THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 42 : SLOKAS 31 TO 35

 
dzrwivlap>   -   DASARATHA   CRIES
 
   †òœva   mharajae   -ujmuXyMy   vIyRvan!   ,
%½E>   Svre[   cu³aez   ha   ra"v   jhais   mam!   .31.
suiota   bt   t<   kal<   jIiv:yiNt   nraeÄma>   ,
pir:vjNtae   ye   ram<   ÔúyiNt   punragtm!   .32.
tt! that
c †òœva  thinking in mind
mharaj>  king
-uj<  hand
%XyMy  raising
vIyRvan!  the brave
%½E> Svre[  in a loud voice
cu³aez  shouted as follows
ha oh
ra"v  Raghava
jhais  you away from
mam!  me
suiota>  have their wishes fulfilled
bt what harm have I done
t<  that
kal<  till the time
jIiv:yiNt  will be alive
nraeÄma>  the noble men
pir:vjNt>  surrounding
ye who
ram<  Rama
ÔúyiNt  sees
pun>  again
Aagtm!  returned

 
31,32.Dasaratha   asked   what   crime   he   has   done   so   that   Rama   has   gone   away.   He   also   said those   who   will   see   Rama   on   return   are   blessed   ones   and   their   wishes   will   be   fulfilled.
 
Aw   raÈya<   àpÚaya<   kalraÈyaimvaTmn>   ,
AxRraÇe   dzrw>   kaEsLyaimdmävIt!   .33.
Aw then
raÈya<  that night
àpÚaya<  sleepless because of agony
kalraÈya<  a close relative who was cremated
#v like
AaTmn>  own
AxRraÇe  in the middle of the night
dzrw>  Dasaratha
kaEsLya<  to Kausalya
#dm!  the following
AävIt!  said

 
33.Dasaratha,   getting   no   sleep   because   of   agony,   spoke   to   Kausalya   as   follows   at   mid   night.
 
ram<   me=nugta   †iòrXyaip   n   invtRte   ,
n   Tva   pZyaim   kaEsLye   saxu   ma<   pai[na   Sp&z   .34.
ram<  Rama
me my
Anugta  has gone
†iò>  all senses
AXy now
Aip also
n invtRte  have not returned
n not
Tva you
pZyaim  able to see with eyes
kaEsLye  Kausalya
saxu  lightly
ma<  me
pai[na  with hands
Sp&z  caress

 
34.Dasaratha   said   that   all   his   senses   have   gone   with   Rama   and   thus   he   was   unable   to   see Kausalya.   He   thus   asked   her   to   touch   him   with   her   hands.
 
t<   rammevanuivicTyNt<   smIúy   devI   zyne   nreNÔm!   ,
%paepivZyaixkmatRêpa   ivinñsNtI   ivllap   k«CD+m!   .35.
t<  him
ram< @v  Rama only
AnuivicTyNt<  thinking deeply about
smIúy  seeing
devI  Kausalya
zyne  in the bed
nreNÔm!  king
%paepivZy  sitting by his side
Aixk<  greater than before
AatRêpa  agonised
ivinñsNtI  sighing
ivllap  cried
k«CD+m!  in extreme agony

 
35.Kausalya,   seeing   Dasaratha   in   extreme   agony   thinking   about   Rama,   sat   by   his   side   on   the bed   and   cried   because   of   greater   agony.
 
#Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   AyaeXyaka{fe   iÖcTvair<z>   sgR>   .42.
     
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