THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 64 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
dzrwSvgRit>   -   DASARATHA'S   DEATH
 
muinmVy­ya   vaca   tmh<   s¾manya   ,
hInVyÃnya   àeúy   -Itae   -It   #vaäuvm!   .11.
muinm!  the rishi
AVy­ya  meaningless
vaca  in voice
tm! that
Ah<  I
s¾manya  made up in mind
hInVyÃnya  without life
àeúy  seeing
-It> -It>  with fear
#v fully
Aäuvm!  spoke out

 
11.Dasaratha   told   Kausalya   that   he   looked   at   the   rishi   and   spoke   with   meaningless   voice.
 
mns>   kmRceòai-ri-s<St_y   vaGblm!   ,
Aacc]e   Tvh<   tSmE   puÇVysnj<   -ym!   .12.
mns>  mind's
kmRceòai->  powers of thinking and deciding
Ai-s<St_y  picking up courage
vaGblm!  with the gift of the tongue
Aacc]e  conveyed as follows
tu then
Ah<  I
tSmE  to him
puÇVysnj<  loss of a son
-ym!  dangers

 
12.Dasaratha   told   Kausalya   that   he   picked   up   courage   with   his   thoughts   and   gift   of   speech and   informed   the   rishi   about   loss   of   rishi's   son.
 
]iÇyae=h<   dzrwae   nah<   puÇae   mhaTmn>   ,
s¾navmt<   Ê>oimd<   àaÝ<   SvkmRjm!   .13.
]iÇy>  am a warrior
Ah<  I
dzrw>  named Dasaratha
n am not
Ah<  I
puÇ>  son
mhaTmn>  the great soul's
s¾navmt<  as decided by elders
Ê>o<  accident
#d<  being narrated
àaÝ<  has happened
SvkmRjm!  by fate

 
13.Dasaratha   told   the   rishi   about   himself   and   said   he   is   not   the   rishi's   son.   The   accident   he is   about   to   narrate   has   happened   as   ordained   by   fate.
 
-gv<íaphStae=h<   sryUtIrmagt>   ,
ij"a<su>   ñapd<   kiÂiÚpane   cagt<   gjm!   .14.
-gvn!  lord
caphSt>  with bow in hand
Ah<  I
sryUtIr<  banks of river sarayu
Aagt>  had come
ij"a<su>  to kill
ñapd<  an animal
kiÂt!  any one
inpane  in the ghat
c also
Aagt<  come
gjm!  elephant

 
14.Dasaratha   told   the   rishi   that   he   come   with   bow   to   the   banks   of   sarayu   river   to   kill   an animal.
 
tt>   ïutae   mya   zBdae   jle   k…M-Sy   pUyRt>   ,
iÖpae=yimit   mTva=y<   ba[enai-htae   mya   .15.
tt> then
ïut>  was heard
mya by me
zBd>  a sound
jle in the water
k…M-Sy  pot's
pUyRt>  being pressed
iÖp>  elephant
Ay<  that
#it thus
mTva  considered
Ay<  in this place
ba[en  with arrow
Ai-ht>  was hit
mya by me

 
15.Dasaratha   told   the   rishi   that   the   sound   of   a   pot   being   filled   with   water   appeared   to   be   the noise   made   by   an   elephant   and   was   hit   by   an   arrow.
 
gTva   nXyaSttStIrmpZyim;u[a   ùid   ,
ivini-RÚ<   gtàa[<<   zyan<   -uiv   tapsm!   .16.
gTva  going
nXya>  river's
tt> then
tIrm!  bank
ApZy<  saw
#;u[a  by arrow
ùid  in the chest
ivini-RÚ<  struck
gtàa[<<  with life going out
zyan<  lying down
-uiv  on the ground
tapsm!  an ascetic

 
16.Dasaratha   told   the   rishi   that   when   he   went   to   the   bank   of   the   river,   he   saw   as   ascetic lying   on   the   ground,   with   an   arrow   piercing   his   heart.
 
-gvÂ!DBdmalúy   mya   gjij"a<suna   ,
ivs&òae=M-is   naracSten   te   inht>   sut>   .17.
-gvn!  lord
zBd<  towards sound
Aalúy  aiming
mya by
gjij"a<suna  desiring to kill an elephant
ivs&ò>  was sent
AM-is  in the water
narac>  arrow
ten by that
te your
inht>  was killed
sut>  son

 
17.Dasaratha   told   the   rishi   that   the   arrow   aimed   at   the   sound   to   kill   an   elephant,   killed   the rishi's   son.
 
ttStSyEv   vcnaÊpeTy   pirtPyt>   ,
s   mya   shsa   ba[   %ϯtae   mmRtStda   .18.
tt> there
tSy his
@v only
vcnat!  request
%peTy  reaching
pirtPyt>  being in distress
s> that
mya by me
shsa  quickly
ba[>  arrow
%ϯt>  was removed
mmRt>  from the chest
tda then

 
18.Dasaratha   told   the   rishi   that   at   the   request   of   the   ascetic   under   distress,   he   removed   the arrow   from   the   chest.
 
s   caeϯten   ba[en   tÇEv   SvgRmaiSwt>   ,
-gvNtavu-aE   zaecn!   v&Ïaivit   ivlPy   c   .19.
s> c  he also
%ϯten  having been removed
ba[en  arrow
  there
@v only
SvgR< AaiSwt>  went to the heaven
-gvNtaE  elderly
%-aE  you both
zaecn!  grieving
v&ÏaE #it  saying helpless
ivlPy  crying
c also

 
19.Dasaratha   told   the   rishi   that   his   son   went   to   the   heaven,   crying   about   the   helpless   aged parents.
 
A}anaÑvt>   puÇ>   shsa=i-htae   mya   ,
ze;mev<   gte   yTSyaÄt!àsIdtu   me   muin>   .20.
A}anat!  unknowingly
-vt>  your
puÇ>  son
shsa  suddenly
Ai-ht>  was killed
mya by me
ze;<  to be done now
@v< gte  in this condition
yt! Syat!  anything
tt! that
àsIdtu  please tell
me to me
muin>  rishi

 
20.Dasaratha   told   the   rishi   that   his   son   was   killed   unknowingly   and   requested   him   to   advice what   is   be   done   next.            
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