THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 65 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
ANt>purivlap>   -   LADIES   IN   HAREM   CRY
 
tÄu   sUyaˆRdy<   yavTsvR<   pirmuTsukm!   ,
tSwavnups<àaÝ<   ik<iSvidTyupzi»tm!   .11.
tt! that
tu in this
sUyaˆRdy< yavt!  till sunrise
svR<  all
pirmuTsukm!  eagerly awiting
tSwaE  stood
Anups<àaÝ<  not going closer
ik<iSvt! #it  what is this
%pzi»tm!  as a group

 
11.All   of   them   stood   as   a   group   at   a   distance   waiting   eagerly   for   sunrise.
 
Aw   ya>   kaesleNÔSy   zyn<   àTynNtra>   ,
ta>   iôyStu   smagMy   -taRr<   àTybaexyn!   .12.
Aw then
ya> whoever
kaesleNÔSy  Kosala king's
zyn<  to bed
àTynNtra>  close by
ta> those
iôy>  wives
tu in this
smagMy  coming
-taRr<  husband
àTybaexyn!  woke up

 
12.Dasaratha's   wives   went   to   his   bed   to   wake   him   up.
 
twa=Pyuictv&ÄaSta   ivnyne   nyne   c   ,
n   ýSy   zyn<   Sp&òœva   ikiÂdPyuplei-re   .13.
twa Aip  even then
%ictv&Äa>  with famed practices
ta> they
ivnyne  with respect
nyne c  correctly also
n not
ih surely
ASy his
zyn<  bed
Sp&òœva  even touching also
ikiÂt! Aip  any feed back
%plei-re  got

 
13.Dasaratha's   wives   even   though   they   touched   the   bed,   did   not   get   any   indication.
 
ta>   iôy>   SvßzIl}aíeòasÂlnaid;u   ,
ta   vepwuprItaí   ra}>   àa[e;u   zi»ta>   .14.
ta> those
iôy>  wives
SvßzIl}a>  knowing the nature of sleep
ceòasÂlnaid;u  from the way of lying down and movements
ta> those
vepwuprIta>  trembled in their hearts
c also
ra}>  king's
àa[e;u  life
zi»ta>  with doubt

 
14.Dasaratha's   wives   started   doubting   about   his   being   alive   from   the   posture   and   lack   of movements.
 
àitöaetSt&[a¢a[a<   sm<   ta>   sÂkiMpre   .15.
àitöaetSt&[a¢a[a<  like the tips of grass in floods
sm<  equal to
ta> they
sÂkiMpre  started shaking

 
15.Dasaratha's   wives   started   shaking   like   the   tips   of   grass   in   a   flood.
 
Aw   s<vepmanana<   ôI[a<   †òœva   c   paiwRvm!   ,
yÄda   zi»t<   pap<   tSy   j}e   iviníy>   .16.
Aw then
s<vepmanana<  completely shaken
ôI[a<  to wives
†òœva c  on seeing
paiwRvm!  the emperor
yt! which
tda earlier
zi»t<  suspected
pap<  misfortune
tSy for that
j}e was done
iviníy>  confirmation

 
16.The   suspicion   of   Dasaratha's   wives   were   confirmed.
 
kaEsLya   c   suimÇa   c   puÇzaekpraijte   ,
àsuÝe   n   àbuXyete   ywa   kalsmiNvte   .17.
kaEsLya c  Kausalya also
suimÇa c  Sumitra also
puÇzaekpraijte  overcome by grief due to separation from son
àsuÝe  sleeping
n àbuXyete  did not wake up
ywa similarly
kalsmiNvte  those who have died

 
17.Kausalya   and   Sumitra,   overcome   with   grief   due   to   separation   from   son,   did   not   wake   up from   sleep   similar   to   the   dead.
 
in:à-a   c   ivv[aR   c   sÚa   zaeken   sÚta   ,
n   Vyrajt   kaEsLya   tarev   itimrav&ta   .18.
in:à-a c  losing brightness
ivv[aR c  losing colour also
sÚa  lying down
zaeken  with grief
sÚta  stricken
n Vyrajt  did not shine
kaEsLya  Kausalya
tara  the star
#v like
itimrav&ta  ailing from disease called timira

 
18.Kausalya   lost   her   brightness   and   colour   like   the   star afflicted   with   the   disease,   timira.
 
kaEsLyanNtr<   ra}>   suimÇa   tdnNtrm!   ,
n   Sm   ivæajte   devI   zaekaïuluiltanna   .19.
kaEsLya  Kausalya
AnNtr<  next to
ra}>  the king
suimÇa  Sumitra
tdnNtrm!  was next to her
n Sm ivæajte  did not shine
devI  devi
zaekaïuluiltanna  with a face crestfallen due to tears of grief

 
19.Sumitra   who   was   next   to   Kausalya   also   lost   her   shine   due   to   tears   of   grief.
 
te   c   †:va   twa   suÝe   %-aE   deVyaE   c   t<   n&pm!   ,
suÝmevaeÌtàa[mNt>purmtPyt   .20.
te that
c also
†:va  seeing
twa like that
suÝe  sleeping
%-aE deVyaE  the two ladies
c also
t<  that
n&pm!  king
suÝ< @v  in sleep itself
%Ìtàa[m!  losing life
ANt>purm!  people of the harem
AtPyt  were heart broken

 
20.The   residents   of   the   harem,   seeing   Dasaratha   dead   in   his   sleep   and   also   Kausalya   and Sumitra   sleeping,   were   heart   broken.            
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