THE RAMAYANA
THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 51 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20
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- FIGHT BETWEEN JATAYU
AND RAVANA
ttaE{Þy
sSr|
cap|
m¤³am¢N¢vB¥¢xtm¯
,
crNa×ya|
mhatEja
bB¸
ptgEár:
.11.
| m¤³am¢N¢vB¥¢xtm¯
|
inlaid with pearls and
gem stones |
| mhatEja:
|
with great energy |
| ptgEár:
|
the king of birds |
11.Jatayu then
broke Ravana's bow, inlaid
with pearls and gem stones
and fitted
with an arrow, with his
feet.
ttaE{Óy¼n¤raday
ravN:
@aEDm¥r¢ÅCt:
,
vvxI
SrvxaI¢N
StSaE{T
sh*S:
.12.
| @aEDm¥r¢ÅCt:
|
besides himself with anger |
| SrvxaI¢N
|
showers of arrows |
12.Ravana, who
was besides himself with
anger, then taking another
bow
and rained
showers of arrows in hundreds
and thousands.
SrWrava¢rtÞtÞy
s|y¤gE
ptgEár:
,
k[laym¤ps|p#açO:
pX£v
s
bBaW
tda
.13.
| ups|p#açO:
|
having found shelter |
13.Jatayu, enclosed
by Ravana's arrows, appeared
like a bird having
taken shelter
in a nest.
s
ta¢n
Srjala¢n
pXa×ya|
t¤
¢vD¥y
c
,
crNa×ya|
mhatEja
bB¸aÞy
mh¼n¤:
.14.
| Srjala¢n
|
network of arrows |
| mhatEja:
|
with great energy |
14.Jatayu then
shaking off the network
of arrows with his wings,
broke
Ravana's great
bow with his feet.
tÅca¢g"sèS|
d£çO|
ravNÞy
Sravrm¯
,
pXa×ya|
s
mhav£ya©I
ÛyD¤naEÏptgEár:
.15.
| mhav£yI:
|
the mighty strength |
| ptgEár:
|
the king of birds |
15.Jatayu broke
the coat of mail of
Ravana with his two wings.
ka·naErÜCda¢ÓdÛya¢ÓpSacvdnan¯
Kran¯
,
ta|àaÞy
jvsØp°a¸Gan
smrE
bl£
.16.
| ka·naErÜCdan¯
|
protected by breast plates
of gold |
| ¢pSacvdnan¯
|
with the face of fiends |
16.The mighty
Jatayu also killed the
celestial swift going mules
protected
by breast
plates of gold and with
the face of a fiend.
vr|
¢æOvEN¤sØp°|
kamg|
pavka¢cIxm¯
,
m¢NhEm¢v¢cæOaHqg|
bB¸
c
mharTm¯
.17.
| ¢æOvEN¤sØp°|
|
with a pole and
a yoke |
| kamg|
|
can go where one wished |
| pavka¢cIxm¯
|
flaming like a fire |
| m¢NhEm¢v¢cæOaHqg|
|
with wheels made of
gold and inlaid with diamonds |
| c
mharTm¯
|
the huge chariot also |
17.Jatayu then
broke Ravana's huge chariot
with a pole and yoke,
flaming
like a
fire, can go where one
wished and with wheels
made of gold and
inlaid with
diamonds.
p¥NIcÓd#p#t£kaS|
CæO|
c
ÛyjnWÞsh
,
patyamas
vEgEn
g#a¢hB£
raXsWÞsh
.18.
| p¥NIcÓd#p#t£kaS|
|
shining like a full
moon |
| ÛyjnW:
sh
|
along with the whisks |
18.Jatayu then
knocked down with force
the umbrella shining like
a full
moon along
with the whisks and the
ogres holding them.
sarTEàaÞy
vEgEn
t¤ÎfEnWv
mh¢ÅCr:
,
p¤nrqÛyaphrÅC®£man¯
p¢XrajaE
mhabl:
.19.
| t¤ÎfEn
ev
|
by the beak only |
19.Jatayu then
repeatedly struck with force
on the big head of
the
charioteer also
with his beak.
s
Bg"DÓva
¢vrTaE
htaáaE
htsar¢T:
,
AHqkEnaday
vWdEh£|
ppat
B¤¢v
ravN:
.20.
| htsar¢T:
|
with charioteer killed |
20.Ravana, with
bow broken, without a chariot,
with horses and charioteer
killed fell
down on the ground keeping
Sita on his lap.
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