THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


ARANYA KANDA


SARGA 9 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

s£tya{{y¤DÓyasp#arqTna   -   SITA   REQUESTS   DISCARDING   WEAPONS  

 
s¤t£ßNEna×yn¤åOat|   p#¢ÞTt|   rG¤nÓdnm¯   ,  
»ïya   ¢s"ÂDya   vaca   BtaIr¢mdmb#v£t¯   .1.  
s¤t£ßNEn    by Suthikshana
A×yn¤åOat|    given leave
p#¢ÞTt|    who had left
rG¤nÓdnm¯    to Rama
»ïya    from the heart
¢s"ÂDya    with love
vaca    with words
BtaIrm¯    to husband
idm¯    the following
Ab#v£t¯    said
 
1.Sita   said   the   following   words   with   love   from   her   heart,   to   Rama,   who   had  
left   after   given   leave   by   Sutikshna.  
 
Ay|   DmIÞs¤s¥ßmEN   ¢v¢Dna   p#aÔytE   mhan¯   ,  
¢nv¦äOEn   t¤   SÀyaE{y|   Ûysnat¯   kamja¢dh   .2..  
Ay|    this
DmI:    righteousness
s¤s¥ßmEN    not deviating even in a very subtle way
¢v¢Dna    from austerity
p#aÔytE    is attained
mhan¯    great
¢nv¦äOEn   t¤    by one who keeps away
SÀy:    is able
Ay|    this
Ûysnat¯    from the sins
kamjat¯    born of desire
ih    in this world
 
2.Sita   told   Rama   that   righteousnes   is   obtained   by   rigourously   following   the  
austerities   and   in   this   world   this   is   possible   only   for   one   who   keeps   away  
from   sins   born   out   of   desire.  
 
æO£ÎyEv   ÛysnaÓyæO   kamja¢n   BvÓÏy¤t   ,  
¢mÐyavaÀy|   g¤âtr|   tÞmaé[âtrav¤BaW   .  
prdara¢Bgmn|   ¢vna   vWr|   c   raWd#ta   .3.  
æO£¢N   ev    only three
Ûysna¢n    sins
AæO    in this world
kamja¢n    born of desire
Bv¢Ót    are there
ut    is it not so
¢mÐyavaÀy|    false words
g¤âtr|    extremely bad
tÞmat¯    more than that
g¤âtraW    extremely bad
uBaW    two
prdara¢Bgmn|    copulation with other's wife
¢vna   vWr|    without enemity
c   raWd#ta    cruelty to one
 
3.Sita   told   Rama   that   in   this   world   there   are   only   three   sins   born   out   of  
desire   viz   telling   lies   which   is   a   gave   sin.   Greater   sins   than   that   are   going  
after   other's   wife   and   cruelty   to   others   without   enemity.  
 
¢mÐyavaÀy|   n   tE   B¥t|   n   B¢vÝy¢t   raGv   ,  
k[taE{¢BlaxN|   ÞæO£Na|   prExa|   DmInaSnm¯   .4.  
¢mÐyavaÀy|    a false statement
n    not
tE    by you
B¥t|    was made
n   B¢vÝy¢t    will not ever make
raGv    Rama
k[t:    is not there
A¢BlaxN|    the mind's desire
ÞæO£Na|    of wives
prExa|    others'
DmInaSnm¯    destruction of righteousness
 
4.Sita   told   Rama   that   he   had   not   made   a   false   statement   nor   will   he   make  
one.   The   desire   for   others'   wives   which   destroys   dharma   will   never   spring   in   him..  
 
tv   na¢Þt   mn¤ÝyEÓd#     n   caB¥äOE   kdacn   ,  
mnÞy¢p   tTa   ram   n   cWt¢¹ïtE   Àv¢ct¯   .5.  
tv    in you
n   A¢Þt    is not there
mn¤ÝyEÓd#    O king
n    not
c    also
AB¥t¯    ever there
tE    in you
kdacn    before this time
mn¢s   A¢p    even in mind
tTa    thus
ram    Rama
n    not
c    also
ett¯    this
¢vïtE    will be
Àv¢ct¯    any where
 
5.Sita   told   Rama   that   he   never   had   the   desire   now   or   before   at   any   time.  
It   is   not   even   in   his   mind.  
 
Þvdar¢nrtÞÏv|   c   ¢nÏymEv   n¦paÏmj   ,  
D¢mI¾ÞsÏysÓdà   ¢pt¤¢nIrqdESkark:   .6.  
Þvdar¢nrt:    devoted to your own wife
Ïv|   c    you yourself
¢nÏy|   ev    always
n¦paÏmj    prince
D¢mI¾:    observer of righteousness
sÏysÓd:    true to your promise
c    also
¢pt¤:    father's
¢nrqdESkark:    obedient to orders
 
6.Sita   told   Rama   that   he   was   always   devoted   to   his   wife,   observer   of  
righteousness,   true   to   promise   and   obedient   to   father.  
 
Ïv¢y   sÏy|   c   DmIà   Ïv¢y   svI|   p#¢t¢¿tm¯   .7.  
Ïv¢y    in you
sÏy|    truth
c    also
DmI:    righteousness
c   Ïv¢y    in you alone
svI|    everything
p#¢t¢¿tm¯    is well established
 
7.Sita   told   Rama   that   truth   and   dharma   and   everything   is   well   established   in   him.  
 
tÅc   svI|   mhaBag   SÀy|   baE¼[|   ¢jtE¢Ód#yW:   ,  
tv   vÜyE¢Ód#yÏv|   c   jana¢m   S¤BdSIn   .8.  
tt¯    that
c    also
svI|    everything
mhaBag    blessed one
SÀy|    is capable
baE¼[|    to understand
¢jtE¢Ód#yW:    by those who has conquered the senses
tv    your
vÜyEÓd#yÏv|   c    control over the senses also
jana¢m    I know
S¤BdSIn    handsome one
 
8.Sita   told   Rama   that   all   these   are   cherished   by   those   who   have   conquered  
the   senses.   She   also   said   that   she   knew   his   control   over   the   senses.  
 
t¦t£y|   y¢dd|   raWd#|   prp#aNa¢B¢h|snm¯   ,  
¢nv©Ir|   ¢@ytE   maEhaäOÅc   tE   sm¤p¢ÞTtm¯   .   9.  
t¦t£y|    the third
yt¯    which
id|    now
raWd#|    the cruelty
prp#aNa¢B¢h|snm¯    taking of other's lives
¢nv©Ir|    without enemity
¢@ytE    is done
maEhat¯    from desire
tt¯   c    that alone
tE    to you
sm¤p¢ÞTtm¯    is facing
 
9.Sita   told   Rama   that   the   third   terrible   evil   of   taking   other's   lives   without  
enemity   due   to   desire   is   facing   him.  
 
p#¢tåOatÞÏvya   v£r   dÎfkarÎyva¢snam¯   ,  
§x£Na|   rXNaTaIy   vDÞs|y¢t   rXsam¯   .10.  
p#¢tåOat:    taken a vow
Ïvya    by you
v£r    O hero
dÎfkarÎyva¢snam¯    dwellers of Dandakaranya
§x£Na|    of the sages
rXNaTaIy    for the protection
vD:    killing
s||y¢t    in a battle
rXsam¯    the demons
 
10.Sita   told   Rama   that   he   had   taken   a   vow   to   kill   the   demons   to   protect  
the   sages   living   in   dandakaranya.              
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