[Advaita-l] saMkShepa rAmAyaNa 7 - sundarakANDam

[V Subrahmanian]

Thanks Jaldhar ji for this series.

regards
subbu

On Sun, Apr 10, 2022 at 8:36 PM Jaldhar H. Vyas via Advaita-l <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> ॥ सुन्दरकाण्डम् ॥
>
> ततो गृध्रस्य वचनात्संपातेर्हनुमान्बली ।
> शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं पुप्लुवे लवणार्णवम् ॥७२॥
> तत्र लङ्कां समासाद्य पुरीं रावणपालिताम् ।
> ददर्श सीतां ध्यायन्तीमशोकवनिकां गताम् ॥७३॥
>
> “On the advice of the vulture saMpati[1] mighty hanumAn leapt a 100
> yojanas over the salt ocean and arrived at Lanka[2], the city ruled by
> rAvaNa and found sItA meditating[3] in the ashoka garden[4].”(72-73)
>
> [1] the brother of jaTAyu (see shlokas 52-55)
> [2] the modern nation of shrI lankA is of course named after it.
> [3] Owing to her yogic powers, rAvaNa was unable to seduce sItA so he kept
> her prisoner in the ashokavana guarded by rAkShasIs.
> [4] although vanika typically means wood, park or garden is more
> appropriate in this case.
>
>
> निवेदयित्वाभिज्ञानं प्रवृत्तिं च निवेद्य च ।
> समाश्वास्य च वैदेहीं मर्दयामास तोरणम् ॥७४॥
>
> “hanumAn presented rAma's ring to vaidehi[1] as a token of recognition[2],
> related the whole story and consoled her. He then crushed the arch[3]
> before leaving.”(74)
>
> [1] i.e. sItA
> [2] Because sItA suspected this was another trick by rAvaNa.
> [2] of the outer gate of the garden.
>
> पञ्च सेनाग्रगान्हत्वा सप्त मन्त्रिसुतानपि ।
> शूरमक्षं च निष्पिष्य ग्रहणं समुपागमत् ॥७५॥
>
> “After killing five generals, and seven sons of ministers, and flattening
> the brave akSha[1], Hanuman allowed himself to be captured.”(75)
>
> [1] or akShaya, a son of rAvaNa.
>
> अस्त्रेणोन्मुक्तमात्मानं ज्ञात्वा पैतामहाद्वरात् ।
> मर्षयन्राक्षसान्वीरो यन्त्रिणस्तान्यदृच्छया ॥७६॥
>
> “Knowing he could free himself from the magic weapon given[1] by brahma,
> that hero nonchalantly allowed himself to be tied up in ropes by those
> rAkShasas[2].”(76)
>
> [1] to rAvaNa.  The rAkShasas believed that only by deploying it could
> hanuMan be captured.   They did not know that actually he knew how to
> evade it.
> [2] with the expectation that they would take him to rAvaNa.
>
> ततो दग्ध्वा पुरीम् लङ्कामृते सीतां च मैथिलीम् ।
> रामाय प्रियमाख्यातुं पुनरायान्महाकपिः ॥७७॥
>
> “Then he burnt the whole of Lanka[1] except the place where maithilI sItA
> was and then the great monkey returned to deliver the good news to
> Rama.”(77)
>
> [1] rAvaNa ordered that he should be executed by having his tail set on
> fire.  hanumAn chose that moment to escape and with his burning tail went
> from rooftop to rooftop setting all the houses on fire.
>
> सोऽभिगम्य महात्मानं कृत्वा रामं प्रदक्षिणम् ।
> न्यवेदयदमेयात्मा दृष्टा सीतेति तत्त्वतः ॥७८॥
>
> “Reaching him, the great hanumAn circumambulated rAma and the wise one
> truthfully reported to him that he had seen SItA.”(78)
>
>
> --
> Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>
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