THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 23 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20
upatdSInm¯
- SEEING BAD OMENS
¢nÏyaS¤Bkra
y¤¼E
¢Sva
GaEr¢ndSIna:
,
nEѤrqblÞya¢Bm¤K|
ÇvalaEéa¢r¢BrannW:
.11.
¢nÏyaS¤Bkra:
|
invariably bringing disaster |
GaEr¢ndSIna:
|
presenting a terrible form |
ÇvalaEéa¢r¢B:
|
throwing flames |
11.Female jackals
in varibly bringing disaster
in a war and presenting
a
terrible form
shrieked in front of the
army throwing flames from
the mouth.
kbÓD:
p¢rGaBasaE
èÜytE
BaÞkra¢ÓtkE
,
jg#ah
s¥yI|
ÞvBaIn¤rpvI¢N
mhag#h:
.12.
p¢rGaBas:
|
resembling a cloud called
parigha |
12.Near the
sun a dark cloud resembling
the cloud called parigha
was
seen. The
great planet raghu enveloped
the sun untimely.
p#va¢t
maât:
S£G#|
¢nÝp#BaE{B¥¢êvakr:
,
uÏpEt¤à
¢vna
ra¢æO|
tara:
KïaEtsmp#Ba:
.13.
¢vna
ra¢æO|
|
when there was no
night |
KïaEtsmp#Ba:
|
flashed like fire flies |
13.The wind
blew violently. The sun
was without lustre. The
stars falshed
like fire
flies when there was no
night.
s|Úl£nm£n¢vhga
n¢lÓy:
S¤ÝkpHqkja:
,
t¢Þmn¯
XNE
bB¥v¤à
¢vna
p¤ÝpPlWrqd#[ma:
.14.
s|Úl£nm£n¢vhga:
|
with fishes and birds hidden |
S¤ÝkpHqkja:
|
with withered lotuses |
t¢Þmn¯
XNE
|
at that moment |
c
¢vna
p¤ÝpPlW:
|
without
flowers and fruits |
14.At that
moment the lotuses in the
lotus ponds withered and
the fishes and birds disappeared.
The trees became without
flowers and fruits.
u¼¥tà
¢vna
vat|
rEN¤jIlDraâN:
,
v£c£
k\c£¢t
vaÜyÓÏyaE
bB¥v¤ÞtæO
Sa¢rka:
.15.
v£c£
k\c£
i¢t
|
in
various tones |
15.Dust like
a cloud arose without wind
and parrots started warbling
in
various tones.
uÚkaàa¢p
s¢nrqGata
¢npEt¤Ga©IrdSIna:
,
p#ccal
mh£
svaI
sSWlvnkanna
.16.
s¢nrqGata:
|
with a thunder clap |
GaErdSIna:
|
with a terrible aspect |
sSWlvnkanna
|
with mountains, forests and
woodlands |
16.Meteors with
a terrible aspect fell
down with a loud clap.
The earth with mountains,
forests and woodlands shook
violently.
KrÞy
c
rTÞTÞy
ndImanÞy
D£mt:
,
p#akØpt
B¤j:
sÛy:
KràaÞyavsÇjt
.17.
c
rTÞTÞy
|
while in the chariot |
17.While the
intelligent Khara was travelling
in the chariot his left
arm
throbbed and
his voice grew faint.
sa*a
sØpïtE
袾:
pÜymanÞy
svIt:
,
llazE
c
âja
jata
n
c
maEhan¯ÓyvtIt
.18.
18.Khara's vision
was dimmed with tears when
he looked all round and
a pain
started in his head. Even
then he did not return
due to folly.
tan¯
sm£ßy
mhaEÏpatan¤¢ÏTtan¯
raEmhxINan¯
,
Ab#v£d#aXsan¯
svaIn¯
p#hsn¯
va¢hn£p¢t:
.19.
mhaEÏpatan¯
|
great ill omens |
va¢hn£p¢t:
|
the commander of the army |
19.Khara, the
commander of the army,
observing those great ill
omens
which sprung
up told all the ogres
laughing as follows.
mhaEÏpata¢nman¯
svaIn¤¢ÏTtan¯
GaErdSInan¯
,
n
¢cÓtyaØyh|
v£yaIëllvan¯
Ѥrqbla¢nv
.20.
mhaEÏpatan¯
|
great ill omens |
u¢ÏTtan¯
|
which have sprung up |
GaErdSInan¯
|
terrifying to look at |
n
¢cÓtya¢m
|
am not worried |
20.Khara told
the ogres that he did
not worry about these great
ill
omens since
they will affect the weaklings
only.
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