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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२5.42.p14065–5.42.p14069
सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२5.42.p14065

Sanskrit · 5.42.p14065

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे सुन्दरकाण्डे द्विचत्वारिंशः सर्गः ॥५-२॥ ततः पक्षिनिनादेन वृक्षभङ्गस्वनेन च। बभूवुस्त्राससम्भ्रान्ताः सर्वे लङ्कानिवासिनः॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Sundara-kāṇḍa, this is the forty-second canto. Then, because of the birds’ cries and the sound of trees breaking, all the inhabitants of Laṅkā became terrified and bewildered.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२5.42.p14066

Sanskrit · 5.42.p14066

विद्रुताश्च भयत्रस्ता विनेदुर्मृगपक्षिणः। रक्षसां च निमित्तानि क्रूराणि प्रतिपेदिरे॥ २॥

English · Meaning

And the deer and birds, fleeing and terrified with fear, cried out; and dreadful omens for the rākṣasas appeared.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२5.42.p14067

Sanskrit · 5.42.p14067

ततो गतायां निद्रायां राक्षस्यो विकृताननाः। तद् वनं ददृशुर्भग्नं तं च वीरं महाकपिम्॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

Then, when sleep had departed, the Rakshasis, their faces distorted, saw that forest broken and that heroic great monkey.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२5.42.p14068

Sanskrit · 5.42.p14068

स ता दृष्ट्वा महाबाहुर्महासत्त्वो महाबलः। चकार सुमहद्रूपं राक्षसीनां भयावहम्॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

Seeing them, that mighty-armed, great-souled, exceedingly powerful one assumed a very immense form, terrifying to the Rakshasis.

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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_४२5.42.p14069

Sanskrit · 5.42.p14069

ततस्तु गिरिसंकाशमतिकायं महाबलम्। राक्षस्यो वानरं दृष्ट्वा पप्रच्छुर्जनकात्मजाम्॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

Then, seeing the monkey, resembling a mountain, huge-bodied and very powerful, the Rakshasis asked Janaka’s daughter.

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