THE RAMAYANA

ARANYA KANDA

SARGA 52 : SLOKAS 21 TO 30

s£ta¢vlap: - SITA'S WAILING

bB¥v looked like

jld| n£l| dark cloud

¢BÏva splitting

cÓd#: iv like the moon

u¢dt: risen

s¤llaz| with a lovely forehead

s¤kESaÓt| with beautiful tresses

pîgBaIB| like the interior of lotus in colour

Av#Nm¯ without scar

S¤²W: s¤¢vmlW: with white and spotless

dÓtW: teeth

p#aBav¢ì: brilliant

AlHqk]tm¯ adorned with

tÞya: her

tt¯ that

¢vml| spotless

v?| face

AakaSE in the sky

ravNaHqkgm¯ in the lap of Ravana

21,22.Sita   with   a   lovely   forehead,   lovely   tresses,   with   the   colour   of   the
interior   of   lotus,   shining   brilliant   white   teeth   and   spotless   lovely   face   in   the
lap   of   Ravana   appeared   like   the   moon   coming   out   of   a   cloud.

â¢dt| crying

Ûypm¦¾a*| continously shedding tears

cÓd#vt¯ like the moon

¢p#ydSInm¯ charming to look at

s¤nEæO| with lovely eyes

caâtam#aE¿| beautiful red lips

AakaSE in the sky

hazkp#Bm¯ with coppery red

raXsEÓd#smaD¥t| being near the king of ogres

tÞya: her

tt¯ vdn| that face

S¤Bm¯ blessed

S¤S¤BE n did not shine

¢vna ram| separated from Rama

¢dva during the day

cÓd# moon

iv like

u¢dt: risen

23,24.Sita   with   a   face   like   the   moon,   lovely   eyes,   coppery   red   lips,   the
blessed   face   did   not   shine   being   separated   from   Rama   and   in   the   company
of   Ravana.

sa hEmvNaI n£laHqg| mW¢Tl£ raXsa¢Dpm¯ ,
S¤S¤BE ka·n£ ka·£ n£l| m¢N¢mva¢½ta .25.

sa that

hEmvNaI with the colour of gold

n£laHqg| dark bodied

mW¢Tl£ Sita

raXsa¢Dpm¯ king of ogres

S¤S¤BE shone

ka·n£ golden

ka·£ waistbelt

n£l| dark

m¢N| iv like earthen pot

Aa¢½ta resting in the lap

25.Sita with her colour of gold resting in the lap of the dark bodied Ravana
shone like a golden waist belt around a mud pot.

sa pîgaWr£ hEmaBa ravN| jnkaÏmja ,
¢vï¤¼n¢mva¢vÜy S¤S¤BE tçOB¥xNa .26.

sa that

pîgaWr£ lovely like a lotus

hEmaBa of golden colour

ravN| Ravana

jnkaÏmja daughter of Janaka

¢vï¤t¯ lightning

Gn| iv like flashing on a cloud

Aa¢vÜy resting on

S¤S¤BE shone

tçOB¥xNa adorned with jewels of refined gold

26.Sita, lovely like a lotus, with the colour of gold and adorned with jewels
of refined gold, resting on Ravana shone like a lightning flashing on a cloud.

tâp#valr³a sa n£laHqg| raXsEárm¯ ,
p#aSaEByt vWdEh£ gj| kßyEv ka·n£ .27.

tâp#valr³a red like a tender leaf

sa she

n£laHqg| dark bodied

raXsEárm¯ king of ogres

p#aSaEByt shone

vWdEh£ Sita

gj| elephant

kßya chest cloth

iv like

ka·n£ golden

27.Sita, red like tender leaf made the dark bodied Ravana shine like an
elephant wearing a chest cloth of gold.

tÞya B¥xNGaExEN vWdE/a raXsEár: ,
bBaW scplaE n£lÞsGaEx iv taEyd: .28.

tÞya: that

B¥xNGaExEN sound of the ornaments

vWdE/a: Sita's

raXsEár: king of ogres

bBaW appeared

scpl: with lightning

n£l: dark

sGaEx: with thunder

iv like

taEyd: a cloud

28.With the sound of Sita's ornaments Ravana appeared like a dark cloud
with thunder and lightning.

uäOmaHqgat¯Åy¤ta tÞya: p¤Ýpv¦¢¾ÞsmÓt: ,
s£taya ¢»ymaNaya: ppat DrN£tlE .29.

uäOmaHqgat¯ from the head

Åy¤ta: dropped

tÞya: that

p¤Ýpv¦¢¾: shower of flowers

smÓt: all round

s£taya: Sita's

¢»ymaNaya: being abducted

ppat fell

DrN£tlE on the ground

29.Sita while being abducted, a shower of flowers fell from all round her
head on the ground.

sa t¤ ravNvEgEn p¤Ýpv¦¢¾ÞsmÓtt: ,
smaD¦ta dSg#£v| p¤nrEva×yvtIt .30.

sa that

t¤ in this

ravNvEgEn by the vehemence of Ravana

p¤Ýpv¦¢¾: shower of flowers

smÓtt: all round

smaD¦ta raised

dSg#£v| on ten headed

p¤n: ev again

A×yvtIt covered

30.The shower of flowers raised all round by the vehemence of Ravana
covered the ten headed ogre again.

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