Ramáyana V: Súndara

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The fifth and most popular book of the Ramáyana of Valmíki, “Súndara” recounts the adventures of the monkey hero Hánuman in leaping across the ocean to the island citadel of Lanka. Once there, he scours the city for the abducted Princess Sita. The poet vividly describes the opulence of the court of the demon king, Rávana, the beauty of his harem, and the hideous deformity of Sita’s wardresses. After witnessing Sita’s stern rejection of Rávana’s blandishments, Hánuman reveals himself to the princess, shows her Rama’s signet ring as proof of identity, and offers to carry her back to Rama. She nevertheless insists that Rama must come himself to avenge the abduction. The great monkey then wreaks havoc before permitting himself to be captured. His tail is set ablaze, but he escapes his bonds and leaping from rooftop to rooftop, sets fire to the city. Taking leave of Sita, Hánuman once more leaps the ocean to rejoin his monkey companions in Kishkíndha and tell Rama what has happened.

But when Máruti, the wise son of the wind god, who resembled a great cloud, saw the gaping mouth of Súrasa with its long tongue, looking like hell itself, he contracted his body so that in an instant he was no bigger than a thumb. He entered her mouth and flew out. Then that swift and majestic monkey hovered in the sky and said these words:

Homage to you, Daksháyani. I have entered your mouth. Now I shall go to where Vaidéhi is. May your words ever prove true.

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Clay Sanskrit library, 20.

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New York University Press : New York University Press., 2006

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538 pp.

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0814731783

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