The Monkey Army Marches and the Bridge to Lanka

Verse 1 (3.284.1)

ततस्तत्रैवरामस्य समासीनस्य तैः सह । समाजग्मुः कपिश्रेष्ठाः सुग्रीववचनात्तदा ॥

tatastatraivarāmasya samāsīnasya taiḥ saha | samājagmuḥ kapiśreṣṭhāḥ sugrīvavacanāttadā

Then, as Rama sat there with them, the foremost of the monkeys gathered at Sugriva's command.

Verse 2 (3.284.2)

वृतः कोटिसहस्रेण वानराणां तरस्विनाम् । श्वशुरो वालिनः श्रीमान्सुषेणो राममभ्ययात् ॥

vṛtaḥ koṭisahasreṇa vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām | śvaśuro vālinaḥ śrīmānsuṣeṇo rāmamabhyayāt

Vali's father-in-law, the illustrious Sushena, came to Rama surrounded by a thousand crores of swift monkeys.

Verse 3 (3.284.3)

कोटीशतवृतोवाऽपिगजो गवय एव च । वानरेन्द्रौ महावीर्यौ पृथक्पृथगदृश्यताम् ॥

koṭīśatavṛtovā'pigajo gavaya eva ca | vānarendrau mahāvīryau pṛthakpṛthagadṛśyatām

Gaja and Gavaya too, two mighty monkey chiefs, were seen, each apart from the other, surrounded by a hundred crores.

Note on the text: Corrected वानरेन्रौ → वानरेन्द्रौ (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct न्द्र lost its द and carries a stray joiner; the critical edition reads vānarendrau).

Verse 4 (3.284.4)

षष्टिकोटिसहस्राणि प्रकर्षन्प्रत्यदृश्यत । गोलाङ्गूलो महाराज गवाक्षो भीमदर्शनः ॥

ṣaṣṭikoṭisahasrāṇi prakarṣanpratyadṛśyata | golāṅgūlo mahārāja gavākṣo bhīmadarśanaḥ

Gavaksha, the cow-tailed ape of fearsome appearance, O great king, was seen leading sixty thousand crores.

Verse 5 (3.284.5)

गन्धमादनवासी तु प्रथितो गन्धमादनः । कोटीशतसहस्राणि हरीणां समकर्षत ॥

gandhamādanavāsī tu prathito gandhamādanaḥ | koṭīśatasahasrāṇi harīṇāṃ samakarṣata

The renowned Gandhamadana, who dwelt on Mount Gandhamadana, brought a hundred thousand crores of monkeys.

Verse 6 (3.284.6)

पनसो नाम मेधावी वानरःसुमहाबलः । कोटीर्दश द्वादश च त्रिंशत्पञ्च प्रकर्षति ॥

panaso nāma medhāvī vānaraḥsumahābalaḥ | koṭīrdaśa dvādaśa ca triṃśatpañca prakarṣati

The wise monkey named Panasa, of very great strength, led ten, twelve and thirty-five crores.

Verse 7 (3.284.7)

श्रीमान्दधिमुखो नाम हरिवृद्धोऽतिवीर्यवान् । प्रचकर्ष महासैन्यं हरीणां भीमतेजसाम् ॥

śrīmāndadhimukho nāma harivṛddho'tivīryavān | pracakarṣa mahāsainyaṃ harīṇāṃ bhīmatejasām

The illustrious Dadhimukha, an elder among the monkeys and exceedingly valiant, brought a great army of monkeys of fearsome energy.

Note on the text: Corrected महासैनयं → महासैन्यं (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct न्य broken into नय; the critical edition reads mahat sainyaṃ).

Verse 8 (3.284.8)

कृष्णानां मुखपुण्ड्राणामृक्षाणां भीमकर्मणाम् । कोटीशतसहस्रेण जाम्बवान्प्रत्यदृश्यत ॥

kṛṣṇānāṃ mukhapuṇḍrāṇāmṛkṣāṇāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām | koṭīśatasahasreṇa jāmbavānpratyadṛśyata

Jambavan was seen with a hundred thousand crores of black bears of fearsome deeds, their faces marked with the sacred sign.

Note on the text: Corrected कृषणानां → कृष्णानां (misprint in Wikisource; the conjunct ष्ण broken into षण; the critical edition reads kṛṣṇānāṃ). Restored from the critical edition (3.267.8c): Wikisource's second line is a repeat of the second line of verse 6 (कोटीर्दश द्वादश च त्रिंशत्पञ्च प्रकर्षति), which leaves the bears without a leader; replaced with the critical edition's koṭīśatasahasreṇa jāmbavān pratyadṛśyata, which names Jambavan.

Verse 9 (3.284.9)

एते चान्ये च बहवो हरियूथपयूथपाः । असङ्ख्येया महाराज समीयू रामकारणात् ॥

ete cānye ca bahavo hariyūthapayūthapāḥ | asaṅkhyeyā mahārāja samīyū rāmakāraṇāt

These and many others, leaders of troop-leaders among the monkeys, beyond all counting, O great king, came together for Rama's sake.

Verse 10 (3.284.10)

गिरिकूटनिभाङ्गानां सिंहानामिव गर्जताम् । श्रूयते तुमुलः शब्दस्तत्रतत्रप्रधावताम् ॥

girikūṭanibhāṅgānāṃ siṃhānāmiva garjatām | śrūyate tumulaḥ śabdastatratatrapradhāvatām

A tumultuous noise was heard from them as they ran here and there, their bodies like mountain peaks, roaring like lions.

Verse 11 (3.284.11)

गिरिकूटनिभाः केचित्केचिन्महिषसन्निभाः । शरदभ्रप्रतीकाशाः केचिद्धिङ्गुलकाननाः ॥

girikūṭanibhāḥ kecitkecinmahiṣasannibhāḥ | śaradabhrapratīkāśāḥ keciddhiṅgulakānanāḥ

Some were like mountain peaks, some like buffaloes, some like autumn clouds, and some had faces red as vermilion.

Note on the text: Corrected क्नचित्केचिन्महिषसन्निभाः → केचित्केचिन्महिषसन्निभाः (misprint in Wikisource; क्न for के; the critical edition reads ke cit ke cin).

Verse 12 (3.284.12)

उत्पतन्तः पतन्तश्च प्लवमानाश्च वानराः । उद्धुन्वन्तोऽपरे रेणून्समाजग्मुः समन्ततः ॥

utpatantaḥ patantaśca plavamānāśca vānarāḥ | uddhunvanto'pare reṇūnsamājagmuḥ samantataḥ

Leaping up, dropping down, bounding along, some raising clouds of dust, the monkeys gathered from every side.

Verse 13 (3.284.13)

सवानरमहासैन्यः पूर्णसागरसन्निभः । निवेशमकरोत्तत्रसुग्रीवानुमते तदा ॥

savānaramahāsainyaḥ pūrṇasāgarasannibhaḥ | niveśamakarottatrasugrīvānumate tadā

That great army of monkeys, like the ocean at full flood, made camp there with Sugriva's consent.

Verse 14 (3.284.14)

ततस्तेषु हरीन्द्रेषु समावृत्तेषु सर्वशः । तिथौ प्रशस्ते नक्षत्रे मुहूर्ते चाभिपूजिते ॥

tatasteṣu harīndreṣu samāvṛtteṣu sarvaśaḥ | tithau praśaste nakṣatre muhūrte cābhipūjite

Then, when those monkey lords had all assembled, on an auspicious lunar day, under a favourable constellation and at a well-regarded hour,

Verse 15 (3.284.15)

तेन व्यूढेन सैन्येन लोकानुद्वर्तयन्निव । प्रययौ राघवः श्रीमान्सुग्रीवसहितस्तदा ॥

tena vyūḍhena sainyena lokānudvartayanniva | prayayau rāghavaḥ śrīmānsugrīvasahitastadā

the glorious Raghava set out with Sugriva and that army drawn up in array, as though he were overturning the worlds.

Verse 16 (3.284.16)

मुखमासीत्तु सैन्यस्य हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः । जघनं पालयामास सौमित्रिरकुतोभयः ॥

mukhamāsīttu sainyasya hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ | jaghanaṃ pālayāmāsa saumitrirakutobhayaḥ

Hanuman, son of the Wind, was at the head of the army; Saumitri, who feared nothing, guarded its rear.

Verse 17 (3.284.17)

बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणौ राघवौ तत्रजग्मतुः । वृतौ हरिमहामात्रैश्चन्द्रसूर्यौ ग्रहैरिव ॥

baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau rāghavau tatrajagmatuḥ | vṛtau harimahāmātraiścandrasūryau grahairiva

The two Raghavas, their finger-guards of iguana hide bound on, went forward, surrounded by the monkey chiefs like the moon and sun by the planets.

Note on the text: Corrected बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्रणौ → बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्राणौ (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign ा; the critical edition reads baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇau).

Verse 18 (3.284.18)

प्रबभौ हरिसैन्यं तत्सालतालशिलायुधम् । सुमहच्छालिभवनं यथा सूर्योदयं प्रति ॥

prababhau harisainyaṃ tatsālatālaśilāyudham | sumahacchālibhavanaṃ yathā sūryodayaṃ prati

That monkey army, armed with sal trees, palms and rocks, shone like a vast field of ripened rice at sunrise.

Verse 19 (3.284.19)

नलनीलाङ्गदक्राथमैन्दद्विविदपालिता । ययौ सुमहती सेना राघवस्यार्थसिद्धये ॥

nalanīlāṅgadakrāthamaindadvividapālitā | yayau sumahatī senā rāghavasyārthasiddhaye

Guarded by Nala, Nila, Angada, Kratha, Mainda and Dvivida, the mighty host marched on to accomplish Raghava's purpose.

Verse 20 (3.284.20)

विविधेषु प्रशस्तेषु बहुमूलफलेषु च । प्रभूतमधुमांसेषु वारिमत्सु शिवेषु च ॥

vividheṣu praśasteṣu bahumūlaphaleṣu ca | prabhūtamadhumāṃseṣu vārimatsu śiveṣu ca

In many fine places rich in roots and fruits, with honey and meat in plenty, well watered and pleasant,

Note on the text: Corrected विवेषु → शिवेषु (misprint in Wikisource; व for श; the critical edition reads śiveṣu).

Verse 21 (3.284.21)

निवसन्ती निराबाधा तथैवगिरिसानुषु । उपायाद्धरिसेना सा क्षारोदमथ सागरम् ॥

nivasantī nirābādhā tathaivagirisānuṣu | upāyāddharisenā sā kṣārodamatha sāgaram

and on the mountain slopes too, the monkey host camped unhindered, and at last it came to the salt-watered ocean.

Note on the text: Corrected उपायाद्धिरिसेना → उपायाद्धरिसेना (misprint in Wikisource; a stray vowel sign ि; the critical edition reads upāyād dharisenā). Corrected मागरम् → सागरम् (misprint in Wikisource; म for स; the critical edition reads sāgaram).

Verse 22 (3.284.22)

द्वितीयसागरनिभं तद्बलंबहुलध्वजम् । वेलावनं समासाद्य निवासमकरोत्तदा ॥

dvitīyasāgaranibhaṃ tadbalaṃbahuladhvajam | velāvanaṃ samāsādya nivāsamakarottadā

That host with its many banners, like a second ocean, reached the forest along the shore and made camp.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वितीयसागरनिमं → द्वितीयसागरनिभं (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ; the critical edition reads dvitīyasāgaranibhaṃ). Corrected समासाद् निवास → समासाद्य निवास (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara य of the gerund; the critical edition reads samāsādya).

Verse 23 (3.284.23)

ततो दाशरथिः श्रीमान्सुग्रीवं प्रत्यभाषत । मध्ये वानरमुख्यानां प्राप्तकालमिदं वचः ॥

tato dāśarathiḥ śrīmānsugrīvaṃ pratyabhāṣata | madhye vānaramukhyānāṃ prāptakālamidaṃ vacaḥ

Then the glorious son of Dasharatha, in the midst of the monkey chiefs, spoke these timely words to Sugriva:

Verse 24 (3.284.24)

उपायः कोनु भवतां मतः सागरलङ्घने । इयं हि महती सेना सागरश्चातिदुस्तरः ॥

upāyaḥ konu bhavatāṃ mataḥ sāgaralaṅghane | iyaṃ hi mahatī senā sāgaraścātidustaraḥ

"What means do you see of crossing the ocean? For this army is vast, and the ocean very hard to cross."

Note on the text: Speaker: the verse is Rama's question to the monkeys, filling whole verses; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 25 (3.284.25)

तत्रान्ये व्याहरन्ति स्म वानराः पटुमानिनः । समर्था लङ्घने सिन्धोर्न तत्कृत्स्नस्य वानराः ॥

tatrānye vyāharanti sma vānarāḥ paṭumāninaḥ | samarthā laṅghane sindhorna tatkṛtsnasya vānarāḥ

Then some other monkeys, who thought themselves clever, declared that monkeys could leap across the sea, but not the whole army.

Note on the text: Corrected सिन्दोर्न → सिन्धोर्न (misprint in Wikisource; द for ध; the critical edition reads sindhor na).

Verse 26 (3.284.26)

केचिन्नौभिर्व्यवस्यन्ति केचिच्च विविधैः प्लवैः । नेति रामस्तु तान्सर्वान्सान्त्वयन्प्रत्यभाषत ॥

kecinnaubhirvyavasyanti kecicca vividhaiḥ plavaiḥ | neti rāmastu tānsarvānsāntvayanpratyabhāṣata

Some proposed boats, others rafts of various kinds. But Rama, calming them all, said "No," and went on:

Note on the text: Corrected तानसर्वान् → तान्सर्वान् (misprint in Wikisource; तानसर्वान् ("those not all") for तान्सर्वान्; the critical edition reads tān sarvān).

Verse 27 (3.284.27)

शतयोजनविस्तारं न शक्ताः सर्ववानराः । क्रान्तुं तोयनिधिं वीरानैषा वो नैष्ठिकी मतिः ॥

śatayojanavistāraṃ na śaktāḥ sarvavānarāḥ | krāntuṃ toyanidhiṃ vīrānaiṣā vo naiṣṭhikī matiḥ

"Not all the monkeys can cross the ocean, a hundred yojanas wide, O heroes; this cannot be your settled counsel.

Note on the text: Speaker: verses 27–31 are Rama's words to the monkeys, filling whole verses; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 28 (3.284.28)

नावो न सन्ति सेनाया बह्व्यस्तारयितुं तथा । वणिजामुपघातं च कथमस्मद्विधश्चरेत् ॥

nāvo na santi senāyā bahvyastārayituṃ tathā | vaṇijāmupaghātaṃ ca kathamasmadvidhaścaret

Nor are there boats enough to ferry the army across; and how could one like me do harm to the merchants?

Verse 29 (3.284.29)

विस्तीर्णं चैव नः सैन्यं हन्याच्छिद्रेण वै परः । प्लवोडुपप्रतारश्चनैवात्रमम रोचते ॥

vistīrṇaṃ caiva naḥ sainyaṃ hanyācchidreṇa vai paraḥ | plavoḍupapratāraścanaivātramama rocate

Our army, too, is spread out wide, and the enemy might strike it at a weak point. Crossing by rafts and floats does not please me either.

Verse 30 (3.284.30)

अहं त्विमं जलनिधिं समारप्स्याम्युपायतः । प्रतिशेष्याम्युपवसन्दर्शयिष्यति मां ततः ॥

ahaṃ tvimaṃ jalanidhiṃ samārapsyāmyupāyataḥ | pratiśeṣyāmyupavasandarśayiṣyati māṃ tataḥ

Instead I shall win over this ocean by the proper means: I shall lie down before it, fasting, and then it will show itself to me.

Note on the text: Corrected दर्शयिष्ति → दर्शयिष्यति (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara य; the critical edition reads darśayiṣyati).

Verse 31 (3.284.31)

न चेद्दर्शयिता मार्गं धक्ष्याम्येनमहं ततः । महास्त्रैरप्रतिहतैरत्यग्निपवनोज्ज्वलैः ॥

na ceddarśayitā mārgaṃ dhakṣyāmyenamahaṃ tataḥ | mahāstrairapratihatairatyagnipavanojjvalaiḥ

If it will not show me a way, I shall burn it up with great weapons that cannot be withstood, blazing more fiercely than fire and wind."

Note on the text: Corrected धक्ष्याम्यनमहं → धक्ष्याम्येनमहं (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign े; the critical edition reads dhakṣyāmy enam ahaṃ).

Verse 32 (3.284.32)

इत्युक्त्वा सहसौमित्रिरुपस्पृश्याथ राघवः । प्रतिशिश्ये जलनिधिं विधिवत्कुशसंस्तरे ॥

ityuktvā sahasaumitrirupaspṛśyātha rāghavaḥ | pratiśiśye jalanidhiṃ vidhivatkuśasaṃstare

Having said this, Raghava, with Saumitri, sipped water in purification and then lay down before the ocean on a bed of kusha grass, as the rite prescribes.

Note on the text: Corrected प्रतिशिस्ये जलनिधं → प्रतिशिश्ये जलनिधिं (misprint in Wikisource; स for श in the perfect प्रतिशिश्ये, and a dropped vowel sign ि in जलनिधिं; the critical edition reads pratiśiśye jalanidhiṃ).

Verse 33 (3.284.33)

सागरस्तु ततः स्वप्ने दर्शयामास राघवम् । देवो नदनदीभर्ता श्रीमान्यादोगणैर्वृतः ॥

sāgarastu tataḥ svapne darśayāmāsa rāghavam | devo nadanadībhartā śrīmānyādogaṇairvṛtaḥ

Then the Ocean showed himself to Raghava in a dream: the god, lord of rivers great and small, glorious, surrounded by hosts of water creatures.

Note on the text: Corrected नदनदीमर्ता → नदनदीभर्ता (misprint in Wikisource; म for भ; the critical edition reads nadanadībhartā).

Verse 34 (3.284.34)

कौसल्यामातरित्येवमाभाष्य मधुरं वचः । इदमित्याह रत्नानामाकरैः शतशो वृतः ॥

kausalyāmātarityevamābhāṣya madhuraṃ vacaḥ | idamityāha ratnānāmākaraiḥ śataśo vṛtaḥ

Surrounded by hundreds of mines of jewels, he addressed him in sweet words as "Son of Kausalya," and said this:

Verse 35 (3.284.35)

ब्रूहि किं तेकरोम्यत्रसाहाय्यं पुरुषर्षभ । ऐक्ष्वाको ह्यस्मि ते ज्ञाती राम सत्यपराक्रमः । एवमुक्तः समुद्रेण रामो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत् ॥

brūhi kiṃ tekaromyatrasāhāyyaṃ puruṣarṣabha | aikṣvāko hyasmi te jñātī rāma satyaparākramaḥ | evamuktaḥ samudreṇa rāmo vākyamathābravīt

"Tell me, bull among men, what help I can give you here; for I am of the Ikshvakus, your kinsman, O Rama of true valour." Thus addressed by the Ocean, Rama spoke these words:

Note on the text: The first line is 3.267.35a of the critical edition; the second is a variant of its 35c (Wikisource has the Ocean claim kinship with the Ikshvakus). The third line is not in its text; it is the starred passage 3.267.35d*1275 of its apparatus (found in the vulgate recension). The Ocean speaks the first two lines and the narrator the third, so the verse stays with the narrator.

Verse 36 (3.284.36)

मार्गमिच्छामि सैन्यस्य दत्तं नदनदीपते । येन गत्वादशग्रीवं हन्याम कुलपांसनम् । राक्षसंसानुबन्धं तं मम भार्यापहारिणम् ॥

mārgamicchāmi sainyasya dattaṃ nadanadīpate | yena gatvādaśagrīvaṃ hanyāma kulapāṃsanam | rākṣasaṃsānubandhaṃ taṃ mama bhāryāpahāriṇam

"I ask that a path be given to my army, O lord of rivers, by which we may go and kill ten-necked Ravana, the disgrace of his line, the rakshasa who carried off my wife, together with all his kin.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (backtick and quote mark) around the third line. Speaker: verses 36–37 are Rama's reply to the Ocean, filling whole verses; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on. The first two lines are 3.267.36 of the critical edition (Wikisource reads हन्याम कुलपांसनम् for hanyāṃ paulastyapāṃsanam). The third line is not in its text; it is the starred passage 3.267.36d*1276 of its apparatus (found in the vulgate recension).

Verse 37 (3.284.37)

यद्येवं याचतो मार्गं न प्रदास्यति मे भवान् । शरैस्त्वां शोषयिष्यामि दिव्यास्त्रप्रतिमन्त्रितैः ॥

yadyevaṃ yācato mārgaṃ na pradāsyati me bhavān | śaraistvāṃ śoṣayiṣyāmi divyāstrapratimantritaiḥ

If you will not give me the path I ask for, I shall dry you up with arrows charged with heavenly weapons."

Note on the text: Corrected दिव्यास्त्रयतिमन्त्रितैः → दिव्यास्त्रप्रतिमन्त्रितैः (misprint in Wikisource; य for प्र; the critical edition reads divyāstrapratimantritaiḥ).

Verse 38 (3.284.38)

इत्येवंब्रुवतः श्रुत्वारामस्य वरुणालयः । उवाचव्यथितोवाक्यमितिबद्धाञ्जलिःस्थितः ॥

ityevaṃbruvataḥ śrutvārāmasya varuṇālayaḥ | uvācavyathitovākyamitibaddhāñjaliḥsthitaḥ

Hearing Rama speak thus, the Ocean, abode of Varuna, stood with joined palms and, in distress, spoke these words:

Verse 39 (3.284.39)

नेच्छामि प्रतिघातं ते नास्मि विघ्नकरस्तव । शृणु चेदं वचोराम श्रुत्वा कर्तव्यमाचर ॥

necchāmi pratighātaṃ te nāsmi vighnakarastava | śṛṇu cedaṃ vacorāma śrutvā kartavyamācara

"I have no wish to oppose you, nor am I one to stand in your way. But hear these words, Rama, and when you have heard them, do what must be done.

Note on the text: Speaker: verses 39–42 are the Ocean's words to Rama, filling whole verses; Wikisource prints no heading and carries मार्कण्डेय on.

Verse 40 (3.284.40)

यदि दास्यामि ते मार्गं सैन्यस्य व्रजतोऽऽज्ञया । अन्येऽप्याज्ञापयिष्यन्ति मामेवं धनुषोबलात् ॥

yadi dāsyāmi te mārgaṃ sainyasya vrajato''jñayā | anye'pyājñāpayiṣyanti māmevaṃ dhanuṣobalāt

If I give your army a path at your command as it marches, others too will command me in the same way by the might of the bow.

Note on the text: Corrected सैन्यस् व्रजतोऽऽज्ञया → सैन्यस्य व्रजतोऽऽज्ञया (misprint in Wikisource; dropped akshara य of the genitive; the critical edition reads sainyasya vrajato ''jñayā).

Verse 41 (3.284.41)

अस्तित्वत्रनलो नाम वानरः शिल्पिसंमतः । त्वष्टुः काकुत्स्थ तनयो बलवान्विश्वकर्मणः ॥

astitvatranalo nāma vānaraḥ śilpisaṃmataḥ | tvaṣṭuḥ kākutstha tanayo balavānviśvakarmaṇaḥ

But there is here a monkey named Nala, esteemed among craftsmen, the strong son of Tvashtri Vishvakarman, O Kakutstha.

Verse 42 (3.284.42)

स यत्काष्ठं तृणं वाऽपिशिलां वा क्षेप्स्यते मयि । सर्वं तद्धारयिष्यामि स ते सेतुर्भविष्यति ॥

sa yatkāṣṭhaṃ tṛṇaṃ vā'piśilāṃ vā kṣepsyate mayi | sarvaṃ taddhārayiṣyāmi sa te seturbhaviṣyati

Whatever wood or grass or stone he throws into me, I shall bear it all up, and that will be your bridge."

Verse 43 (3.284.43)

इत्युक्त्वाऽन्तर्हिते तस्मिन्रामो नलमुवाच ह । कुरु सेतुं समुद्रे त्वंशक्तो ह्यसि मतो मम ॥

ityuktvā'ntarhite tasminrāmo nalamuvāca ha | kuru setuṃ samudre tvaṃśakto hyasi mato mama

When he had said this and vanished, Rama said to Nala: "Build a bridge across the ocean; I am sure you are able to do it."

Verse 44 (3.284.44)

तेनोपायेन काकुत्स्थः सेतुबन्धमकारयत् । दशयोजनविस्तारमायतं शतयोजनम् ॥

tenopāyena kākutsthaḥ setubandhamakārayat | daśayojanavistāramāyataṃ śatayojanam

By that means Kakutstha had a causeway built, ten yojanas wide and a hundred yojanas long.

Note on the text: Corrected सतुबन्धमकारयत् → सेतुबन्धमकारयत् (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign े; the critical edition reads setubandham akārayat).

Verse 45 (3.284.45)

नलसेतुरिति ख्यातो योऽद्यापि प्रथितो भुवि । रामस्याज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य धार्यते गिरिसंनिभः ॥

nalaseturiti khyāto yo'dyāpi prathito bhuvi | rāmasyājñāṃ puraskṛtya dhāryate girisaṃnibhaḥ

Known as Nala's Bridge, it is famous on earth to this day; out of regard for Rama's command it is still borne up, like a mountain.

Verse 46 (3.284.46)

तत्रस्थं स तु धर्मात्मा समागच्छद्विभीषणः । भ्राता वै राक्षसेन्द्रस्य चतुर्भिः सचिवैः सह ॥

tatrasthaṃ sa tu dharmātmā samāgacchadvibhīṣaṇaḥ | bhrātā vai rākṣasendrasya caturbhiḥ sacivaiḥ saha

While Rama was there, the righteous Vibhishana, brother of the king of the rakshasas, came to him with four counsellors.

Note on the text: Corrected समागच्चद्विभीषणः → समागच्छद्विभीषणः (misprint in Wikisource; च्च for च्छ; the critical edition reads samāgacchad vibhīṣaṇaḥ).

Verse 47 (3.284.47)

प्रतिजग्राह रामस्तं स्वागतेन महामनाः । सुग्रीवस्य तु शङ्काऽभूत्प्रणिधिः स्यादिति स्मह ॥

pratijagrāha rāmastaṃ svāgatena mahāmanāḥ | sugrīvasya tu śaṅkā'bhūtpraṇidhiḥ syāditi smaha

Great-hearted Rama received him with a welcome; but Sugriva suspected that he might be a spy.

Verse 48 (3.284.48)

राघवः सत्यचेष्टाभिः सम्यक्च चरितेङ्गितैः । यदा तत्त्वेन तुष्टोऽभूत्तत एनमपूजयत् ॥

rāghavaḥ satyaceṣṭābhiḥ samyakca cariteṅgitaiḥ | yadā tattvena tuṣṭo'bhūttata enamapūjayat

When Raghava, having closely watched his honest conduct, his behaviour and his bearing, was truly satisfied, he honoured him.

Note on the text: Corrected सम्यक्व → सम्यक्च (misprint in Wikisource; व for च; the critical edition reads samyak ca).

Verse 49 (3.284.49)

सर्वराक्षसराज्येचाप्यभ्यषिञ्चद्विभीषणम् । चक्रे च मन्त्रसचिवं सुहृदंलक्ष्मणस्य च ॥

sarvarākṣasarājyecāpyabhyaṣiñcadvibhīṣaṇam | cakre ca mantrasacivaṃ suhṛdaṃlakṣmaṇasya ca

He consecrated Vibhishana as king over all the rakshasas, and made him a counsellor of state and a friend of Lakshmana.

Note on the text: Corrected सर्वराक्षसराज्येचाप्यभ्यपिञ्चद्विभीषणम् → सर्वराक्षसराज्येचाप्यभ्यषिञ्चद्विभीषणम् (misprint in Wikisource; पि for षि in अभ्यषिञ्चत्; the critical edition reads abhyaṣiñcad). Corrected सहृदंलक्ष्मणस् च → सुहृदंलक्ष्मणस्य च (misprint in Wikisource; dropped vowel sign ु in सुहृदं and dropped akshara य of the genitive; the critical edition reads suhṛdaṃ lakṣmaṇasya ca).

Verse 50 (3.284.50)

विभीषणमते चैव सोऽत्यक्रामन्महार्णवम् । ससैन्यः सेतुना तेन मार्गेणैव नराधिपः ॥

vibhīṣaṇamate caiva so'tyakrāmanmahārṇavam | sasainyaḥ setunā tena mārgeṇaiva narādhipaḥ

And on Vibhishana's advice the lord of men crossed the great ocean with his army by that bridge, the very road it made.

Verse 51 (3.284.51)

ततो गत्वासमासाद्य लङ्कोद्यानान्यनेकशः । भेदयामास कपिभिर्महान्ति च बहूनि च ॥

tato gatvāsamāsādya laṅkodyānānyanekaśaḥ | bhedayāmāsa kapibhirmahānti ca bahūni ca

Then, going on and reaching the gardens of Lanka, which were many, he had the monkeys wreck them, great as they were and many.

Verse 52 (3.284.52)

तत्रास्तां रावणामात्यौ राक्षसौ शुकसारणौ । चरौ वानररूपेण तौ जग्राह विभीषणः ॥

tatrāstāṃ rāvaṇāmātyau rākṣasau śukasāraṇau | carau vānararūpeṇa tau jagrāha vibhīṣaṇaḥ

Ravana's two ministers, the rakshasas Shuka and Sarana, were there, spying in the form of monkeys; Vibhishana seized them.

Verse 53 (3.284.53)

प्रतिपन्नौ यदा रूपं राक्षसं तौ निशाचरौ । दर्शयित्वा ततः सैन्यं रामः पश्चादवासृजत् ॥

pratipannau yadā rūpaṃ rākṣasaṃ tau niśācarau | darśayitvā tataḥ sainyaṃ rāmaḥ paścādavāsṛjat

When those two night-rangers had taken on their rakshasa form again, Rama showed them the army and then let them go.

Verse 54 (3.284.54)

निवेश्योपवने सैन्यं स शूरः प्राज्यवानरम् । प्रेषयामास दौत्येन रावणस्य ततोऽङ्गदम् ॥

niveśyopavane sainyaṃ sa śūraḥ prājyavānaram | preṣayāmāsa dautyena rāvaṇasya tato'ṅgadam

Having camped his army, teeming with monkeys, in a grove, the hero then sent Angada to Ravana as his envoy.

Note on the text: Corrected दुत्येन → दौत्येन (misprint in Wikisource; ु for the vowel sign ौ; the critical edition reads dautyena).