THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 47 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
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à-ataya<   tu   zvRyaR<   paEraSte   ra"v<   ivna   ,
zaekaephtiníeòa   b-UvugRtcets>   .1.
à-ataya< tu  at dawn
zvRyaR<  night
paEra>  citizens of the city
te those
ra"v< ivna  not finding Rama
zaekaephtiníeòa>  incapable of doing any thing because of grief
b-Uvu>  became
gtcets>  having lost their mental balance

 
1.The   people,   not   finding   Rama   at   dawn,   became   over   come   with   grief.
 
zaekjaïupirXyUna>   vI]ma[aSttStt>   ,
Aalaekmip   ramSy   n   pZyiNt   Sm   Ê>iota>   .2.
zaekjaïupirXyUna>  eyes filled with tears because of grief
vI]ma[a>  searching
tt> then
tt> thus
Aalaekm! Aip  even the identifiable evidence
ramSy  of Rama
n pZyiNt Sm  was not seen
Ê>iota>  were saddened

 
2.The   people   could   not   find   even   any   evidence   of   Rama's   presence.
 
te   iv;adatRvdna   rihtaSten   xImta   ,
k«p[a>   ké[a   vacae   vdiNt   Sm   mniSvn>   .3.
te those
iv;adatRvdna>  with saddened faces
rihta>  abandoned
ten by him
xImta  the brave
k«p[a>  without knowing what to do next
ké[a>  pitiably
vac>  the following words
vdiNt Sm  were speaking among themselves
mniSvn>  the great souls

 
3.The   people,   disheartened   by   Rama's   disappearance,   spoke   among   themselves   not   knowing what  to  do.
 
ixgStu   olu   inÔa<   ta<   yya=pùtcets>   ,
naXy   pZyamhe   ram<   p&wUrSk<   mha-ujm!   .4.
ixkœ AStu  should be scolded
olu because of this
inÔa< ta<  that sleep
yya because of sleep
Apùtcets>  were unconscious
n not
AXy now
pZyamhe  able to see
ram<  Rama
p&wUrSk<  with broad chest
mha-ujm!  with long arms

 
4.The   people   held   their   night's   sleep   responsible   for   not   being   able   to   see   Rama.
 
kw<   nam   mhaba÷>   s   twa=ivtwi³y>   ,
-­<   jnmi-TyJy   àvas<   ra"vae   gt>   .5.
kw< nam  how can it be justified
mhaba÷>  with broad shoulders
s> that
twa similarly
Aivtwi³y>  one who protects those who take refuge in him
-­<  devotees
jnm!  people
Ai-TyJy  abandoning
àvas<  to live far away
ra"v>  Rama
gt> going

 
5.The   people   wondered   how   Rama   can   abandon   them   and   go   far   away   from   them.
 
yae   n>   sda   palyit   ipta   puÇainvaErsan!   ,
kw<   r"U[a<   s   JyeóSTy®va   nae   ivipn<   gt>   .6.
y> anyone
n> us
sda always
palyit  protected
ipta  a father
puÇan!  sons
#v like
AaErsan!  own
kw<  how is it justified
r"U[a<  among the Raghu dynasty
s> he
Jyeó>  the eldest
Ty®va  abandoning
n> us
ivipn<  to the forest
gt> going

 
6.The   people   were   wondering   how   Rama,   who   has   treated   all   as   his   own   child,   abandon   them and   go   to   the   forest.
 
#hEv   inxn<   yamae   mhaàSwanmev   va   ,
rame[   rihtana<   ih   ikmwR<   jIivt<   ih   n>   .7.
#h @v  here itself
inxn<  death as a last resort
yam>  will attain
mhaàSwan< @v va  or fasting and walking till drop down dead
rame[  by Rama
rihtana<  being abandoned
ih surely
ikmwR<  for what purpose
jIivt<  to live
ih because
n> for us

 
7.The   assembled   people   thought   it   best   to   die   since   they   felt   abandoned   by   Rama.
 
siNt   zu:kai[   kaóain   à-Utain   mhaiNt   c   ,
tE>   àJvaLy   icta<   svˆR   àivzamaew   pavkm!   .8.
siNt  are here
zu:kai[  dried
kaóain  wood
à-Utain  in plenty
mhaiNt  big ones
c also
tE> with them
àJvaLy  lighting
icta<  in a pyre
svˆR  all of us
àivzam>  will enter the pyre and die
Aw now
pavkm!  fire

 
8.The   people   finding   large   number   of   big   logs   of   wood,   thought   of   raising   a   fire   and   jump   into it.
 
ik<   vúyamae   mhaba÷rnsUy>   iày<vd>   ,
nIt>   s   ra"vae=Smai-irit   v­…<   kw<   ]mm!   .9.
ik<  which
vúyam>  we can say as a fault
mhaba÷>  broad shpuldered
AnsUy>  without blemish
iày<vd>  speaks kindly
nIt>  abandoned after a short distance
s> he
ra"v>  Rama
ASmai->  by us
#it thus
v­…<  to say
kw< ]mm!  how is it right

 
9.The   people   wondered   how   they   can   tell   others   that   they   abandoned   Rama   after   going   with him   for   some   distance.
 
sa   nUn<   ngir   dIna   †òœva=SmaNra"v<   ivna   ,
-iv:yit   inranNda   sôIbalvyaeixka   .10.
sa that
nUn<  shortly
ngir  city
dIna  without any means
†òœva  seeing
ASman! < us
ra"v< ivna  without Rama
-iv:yit  will become
inranNda  without any worldly attachment
sôIbalvyaeixka  with ladies, elders and children

 
10.The   people   thought   that   the   citzens   of   Ayodhya   will   be   without   any   means   and   will   lose all   worldly   attachments.            
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