THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 37 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10
mar£ck]taEpdES:
- ADVICE GIVEN BY MARICA
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raXsEÓd#Þy
vaÀy|
vaÀy¢vSard:
,
p#Ïy¤vac
mhap#aåOaE
mar£caE
raXsEárm¯
.1.
raXsEÓd#Þy
|
king of ohres' |
vaÀy¢vSard:
|
adept in expressing |
mhap#aåO:
|
very intelligent |
raXsEárm¯
|
to the king of ogres |
1.Marica hearing
Ravana's words replied as
follows to Ravana.
s¤lBa:
p¤âxa
rajn¯
stt|
¢p#yva¢dn:
,
A¢p#yÞy
t¤
pÐyÞy
v³a
½aEta
c
ѤlIB:
.2.
¢p#yva¢dn:
|
speaking agreeable words |
2.Marica told
Ravana that it is easy
to find men who speaks
agreeable
words but
it is difficult to find
one who speaks words though
disagreeable yet wholesome and
similarly one who will
listen to those words.
n
n¥n|
b¤ÒysE
ram|
mhav£y©I|
g¤NaE°tm¯
,
Ay¤³caràplaE
mhEÓd#vâNaEpmm¯
.3.
mhav£y©I|
|
with exceptional valour |
g¤NaE°tm¯
|
with excellent virtues |
Ay¤³car:
|
without employing spies |
cpl:
|
being hasty without planning |
mhEÓd#vâNaEpmm¯
|
like Indra and Varuna |
3.Marica told
Ravana that having not
employed spies and being
hasty
without planning,
he did not know that
Rama as one with excellent
virtues and
valour equal to Indra and
Varuna.
A¢p
Þv¢Þt
BvEäOat
sv©Ixa|
B¤¢v
rXsam¯
,
A¢p
ramaE
n
s|@[¼:
k[yaIÚlaEkmraXsm¯
.4.
4.Marica asked
Ravana whether for all
the ogres well being will
happen
and will
not Rama make the world
free of ogres?
A¢p
tE
j£¢vtaÓtay
naEÏp°a
jnkaÏmja
,
A¢p
s£ta¢n¢mäO|
tE
n
BvEdqÛysn|
mht¯
.5.
jnkaÏmja
|
Janaka's daughter |
s£ta¢n¢mäO|
|
on account of Sita |
5.Marica asked
Ravana whether that Sita
was not born to end
his life and on account
of Sita whether no great
calamity befell him?
A¢p
Ïvam£ár|
p#aÔy
kamv¦äO|
¢nrHqk[Sm¯
,
n
¢vnÜyEÏp¤r£
lHqka
Ïvya
sh
sraXsa
.6.
p¤r£
lHqka
|
the city of Lanka |
6.Marica asked
Ravana whether Lanka will
not perish and all the
ogres
with him
who was their king?
Ïv¢¹D:
kamv¦äOaE
¢h
ѤÜS£l:
papm¢ÓæOt:
,
AaÏman|
Þvjn|
ra¾®|
s
raja
h¢Ót
ѤmI¢t:
.7.
papm¢ÓæOt:
|
adviced by sinful men |
7.Marica told
Ravana that a king who
was licentious, evil minded,
of evil conduct and advised
by evil men surely ruins
himself, his kith and kin
and the kingdom.
n
s
¢pæOa
p¢rÏy³aE
namyaId:
kT|cn
,
n
l¤ÖDaE
n
c
Ѥ:S£laE
n
c
X¢æOypa|sn:
.8.
n
AmyaId:
|
nor transgressed bounds
of morality |
n
c
Ѥ:S£l:
|
and not with evil conduct |
n
c
X¢æOypa|sn:
|
not also brought disgrace
to kshatriyas |
8.Marica told
Ravana that Rama was not
disowned by his father
nor has he transgressed
the bounds of morality
in any way, is not
greedy, not of evil conduct
and had not brought disgrace
to kshatriyas.
n
c
DmIg¤NWrqh£n:
kaWsÚyanÓdvDIn:
,
n
t£ßNaE
n
c
B¥tana|
sv©Ixam¢htE
rt:
.9.
n
c
DmIg¤NW:
h£n:
|
not devoid of piety
and virtue |
kaWsÚyanÓdvDIn:
|
enhances the joy of Kausalya |
B¥tana|
|
for living beings |
9.Marica told
Ravana that Rama is not
devoid of piety and virtue
nor hard hearted and not
also intent on doing harm
to all living beings.
v¢·t|
¢ptr|
è¾qva
kWkEÙya
sÏyva¢dnm¯
,
k¢rÝyam£¢t
DmaIÏma
tt:
p#v#a¢jtaE
vnm¯
.10.
sÏyva¢dnm¯
|
prove him to be truthful |
DmaIÏma
|
mind set on virtue |
10.Marica told
Ravana that Rama seeing
that his father was duped
by
Kaikeyi, departed
to the father to prove
that his father was truthful.
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