THE RAMAYANA

ARANYA KANDA

SARGA 3 : SLOKAS 21 TO 26


¢vraDp#har:    -   STRIKING   VIRADHA

s    vÒymanÞs¤B¦S|    B¤ja×ya|    p¢rg¦/    taW    ,
Ap#kØpaW    nrÛyaG#aW    raWd#:    p#ÞTat¤mWÅCt    .21.

s:    that
vÒyman:    being hurt
s¤B¦S|    very violently
B¤ja×ya|    with two arms
p¢rg¦/    taking
taW    the two
Ap#kØpaW    unshakeable
nrÛyag#aW    tigers among men
raWd#:    terrible
p#ÞTat¤|    to move
eEÅCt    wanted

21.That   terrible   one,   being   violently   wounded,   took   the   two   unshakable
tigers   among   men   by   the   arms   and   wanted   to   move.

tÞya¢Bp#aymaåOay    ramaE    lßmNmb#v£t¯    ,
vhÏvyml|    tavt¯    pTa{nEn       raXs:    .22.

tÞy    his
A¢Bp#ay|    mind
AaåOay    reading
ram:    Rama
lßmNm¯    to Lakshmana
Ab#v£t¯    said
vht¤    let him carry
Al|   tavt¯    as far as he can
pTa   AnEn    by this way
    now
raXs:    demon

22.Reading   his   mind   Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   let   the   rakshasa   carry   them
by   this   way   as   far   as   he   can.

AymEv    ¢h    n:    pÓTa    yEn    ya¢t    ¢nSacr:    .23.

Aym¯   ev    this is
¢h    because
n:    our
pÓTa    path
yEn    by which
ya¢t    he goes
¢nSacr:    demon

23.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   the   way     by   which   the   demon   goes,   that   is   their   way.

s       Þvblv£y©IN    sm¤¢ÏXÔy    ¢nSacr:    ,
bala¢vv    ÞkÓDgtaW    ckara¢tblaW    tt:    .24.

s:    that
    in this
Þvblv£y©IN    with his own strength and valour
sm¤¢ÏXÔy    lifting
¢nSacr:    the demon
balaW   iv    like children
ÞkÓDgtaW    on the shoulder
ckara    placed
A¢tblaW    the two strong men
tt:    then

24.Then   the   demon   lifting   the   two   strong   brothers   with   his   strength   placed
them   on   his   shoulder   like   small   children.

tavaraEÔy    tt:    ÞkÓD|    raGvaW    rjn£cr:    ,
¢vraDaE    ¢nndn¯    GaEr|    jgama¢Bm¤KaE    vnm¯    .25.

taW    them
AaraEÔy    placing
tt:    then
ÞkÓD|    on the shoulders
raGvaW    Rama and Lakshmana
rjn£cr:    nightwanderer
¢vraD:    Viradha
¢nndn¯    roaring
GaEr|    fiercely
jgam    went
A¢Bm¤KaE    towards
vnm¯    the forest

25.Viradha,   placing   Rama   and   Lakshmana   on   his   shoulders,   then   went
towards   the   forest   roaring   fiercely.

vn|    mhamEG¢nB|    p#¢v¾aE    d#[mWmIh¢ì¢vI¢vDWâpEtm¯    ,
nana¢vDW:    p¢XStW¢vI¢cæO|    ¢Svay¤t|    Ûyalm¦gW¢vIk£NIm¯    .26.

vn|    the forest
mhamEG¢nB|    like a big cloud
p#¢v¾:    entered
d#[mW:    with trees
mh¢ì:    with huge
¢vI¢vDW:    with many species
upEtm¯    containing
nana¢vDW:    with various kinds
p¢XStW:    with flocks of birds
¢v¢cæO|    adorned with
¢Svay¤t|    jackals
Ûyalm¦gW:    with beasts of prey
¢vk£NIm¯    having

26.Viradha   went   into   a   forest   looking   like   a   huge   cloud,   containing   big
trees   of   various   species,   adorned   with   flocks   of   birds   of   various   kinds,
having   jackals   and   beasts   of   prey.

iÏyax©I    ½£md#amayNE    vaÚm£k£yE    Aa¢dkaÛyE    AarÎykaÎfE    t¦t£y:    sgI:    .3.

     

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