👑 Uttara Kanda

Sarga 36

64 shlokas

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Uttara Kanda 36.1

ततः पितामहं दृष्ट्वा वायुः पुत्रवधार्दितः शिशुकं तं समादाय उत्तस्थौ धातुरग्रतः ।। 7.36.1 ।।

tataḥ pitāmahaṃ dṛṣṭvā vāyuḥ putravadhārditaḥ | śiśukaṃ taṃ samādāya uttasthau dhāturagrataḥ || 7.36.1 ||

Translation

Then the Wind-god, afflicted by the slaying of his son, beholding the Grandsire (Brahma), took up that infant and arose before the Creator.

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Uttara Kanda 36.2

चलकुण्डलमौलिस्रक्तपनीयविभूषणः पादयोर्न्यपतद्वायुस्तिस्रोपस्थाय वेधसे ।। 7.36.2 ।।

calakuṇḍalamaulisraktapanīyavibhūṣaṇaḥ | pādayornyapatadvāyustisropasthāya vedhase || 7.36.2 ||

Translation

Adorned with swaying earrings, a diadem, a garland, and golden ornaments, the Wind-god fell at the feet of Brahma and, approaching, stood before the Creator.

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Uttara Kanda 36.3

तं तु वेदविदा तेन लम्बाभरणशोभिना वायुमुत्थाप्य हस्तेन शिशुं तं परिमृष्टवान् ।। 7.36.3 ।।

taṃ tu vedavidā tena lambābharaṇaśobhinā | vāyumutthāpya hastena śiśuṃ taṃ parimṛṣṭavān || 7.36.3 ||

Translation

Then that knower of the Vedas, resplendent with his pendant ornaments, raised the Wind-god up with his hand and gently stroked that infant.

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Uttara Kanda 36.4

स्पृष्टमात्रस्ततः सो ऽथ सलीलं पद्मयोनिना जलसिक्तं यथा सस्यं पुनर्जीवितमाप्तवान् ।। 7.36.4 ।।

spṛṣṭamātrastataḥ so 'tha salīlaṃ padmayoninā | jalasiktaṃ yathā sasyaṃ punarjīvitamāptavān || 7.36.4 ||

Translation

As soon as he was touched playfully by the Lotus-born one, the child regained his life, like a crop revived by being sprinkled with water.

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Uttara Kanda 36.5

प्राणवन्तमिमं दृष्ट्वा प्राणो गन्धवहो मुदा चचार सर्वभूतेषु सन्निरुद्धं यथा पुरा ।। 7.36.5 ।।

prāṇavantamimaṃ dṛṣṭvā prāṇo gandhavaho mudā | cacāra sarvabhūteṣu sanniruddhaṃ yathā purā || 7.36.5 ||

Translation

Seeing him restored to life, the breath-bearing Wind, the bearer of fragrance, moved joyfully among all beings as before, having previously been held back.

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Uttara Kanda 36.6

मरुद्रोधाद्विनिर्मुक्तास्ताः प्रजा मुदिता ऽभवन् शीतदाहविनिर्मुक्ताः पद्मिन्य इव साम्बुजाः ।। 7.36.6 ।।

marudrodhādvinirmuktāstāḥ prajā muditā 'bhavan | śītadāhavinirmuktāḥ padminya iva sāmbujāḥ || 7.36.6 ||

Translation

Released from the obstruction of the Wind, all those creatures became glad, freed from cold and burning heat, like lotus-ponds together with their lotuses.

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Uttara Kanda 36.7

ततस्त्रियुग्मस्त्रिककुत्ऺित्रधामा त्रिदशार्चितः उवाच देवता ब्रह्मा मारुतप्रियकाम्यया ।। 7.36.7 ।।

tatastriyugmastrikakutऺ्itradhāmā tridaśārcitaḥ | uvāca devatā brahmā mārutapriyakāmyayā || 7.36.7 ||

Translation

Then Brahma, the deity worshipped by the gods, who is threefold in his pairings, has three peaks, and dwells in three abodes, spoke out of his wish to please the Wind-god.

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Uttara Kanda 36.8

भो महेन्द्रेशवरुणप्रजेश्वरधनेश्वराः जानतामपि वः सर्वं वक्ष्यामि श्रूयतां हितम् ।। 7.36.8 ।।

bho mahendreśavaruṇaprajeśvaradhaneśvarāḥ | jānatāmapi vaḥ sarvaṃ vakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ hitam || 7.36.8 ||

Translation

O Mahendra, Isha (Shiva), Varuna, Lord of creatures (Prajapati), and Lord of wealth (Kubera), listen: though you all know everything, I shall declare what is beneficial; let it be heard.

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Uttara Kanda 36.9

अनेन शिशुना कार्यं कर्तव्यं वो भविष्यति तद्वदध्वं वरान्सर्वे मारुतस्यास्य तुष्टये ।। 7.36.9 ।।

anena śiśunā kāryaṃ kartavyaṃ vo bhaviṣyati | tadvadadhvaṃ varānsarve mārutasyāsya tuṣṭaye || 7.36.9 ||

Translation

There will be a task to be accomplished by all of you through this infant; therefore, all of you, for the satisfaction of this son of the Wind, declare your boons.

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Uttara Kanda 36.10

ततः सहस्रनयनः प्रीतियुक्तः शुभाननः कुशेशयमयीं मालामुत्क्षिप्येदं वचो ऽब्रवीत् ।। 7.36.10 ।।

tataḥ sahasranayanaḥ prītiyuktaḥ śubhānanaḥ | kuśeśayamayīṃ mālāmutkṣipyedaṃ vaco 'bravīt || 7.36.10 ||

Translation

Then the thousand-eyed one (Indra), filled with affection and bearing an auspicious face, lifting up a garland made of lotuses, spoke these words.

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Uttara Kanda 36.11

मत्करोत्सृष्टवज्रेण हनुरस्य यथा हतः नाम्ना वै कपिशार्दूलो भविता हनुमानिति ।। 7.36.11 ।।

matkarotsṛṣṭavajreṇa hanurasya yathā hataḥ | nāmnā vai kapiśārdūlo bhavitā hanumāniti || 7.36.11 ||

Translation

Since his jaw (hanu) was struck by the thunderbolt hurled from my hand, this tiger among monkeys shall by name become known as Hanuman.

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Uttara Kanda 36.12

अहमस्य प्रदास्यामि परमं वरमद्भुतम् इतः प्रभृति वज्रस्य ममावध्यो भविष्यति ।। 7.36.12 ।।

ahamasya pradāsyāmi paramaṃ varamadbhutam | itaḥ prabhṛti vajrasya mamāvadhyo bhaviṣyati || 7.36.12 ||

Translation

I shall grant him a supreme and wondrous boon: from this time forth he shall be invulnerable to my thunderbolt.

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Uttara Kanda 36.13

मार्तण्डस्त्वब्रवीत्तत्र भगवांस्तिमिरापहः तेजसो ऽस्य मदीयस्य ददामि शतिकां कलाम् ।। 7.36.13 ।।

mārtaṇḍastvabravīttatra bhagavāṃstimirāpahaḥ | tejaso 'sya madīyasya dadāmi śatikāṃ kalām || 7.36.13 ||

Translation

Then the Sun (Martanda), the blessed dispeller of darkness, said: I give him a hundredth part of my radiance.

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Uttara Kanda 36.14

यदा तु शास्त्राण्यध्येतुं शक्तिरस्य भविष्यति तदास्य शास्त्रं दास्यामि येन वाग्ग्मी भविष्यति ।। 7.36.14 ।।

yadā tu śāstrāṇyadhyetuṃ śaktirasya bhaviṣyati | tadāsya śāstraṃ dāsyāmi yena vāggmī bhaviṣyati || 7.36.14 ||

Translation

And when he gains the capacity to study the scriptures, then I shall impart the scripture to him, whereby he shall become eloquent.

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Uttara Kanda 36.15

नचास्य भविता कश्चित्सदृशः शास्त्रदर्शने वरुणश्च वरं प्रादान्नास्य मृत्युर्भविष्यति वर्षायुतशतेनापि मत्पाशादुदकादपि ।। 7.36.15 ।।

nacāsya bhavitā kaścitsadṛśaḥ śāstradarśane | varuṇaśca varaṃ prādānnāsya mṛtyurbhaviṣyati | varṣāyutaśatenāpi matpāśādudakādapi || 7.36.15 ||

Translation

And there shall be none equal to him in the understanding of the scriptures. Varuna too granted a boon: He shall have no death; even by a hundred myriads of years, nor by my noose, nor by water shall he die.

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Uttara Kanda 36.16

यमो दण्डादवध्यत्वमरोगत्वं नित्यशः वरं ददामि सन्तुष्ट अविषादं संयुगे ।। 7.36.16 ।।

yamo daṇḍādavadhyatvamarogatvaṃ ca nityaśaḥ | varaṃ dadāmi santuṣṭa aviṣādaṃ ca saṃyuge || 7.36.16 ||

Translation

Yama, well pleased, said: I grant the boon of invulnerability to my rod (of death) and perpetual freedom from disease, and freedom from despondency in battle.

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Uttara Kanda 36.17

गदेयं मामिका नैनं संयुगेषु वधिष्यति इत्येवं वरदः प्राह तदा ह्येकाक्षिपिङ्गलः ।। 7.36.17 ।।

gadeyaṃ māmikā nainaṃ saṃyugeṣu vadhiṣyati | ityevaṃ varadaḥ prāha tadā hyekākṣipiṅgalaḥ || 7.36.17 ||

Translation

This mace of mine shall not slay him in battles. Thus then spoke the boon-granting one who has a single tawny eye (Kubera).

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Uttara Kanda 36.18

मत्तो मदायुधानां वध्यो ऽयं भविष्यति इत्येवं शङ्करेणापि दत्तो ऽस्य परमो वरः ।। 7.36.18 ।।

matto madāyudhānāṃ ca na vadhyo 'yaṃ bhaviṣyati | ityevaṃ śaṅkareṇāpi datto 'sya paramo varaḥ || 7.36.18 ||

Translation

He shall not be slain by me nor by my weapons. Thus by Shankara (Shiva) too a supreme boon was granted to him.

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Uttara Kanda 36.19

सर्वेषां ब्रह्मदण्डानामवध्यो ऽयं भविष्यति दीर्घायुश्च महात्मा इति ब्रह्माब्रवीद्वचः ।। 7.36.19 ।।

sarveṣāṃ brahmadaṇḍānāmavadhyo 'yaṃ bhaviṣyati | dīrghāyuśca mahātmā ca iti brahmābravīdvacaḥ || 7.36.19 ||

Translation

He shall be invulnerable to all the rods of Brahma; he shall be long-lived and a great soul. Thus spoke Brahma these words.

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Uttara Kanda 36.20

विश्वकर्मा दृष्ट्वैनं बालसूर्योपमं शिशुम् शिल्पिनां प्रवरः प्रादाद्वरमस्य महामतिः ।। 7.36.20 ।।

viśvakarmā ca dṛṣṭvainaṃ bālasūryopamaṃ śiśum | śilpināṃ pravaraḥ prādādvaramasya mahāmatiḥ || 7.36.20 ||

Translation

And Vishvakarma, the foremost of craftsmen, the greatly wise one, beholding this infant resembling the rising sun, granted him a boon.

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Uttara Kanda 36.21

मत्कृतानि शस्त्राणि यानि दिव्यानि संयुगे तैरवध्यत्वमापन्नश्चिरजीवी भविष्यति ।। 7.36.21 ।।

matkṛtāni ca śastrāṇi yāni divyāni saṃyuge | tairavadhyatvamāpannaścirajīvī bhaviṣyati || 7.36.21 ||

Translation

And by those divine weapons made by me, which are wielded in battle, he shall attain invulnerability and become long-lived.

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Uttara Kanda 36.22

ततः सुराणां तु वरैर्दृष्ट्वा ह्येनमलङ्कृतम् चतुर्मुखस्तुष्टमना वायुमाह जगद्गुरुः ।। 7.36.22 ।।

tataḥ surāṇāṃ tu varairdṛṣṭvā hyenamalaṅkṛtam | caturmukhastuṣṭamanā vāyumāha jagadguruḥ || 7.36.22 ||

Translation

Then, seeing him adorned with the boons of the gods, the four-faced Brahma, the preceptor of the world, with a gladdened mind spoke to Vayu, the Wind.

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Uttara Kanda 36.23

अमित्राणां भयकरो मित्राणामभयङ्करः अजेयो भविता पुत्रस्तव मारुत मारुतिः ।। 7.36.23 ।।

amitrāṇāṃ bhayakaro mitrāṇāmabhayaṅkaraḥ | ajeyo bhavitā putrastava māruta mārutiḥ || 7.36.23 ||

Translation

O Maruta, your son, this Maruti, shall be a striker of terror into foes and a giver of fearlessness to friends, and he shall be unconquerable.

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Uttara Kanda 36.24

कामरूपः कामचारी कामगः प्लवतां वरः भवत्यव्याहतगतिः कीर्तिमांश्च भविष्यति ।। 7.36.24 ।।

kāmarūpaḥ kāmacārī kāmagaḥ plavatāṃ varaḥ | bhavatyavyāhatagatiḥ kīrtimāṃśca bhaviṣyati || 7.36.24 ||

Translation

He shall be able to assume any form at will, to move at will, and to go wherever he wishes, the best of those who leap; his motion shall be unobstructed, and he shall become renowned.

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Uttara Kanda 36.25

रावणोत्सादनार्थानि रामप्रियकरणि रोमहर्षकराण्येष कर्ता कर्माणि संयुगे ।। 7.36.25 ।।

rāvaṇotsādanārthāni rāmapriyakaraṇi ca | romaharṣakarāṇyeṣa kartā karmāṇi saṃyuge || 7.36.25 ||

Translation

He shall perform in battle deeds that bring about the destruction of Ravana, that work the pleasure of Rama, and that make the hair stand on end.

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Uttara Kanda 36.26

एवमुक्त्वा तमामन्त्र्य मारुतं त्वमरैः सह यथागतं ययुः सर्वे पितामहपुरोगमाः ।। 7.36.26 ।।

evamuktvā tamāmantrya mārutaṃ tvamaraiḥ saha | yathāgataṃ yayuḥ sarve pitāmahapurogamāḥ || 7.36.26 ||

Translation

Having spoken thus and taken leave of Maruta, all the gods, with the Grandsire at their head, departed each as he had come.

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Uttara Kanda 36.27

सो ऽपि गन्धवहः पुत्रं प्रगृह्य गृहमानयत् अञ्जनायास्तमाचख्यौ वरदत्तं विनिर्गतः ।। 7.36.27 ।।

so 'pi gandhavahaḥ putraṃ pragṛhya gṛhamānayat | añjanāyāstamācakhyau varadattaṃ vinirgataḥ || 7.36.27 ||

Translation

And that bearer of fragrance, the Wind, taking up his son, carried him home, and having come forth he told Anjana of the granting of the boons.

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Uttara Kanda 36.28

प्राप्य राम वरानेष वरदानसमन्वितः बलेनात्मनि संस्थेन सो ऽपूर्यत यथा ऽर्णवः ।। 7.36.28 ।।

prāpya rāma varāneṣa varadānasamanvitaḥ | balenātmani saṃsthena so 'pūryata yathā 'rṇavaḥ || 7.36.28 ||

Translation

O Rama, having obtained these boons and endowed with the gifts that were granted, he was filled with the strength residing within him, as the ocean is filled.

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Uttara Kanda 36.29

तरसा पूर्यमाणो ऽपि तदा वानरपुङ्गवः आश्रमेषु महर्षीणामपराध्यति निर्भयः ।। 7.36.29 ।।

tarasā pūryamāṇo 'pi tadā vānarapuṅgavaḥ | āśrameṣu maharṣīṇāmaparādhyati nirbhayaḥ || 7.36.29 ||

Translation

Yet, being swiftly filled with might, that bull among the vanaras then, fearless, began to commit offenses in the hermitages of the great sages.

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Uttara Kanda 36.30

स्रुग्भाण्डान्यग्निहोत्रं वल्कलाजिनसञ्चयान् भग्नविच्छिन्नविध्वस्तान्संशान्तानां करोत्ययम् ।। 7.36.30 ।।

srugbhāṇḍānyagnihotraṃ ca valkalājinasañcayān | bhagnavicchinnavidhvastānsaṃśāntānāṃ karotyayam || 7.36.30 ||

Translation

The sacrificial ladles and vessels, the fire-oblation, and the heaps of bark-garments and antelope-skins of the tranquil sages he would break, tear apart, and shatter.

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Uttara Kanda 36.31

एवंविधानि कर्माणि प्रावर्तत महाबलः सर्वेषां ब्रह्मदण्डानामवध्यः शम्भुना कृतः ।। 7.36.31 ।।

evaṃvidhāni karmāṇi prāvartata mahābalaḥ | sarveṣāṃ brahmadaṇḍānāmavadhyaḥ śambhunā kṛtaḥ || 7.36.31 ||

Translation

Deeds of this kind that one of great strength carried on, having been made invulnerable to all the rods of Brahma by Shambhu (Shiva).

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Uttara Kanda 36.32

जानन्त ऋषयस्तं वै सहन्ते तस्य शक्तितः ।। 7.36.32 ।।

jānanta ṛṣayastaṃ vai sahante tasya śaktitaḥ || 7.36.32 ||

Translation

The sages, knowing him to be such, endured him out of regard for his power.

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Uttara Kanda 36.33

यथा केसरिणा त्वेष वायुना सो ऽञ्जनासुतः प्रतिषिद्धो ऽपि मर्यादां लङ्घयत्येव वानरः ।। 7.36.33 ।।

yathā kesariṇā tveṣa vāyunā so 'ñjanāsutaḥ | pratiṣiddho 'pi maryādāṃ laṅghayatyeva vānaraḥ || 7.36.33 ||

Translation

Even though forbidden by Kesari and by Vayu, the Wind, that son of Anjana, the vanara, would still overstep the bounds.

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Uttara Kanda 36.34

ततो महर्षयः क्रुद्धा भृग्वङ्गिरसवंशजाः शेपुरेनं रघुश्रेष्ठ नातिक्रुद्धातिमन्यवः ।। 7.36.34 ।।

tato maharṣayaḥ kruddhā bhṛgvaṅgirasavaṃśajāḥ | śepurenaṃ raghuśreṣṭha nātikruddhātimanyavaḥ || 7.36.34 ||

Translation

Then the great sages, born in the lineage of Bhrigu and Angiras, grew angry, O best of the Raghus, and cursed him, though not over-wrathful nor over-incensed.

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Uttara Kanda 36.35

बाधसे यत्समाश्रित्य बलमस्मान्प्लवङ्गम तद्दीर्घकालं वेत्तासि नास्माकं शापमोहितः यदा ते स्मार्यते कीर्तिस्तदा ते वर्धते बलम् ।। 7.36.35 ।।

bādhase yatsamāśritya balamasmānplavaṅgama | taddīrghakālaṃ vettāsi nāsmākaṃ śāpamohitaḥ | yadā te smāryate kīrtistadā te vardhate balam || 7.36.35 ||

Translation

O leaping one, relying upon that strength you torment us; for a long time you shall not know it, deluded by our curse; but when your glory is recalled to you, then shall your strength grow.

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Uttara Kanda 36.36

ततस्स हृततेजौजा महर्षिवचनौजसा एषोश्रमाणि तान्येव मृदुभावं गतो ऽचरत् ।। 7.36.36 ।।

tatassa hṛtatejaujā maharṣivacanaujasā | eṣośramāṇi tānyeva mṛdubhāvaṃ gato 'carat || 7.36.36 ||

Translation

Thereupon, his energy and vigor taken away by the power of the great sages' word, he wandered among those very hermitages, having become gentle in disposition.

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Uttara Kanda 36.37

अथर्क्षरजसो नाम वालिसुग्रीवयोः पिता सर्ववानरराजा ऽसीत्तेजसा भास्करप्रभः ।। 7.36.37 ।।

atharkṣarajaso nāma vālisugrīvayoḥ pitā | sarvavānararājā ' 'sīttejasā bhāskaraprabhaḥ || 7.36.37 ||

Translation

Now there was one named Riksharajas, the father of Vali and Sugriva, who was king of all the vanaras and in splendor radiant as the sun.

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Uttara Kanda 36.38

तु राज्यं चिरं कृत्वा वानराणां हरीश्वरः ऋक्षरजा नाम कालधर्मेण सङ्गतः ।। 7.36.38 ।।

sa tu rājyaṃ ciraṃ kṛtvā vānarāṇāṃ harīśvaraḥ | sa ca ṛkṣarajā nāma kāladharmeṇa saṅgataḥ || 7.36.38 ||

Translation

That lord of the monkeys, having ruled the kingdom of the vanaras for a long time, this one named Riksharajas at last met with the law of time (death).

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Uttara Kanda 36.39

तस्मिन्नस्तमिते चाथ मन्त्रिभिर्मन्त्रकोविदैः पित्र्ये पदे कृतो वाली सुग्रीवो वालिनः पदे ।। 7.36.39 ।।

tasminnastamite cātha mantribhirmantrakovidaiḥ | pitrye pade kṛto vālī sugrīvo vālinaḥ pade || 7.36.39 ||

Translation

When he had set like the sun, the ministers skilled in counsel then established Vali in his father's place, and Sugriva in Vali's place.

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Uttara Kanda 36.40

सुग्रीवेण समं त्वस्य अद्वैधं छिद्रवर्जितम् आबाल्यं सख्यमभवदनिलस्याग्निना यथा ।। 7.36.40 ।।

sugrīveṇa samaṃ tvasya advaidhaṃ chidravarjitam | ābālyaṃ sakhyamabhavadanilasyāgninā yathā || 7.36.40 ||

Translation

Between him and Sugriva there grew up from childhood a friendship without division and free of any flaw, like that of the wind with fire.

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Uttara Kanda 36.41

एष शापवशादेव वेद बलमात्मनः वालिसुग्रीवयोर्वैरं यदा राम समुत्थितम् ।। 7.36.41 ।।

eṣa śāpavaśādeva na veda balamātmanaḥ | vālisugrīvayorvairaṃ yadā rāma samutthitam || 7.36.41 ||

Translation

Through the power of a curse alone, O Rama, he does not know his own strength — even at the time when the enmity between Vali and Sugriva had arisen.

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Uttara Kanda 36.42

ह्येष राम सुग्रीवो भ्राम्यमाणो ऽपि वालिना ।। 7.36.42 ।।

na hyeṣa rāma sugrīvo bhrāmyamāṇo 'pi vālinā || 7.36.42 ||

Translation

For indeed, O Rama, this Sugriva, though he was being driven about and harassed by Vali, [received no help from him];

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Uttara Kanda 36.43

देव जानाति ह्येष बलमात्मनि मारुतिः ऋषिशापाहृतबलस्तदैष कपिसत्तमः ।। 7.36.43 ।।

deva jānāti na hyeṣa balamātmani mārutiḥ | ṛṣiśāpāhṛtabalastadaiṣa kapisattamaḥ || 7.36.43 ||

Translation

O lord, this Maruti does not know the strength that is within himself; for this most excellent of monkeys had his power carried off by the curse of the sages.

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Uttara Kanda 36.44

सिंहः कुञ्जररुद्धो वा आस्थितः सहितो रणे ।। 7.36.44 ।।

siṃhaḥ kuñjararuddho vā āsthitaḥ sahito raṇe || 7.36.44 ||

Translation

He is like a lion beset by an elephant, who stands firm and holds his ground when joined in battle.

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Uttara Kanda 36.45

पराक्रमोत्साहमतिप्रतापसौशील्यमाधुर्यनयानयैश्च गाम्भीर्यचातुर्यसुवीर्यधैर्यैर्हनूमतः को ऽभ्यधिको ऽस्ति लोके ।। 7.36.45 ।।

parākramotsāhamatipratāpasauśīlyamādhuryanayānayaiśca | gāmbhīryacāturyasuvīryadhairyairhanūmataḥ ko 'bhyadhiko 'sti loke || 7.36.45 ||

Translation

In valor, energy, surpassing majesty, good conduct, sweetness, and skill in policy and its opposite, and in profundity, cleverness, surpassing prowess, and steadfastness — who in the world is superior to Hanuman?

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Uttara Kanda 36.46

असौ पुनर्व्याकरणं ग्रहीष्यन्सूर्योन्मुखः प्रष्टुमना कपीन्द्रः उद्यद्गिरेरस्तगिरिं जगाम ग्रन्थं महद्धारयनप्रमेयः ।। 7.36.46 ।।

asau punarvyākaraṇaṃ grahīṣyansūryonmukhaḥ praṣṭumanā kapīndraḥ | udyadgirerastagiriṃ jagāma granthaṃ mahaddhārayanaprameyaḥ || 7.36.46 ||

Translation

Moreover this lord of the monkeys, the immeasurable one, desiring to master grammar and intent on questioning the Sun, facing toward him and bearing a great treatise, traveled from the mountain of the rising sun to the mountain of its setting.

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Uttara Kanda 36.47

ससूत्रवृत्त्यर्थपदं महार्थं ससङ्ग्रहं साद्ध्यति वै कपीन्द्रः नह्यस्य कश्चित्सदृशो ऽस्ति शास्त्रे वैशारदे च्छन्दगतौ तथैव ।। 7.36.47 ।।

sasūtravṛttyarthapadaṃ mahārthaṃ sasaṅgrahaṃ sāddhyati vai kapīndraḥ | nahyasya kaścitsadṛśo 'sti śāstre vaiśārade cchandagatau tathaiva || 7.36.47 ||

Translation

This lord of the monkeys masters the great-meaninged science complete with its aphorisms, its commentary, its glosses on word-meanings, and its compendium; for there is none equal to him in learning, nor likewise in skill in the movement of metres.

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Uttara Kanda 36.48

सर्वासु विद्यासु तपोविधाने प्रस्पर्धते ऽयो हि गुरुं सुराणाम् सो ऽयं नवव्याकरणार्थवेत्ता ब्रह्मा भविष्यत्यपि ते प्रसादात् ।। 7.36.48 ।।

sarvāsu vidyāsu tapovidhāne praspardhate 'yo hi guruṃ surāṇām | so 'yaṃ navavyākaraṇārthavettā brahmā bhaviṣyatyapi te prasādāt || 7.36.48 ||

Translation

In all branches of knowledge and in the practice of austerity he vies indeed with Brihaspati, the preceptor of the gods; this knower of the meaning of the nine grammars will, by your grace, become even a Brahma.

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Uttara Kanda 36.49

प्रवीविवक्षोरिव सागरस्य लोकान्दिधक्षोरिव पावकस्ययुगक्षये ह्येव यथान्तकस्य हनूमतः स्थास्यति कः पुरस्तात् ।। 7.36.49 ।।

pravīvivakṣoriva sāgarasya lokāndidhakṣoriva pāvakasyayugakṣaye hyeva yathāntakasya hanūmataḥ sthāsyati kaḥ purastāt || 7.36.49 ||

Translation

Like the ocean about to overflow, like the fire eager to consume the worlds, like Yama, the Ender, at the dissolution of an age — who shall stand before Hanuman?

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Uttara Kanda 36.50

एषेव चान्ये महाकपीन्द्राः सुग्रीवमैन्दद्विविदाः सनीलाः सतारतारेयनलाः सरम्भास्त्वत्कारणाद्राम सुरैर्हि सृष्टाः ।। 7.36.50 ।।

eṣeva cānye ca mahākapīndrāḥ sugrīvamaindadvividāḥ sanīlāḥ | satāratāreyanalāḥ sarambhāstvatkāraṇādrāma surairhi sṛṣṭāḥ || 7.36.50 ||

Translation

This one and the other great lords of the monkeys — Sugriva, Mainda, and Dvivida, together with Nila, with Tara and Tara's son (Angada) and Nala, and with Rambha — these, O Rama, were verily created by the gods for your sake.

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Uttara Kanda 36.51

तदेत्कथितं सर्वं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि हनूमतो बालभावे कर्मैतत्कथितं मया ।। 7.36.51 ।।

tadetkathitaṃ sarvaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi | hanūmato bālabhāve karmaitatkathitaṃ mayā || 7.36.51 ||

Translation

Thus all that you asked of me has been told; the deed of Hanuman in his boyhood has been narrated by me.

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Uttara Kanda 36.52

श्रुत्वा ऽगस्त्यस्य कथितं रामः सौमित्रिरेव विस्मयं परमं जग्मुर्वानरा राक्षसैः सह ।। 7.36.52 ।।

śrutvā 'gastyasya kathitaṃ rāmaḥ saumitrireva ca | vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmurvānarā rākṣasaiḥ saha || 7.36.52 ||

Translation

Having heard what Agastya related, Rama and the son of Sumitra (Lakshmana), along with the monkeys and the rakshasas, were filled with the utmost wonder.

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Uttara Kanda 36.53

अगस्त्यस्त्वब्रवीद्रामं सर्वमेतछ्रुतं त्वया दृष्टः सम्भाषितश्चासि राम गच्छामहे वयम् ।। 7.36.53 ।।

agastyastvabravīdrāmaṃ sarvametachrutaṃ tvayā | dṛṣṭaḥ sambhāṣitaścāsi rāma gacchāmahe vayam || 7.36.53 ||

Translation

Then Agastya said to Rama: 'All this has been heard by you; you have been seen and conversed with, O Rama — now we shall depart.'

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Uttara Kanda 36.54

श्रुत्वैतद्राघवो वाक्यमगस्त्यस्योग्रतेजसः प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतश्चापि महर्षिमिदमब्रवीत् ।। 7.36.54 ।।

śrutvaitadrāghavo vākyamagastyasyogratejasaḥ | prāñjaliḥ praṇataścāpi maharṣimidamabravīt || 7.36.54 ||

Translation

Hearing this speech of Agastya of fierce splendor, Raghava, with joined palms and bowing low, said this to the great sage.

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Uttara Kanda 36.55

अद्य मे देवता हृष्टाः पितरः प्रपितामहाः युष्माकं दर्शनादेव नित्यं तुष्टाः सबान्धवाः ।। 7.36.55 ।।

adya me devatā hṛṣṭāḥ pitaraḥ prapitāmahāḥ | yuṣmākaṃ darśanādeva nityaṃ tuṣṭāḥ sabāndhavāḥ || 7.36.55 ||

Translation

'Today my deities, my forefathers, and my great-grandfathers are gladdened; by the very sight of you they, together with my kinsmen, are forever satisfied.'

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Uttara Kanda 36.56

विज्ञाप्यं तु ममैतद्धि यद्वदाम्यागतस्पृहः तद्भवद्भिर्मम कृते कर्तव्यमनुकम्पया ।। 7.36.56 ।।

vijñāpyaṃ tu mamaitaddhi yadvadāmyāgataspṛhaḥ | tadbhavadbhirmama kṛte kartavyamanukampayā || 7.36.56 ||

Translation

'Yet this is what I must respectfully submit, which I, my longing aroused, now declare: this should be done for my sake by you out of compassion.'

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Uttara Kanda 36.57

पौरजानपदान्स्थाप्य स्वकार्येष्वहमागतः क्रतूनेव करिष्यामि प्रभावाद्भवतां सताम् ।। 7.36.57 ।।

paurajānapadānsthāpya svakāryeṣvahamāgataḥ | kratūneva kariṣyāmi prabhāvādbhavatāṃ satām || 7.36.57 ||

Translation

'Having established the citizens and the country-folk in their respective duties, I have come; I shall, by the power of you who are virtuous, perform the sacrifices.'

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Uttara Kanda 36.58

सदस्या मम यज्ञेषु भवन्तो नित्यमेव तत् भविष्यथ महावीर्या ममानुग्रहकाङ्क्षिणः ।। 7.36.58 ।।

sadasyā mama yajñeṣu bhavanto nityameva tat | bhaviṣyatha mahāvīryā mamānugrahakāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 7.36.58 ||

Translation

'You, O mighty ones, shall ever be members of the assembly at my sacrifices — that is so — for you desire to bestow your favor upon me.'

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Uttara Kanda 36.59

अहं युष्मान्समाश्रित्य तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषान् अनुग्रहीतः पितृभिर्भविष्यामि सुनिर्वृतः ।। 7.36.59 ।।

ahaṃ yuṣmānsamāśritya taponirdhūtakalmaṣān | anugrahītaḥ pitṛbhirbhaviṣyāmi sunirvṛtaḥ || 7.36.59 ||

Translation

'Taking refuge in you, who are cleansed of impurity by your austerity, and graced by my forefathers, I shall become wholly content.'

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Uttara Kanda 36.60

तदागन्तव्यमनिशं भवद्भिरिह सङ्गतैः अगस्त्याद्यास्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा ऋषयः संशितव्रताः ।। 7.36.60 ।।

tadāgantavyamaniśaṃ bhavadbhiriha saṅgataiḥ | agastyādyāstu tacchrutvā ṛṣayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ || 7.36.60 ||

Translation

'Therefore you must come here without ceasing, assembled together.' And the sages of rigid vows, headed by Agastya, having heard that —

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Uttara Kanda 36.61

एवमस्त्विति तं चोक्त्वा प्रयातुमुपचक्रमुः ।। 7.36.61 ।।

evamastviti taṃ coktvā prayātumupacakramuḥ || 7.36.61 ||

Translation

Saying to him "So be it," they made ready to depart.

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Uttara Kanda 36.62

एवमुक्त्वा गताः सर्वे ऋषयस्ते यथागतम् राघवश्च तमेवार्थं चिन्तयामास विस्मितः ।। 7.36.62 ।।

evamuktvā gatāḥ sarve ṛṣayaste yathāgatam | rāghavaśca tamevārthaṃ cintayāmāsa vismitaḥ || 7.36.62 ||

Translation

Having spoken thus, all those sages went away as they had come; and Raghava, filled with wonder, kept pondering that very matter.

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Uttara Kanda 36.63

ततो ऽस्तं भास्करे याते विसृज्य नृपवानरान् सन्ध्यामुपास्य विधिवत्तदा नरवरोत्तमः प्रवृत्तायां रजन्यां तु सो ऽन्तःपुरचरो ऽभवत् ।। 7.36.63 ।।

tato 'staṃ bhāskare yāte visṛjya nṛpavānarān | sandhyāmupāsya vidhivattadā naravarottamaḥ | pravṛttāyāṃ rajanyāṃ tu so 'ntaḥpuracaro 'bhavat || 7.36.63 ||

Translation

Then, when the sun had set, having dismissed the kings and the vanaras and duly worshipped at the twilight juncture, that best among the foremost of men, when night had set in, withdrew into the inner apartments.

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Uttara Kanda 36.64

इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमदुत्तरकाण्डे षट्त्रिंशः सर्गः ।। 36 ।।

ityārṣe śrīmadrāmāyaṇe vālmīkīye ādikāvye śrīmaduttarakāṇḍe ṣaṭtriṃśaḥ sargaḥ || 36 ||

Translation

Thus ends the thirty-sixth canto in the venerable Uttara Kanda of the holy Ramayana, the first epic poem composed by the sage Valmiki.