Kamba Ramayanam: Sundara Kandam 3 (Padalam 6)

By Kambar (Kavichakravarthy Kamban)

Translated in English by P. R Ramachander

Kamba Ramayanam-Sundara Kandam 3 (Padalam 6)

6. Pozhil  irutha Padalam Chapter on destroying of the garden
(After  taking leave   from Sita, Hanuman felt that if he does not do something more  , it would not be proper.Also he wanted to see   Ravana and talk to him.   With this aim in view he uproots     all  the trees in the garden where   Sita was imprisoned.  The devas of  seasons    who  were guarding the garden  , rushed to tell    about the damage    that is being done by a monkey.There is no mention of Devas of season guarding   that garden in Valmiki Ramayana , There it is the Rakshasis who are    guarding Sita    who report   about the destruction to Ravana.)

5429.  Hanuman thinking   of the direction   he has to proceed ,Decided to go north and took his   big form suitable   to it,And went speedily   through the garden  with flowers swarmed by bees,Thought that, just seeing Sita    and going back was  much simpler act  for his  strength,And decided to do some other  job, which is suitable   for him to do.

5430. He thought “ If  I do not  hit  the Asuras   who do base acts  , throw .This city surrounded by walls in the sea   , which houses   the fishes andTake   away  the doe eyed lady and keep her   at the feet of Rama and salute him  ,Even  when I am there    how can I become   a  true assistant   to Rama.”

5431. ”I also have not   tied tightly   the Ravana   with ten heads  and twenty  hands ,And kept him in a cruel prison  , I have  neither   won him in a war  ,And when it is so  , how is my oath that we will help   each  other  proper?”

5432. ”Is there any demerit   for me   to fight   with  Asuras   whom I see ,Make them distraught   , when the very strong Rakshasa   Ravana  ,Is witnessing it  and using    my matchless  prowess ,Catch hold of   the flower decked   hair   of his chief queen,Mandodhari  And  take her   and imprison her ?”

5433. “I think that   the proper    service  as a servant that  I can do to Rama,Would be to collect all the asuras and harshly    chase them away and so,There  is no need  to think any further   about it   and he further  thought,As to how he can draw   all these   asuras  and get engaged  in a cruel  battle with them?”

5434. ,  “I will   soon   break  this   garden and destroy it  and  if I do so,As soon as that great sound   reaches    the ears   of the Asuras  ,They would get very angry with me   and come  to wage a war,And if they come like that   using my strength  ,I would kill all of them, and this is definitely   the proper  plan.”

5435. “If all those  people who come to fight with me die,And are not able to return back  , that Ravana  of cruel strength  ,Which cannot be opposed   would come to a   war with me.If he does I would destroy his ten crowned heads and,Thus removing  the sorrow in my mind  , I would go back happily.

5436. Thinking like this in his mind  Hanuman   whose shoulders,Were like Sun and moon who go round the  Meru mountain ,Assumed his mega form  looking like Lord Varaha  ,Who took the earth in between his teeth   , destroyed  that gardenBy kicking and stamping    it  completely.”

5437. Some trees died  , some broke  , some  got bent ,Some dashed against each other and got powdered and fell,Some fell upside down , Some broke in to pieces,Some   flew in to air in the form of flakes , Some got burnt  ,Some got blackened, Some  got bent and moved away bending,Some shed all its  flowers    and some fell down,:

5438. ”Some  trees  got upturned along with roots , some got burnt,Some went  near clouds in the sky , some flew in the   wind ,And fel down on slushy mud of the sea, some along with bees,Went to the heavens   dashed   , fell down broken.”

5439. ”Some of those   trees  rotated  and thrown by Hanuman Along with the cloud   became   the leaf food  to elephants of directions,Some trees whose bottom was caught  and thrown towards  the sky ,Went  through the sky and destroyed  pretty gardens of heaven.”

5440. Due to the trees   thrown by Hanuman   the tides of the sea wandered,Here and there, the big mansions of the Asuras  got shattered and fell at all places,Some thrown by him dashed against the  seven great mountains   and became dust,The silver flowers of some trees , got mixed with falling stars   and  fell down.

5441. Some trees  with bent roots which were uprooted and thrown   by Hanuman  ,Went and hung on the tusks   of the elephants of directions   in rut  , who gave them .To young female elephants  ,  and it appeared as if they were holding the clouds  by their trunks.

5442.  When the scented   flowers of that   garden which belonged   to poison like Ravana  ,Reached the  land of Vidhyadhras, the mountains    of Yakshas, and the  immortal devas,Of the heaven   those ladies with feet decorated by red cotton juice crowded and picked   them.

5443. Some trees   which were covered   by gold on all sides  , looked  like,Streaks of lightning and the   big gem studded   trees were similar to light  of sun.And when such trees   dashed against each other, broke   in to pieces,And fell down like the   crowds of stars   falling   at time of deluge.

5444. The   fishes in the sea   with lots of water ,swallowed the birds , bees ,Scented flowers ,honey   , buds  , fresh leaves, the sweet fruits  which fell there ,And jumped   with joy   and were crushed  later by falling trees  and  started  trembling.

5445. Due to the scattered   bunches   of flowers,  all the places  ,Had only  scent of flowers and because of that   the meat smell was subdued, And  the sea with tides   where great   devas   take bath along  with their consorts,Became  like   big ponds    which were   filled   with lotus flowers.

5446. The  gem studded stages which were  uprooted by Hanuman   and ,Broken kadika trees   went one after   another  and fell in the  sea  ,And filled up the sea   so that the scented sea   had to cross  them,And   which made   it appear    that  the sea   can be crossed by walking.

5447. Due to   the  very big trees   which Hanuman threw  on the  lustrous sky  ,Which was   like the play ground of Sun    in the summer  ,The mansions of Asuras   broke like they were  hit by thunder   from sky,And  became powdered like mountains   hit by thunder.

5448. At that time  the numerous trees uprooted  and thrown  by Hanuman ,Crowded in a dense manner and looked well grown  like a  cool cloud  in the sky,And that   very angry Hanuman  made  it appear   as if,The garden of the   very strong Ravana  existed  in the sky also.

5449. With honey dropping down , with  the birds   living there making sound,When  the  gem studded    trees covered   with flowers  went towards   the sky ,And  with stars nearing them   , with light in sky  competing with light of the sword,It looked as if a  lustrous plane   was   travelling   in the sky.

5450. Due  to Hanuman   who was  strong  like a matchless  elephant in war ,Throwing trees with long branches   full of leaves ,   those  trees which were going up  ,As well as falling    in to the huge sea  , were similar    to the huge clouds ,Which comes    down from the  sky and drinking   the water  of the sea.

5451. Like the devas   who do wrong   , being born in this world ,And returning    after they get   filled with  wisdom  , those  ,Karpaga trees  in that   garden which are charitable  ,Being thrown up by Hanuman   travelled through the sky  ,And  appeared as if they had reached the heavens , where   they were there  earlier.

5452-3. After breaking the verandahs   which are gem studded  , after ,Breaking in to pieces    the stages   using them to fill up lakes near by,After   breaking   lustrous   huge walls  , after destroying  ,Many things of great craftsmanship , after destroying huge  hills,After  uprooting   vengai and Maramara   trees   , after picking and  throwing ,The  rows   of champaka trees    growing near   Karpaga    trees  ,He also   broke branches of  trees full  of mango fruits.

5454. With the spring season which comes before  God of love ,Becoming  one with a  jaded face  , with the gardens   in the  ,Sky  became upset and started shivering,The sandalwood  trees which broke   being hit by  the  feet of Hanuman, Started   burning  like firewood and spit  out fire.

5455. With  the joyful bees which sing a Pan called  Kamaram getting jitteryHuge   trees   fell  on the floor of earth     and died,With the drama stages  breaking and falling    down  ,Many trees    which were full of flowers  caught fire  and became ash.

5456.  Small branches   which can bend  , flowering creepers  ,The cool places of  newly formed  leaved which koels  like ,The entrance  which had soft flowers  ,  scented bushes ,Golden coloured   rain of honey  , bees and peacocks  were all destroyed.

5457. With several   red creeping plants resembling   corals  ,Which were thrown out by Hanuman , similar  to streaks of lightning  ,Appearing  rounded  on the clouds  , circled   round  ,The mountains which were all around city of Lanka andThe  huge trees with golden branches   which were  thrown on the mountain    Made them appear  like the  elephant eating  huge balls of rice  with the golden mask.

5458. At that time   the sound  of the  loud cackling  of birds  ,The thunder like sound   produced by breaking   of trees  and,The  joyful shouting  of Hanuman who was  personification of Dharma  ,Crossed   this globe   of earth   and reached other places.

5459.  The crowd of birds  living happily   along with its kids on trees,Suffered   greatly   and  the very tall  Kongu trees  , Padiri trees  ,Along   with pretty and cool bees  which were  singing good songs  ,Went and fell on   the sea with very many tides.

5460. The Aachaa trees   with the sound of bees   which were  on the pretty road,Went and fell  in the   river filled   with pretty water and silt   and pressed it ,And so some other trees which touched the sky   went   and fell  in the sky Ganges river,Which was formed with the water    that was used by Brahma   to wash feet of Lord Vishnu.

5461. Due  to Hanuman throwing    various kinds   of trees   the big lakes,Filled with red lotus flowers   looked like red sandal paste  has been mixed in them,And   the trees of the garden   which fell on  the pretty salty  ocean  ,Along with  bees which sing Kamaram pan  , made it in to a flowery ocean.

5462. The Karu nochi trees thrown by Hanuman   went to all four directions  ,And merged with the long  and pretty tides  of the ocean   and also  ,The sandalwood   trees   which were thrown fell  on and broke ,The doors  and padlocks   of buildings   and made them   fall down.

5463. The  freshly  opened flowers  of that garden which spread  sweet smell,Appeared   like the   stars   which were   shining in the sky and the tamarind trees,Rolled in the sky   and when they fell on the ocean  ,  the  beetles  of conches ,In that   ocean with tides   threw  out the   pretty pearls and ran away from there.

5464. Those  pretty trees   which had golden branches   and studded   with  ,Various types of gems  , which were thrown by Hanuman towards   the sky,Were shining  like rainbow made   at night   and indicated  ,That Hanuman will destroy Sri  Lanka   immediately.

5465. When the big Hanuman uprooted   the trees  which were crowding  ,In that garden  then  , due to that , the shed where elephants were tied  , dancing halls  ,Places of drinking alcohol  , the places   where  the  horses with great  speed were  tied,Along with   chariots   on which small gems were  tied broke  down.

5466. Those   greatly lustrous   gold flags   which were   thrown so that,They would fall in the sea  in all directions   were  similar  ,To the collection of rays of the sun  which were   cut ,And fell in to the    sea   which  had    storms.

5467. Being thrown by Hanuman, the Very huge trees  and the huge mountainsSo that  they will break   made   the very lustrous  gold compound walls  ,AS   well as  mansions catch fire   and burn  and turn in to ash  ,And the people  of the city of Lanka   got scared   and ran to all places.

5468. At that   time    the moon  who is the  lord of stars    thinking  that,If the Asura called   Ravana   sees  him  , he may blame him that  ,Due to your relation  with the red mouthed   Sita (sister?) you  scalded  me,And before   the eyes of devas who were  my enemies ,You were with joy watching a monkey break my garden  ,Like a very scared  one    he went away from the sky.

5469. Due to  the faultless gems  , gold  , Surya Kantha and Chandra Kantha   stones,AS well as  the faultless shining  trees of that garden  which is the seat of the  God of love  ,Due   to being thrown   in different directions   by the two hands  of Hanuman,Gave   out very great light   and the  entire  world shined in that great darkness.

5470. The various types of animals   who lived   in that   gardens  shouted,Became mentally upset  , their eyes rose up being wounded,The several types of birds living there   fell in the  sea and got drowned ,And greatly   upset  , flew for a whie and not able   to fly further  ,Fell on the earth  , shaking their wings  and when they became dry , with dejection they died.

5471. That Hanuman who had fat  shoulders  like  mountain  and pretty broad ,Chest   which was  like    the  Sun,   even  though he was angry   ,Due to the  power  of touch  , all those  divine trees   growing  densely  ,In that  garden   and the  birds along with the nests made by their  of their leavesWent and reached  the  heaven ,Can we tell the  position any one  ,Will receive    if they   got the grace  and blessings of Hanuman.

5472. In that new pleasant looking garden  in which birds lived and was guarded by Asuras ,Who  consider  “lie”   as their Dharma  , only that  tree   under which  Sita,Who was like a  swan  sobbing due to sorrow   , was sitting  ,similar to the Banyan tree ,Under which  Lord Vishnu    stays  not  getting destroyed   during final deluge  .

5473. Since she had  given away the  hair brooch   which was   a  royal jewel,AS identifying material   to her   soul like   consort   Rama   ,And alas ,  she   was sitting without    any ornaments like a poor lady  ,And  at that time  to the Sita    who had densely grown hair The sun rose up,AS if he had   the intention   of buying a  new brooch for her   through the rising sea.

5474. That Hanuman who was standing alone after   destroying  the entire garden ,Was like Lord   Vishnu   who had  measured the  fourteen worlds   with two steps,And also   like   the  great and best Mandhara mountain used   to churn ocean of milk,And also like   like Lord Rudra who was standing   after deluge after destroying everything.

5475. When  that garden was being destroyed  , those  Rakshasis woke up  ,Got very angry ,but looked at  Hanuman who was   standing like  ,A golden meru mountain with desire and exclaimed   , “oh mother,What is  this form we are seeing   and who is this “ with great fear  asked,Lady Sita,   who had a pretty forehead  , “Hey lady , do you know who he is ?”

5476. She  replied , “ the evil acts done by evil people  could be recognized  ,By only evil people   like them   and how can good people  like me know  about it  ,All these   are tricks   which are being played by Asuras  like you , because  ,When in the forest Mareecha  came  before me in the  form  of a deer,And Lakshmana told us that  it is  an illusion   created   by Asuras,But I thought that  it is a true deer   and took a  liking to it.”

5477. When like this  Lady Sita   replied    those  Rakshasis  , they beat,Their own belly with their own hands  , lost their balance  ,And then they ran   making   hills  , world and sky tremble,And Hanuman   who was equal to his father    the   wind God  ,Saw a  ornamental building  there   and  determining to destroy that ,Caught hold   of it     using    his very big hands  .

5478. It would be difficult    for anybody to see   that  building   fully with their eyes ,It was so tall   that even clouds   could not go above it ,Even the wind could not  imagine to try to hold it  and even at night   darkness could not  cover it ,And it stood there  making the Meru mountain   which touched   the sky     , felt shy  ,Seeing its height   and got mentally upset  , Even the earth was finding it difficult   to carry it.

5479.  That  building was perhaps  made by  Lord Brahma  , who sits on a lotus, By himself as per the orders   of Ravana    who had twenty pretty hands ,For the sake of eating away all the  stain of darkness    of the moon  ,Who had grown for fifteen days  , earning   more and more  light daily,Who gives   the moon light    which can be compared to the pouring of new milk.

5480. All the pillars   of that building were  made of gems  , and all   the surroundings,Were made by gold as well as gems  ,its backside  was made by desirable  rows of gems,And even  Lord Sun   who spreads   the red light   throughout    the sky  ,Would feel that   it could be worn as  ornament  by him  ,And so  for people like us   , praising it is an impossible task.

5481-2. That Hanuman  , who had heard  that  Ravana   who does   cruel deeds,Once has   uprooted the pretty mountain Kailasa   which was made  of silver,To make that act as smaller , just like carrying  the multi coloured  golden Meru mountain,Using his  big hands    with sharp nails  , easily  uprooted  that   building from earth,And threw it on the city  of Lanka   and    due to that   , hit by that ,Those mansions which were   touching the sky  were  turned   in to powder ,And due to the falling of fire sparks from it , it   burnt   all sort of materials,And  many valorous Rakshasas   who never get worried about anything  were killed.Would  those   who want to do evil for others   , survive    from similar   evil actions?

5483. The Gods   who protect    the big   gardens  in Lanka   which is a part of the earth,During the six seasons, with a mind that   was occupied by great fear  ,And due to that  making their cloths wet by  passing    urine ,With a form   from which   due to fear   blood was   flowing out  ,With legs intertwined  with each other   preventing   them from    walking properly ,Who were  wailing similar   to the open mouthed   citizens  ran and reached  Ravana.

5484. They went   and saluted   the feet of Ravana who had   anger  like that of a lion,And told, “Oh lord whose  rule extends up to   the end of  directions   where,The elephants  of directions live  , we have lost the  job of protecting   the gardens.Due to a  monkey who   has shoulders    which make the mountains scared,Entering inside the garden   , breaking all   trees   and throwing   them out  ,The gardens, which was looked after well , became like cloth burnt by fire.”

5485. They further  told, “It is not easy to tell for  that monkey using  its legs,Hands    and teeth  powdered those   trees and made   them without a coating of dust, And also   uprooted  easily  the   golden building  of Yagna  and by throwing it,Has destroyed   the  entire  divine   city   of   Lanka    except    for   small portions.”

5486. Hearing this  Ravana told “has just one monkey  destroyed    completely  ,The entire garden with golden trees   by  powdering it  and also destroyed ,That great and rare  building  like of which cannot be easily seen,And which is guarded   by Rakshasas and also    destroyed the city of  Lanka?The valour of the Rakshasas   appears to be great!. Such    words  ,Would not be uttered  by ignorant   people”  and then   he   smiled.

5487. When Ravana berated those   Gods of the season  ,  they looked at Ravana ,And told, “Oh king ,  If the  earth has  the strength      to carry,The body of that  monkey , we have   to appreciate    that earth.It would be very  great crime   to say  that  monkey is  one of the  trinity of Gods,Oh Lord    you   would   see  it just now.”

5488. Hanuman  shouted   the war cry making  the water in the ocean,Going back through  the holes  on the earth , with the   eight elephants ,Carrying the earth and eight   protectors of earth   running   away in fear  ,With  the  Rakshasis   with red mouth   like kovvai fruit  ,Suffering abortions   and getting famished and making ,The globe of the earth  blowing up and breaking.

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About Kavichakravarthy Kamban

Historians place him in the 9th century CE, But surely Kamban belongs to the third great wave of Tamizh literature that started with the Sangam period (dated before the Common Era), followed by the widespread impact of Bhakti literature of the Alwars (vaishnavite saints) & Nayanamars (shaivaite saints). Kamban Authored Ramanaya in Tamil…Known as Kamba Ramayanam..

Kambar has been the milestone for the Tamil scholars that none had reached. He was also known as “Kamba Naatazhvar” at his time. Many Tamil authors from the modern world have written the books on the poet Kamban.

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