Pātāla-khaṇḍa · Chapter 50
Sourceशेष उवाच। अथ रामानुजो वेगात्समागत्य स्वसेवकान् । पप्रच्छ कुत्र वाहोऽसौ याज्ञिकः सुमनोहरः १। तदा ते वचनं प्रोचुः शत्रुघ्नं सुमहाबलाः । न जानीमो भटाः केचिद्धयं नीत्वा गताः पुरे २। वयं च धिक्कृताः सर्वे बलिभी राजसेवकैः । अत्र प्रमाणं भगवानिति कर्तव्य तां प्रति ३। तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तेषां शत्रुघ्नः कुपितो भृशम् । दशन्रोषात्स्वदशनाञ्जिह्वया लेलिहन्मुहुः ४। उवाच वीरो मद्वाहं हृत्वा कुत्र गमिष्यसि । इदानीं पातये बाणैः पुरंजनसमन्वितम् ५। इत्युक्त्वा सुमतिं प्राह कस्येदं पुटभेदनम् । को वर्ततेऽस्याधिपतिर्यो मे वाहमजीहरत् ६। शेष उवाच। इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य भूपतेः कोपसंयुतम् । जगाद मंत्री सुगिरा स्फुटाक्षरसमन्वितम् ७। विद्धीदं कुंडलं नाम नगरं सुमनोहरम् । अस्मिन्वसति धर्मात्मा सुरथः क्षत्त्रियो बली ८। नित्यं धर्मपरो रामचरणद्वंद्वसेवकः । मनसा कर्मणा वाचा हनूमानिव सेवकः ९। चरितान्यस्य शतशो वर्तंते धर्मकारिणः । महाबलपरीवारः सुरथः सर्वशोभनः १०। महद्युद्धं भवेदत्र हृतश्चेद्वाहसत्तमः । अनेके प्रपतिष्यंति वीरा रणविशारदाः ११। एवमुक्तं समाश्रुत्य शत्रुघ्नः सचिवं प्रति । उवाच पुनरप्येवं वचनं वदतां वरः १२। शत्रुघ्न उवाच। कथमत्र प्रकर्तव्यं रामाश्वोऽनेन चेद्धृतः । नायाति योद्धुं प्रबलं कटकं वीरसेवितम् १३। सुमतिरुवाच। दूतः प्रेष्यो महाराज राजानं प्रति वाग्मिकः । यद्वाक्येन समायाति बलेन बलिनां वरः १४। नोचेदज्ञानतो वाहो धृतः केनापि मानिना । अर्पयिष्यति नः साधुमश्वं क्रतुवरं शुभम् १५। इति श्रुत्वातु तद्वाक्यं शत्रुघ्नो बुद्धिमान्बली । अंगदं प्रत्युवाचेदं वचनं विनयान्वितम् १६। शत्रुघ्न उवाच। याहि त्वं निकटस्थे वै सुरथस्य महापुरे । दूतत्वेन ततो गत्वा प्रब्रूहि नृपतिं प्रति १७। त्वया धृतो रामवाहो ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतोपि वा । अर्पयतु न वा यातु प्रधनं वीरसंयुतम् १८। रामस्य दौत्यं लंकायां रावणं प्रति यत्कृतम् । तथैव कुरु भूयिष्ठ बलसंयुतबुद्धिमन् १९। शेष उवाच। एतच्छ्रुत्वांगदो वीर ओमिति प्रोच्य भूमिपम् । जगाम संसदो मध्ये वीरश्रेणिसमन्विते २०। ददर्श सुरथं भूपं तुलसीमंजरीधरम् । रामभद्रं रसनया ब्रुवंतं सेवकान्निजान् २१। राजापि दृष्ट्वा प्लवगं मनोहरवपुर्धरम् । शत्रुघ्नदूतं मत्वापि वालिजं प्रत्यभाषत २२। सुरथ उवाच। प्लवगाधिप कस्मात्त्वमागतोऽत्र कथं भवान् । ब्रूहि मे कारणं सर्वं यथा ज्ञात्वा करोमि तत् २३। शेष उवाच। इति संभाषमाणं तं प्रत्युवाच कपीश्वरः । विस्मयंश्चेतसि भृशं रामसेवाकरं नृपम् २४। जानीहि मां नृपश्रेष्ठ वालिपुत्रं हरीश्वरम् । शत्रुघ्नेन च दूतत्वे प्रेषितो भवतोंऽतिकम् २५। सेवकैः कैश्चिदागत्य धृतोऽश्वो मम सांप्रतम् । अज्ञानतो महान्याय्यं कुर्वद्भिः सहसा नृप २६। तमश्वं सह राज्येन सहपुत्रैर्मुदान्वितः । शत्रुघ्नं याहि चरणे पतित्वाशु प्रदेहि च २७। नोचेच्छत्रुघ्ननिर्मुक्तनाराचैः क्षतविग्रहः । पृथ्वीतलमलं कुर्वञ्छयिष्यसि विशीर्षकः २८। येन लंकापतिर्नाशं प्रापितो लीलया क्षणात् । तस्याश्वं यागयोग्यं तु हृत्वा कुत्र गमिष्यसि २९। शेष उवाच। इत्यादिभाषमाणं तं प्रत्युवाच महीश्वरः । सर्वं तथ्यं ब्रवीषि त्वं नानृतं तव भाषितम् ३०। परं शृणुष्व मद्वाक्यं शत्रुघ्नपदसेवक । मया धृतो महानश्वो रामचंद्रस्य धीमतः ३१। न मोक्ष्ये सर्वथा वाहं शत्रुघ्नादिभयादहम् । चेद्रामः स्वयमागत्य दर्शनं दास्यते मम ३२। तदाहं चरणौ नत्वा दास्यामि सुतसंयुतः । सर्वं राज्यं कुटुंबं च धनं धान्यं बलं बहु ३३। क्षत्त्रियाणामयं धर्मः स्वामिनापि विरुद्ध्यते। धर्मेण युद्धं तत्रापि रामदर्शनमिच्छता ३४। शत्रुघ्नादीन्प्रवीरांस्तानधुनाहं क्षणादपि । जित्वा बध्नामि मद्गेहे नोचेद्रामः समाव्रजेत् ३५। शेष उवाच। इति श्रुत्वांगदो धीमाञ्जहास नृपतिं तदा । उवाच च महद्वाक्यं महाधैर्यसमन्वितम् ३६। अंगद उवाच। बुद्धिहीनः प्रवदसि वृद्धत्वात्सागता तव । यत्त्वं शत्रुघ्ननृपतिं धिक्करोषि धिया बली ३७। यो मांधातृरिपुं दैत्यं लवणं लीलयावधीत् । येनानेके जिताः संख्ये वैरिणः प्रबलोद्धताः ३८। विद्युन्माली हतो येन राक्षसः कामगे स्थितः । त्वं तं बध्नासि वीरेंद्रं मतिहीनः प्रभासि मे ३९। भ्रातृजो यस्य सुबली पुष्कलः परमास्त्रवित् । येन रुद्रगणः संख्ये वीरभद्रः सुतोषितः ४०। वर्णयामि किमेतस्य पराक्रांतिं बलोर्जिताम् । येन नास्ति समः पृथ्व्यां बलेन यशसा श्रिया ४१। हनूमान्यस्य निकटे रघुनाथपदाब्जधीः । यस्यानेकानि कर्माणि भविष्यंति श्रुतानि ते ४२। सत्रिकूटा राक्षसपूर्दग्धा येन क्षणाद्बलात् । अक्षो येन हतः पुत्रो राक्षसेंद्रस्य दुर्मतेः ४३। द्रोणोनाम गिरिर्येन पुच्छाग्रेण सदैवतः । आनीतो जीवनार्थं तु सैनिकानां मुहुर्मुहुः ४४। जानाति रामश्चारित्रं नान्यो जानाति मूढधीः । यं कपींद्रं मनाक्स्वान्तान्न विस्मरति सेवकम् ४५। सुग्रीवाद्याः कपींद्रा ये पृथ्वीं सर्वां ग्रसंति ये । ते शत्रुघ्नं नृपं सर्वे सेवंते प्रेक्षणोत्सुकाः ४६। कुशध्वजो नीलरत्नो रिपुतापो महास्त्रवित् । प्रतापाग्र्यः सुबाहुश्च विमलः सुमदस्तथा ४७। राजा वीरमणिः सत्ययुतो रामस्य सेवकः । एतेऽन्येपि नृपा भूमेः पतयः पर्युपासते ४८। तत्र त्वं वीर जलधौ मशकः को भवानिति । तज्ज्ञात्वा गच्छ शत्रुघ्नं कृपालुं पुत्रकैर्युतः ४९। वाहं समर्प्य गंतासि रामं राजीवलोचनम् । दृष्ट्वा कृतार्थी कुरुषे स्वांगानि जनुषा सह ५०। शेष उवाच। राजा प्रोवाच तं दूतं प्रब्रुवंतमनेकधा । एतान्दर्शयसि क्षिप्रं सर्वे न ममगोचराः ५१। यादृशं मद्बलं दूत तादृशं न हनूमतः । यो रामं पृष्ठतः कृत्वा प्रागाद्यागस्य पालने ५२। यद्यहं मनसा वाचा कर्मणा कुतुकान्वितः । भजामि रामं तर्ह्याशु दर्शयिष्यति स्वां तनुम् ५३। अन्यथा हनुमन्मुख्या वीरा बध्नंतु मां बलात् । गृह्णंतु वाहं तरसा रामभक्तिसमन्विताः ५४। गच्छ त्वं नृप शत्रुघ्नं कथयस्व ममोदितम् । सज्जीभवंतु सुभटा एष यामि रणे बली ५५। स विचार्य यथायुक्तं करिष्यति रणांगणे । मोचयंतु महावाहं न वामा मा ददंतु ते ५६। शेष उवाच। इति श्रुत्वास्मि तं कृत्वा ययौ वीरो यतो नृपः । गत्वा निवेदयामास यथोक्तं सुरथेन वै ५७। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखण्डे शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे रामाश्वमेधे सुरथदूतयोः संवादोनाम पंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः ५०।
śeṣa uvāca| atha rāmānujo vegātsamāgatya svasevakān | papraccha kutra vāho'sau yājñikaḥ sumanoharaḥ 1| tadā te vacanaṃ procuḥ śatrughnaṃ sumahābalāḥ | na jānīmo bhaṭāḥ keciddhayaṃ nītvā gatāḥ pure 2| vayaṃ ca dhikkṛtāḥ sarve balibhī rājasevakaiḥ | atra pramāṇaṃ bhagavāniti kartavya tāṃ prati 3| tacchrutvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ śatrughnaḥ kupito bhṛśam | daśanroṣātsvadaśanāñjihvayā lelihanmuhuḥ 4| uvāca vīro madvāhaṃ hṛtvā kutra gamiṣyasi | idānīṃ pātaye bāṇaiḥ puraṃjanasamanvitam 5| ityuktvā sumatiṃ prāha kasyedaṃ puṭabhedanam | ko vartate'syādhipatiryo me vāhamajīharat 6| śeṣa uvāca| iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya bhūpateḥ kopasaṃyutam | jagāda maṃtrī sugirā sphuṭākṣarasamanvitam 7| viddhīdaṃ kuṃḍalaṃ nāma nagaraṃ sumanoharam | asminvasati dharmātmā surathaḥ kṣattriyo balī 8| nityaṃ dharmaparo rāmacaraṇadvaṃdvasevakaḥ | manasā karmaṇā vācā hanūmāniva sevakaḥ 9| caritānyasya śataśo vartaṃte dharmakāriṇaḥ | mahābalaparīvāraḥ surathaḥ sarvaśobhanaḥ 10| mahadyuddhaṃ bhavedatra hṛtaścedvāhasattamaḥ | aneke prapatiṣyaṃti vīrā raṇaviśāradāḥ 11| evamuktaṃ samāśrutya śatrughnaḥ sacivaṃ prati | uvāca punarapyevaṃ vacanaṃ vadatāṃ varaḥ 12| śatrughna uvāca| kathamatra prakartavyaṃ rāmāśvo'nena ceddhṛtaḥ | nāyāti yoddhuṃ prabalaṃ kaṭakaṃ vīrasevitam 13| sumatiruvāca| dūtaḥ preṣyo mahārāja rājānaṃ prati vāgmikaḥ | yadvākyena samāyāti balena balināṃ varaḥ 14| nocedajñānato vāho dhṛtaḥ kenāpi māninā | arpayiṣyati naḥ sādhumaśvaṃ kratuvaraṃ śubham 15| iti śrutvātu tadvākyaṃ śatrughno buddhimānbalī | aṃgadaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ vacanaṃ vinayānvitam 16| śatrughna uvāca| yāhi tvaṃ nikaṭasthe vai surathasya mahāpure | dūtatvena tato gatvā prabrūhi nṛpatiṃ prati 17| tvayā dhṛto rāmavāho jñānato'jñānatopi vā | arpayatu na vā yātu pradhanaṃ vīrasaṃyutam 18| rāmasya dautyaṃ laṃkāyāṃ rāvaṇaṃ prati yatkṛtam | tathaiva kuru bhūyiṣṭha balasaṃyutabuddhiman 19| śeṣa uvāca| etacchrutvāṃgado vīra omiti procya bhūmipam | jagāma saṃsado madhye vīraśreṇisamanvite 20| dadarśa surathaṃ bhūpaṃ tulasīmaṃjarīdharam | rāmabhadraṃ rasanayā bruvaṃtaṃ sevakānnijān 21| rājāpi dṛṣṭvā plavagaṃ manoharavapurdharam | śatrughnadūtaṃ matvāpi vālijaṃ pratyabhāṣata 22| suratha uvāca| plavagādhipa kasmāttvamāgato'tra kathaṃ bhavān | brūhi me kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ yathā jñātvā karomi tat 23| śeṣa uvāca| iti saṃbhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ pratyuvāca kapīśvaraḥ | vismayaṃścetasi bhṛśaṃ rāmasevākaraṃ nṛpam 24| jānīhi māṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha vāliputraṃ harīśvaram | śatrughnena ca dūtatve preṣito bhavatoṃ'tikam 25| sevakaiḥ kaiścidāgatya dhṛto'śvo mama sāṃpratam | ajñānato mahānyāyyaṃ kurvadbhiḥ sahasā nṛpa 26| tamaśvaṃ saha rājyena sahaputrairmudānvitaḥ | śatrughnaṃ yāhi caraṇe patitvāśu pradehi ca 27| nocecchatrughnanirmuktanārācaiḥ kṣatavigrahaḥ | pṛthvītalamalaṃ kurvañchayiṣyasi viśīrṣakaḥ 28| yena laṃkāpatirnāśaṃ prāpito līlayā kṣaṇāt | tasyāśvaṃ yāgayogyaṃ tu hṛtvā kutra gamiṣyasi 29| śeṣa uvāca| ityādibhāṣamāṇaṃ taṃ pratyuvāca mahīśvaraḥ | sarvaṃ tathyaṃ bravīṣi tvaṃ nānṛtaṃ tava bhāṣitam 30| paraṃ śṛṇuṣva madvākyaṃ śatrughnapadasevaka | mayā dhṛto mahānaśvo rāmacaṃdrasya dhīmataḥ 31| na mokṣye sarvathā vāhaṃ śatrughnādibhayādaham | cedrāmaḥ svayamāgatya darśanaṃ dāsyate mama 32| tadāhaṃ caraṇau natvā dāsyāmi sutasaṃyutaḥ | sarvaṃ rājyaṃ kuṭuṃbaṃ ca dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ balaṃ bahu 33| kṣattriyāṇāmayaṃ dharmaḥ svāmināpi viruddhyate| dharmeṇa yuddhaṃ tatrāpi rāmadarśanamicchatā 34| śatrughnādīnpravīrāṃstānadhunāhaṃ kṣaṇādapi | jitvā badhnāmi madgehe nocedrāmaḥ samāvrajet 35| śeṣa uvāca| iti śrutvāṃgado dhīmāñjahāsa nṛpatiṃ tadā | uvāca ca mahadvākyaṃ mahādhairyasamanvitam 36| aṃgada uvāca| buddhihīnaḥ pravadasi vṛddhatvātsāgatā tava | yattvaṃ śatrughnanṛpatiṃ dhikkaroṣi dhiyā balī 37| yo māṃdhātṛripuṃ daityaṃ lavaṇaṃ līlayāvadhīt | yenāneke jitāḥ saṃkhye vairiṇaḥ prabaloddhatāḥ 38| vidyunmālī hato yena rākṣasaḥ kāmage sthitaḥ | tvaṃ taṃ badhnāsi vīreṃdraṃ matihīnaḥ prabhāsi me 39| bhrātṛjo yasya subalī puṣkalaḥ paramāstravit | yena rudragaṇaḥ saṃkhye vīrabhadraḥ sutoṣitaḥ 40| varṇayāmi kimetasya parākrāṃtiṃ balorjitām | yena nāsti samaḥ pṛthvyāṃ balena yaśasā śriyā 41| hanūmānyasya nikaṭe raghunāthapadābjadhīḥ | yasyānekāni karmāṇi bhaviṣyaṃti śrutāni te 42| satrikūṭā rākṣasapūrdagdhā yena kṣaṇādbalāt | akṣo yena hataḥ putro rākṣaseṃdrasya durmateḥ 43| droṇonāma giriryena pucchāgreṇa sadaivataḥ | ānīto jīvanārthaṃ tu sainikānāṃ muhurmuhuḥ 44| jānāti rāmaścāritraṃ nānyo jānāti mūḍhadhīḥ | yaṃ kapīṃdraṃ manāksvāntānna vismarati sevakam 45| sugrīvādyāḥ kapīṃdrā ye pṛthvīṃ sarvāṃ grasaṃti ye | te śatrughnaṃ nṛpaṃ sarve sevaṃte prekṣaṇotsukāḥ 46| kuśadhvajo nīlaratno riputāpo mahāstravit | pratāpāgryaḥ subāhuśca vimalaḥ sumadastathā 47| rājā vīramaṇiḥ satyayuto rāmasya sevakaḥ | ete'nyepi nṛpā bhūmeḥ patayaḥ paryupāsate 48| tatra tvaṃ vīra jaladhau maśakaḥ ko bhavāniti | tajjñātvā gaccha śatrughnaṃ kṛpāluṃ putrakairyutaḥ 49| vāhaṃ samarpya gaṃtāsi rāmaṃ rājīvalocanam | dṛṣṭvā kṛtārthī kuruṣe svāṃgāni januṣā saha 50| śeṣa uvāca| rājā provāca taṃ dūtaṃ prabruvaṃtamanekadhā | etāndarśayasi kṣipraṃ sarve na mamagocarāḥ 51| yādṛśaṃ madbalaṃ dūta tādṛśaṃ na hanūmataḥ | yo rāmaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā prāgādyāgasya pālane 52| yadyahaṃ manasā vācā karmaṇā kutukānvitaḥ | bhajāmi rāmaṃ tarhyāśu darśayiṣyati svāṃ tanum 53| anyathā hanumanmukhyā vīrā badhnaṃtu māṃ balāt | gṛhṇaṃtu vāhaṃ tarasā rāmabhaktisamanvitāḥ 54| gaccha tvaṃ nṛpa śatrughnaṃ kathayasva mamoditam | sajjībhavaṃtu subhaṭā eṣa yāmi raṇe balī 55| sa vicārya yathāyuktaṃ kariṣyati raṇāṃgaṇe | mocayaṃtu mahāvāhaṃ na vāmā mā dadaṃtu te 56| śeṣa uvāca| iti śrutvāsmi taṃ kṛtvā yayau vīro yato nṛpaḥ | gatvā nivedayāmāsa yathoktaṃ surathena vai 57| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe surathadūtayoḥ saṃvādonāma paṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ 50|
English translation
Śeṣa said :
1-6. Then the younger brother of Rāma came (there) and asked his servants: Where is the very charming sacrificial horse?” At that time those very mighty heroes said (these) words to Śatrughna : “We do not know. Some warriors took the horse and went into a city; and all of us were despised by the mighty servants of the king. You are now the authority as to what should be done now.” Hearing those words of them, Śatrughna became very angry and the hero gnawing his teeth and repeatedly licking (his lips) with his tongue said: “Snatching my horse where will you go? Now (only) I shall ruin with (my) arrows (your) city with the people (i.e. the inhabitants).” Saying so, he said to Sumati : “Whose city is this? Who is its lord that took away my horse?”
Śeṣa said :
7-12. Hearing these angry words of the king the minister spoke in a sweet voice words with distinct syllables: “Know this to be a very charming city named Kuṇḍala . The righteous, mighty kṣatriya Suratha lives here. He is always given to religious conduct and is the servant of the couple of feet of Rāma; he is Rāma’s servant like Hanūmat by thought, deeds and speech. There are hundreds of (good) deeds of this righteous (king) Suratha who is ail-good, has a retinue of very strong (soldiers). If the best horse is snatched away, there would be a great war here. Many heroes skilled in fighting will fall (in the battle).” Having heard (the words) thus spoken, Śatrughna, the killer of the heroes of his enemy and the best among the eloquent, again said these words to (his) minister.
Śatrughna said :
13. How should we act here if he has snatched away Rāma’s horse? He does not come to fight with (our) army which is strong and served by heroes?
Sumati said :
14-16. O great king, an eloquent messenger should be sent to the king, by (hearing) whose words the best among the strong will come along with his army. Or, the horse might have been carried away through ignorance by some proud (person). He will give us (back) the excellent, auspicious, sacrificial horse.
Hearing these words of (i.e. spoken by) him, the intelligent and powerful Śatrughna said these polite words to Aṅgada .
Śatrughna said :
17-19. You (please) go to Suratha’s great city which is nearby. Having gone (there) as a messenger say to the king: “You have taken away knowingly or unknowingly Rama ’s horse. Give him (back); or go in for a fight along with your warriors.” O you, who are endowed with the greatest might and who are intelligent, act as a messenger in the same way as you acted as the messenger of Rāma to Rāvaṇa in Laṅkā .
Śeṣa said :
20-22. Hearing these (words) and saying, ‘Yes’ to the king, Aṅgada went to (Suratha’s) assembly full of groups of warriors. He saw (there) king Suratha holding Tulasī -sprouts and telling (about) Rāma to his own servants. The king too seeing the monkey having a charming body and knowing him to be Śatrughna’s messenger and Valin ’s son, said to him.
Suratha said :
23. O lord of the monkeys, how and for what purpose have you come here? Tell me the full reason so that knowing it I shall do that (what is proper).
Śeṣa said :
24-29. The lord of the monkeys very much wondering in his heart said to the king who was speaking like this and who served Rāma: “O best king, know me to be Vālin ’s son, the lord of the monkeys. I have been sent to you as a messenger by Śatrughna. O king, some of your servants came and have now suddenly and unknowingly taken away my horse, (and thus) have done an unjust act. Go gladly to Śatrughna and having fallen at his feet quickly give the horse (back to him) along with your kingdom and sons. Otherwise, with your body wounded and deprived of your head by the arrows discharged by Śatrughna you will lie adorning the surface of the earth. Where will you go by snatching the sacrificial horse of him who easily in a moment destroyed the lord of Laṅkā?
Śeṣa said :
30-35. The lord of the earth, replied to him (i.e. to Angada ) who was speaking like this. “You are saying everything that is proper. Your words are not untrue. But listen to my words, O servant of Śatrughna’s feet. I have seized the great horse of the intelligent Rāmacandra . Through the fear of Śatrughna and others I will not at all release him. If Rāma himself will come and appear before me, then (only) I with my sons will, after saluting his feet, give him my entire kingdom, much wealth, com and army. If Rāma would not come, I shall now even in a moment conquer the great warriors like Śatrughna and bind them in my house.”
Śeṣa said :
36. Hearing this, the intelligent Aṅgada laughed at the king; and said very important words with great courage.
Aṅgada said :
37-48. You, being devoid of understanding due to your old age, are speaking (like this)! That (i.e. understanding) has left you, since you, strengthened by your devotion (to Rāma) are despising Śatrughna who easily killed the demon Lavaṇa , the enemy of king Māndhātṛ , who killed many very strong and insolent warriors in battles. You are binding (i.e. thinking of binding) that lord of warriors who killed Vidyunmālin seated in (a vehicle) moving according to the occupant’s desire. You appear to me to be devoid of wisdom. Śatrughna’s brother’s son Puṣkala is very mighty and knows (the use of) great missiles. Śatrughna has very much pleased Vīrabhadra , the attendant of Rudra . How can I describe his great valour earned through his might, resembling whom in might, fame or glory, there is none on the earth? Near him remains Hanūmat who has (set) his heart on the lotus-like feet of Rāma, whose (i.e. of Hanūmat) many deeds will be heard (i.e. known) by you, who in a moment forcibly burnt the demon’s (i.e. Rāvaṇa’s) city (Laṅkā) along with the Trikūṭa mountain, who killed Akṣa , the son of the wicked lord of demons, who repeatedly brought the mountain Droṇa along with the deities in it on the tip of his tail for reviving the soldiers. Rāma (alone) knows his uprightness. None else who is a dunce, knows it; him, the lord of monkeys, his servant, Rāma does not forget (even) a little from his heart. All the lordly monkeys like Sugrīva who live on the earth, serve king Śatrughna. They are eager to see (the horse). (So also there are others like) Kuśadhvaja , Nīlaratna, Riputāpa knowing (the use of) great missiles, (and) Pratāpāgrya, Subāhu , Vimala and Sumada . (So also) king Vīramaṇi , full of truth (i.e. truthful), is the servant of the king. These and other kings serve him.
49-50. There (i.e. among them), who are you (but) a mosquito in the ocean, O hero? Realising that, go (i.e. march) with your sons to the kind Śatrughna. Having given (back) the horse you will go to the lotus-eyed Rāma (and) seeing him you will make your limbs and your existence blessed.
Śeṣa said :
51-56. The king said to the messenger who was speaking in various ways: “You (will) immediately show them (to me, as) I do not know all (of them). O messenger, the might of Hanūmat who, taking Rāma on his back went to protect the sacrifice, is not as (great) as my own. If with devotion I worship Rāma mentally, with words and deeds, then he will quickly show me his body. Otherwise, let the heroes led by Hanūmat endowed with devotion bind me, and take (back) the horse speedily. (You) go to (my) enemy Śatrughna and tell him what I said. Let (your) good warriors be ready. This I, powerful one, am going to the battlefield. On the battlefield he will after thinking (properly) do what is proper. Let them free the great horse or give him to me.”
Śeṣa said :
57. Having heard this and having smiled the hero went where the king (stayed), and having gone to him told him (everything) as was told by Suratha.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43944, revision 336121 (2022-04-18T20:38:07Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365361.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.