THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 25 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20
KrsWÓyvD:
- KILLING KHARA'S ARMY
s
tW:
p¢rv¦taE
GaErW
raGvaE
rXsa|
gNW:
,
¢t¢T¢Ývv
mhadEvaE
v¦t:
p¢rxda|
gNW:
.11.
¢t¢Tx¤
|
on days of pradosa |
iv
mhadEv:
|
like lord Mahadeva |
11.Rama surrounded
by all terrible ogres looked
like Lord Mahadeva
surrounded by
his attendants.
ta¢n
m¤³a¢n
SÞæOa¢N
yat¤DanW:
s
raGv:
,
p#¢tjg#ah
¢v¢SKWnIïaEGa¢nv
sagr:
.12.
nïaEGan¯
|
rushing waters of rivers |
12.Rama absorbed
all the weapons discharged
by the ogres like the
ocean does with the rushing
waters of rivers.
s
tW:
p#hrNWGa©IrW¢BI°gaæOaE
n
¢vÛyTE
,
ram:
p#d£çOWrqbh^¢BvIj#W¢rv
mhacl:
.13.
¢B°gaæO:
|
with limbs pierced |
n
¢vÛyTE
|
was not afflicted |
13.Rama though
his limbs were pierced
by those weapons was not
afflicted like a huge mountain
rent with many thunderbolts.
s
¢v¼:
Xtja¢dÂD:
svIgaæOEx¤
raGv:
,
bB¥v
ram:
sÓÒyaB#W¢dIkakr
ivav¦t:
.14.
Xtja¢dÂD:
|
smeared with blood |
raGv:
|
born in Raghu dynasty |
sÓÒyaB#W:
|
by evening clouds |
14.Rama pierced
and smeared with blood
on all his limbs appeared
like
the sun
screened by the evening
clouds.
¢vxEѤrqdEvgÓDvaI:
¢s¼aà
prmxIy:
,
ek|
sh*Wrqbh^¢BÞtda
è¾qva
smav¦tm¯
.15.
dEvgÓDvaI:
|
gods and gandharvas |
15.Seeing Rama
surrounded by many thousand
of ogres, gods, gandharvas,
siddhas and
great rishis felt dejected.
ttaE
ram:
s¤sHq@[¼aE
mÎfl£k]tkam¤Ik:
,
ssjI
¢v¢SKan¯
baNaM¯ÅCtSaE{T
sh*S:
.16.
s¤sHq@[¼:
|
getting very angry |
mÎfl£k]tkam¤Ik:
|
with the bow bent
like a circle |
16.Rama, getting
very angry, then discharged
hundreds of thousands of
very sharp
arrows with his bent into
a circle.
ѤravaraÓѤ¢vIxhan¯
kaldÎfaEpman¯
rNE
,
m¤maEc
l£lya
ram:
kHqkpæOan¢j'gan¯
.17.
Ѥravaran¯
|
difficult to intercept |
Ѥ¢vIxhan¯
|
hard to endure |
kaldÎfaEpman¯
|
resembling the noose of
death |
kHqkpæOan¯
|
made for vultures |
A¢j'gan¯
|
without missing the target |
17.The arrows
discharged by Rama were
difficult to intercept, hard
to
bear, resembling
the noose of death and
do not miss the target.
tE
Sra:
SæO¤sWÓyEx¤
m¤³a
ramEN
l£lya
,
Aadѥ
rXsa|
p#aNan¯
paSa:
kalk]ta
iv
.18.
SæO¤sWÓyEx¤
|
on the enemy's ranks |
18.The arrows
released in sport by Rama
took away the lives of
the ogres like the noose
of death.
¢Bt¯Ïva
raXsdEha|Þta|ÞtE
Sra
â¢DraÔl¤ta:
,
AÓt¢rXgta
rEj¤d£I|çOa¢g"smtEjs:
.19.
raXsdEhan¯
|
the bodies of ogres |
â¢DraÔl¤ta:
|
soaked in blood |
AÓt¢rXgta
|
reaching the sky |
d£çOa¢g"smtEjs:
|
bright like the kindled
fire |
19.Those arrows
piercing the bodies of
the ogres, soaked in blood,
reaching the
sky shone bright like a
kindled fire.
AsHqÁyEyaÞt¤
ramÞy
saykaàapmÎflat¯
,
¢v¢nÝpEt¤rt£vaEg#a
rX:p#aNapha¢rN:
.20.
AsHqÁyEya:
|
that cannot be counted |
rX:p#aNapha¢rN:
|
taking away the lives
of ogres |
20.Most formidable
arrows that cannot be counted
flew from Rama's
bow taking
away the lives of the
ogres.
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