THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 18 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20
S¥pINKaya:
kNINasÅCEdnm¯
-
CHOPPING OFF SURPANAKHA'S EARS
AND NOSE
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,
BayaI
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B¢jÝy¢t
.11.
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|
with a prominent belly |
11.Lakshmana told
Surpanakha that Rama giving
up Sita, the deformed,
vile, hideous
and with a sunken belly,
will accept her alone as
his wife.
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sÓÏyÇy
vrv¢NI¢n
,
man¤x£x¤
vraraEhE
k[yaIìav|
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.12.
| vrv¢NI¢n
|
with good complexion |
12.Lakshmana told
Surpanakha that which wise
man would abandoning
a lady
like her with excellent
form will direct his mind
on a human lady.
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sa
lßmNEnaE³a
krala
¢nNItaEdr£
,
mÓytE
t¹cÞtÐy|
p¢rhasa¢vcXNa
.13.
| ¢nNItaEdr£
|
with a prominent belly |
| p¢rhasa¢vcXNa
|
one too simple to catch
the jest |
13.Surpanakha, who
was too simple to catch
the jest, being spoken
to
thus by
Lakshmana, thought his words
to be true.
sa
ram|
pNISalayam¤p¢v¾|
prÓtpm¯
,
s£tya
sh
ѤDIxImb#v£ÏkamaE¢hta
.14.
| pNISalaya|
|
in the hermitage |
| prÓtpm¯
|
tormentor of foes |
| Ab#v£t¯
|
spoke the following |
| kamaE¢hta
|
infatuated with love |
14.Surpanakha, infatuated
with love, again spoke
to Rama who was
seated in
the hermitage with Sita.
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krala|
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,
v¦¼a|
BayaImv¾×y
ma|
Ïv|
n
bh^mÓysE
.15.
| ¢nNItaEdr£m¯
|
with a prominent belly |
| n
bh^mÓysE
|
do not make much
of |
15.Surpanakha told
Rama that he was clinging
to the aged, deformed,
vile and hideous wife with
a prominent belly and did
not make much of her.
AïEma|
BX¢yÝya¢m
pÜytÞtv
man¤x£m¯
,
Ïvya
sh
c¢rÝya¢m
¢n:spÏna
yTas¤Km¯
.16.
| pÜyt:
|
as you are watching |
| ¢n:spÏna
|
without a cowife |
16.Surpanakha told
Rama that she will eat
Sita before his eyes and
then roam at will without
a co-wife.
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m¦gSavaX£mlatsèSEXNa
,
A×yDavÏs¤sHq@[¼a
mhaEÚka
raE¢hN£¢mv
.17.
| m¦gSavaX£m¯
|
with eyes like a fawn |
| AlatsèSEXNa
|
whose eyes shone like embers |
17.Surpanakha, saying
thus, with eyes like live
embers and highly
enraged, rushed
at Sita like a meteor
rushing towards star rohini.
ta|
m¦Ïy¤paSp#¢tmamaptÓt£|
mhabl:
,
¢ng¦/
ram:
k[¢ptÞttaE
lßmNmb#v£t¯
.18.
| m¦Ïy¤paSp#¢tma|
|
like the noose of
death |
| Ab#v£t¯
|
said the following |
18.Rama, checking
Surpanakha who was rushing
like the noose of death,
said to
Lakshmana the following.
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p¢rhas:
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,
n
kayI:
pÜy
vWdEh£|
kT¢·ÏsaWØy
j£vt£m¯
.19.
| n
kayI:
|
should not be done |
19.Rama told
Lakshmana that he should
not jest with cruel and
unworthy people. Rama asked
Lakshmana to see that Sita
survives.
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mhaEdr£m¯
,
raXs£|
p¤âxÛyaG#
¢vãpyt¤mrqh¢s
.20.
| p¤âxÛyaG#
|
tiger among men |
20.Rama told
Lakshmana that he ought
to mutilate the deformed,
vile,
highly wanton
and big bellied ogress.
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