THE RAMAYANA

ARANYA KANDA

SARGA 18 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20


S¥pINKaya:   kNINasÅCEdnm¯    -   CHOPPING   OFF   SURPANAKHA'S   EARS   AND   NOSE

ena|   ¢vãpamst£|    krala|   ¢nNItaEdr£m¯    ,
BayaI   v¦¼a|    p¢rÏyÇy   ÏvamEvWx    B¢jÝy¢t    .11.

ena|    her
¢vãpam¯    deformed
Ast£|    vile
krala|    hideous
¢nNItaEdr£m¯    with a prominent belly
BayaI    wife
v¦¼a|    aged
p¢rÏyÇy    giving up
Ïva|   ev    you only
ex:    he
B¢jÝy¢t    will accept

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.

kaE{¢h   ãp¢md|    ½E¿|   sÓÏyÇy    vrv¢NI¢n    ,
man¤x£x¤   vraraEhE    k[yaIìav|   ¢vcXN:    .12.

k:   A¢h    who else
ãp|    form
id|    this
½E¿|    excellent
sÓÏyÇy    abandoning
vrv¢NI¢n    with good complexion
man¤x£x¤    on human ladies
vraraEhE    charming lady
k[yaIt¯    will direct
Bav|    his mind
¢vcXN:    wise

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.

i¢t   sa    lßmNEnaE³a   krala    ¢nNItaEdr£    ,
mÓytE   t¹cÞtÐy|    p¢rhasa¢vcXNa    .13.

i¢t    thus
sa    she
lßmNEn    by Lakshmana
u³a    being told
krala    hideous
¢nNItaEdr£    with a prominent belly
mÓytE    thought
tt¯    those
vc:    words
tÐy|    to be true
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.

sa    she
ram|    to Rama
pNISalaya|    in the hermitage
up¢v¾|    seated
prÓtpm¯    tormentor of foes
s£tya   sh    along with Sita
ѤDIxIm¯    invincible
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.

ima|   ¢vãpamst£|    krala|   ¢nNItaEdr£m¯    ,
v¦¼a|   BayaImv¾×y    ma|   Ïv|    n   bh^mÓysE    .15.

ima|    her
¢vãpam¯    deformed
Ast£|    vile
krala|    hideous
¢nNItaEdr£m¯    with a prominent belly
v¦¼a|    aged
BayaIm¯    wife
Av¾×y    clinging
ma|    me
Ïv|    you
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.

    now
ima|    her
BX¢yÝya¢m    I will eat
pÜyt:    as you are watching
tv    your
man¤x£m¯    human lady
Ïvya   sh    with you
c¢rÝya¢m    will roam
¢n:spÏna    without a cowife
yTas¤Km¯    at will

16.Surpanakha   told   Rama   that   she   will   eat   Sita   before   his   eyes   and   then   roam   at   will   without   a   co-wife.

iÏy¤?va   m¦gSavaX£mlatsèSEXNa    ,
A×yDavÏs¤sHq@[¼a   mhaEÚka    raE¢hN£¢mv    .17.

i¢t    thus
u?va    having said
m¦gSavaX£m¯    with eyes like a fawn
AlatsèSEXNa    whose eyes shone like embers
A×yDavt¯    rushed at
s¤sHq@[¼a    highly enraged
mhaEÚka    a meteor
raE¢hN£|    star rohini
iv    like

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.

ta|    her
m¦Ïy¤paSp#¢tma|    like the noose of death
AaptÓt£|    rushing
mhabl:    mighty
¢ng¦/    checking
ram:    Rama
k[¢pt:    angrily
tt:    then
lßmNm¯    to Lakshmana
Ab#v£t¯    said the following

18.Rama,   checking   Surpanakha   who   was   rushing   like   the   noose   of   death,
said   to   Lakshmana   the   following.

@\rWrnay©IÞsaW¢mæOE   p¢rhas:    kT·n    ,
n   kayI:    pÜy   vWdEh£|    kT¢·ÏsaWØy   j£vt£m¯    .19.

@\rW:    cruel
Anay©I:    unworthy people
saW¢mæOE    Lakshmana
p¢rhas:    jesting
kT·n    in no case
n   kayI:    should not be done
pÜy    see
vWdEh£|    Sita
kT¢·t¯    any how
saWØy    blessed
j£vt£m¯    survives

19.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he   should   not   jest   with   cruel   and   unworthy   people.   Rama   asked   Lakshmana   to   see   that   Sita   survives.

ima|   ¢vãpamst£m¢tmäOa|   mhaEdr£m¯    ,
raXs£|   p¤âxÛyaG#    ¢vãpyt¤mrqh¢s    .20.

ima|    this
¢vãpam¯    deformed
Ast£m¯    vile
A¢tmäOa|    highly wanton
mhaEdr£m¯    big bellied
raXs£|    ogress
p¤âxÛyaG#    tiger among men
¢vãpyt¤m¯    to mutilate
Arqh¢s    ought

20.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he   ought   to   mutilate   the   deformed,   vile,
highly   wanton   and   big   bellied   ogress.    

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