THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 19 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20
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NARRATING MUTILATION TO KHARA
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.11.
11.Khara told
Surpanakha that neither gods
nor gandharvas nor fiends
nor ogres are capable of
protecting him from being
dragged by Khara in a
war.
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¢n¢jIta
.12.
| S|¢st¤m¯
Arqh¢s
|
should tell |
12.Khara asked
Surpanakha to tell him,
after gradually recovering her
consciousness, about
the unruly person who had
subdued her with force.
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.13.
13.Surpanakha, hearing
her brother's words when
he was especially angry,
replied as
follows with tears.
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.14.
| ãpsØp°aW
|
richly endowed with comeliness |
| s¤k[maraW
|
with very tender skin |
| mhablaW
|
of extraordinary might |
| p¤Îfr£k¢vSalaXaW
|
having large lotus like
eyes |
| c£rk]ÝNa¢jnaØbraW
|
wearing bark clothes
and black deer skin |
14.Surpanakha told
Khara that there are two
young men richly endowed
with comeliness,
having temder skin, with
extraordinary might, having
lotus like
eyes and wearing bark clothes
and deer skin.
Plm¥laSnaW
daÓtaW
tapsaW
DmIca¢rNaW
,
p¤æOaW
dSrTÞyaÞta|
B#atraW
ramlßmNaW
.15.
| Plm¥laSnaW
|
eating fruits and roots |
| tapsaW
|
practicing austerities |
| ramlßmNaW
|
Rama and Lakshmana |
15.Surpanakha told
Khara that Rama and Lakshmana,
sons of Dasaratha,
eating fruits
and roots, practicing austerities
and continence have come
here.
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svIst¯Ïvana|
½E¿aW
svIDn¤Ýmtam¯
.16.
| svIst¯Ïvana|
|
to all living beings |
| svIDn¤Ýmtam¯
|
among all archers |
16.Surpanakha told
Khara that they give protection
to all living beings and
are the best among archers.
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pa¢TIvÛy¸na¢ÓvtaW
,
dEvaW
va
man¤xaW
va
taW
n
tkI¢yt¤m¤ÏshE
.17.
| gÓDvIrajp#¢tmaW
|
are like the king
of gandharvas |
| pa¢TIvÛy¸na¢ÓvtaW
|
are endowed with bodily
marks of kings |
17.Surpanakha told
Khara that they look like
king of gandharvas and
have bodily marks of a
king. She was unable to
guess whether they were
gods or men.
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nar£
tyaEmIÒyE
s¤mÒyma
.18.
| ãpsØp°a
|
richly endowed with bodily
charm |
| svaIBrNB¥¢xta
|
adorned with all orments |
| s¤mÒyma
|
with a slender waist |
18.Surpanakha told
Khara that there she saw
in their midst a young
lady richly endowed with
bodily charm, slender waist
and adorned with all ornaments.
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tam¯
,
imamvÞTa|
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yTa{naTa{st£
tTa
.19.
| uBa×ya|
|
by the two of them |
19.Surpanakha told
Khara that she was brought
to this state by both
of
them on
account of the ladyin the
same way an unprotected
and vile
woman would
be.
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htyaErhm¯
,
sPEn|
pat¤¢mÅCa¢m
â¢Dr|
rNm¥DI¢n
.20.
| An¦j¤v¦äOaya:
|
of bad character |
| rNm¥DI¢n
|
in the battle field |
20.Surpanakha told
Khara thatshe desires to
drink the foaming blood
of
that woman
with bad character as well
as he two brothers in
the battle field.
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