THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 1 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

     
   ½£ramg¤Nan¤vNInm¯      -   DESCRIBING   RAMA'S   CHARACTER
 
  gÅCta    mat¤lk[l|    BrtEn    tda{nG:    ,
SæO¤G"aE    ¢nÏySæO¤G"aE    n£t:    p#£¢tp¤rÞk]t:    .1.  
gÅCta    going
mat¤lk[l|    to uncle's house
BrtEn    by Bharatha
tda    then
AnG:    flawless
SæO¤G":    Shatrugna
¢nÏySæO¤G"aE    with strength to win over the eternal enemies viz the senses
n£t:    was taken with
çO£¢tp¤rÞk]t:    who is treated with love.
 
1.Shatrugna   accompanied   Bharatha   when   he   left   for   his   uncle's   house.  
s    tæO    ÓyvsdqB#aæOa    sh    sÏkarsÏk]t:    ,
mat¤lEnaáp¢tna    p¤æOs"EhEn    la¢lt:    .2.  
s:    he
tæO    there
Óyvst¯    lived
B#aæOa    brother
sh    with
sÏkarsÏk]t:    satisfied with gifts of love
mat¤lEn    by the uncle
Aáp¢tna    Yudajit named
p¤æOs"EhEn    like a son
la¢lt:    treated
 
2.   There,   he   was   treated   like   a   son   by   the   uncle   and   showered   with   gifts.  
tæOa¢p    ¢nvsÓtaW    taW    trqÔymaNaW    c    kamt:    ,
B#atraW    Þmrta|    v£raW    v¦ÑG|    dSrT|    n¦pm¯    .3.  
tæO    there
A¢p    also
¢nvsÓtaW    living
taW    the two
trqÔymaNaW    being satisfied
c    also
kamt:    whatever they wanted
B#atraW    the two brothers
Þmrta|    remembered
v£raW    the brave
v¦ÑG|    aged
dSrT|    Dasaratha
n¦pm¯    the king
 
3.   There   also,   inspite   of   being   treated   well,   they   remembered   the   king   Dasaratha.  
raja{¢p    taW    mhaBagaW    sÞmar    p#aE¢xtaW    s¤taW    ,
uBaW    BrtSæO¤G"aW    mhEÓd#vâNaEpmaW    .4.  
raja    the king
A¢p    also
taW    the two
mhaBagaW    with broad shoulders
sÞmar    remembered with love
p#aE¢xtaW    living in another state
s¤taW    sons
uBaW    the two
BrtSæO¤G"aW    Bharatha and Shatrugna
mhEÓd#vâNaEpmaW    like Indra and Varuna
 
4.   The   king   also   thought   of   the   two   who   were   like   Indra   and   Varuna.  
sv©I    ev       tÞyE¾aàÏvar:    p¤âxxIBa:    ,
ÞvSr£ra¢¹¢nrqv¦äOaàÏvar    iv    bahv:    .5.  
sv©I    all
ev    only
    because
tÞy    his
i¾a:    were beloved
cÏvar:    the four
p¤âxxIBa:    noble among men
ÞvSr£rat¯    from his body
¢v¢nrqv¦äOa:    grown
cÏvar:    four
iv    like
bahv:    arms
 
5.All   the   four   of   them   were   very   dear   to   him   like   four   of   his   own   arms.  
tExam¢p    mhatEja    ramaE    r¢tkr:    ¢pt¤:    ,
Þvy|B¥¢rv    B¥tana|    bB¥v    g¤NväOr:    .6.
 
tExa|    among them
A¢p    also
mhatEja    the glorious
ram:    Rama
r¢tkr:    great pleasure
¢pt¤:    to father
Þvy|B¥:    Brahma
iv    like
B¥tana|    to all living beings
bB¥v    appeared
g¤NväOr:    with special characteristics.
 
6.Among   them,   Rama   gave   his   father   more   pleasure   because   of   his   special   characteristics.  
s    ¢h    dEvWâd£NIÞy    ravNÞy    vDa¢TI¢B:    ,
A¢TItaW    man¤xE    laEkE    jåOE    ¢vÝN¤:    snatn:    .7.  
s:    he
¢h    surely
dEvW:    by Devas
ud£NIÞy    cruel
ravNÞy    Ravana's
vDa¢TI¢B:    pleading for his annihilation
A¢TItaW    beseeched
man¤xE   laEkE    in this world
åOE    took birth
¢vÝN:   s    Lord Vishnu
natn:    the protector
 
7.Because   He   was   an   incarnation   of   Lord   Vishnu   for   the   destruction   of   the   cruel   Ravana.  
kaWsÚya    S¤S¤BE    tEn    p¤æOENa¢mttEjsa    ,
yTa    c    dEv£    dEvanam¢d¢tvIj#pa¢Nna    .8.  
kaWsÚya    Kausalya
S¤S¤BE    appeared
tEn    by that
p¤æOEN    son
A¢mttEjsa    unequalled prowess
yTa    like
c    also
dEv£    devi
dEvana|    of the devas
A¢d¢t:    Aditi
vj#pa¢Nna    by Indra
 
8.Kausalya   appeared   like   Devi   Aditi   shining   because   of   Indra.  
s    ¢h    ãpaEpp°à    v£yIvanns¥yk:    ,
B¥mavn¤pm:    s¥n¤g¤INWdISrTaEpm:    .9.  
s:    he
¢h    sutely
ãpaEpp°:   c    also very handsome
v£yIvan¯    brave
Ans¥yk:    cause of all violence
B¥maW    on the earth
An¤pm:    without equal
s¥n¤:    son
g¤NW:    in character
dSrTaEpm:    like Dasaratha
 
9.   He   was   very   handsome   and   without   equal;   in   qualities   like   his   father   Dasaratha.  
s       ¢nÏy|    p#SaÓtaÏma    m¦Ñ¤p¥vI|    c    BaxtE    ,
uÅymanaE{¢p    pâx|    naEäOr|    p#¢tpïtE      .10.  
s:    he
    but
¢nÏy|    always
p#SaÓtaÏma    with pleasing manners
m¦Ñ¤p¥vI|    soft
c    also
BaxtE    spoken
uÅyman:    addressed
A¢p    also
pâx|    harshly
n    not
uäOr|    reply
p#¢tpïtE    will speak
 
10.He   had   pleasing   manners   and   soft   spoken   always.          
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