THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 15 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20
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- BUILDING A HERMITAGE
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.11.
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with fragrant |
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beautified by lotuses |
11.Rama told
Lakshmana that near by
is a lake looking beautiful
with
fragrant lotuses
and beautified by lotuses.
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.12.
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.13.
Ba¢vtaÏmna
|
the pure minded |
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|
crowded with swan and
karandava birds |
c@vakaEpSaE¢Bta
|
beautified by cakravaka
birds |
12,13.Rama told
Lakshmana that as told
by Agastya, that was godavari
surrounded by
trees in bloom, crowded
with swan and karandava
birds
and beautified
by cakravaka birds.
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.14.
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not very near also |
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habited by herds of
deers |
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|
with sounds of peacocks |
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with many caves |
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trees with flowers |
14,15.Rama told
Lakshmana that lofty mountains
made noisy by the sound
of peacocks,
having many caves and covered
with trees with flowers
is
neither far
nor very near.
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,
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.16.
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wiht shining golden |
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like a painting |
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with exquisite colours |
16.Rama told
Lakshmana that speckled here
and there with shining
golden, silvery
and coppery minerals, they
look like elephants painted
with exquisite
colours.
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,
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.17.
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and with tamala trees |
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with date, jackfruit
trees |
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with nivara trees |
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|
with
timisa trees also |
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|
with punnaga trees also |
17.Rama told
Lakshmana that the mountains
are adorned with sal, palmyra,
tamala, date,
jack-fruit, nivara, timisa and
punnaga trees.
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,
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.18.
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.19.
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ketaka as well |
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with flowers, shrubs and
creepers |
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|
likuca as well |
DvaáknIK¢drW:
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dhava, aswakarna, khadira |
Sm£¢k|S¤kpazlW:
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sami, kimkusa, patala |
18,19.Rama told
Lakshmana that the mountain
is covered by mango,
ashoka, tolaka,
ketaka, campaka, with flowers,
shrubs and creepers,
ketaka, sandalwood,
spandana, nipa, parnasa, likuca,
dhava, aswakarna,
khadira, sami,
kinkusa, patala and many
more trees.
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.20.
bh^m¦g¢¹jm¯
|
abounds in deers and
birds |
0.Rama told
Lakshmana that that spot
was holy, charming and
abounds in
deers and
birds. He said he will
live there with the bird
jatayu.
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