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Valmiki Ramayana 6.1

Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa 6.1

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Sanskrit

6.1.1

śrutvā hanumato vākyaṃ yathāvad abhibhāṣitam
rāmaḥ prītisamāyukto vākyam uttaram abravīt

The son of Raghu heard, consoled,
The wondrous tale Hanumán told;
And, as his joyous hope grew high,
In friendly words he made reply:

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.2

kṛtaṃ hanumatā kāryaṃ sumahad bhuvi duṣkaram
manasāpi yad anyena na śakyaṃ dharaṇītale

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.3

na hi taṃ paripaśyāmi yas tareta mahārṇavam
anyatra garuṇād vāyor anyatra ca hanūmataḥ

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.4

devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām
apradhṛṣyāṃ purīṃ laṅkāṃ rāvaṇena surakṣitām

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.5

praviṣṭaḥ sattvam āśritya jīvan ko nāma niṣkramet
ko viśet sudurādharṣāṃ rākṣasaiś ca surakṣitām
yo vīryabalasaṃpanno na samaḥ syād dhanūmataḥ

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.6

bhṛtyakāryaṃ hanumatā sugrīvasya kṛtaṃ mahat
evaṃ vidhāya svabalaṃ sadṛśaṃ vikramasya ca

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.7

yo hi bhṛtyo niyuktaḥ san bhartrā karmaṇi duṣkare
kuryāt tadanurāgeṇa tam āhuḥ puruṣottamam

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.8

niyukto nṛpateḥ kāryaṃ na kuryād yaḥ samāhitaḥ
bhṛtyo yuktaḥ samarthaś ca tam āhuḥ puruṣādhamam

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.9

tanniyoge niyuktena kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ hanūmatā
na cātmā laghutāṃ nītaḥ sugrīvaś cāpi toṣitaḥ

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.10

ahaṃ ca raghuvaṃśaś ca lakṣmaṇaś ca mahābalaḥ
vaidehyā darśanenādya dharmataḥ parirakṣitāḥ

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.11

idaṃ tu mama dīnasyā mano bhūyaḥ prakarṣati
yad ihāsya priyākhyātur na kurmi sadṛśaṃ priyam

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.12

eṣa sarvasvabhūtas tu pariṣvaṅgo hanūmataḥ
mayā kālam imaṃ prāpya dattas tasya mahātmanaḥ

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.13

sarvathā sukṛtaṃ tāvat sītāyāḥ parimārgaṇam
sāgaraṃ tu samāsādya punar naṣṭaṃ mano mama

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.14

kathaṃ nāma samudrasya duṣpārasya mahāmbhasaḥ
harayo dakṣiṇaṃ pāraṃ gamiṣyanti samāhitāḥ

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.15

yady apy eṣa tu vṛttānto vaidehyā gadito mama
samudrapāragamane harīṇāṃ kim ivottaram

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

6.1.16

ity uktvā śokasaṃbhrānto rāmaḥ śatrunibarhaṇaḥ
hanūmantaṃ mahābāhus tato dhyānam upāgamat

'Behold a mighty task achieved.
Which never heart but his conceived.
Who else across the sea can spring,
Save Váyu and the Feathered King?
Who, pass the portals strong and high.
Which Nágas, Gods, and fiends defy,
Where Rávan's hosts their station keep,--
And come uninjured o'er the deep?
By such a deed the Wind-God's son
Good service to the king has done,
And saved from ruin and disgrace
Lakshman and me and Raghu's race.
Well has he planned and bravely fought.
And with due care my lady sought.
But of the sea I sadly think,
And the sweet hopes that cheered me sink.
How can we cross the leagues of foam
That keep us from the giant's home?
What can the Vánar legions more
Than muster on the ocean shore?'

Ralph T. H. Griffith 1870, The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse

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