THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 56 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20
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- SETTING AN YEAR'S TIME
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patyE°aSyEt
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,
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SaExyE¹a{¢p
s
s£ta|
maEcyE¢dh
.11.
s£ta|
|
Sita, who is in danger |
11.Sita told
Ravana that Rama who can
bring down the moon from
the sky
to the
earth or destroy it or
dry up the ocean, will
save her from danger.
gtay¤ÞÏv|
gt½£kaE
gtst¯ÏvaE
gtE¢Ód#y:
,
lHqka
vWDÛys|y¤³a
ÏvÏk]tEn
B¢vÝy¢t
.12.
gtay¤:
|
with departed life |
gtst¯Ïv:
|
with strength gone |
gtE¢Ód#y:
|
with organs gone |
vWDÛys|y¤³a
|
endowed with widowhood |
ÏvÏk]tEn
|
through your action |
12.Sita told
Ravana that with departed
life, fortune gone, strength
gone and
organs gone,
Lanka will become endowed
with widowhood through his
action.
n
tE
pap¢md|
kmI
s¤KaEdkI|
B¢vÝy¢t
,
ya{h|
n£ta
¢vnaBav|
p¢tpaáaIt¯Ïvya
vnE
.13.
p¢tpaáaIt¯
|
from the side of husband |
13.Sita told
Ravana that this sinful
act of taking her away
from the side of
her husband
will not result in happiness
for him.
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¢h
dEvrs|y¤³a
mm
BtaI
mha濫t:
,
¢nBIyaE
v£yIma¢½Ïy
S¥ÓyE
vs¢t
dÎfkE
.14.
dEvrs|y¤³:
|
with brotherin-law |
mha濫t:
|
extraordinary splendour |
14.Sita told
Ravana that her husband
along with her brother-in-law
lives
alone in
dandakaranya depending on their
prowess.
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tE
dpI|
bl|
v£yIm¤ÏsEk|
c
tTa¢vDm¯
,
ApnEÝy¢t
gaæOE×y:
Srvx©IN
s|y¤gE
.15.
uÏsEk|
c
|
impropriety of conduct |
Srvx©IN
|
with a shower of arrows |
s|y¤gE
|
on the battle field |
15.Sita told
Ravana that on the battlefield
Rama will destroy his arrogance,
strength, prowess
and impropriety of conduct
out of his limbs.
yda
¢vnaSaE
B¥tana|
èÜytE
kalcaE¢dt:
,
tda
kay©I
p#maï¢Ót
nra:
kalv|Sgta:
.16.
kalcaE¢dt:
|
as ordained by god of
death |
kalv|Sgta:
|
under the sway of death |
16.Sita told
Ravana that when the destruction
of beings as ordained by
god
of death
is at hand, people under
the sway of death commit
lapses in their
duty.
ma|
p#D¦Ýy
s
tE
kal:
p#açOaE{y|
raXsaDm
,
AaÏmnaE
raXsana|
c
vDayaÓt:p¤rÞy
c
.17.
raXsana|
|
for all the ogre |
AÓt:p¤rÞy
c
|
and inmates of the
harem also |
17.Sita told
Ravana that by laying hands
on her, the time of
death for him,
all the
ogres and the inmates of
the harem as well, has
arrived.
idmÓt:p¤r|
rØy|
rÏnÞTa¢ptm£èSm¯
,
rambaNanl:
svI|
dÂD|
tv
k¢rÝy¢t
.18.
rÏnÞTa¢pt|
|
in laid with diamonds |
rambaNanl:
|
the fire of Rama's arrows |
18.Sita told
Ravana that the beautiful
harem inlaid with diamonds
will be
burnt by
the arrows of Rama.
n
SÀya
yåOmÒyÞTa
vE¢d:
*¤ÂBaÎfm¢Îfta
,
¢¹ja¢tmÓæOp¥ta
c
cÎfalEnavm¢dIt¤m¯
.19.
yåOmÒyÞTa
|
altar in the center of
a sacrificial area |
*¤ÂBaÎfm¢Îfta
|
full of sacrificial vessels |
¢¹ja¢tmÓæOp¥ta
c
|
consecrated
with sacred texts chanted
by brahmins |
cÎfalEn
|
by an untouchable |
19.Sita told
Ravana that an altar in
the center of a sacrificial
area with a
sacred fire
and sacrificial vessels consecrated
by chanting of sacred texts
by brahmins
cannot be touched by an
untouchable.
tTa{h|
DmI¢nÏyÞy
DmIpÏn£
p¢tv#ta
,
Ïvya
s¯p#¾¤|
n
SÀya{¢Þm
raXsaDm
pa¢pna
.20.
20.Sita told
Ravana that similarly she
being the lawful wife of
Rama and
virtuous she
cannot be touched by the
sinner that he is.
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