THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


AYODHYA KANDA


SARGA 13 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20


 

p¤n:   kWkEy£p#sadnm¯   -   AGAIN   PACIFYING   KAIKEYI  

 
s¤Kanam¤¢ctÞyWv   Ѥ:KWrn¤¢ctÞy     c   ,  
Ѥ:K|   naman¤pÜyEy|   kT|   ramÞy     D£mt:   .11.  
s¤Kana|    all pleasures
u¢ctÞy   ev    deserves only
Ѥ:KW:    difiiculties
An¤¢ctÞy    not faced
c    also
Ѥ:K|    difficulty
nam    in any way
An¤pÜyEy|    can I even think
kT|    how
ramÞy    Rama's
D£mt:    blessed
       
11.Rama   has   been   blessed   to   enjoy   all   pleasures   only   and   not   face   difficulties.  
In   what   way   can   I   stand   Rama   facing   difficulties?  
 
y¢d   Ѥ:Kmk]Ïva{ï   mm   s|@mN|   BvEt¯   ,  
AѤ:KahIÞy   ramÞy   tt:   s¤Kmvap"¤yam¯   .12.  
y¢d    in case
Ѥ:Km¯    difficulty
Ak]Ïva    not giving
    now itself
mm    my
s|@mN|    death
BvEt¯    happens
AѤ:KahIÞy    one who does not deserve difficulties
ramÞy    Rama's
tt:    then
s¤Km¯    mental happiness
Avap"¤yam¯    I will obtain
       
12.I   will   have   mental   happiness   if   I   will   die   now   without   ordering   Rama  
to   go   to   forest.  
 
n¦S|sE   papsÄðÚpE   ram|   sÏypra@mm¯   ,  
¢k|   ¢v¢p#yEN   kWkE¢y   ¢p#y|   yaEjysE     mm   .13.  
n¦S|sE    you without any compassion
papsÄðÚpE    one who is pledged to commit sin
ram|    Rama
sÏypra@mm¯    courageous at all times and places
¢k|    why
¢v¢p#yEN    with great difficulty
kWkE¢y    Kaikeyi
¢p#y|    favourite
yaEjysE    you are planning
mm    my
         
13.Why   are   you   planning   to   put   Rama,   the   courageous   one,   in   great   difficulties?  
 
Ak£¢tIrt¤la   laEkE   D#¤v:   p¢rBvà   mE   .14.  
Ak£¢tI:    bad reputation
At¤la    great
laEkE    in the world
D#¤v:    always
p¢rBv:    and shame
c   mE    for me also
         
14.I   will   earn   a   bad   reputation   in   the   world   and   will   be   looked   down.  
 
tTa   ¢vlptÞtÞy   p¢rB#¢mtcEts:   ,  
AÞtm×yagmÏs¥ya©I   rjn£   ca×yvtIt   .15.  
tTa    thus
¢vlpt:    speaking about the same subject
tÞy    his
p¢rB#¢mtcEts:    with a confused and shocked mind
AÞtm¯    astha mountain
A×yagmt¯    reached
s¥yI:    Sun
rjn£    night
c    also
A×yvtIt    arrived
         
15.Dasaratha   was   in   a   shock   and   spoke   repeatedly   on   the   same   topic.   Then   the   sun    
set   and   night   came.  
 
sa{¢æOyama   tTatIÞy   cÓd#mÎflm¢Îfta   ,  
raåOaE   ¢vlpmanÞy   n   ÛyBast   SvIr£   .16.  
sa    that
A¢æOyama    with many long hours (measured as yamas)
tTa    thus
AatIÞy    with a saddened heart
cÓd#mÎflm¢Îfta    lighted by the moon
raåO:    king
¢vlpmanÞy    crying and shedding tears
n    not
ÛyBast    with an end
SvIr£    night
       
16.The   king   shedding   tears,   felt   the   night   to   be   endless.  
 
tTWvaEÝN|   ¢v¢náÞy   v¦¼aE   dSrTaE   n¦p:.  
¢vllapatIvê[:K|   ggnas³laEcn:   .17.  
tTa   ev    similarly
uÝN|    hot
¢v¢náÞy    sighing
v¦¼:    old
dSrT:    Dasaratha
n¦p:    king
¢vllap    blabbered
AatIvt¯    with a sad heart
Ѥ:K|    with difficulty
ggnas³laEcn:    looking at the sky
         
17.The   old   king,   Dasaratha,   blabbered   as   follows   looking   at   the   sky.  
 
n   p#Bat|   tvEÅCa¢m   ¢nSE   nXæOB¥xNE   ,  
¢@yta|   mE   dya   Bd#E   mya{y|   r¢ctaE{¸¢l:   .18.  
n    not
p#Bat|    sunrisa
tv    for you
iÅCa¢m    I wish
¢nSE    night
nXæOB¥xNE    with twinkling stars
¢@yta|    please do
mE    in my case
dya    kindness
Bd#E    blessed one
mya    by me
Ay|    this
r¢ct:    is submitted
A¸¢l:    prayer
         
18.Star   studded   night,   I   wish   that   sun   does   not   rise   for   you.   Let   my   prayer   be   heard.  
 
ATva   gØyta|   S£G#|   nah¢mÅCa¢m   ¢nrqG¦Nam¯   ,  
n¦S|sa|   kWky£|   d#¾¤|   yÏk]tE   Ûysn|   mht¯   .19.  
ATva    otherwise
gØyta|    go away
S£G#|    quickly
n    not
Ah|    I
iÅCa¢m    wish
¢nrqG¦Nam¯    hard hearted
n¦S|sa|    without pity
kWky£|    Kaikeyi
d#¾¤|    to see
yÏk]tE    who has brought
Ûysn|    sadness
mht¯    great
       
19.Otherwise   let   the   night   be   over   quickly.   I   do   not   wish   to   see   the   hard   hearted  
Kaikeyi   who   has   given   me   such   sadness.  
 
evm¤?va   ttaE   raja   kWkEy£|   s|yta¸¢l:   ,  
p#sadyamas   p¤n:   kWkEy£|   cEdmb#v£t¯   .20.  
ev|    thus
u?va    saying
tt:    then
raja    king
kWkEy£|    to Kaikeyi
s|yta¸¢l:    with folded hands
p#sadyamas    pleaded with good words
p¤n:    again
kWkEy£|    to Kaikeyi
c    also
idm¯    the following
Ab#v£t¯    told
         
20.The   king   again   pleaded   to   Kaikeyi   with   folded   hands   and   good   words   to   be   kind  
hearted.                                                                        
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