तीर्थयात्रा पर्व — भीम और हनुमान् का संवाद

Hanuman said: Having thus lost his wife while that descendant of Raghu was searching his wife with his brother, he met with the monkey chief Sugriva on the summit of the mountain.

Then a friendship was contracted between that high-souled descendant of Raghu and Sugriva. Killing Bali, he gave him (Sugriva) the kingdom.

Having obtained the kingdom, Sugriva sent away hundreds and thousands of monkeys to search out Sita.

O foremost of men, O mighty armed hero, I also with numerous other monkeys set out towards the south in search of Sita.

Thereupon I learned the tidings of Sita from a mighty vulture named Sampati that she was in the abode of Ravana.

Thereupon to accomplish the work of Rama of stainless deeds, I suddenly leaped over the ocean extending one hundred yojanas.

O best of the Bharata race, having crossed by my own prowess the ocean, the abode of sharks and crocodiles, I saw the daughter of king Janaka, celestials like Sita in the abode Ravana. Having interviewed with that lady, the Veda princess, the beloved of Rama.

And burnt the whole of Lanka with its towers, ramparts and gates and proclaimed my name there, I returned.

Having heard everything from ine, the lotuseyed Rama fixed upon the course of his action and made with the help of his soldiers a bridge over the great ocean.

He crossed the great ocean followed by million of monkeys. Thereupon all the Rakshasas were killed by Rama's prowess,

And also Ravana, that oppressor of the world, the king of the Rakshasas with all his Rakshasa relatives, brothers, sons and kindred.

Rama installed on the throne of Lanka, the Rakshasa chief Vibhishana who was virtuous, reverent and kind to devoted followers.

Then Rama recovered his wife like the lost Vedic lore. Then the greatly illustrious Rama, the descendant of Raghu, with his devoted wife went speedily to his own city of Ayodhya, inaccessible to enemies. That lord then dwelt there.

When that foremost of kings was established in his kingdom, I asked a boon from the lotus eyed Rama.

I said, "O chastiser of foes, O Rama, let me live as long as the history of your deeds remains extant on earth. Thereupon he said, “So be it."

O chastiser of foes, O Bhima, through the grace of Sita, all excellent objects of enjoyments are supplied to me who always live in this place.

Rama reigned ten thousand ten hundred years. Then he ascended his own abode.

O child, O sinless one, since then Apsaras and the Gandharvas delight me by singing the great deeds of that great hero,

O descendant of Kuru, this passage is impassable to mortals; for this reason and as also with the view that none may defeat or curse you, I have obstructed your passage trodden by the celestials. This is one of the paths to heaven. Mortals cannot pass this way. But the lake in search of which you have come lies in that direction.