Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 45

Meaning

Summoning all the monkeys in a body, King Sugrīva, the foremost of monkeys, spoke to them as follows with a view to accomplishing the end sought to be achieved by Śrī Rāma : (1)

Meaning

“All this area specified by me ought to be scoured by you, the foremost of monkeys, in the way pointed out by me.” Fully comprehending that formidable command of their master and overruning the earth like locusts, the leaders of monkeys duly sallied forth. Waiting for the period of one month, which had been fixed as a limit for finding out the whereabouts of Sītā, Śrī Rāma continued to live on the celebrated Mount Prasravaṇa with Lakṣmaṇa. The valiant monkey Śatabali for his part then set out with a dash towards the delightful northern quarter blocked by the Himālaya mountain, the king of mountains. The monkey chief, Vinata, marched towards the eastern quarter; while accompanied by Tāra, Aṅgada and others, the monkey Hanumān (son of the wind-god), another monkey chief, proceeded towards the southern quarter, resorted to by Sage Agastya. (2—6)

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Again, the monkey chief, Suṣeṇa, a tiger among monkeys, set forth towards the fearful western quarter, the quarter protected by Varuṇa (the god of water). (7)

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Having dispatched the monkeys to all the quarters according to their worth, the valiant Sugrīva, the lord of the monkey forces, felt gratified and happy in his heart. (8)

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Shouting and howling, thundering and roaring growling and running, when enjoined by the king as aforesaid, all the generals of the monkey army, who were endowed with extraordinary might, hastily marched each towards the quarter assigned to him. (9-10)

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Directed thus by the king, all the commanders of the monkey army said, “We shall dispose of Rāvaṇa and bring Sītā back.” (11)

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“Single-handed I shall kill Rāvaṇa arrived on the field of battle and then, destroying his associates too, I shall forcibly bear away today Janaka’s daughter, trembling through affliction and fear. You should all stay here.” “Single-handed I shall bring Janaka’s daughter even from Pātāla (the lowermost subterranean region). (12-13)

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“I shall smash down trees. I shall cleave the mountains, shall rend the earth and shall churn up the oceans.” (14)

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“I can leap across the waters to the extent of a hundred Yojanas (or eight hundred miles).” “I can surely leap to a distance of more than a hundred Yojanas (or eight hundred miles).” (15)

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“My progress cannot be intercepted on the earth’s surface or even in the ocean, on the mountains or in the woods or even in the heart of Pātāla (the nethermost subterranean region).” (16)

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Such words did the monkeys, proud of their might, utter one by one, in the presence of the celebrated Sugrīva (the king of monkeys) at that time on that spot. (17)