THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 42 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
dzrwivlap>   -   DASARTHA'S   CRIES
 
yavÄu   inyRtStSy   rjaeêpm†Zyt   ,
nEveúvak…vrStavTsÃharaTmc]u;I   .1.
yavÔaja   iày<   puÇ<   pZyTyTyNtxaimRkm!   ,
tavt!VyvxRtevaSy   xr{ya<   puÇdzRne   .2.
yavt!  for the time
tu in that place
inyRt>  travelling
tSy his
rjaeêpm!  the dust generated by the chariot
A†Zyt  was seen
n not
#úvak…vr>  the scion of Ikshvaku dynasty
tavt!  till that time
sÃhar  take his eyes away
AaTmc]u;I  both his eyes
yavt!  for the time
raja  king
iày<  fvaourite
puÇ<  son
pZyit  was seeing
ATyNtxaimRkm!  a real observer of dharma
tavt!  till that time
VyvxRt  rose in abudance
@v only
ASy for him
xr{ya<  on the ground
puÇdzRne  for the sake of seeing his son

 
1,2.Dasaratha   was   looking   at   the   dust   that   rose   from   the   chariot's   path   for   a   glimpse   of   his   son and   did   not   move   his   eyes   from   that.
 
n   pZyit   rjae=PySy   yda   ramSy   -Uimp>   ,
tda==tRí   iv;{[í   ppat   xr[Itle   .3.
n pZyit  was not able to see
rj> Aip  even the dust
ASy this
yda upto the time
ramSy  Rama's
-Uimp>  king
tda after that
AatR> c  with increasing sorrow also
iv;{[> c  becoming tired also
ppat  fell down
xr[Itle  on the ground

 
2.When   even   the   dust   was   not   visisble,   Dasaratha   fell   down   to   the   ground   overcome   with sorrow.
 
tSy   di][mNvagaTkaEsLya   ba÷m¼na   ,
vam<   caSyaNvgaTpañR<   kEkeyI   -rtiàya   .4.
tSy on his
di][m!  right
ANvagat!  stood
kaEsLya  Kausalya
ba÷m!  hand
A¼na  the lady
vam<  left hand
c also
ASy on his
ANvgat!  stood
pañR<  side
kEkeyI  Kaikeyi
-rtiàya  who helped Bharata

 
4.Kausalya   stood   on   the   right   hand   side   of   Dasaratha   and   Kaikeyi   on   the   left   side.
 
ta<   nyen   c   s<pÚae   xmˆR[   ivnyen   c   ,
%vac   raja   kEkeyI<   smIúy   VyiwteiNÔy>   .5.
ta<  that
nyen  one who rules as per the law
c also
s<pÚ>  with experience
xmˆR[  with scriptures
ivnyen c  with humility also
%vac  spoke
raja  king
kEkeyI<  to Kaikeyi
smIúy  seeing
VyiwteiNÔy>  with confused senses

 
5.Dasaratha   spoke   to   Kaikeyi.
 
kEkeyI   ma   mma¼ain   Sp!ra]ISTv<   Êòcair[I   ,
n   ih   Tva<   ÔòuimCDaim   n   -ayaR   n   c   baNxvI   .6.
kEkeyI  Kaikeyi
ma do not
mm my
A¼ain  limbs
Sp!ra]I>  touch
Tv<  you
Êòcair[I  one who is intent on sinning
n not
ih therefore
Tva<  you
Ôòu<  to see
#CDaim n  I do not wish
-ayaR  as a wife
n not
c also
baNxvI  as one who thinks well

 
6.Dasaratha   told   Kaikeyi   that   since   she   has   committed   a   sin,   he   no   longer   considers   her   as his   wife   and   thus   she   should   not   touch   him.   He   does   not   wish   to   see   her.
 
ye   c   TvamnujIviNt   nah<   te;a<   n   te   mm   ,
kevlawRpra<   ih   Tva<   Ty­xmaR<TyjaMyhm!   .7.
ye who
c Tvam!  you also
AnujIviNt  serves you
n do not need
Ah<  I
te;a<  to them
n not needed
te they
mm to me
kevlawRpra<  simply for materialism
ih being
Tva<  you
Ty­xmaR<  forgetting the dharma
Tyjaim  divorce you
Ahm!  I

 
7.Dasaratha   told   Kaikeyi   that   he   has   no   need   for   her   and   her   followers.   He   also   said   that   as of   that   moment   he   divorced   her.
 
Ag&hœ[a<      te   pai[mi¶<   pyR[y<   c   yt!   ,
Anujanaim   tTsvRmiSm<Llaeke   prÇ   c   .8.
Ag&hœ[a<  catching
yt! c  whatever
te your
pai[m!  hand
Ai¶<  sacred fire
pyR[y<  circumambulating for marriage
c yt!  whatever
Anujanaim  I discard
tt! svRm!  all of that
AiSmn!  in this
laeke  in world
prÇ c  and next birth also

 
8.Dasaratha   decides   to   discard   the   marriage   to   Kaikeyi   and   events   after   that.
 
-rtíet!àtIt>   SyaÔaJy<   àaPyedmVyym!   ,
yNme   s   dXyat!àITywR<   ma<   ma   tÎÄmagmt!   .9.
-rt>  Bharata
cet!  in case
àtIt>  with respect for elders
Syat!  does
raJy<  kingdom
àaPy  accepting
#dm!  this
AVyym!  with everlasting benefits
yt! which
me my
s> he
dXyat!  last rites
àITywR<  because of love
ma<  to me
ma not
tt! dÄ<  that rites
Aagmt!  should do

 
9.Dasaratha   further   said   that   in   case   Bharata   accepts   the   kingdom,   he   is   debarred   from
performing   Dasaratha's   last   rites.
 
Aw   re[usmuXvSt<   tmuTwaPy   nraixpm!   ,
NyvtRt   tda   devI   kaEsLya   zaekkizRta   .10.
Aw there after
re[usmuXvSt<  covered with dust
t<  him
%TwaPy  lifting with both hands
nraixpm!  king
NyvtRt  stood silently
tda then
devI  devi
kaEsLya  Kausalya
zaekkizRta  overcome with grief

 
10.There   after,   Kausalya   lifted   Dasaratha   who   was   covered   with   dust   and   stood   silently.            
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