THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 47 : SLOKAS 11 TO 19

 
paErinv&iÄ>   -   CIYIZENS   RETURN   HOME
 
inyaRtaSten   vIre[   sh   inTy<   x&taTmna   ,
ivhInaSten   c   pun>   kw<   Ôúyam   ta<   purIm!   .11.
inyaRta>  having left
ten him
vIre[  brave
sh with
inTy<  always
x&taTmna  having same feelings inside and outside
ivhIna>  abandoned
ten c  by him only
pun>  again
kw<  how
Ôúyam>  can will we see
ta< purIm!  that city

 
11.The   people   thought   how   they   can   face   the   city   without   Rama.
 
#tIv   b÷xa   vacae   ba÷muXyMy   te   jna>   ,
ivlpiNt   Sm   Ê>oataR   ivvTsa   #v   xenv>   .12.
#it thus
#v b÷xa  in various ways
vac>  words
ba÷<  hands
%XyMy  squeezing
te they
jna>  people
ivlpiNt Sm  were crying
Ê>oataR>  grieving
ivvTsa>  having lost the calves
#v like
xenv>  cows

 
12.The   people   were   grieving   like   the   cows   which   have   lost   their   calves.
 
ttae   magaRnusare[   gTva   ikiÂT][<   pun>   ,
magaRnazaiÖ;aden   mhta   smi-Pluta>   .13.
tt> then
magaRnusare[  by the track left by the wheels
gTva  going
ikiÂt!  for some
][<  time
pun>  again
magaRnazat!  having lost the track
iv;aden  saddened
mhta  greatly
smi-Pluta>  lost their ability to do anything

 
13.The   people   followed   the   tracks   for   some   distance   and   then   lost   the   track.   Then   they became   saddened.
 
rwSy   magRnazen   NyvtRNt   mniSvn>   ,
ikimd<   ik<   kir:yamae   dEvenaephta   #it   .14.
rwSy  the chariot's
magRnazen  tracks being lost
NyvtRNt  returned the same way
mniSvn>  the blessed people
ik< #d<  what is this
ik<  what
kir:yam>  what can we do
dEven  by God
%phta>  being put in difficulty
#it thus

 
14.When   they   lost   the   tracks,   the   people   thought   the   Gods   have   put   them   in   difficulty   and   then returned   the   same   way.
 
ttae   ywagtenEv   magˆR[   ¬aNtcets>   ,
AyaeXyamgmNsvˆR   purI<   Vyiwts¾nam!   .15.
tt> then
ywagten  which way
@v the same
magˆR[  way
¬aNtcets>  with depressed minds
AyaeXyam!  Ayodhya
Agmn!  reached
svˆR  all of them
purI<  to city
Vyiwts¾nam!  the saddened people

 
15.The   saddened   people   reached   Ayodhya   returning   the   same   way   in   which   they   went.
 
AalaeKy   ngrI<   ta<   c   ]yVyak…lmans>   ,
AvtRyNt   te=ïUi[   nynE>   zaekpIifwE>   .16.
AalaeKy  seeing
ngrI< ta<  that city
c ]yVyak…lmans>  with broken hearts because of sadness
AvtRyNt  copiously
te they
AïUi[  tears
nynE>  from the eyes
zaekpIifwE>  reddened with sadness

 
16.The   people,   on   seeing   the   city,   shed   copious   tears   from   eyes   reddened   with   sadness.
 
@;a   rame[   ngrI   rihta   naitzae-te   ,
Aapga   géfenev   ÿdaÊϯtpÚga   .17.
@;a these
rame[  by Rama
ngrI  city
rihta  without
n Aitzae-te  was silent
Aapga  rivers
géfen  by garuda
#v like
ÿdat!  from the snake mound
%ϯtpÚga  the snakes having been taken away

 
17.The   city   without   Rama   was   as   silent   as   the   river   after   the   snakes   have   been   snatched   by garuda.
 
cNÔhInimvakaz<   taeyhInimva[Rvm!   ,
ApZyiÚhtanNd<   ngr<   te   ivcets>   .18.
cNÔhIn<  without the moon
#v Aakaz<  like the sky
taeyhIn<  without water
#v A[Rvm!  like the sea
ApZyn!  was observed
inhtanNd<  without any enthusiasm
ngr<  city
te they
ivcets>  deeply saddened

 
18.The   people   felt   that   the   city   looked   like   the   empty   sky   without   the   moon   and   the   dried up   sea.
 
te   tain   veZmain   mhaxnain   Ê>oen   Ê>oaephta   ivzNt>   ,
nEv   àj}u>   Svjn<   jn<   va   inrI]ma[a>   àivnòh;aR>   .19.
te they
tain  those
veZmain  in palaces
mhaxnain  the wealthy
Ê>oen  in great difficulty
Ê>oaephta>  overcome with grief
ivzNt>  reaching
n not
@v only
àj}u>  were able to console
Svjn<  their kith and kin
jn< va  or other people
inrI]ma[a>  observing
àivnòh;aR>  without any sense

 
19.The   people   who   returned   to   their   palaces   were   unable   to   console   their   kith   and   kin   since they   had   lost   their   equanimity   because   of   grief.
 
#Tya;ˆR ïImÔamay[e vaLmIkIye  AaidkaVye  AyaeXyaka{fe  sÝcTvair<z>  sgR> .47.
           
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