THE RAMAYANA


ARANYA KANDA


SARGA 47 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

ravN¢D±ar:   -   REPROACHING   RAVANA  

 
ravNEn     vWdEh£   tTa   p¦¾a   ¢jh£xIta   ,  
p¢rv#ajk¢lHqgEn   SS|saÏmanmÄñna   .1.  
ravNEn    by Ravana
    in this
vWdEh£    Sita
tTa    as above
p¦¾a    questioned
¢jh£xIta    intending to carry away
p¢rv#ajk¢lHqgEn    disguised as a wandering mendicant
SS|s    thought
AaÏman|    within herself
AÄñna    lady
 
1.Sita   questioned   by   Ravana   in   the   guise   of   a   wandering   mendicant   as  
above   thought   in   her   mind.  
 
b#a'Nàa¢t¢Tàaymn¤³aE   ¢h   SpEt   mam¯   ,  
i¢t   ÒyaÏva   m¤h\tI|     s£ta   vcnmb#v£t¯   .2.  
b#a'N:   c    a brahmin also
A¢t¢T:    a guest
c    moreover
Ay|    he
An¤³:   ¢h    if not replied
SpEt   mam¯    will curse me
i¢t    thus
ÒyaÏva    reflecting
m¤h\tI|    for a while
    in this
s£ta    Sita
vcn|    following words
Ab#v£t¯    said
 
2.Sita   after   reflecting   for   a   while   that   being   a   guest   and   moreover   a  
brahmin,   he   will   curse   if   not   replied   to   and   then   spoke   to   the   brahmin   as  
follows.  
 
Ѥ¢hta   jnkÞyah|   mW¢TlÞy   mhaÏmn:   ,  
s£ta   naØna{¢Þm   Bd#|   tE   ramBayaI   ¢¹jaEäOm   .3.  
Ѥ¢hta    daughter
jnkÞy    of Janaka
Ah|    I
mW¢TlÞy    king of Mithila
mhaÏmn:    great soul
s£ta   naØna   A¢Þm    I am named Sita
Bd#|   tE    may all be well with you
ramBayaI    rama's wife
¢¹jaEäOm    foremost among brahmins
 
3.Sita   told   the   brahmin   that   she   was   the   daughter   of   Janaka   named   Sita  
and   wife   of   Rama.  
 
u¢xÏva   ¹adS   sma   ißvak\Na|   ¢nvESnE   ,  
B¤¸ana   man¤xan¯   BaEgan¯   svIkamsm¦¢¼n£   .4.  
u¢xÏva    have lived
¹adS    twelve
sma:    years
ißvak\Na|    kings of ikshvaku dynasty's
¢nvESnE    in the palace of
B¤¸ana    enjoying
man¤xan¯    for human beings
BaEgan¯    luxuries
svIkamsm¦¢¼n£    having all my desires fulfilled
 
4.Sita   told   the   brahmin   that   she   lived   for   twelve   years   in   the   palace   of   the  
kings   of   ikshvaku   dynasty   enjoying   all   luxuries   and   having   all   her   desires  
fulfilled.  
 
ttÞæOyaEdSE   vx©I   raja{mÓæOyt   p#B¤:   ,  
A¢BxEc¢yt¤|   ram|   smEtaE   rajm¢ÓæO¢B:   .5.  
tt:    then
æOyaEdSE    in the thirteenth
vx©I    year
raja    king
AmÓæOyt    decided
p#B¤:    the lord
A¢BxEc¢yt¤|    to coronate
ram|    Rama
smEt:    along with
rajm¢ÓæO¢B:    his ministers
 
5.Sita   told   the   brahmin   that   in   the   thirteeth   year   Rama's   father,   the   king,  
along   with   his   ministers   decided   to   coronate   him.  
 
t¢Þmn¯   s|¢B#ymaNE     raGvÞya¢BxEcnE   ,  
kWkEy£   nam   BtaIr|   mmayaI   yactE   vrm¯   .6.  
t¢Þmn¯    that
s|¢B#ymaNE       while being arranged
raGvÞy    Rama's
A¢BxEcnE    coronation
kWkEy£   nam    Kaikeyi by name
BtaIr|    to her husband
mm   AayaI    my motherin-law
yactE    asked for
vrm¯    a boon
 
6.Sita   told   the   brahmin   that   while   the   coronation   of   was   being   arranged,  
her   mother-in-law   Kaikeyi   by   name   asked   for   a   boon   of   her   husband.  
 
p#¢tg¦/     kWkEy£   áS¤r|   s¤k]tEn   mE   ,  
mm   p#v#ajn|   Bt¤IBIrtÞya¢BxEcnm¯   .7.  
¹avyact   BtaIr|   sÏysÓD|   n¦paEäOmm¯   .8.  
p#¢tg¦/    binding
    in this
kWkEy£    Kaikeyi
áS¤r|    fatherin-law
s¤k]tEn    in the name of virtue
mE    my
mm    my
p#v#ajn|    exile to forest
Bt¤I:    husband's
BrtÞy    Bharata's
A¢BxEcnm¯    coronation
¹aW    the two
Ayact    asked as follows
BtaIr|    of her husband
sÏysÓD|    true to his word
n¦paEäOmm¯    jewel among kings
 
7,8.Sita   told   the   brahmin   that   Kaikeyi   binding   Dasaratha   in   the   name   of  
virtue   asked   for   two   boons   viz   exile   to   forest   of   Rama   and   coronation  
of   Bharata.  
 
naï   BaEßyE   n   c   ÞvÔs¯yE   n   paÞyE   n   kT·n   ,  
ex   mE   j£¢vtÞyaÓtaE   ramaE   yï¢B¢xÅytE   .9.  
n    not
    from now
BaEßyE   n    will not eat
c   ÞvÔs¯yE   n    will not sleep
paÞyE   n    will not drink
kT·n    any more
ex:    this
mE    my
j£¢vtÞy    life's
AÓt:    end
ram:    rama
y¢d   A¢B¢xÅytE    if coronated
 
9.Sita   told   the   brahmin   that   Kaikeyi   said   that   if   Rama   is   coronated   she  
will   not   eat,   sleep   or   drink   any   more   and   that   will   be   end   of   her   life.  
 
i¢t   b#¤vaNa|   kWkEy£|   áS¤raE   mE   s   mand:   ,  
AyactaT©IrÓvT©Irqn   c   yaÅMa|   ckar   sa   .10.  
i¢t    thus
b#¤vaNa|    was speaking
kWkEy£|    to Kaikeyi
áS¤r:   mE    my fatherin-law
s:    that
mand:    who respects all
Ayact    begged
AT©I:    with reasons
AÓvT©I:    as per dharma
n    not
c    also
yaÅMa|    the request
ckar    grant
sa    she
 
10.Sita   told   the   brahmin   that   Kaikeyi   did   not   agree   to   the   request   of  
Dasaratha   though   it   was   reasonable   and   as   per   dharma.              
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