Sita-Hanuman Dialogue
Hanuman humbly gives Sita Rama's ring and message. Sita entrusts him with her own message and expresses her hope for Rama's swift arrival.
Sundar Kand · Episode 7 / 20
Episode Text
तब देखी मुद्रिका मनोहर। राम नाम अंकित अति सुंदर॥ चकित चितव मुदरी पहिचानी। हरष बिषाद हृदयँ अकुलानी॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
taba dekhī mudrikā manohara। rāma nāma aṅkita ati sundara॥ cakita citava mudarī pahicānī। haraṣa biṣāda hṛdayaṃ akulānī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Then she saw a beautiful and charming ring, inscribed with Rama’s name. Recognizing it, Sita gazed at it in astonishment, and her heart was stirred with both joy and sorrow.
जीति को सकइ अजय रघुराई। माया तें असि रचि नहिं जाई॥ सीता मन बिचार कर नाना। मधुर बचन बोलेउ हनुमाना॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jīti ko sakai ajaya raghurāī। māyā teṃ asi rachi nahiṃ jāī॥ sītā mana bicāra kara nānā। madhura bacana boleu hanumānā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
Raghuraj Rama is invincible; who can defeat Him? And such a ring cannot be fashioned by mere illusion. As Sita was thinking thus in many ways, Hanuman then spoke sweetly.
रामचंद्र गुन बरनैं लागा। सुनतहिं सीता कर दुख भागा॥ लागीं सुनैं श्रवन मन लाई। आदिहु तें सब कथा सुनाई॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāmacandra guna baranaiṃ lāgā। sunatahiṃ sītā kara dukha bhāgā॥ lāgīṃ sunaiṃ śravana mana lāī। ādihu teṃ saba kathā sunāī॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
He began recounting the virtues of Rama. As soon as she heard them, Sita’s sorrow vanished. She listened with all her ears and mind, and Hanuman narrated the entire story from the beginning.
श्रवनामृत जेहिं कथा सुहाई। कही सो प्रगट होति किन भाई॥ तब हनुमंत निकट चलि गयऊ। फिरि बैठीं मन बिसमय भयऊ॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
śravanāmṛta jehiṃ kathā suhāī। kahī so pragaṭa hoti kina bhāī॥ taba hanumanta nikaṭa cali gayau। phiri baiṭhīṃ mana bismaya bhayau॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Who is the one who spoke this beautiful story, nectar-like to the ears? O brother, why does he not appear openly? Then Hanuman came near. Seeing him, Sita turned away and sat down, and wonder arose in her mind.
राम दूत मैं मातु जानकी। सत्य सपथ करुनानिधान की॥ यह मुद्रिका मातु मैं आनी। दीन्हि राम तुम्ह कहँ सहिदानी॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
rāma dūta maiṃ mātu jānakī। satya sapatha karunānidhāna kī॥ yaha mudrikā mātu maiṃ ānī। dīnhi rāma tumha kahaṃ sahidānī॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
O Mother Janaki, I am Rama’s messenger. I swear by the compassionate Lord Himself. O Mother, I brought this ring. Rama gave me this token of recognition for you.
कपि के बचन सप्रेम सुनि उपजा मन बिस्वास। जाना मन क्रम बचन यह कृपासिंधु कर दास॥ १३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kapi ke bacana saprema suni upajā mana bisvāsa। jānā mana krama bacana yaha kṛpāsindhu kara dāsa॥ 13 ॥
Meaning:
Hearing Hanuman’s loving words, Sita’s mind became convinced. She understood that this one was Rama’s servant in thought, word, and deed, He who is an ocean of grace.
हरिजन जानि प्रीति अति गाढ़ी। सजल नयन पुलकावलि बाढ़ी॥ बूड़त बिरह जलधि हनुमाना। भयहु तात मो कहुँ जलजाना॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
harijana jāni prīti ati gāṛhī। sajala nayana pulakāvali bāṛhī॥ būḍata biraha jaladhi hanumānā। bhayahu tāta mo kahaṃ jalajānā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Knowing him to be a servant of God, she felt deep and intense affection. Her eyes filled with tears of love, and her body thrilled with joy. “O dear Hanuman,” Sita said, “you have been a boat to me as I drown in the ocean of separation.”
अब कहु कुसल जाउँ बलिहारी। अनुज सहित सुख भवन खरारी॥ कोमलचित कृपाल रघुराई। कपि केहि हेतु धरी निठुराई॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
aba kahu kusala jāuṃ balihārī। anuja sahita sukha bhavana kharārī॥ komalacita kṛpāla raghurāī। kapi kehi hetu dharī niṭhurāī॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
I am overpowered with gratitude; now tell me of the welfare of the Lord of happiness, together with His younger brother Lakshmana. Rama is soft-hearted and compassionate. Then, O Hanuman, for what reason has He assumed such sternness?
सहज बानि सेवक सुखदायक। कबहुँक सुरति करत रघुनायक॥ कबहुँ नयन मम सीतल ताता। होइहहिं निरखि स्याम मृदु गाता॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sahaja bāni sevaka sukhadāyaka। kabahuṃka surati karata raghunāyaka॥ kabahuṃ nayana mama sītala tātā। hoihahiṃ nirakhi syāma mṛdu gātā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
It is His natural way to bring happiness to His servants. Does Lord Raghunath ever remember me too? O dear one, will my eyes ever become cooled by beholding His soft, dark-hued form?
बचनु न आव नयन भरे बारी। अहह नाथ हौं निपट बिसारी॥ देखि परम बिरहाकुल सीता। बोला कपि मृदु बचन बिनीता॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bacanu na āva nayana bhare bārī। ahaha nātha hauṃ nipaṭa bisārī॥ dekhi parama birahākula sītā। bolā kapi mṛdu bacana binītā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
No words came forth; her eyes filled with tears. In deep distress she said, “Alas, my Lord, You have utterly forgotten me!” Seeing Sita overwhelmed by separation, Hanuman spoke gently and humbly.
मातु कुसल प्रभु अनुज समेता। तव दुख दुखी सुकृपा निकेता॥ जनि जननी मानहु जियँ ऊना। तुम्ह ते प्रेमु राम कें दूना॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
mātu kusala prabhu anuja sametā। tava dukha dukhī sukṛpā niketā॥ jani jananī mānahu jiyaṃ ūnā। tumha te premu rāma keṃ dūnā॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
O Mother, the Lord, abode of compassion, is well together with His younger brother Lakshmana, though He is sorrowful because of your sorrow. O Mother, do not let your heart sink. In Rama’s heart, His love for you is twice as great.
रघुपति कर संदेसु अब सुनु जननी धरि धीर। अस कहि कपि गदगद भयउ भरे बिलोचन नीर॥ १४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
raghupati kara saṃdesu aba sunu jananī dhari dhīra। asa kahi kapi gadgada bhayau bhare bilocana nīra॥ 14 ॥
Meaning:
O Mother, now listen with patience to Rama’s message. Saying this, Hanuman became choked with emotion. His eyes filled with tears of love.
कहेउ राम बियोग तव सीता। मो कहुँ सकल भए बिपरीता॥ नव तरु किसलय मनहुँ कृसानू। कालनिसा सम निसि ससि भानू॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kaheu rāma biyoga tava sītā। mo kahuṃ sakala bhae biparītā॥ nava taru kisalaya manahuṃ kṛsānū। kālanisā sama nisi sasi bhānū॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Hanuman said, "Rama has said: O Sita, in separation from you, everything for me has become inverted. The tender new leaves of the trees seem like fire; the night seems like the dark night of dissolution; the moon seems like the sun."
कुबलय बिपिन कुंतबन सरिसा। बारिद तपत तेल जनु बरिसा॥ जे हित रहे करत तेइ पीरा। उरग स्वास सम त्रिबिध समीरा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kubalaya bipina kuṃtabana sarisā। bārida tapata tela janu barisā॥ je hita rahe karata tei pīrā। uraga svāsa sama tribidha samīrā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
The groves of lotuses have become like forests of spears. Clouds seem to pour boiling oil. Those who once gave comfort now bring pain; and the threefold wind has become like a serpent's breath.
कहेहू तें कछु दुख घटि होई। काहि कहौं यह जान न कोई॥ तत्व प्रेम कर मम अरु तोरा। जानत प्रिया एकु मनु मोरा॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kahehū teṃ kachu dukha ghaṭi hoī। kāhi kahauṃ yaha jāna na koī॥ tatva prema kara mama aru torā। jānata priyā eku manu morā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Speaking one’s sorrow aloud can lessen it a little. But to whom should I tell it? No one knows this grief. O dear one, the secret of the love between you and me is known only to my heart.
सो मनु सदा रहत तोहि पाहीं। जानु प्रीति रसु एतनेहि माहीं॥ प्रभु संदेसु सुनत बैदेही। मगन प्रेम तन सुधि नहिं तेही॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
so manu sadā rahat tohi pāhīṃ। jānu prīti rasa etanehi māhīṃ॥ prabhu saṃdesu sunata baidehī। magana prema tana sudhi nahiṃ tehī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
And that mind always remains with you. Understand that the essence of my love lies in this alone. As soon as Janaki heard the Lord’s message, she became absorbed in love and lost all awareness of her body.
कह कपि हृदयँ धीर धरु माता। सुमिरु राम सेवक सुखदाता॥ उर आनहु रघुपति प्रभुताई। सुनि मम बचन तजहु कदराई॥ ५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
kaha kapi hṛdayaṃ dhīra dharu mātā। sumiru rāma sevaka sukhadātā॥ ura ānahu raghupati prabhutāī। suni mama bacana tajahu kadarāī॥ 5 ॥
Meaning:
Hanuman said, "O Mother, keep courage in your heart and remember Rama, the giver of happiness to His servants. Bring the lordship of Raghupati into your heart, and hearing my words, give up cowardice."
निसिचर निकर पतंग सम रघुपति बान कृसानु। जननी हृदयँ धीर धरु जरे निसाचर जानु॥ १५ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nisichara nikara pataṃga sama raghupati bāna kṛsānu। jananī hṛdayaṃ dhīra dharu jare nisācara jānu॥ 15 ॥
Meaning:
The hosts of demons are like swarms of moths, and the arrows of Raghupati are like fire. O Mother, keep courage in your heart and know the night-demons as already burned.
जौं रघुबीर होति सुधि पाई। करते नहिं बिलंबु रघुराई॥ राम बान रबि उएँ जानकी। तम बरूथ कहँ जातुधान की॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
jauṃ raghubīra hoti sudhi pāī। karate nahiṃ bilaṃbu raghurāī॥ rāma bāna rabi ueṃ jānakī। tama barūtha kahuṃ jātudhāna kī॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
If Raghubir had received the news, Raghurai would not have delayed. O Janaki, when the sunlike arrows of Rama rise, what darkness can remain for the demon hosts?
अबहिं मातु मैं जाउँ लवाई। प्रभु आयसु नहिं राम दोहाई॥ कछुक दिवस जननी धरु धीरा। कपिन्ह सहित अइहहिं रघुबीरा॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
abahiṃ mātu maiṃ jāuṃ lavāī। prabhu āyasu nahiṃ rāma dohāī॥ kachuka divasa jananī dharu dhīrā। kapinha sahita aihahiṃ raghubīrā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
O Mother, I would take you away from here at once; but by Lord Rama’s oath, I do not have the Lord’s command. Therefore, Mother, bear it for a few more days. Raghubir will come here with the monkeys.
निसिचर मारि तोहि लै जैहहिं। तिहुँ पुर नारदादि जसु गैहहिं॥ हैं सुत कपि सब तुम्हहि समाना। जातुधान अति भट बलवाना॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
nisichara māri tohi lai jaihahiṃ। tihuṃ pura nāradādi jasu gaihahiṃ॥ haiṃ suta kapi saba tumhahi samānā। jātudhāna ati bhaṭa balavānā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
They will kill the demons and take you away, and Narad and others will sing His glory in the three worlds. [Sita said:] O son, all the monkeys will be like you, while the demons are mighty warriors and very powerful.
मोरें हृदय परम संदेहा। सुनि कपि प्रगट कीन्हि निज देहा॥ कनक भूधराकार सरीरा। समर भयंकर अतिबल बीरा॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
moreṃ hṛdaya parama saṃdehā। suni kapi pragaṭa kīnhi nija dehā॥ kanaka bhūdharākāra sarīrā। samara bhayaṃkara atibala bīrā॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
Therefore a great doubt arose in my heart [how could a monkey like you defeat the demons?]. Hearing this, Hanuman revealed his own form. His body was like a golden mountain, immense and fearsome in battle, exceedingly strong and heroic.
सुनु माता साखामृग नहिं बल बुद्धि बिसाल। प्रभु प्रताप तें गरुड़हि खाइ परम लघु ब्याल॥ १६ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sunu mātā sākhāmṛga nahiṃ bala buddhi bisāla। prabhu pratāpa teṃ garuḍahi khāi parama laghu byāla॥ 16 ॥
Meaning:
Listen, Mother: monkeys do not have great strength or wisdom. But by the Lord’s power, even a very tiny serpent can swallow Garuda.
मन संतोष सुनत कपि बानी। भगति प्रताप तेज बल सानी॥ आसिष दीन्हि रामप्रिय जाना। होहु तात बल सील निधाना॥ १ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
mana saṃtoṣa sunata kapi bānī। bhagati pratāpa teja bala sānī॥ āsiṣa dīnhi rāmapriya jānā। hohu tāta bala sīla nidhānā॥ 1 ॥
Meaning:
Hearing Hanuman’s speech, filled with devotion, glory, radiance, and strength, Sita felt at peace. Knowing him to be dear to Rama, she blessed him, saying, "O child, may you become a treasure of strength and virtue."
अजर अमर गुननिधि सुत होहू। करहुँ बहुत रघुनायक छोहू॥ करहुँ कृपा प्रभु अस सुनि काना। निर्भर प्रेम मगन हनुमाना॥ २ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
ajara amara gunanidhi suta hohū। karahuṃ bahuta raghunāyaka chohū॥ karahuṃ kṛpā prabhu asa suni kānā। nirbhara prema magana hanumānā॥ 2 ॥
Meaning:
O son, may you be ageless and immortal, a treasure of virtues. May Raghunayaka show you great favor. As soon as Hanuman heard the words, "May the Lord grant grace," he became absorbed in boundless love.
बार बार नाएसि पद सीसा। बोला बचन जोरि कर कीसा॥ अब कृतकृत्य भयउँ मैं माता। आसिष तव अमोघ बिख्याता॥ ३ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
bāra bāra nāesi pada sīsā। bolā bacana jori kara kīsā॥ aba kṛtakṛtya bhayauṃ maiṃ mātā। āsiṣa tava amogha bikhyātā॥ 3 ॥
Meaning:
Hanuman again and again bowed his head at Sita’s feet and, with folded hands, said, "Mother, I have now achieved my purpose. Your blessing is unfailing and well known."
सुनहु मातु मोहि अतिसय भूखा। लागि देखि सुंदर फल रूखा॥ सुनु सुत करहिं बिपिन रखवारी। परम सुभट रजनीचर भारी॥ ४ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
sunahu mātu mohi atisaya bhūkhā। lāgi dekhi sundara phala rūkhā॥ sunu suta karahiṃ bipina rakhavārī। parama subhaṭa rajanīcara bhārī॥ 4 ॥
Meaning:
O Mother, listen: seeing the beautiful fruit-bearing trees, I became very hungry. [Sita said:] O son, listen, mighty demon-warriors guard this forest.
देखि बुद्धि बल निपुन कपि कहेउ जानकीं जाहु। रघुपति चरन हृदयँ धरि तात मधुर फल खाहु॥ १७ ॥
Transliteration (IAST)
dekhi buddhi bala nipuna kapi kaheu jānakīṃ jāhu। raghupati carana hṛdayaṃ dhari tāta madhura phala khāhu॥ 17 ॥
Meaning:
Seeing Hanuman to be skilled in intelligence and strength, Janaki said, "Go. O child, keeping the feet of Lord Raghunatha in your heart, eat the sweet fruits."