THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 19 : SLOKAS 11 TO 21

   vnvasàit}a   -   PROMISING   TO   GO   TO   FOREST
 
d{fkar{yme;ae=himtae   gCDaim   sTvr>   ,
AivcayR   iptuvaRKy<   sma   vStu<   ctudRz   .11.
d{fkar{y<  in Dandakaranya
@;> now
Ah<  I
#t> from here
gCDaim  will go
sTvr>  immediately to obey
AivcayR  without any thinking
iptu>  father's
vaKy<  words
sma>  years
vStu<  to live
ctudRz  fourteen

 
11.I   will   leave   for   Dandakaranya   directly   as   per   father's   wishes.
 
sa   ùòa   tSy   tÖaKy<   ïuTva   ramSy   kEkeyI   ,
àSwan<   ïÎxana   ih   Tvryamas   ra"vm!   .12.
sa she
ùòa  happy
tSy that
tt! vaKy<  those words
ïuTva  hearing
ramSy  Rama's
kEkeyI  Kaikeyi
àSwan<  in respect of his travel
ïÎxana  her wishes will be fulfilled
ih thus
Tvryamas  hastened him as follows
ra"vm!  Rama

 
12.Kaikeyi,   feeling   happy   that   her   wishes   are   about   to   be   fulfilled,   hastened   Rama.
 
@v<   -vtu   yaSyiNt   Ëta>   zIºjvEhRyE>   ,
-rt<   matulk…laÊpavtRiytu<   nra>   .13.
@v< -vtu  let it be
yaSyiNt  willgo
Ëta>  messengers
zIºjvE>  speedy
hyE>  on horses
-rt<  Bharatha
matulk…lat!  from uncle's house
%pavtRiytu<  to bring
nra>  men

 
13.Messengers   on   speedy   horses   will   go   to   bring   back   Bharatha.
 
tv   Tvh<   ]m<   mNye   naeTsukSy   ivlMbnm!   ,
ram   tSmaidt>   zIº<   vn<   Tv<   gNtumhRis   .14.
tv to you
tu in this
Ah<  I
]m<  necessary
mNye n  do not think
%TsukSy  devoted
ivlMbnm!  delaying
ram Rama
tSmat!  there fore
#t> from here
zIº<  quickly
vn<  to forest
Tv<  you
gNtum!  to go
AhRis  be prepared

 
14.Kaikeyi   tried   to   hasten   the   departure   of   Rama   to   the   forest.
 
ìIfaiNvt>   Svy<      n&pSTva<   nai--a;te   ,
nEtiTkiÂÚröeó   mNyure;ae=pnIytam!   .15.
ìIfaiNvt>  is distressed because of love for his son
Svy<  himself
yt! about what has happened
c also
n&p>  king
Tva<  to you
n Ai--a;te  is unable to speak
n not
@tt!  for this
ikiÂt!  any other reason
nröeó  best of men
mNyu> @;>  this small mental worry
ApnIytam!  please discard

 
15.Kaikeyi   tells   Rama   that   the   king   is   unable   to   speak   because   of   his   love   for   him
and   tells   him   not   to   mind   it.
 
yavt!Tv<   n   vn<   yat>   puradSmadi-Tvrn!   ,
ipta   tavÚ   ram   õaSyte   -aeúyte=ip   va   .16.
yavt!  until
Tv<  you
n not
vn<  forest
yat>  leave
purat! ASmat!  from this city
Ai-Tvrn!  with speed
ipta  your father
tavt!  till then
n not
ram Rama
õaSyte  take his bath
-aeúyte  take his food
Aip va  also

 
16.Kaikeyi   asks   Rama   to   leave   the   city   immediately   since   his   father   will
neither   take   his   bath   nor   his   food   till   then.
 
ixŠòimit   in>ñSy       raja   zaekpirPlut>   ,
mUrœiCDtae   NyptÄiSmNpyR»e   hem-Ui;te   .17.
ixkœ kò<  what a shame that I am not able to win this enemy
#it thus
in>ñSy  sighing
raja  king
zaekpirPlut>  over come with great grief
mUrœiCDt>  became unconscious
Nyptt!  lay down
tiSmn!  that
pyR»e  bed
hem-Ui;te  decorated with gold

 
17.The   king,   bemoaning   his   inability   to   win   over   Kaikeyi,   fell   down   on   the   bed
unconscious,   being   over   come   with   grief.
 
ramae=PyuTwaPy   rajan<   kEkeYya=i-àcaeidt>   ,
kzyevahtae   vajI   vn<   gNtu<   k«tTvr>   .18.
ram>  Rama
Aip %TwaPy  trying to make sit
rajan<  the king
kEkeYya  by Kaikeyi
Ai-àcaeidt>  was urged in several ways
kzya  with a whip
#v like
Aaht>  being beaten
vajI  horse
vn<  forest
gNtu<  to leave
k«tTvr>  to make haste

 
18.Kaikeyi   urged   Rama   to   leave   for   the   foreast   immediately   when   he   tried   to
help   his   father.
 
tdiàymnayaRya   vcn<   daé[aedym!   ,
ïuTva   gtVywae   ram>   kEkeyI<   vaKymävIt!   .19.
tt! Aiày<  those harsh words
AnayaRya>  one who has trnsgressed all norms of behaviour
vcn<  words
daé[aedym!  producing great grief in mind
ïuTva  hearing
gtVyw>  with a balanced mind
ram>  Rama
kEkeyI<  to Kaikeyi
vaKym!  the following words
AävIt!  spoke

 
19.Rama,   without   losing   his   balance   of   mind   even   after   hearing   heart   rending   words,
spoke   as   follows   to   Kaikeyi.
 
nahmwRprae   deiv   laekmavStumuTshe   ,
iviÏ   mam&i;i-StuLy<   kevl<   xmRmaiSwtm!   .20.
ydÇ-vt>   ikiÂCDKy<   ktuR<   iày<   mya   ,
àa[anip   pirTyJy   svRwa   k«tmev   tt!   .21.
n not
Ahm!  I
AwRpr>  only in the pleasures
deiv  O! mother
laek<  in the world
AavStu<  to live
%Tshe  will agree
iviÏ  you will understand
ma<  me
\i;i->  rishis
tuLy<  equal to
kevl< xmR<  ony dharma
AaiSwtm!  to uphold
yt! which
AÇ-vt>  this respected
ikiÂt!  whatever it may be
zKy<  capable of
ktuR<  to do
iày<  desire
mya by me
àa[an!  life
Aip pirTyJy  giving up also
svRwa  in any way
k«t< @v  to complete
tt! that

 
20,21.Rama   tells   Kaikeyi   that   his   only   desire   is   to   serve   his   father   and   is   not   interested in   the   pleasures.   He   is   even   prepared   to   give   up   his   life   to   uphold   dharma.            
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