THE RAMAYANA


ARANYA KANDA


SARGA 5 : SLOKAS 31 TO 40


 

SrBÄñÞya¢g"p#vES:   -   SARABHANGA   ENTERS   THE   FIRE  

 
AhmEvah¢rÝya¢m   svaIn¯   laEkaÓmham¤nE   ,  
Aavas|   Ïvh¢mÅCa¢m   p#¢d¾¢mh   kannE   .31.  
Ahm¯   ev    I myself
Aah¢rÝya¢m    will accept
svaIn¯    all
laEkan¯    the worlds
mham¤nE    great sage
Aavas|       a place to stay only
Ahm¯    I
iÅCa¢m    desire
p#¢d¾m¯    to be pointed out
ih    now
kannE    in the forest
 
31.Rama   told   the   great   sage   that   he   alone   accept   all   the   worlds   from   the  
sage.   He   then   desired   that   a   place   of   abode   be   pointed   out   to   him   in   the   forest.  
 
raGvENWvm¤³Þt¤   S?t¤ÚyblEn   vW   ,  
SrBÄñaE   mhap#aåO:   p¤nrEvab#v£¹c:   .32.  
raGvEN    by Rama
evm¯    thus
u³:    told
    in this
S?t¤ÚyblEn   vW    equal in might to Indra
SrBHqg:    Sarabhanga
mhap#aåO:    very wise
p¤n:   ev    again
Ab#v£t¯    spoke
vc:    the following words
 
32.Being   told   as   above   by   Rama   who   was   equal   in   might   to   Indra,   the   very  
wise   Sarabhanga   spoke   again   as   follows.  
 
ih   ram   mhatEjaÞs¤t£ßNaE   nam   Da¢mIk:   ,  
vsÏyrÎyE   DmaIÏma   s   tE   ½EyaE   ¢vDaÞy¢t   .33.  
ih    here
ram   :    Rama
mhatEja:    of great lustre
s¤t£ßN:   nam    named Sutikshna
Da¢mIk:    pious
vs¢t    lives
ArÎyE    in the forest
DmaIÏma    righteous
s:    he
tE    to you
½Ey:    good
¢vDaÞy¢t    will do
 
33.Sage   Sarabhanga   told   Rama   a   pious   and   righteous   ascetic   Sutikshna  
by   name,   lives   in   this   forest.   He   will   do   good   to   Rama.  
 
s¤t£ßNm¢BgÅC   Ïv|   S¤caW   dESE   tp¢Þvnm¯   ,  
rmN£yE   vnaEêESE   s   tE   vas|   ¢vDaÞy¢t   .  
ima|   mÓda¢tn£|   ram   p#¢t*aEtamn¤v#j   .34.  
s¤t£ßNm¯    to Sutikshna
A¢BgÅC    approach
Ïv|    you
S¤caW    pious
dESE    in the region
tp¢Þvnm¯    sage
rmN£yE    in a beautiful
vnaEêESE    region of the forest
s:    he
tE    to you
vas|    a place to stay
¢vDaÞy¢t    will arrange
ima|    this
mnda¢kn£|    river Mandikini
ram    Rama
p#¢t*aEtam¯    against the current
An¤v#j    follow
 
34.Sage   Sarabhanga   told   Rama   to   approach   the   sage   Sudhikshana   who  
will   arrange   a   place   to   stay;   and   told   Rama   to   follow   mandikini   river   against   the   current.  
 
nd£|   p¤ÝpaEf¤pvha|   ttÞtæO   g¢mÝy¢s   ,  
ex   pÓTa   nrÛyaG#   m¤h\tI|   pÜy   tat   mam¯   .  
yavÇjha¢m   gaæOaN£   j£NaI|   Ïvc¢mvaErg:   .35.  
nd£|    the river
p¤ÝpaEf¤pvha|    with boats of flowers
tt:   tæO    here and there
g¢mÝy¢s    will reach
ex:    this
pÓTa:    is the way for you
nrÛyaG#    tiger among men
m¤h\tI|    for a while
pÜy    look
tat    lord
mam¯    at me
yavt¯    till when
jha¢m    will shed
gaæOaN£    limbs
j£NaI|    old
Ïvcm¯    skin
iv    like
urg:    snake
 
35.Sage   Sarabhanga   told   Rama   that   he   will   see   boats   of   flowers.   That   is  
the   path   for   him.   He   wanted   Rama   to   look   at   him   for   a   while   as   he   sheds  
his   limbs   just   like   a   snake   sheds   its   skin.  
 
ttaE{¢g"|   s¤smaDay   h^Ïva   ca{{ÇyEn   mÓæO¢vt¯   ,  
SrBÄñaE   mhatEja:   p#¢vvES   h^taSnm¯   .36.  
tt:    then
A¢g"|    the fire
s¤smaDay    kindling
h^Ïva    pouring oblations
c    also
AaÇyEn    with ghee
mÓæO¢vt¯    well versed in the vedas
SrBHqg:    Sarabhanga
mhatEja:    of great lustre
p#¢vvES    entered
h^taSnm¯    the fire
 
36.Then   Sarabhanga,   well   versed   in   vedas,   kindling   the   fire   and   pouring  
oblations   of   ghee,   entered   the   fire.  
 
tÞy   raEma¢N   kESa|à   ddaha¢g"mIhaÏmn:   ,  
j£NaI|   Ïvc|   tTa{ÞT£¢n   yÅc   ma|s|   sSaE¢Ntm¯   .  
ramÞt¤   ¢v¢ÞmtaE   B#aæOa   BayIya   c   shaÏmvan¯   .37.  
tÞy    his
raEma¢N    hairs on the body
kESan¯   c    and hairs on the head
ddah    burnt
A¢g":    fire
mhaÏmn:    great soul
j£NaI|    old
Ïvc|    flesh
tTa   AÞT£¢n    similaly bones also
yt¯   c   ma|s|    whatever flesh also
sSaE¢Ntm¯    with the blood
ram:       Rama also
¢v¢Þmt:    astonished
B#aæOa    with brother
BayIya   c    with wife also
sh    along with
AaÏmvan¯    very intelligent
 
37.The   fire   birnt   the   great   sages   hairs   on   the   body   and   head,old   skin,  
bones,   blood   and   whatever   flesh   remained.   Rama   along   with   wife   and    
brother   was   astonished.  
 
s   c   pavksÄðaS:   k[marÞsmpït   ,  
uÏTaya¢g"cyaäOÞmaÅCrBÄñaE   ÛyraEct   .38.  
s:    that
c    also
pavksÄðaS:    like fire
k[mar:    a boy
smpït    became
uÏTay    getting up
A¢g"cyat¯    from the fire
tÞmat¯    that
SrBHqg:    Sarabhanga
ÛyraEct    shone bright
 
38.Then   Sarabhanga,   became   a   boy   looking   like   fire   and   rising   up   from  
that   fire   shone   bright.  
 
s   laEkana¢htag"£nam¦x£Na|   c   mhaÏmnam¯   ,  
dEvana|   c   Ûy¢t@Øy   b#'laEk|   ÛyraEht   .39.  
s:    he
laEkan¯    worlds
Aa¢hta¢g"nam¯    worshippers of fire
§x£Na|    of the sages
c    also
mhaÏmnam¯    high souled
dEvana|   c    gods also
Ûy¢t@Øy    crossing
b#'laEk|    to Brahma's world
ÛyraEht    rose
 
39.He   crossed   the   worlds   of   fire   worshippers,   the   great   sages   and   the   gods  
and   rose   to   Brahma's   world.  
 
s   p¤ÎykmaI   BvnE   ¢¹jxIB:   ¢ptamh|   san¤cr|   ddSI   h   ,  
¢ptamhàa¢p   sm£ßy   t|   ¢¹j|   nnÓd   s¤Kagt¢mÏy¤vac   h   .40.  
s:    he
p¤ÎykmaI    of meritorious deeds
BvnE    in his abode
¢¹jxIB:    foremost among brahmins
¢ptamh|    grand father
san¤cr|    with his attendants
ddSI    saw
h    behold
¢ptamh:   c   A¢p    lord Brahma, the grand father also
sm£ßy    seeing
t|    that
¢¹j|    brahmin
nnÓd    rejoiced
s¤Kagt|    welcome
i¢t    thus
uvac    said
h    see
 
40.The   foremost   of   brahmins   of   meritorious   deeds,   saw   Brahma   in   his  
abode   along   with   the   attendants.   Brahma   was   delighted   to   see   him   and  
welcomed   him.  
 

iÏyax©I   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   AarÎykaÎfE   p·m:   sgI:   .5.  
           
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