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# Kishkindha Kanda, Sarga 66

> अनेकशतसाहस्रीं विषण्णां हरिवाहिनीम्।  
> जाम्बवान् समुदीक्ष्यैवं हनूमन्तमथाब्रवीत्॥ १॥

Perceiving the monkey force, which was many lakhs strong, despondent, Jāmbavān presently spoke to Hanumān as follows :(1)

> वीर वानरलोकस्य सर्वशास्त्रविदां वर।  
> तूष्णीमेकान्तमाश्रित्य हनूमन् किं न जल्पसि॥ २॥

“Sitting quietly apart, O hero of the Vānara kingdom, O jewel among those well-versed in all the scriptures, why don’t you speak, O Hanumān ! (2)

> हनूमन्हरिराजस्य सुग्रीवस्य समो ह्यसि।  
> रामलक्ष्मणयोश्चापि तेजसा च बलेन च॥ ३॥

“Indeed you are a compeer, O Hanumān, of Sugrīva, the ruler of all monkeys, nay, even of Śrī Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in point of valour and might. (3)

> अरिष्टनेमिनः पुत्रो वैनतेयो महाबलः।  
> गरुत्मानिव विख्यात उत्तमः सर्वपक्षिणाम्॥ ४॥

“You are as widely known as Garuḍa, son of Ariṣṭanemi (Sage Kaśyapa) through Vinatā, and the foremost of all winged creatures, who is possessed of extraordinary strength. (4)

> बहुशो हि मया दृष्टः सागरे स महाबलः।  
> भुजङ्गानुद्धरन् पक्षी महाबाहुर्महाबलः॥ ५॥

“That bird, Garuḍa, of mighty arms and possessed of extraordinary strength and courage has actually been seen by me on many an occasion picking up huge serpents at sea. (5)

> पक्षयोर्यद् बलं तस्य भुजवीर्यबलं तव।  
> विक्रमश्चापि वेगश्च न ते तेनापहीयते॥ ६॥

“The strength which inheres in his wings and the power and strength of your arms are equal. Your prowess and energy too are in no way inferior to his (Garuḍa’s). (6)

> बलं बुद्धिश्च तेजश्च सत्त्वं च हरिपुङ्गव।  
> विशिष्टं सर्वभूतेषु किमात्मानं न सज्जसे॥ ७॥

“Your strength and wisdom, energy and courage too, O bull among the monkeys, distinguish you from all other created beings. Why then do you not make yourself ready for the adventure? (7)

> अप्सराऽप्सरसां श्रेष्ठा विख्याता पुञ्जिकस्थला।  
> अञ्जनेति परिख्याता पत्नी केसरिणो हरेः॥ ८॥  
> विख्याता त्रिषु लोकेषु रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि।  
> अभिशापादभूत् तात कपित्वे कामरूपिणी॥ ९॥  
> दुहिता वानरेन्द्रस्य कुञ्जरस्य महात्मनः।  
> मानुषं विग्रहं कृत्वा रूपयौवनशालिनी॥ १०॥  
> विचित्रमाल्याभरणा कदाचित् क्षौमधारिणी।  
> अचरत् पर्वतस्याग्रे प्रावृडम्बुदसंनिभे॥ ११॥

“There was a celestial nymph, the foremost of all celestial nymphs and widely known by the name of Puñjikasthalā. Due to a curse pronounced by a Ṛṣi, she was reborn as a daughter of the high-souled Kuñjara, a monkey chief, and became widely known as Añjanā. She came to be the wife of a monkey, Kesarī by name. She was celebrated in all the three worlds and was unparalleled on earth in beauty. Though living in the form of a monkey she could change her form at will. Having assumed a human form, Añjanā, who looked charming due to her comeliness and youth, was decked with wonderful ornaments of flowers and was clad in silk, was once roving on a mountain-peak, which looked like a rainy cloud. (8—11)

> तस्या वस्त्रं विशालाक्ष्याः पीतं रक्तदशं शुभम्।  
> स्थितायाः पर्वतस्याग्रे मारुतोऽपाहरच्छनैः॥ १२॥

“The wind-god gently removed the charming red-bordered yellow covering of that large-eyed belle standing on the mountain-top. (12)

> स ददर्श ततस्तस्या वृत्तावूरू सुसंहतौ।  
> स्तनौ च पीनौ सहितौ सुजातं चारु चाननम्॥ १३॥

“He thereupon perceived her rounded and closely united thighs and well-knit swelling breasts as well as her shapely and lovely countenance. (13)

> तां बलादायतश्रोणीं तनुमध्यां यशस्विनीम्।  
> दृष्ट्वैव शुभसर्वाङ्गीं पवनः काममोहितः॥ १४॥

“The wind-god got infatuated through love in spite of himself the moment he saw that glorious woman with broad hips, slender of waist and charming of every limb. (14)

> स तां भुजाभ्यां दीर्घाभ्यां पर्यष्वजत मारुतः।  
> मन्मथाविष्टसर्वाङ्गो गतात्मा तामनिन्दिताम्॥ १५॥

“The wind-god, whose mind was set on her and all whose limbs were possessed by love, pressed to his bosom that irreproachable girl with his long arms. (15)

> सा तु तत्रैव सम्भ्रान्ता सुव्रता वाक्यमब्रवीत्।  
> एकपत्नीव्रतमिदं को नाशयितुमिच्छति॥ १६॥

“Utterly confused, that lady of noble vows, for her part, spoke that very moment as follows : ‘Who seeks to violate this vow of mine of fidelity to a single husband?’ (16)

> अञ्जनाया वचः श्रुत्वा मारुतः प्रत्यभाषत।  
> न त्वां हिंसामि सुश्रोणि मा भूत् ते मनसो भयम्॥ १७॥

“Hearing the question of Añjanā, the wind-god replied, ‘I am not going to violate you, O lady of charming limbs ! Let there be no fear in your mind. (17)

> मनसास्मि गतो यत् त्वां परिष्वज्य यशस्विनि।  
> वीर्यवान् बुद्धिसम्पन्नस्तव पुत्रो भविष्यति॥ १८॥

“ ‘Since after embracing you I have entered your being with my mind, O illustrious lady, a son who is powerful and richly endowed with intelligence will be born to you. (18)

> महासत्त्वो महातेजा महाबलपराक्रमः।  
> लङ्घने प्लवने चैव भविष्यति मया समः॥ १९॥

“ ‘Full of extraordinary courage, extraordinary energy and extraordinary strength and prowess, he will prove to be my equal in jumping and leaping.’ (19)

> एवमुक्ता ततस्तुष्टा जननी ते महाकपे।  
> गुहायां त्वां महाबाहो प्रजज्ञे प्लवगर्षभ॥ २०॥

“Satisfied when spoken to in these words, your mother, O great and mighty-armed monkey, gave birth to you in a cave, O jewel among the monkeys! (20)

> अभ्युत्थितं ततः सूर्यं बालो दृष्ट्वा महावने।  
> फलं चेति जिघृक्षुस्त्वमुत्प्लुत्याभ्युत्पतो दिवम्॥ २१॥

Seeing the sun just risen in an extensive forest while you were still a child, and bounding with intent to have it, taking it to be a fruit, you rose to the sky. (21)

> शतानि त्रीणि गत्वाथ योजनानां महाकपे।  
> तेजसा तस्य निर्धूतो न विषादं गतस्ततः॥ २२॥

Having sprung to an altitude of over three thousand Yojanas* (or twenty-four thousand miles), O great monkey, you were repulsed by the brilliance of the sun but did not meet with despondency on that account. (22)

> त्वामप्युपगतं तूर्णमन्तरिक्षं महाकपे।  
> क्षिप्तमिन्द्रेण ते वज्रं कोपाविष्टेन तेजसा॥ २३॥  
> तदा शैलाग्रशिखरे वामो हनुरभज्यत।  
> ततो हि नामधेयं ते हनुमानिति कीर्तितम्॥ २४॥

Seeing you risen to the sky in no time even on being repulsed, O great monkey, Indra hurled his thunderbolt with violence at you, possessed as he was with anger, dashing you against the foremost summit of a mountain, with the result that the left side of your chin got immediately fractured. From that time onward your name became current as Hanumān (one with a broken or defective chin). (23-24)

> ततस्त्वां निहतं दृष्ट्वा वायुर्गन्धवहः स्वयम्।  
> त्रैलोक्यं भृशसंक्रुद्धो न ववौ वै प्रभञ्जनः॥ २५॥

“Seeing you badly hurt, the wind-god, the wafer of odour, himself felt extremely enraged and the wind now ceased to visit the three worlds. (25)

> सम्भ्रान्ताश्च सुराः सर्वे त्रैलोक्ये क्षुभिते सति।  
> प्रसादयन्ति संक्रुद्धं मारुतं भुवनेश्वराः॥ २६॥

“All the three worlds being agitated for want of air, all the gods felt perplexed. The rulers of the worlds, Brahmā and others, proceeded to pacify the infuriated wind-god. (26)

> प्रसादिते च पवने ब्रह्मा तुभ्यं वरं ददौ।  
> अशस्त्रवध्यतां तात समरे सत्यविक्रम॥ २७॥

“The wind-god being placated, Brahmā granted in your favour a boon in the form of invulnerability in combat, O dear child of unfailing prowess ! (27)

> वज्रस्य च निपातेन विरुजं त्वां समीक्ष्य च।  
> सहस्रनेत्रः प्रीतात्मा ददौ ते वरमुत्तमम्॥ २८॥  
> स्वच्छन्दतश्च मरणं तव स्यादिति वै प्रभो।  
> स त्वं केसरिणः पुत्रः क्षेत्रजो भीमविक्रमः॥ २९॥  
> मारुतस्यौरसः पुत्रस्तेजसा चापि तत्समः।  
> त्वं हि वायुसुतो वत्स प्लवने चापि तत्समः॥ ३०॥

“Pleased at heart to observe you free from anguish despite the impact of the thunderbolt and notwithstanding your being dashed against a mountain-peak, Indra (the thousand-eyed god) too conferred another excellent boon on you to the effect that death will come to you only when you wish to die, O powerful monkey ! In this way you are, on the one hand, the son of Kesarī, begotten through his wife, and by another, are endowed with terrible prowess. Again, sprung as you are from the loins of the wind-god, you are his equal in energy. Indeed, being a son of the wind-god, you are his equal even in leaping. (28—30)

> वयमद्य गतप्राणा भवानस्मासु साम्प्रतम्।  
> दाक्ष्यविक्रमसम्पन्नः कपिराज इवापरः॥ ३१॥

“Our vitality has now all but gone. You alone amongst us are endowed with skill and prowess and are another Sugrīva, the ruler of monkeys, as it were. (31)

> त्रिविक्रमे मया तात सशैलवनकानना।  
> त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी परिक्रान्ता प्रदक्षिणम्॥ ३२॥

“During the descent of the Lord as Trivikrama (who measured the entire universe in three strides), O dear child, the entire globe with its mountains, forests and woodlands was gone round clockwise by me as many as one and twenty times. (32)

> तथा चौषधयोऽस्माभिः संचिता देवशासनात्।  
> निर्मथ्यममृतं याभिस्तदानीं नो महद्बलम्॥ ३३॥

“Nay, that time, in obedience to the command of the gods, the herbs with the help of which nectar was to be churned out of the ocean of milk were gathered by me single-handed, since at that time extraordinary strength existed in me. (33)

> स इदानीमहं वृद्धः परिहीनपराक्रमः।  
> साम्प्रतं कालमस्माकं भवान् सर्वगुणान्वितः॥ ३४॥

“I am now old and destitute of prowess. You alone amongst us are endowed with all virtues at the present moment. (34)

> तद् विजृम्भस्व विक्रान्त प्लवतामुत्तमो ह्यसि।  
> त्वद्वीर्यं द्रष्टुकामा हि सर्वा वानरवाहिनी॥ ३५॥

Therefore exhibit your immense strength, O hero, since you are the foremost of monkeys. Indeed the entire Vānara force is keen to witness your virility. (35)

> उत्तिष्ठ हरिशार्दूल लङ्घयस्व महार्णवम्।  
> परा हि सर्वभूतानां हनुमन् या गतिस्तव॥ ३६॥

“Get up, O tiger among the monkeys, and leap over the vast sea; for the leaping capacity that exists in you, O Hanumān, is greater than that of all other created beings. (36)

> विषण्णा हरयः सर्वे हनुमन् किमुपेक्षसे।  
> विक्रमस्व महावेग विष्णुस्त्रीन् विक्रमानिव॥ ३७॥

“All the monkeys have grown despondent, O Hanumān ! How do you ignore them? Show your courage, O monkey of extraordinary speed, as did Lord Viṣṇu in His descent as Trivikrama take three strides in order to measure the universe.” (37)

> ततः कपीनामृषभेण चोदितः  
> प्रतीतवेगः पवनात्मजः कपिः।  
> प्रहर्षयंस्तां हरिवीरवाहिनीं  
> चकार रूपं महदात्मनस्तदा॥ ३८॥

Encouraged by Jāmbavān, the foremost of monkeys and bears, and convinced of his capacity for vigorous action, the monkey chief, Hanumān, son of the wind-god, now expanded his form that very moment, thereby bringing excessive joy to that army of monkey heroes. (38)

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