Translated by P.R.

Ramachander Thirty-sixth Chapter

Presentation of the ring (To prove his bonafides, Hanuman presents the royal ring of Rama to Sita .She is convinced by this memento .She then realizes her mistake and praises Hanuman. She sounds hopeful about her being saved by Rama ,She is also perple ed because Rama does not appear to her anything to save her. Hanuman tries to dispel her misunderstanding and tells ho! sad Rama is." The son of !ind god and the greatly resplendent Hanuman !ith an intention of increasing Sita#s faith in him told the follo!ing !ords !ith all humility. $ %Hey holy lady, & am the monkey !ho is the emissary of the great Hero Rama. 'nd so to dispel any misunderstanding that you may have and to increase your faith, please see here, the signet ring of Rama in !hich his name is inscribed , !hich !as given to me by him and !hich !as brought here by me. (ou !ould remain safe. (ou !ould soon see the end of your sorro!.) *+, 'fter telling like this he presented the ring to Sita. -

That Sita after receiving the ornament of the hand of Rama e amined it closely and became as happy as if she sa! her husband in person. . Then that lady becoming a little shy and also becoming pleased by hearing the story of Rama, being mentally happy and understanding that the monkey chief has done her a great help started praising him. / (According to Tilaka she became shy because she felt that her husband was near by and another commentator feels that she became shy because she suspected the great Hanuman instead of trusting him.) %Hey great monkey, you are a great hero, you are greatly !ise and you are greatly intelligent and only because of those 0ualities you !ere able to see this place of Rakshasas all alone and !ithout any help.) 1 %(ou, !ho can be described as a great hero, have crossed this ocean !hich is one hundred yo2anas broad and !hich is the home of sharks, in one 2ump and made it e0uivalent to the hoof mark of the co!. % 3 %Hey monkey chief, & do not think that you are an ordinary monkey for you do not have any fear for Ravana and you also are not nervous.) 4 %Hey chief of monkeys, due to the fact that you have been sent by Rama, !ho kno!s the mind of others , you are definitely fit to hold conversation !ith me.) $5

%That matchless Hero Rama !ould not send an emissary, !ithout kno!ing his valor and !ithout e amining him especially to me.) $$ %That very 2ust votary of truth, Sri Rama is luckily all right and it is also lucky that the greatly resplendent 6akshmana !ho increases the happiness of Sumithra is also all right.) $* %7ecause the 8akustha is all right, possibly he !ould burn all the earth surrounded by the sea by his anger, !hich is similar to the fire that !ill engulf the !orld during deluge.) $, %& kno! that both of them are capable of even punishing the 9evas but & think there is no end in sight for my sorro!.) $%& think that Rama is not mentally upset and !ould do !hat remains to be done no! !ithout being affected by sorro!.) $. %& think that prince Rama is not broken do!n and is not committing mistakes because he is perple ed and also is doing the duties of a man.) $/ %He !ho gives pain to his enemies, & hope is using t!o approaches (peaceful affectionate advice (sama" and by besto!ing help, riches etc (9hana"" !ith love to!ards his relatives and three approaches (bribery (dhana" creating rift and confusion (7hedha" and punishment (9handa"" to!ards enemies !ith a vie! to !in over them.) $1 %& believe that he is being visited by his friends, he is hospitable to!ards them and he is respected by them.) $3 %& believe that Rama !ho is the son of an emperor is praying :ods for blessing and has faith in the fact that physical effort is :od#s blessing.) $4 %& believe that though he is far a!ay from me, his love to!ards me has not diminished and Hey, ;onkey, & also believe that he is taking appropriate action to free me from this sorro!.) *5 %& believe that Rama !ho al!ays deserves to be happy and !ho does not deserve to be sad is not becoming very feeble because of this intense sorro!.) *$ %& believe that he gets ne!s about 8ausalya and Sumithra fre0uently and that he gets ne!s about 7haratha also.) ** (Please note that she is not asking about news of Kaikeyi) %& believe that because of the sorro! caused by me , he has not lost his pride and is listless. & also believe that Rama !ould save me from this misery.) *,

%& believe that 7haratha !ould send one great 'kshouhini army protected by ministers for the sake of me.) *(2 !"#$ chariots! 2 "#$ elephants! %&! % $ horses and !$'! (&$ infantry is termed as Akshouhini army) % & believe that the great monkey chief Sugreeva !ould come surrounded by monkeys !ho have cla!s and teeth as !eapons for my sake.) *. %& believe that the great hero and great archer 6akshmana !ho increases the happiness of Sumithra !ould e terminate all the Rakshasas by his rain of arro!s.) */ %& believe that very soon, Rama using burning arro!s !ould kill Ravana along !ith his friends and that & !ould be able to see him very soon.) *1 %& believe that that golden face of Rama !ho has a perfume similar to the lotus flo!ers !ould not !ilt because of my separation, similar to the lotus flo!er being !ilted by torrid Sun light.) *3 % & believe that courage permanently resides in his heart !hich neither had sorro!, fear or !orries even !hen he forsook the kingdom for the sake of 2ust action or !hen he brought me by !alk in to this forest.) *4 %Hey emissary, for me, because of my love to!ards him, my great father is not e0ual to him, nor my mother nor any one else and so & !ish to continue this life only till & hear about his actions.) ,5 That all kno!ing holy lady, after telling these very meaningful and pleasant to hear !ords halted !ith a vie! to hear the reply of Hanuman !hich !ere aimed at attaining Rama and !hich !as about Rama. ,$ That great hero Hanuman hearing the !ords of Sita, keeping his hands in salutations over his head told the follo!ing !ords. ,* ()alutations with hands opposite to the chest is done for persons of e*ual stature and o+er head to ,od and to persons who are much abo+e your stature) %That lotus eyed Rama does not kno! that you are here and that is !hy he is not taking you back like &ndra took back his 0ueen Sachi 9evi. ,, (Anuhlada abducted )achi -e+i! the *ueen of .ndra. .ndra after killing the /akshasa took back his *ueen) %'s soon as Raghava hears my !ords, he along !ith a great army consisting of only monkeys and bears is going to reach here soon.) ,(Hanuman0s reply indicates that he would not ask for armed help from 1haratha as indicated by )ita)

%That 8akustha is going to freeze the ocean !hich cannot be moved and going to make 6anka devoid of Rakshasas.) ,. %&f the god of death or 'suras along !ith 9evas are going to block his !ay, he !ould kill them immediately.) ,/ %Hey, holy lady, that Rama because of his sorro! in not being able to see you, is suffering like an elephant attacked by a lion and does not kno! !hat is pleasure) ,1 %Hey, holy lady, & am taking an oath !ith !itnesses the ;alaya mountain, the <indhya mountain, the ;eru mountain, the ;andhara mountain ,the 9urudhura mountain and on the vegetables and fruits , that you are going to see and en2oy the handsome face of Rama, !hich has very pretty eyes, !hich has lips like the red guava fruit, !hich has !onderful ear rings and !hich is like the rising full moon.) ,3+,4 (2ote that Hanuman being a monkey is taking an oath on things! which he considers as .mportant" %Hey, <aidehi, you are going to see immediately Rama !ho is on Prasravana mountain and !ho resembles &ndra on =aga Prashta*- in heaven.) -5 %Raghava is daily not taking either the edible portions of fruit or drinking honey and takes food in the fifth part of the day that too only cooked vegetables and roots as ordained for people !ho are about to forsake the !orld (<ana prastha ashrama".) -$ ( .The words used can also be translated! as 3/agha+a is daily not taking meat or drinking wine.4 There is nothing wrong in this translation also because 5ord /ama is a King and is permitted to take these /a6asic foods. 2. .t is belie+ed by Hindus that after leading a complete family life! at a particular stage the husband and wife retire in to the forest and lead a life of partial renunciation called 7ana prastha Ashrama. .t is belie+ed that they should take only one8fifth portion of food that they usually took earlier.) % 7ecause he has already given his heart to you, Raghava is not driving a!ay the flies !hich sit on him, nor mos0uitoes nor !orms and nor insects that cra!l.) -* (Here the lo+elorn /ama is described in the state of 3 Arathi4 i.e. loosing of the senses due to parting from the belo+ed.) %That Rama due to e treme love is al!ays dro!ned in sorro! and is al!ays thoughtful and does not kno! any other thing.) -, %That great man , Rama is al!ays !ithout sleep and even if he is asleep !akes up immediately muttering s!eetly % Hey Sita)). -%&f he happens to see either fruits or flo!ers or any other thing dear to ladies, !ith very great sorro!, he remembers you as %;y darling)). -.
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' special place in 'maravathi, the city of &ndra, literally %back of a serpent.)

%Hey holy lady, that great soul and prince Rama !ho believes firmly in 2ust action, is al!ays unhappy and al!ays keeps on muttering %Hey Sita) and keeps on trying to find you.) -/ That Sita !ho is the daughter of king <ideha got rid of her sorro! due to hearing the praise of Rama and became e0ually sad !hen she came to kno! that Rama is dro!ned in sorro! and looked similar to the night lit by early autumn moon hid by dark clouds. -1

Thus ends the thirty sixth chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

Thirty se enth Chapter

Hanuman sho!ing his mega form (>hen Hanuman sees that Sita is miserable, he offers to carry her on his back immediately to the presence of Rama. Sita refuses to believe him because he is too small and !ould not be capable of doing it. Hanuman then sho!s her very big form. She is !onderstruck by his strength but tells him that as a !oman she many not be able to undertake such a risky 2ourney. She also tells him of her o!ill she has never touched any other male e cept Rama. She concludes by saying that unless Rama himself frees her, a bad name !ould come to him." That princess Sita !ho had a full moon face after hearing the ne!s, told the follo!ing meaningful !ords containing essence of 2ustice. $ %The !ords told by you that %Rama is not paying attention to any thing), is like nectar and the !ords that )He is dro!ned in sorro!), is like poison.) * %Though full of complete riches or very horrible sorro!, man is tied and dragged by the effects of actions his previous birth , similar to be being tied and dragged by a rope.) , %Hey chief of the monkeys, it is indeed true that the effects of fate cannot be prevented by all living beings, This is aptly illustrated by the e ample of the son of Sumithra, myself and Rama.) %>hen is Rama going to s!im to the other shore of sorro!, similar to the one !ho after breaking of the ship in the ocean, s!ims !ith difficulty to the other shore.) . %>hen is my lord going to kill Rakshasas , kill Ravana, destroy 6anka and see me? /

%& can be alive only that number of days !hen the year of my captivity lasts, and so he has to be told that %He has to complete the 2ob !ith care and speed.)) 1

%This is the tenth month in the period set for me to be alive by Ravana and the remaining period is only t!o months.) 3 %Ravana has been told about returning me back to Rama to the best of his ability by his brother <ibishana by good and s!eet !ords but his brain does not accept it as proper.) 4 %Ravana does not like to return me back because , he is caught in the !eb of time and is being searched by death.) $5 %Hey monkey, this has been told to me on great detail personally by 'nala, the eldest daughter of <ibishana !ho has sent here by her o!n mother. $$ %Hey chief of monkeys, & am definitely sure that my lord !ould get me back soon, for my mind is pure and he has several good 0ualities.) $* %Hey monkey &n Rama there is a great combination of enthusiasm, masculinity, strength, mercy, gratefulness, chivalry and fame.) $, %>hich enemy !ill not shiver in fear of him !ho alone !ithout the help of his brother killed fourteen thousand rakshasas in @anasthana?) $%That great man is one !ho cannot be shaken by sorro! and & kno! him like &ndra#s !ife kno!s &ndra !ell.) $. %Hey , monkey, Rama !ho is the sun !ith net of arro!s as his rays !ould soon dry the !ater !hich is full of Rakshasas.) $/ %Seeing Sita !ho !as afflicted by sorro! because of Rama and !ho !as telling like this !ith eyes full of tears, Hanuman told the follo!ing !ords.) $1 %Sri Rama is going to reach here along !ith the army of monkeys and bears as soon as he hears my !ords.) $3 %Hey lady !ithout any blemishes. &f this is not agreeable, you climb on my back and & !ould definitely free you from the clutches of insufferable Ravana.) $4 % & !ould safely cross the ocean along !ith you , if you climb on my back for & definitely have the strength to carry the entire 6anka along !ith Ravana.) *5 %Hey princess of ;ithila, & !ould immediately present you to Raghava !ho is atop the Prasravana mountains like the :od of fire delivers the sacred offerings to &ndra) *$ (:od of fire acts as an agent to deliver offerings made by human beings to 9evas and Pithrus"

%(ou !ould be able to immediately see Raghava !ho is similar to <ishnu in killing of Rakshasa, !ho is similar to &ndra !ho sits on a seat called %=aga Ra2am) , !ho lives in a hermitage doing all possible efforts to see you soon, !ho is very strong, and !ho is !ith 6akshmana .) **+*, %Hey 6ady !ho does only good, climb on my back. 9o not hesitate. (ou !ould be able to attain and live !ith Rama like 6ady Rohini !ith moon :od, 6ady Suvarchala !ith Sun :od. (ou sit firmly on my back and cross the sea and the ocean .) *-+*. %=o body !ho lives in 6anka, have the strength to follo! my speed , !hen & take you and travel fast. Ah holy lady.) */ %Hey <aidehi, & !ould go high up in the sky carrying you !ithout any difficulty similar to the fashion by !hich & came here , be please to see.) *1 ;aithili hearing these !onderful !ords of the monkey chief , became e tremely happy because of this and became !onderfully alert, and told Hanuman the follo!ing !ords in a different !ay. *3 %Hey monkey !ho is the army+commander in chief of the monkeys, the fact of your desire to carry me through this very long route makes me feel that it is your monkey like conduct.) *4 %Hey Bhief of monkeys, ho! do you propose to take me from her to the presence of my husband !ith the frail body of yours?) ,5 That !onderful hero and son of !ind :od Hanuman, after kno!ing the opinion of Sita thought about her apprehension as follo!s. ,$ %This black eyed damsel <aidehi does not about my inborn strength or fame. 6et her see my that aspect !hich & can assume at !ill that !ill impress her.) ,* 'fter thinking thus that monkey chief Hanuman !ho has !on over enemies like passion anger etc assumed his natural aspect and made <aidehi see it. ,, That great hero and monkey chief to sho! Sita his real form 2umped far a!ay from the tree and assumed his mega form. ,That monkey chief standing before Sita became e0ual the ;eru and ;andhara mountains and shined like the raging fire. ,.

Then that monkey !ho !as having a red face , !ho !as e tremely strong, !ho had nails and teeth like <a2rayudha and !ho !as like a mountain told the follo!ing to <aidehi. ,/

%& have sufficient strength to carry this city of 6anka along !ith its mountains, forests , buildings, spires , to!ers and also its chief.) ,1 %So, Hey <aidehi, make your brain stable, leave out all doubts. Hey lady and make Rama along !ith 6akshmana devoid of all sorro!s.) ,3 That daughter of @anaka !ho !as having broad eyes like the lotus leaf looking at Hanuman !ho !as adopted son of :od of >ind and !ho !as like the mountain spoke as follo!s. ,4 %Hey great monkey, & am seeing your great 0ualities, strength of your body, your speed !hich is e0ual to that of !ind god and the po!er !hich is e0ual to that of the fire :od.) -5 %Hey chief of monkeys , ho! can an ordinary being have the strength to reach this unthinkable beach and this city?) -$

%& can visualize your great strength by !hich you can carry me back but the great ones but !e have to also consider the certain and speedy completion of his duty of the great one .) -* %Hey chief of monkeys, it is not possible for me to accompany you for & may faint by the great speed by !hich you go.) -, %& may perhaps fall do!n because of trembling induced by fear from your back !hen you are traveling in the sky far far above the ocean.) -%& !ould then perhaps fall and die in the ocean and become good food for beings like !hales and crocodiles living in the sea.) -. %Hey destroyer of foes, =ot only that it is not possible for me to go !ith you. Cor danger may !ithout doubt happen to you !ho is carrying me.) -/ %Cor once the bad soul Ravana comes to kno! that & have escaped, those great valorous asuras ordered by him !ould catch up !ith us.) -1 %Hey valorous one, you !ould be surrounded by those heroes armed !ith iron rods and spears and you carrying me !ho has to be saved !ould attain lot of danger.) -3 %Those Rakshasas !ould be too many and !ell armed you !ould not be armed and ho! can you fight !ith them in the sky and that too ho! is it possible for you to save me?) -4 %Hey chief of monkeys, !hile you are fighting !ith those Rakshasa !ho are capable of cruel deeds , & may tremble because of fear and fall do!n.) .5

%Hey chief of monkeys, there !ould be too many rakshasas !ho are all very po!erful and they someho! !ill attain victory over you in !ar.) .$ %Ather!ise also !hen you are fighting !ith lot of difficulty, & may fall do!n and those sinner Rakshasas !ould take me a!ay.) .* %Perhaps they may snatch me from your hands or even perhaps kill me for in !ar victory or defeat is never certain.) ., %Ar it is possible that insulted by those Rakshasas & may give up my life and even that !ay , Hey monkey chief, all your efforts !ill culminate in getting no result.) .%& realize that you are 0uite capable of killing all of them but in spite of that Rama#s fame !ill decrease !hen it is kno!n that all Rakshasas !ere killed by you.) .. (She implies that People !ill talk that Rama !as not able to kill his enemies !ithout depending on others." %Ather!ise also , once the Rakshasas recover me they !ould hide me in a place from !here no one can locate me and because of that monkeys !ill not be able to find me out nor !ould Rama and 6akshmana be able to find me out. Dven like this all the efforts put by you !ould be !asted.) ./ %>ould it not be better if 6ord Rama also comes !ith you?) .1

%Hey great hero, is it not true that the soul of Rama, his brothers , you and all members of the princely dynasty lies in me.) .3 %Those t!o once they realize that & cannot be saved !ould become !eak !ith sorro! and !ould sacrifice their lives along !ith all monkeys and bears.) .4 %Hey greatest of all monkeys, having observed chastity as my ideal, & never had at any time , any desire to even touch another male.) /5 %7ut in case of the touch of Ravana, it !as done in spite of my chastity because & !as not free, & did not have any other go, & !as completely enfeebled and !as done by force because & fell in to his hands.) /$ %&t !ould be proper for Rama , if he kills the ten headed Rakshasa along !ith his relatives and takes me along !ith him.) /*

%& have heard nay seen the great valour of that great man in killing his enemies in !ar and & kno! that neither devas nor Rakshasas nor Pannagas are e0ual to Rama in !ar.)/,

%>ho !ill think of fighting !ith that Raghava !ho holds the great bo! called 8odanda, !ho is very strong, !ho is e0ual to &ndra in valor , !ho is like the fire kindled by !ind in !ar and !ho is !ith 6akshmana , after kno!ing him.) /%Hey chief of monkeys, >ho !ould think of opposing that Raghava !ho is like the elephants guarding the directions, !ho kills enemies in !ar, !ho is !ith 6akshmana and !ho stands unperturbed like the Sun at the time of deluge !ith arro!s as his rays.) /. %Hey great monkey, please make my lord surrounded by 6akshmana and the several army chieftains arrive here. Hey valorous monkey, make me, !ho is dro!ned in sorro! because of forever thinking about Rama, happy.) //

Thus ends the thirty se enth chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

Thirty ei!hth Chapter

(:iving of Bhoodamani*." (Hanuman appreciates Sita for her noble !ords. She then tells him about the story of a cro! attacking her and ho! Rama sent a 9hurba grass !ith manthra of 7rahmasthra to kill him. She !onders !hy he is not doing it no!.She gives her Bhoodamani as a memento to Hanuman so that Rama !ill have faith that Hanuman has indeed seen her." That chief of monkeys hearing this and being one !ho can analyze and understand !ords, became happy on hearing these !ords and told the follo!ing to Sita. $ %Hey holy lady !ho tells that !hich is good, !hatever you have told is e tremely suitable to your character and also suitable to the humility and !omanly character of virtuous ladies.) * %7ecause the character of ladies is not capable to cross the ocean of one hundred yo2anas broad , making me as a vehicle.) , %Hey lady !ho !ears humility as an ornament, your !ords that, )you !ould not allo! the touch any other male e cept Rama), !hich you told as your second reason is very suitable to you !ho is the !ife of that great man. Hey holy lady, !ho else e cept you can tell such a sentence?) -+. (%&nspite of the pitiful sorro! state !ithout bothering about her release from the clutches of Ravana, thinking only of 2ust duty, only you can tell %& !ould not come !ith you)"
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:olden brooch !orn in the head by ladies.

%Hey holy lady, !hatever you have told and did in front of me , all those things !ould be informed immediately to Rama.) / %Hey holy lady, & told you like this !ith a loving and merciful mind, !ith a intense desire to do good to Rama in various !ays.) 1 %& told you like this because of the difficulty in crossing the !ide ocean, because of the difficulty in entering the city of 6anka and because of the faith in my strength.) 3 %& !anted you to be re2oined !ith Rama immediately and because of intense devotion and love & told you like this and not !ith any other intention.) 4 %Hey holy one, because you do not have an intention of accompanying me, please give a memento so that Rama !ould understand the truth !ithout any doubt.) $5 Thus told by Hanuman that Sita !ho !as like a divine lady started slo!ly telling the follo!ing !ith !ords mingled !ith tears. $$ %Please inform !hatever & tell , !hich is true and !hich is kno!n to him ,using the same !ords to my lord. %&n the Bhitra 8oota mountains , in the north !est valley, in the shore of river ;andakini, in the hermitage blessed !ith fruits, roots and !ater , after spending time !ith different flo!ers and the aroma filled gardens and thus getting tired you !ere lying do!n !ith your head on my lap.)) $*+$%'t that time one cro! !hich !as attracted by flesh attacked me !ith his sharp beak and & drove it a!ay using a piece of mud .) $. %7ut that flesh eating cro! desiring for food did not leave the meat and !ent on attacking me and remained around there.) $/ %& got angry !ith the bird and !hen & removed my dress belt , my dress got unloosened and in that state & !as seen by you.) $1 %& !ho !as tired due to anger because & !as pecked by the cro! !hich !as desirous of food !as teased by you. 7ecause of this & !as very shy but in spite of that & came nearer to you and sat on your lap as you !ere sitting. (ou became happy and & !as slo!ly consoled of my anger by you.) $3+$4 %Ah, 6ord & !ho !as slo!ly !iping a!ay the tears !hich made all my face !et , !as understood by you as having been made very angry by the cro!.) *5 %9ue to tiresomeness & slept on the lap of Raghava and the brother of 7haratha in turn sleep on my lap. 'gain the same cro! reached there.) *$ %That cro! seeing me completely recovered due to my sleep on the lap of Rama suddenly came near me and !ounded my breasts.) **

%6ike this that cro! came near me several times and inflicted severe !ounds and 6ord Rama !as made !et by the flo!ing drops of blood.) *, %That lord !ho !as deep asleep , terror to his enemies and very pretty even then !as !oken up by me !ho !as severely attacked by the cro!.) *%That great one seeing that my breasts !ere !ounded became very angry and hissing like a serpent asked as follo!s.) *. %Hey lady !ho has thighs like the trunk of an elephant, !ho inflicted that !ound on your breasts and !ho is playing !ith the very angry five headed snake?) */ %Seeing all round he sa! 2ust opposite to me that cro! !hose sharp nails are coated !ith blood.) *1 %That cro! !as the son of &ndra, foremost among birds and in speed !as e0ual to the :od of !ind and due to this he disappeared in to the earth immediately.) *3 %That great one !ho !as foremost among the intelligent !ith rotating angry eyes due to the cro! , took a very cruel decision.) *4 %He took one 9urbha from the 9urbha mat on !hich he !as sitting chanted the manthra for 7rahmasthra and that !hich !as aimed at the bird lighted like the fire of hell.E ,5 (1rahmasthra was the ultimate weapon during those times ..t was got as a blessing from 5ord 1rahma. .t was belie+ed that once it is sent and failed no other weapon will work. Also it was belie+ed that without inflicting an wound it cannot be recalled ./ama was blessed with 1rahmasthra by 7iswamithra.) %He then sent the burning 9urbha to!ards the cro!. >hat to say, from that time that 9urbha started chasing the cro! in the sky.) ,$ %'t that time that cro! !hich !as chased !ent in search of protectors all over the !orld and !hat to say visited several places.) ,* %&n spite of !andering and searching in all the three !orlds and being forsaken by sages, devas and its o!n father , it again came back to Rama.) ,, %That 8akustha !ho is a protector seeing the bird lying on the earth seeking his protection, though it !as fit to be killed, !ith mercy gave protection to it.) ,-

%Seeing that shamed one !ho !as lying there !ithout any other option, he said %7rahmasthra cannot go !aste and so tell me !hat to do?) % ,. %&t said, %&f it is so , let it take a!ay my right eye.) 'nd that arro! took a!ay the right eye of the cro!.) ,/

%&t saved itself by sacrificing its right eye and from that time the fact that cro!s have only one eye became !ell kno!n.) ,1 %&t offered salutations to Rama and the king 9asaratha and being permitted to depart by that hero , it !ent to its home.) ,3 %Hey 6ord of the earth, for my sake , in case of the cro!, you used 7rahmasthra and !hy have you tolerated him !ho has stolen me from your custody?) ,4 %Hey great man, you !ho are greatly enthusiastic like that , take mercy on me. Hey 6ord & !ho have taken as my 6ord(protector" can be seen by you as an orphan (i.e. !ithout protector" % -5 %& have heard only from you that the greatest 9harma(2ust action" is to remove the sorro! of others % -$ %7eing my 6ord, & have understood him as as a great hero, great enthusiast, very strong man, man capable of limitless action, one !ho cannot be rattled by others, one !ho is similar to sea in looks, one !ho is like &ndra to this earth surrounded by the sea.) -* %&n spite of being like this and being greatest among archers, truthful and very strong, !hat is the reason for his not sending his arro!s against the Rakshasas.) -, %There are no =agas nor :andar!as nor 'suras nor ;arutganas !ho have sufficient strength to face a !ar !ith Rama.) -%&f that great hero has at least slightest belief in me !hy is he not destroying the Rakshasas !ith his arro!s.) -. %>hy is it 6akshmana !ho is very strong, !ho gives pain to his enemies and !ho is a hero not take me back after seeking permission from his brother.) -/ %>hy are both these !ho are like lion among men, !ho are as po!erful as <ayu(>ind :od" and 'gni(Cire :od" and !ho cannot be faced by even the 9evas disregarding me?) -1 %Since both these t!o capable and victorious ones are not even bothered about me, there is no doubt that a great sin !hich is not kno!n to me should have been committed by me.) -3 Hearing these !ords !hich !ere told by <aidehi !ith tearful eyes and !hich !ere capable of melting the mind, the great Hanuman !ho !as the son of :od of !ind told the follo!ing !ords. -4

%Hey holy lady, & am telling you after taking oath on truth that Rama is not interested in any thing because of the sorro! about you. 7ecause Rama is dro!ned in sorro! 6akshmana also is sorro!ful.) .5 %Hey lady !ithout blemish, you !ho are a great lady !as seen by me due to blessings of :od and this is not the time for sorro! for 2ust no! you are going to see the end of your sorro!s.) .$ %Those t!o princes !ho are both very strong and !ho both are lion among men in the great !ish for seeing you are going to make the city of 6anka in to ash.) .* %Hey broad eyed lady, Raghava is going to kill the cruel Ravana along !ith his relatives and take you back to his o!n city.) ., %Please tell me those !ords !hich should be told to Raghava, the indomitable 6akshmana, the great hero Sugreeva and the assembled monkeys.) .Thus told by Hanuman that goddess like Sita !ho has !ilted by sorro! thus replied to Hanuman, the monkey. .. %Please give my salutations to that great one !ho !as given birth by the great minded 8ausalya for the good of the !orld and en0uire about his !elfare.) ./ ()ita implies that since Kausalya ga+e birth to /ama for the good of the world he would not disregard her and sa+e her) %That great holy one !ho !as born as a good son of Sumithra sacrificed because of his devotion to Rama all his garlands, his 2e!els , ladies !ho used to love him, that !ealth !hich cannot be earned in spite of great effort in this earth and incomparable pleasures and follo!ed Rama after !orshipping his father and mother and taking their permission and accompanied the great 8akustha in the forest protecting him.) .1+.4 %That great minded , handsome great !arrior !ho !as like a lion !as doing service to me like his mother and to Rama like his father.) /5 %>hen & !as being abducted the great hero 6akshmana !as not near me 6akshmana serves the elders !ell and he is <ery lucky and intelligent , a prince !ho is similar to my father in la! and one !ho serves Rama constantly more than me.) /$+/* ()ita without telling plainly e9presses her anguish for sending 5akshmana to help /ama in spite of his unwillingness. )he also acknowledges the fact that he worships /ama and constantly ser+es him.) %That hero seeing !hom Rama did not even remember his father is fully capable of completing any 2ob entrusted to him.) /,

%That 6akshmana !ho is al!ays dear to Rama , !ho obeys him al!ays !ho is very careful and !ho is a relation !ithout any guile is one to !hom en0uiries of !elfare should be made on my behalf.) /%Hey chief of monkeys similar to the fact that Rama !ould be the cause of ending my sorro!s, you are responsible for me to complete this 2ob.) /. %Raghava because of your effort should take all necessary steps in my case and so please tell again and again my 6ord !ho is a hero, the follo!ing.) // %& am telling on oath , hey son of 9asaratha, & !ould be alive for one more moth and after!ards & !ould not be alive.) /1 %7e merciful to save me from the clutches of Ravana !ho is a bad person and !ho is a base soul similar to ho! 8ousiki !as saved from Patala.) /3 (Kausiki was abduced by ,od 7aruna when she was taking bath and kept in Patala. :chathya ! her husband went to Patala and brought her back.) Then she removed her hair brooch(@ata <alli or Bhooda mani" tied in her cloth and gave it to Hanuman saying, %:ive this to Rama.) /4 That hero Hanuman received that @e!el made of pearls from Sita and put it on his fingers and that ornament fitted to his fingers. 15 'fter !earing that pearl 2e!el he saluted Sita and circumbulated her and stood near silently !ith folded hands. 1$ 7eing present there only bodily. That Hanuman because of the great 2oy in seeing Sita mentally traveled to the place of Rama. 1* He understood that the very precious 2e!el !as got by super human efforts and of inestimable value and started thinking of returning back !ith full of 2oy like a mountain after shaken by a tempest. 1,

Thus ends the thirty ei!hth chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

Thirty ninth Chapter

(Bonsoling Sita" (Sita tells him about her complete faith in him. She also is heart broken and Hanuman consoles her. She !onders ho! other monkeys and Rama !ould cross the ocean. Hanuman consoles her".

'fter giving the ornament to Hanuman Sita told the follo!ing,) This is a proof !hich is !ell kno!n to Rama.) $ %'s soon as that hero Rama sees this hair brooch he !ould remember the three people viz. me, my mother and 8ing 9asaratha.) * %Hey chief of monkeys, you !ho have been specially ordered in the beginning of this effort should think about !hat is to be done in the future.) , %Hey great monkey, even in completion of this effort you are the chief. (our capacity to carry out !ell thought out action !ould become the end of sorro!s. Hey Hanuman do the 2ob carefully and become one !ho ends all sorro!s.) That great hero !ho is the son of !ind :od, told <aidehi)So be it) and after saluting her by the nod of his head !aited for hearing the permission to go. . Sita understanding that the monkey has started his 2ourney back, told the follo!ing !ith !et eye lids and shaking voice. / %Hey Hanuman , inform about my !elfare to Rama and 6akshmana !ho are non separable.) %Hey, chief of monkeys please inform about my ne!s to Sugreeva along !ith his ministers and the other great monkey chiefs in a !ay !hich is suitable to them.) 1 3

%(ou please try to do everything so that the great Hero Rama !ould pull me out of this lake of sorro!.) 4 %&nform the famous Rama in such a !ay that he !ould see me alive and hey Hanuman by spending only one sentence get lot of blessings.) $5 %'fter hearing the happy tidings that you !ill inform , the son of 9asaratha#s effort in attaining me !ould become permanent and intense.) $$ %The great hero Raghava immediately after hearing the message that you deliver !ould think of all aspects of using his valor and !ould order.) $* 'fter hearing the above !ords of Sita, that monkey chief Hanuman !ith folded hands over his head replied as follo!s. $, %That Rama(8akustha" !ho is going to !in over his enemies and remove your sorro!s from you !ould arrive here immediately surrounded by monkey chiefs and bear chiefs.) $& do not see anybody !ho is capable of staying alive in front of him !ho !ould be sending arro!s like rain among men or among 'suras.) $.

%Specially for your sake he is capable of defeating in !ar the Sun, the Cie :od and the :od of death all alone.) $/ Hey daughter of @anaka, , it is !ell kno!n that victory for Rama is due to you and that is !hy he is considered fit to rule the entire earth surrounded by !ater.) $1 (3)radhaya de+o de+athwam asnuthe4 meaning the ,ods get their godliness through their consorts is a well known saying! which is being referred by hanuman.) @anaki after hearing the timely , !ise and firm !ords of Hanuman respect him and told him the follo!ing !ords. $3 Sita clearly understanding the !ords of Hanuman !ere told because of his intense devotion to his master and due to the liking she got because of that and told the follo!ing !ords to Hanuman !as about to leave. $4 %Hey hero !ho is capable of !inning over his enemies, , if you like, please take rest in a secluded place for one day and start your 2ourney tomorro!.) *5 %Hey monkey by your being near to me the great sorro! of the ill fated me !ould get consolation for at least some time.) *$ %Hey chief of monkeys, even though you are going !ith an intention of returning back, & do not have any doubt that by that time some danger !ill happen to my life.) ** %Hey monkey, the sorro! in not seeing you !ould increase a lot and !ould make me !ho has been slightly consoled more sorro!ful.) *, %Hey hero !ho is the lord of monkeys , there is one doubt in me about the monkeys and bears !ho are going to help you , !hich should have arisen first and !hich is important.) *%Ho! !ill that army of monkeys and bears cross this great ocean? Ho! !ill the t!o sons of 9asaratha do it?) *. %The po!er to cross this ocean is only available to the three of you !ho are e0ual viz. the :od of !ind, you and :aruda.) */ %Hey hero, you are the foremost among those !ho plan to complete a !ork and !hat trick are you going to use in this case?) *1 %Hey killer of the enemies, (ou are the only one !ho can achieve this 2ob and the fame of avenging over the enemies !ould only become yours.) *3

%Boming !ith sufficient army , !inning in !ar !ith Ravana and taking me back to my kingdom after being victorious !ould bring laurels to me and him.) *4 %&f the great killer of enemies 8akustha can tear to pieces 6anka by using his arro!s and take me back, that !ould be suitable to him.) ,5 %So please try do all actions !hich are matching to the valour and as per the !ishes of that great soul !ho is !ar hero.) ,$ Hanuman after hearing these !ords !hich are meaningful , suitable and !hich are as per the norms of 2ustice, as a reply told !hat remains to be told. ,* %Hey holy lady, Sugreeva !ho is the chief of armies of monkeys and bears, !ho is the best among monkeys and !ho has a stable mind, has already decided !hat is to be done in your case.) ,, %Hey <aidehi, he is going to come immediately surrounded by crores of monkeys !ith an intention of destroying Rakshasas.) ,%Those monkeys !ho are under his order are valorous, truthful, very strong and people !ho achieve !hat is in their mind.) ,. %Their travel cannot be stopped either above or belo! or by the side !ays. They !ho are very strong !ill not !ilt doing difficult tasks.) ,/ FThey !ho are very po!erful and capable of traveling as per the !ind currents have gone round the !orld !ith its mountains and oceans several times.) ,1 (Hanuman is e9aggerating to please )ita. All the monkeys with him e9pressed their inability to cross the ocean.He himself before entering the city has told only three monkeys are capable of entering it.) %&n the court of Sugreeva there are many more monkeys greater or e0ual to me. There are none there !ho are inferior to me.) ,3 (Again an e9aggeration to console )ita) %Ardinary people are normally sent as emissaries. :reat ones are not sent. &f & have reached this place !hat to say about the others !ho are much stronger.) ,4 %So do not be sad. 6et your sorro! be removed. The monkey soldiers !ould reach 6anka in one 2ump.) -5 %Those t!o lion among men !ho are like the risen Sun and ;oon, and are very strong, !ould climb on my back and !ould be reaching near you.) -$

%Rama and 6akshmana !ho are great heroes , !ho are great among men and !ho never separate from each other !ill come here and are going to make this city fly using their arro!s.) -* % Hey pretty one !ho is blessed,, that Raghava !ho is of the clan of Raghu, !ould kill Ravana along !ith his cro!d , and is going to return to his city along !ith you.) -, %So be consoled. :ood !ould happen to you. >ait for the proper time. >ithin a short time you !ould be able to see Sri Rama !o is like a burning fire.) -%>hen this chief of Rakshasa is killed along !ith his sons, ministers and relatives, you !ould 2oin Rama like Rohini 2oins Bhandra.) -. %Hey, ;aithili, Hey holy lady , you !old soon reach the other shore of this ocean of sorro!s. 'nd soon Ravana !ould be killed by Rama himself.) -/ That Hanuman !ho is the son of >ind :od thus consoled <aidehi and !ith an intention of the 2ourney spoke further to <aidehi. -1 %(ou are going to see soon, Raghava !ho is very courageous and !ho kills his enemies and 6akshmana !ho stands at the gatesd of 6anka along !ith his bo!s. % -3 %Hey, holy lady, (ou !ould soon see several companies of monkeys !ho roar in the valley of ;alaya mountain in 6anka and !ho are themselves e0ual to mountains and clouds. 'nd also see here assembled many monkeys !ho are as valorous as tiger and lion., !ho are like the king of elephants, !ho !ould fight using their cla!s and teeth and !ho are very numerous .) -4+.5 %That Rama pained ira! spots by the very strong arro! called love does not kno! any pleasures like the elephant attacked by lions.) .$ %Hey holy lady, please do not cry. 6et your mind be not troubled by sorro!. 6ike &ndrani !ho is !ith &ndra (ou !ould be !ith your lord and loved by him.) .* %>ho is there greater than Rama and e0ual to 6akshmana? Those t!o brothers !ho are like fire and !ind are your protectors.) ., %Hey, holy lady you need not live for a long time in this horrible country !hich is peopled by cro!ds of Rakshasas . There is not much time left for your 6ord#s arrival.. Please be patient till & reach back.) .-

Thus ends the thirty ninth chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

"ortieth Chapter
(:iving leave for Hanuman to depart" ( As Hanuman prepares to go )ita becomes further sad! tells him abut one more incident which happened between her and /ama and breaks down.Hanuman further consoles her and is gi+en lea+e to go by )ita) That Sita !ho is like a divine maiden , after hearing that great ones !ords , told the follo!ing !ords !hich !ere good for her. $ %Hey monkey, after hearing your dear !ords, & am as happy as the dry land !ith half germinated seeds !hen it receives a rain.) * %Please take mercy on me and do suitable steps so that & !ho is terribly tired because of sorro! can fulfill my !ish and be able to touch the greatest among men.) , %Hey best among the group of monkeys, after informing as a sign the fact that due to anger he send a graa to remove one eye of the cro!, please also tell Rama the follo!ing.) %>hen my Tilaka(dot applied in the forehead by married !oman" !as erased , you playfully put on my forehead a Tilaka !ith a laterite stoneGPlease remember this.) . (:nlike the story told earlier ! this is a fact known only to /ama and )ita and has romantic o+ertones.)o )ita gi+es only indication so that /ama will understand that the message comes from )ita. Another +ersion of the story is that when )ita misplaced her Tilaka making set! both of them started searching for it with a bet that the one who finds it will get a fondling by the other.) %Ho! are you !ho is e0ual to 9evendra and <aruna able to bear the fact that & have been abducted and am living amidst Rakshasis?) / %Hey holy one, this Bhoodamani has al!ays been protected !ith love by me and !henever & am sad & use to look at it and get consoled as if & sa! you.) 1 FThis Bhoodamani !hich had its origin in !ater and !hich gives happiness is being sent to you by me and & cannot live no! !ith sorro!.) 3+4 %& !as tolerating sorro! !hich cannot be borne and heart breaking !ords of cruel Rakshasis for your sake.) $5 %Hey , killer of enemies, !ith great deal of pain, & !ould hold on to my life for one more month. 'fter one month & !ould not live !ithout you.) $$+$* %This king of Rakshasa is a cruel one and his intentions to!ards me are not good. &f & see that you are making delay , & !ould not live for one more second.) $,

'fter hearing these !ords of <aidehi narrated !ith tears flo!ing from her eyes and full of self pity ,the resplendent Hanuman !ho !as the son of >ind :od told as follo!s. $%Hey holy lady, & am truly telling on oath to you that Rama because of the sorro! caused by your separation, has forsaken everything. 9ue to the fact that Rama is plunged in sorro!. 6akshmana also is sad.) $. %Hey 0ueen among ladies, & have been fortunate in seeing you and so this is not the time for sorro! for you !ould be seeing the end of sorro! immediately.) $/ %Those t!o blessed princes !ho are lion among men, !ith the an iety to see you are going to turn 6anka in to ashes.) $1 %Hey broad eyed lady, those t!o belonging to the clan of Raghu, are going to kill Ravana and his relatives in !ar and are going to take you back to their city.) $3 %Hey lady !ithout blemishes. Suppose you have some more memento !hich !ould make Rama remember his love , please give it to me.) $4 Sita addressing Hanuman told. %Hey valorous one, the memento given by me is the best among !hat & can give. , Hey, Hanuman, immediately on seeing this my ornament of hair, Rama !ould consider your !ords as believable.) *5 That monkey chief Hanuman understanding that it is a great ornament, after saluting her by his head, !aited for his time to depart. *$ That daughter of @anaka !ith face !et !ith tears and !ho !as in a sorro!ful state seeing the monkey chief !ho !as interested in 2umping up and conse0uently increasing the size of his body told the follo!ing !ords !ith tears and a stuttering voice. ** %Hey , Hanuman, please inform my !elfare to those t!o brothers !ho are similar to lion, to Sugreeva and his ministers and all others !ithout fail.) *, %Hey chief of monkeys , as soon you reach in front of Rama inform inform him of my very great sorro! and my being troubled by Rakshasas .6et your path be !ithout any problems.) *That monkey having been recognized as an emissary by the princess, having completed the 2ob he intended, and very happy because of that, and understanding that very little is left to be done, reached the northern direction mentally. *.

Thus ends the fortieth chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

"orty first Chapter

(9estruction of 'soka forest" (Hanuman decides that ha+ing come to 5anka he should gather about the strength and weaknesses of the enemy before going from there. This would nmean attracting /a+ana to send his powerful troops at him. ;ith this end in +iew he destroys the Asoka forest) Thus praised by Sita and !orshipped and respected by her that monkey started to depart but moving a!ay from that place started thinking. $ %This black eyed lady has been visited and very little is left for the things to be done. &t is time no! to leave out the first three methods and & feel that the fourth method is the best.) * (The four methods are Sama(peaceful", bhedha(creating differences" , 9hana (trying to bribe" and 9handa(violent physical fight" %&n case of Rakshasa Sama(peace" !ill not !ork and 9hana (bribe" !ill not !ork against people !ho are very rich and these strong people !ould not fall prey to 7heda(splitting" and & feel at this stage only my heroism is the better option.) , %&n this case there is no other option apart from fight for if by !ar some of the Rakshasa die other Rakshasas !ould become soft.) %&f one is ordeder to do a 2ob necessary to be completed if he does many other 2obs !ithout conflict to the 2ob ordered to do , then he is the person !ho is to be employed.) . %&n this !orld 2ust one method !ould not !ork in simplest of 2obs and so he !ho kno!s several methods to complete a 2ob is the one !ho is e pert in doing it.) / %>hen & am here if & gain kno!ledge about the strength of the enemy and the tricks that they employ in !ar and return pleased !ith myself to the place of the king of monkeys then only & !ould have been deemed to have completed the 2ob thoroughly.) 1 %& should think , ho! & should easily engage myself in !ar !ith the Rakshasas for then only the ten headed one !ould make me fight !ith his army.) 3 %&f that happens then & !ould be able to meet Ravana along !ith his ministers and chieftains and 2udge about his strength and understand his !ishes and return back happily.) 4 % This garden resembling divine garden !hich is attracting the mind and the eye , !hich has several trees and climbers and !hich is a great forest belongs to that sinner.) $5

%6ike the fire destroying dried !ood & should destroy this and once it is destroyed the ten headed one !ould become very angry.) $$ %Then only the chief of Rakshasas !ould send an army consisting of horses, chariots and elephants armed !ith three headed spears, long spears and deadly chains and this !ould turn n to a big !ar.) $* %& !ho has intolerable (by the enemies" pro!ess !ould engage myself in !ar !ith the very po!erful Rakshasas , destroy that army and !ould return back happily to the place of the monkey king.) $, That son of god of !ind e uding !ith great po!er then became agitated like !ind and by the speed of his great thighs started breaking the trees. $That heroic Hanuman then destroyed that private ladies garden !hich !as full of several e uberant birds and several trees. $. That garden !ith the broken trees, filled up fountains and po!dered peaks became a place one !ould not like to see. $/ That forest filled !ith cries of several types of birds , lakes made out of shape and faded red leaf buds became filled !ith dried trees and climbers as if it !as attacked by forest fire. $1 Those climbing plants !ith the broken fences looked like !omen trembling out of fear. $3 >ith destroyed houses made of climbers, broken art museums, !ith crushed big snakes, !ith many violent animals and !ith broken granite stone houses that great forest looked as it had lost its normal appearance. $4 That very special enclosure of the garden made by the climbing 'soka plants meant for the en2oyment of !omen of the ten faced one !as full of broken and !eeping plants. *5 'fter doing an intolerable act to the mind of heroic and rich Ravana that monkey , full of valor sat on the main gate e pecting to fight a !ar alone !ith several very strong Rakshasas. *$

Thus ends the forty first chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

"orty second Chapter

(8illing of the Rakshasa 8inkaras"

(Rakshasis en0uire !ith Sita about Hanuman but she refuses to tel any thing about him ,They then inform Ravana !ho sends the eighty thousand strong army of 8inkaras. Hanuman kills them all !ith an iron rod. Ravana then sends the son of Prahastha to catch Hanuman." Then because of the loud shrieking of birds and sound of breaking of trees all those !ho 6anka !ere fear struck. $ The animals and birds !hich !ere running made horrible noise and because of that bad omens happened to the Rakshasas. * That time those bad looking Rakshasis lost their sleep and sa! the garden !hich !as destroyed as !ell as the great monkey hero. , Hanuman !ho !as very courageous, !ho !as very strong and !ho had bid arms seeing them assumed a very big form so that the Rakshasis become afraid. Then those Rakshasis seeing that the monkey !as very strong and having a very big body asked the daughter of @anaka as follo!s. . %>ho is this? >hose is this? >here from is it coming? Cor !hat purpose has it come here? &t !ould be nice if !e kno!. =ot only that ho! did you converse !ith like !e converse !ith you?) / %Hey broad eyed one. Hey lady !ithblack tipped eye, is it not true that this talked to you? Hey lucky one, please tell us truthfully. (ou !ould not get in to any problems.) 1 Then Sita !ho is of good character and !ho is pretty all over replied as follo!s.) >hy should & enter in to the affairs of Rakshasas !ho can assume any form they like?) 3 %(ou yourself should understand >hat action this one is going to do. &t is no doubt that only thief can !ithout mistake find out the intentions of a !ay farer.) 4 %& understand that this one !ho has come here has the ability to assume any form !hich is the character of Rakshasas. & do not kno! about his ability. & also am afraid in his case.) $5 (The stan<as "8 $ abo+e are one of the contro+ersial parts of /amayana. All the commentators agree that )ita told a lie to protect Hanuman. 1y one of the +ery famous saying of )anskrit! it is all right to tell a lie to sa+e ones life. )ome others ha+e commented that she has done this out of fear. 1ut stan<as in other parts of /amayana clearly indicate that she is fearless. Then why did she do it ! is another *uestion which is +ery difficult to answer" Hearing the !ords of <aidehi the Rakshasis !ere aghast and some ran hurriedly and some !ent to meet Ravana to inform him. $$

Those ugly faced Rakshasis started describing about the monkey, !ho can take different forms, in front of Ravana. $* %Hey king, in the middle of 'soka forest there is a monkey !hich is greatly valorous and !hich has a great form , !hich is talking to Sita.) $, %That doe eyed Sita !ho is the daughter of @anaka did not like to tell about him to us, in spite of our en0uiring in various !ays.) $%&s he an emissary of &ndra? &s he an emissary of 8ubhera? &s it possible that he has been send by Rama to search Sita?) $. %(our forest of the harem, !hich is surprisingly pretty and thus a stealer of hearts, and !hich is filled !ith many animals !as completely destroyed by it.) $/ %There is no place in that forest !hich has not been destroyed by it. 7ut it has not even touched the place !here Sita the daughter of @anaka is sitting.) $1 % Has it been done to protect @anaki or has it been done because he became tired, !e do not kno!. 7ut !here is tiresomeness to that monkey and the fact is she has been saved by the monkey. % $3 %That lu uriously gro!ing Simshuba tree alone belo! !hich she sits of her o!n accord has been left !ithout touching by that monkey.) $4 %8indly be pleased to accord a severe punishment to that terrible one !hich talked !ith Sita and !hich destroyed the forest.) *5 %Hey lord of Rakshasas, !ho !ould dare to talk !ith that Sita !ho has been brought by you out of desire? Ban the life stay for long !ith such a one?) *$ Hearing the !ords of the Rakshasis, Ravana the king of Rakshasas , rolled his eyes in anger and burnt like the sacrificial fire. ** Crom the t!o eyes of the angry one tears dropped as if oil drops mi ed !ith flames dropped from t!o lit lamps. *, That shining one gave order to destroy the pride of Hanuman to Rakshasa called 8inkara !ho are similar to him and are valorous. *(3Kinkara4 means lowly ser+ants) Those valorous 8inkaras !ho had very big belly . , !ho had very big teeth and !ho !ere horrible looking !ere eighty thousand in number . 'll of them !ith a desire for !ar and !ith a desire to catch the monkey left the house armed !ith thorny sticks and an arm called %8otta). *.+*/

They moved very fast and reached the monkey !ho !as sitting on the to!er and !aiting and opposed him like insects oppose the fire. *1 They hit the monkey chief !ith strange maces, gold bordered pestles and arro!s similar to the sun. *3 They holding spears and Thomara stood strongly surrounding Hanuman armed !ith thorn sticks, long spears and tridents. *4 The mountain like Hanuman !ith immeasurable po!er beat his tail on the floor and made !ar like sound. ,5 Hanuman the son of !ind+god made his body to a very big size and made 6anka shake by his voice and clapped his hands !ith enthusiasm. ,$ &n the resounding echo of the sound of clapping of Hanuman , birds fell on the floor out of fear and Hanuman announced loudly as follo!s. ,* %<ictory to the very strong Rama and similarly victory to the very strong 6akshmana. and victory to the king Sugreeva !ho is protected by Raghava. ,, %& am Hanuman, the son of !ind god, e terminator of enemies and the servant of Rama !ho is the king of 8osala and !ho can carry out any 2ob !ithout effort.) ,%Dven thousands of Ravana cannot face me !ho fights !ars !ith stones and trees and hits in thousand !ays.) ,. %Dven !hen all the Rakshasas are staring , & can shake the city of 6anka , salute the princess of ;ithila and return back after achieving my !ish.) ,/ 7ecause of his loud announcement those Rakshasas became fear struck and they sa! Hanuman high above like the dark clouds in the sky. ,1 Those Rakshasa became bold by thinking about the order of their lord and beat Hanuman using different type of !eapons from different directions. ,3 That very valorous Hanuman !as surrounded by those heros in all the four directions. He took huge iron rod the to!er and using the same iron rod killed those Rakshasas. ,4 That valorous son of !ind+god taking that rod circled the sky and like :aruda , the son of <inutha holding the snake and rising in the sky. -5 (,aruda on whom 5ord 7ishnu rides is the son of sage Kashyapa and his wife 7inutha) That hero !ho !as the son of !ind+god after killing 8inkaras !ho are Rakshasa heroes desiring for more !ar again !ent near the to!er. -$

Then some of the Rakshasas !ho !ere far a!ay from the danger informed Ravana about the killing of all 8inkaras. -* That Ravana ,!ho !as the king of Rakshasas , hearing that his great army has been destroyed , blinked rolling his eyes and sent the son of Prahastha !ho !as valorous, !ho cannot be faced by any one and !ho cannot be !on over in !ar. -, (Prahastha is one of the great ministers of /a+ana)

Thus ends the forty second chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

"orty third Chapter

(heralding the victory of Sugreeva" (Having destroyed the aska forest, Hanuman decided to destroy a very huge stage nearby. The hundred guards of the stage !age a !ar against him and are killed.. He then heralds the arrival of Sugreeva along !ith his monkey army !ho are going to destroy the city of 6anka and the Rakshasas living there." 'fter killing the kinkaras Hanuman started thinking. $

%& have destroyed this forest. 7ut & have not destroyed this stage !hich is like a to!er. So & !ill destroy this stage also. % 9eciding like this in his mind, Hanuman !ho !as the son of !ind+god and a monkey chieftain sho!ing his strength , on the 2umped and climbed on the great stage !hich !as as tall as the peaks of ;eru mountain. *+, That monkey chief Hanuman in spite of having climbed on the mountain like stage !as as lustrous like another rising sun. Having reached the great stage !hich cannot be even neared by others , Hanuman became lustrous like 6akshmi(:oddess of !ealth" and appeared like the Pari (athra mountain. . That son of >ind+god assumed a huge body because of his po!er and beat the floor !ith his tail as if he !as filling 6anka by his sound. / 7ecause of Hanuman#s great sound of enthusiasm !hich !as ear splitting , birds became afraid and fell do!n and the guards of the stage became dumb struck. 1 %<ictory to the great archer Rama and 6akshmana !ho is very strong. 'lso victory to the king Sugreeva !ho is protected by Raghava.) 3 &. Hanuman, the son of !ind+god !ho is the destroyer of enemy soldiers has the 2ob of taking a!ay problems and am the servant of Rama , !ho is the king of 8osala.) 4

%Cighting !ith stones and trees in the battle field , for me even thousands of Ravana are not e0uivalent enemies.) $5 %Dven !hile all the Rakshasa are staring , & !ould create turmoil in 6anka , salute ;ythili and return back after fulfilling my desire.) $$ The chief of monkeys !ho !as on the top of the stage heralded like this to the guards of the stage and roared !ith horrible noise so that the Rakshasa are fear struck. $* Hearing this great declaration one hundred po!erful guards of the stage came out. They surrounded ;aruthi and they rotated and thre! at him several arro!s , spears , s!ords , a es. $, They beat the monkey chief !ith several types of maces, gold edged pestles and thunder like arro!s. $That cro!d of Rakshasa surrounding the monkey chief appeared as if they are a !hirlpool in the river :anges. 'ngry because of this that son of !ind+god assumed a very horrible form. $.+$/ That Hanuman !ho !as the son of !ind+god and !ho !as very strong suddenly broke a!ay a golden sculpted pillar of that stage. He rotated that pillar in several !ays and because of this fire !as produced and the stage caught fire. $1+$3 Seeing the stage !hich has caught fire that monkey chief rotated that pillar still faster in several !ays. $4 Similar to &ndra killing 'suras by his <a2rayudha he killed several Rakshasas and becoming very pleased he heralded victory as follo!s. *5 %>e as !ell as several monkeys !ho are similar to me and some !ho are stronger than me and thousands po!erful monkey soldiers !ho are !orking under Sugreeva have been sent and they are searching throughout the !orld.) *$+** %Some of them are as strong as ten elephants, some ten times more po!erful than that and some as po!erful as thousand elephants.) *, %Some of them are as strong as the tide of great flood and some ten times more po!erful Some of them are as strong as :aruda and some of them as strong as !ind.) *%There are also some monkey chiefs among them !hose strength is immeasurable.) *. %These people !ho use their teeth and nails as !eapons , are follo!ed by lakhs and crores of monkeys !ho surround the king Sugreeva !ho is the killer of all of you and are going to arrive here.) */

%Having sought the enmity of the great one belonging to the &kshuvaku clan , this city of 6anka !ill not be there, nor you !ill be there and nor Ravana.) *1

Thus ends the forty third chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

"orty fourth Chapter

( killing of @ambu ;ali" (The very valorous and po!erful @ambumali (son of Prahastha" !ho could !ound Hanuman in several places !as killed !ith lot of effort by Hanuman" The very strong @ambu ;ali !ho !as the son of Prahastha !ho has very big teeth having been sent by the king of Rakshasas started armed !ith bo!s and arro!s. $ He , !ho !ore a red cloth in !hich flo!ers !ere dra!n, !ho !ore garlands, !ho had round rolling eyes, !ho !as difficult to defeat in !ar, !ho !as burning like the Trikoota mountains, !ho !as like a very big cloud, !ho had huge hands, head and shoulders, !ho had very big teeth, !ho had very big face, !ho !as very fast, !ho had lot of enthusiasm, !ho !as very strong, !ho !as greatly heroic !ho had sound similar to thunder and <a2rayudha and !ho had pretty arro!s similar to the arro!s of &ndra, came very fast holding and t!inkling a bo! !hich made sound like <a2arayudha and thunder. *+. The royal t!ang made by his bo! suddenly filled all sided and the sky. /

He !ho !as like mars by his luster , !ho !as like the rising sun, and !ho !as protected by a chain coat made of copper , shouted , % Stop, stop). 1 Hanuman seeing him in his front,. coming for!ard riding in a chariot dra!n by zebras , Hanuman became happy and roared like a lion. 3 That @ambumali !ho had very long arms !ounded that great monkey !ho !as sitting on the top of the entry gate !ith his sharp arro!s. 4 He pierced that ;onkey chieftain in the hand by ten arro!s, in the head by one burning arro! and in the face by crescent like arro!s. $5 That red face of Hanuman pierced by the arro!s looked like a red hibiscus flo!er opened by the rays of the autumn sun. $$ That red face of hanuman became more red by the blood and shined like a big red hibiscus flo!er e isting in the sky and made !et by the drops of red sandal !ood drops. $*

That great monkey being !ounded by the arro!s of Rakshasa became very angry.

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Then the great soldier Hanuman sa! a very broad and big stone near by and he uprooted it and thre! it !ith great force. $The Rakshasa became angry and destroyed it using ten arro!s. $.

That very po!erful and great hero Hanuman seeing that his effort !as !asted uprooted a huge sala tree and started rotating it. $/ Seeing that the monkey rotating the sala tree as a strong one , that very strong @ambumali send several arro!s at him. $1 He pierced the sala tree !ith four arro!s, !ounded the hands of the monkey !ith five arro!s, his chest by one arro! and middle of his chest by ten arro!s. $3 >ounded all over the body by those arro!s, Hanuman became very angry and took the same pestle and started rotating it . $4 That very fast and very strong Hanuman rotated the pestle !ith great speed and beat at the broad chest of @ambumali. *5 7ecause of this his head disappeared and so did his arms , knees , bo!s, chariot and horses. His arro!s also disappeared. *$ 7eat strongly by Hanuman, that great !arrior @ambumali after loosing his limbs and ornaments fell dead on the earth. ** Ravana hearing about the death of @ambumali and similarly about the killing of the very strong 8inkaras became very angry !ith blood shot eyes. *, That king of Rakshasas after the death of the very strong @ambumali , rotated his eyes due to anger and immediately ordered the very valorous ministers sons to go. *-

Thus ends the forty fourth chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

"orty fifth Chapter

8illing of the seven ministers sons (Hanuman killed the seven sons of ministers !ho !aged a !ar against him along !ith a huge army. Rivers of blood !as seen all over 6anka and citizens of 6anka became very sad." Those seven sons of ministers !ho shined like the seven tongued fire, !ho !ere very strong, !ho has leaned the art of archery properly, !ho !ere great among archers and

!ho !ere greatly valorous started from their homes because they !ere ordered to, surrounded by a very large army in chariots !hich had golden !indo!s, !hich had flag poles full of flags and !hich made sounds like the cloud. Dach of them !anted the victory to be theirs and !ere holding bo!s made of molten gold !hich appeared as if they !ere lightning and made sounds from the m. $+Their mothers , relations and friends , kno!ing that 8inkaras have been killed ,!ere terribly upset because of sorro!. . Dach of them competing !ith each other to be in the front and !earing ornaments made of gold prepared themselves for !as and neared Hanuman sitting near the gate. / Those cloud like Rakshasas coming !ith the thundering sound of chariots, send rains of arro!s like thick clouds. 1 't that time Hanuman covered by the raining arro!s looked like a mountain hidden by rain. 3 The fast moving monkey rose and traveled in the clear sky and !asted the arro!s as !ell as the speeding chariots. 4 That hero playing in the sky !ith those great archers appeared as if he !as god of !ind in the cloud filled sky. $5 That heroic Hanuman by making horror stricken sound made that great army shiver and soon sho!ed his valor against that army. $$ Hanuman, the !inner of enemies , killed some by beating !ith his hand, some by legs, some by fists, some by tearing !ith nails some by crushing !ith his chest and legs and some died by simply hearing the roar of Hanuman. $*+$, >hen they fell on the earth after they !ere killed the entire army full of fear ran in ten different directions. $Dlephants trumpeted making ugly sound, horses fell do!n on the earth , and the platform of chariots, flags and umbrellas of broken chariots covered the entire earth. $. Then by the blood shed every !here on the !ay rivers of blood !ere noticed and the entire 6anka cried heartbroken !ith several sounds. $/ That monkey !ho !as a great hero and a great !arrior after killing the roaring Rakshasas !ent and sat on the to!er !ith a !ish to fight !ith more Rakshasas. $1

Thus ends the forty fifth chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.

"orty sixth Chapter

8illing of the five army+commanders (Ravana !ho !as perturbed send his five army army+commander advising them to be careful to catch and bring Hanuman. He told them that he kne! several !arrior monkeys but none of them e0ualed this monkey in pro!ess. Those five army+army+commanders along !ith their army !as killed by Hanuman" Hearing about the killing of the sons of ministers , Ravana !ithout making others kno! about his thoughts took a very suitable decision. $ That ten headed one, facing the five army+army+commanders <irupaksha, (upaksha , Praghasa, 9urdhara the Rakshasa and 7asakarna , !ho !ere all greatly learned in the art of !ar, !ho had enthusiasm in biding and bringing Hanuman, !ho had the speed of !ind in their !ar, ordered as follo!sE+ *+, He told, %Hey, 'rmy+commanders, (ou please start along !ith a huge army accompanied by horses, chariots, elephants. 6et that monkey be punished.) %>hen you near that monkey you should definitely be careful. =ot only that you also should use proper techni0ues to suit the time and place.) . %Thinking by his actions, & do not consider him as an ordinary monkey. >hatever !ay you think , it is a huge devil !ith lot of strength. &t should have been created by &ndra through incessant prayer 2ust to oppose us.) / %>hen all of you 2oin together !ith me, =agas, (akshas, :andar!as, 9evas, 'suras and Sages have been defeated.) 1 %&t is possible that they !ould play some trick against us.This definitely is that. There is no doubt about it. Hse all your strength and catch hold of it and tie it.) 3 %9o not make a poor estimate of that ;onkey !ho is very heroic a. Cor & have seen other very great !arrior monkeys like 7ali !ith Sugreeva, the very strong @ambhavan, their army+commander =eela, and others like 9!ividha. 7ut none of them have this great speed. nor do they have this luster, nor heroism, nor !isdom , nor the strong capacity and nor the po!er to assume any form.) 4+$$ (.n :ttara Kanda! there is a story that 1ali simply caught hold of /a+ana and took him along with him once..t seems he tied /a+ana to the rope holding cradle of Angadha.5ater at the re*uest of 1rahma ! he released him ..t is mentioned that the only other man who defeated /a+ana was Kartha 7eeryar6una! who was in turn killed by Parasurama.)

%& think it is a very great devil !hich has assumed the shape of monkey. (ou have lot of effort and stop its 2umping.) $* %'ll people among 9evas, 'suras an men including &ndra cannot stand before you in !ar. This is definitely true.) $, %&n spite of that the e pert !ho desires victory in !ar , has to take great efforts to protect his soul, because in !ar victory is never definite.) $'ll of them !ho had luster like fire , !ho !ere very intelligent and !ho !ere greatly valorous accepted the advice of their master and started for !ar !ith chariots, vigorous elephants, very fast horses, and other army armed !ith several types of !eapons . $.+$/ Then those !arriors sa! that great monkey !ho !as shining like the rising sun !ith its natural rays. $1 'll of them as soon as they sa! him, !ho !as e uberant , !ho !as very courageous, !ho !as very strong, !ho !as very intelligent , !ho had assumed a very big form . !ho !as very !ise and !ho !as sitting at the entrance of the to!er, surrounded him from all sides and opposed him !ith several great !eapons. $3+$4 9urdhara shot 't the head of Hanuman, five arro!s made of steel !hich !ere hurting, sharp, black like Hthpala(black plant" and having red ends, *5 Hurt by the five piercing arro!s, he rose in the sky !ith a roar !hich could be heard in all the ten directions. *$ Then the very strong and great !arrior 9urdhara !ho !as sitting in a chariot and !ho had connected arro!s in his bo! neared continuously shooting very sharp arro!s at him. ** That monkey approached him !ho !as raining arro!s from the sky, like the !ind at the end of rainy season nears the raining cloud. *, Then that clever son of !ind+god , !ho !as attacked by 9urdhara, increased in size more than before and roared !ith a huge sound. *That very intelligent monkey rose up to a very great height in the sky and suddenly 2umped on the chariot of 9urdhara like the fire of thunder. *.

Then that 9urdhara left his chariot !ith eight dead horses and !hose a le !as broken and fell out lifeless. */ Seeing him lying dead on the floor , <irupaksha and (upaksha , !ho are unperturbed and !ho can destroy their enemies became very angry and attacked him. *1

Those t!o !ho !ere raising very fast in the clear sky hit the 7ig handed monkey !ho !as standing , !ith thorned maces. *3 He !ho !as very strong and e0ual in valour to :aruda , became very angry and after clearing them a!ay 2umped on the earth. *4 That monkey !ho !as the son of !ind+god sa! a Sala tree , uprooted it and hit those t!o !arriors !ith it and killed them. ,5 Then Praghasa seeing that the strong monkey has killed all the three of them , opposed the monkey !ith great anger and force. ,$ The great hero 7hasakarna from one side took a spear and became very angry at the unperturbed and famous monkey chief. ,* 7hasakarna pierced the great monkey by his spear and Praghasa pierced him !ith a long handed sharp spear. ,, That monkey !ounded by those t!o !as angry !ith all his hair getting blood soaked and looked like the shining young sun. ,That monkey chief and great !arrior Hanuman uprooted a peak of mountain !hich !as full of animals, snakes and trees and killed the t!o rakshasas. ,. 'fter killing those five army army+commanders , then destroyed their remaining army. ,/ 6ike the thousand eyed &ndra opposing the rakshasas that monkey killed horses by horses, elephants by elephants , soldiers by soldiers and chariots by chariots. ,1

Bovered fully by the dead elephants , dead horses , a le broken big chariots and dead Rakshasas , the earth became path less. ,3 Then the monkey chief after killing those chiefs of army along !ith their soldiers returned back to the gate and !aited there similar to the :od of death !aiting to kill the people. ,4

Thus ends the forty sixth chapter of Sundara Kanda which is in the Ramayana which is the first epic written by Valmiki.