THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 23 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10
upatdSInm¯
- SEEING BAD OMENS
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SaE¢NtaEdkm¯
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gdIBaâN:
.1.
SaE¢NtaEdkm¯
|
blood red water |
gdIBaâN:
|
light brown in colour |
1.As Khara's
dreadful army marched on,
a terrible cloud, light
brown in
colour, showered
blood red water.
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,
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rajmag©I
yèÅCya
.2.
mhajva:
|
having great speed |
p¤Ýp¢ctE
|
strewn with flowers |
2.The horses
yoked to Khara's chariot
fell down accidentally on
the level
ground strewn
with flowers on the highway.
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p¢rvExNm¯
,
Alatc@p#¢tm|
p¢rg¦/
¢dvakrm¯
.3.
p¢rvExNm¯
|
a circular halo |
Alatc@p#¢tm|
|
looking like a revolving
fireband |
3.There appeared
around the sun a dark
red edged halo looking
like
a revolving
fireband.
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,
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s¤daâN:
.4.
4.A most
frightful vulture with a
huge body appraoched the
flag raised on a golden
pole and remained circling
around it.
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smagØy
KrÞvna:
,
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¢v¢vDa|à@[maI|sada
m¦gp¢XN:
.5.
jnÞTansm£pE
t¤
|
near janasthana itself |
m¦gp¢XN:
|
beasts and birds |
5.Near janasthana
itself, various carnivorous beasts
and birds raised shrill
cries in
discordant notes.
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p#d£çOaya|
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,
A¢Sv|
yat¤Danana|
¢Sva
GaEra
mhaÞvna:
.6.
p#d£çOaya|
¢d¢S
|
in
the eastern quarter |
A¢Sv|
|
foreboding ill luck |
yat¤Danana|
|
for the ogres |
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.
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,
AakaS|
tdnakaS|
c@[B£I|ma
blahka:
.7.
p#¢B°gjsHqkaSa:
|
like an elephant in
a rut |
taEySaE¢NtDa¢rN:
|
carrying blood red water |
AnakaS|
|
without brightness |
7.Fearful clouds
carrying blood red water
and looking like elephants
in rut made the sky
without brightness.
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¢t¢mr|
GaErm¤¼t|
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,
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¢v¢dSaE
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Ûy³|
cka¢SrE
.8.
¢v¢dS:
va
A¢p
|
nor
intermediate points |
8.A fearful
and thick darkness that
was hair raising appeared.
Neither the quarters nor
the intermediate points were
clearly discernible.
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sÓÒya
kal|
¢vna
bBaW
,
KrÞya¢Bm¤Ka
nEѤÞtda
GaErm¦ga:
Kga:
.9.
Xtjarqd#svNaIBa
|
resembling a canopy drenched
with blood |
GaErm¦ga:
|
frightful beasts |
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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