THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 73 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
kEkeyIgrœh[m!   -   SCOLDING   KAIKEYI
 
ïuTva   tu   iptr<   v&Ä<   æatraE   c   ivvaistaE   ,
-rtae   Ê>osNtÝ   #d<   vcnmävIt!   .11.
ïuTva  hearing
tu in this
iptr<  father
v&Ä<  as dead
æatraE  the two brothers
c ivvaistaE  having been exiled
-rt>  Bharata
Ê>osNtÝ  overcome withgrief
#d<  the following
vcnm!  words
AävIt!  spoke

 
11.Bharata   on   hearing   that   Dasaratha   was   dead   and   Rama   and   Lakshmana   were   exiled,
spoke   the   following   words.
 
ik<   nu   kayR<   htSyeh   mm   raJyen   zaect>   ,
ivhInSyaw   ipÇa   c   æaÇa   ipt&smen   c   .12.
ik< nu kayR<  what use
htSy  finished
#h in this world
mm for me
raJyen  with the kingdom
zaect>  grieving
ivhInSy  being abandoned
Aw from now on
ipÇa c  by father also
æaÇa  by brother
ipt&smen  equal to father
c also

 
12.Bharata   told   Kaikeyi   that   the   kingdom   is   of   no   use   to   him   being   abandoned   by   Dasaratha and   Rama.
 
Ê>oe   me   Ê>omkraerœì[e   ]arimvadxa>   .13.
Ê>oe  in grief
me my
Ê>om!  grief
Akrae>  added
ì[e  in injury
]ar< #v  like tamarind
Aadxa>  you poured

 
13.Bharata   told   Kaikeyi   that   she   had   poured   tamarind   on   injury.
 
k…lSy   Tvm-avay   kalraiÇirvagta   .14.
k…lSy  dynasty's
Tvm!  you
A-avay  for destruction
kalraiÇ> #v  like the deluge
Aagta  has come

 
14.Bharata   told   Kaikeyi   that   she   had   come   to   destroy   the   dynasty.
 
A¼armupgUý   Sm   ipta   me   nanubuÏvan!   .15.
A¼ar<  fire
%pgUý  embracing
Sm surely
ipta  father
me my
n AnubuÏvan!  did not know the truth

 
15.Bharata   told   Kaikeyi   that   Dasaratha   did   not   know   her   well.
 
m&Tyumapaidtae   raja   Tvya   me   papdizRin   ,
suo<   pirùt<   maehaTk…le=iSmNk…lpa<isin   .16.
m&Tyu<  to lord of death
Aapaidt>  pointed out
raja  king
Tvya  by you
me my
papdizRin  one who sins
suo<  pride
pirùt<  is destroyed
maehat!  due to greed
k…le  dynasty's
AiSmn!  this
k…lpa<isin  destroyer of dynasty

 
16.Bharata   told   Kaikeyi   that   she   was   the   cause   of   Dasaratha's   death   and   she   has   destroyed the   famous   dynasty's   pride.
 
Tva<   àaPy   ih   ipta   me=Xy   sTys<xae   mhayza>   ,
tIìÊ>oai-s<tÝae   v&Äae   dzrwae   n&p>   .17.
Tva<  you
àaPy ih  beacause of accepting
ipta  father
me my
AXy now
sTys<x>  who keeps his words
mhayza>  famous
tIìÊ>oai-s<tÝ>  overcome with great grief
v&Ä>  died
dzrw>  Dasaratha
n&p>  king

 
17.Bharata   told   Kaikeyi   that   because   of   taking   her   as   wife,   Dasaratha   died   due   to   grief.
 
ivnaiztae   mharaj>   ipta   me   xmRvTsl>   ,
kSmat!àìaijtae   ram>   kSmadev   vn<   gt>   .18.
ivnaizt>  was compelled
mharaj>  king
ipta  father
me my
xmRvTsl>  steeped in dharma
kSmat!  with which power
àìaijt>  being sent
ram>  Rama
kSmat!  with which power
@v only
vn<  to forest
gt> reached

 
18.Bharata   asked   Kaikeyi   under   what   powers   Dasaratha   was   compelled   and   Rama   was   sent to   the   forest?
 
kaEsLya   c   suimÇa   c   puÇzaekai-pIifte   ,
Ê:kr<   yid   jIveta<   àaPy   Tva<   jnnI<   mm   .19.
kaEsLya c  Kausalya also
suimÇa c  Sumitra also
puÇzaekai-pIifte  broken hearted due to separation fromson
Ê:kr<  is difficult
yid jIveta<  in case alive
àaPy  seeing
Tva<  you
jnnI< mm  my mother

 
19.Bharata   told   Kaikeyi   that   Kausalya   and   Sumitra   were   heartbroken   due   to   separation
from   son,   will   die   if   they   see   her.
 
nnu   TvayaˆR=ip   xmaRTma   Tviy   v&iÄmnuÄmam!   ,
vtRte   guév&iÄ}ae   ywa   matir   vtRte   .20.
nnu is it not
AayR> Aip  revered also
xmaRTma  embodiment of dharma
Tviy  in you
v&iÄm!  respected
AnuÄmam!  very well
vtRte  does
guév&iÄ}>  well versed in behaving with elders
ywa similarly
matir  towards mother
vtRte  respects

 
20.Bharata   told   Kaikeyi   that   Rama   teated   her   with   the   same   respect   he   showed   to   Kausalya.            
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