strove to speak:
'O spare me thou whose arm is strong:
O spare me, and forgive the wrong.

5.3.9

maṇisphaṭika muktābhir maṇikuṭṭimabhūṣitaiḥ
taptahāṭakaniryūhai rājatāmalapāṇḍuraiḥ

There from the circling rampart's height
He gazed upon the wondrous sight;
Broad gates with burnished gold displayed,
And courts with turkises inlaid;
With gleaming silver, gems, and rows
Of crystal stairs and porticoes.
In semblance of a Rakshas dame
The city's guardian Goddess came,--
For she with glances sure and keen
The entrance of a foe had seen,--
And thus with fury in her eye
Addressed him with an angry cry:
'Who art thou? what has led thee, say,
Within these walls to find thy way?
Thou mayst not enter here in spite
Of Ravan and his warriors' might.
'And who art thou?' the Vanar cried,
By form and frown unterrified,
'Why hast thou met me by the gate,
And chid me thus infuriate?'
He ceased: andd Lanka made reply:
'The guardian of the town am I,
Who watch for ever to fulfil
My lord the Rakshas monarch's will.
But thou shalt fall this hour, and deep
Shall be thy never-ending sleep.
Again he spake:'In spite of thee
This golden city will I see.
Her gates and towers, and all the pride
Of street and square from side to side,
And freely wander where I please
Amid her groves of flowering trees;
On all her beauties sate mine eye.
Then, as I came, will homeward hie.'
Swift with an angry roar she smote
With her huge hand the Vanar's throat.
The smitten Vanar, rage-impelled,
With fist upraised the monster felled:
But quick repented, stirred with shame
And pity for a vanquished dame,
When with her senses troubled, weak
With terror, thus she strove to speak:
'O spare me thou whose arm is strong:
O spare me, and forgive the wrong.

5.3.10

vaidūryatalasopānaiḥ sphāṭikāntarapāṃsubhiḥ
cārusaṃjavanopetaiḥ kham ivotpatitaiḥ śubhaiḥ

There from the circling rampart's height
He gazed upon the wondrous sight;
Broad gates with burnished gold displayed,
And courts with turkises inlaid;
With gleaming silver, gems, and rows
Of crystal stairs and porticoes.
In semblance of a Rakshas dame
The city's guardian Goddess came,--
For she with glances sure and keen
The entrance of a foe had seen,--
And thus with fury in her eye
Addressed him with an angry cry:
'Who art thou? what has led thee, say,
Within these walls to find thy way?
Thou mayst not enter here in spite
Of Ravan and his warriors' might.
'And who art thou?' the Vanar cried,
By form and frown unterrified,
'Why hast thou met me by the gate,
And chid me thus infuriate?'
He ceased: andd Lanka made reply:
'The guardian of the town am I,
Who watch for ever to fulfil
My lord the Rakshas monarch's will.
But thou shalt fall this hour, and deep
Shall be thy never-ending sleep.
Again he spake:'In spite of thee
This golden city will I see.
Her gates and towers, and all the pride
Of street and square from side to side,
And freely wander where I please
Amid her groves of flowering trees;
On all her beauties sate mine eye.
Then, as I came, will homeward hie.'
Swift with an angry roar she smote
With her huge hand the Vanar's throat.
The smitten Vanar, rage-impelled,
With fist upraised the monster felled:
But quick repented, stirred with shame
And pity for a vanquished dame,
When with her senses troubled, weak
With terror, thus she strove to speak:
'O spare me thou whose arm is strong:
O spare me, and forgive the wrong.

5.3.11

krauñcabarhiṇasaṃghuṣṭe rājahaṃsaniṣevitaiḥ
tūryābharaṇanirghoṣaiḥ sarvataḥ pratināditām

5.3.12

vasvokasārāpratimāṃ samīkṣya nagarīṃ tataḥ
kham ivotpatitāṃ laṅkāṃ jaharṣa hanumān kapiḥ

5.3.13

tāṃ samīkṣya purīṃ laṅkāṃ rākṣasādhipateḥ śubhām
anuttamām ṛddhiyutāṃ cintayām āsa vīryavān

5.3.14

neyam anyena nagarī śakyā dharṣayituṃ balāt
rakṣitā rāvaṇabalair udyatāyudhadhāribhiḥ

5.3.15

kumudāṅgadayor vāpi suṣeṇasya mahākapeḥ
prasiddheyaṃ bhaved bhūmir maindadvividayor api

5.3.16

vivasvatas tanūjasya hareś ca kuśaparvaṇaḥ
ṛkṣasya ketumālasya mama caiva gatir bhavet

5.3.17

samīkṣya tu mahābāho rāghavasya parākramam
lakṣmaṇasya ca vikrāntam abhavat prītimān kapiḥ

5.3.18

tāṃ ratnavasanopetāṃ koṣṭhāgārāvataṃsakām
yantrāgārastanīm ṛddhāṃ pramadām iva bhūṣitām

5.3.19

tāṃ naṣṭatimirāṃ dīpair bhāsvaraiś ca mahāgṛhaiḥ
nagarīṃ rākṣasendrasya dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ

5.3.20

praviṣṭaḥ sattvasaṃpanno niśāyāṃ mārutātmajaḥ
sa mahāpatham āsthāya muktāpuṣpavirājitam

5.3.21

hasitodghuṣṭaninadais tūryaghoṣa puraḥ saraiḥ
vajrāṅkuśanikāśaiś ca vajrajālavibhūṣitaiḥ
gṛhamedhaiḥ purī ramyā babhāse dyaur ivāmbudaiḥ

5.3.22

prajajvāla tadā laṅkā rakṣogaṇagṛhaiḥ śubhaiḥ
sitābhrasadṛśaiś citraiḥ padmasvastikasaṃsthitaiḥ
vardhamānagṛhaiś cāpi sarvataḥ suvibhāṣitaiḥ

5.3.23

tāṃ citramālyābharaṇāṃ kapirājahitaṃkaraḥ
rāghavārthaṃ carañ śrīmān dadarśa ca nananda ca

5.3.24

śuśrāva madhuraṃ gītaṃ tristhānasvarabhūṣitam
strīṇāṃ madasamṛddhānāṃ divi cāpsarasām iva

5.3.25

śuśrāva kāñcīninādaṃ nūpurāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanam
sopānaninadāṃś caiva bhavaneṣu mahātmanam
āsphoṭitaninādāṃś ca kṣveḍitāṃś ca tatas tataḥ

5.3.26

svādhyāya niratāṃś caiva yātudhānān dadarśa saḥ
rāvaṇastavasaṃyuktān garjato rākṣasān api

5.3.27

rājamārgaṃ samāvṛtya sthitaṃ rakṣobalaṃ mahat
dadarśa madhyame gulme rākṣasasya carān bahūn

5.3.28

dīkṣitāñ jaṭilān muṇḍān go'jināmbaravāsasaḥ
darbhamuṣṭipraharaṇān agnikuṇḍāyudhāṃs tathā

5.3.29

kūṭamudgarapāṇīṃś ca daṇḍāyudhadharān api
ekākṣānekakarṇāṃś ca calallambapayodharān

5.3.30

karālān bhugnavaktrāṃś ca vikaṭān vāmanāṃs tathā
dhanvinaḥ khaḍginaś caiva śataghnī musalāyudhān
parighottamahastāṃś ca vicitrakavacojjvalān

5.3.31

nātiṣṭhūlān nātikṛśān nātidīrghātihrasvakān
virūpān bahurūpāṃś ca surūpāṃś ca suvarcasaḥ

5.3.32

śaktivṛkṣāyudhāṃś caiva paṭṭiśāśanidhāriṇaḥ
kṣepaṇīpāśahastāṃś ca dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ

5.3.33

sragviṇas tv anuliptāṃś ca varābharaṇabhūṣitān
tīkṣṇaśūladharāṃś caiva vajriṇaś ca mahābalān

5.3.34

śatasāhasram avyagram ārakṣaṃ madhyamaṃ kapiḥ
prākārāvṛtam atyantaṃ dadarśa sa mahākapiḥ

5.3.35

triviṣṭapanibhaṃ divyaṃ divyanādavināditam
vājiheṣitasaṃghuṣṭaṃ nāditaṃ bhūṣaṇais tathā

5.3.36

rathair yānair vimānaiś ca tathā gajahayaiḥ śubhaiḥ
vāraṇaiś ca caturdantaiḥ śvetābhranicayopamaiḥ

5.3.37

bhūṣitaṃ ruciradvāraṃ mattaiś ca mṛgapakṣibhiḥ
rākṣasādhipater guptam āviveśa gṛhaṃ kapiḥ