Рамаяна: Том 2: Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда и Сундараканда · Часть 103
Полный четырёхтомник Манматхи Натха Датта, английский, Калькутта, 1891–1894. Все четыре тома конкретного перевода М. Н. Датта: Балаканда, Айодхьяканда, Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда, Сундараканда, Юддхаканда и Уттараканда. Полный текст выбранного четырёхтомного издания; это не собрание всех версий Рамаяны.
Все четыре тома конкретного перевода М. Н. Датта: Балаканда, Айодхьяканда, Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда, Сундараканда, Юддхаканда и Уттараканда. Полный текст выбранного четырёхтомного издания; это не собрание всех версий Рамаяны.
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everything touching that foremost of choice monkeys, resembling a mad
elephant who was in bonds. "Who is he? And whose son? And wherefrom? And
what's his errand? And by whom is he backed?"--thus did the heroic
Rakshasas converse on beholding Hanuman. And others said,--"Kill him,"
"Burn him"--"Eat him up." The Rakshasas, growing enraged, thus said unto
each other.--Having passed some way, that magnanimous one saw there old
servants sitting at the feet of the lord of Rakshasas,--as well as a
mansion embellished with countless jewels. And the exceedingly energetic
Ravana saw that foremost of monkeys dragged hither and thither by
Rakshasas of frightful forms. And that best of monkeys too saw that lord
of Rakshasas, endowed with strength and energy and resembling the
resplendent son. And with his reddened eyes rolling, the ten-necked
gazing at that monkey, ordered his principal counsellors, boasting of
high pedigree and noble character, (to interrogate the incomer). And by
turns questioned by them as to his mission and purpose, as well as the
fundamental occasion (of his inroad), that foremost of monkeys
replied,-- "A messenger, I come (from Sugriva.)"
[387] _viz._ the Brahma weapon.--T.
[388] According to another reading, the meaning would be:--"O best of
warriors, do thou, considering thy own strength and that of the
enemy, so exert thyself that he may no longer inflict terrible
losses on our army." (Tirtha).--T.
[389] Another meaning is: _Looking on thyself, and (not on my forces),
as constituting my main stay, put forth thy prowess.--T._
[390] One should know in what branches of knowledge one's enemy is
proficient, and, understanding this, one should strive for
victory.--T.
[391] According to a different reading,the meaning would be, "Thou art
competent to fight agreeably to the rules."--T.
[392] The _Sloka_ is very difficult and incapable of interpretation
withoet at places meanings being read into it.--T.
[393] A name given to certain days in the lunar month at the full and
change of the moon, and the 8th and 14th of each half month.--T.
[394] Literally it means the passage of his father. Hanuman's father
being the Wind, it means the sky.--T.
[395] According to Hindu philosophy, one by virtue of yoga and
self-control can realize many great things which are beyond
ordinary human conception. Beholding Hanuman unhurt though
assailed incessantly with terrible shafts, Indrajit at once jumped
at the conclusion that he must be a great spirit in a monkey-form.
To realize who he in reality was, he engaged in _yoga_ or devout
meditation.--T.
[396] That the action of a Brahma _mantra_ upon one is nullified if one
is bound physically.--T.
SECTION XLIX.
And struck with his[397] deed, that one of dreadful vigor, Hanuman, his
eyes reddened in wrath, steadily looked at the lord of Rakshas; flaming
in gorgeous and precious gold, with a splendid diadem studded with
pearls; (adorned with) excellent ornaments, containing diamonds and
costly gems,--seeming to have been forged by the mind; appareled in
costly linen; smeared with red sandal paste, and beautifully painted
with various and variegated devices;[398] looking splendid with his
sightly yet terrible eyes; having sheeny, sharp and long teeth,--with
hanging lips;--and that hero (saw) that one of great energy, radient
with ten heads; like unto Mandara with its summits containing serpents;
resembling a mass of blue collyrium; with his breast graced by a chain;
with his countenance possessed of the lustre of the moon; looking like a
cloud beside the new-risen Sun; with his dreadful arms bound with
_keyuras_, and graced with excellent sandal paste, brilliant with
_angadas_, and resembling five-headed serpents; seated on a superb
seat,--upon a spacious, variegated, and gay sheet embellished with
crystals, and studded with gems; ministered on all sides by gorgeously
adorned damsels, bearing hair-furnished fans,-- the strength-elated one
surrounded by four Rakshas--his counsellors versed in the mystery of
counsel,--viz., Durdhara, Prahasta, the Raksha Mahaparcwa, and the
minister Nikumbha,--like the entire world girt round by the four
seas,--and encouraged by other counselors, fair of forms and versed in
counsel, even like the sovereign of celestials by the celestials. And
Hanuman beheld the immensely energetic lord of Rakshasas surrounded (on
all sides by his advisers), like a cloud containing water on a summit of
Meru. And undergoing exceeding trouble at the hands of the Rakshas of
dreadful prowess, (Hanuman) struck with mighty amaze, gazed at the lord
of Rakshas. And seeing the sovereign of Rakshas, appearing splendid,
Hanuman, bewildered by his effulgence, mentally reflected: "Ah! the
form! Ah! the patience! Ah! the strength! Ah! the splendour! Ah! the
entire auspiciousness of the king of Rakshasas! If the lord of Rakshasas
were not impious unto the height, this one could well be the protector
themselves of the celestial regions with Sakra. But in consequence of
the fell and remorseless acts of this one, which are the aversion of
every one, all the worlds with gods and demons hold him in fear. This
one, being angered, dares to convert this earth into one entire ocean."
Beholding the potency of the Rakshasa king of immeasurable prowess,the
intelligent monkey thus indulged in a variety of thought.
[397] Indrajit's.--T.
[398] _e. g._ the three horizontal marks painted on the forehead by
_Saivas_ and _Saktas_.--T.
SECTION L.
Seeing the tawney-eyed one staying before hiip, the mighty-armed Ravana,
affrighter of (the worlds), was overwhelmed with fierce wrath. And
gazing at that foremost of monkeys girt with power, and with his soul
exercised with apprehension, he (thought),--"Is this the worshipful
Nandi, come hither in person, by whom I, on my jeering at him, had
formerly been cursed in Kailaca?[399] Or is this one wearing the shape
of a monkey Vali's son, Vana?" And with his eyes coppery with rage, the
king asked his foremost counselor, Prahasta, in words fraught with sense
and suiting the season,--"Ask this wicked-minded one, whence is he? And
what led him to ravage the grove, and what was his object in
brow-beating the Rakshasas? And what hath been his purpose in entering
my metropolis incapable of being subdued; and what for did he also fight
(with my retainers?) Do thou ask the wicked-minded one about this."
Hearing Ravana's speech, Prahasta said,--"Take heart! Fair fortune to
thee! Thou needst not be alarmed, O monkey. If thou hast been sent to
Ravana's residence by Indra, tell us truly everything. Let no fear, O
monkey, be thine. Thou shalt be liberated. If thou belong to Vaicravana,
or to Yama, or to Varuna, and hast entered into this city of ours
disguising (thy proper shape),--or if thou hast been despatched by
Vishnu burning for victory, (tell us this truly). Thy prowess is
certainly not that of a monkey,--thy form alone is that of a monkey.
Unfold this (unto us) faithfully,--O monkey, and thou shalt get (back)
thy liberty. But if thou shouldst say aught untruthful, thy life shall
pay dear for it. Or tell us wherfore thou hast entered into Ravana's
mansion." Thus addressed then, that foremost of monkeys said unto the
lord of Rakshasas,--"I am not Sakra's, nor Yama's, nor Varuna's. I have
no friendship with Dhanada,[400] nor have I been despatched by Vishnu.
This is my race; and I have come hither a monkey for obtaining a sight
of the Rakshasa chief. And it is to attain a sight of the Rakshasa lord
that I have destroyed his peerless grove; and it is for this that, the
powerful Rakshasas seeking for fight, I for the preservation of my
person have resisted them in conflict. I am incapable of being slain
with weapons even by the celestials and the Asuras themselves. This boon
I also[401] happen to have received from the Great-father. It is because
I was desirous of seeing the king that I have suffered this weapon to
restrain me. Although the Rakshasas have brought me (hither thus), yet I
am free from any weapon (restraining me). I come near thee on a certain
business of Rama. Knowing me for a messenger of Raghava endowed with
measureless prowess, do thou, O lord, listen to my words, calculated to
work thy profit."
[399] Ravana had formerly laughed at Nandi for his monkey-face.--T.
[400] Lit.--giver of wealth--a designation of Kuvera.--T.
[401] _like thyself._
SECTION LI.
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