THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 58 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
ïIramsNdezkwnm!   -   CONVEYING   RAMA'S   MESSAGE
 
ikmuvac   vcae   ram>   ikmuvac   c   lúm[>   ,
sumÙ   vnmasaXy   ikmuvac   c   mEiwlI   .11.
ik<  what
%vac  did he convey
vc> words
ram>  Rama
ik< %vac  what did he say
c lúm[>  Lakshmana also
sumÙ  Sumantra
vn<  forest
AasaXy  reaching
ik< %vac  what did she say
c mEiwlI  Sita also

 
11.Dasaratha   asked   Sumantra   about   the   message   from   Rama,   Lakshmana   and   Sita   after
reaching   the   forest.
 
Aaist<   ziyt<   -u­<   sUt   ramSy   kItRy   ,
jIiv:yaMyhmeten   yyaitirv   saxu;u   .12.
Aaist<  about the place of stay
ziyt<  sleeping place
-u­<  the method of spending time
sUt charioteer
ramSy  Rama's
kItRy  describe in detail
jIiv:yaim  will live
Ah<  I
@ten  with this
yyait>  Yayati
#v similarly
saxu;u  among the ascetics

 
12.Dasaratha   told   Sumantra   to   describe   in   detail   the   place   of   stay,   sleep   and   the   other
activities   of   Rama.
 
#it   sUtae   nreNÔe[   caeidt>   s¾manya   ,
%vac   vaca   rajan<   s   ba:ppirrBxya   .13.
#it thus
sUt>  charioteer
nreNÔe[  by the emperor
caeidt>  ordered
s¾manya  ready to convey his thoughts
%vac  said as follows
vaca  with words
rajan<  to the emperor
s> that
ba:ppirrBxya  haltingly because of tears

 
13.Sumantra   told   Dasaratha   as   follows   to   convey   his   message.
 
AävINma<   mharaj   xmRmevanupalyn!   ,
AÃil<   ra"v>   k«Tva   izrsa=i-à[My   c   .14.
AävIt!  said the following
ma<  to me
mharaj  emperor
xmR< @v  of dharma only
Anupalyn!  treading the path
AÃil<  with folded palms
ra"v>  Rama
k«Tva  doing
izrsa  with bowed head
Ai-à[My c  paying respects also

 
14.Sumantra   told   Dasaratha   that   Rama   conveyed   the   following   respectfully.
 
sUt   mÖcnaÄSy   devSy   ividtaTmn>   ,
izrsa   vNdnIySy   vNXyaE   padaE   pun>   pun>   .15.
sUt charioteer
mÖcnat!  with my words
tSy that
devSy  emperor's
ividtaTmn>  famous
izrsa  with bowed head
vNdnIySy  to be respected
vNXyaE  deserves paying respects
padaE  feet
pun> pun>  again and again

 
15.Sumantra   told   Dasaratha   that   Rama   wanted   him   to   covey   his   respects   to   the   emperor with   his   words.
 
svRmNt>pur<   vaCy<   sUt   mÖcnat!Tvya   ,
AaraeGymivze;e[   ywarœhmi-vadnm!   .16.
svRm!  to all
ANt>pur<  in the harem
vaCy<  please tell
sUt charioteer
mÖcnat!  as my request
Tvya  by you
AaraeGym!  about health
Aivze;e[  without any difference
ywarœhm!  as per practice
Ai-vadnm!  my respects

 
16.Rama   told   Sumantra   to   convey   to   all   in   the   harem   his   respects   and   about   his   health.
 
mata   c   mm   kaEsLya   k…zl<   cai-vadnm!   ,
Aàmad<   c   v­Vya   äUyaíEnaimd<   vc>   .17.
mata  mother
c also
mm my
kaEsLya  Kausalya
k…zl<  health
c Ai-vadnm!  and my respects
Aàmad<  without fail
c also
v­Vya  to be told
äUya>  please tell
c also
@na<  to her alone
#d<  the following
vc> words

 
17.Rama   told   Sumantra   to   pay   his   respects   to   Kausalya   and   cconvey   about   his   welfare.
He   also   wanted   Sumantra   to   convey   a   special   message   for   Kausalya.
 
xmRinTya   ywakalmGNygarpra   -v   ,
deiv   devSy   padaE   c   devvTpirpaly   .18.
xmRinTya  to follow dharma
ywakalm!  at specified periods
AGNygarpra  to be careful about holy fire
-v become
deiv  mother
devSy  father's
padaE c  feet also
devvt!  as a god
pirpaly  please protect

 
18.Rama   wanted   Kausalya   to   be   careful   with   holy   fires   and   also   to   treat   father   with   respect.
 
Ai-man<   c   man<   c   Ty®va   vtRSv   mat&;u   ,
Anu   rajanmayaR<   c   kEkeyImMb   kary   .19.
Ai-man< c  egoism also
man< c  jealousy also
Ty®va  discarding
vtRSv  live peacefully
mat&;u  in respect of other mothers
Anu please treat well
rajan<  to emperor
AayaR<  respectable lady
c kEkeyIm!  Kaikeyi also
AMb mother
kary  meke her

 
19.Rama   conveyed   to   Kausalya   to   give   up   jealousy   towards   other   mothers   and   egoism.   He also   requested   Kausalya   to   advice   Kaikeyi   to   treat   the   emperor   well.
 
k…mare   -rte   v&iÄvRitRtVya   c   rajvt!   ,
AwRJyeóa   ih   rajanae   rajxmRmnuSmr   .20.
k…mare  prince
-rte  to Bharata
v&iÄ>  behaving
vitRtVya  to be done
c rajvt!  as if towards a king
AwRJyeóa>  in all matters are elder
ih because
rajan>  kings
rajxmRm!  the laid down practice
AnuSmr  please keep in mind

 
20.Rama   further   adviced   Kausalya   to   treat   Bharata   as   a   king.            
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