THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 89 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
g¼atr[m!   -   CROSSING  THE  GANGES
 
Vyu:y   raiÇ<   tu   tÇEv   g¼akªle   s   ra"v>   ,
-rt>   kaLymuTway   zÇu¹imdmävIt!   .1.
Vyu:y  spending
raiÇ<  the night
tu in this
tÇ @v  there itself
g¼akªle  on the banks of ganges
s> that
ra"v>  son of Raghu dynasty
-rt>  Bharata
kaLy<  at dawn
%Tway  waking up
zÇu¹<  to Shatrugna
#dm!  as follows
AävIt!  told

 
1.Bharata   waking   up   after   spending   the   night   on   the   banks   of   ganges   told   Shatrugna   as   follows.
 
zÇu¹aeiÄó   ik<   ze;e   in;adaixpit<   guhm!   ,
zIºmany   -Ô<   te   tariy:yit   vaihnIm!   .2.
zÇu¹  Shatrugna
%iÄó  wake up
ik<  why
ze;e  are you sleeping
in;adaixpit<  the king of hunters
guhm!  Guha
zIº<  quickly
Aany  please bring
-Ô<  let good happen
te to you
tariy:yit  will reach the other shore
vaihnIm!  the army

 
2.Bharata   asked   Shatrugna   to   wake   up   and   call   Guha   who   help   in   moving   them   across   the river.
 
jagimR   nah<   Svipim   twEvayR<   ivicNtyn!   ,
#TyevmävIdœæaÇa   zÇu¹ae=ip   àcaeidt>   .3.
jagimR  am awake
n not
Ah<  I
Svipim  am sleep
twa @v  as above
AayR<  the elder
ivicNtyn!  thinking about
#it as follows
@vm!  like this
AävIt!  spoke
æaÇa  by brother
zÇu¹>  Shatrugna
Aip and
àcaeidt>  being ordered

 
3.Shatrugna   being   ordered   by   Bharata   as   above,   told   Bharata   that   he   is   awake   only   thinking about   Rama.
 
#it   s<vdtaerevmNyaeNy<   nris<hyae>   ,
AagMy   àaÃil>   kale   guhae   -rtmävIt!   .4.
#it thus
s<vdtae>  talking
@vm!  as above
ANyaeNy<  among themselves
nris<hyae>  the two noble men
AagMy  arriving
àaÃil>  with folded palms
kale  at the right time
guh>  Guha
-rtm!  to Bharata
AävIt!  spoke as follows

 
4.As   Bharata   and   Shatrugna   were   talking,   Guha   arrived   there   and   spoke   as   follows.
 
ki½Tsuo<   ndItIre=vaTsI>   kak…t!Sw   zvRrIm!   ,
ki½Äe   sh   sENySy   tv   svRmnamym!   .5.
ki½t!  I think
suo<  well
ndItIre  on the banks of river
AvaTsI>  spent
kak…t!Sw  Bharata
zvRrIm!  the night
ki½t!  I think
te you
sh sENySy  with the army
tv for you
svRm!  in all respects
Anamym!  no defeciency

 
5.Guhs   enquired   from   Bharata   about   his   and   the   army's   well-being   after   spending   the   night on   the   river   bank.
 
guhSy   tÄu   vcn<   ïuTva   õehaÊdIirtm!   ,
ramSyanuvzae   vaKy<   -rtae=pIdmävIt!   .6.
guhSy  Guha's
tt! that
tu in this
vcn<  words
ïuTva  hearing
õehat!  with affection
%dIirtm!  spoken
ramSy  in Rama
Anuvz>  being engrossed
vaKy<  words
-rt> Aip  Bharata also
#dm!  the following
AävIt!  spoke

 
6.Hearing   Guha's   kind   enquiries,   Bharata   spoke   as   follows.
 
suoa   n>   zvRrI   rajNpUijtaíaip   te   vym!   ,
g¼a<   tu   naEi-rœbþIi-daRza>   s<taryNtu   n>   .7.
suoa  went well
n> for us
zvRrI  night
rajn!  king
pUijta>  were honoured
c also
Aip and
te that
vym!  we
g¼a<  ganges
tu now itself
naEi->  by boats
bþIi->  many
daza>  fishermen
s<taryNtu  may make cross
n> us

 
7.Bharata   told  Guha   that   they   had   a   peaceful   night   and   wanted   to   cross   ganges
immediately   for   which   he   wanted   fishermen   to   help   with   their   boats.
 
ttae   guh>   s<Tvirt>   ïuTva   -rtzasnm!   ,
àitàivZy   ngr<   t<   }aitjnmävIt!   .8.
tt> then
guh>  Guha
s<Tvirt>  without delay
ïuTva  hearing
-rtzasnm!  Bharata's orders
àitàivZy  going back
ngr<  to the city
t<  that
}aitjnm!  to friends and relatives
AävIt!  spoke as follows

 
8.Guha   on   hearing   Bharata's   request,   went   immediately   to   the   city   and   spoke   to   his   friends as   follows.
 
%iÄót   àbuXyXv<   -ÔmStu   ih   v>   sda   ,
nav>   smnuk;RXv<   tariy:yam   vaihnIm!   .9.
%iÄót  get up
àbuXyXv<  wake up
-Ôm! AStu  may good happen
ih thus
v> for you
sda always
nav>  boats
smnuk;RXv<  please bring
tariy:yam  will make them cross
vaihnIm!  the army

 
9.Guha   told   them   to   get   up   and   make   ready   boats   to   take   the   army   across   ganges.
 
te   twae­a>   smuTway   Tvirta   rajzasnat!   ,
p   nav<   ztaNyev   smainNyu>   smNtt>   .10.
te they
twa as above
%­a>  being told
smuTway  getting up
Tvirta>  without delay
rajzasnat!  as per king's orders
p  five
nava<  boats
ztain  hundred
@v only
smainNyu>  brought
smNtt>  from everywhere

 
10.They   brought   five   hundred   boats   without   delay   as   ordered   by   Guha.            
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