Kishkinda Kandam (contd)
11.Thanai kaan padalam,
Chapter on inspecting the army.
(Avery huge army of monkets under various great leader monkeys arrive there . Rama is greatly
sayisfied and they decide to send them
for searching Sita, all over the
world.)
4407.All that night Rama and Lakshmana stayed there and
before sun rose ,
On the top on the
golden mountain of sun rise , we will now tell ,
The arrival of mountain like monkey army which was
brought ,
By the powerful
emissaries, in very great detail.
4408. That Satabali
who is a monkey chieftain
arrived with one thousand monkey captains ,
Who were each as powerful
as ten lakh elephants along
with ,
Ten thousand crores of monkey army whose back was bent and reported
to Sugreeva.
4409.Another monkey chieftain called Susedana came with
ten lakh crores,
Of monkey army
who were each capable of uprooting
the Meru mountain,
And who could
drink refined alcoholic drinks and
would not lose their senses.
4410.”The father
of Ruma whose voice cannot be
matched by nectar and .,
Who is the wife of
Sugreeva along forty
eight thousand crores
of soldiers,
Who wre capable of
churning the limitless ocean
and ,
Make it in to slushy mud within a second came
.”
4411. The great monkey hero Kesari who was
the father of Hanuman ,
Who has great fame
in this earth as well as
all other worlds .
Came with fifty
lakh crores of soldiers
who were huge monkeys ,
Having shoulders
like the Kailasa mountain and were like an ocean.
4412.The very strong Dhoomira who was as strong as the Varaha
incarnation ,
Of lord Vishnu which lifted the earth came along with two thousand crores of,
Bear army who were having round stout form ,
whose one root of hair,
Can accommodate huge mountains and who occupied very large
space.
4413Gavaksha
came with four thousand
crores of joyful monkey army walking ahead of him.
Who if
individually get angry , can make
Sun god lose his power and
together and
If they get angry
could hit and destroy the entire
world where they live.
4414. The monkey
commander Panasa who looks like a big mountain coming
alone ,
Who used to make
others shiver and make their mind break
by his,
Unquenchable
anger , came with twelve thousand crores
,
Of monkey
army each of whom used to get
greatly angry.
4415.Neela came
along fifty crores of monkey army , who made very great ,
Joyful limitless
sound which made the sound of thunder and roaring ocean,
Get scared, who were having great speed ,and who were like cruel God of death .
4416. Dareemukha
a valorous hero brought with him thirty crores of monkeys,
Who were having long hands, huge chests
, strong body and blessed with firm action,
Who are fierce ,
who have a form bigger than mountain, and whose eyes
emit fire sparks.
4417. One valorous
one called Akshaya came with thirty
thousand crores of monkey ocean,
Who think that
because this earth was not sufficient for them they
want ,
A broader earth , who are spread all
over earth and whose sight
,
Makes even the
very furious crowd of lions get scared .
4418. Samba who had
a form which was like a huge mountain came with ,
One thousand
crores of very great
monkeys who were coming rolling
like the tides
of ocean and flashes
and along with them he
stayed there.
4419. Dunmukha who was having great strength and who is going to end,
The life span of Asuras apart from the life span
allotted to them,
By Lord Brahma
sitting on a lotus and their own
bad Karma,
Came with twenty lakhs
army of monkeys who were fearsome.
4420.Mainda who
was the personification of victory and
a great warrior,
Along with
Gaja Gomukha came with
one hundred lakh crores,
Of Monkey army who were all greatly angry as well as cruel.
4421.Dumindha who wore a garland of fully open flowers and
who was ,
Like a mountain came with one lakh crore crores of monkey
army ,
Who were greatly angry who were marching on both his sides,
Raising great heaps
of dust which covered the earth
and the sky.
4422. A valorous hero Kumudha who travels
like wind fan ,
Who had more speed than the wind , who was more cruel than God of death,
Came with huge
crowd of monkeys which resembled the
ocean with tides,
Estimated as nine crores who had great mental and
body strength and very enraged.
4423.Padhumukha came
with forty nine thousand crores
monkey army ,
Who would not be eliminated even if the ocean moves away during deluge ,
Who had strong ,
pretty and ling shoulders , making
dust of earth rising up to heaven.
4424. Rishabha came
with nine hundred crores of monkey army, who do not,
Get destroyed
during deluge when all fourteen worlds
get perished ,
Who were looking like
being surrounded by array of
huge mountains,
Who were
extremely strong and had big and cruel shoulders.
4425.Deergapada, Sarabha
and Vinatha came with an
army numbering several crores,
Which appeared
bigger than the huge ocean with
very big tides,
Which cannot be estimated by any one, and who had black face ,
Who raised so much dust that it
covered inside and outside of our
globe.
4426.Hanuman who did not get scared even after seeing Sun God
which had,
Its fearsome rays
as weapons came with an army of twenty
five thousand monkeys
Which had spread so much that the area surrounded by directions appeared small,
And which made heavens tilt to one direction ,
reached there.
4427.Nala who was
the son of Viswakarma, the architect of
devas and ,
Who resembled his father came with one lakh crores
monkey army.,
Making even Devas wonder
“Where is the end of this army?” and ,
Making the God of death
faint , confused and perplexed.
4428. The monkey army collected by Khumbha and Kulasangha ,
Who were chiefs of army of big monkeys came and the
army that,
They collected
cannot be counted by people on
this earth and,
Could be told as
being equal the number of arrows in
quiver of Rama,
And it is difficult to tell about the number in any other
way.
4429. If that monkey army assembled there dip in the
seven oceans ,
All water would go away and the oceans would look like white dust,
If they all tilt to one side , the earth and Meru
mountain would tilt to that side ,
Suppose they stand
up and take a walk , there would not be space
in the world,
Even to put till seeds and if they get angry , even fire and Sun would get burnt.
4430.If the size of that army that has assembled on earth, is counted,
Seventy thousand
Brahmas would not be able to
complete the job,
If they start
eating the entire globe
would become one fist for them,
And if they are to be seen by the eye , even Shiva with
his eyes in forehead cannot see them.
4431.If the monkey army
wanted to break, the Meru mountain
of north,
Would be completely
broken , and if they want to hit
something ,
They can hit the
top of the broad sky and if they want
to catch some thing ,
They can catch big
wind as well as God of death and suppose they wanted to drink,
Something , they
can take the water of seven seas in
their hand and can drink it completely.
4432.They were capable of jumping beyond the directions that we specify,
They had mental determination to complete the
jobs planned by their king
immediately.
And those sixty
seven crore army chiefs came easily
collecting the very huge army.
4433, All those
Army chiefs along with the monkey army that could be,
Thought of as
spread in all the seven
great oceans saluted the feet,
Of Sugreeva who is
the son of Sun God who travels in chariot with one wheel,
And greeted him
by saying “Long live”, “Long
live”
4434.When that
great monkey army came and settled
there , the son of Sun God,
Speedily went and met, Rama the son of Dasaratha and said,
“Oh lord who is like god of death to bad
fate , even before we thought,
Your huge army
has arrived .Please come
and see it.”
4435.Rama with great joy
,with a happy mind as well as pleasant feeling as if,
Sita herself has arrived
and with great feeling in the
mind , reached ,
The top of a very big mountain and Sugreeva , went back to that great army.
4436.It had a length
and breadth of fifteen Yojanas and
then he ,
Commanded the
great army was , ”Start from the North to southern direction “ ,
And he himself returned
back to Rama along with army
commanders.
4437.Sugreeva again came back to Rama looked
at him and told ,
“oh best hero among
the powerful valorous heroes, ”Please see.”
And then he showed him the army as per
their ranks and stayed there.
And that huge
monkey army , like the ocean of
milk with tides,
Travelling in a path
, created a huge sound creating
fear and moved out.
4438. Then the
dust arose from the earth
, covered all eight directions,
All the entire area of the earth , the round heavens where
devas live ,
All the seven seas
with huge tide and
the globe ,
Resembled a huge
pot which is completely filled with dust.
4439.If we say that
this piece of army is
similar to the ocean,
There are people who have measured the ocean but there are,
None who know about the breadth of this army .How would ,
Wise people
compare anything with this great
army ,and
Rama and Lakshmana who carefully watched this army for
twenty days,
Were not able to see its middle and then how can one find out its end?
4440. If we think of victory Rama can be compared only to himself ,
For in this great
earth or in the land of serpents , there is
no one else ,
Who can be told as one
who does not have comparison and
that Rama
Examined properly
the great army with his mind and eye
And then saw his
brother and started talking
with him.
4441.”Oh brother who wears garland of flowers full of petals
, we both with our knowledge .
Saw the center of this very powerful monkey army , is there a method to see the
end to this army?
In this world people say “we have seen the ocean” but has
any one seen its last boundary?”
4442.”Oh brother who wears a scented flower garland , who
can exactly find out the end,
Of the body of god,
the ten directions , five great
elements , wisdom ,
Languages that we
speak , the changes in view of different religions ,
And the
faultless monkey army that has
assembled at this spot?”
4443.If we decide
to see this great army thoroughly
from here and then decide ,
To do what we should do
, by the time we completely see
it ,
Several days
would get over and so it is proper to clearly think about,
What we should do
and get engaged in it with concentrated
mind.”
Said Rama and then Lakshmana who saluted him
and started telling him.
4444.”Oh lord ,
whatever these valorous monkeys want to do
any where ,
In any world ,
they would be easily able to do it.
There is no place to say that,
There is an
action that is impossible for them to
do ?
Searching and ,
Finding out Sita
is a very easy job , for their very great ability and
Due to this army sins
would get defeated and
Dharma will win.”
4445,”That lord Brahma
who was born in a lotus
flower which rises up,
IN the water with
waves, seems to have created all other
beings in this earth ,
Only to
compare them to this great army which has soldiers,
Who are like huge mountains which have got soul and
move around.”
4446.”Oh Lord who
is an expert in great books ,we should
not cause any further delay,
But identify those people who should search for Sita and send
them away speedily .”
When Lakshmana told like this , the great Rama started telling , the son,
Of Sun God who travels in a chariot drawn by seven horses.
12.Naada vita Padalam
The chapter on
going away for search
(Sugreeva
deputes four teams to the four
directions. The team going to the south was lead by Hanuman. Sugreeva gives in detail the path they have
to follow and reach the Mahendra mountain which is on the shore of the
southern sea. Rama tells in detail ,
how Hanuman can identify Sita and tells him a few incidents only known to him
and Sita. He also fives his ring to
Hanuman as a makr of identity.
In Valmiki
Ramayana , Sugreeva gives directions to
all the four teams in great detail. He does
not stop with the boundary of the
Bharatha country but goes even beyond till earth’s end. The direction to south given by him is
slightly different than what in
in Kamba Ramayana . For example he does
not name the Tamil kingdoms , nor does
he mention about Temple at Tirupathi.
In Kamba Ramayana he tells them to cross
Vindhya and one of the places he asks them to go is Dandaka vana . This is not
there in Valmiki Ramayana. He
does not describe Sita to Hanuman nor does he tell identifying incidents. The
ring he gives in not a’ pretty ring he
wears’ but his signet ring with his name inscribed on it.)
4447. “In differing types
, in not thinking but obeying
And without
enemies who can oppose them
This army is
standing in rows and spread everywhere
,
With nobody capable to stop them and
It also does not have any measure of its
numbers,”
Said Rama and
for that Sugreeva replied like this.
4448.” Greatly
wise people after great thought say
,”This army has
got seventy vellam soldiers.”
Except for this estimate, no one can say after doing ,
Deep thought that
this army has
an end point.”
4449.”For the
monkeys in this army the
number of victorious chiefs,
Are sixty seven
crores and these chiefs
are under the commander chief Nila
Who is having
the strength to burn down
even god of death.” Said Sugreeva.
4450 . Rama who was holding in his hand the victorious bow
looked ,
With love at Sugreeva
the son of Sun god who has hot rays
and said ,
“Now what is the use
of wasting time by talking
various things ?
Let us think about
how we would work effectively for
attaining our goal.”
4441. That Sugreeva then looked at
the great Hanuman and told,
“Oh chief , in all the three worlds you have the speed of your father ,
And capability to enter any where and so why are you delaying
,
Are you waiting to
see , what the other
efficient monkeys are doing?”
4442. “You please go from here and search for the ornamented Sita,
In the land of
the serpents ,also search in earth and
now you should ,
Also show us your ability to enter the pleasure land of heaven and search there.”
4453. “ According to what I know .the long palace of Ravana
is on the southern side ,
And so you go to
that direction , win over all the
Asuras who are there ,
As the one who deserves fame is yourself and not
anybody else.”
4454.”Oh clear headed one
, I also vaguely remember that
,
Cheating Ravana armed with the sword , who
has deceived ,
And taken away the creeper like Sita was travelling towards south. Please remember
this.”
4455,”Angadha the son of Tara , Jambavan
and other valorous monkeys,
Would come with
great recognition along with you and
let ,
Two Vellam of army
also start with you for this search.”
4456.Let Sushena
go towards the west , let Sathavali go towards,
North which is ruled by Khubera ,Let Vinatha
go towards the east ,
Which belongs to Indra and all of them would go,
Accompanied by a
very powerful armies .
4457. “oh leaders who are
suitable to wear garlands of
victory,
You please go with two Vellam army who are used to victory ,
Travel and roam everywhere in search of sita ,
And return back to this place within another one month,” said Sugreeva.
4458.Then he addressed
those who were travelling to south and told.,
“You start from
here and reach the Vindhya
mountain ,
Which has
thousand pretty shining peaks which
would make you ,
Suspect that it
is the Lord Vishnu himself and make you want to salute him.”
4459.After searching for Sita in Vindhya mountain , you
please reach,
Narmada river ,
made bright be several type of gems,
Where even devas
take bath , where the beees,
Sing music called
Panchamam , after drinking the honey
,
That are in the flowers
, which come floating in the river.
4460.From there go
to to the mountain called Hema
koota ,
Where the smoke like black coloured Asuna
birds ,
Sleep when the
deva maidens wearing a pretty waist belt
,
With desire were
rocking a swing and sing sweetly.
4461.Then you leave
with haste that Hemakuta
mountain,
Along with the monkeys
of your group and make to the
shore ,
Of the lake behind
you and go ahead from there ,
Then after
searching for Sita with cultured
habits ,
In the black
pennai river for a few days and,
Go away from
there with great speed.
4462.Then slowly cross
the Vidharbha country which
has ,
Scented AAthi and
Akil trees and the cool scented sandal trees,
As fence and
after walking a long distance , you would
,
Reach the
Dandakaranya which has
lot of water resources.
4463 There
exists a garden in
Dandakaranya called Mundaka thurai ,
Where it is told in the olden days sage
Agasthya used to live ,.
And there if you
happen to see sages doing penance in your mind
,
It would cause
your mental worries to disappear. Please see that.
4464.That Mundaka thurai garden similar
to the wealth of charitable
people ,
Which is enjoyed
all people of the world , exists
for ever ,
And is similar to the cheek of
very virtuous ladies , is sweet
,
In all seasons unlike
the sweet fruits of the season.
4465. The people in that
place do not blink the eye
properly,
Would not sleep well
and there is no gate to enter in to it,
And it would always give enjoyment like
the love play ,
With the ladies
in bed and it also has lots of
water.
4466. After crossing that place reach a mountain called Pandu mountain ,
Which touches the
moon in the sky , over which even
the sun god,
With red rays thinks
and stays there for a while, before going,
4467.Near
that mountain is the
broad Godavari river whose old waters
,
Which drags with
it pearls , collected broken golden
plates ,
Rathna gems , the
churners from courtyards of
cowherds ,
Trees ,huge rolling stones , animal
in her ebbing waters.
All those who take bath in that pure
sacred water of that river do not go hell called “Puth”.
And they do not wander here and there , and
it could take you to world of devas ,
4468. After crossing
Godavari , you have to go to Kavana
river where Subrahmanya
Who has six faces , the killer enemies as per request of devas, which
is a river of Dharma ,
Which is like
a river of clear grace , Which is like desirable good habits ,
Which is surrounded
, gardens having fully
opened flowers on both its banks,
On all sides
and which had shining gems which completely removed darkness.
4469. After
crossing Kavana river , you would see the famous Surya kantha mountain,
534
Where the stones
are released from the sling of
the ladies and the big mountain ,
That produces
great heat and the Chandra kantha mountain
.
After you cross
these mountains , after
crossing several countries,
You would reach Konkana
country where Adhi SEsha lives in
hiding, scared of Garuda,
And also you
would reach the Kulitha country.
4470.Then you would
reach the Arundathi mountain which is
like a gift ,
To those foolish people who argue that Lord Shiva is the best among gods,
Or The Lord Vishnu who measured the earth
is the best God,
Who are all ignorant
of religious ethics , to
attain salvation ,
Which cannot be entered in to , Which is near Akasa
Ganga .
Which merges the
sun and moon in its peaks which touch
the sky ,
And which gives
boons to all those who
salute it.
4471.After crossing
deserts which scares all
beings , rivers , wide streams ,
Akil trees, sandalwood trees , mountains
which touch the clouds ,
And Prosperous countries, if you further proceed in that path,
You would reach
the emerald mountains where Garuda gave
,
Nectar to the
Serpents with poisonous mouth for saving his mother,
And after saluting
that mountain proceed by a path on its
side.”
4472. “Then you would
reach the Tiru Venkata mountains
, which is,
The boundary of
the southern and northern toungue , which posses,
That thing which
is the end of all the things that
we posses ,
Which is the boundary
of deep wisdom, , which does not have ,
Anything which can be compared to it nearby and which has valleys ,
Filled with bee
hives all around which
is shining like the bodies with fame
.
4473.Without doing any action that lead always either to the good or bad Karma ,
Equally regarding
the wealthy life praised by devas
as well as ,
The lowly life
that makes you wait for
the food that is given in charity
And getting clear understanding that the
prime reason for this birth,
Is those two
types of Karmas were the great saints who live in that mountain,
Who can cut off
the relation with Karma there itself and
who are
great enemies ,
Of those good and
bad Karmas and they merit to be
saluted to be saluted from here itself.
4474. That mountain
has rivers full of bathing
ghats where pure hearted
Brahmins,
Who have given up cheating live , where
saints of great penance ,
Who have thorough grasp
of the Vedas and Sasthras live
in their hermitages ,
And which is a place
the calves of elephants and tiger
cubs sleep soundly .
To the music of
Deva maidens to the accompaniment of music played,
On a musical
instrument, Called Kinnara by strumming
its sweet wires.
4475. When you reach that big mountain with peaks all your great sins would vanish,
And you would reach salvation immediately and so do not go inside but avoid it.
After that you would reach the Thondai Nadu which has wealth of water and,
Please completely and thoroughly search tha country and then after wards ,
Reach the divine
and famous river Ponni(Cauvery) , which
has great looks ,
And search thoroughly on its two banks for Sita.
4476.After crossing
The Chozha country where the Cauvery with water ,
As clear as the minds of those who attain heaven
is situated,
You would find a
place where sages who have
completely forgotten,
The sorrows caused by past Karma and you please go speedily by that path,
With the knowledge
that the people who sleep do not attain any thing but dream,
And reach the mountain country which has mountains which shine
due to the ,
Luster of
gems and after searching there go and reach,
The Pandya country
in the very widely spread Thamizh speaking country.
4477. Then if you reach
the south Thamizh Nadu in which there is the podigai mountain,
In which the
great saint Agasthya is doing penance
where the Tamizh
Sangam,
Is established
and where the great sage lives permanently, Salute that mountain
,
Go forward
and then cross the
pretty river Tamravarni and then see
,
The great Mahendra
mountain with its big
valleys where the elephant
calves live
And from
there you would be able to see the southern ocean.
4478. You cross that
place and in that place and places
beyond search for Sita,
For the entire
month and then you come back to this place” and then Sugreeva,
Ordered them to
Take leave from him speedily and
proceed ahead.” And at that time,
That Rama whose
incarnation was the very tall Trivikrama
looked at Hanuman,
With lot of mercy and said, “Oh expert in books of justice , if you happen to see Sita ,
I would describe
her form to you so that you would be able to recognize her”
And then Rama took away Hanuman to a private place and
then explained.
4479,Rama
addressing Hanuman told, “Oh Hanuman,
, the pretty fingers of the red feet,
Of Sita would
resemble the coral pieces of the milky ocean anointed in
red cotton juice ,
And attaching the
crescents of moon at their top and they are
properly formed ,
And the lotus flowers
and other things used in the world
which are used in comparison,
Would not be
proper comparison for them and
apart from that,
Which other
things in this world are
suitable comparison to those pair of feet.
4480, “Oh Hanuman,
The tortoise which has been used
by all the great poets ,
Using their
intelligence for comparison
with the upper part of the ladies feet wearing lot of bangles,
And apart from
that also mentioned some other things , to Sita
who speaks in a lisping voice,
Similar to the
music of Kurinchi Yaazh which is played at night , they are not suitable
,
And you please
understand this aspect with
great clarity.
4481. “The tender
heels of the innocent Sita
who has a pretty hair
which is,
Difficult to portray by
artists ,Though guessed
truly , by the great poets ,
Who quote in
comparison for varal fish which
is in the family way ,
And the quiver, the
paddy crop in yielding , if repeated
by me, what pleasure would I
get.”
4482. “The boundary
for the comparison of the
thighs of ladies with long hair,
As Banana has been won by the thighs of Sita
, Can we mention any other
comparison?
You please think
whether the Yazh with its strings, the
honey with taste of nectar ,
And the cane juice from cane grown in well watered fields
Would be a better
suitable comparison for her
thighs.”
4483.”Oh best one,
Sita has a pot and Cakravaka bird like
breasts tied by cloth ,
And who has a
waist like the Vanchi creeper
and her ocean like hips,
Which are next
to waist belts cannot be
compared to the hood of Adhisesha,
Who carries the world
and the chariot plate of Sun who destroys the fog
And in this I do
not think there is any need to tell you
further.”
4484. If you want to hear comparison of the thin waist of Sita seeing
Whom Lord Brahma
can create any pretty lady, it
is not possible,
For by using our organ of eye it would not be possible to do it ,
As it cannot be
seen by the eye but only can be felt by
my hands,
It is not possible to say it exists by any
other means.
4485.” If we see generally the belly of a lady would be like a banyan leaf , or very thin drawing board or
very soft , silver plate which
is white like milk or round shaped mirror
or similar things , If we tell
like this , it would be fib or an unimaginative lie, for if we say Sita ’s belly ,
Looks like a banyan leaf
, it is not at all suitable for this is the nature of her form.”
4486.”Oh Hanuman whose knowledge is more wider than the
sea , if we see that ,
The belly button of Sita
is similar to the Koothali plant which has not shrunk or
Nandiyar Vattai flowers
among the round flowers which
have pretty holes ,
They are highly
inappropriate but in general
terms, I had earlier believed that,
The whirl
pools of Ganges would be similar to her
belly button and ,
So imagine the
river Ganges in your mind while searching for her.”
4487 .”On the belly of the creeper plant like Sita there is a
hair formation ,
And that is the flow of my soul and so we have to
mention a comparison to it ,
Which would be
agreeable to all, please understand it
is like the supporting branch,
To the
faultless thin waist which is spreading so that
,
Its tiredness
would go away and holds it firmly to it.”
4488. Sita who
is Goddess Lakshmi who left lotus flower
feeling that,
Its inner petals will hurt her , on her pretty belly there are three golden colour
folds,
And they are the
victory sign left by the god of
love, who is an archer that all the ladies .
Of all the worlds
have been defeated by her
beauty.
4489.”I will tell that her breasts are a box made of gems , or a golden pot .
I would think it is a red tender coconut
and would say it is a dice made out
of corals,
It is the tusks
of an elephant , and without missing
they are chakravaka birds,
Which have come
out in day time and
since I do not know any
comparison ,
In this world to
them , I would be sorry that I could not find a suitable one.”
4490.”When I see
the sugar cane or row of bamboo plants , from my eyes tears ,
Would run
like rain water
and I would be sad, except that do I know ,
A proper
comparison to her shoulders ? Since I do not have a steel like mind ,
To find a comparison the shoulders of Sita and wears flower garland ,
Around which bees
hover and hum , When can I tell
that comparison?”
4491.”Saying that
, In all the worlds one thing is
similar to the forearm of Sita ,
Is wrong .Even if we tell a comparison telling that her
forearm is like Kanthal flower
,
Is very cruel. Telling it is like Makara
Yaazh it would bring to our memory some other thing ,
For how can
Kanthal flower and Makara Yaazh
be like her great forearm.
To a beautiful thing, is there something more beautiful than that.”
4492. “If the
young leaves of the Asoka tree
with great perfume on one side,
The newly
formed pretty , newly
leaves of the very
desirable Karpaga tree ,
And the flowers
with thin petal which flower on the
lotus creeper are ,
Not sufficient
comparison to the pretty
legs with sound of anklets ,
Of Sita who
has very thin waist
and how can they be compared to her hands.”
4493,”Sita who
was like a young pretty flowering branch with white teeth and red mouth ,
And lustrous ornaments
had a pretty sharp nails and is it possible for people like us
to tell clearly ,
Without confusion
a comparison for that ?The parrots
said to the Murungai flowers
,
“You are finding fault with
us as being not comparable to
the nails of Sita “
And became
angry with them and if they
tear those flowers off ,
Thinking
that they are the mouth of the ladies
who find fault with them,
And can those
nose of those parrots
be compared to beak of parrots.”
4494. “Oh suitable one , Like you think of the lotus
flower on seeing her pretty hands and
feet,
And if you see the neck of Sita who has divine eyes which are like the sword , you would be ,
Reminded of the growing betel nut tree and the
conches which are born in the
sea,
And if you
think that they are good
comparison to her neck , Get assured,
That they are
comparison to betel nut tree
and conch.”
4495. “The pretty
mouth of Sita who has black eyes like the black lily
flowers,
Cannot be compared
to Corals . red Netti , Red Kovvai fruit . new
red lily flowers ,
The flower of Ilava tree
which has not faded, the Indrakopa beetle and flower of Murungai tree,
Because it is deep red but looks more like white and it is filled with honey,
And that which can be compared to that mouth is itself.”
4496. “There is no nectar
which is red and there is no honey which is red,
And even if they are perhaps there, they give sweetness ,
Only when they are
eaten and not when they are thought
about,
But if we try to tell comparison to the coral like mouth of Sita who has a
lustrous forehead ,
During the time when we are joyous and according to the liking of the mind ,
There seems to
be no things in this world which can
be compared to it.”
4497.”Oh learned one , At that time when I told that the teeth of Sita are like,
Jasmine buds , the bottom of peacock feathers and
pearls , I would feel like
telling,
About her words as
those comparable to the
nectar , milk as well as honey,
But except for
saying that there is no comparison to
her teeth ,
Is there any comparison
available for nectar of devas
and if you are capable ,
You can understand about the nature of the teeth of
Sita , without thinking about comparisons.”
4498.”Oh Hanuman who can see the future,
If her nose is similar to
gingelly flower,
Or the Kumizham
flower with hole , those things do not
have luster like that of,
Shining gold, shining gems and there is nothing with those things that cause that luster,
You can yourselves guess about the prettiness of that
nose ,
Which is
impossible to be drawn as a
picture by great artists.”
4499.” The comparison to the ears of ladies told by young boys are
the leaves ,
Of Vallai creeper
, scissors and the pretty hair
cutting tool and if these are told,
By wise and great
men as comparison to the ears of
Sita , it is an act of lunacy .
With a thought
that the silver studs
that she wears have done great penance
,
To reach her ears
, we should also think that it is not possible ,
To get a propped thing of comparison to all things in the world.”
4500. “Her lustrous broad eyes which are having the black
colour of Lord Vishnu,
As well as white colour
but even if we see it a thousand times,
We can say it is
broader than the broadest ocean
but we will ,
Not get any suitable comparison to it , even if we
think very deeply ,.
As it is not
something that can get limited in to one ‘s mind .”
4501.If we seek a comparison to the eye brows of Sita who
has sword sharp eyes,
One eye brow can become comparison to other and
any other thing would be just a comparison.
Generally if we
take any thing that is normally mentioned as comparison to eye brows ,
And mention it as comparison to eye brows of Sita , we can tell but it would not be a proper one.
If we can compare it
with the bow of God of love , since there are
no two such bows, it is not suitable.
4502. “The white crescent of the moon that appears during the initial day of
waxing period,
After seeing the beauty of the forehead of Sita who has tender foot which makes the lotus flowers ,
Of day time gets ashamed, became shy and thinking about it for several days ,
And being called
“Mathi(brain)” thought that on that
if could remain a crescent ,
Without becoming
the full moon , it could perhaps
be compared to her forehead.”
4503.” After we
came to the forest , there were
none to decorate her locks of hair,
Which fall on her forehead and in spite of that , even
when she had not made up her hair,
There was no diminishing of beauty to that hair and that locks of hair ,
Even left as it was
created by Lord Brahma was
always new looking,
Over her blue gem
like forehead and there is no comparison
for it.”
4504. “The Black
coloured cloud’ s centre , Red lily flowers , bent bows
, the victorious kendai fishes,
The lustrous gems
added to the moon was as the face
of Sita by Lord Brahma himself ,
And when you see her lotus face from near
, please clearly think
And understand whether
they are there”
4505.”Those hairs
if Sita which was made by single ones
to a large group was thick and
perfumed,
And it appeared as if it was made by cutting a piece of
black cloud , anointing it with honey,
Then smoked it with Akil smoke ,
make it further black by applying
darkness of night ,
And tie it step
by step and make it hang as a pleat
and then it appears to keep heavy weight on her.”
4506”.Even for
the divine lotus there is the fault of
it possessing the outer covering ,
Even for the upper edge of beauty , the moon , there is a fault of the black form,
And even for all the
best things , there would definitely be
little fault within it ,
But for Sita who walks like the swan , there is only perfection but no fault.”
4507.”Oh sir , if
we do proper thinking , the
perfection of women’s beauty ,
Is not there even
with goddess Lakshmi , who lives on pretty scented lotus flower,
But to the koel like Sita who has black eyes
like Kayal fishes , red
mouth , pretty breasts,
Which would make even Devas salute her , there is no deviation ,
From the
perfection of beauty for ladies and you can recognize her by that.”
4508.”That Lord who sits
on the lotus flower created the
musical flute .
The Yaazh ,
koel , parrot , baby lisp
and all that can be compared to
sweet voice ,
With his well experienced ability and made
them as sweetness in voice ,
To Sita who has a a very thin waist but did not create any other
thing,
That stands
comparison to that faultless sweet
voice. Would he do it in future?”
4509. Though the three
worlds with heaven are spread without boundaries ,
Except the very
great nectar which gives great taste
when kept on the toungue ,
There is no other thing which can be termed as good and if we want to tell ,
A comparison to
the soft words of Sita who has fish like eyes,
We can either say
honey or nectar but both are
sweet to the toungue not to the ears.
4510.”Oh best among people with good character , the swan with a lisping voice
,
Which lives on the
lotus flower , the pretty female
elephant which walks
prettily,
Even making the
devas get astonished but I would not consider
them,
As good comparison to the walk of Sita and she
has a gait like the
,
The progress of
the epics containing rare words
written,
By ancient great
poets who were experts in writing verse.”
4511”,Her colour is like the changing shade
of the young mango leaves
and even,
Golden colour would become black before her beauty
and even the colour of gems ,
Are not proper comparison to her colour and the colour of lightning would become shy ,
On seeing her and will not come out and would vanish
not to be seen any where.
Even the colour of lotus would become shy before her and what other colour shall I say
,
And If truth is to be told only her colour compares
well with her colour.”
4512, “Oh well behaved one ,Keeping in your mind
the firm belief that,
There are no
ladies who are comparable to Sita
, examine her clearly ,
And then go near
her lustrous full moon like
face ,
And then tell
those identity incidents
which I am going tell you to her “ again he told.
4513. “Please tell
her the incident , when I
entered the ancient and prosperous city of Mithila
,
Along with sage Viswamithra for
witnessing the Yaga of king Janaka who
wears ,
Long flower garland on his hair , on the
terrace of the maids
quarters near,
The pond where
the swans play , I happened
to see her. Please remind her abut this.”
4514,”Sita whose chastity
is like the ocean where a
boundary cannot be made had thoughtfully
said,
“”if the one who
has come with the divine sage
Viswamithra has not broken the mountain
like ,
Bow of lord Shiva
, I would give up my life.” You
please tell all such news in detail to
her.”
4515.”Please
remind her how I saw her in the council of the great king Janaka ,
Having pretty
mountain like breasts which resembled
the two tusks ,
Of the Elephant in
rut wearing the ornamental mask and a thin waist ,
Which was
breaking due to the heavy weight of the breasts ,
And who came like the matchless streaks of lightning in the sky.”
4516”Oh innocent
Sita , do you think that you would
walk following me ,
In the burnt forest
which I have not seen before ,
inspite of your,
Being one who
gave joy to me and would you now cause sorrow to me “
I asked like this to Sita
, Please remind her
about it.”
4517.”Oh Lord who is
leaving the king dom that is yours and who is going to forest,
Does it mean
every thing except me will now give joy to you ?”
saying harshly like this,
Sita shed tears
from her eyes which move like
fishes and which are like big lotus flowers and
Was not able to stand properly and
became greatly famished and
depressed. Tell this to her.”
4518.”On the day
when we left the prosperous city of
Ayodhya ,
In front of the
big wall made of stones that tough the sky
Before we just crossed
the pretty doors of the city .
Sita asked, “which is the boundary less cruel forest?”’
Please tell her all these so that she understands.”
4519.Rama after
telling al these identifying incidents
told him,
“Have a sweet journey.”
And then gave him a very good ring,
On which the best
of gems were embedded and
told.
“Oh wise one , let all
your job be completed without
road blocks”
And as soon as he bid him farewell , Hanuman wearing
Long heroic anklets
along with the grace
of Rama went ahead.
4520. Then the hero Angadha , the very strong Jambavan with a killing rage ,
Saluted Sugreeva the son of sun god by their
head and later saluting
Rama and
Lakshmana who were expert archers along.
With huge ocean like army , went towards the southern direction.
13.PIlam pugu padalam
Chapter on
entering the cave on earth
(The monkeys lead by Hanuman search for Sita all over
Vindhya mountains , Reach Hema Kuta mountain, and there they split the army in to several parts and asked
them to search every where and reach Mahendra mountain
on the shore of the southern sea. THeu reach then a he desert. To escape from the desert they r enter in
too a cave hole .They suffer there due
to it being pitch dark,Hanuuman leads them in the darkness and they reach a beautiful city which was populated by a lady
called Swaymprabha who was doing penance there. She was cursed by Indra to guard
the cave till the monkeys come. Hanuman breaks open the cave and Swayamprabha
goes to Deva loka.
In Valmiki
Ramayana there is no mention of a desert. Also Swayamprabha takes them out of
the cave by her divine powers,.)
4521,After they went to the southern direction , Sugreeva
the son of Sun God,
Sent other
armies to all other major directions
and those monkey heroes,
Who were agreeable to the job of searching for Sita . along with
an army .
Who can fight and
stop the entire world , went ahead
agreeing to come back by appointed time.
4522. Those monkey heroes who had shoulders which were
like mountains,
Searching Sita who like a flowering climber had a waist which will make even lightning surprised ,
Apart from searching in the three
major directions went to the ,
Southern direction
where the rich Tamil
language is spoken,
We would now tell
about them and their ability to
do duty.
4523. They went and speedily reached the
slopes of Vindhya mountain
,
Which with its red sindoora powder , with
the luster from red gems ,
Being dense appeared
like the sky at dusk , with serpents
,
Ganga and moon
there was like the head of
tufted head of Lord shiva.
4524.Those faultless monkeys searched
in that Vindhya mountain,
Its peaks which
were shining like red gems , the caves
on its ,
Pretty long golden peaks
, its sides and its long
and pretty valleys ,
Within a days time
as if they had searched for
very many days.
4525, Those monkey warriors who went
feeling that only the boundary less,
Oceans were a match to them , went without causing any trouble
,
To all beings on the
earth and went on searching
the dark haired Sita
,
Searched the entire
earth area of that Vindhya
mountains,
As if they do
not have any connection with any body else outside them.
4526. Those knowledgeable monkeys
separated them selves with ,
Some going down ,
some going up , Some jumping on the
sky ,
Some searched near trees sucking water by its roots ,
Some on that
mountain , some in and near the water bodies,
And if in the
search they had not seen any being living there ,
They
definitely would not have been created by Lord Brahma.
4527.Making the hardness
of earth getting reduced, those monkeys ,
Who had gone to
search on the southern side travelled,
Fourteen Yojanas
and reached river Narmadha in
which,
Buffalo calves
and black long clouds were
there.
4528.They scattered
and went round where swans
play , in places ,
Where the Deva maidens
were taking bath ,in places where
devas of heaven,
Come and visit , and in places where the bees fly around sugarcane
and scented flowers.
4529. Those monkeys
who were searching for the difficult to find Sita,
Saw the black scented hair of Sita on the black sand of the
river,
Saw her face on the lotus flowers which are surrounded by black bees like
hair ,
And they saw her
pretty laughter on pearls but they
were not able to find the whole Sita.
4530. They who had a body which would get joy in fighting a war ,
Who had a very
unified mind, who by nature were merciful and
grace ,
Crossed that
river Narmada where the male
elephants in rut ,
Which are engaged in war and the female elephants enter and play.
4531. Then they reached a a mountain called Hema koota
which was protecting ,
That vast and
famous direction giving rise
to the joining point ,
Of several rivers which originate from its shining peaks ,
And which was
having pretty lustrous gems .
4532. The mountains near Hema Koota , trees
and other materials ,
Were shining due to great amount of light like
the heated Gold from that mountain,
And was looking better than heavens and
was greatly lustrous.
4533. That
mountain stuck golden foils from
it on the birds and other
beings,
That came to live on it
and made al think that it was similar to the very tall,
Meru mountain and had the capability of spreading the luster of
gold everywhere.
4534.The fire like red
gems over which small pieces of
gold got attached ,
Were flowing
down with water in big streams and were
looking,
Like the flow of
molten gold in to the red burning fire.
4535. The sound
of music of Vidhyadharas, the sound of dance of soft footed,
Deva maidens who
wear white bangles and have come from heaven,
The sound of back ground music which is in tune
with the dance ,
The trumpeting
of the elephants , the sound of
thunder,
Which was like
the drums which booms had all joined together in that mountain.
4536.After seeing the Hemakuta mountains
, they thought it was the
residing place ,
Of Ravana who
holds a sharp spear and who made
the nectar
like Sita , poor deer like
Sita
Resembling a peacock sad
and their anger increased and their eyes.,
Spat sparks of
fire and their eyes became
deep red.
4537.Thinking
that would search in that
mountains and due to that ,
WE would
remove the sorrow in
the mind of Rama , those
monkeys ,
Became joyous and
with a heart full of joy , they
lost their fear,
And they climbed
on to that Hema kuta mountain.
4538. On seeing
those monkeys who climbed
on that mountain,
The crowd of Yalis run away , the
killer lions that were spread all
over ,
That mountain also
went away and after
searching all over the mountain,
And not finding Sita
with a pained mind they all said, “Now we are sad.”
4539.After searching for one day in that pretty golden mountain
Which was one
hundred Kadhams broad which was very tall almost touching the sky
They were
not able to find that flowering branch , and got down from
the mountain.
4540. Angadha and
other monkey leaders looking at the monkey army ,
Which is spread in terms of two Vellam of army ordered
“You all search ,
All over the world and meet us in the faultless Mahendra
mountain,
Which on the southern sea shore , “ they all
went away from that mountain.
4541,Hanuman the son of wind god who had very strong shoulders ,
And those heroes who were well known for victory
in battle ,
Went by one path and reached
a desert which did not have water ,
And where the sun
with its very hot rays was
extremely fearsome.
4542, In that cruel
desert birds did not live and
animals were also,
Rarely visible ,
the grass and trees with honeyed flowers were
completely absent,
And there even stones
got burnt in to ash and
there since everything there,
Becomes dust and flies
, there was there nothing
except empty space.
4543, The monkeys who went there , with their five sense organs shivering ,
With their wisdom
disappearing , with their
gold like body sweating ,
With a boiling mind
, felt as if they have fallen in
the burning hell .
Of the southern side
and like the worms having only,
A body with bones
felt as if they were boiling over.
4544. Those monkeys
who had great thirst were having
their toungues,
Hanging out and due to the heat of the sand developed boils
,
All over their felt when they walked
and their body got more hot ,
Than the desert
and it got burnt and liked
puffed paddy ,
Jumping in the hot
pot they started jumping
here and there.
4545 . Seeing no shade any where so that they can stand there ,
They who had a body from which the soul can depart ,
Who had already
suffered limitless sorrow , whose
feet,
Was greatly
hurting them and made them jump .
Tried various
ways to escape from that desert
,
And reached a
cave like hole on the ground there .
4546.They thought
that “ except for dying it is
impossible to cross this desert and go,
And so going
through this cave in the ground would help us would at least ,
Help us avoid travelling through this desert
“ and they entered in to,
The hole in that ground so that they
can do some search there also.
4547, Then they
reached inside the hole in that ground and entered
a cave there,
Which was completely dark in side as if the darkness of the world
,
Which was scared
of the Sun was hiding there for
seeking protection.
4548. They were not
getting up , did not have
interest in walking
,
They decided that
there was no way to go to outside
from there ,
And in that darkness
which was like the solidified ghee,
They got drowned themselves and
breathed deeply .
Not able to know
where the other
monkey is.
4549. Except Hanuman
all others were standing still without
knowing what to do,
And with a very
sorrowful mind thinking “All of us have died”,
They addressed
Hanuman and told “Oh very
strong Hanuman,
Do you have strength
to lead us out of this very great sorrow?” they requested him.
4550. Hanuman
ordered the others “I would do all that
is needed to keep you alive,
Do not sorrow and
now you stand one behind the other and
catch the tail ,
Of the monkey in the front , without ever leaving it “ and as soon as they did it ,
That great Hanuman
went ahead feeling the walls of
the cave and walked fast.”
4551.That Hanuman who had
shoulders like the tall Meru mountain
, with a huge form,
Walked twelve
Yojanas in the light of the
shining of his two ear globes,
And walked with
great speed so that the
spreading darkness gets over.
4552,Then the monkeys saw a very pretty city
in side that hole
cave on the ground ,
And it appeared as if
the Sun God who opens the lotus flower
was living there in hiding,
And it
appeared that seeing it the heavens in the sky also would feel shy,
And that city was
similar to the face of Goddess Lakshmi who lives in the lotus flower.
4553.It had trees
like Karpaga , it had water bodies with fully open lotus flowers,
It had boundary walls with tall golden spires , It would make even Devas get astonished ,
And it was
constructed by Maya with
great effort working for several
days.
4554. Even the
city of Indra was not equal to that city and though,
The sun and the moon that appear normally on the sky
, they did not appear there ,
Due to the gems
as well as gold embedded on the
palaces ,
All the darkness there
was removed and the city was shining.
4555. That city
was like the home of poets who sung
in praise ,
Of King Kulothunga
Chozha who was greatly praised by the
world ,
Being full of
heaps of gold , shining golden apparel .
Soft scented
sandal paste and heaps of shining
ornaments.
4556.Sice the city was not having ladies
who had tied anklets with sound on their leg,
With men of good character , it was as if
every one was sleeping or ,
A drawing of a city
which does not have any
life.
4557. That city
with endless greatness had cooked rice and other food,
Tasting like nectar
, honey like the Tamizh language
, matchless cold alcoholic drinks,
Plenty of sweet fruits
and many other food items
like these,
Which were producing pleasant aroma .
4558.All of
them seeing that great city which
never gets destroyed.
Before their eye, thinking that it was
the city of their enemy Ravana,
Talked among themselves became happy and surprised ,
Entered that city
through its long and wide golden gates.
4559.Those monkey warriors entered the town and started searching,
And they could find
their devas and men of
earth and heaven,
In the form of pictures only but did not see anything.
4560.There were canals there ,There were
ponds there ,
There were
gardens with scented flowers
there ,
There were koels
which coo like the lisping of damsels with blue lotus eyes
There were Nagavana
birds , parrots , young
swans with pretty wings ,
But ladies
were not visible
there in any place .
4561.They understood the nature of that city
when they entered there,
And they thought
that it may be a city of illusion which is not
used by any,
And they thought
it may be heaven but knowing
that one can see heaven,
Only after
undergoing suffering of
hell, they gained courage.
4562.Then they thought “we are not dead
and never thought about ,
Ways to attain heaven and we have not forgotten past
incidents ,
WE are blinking and doubting . WE should not act of people
,
Who have fainted now
as it would be a mistake . How
can we ,
Understand the
state we are in “ and
they stood there confused.
4563.At that Jambavan addressed those monkey heroes and sorrowfully told,
“That Ravana who
has taken away Sita with Bamboo like
shoulders ,
And who has kept
her in hiding and who is a very big thief ,
Has done this trick to imprison us by making us enter here ,
It is really great .
There is no end to this
and would come to an end by our
previous bad karma.”
4564. Hanuman looking at Jambavan told with
a burning mind,
“If we are not
able to climb out of this hole , we
being more strong ,
Than the sons of
king Sagara , we would drill the
earth and climb out of here ,
If that is not
so we would kill all the asuras who have deceived us ,
And rise up
above , So do not fear at
all.”
4565.When Angadha
and other monkeys liked what Hanuman had said ,
They decided firmly on that strategy and
then they walked through the town,
They saw a form with very thick matted
hair with a lady form doing
penance there.
4566. She had tied
round her waist a bark cloth ,
her breasts which were
Like the lined Chakravaka birds was like
a golden plot with dirt,
She had on
her pretty face which was like the
full moon with thirty crescents
Red tints , eyes
like the black kayal fishes ,
And her eyes were concentrating on the rip of her nose.
4567. Her chariot plate hips were joined
tightly with her thighs
,
Which were like Banana stems
and her thin shaking waist ,
Did not move at all
due to the heavy weight due to
her breasts.
4568.Her two tender hands which were
like the lotus flowers ,
Were kept on
thighs of golden colour which were kept
one near the other,
For the sake of destruction of passion and others which are the enemies with in ,
And for the sake
of destruction of desires and directing
five senses in good path.
4569. Her
long black hair which was let
loose in waves , had
become,
Thickly matted
and was rolling on earth , Her bad and good Karmas had
,
Been completely moved away , the attachment in her mind going away ,
And her merciful
grace was seen through her
eyes.
4570.The monkeys
approached lady who was sitting like that and thinking ,
That she is Sita , who is like Arundathi , they started liking her , became nervous
,
Looked at Hanuman and asked “Is she Sita “?Please compare
her,
With her
identity which was told to you by Rama
and tellus.”
4571.Hanuman looked
at the monkeys and asked “Which identity and which property
Shall I say is
possessed by this lady? This creeper
like lady is not the wife of Rama,
If the garland of
bones is similar to the garland
made by the precious nine gems,
She can be considered
similar to Sita”, he told them.
4572.At that time
that lady woke
up from her yogic sleep and feeling ,
That it was not proper
for them to come before her , she
became angry ,
“What is the cause of your coming to this city which is not approachable by any one?
Why did you come here ?
and who are you ?” ,
she asked them.
4573. They replied
, “Asuras who cause only sorrow to this world did
an act of deceit,
By taking away Sita
and hiding her, And we are the
emissaries of Lord Rama ,
Who is faultless
and who has established
Dharma in this world and we who,
Started searching for the place where she is
hidden are wandering everywhere.”
4574.When the monkeys
told like this , she who was
sitting there stood up ,
And with love
and became one possessed with as much joy as a mountain,
And told tem, “Let
your visit become auspicious and now I
would dance with joy.”
And stood there
shedding tears of joy
from both her broad eyes.
4575.Then that lady who was like
a pretty deer and who had very long eyes ,
Asked Hanuman
“Where does that Rama stay?” , that Hanuman ,
Who did not have big desires and had sterling thoughts told her,
All that happened
to Rama from beginning to end.
4576.After hearing everything about Rama told
,” my faultless penance ,
Has now only attained
its purpose ,” and
with great love towards those monkeys,
Bathed their feet with water , and
made them eat food that was as
tasty as nectar ,
Started telling
sweet words that were
greatly pleasing to them.
4577.Hanuman then
saluted her lotus like feet
and asked her ,
“Who is the chief of this city ? What
is your natural name ?
Oh lady who has
done penance so that the world would praise you ,
Please tell.” And
that lady who had a hanging hair ,
Started telling
Hanuman , all that happened to her.
4578. “Oh good one
, Due to Maya(asura architect) who was a great one with a face
of deer ,
Following the yogic techniques clearly mentioned ,lifted his face up ,
Eating only the
rays of the sun and wind and did great penance ,
This big city was
given as a gift to him by Lord Brahma
with four faces.”
4579.”After
this city was made like
that that Asura wanted
to make love,
To one Deva lady with a pretty forehead and that good lady was my friend,
Who was like my soul
and since that Asura
begged for this favour ,
I brought that deva lady
from the golden heaven ,
And made her reach this hole cave
on the earth.”
4580.”That Deva maiden
and that Maya made love
and got in to the passion,
Desired by Andril birds
and they without knowing anything lived
in this city ,
For a very long time
and I who was friendly with that
lady who wore big ear globes ,
Moved with her very closely and
with affection I stayed with her
here.”
4581. “Oh person with good culture , after
several days after their
living together,
Happily , the king
of devas who came in search of the Deva
maiden got very angry ,
And killed that very strong Maya and told that lady who had feet like ,
Pretty peacock feathers
and pretty teeth and smile told her.”You have erred.”
4582 . “When Indra
who was angry asked her to tell all that happened ,
And that lady
who had a
cheeks like fully matured coral , caught me ,
And told
“This bad thing was started and
brought to a close by this lady”
.
And that King Indra
after analyzing all aspects told me, “You live here alone.,
The job of
protecting this city is
yours”
4583. “When Indra
ordered like this , I
saluted him and asked,
“When will the way arise so that my sorrow will come to an end ?”
Please tell me a day when
it will end.” And even before I
asked ,
That Indra said,
“As per the order of Rama ,
when very strong monkeys ,
Come here, your sorrow will come to an end .” and he went back to his town.
4584.”Oh Great
Hanuman ,here you have food to eat
, pastes to apply on body,
Flower garland to decorate yoyr head , Good cloth
of attractive colours ,
And though I have
got all these but without touching
them and ,
Giving up all attachments
, to win over my bad fate , I have
been,
Doing long penance which is beyond imagination.”
4585. “Oh Sir , this hole cave is one hndred Yojanas broad
and
AS I do not know the way to climb to world of
devas , if you help me ,
There is a chance
for my redemption and please think about
,
Ways to
achieve that in
your mind , “ She told.
4586. When Swayamprabha told like that , Hanuman after
saluting ,
The flower like feet
of that lady who has
won over the five senses ,
By his head , told, “I would give you the golden land where Devas live as a crowd.”
4587.Other monkeys addressing Hanuman requested , “Oh great one who mercifully saved us ,
From dying by drowning in this hole cave which
is the ocean of darkness ,
Please take action
that is needed to be taken now ,” and
that Hanuman,
Whose good qualities
can never be sufficiently
praised , decided to do that.
4588.Hanuman looking at others said, “do not get scared” and with a soft smile and
started like
A male lion to
join the wide cave merge with
the land in the sky by breaking
up the top of the cave
And lifted up his
long hands and assumed a
form that occupied the entire sky.
4589.That son of wind God
with his two lustrous hands on both sides of his head
,
Looking like two bent tusks , making those who saw him greatly scared
,
Broke open the top portion of the cave and grew up
and was looking ,
Similar to the
huge black boar form of Lord
Vishnu who brought back the earth from
Patala.
4590. He was similar to the matchless feet of Lord Vishnu who grew up
above .
The auspicious sun
with his rays who was in the sky created
by Lord Brahma who was born,
On the lotus flower which grew from the belly of Lord Vishnu, after he ,
Requested for two
feet of land from Mahabali and
measured the worlds by two steps.
4591.Hanuman broke open
earth to a distance of one hundred
and forty Yojanas,
Came out on the
outside land from that cave ,
lifted up the city of the cave ,
Making even devas shiver
and threw it on the western ocean
and shouted in joy like ocean.
4592.THat piece
of the cave city is still there in the western ocean with a name,
“The destruction less
cave city” and the monkeys along with
Swayamprabha ,
Who had a long forehead
reached the land and she went
back to golden land of devas.
4593. Those very strong monkey heroes praised Hanuman
and after walking for a day,
On the earth
reached a lake full of water and
stayed on its long bank and
,
At that time The
great Sun God with a chariot went to
western mountain of sun set.
14.Aaru chel padalam
Chapter on going
to the river ,.
(When they were taking rest on the banks of a lake , an asura called
Thumira attacks Angadha who kills him.
From there after visiting several rivers
, mountains and countries all those monkeys reach the Mahendra mountain.
In Valmiki
Ramayana, the fight between Angadha and Thumira takes place on the Vindhya mountains itself. The details
of places in south India visited by the monkeys
, is very briefly dealt in Valmiki Ramayana.)
4594. The monkeys
who saw the lake reached its broad
bank and ate honey,
As well as good fruits
and undertook sweet sleep on one
side of the lake ,
And coming to know about them an Asura with bad conduct and ,
Very many victories
came to that place
.
4595.He was looking like a mountain and also a big wide black ocean,
And when his cruelty matures he
would kill all people and in that,
He was comparable to the God of death and he is the store house for cruelty ,
He had teeth like
poison which were like the
crescent of the moon ,
And he had also
eyes which spit fire
due to anger.
4596.Due to the
huge clouds which give rise to heavy rains , jumping on
his hand,
And then moving
all around his body and due to
that matchless rain water ,
Fell all over his body
and the water ran around his body , he looked like a
mountain with streams.
4597. That Asura
had so much strength that the
devas and the Asuras,
Who had equal strength like the devas
could not defeat him,
And so except for them
, would any other people ever think of fighting with him?
4598. He had shining red hair , in his walking style he was like a fan ,
He used to rub one
hand with another when he gets angry
,
And he speedily arrived
at the place , where those
monkeys,
Who follow Dharma
and who were deeply asleep ,
Due to walking
a very
long distance , were there
4599.That Asura called Thumira who was
like God of death , thought,
“Who are these
silly people , who have
reached here in spite,
Of knowing that this
lake belongs to me and he
slapped ,
And hit on the chest of Angadha who ws wearing a garland.
4600. That Angadha
who was strong woke up from his sleep
and thinking ,
That one who
attacked him is Ravana , the king of Lanka
,
He slapped him
back and that Asura who was like
God of war died.
4601. At that time
When that Asura who was slapped by Asura
,
Fell like a mountain falling being hit by thunder ., he shouted loudly ,
And as soon he
fell down , all
the monkeys got up scared as
if ,
They have been
caught by a ghost and waving their hands
wearing anklets,
Speedily , They all
crowded round that fallen Asura
.
4602.At that time hanuman looked at Angadha and asked him
specifically
“Who is this
person, please tell. What harm did he
do?” and that Angadha replied,
“Oh truthful elder
, I do not know anything about
him,.”
4603,Jambhavan
looked at Hanuman and told “I
thought about him ,
So that I can
understand as to who he is? He is an
Asura called THumira,
Who carries
the spear coated
with the flesh of his enemies,
And he is an
asura who rules over this lake with very
deep waters.”
4604.The famous God with red rays, the sun , wanted to wait and see ,
Whether any more
Asuras are coming for war and
after waking up from ,
His sleep and not
seeing any one else coming , he rose on the eastern ocean,
And all those monkeys
went towards Pennai river with
newly opened flowers.
4605.Those monkeys
who went in search of a lady
crossed the sand dunes ,
Which were like breasts of ladies and were not liked by Chakravaka birds
Reached the
Pennai river which had red lily
flowers similar to the mouth of ladies ,
From which nectar can be drunk , the pearls which were like teeth of
ladies ,
And the lustrous
lotus flowers which were like
the face of ladies.
4606. Those monkey warriors who had seen the end of knowledge ,
Searched for Sita
in the ghats of the river, in
places where peacocks ,
Were dancing with glee
, in the islands of that river ,
in nearby gardens ,
In water bodies near by
from where cool wind was
wafting ,
In lakes where
clear flowers were there and
in the lustrous crystal rocks.
4607. Those monkeys were
staying in one of the ghats of
Pennai river ,
Which comes with waves
which blow away the roots
of the births full of sickness ,
As if they are
big pieces of wood and which had
whirl pools,
From which it is difficult to escape and comes
carrying several gems .
4608. Those monkey
warriors who were engaged in search
of Sita ,
Crossed the
pennai river where all people
take bath ,
Reached several forests
, crossed several mountains
and reached,
The Dasarnava
country which has wealth
of water filed ,
With waves like
those people who have
at last attained salvation.
4609. That Dasarnava
country had sweet champaka trees , had
,
Many agricultural fields that produce food and
those monkeys ,
Left that wealthy country and reached
the very famous Vidharbha country
Where the
Sugreeva called Usunas
was born , without much difficulty.
4610 .After they
entered the Vidharbha country
, they went through ,
All the
towns of that country and they assuming the form
in which ,
The body had
Dharbha grass and sacred
thread and searched everywhere.
4611. “Those learned
monkey warriors after searching for Sita,
Like that in that
place leaving that pretty country which is
surrounded,
BY fields growing
red paddy and speedily reached the Dandakaranya ,
Where many sages
who had great knowledge of
Jeevathma (one’s soul) lived .
4612. After searching all over Dandaka , where
saints who were like
The cruel god of death to the
cruel people who are similar
to ,
The thorn
like sensory wants which live
in our body enjoying the senses,
They left that place
and reached a place
called Mundaka
Thurai.
4613. In Mundaka thurai
all the water mixed slushy mud
getting mixed ,
With the pastes
and lotions applied by Deva maidens on their big breasts,
And because
the water also got
mixed with their
flower garlands and scented
Kajal
All the fishes
living there lost their meaty
smell and the birds like storks never touched
them .
4614. The
Vidhyadara ladies who are pained for unfulfilled love to the Vidhyadhara king,.
Would get
scared and start trembling when they
hear someone else sing
To accompaniment
of Veena, and the tears that they shed at that time ,
Would become a river in which elephants take bath ,Mundaka thurai was one like that.
4615.There
the ladies who had mouth like red lily , who by their voice defeat the Koel,
Who had eyes
like crowd of arrows , shining faces and
who sing nectar like songs ,
Would be
swinging on the golden swings tied on two
betel nut trees
there.
4616. They reached the Mundaka thurai which was
like this and within ,
A time of thought
they searched for a long
distance and not able to see ,
Sita whose hair was made up in five ways they became sad and went further.
4617.Then they reached
the cool peaks which touch the
sky of the Pandu mountain,
Where one felt that it was the place
from where Ganges flowed from the
big feet ,
Of Lord Vishnu when he took the form of TRivikrama and
which was very pretty.
4618. That Pandu
mountain due to it being lustrous gave rise to confusion to the moon,
Which had clear
light and which completely
removed darkness from earth,
And was similar
to Kailasa mountain which rolled
on Ravana and pressed him.
4619. For locating Sita they started searching on that
lustrous mountain which touched the sky,
And which was white
with great anxiety but they were
not able to find out Sita ,
Who talks sweet words
which are like a desirable and
joyful songs and they became sad and
depressed
4620.Those monkey
warriors who were as fast as wind and
were as strong as ,
The tiger with very cruel looks moved away from the bottom of Pandu
mountain,
And reached near the
river Godavari which was
like garland from the hair of Sita
,
Who was being
cheated and abducted by
Ravana, which fell on the earth .
4621. That river
Godavari had waves which were rising up and was coming out full,
Had very clear
water and was like the
river like flow of tears of Goddess Earth,
Who gave birth to
Sita who was found by king Janaka who was saluted by all ,
When he ploughed
the land for conducting Yaga after chanting
the Vedas.
4622. That river Godavari
which brings gems as well as Gold
with it and which
passes,
Through many forests in a pretty manner looked
for the people from the faultless
sky,
Like the necklace of gems that was snatched
and thrown away by Garuda ,
In a faultless war
with the great Rakshasa
Ravana,
4623 Those monkey soldiers who were
capable of judging what is right or wrong,
After searching
all places near that Godavari
river and since they were ,
Not able to find the peacock like Sita who wore bangles , travelled ,
For a very long distance
and reached the Kavanaka
thurai(sona river),
Which as per the
great books removes the sins committed of all beings,
4624. Those monkey
warriors crossed , the cultivable
regions where ,
Golden bee , honey bee
and Black bees , crane and other birds
,
Sugarcane crops, red paddy crops and
lotus ponds abound ,
And which was
blessed with wealth of water and
also crossed.
The Kulintha country
which had coconut gardens and
tender coconuts .
4625. Then they crossed the seven divisions of
Konkana country and crossed
The sea shore countries
where pearls from western
sea , conches , pretty
black lotus flowers,
Neithal flowers
and several areas with cold water ,were there in plenty ,
And reached the
Arundathi mountain , which had tall
peaks due to which,
The moon went round it
and which was saluted by the Devas.
4626. After going near Arundathi mountain and not able to find the place ,
Where Sita who
added beauty to beauty , they left that
place also and,
Reached the
emerald mountain where
cowherd maidens exchanged
,
Honey for their
very good curd and stayed there and not able to find Sita,
Moved further and
reached the Venkata mountains at the
boundary of Tamil Nadu.
4627. In that mountain
where sages , Brahmins who new Vedas , great thinkers ,
Who were capable of reforming people who had past Karma to do good deeds ,
All devas , All
deva maidens, and Sidhas come daily take path
in blessed waters there.
4628. In that divine
mountain Devas , who
have controlled their five sense organs
,
Controlled passion generated by those organs , Who heard bad words told to them,
And Who have been hit by the arrows of deceit sent by the
eyes which were like swords ,
Have achieved victory over all of them and were
doing very great penance.
4629.Even the animals
that live on that Mountain which
supports
The divine feet of
that God with a colour of
the rain rich cloud
Who is holding the
divine wheel, attain salvation and when it is so,
Would the yogis who
follow truth and do penance
there , not get salvation?
4630.Reaching
that mountain and seeing
those great ones who do penance there ,
Those monkeys
saluted that god ,who is lord of
salvation which never gets over ,
AS also the feet
of the great ones who were pure and
doing penance there.
4631. Those monkeys who could assume any form that they
want ,
After saluting them
searched for the peacock like
Sita with black hair,
All over the place
and not finding her there, assumed
the form of Vedic Brahmins,
And entered the
good Thondai country which was blessed
with plenty of water with waves.
4632, That Thondai country was full of
, mountains with their slopes ,
Gardens around the courtyard of cowherds
, cultivated lands ,
All around water sources
and areas of sand with clear
tides.
4633. The cultivators
when they beat the bullocks
when they,
Plough the land ,
The crowd of swans with webbed feet got scared,
And ran on the paddy that had grown on the honey that ,
Were raining from the
fruits of the jack fruit tree
and ,
Destroyed the
white germinated seedlings there.
4634. The collection of Kuvalai flowers which were like the eyes ,
Of the ladies with long hair would had closed flowers as if they were sleeping,
And on the Banana plant
which were in the water
filled fields ,
Which were like the thighs of the cow herd ladies ,
Cranes would sleep and also koels would sleep.
4635.The peacocks
who woke up due the great sound
that was coming,
From various instruments in the street ,
thought that it was thunder heralding rain,
But would not
become happy and the swans playing
there hearing ,
The drum played by the
dancers would not get scared and go away thinking it is thunder
Would the
people who always mix
and live , get confused?
4636, Looking at the leaf sheath of young leaves of the
coconuts ,
Which are tall like the chariot , the young
kendai fishes would shiver ,
Thinking that it was the crane which was
coming to eat them,
And they looking
at the young lily flower
stem which is sharp ,
The frogs would think that they are rat snakes coming to eat them and shiver.
4637.The young
deer like cow herd maids trying to catch female crabs seeing
,
The white gems
yielded by the white lustrous
conches would think,
They are eggs of cranes which are not hatched and ,
Would try to break
them on the back of the tortoises.
4638. The bent
sweet fruit flesh of jack fruit tree borne
On its branches
in the hands of the very young male monkey
Is crowded by
flies similar to the bees
surrounding ,
The open flowers
in the flower rich gardens,
4639. Those matchless monkey warriors after
crossing the rich Thondai country,
Reached the
CHozha country through which the wide
Cauvery river flows,
And walked with
difficulty in the paths of that country crowded
with ,
Densely planted
red paddy , sugar cane as well as Betel nut trees.
4640. Those monkey warriors would
knock their feet against fallen fruits
,
Which are very
ripe and attract those
who want to eat thm,
From the young bent and sweet coconut trees which had grown up,
In the banks of
ponds where crowd of cranes with fixed lower beak ,
They also would also
slip anf fall on the ever flowing honey there.
4641. The black coloured water crows
seeing the huge vats ,
Which were filled
up with the juice of
sugarcane in cane factories ,
AS the small pond
which are places for the
crowding fishes to grow,
And would one after
another dip themselves with a
back ground song.
4642.Due to
gardens with large number of bees , which
crowd,
Round flowers , pouring out lots of honey , many monkeys ,
Without finding out the truth , thinking
that they are ,
Water tanks
filled with fishes, would sit
continuously on tree branches.
4643. The Banana
plants push out fruit bunches and add
to the scent there
Due to pollen of Pandanus flowers getting attached on bamboo they also give out scent,
Due to the scent
of mango fruits the seedlings give out scent ,
And also the red
lily flowers which are grown all over
give out scent.
4644. Those monkey warriors who have moved away from bad fate to good,
After going through that prosperous country
where Cauvery flows ,
And where there were many water storages went to
the mountain country ,
And leaving that reached the sweet
southern Tamizh Nadu.
4645, That Pandya
country which has given pearls praised
,
By all the seven worlds
, had greatness by giving
three ,
Types of branches of
Tamizh and was extremely rich.
Saying that
only the heaven would only be comparable to it , may not be proper .
4646. Those Monkey
warriors who were of very good
character reached ,
That southern Tamizh country and searched
in all places ,
But could not find Sita with a long hair any where ,
Felt like they were about to die and being very sorry , started telling.
4647. After crossing
the big roads of that country
where ,
The southerly wind carrying moisture
was always wafting ,
And reached
speedily the Mahendra mountain
Which was similar
to elephant of the south lifting the
earth.
