THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 83 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
-rtàSwanm!   -   BHARATA   DEPARTS
 
tt>   smuiTwt>   kaLymaSway   SyNdnaeÄmm!   ,
àyyaE   -rt>   zIº<   ramdzRnka'œ]ya   .1.
tt> then
smuiTwt>  starting with all
kaLy<  during auspicious time
AaSway  climbing
SyNdnaeÄmm!  the best chariot
àyyaE  commenced the journey
-rt>  Bharata
zIº<  quickly
ramdzRnka'œ]ya  with the desire to meet Rama

 
1.Bharata   slimbed   the   chariot   and   started   on   the   journey   to   the   forest   with   great   anticipation of   meeting   Rama.
 
A¢t>   àyyuStSy   svˆR   miÙpuraexs>   ,
Aixéý   hyEyuR­aNrwaNsUyRrwaepman!   .2.
A¢t>  ahead
àyyu>  started
tSy his
svˆR  all
miÙpuraexs>  ministers and preceptors
Aixéý  climbing
hyE>  with horses
yu­an!  harnessed with
rwan!  in chariots
sUyRrwaepman!  equal to Sun's chariot

 
2.The   ministers   and   preceptors   climbed   on   horse   drawn   chariots   and   went   ahead   of   Bharata.
 
nvnagshöai[   kiLptain   ywaivix   ,
ANvyu-Rrt<   yaNtimúvak…k…nNdnm!   .3.
nvnagshöai[  nine thousand elephants
kiLptain  in a line
ywaivix  as per practice
ANvyu>  followed
-rt<  Bharata
yaNt<  going
#úvak…k…nNdnm!  bringing cheer to Ikshvaku dynasty

 
3.Bharata   was   followed   by   nine   thousand   elephants   marching   in   a   line.
 
;òI   rwshöai[   xiNvnae   ivivxayuxa>   ,
ANvyu-Rrt<   yaNt<   rajpuÇ<   yziSvnm!   .4.
;iò>  sixty
rwshöai[  thousand chariots
xiNvn>  with archers
ivivxayuxa>  carrying various weapons
ANvyu>  followed
-rt<  Bharata
yaNt<  going
rajpuÇ<  prince
yziSvnm!  famous

 
4.Bharata   was   followed   by   sixty   thousand   chariots.
 
zt<   shöa{yñana<   smaêFain   ra"vm!   ,
ANvyu-Rrt<   yaNt<   sTysNx<   ijteiNÔym!   .5.
zt<  hundred
shöai[  thousand
Añana<  horses
smaêFain  with riders
ra"vm!  of Raghu dynasty
ANvyu>  followed
-rt<  Bharata
yaNt<  going
sTysNx<  true to his words
ijteiNÔym!  controlling his senses

 
5.Bharata   was   followed   by   riders   on   hundred   thousand   horses.
 
kEkeyI   c   suimÇa   c   kaEsLya   c   yziSvnI   ,
ramanyns<ùòa   yyuyaRnen   -aSvta   .6.
kEkeyI c  Kaikeyi also
suimÇa c  Sumitra also
kaEsLya c  Kausalya also
yziSvnI  famous
ramanyns<ùòa  happy that Rama is being brought back
yyu>  went
yanen  on chariots
-aSvta  glowing

 
6.Kaikeyi,   Sumitra   and   Kausalya   went   on   a   beautiful   chariot.
 
àyataíayRs'œ"ata   ram<   Ôòu<   slúm[m!   ,
tSyEv   c   kwaiíÇa>   k…vaR[a   ùòmansa>   .7.
àyata>  travelled
c also
AayRs'œ"ata>  groups of elders
ram<  Rama
Ôòu<  to see
slúm[m!  with Lakshmana
tSy his
@v only
c also
kwa>  virtues
icÇa>  rare
k…vaR[a>  speaking as below
ùòmansa>  with a happy frame of mind

 
7.Groups   of   elders   followed   Bharata   with   a   happy   frame   of   mind   ,   extoling   the   rare   qualities of   Rama.
 
me"Zyam<   mhaba÷<   iSwrst!Tv<   †Fìtm!   ,
kda   Ôúyamhe   ram<   jgt>   zaeknaznm!   .8.
me"Zyam<  with azure blue colour
mhaba÷<  long armed
iSwrst!Tv<  with a determined mind
†Fìtm!  observing rituals with a steady mind
kda when
Ôúyamhe  we will see
ram<  Rama
jgt>  world's
zaeknaznm!  remover of sadness

 
8.They   wondered   when   they   will   see   Rama   with   a   determined   mind   and   observer   of   rituals
who   brought   cheer   to   the   world.
 
†ò   @v   ih   n>   zaekmpne:yit   ra"v>   ,
tm>   svRSy   laekSy   smuXyiÚv   -aSkr>   .9.
†ò> @v  on seeing only
ih surely
n> our
zaekm!  grief
Apne:yit  will drive away
ra"v>  Rama
tm> darkness
svRSy  all
laekSy  world's
smuXyn!  rising
#v like
-aSkr>  sun

 
9.They   said   that   Rama   will   drive   away   their   grief   like   the   rising   sun   drives   away   darkness.
 
#Tyev<   kwyNtSte   s<àùòa>   kwa>   zu-a>   ,
pir:vjanaíaNyaeNy<   yyunaRgirkaStda   .10.
#it @v<  as above
kwyNt>  sating
te those
s<àùòa>  with a happy mind
kwa>  stories
zu-a>  blessed
pir:vjana>  in a crowd jostling
c also
ANyaeNy<  one another
yyu>  went
nagirka>  the citizens
tda then

 
10.The   citizens   moved   in   a   crowd   jostling   one   another   with   a   happy   frame   of   mind   and exchanging   pleasant   stories.            
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