THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


AYODHYA KANDA


SARGA 15 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20


 

s¤mÓæOÞy   ramg¦hp¦vES:   -   SUMANTHRA   ENTERS   RAMA'S   PALACE  

 
paÎf¤rà   v¦x:   sÇj:   paÎf¤raE{áà   s|¢ÞTt:   ,  
p#s¦tà   gj:   ½£manaWpva/:   p#t£XtE   .11.  
paÎf¤r:    white
c   v¦x:    bull also
sÇj:    was ready
paÎf¤r:    white
Aá:   c    horse also
s|¢ÞTt:    was standing
p#s¦t:    dutiful
c   gj:    elephant also
½£man¯    with good features
AaWpva/:    king's
p#t£XtE    awaited
     
11.A   white   bull,   horse   and   elephant   were   ready.    
 
A¾aW   c   kÓya   maÄñÚya:   svaIBrNB¥¢xta:   ,  
va¢dæOa¢N   c   svaI¢N   v¢Ódnà   tTa{prE   .12.  
A¾aW    eight
c    also
kÓya:    young girls
maÄñÚya:    married women
svaIBrNB¥¢xta:    with many otnaments
va¢dæOa¢N   c    musicians also
svaI¢N    varieties of
v¢Ódn:   c    vandhis
tTa   AprE    others also
     
12.Eight   young   girls,   married   women,   instrumentalists   and   various   others   were   also   present.  
 
ißvak\Na|   yTa   raÇyE   s|¢B#yEta¢BxEcnm¯   ,  
tTajat£ymaday   rajp¤æOa¢BxEcnm¯   .13.  
tE   rajvcnaäOæO   smvEta   mh£p¢tm¯   ,  
ApSyÓtaE{b#¤vn¯   kaE     raåOaE   n:   p#¢tvEdyEt¯   .14.  
n   pÜyamà   rajanm¤¢dtà   ¢dvakr:   ,  
yaWvraÇya¢BxEkà   sÇjaE   ramÞy   D£mt:   .15.    
ißvak\Na|    Ikshvaku dynasty's
yTa    which
raÇyE    in king's duty
s|¢B#yEt    as presents
A¢BxEcnm¯    for coronated
tTajat£y|    those presents
Aaday    bringing
rajp¤æOa¢BxEcnm¯    prince's coronation
tE    they
rajvcnat¯    because of king's proclamation
tæO    there
smvEta    assembled
mh£p¢tm¯    king
ApSyÓt:    not seeing
Ab#¤vn¯    spoke among themselves
k:    who
    now
raåO:    to the king
n:    our
p#¢tvEdyEt¯    will inform
n   pÜyam:    we have not seen
c   rajan|    king also
u¢dt:    has risen
c    also
¢dvakr:    sun
yaWvraÇya¢BxEk:    as crown prince
c    also
sÇj:    has arrived
ramÞy    Rama's
D£mt:    brave
       
13,14,15.The   assembled   kings,   with   their   presents,   not   seeing   the   king,  
talked   among   themselves   that   the   auspicious   time   for   is   nearing   and   wondered  
who   will   inform   the   king.    
 
i¢t   tEx¤   b#¤vaNEx¤   savIBaWmaÓmh£pt£n¯   ,  
Ab#v£äOa¢nd|   vaÀy|   s¤mÓæOaE   rajsÏk]t:   .16.  
i¢t    thus
tEx¤    they
b#¤vaNEx¤    speaking among themselves
savIBaWman¯    kings of kings
mh£pt£n¯    kings
Ab#v£t¯    spoke
tan¯    those
id|    the following
vaÀy|    words
s¤mÓæO:    Sumanthra
rajsÏk]t:    who can approach the king easily
       
16.Sumantra,   on   hearing   these,   spoke   as   follows   to   the   kings.        
 
ram|   raåOaE   ¢nyaEgEn   Ïvrya   p#¢ÞTtaE{s¯Øyhm¯   ,  
p¥Çya   raåOaE   BvÓtÞt¤   ramÞy   c   ¢vSExt:   .17.                            
ram|    Rama's presence
raåO:    king's
¢nyaEgEn    orders
Ïvrya    quickly
p#¢ÞTt:    going
A¢Þm    am
Ahm¯    I
p¥Çya:    respected
raåO:    king's
BvÓt:    yourselves
    in this
ramÞy   c    Rama's also
¢vSExt:    specially
         
17.Sumantra   says   that   he   is   on   his   way   to   Rama's   palace   on   the   king's   orders.   All   of  
are   respected   guests.                                
 
Ay|   p¦ÅCa¢m   vcnat¯   s¤Kmay¤Ýmtamhm¯   ,  
raåO:   s|p#¢tb¤¼Þy   yÅcagmnkarNm¯   .18.  
Ay|    now
p¦ÅCa¢m    will enquire
vcnat¯    requests
s¤K|    as a pleasure
Aay¤Ýmta|    your highnesses
Ahm¯    I
raåO:    to the king
s|p#¢tb¤¼Þy    sleeping
yt¯    which
c    also
AagmnkarNm¯    reason for not coming here
         
18.Sumanthra   says   he   will   go   to   the   king   and   enquire   the   reason   for   his   absence.  
 
iÏy¤?va{Ót:p¤r¹armajgam   p¤raN¢vt¯   ,  
sdas³|   c   t¹EÜm   s¤mÓæO:   p#¢vvES   h   .19.  
i¢t    thus
u?va    saying
AÓt:p¤r¹ar|    entrance to the palace
Aajgam    reached
p¤raN¢vt¯    who knows the history of the dynasty
sda    always
Aas³|    welcome
c    also
t¹EÜm    that palace
s¤mÓæO:    Sumanthra
p#¢vvES    entered
h    what a pity
         
19.Thus   saying   Sumanthra   who   was   always   welcome,   entered   the   palace.  
 
t¤¾avaÞy   tda   v|S|   p#¢vÜy   s   ¢vSa|   ptE:   ,  
Syn£y|   nrEÓd#Þy   tdasaï   Ûy¢t¿t   .20.  
t¤¾av    praised
AÞy    that
tda    then
v|S|    dynasty
p#¢vÜy    entering
s:    he
¢vSa|   ptE:    king's
Syn£y|    bed room
nrEÓd#Þy    king's
tt¯    then
Aasaï    going near
Ûy¢t¿t    stood out side
         
20.Sumanthra   stood   out   side   the   king's   bedroom   and   praised   the   dynasty.                                  
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