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# Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 63

> एतैरन्यैश्च बहुभिर्वाक्यैर्वाक्यविशारदः।  
> मां प्रशस्याभ्यनुज्ञाप्य प्रविष्टः स स्वमालयम्॥ १॥

“Having extolled me in the forgoing and many other such words and taking leave of me, the sage, who was a master of expression, retired into his abode. (1)

> कन्दरात् तु विसर्पित्वा पर्वतस्य शनैः शनैः।  
> अहं विन्ध्यं समारुह्य भवतः प्रतिपालये॥ २॥

“Crawling from the mountain-cave and climbing up the Vindhyan range, I have been waiting for you all. (2)

> अद्य त्वेतस्य कालस्य वर्षं साग्रशतं गतम्।  
> देशकालप्रतीक्षोऽस्मि हृदि कृत्वा मुनेर्वचः॥ ३॥

“Since then more than eight thousand* years have elapsed till this day. Bearing in mind the sage’s words I have been waiting for the predicted place and time. (3)

> महाप्रस्थानमासाद्य स्वर्गते तु निशाकरे।  
> मां निर्दहति संतापो वितर्कैर्बहुभिर्वृतम्॥ ४॥

“Sage Niśākara for his part having ascended to heaven on reaching the end of his life, agony has been consuming me, beset as I am with numerous doubts. (4)

> उदितां मरणे बुद्धिं मुनिवाक्यैर्निवर्तये।  
> बुद्धिर्या तेन मे दत्ता प्राणानां रक्षणे मम॥ ५॥  
> सा मेऽपनयते दुःखं दीप्तेवाग्निशिखा तमः।  
> बुध्यता च मया वीर्यं रावणस्य दुरात्मनः॥ ६॥  
> पुत्रः संतर्जितो वाग्भिर्न त्राता मैथिली कथम्।  
> तस्या विलपितं श्रुत्वा तौ च सीतावियोजितौ॥ ७॥  
> न मे दशरथस्नेहात् पुत्रेणोत्पादितं प्रियम्।  
> तस्य त्वेवं ब्रुवाणस्य संहतैर्वानरैः सह॥ ८॥  
> उत्पेततुस्तदा पक्षौ समक्षं वनचारिणाम्।  
> स दृष्ट्वा स्वां तनुं पक्षैरुद्गतैररुणच्छदैः॥ ९॥  
> प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे वानरांश्चेदमब्रवीत्।  
> निशाकरस्य राजर्षेः प्रसादादमितौजसः॥ १०॥  
> आदित्यरश्मिनिर्दग्धौ पक्षौ पुनरुपस्थितौ।  
> यौवने वर्तमानस्य ममासीद् यः पराक्रमः॥ ११॥  
> तमेवाद्यावगच्छामि बलं पौरुषमेव च।  
> सर्वथा क्रियतां यत्नः सीतामधिगमिष्यथ॥ १२॥

“I have been setting aside the thought of suicide, which now and then appeared in me, by recalling the words of the sage. The determination he inspired in me to preserve my life takes away my agony even as a blazing flame of fire would dispel darkness. Nay, knowing as I did the virility of the evil-minded Rāvaṇa, my son was twitted by me in the following words : ‘Wherefore did you not rescue Sītā (the princess of Mithilā)?’ (I feel distressed to note that even) on hearing the wails of Sītā and on coming to know of the two princes (Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa) having been deprived of Sītā, that which would have conduced to my pleasure viz., an all out attempt to rescue her, was not done by my son, even though he was capable of doing it, which he ought to have done looking to my love for the late Emperor Daśaratha.” Even while Sampāti was speaking as aforesaid with the monkeys collected together, a pair of wings presently appeared on his sides in the presence of those dwellers of the forest. He experienced an ecstasy of delight, which was unequalled, on seeing his body covered by two newly grown wings with ruddy feathers, and spoke to the monkeys as follows : “By the grace of the royal sage Niśākara, who was possessed of immense spiritual power, my pair of wings, which had been completely burnt by the rays of the sun, have newly appeared. I find in me today the same prowess, strength and virility which existed in me when I was passing through my youth. Let an all out effort be made to trace out Sītā; you will surely be able to discover Sītā. (5—12)

> पक्षलाभो ममायं वः सिद्धिप्रत्ययकारकः।  
> इत्युक्त्वा तान् हरीन् सर्वान् सम्पातिः पतगोत्तमः॥ १३॥  
> उत्पपात गिरेः शृङ्गाज्जिज्ञासुः खगमो गतिम्।  
> तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रतिसंहृष्टमानसाः।  
> बभूवुर्हरिशार्दूला विक्रमाभ्युदयोन्मुखाः॥ १४॥

“This recovery of wings on my part is a pledge of your success.” Having spoken as aforesaid to all those monkeys, Sampāti, the foremost of birds, flew from the mountain-peak, keen as he was to see for himself once again how a bird flew. Highly pleased in mind in their turn to hear the foregoing words of Sampāti, those tigers among the monkeys became hopeful of their success, which depended on their valour. (13-14)

> अथ पवनसमानविक्रमाः  
> प्लवगवराः प्रतिलब्धपौरुषाः।  
> अभिजिदभिमुखां दिशं ययु-  
> र्जनकसुतापरिमार्गणोन्मुखाः॥ १५॥

Having regained their virility, which had been lost as a result of their frustration, the aforesaid leaders of monkeys, who were endowed with a speed equal to that of the wind, headed towards the southern quarter in which the constellation known by the name of Abhijit (a name associated by astrologers with triumph) appears foremost, keen as they were to trace out Sītā (daughter of King Janaka). (15)

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