THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 66 : SLOKAS 21 TO 29

 
rajzrIrSy   tElÔae{y<   in]ep>   -   EMBALMING   KING"S   BODY   IN   OIL
 
Tvya   ten   c   vIre[   ivna   Vysnmaeihta>   ,
kw<   vy<   invTSyam>   kEkeYya   c   ivËi;ta>   .21.
Tvya  by you
ten c  by him also
vIre[  brave
ivna  separated from
Vysnmaeihta>  with a mind affected by sorrow
kw<  how
vy<  we
invTSyam>  will live
kEkeYya c  by Kaikeyi also
ivËi;ta>  being insulted

 
21.Dasaratha's   wives   wondered   how   they   will   live   without   Rama   and   Dasaratha   and   also
being   insulted   by   Kaikeyi.
 
yya   tu   raja   ramí   lúm[í   mhabl>   ,
sItya   sh   s<Ty­a>   sa   kmNy<   n   haSyit   .22.
yya by which woman
tu in this
raja  king
ram> c  Rama also
lúm[> c  Lakshmana also
mhabl>  very capable
sItya sh  along with Sita
s<Ty­a>  were abandoned
sa she
km! who else
ANy<  others
n haSyit  will not discard

 
22.Dasaratha's   wives   thought   that   Kaikeyi,   who   forced   Dasaratha   to   send   Rama,   Sita   and Lakshmana   to   forest,   will   also   send   away   others   also.
 
ta   ba:pe[   c   s<vIta>   zaeken   ivpulen   c   ,
VyveòNt   inranNda   ra"vSy   vriôy>   .23.
ta> those
ba:pe[ c  with tears also
s<vIta>  being affected
zaeken  by sorrow
ivpulen  greatly
c also
VyveòNt  were troubled
inranNda  without enthusiasm
ra"vSy  Dasaratha's
vriôy>  wives

 
23.Dasaratha's   wives   were   greatly   affected   with   tears   and   sorrow.
 
inza   n]ÇhInev   ôIv   -rœt&ivvijRta   ,
purI   narajtayaeXya   hIna   ra}a   mhaTmn>   .24.
inza  night
n]ÇhIna  without stars
#v like
ôI  wife
#v like
-rœt&ivvijRta  having lost husband
purI  the city
n Arajt  without shime
AyaeXya  ayodhya
hIna  without
ra}a  by king
mhaTmn>  great soul

 
24.The   city   of   Ayodhya   looked   like   the   night   without   the   star   having   lost   Dasaratha.
 
ba:ppyaRk…ljna   haha-Utk…la¼na   ,
zUNycTvrveZmaNta   n   bæaj   ywapurm!   .25.
ba:ppyaRk…ljna  with people shedding tears
haha-Utk…la¼na  with women crying 'oh God'
zUNycTvrveZmaNta  with empty junctions of roads
n bæaj  did not appear
ywapurm!  as earlier

 
25.Ayodhya   with   so   much   sorrow   did   not   look   like   its   earlier   days.
 
gte   tu   zaekaiTÇidv<   nraixpe   mhItlSwasu   n&pa¼nasu   c   ,
inv&Äcar>   shsa   gtae   riv>   àv&Äcara   rjnI   ýupiSwta   .26.
gte tu  having reached
zaekat!  due to grief
iÇidv<  the heavens
nraixpe  king
mhItlSwasu  lying on the ground
n&pa¼nasu c  the queens also
inv&Äcar>  having completed his journey
shsa  quickly
gt> set
riv>  sun
àv&Äcara  starting the journey
rjnI  night
ih surely
%piSwta  came

 
26.When   the   ladies   were   lying   on   the   ground   and   Dasarataha   had   gone   to   the   heavens,   the day   ended   and   night   fell.
 
\te   tu   puÇaÎhn<   mhIptenR   raecyNte   suùd>   smagta>   ,
#tIv   tiSm|!CDyne   NyvezyiNvicNty   rajanmicNTydzRnm!   .27.
\te without
tu in this
puÇat!  a son
dhn<  cremation
mhIpte>  king's
n raecyNte  not agreeable
suùd>  well wishers
smagta>  assembling
#it thus
#v fully
tiSmn!  in that
zyne  bed
Nyvezyn!  agreed to place
ivicNty  deciding
rajanm!  king
AicNTydzRnm!  with unimaginable features

 
27.Dasartha's   well   wishers   deciding   that   cremation   cannot   be   hald   in   the   absence   of   a   son, placed   Dasaratha's   body   on   the   bed.
 
gtà-a   XyaEirv   -aSkr<   ivna   Vypetn]Çg[ev   zvRrI   ,
purI   b-ase   rihta   mhaTmna   n   caök{Qak…lmagRcTvra   .28.
gtà-a  losing shine
XyaE> #v  like the sky
-aSkr< ivna  without sun
Vypetn]Çg[a  without the stars
#v like
zvRrI  the night
purI  city
b-ase  shone
rihta  departure of
mhaTmna  by Dasaratha
n not
c Aök{Qa  floating in tears
Aak…lmagRcTvra  with the roads full of noisy crowd

 
28.Ayodhya   lost   its   shine   with   the   departure   of   Dasaratha   and   was   floating   in   tears.
 
nraí   nayaRí   smeTy   s<"zae   ivgrœhma[a   -rtSy   matrm!   ,
tda   ngyaR<   nrdevs<]ye   b-UvurataR   n   c   zmR   lei-re   .29.
nra>  men
c also
nayaR> c  women also
smeTy  assembling
s<"z>  in groups
ivgrœhma[a>  scolding
-rtSy  Bharata's
matrm!  mother
tda then
ngyaR<  in the city
nrdevs<]ye  in the death of the king
b-Uvu>  became
AataR>  sorrowful
n not
c zmR  griefstricken
lei-re  feel

 
29.The   people   assembling   in   groups   only   scolded   Kaikeyi   for   Dasaratha's   death   and   did   not feel   the   grief.
 
#Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   AyaeXyaka{fe   ;qœ;iòtm>   sgR>   .66.
           
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