4.Kishkinda Kandam(Contd..)
9. Kaarkala Padalam
The chapter on
rainy season.
( The rainy season
is not suitable for travel and so Rama
and Lakshmana stayed those months on a mountain top near Kishkinda. The
poet Kamban gives a very picturesque description of the rainy season and early winter in the
forest as well as the suffering of Rama due to parting with Sita. When he
becomes very sad Lakshmana consoles him
. The four months get over but Rama and Lakshmana do not see the army of monkeys coming there.
The narration is
almost similar to Valmiki Ramayana but
the poetic description of Kamban
is indeed matchless.)
4148. Even before
Rama sent Hanuman and other valorous ones
towards south ,
To search for Sita, who had a form like a picture and a lustrous beauty,
Sun god like
a messenger sent to south by
Rama ,
Started from the
great northern side and went
towards south.
4149. The sky covered by monsoon clouds appeared
like the lamp of earth,which was ,
Carried by Adhi Sesha who had
hood with several heads , with the water
of ocean as ghee ,
And the Meru mountain as the pretty wick and Sun God
as its flame
4150. That sky darkened
which was like the colour of the
neck of Lord Shiva,
Who swallowed
the poison which came from the
unapproachable ocean,
The hot rays of
the sun became cool and lost their strength ,
And the clouds taking in lot of water , became black and spread everywhere.
4151. The blue sky
was black like poison . was
like the cool wide sea ,
Was like the
black eyes of ladies who had applied
Kajal ,
Was like their hair
which was let loose ,was like the body of Cheating Asuras and their bad character.
4152. The clouds which drank with
willingness with their toungue
,
The water of the
cool sea as if they were drinking toddy and
the ,
Streaks of lightning was like the red wounds of elephants with flowing rut water,
Caused by the
ferocious sword fight between valorous soldiers,
4153. The crowd of pregnant black clouds was like
the huge blue elephants ,
Which were made to
stand in a row on the sky and were
densely surrounding,
The earth and
appeared as if the water of the big
black sea ,
Rising up and spreading
everywhere on the sky and produced lot of thundering
sound.
4154.The streaks
of lightning seen on the clouds were
like ,
The shine of the
ornaments worn by Indra
and other Devas,
Were also like the fires that appear
in the forests on the mountain top ,
And were also like
the laugh of the faultless
directions at each other.
4155. The sky was blacker than everything and was like
the black smith called directions,
Using the head of
coals called the black clouds using the
strength hot air of their
bellows,
Which was the hot air circulating and
the burning flame of fires was like
lightning streaks.
4156.The streaks of lightning were like
the blood stained sword which was taken out,
Of its case by the faultless Vidhyadharas
who wear gem studded crowns ,
And was also like
the ornamental covering of face of
elephants , which were shaken,
When the guardians
of directions move from one place
to another along with them.
4157.On the sky when the lustrous streaks of lightning
occurs on all directions
,
The ladies who live separated from their lords and the serpents on the earth
,
Become greatly upset
with their soul itself shaking
and those streaks were like ,
The rays of
Sun cut in to pieces as also like the toungues of thunder.
4158.The lightning
spread its light on the sky similar to the eight serpents,
Which are in the
eight directions reaching the earth
and are encircling
,
The directions with their
long toungues and
the black clouds ,
Which are of
similar to the colour of the
neck of he who has an eye in forehead,
Left their long
breaths leading to the hot
and moist air from north.
4159.That warm Air
apart from moving at the top as
well as at the bottom moved ,
Among mountains ,
trees and all other places were like prostitutes who have shifting minds ,
Moving to
places where they get things without
bothering about,
The higher or lower
status of the people who give them that thing.
4160.That warm
air also went and struck the
sorrowful ladies separated from their lord,
And hit on their
already hot breasts due to worries
,making them more hotter
,
Thinking it is a
very supple piece of flesh
and made those parts
itch ,
And like the ghosts
which have come to swallow those fleshy parts and swept
strongly.
4161. The
dust making great sound
and rising up , hid the
entire sky ,
And like the sharp
weapon of sword the clouds were
giving out by light by their movement,
The streaks of
lightning and were also producing great sound
,
Which were
like the sound produced by the beating of huge drums wearing garlands,
And due to all
this the sky was looking more like a battle field.
4162.Like the God of love hitting , Rama
who was separated
From Sita with a sweet smile, the clouds with densely formed lightning,
Caused rain on the
huge golden mountain and poured the
rain drops,
4163.Those drops
of rain which were falling with speed incessantly between the rocks ,
Were like the arrows that
were sent from bow of Indra produced
on the cloud,
And the sparks of
red fire starting from those clouds
were like ,
The light of fire
of the Manikhya gems which are more brighter
at night.
4164.The rain
dropping on those rocks
was like valorous heroes ,
Throwing white spears
on the famous elephants of the
enemy army.
And due to the falling of rain which cannot
be stopped , the mountains which,
Were hit and were
leaning to one side was
like the cruel elephants in rut,
Falling and rolling due to being hit
by those white spears.
4165. With the cloud
becoming God of love with
flag of fish ,
The lightning (bow
of Indra) becoming his long bow of sugar cane,
The dropping rain drops
becoming the arrows of love god,
And the long
mountain slopes becoming those who were separated from their consorts ,
Those
raindrops were piercing the entire
body with flesh.
4166,Like the devas shouting with joy that all our enemies are destroyed,
Due to the joining of the pure hearted Rama
and the monkeys ,
The clouds seemed
to be shouting with joy and were
pouring,
Raindrops on
those monkeys which seemed to the rain
of choice flowers on them.
4167.Like Sita
who was wearing the chosen ornament of golden bangles,
Being taken away
by Ravana who had a pretty hand holding the bow,
As well as armed
with the weapon of sword . speedily
through the path of the sky ,
Shedding copious
tears from her eyes ,it was raining during the monsoon.
4168. Those streaks of lightning which were like the arrows sent
by Lord Shiva,
Of divine luster
in the sky during the war of the three
cities ,
And like the
sharpened weapon of spear which
hurt the minds of men,
Separated from their wives and they
al greatly sorrowed.
4169. Those clouds
of the rainy season which
rejoined with the ladies,
Their lords who
had gone for earning
wealth and making them body
without life ,
By bringing their
souls on the chariots which have propensity
to roll,
Were like
Garuda who destroyed the snakes of the sorrow of parting.
4170. Those clouds
which again and again
thundered , which were pouring the rain ,
Were coming and
dashing at each other and were like big elephants ,
Which trumpeted
and fought with great anger and
shedding copiously the water of rut .
4171. Due to the wind
with great speed lashing
from different directions sending,
The small drops of rain
which were looking like the
rain of arrows on the opposite
side ,
They were like
the directions fighting a war
with the bigger directions.
4172. Like the women
whose husbands had gone away
from them ,
For the sake of earning the desirable wealth , were
waiting with bodies,
Without soul
were breathing at the
break of rains expecting the arrival of
their lords,
The trees which
had dried due to the absence of
rains , became full of new growth,
And were
looking cheerful which were like their
faces.
4173. During that rainy season the Padiri
trees were without
any flowers ,
The sun was cooler
, White Kanthal plants were
proud at being covered with flowers,
The blue lotus
flowers never opened , the
peacocks danced as if they got wealth ,
And the koels kept silent , as if
those who liked them were
suffering with sorrow.
4174. Sugarcane in different colours , bees
, ornaments studded with various
gems ,
The red kanthal
flowers with red petals from which
honey drips and the the big lady earth,
Were looking at the
prettiness of rainy season saying “Rainy season has won over summer”,
And were all greatly surprised and were
al like waving hands.
4175. The serpents with sword like sharp
teeth , seeing the white Kanthal plants ,
Which had a long stem
which was similar to their own head
, hugged with passion ,
And did not
separate from them (thinking they
are snakes) and those plants also liking that
embrace,
Similar to the
cruel serpents which had lost senses
due to great passion twined with them.
4176. The
Indrakopa beetles, red in colour, which
had risen without
Leaving space even
for a til to be dropped were strewn everywhere,
Like the several times spit
betel leaf thamboola by the Lord,
Who had come in that season and made love to their lover,
Who had suffered by their separation and who had hair ,
Which had honey as well as scented by smoke
of perfumes.
4177. Like the
big Jambu river which flows down
and brings down the red gold
From the sky touching Meru mountain on which sweet
fruits of Jamun trees grow,
The big streams
brought down Vengai flowers and
opened flowers of Kondrai(Ixora),
And spread every where
with one stream merging with
another one.
4178.The scene of red beetles of Indrakopa
which sat on the long and
pretty kanthal flowers,
As well as
the well perfumed kondrai flowers were
similar to the lady earth ,
Observing the
sweet singing of beetles , extending her hands
high ,
And giving
away gold along with
the coral gems.
4179. The song of
the bees which was like the
Kaikilai music was similar to Yaazh,
The clouds
having lightning , rain drops as well as the sound of thunder was sounding,
Like the drums tied
by leather belts , the peacocks were similar to ladies
wearing bangles ,
The red Kanthal
flowers were like the group of lamps
lit and kept on dancing stage ,
And the
tender flowers of Karuvilaium were like the eyes of those who see them.
4180. The sound that is produced when
the male and female bees,
When they are
trying to dash against each other and the sound “OL”,
Produced when
they have dashed were similar to the clapping ,
That takes place when the dancing girls dance on that mountain
,
And the fully
open koothala flowers were like the beats
kept by ,
The dancing teacher
, when they are singing like
nectar.
4181. The big
rivers that ran through
the dense forest of Karapunnai
trees,
Were like the milk flowing out of the
mountain breasts of the lady
earth,
And the kondrai trees
which were hanging golden new leaves
with,
The intention of satisfying those who beg for things ,
were like thew Karpaga trees.
4182. The forests with flowers being filled with dotted
and singing bees ,
Were luxuriantly
growing giving great joy to those who see them.
When the
male deer due to the maturity of love , just like in
the pictures,
Rubbed
themselves on the trees and due
the rubbing of the body ,
Became shining
and developed the musk perfume , their
female deer ,
Thinking that
they were musk deer , avoided
them.
4183 The sharp
spear like eyes of the lady, when her
lord goes far-far away
loosing her happiness due to separation folded like the petals
of blue lotus flower,
And the smile of the joyful
lady, seeing her lord who is like
the god of love returning
Showed her pearly teeth and that was like jasmine
plant producing new flower buds.
4184. The mountain
streams poured lots of gold , like the kings who make
presents of Gold,
Seeing the
peacocks dancing in rainy season
thinking that they are Viraliyar , the dancing girls,
And like the
joyful faces of ladies who thought that the
clouds of the sky ,
Are their
guests became more happy
, the lotus flowers in the ponds opened up.
4185. The honey bees
which burrowed using their
nose on the just opened flowers,
And collected honey
from them , like the lovers
who had knowledge of books of love ,
Were like the
poets who wrote the dramatic works as per the book of Bharata ,
Adding all the
nine types of taste
in it , making it useful.
4186. Thinking that Mareecha taking our form created
very cruel sorrow to Sita ,
Who by the beauty of her looks destroyed
our looks , who had a thin
waist and
Who is like the
punishing God and so we would not tell the joy we feel ,
Those deer moved
about without making any sound.
4187. Having gone
away from the rivers for a long
time and becoming faded,
Due to the great love that
they had in their heart , as soon as
the rainy season came
Swooning due
to great
love , the swans dug the
places in all good rivers ,
And took bath
and started playing and were like ladies joining their husbands.
4188. The flying , pure
white coloured storks lined themselves up near the big clouds,
Which were stealing water from the sea , looked
like the lustrous necklace of pearls
,
Which decorated the
pretty of Lord Vishnu who is called Neela Megha( Blue cloud)
4189. The crowd of
flying cranes which were
flying in a long dense row
in the sky near,
The clouds of the
rainy season were similar
to the upper cloth
of Lord Vishnu,
Who was the
consort of Goddess
Lakshmi and who is
considered as divine by
Vedas.
4190. Since
the cruel summer with a harsh job which used
to make the fresh grass dry ,
Had gone
away and to the good natured rainy season
which had matchless greatness ,
Had arrived as the
king , The lady earth due to the
great happiness ,
Which arose in her mind
, had all the hairs in her body
standing erect.
4191. All the wise
ones like Lord Brahma
who sat on the lotus
flower,
Which are desired
by the bees, had spread all over
the forest ,
Peacocks which looked like eyes so
that they can search and ,
Find out Sita ,
the daughter of Janaka who had eyes of a deer,
So that the sorrow of the leader of wisdom
is removed.
4192.Like the
feet of ladies on which the juice of
red cotton has been applied ,
Which was capable
of turning in to red colour , the black
hair of their lord ,
Who holds dark red spear and a very strong bow , by
the light of their red feet ,
The lotus
flowers were found
and the flowering
climbers were ,
Like the waist of
those ladies which
were like vanchi
climber .
4193. When Rama
told the koels “Since
you are having the lisping voice of Sita
,
Please search
Sita who has separated from me and give her to me”,
And then those Koels
went on roaming and searching for
her at all places
,
By shouting in
loud voice and due to that
they lost their voice in rainy
season.
4194. When due to
the heavy rain that fell on that large
earth , grass grew on it ,
The cows ate
them more than they want that
the grass came out in their
mouth,
And the mushrooms
which had flowered here and there were like solid curds,
And the flowers of the Bidavam plant
were like the foam on the milk pot ,
Of the milk maids
who were having honeyed words
and bud like breasts.
4195. The made
up hairs of Kurathi(gypsy) ladies of the mountainous region
Were having the scent of Vangai flowers , the hair of
fisher women of the seashore ,
Which was divided in to five parts were attracted by the bees which came
speedily
And had the
scent of Karapunnai flowers, and the
hair of cultivator ladies from
agricultural land ,
Spread the scent
of Chenkazhuneer flowers and the hair of ladies of forest ,
Was having
the scent of freshly
opened jasmine flowers.
4196. Rama who was not able to see the pretty face of
Sita who had a hip like ,
The chariot board
, looking at that rainy
season which helped the god of love ,
By giving
thousands of flower arrows , was
unable to find out the other
bank ,
Of the cruel ocean of sorrow , lost
his good wisdom and seeing whom,
Would he be able
to reduce his sorrow and continue to
live.
4197.”If the
big rainy season which has limitless greatness arrived ,
People would loose the strength of mind “ is applicable even,
To the sages
who do penance and so
if we say that Rama who got pleasure,
By hugging the bamboo like shoulders Sita ,
who speaks sweeter than,
Honey as well as
nectar , would be sad, would that sorrow be a slight one.
4198. That
Rama who was similar to Kaavi flower ,blue lotus flower,
Neithal flower
and Kaayaa flower
by the colour of his body
,
Became tired due to wailing and
and became so spent up that ,
It became a doubt
whether he had any soul
left in his body ,
And Started telling it to the swan with tender wings
due to his great love.
4199. Oh black
cloud , OH Sita who ties her pretty
breasts with cloth ,
Since I do not know
the place of living of Asuras who have kidnapped you,
I am roaming carrying my soul. You have
only mercy with you and in
spite of that,
Do you not have mercy with me , Would you trouble my soul?
4200.”Oh Cloud ,
who has hard teeth which are the long
lightning ,
You are seen black
in colour in all sides of the sky and so,
You are also
similar to those Asuras with cruel acts
,
Would you not go away unless you take away my soul.?”
4201.”Oh peacock
Would you not search and bring
that Sita who has eyes,
Which are like spear
and who has voice which is sweet like the nectar,
Which came out of ocean of milk and the
voice of the koel,
Oh cruel one , You
know the depression of my soul as I am alone and not having sleep,
And in spite of that
would you show your strength and trouble me?
4202.”Oh creeper ,
you who move due to the hot air which blows in rainy season,
Please get
strength to enter my soul and when I am
depressed you look exuberant ,
Are you showing me the
thin waist of Sita who wears
brooch on her forehead,
And weaken my soul,
please tell.”
4203,”oh deer , I
do not desire even desirable things , I would never ,
Deviate from
truth but since the wisdom to understand
is not with me ,
I am one who has done the mistake. Along with Sita my soul
also has gone,
Would you not tell me
, where she is?”
4204.”Oh my soul
Would you also go away from me
along with Sita,
Who has a soft feet wearing an ornament called Patakam and who is faultless ?
And if it is so , you would have gone with her , did you come to any
harm?
Do you not know
the strength of the relationship between me and Sita?”
4205. “Oh cruel Kondrai tree , you were defeated by the hair of Sita ,
And due to that
have you become strongly inimical with her as well as me ?
Are you not able to bring
her to me , why are you not
answering me.
Did you have good relation with me
at any time?”
4206. The baby of
the cruel snake which had sharp and
lustrous teeth,
Similar to the buds of
Kura tree were like the tender
buds of jasmine flower,
That would kill
me with terrible
poison and help me to
make grow ,
The sorrow that
cannot be tolerated and keeps on
fighting without stop,
When one side
there is Ravana ‘s
Kopa(anger) , why is it that ,
Indra kopa
beetles have started causing me further sorrow?
4207. Mareecha
after thinking about the ways to
kidnap Sita , who has a forehead ,
Wearing a golden
plate with deceit and took the form of the golden deer.
And now Yama has
taken the form of hot dry air to cause
trouble to me.
It appears that
all those who want to trouble me can take any form they want ?
4208. Oh Cloud
who shouts loudly in the sky
like the asuras of cruel deeds,
So that every one
gets scared , with you produce streaks of lightning , showing her
to me,
But have you
ever taken mercy on me and
said,“I would give her back to you ?”
But instead you
are showing the form of a lady who has forgotten the lotus ,
Again and again
and you are hiding and hiding
her.”
4209.”Oh God of love
, with the heat generated by
parting burning my soul ,
I am greatly sorrowing and so now
shooting your flower arrows , so that,
My mind further
gets wounded is an useless job, so go away from me.
If my younger
brother who is very knowledgeable sees
you,
Possibly you
would not be able to
face him.”
4210.”The cruel bow and arrows of valorous
people are not suitable against
,
Those who are
scared in the battle , possibly
they want to aim at them ,
Who do not bother
about their strength , Oh god of
love who does not leave me,
Day and night ,
you have moved away from your good qualities as
you have ,
Sent your
arrows at poor ones
, thinking it would be
effective , Is it a commendable act?”
4211, Looking at
Rama who is similar only to himself
who was repeating,
Such words again and again and
who had become weak and greatly
sorrowing,
His brother who
also has lost his strength slightly ,
saluting Rama ,
With hands held over
his head to console him told
,
“Oh great one
, how have you estimated
yourself “ and started telling.
4212. “Oh valorous one who has learnt
great books and also earned
knowledge ,
Through experience
, Oh Lord who adopted the life of
penance ,The rainy season is long,
The rain also has come
, Is it the cause of
your worry? Or is your sorrow ,
Due to thinking about the black bodied Asuras and feeling
that it is difficult to win over them,
Or is it due to
the the thought the army of Vali has
not come to search
of Sita,
What is the reason for
your great depression?”
4213. “Even if
Vedas fail and if moon
changes its place and even if the sky ,
And the earth surrounded by the deep sea change
in their state .
Would the change
back to your normal great state
ever happen?
The greatness of
the strength of the army of the ignorant Rakshasas,
Who have crescent like teeth would not stand for a minute , when,
The cruel bow of your eye brows , which are under your control
shake a little .”
4214. “Oh very wise lord , we know the wisdom of the monkey called Hanuman,
But we have not been able to judge about the ability of the
seventy Vellam army,
So far and also the rainy season which is like cruel
fate and gives great sorrow
Has got over with great speed and now your sita with
bow like
eye brows,
Would come back very easily to you and so
completely remove this great sorrow
of yours.”
4215,”Oh
chief , when the sages who knew Vedas came and surrendered to you,
You promised to
them, “I would gain victory over the
asuras along with their future clans,
AS they are troubling
you and remove all your
sorrows” and due to good fate ,
That problem of
theirs has got over and now we
would destroy the asuras,
In the place that they
live and recover the heaven which
is the place of devas,
And without
doing that is it proper for you to get depressed.”
4216.”Oh lord who is like my father , can the victory
that you gain by killing of the enemies
Would only become available to you
and not to others like those Asuras,
And so giving a
chance to sorrow to the mind
is not a sign of valour ,
And is it not a
property of ignorance? Getting bad
results to acts ,
Undertaken is normal and it is not a great thing to you?
Now itself if you take effort, there is nothing that is impossible to you.
So please do not
become sorry,” Lakshmana said,.
4217. That elder one
got rid of the pain to his soul due to these words
And due to the words of consolation , his
mind became clear ,
Got rid of his
sorrow and like that after
the elapse of a long period ,
The rainy season
which was like a great
disease due to bad fate got over ,
And the
winter came immediately afterwards.
4218. The big tanks got filled with water
, the waves started forming one over the other,
The black koel
stopped cooing , the big mountains became very cool,,
The big directions
were covered with black clouds, those who were
,
Separated from their partners became more sad and the
Magandril ,
As well as Andril birds stood hugging their life like
partners.
4219. The hot
air after caressing
the cloth worn on the hips of
Ladies,
Who were wearing
golden ornaments as well the swing tied
by chains ,
Blew on those who were in love with them and made
them feel,
AS if a raging fire fell on their wounds
and also like a sharp.
Faultless
arrow , it created very great heat.
4220.The oceans were filled with water , the hot rays of the sun lost their ,
Property of burning
and except by the use of
the time machine,
Which showed time
by the flow of water , it became impossible,
To know when
the morning got over and when the evening got over.
4221. Due to
getting failed by the sweetness of the baby talk ,
Of the peacock like
ladies , the pretty parrots hid themselves ,
IN the heap of paddy awns
making paddy get unloosened.
The pearls that got defeated by the pearl like teeth of those ladies,
Hid themselves in the
broad tides of the ocean and in front of ,
The house s of people near the beech
Punnai trees which had,
Flowering
branches appeared as if they
have opened a golden cloth bundle.
4222.Like the saints
who do not swerve from their
penance in the black and dark night,
As well as in the day time who always think about Dharma and
Who have removed
all attachments and were like the hills
that did not even move
When heavy rainfall with hail stones fell
on them , tall elephants .
Without sleep
were standing without any movement on sides of mountains.
4223, The Swans
which were shivering due to
cold warmed themselves ,
By going near
fire places of sages
where they burn Akil at dawn,
noon and dusk,
And which had a
roof made by leaves of sandal wood tree , the female monkeys
,
Slept in caves and
huge male monkeys were immobile like,
Those who
practice Yoga had controlled
their five sense organs.
4224, Due to heavy
rain falling always , the faultless
mountain springs and ,
The clean
mountain streams did not get the scent of the hair
,
Of ladies who
had decorated themselves with chosen
ornaments,
And the swings installed
on gem studded strong pillars,
Due to nobody to swing on them were not throwing light
,
From lustrous
gems on to the sky.”
4225. In the
middle of black coloured thazhai
plants with cool branches ,
The Thaazhai flowers which induce love , which
attracts all people who see them,
Surrounding like
relations , the female
cranes , closing their great
wings
Without
moving to any where, were
like the lady separated from her
lord.
4226. With the noise
of the birds similar to the
sound from cloud,
And with the
music hummed by several type of bees
becoming songs,
The peacocks became like female dancers dancing
with several beats ,
And the crowd of
deer scared due
to the thunder of clouds ,
Took shelter
under the shades of trees under which peacocks live.
4227. The young ladies who had waists which defeated the thin
flowering branches ,
And men
climbed on cots where the smoke from
Akil was hiding the lights
,
The bees which were suffering due to cold , leaving
the lotus bed with petals,
Went and lived in the cavity of sandal wood tree and
slept there.
4228. While the pretty
swans leaving their homes
of lotus flowers went and lived,
In gardens with
rows of big trees , along in the
attic of huts where scented planks ,
Of cut trees are
stored , along with hunter girls with
white teeth ,
Their very dear
husbands slept comfortably.
4229. The sheep
herds along with the sheep calves that
needed protection ,
Were living below tall trees with small leaves surrounded
by creepers on all sides,
The big
ghosts which
were living in hiding like robbers becoming affected by cold,
Were living with great hunger eating their own teeth which were like
thorns.
4230.Due to arrow like rain drops falling on them
from the clouds ,
Which were high up in the
sky, the very strong
elephants ,
Which did not have
strength of mind becoming affected
by rain,
Not being able to live
for very many days as crowd in
hilly places with
Large bee hives
entered the caves so that rain
water would not fall on them.
4231. In this
type of rainy season when
darkness came , the wise Rama ,
With the feelings towards
Sita who had gem like eye
balls , who had sweet smile ,
And the sight like
a deer , breathed with effort and left out hot air,
And looking at Lakshmana started
telling a few things.
4232. “That Rakshasa
Ravana who is black like a cloud
, and teeth like lightning,
Played deception
and that Sita with great
breasts became a victim of that deception,
Became sad due to
sorrow , became jaded
and would lose her soul.
And to me also
living with that sorrow has
become very difficult , What is this nature?”
4233.”With blood
coated arrows capable of going through the chest of enemies ,
Sleeping in my
quiver , Should I with strong arms
and very strong
shoulders ,
Suffer this type
of great sorrow? This which has happened
to me ,
Is like the
spear having gone inside my chest
but still I am not dead.”
4234.”The flocks of sparrows in the pretty light
produced by the fire flies ,
Are sleeping
with their sweet darling
female sparrows and due to,
My heart being broken by
the selected flower arrows of God of love
I am living with unbearable pain without Sita in this forest.”
4235.”Like the serpent
with poisonous teeth becoming
sad when the clouds produce,
Lightning and when
they produce thunder , I am now
sorrowing with this mind.
The people of heaven
would laugh at me looking
at the
job done by me,
The people of
earth also would laugh , What other
disrespect should come to me?”
4236”.I who am living in sorrow cannot forget Sita and continue to live,
If the rain of the
winter season is going to trouble me like this,
It is definite
that I would attain the
heaven and I would avenge ,
This bad name by
taking another birth and fighting war
with him,
Or I would take
Sanyasa and leave the world so
that bad name does not follow me.”
4237.”Oh valorous one
, if we live here and want to
search for the place ,
Where the Rakshasas live we would spend very large number of days ,
And so I think
this job is not desirable and
instead , if it is told,
That Rama died due disease of parting
with Sita, it will give me great respect.”
4238. “I who have
enjoyed drinking the nectar out
of the flower like
mouth ,
Which is red in colour
of Sita who has arrow like
long eyes and ,
Who wears well
chosen pretty ornaments feel that these
rain drops ,
Which are like
the cooper melted over fire
poured on me and
Are burning my entire
body. Is it proper that my
body is burnt and destroyed?”
4239.” I who have
told Janaka
before the sacrificial fire ,
In which ghee was being
poured saying ‘She is now under
your protection “,
Which is a lie ,
am an one who does not
have good fate and truth
,
Would not stay
with me and so it is better that I die.”
4240. “Because
you are there to console me ,I
can calm down my mind ,
And tolerate my suffering
, but Sita who is wearing chosen bangles ,
Cannot appear here now
and there is no one to
console her of her sorrow,
And is there
any limit for the sorrow
that she can bear.”
4241. The arrows
that I sent with my bow would burn
Sathyaloka of Brahma,
Would destroy
devas and other ancient people and ,
Would also destroy
the people of this world .
Is it that I
have to destroy all these things to see Sita again?”
4242.”Oh Lakshmana
who has a bow
which raises thunder like sound from string,
I am sorrowing
without destroying them due to
the fear that I have for Dharma,
Even if my enemies
come before me along with Devas , they
would not escape.” Rama said.
4243.Then the
younger Lakshmana told as follows, “Oh Lord who has ,
The scepter to
rule , There is no more days left in the time we set to Sugreeva ,
The winter also
has come to an end and the time to
search for the thief,
Who took away Sita
has come and so why are
you getting worried?”
4244.” Though the
big milk ocean with great tides could
have given the nectar,
As soon as Lord Vishnu with red eyes
asked it to give , but not desiring to order,
And easily getting it
, he got the nectar by using
instruments ,
Like Mandara mountain
and churning it with,
His lotus like
hands . making sound with
his anklets and shoulder
bangles.”
4245.”Though that
Lord Vishnu as he thinks
could have created the world ,
And easily eat them all
by putting in to his mouth ,
he won over cruel people
,
By holding several rare
weapons and using several tricks of the
war.”
4246. “Oh great lord ,
Lord Shiva who has eyes in his forehead and is armed with .
Axe for the
sake of destroying the
three cities, even at the
time ,
When he became
angry ,
the consultations that
held ,
And various
weapons like chariot that he collected,
Can this be known by anyone.”
4247.After making
all people who can be
useful as our helps
,
After thinking carefully
those aspects that need
to be thought about,
Several times and
attaining clarity , after
reaching the place of action,
On the day chosen
, Victory is something that will never go out of our hands.
4248.”Those
asuras who are not
following the path of Dharma have
ability ,
And firmly think that” The path of sin is best to us
“ and if
what they are thinking is wrong,
And there is
great power in the path of dharma
, who will get fame and victory?”
4249.”The time
removing sorrow of Sita who
wears golden Thodi ,
Has come only
slowly and so avoid
sorrow as of now
,
Would we who have
come to help the sages ,
Become prey to
the Asuras, Oh Lord who is great in archery
please tell” asked Lakshmana,
4250.Rama who realized that all that Lakshmana were true
and firm,
And who was capable
of winning even the time at deluge
, thought ,
“Is there an
end to this rainy season?” and
due to this thought ,
Again became greatly sad
and at that time that winter ,
Completed its
time and slowly started
losing its strength.
4251.Then that summer
which did not have any defects started
its big job ,
And then the clouds became white like
men who gave all that
they have ,
To several people
with very many wants and when
all their ,
Wealth were
exhausted were not able to able to
,
Those who needed
it and begged for it and became sad.
4252. After
understanding that the
wealth makes us see
sinful deeds as blessed,
And makes us do
devilish deeds and due to real
wisdom got by great thought
,
Which is attained
and is matchless, the effect of faultless illusion vanishes,
And
similarly the great
darkness that existed in rainy season
vanished.
4253. Like the
drums became silent as soon as the war on enemies ceased,
The rumblings of the cloud which had taken sea water ceased and like ,
The long
arrows which are meant to
destroy the enemies not being used,
The raindrops vanished as if they were put in the sword case.
4254.The big mountains
which used to prevent water
from flowing ,
Now got rid of the water
and had only streams flowing
through them,
And were like people with upper cloth and sacred
threads ,
But looked like not wearing the white Dhothi , with water not flowing around them.
4255.Due to black clouds going away from the top of the mountains ,
The rivers in the top
of those mountains did not have
water flow,
And so, they lost their
importance , having lost the wealth,
That cannot be
destroyed and looked like wealth of one
who does not follow Dharma.
4256. Due to black clouds which
were like male elephants with
rut water,
Flowing over their
cheeks and head , having
gone away from the sky ,
The moon which was hid
by those clouds became
shiningly clear,
Like the face of
the dancing girls , when the screen before
them was removed.
4257. The sandal paste
along with musk and saffron which was applied
on the ,
Big desirable breasts
of ladies who were wearing ornaments made of gold,
Became dried due to northern hot wind which came
along with pollen from flowers.
4258. The early winter
which had capacity to remove the
sorrow of the first son,
Of the king had arrived and so swans started flying
in all directions,
And it looked like
they had started their journey
in search of Sita.
4259. Due to the going away of big rainy season with
clouds,
The peacocks
closed their wings and were looking sad ,
And with the
confusion in mind and thoughts of earlier
days ,
Were scared like
the swan like Sita born in the
Mithila country.
4260.The fishes engaged
in playing in the clear water , which was like ,
The mind of sages
of great penance , who have
removed deceit completely ,
Were like the movement of the eyes with Kajal ,
Of the ladies
who had very soft feet and was
red like juice of red cotton.
4261.The well
grown lotus flowers which opened
in every node,
Was like the turned up face of the
ladies with love tiff, and the
pretty ,
Chengidai flower buds with perfume
were like the
red cheeks,
Of the ladies
who were enjoying their time with their lord ,
4262. The several types of frogs like
the very tumultuous
students ,
Of teachers who impart
knowledge , which do not make sound ,
In places
where it is not recognized preferred to keep quite.
4263. The rivers carrying their dress
of flowers by their hands of tide
,
Were running , and the
pearls yielded by the clams lying on beach,
Made them appear
to be running with laughter towards ocean, their strong husband.
4264.Like the
ladies who were separated
from their lords ,
Who had gone to other countries to learn from great teachers ,
Who were suffering due to love , the bunches
of betel nut trees,
Slowly lost
their green colour and were getting to the desirable gold colour.
4265. The beasts
like the crocodiles which were
in the cold water ,
For a long time ,
left the water spots that they
were living,
Climbed on to the shore
and were exposing themselves to
sun light ,
And were
folding their mouth and
sleeping on various spots.
4266.The Vanchi creepers
, with lisping birds sitting on them ,
Which were like ladies
who talk long baby talks ,
With bees having pretty wings on them similar to hair
of ladies ,
With plenty of newly grown leaves which were like the ear ornaments of ladies,
And with their middle
shaking prettily , shined like
ladies.
4267.All the oysters with bent back , due to the fact that
the pearls that they produced ,
Were defeated by
the pearl like teeth of ladies were shy to see
,
The deer like
ladies when they come out hid
themselves in the slushy mud,
Appearing as if
they hid themselves due to their great culture.
4268. Due to rainfall
the lotus flowers growing near
agricultural lands,
Grew luxuriantly
and the male crabs which were
living below their leaves,
Along with the
female crops that they desire, like misers,
Slowly
entered their holes and sealed
entrance ,
With mud
and were living there and condensed themselves.
10.KItkindhai Padalam
Chapter on
Kishkinda
(Rama sends
Lakshmana to Kishkinda , to warn Sugreeva that if his words are not kept he will suffer
greatly. Seeing Lakshmana coming with
great speed , the monkeys got scared and
blocked the main dorr of the city with mountains. Angadha went to inform
Sugreeva but was not able to wake him up.As soon as Lakshmana kept his lotus like feet on the
door all mountains broke, it opened and all the monkeys ran away. Angadha
approaches Hanuman and along with him
requests Tara to delay the coming of Lakshmana. She along with several pretty monkey ladies
stops him at the door and with diplomatic talk pacifies the shy Lakshmana. Then
Angadha wakes up Sugreeva who is sorry for mistakes committed by him.
Sugreeva and Lakshmana go to met Rama and inform him that a huge monkey army is being collected and are on the way. Rama becomes happy.
In Valmiki
Ramayana Hanuman once reminds Sugreeva
that he is failing in his duty and sends emissaries to summon the monkey army
from all over the world. When Lakshmana arrives Sugreeva is said to making love to Tara and scared he send Tara to speak with
Lakshmana and Lakshmana is pacified
but he shouts at Sugreeva. And
Lakshmana and Sugreeva go to meet Rama.
In Kamba Ramayana Sugreeva walks with
Lakshmana while going to meet Rama but
in Valmiki Ramayana he goes in a palanquin. )
4269.When
that winter came to an end , The elder valorous Rama ,
Looking at his brother said, “Oh strong one , Even after
the period told
is over,
The king
Sugreeva is sleeping and has not arrived here ,
What is the
job that he
has done so far?”
4270. “That Sugreeva
after getting the kingship
which is difficult to get,
Has not bothered
to think about the help done by
us to him and so,
He has failed in
good character, forgot the dharma but even
if we forgets,
The good done by us
to him , he seems to have
forgotten our valour also,
And he has forgotten himself in the sweet life
that he is leadig”
4271.”Like this
if Sugreeva were to destroy the
gratefulness , destroy the difficult
,
To get bond of friendship and
completely not follow the truth
And also went back on his word , to kill him is a
thing which is not a crime,
And so you go there
and find out in detail about
his thoughts.”
4272. “We have
the bow in our hand which can
kill the
cruel people with deceit,
And send them to
the heaven of heroes and completely
uproot them and ,
Also establish Dharma
in a proper manner in this world . Tell him as an order that ,
The Lord of death is there and the arrow that killed
Vali is also there with us.”
4273.”If we punish people who are bad like poison , it is not a crime,
And so because it
is a law told in Manu Dharma , tell
clearly ,
And make understand the Sugreeva who does
not seem to know ,
What is proper and
improper at age of five as well as fifty.”
4274. “If you want to rule city of Kishkinda , its citizens as well your kingship ,
And relatives, come here on the appointed day and if
you do not come ,
The word
“Monkey” would be taken away from this world .
Please tell these
truths to Sugreeva and others.”
4275. “But if they take a decision that they
would seek the help ,
Of others who
are stronger than this Rama and Lakshmana ,
Tell them , that
to win over you in these three
worlds ,
There is no one
except yourself.”
4276. Then
that Rama who has fame as the ornament told Lakshmana ,
“Please explain at first peacefully and if the advise of justice
,
Does not change their mind , without getting angry and
destroying them,
Come and tell me what they said” and Rama bid him farewell.”
4277. Lakshmana
obeying the orders of Rama ,
saluted his feet, without wasting a second,
Tied the inexhaustible quiver on his back , help the bow which is easy to use
.
And went through
the very long way , all the while
thinking of Rama.
4278.Lakshmana who was going as per the orders of Rama ,who pursues
the path of truth,
Went powdering
the trees and mountain which were across
his way ,
Created new paths
and went to that place which was far away.
4279.The feet of Lakshmana who was wearing the lustrous
heroic anklets ,
When it pressed
the mountains which was like the mount Meru
were touching the sky,
Those mountains
were compressed and touched the ground,
Making the Adhi
Sesha who was carrying the earth visible to the eye.
4280. At that time
when Lakshmana , the brother of Rama of the
Manu clan,
Who was going to meet
Sugreeva the younger brother of Vali,
Due to the speed of his walk in the very hot forest , he was similar ,
To the arrow of Rama that pierced the Maramaras.
4281.Lakshmana was going like one elephant of one direction which seeing
,
The calf of another
elephant of direction
missing its path,
Going after it
following its footsteps travelling
with great speed.
4282.Like the sun reaching from the rising mountain to the setting mountain,
That Lakshmana with a gold coloured body went
from one very big lustrous mountain,
To another
mountain called Kishkinda and
reached there with great speed.
4283Like the
matchless arrow of Rama
who was his help and elder brother,
He went and after reaching the very tall Kishkinda mountain ,
He was similar in
looks to the golden male lion jumping from one mountain to other.
4284-4285.The monkeys
who saw the coming of angry
Lakshmana , were scared
,
As if they saw God of death and ran towards the residence
of son of Vali,
And told him that
the very angry Lakshmana with
great speed ,
Has already come
with war like fury and as soon as he heard that,
That Angadha for
getting an inkling of the thought
of Lakshmana ,
Without Lakshmana noticing it stood
on his side and .
Understanding his
intention from the look of his face,
He went to the
palace of his father’s
brother who wears a golden heroic
anklet.
4286.
Sugreeva was in the great
palace constructed by Nala
, lying down,
On a pretty bed
filled up with lots of
flowers with young lady monkeys ,
With long hair
and youthful breasts caressing his feet
and was fast of sleep.
4287.Sugreeva who had
drunk the toddy of the wealth of kingship which was,
Presented to him by
the clear headed Rama and
Lakshmana ,
Was like a silver mountain and was
sleeping on the very big golden
cot.
4288.He was sleeping
with the breeze
wafting on him , coming through .
Karu nochi tree, Teak wood tree ,Akil tree
,Sandalwood tree and
through
The scented bunch
of flowers worn by
the ladies with long hair looking like peacocks.
4289. Sugreeva was sleeping like an elephant in rut having lost
his thinking power ,
Due to the
drinking of honey which comes from in between the sharp teeth of ,
The ladies who
have sweet and red mouth and who smile like a white pearl ,
Which induces lunacy
, loss of conscience , passion
and other characters.
4290.Due to the luster coming out of the face
wearing crown ,
As well as ear globes
spreading all over his white body
,
He was looking like a
snow capped mountain , over
which,
Sun’s rays had spread
and was looking
joyful.
4291.Sugreeva was
sleeping and the son who was born
to Tara.
Who was like a
male lion went near him and saluted him by his big hands,
And woke him
up and
started telling him the words to his liking.
4292.”Oh my father
, please hear what I say ,
The younger
brother of Rama ,
With his face showing extremely great anger
Has come with a
matchless speed , What is your opinion?”
4293.Due to the
great wealth of kingship giving him pride ,
Due to the drop of
scented toddy which is like poison giving him faint,
The Sugreeva
forgot himself and in a
mental state , in which,
He did not hear
words of Angadha and slept as before on his soft bed.
4294. Due to
that Angadha who was like
an elephant calf and who was
also,
Like a young big lion , due to there being nothing that he could do with Sugreeva ,
Went to
summon Hanuman who had faultless thoughts in his mind.
4295.That Angadha who was son of Vali who was
the son of Indra , along ,
With Hanuman who was expert in royal counsel , surrounded
by various strong warriors,
Came out of Sugreeva ‘s private palace and reached the palace
of his mother.
4296. Reaching
there when he asked Tara , what action
should be taken by them,
She told
them, “You have done
very faulty acts very easily and now
,
You are searching for ways
to easily get rid of the bad
results which came due to that .
You think that though
you are ungrateful , you
would escape and live.”
4297.She again told,
“Though I several times
told you to m
Summon the
army because ,If you miss the appointed day ,
Your days of life
would get over , you simply
were not bothered,
Now by experience
you will know about the result
of that. Now you are caught.”
4298 “Do you think that
that Rama and Lakshmana who bent
their bow ,
And made God of
death take away the soul of Vali and
gave you all,
The famous wealth
of kingship , would keep quiet outside Kishkinda .
Is it proper for people like you to disregard those
who helped you?”
4299.”That Rama
who is greater than even devas , due
to ,
Getting separated
from his wife is greatly
depressed ,
Like one who has lost his life and without bothering about
it ,
You are enjoying
the love of your wives,
Who have eyes similar to just opened blue lotus
flowers.”
4300. “You have broken the oath , forgot the
help he did ,
Became people with
bad character and due to your bad fate,
If they start fighting with you , you will all die,
What is the
use of doing anything
at this stage “ said she.
4301. At that time
those very strong monkeys who cannot be stopped ,
Locked the huge
door of the city with very huge logs of wood
,
And further
brought huge stones and stacked them against the door.
4302.After securing
the doors of the city in this
way , those monkeys,
Thought, “If
Lakshmana comes crossing this door, we would scare him,
Beat black and
blue and took in their hands
uprooted trees and stones ,
And stood crowding
all around the boundary wall
near that gate.
4303. Having seen the monkeys closing that door , that great king Lakshmana ,
Said, “Is it for
saving yourselves from me?” laughing sarcastically with anger
,
Using his
feet which was like the lotus
flower where the Goddess lives,
With very great
ease he pushed
that great door.
4304. That gate ,
the material stacked against the door by
the monkeys,
And the big boundary wall erected to protect the door,
AS as the god’s feet touched , like the bad Karmas ,
Which cannot be got rid off , without any support
got destroyed.
4305.Due to the old gates of the city and
the walls built by stones
Easily
getting dislodged and thrown beyond ten Yojanas
on all sides
All those monkeys
were scared and greatly suffered.
4306. Due to the
thick tall boundary wall as well as wide city doors
falling,
The monkeys who
were standing surrounding the wall got hurt on their head,
Lost their determination
and got confused and ran away
for a long distance
And because of
that those that did not
lose their life got escaped.
4307.It is
difficult to describe but those greatly suffering monkeys,
Who ran away from their homes made such a huge wailing sound ,
And because of
that city of Kishkinda turned like
the fishes of ocean of milk,
When the huge Mandhara
mountain with many peaks like
the spear entered in it.
4308.Due the monkeys getting scared and running away from that mountain,
And regrouped in the forest , That mountain with clouds
was like,
The great sky where
all the stars have gone away and
looked jaded.
4309.At that time
Lakshmana who was like a lion
among men,
Started
entering the pretty and wealthy
streets of the town,
And Angadha and
other moneys standing surrounding Tara ,
Who had chided them
asked, “he has come , what shall we do now.”
4310. Hanuman looking
at Tara told, “Oh lady who wears bangles,
If you go and
prevent Lakshmana from entering the
open door of palace,
That Lakshmana
would start thinking whether what
he wants to do ,
Is correct or not and Lakshmana would not see the long path,
But tell us the purpose
for which he has come. That is
the only way.”
4311. Tara told
all others , You all go elsewhere and I would
go in front of,
Lakshmana and by
questioning him find the intention of his mind “
And all the
monkeys went away from there and Tara ,
Who was an expert
in proper manners along with,
Her friends who had
hair with flowers ,
departed.
4312.After crossing the royal avenue where the important monkeys lived happily,
That Lakshmana who was like an elephant with rope tied round his neck
,
Was trying to enter
the palace of Sugreeva and then Tara,
Who had long and scented
hair stopped him.
4313.Surrounded by ladies
who had tenderness to control others,
Who had white
teeth , wore white conch
bangles,
Had shining thin waist
, had erect young breasts,
Belonged to good families and
looked like peacocks,
Tara stopped him
in that great street from going
further.
4314.With the bow
and sword getting reflected in
the ornaments they wore.
With sound coming from the gem stones of their anklets ,
With their waist belt
making sound like war drums and with their ,
Eye brows
like flags filling everywhere , all of them surrounded Lakshmana.
4315.With the sound of many anklets making sound like
several drums,
With their chariot like hips rotating , with arrow like eyes being their weapon,
And with their brows
which were like bows that are
used in war ,
That Army surrounded
Lakshmana with very high
shoulders ,
And his anger
which cannot be brought down,
came down,
And turning his face
to one side , he stood on one
side ,
And he was greatly scared to see
them with his eyes.
4316.When Lakshmana
bending his lotus like face ,
holding the bow in hand ,
Was standing like son in law in the crowd of mother
in laws with shyness,
That Tara who
had pretty shoulders and pure scent as well as
long eyes,
Who was like the deva maiden who had come the world of monkeys ,
Entered in to the crowd of ladies and started telling the following.
Entered in to the crowd of ladies and started telling the following.
4317.”Oh valorous one
, your coming is a result of limitless
penance done by us,
And not only that
even Indra and other Devas
are not visited by you easily ,
By your coming and due to your feet touching our home
we have become great,
All our bad Karmas have gone from us
and we have attained higher
state.
Is there any other
good result that we are likely
to get?
4318. Tara who can
speak sweeter than the music said
,”Oh valorous one,
Seeing you coming
speedily with great anger, this monkey
army without knowing the reason,
Are getting
greatly scared .Can you tell me
the thoughts of your mind . Oh Lord ,
How come you who never
get separated from the feet of
the king , has come here alone?”
4319.That Lakshmana who
wore a flower garland to decorate
his chest ,
As soon as he heard these words , with his anger reduced, wanting to know ,
Who had told these words
and seeing her who was like
full moon descending to earth,,
Was reminded
of his mother who was also a widow and felt sad.
4320. Seeing that lady Tara who was not wearing Mangala Suthra , who was
not wearing ,
Any ornament with gems
, having left wearing honeyed flower
garlands ,
Having a stout hot
breasts where sandal and Kumkum
paste were not applied,
And with a neck like the betel nut tree which was
covered by her upper cloth,
That very
charitable Lakshmana seeing in her his mother became sad with tear drops in his eye.
4321.Due to the thought
that my mother who gave
birth to me would also be like
this ,
His mind got depressed and he stood there benumbed without talking anything for some time.
And then feeling the need to answer , he started
telling her who had very pretty
hair.
4322.The son of
Sun God who told my brother who is the king of Manu clan that,
“Me and my army
would search for Sita and get
her back” has forgotten his words,
And Rama told me
to quickly find out about the state
of Sugreeva ,
And due to that I have come here and ”Please tell me the acts ,
Of Sugreeva who
had got the great
kingship.” And Tara replied.
4323.”Oh Lord , do
not be angry.. You being great should
pardon if mistakes ,
Are committed by
small people .Except you who are
there for us?
Sugreeva has not neglected his task and he has sent separate emissaries all over the world,
And is waiting
for the arrival of monkey armies from
there.
How can we ever
compensate for the help
that you
did to us.?”
4324.”Thousand crores of emissaries as per the
orders have gone
to bring ,
Crowds of monkeys from everywhere and the time for arrival of those armies,
Is close at hand and so you who are more kind than the
mother , to those ,
Who surrender to
you , please calm down and that is the
proper Dharma,
Suppose a
person had not committed any fault who would
punish him.”
4325.”Suppose some
one who had surrendered to you has been rewarded ,
With limitless wealth
and due to that he becomes
proud and makes,
Shortcomings in
duties to be done to you , Is it not
your fault also?
If for the sake of
the lady , we do not
to die fighting in the battle
field,
Would the friendship between both of you continue?”
4326. “You both
who have a honest mind provided help to Sugreeva
,
By destroying his great enemy and made him hold the
kingship in an excellent manner,
And if he neglects
you , it would lead to bad name and slipping away from greatness ,
And he would then
become poor in this life and also a no good after
life.”
4327.”Did you not
kill Vali who is an expert in war , just
by using one arrow?
Do you need any
help at all to destroy your enemy? Is there any other ,
Great help to you which is better than your bow, You are
only seeking people,
To help you in
finding Sita and Sugreeva and others
who have surrendered to your feet,
Are duty bound to undertake that
job and complete it properly.”
4328. After
hearing all these told by
Tara with great attention,
Clearly understanding it
, That Lakshmana who is an
expert of knowledge ,
With great mercy
and shyness in the mind ,
left all his anger
,
Understanding that
the Hanuman who was having very strong shoulders,
Who would be great help to them in war
, reached near Lakshmana.
4329. That
Lakshmana who does leave his friendship , even when he is angry,
Seeing the face
of Hanuman , who approached and
saluted him asked him,
“You who are
extremely wise , have forgotten what has happened earlier.”
Hearing that ,
Hanuman the expert in conversation
said,
“Oh Lord, please hear
what I have to say” and
started telling.
4330. “Even for those
who have killed mother , father
, teacher ,
The Brahmins who are like Gods , cows
, children and ladies,
There are paths to get out of the sins but for those who have ,
Forgotten stable help , there is
no such method.”
4331. “Oh Lord , the act leading to real friendship to you and
to the king of monkey clan,
Was due to my
act, If that dharma of friendship is
destroyed ,
Who in the world has ways to escape from that bad Karma,
And also my wisdom would
also become faulty forever?”
4332.”Oh Lord , I
firmly believe in the great penance that you did ,
And the great charity that you did .Let it stand like
that ,Oh Lord,
Who has the capacity to protect all the
three worlds, if you get angry at
us,
Is it possible for us to escape , as we totally depend on your mercy.”
4333.”The king of monkeys have not forgotten , as he has sent very many groups,
Of emissaries to
summon monkey army from various
places and since he
is waiting,
For their arrival
, there is a little bit of delay. If Sugreeva who has got
you , who are ,
Those who protect Dharma
, if he breaks his
habit of truthfulness ,
Then though he is born in this world , he would
become one who is not born here,
And not only
that , later he would never able
to escape from hell.”
4334. “Oh valorous hero , who is like an elephant in rut , When a person helps us,
When we have not helped him earlier as a compensation to that if we do not,
Go to a war as
his help and hit the enemy on his
chest by weapons or,
If we ourselves face death due to the weapons sent by that enemy, how can we pay back?”
4335.”Oh Lord who
is greatest among men and resembles a lion
, it is not proper for you,
To stand here like our enemy and it would not lead to any good
for us, if our
enemies ,
Come to know about it
, it would lead to bad results,
Please come inside and see ,
The wealth that
you have given us as also your
elder brother Sugreeva “, Hanuman told.
4336.That Lakshmana who had stable shoulders
like mountain , after hearing those words,
Left the anger that is transient concluded that “Sugreeva has
not moved away from grace of
Rama,
But he is one who when great wealth came to him , being of lesser status forgot what he should do,”
4337. After
thinking like this , he who wore
the heroic anklets and had very strong
shoulders,
Looked at Hanuman of the monkey clan and said, , “A change has now occurred
in you..
I have to tell well thought out words which
you should understand clearly” and started telling.
4338.”The anger due to Ravana abducting Sita and fire
like loss of respect ,
Attacked Rama and made him greatly sad and I
who had seen his sorrow ,
Decided to loose
the Dharma of the kings and join along with cruelty ,
And harm all those
great sinners and I am not bothered
,
About the bad fame
that is likely to come to me by that.”
4339.” In spite of that , I have pacified my anger
myself and am living ,
So that I can console Rama and many such days have
already passed.
If Rama had not
pacified his anger , all the three
worlds would be burnt down,
All the devas of
the heaven will die and not only
that , great Dharma would be destroyed,
And who are
capable of preventing all
this if
that is the fate that does not go
away.”
4340.”Due to Rama meeting you , He saw Sugreeva as one who would help him ,
When he gets in
to sorrow , and saw him as a brother
like me and ,
He was living in
this mountain managing himself
to keep alive and was waiting.
Otherwise who can
prevent him from searching for his lightning like lady by his bow?”
4341.”Is it a big job for Rama to search and bring Sita , whether
, she in the sky,
Or in the fourteen different worlds, the victorious seven oceans or seven mountains ,
Which are all in
this globe called the world but in spite
of that , your delaying,
The date by which
you would certainly help him and breaking your word is not proper.”
4342.”You have not only delayed but made those asuras who were proud
,
For some time. You have
caused trouble to Devas and you
increased the sorrow ,
To the sages who have proper knowledge of the Vedas and who have done Yagnas,
You have helped sin to further grow and made angry Rama who never gets
angry.”
4343.As soon as the sweet Lakshmana told these words , Hanuman saluted him,
And said, “Oh lord who knows ancient books , please do not keep in your mind,
Things that are
past and if we do not do the job
which we have agreed to do,
WE will sacrifice our life and for such happenings only
Dharma is the witness.
Please come inside
and meet Sugreeva who is like your brother,.”
4344.That Lakshmana who holds a bow
made of Gold ,looked
at Hanuman,
And said “What act we undertook earlier was as per your words
and in future ,
When we take up
further acts, we agree to abide
by your plans,” and ,
With an intention of understanding Sugreeva who seemed
not to act, went with Hanuman.
4345, Tara then
went back along with the ladies who had
spear like eyes ,
Mouth like red lotus
, eyebrow like bows , had walk like that
of swan,
Looks like that of peacock , hips like the board of chariot with flags ,
Pearl like teeth ,
Thin shoulders like bamboo, voice
like koels,
Breasts like
golden pot , waist like
lightning ,nose like Kumizh flower .
And hair
similar to that of
the black cloud.
4346. Angadha the
son of Vali along with ministers who
knew just ways,
Saluted the pretty lotus flower like
feet of Lakshmana by falling
at his feet,
And Lost the fear about
Lakshmana and the great expert
in bow Lakshmana ,
Looking at Angadha told, “Oh valorous one , go and
tell your father’s brother,
About my visit “ And Angadha assented and saluted Lakshmana and
went.
4347. After
Leaving Lakshmana , Angadha entered the palace of
his father ,
And after catching hold tightly the feet of Sugreeva , massaged it
, woke him up ,
And told him, “Oh
valorous one with long hands ,
Lakshmana the younger brother of Rama ,
Has come and is standing outside your palace
and the anger that he has
now ,
Is much bigger
than an ocean which is full of
fishes and this is what happened.”
4348.Sugreeva noticing that the crowd of ladies noticing Angadha ’s arrival ,
Were confused and
shouting greatly , woke up from his stupor and not
,
Realizing the earlier happenings looked
at Angadha and
told him,
“Oh valorous one who wears garlands of gold as well as flowers ,
When we have not
done any mistake , what was the reason
for anger of Lakshmana.”
4349. “Oh my father
, at the time when you agreed
you did not go and meet them,
With an army , you
have become greatly proud due to your immense wealth,
And also forgotten completely the great help done by them. You have
become completely untruthful,
And due to all this
Lakshmana has become angry .This
is what has happened.
And due to the request of diplomatic Hanuman, we continue
to be alive.” Said Angadha.
4350.”The valorous monkey heroes seeing the speed at which he was coming,
Closed the golden door of the city which touched the sky
and ,
Without leaving any hill stacked
all stony mountains, one over the other
,
And stood proudly
with great burning anger
to fight with Lakshmana.”
4351.”That Lakshmana who was the best among the
males seeing that ,
With his feet
which was like a pretty lotus
flower kicked the door,
But even before his feet touched it , the long
boundary walls which are spread,
From south to North
and victorious doors and the stacked mountains ,
Broke and got
scattered and mixed with the dust there.”
4352. “I do not know how
to properly describe the
state of the monkey army
with huge shoulders who saw that state of affairs. My
mother who saw all these,
Along with well ornamented ladies
stopped Lakshmana who was
carrying a lightning like bow.”
4353. That Lakshmana without seeing any of those ladies , not able to tell,
Anything due to the anger in his mind stood there
with stifled emotion.
The lady who is my mother told him sweet words like
“Oh lord ,
Why did you leave Rama alone there and
came here?” and
The younger brother
Lakshmana told the reason
for that.”
4354.”My mother
who understood the reason properly ,
Pacified his anger
and told, “He has not forgotten the order of Rama,
Sugreeva has sent
several emissaries through the mountain path ,
Strewn with stones
to bring most of the monkey
army with great speed,
And is waiting for that army” This is what happened here”
said Angadha.
4355,When Angadha told like that , the son off Sun God started telling,
“If that Rama and Lakshmana come opposing us with anger,
Who can stand
opposing them in this earth or
heaven? What is the reason,
That when that
Lakshmana who is great archer came
with great anger ,
You did not
request me to come quickly to meet him . “
4356.”Oh my father
who wears pretty garland made of
bunches of flowers,
And who has very strong
shoulders , I had told you about it earlier itself.
But at that
time you were not fully conscious and did not understand what I
told,
And understanding that
I cannot do anything
further , I went to tell Hanuman,
And it is proper
that you go within a second and
see Lakshmana ,” he told.
4357.Sugreeva
who was friendly wuth Rama told Angadha
, “oh son,
Would any body else can get help like the
great help that I received?
Is there any destruction possible to
the great wealth received by me ?
Due to drinking alcoholic drink , I forgot
al the sorrows of Rama,
Which I had agreed to remove and I am ashamed to see Lakshmana.”
4358. “Except the
habit of drinking alcoholic drink ,
what other thing
,
Can be done without realization? If I cannot differentiate between
mother and wife ,
What is the use
following all other Dharmas? Drinking these drinks ,
And losing all the
senses
is one of the five great
sins also ,
We lose our senses
in illusion which is not
free of deceit,
And we feed one
loss of senses with another
loss of senses.”
4359.”Those
who with clear thought and leave
out bad actions are those,
Who have got away from the sorrow of birth.” Say all
great philosophers,
As well as thosewho
know all the four Vedas and
I like
the people who try to put out fire in the house by pouring ghee in it ,
Am getting enjoyment in life by drinking alcoholic
drinks,
After removing
all the worms in it and get
fulfillment.”
4360.””As soon as one realizes himself the
ill of the infamous birth cycle is removed.”
Say all the Vedas
, Vedangas ,But over the disease of dirt of not knowing ,
My own real form , I drank more alcoholic drinks and made
my mind mad. Is this proper?”
4361. “Except those
who protect others , who have
controlled their five senses,
Who are
always drowned in divine
wisdom and , who do
not have any attachment to,
Pain or pleasure , Has any body else have attained the good
life in the divine world”
Have any one seen
those who drink alcoholic in hiding and
enjoyed life attain it?”
4362.Because
those who drink alcohol do
not feel the bad
,
Done to them by
their enemies, the good that is
done by friends ,
What they have seen personally , what has
been told by experts in Sastras,
The way greatness
reached us and the sorrows that have spread in our mind ,
And are there
any other thing which gives good to us
better than feeling tham.”
4363.”Those who drink
Alcoholic drinks would be
troubled jointly by ,
Deceit , thieving
, telling lies, ignorance, principle against tradition,
The bad habit of
not protecting people who surrender to
them ,
And pride and Goddess
Lakshmi who sits on lotus flower
would go away .
Even poison if
drunk would cause their death
and unlike these alcoholic drinks does not take people to hell.
4364.” I have heard elders say,
Bad things would happen if we drink Alcoholic
drinks ,
But today
that has shown its great
strength directly to me., What is the need
,
Of saying any
other things. Due to the wisdom of hanuman got from books ,
I have now escaped
from impending doom, other wise
without any doubt ,
Due to the anger
of that valorous
one who came speedily ,
Was there any
doubt of me meeting
with my death.”
4365.”Oh Angadha ,
I was scared about the great danger caused
by ,
The Alcoholic
drinks, It should not be touched
by the hand ,
And not only that, it should not be even thought by the mind,
If I still
continue to like this cruel
alcoholic drink , let
,
The lotus flower
like feet of Rama completely
destroy me.”
4366.After
Sugreeva with good character
took an oath that he would,
Not touch
alcoholic drinks , taking
with him all that
was necessary to properly,
Receive Lakshmana ,
he ordered Angadha , “Now you go and
meet him”,
Surrounded
by his wives and
his relatives, he went ,
And kept waiting
in the main door of the palace
to met Lakshmana.
4367. The golden pots
containing ground red sandal
paste , flowers , perfumed dusts ,
And the smoke of Akil,
rows of lamps ,matchless garlands made
of good pearls ,
And various other decorations , peacock feathers , flags
, conches ,
The high sounding
drums and all such things filled
up city of Kishkinda.
4368.In that city the
walls constructed by pure
crystal stones surrounded by,
Very tall pillars were
studded with high quality precious gems
Which all reflected
the form of Lakshmana and people
were misled,
And thought
thousands of warriors
holding bows
had come to the city.
4369.Angadha
again went back and saluted the
feet of Lakshmana and then Lakshmana,
Looked at him and asked “Oh Sir ,
Where is your lord now ?” and then Angadha replied,
“Oh hero who is like a male lion , Sugreeva who has the
wealth of penance already done,
Is standing near
the victorious main door of the cloud like palace to receive you.”
4370. When those monkey ladies who wear ornaments like Choodaka and
Thodi ,
Who were
sprinkling scented powders and fanning with very broad white chowries
And holding white
royal umbrellas which looked like
the white moon on the sky,
The monkey chief Sugreeva came before
Lakshmana holding pretty valorous
bow.
4371. When the
ladies who were like Murukku flower holding water for washing as well as,
For drinking and
holding in their hands all other things needed to worship
Lakshmana came,
The sound of big and small drums reverberated , the sages came chanting
Vedas ,
Making the sound spread in all directions with the devas getting
surprised ,
At seeing the new
pride of wealth and Sugreeva
went before Lakshmana .
4372,That Sugreeva with great wealth who
came to welcome Lakshmana , surrounded ,
By crowd of monkey ladies with desirable breasts surrounding him like stars,
Appeared like the moon with his own luster on the top of the mountain ,
And appeared similar to his father who has
risen up on the rising
mountain.
4373.That great
Lakshmana was waiting to receive the king of monkeys , and then,
Great anger arose in him
but since he was bothered about
the state of Dharma .
He became calmed
down using the clarity
of his clear mind.
4374. Then both of them hugged each other with their shoulders which
was ,
Stouter then iron pillar
and mountain and along with
the crowd of monkey ladies,
And that of warriors
reached the palace which had
inexhaustible gold.
4375.Then that
king of monkey clan showed Lakshmana, a well made throne ,
And said, “Oh lord
, please sit here “ but
Lakshmana thought that
,
It would not be proper for him to sit on the throne,
Wile Rama, the lord of Lakshmi was sitting on a
grassy land.
4376.”When my Lord Rama
who due to the boon of Kaikeyi
who had a mind of stone,
Has
sacrificed the gem studded crown and
is sleeping on the bed of grass,
My sitting on a
golden seat where flowers have been spread is not
desirable”, said Lakshmana.
4377.As soon as Lakshmana told like that , Sugreeva
stood surprised ,
And shedding tears from his lotus like eyes struggled and then,
He who belonged to the clan of Manu sat on a seat of rock,
In that
palace which was as
tall as the mountain.
4378. Then the
young , the old , the huge crowd of ladies ,looked depressed,
And with a tear
filled eyes , not able to tell
anything ,
Became tired and
were looking like sages who
have controlled their senses.
4379. Then that king Sugreeva looked at Lakshmana and told, “ as per tradition
If you take your
bath now and partake the very
tasty sweet meal ,
We would consider ourselves blessed.” And as soon as he
told this ,
The younger brother of black coloured Rama started
telling.
4380.”When in
spite of the fact that our stomach is filled only with sorrow and bad name
,
If we are keeping alive
, what would provide
sweetness to us?
Though I have
desire to eat, I know that at this time
of sorrow,
When our mind is filled
with worries , even nectar would
be bitter for us?”
4381. “If you show
us the place where the consort
of Rama is living,
We would put out
the fire of bad name that is surrounding us ,
If you make us take
bath in Ganges and make
us eat,
The nectar that
came out of ocean of milk , then we will not have any sorrow.”
4382. “ Rama eats only leafy vegetables , roots
and fruits and I eat only,
What is remaining
after he completes his
eating of food and I do not desire,
For any other thing
and if I desire , that is without doubt food left by Dog after
eating.”
4383.”Oh Sir ,
apart from this one more thing is there. Only
after I return ,
Bring leafy vegetables
and cook them then only
the prince Rama, who is your friend,
Can take his meal and so If I
wait here any more , it would not
be sweet.” Said Lakshmana.
4384. When Lakshmana told like this , that Sugreeva looked at him
and said,
“When the best among the Manu clan Rama
is suffering this sorrow ,
Spending time pleasantly
is suitable only to us monkeys,
“ and later ,
He became completely
depressed and sobbed with his soul.
4385.Then Sugreeva , the son of Sun God got up
suddenly and thinking of .
Immediately going to Rama who was
shedding tears , who was
hating life of wealth,
And had a sad depressed mind , told
like this to Hanuman.
4386.”Oh expert in rules
of justice , as I have ordered
earlier ,bring along with you,
The monkey army that
would be coming here along with our emissaries ,
Till they come ,
please wait here” Ordering like this to
Hanuman ,
He started
speedily travelling towards
the place where Rama lives.
4387. That Sugreeva who was the son of Sun God with red
rays hugged Lakshmana ,
Who had a pure mind without any doubts and then accompanied by Angadha,
With monkeys
marching in front of him , with
monkey ladies ,
Travelling behind him
, he went ahead speedily to Rama
who was his brother.
4388-4389. When Sugreeva
wearing lightning like
ornaments .
Walked with nine thousand crores of monkeys, in his front,
In his back and on
its sides accompanied by the best of his great relatives ,
Walking near him
towards the place of Rama,
The entire forest was crowded with flags , drums gave out sound of thunder ,
Conches boomed, the luster from the marching army filled up
like streaks of lightning,
Dust rose greatly
from the earth and all these covered
all the skies.
4390.
Palanquins made with gold ,.
Gems , pretty thin cloth ,
Lustrous gems , stones of crystal and
with silver broader than the sky,
AS per the wishes
of everybody travelled
closely ,
And the
white royal umbrellas were
surrounding it.
4391.Just because
Rama’s younger brother with his lustrous red feet ,
Was walking on the
bare earth , the son of Sun God ,
With the belled heroic anklets tied in his feet making
sound ,
Also walked on the earth ordering his palanquin to come
behind him.
4392.That lad
Lakshmana with huge heroic
anklets , Sugreeva ,
Making the army stay
behind with Angadha walking by his side ,
With desire to see
Rama walking in front
reached ,
Speedily the
mountain on which Rama
was stayig.
4393.Leaving the love
for wealth which no one can imagine
,
With devotion to
salute the divine feet
of Rama ,
That Sugreeva who was
the chief of monkey clan,
Was similar to
Bharata who saluted daily
,
Those divine feet
of Rama .
4394.Sugreeva ,
seeing Rama who due to the going
of Lakshmana,
Who would always with him like Lord Vishnu ,
Would stand alone at the time of final deluge ,
Saluted him with
gem studded garlands touching the ground
,
And touched Rama’s
lotus like red feet with his head,
4395.As soon as
Sugreeva saluted him , making the goddess Lakshmi ,
Who always was on
his chest feel the pain , with his long
arms ,
Rama hugged him tightly, with the anger which had risen in him ,
Getting pacified
and like earlier with love
offered a seat to him.
4396. Rama made
Sugreeva sit sweetly near him , looked at him and asked,
“Does your kingship and your rule go in tandem as per the rules in book?
“Does your kingship and your rule go in tandem as per the rules in book?
You with your long
arms are doing good without asking like a cloud
And does all the beings under
your protection live joyfully ,
Does your umbrella of victory provide
you cool.”
4397. As soon as he heard those
words which have great
meaning , the son of Sun God,
Who travels on a
wheeled chariots in the sky said, “Oh
lord who remains stable even at
deluge,
When I have the blessings of you who is like a Sun to dark world
, Are they difficult to me.”
4398.Sugreeva again looked at Rama and told , “Oh Rama with great characters ,
Oh king , I got
the difficult to attain great wealth
due to your grace,
And in spite of that, I showed my
very poor monkey qualities
By going against
your express orders.”
4399.Again Sugreeva told Rama,” Though
I have the ability to search
,
In all directions
and get you back Sita , without
doing that and ,
Without thinking that you who is very clear minded would be
sad ,
For the sake of
Sita who wears well made ornaments , I spent time in pleasurable life.
4400.”Oh Lord who
wears the heroic anklet and
holds a powerful bow,
If my nature ,
mental strength and thoughts are
like these ,
Is there a need
for me to tell about what I will do in future
,
As well my valour”
said Sugreeva with great sorrow.
4401. That Lord Rama who keeps Goddess
Lakshmi on his chest said,
“the difficult to
pass rainy season has come to an
end and since,
The words that
you tell realizing your duty which
assures me that,
You would do the
searching of Sita , Is not a lowly act
and ,
You are like Bharata
and should not tell such
words to me.”
4402. Rama again
started telling looking at Sugreeva .
“Where is
Hanuman of great knowledge ?” and then,
Sugreeva the son of Sun God said , “That
Hanuman ,
Would arrive with
a huge army which is like water
filled ocean?”
4403.”My faultless
emissaries have gone with speed to collect
One thousand
crores of monkey army and the time ,
For their arrival has
already come and still all of them
,
Have not come and
are expected in a day or two
,
And Hanuman would come here along with that powerful army.”
4404”Along with
me nine thousand crore big
monkey army,
Has come and to
that big army should arrive by tomorrow,
Once that army comes
we can think about ,what needs to be done.”
4405.That Rama who liked
Sugreeva told “Oh valorous one .
Is this a very
difficult job for you? Your peaceful
nature appears to be good.
Now the long day time has come to an end and so you please go now ,
And come along
with your army when it has assembled”
When Rama gave leave to go , Sugreeva saluted him and went back.
4406. That Rama who had eyes like red lotus flower told sweet
words,
To Angadha and
told him,” Go and stay with your
father.”
And gave him leave to go and
stayed that night ,
There along with Lakshmana and Sita
in his mind.
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