THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 76 : SLOKAS 21 TO 24

 
dzrwSyaEXvRdEihkkr[m!   -   CREMATING   DASARATHA
 
àsVy<   caip   t<   c³…rœ\iTvjae=i¶ict<   n&pm!   ,
iôyí   zaeksNtÝa>   kaEsLyaàmuoaStda   .21.
àsVy< c Aip  whatever was favourable
t<  that
c³…>  did
\iTvj>  pundis
Ai¶ict<  one who had performed yagna
n&pm!  king
iôy> c  wives also
zaeksNtÝa>  overcome wih grief
kaEsLyaàmuoa>  including Kausalya
tda then

 
21.Then   for   Dasaratha   the   pundits,   Kausalya   and   other   wives   did   every   thing   that   was
favourable.
 
³aEiÂnaimv   narI[a<   innadStÇ   zuïuve   ,
AataRna<   ké[<   kale   ³aezNtIna<   shöz>   .22.
³aEiÂna<  female krauncha birds
#v like
narI[a<  ladies'
innad>  cries
  that
zuïuve  were heard
AataRna<  grieving
ké[<  pitiably
kale  time
³aezNtIna<  crying
shöz>  many

 
22.At   that   time   the   assembled   ladies'   cries   were   heard   like   the   cries   of   the   female   krauncha birds.
 
ttae   édNTyae   ivvza   ivlPy   c   pun>   pun>   ,
yane_y>   sryUtIrmvteévRra¼na>   .23.
tt> then
édNTy>  crying
ivvza>  uncontrollably
ivlPy  wailing
c also
pun> pun>  again and again
yane_y>  from the vehicles
sryUtIrm!  on the banks of sarayu
Avteé>  got down
vra¼na>  ladies

 
23.Then   ladies   who   were   crying   uncontrollably,   got   down   from   the   vehicles   on   the   banks   of sarayu   river.
 
k«Tvaedk<   te   -rten   saxR<   n&pa¼na   miÙpuraeihtaí   ,
pur<   àivZyaïuprItneÇa   -UmaE   dzah<   VynyNt   Ê>om!   .24.
k«Tva %dk<  after taking bath
te those
-rten saxR<  along with Bharata
n&pa¼na>  royal ladies
miÙpuraeihta> c  ministers and purohits also
pur< àivZy  entering the city
AïuprItneÇa>  eyes filled with tears
-UmaE  on the ground
dzah<  ten days
VynyNt  spent
Ê>om!  mourning

 
24.The   royal   ladies,   ministers   and   purohits   spent   the   ten   days   mourning   period   on   the
ground   in   the   city.
 
#Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaMlIkIye   AaidkaVye   AyaeXyaka{fe   ;qœsÝittm>   sgR>   .76.
   
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