THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 68 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
-rtanynay   Ëtgmnm!   -   MESSENGERS   GOING   TO   BRING   BHARATA
 
te;a<   tÖcn<   ïuTva   visó>   àTyuvac   h   ,
imÇamaTyg[aNsvaRn!äaü[a<Staind<   vc>   .1.
te;a<  their
tt! those
vcn<  words
ïuTva  hearing
visó>  Vasishta
àTyuvac  replied
h what
imÇamaTyg[an!  friends and ministers
svaRn!  to all
äaü[an!  brahmins
tan!  those
#d< vc>  the following words

 
1.Vasishta   on   hearing   the   words   of   brahmins   who   were   also   friends   and   ministers,   spoke   the following   words.
 
ydsaE   matulk…le   pure   rajg&he   suoI   ,
-rtae   vsit   æaÇa   zÇu¹en   smiNvt>   .2.
tCDIº<   jvna   Ëta   gCDNtu   Tvirt<   hyE>   ,
Aanetu<   æatraE   vIraE   ik<   smI]amhe   vym!   .3.
yt! therefore
AsaE  this
matulk…le  in maternal uncle's house
pure  city
rajg&he  named Rajagriha
suoI  without worry
-rt>  Bharata
vsit  is living
æaÇa  brother
zÇu¹en smiNvt>  along with Shatrugna
tt! now
zIº<  quickly
jvna>  capable of running fast
Ëta>  messengers
gCDNtu  let them go
Tvirt<  immediately
hyE>  on horses
Aanetu<  to bring
æatraE  the two brothers
vIraE  braves
ik<  why
smI]amhe  to think
vym!  we

 
2,3.Vasishta   told   them   that   there   is   no   need   to   think   but   to   bring   Bharata   and   Shatrugna immediately   from   their   maternal   uncle's   house   in   Rajagriha.
 
gCDiNTvit   tt>   svˆR   visó<   vaKymäuvn!   ,
te;a<   tu   vcn<   ïuTva   visóae   vaKymävIt!   .4.
gCDNtu  let them go
#it thus
tt> then
svˆR  all
visó<  to Vasishsta
vaKym!  words
Aäuvn!  spoke
te;a<  their
tu then
vcn< ïuTva  hearing the words
visó>  Vasishta
vaKym! AävIt!  gave the following orders

 
4.On   hearing   Vasishta's   words,   all   agreed   that   messengers   be   sent.   On   hearing   this   Vasishta ordered   as   follows.
 
@ih   isÏawR   ivjy   jyNtazaek   nNdn   ,
ïUytaimitktRVy<   svaRnev   ävIim   v>   .5.
@ih come here
isÏawR  Siddhartha
ivjy  Vijaya
jyNt  Jayanta
Azaek  Ashoka
nNdn  Nandana
ïUyta<  please listen
#itktRVy<  action to be taken
svaRn! @v  all of you
ävIim  I will tell
v> you

 
5.Vasishta   then   called   Siddhartha,   Vijaya,   Jayanta,   Ashoka   and   Nandana   and   asked   them
to   listen   about   what   is   to   be   done.
 
pur<   rajg&h<   gTva   zIº<   zIºjvErœhyE>   ,
Ty­zaekEird<   vaCy>   zasnaÑrtae   mm   .6.
pur<  city
rajg&h<  Rajagriha
gTva  going
zIº<  quickly
zIºjvE>  capable of speed
hyE>  horses
Ty­zaekE>  withotu a sign of grief
#d< vaCy>  the following words may be conveyed
zasnat!  as orders
-rt>  Bharata
mm my

 
6.Vasishta   told   them   that   they   should   forget   the   grief   and   convey   his   orders   to   Bharata.
 
puraeihtSTva<   k…zl<   àah   svˆR   c   miÙ[>   ,
Tvrma[í   inyaRih   k«TymaTyiyk<   Tvya   .7.
puraeiht>  guru
Tva<  your
k…zl<  welfare
àah  enquired
svˆR c  all also similarly
miÙ[>  ministers
Tvrma[>  without delay
c also
inyaRih  you must rerurn
k«Ty<  deed to be done
AaTyiyk<  is very urgent
Tvya  by you

 
7.Vasishta   told   them   to   enquire   from   Bharata   about   his   welfare   and   tell   him   to   come
immediately   in   view   of   an   urgent   requirement.
 
ma   caSmE   àaei;t<   ram<   ma   caSmE   iptr<   m&tm!   ,
-vNt>   z<is;ugRTva   ra"va[aimm<   ]tm!   .8.
ma do not say
c also
ASmE  to him
àaei;t<  being in forest
ram<  Rama
ma do not
c also
ASmE  to him
iptr< m&tm!  father's death
-vNt>  yourselves
z<is;u>  inform
gTva  going
ra"va[a<  Raghu dynasty's
#m< ]tm!  this deficiency

 
8.Vasishta   told   them   not   to   inform   Bharata   about   Dasaratha's   death   and   also   about   Rama going   to   forest.
 
kaEzyain   c   vôai[   -U;[ain   vrai[   c   ,
i]àmaday   ra}í   -rtSy   c   gCDt   .9.
kaEzyain c vôai[  white silk clothing
-U;[ain  ornaments
vrai[  the best
c also
i]à<  quickly
Aaday  taking
ra}> c  for the king also
-rtSy c  for Bharata also
gCDt  please go

 
9.Vasishta   told   them   to   take   white   silk   clothing   and   best   ornaments   to   Bharata   and   the   king.
 
dÄpWyzna   Ëta   jGmu>   Sv<   Sv<   inveznm!   ,
kekya<Ste   gim:yNtae   hyanaéý   s<mtan!   .10.
dÄpWyzna  getting money for expenses enroute
Ëta>  messengers
jGmu>  went
Sv< Sv<  to their respective
inveznm!  houses
kekyan!  to Kekaya
te those
gim:yNt>  travelling
hyan!  horses
Aaéý  mounting
s<mtan!  appropriate

 
10.The   messengers,   being   given   money   for   expenses   enroute,   mounted   the   horses   and   went to   their   respective   homes.            
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