THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 71 : SLOKAS 11 TO 21

 
AyaeXyaàvez>   -   ENTERING   AYODHYA
 
taer[<   di][axˆRn   jMbUàSwmupagmt!   ,
vêw<   c   yyaE   rMy<   ¢am<   dzrtaTmj>   .11.
taer[<  villaged named torana's
di][axˆRn  through the southern gate
jMbUàSw<  village named Jambuprastha
%pagmt!  reached
vêw< c  varutham named
yyaE  reached
rMy<  beautiful
¢am<  village
dzrtaTmj>  Dasaratha's son

 
11.Bharata   went   through   the   southern   gate   of   Torana   village   to   reach   Jambuprastha   and   from there   went   to   Varutham   named   village.
 
   rMye   vne   vas<   k«Tva=saE   àa'œmuoae   yyaE   ,
%Xyamui¾hanaya>   iàyka      padpa>   .12.
  there
rMye  lovely
vne in the forest
vas<  staying the night
k«Tva  doing
AsaE  he
àa'œmuo>  going east
yyaE  reached
%Xyan<  garden
%i¾hanaya>  in Ujjihanaya named city
iàyka>  kadamba
  in which were
padpa>  trees

 
12.Bharat   then   reached   the   city   of   Ujjahanaya   with   its   garden   with   kadamaba   trees,   after spending   the   night   in   Varutha   village.
 
sala<Stu   iàykaNàaPy   zIºanaSway   vaijn>   ,
Anu}aPyaw   -rtae   vaihnI<   Tvirtae   yyaE   .13.
salan!  trees
tu in this
iàykan!  kadamba
àaPy  nearing
zIºan!  fast running
AaSway  harnessing to a chariot
vaijn>  horses
Anu}aPy  taking leave of
Aw then
-rt>  Bharata
vaihnI<  from the army
Tvirt>  in a hurry
yyaE  went

 
13.Bharata   went   near   the   kadamba   trees,   harnessed   the   best   hofses   to   the   chariot,   and   left in   a   hurry   after   taking   leave   of   the   army.
 
vas<   k«Tva   svRtIwˆR   tIrœTva   caeÄainka<   ndIm!   ,
ANya   ndIí   ivivxa>   pavRtIyEStur¼mE>   .14.
hiStp&ókmasaXy   k…iqkamTyvtRt   ,
ttar   c   nrVyaºae   laEihTye   s   kpIvitm!   .15.
vas<  one night
k«Tva  spending
svRtIwˆR  in sarvatirtha village
tIrœTva  crossing
c also
%Äainka<  uttanika named
ndIm!  river
ANya>  other
ndI> c  rivers also
ivivxa>  numerous
pavRtIyE>  mountain
tur¼mE>  with horses
hiStp&ók<  hastiprushtaka village
AasaXy  reaching
k…iqkam!  river kutikai
ATyvtRt  crossed
ttar  went across
c also
nrVyaº>  tiger among men
laEihTye  at louhtiya city
s> that
kpIvitm!  river kapivati

 
14,15.Bharata   spending   a   night   in   Sarvatirtha   village,   crossed   several   rivers   including   Uttanika, reaching   Hastiprushtaka   village   where   he   crossed   kutikai   river.   He   crossed   river   Kapilavati in   the   city   of   Louhitya.
 
@ksale   Swa[umtI<   ivnte   gaemtI<   ndI<   .16.
kil¼ngre   caip   àaPy   salvn<   twa   ,
-rt>   i]àmagCDTsupirïaNtvahn>   .17.
@ksale  in the village of ekasala
Swa[umtI<  river sthanumati
ivnte  in the city of vinata
gaemtI<  gomati
ndI<  rover
kil¼ngre  in the city of kalinga
c also
Aip and
àaPy  crossing
salvn<  forest of achcha trees
twa similarly
-rt>  Bharata
i]à<  quickly
AagCDt!  reached
supirïaNtvahn>  with horses that were very tired.

 
16,17.Bharata   crossed   river   Sthanumati   at   Ekasala   village   and   Gomati   river   at   the   city   of Vinata.   He   then   arrived   in   the   forest   in   Kalinga   city   with   a   very   tired   set   of   horses.
 
vn<   c   smtITyazu   zvRyaRmé[aedye   ,
AyaeXya<   mnuna   ra}a   inimRt<   s<ddzR   h   .18.
vn< c  in the forest itself
smtITy  spending
Aazu  quickly
zvRyaRm!  the night
Aé[aedye  at sun rise
AyaeXya<  ayodhya
mnuna  by Manu
ra}a  emperor
inimRt<  built
s<ddzR h  saw

 
18.Bharata   spent   the   night   in   the   forest   and   at   sunrise   saw   the   city   of   Ayodhya   built   by   Manu.
 
ta<   purI<   pué;Vyaº>   sÝraÇaei;t>   piw   ,
AyaeXyam¢tae   †òœva   rwe   sariwmävIt!   .19.
ta<  that
purI<  city
pué;Vyaº>  tiger among men
sÝraÇaei;t>  after spending seven nights
piw on the way
AyaeXyam!  Ayodhya
A¢t>  in front
†òœva  seeing
rwe in the chariot
sariwm!  to charioteer
AävIt!  spoke as follows

 
19.Bharata,   after   spending   seven   nights   on   the   way,   saw   the   city   of   Ayodhya   and   spoke   to the   charioteer   as   follows.
 
@;a   naitàtIta   me   pu{yaeXyana   yziSvnI   ,
AyaeXya   †Zyte   ËraTsarwe   pa{fum&iÄka   .20.
yJvi-guR[s<pÚErœäü[EvˆRdpargE>   ,
-Uiyóm&ÏErakI[aR   raji;Rvrpailta   .21.
@;a this
naitàtIta  losing interest
me to me
pu{yaeXyana  with lovely gardens
yziSvnI  famous
AyaeXya  ayodhya
†Zyte  appears
Ërat!  form a distance
sarwe  charioteer
pa{fum&iÄka  with white clay
yJvi->  performing yagna
gu[s<pÚE>  with all virtues
äü[E>  by brahmins
vedpargE>  well versed in vedas
-Uiyó<  greatly
\ÏE>  by wealthy people
AakI[aR  full of
raji;Rvrpailta  governed by the king

 
20,21.Bharata   told   the   charioteer   that   the   city   of   Ayodhya   with   its   well   read   and   virtuous brahmins,   full   of   wealthy   people   appeared   to   be   with   out   any   activity   from   a   distance.            
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