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VALMIKI RAMAYANA
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BOOK 4: KISHKINDA KANDA
SECTION 31
When Rama of undeterred stamina has become pitiable while yearning for Seetha, overcome with grief while the search for Seetha is becoming futile, overwrought with anger while Sugreeva is reneging on his promise, to such an elder prince brother from a godlike king, his younger prince brother Lakshmana spoke in this way. (4 31 1)
"As a forester Sugreeva will not abide by the conduct of gentlefolk, he is not appreciative of the fruits of incidental events like gaining kingdom and regaining wife occurring out of your deed of eliminating Vali, thus he will not enjoy the prosperity of the kingdom anymore. Obviously his prudence is behindhand, isn t it! (4 31 2) "Without any notion of requiting the beneficence you have accorded he is insanely involved in primitive pleasures, such as he is, let him see his elder brother Vali when slain. Hence, kingdoms are unaffordable to dishonest. (4 31 3) "Unbearable is this anger that is tiding quickly, now I shall kill that unfaithful Sugreeva and the best braving Vanaras shall search for that princess Seetha, remaining under the command of Vali s son, Angada." Thus said Lakshmana to Rama. (4 31 4) Rama, the slayer of braving enemies, spoke this well thought sentence that includes persuasiveness to Lakshmana who is with an irrepressible wartime anger, who has apprised his intention to slay Sugreeva, and who on taking his bow is now leaping at Kishkindha. (4 31 5)
"Certainly none of your kind shall commit this sort of sin in this world, and if such a situation occurs, he who by his noble gesture kills his own anger is a valorous one, and he really becomes the best one among men." Thus Rama is saying to Lakshmana. (4 31 6) Lakshmana", as person with righteous conduct you are not supposed to understand this matter in this way, or undertake in this way, but you are supposed to adhere to those aspects of friendliness with Sugreeva and the affinity earlier existed in dealing with him. (4 31 7) "It will be apt of you to speak to that reneger Sugreeva with placating words rather than with caustic remarks, as his sin is no more than flouting the timeframe." Thus Rama said to Lakshmana. (4 31 8)
That brave one and the slayer of braving enemies Lakshmana thus schooled expediently by his elder brother about the means of gainfulness, that best one among men proceeded to enter the city of Kishkindha. (4 31 9) That right minded and well informed Lakshmana who is bent on doing only that which is agreeable and beneficial to his elder brother, then swallowing his exasperation and wielding a bow which is shining forth like the bow of Indra, and which is standing out like a peaking mountain proceeded towards the palace of the Vanara, namely Sugreeva, and with such a bow he appeared to be the peaking Mountain Mandhara and like the Era Ender. (4 31 10, 11) Lakshmana the non defying adherer of Rama, a coequal of Brihaspati Jupiter, in intelligence, then mulled over the exact words of Rama to be spoken to Sugreeva, possible reply of Sugreeva on them, and his own sensible counter reply to them, enwrapped as he is in a furious fire fired up by the desire of Rama for Seetha, proceeded to Sugreeva s palace like an embittered whirlwind aided and abetted by a furious fire. (4 31 12, 13)
While knocking down Saala, Palm, Ashvakarna trees with his might, razing mountain crests and even other trees with his strength, splintering boulders underfoot, Lakshmana made haste through an enmeshed path leaving off one foot pathway as with an Elephant striding fleetly, and proceeded swiftly impelled by the mission. (4 31 15) Entrenched among mountains, impregnated with vanara army is the magnificent citadel of the king of Vanaras, and the tigerly Ikshvaku, Lakshmana, has seen such an impassable city, namely Kishkindha. (4 31 16) While his lips are quivering owing to rancour towards Sugreeva, Lakshmana saw formidable Vanara s at the outposts of Kishkindha. (4 31 17) On seeing the most notable one among men, Lakshmana all of the elephentine vanara s available in the gorges of mountain have grabbed hundreds of mountain crests and gigantic trees, and they are at the ready. (4 31 18)
But on seeing all of them handling assaultive peaks and trees, Lakshmana s fury has become twofold as with a fire to which much fuel is added. (4 31 19) On seeing overexcited Lakshmana who is like the Time god and the Epoch Ender, troops and troops of those fly jumpers quickly fled away in all directions with scare coiling their bodies. (4 31 20) Then on entering the palace of Sugreeva, some best ones among Vanaras have appraised about the arrival of Lakshmana, and even about his fury. (4 31 21)
At that time, he who is in a lustful mood, who is in the company of Lady Tara and who is enmired in privacy, that foremost Vanara Sugreeva is unheedful of the words of those bold Vanaras who brought the message. (4 31 22) Then, as directed by ministers of Kishkindha in order to figure out the mood of Lakshmana, some of the elephentine Vanaras who are frightening just by their appearance, who in sheen are similar to mountains and dark clouds have gone out of the city. (4 31 23) All of those brave vanara s are armed with their own teeth and nails, all are with tigerish pride, all are hideous in look and horrendous by their faces. (4 31 24)
Some of those vanara s are with the might of ten Elephants, some ten times more, and some with vigour matching that of a thousand Elephants. (4 31 25) Infuriated Lakshmana has then seen Kishkindha, an unassailable city, as those great mighty Vanaras flaunting trees are spreading throughout it. (4 31 26) All of those Vanaras then exiting from the inside of the compound wall of the castle and coming underneath of the iron latches of the castle s gateway, they became visible and stood up to Lakshmana with their ebullient might. (4 31 27) On envisaging Sugreeva s blunder and of his elder brother s expediency, that sensible one and fury restrained Lakshmana, again went into the restraint of fury on seeing the Vanaras. (4 31 28)
With his long, fiery, and endless exhales and eyes bloodshot in fury, that tigerly man Lakshmana is like a fuming fire. (4 31 29) Lakshmana has become identical to a five faced serpent as his curvi bow looked like the curvi hood of a serpent, arrowheads looked like the poking tongues of the serpent, and as his own fervency is proliferating as that serpent s venom. (4 31 30) Angada succumbing to high despair caused by the scare neared Lakshmana who is aglow like the Fire of Perdition and like a King of Nagas, who is perforce infuriated. (4 31 31)
With his eyes reddened in rancour that highly adorable Lakshmana sent a word through Angada, saying "oh, boy, let Sugreeva be informed about my arrival," and said this way. (4 31 32) "Oh, enemy destroyer Angada, oh, boy, you may say these words to Sugreeva, oh, enemy destroyer Sugreeva, distressed by the distress of his brother this Lakshmana has arrived in your presence and waiting at the door, oh, Sugreeva, the vanara, if you are interested it will be apt of you to listen to his advise, either by coming here or inviting him inside… saying so oh, boy Angada, you comeback quickly." Thus Lakshmana spoke to Angada. (4 31 33, 34) On hearing the words of Lakshmana Angada is muffled up in grief, and on arriving in the presence of his father Sugreeva he informed Soumitri" has come." (4 31 35)
Bewildered in his perception at the very sharp words of Lakshmana, mighty Angada then has gone to the palace assuming a very sad face, and there he firstly saluted the feet of his father Sugreeva and then at the feet of Ruma, wife of Sugreeva. (4 31 36) Angada whose vitality is intense clinched himself to the feet of his father Sugreeva, and later clung to the feet of his mother Tara, and he even clasped the feet of his paternal aunt Ruma, and latching on to the feet of his parents then he stated to appeal to them about the message of Lakshmana. (4 31 37) Sugreeva, the vanara, who is bound up in drowsiness and dizziness could not comprehend clearly what Angada is talking about, as he is benumbed with intoxication, and even numbed down with the torpor of lustfulness. (4 31 38) The hearts of mobbing Vanaras are flustered with fear when they pored over infuriated Lakshmana, thus they jibber jabbered so as to appease him. (4 31 39)
And those Vanaras on observing Lakshmana instantly raised a hubbub at his nearby that is similar to a storm of a torrent, thunder of a thunderbolt, and the roar of a lion. (4 31 40) With that uproarious noise of Vanaras Sugreeva came to his senses, but because of stupor his coppery eyes are helter skelter and his garlands and ornaments are topsy turvy. (4 31 41) On hearing the words of Angada two ministers who are agreeable in their advice and appreciable in their aspect have come along with him, and those two ministers of the king of vanara s, namely Plaksha and Prabhava, have appraised Sugreeva that Lakshmana has arrived to discuss variously about the prosperity and probity. (4 31 42, 43)
Those two ministers sitting around and nearby Sugreeva, who is seated like the king of Maruts, namely Indra, on appeasing him with meaningful and expressive words they spoke to him in this way. (4 31 44) Rama" and Lakshmana are the brothers who abide by truth, highly providential, and though they are worthy enough to rule kingdom for themselves they have bestowed the kingdom to you, such as they are, they have become your true friends." Thus started the ministers to say to Sugreeva. (4 31 45) One" among those two, Lakshmana, is biding at the door wielding his bow, by whom the Vanaras are panicked and venting out alarms shuddering utterly. (4 31 46)
"This Lakshmana, the brother of Raghava, has arrived here at the decree of Rama on the chariot called his endeavour charioted by the charioteer called the word of Rama. (4 31 47) "Oh, merited one, even Lakshmana has ushered this Angada hastily, oh, king, the precious son of Tara, to your presence. (4 31 48) "Oh, king of Vanaras, such as he is, that brave Lakshmana is sticking fast at the door with an awning of rancour on his eyes and as if to burn down the Vanaras just with his eyes. (4 31 49) "You may approach him quickly along with your son and relatives, oh, great king, prostrate yourself before him holding him in reverence, and thus let his bitterness be indeed pacified now. (4 31 50)
"Whatever that virtue souled Rama says that you have to implement wholeheartedly, oh, king, you abide by the forthrightness of your promise, stick up for the pact you made." Thus the ministers advised Sugreeva. (4 31 51)
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