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सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_८5.8.p12643–5.8.p12647
सुन्दरकाण्डम्/सर्गः_८5.8.p12643

Sanskrit · 5.8.p12643

श्रीमद्वाल्मीकियरामायणे सुन्दरकाण्डे अष्टमः सर्गः ॥५-८॥ स तस्य मध्ये भवनस्य संस्थितो महद्विमानं मणिरत्नचित्रितम्। प्रतप्तजाम्बूनदजालकृत्रिमं ददर्श धीमान् पवनात्मजः कपिः॥ १॥

English · Meaning

In the revered Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Sundara Kāṇḍa, the eighth chapter. ॥5.8॥ In the middle of that building, he, the wise monkey son of the Wind-god, saw a great aerial vehicle, adorned with jewels and precious stones, fashioned artificially from a network of heated gold. ॥1॥

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Sanskrit · 5.8.p12644

तदप्रमेयप्रतिकारकृत्रिमं कृतं स्वयं साध्विति विश्वकर्मणा। दिवं गते वायुपथे प्रतिष्ठितं व्यराजतादित्यपथस्य लक्ष्म तत्॥ २॥

English · Meaning

That structure, artificially fashioned as a counterpart beyond measure, made by Viśvakarman himself with the thought ‘well done,’ standing established in the path of the wind when it had gone up to heaven, shone as the splendor of the sun’s course.

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Sanskrit · 5.8.p12645

न तत्र किंचिन्न कृतं प्रयत्नतो न तत्र किंचिन्न महार्घरत्नवत्। न ते विशेषा नियताः सुरेष्वपि न तत्र किंचिन्न महाविशेषवत्॥ ३॥

English · Meaning

Nothing there had been made without careful effort; nothing there was unlike a highly valuable jewel. Those distinctive features were not fixed even among the gods; nothing there was without great distinction. ॥3॥

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Sanskrit · 5.8.p12646

तपः समाधानपराक्रमार्जितं मनःसमाधानविचारचारिणम्। अनेकसंस्थानविशेषनिर्मितं ततस्ततस्तुल्यविशेषनिर्मितम्॥ ४॥

English · Meaning

Acquired through austerity, composure, and prowess; moving according to the mind’s concentrated deliberation; fashioned with many distinctive arrangements and, in each place, fashioned with corresponding special features.

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Sanskrit · 5.8.p12647

मनः समाधाय तु शीघ्रगामिनं दुरासदं मारुततुल्यगामिनम्। महात्मनां पुण्यकृतां महर्द्धिनां यशस्विनामग्ऱ्यमुदामिवालयम्॥ ५॥

English · Meaning

Having fixed his mind, he saw that supreme abode of delights, as it were the foremost residence of great-souled, meritorious, greatly prosperous, and glorious beings—swift-moving, hard to approach, and moving like the wind.

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