THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 4 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
 Ai-;ekidninxaRr[m!   -   DECIDING   THE   DATE   OF   CORONATION
 
à[mNt<   smuTwaPy   pir:vJy   s   -Uimp>       ,
àidZy   caSmE   éicrmasn<   punrävIt!             .11.  
à[mNt<  paying respects
smuTwaPy  lifting
pir:vJy  embracing
s> that
-Uimp>  king
àidZy  showing
c also
ASmE  to him
éicr<  the best
Aasn<  seat
pun>  again
AävIt!  spoke
 
11.The   king   lifted   Rama   and   embraced   him.   Asking   him to   be   seated,   he   again   spoke  
ram   v&Ïae=iSm   dIrœ"ayu-uR­a   -aega   myeiPsta>         ,
AÚviÑ>   ³tuztEStweò<   -Uirdi][E>             .12.  
ram Rama
v&Ï>  old aged
AiSm  I am
dIrœ"ayu>  long life
-u­a>  enjoyed
-aega>  all my desires
mya by me
$iPsta>  whatever I thought
AÚviÑ>  distributed free food
³tuztE>  performed hundreds of yagnas
twa like wise
#ò<  am famous
-Uirdi][E>  with lot of cash as dakshina
 
12.I   have   become   old,   but   I   have   fulfilled   all   my   desires   in   my   long   life.  
jatimòmpTy<   me   TvmXyanupm<   -uiv       ,
dÄimòmxIt<   c   mya   pué;sÄm             .13.  
jat<  really
#ò<  desires
ApTy<  son
me to me
Tv<  you
AXy now
Anupm<  without equal
-uiv  on the earth
dÄ<  as a gift from God
#ò<  because of penance
AxIt<  enjoyed
c also
mya by me
pué;sÄm  best among men
 
13.You   were   born   because   of   a   gift   from   in   response   to   my   penance.  
Anu-Utain   ceòain   mya   vIrsuoaNyip           ,
devi;Ript&ivàa[amn&[ae=iSm   twa==Tmn>     .14.  
Anu-Utain  enjoyed
c also
#òain  my desires
mya by me
vIrsuoain  blessed as a the result of the four donation, alms, generosity and war
Aip also
devi;Ript&ivàa[a<  to Devas, Rishis, forefathers and brahmins
An&[>  having done my duty
AiSm  I am
twa  like wise
AaTmn>  my soul's
 
14.I   have   been   blessed   because   of   having   been   sucessful   in   the   four   wars   and
also   doing   my   duty   to   my   forefathers,   devas,   rishis   and   brahmins.  
n   ikiÂNmm   ktRVy<   tvaNyÇai-;ecnat!       ,
Atae   yt!Tvmh<   äUya<   tNme   Tv<   ktuRmrœhis         .15.  
n not
ikiÂt!  anything
mm me
ktRVy<  to be done
tv to you
ANyÇ  other that
Ai-;ecnat!  coronating
At> therefore
yt! what
Tv<  to you
Ah<  I
äUya<  will say
tt! that
me for me
Tv<  you
ktuR<  to do
Arœhis  you must
 
15.I   have   nothing   else   to   do   except   to   make   you   crown   prince.   Therefore   please
do   as   I   say.  
AXy   àk«ty>   svaRSTvaimCDiNt   nraixpm!         ,
AtSTva<   yuvrajanmi-;eúyaim   puÇk               .16.  
AXy now
àk«ty>  the people
svaR>  all
Tva<  you
#CDiNt  desires
nraixpm!  to be the king
At>  therefore
Tva<  you
yuvrajan<  crown prince
Ai-;eúyaim  am coronating
puÇk  my child
 
16.All   the   people   desire   that   you   be   the   king.   Therefore   I   am   making   you   the
crown   prince.  
Aip   caXyazu-aNram   Svße   pZyaim   daé[m!         ,
sinrœ"ata   mhaeLka   c   pttIh   mhaSvna               .17.  
Aip as it may be
c also
AXy now
Azu-an!  bad omens
ram Rama
Svße  in dream
pZyaim  I see
daé[m!  fearful
sinrœ"ata  with thunder clap
mhaeLka  a burning wood
c also
pttI  falls
#h here
mhaSvna  with great noise
 
17.I   get   bad   dreams   now   like   a   burning   wood   falling   with   great   noise.  
AvòBx<   c   me   ram   n]Ç<   daé[Erœg&hE>             ,
AavedyiNt   dEv}a>   sUyaR¼arkra÷i->         .18.  
AvòBx<  being looked by
c also
me my
ram Rama
n]Ç<  birth star
daé[E>  malefescant
g&hE>  planets
AavedyiNt  say
dEv}a>  astrologers
sUyaR¼arkra÷i->  like the sun, mars and rahu
      
18.Also   astrologers   predict   bad   times   for   me   because   of   unfavourable   positions
of   sun,   mars   and   rahu.  
àaye[   c   inimÄanamI†zana<   smuÑve         ,
raja   ih   m&Tyumaßaeit   "aera<   va==pdm&CDit     .19.  
àaye[  as a consequence
c also
inimÄana<  bad omens
$†zana<  like these
smuÑve  the result
raja  king
ih surely
m&Tyu<  death
Aaßaeit  attains
"aera<  cruel
va  or
Aapd<  any danger
\CDit  loses his senses
 
19.When   these   bad   omens   appear,   the   king   meets   either   a   cruel   death   or
loses   his   senses.  
tXyavdev   me   cetae   n   ivmuÂit   ra"v           ,
tavdevai-i;ÂSv   cla   ih   àai[na<   mit>       .20.  
tt! that
yavt!  till when
@v only
me my
cet>  soul
n not
ivmuÂit  get separated from body
ra"v  Raghava
tavt!  by then
@v itself
Ai-i;ÂSv  get crowned
cla will forget
ih syrely
àai[na<  living beings'
mit>  memory
 
20.Please   get   crowned   before   my   soul   leaves   my   body.  

     

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