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Sundara Kanda Sarga 17 Shloka 13
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विकृताः पिङ्गलाः कालीः क्रोधनाः कलहप्रियाः। कालायसमहाशूलकूटमुद्गरधारिणीः।।5.17.9।। वराहमृगशार्दूलमहिषाजशिवामुखीः। गजोष्ट्रहयपादीश्च निखातशिरसोऽपराः।।5.17.10।। एकहस्तैकपादाश्च खरकर्ण्यश्वकर्णिकाः। गोकर्णीर्हस्तिकर्णीश्च हरिकर्णीस्तथापराः।।5.17.11।। अनासा अतिनासाश्च तिर्यङ्नासा विनासिकाः। गजसन्निभनासाश्च ललाटोच्छवासनासिकाः।।5.17.12।। हस्तिपादा महापादा गोपादाः पादचूलिकाः। अतिमात्रशिरोग्रीवा अतिमात्रकुचोदरीः।।5.17.13।। अतिमात्रास्यनेत्राश्च दीर्घजिह्वानखास्तथा। अजामुखीर्हस्तिमुखीर्गोमुखीस्सूकरीमुखीः।।5.17.14।। हयोष्ट्रखरवक्त्राश्च राक्षसीर्घोरदर्शनाः। शूलमुद्गरहस्ताश्च क्रोधनाः कलहप्रियाः।।5.17.15।। कराला धूम्रकेशीश्च राक्षसीर्विकृताननाः। पिबन्ती: सततं पानं सदा मांससुराप्रियाः।।5.17.16।। मांसशोणितदिग्धाङ्गीर्मांसशोणितभोजनाः। ता ददर्श कपिश्रेष्ठो रोमहर्षणदर्शनाः।।5.17.17।। स्कन्धवन्तमुपासीनाः परिवार्य वनस्पतिम्।
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English Translation

विकृताः of disfigured body, पिङ्गलाः brownhued, कालीः dark, क्रोधनाः angry, कलहप्रियाः quarrelsome, कालायसमहाशूलकूटमुद्गरधारिणीः holding spears, mallets and warhammers of black iron, वराहमृगशार्दूलमहिषाजशिवामुखीः having faces like boar, deer, tiger buffalo, goat, jackal, गजोष्ट्रहयपादीः च with feet like those of elephants, camels and horses, निखातशिरसः head sunk into the trunk , अपराः others, एकहस्तैकपादाश्च some having one hand and one leg, खरकर्ण्यश्वकर्णिकाः some having ears of a donkey or horse, गोकर्णीः women with ears like cow's, हस्तिकर्णीश्च those with elephant ears, तथा likewise, हरिकर्णी: having ears like that of monkeys, अपराः and others, अनासाः without nose, अतिनासाश्च with a big nose, तिर्यङ्नासाः with crooked, flat, horizontal nose, विनासिकाः nose without nostrils, गजसन्निभनासाश्च with the nose of an elephant, ललाटोच्छ्वासनासिकाः with nostrils on the forehead, हस्तिपादाः with elephant feet, महापादाः with huge feet, गोपादाः with feet like cows' hoofs, पादचूलिकाः with hair grown on feet, अतिमात्रशिरोग्रीवाः having huge head and neck, अतिमात्रकुचोदरीः having heavy breasts, bellies, अतिमात्रास्यनेत्राश्च having large and uneven mouths and eyes, दीर्घजिह्वानखाः having long nails and tongues, तथा similarly, अजामुखीः having goat's face, हस्तिमुखीः having elephant face, गोमुखीः cow's face, सूकरीमुखीः women with faces of a pig, हयोष्ट्रखरवक्त्राश्च like the face of a horse, a camel or a donkey, घोरदर्शनाः women of terrific form, राक्षसीः shedemons, शूलमुद्गरहस्ताश्च armed with iron crowbars and tridents, क्रोधनाः angry ones, कलहप्रियाः quarrelsome, करालाः with uneven gaping mouths, धूम्रकेशीश्च with smokecoloured hair, विकृताननाः having distorted faces, सततम् ever, पानम् drink, पिबन्ती: drinking, सदा always, मांससुराप्रियाः women fond of meat and drinks, मांसशोणितदिग्धाङ्गीः whose bodies were smeared with blood and flesh, मांसशोणितभोजनाः who feed on flesh and blood, रोमहर्षणदर्शनाः who look horripilating, स्कन्धवन्तम् with a massive trunk, वनस्पतिम् of tree, परिवार्य having surrounded, उपासीनाः seated, ताः those, राक्षसीः female demons, कपिश्रेष्ठः best of the monkeys, ददर्श saw.

English Commentary

Hanuman, the leader of the monkeys saw there shedemons of several distorted forms. Some were brown in colour and some black and some quarrelsome some holding spears, mallets and hammers of black iron, some with faces like boars, deer, tigers, goats and jackals feet like those of elephants, camels and horses, some had their head sunk into the trunk, others having one hand or one leg likewise some having ears like that of a donkey or a horse or a cow some with elephant ears and some with monkey ears some with big nose, without nose,with crooked nose and some without nostrils breathing through their forehead and some with the trunk of an elephant. Some with elephantfeet, with huge feet, and feet like that of cows and some with hair on their feet. There were some with huge heads and necks, some having large breasts, bellies, some with hanging breasts, and some with long nails and tongues. Similarly there were some having faces of goats, mouths of horses, camels or donkeys. They were terrifying, armed with iron crowbars and tridents. Some were wrathful, some with uneven gaping mouth, and some with smoky hair and distorted faces. They were always found drinking, smeared with flesh and blood and feeding on flesh and blood. Their appearance was horripilating. All of them were seated around the trunk of massive tree.