THE RAMAYANA

ARANYA KANDA

SARGA 23 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


upatdSInm¯    -   SEEING   BAD   OMENS

t|    p#yaÓt|    bl|    GaErm¢Sv|    SaE¢NtaEdkm¯    ,
A×yvxIÓmhamEGÞt¤m¤laE    gdIBaâN:    .1.

t|    that
p#yaÓt|    marched on
bl|    the army
GaErm¯    dreadful
A¢Sv|    inauspicious
SaE¢NtaEdkm¯    blood red water
A×yvxIn¯    showered
mhamEG:    a terrible cloud
t¤m¤l:    with thunder clap
gdIBaâN:    light brown in colour

1.As   Khara's   dreadful   army   marched   on,   a   terrible   cloud,   light   brown   in
colour,   showered   blood   red   water.

¢npEt¤Þt¤rgaÞtÞy    rTy¤³a    mhajva:    ,
smE    p¤Ýp¢ctE    dESE    rajmag©I    yèÅCya    .2.

¢npEt¤:    fell down
t¤rga:    horses
tÞy    his
rTy¤³a:    yoked to chariot
mhajva:    having great speed
smE    on level ground
p¤Ýp¢ctE    strewn with flowers
dESE    in region
rajmag©I    on the highway
yèÅCya    accidentally

2.The   horses   yoked   to   Khara's   chariot   fell   down   accidentally   on   the   level
ground   strewn   with   flowers   on   the   highway.

Üyam|    â¢DrpyIÓt|    bB¥v    p¢rvExNm¯    ,
Alatc@p#¢tm|    p¢rg¦/    ¢dvakrm¯    .3.

Üyam|    dark
â¢DrpyIÓt|    with red edge
bB¥v    appeared
p¢rvExNm¯    a circular halo
Alatc@p#¢tm|    looking like a revolving fireband
p¢rg¦/    around
¢dvakrm¯    the sun

3.There   appeared   around   the   sun   a   dark   red   edged   halo   looking   like
a   revolving   fireband.

ttaE    Òvjm¤pagØy    hEmdÎf|    sm¤ÅCq¢rtm¯    ,
sma@Øy    mhakayÞtÞTaW    g¦D#:    s¤daâN:    .4.

tt:    then
Òvj|    flag
upagØy    approaching
hEmdÎf|    on a golden pole
sm¤ÅCq¢rtm¯    raised
sma@Øy    circling
mhakay:    with a huge body
tÞTaW    remained
g¦D#:    a vulture
s¤daâN:    most frightful

4.A   most   frightful   vulture   with   a   huge   body   appraoched   the   flag   raised   on   a   golden   pole   and   remained   circling   around   it.

jnÞTansm£pE       smagØy    KrÞvna:    ,
¢vÞvran¯    ¢v¢vDa|à@[maI|sada    m¦gp¢XN:    .5.

jnÞTansm£pE       near janasthana itself
smagØy    coming together
KrÞvna:    discordant notes
¢vÞvran¯    in shrill cries
¢v¢vDan¯    various
c@[:    raised
ma|sada:    carnivorous
m¦gp¢XN:    beasts and birds

5.Near   janasthana   itself,   various   carnivorous   beasts   and   birds   raised   shrill
cries   in   discordant   notes.

Ûyaj»^à    p#d£çOaya|    ¢d¢S    vW    BWrvÞvnm¯    ,
A¢Sv|    yat¤Danana|    ¢Sva    GaEra    mhaÞvna:    .6.

Ûyaj»^:    uttered
c    also
p#d£çOaya|   ¢d¢S    in the eastern quarter
vW    may be
BWrvÞvnm¯    frightful yell
A¢Sv|    foreboding ill luck
yat¤Danana|    for the ogres
¢Sva:    jackals
GaEra:    terrible
mhaÞvna:    with a great noise

6.In   the   eastern   quarter,   terrible   jackals   making   a   great   noise   uttered   a
frightful   yell   foreboding   ill   luck   for   the   ogres.

p#¢B°gjsHqkaSaÞtaEySaE¢NtDa¢rN:    ,
AakaS|    tdnakaS|    c@[B£I|ma    blahka:    .7.

p#¢B°gjsHqkaSa:    like an elephant in a rut
taEySaE¢NtDa¢rN:    carrying blood red water
AakaS|    the sky
tt¯    then
AnakaS|    without brightness
c@[:    made
B£ma:    fearful
blahka:    clouds

7.Fearful   clouds   carrying   blood   red   water   and   looking   like   elephants   in   rut   made   the   sky   without   brightness.

bB¥v    ¢t¢mr|    GaErm¤¼t|    raEmhxINm¯    ,
¢dSaE    va    ¢v¢dSaE    va{¢p    n    c    Ûy³|    cka¢SrE    .8.

bB¥v    appeared
¢t¢mr|    darkness
GaEr|    fearful
u¼t|    thick
raEmhxINm¯    hair raising
¢dS:   va    neither quarters
¢v¢dS:   va   A¢p    nor intermediate points
n    was not
c    also
Ûy³|    clearly
cka¢SrE    discernible

8.A   fearful   and   thick   darkness   that   was   hair   raising   appeared.   Neither   the   quarters   nor   the   intermediate   points   were   clearly   discernible.

Xtjarqd#svNaIBa    sÓÒya    kal|    ¢vna    bBaW    ,
KrÞya¢Bm¤Ka    nEѤÞtda    GaErm¦ga:    Kga:    .9.

Xtjarqd#svNaIBa    resembling a canopy drenched with blood
sÓÒya    evening
kal|   ¢vna    before time
bBaW    appeared
KrÞy    of Khara
A¢Bm¤Ka:    facing
nEѤ:    cried
tda    at that time
GaErm¦ga:    frightful beasts
Kga:    birds

9.Evening   shades   came   before   time   resembling   a   canopy   drenched   in
blood   and   frightful   beasts   and   birds   cried   at   that   time   facing   Khara.

kHqkgaEmay¤g¦D#aà    c@[S¤rqbyS|¢sn:    .10.

kHqkgaEmay¤g¦D#a:   c    buzzards, jackals and vultures
c@[S¤:    uttered shrill notes
AyS|¢sn:    foreboding danger

10.Buzzards,   jackals   and   vultures   uttered   shrill   notes   foreboding   danger.    

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