Hanuman Fetches the Mountain of Healing Herbs

Shloka 1 (yuddha.74.1)

तयोस्तदा सादितयो रणाग्रे । मुमोह सैन्यं हरियूथपानाम् । सुग्रीवनीलाङ्गदजाम्बवन्तो । न चापि किं चित्प्रतिपेदिरे ते ॥ 74.1 ॥

tayostadā sāditayo raṇāgre | mumoha sainyaṃ hariyūthapānām | sugrīvanīlāṅgadajāmbavanto | na cāpi kiṃ citpratipedire te || 74.1 ||

When those two [Rama and Lakshmana] were struck down in the forefront of battle, the army of monkey-chiefs fell senseless; Sugriva, Nila, Angada and Jambavan too could not think what to do.

Shloka 2 (yuddha.74.2)

ततो विषण्णं समवेक्ष्य सैन्यं । विभीषणो बुद्धिमतां वरिष्ठः । उवाच शाखामृगराजवीरान् । नाश्वासयन्नप्रतिमैर्वचोभिः ॥ 74.2 ॥

tato viṣaṇṇaṃ samavekṣya sainyaṃ | vibhīṣaṇo buddhimatāṃ variṣṭhaḥ | uvāca śākhāmṛgarājavīrān | nāśvāsayannapratimairvacobhiḥ || 74.2 ||

Then, seeing the army despondent, Vibhishana, foremost among the wise, spoke to the heroic monkey-chiefs, reassuring them with matchless words:

Shloka 3 (yuddha.74.3)

मा भैष्ट नास्त्यत्र विषादकालो । यदार्यपुत्राववशौ विषण्णौ । स्वयम्भुवो वाक्यमथोद्वहन्तौ । यत्सादिताविन्द्रजिदस्त्रजालैः ॥ 74.3 ॥

mā bhaiṣṭa nāstyatra viṣādakālo | yadāryaputrāvavaśau viṣaṇṇau | svayambhuvo vākyamathodvahantau | yatsāditāvindrajidastrajālaiḥ || 74.3 ||

'Do not fear; this is no time for despair. The two noble princes have fallen helpless and stricken down by Indrajit's net of missiles only because they honoured the ordinance of the Self-born.'

Shloka 4 (yuddha.74.4)

तस्मै तु दत्तं परमास्त्रमेतत् । त्स्वयम्भुवा ब्राह्मममोघवेगम् । तन्मानयन्तौ यदि राजपुत्रौ । निपातितौ को अत्र विषादकालः ॥ 74.4 ॥

tasmai tu dattaṃ paramāstrametat | tsvayambhuvā brāhmamamoghavegam | tanmānayantau yadi rājaputrau | nipātitau ko atra viṣādakālaḥ || 74.4 ||

'This supreme missile, of unfailing force, presided over by Brahma, was granted to Indrajit by the Self-born himself; if the two princes have fallen honouring it, what occasion is there here for despair?'

Shloka 5 (yuddha.74.5)

ब्राह्ममस्त्रं तदा धीमान्मानयित्वा तु मारुतिः । विभीषणवचः श्रुत्वा हनूमांस्तमथाब्रवीत् ॥ 74.5 ॥

brāhmamastraṃ tadā dhīmānmānayitvā tu mārutiḥ | vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ śrutvā hanūmāṃstamathābravīt || 74.5 ||

Then the wise Hanuman, having likewise honoured the missile of Brahma, and hearing Vibhishana's words, spoke to him:

Shloka 6 (yuddha.74.6)

अस्मिन्निहते सैन्ये वानराणां तरस्विनाम् । यो यो धारयते प्राणांस्तं तमाश्वासयावहे ॥ 74.6 ॥

asminnihate sainye vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām | yo yo dhārayate prāṇāṃstaṃ tamāśvāsayāvahe || 74.6 ||

'In this army of swift monkeys that has been struck down, let us go and comfort whoever yet holds on to life.'

Shloka 7 (yuddha.74.7)

तावुभौ युगपद्वीरौ हनूमद्राक्षसोत्तमौ । उल्काहस्तौ तदा रात्रौ रणशीर्षे विचेरतुः ॥ 74.7 ॥

tāvubhau yugapadvīrau hanūmadrākṣasottamau | ulkāhastau tadā rātrau raṇaśīrṣe viceratuḥ || 74.7 ||

Then those two heroes, Hanuman and that foremost of rakshasas [Vibhishana], together, torches in hand, moved about that night over the battlefield.

Shloka 8 (yuddha.74.8)

भिन्नलाङ्गूलहस्तोरुपादाङ्गुलि शिरो धरैः । स्रवद्भिः क्षतजं गात्रैः प्रस्रवद्भिः समन्ततः ॥ 74.8 ॥

bhinnalāṅgūlahastorupādāṅguli śiro dharaiḥ | sravadbhiḥ kṣatajaṃ gātraiḥ prasravadbhiḥ samantataḥ || 74.8 ||

with limbs everywhere shattered -- tails, hands, thighs, feet, fingers, heads -- blood streaming and oozing from every wound,

Shloka 9 (yuddha.74.9)

पतितैः पर्वताकारैर्वानरैरभिसङ्कुलाम् । शस्त्रैश्च पतितैर्दीप्तैर्ददृशाते वसुन्धराम् ॥ 74.9 ॥

patitaiḥ parvatākārairvānarairabhisaṅkulām | śastraiśca patitairdīptairdadṛśāte vasundharām || 74.9 ||

they saw the earth heaped with mountain-sized monkeys fallen there, and strewn too with blazing weapons that had dropped upon it.

Shloka 10 (yuddha.74.10)

सुग्रीवमङ्गदं नीलं शरभं गन्धमादनम् । गवाक्षम् च सुषेणं च वेगदर्शनमाहुकम् ॥ 74.10 ॥

sugrīvamaṅgadaṃ nīlaṃ śarabhaṃ gandhamādanam | gavākṣam ca suṣeṇaṃ ca vegadarśanamāhukam || 74.10 ||

Sugriva, Angada, Nila, Sharabha, Gandhamadana, Gavaksha, Sushena, and Vegadarshin --

Shloka 11 (yuddha.74.11)

मैन्दं नलं ज्योतिमुखं द्विविदं पनसं तथा । विभीषणो हनूमांश्च ददृशाते हतान्रणे ॥ 74.11 ॥

maindaṃ nalaṃ jyotimukhaṃ dvividaṃ panasaṃ tathā | vibhīṣaṇo hanūmāṃśca dadṛśāte hatānraṇe || 74.11 ||

Mainda, Nala, Jyotimukha, Dvivida, and Panasa too -- Vibhishana and Hanuman saw all of them struck down in that battle.

Shloka 12 (yuddha.74.12)

सप्तषष्टिर्हताः कोट्यो वानराणां तरस्विनाम् । अह्नः पञ्चमशेषेण वल्लभेन स्वयम्भुवः ॥ 74.12 ॥

saptaṣaṣṭirhatāḥ koṭyo vānarāṇāṃ tarasvinām | ahnaḥ pañcamaśeṣeṇa vallabhena svayambhuvaḥ || 74.12 ||

Sixty-seven crores of swift monkeys had been struck down, in the fifth and final watch of the day, by that cherished weapon of the Self-born.

Shloka 13 (yuddha.74.13)

सागरौघनिभं भीमं दृष्ट्वा बाणार्दितं बलम् । मार्गते जाम्बवन्तं स्म हनूमान्सविभीषणः ॥ 74.13 ॥

sāgaraughanibhaṃ bhīmaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāṇārditaṃ balam | mārgate jāmbavantaṃ sma hanūmānsavibhīṣaṇaḥ || 74.13 ||

Beholding that terrible army, tormented by arrows, vast as the flood of the ocean, Hanuman, together with Vibhishana, went in search of Jambavan.

Shloka 14 (yuddha.74.14)

स्वभावजरया युक्तं वृद्धं शरशतैश् चितम् । प्रजापतिसुतं वीरं शाम्यन्तमिव पावकम् ॥ दृष्ट्वा तमुपसङ्गम्य पौलस्त्यो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ 74.14 ॥

svabhāvajarayā yuktaṃ vṛddhaṃ śaraśataiś citam | prajāpatisutaṃ vīraṃ śāmyantamiva pāvakam || dṛṣṭvā tamupasaṅgamya paulastyo vākyamabravīt || 74.14 ||

Seeing that hero, the son of the Lord of Creatures, aged with the years given him by nature, covered with hundreds of arrows, like a fire dying down, Vibhishana approached him and spoke:

Shloka 15 (yuddha.74.15)

कच्चिदार्यशरैस्तीर्ष्णैर्न प्राणा ध्वंसितास्तव ॥ 74.15 ॥

kaccidāryaśaraistīrṣṇairna prāṇā dhvaṃsitāstava || 74.15 ||

'I hope your life-breaths have not been destroyed by the sharp arrows of the noble one [Indrajit]?'

Shloka 16 (yuddha.74.16)

विभीषणवचः श्रुत्वा जाम्बवानृक्षपुङ्गवः । कृच्छ्रादभ्युद्गिरन्वाक्यमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ 74.16 ॥

vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ śrutvā jāmbavānṛkṣapuṅgavaḥ | kṛcchrādabhyudgiranvākyamidaṃ vacanamabravīt || 74.16 ||

Hearing Vibhishana's words, Jambavan, foremost of bears, forcing out these words with great difficulty, spoke:

Shloka 17 (yuddha.74.17)

नैरृतेन्द्रमहावीर्यस्वरेण त्वाभिलक्षये । विद्धगात्रः शितैर्बाणैर्न त्वां पश्यामि चक्षुषा ॥ 74.17 ॥

nairṛtendramahāvīryasvareṇa tvābhilakṣaye | viddhagātraḥ śitairbāṇairna tvāṃ paśyāmi cakṣuṣā || 74.17 ||

'O mighty lord of the rakshasas, I recognize you by your voice alone; my body pierced with sharp arrows, I cannot see you with my eyes.'

Shloka 18 (yuddha.74.18)

अञ्जना सुप्रजा येन मातरिश्वा च नैरृत । हनूमान्वानरश्रेष्ठः प्राणान्धारयते क्व चित् ॥ 74.18 ॥

añjanā suprajā yena mātariśvā ca nairṛta | hanūmānvānaraśreṣṭhaḥ prāṇāndhārayate kva cit || 74.18 ||

'O lord of the rakshasas, is Hanuman, foremost of monkeys, he by whom Anjana and the wind-god are blessed with such a son, still holding on to his life anywhere?'

Shloka 19 (yuddha.74.19)

श्रुत्वा जाम्बवतो वाक्यमुवाचेदं विभीषणः । आर्यपुत्रावतिक्रम्य कस्मात्पृच्छसि मारुतिम् ॥ 74.19 ॥

śrutvā jāmbavato vākyamuvācedaṃ vibhīṣaṇaḥ | āryaputrāvatikramya kasmātpṛcchasi mārutim || 74.19 ||

Hearing Jambavan's words, Vibhishana said: 'Why, passing over the two noble princes, do you ask about the son of the wind-god?'

Shloka 20 (yuddha.74.20)

नैव राजनि सुग्रीवे नाङ्गदे नापि राघवे । आर्य सन्दर्शितः स्नेहो यथा वायुसुते परः ॥ 74.20 ॥

naiva rājani sugrīve nāṅgade nāpi rāghave | ārya sandarśitaḥ sneho yathā vāyusute paraḥ || 74.20 ||

'O venerable one, not for King Sugriva, nor for Angada, nor even for Raghava have you shown such supreme affection as for the son of the wind.'

Shloka 21 (yuddha.74.21)

विभीषणवचः श्रुत्वा जाम्बवान्वाक्यमब्रवीत् । शृणु नैरृतशार्दूल यस्मात्पृच्छामि मारुतिम् ॥ 74.21 ॥

vibhīṣaṇavacaḥ śrutvā jāmbavānvākyamabravīt | śṛṇu nairṛtaśārdūla yasmātpṛcchāmi mārutim || 74.21 ||

Hearing Vibhishana's words, Jambavan replied: 'Listen, O tiger among the rakshasas, why it is I ask about the son of the wind.'

Shloka 22 (yuddha.74.22)

अस्मिञ्जीवति वीरे तु हतमप्यहतं बलम् । हनूमत्युज्झितप्राणे जीवन्तोऽपि मृता वयम् ॥ 74.22 ॥

asmiñjīvati vīre tu hatamapyahataṃ balam | hanūmatyujjhitaprāṇe jīvanto'pi mṛtā vayam || 74.22 ||

'While this hero lives, our army, though struck down, is unharmed; but should Hanuman give up his life, then even living, we are as good as dead.'

Shloka 23 (yuddha.74.23)

ध्रियते मारुतिस्तात मारुतप्रतिमो यदि । वैश्वानरसमो वीर्ये जीविताशा ततो भवेत् ॥ 74.23 ॥

dhriyate mārutistāta mārutapratimo yadi | vaiśvānarasamo vīrye jīvitāśā tato bhavet || 74.23 ||

'If the son of the wind, dear child, equal to the wind and to Agni in valour, yet lives, then there is hope for our lives.'

Shloka 24 (yuddha.74.24)

ततो वृद्धमुपागम्य नियमेनाभ्यवादयत् । गृह्य जाम्बवतः पादौ हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः ॥ 74.24 ॥

tato vṛddhamupāgamya niyamenābhyavādayat | gṛhya jāmbavataḥ pādau hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ || 74.24 ||

Then Hanuman, son of the wind-god, approaching the aged one, grasped Jambavan's feet and reverently saluted him.

Shloka 25 (yuddha.74.25)

श्रुत्वा हनुमतो वाक्यं तथापि व्यथितेन्द्रियः । पुनर्जातमिवात्मानं स मेने ऋक्षपुङ्गवः ॥ 74.25 ॥

śrutvā hanumato vākyaṃ tathāpi vyathitendriyaḥ | punarjātamivātmānaṃ sa mene ṛkṣapuṅgavaḥ || 74.25 ||

Hearing Hanuman's voice, that foremost of bears, though his senses were still afflicted, felt as though he had been born anew.

Shloka 26 (yuddha.74.26)

ततोऽब्रवीन्महातेजा हनूमन्तं स जाम्बवान् । आगच्छ हरिशार्दूलवानरांस्त्रातुमर्हसि ॥ 74.26 ॥

tato'bravīnmahātejā hanūmantaṃ sa jāmbavān | āgaccha hariśārdūlavānarāṃstrātumarhasi || 74.26 ||

Then that greatly splendid Jambavan said to Hanuman: 'Come, O tiger among monkeys, you alone are fit to save the monkeys.'

Shloka 27 (yuddha.74.27)

नान्यो विक्रमपर्याप्तस्त्वमेषां परमः सखा । त्वत्पराक्रमकालोऽयं नान्यं पश्यामि कञ् चन ॥ 74.27 ॥

nānyo vikramaparyāptastvameṣāṃ paramaḥ sakhā | tvatparākramakālo'yaṃ nānyaṃ paśyāmi kañ cana || 74.27 ||

'No other has valour sufficient for this; you are their greatest friend. This is the moment for your prowess -- I see no other who can do it.'

Shloka 28 (yuddha.74.28)

ऋक्षवानरवीराणामनीकानि प्रहर्षय । विशल्यौ कुरु चाप्येतौ सादितौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ 74.28 ॥

ṛkṣavānaravīrāṇāmanīkāni praharṣaya | viśalyau kuru cāpyetau sāditau rāmalakṣmaṇau || 74.28 ||

'Bring joy to the ranks of the bear and monkey warriors; and free Rama and Lakshmana, struck down as they are, from their arrow-wounds.'

Shloka 29 (yuddha.74.29)

गत्वा परममध्वानमुपर्युपरि सागरम् । हिमवन्तं नगश्रेष्ठं हनूमन्गन्तुमर्हसि ॥ 74.29 ॥

gatvā paramamadhvānamuparyupari sāgaram | himavantaṃ nagaśreṣṭhaṃ hanūmangantumarhasi || 74.29 ||

'O Hanuman, you must travel the great distance, high over the ocean, to the Himalaya, foremost of mountains.'

Shloka 30 (yuddha.74.30)

ततः काञ्चनमत्युग्रमृषभं पर्वतोत्तमम् । कैलासशिखरं चापि द्रक्ष्यस्यरिनिषूदन ॥ 74.30 ॥

tataḥ kāñcanamatyugramṛṣabhaṃ parvatottamam | kailāsaśikharaṃ cāpi drakṣyasyariniṣūdana || 74.30 ||

'There, O slayer of foes, you shall see the excellent mountain Rishabha, exceedingly formidable and golden, and the peak of Kailasa as well.'

Shloka 31 (yuddha.74.31)

तयोः शिखरयोर्मध्ये प्रदीप्तमतुलप्रभम् । सर्वौषधियुतं वीर द्रक्ष्यस्यौषधिपर्वतम् ॥ 74.31 ॥

tayoḥ śikharayormadhye pradīptamatulaprabham | sarvauṣadhiyutaṃ vīra drakṣyasyauṣadhiparvatam || 74.31 ||

'Between those two peaks, O hero, you shall see the mountain of herbs, blazing, of unmatched radiance, laden with every kind of healing plant.'

Shloka 32 (yuddha.74.32)

तस्य वानरशार्दूलचतस्रो मूर्ध्नि सम्भवाः । द्रक्ष्यस्योषधयो दीप्ता दीपयन्त्यो दिशो दश ॥ 74.32 ॥

tasya vānaraśārdūlacatasro mūrdhni sambhavāḥ | drakṣyasyoṣadhayo dīptā dīpayantyo diśo daśa || 74.32 ||

'O tiger among monkeys, upon its summit you shall see four blazing herbs, growing there, lighting up the ten directions.'

Shloka 33 (yuddha.74.33)

मृतसञ्जीवनीं चैव विशल्यकरणीम् अपि । सौवर्णकरणीं चैव सन्धानीं च महौषधीम् ॥ 74.33 ॥

mṛtasañjīvanīṃ caiva viśalyakaraṇīm api | sauvarṇakaraṇīṃ caiva sandhānīṃ ca mahauṣadhīm || 74.33 ||

'Mrita-sanjivani, and Vishalyakarani, and Suvarnakarani, and the great herb Sandhani --'

Shloka 34 (yuddha.74.34)

ताः सर्वा हनुमन्गृह्य क्षिप्रमागन्तुमर्हसि । आश्वासय हरीन्प्राणैर्योज्य गन्धवहात्मजः ॥ 74.34 ॥

tāḥ sarvā hanumangṛhya kṣipramāgantumarhasi | āśvāsaya harīnprāṇairyojya gandhavahātmajaḥ || 74.34 ||

'You must gather all of these, Hanuman, and return swiftly; O son of the wind-god, restore the monkeys to life and comfort them.'

Shloka 35 (yuddha.74.35)

श्रुत्वा जाम्बवतो वाक्यं हनूमान्हरिपुङ्गवः । आपूर्यत बलोद्धर्षैस्तोयवेगैरिवार्णवः ॥ 74.35 ॥

śrutvā jāmbavato vākyaṃ hanūmānharipuṅgavaḥ | āpūryata baloddharṣaistoyavegairivārṇavaḥ || 74.35 ||

Hearing Jambavan's words, Hanuman, foremost of monkeys, swelled with surging strength and delight, as the ocean swells with the rush of its waters.

Shloka 36 (yuddha.74.36)

स पर्वततटाग्रस्थः पीडयन्पर्वतोत्तरम् । हनूमान्दृश्यते वीरो द्वितीय इव पर्वतः ॥ 74.36 ॥

sa parvatataṭāgrasthaḥ pīḍayanparvatottaram | hanūmāndṛśyate vīro dvitīya iva parvataḥ || 74.36 ||

Standing on the edge of the mountain's slope, pressing down upon the mountain, that hero Hanuman appeared like a second mountain.

Shloka 37 (yuddha.74.37)

हरिपादविनिर्भिन्नो निषसाद स पर्वतः । न शशाक तदात्मानं सोढुं भृशनिपीडितः ॥ 74.37 ॥

haripādavinirbhinno niṣasāda sa parvataḥ | na śaśāka tadātmānaṃ soḍhuṃ bhṛśanipīḍitaḥ || 74.37 ||

Split apart beneath the monkey's foot, that mountain sank down; violently pressed, it could no longer bear its own weight.

Shloka 38 (yuddha.74.38)

तस्य पेतुर्नगा भूमौ हरिवेगाच्च जज्वलुः । शृङ्गाणि च व्यकीर्यन्त पीडितस्य हनूमता ॥ 74.38 ॥

tasya peturnagā bhūmau harivegācca jajvaluḥ | śṛṅgāṇi ca vyakīryanta pīḍitasya hanūmatā || 74.38 ||

Its trees fell to the ground and, from the force of the monkey's leap, burst into flame; and, pressed by Hanuman, its peaks were scattered apart.

Shloka 39 (yuddha.74.39)

तस्मिन्सम्पीड्यमाने तु भग्नद्रुमशिलातले । न शेकुर्वानराः स्थातुं घूर्णमाने नगोत्तमे ॥ 74.39 ॥

tasminsampīḍyamāne tu bhagnadrumaśilātale | na śekurvānarāḥ sthātuṃ ghūrṇamāne nagottame || 74.39 ||

As that excellent mountain was thus pressed down, its trees and rock-face shattered, reeling, the monkeys upon it could no longer stand.

Shloka 40 (yuddha.74.40)

स घूर्णितमहाद्वारा प्रभग्नगृहगोपुरा । लङ्का त्रासाकुला रात्रौ प्रनृत्तेवाभवत्तदा ॥ 74.40 ॥

sa ghūrṇitamahādvārā prabhagnagṛhagopurā | laṅkā trāsākulā rātrau pranṛttevābhavattadā || 74.40 ||

Its great gates reeling, its houses and towers shattered, Lanka, overcome with terror, seemed that night as though it were dancing.

Shloka 41 (yuddha.74.41)

पृथिवीधरसङ्काशो निपीड्य धरणीधरम् । पृथिवीं क्षोभयामास सार्णवां मारुतात्मजः ॥ 74.41 ॥

pṛthivīdharasaṅkāśo nipīḍya dharaṇīdharam | pṛthivīṃ kṣobhayāmāsa sārṇavāṃ mārutātmajaḥ || 74.41 ||

That son of the wind, himself like a mountain, pressing down upon the mountain, made the whole earth, with its ocean, tremble.

Shloka 42 (yuddha.74.42)

आरुरोह तदा तस्माद्धरिर्मलयपर्वतम् । मेरुमन्दरसंकाशं नानाप्रस्रवणाकुलम् ॥ 74.42 ॥

āruroha tadā tasmāddharirmalayaparvatam | merumandarasaṃkāśaṃ nānāprasravaṇākulam || 74.42 ||

Then from there the monkey ascended Mount Malaya, resembling Meru and Mandara, thronged with cascades of every kind,

Shloka 43 (yuddha.74.43)

नानाद्रुमलताकीर्णम् विकासिकमलोत्पलम् । सेवितम् देवगन्धर्वैः षष्टियोजनमुच्छ्रितम् ॥ 74.43 ॥

nānādrumalatākīrṇam vikāsikamalotpalam | sevitam devagandharvaiḥ ṣaṣṭiyojanamucchritam || 74.43 ||

thick with countless trees and creepers, its lotuses and lilies in full bloom, frequented by gods and gandharvas, rising sixty leagues in height.

Shloka 44 (yuddha.74.44)

विद्याधरैर्मुनिगणैरप्सरोभिर्निषेवितम् । नानामृगगणाकीर्णम् बहुकन्दरशोभितम् ॥ 74.44 ॥

vidyādharairmunigaṇairapsarobhirniṣevitam | nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇam bahukandaraśobhitam || 74.44 ||

It was frequented by Vidyadharas, hosts of sages, and apsarases, teeming with herds of many kinds of deer, graced with countless caves.

Shloka 45 (yuddha.74.45)

सर्वानाकुलयंस्तत्र यक्षगन्धर्वकिम्नरान् । हनुमान् मेघसम्काशो ववृधे मारुतात्मजः ॥ 74.45 ॥

sarvānākulayaṃstatra yakṣagandharvakimnarān | hanumān meghasamkāśo vavṛdhe mārutātmajaḥ || 74.45 ||

Throwing into confusion all the yakshas, gandharvas and kimnaras there, Hanuman, the son of the wind, cloud-like, grew vast.

Shloka 46 (yuddha.74.46)

पद्भ्यां तु शैलमापीड्य वडवामुखवन्मुखम् । विवृत्योग्रं ननादोच्चैस्त्रासयन्निव राक्षसान् ॥ 74.46 ॥

padbhyāṃ tu śailamāpīḍya vaḍavāmukhavanmukham | vivṛtyograṃ nanādoccaistrāsayanniva rākṣasān || 74.46 ||

Pressing the mountain hard with his feet, opening wide his mouth, terrible as the submarine fire, he roared aloud, as if to strike terror into the rakshasas.

Shloka 47 (yuddha.74.47)

तस्य नानद्यमानस्य श्रुत्वा निनदमद्भुतम् । लङ्कास्था राक्षसाः सर्वे न शेकुः स्पन्दितुं भयात् ॥ 74.47 ॥

tasya nānadyamānasya śrutvā ninadamadbhutam | laṅkāsthā rākṣasāḥ sarve na śekuḥ spandituṃ bhayāt || 74.47 ||

Hearing that wondrous roar of his, all the rakshasas dwelling in Lanka, out of fear, could not so much as stir.

Shloka 48 (yuddha.74.48)

नमस्कृत्वाथ रामाय मारुतिर्भीमविक्रमः । राघवार्थे परं कर्म समैहत परन्तपः ॥ 74.48 ॥

namaskṛtvātha rāmāya mārutirbhīmavikramaḥ | rāghavārthe paraṃ karma samaihata parantapaḥ || 74.48 ||

Then, bowing to Rama, Hanuman, of fearsome prowess, the tormentor of foes, resolved upon this supreme deed for Raghava's sake.

Shloka 49 (yuddha.74.49)

स पुच्छमुद्यम्य भुजङ्गकल्पं । विनम्य पृष्ठं श्रवणे निकुञ्च्य । विवृत्य वक्त्रं वडवामुखाभम् । आपुप्लुवे व्योम्नि स चण्डवेगः ॥ 74.49 ॥

sa pucchamudyamya bhujaṅgakalpaṃ | vinamya pṛṣṭhaṃ śravaṇe nikuñcya | vivṛtya vaktraṃ vaḍavāmukhābham | āpupluve vyomni sa caṇḍavegaḥ || 74.49 ||

Raising his tail, serpent-like, arching his back, folding back his ears, opening wide his mouth, terrible as the submarine fire, he of furious speed sprang up into the sky.

Shloka 50 (yuddha.74.50)

स वृक्षषण्डांस्तरसा जहार । शैलाञ्शिलाः प्राकृतवानरांश् च । बाहूरुवेगोद्धतसम्प्रणुन्नास् । स्ते क्षीणवेगाः सलिले निपेतुः ॥ 74.50 ॥

sa vṛkṣaṣaṇḍāṃstarasā jahāra | śailāñśilāḥ prākṛtavānarāṃś ca | bāhūruvegoddhatasampraṇunnās | ste kṣīṇavegāḥ salile nipetuḥ || 74.50 ||

By his force he swept away clumps of trees, rocks, boulders and some ordinary monkeys; flung up and hurled by the force of his arms and thighs, they, their momentum spent, fell into the water.

Shloka 51 (yuddha.74.51)

स तौ प्रसार्योरगभोगकल्पौ । भुजौ भुजङ्गारिनिकाशवीर्यः । जगाम मेरुं नगराजमग्र्यं । दिशः प्रकर्षन्निव वायुसूनुः ॥ 74.51 ॥

sa tau prasāryoragabhogakalpau | bhujau bhujaṅgārinikāśavīryaḥ | jagāma meruṃ nagarājamagryaṃ | diśaḥ prakarṣanniva vāyusūnuḥ || 74.51 ||

Stretching out his two arms, like the coils of serpents, that son of the wind, in valour rivalling the foe of serpents [Garuda], sped toward Meru, the king of mountains, as if drawing the very quarters after him.

Shloka 52 (yuddha.74.52)

स सागरं घूर्णितवीचिमालं । तथा भृशं भ्रामितसर्वसत्त्वम् । समीक्षमाणः सहसा जगाम । चक्रं यथा विष्णुकराग्रमुक्तम् ॥ 74.52 ॥

sa sāgaraṃ ghūrṇitavīcimālaṃ | tathā bhṛśaṃ bhrāmitasarvasattvam | samīkṣamāṇaḥ sahasā jagāma | cakraṃ yathā viṣṇukarāgramuktam || 74.52 ||

Gazing down at the ocean, its garland of waves churned violently, all its creatures whirled about, he sped on at once, like the discus loosed from the fingertips of Vishnu.

Shloka 53 (yuddha.74.53)

स पर्वतान्वृक्षगणान्सरांसि । नदीस्तटाकानि पुरोत्तमानि । स्फीताञ्जनांस्तानपि सम्प्रपश्यञ् । जगाम वेगात्पितृतुल्यवेगः ॥ 74.53 ॥

sa parvatānvṛkṣagaṇānsarāṃsi | nadīstaṭākāni purottamāni | sphītāñjanāṃstānapi samprapaśyañ | jagāma vegātpitṛtulyavegaḥ || 74.53 ||

Beholding mountains, groves of trees, lakes, rivers, ponds, splendid cities, and their thriving peoples below him, he sped on, his swiftness equal to his father's.

Shloka 54 (yuddha.74.54)

आदित्यपथमाश्रित्य जगाम स गतश्रमः । हनुमांस्त्वरितो वीरः पितुस्तुल्यपराक्रमः ॥ 74.54 ॥

ādityapathamāśritya jagāma sa gataśramaḥ | hanumāṃstvarito vīraḥ pitustulyaparākramaḥ || 74.54 ||

Taking the path of the sun, unwearied, that swift hero Hanuman, whose valour equalled his father's, sped on.

Shloka 55 (yuddha.74.55)

जवेन महता युक्तो मारुतिर्मारुतो यथा । जगाम हरिशार्दूलो दिशः शब्देन नादयन् ॥ 74.55 ॥

javena mahatā yukto mārutirmāruto yathā | jagāma hariśārdūlo diśaḥ śabdena nādayan || 74.55 ||

Endowed with tremendous speed, like the wind itself, that tiger among monkeys sped on, filling the quarters with his roar.

Shloka 56 (yuddha.74.56)

स्मर्न् जाम्बवतो वाक्यम् मारुतिर्भीमविक्रमः । ददर्श सहसा चापि हिमवन्तं महाकपिः ॥ 74.56 ॥

smarn jāmbavato vākyam mārutirbhīmavikramaḥ | dadarśa sahasā cāpi himavantaṃ mahākapiḥ || 74.56 ||

Recalling Jambavan's words, that great monkey of fearsome prowess suddenly beheld the Himalaya.

Shloka 57 (yuddha.74.57)

नानाप्रस्रवणोपेतं बहुकन्दरनिर्झरम् । श्वेताभ्रचयसङ्काशैः शिखरैश्चारुदर्शनैः ॥ शोभितं विविधैर्वृक्तैरगमत्पर्वतोत्तमम् ॥ 74.57 ॥

nānāprasravaṇopetaṃ bahukandaranirjharam | śvetābhracayasaṅkāśaiḥ śikharaiścārudarśanaiḥ || śobhitaṃ vividhairvṛktairagamatparvatottamam || 74.57 ||

He arrived at that foremost of mountains, endowed with many cascades, its numberless caves and torrents, graced by lovely peaks that resembled banks of white cloud, and adorned with trees of every kind.

Shloka 58 (yuddha.74.58)

स तम् समासाद्य महानगेन्द्रम् । मतिप्रवृद्धोत्तमघोरशृङ्गम् । ददर्श पुण्यानि महाश्रमाणि । सुरर्षिसङ्घोत्तमसेवितानि ॥ 74.58 ॥

sa tam samāsādya mahānagendram | matipravṛddhottamaghoraśṛṅgam | dadarśa puṇyāni mahāśramāṇi | surarṣisaṅghottamasevitāni || 74.58 ||

Reaching that great lord of mountains, its towering, awe-inspiring peaks soaring skyward, he saw holy and great hermitages, frequented by hosts of celestial sages.

Shloka 59 (yuddha.74.59)

स ब्रह्मकोशं रजतालयं च । शक्रालयं रुद्रशरप्रमोक्षम् । हयाननं ब्रह्मशिरश्च दीप्तं । ददर्श वैवस्वत किङ्करांश् च ॥ 74.59 ॥

sa brahmakośaṃ rajatālayaṃ ca | śakrālayaṃ rudraśarapramokṣam | hayānanaṃ brahmaśiraśca dīptaṃ | dadarśa vaivasvata kiṅkarāṃś ca || 74.59 ||

He saw the treasury of Brahma, the silver abode, the abode of Indra, the place where Rudra loosed his arrow, Hayanana, the blazing head of Brahma, and the attendants of Vaivasvata [Yama].

Shloka 60 (yuddha.74.60)

वज्रालयं वैश्वरणालयं च । सूर्यप्रभं सूर्यनिबन्धनं च । ब्रह्मासनं शङ्करकार्मुकं च । ददर्श नाभिं च वसुन्धरायाः ॥ 74.60 ॥

vajrālayaṃ vaiśvaraṇālayaṃ ca | sūryaprabhaṃ sūryanibandhanaṃ ca | brahmāsanaṃ śaṅkarakārmukaṃ ca | dadarśa nābhiṃ ca vasundharāyāḥ || 74.60 ||

He saw the abode of the thunderbolt, the abode of Vaishravana, the sun-bright spot where the sun was once bound, the seat of Brahma, the bow of Shankara, and the navel of the earth.

Shloka 61 (yuddha.74.61)

कैलासमग्र्यं हिमवच्छिलां च । तथर्षभं काञ्चनशैलमग्र्यम् । स दीप्तसर्वौषधिसम्प्रदीप्तं । ददर्श सर्वौषधिपर्वतेन्द्रम् ॥ 74.61 ॥

kailāsamagryaṃ himavacchilāṃ ca | tatharṣabhaṃ kāñcanaśailamagryam | sa dīptasarvauṣadhisampradīptaṃ | dadarśa sarvauṣadhiparvatendram || 74.61 ||

He saw the exalted Kailasa, the rock of Himavat, and Rishabha too, the excellent golden mountain, blazing with the light of every herb -- that lord of the mountains of all herbs.

Shloka 62 (yuddha.74.62)

स तं समीक्ष्यानलरश्मिदीप्तं । विसिष्मिये वासवदूतसूनुः । आप्लुत्य तं चौषधिपर्वतेन्द्रं । तत्रौषधीनां विचयं चकार ॥ 74.62 ॥

sa taṃ samīkṣyānalaraśmidīptaṃ | visiṣmiye vāsavadūtasūnuḥ | āplutya taṃ cauṣadhiparvatendraṃ | tatrauṣadhīnāṃ vicayaṃ cakāra || 74.62 ||

Beholding it, blazing with rays like fire, that envoy of Indra's son [Hanuman] was astonished; alighting upon that lord of the herb-mountains, he began his search there for the herbs.

Shloka 63 (yuddha.74.63)

स योजनसहस्राणि समतीत्य महाकपिः । दिव्यौषधिधरं शैलं व्यचरन्मारुतात्मजः ॥ 74.63 ॥

sa yojanasahasrāṇi samatītya mahākapiḥ | divyauṣadhidharaṃ śailaṃ vyacaranmārutātmajaḥ || 74.63 ||

Having crossed a thousand yojanas, that great monkey, the son of the wind, roamed across the mountain that bore the divine herbs.

Shloka 64 (yuddha.74.64)

महौषध्यस्तु ताः सर्वास्तस्मिन्पर्वतसत्तमे । विज्ञायार्थिनमायान्तं ततो जग्मुरदर्शनम् ॥ 74.64 ॥

mahauṣadhyastu tāḥ sarvāstasminparvatasattame | vijñāyārthinamāyāntaṃ tato jagmuradarśanam || 74.64 ||

But all those great herbs on that excellent mountain, knowing that a seeker had come, then vanished from sight.

Shloka 65 (yuddha.74.65)

स ता महात्मा हनुमान पश्यं । चुकोप कोपाच्च भृशं ननाद । अमृष्यमाणोऽग्निनिकाशचक्षुर् । र्महीधरेन्द्रं तमुवाच वाक्यम् ॥ 74.65 ॥

sa tā mahātmā hanumāna paśyaṃ | cukopa kopācca bhṛśaṃ nanāda | amṛṣyamāṇo'gninikāśacakṣur | rmahīdharendraṃ tamuvāca vākyam || 74.65 ||

Not finding them, that noble Hanuman grew angry and roared aloud in fury; unable to bear it, his eyes red as fire, he spoke thus to that lord of mountains:

Shloka 66 (yuddha.74.66)

किमेतदेवं सुविनिश्चितं ते । यद्राघवे नासि कृतानुकम्पः । पश्याद्य मद्बाहुबलाभिभूतो । विकीर्णमात्मानमथो नगेन्द्र ॥ 74.66 ॥

kimetadevaṃ suviniścitaṃ te | yadrāghave nāsi kṛtānukampaḥ | paśyādya madbāhubalābhibhūto | vikīrṇamātmānamatho nagendra || 74.66 ||

'Is this then your firm resolve, that you feel no compassion for Raghava? Then behold, O king of mountains, yourself today scattered to pieces, overwhelmed by the strength of my arms.'

Shloka 67 (yuddha.74.67)

स तस्य शृङ्गं सनगं सनागं । सकाञ्चनं धातुसहस्रजुष्टम् । विकीर्णकूटं चलिताग्रसानुं । प्रगृह्य वेगात्सहसोन्ममाथ ॥ 74.67 ॥

sa tasya śṛṅgaṃ sanagaṃ sanāgaṃ | sakāñcanaṃ dhātusahasrajuṣṭam | vikīrṇakūṭaṃ calitāgrasānuṃ | pragṛhya vegātsahasonmamātha || 74.67 ||

Then, seizing hold of its peak, with its trees and its elephants, its gold, adorned with a thousand minerals, its summit scattered, its topmost ridge shaken, he tore it up at once with great force.

Shloka 68 (yuddha.74.68)

स तं समुत्पाट्य खमुत्पपात । वित्रास्य लोकान्ससुरान्सुरेन्द्रान् । संस्तूयमानः खचरैरनेकैर् । जगाम वेगाद्गरुडोग्रवीर्यः ॥ 74.68 ॥

sa taṃ samutpāṭya khamutpapāta | vitrāsya lokānsasurānsurendrān | saṃstūyamānaḥ khacarairanekair | jagāma vegādgaruḍogravīryaḥ || 74.68 ||

Having torn it up, he sprang into the sky, striking fear into the worlds, the gods and their lord; praised by many sky-roving beings, he sped on with the fierce speed of Garuda.

Shloka 69 (yuddha.74.69)

स भास्कराध्वानमनुप्रपन्नस् । तद्भास्कराभं शिखरं प्रगृह्य । बभौ तदा भास्करसंनिकाशो । रवेः समीपे प्रतिभास्कराभः ॥ 74.69 ॥

sa bhāskarādhvānamanuprapannas | tadbhāskarābhaṃ śikharaṃ pragṛhya | babhau tadā bhāskarasaṃnikāśo | raveḥ samīpe pratibhāskarābhaḥ || 74.69 ||

Taking the path of the sun, bearing that sun-bright peak, he, himself sun-like, shone as a second sun beside the sun.

Shloka 70 (yuddha.74.70)

स तेन शैलेन भृशं रराज । शैलोपमो गन्धवहात्मजस्तु । सहस्रधारेण सपावकेन । चक्रेण खे विष्णुरिवार्पितेन ॥ 74.70 ॥

sa tena śailena bhṛśaṃ rarāja | śailopamo gandhavahātmajastu | sahasradhāreṇa sapāvakena | cakreṇa khe viṣṇurivārpitena || 74.70 ||

That son of the wind, himself like a mountain, shone brilliantly with that mountain, as Vishnu in the sky with his thousand-edged, fire-wreathed discus set in his hand.

Shloka 71 (yuddha.74.71)

तं वानराः प्रेक्ष्य तदा विनेदुः । स तानपि प्रेक्ष्य मुदा ननाद । तेषां समुत्कृष्टरवं निशम्य । लङ्कालया भीमतरं विनेदुः ॥ 74.71 ॥

taṃ vānarāḥ prekṣya tadā vineduḥ | sa tānapi prekṣya mudā nanāda | teṣāṃ samutkṛṣṭaravaṃ niśamya | laṅkālayā bhīmataraṃ vineduḥ || 74.71 ||

Seeing him then, the monkeys cried out; seeing them too, he roared with joy; hearing their tremendous outcry, the dwellers of Lanka cried out yet more terribly.

Shloka 72 (yuddha.74.72)

ततो महात्मा निपपात तस्मिञ् । शैलोत्तमे वानरसैन्यमध्ये । हर्युत्तमेभ्यः शिरसाभिवाद्य । विभीषणं तत्र च सस्वजे सः ॥ 74.72 ॥

tato mahātmā nipapāta tasmiñ | śailottame vānarasainyamadhye | haryuttamebhyaḥ śirasābhivādya | vibhīṣaṇaṃ tatra ca sasvaje saḥ || 74.72 ||

Then that noble one alighted upon that excellent mountain, in the midst of the monkey army; bowing his head to salute the foremost of the monkeys, he then embraced Vibhishana.

Shloka 73 (yuddha.74.73)

तावप्युभौ मानुषराजपुत्रौ । तं गन्धमाघ्राय महौषधीनाम् । बभूवतुस्तत्र तदा विशल्या । उत्तस्थुरन्ये च हरिप्रवीराः ॥ 74.73 ॥

tāvapyubhau mānuṣarājaputrau | taṃ gandhamāghrāya mahauṣadhīnām | babhūvatustatra tadā viśalyā | uttasthuranye ca haripravīrāḥ || 74.73 ||

Then those two human princes, breathing in the fragrance of those great herbs, became there and then free of their arrow-wounds, and the other monkey-heroes too rose up.

Shloka 74 (yuddha.74.74)

सर्वे विशल्या विरुजाः क्षणेन । हरिप्रवीराश्च हता श्च ये स्युः । गन्धेन तासाम् प्रवरौषधीनां । सुप्ता निशान्तेष्विव संप्रबुद्धाः ॥ 74.74 ॥

sarve viśalyā virujāḥ kṣaṇena | haripravīrāśca hatā śca ye syuḥ | gandhena tāsām pravarauṣadhīnāṃ | suptā niśānteṣviva saṃprabuddhāḥ || 74.74 ||

In an instant, all the monkey-heroes, even those who had been slain, became free of arrow-wounds and free of pain by the fragrance of those excellent herbs, waking as though from sleep at the close of night.

Shloka 75 (yuddha.74.75)

यदाप्रभृति लङ्कायां युध्यने हरिराक्षसाः । तदाप्रभृति मानार्थ्माज्ञया रावणस्य च ॥ 74.75 ॥

yadāprabhṛti laṅkāyāṃ yudhyane harirākṣasāḥ | tadāprabhṛti mānārthmājñayā rāvaṇasya ca || 74.75 ||

From the day the monkeys and rakshasas began fighting in Lanka, from that day, at Ravana's command, for the sake of honour --

Shloka 76 (yuddha.74.76)

ये हन्यन्ते रणे तत्र राक्षसाः कपिकुञ्जरैः । हता हतास्तु क्षिप्यन्ते सर्व एव तु सागरे ॥ 74.76 ॥

ye hanyante raṇe tatra rākṣasāḥ kapikuñjaraiḥ | hatā hatāstu kṣipyante sarva eva tu sāgare || 74.76 ||

whatever rakshasas were slain in that battle by the great monkeys, all of them, one after another, as they fell, were cast into the sea.

Shloka 77 (yuddha.74.77)

ततो हरिर्गन्धवहात्मजस्तु । तमोषधीशैलमुदग्रवीर्यः । निनाय वेगाद्धिमवन्तमेव । पुनश्च रामेण समाजगाम ॥ 74.77 ॥

tato harirgandhavahātmajastu | tamoṣadhīśailamudagravīryaḥ | nināya vegāddhimavantameva | punaśca rāmeṇa samājagāma || 74.77 ||

Then that monkey, the son of the wind, of towering valour, carried that mountain of herbs back swiftly to the Himalaya, and rejoined Rama once more.