THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 6 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

   
    ìtanuóanm!   -   OBSERVING   VRATHAM
   
gte   puraeihte   ram>   õatae   inytmans>   ,
sh   pTNya   ivzalaúya   naray[mupagmt!   .1.  
gte after the departure
puraeihte  of the purohit
ram>  Rama
õat>  had a bath and performed daily rituals
inytmans>  with mind centered on God
sh with
pTNya  wife
ivzalaúya  the chaste
naray[<  Lord Vishnu
%pagmt!  prayed to
 
1.After   Vasiahta   left,   Rama   prayed   to   Lord   Vishnu   along   with   Sita.  
àg&ý   izrsa   paÇI<   hiv;ae   ivixvÄt>   ,
mhte   dEvtayaJy<   juhav   Jvilte=nle   .2.  
àg&ý  bringing
izrsa  on the head
paÇI<  the vesel
hiv;>  containing sacrificial rice
ivixvt!  as per usual practice
tt> then
mhte  great
dEvtay  to devas
AaJy<  rice with ghee
juhav  performed havan
Jvilte  in flaming
Anle  fire
 
2.Rama   brought   the   vessel   with   the   sacrificial   rice   and   performed   havan.  
ze;<   c   hiv;StSy   àaZyazaSyaTmn>   iàym!   ,
XyayÚaray[<   dev<   SvaStI[ˆR   k…zs<Stre   .3.
vaGyt>   sh   vEdeýa   -UTva   inytmans>   ,
ïImTyaytne   iv:[ae>   izZye   nrvraTmj>   .4.  
ze;<  remaining
c also
hiv;>  havis
tSy that
àaZy  eating
AazaSya  considering
AaTmn>  his own
iàym!  welfare
Xyayn!  chanting
naray[<  Narayana
dev<  Lord
SvaStI[ˆR  spread by itself
k…zs<Stre  mattress of grass
vaGyt>  chanting God's praises
sh with
vEdeýa  Vaidehi
-UTva  having done
inytmans>  mind centered on God
ïImit  blessed
Aaytne  in the presence
iv:[ae>  of Vishnu
izZye  slept
nrvraTmj>  prince
 
3,4.Rama,   after   eating   the   remaining   havis,   slept   on   the   mattress   of   grass.  
@kyamavizòaya<   raÈya<   àitivbuXy   s>   ,
Al»arivix<   k«Tõ<   karyamas   veZmn>   .5.  
@kyamavizòaya<  before sunrise
raÈya<  during the night
àitivbuXy  waking up
s> he
Al»arivix<  cleaning and decorating
k«Tõ<  all duties
karyamas  did
veZmn>  in the temple
 
5.Rama,   getting   up   before   sunrise   cleaned   and   edcorated   the   temple.  
   ï&{vNsuoa   vac>   sUtmagxviNdnam!   ,
pUvaR<   sNXyamupasInae   jjap   ytmans>   .6.  
  there
ï&{vn!  hearing
suoa>  pleasant
vac>  songs
sUtmagxviNdnam!  the three singers Sootha, Magadha, Vandiya
pUvaR<  early morning
sNXya<  Sandhya devatai
%pasIn>  praying to
jjap  chanted gayathri mantra
ytmans>  concentrated on
 
6.Rama   listening   to   early   morning   songs,   concentrated   on   chanting   gayathri   mantra.  
tuòav   à[tíEv   izrsa   mxusUdnm!   ,
ivml]aEms<vItae   vacyamas   c   iÖjan!   .7.  
tuòav  pleased
à[t>  paying respects
c also
@v only
izrsa  by bowing head
mxusUdnm!  to Lord Narayana
ivml]aEms<vIt>  wering white silken clothes
vacyamas  listened to sacred slokas
c also
iÖjan!  brahmins
 
7.Rama   after   saying   his   prayers   to   Lord   Narayana,   listened   to   the   chanting   by
brahmins   of   sacred   slokas.  
te;a<   pu{yah"ae;ae=w   gM-IrmxurStda   ,
AyaeXya<   pUryamas   tUyR"ae;anunaidt>   .8.  
te;a<  their
pu{yah"ae;>  the slokas to cleanse and seek blessings
Aw all over
gM-Irmxur>  with a resonant voice
tda then
AyaeXya<  in Ayodhya
pUryamas  resounded
tUyR"ae;anunaidt>  with the sound of the instrument thoorya
 
8.The   whole   of   Ayodhya   resounded   with   the   sound   made   by   playing   thoorya.  
k«taepvas<   tu   tda   vEdeýa   sh   ra"vm!   ,
AyaeXyainly>   ïuTva   svR>   àmuidtae   jn>   .9.  
k«taepvas<  observed fast
tu in this
tda then
vEdeýa  Vaidehi
sh with
ra"vm!  Raghava
AyaeXyainly>  the residents of Ayodhya
ïuTva  hearing
svR>  all
àmuidt>  felt happy
jn> people
 
9.The   people   of   Ayidhya   felt   happy   to   hear   that   Rama   and   Sita   have   observed
the   ritualistic   fast.  
tt>   paErjn>   svR>   ïuTva   ramai-;ecnm!   ,
à-ata<   rjnI<   †òœva   c³e   zae-iytu<   purIm!   .10.  
tt> then
paErjn>  the citizens
svR>  all
ïuTva  hearing
ramai-;ecnm!  Rama's coronation
à-ata<  early morning
rjnI<  at the end of night
†òœva  seeing
c³e  saw
zae-iytu<  decorated
purIm!  city
 
10.The   citizens   of   Ayodhya   were   happy   to   see   the   city   decorated   for   Rama's
coronation.          
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