THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 48 : SLOKAS 31 TO 37

 
paEra¼navàlap>   -    LADIES'   CRIES
 
nUn<   pué;zaËRlae   mÄmat¼iv³m>   ,
zae-iy:yTyr{yain   ivcrNs   mharw>   .31.
nUn<  for ever
pué;zaËRl>  noblest among men
mÄmat¼iv³m>  with the gait of a wild elephant
zae-iy:yit  will become famous
Ar{yain  in the forests
ivcrn!  roaming
s> he
mharw>  the great charioteer

 
31.The   ladies   said   Rama   will   soon   be   well   known   for   his   exploits   in   the   forests.
 
taStwa   ivlpNTyStu   ngre   nagra>   iôy>   ,
cu³…;uÊR>os<tÝa   m&Tyaeirv   -yagme   .32.
ta> those
twa as above
ivlpNTy>  wailing
tu in this
ngre  in the city
nagra>  city dwellers
iôy>  ladies
cu³…;u>  cried loudly
Ê>os<tÝa  overcome with grief
m&Tyae>  Yama's
#v like
-yagme  fearing the arrival

 
32.The   ladies   wailed   as   if   Yama   has   come   to   take   their   lives.
 
#Tyev<   ivlpNtIna<   ôI[a<   veZmsu   ra"vm!   ,
jgamaSt<   idnkrae   rjnI   ca_yvtRt   .33.
#it @v<  as above
ivlpNtIna<  while crying loudly
ôI[a<  the ladies
veZmsu  in the palaces
ra"vm!  Raghava
jgam  reached
ASt<  the astamana hill
idnkr>  Sun
rjnI  night
c also
A_yvtRt  came

 
33.As   the   ladies   were   crying   loudly,   the   sun   set   and   night   came.
 
nòJvlnsMpata   àzaNtaXyaysTkwa   ,
itimraE"anuilÝev   sa   tda   ngrI   b-aE   .34.
nòJvlnsMpata  with out lighting fires
àzaNtaXyaysTkwa  without the sound of chanting of vedas and scriptures
itimraE"anuilÝa  with darkness everywhere
#v all over
sa that
tda then
ngrI  city
b-aE  became

 
34.The   city   without   fires   and   lights   and   without   the   chanting   of   vedas,   was   fully   in   darkness.
 
%pzaNtvi[vp{ya   nòh;aR   inraïya   ,
AyaeXya   ngrI   casIÚòtarimvaMbrm!   .35.
%pzaNtvi[vp{ya  shops with items stored behing closed doors
nòh;aR  without laughter
inraïya  without refuge
AyaeXya  Ayodhya
ngrI  city
c also
AasIt!  became
nòtar<  without stars
#v AMbrm!  like the sky

 
35.The   city   of   Ayodhya,   without   laughter   and   with   closed   shops,   looked   like   the   sky   without the   stars.
 
twa   iôyae   raminimÄmatura   ywa   sute   æatir   va   ivvaiste   ,
ivlPy   dIna   ééÊivRcets>   sutErœih   tasamixkae   ih   sae=-vt!   .36.
twa similarly
iôy>  ladies
raminimÄ<  because of Rama
Aatura>  greiving
ywa like
sute  son
æatir va  or brother
ivvaiste  going to the forest
ivlPy  crying
dIna>  helpless
ééÊ>  cried
ivcets>  broken hearted
sutE>  sons
ih because
tasam!  for them
Aixk>  more
ih s>  he alone
A-vt!  shone

 
36.The   ladies   cried   as   if   their   own   sons   have   gone   to   the   forest   and   Rama   alone   was   more dear   to   them   than   their   sons.
 
àzaNtgItaeTsvn&ÄvaidnI   VyapSth;aR   ipihtap[aedya   ,
tda   ýyaeXya   ngrI   b-Uv   sa   mha[Rv>   s<]ui-taedke   ywa   .37.
àzaNtgItaeTsvn&ÄvaidnI  without dances, festivities and music
VyapSth;aR  less enthusiasm
ipihtap[aedya  shops with doors shut
tda then
ih surely
AyaeXya ngrI  the city of Ayodhya
b-Uv  became
sa that
mha[Rv>  ocean
s<]ui-taedke  without water
ywa like

 
37.The   city   of   Ayodhya,   without   dance,   music   etc   looked   like   the   ocean   whose   waters   have dried   up.
 
#Tya;ˆR  ïImÔamay[e vaLmIkIye AaidkaVye  AyaeXyaka{fe  AòcTvair<z>  sgR> .48.
           
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