THE RAMAYANA


ARANYA KANDA


SARGA 64 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

ram@aED:   -   RAMA'S   ANGER  

 
s   d£naE   d£nya   vaca   lßmN|   vaÀymb#v£t¯   .1.  
s:    he
d£n:    miserable
d£nya    in piteous
vaca    voice
lßmN|    to Lakshmana
vaÀym¯    the following words
Ab#v£t¯    spoke
 
1.Rama,   feeling   miserable,   said   the   following   words   to   Lakshmana   in   a  
piteous   voice.  
 
S£G#|   lßmN   jan£¢h   gÏva   gaEdavr£|   nd£m¯   ,  
A¢p   gaEdavr£|   s£ta   pîaÓyan¢yt¤|   gta   .2.  
S£G#|    quickly
lßmN    Lakshmana
jan£¢h    find out
gÏva    going
gaEdavr£|    to godavari
nd£m¯    river
A¢p    in case
gaEdavr£|    to godavari
s£ta    Sita
pîa¢n    lotuses
Aan¢yt¤|    to bring
gta    have gone
 
2.Rama   told   Lakshmana   to   go   to   godavari   river   and   find   out   whether   Sita  
had   gone   there   to   bring   lotuses.  
 
evm¤³Þt¤   ramEN   lßmN:   p¤nrEv   ¢h   ,  
nd£|   gaEdavr£|   rØya|   jgam   lG¤¢v@m:   .3.  
ev|    as above
u³:    being told
t¤    in this
ramEN    by Rama
lßmN:    Lakshmana
p¤n:   ev    once again
¢h    surely
nd£|    river
gaEdavr£|    to godavari
rØya|    beautiful
jgam    went
lG¤¢v@m:    with quick paces
 
3.Lakshmana   being   told   by   Rama   as   above,   went   with   quick   paces   to  
the   beautiful   river   godavari.  
 
ta|   lßmNÞt£TIvt£|   ¢v¢cÏva   rammb#v£t¯   .4.  
ta|    that
lßmN:    Lakshmana
t£TIvt£|    river
¢v¢cÏva    having searched
ramm¯    to Rama
Ab#v£t¯    told as folows
 
4.Lakshmana   having   searched   the   river,   told   Rama   as   follows.  
 
nWna|   pÜya¢m   ¢tT©Ix¤   @aEStaE   n   S¦NaE¢t   mE   ,  
k|   n¤   sa   dESmap°a   vWdEh£   ²ESna¢Sn£   .  
n   /h|   vEd   t|   dES|   yæO   sa   jnkaÏmja   .5.  
n    not
ena|    her
pÜya¢m    I have seen
¢tT©Ix¤    in th bathing ghats
@aESt:    calling aloud
n   S¦NaE¢t    did not respond
mE    to me
k|   n¤    which one
sa    she
dES|    region
Aap°a    had reached
vWdEh£    Sita
²ESna¢Sn£    who drives away agonies
n    not
¢h    surely
Ah|    I
vEd    know
t|    that
dES|    region
yæO    where
sa    she
jnkaÏmja    daughter of Janaka
 
5.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   he   did   not   find   Sita   in   the   bathing   ghats   nor  
did   she   respond   to   his   loud   calls.   He   also   said   that   he   did   not   know   to  
which   region   Sita   had   gone.  
 
lßmNÞy   vc:   ½¤Ïva   d£n:   sÓtapmaE¢ht:   ,  
ram:   sm¢Bc@am   Þvy|   gaEdavr£|   nd£m¯   .6.  
lßmNÞy    of Lakshmana
vc:    words
½¤Ïva    hearing
d£n:    distressed
sÓtapmaE¢ht:    distracted through agony
ram:    Rama
sm¢Bc@am    sallied forth
Þvy|    himself
gaEdavr£|    to godavari
nd£m¯    river
 
6.Rama,   who   was   distressed   to   hear   the   words   of   Lakshmana,   felt  
distracted   through   agony   and   himself   went   to   river   godavari.  
 
s   tam¤p¢ÞTtaE   ram:   Àv   s£tEÏyEvmb#v£t¯   .7.  
s:    that
ta|    that
up¢ÞTt:    having reached
ram:    Rama
Àv    where
s£ta    is Sita
i¢t    as follows
evm¯    as bove
Ab#v£t¯    spoke
 
7.Rama   having   reached   the   river   spoke   to   it   as   follows   'where   is   Sita?'.  
 
B¥ta¢n   raXsEÓd#EN   vDarqhEN   ¶tam¢p   ,  
n   ta|   SS|s¥   ramay   tTa   gaEdavr£   nd£   .8.  
B¥ta¢n    living beings
raXsEÓd#EN    by the king of ogres
vDarqhEN    who deserved death
¶tam¯    abducted
A¢p    even
n    not
ta|    her
SS|s¤:    inform
ramay    to Rama
tTa    similarly
gaEdavr£    godavari
nd£    river
 
8.The   living   beings   and   godavari   did   not   inform   Rama   about   the   abduction  
of   Sita   by   Ravana   who   deserved   to   be   killed   by   him.  
 
tt:   p#caE¢dta   B¥tW:   S|saÞmW   ta|   ¢p#ya¢m¢t   ,  
n   t¤   sa×yvdÏs£ta|   p¦¾a   ramEN   SaEcta   .9.  
tt:    then
p#caE¢dta    being requested
B¥tW:    by the elements
S|s    you please tell
AÞmW    to him
ta|    that
¢p#ya|    his beloved wife
i¢t    thus
n    did not
t¤    in this
sa    that
A×yvdt¯    say
s£ta|    about Sita
p¦¾a    being questioned
ramEN    by Rama
SaEcta    grieving
 
9.Being   questioned   by   the   grieving   Rama   and   requested   by   all   elements   to  
inform   Rama   about   his   beloved   wife,   the   river   did   not   say   anything.  
 
ravNÞy   td#¥p|   kmaI¢N   c   ѤraÏmn:   ,  
ÒyaÏva   ByaäO¤   vWdEh£|   sa   nd£   n   S|Ss   tam¯   .10.  
ravNÞy    of Ravana
tt¯   ãp|    that form
kmaI¢N    the deeds
c    also
ѤraÏmn:    evil minded
ÒyaÏva    recollecting
Byat¯    out of fear
t¤    in this
vWdEh£|    about Sita
sa   nd£    that river
n   S|Ss    did not say
tam¯    that
 
10.The   river   recollecting   the   form   and   deeds   of   the   evil   minded   Ravana  
did   not   say   anything   about   Sita.        
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