THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 35 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
sumÙe[   kEkeyIgrœh[m!   -   SUMANTRA   CRITICISES   KAIKEYI
 
AyaeXyavaisn>   paEra   ye   c   janpda   jna>   ,
nUn<   svˆR   gim:yamae   magR<   ramin;eivtm!   .11.
AyaeXyavaisn>  residents of Ayodhya
paEra>  city dwellers
ye c  whoever they are
janpda>  villagers
jna>  other people
nUn<  immediately
svˆR  all
gim:yam>  will go
magR<  to the place
ramin;eivtm!  where Rama goes

 
11.Sumantra   told   Kaikeyi   that   all   the   people   will   follow   Rama   to   the   place   where   he   goes.
 
Ty­aya   baNxvE>   sv‰Rrœäaü[ESsaxui->   sda   ,
ka   àItI   raJyla-en   tv   deiv   -iv:yit   .12.
Ty­aya>  abandoned
baNxvE>  well wishers
sv‰R>  by all
äaü[E>  brahmins
saxui->  blessed persons
sda at all times
ka what
àItI>  fame
raJyla-en  obtaining kingdom only
tv for you
deiv  devi
-iv:yit  will become

 
12.Sumantra   asked   Kaikeyi   what   she   hopes   to   get   by   obtaining   the   kingdom   only   when   she will   be   abandoned   by   all.
 
n   ih   te   iv;ye   kiít!   äaü[ae   vStumrœhit   ,
ta†z<   TvmmyaRdmXy   kmR   ickI;Ris   .13.
n not
ih because
te your
iv;ye  country
kiít!  no one
äaü[>  brahmin
vStum!  to live
Arœhit  eligible
ta†z<  in that situation
Tvm!  you
AmyaRdm!  agaiinst all canons in scripture
AXy now
kmR in a bad deed
ickI;Ris  you have indulged

 
13.Sumantra   told   Kaikeyi   that   no   brahmin   will   live   in   her   country   because   she   has   broken   all the   rules   laid   down   in   the   scriptures.
 
AaíyRimv   pZyaim   ySyaSte   v&ÄmI†zm!   ,
AacrNTya   n   ivv&ta   sXyae   -vit   meidnI   .14.
AaíyR<  as a surprise
#v only
pZyaim  I see
ySya>  who
te your
v&Ä<  action
$†zm!  like this
AacrNTya>  is following
n not
ivv&ta  as destroyed
sXy>  even earlier
-vit  becomes
meidnI  the place

 
14.Sumantra   wondered   how   the   place   where   Kaikeyi   stays   is   not   gone   into   ruins   earlier
because   of   her   wilfull   action.
 
mhaäüi;Rs&òa   va   JvlNtae   -ImdzRna>   ,
ixGvaGd{fa   n   ih<siNt   ramàìajne   iSwtm!   .15.
mhaäüi;Rs&òa  those that can be done by the great sages
va what
JvlNt>  fit to be burnt
-ImdzRna>  grotesque looking
ixGvaGd{fa  criticisms
n ih<siNt  does it not worry your mind
ramàìajne  in sending Rama to forest
iSwtam!  you who has taken initiative

 
15.Sumantra   asked   Kaikeyi   whether   all   the   criticisms   of   her   act   of   sending   Rama   to   the   forest do   not   worry   her?
 
Aaè<   iDTva   k…Qare[   inMb<   pircreÄu   y>   ,
yíEn<   pysa   isÂeÚEvaSy   mxurae   -vet!   .16.
Aaè<  a mango tree
iDTva  cut down
k…Qare[  with an axe
inMb<  a neem tree
pircret!  plants
tu instead
y> any one
y> c  whomsoever he is
@n<  this
pysa  with milk
isÂet!  nurtures
n not
@v only
ASy his
mxur>  sweet
-vet!  will become

 
16.Sumantra   told   Kaikeyi   that   a   neem   tree   planted   in   place   of   a   mango   tree   even   if   nurtured with   milk   will   not   become   sweet.
 
Ai-jat<   ih   te   mNye   ywa   matuStwEv   c   ,
n   ih   inMbaTs!rveT]aEÔ<   laeke   ingidt<   vc>   .17.
Ai-jat<  very well known
ih thus
te your
mNye  I think
ywa whatever virtue
matu>  mother
twa @v  similarly only
c also
n not
ih surely
inMbat!  from a neem tree
övet!  will flow
]aEÔ<  honey
laeke  in the world
ingidt<  as a proverb
vc> word

 
17.Sumantra   told   Kaikeyi   that   she   has   inherited   from   her   mother   whatever   qualities   she   has and   this   proves   the   proverb   that   honey   can   not   flow   from   a   neem   tree.
 
tv   matursdœ¢ah<   ivÒ>   pUvR<   ywa   ïutm!   .18.
tv your
matu>  mother's
Asdœ¢ah<  greed
ivÒ>  we have heard and felt
pUvR< ywa  as it happened at that time
ïutm!  as told

 
18.Sumantra   told   Kaikeyi   tha   they   had   heard   about   her   mother's   greedy   nature.
 
iptuSte   vrd>   kiíÎdaE   vrmnuÄmm!   ,
svR-Utét<   tSmaTsÃ}e   vsuxaixp>   .
ten   ityRGgtana<   c   -Utana<   ividt<   vc>   .19.
iptu>  to father
te your
vrd>  a great soul
kiít!  one
ddaE  gave
vrm!  a boon
AnuÄmm!  incomparable
svR-Utét<  meaning of all the beings' sounds
tSmat!  because of that
sÃ}e  can understand well
vsuxaixp>  the king
ten by that
ityRGgtana<  fly, ant etc
c also
-Utana<  beings'
ividt<  understood
vc> meaning of the sounds

 
19.Sumantra   told   that   Kaikeyi's   father   can   understand   the   sounds   made   by   all   living   beings because   of   a   boon   given   to   him.
 
ttae   j&M-Sy   zyne   ivétaуirvcRs>   ,
iptuSte   ividtae   -av>   s      b÷xa=sht!   .20.
tt> thus
j&M-Sy  an ant named Jirumbam
zyne  while sleeping
ivétat!  from its sounds
-UirvcRs>  with great luster
iptu>  father
te your
ividt>  understood
-av>  the meaning
s> he
  its
b÷xa  greatly
Asht!  laughed

 
20.Sumantra   told   Kaikeyi   that   her   father   while   lying   in   bed     understood   the   noises   made   by   an ant.            
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