Sugreeva accepted the gifts brought from Himalayas with approbation. Now that the entire vanara force on earth will be at Kishkindha in a very few days, Sugreeva felt very happy that he can start returning the favour to Rama. Lakshmana then mildly suggested him to meet Rama. Sugreeva readily agreed and ordered his palanquin. When the exquisite royal palanquin was brought, Lakshmana and Sugreeva got into that. The vanara carriers started to move carrying the palanquin on their shoulders. Their journey was accompanied by the high extolment by panegyrists, and a white royal-parasol spread overhead the palanquin, white fur-fans fanning him from all over, and white conch-shells were blowing loud and drums were drumming high. They were surrounded with many hundreds of vanaras as guards.
On reaching the place where Rama was staying, Sugreeva descended from the palanquin along with Lakshmana. When Sugreeva reached Rama he stood still with adjoined-palms, and all the other vanaras aped him.
Raghava approached and hugged the king of vanaras, Sugreeva. On being released from the hug, Sugreeva prostrated himself with his head touching the feet of Rama, with care and credit. Rama then blessed him with 'God Bless you' or something like that (I did not hear clearly due to the clamour from the accompanying vanaras) and asked him to sit beside him. Then Rama told him "Oh, Sugreeva, a dutiful king is one who always divides time for devoting himself to probity, prosperity and pleasure-seeking.
"If one devotes himself to pleasure-seeking alone, casting off the probity and or the prosperity, he is like the one who slept on a treetop wakes up only after falling down.
An out-and-out pleasure-seeker wakes up only when he runs into troubles. Till such time he uses slender branches and tender leaves available on the infirm treetop, called his pleasuring area, as his cushion bed and foam pillows.
"And the king who is bound up with eliminating unfriendly ones and bound up with forgathering friends, will be enjoined with righteousness, and ultimately will become the real enjoyer of the fruit of threefold virtues, namely dharma, artha, kaama (i.e. probity, prosperity and pleasures).
"Oh, my dear chap, time for endeavour has come. The course of actions may be discussed with your ministers."
Sugreeva replied "oh, dear friend Rama, by your beneficence I have repossessed prosperity, popularity and this everlasting kingdom of vanaras .
"Oh, god, by your and your brother's benevolence I regained what I lost. I am well aware of the fact that one who does not requite the favour that has been done for him will become the vitiator of probity. I have brought these hundreds of vanara chiefs who have just returned on forgathering all of the forceful vanaras on earth.
"Vanaras with dreadfully awesome appearance, and who are the experts in permeating the impenetrable forests, woodlands and impassable mountains, are coming. And the bears, monkeys and brave baboons who are the children of gods and gandharvas, and who can change their guise just by their wish are on the way to Kiskindha.
"In a few days we will have a formidable force of alarming, frightening, awful, terrifying, appalling, horrifying, menacing, dismaying, awesome, daunting and horrendous vanaras, babboons and bears at our command."
This information cheered Rama, who happily embraced Sugreeva and told him "There is no wonder that Indra gives rain, sun makes the sky bright and the moon makes night shiny with his moonshine. Similarly, there is no wonder when a true-friend like you gladdens his indigent-friend. In this way, oh, nice Sugreeva, that helpful nature which is decorously prevailing in you, ushering you for organising the worthwhile, will not be a wonder but natural. I am aware that you have always been the exponent of affability.
"With you at the helm, oh, friend, I will be triumphing over all the enemies, and you alone are worthy to proffer a helping hand to me as a good-hearted friend of mine. That knavish rakshash Ravana deceitfully carried off Vaidehi for his own extinction, like that rakshash Anuhlaada carried off Sachi Devi, the daughter of Puloma. I would like to eliminate that Ravana like the insolent father of Sachi Devi, vamelly Puloma was killed by Indra....."
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Comment.
Shachi Devi, the wife of Indra, was the daughter of a rakshash called Puloma, the son of Danu. One named Anuhlaada, the son of Hiranyakshyapa, on deceiving Indra abducted Shachi Devi with the consent of her father Puloma. Then Indra infuriated at Puloma, the father of Sachi Devi, for making the abduction possible, killed him. Thereby Indra got a name Pulomajit.
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Rama was about to add something, but was prevented by the sudden darkness created by a dust storm. The sky turned pitch-dark. Stained with that darkness the directions became confounded, and the entire earth together with its mountains, woods, and forests seemed to be wobbling. Rama and the others there were amazed to see the entire area around them was being enshrouded with innumerable vanaras and monkeys and baboons whose size was mountainous, fangs excruciating, and might abnormal, and each monkey commander was surrounded with thousands of legions of monkeys, who by their wish can change of their guise, and these monkeys of amazing strength had come crashing war-whoops as clouds letting out thunders while they are on their way from their habitation like riversides, seashores, mountains, and some other monkeys had come from forests as they were forest dwellers, and in general their complexion alone remained as an identity to their habitation, like the stripe of tender-sun of some monkeys was marking them from the place of rising sun, moon-white body colour of some more telling that they were from the place of nightly moon, and the colour of skin looking like lotus-fibrils of many more indicate that they were from fertile watery lands, and the snow-white complexion of yet some more indicate that the dwelling place of those monkeys was Mt. Meru.
The highly distinguished and valorous vanara named Shatabali, hemmed in with ten thousand crores of vanaras, came into the view of Rama and others. Similarly another distinguished one, to wit Sushena, the father of Lady Tara, a valorous one with the sheen of golden mountain then appeared with very many thousands of crores of vanaras. Likewise, yet another distinguished and the most efficient vanara-chief Taara, the father of Ruma and Sugreeva's father-in-law, turned up with another thousand crores of vanaras following him.
Honourable Kesari, the father of Hanuman, with his bodily gleam like that of the fibrils of lotuses and visage glittering in the gleam of nascent sun, and who was an intellectual, graceful and prominent vanara among all the vanaras, then came into view associated with thousands and thousands of armies of vanaras.
Gavaaksha, the formidably adventurous sovereign of baboons was also seen encircled by a thousand crore vanaras. Dhuumra marched to the fore of Rama and others surrounded with two thousand crores of bears which have frightful fastness. They (i.e. Rama, Lakshmana, Sugreeva etc.) also spotted the highly valorous commander named Panasa, attended by a three crore legion of horrendous vanaras who were beaming forth like gigantic mountains. Commander Niila was also seen with his colossal and blackish mascara mound-like body encircled by ten crores of vanaras that were selfsame to their leader. Then the great-mighty commander named Gavaya whose bodily sheen was like that of a golden mountain was there surrounded by five crores of vanaras. Dariimukha, the mighty commander was there with a thousand crore vanaras and he placed himself nearby Sugreeva. Both Mainda and Dvivida, the great-mighty sons Ashvini twin gods were also spotted, each with a thousand crore vanaras. The mighty, braving and highly resplendent Gaja came forth to the near of Sugreeva encompassed by three crores of vanaras.
A great resplendent one who was renowned by his name Jambavanta had then come with a brigade of ten crore bears spreading around him and stood firm under the control of Sugreeva. A blaze-like mighty vanara named Rumana came swiftly surrounded with a hundred crore legions of vanaras who were highly venturesome. Gandhamaadana was seen arriving with hundred thousand crores of monkeys.
Angada, the crown prince of Kishkindha, who matched his father Vali in valour had then turned up with a thousand padma legions and a hundred shanku legions of vanaras. Tara, the vanara-commander, whose sparkle was as that of stars and whose valour was remarkable then appeared at a distance with five crore monkeys. Indrajaanu, the brave monkey commander who was the chief of eleven crores of monkeys had appeared then encompassed by selfsame vanara troopers. Rambha whose bodily glow was like that of tender-sun had then came forth fenced in a thousand plus a hundred of vanara legions. A braving and powerful legion commander of vanaras named Durmukha had then appeared encompassed with two crores of vanaras.
Angada, the crown prince of Kishkindha, who matched his father Vali in valour had then turned up with a thousand padma legions and a hundred shanku legions of vanaras. Tara, the vanara-commander, whose sparkle was as that of stars and whose valour was remarkable then appeared at a distance with five crore monkeys. Indrajaanu, the brave monkey commander who was the chief of eleven crores of monkeys had appeared then encompassed by selfsame vanara troopers. Rambha whose bodily glow was like that of tender-sun had then came forth fenced in a thousand plus a hundred of vanara legions. A braving and powerful legion commander of vanaras named Durmukha had then appeared encompassed with two crores of vanaras.
Then Hanuman appeared with a thousand crore vanaras encompassing him who in shape were like the summits of Mt. Kailash and whose bravery was formidable.
Highly vigorous Nala had also arrived surrounded with a hundred crore one thousand and one hundred monkeys, the dwellers on trees. Dadhimukha, the salutary vanara-chief then arrived encircled by a ten crore vanaras who were all blaring highly.
Sharabha, Kumuda, Vahni, Ramha, and many other vanaras had come who by their wish were the guise-changers.
All those vanaras arrived by swinging, flying and thundering, and all the monkeys on earth arrived thus, presented themselves and settled down around Sugreeva as if a number of clouds cramming the sun.
Sugreeva introduced a few more important leaders to Rama and Lakshmana. Then he shouted at the chiefs of the vanara, bear etc. legions to make themselves along their troops comfortable on the mountains, at the riversides and in the forests and Rama would be inspecting them to assess their capabilities.
Sugreeva introduced a few more important leaders to Rama and Lakshmana. Then he shouted at the chiefs of the vanara, bear etc. legions to make themselves along their troops comfortable on the mountains, at the riversides and in the forests and Rama would be inspecting them to assess their capabilities.
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