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Srimad Valmiki-Ramayana (With Sanskrit Text and English Translation) Volume-II

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Item Code: IDJ169
Hardcover (Edition: 2006)

Gita Press, Gorakhpur, India
ISBN 8129300303

Size: 10.9" X 7.5"
Pages: 942
Weight of the Book: 1.625 Kg

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Om
The Valmiki-Ramayana
Sundarakanda
Book Five

Number of Cantos:

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Desirous of reaching Lanka in order to discover Sita, Hanuman takes a leap from a peak of Mount Mahendra, and honouring with the touch of his hand Mount Mainaka, which rose from the bottom of the sea to provide rest on its peak to Hanuman, encounters Surasa (mother of Nagas), sent by the gods in the form of an ogress-who was waiting for Hanuman with her mouth open to devour him-enters her belly assuming a minute form and comes out without killing her. Further he is met by another ogress, Simhika by name, standing with her mouth wide open to gulp Hanuman. He enters her mouth after assuming a minute form and comes out after splitting her belly open and killing her. Then contracting his body to a minute form again in order to preclude the fear of the ogres, he descends on a mountain peak outside Lanka.

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Reflecting on the difficulty of penetrating into Lanka, which was strongly guarded by ogres, Hanuman further contracts his body and enters it at moonrise.

017

Appearing in person before Hanuman, while he was making his way into Lanka at night, the mighty ogress presiding over the city stops him, striking him with the palm of her hand. Getting unnerved even though gently smitten with his left fist, she permits the monkey to enter, repeating the words of Brahma (the creator) that the destruction of Lanka should be concluded as imminent when she is overpowered by a monkey.

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Entering Lanka and hearing the music of various instruments being played upon inside, also observing the enemy's forces armed with various weapons, Hanuman finds his way into the royal gynaeceum.

025

Even though seeing ogres and ogresses of various grades and orders while the moon was ascending the heavens. Hanuman gives way to anxiety on his not being able to find Sita.

028

Reaching the palace of Ravana, which served as an adornment to Lanka and having looked for Sita in the adjoining mansions of Prahasta and others, Hanuman now enters the palace of Ravana.

031

The poet incidentally draws a pen-picture of Ravana's palace and his aerial car known by the name of Puspaka.

034

A further description of the aerial car Puspaka.

037

Leaping up the Puspaka in the course of his quest for Sita in the palace of Ravana, Hanuman gazes from that vantage-ground on the hosts of women lying asleep in the women's apartments in diverse states.

038

10.

Hanuman catches sight of Ravana reposing on an excellent couch decked with various ornaments, himself adorned with jewels of every description. Perceiving Mandodari graced with bright jewels and lying asleep on a wonderful couch not far from her husband in the midst of dancing girls lying in, a disorderly state with diverse musical instruments clasped to their bosom, and taking her to be Sita, Hanuman gets enraptured and exhibit his joy through various simian gestures such as kissing the end of his tail.

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11.

Banishing by recourse to reason the thought that the lady whom he had seen was Sita, Hanuman searches for Sita once more in the gynaeceum as well as in the banqueting hall and sees there a number of women lying in various states, as well as drinking vessels. He is seized with fear of having incurred the sin of gazing on other' wives; but the thought that he had looked on them with a lust-free mind eases his conscience.

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12.

Having failed to discover Sita even after searching for her in the picture gallery and other places, Hanuman suspects that she might have been disposed of by Ravana and, thus meeting with frustration, falls into the quagmire of despair. On second thought, however, he deprecates despair as harmful and, falling back upon self-reliance, resumes the search. But, failing to find her even on searching for her all round, he becomes despondent again.

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13.

Coming out of the aerial car, Puspaka, and not finding Sita even on searching for her on all sides, Hanuman concludes her to have been killed. Believing that her untraceability, no matter whether it is reported to Sri Rama or not, may lead to disastrous consequences, Hanuman decides not to return to the mainland. Meantime, while he contemplates fasting till death or suicide or the killing of Ravana, he catches sight of a grove which he does not remember to have seen and before proceeding to explore it mentally invokes the succour of Rsis and gods for success in his undertaking.

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14.

Leaping down to the enclosure of the Asoka grove and watching the loveliness of the grove from the top of the wall, Hanuman enters the grove and, leaping from tree to tree in the course of his search for Sita, catches sight of an Asoka tree. Espying a stream running beside it and expecting that Sita might turn up on the bank of the stream to say her Sandhya prayers, he takes up his position on that Asoka tree, hiding himself behind its leafy boughs.

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15.

Casting his eyes all round while remaining perched on the top of that Simsapa tree, Hanuman catches sight of Sita in a temple and recognizes her by virtue of her characteristics and age.

063

16.

Admiring the virtue and the propitious bodily marks etc., of Sita, Hanuman grieves at the thought of that lady, for whose sake Khara, Viradha and other ogres were killed, having been reduced to such a sad plight.

067

17.

His eyes filled with joy on beholding Sita surrounded by ogresses with hideous and deformed faces while the moon was at the meridian, Hanuman mentally bows to Sri Rama and Laksmana and remains hidden behind the boughs of the Simsapa tree.

069

18.

Perceiving Ravana surrounded by hundreds of young women and approaching Sita towards the close of night, swayed by passion as he was, Hanuman, who was perched on the top of the Simsapa tree, silently comes down in order to scan the figure of Ravana and hides himself under the boughs in order to avoid observation.

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19.

Finding himself unable as it were to depict the mental state of Sita, who got withered up and began to shudder at the sight of Ravana, the poet tries to portray her with the help of similes. Arrived in her presence, Ravana tries to win her.

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20.

Seeking to seduce Sita by means of coaxing words, Ravana implores her to accept him.

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21.

Placing a blade of grass between herself and Ravana in order to avoid direct contact with a man of evil intentions and expostulating with him by showing him the right path, Sita praises Sri Rama and, impressing on Ravana the respective consequences of the latter befriending and antagonizing Sri Rama, advises Ravana to make friends with Sri Rama through self-surrender.

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22.

Nettled by the censure uttered by Sita, Ravana allows her a time-limit of one month to revise her decision and threatens her with death if she does not listen to reason. Restored to confidence by the glances of Ravana's consorts, however, Sita condemns him once more. Leaving instructions with the ogresses of terrible and ugly aspect to bring her to reason by recourse to intimidation and persuasion, Ravana thereupon leaves the presence of Sita alongwith his womenfolk.

082

23.

Extolling Ravana, Ekajata and other ogresses posted in the Asoka grove coax her to accept his proposal.

086

24.

Citing the examples of Saci, Arundhati and other devoted wives, even though threatened by the ogresses, Sita with a stout heart boldly proclaims her resolve not to submit to anyone else than her own husband even on pain of death. Hanuman silently watches her being menaced by the ogresses by means of harsh words and show of weapons, and weeping.

087

25.

Unable to endure the threats of the ogresses and calling aloud Sri Rama and others, Sita bursts into a wail.

091

Making up her mind not to submit to the advances of Ravana even on pain of death, when menaced by the ogresses, and indulging in speculation as to why Sri Rama was not turning up to rescue her, Sita wails in various ways.

092

27.

Risen from sleep, an ogress, Trijata by name, speaks to her companions, intimidating Sita, of a dream she saw only a few minutes before, revealing the triumph of Sri Rama and the discomfiture of Ravana, and stops them from molesting Sita. Pressed by them, she relates the dream to them and also speaks of the omens portending the triumph of Sita.

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28.

The moment Sita, who was unable to bear the reproaches and threats of the ogresses, endeavours after wailing a good deal to strangle herself to death with the cord used for tying her hair, propitious omen never seen before appear on her person.

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29.

The omens described. Concluding them to be auspicious from the thrill that ran through her body at their sight, Sita experiences great joy.

102

30.

Weighing the pros and cons of comforting Sita or remaining mum, now that he had come to know everything about Sita at first hand, Hanuman decides upon the former course at the psychological moment.

103

31.

Transported with joy to hear the story commencing from the birth of Sri Rama and ending with Hanuman's espying Sita, narrated in a human tongue by Hanuman remaining perched on the Simsapa tree, and casting her eyes all round, Sita catches sight of Hanuman sitting on a bough of the same Simsapa tree beneath which she stood.

106

32.

Imagining Hanuman to have been seen in a dream, though actually perceived by her, and believing the sight of a monkey in a dream to be ominous, Sita becomes anxious about the welfare of Sri Rama and others. Then concluding him on other grounds to have been seen in her waking hours, she prays to Brahma and other gods that the statement of Hanuman may come out to be true.

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33.

Keen to hear of Sita's identity from her own lips, even though he had identified her, Hanuman inquires of her whether she was a goddess or anyone else and asks her to disclose her identity in case she was Sita. In reply to this query Sita narrates to him her whole life-story ending with her abduction by Ravana and tells him how Ravana was going to kill her two months later, and h

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