THE RAMAYANA


ARANYA KANDA


SARGA 52 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

s£ta¢vlap:   -   SITA'S   WAILING  

 
tmÚpj£¢vt|   B¥maW   ÞP[rÓt||   raXsa¢Dp:   ,  
ddSI   g¦D#|   p¢tt|   sm£pE   raDva½mat¯   .1.  
t|    that
AÚpj£¢vt|    with life ebbing
B¥maW    on the ground
ÞP[rÓt|    struggling
raXsa¢Dp:    the king of ogres
ddSI    saw
g¦D#|    vulture
p¢tt|    fallen
sm£pE    near
raDva½mat¯    Rama's hermitage
 
1.Ravana   saw   the   vulture   fallen   on   the   ground   near   Rama's   hermitage   fallen  
on   the   ground   struggling   with   life   ebbing   away.  
 
sa   t¤   tara¢Dpm¤K£   ravNEn   sm£ßy   tm¯   ,  
g¦D#raj|   ¢v¢nht|   ¢vllap   s¤Ñ¤:¢Kta   .2.  
sa   t¤    she
tara¢Dpm¤K£    with countenance resembling the full moon
ravNEn    by Ravana
sm£ßy    perceiving
tm¯    that
g¦D#raj|    king of vultures
¢v¢nht|    mortally wounded
¢vllap    wailed
s¤Ñ¤:¢Kta    highly distressed
 
2.Sita   seeing   Jatayu,   the   king   of   vultures   mortally   wounded   by   Ravana  
wailed   as   follows  
 
¢n¢mäO|   lXNåOan|   Sk[¢nÞvrdSInm¯   ,  
AvÜy|   s¤KѤ:KEx¤   nraNa|   p#¢tèÜytE   .3.  
¢n¢mäO|    omens
lXNåOan|    feeling twitching of eyelids
Sk[¢nÞvrdSInm¯    hearing the cries of birds
AvÜy|    invariably
s¤KѤ:KEx¤    in joy and sorrow
nraNa|    for men
p#¢tèÜytE    is found
 
3.Sita   said   that   omens,   twitching   of   eyelids   and   hearign   the   cries   of   birds  
are   found   in   the   joy   and   sorrow   of   men.  
 
n¥n|   ram   n   jana¢s   mht¯ÛysnmaÏmn:   ,  
Dav¢Ót   n¥n|   kak[t¯ÞT|   mdTI|   m¦gp¢XN:   .4.  
n¥n|    surely
ram    Rama
n   jana¢s    do not know
mht¯   Ûysn|    the great calamity
AaÏmn:    your
Dav¢Ót    are running
n¥n|    therefore
kak[t¯ÞT|    to Rama
mdTI|    for my sake
m¦gp¢XN:    deers and birds
 
4.Sita   said   Rama   did   not   know   the   great   calamity   befallen   on   him   and  
the   birds   and   deers   are   running   in   a   direction   to   indicate   her   abduction.  
 
Ay|   ¢h   papcarEN   ma|   æOat¤m¢BsÄñt:   ,  
SEtE   ¢v¢nhtaE   B¥maW   mmaBaÂya¢¹hÄñm:   .5.  
Ay|    this
¢h    surely
papcarEN    by the perpetrator of evil deeds
ma|   æOat¤|    to save me
A¢BsÄñt:    having come
SEtE    lies
¢v¢nht:    killed
B¥maW    on the ground
mm    my
ABaÂyat¯    due to misfortune
¢vhÄñm:    the bird
 
5.Sita   said   that   Jatayu   who   had   come   to   save   her   was   lying   on   the   ground  
killed   by   Ravana   due   to   her   misfortune  
 
æOa¢h   mamï   kak[t¯ÞT   lßmNE¢t   vraÄñna   ,  
s¤s|æOÞta   sma@ÓdÅC¦Îvta|   t¤   yTa{¢ÓtkE   .6.  
æOa¢h    please rescue
ma|    me
Aï    now
kak[t¯ÞT    Rama
lßmN    Lakshmana
i¢t    thus
vraÄñna    the lovely lady
s¤s|æOÞta    greatly alarmed
sma@Ódt¯    cried
½¦Îvta|    those listening
t¤    in this
yTa    to be heard
A¢ÓtkE    those who were close
 
6.Sita,   who   was   greatly   alarmed,   cried,   such   that   those   listening   at   close  
quarters   may   hear,   to   Rama   and   Lakshmana   to   rescue   her   quickly.  
 
ta|   ¢²¾maÚyaBrNa|   ¢vlpÓt£mnaTvt¯   ,  
A×yDavt   vWdEh£|   ravNaE   raXsa¢Dp:   .7.  
ta|    that
¢²¾maÚyaBrNa|    with dishevelled garlands and ornaments
¢vlpÓt£|    wailing
AnaTvt¯    like one without a lord
A×yDavt    rushed towards
vWdEh£|    Vaidehi
ravN:    Ravana
raXsa¢Dp:    the king of ogres
 
7.Ravana   rushed   towards   Sita   who   was   wailing   like   one   without   her   lord  
and   with   dishevelled   garlands   and   ornaments.  
 
ta|   lta¢mv   vE¾Ót£ma¢lÄñÓt£|   mhad#[man¯   ,  
m¤·   m¤·E¢t   bh^S:   p#vdn¯     raXsa¢Dp:   .8.  
@aESÓt£|   ram   ramE¢t     jg#ahaÓtks¢°B:   .9.  
ta|    her
lta|   iv    like a creeper
vE¾Ót£|    entwining
Aa¢lÄñÓt£|    embracing
mhad#[man¯    huge trees
m¤·   m¤·    let go, let go
i¢t    thus
bh^S:    many times
p#vdn¯    saying
raXsa¢Dp:    the king of ogres
@aESÓt£|    crying
ram   ram    O Rama, Rama
i¢t    thus
jg#ah    seized
AÓtks¢°B:    resembling death
 
8,9.Ravana   resembling   death   seized   Sita   saying   'let   go,   let   go'   when   she  
embraced   huge   trees   like   a   creeper   entwining   trees   and   crying   'O   Rama,  
Rama'.  
 
p#D¢xItaya|   s£taya|   bB¥v   scracrm¯   ,  
jgÏsvImmyaId|   tmsa{ÓDEn   s|v¦tm¯   .10.  
p#D¢xItaya|    when assaulted
s£taya|    Sita
bB¥v    became
scracrm¯    including the animate and inanimate
jgt¯    the world
svI|    whole
AmyaId|    going out of order
tmsa    by darkness
AÓDEn    thick
s|v¦tm¯    enveloped
 
10.As   Ravana   assaulted   Sita,   the   whole   world   including   the   animate   and  
inanimate   creation   went   out   of   order   and   was   enveloped   in   thick   darkness.              
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