THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 55 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
ymunatr[m!   -   CROSSING   YAMUNA
 
#it   pNwanmaveXy   mhi;R>   s<NyvtRt   ,
Ai-vaXy   tweTyu®va   rame[   ivinvitRt>   .11.
#it as above
pNwan<  directions to go
AaveXy  explaining
mhi;R>  the rishi
s<NyvtRt  returned
Ai-vaXy  after paying respects
twa #it  will do so
%®va  saying
rame[  by Rama
ivinvitRt>  getting leave to return

 
11.Rama   told   Bharadwaja   that   they   will   follow   the   directions   and   paid   his   respects   to Bharadwaja.   Bharadwaja   then   returned.
 
%pav&Äe   munaE   tiSmn!   ramae   lúm[mävIt!   ,
k«tpu{ya>   Sm   saEimÇe   muinyRÚae=nukMpte   .12.
%pav&Äe  after having left
munaE  the rishi
tiSmn!  that
ram>  Rama
lúm[m!  to Lakshmana
AävIt!  spoke
k«tpu{ya> Sm  we are blessed
saEimÇe  Lakshmana
muin>  the rishi
yt! for this reason
n> to us
AnukMpte  is helpful

 
12.Rama   told   Lakshmana   after   Bharadwaja   left   that   the   rishi   is   helpful   to   our   cause   and   thus we   are   blessed.
 
#it   taE   pué;VyaºaE   mÙiyTva   mniSvnaE   ,
sItameva¢t>   k«Tva   kailNdI<   jGmunRdIm!   .13.
#it thus
taE the two
pué;VyaºaE  noblest among men
mÙiyTva  conversing
mniSvnaE  very resourceful
sIta<  Sita
@v only
A¢t>  in front
k«Tva  keeping
kailNdI<  yamuna
jGmu>  walked
ndIm!  towards river

 
13.Rama   and   Lakshmana   conversing   as   above,   walked   towards   yamuna,   keeping   Sita   in front.
 
AwasaXy   tu   kailNdI<   zIºöaetaevha<   ndIm!   ,
icNtamapeidre   svˆR   ndIjlittI;Rv>   .14.
Aw then
AasaXy  reaching
tu in this
kailNdI<  yamuna
zIºöaetaevha<  with water running strongly
ndIm!  the river
icNta<  planning further action
Aapeidre  started
svˆR  all
ndIjlittI;Rv>  to cross the river water and reach the other bank

 
14.All   of   them   reaching   the   yamuna   river,   thought   about   crossing   the   river   with   strong   current.
 
taE   kaós'œ"aqmwae   c³tu>   sumhaPlvm!   ,
zu:kEvR<zE>   smakI[RmuzIrEí   smav&tm!   .15.
taE the two
kaós'œ"aqm!  made of dry planks
Awae  then
c³tu>  made
sumhaPlvm!  a large lovely boat
zu:kE>  dried
v<zE>  with bamboos
smakI[R<  spread evenly
%zIrE>  with scented grass
c smav&tm!  covered also

 
15.They   made   a   boat   of   dried   planks,   spread   with   bamboos   and   covered   with   scented   grass.
 
ttae   vetszaoaí   jMbUzaoaí   vIyRvan!   ,
ckar   lúm[iZDTva   sItaya>   suomasnm!   .16.
tt> then
vetszaoa> c  thick creepers also
jMbUzaoa> c  branches of jambu tree also
vIyRvan!  very skilled
ckar  made
lúm[>  Lakshmana
iDTva  splitting
sItaya>  for Sita
suo<  a comfortable
Aasnm!  seat

 
16.Lakshmana   made   a   comfortable   seat   for   Sita   out   of   branches   of   tres   and   creepers.
 
   iïyimvaicNTya<   ramae   dazriw>   iàyam!   ,
$;RTs<l¾mana<   tamXyaraepyt   Plvm!   .17.
  there
iïy<  Goddess Lakshmi
#v like
AicNTya<  unimaginable
ram>  Rama
dazriw>  son of Dasaratha
iàyam!  wife
$;Rt! s<l¾mana<  looking slightly bashful
tam!  that
AXyaraepyt  helped her climb
Plvm!  the boat

 
17.Rama   then   helped   Sita   climb   the   boat.
 
pañˆR   c      vEdeýa   vsne   -U;[ain   c   ,
Plve   kiQnkaj<   c   ramí³e   shayuxE>   .18.
pañˆR  by the side
c also
  there
vEdeýa>  Vaidehi's
vsne  seat
-U;[ain c  ornaments also
Plve  on the boat
kiQnkaj< c  spade and basket also
ram>  Rama
c³e  kept
sh AayuxE>  along with weapons

 
18.Rama   kept   near   Sita's   seat   the   ornaments,   spade,   basket   and   weapons.
 
AaraePy   sIta<   àwm<   s<"aq<   pirg&ý   taE   ,
tt>   àtertuyRÄaE   vIraE   dzrwaTmjaE   .19.
AaraePy  after boarding
sIta<  Sita
àwm<  at first
s<"aq<  the boat
pirg&ý  catching
taE the two
tt> then
àtertu>  rowed
yÄaE  with diligence
vIraE  braves
dzrwaTmjaE  Dasaratha's sons

 
19.Rama   and   Lakshmana   helped   Sita   board   the   boat   and   then   got   on   and   started   rowing.
 
kailNdImXymayata   sIta   TvenamvNdt   ,
SviSt   deiv   traim   Tva<   paryeNme   pitrœìtm!   .20.
kailNdImXy<  middle of river yamuna
Aayata  having reached
sIta  Sita
tu then
@nam!  this
AvNdt  prayed as follows
SviSt  please fulfill our prayers
deiv  O! Goddess
traim  I am crossing
Tva<  you
paryet!  may he fulfill
me my
pit>  husband
ìtm!  his promise

 
20.When   the   boat   the   center   of   yamina,   Sita   prayed   to   yamuna   to   help   Rama   keep   his   word.            
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