THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 8 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
   kEkeyI-ednm!   -   CONFUSING   KAIKEYI
 
mn!wra   Tv_ysUyEnamuTs&Jya-r[<   c   tt!   ,
%vaced<   ttae   vaKy<   kaepÊ>osmiNvta   .1.  
mn!wra  Manthara
tu in this
A_ysUy  getting very angry
@na<  to her
%Ts&Jy  throwing
Aa-r[<  ornament
c also
tt! that
%vac  said
#d<  this
tt> then
vaKy<  words
kaepÊ>osmiNvta  with anger and sadness
 
1.Manthara   got   upset   and   threw   the   ornament   and   spoke   these   words.  
h;R<   ikimdmSwane   k«tvTyis   bailze   ,
zaeksagrmXySwmaTman<   navbuXyse   .2.  
h;R<  happiness
ik<  why
#d<  this
ASwane  untimely
k«tvtI Ais  you have
bailze  innocent child
zaeksagrmXySw<  in the sea of grief
AaTman<  yourself
n AvbuXyse  you do not understand
 
2.You   do   not   realise   that   you   are   about   to   be   drowned   in   a   sea   of   sadness.  
mnsa   àhsaim   Tva<   deiv   Ê>oaidRta   stI   ,
yCDaeictVye   ùòa=is   àaPyed<   Vysn<   mht!   .3.  
mnsa  in mind
àhsaim  I laugh derisively
Tva<  at you
deiv  Devi
Ê>oaidRta  even though sad
stI I
yt! for this
zaeictVye  to be sad
ùòa  happy
Ais you are
àaPy  having known
#d<  this
Vysn<  bad news
mht!  great
 
3.Devi,   when you   have   heard   the   greatest   sad   news   you   are   happy.   For   this   I   laugh
at   you.  
zaecaim   ÊmRitTv<   te   ka   ih   àa}a   àh;Ryet!   ,
Are>   spÆIpuÇSy   v&iÏ<   m&Tyaeirvagtam!   .4.  
zaecaim  I am sad
ÊmRitTv<  for ignorance
te your
ka ih  who will
àa}a  intelligent
àh;Ryet!  will be happy
Are>  enemy's
spÆIpuÇSy  stepson's
v&iÏ<  progress
m&Tyae>  Yama
#v like
Aagtam!  come
 
4.I   am   sad   because   you   are   happy   for   your   step   son's   elevation.  
-rtadev   ramSy   raJysaxar[aÑym!   , 
tiÖicNTy   iv;{[a=iSm   -y<   -ItaiÏ   jayte   .5.  
-rtat!  from Bharatha
@v only
ramSy  to Rama
raJysaxar[at!  who can share the kingdom
-ym!  fear
tt! that
ivicNTy  thinking
iv;{[a  greive
AiSm  I am
-y<  danger
-Itat! ih  from him who is to be feared
jayte  comes
 
5.Rama   is   only   afraid   of   Bharatha   who   has   a   stake   in   the   kingdom.  
lúm[ae   ih   mhe:vasae   ram<   svaRTmna   gt>   ,
zÇu¹íaip   -rt<   kak…t!Sw<   lúm[ae   ywa   .6.  
lúm[>  Lakshmana
ih surely
mhe:vas>  a great archer
ram<  Rama
svaRTmna  in all ways
gt> follows
zÇu¹>  Shatrugna
c also
Aip also
-rt<  Bharatha
kak…t!Sw<  Kakutstha
lúm[>  Lakshmana
ywa similarly
 
6.Lakshmana   is   very   close   to   Rama;   similarly   Shatrugna   is   nearer   to   Bharatha.  
àTyasÚ³me[aip   -rtSyEv   -aimin   ,
raJy³mae   ivàk«òStyaeStavt!   knIysae>   .7.  
àTyasÚ³me[  direct descendant
Aip also
-rtSy  Bharatha's
@v only
-aimin  lovely lady
raJy³m>  to be the king
ivàk«ò>  is laid down
tyae>  those two
tavt!  by fate
knIysae>  the younger ones
 
7.Lovely   lady,   only   the   two   younger   one   are   destined   to   rule   the   country.  
ivÊ;>   ]ÇcairÇe   àa}Sy   àaÝkair[>   ,
-yat!   àvepe   ramSy   icNtyNtI   tvaTmjm!   .8.  
ivÊ;>  learned
]ÇcairÇe  in state craft
àa}Sy  expert
àaÝkair[>  does things as per the time
-yat!  because of fear
àvepe  I am greived
ramSy  Rama's
icNtyNtI  thoughtfully
tv your
AaTmjm!  son
 
8.I   am   worried   because   of   trouble   from   Rama   for   your   son.  
su-ga   olu   kaEsLya   ySya>   puÇae=i-;eúyte   ,
yaEvraJyen   mhta   ñ>   pu:ye[   iÖjaeÄmE>   .9.  
su-ga  blessed
olu only
kaEsLya  Kausalya
ySya>  whose
puÇ>  son
Ai-;eúyte  will be crowned
yaEvraJyen  as crown prince
mhta  the great
ñ>  tomorrow
pu:ye[  in star pushya
iÖjaeÄmE>  by brahmins
 
9.Kausalya   will   be   the   most   blessed   of   allthe   wives,   when   her   son   is   crowned.  
àaÝa<   sumhtI<   àIit<   àtIta<   ta<   htiÖ;m!   ,
%pSwaSyis   kaEsLya<   dasIvt!Tv<   k«taÃil>   .10.  
àaÝa<  obtained
sumhtI<  very great
àIit<  blessings
àtIta<  respected by all
ta<  that
htiÖ;m!  removing all obstacles
%pSwaSyis  you will serve
kaEsLya<  Kausalya
dasIvt!  as a maid
Tv<  you
k«taÃil>  with folded hands
 
10.You   will   serve   Kausalya   as   a   maid   when   Rama   becomes   the   crown   prince.  

       

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