THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 90 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
-rt-rÖajs<vad>   -   DISCUSSION   BETWEEN   BHARATA   AND   BHARADWAJA
 
-rÖajaïm<   †òœva   ³aezadev   nr;R->   ,
bl<   svRmvSwaPy   jgam   sh   miÙi->   .1.
pÑ(amev   ih   xmR}ae   NyStzôpirCDd>   ,
vsanae   vassI   ]aEme   puraexay   puraeihtm!   .2.
-rÖajaïm<  Bharadwaja's hermitage
†òœva  seeing
³aezat! @v  at a distance of two miles
nr;R->  noblest among men
bl<  the army
svRm!  all
AvSwaPy  stopping
jgam  went
sh miÙi->  with ministers
pÑ(a< @v  on foot only
ih surely
xmR}>  versed in dharma
NyStzôpirCDd>  discarding arrows and bows
vsan>  wearing
vassI ]aEme  white clothes
puraexay  keeping in front
puraeihtm!  Vasishta

 
1,2.Bharata   asked   his   army   to   halt   two   miles   from   the   hermitage,   discarded   his   weapons and   went   on   foot   to   the   hermitage   with   Vasishta. 
 
tt>   s<dzRne   tSy   -rÖajSy   ra"v>   ,
miÙ[StanvSwaPy   jgamanuàaeihtm!   .3.
tt> there after
s<dzRne  seeing
tSy that
-rÖajSy  Bharadwaja
ra"v>  Bharata
miÙ[>  ministers
tan!  those
AvSwaPy  stopping
jgam  went
Anuàaeihtm!  following Vasishta

 
3.On   seeing   Bharadwaja,   Bharata   asked   his   ministers   to   stay   and   followed   Vasishta.
 
visómw   †òœvEv   -rÖajae   mhatpa>   ,
s<ccalasnaÄU[R<   iz:yanrœ¸yimit   äuvn!   .4.
visóm!  Vasishta
Aw then
†òœva @v  seeing only
-rÖaj>  Bharadwaja
mhatpa>  the great ascetic
s<ccal  rose
Aasnat!  from the seat
tU[R< quickly
iz:yan!  to disciples
Arœ¸y<  sacred water
#it thus
äuvn!  saying

 
4.Bharadwaja   saw   Vasishta   and   ordered   his   disciples   to   bring   sacred   water.
 
smagMy   visóen   -rtenai-vaidt>   ,
AbuXyt   mhateja>   sut<   dzrwSy   tm!   .5.
smagMy  together
visóen  with Vasishta
-rten  by Bharata
Aai-vaidt>  paid respects
AbuXyt  came to know
mhateja>  with great luster
sut<  son
dzrwSy  Dasaratha's
tm! him

 
5.Bharadwaja   came   to   know   that   Bharata   was   Dasaratha's   son   as   he   accompanied   Vasishta and   paid   his   respects   to   Bharadwaja.
 
ta_yamrœ¸y<   c   paXy<   c   dTva   píat!)lain   c   ,
AainpUrœVya½   xmR}>   pàCD   k…zl<   k…le   .6.
AyaeXyaya<   ble   kaeze   imÇe:vip   c   miÙ;u   ,
janNdzrw<   v&Ä<   n   rajanmudahrt!   .7.
ta_yam!  to both of them
Arœ¸y< c  sacred water also
paXy< c  water for washing feet
dTva  giving
píat!  afterwards
)lain c  fruits also
AanupUrœVyat!  in order
c also
xmR}>  wedded to dharma
pàCD  asked
k…zl<  welfare
k…le  about family
AyaeXyaya<  about Ayodhya
ble about army
kaeze  about wealth
imÇe;u Aip  about friends also
c miÙ;u  about ministers also
jann!  having known, he
dzrw<  Dasaratha
v&Ä<  as having died
n not
rajan<  about emperor
%dahrt!  mentioned

 
6,7.Bharadwaja   enquired   about   the   welfare   of   family,   friends,   Ayodhya,   army,   ministers   and wealth.   He   did   not   mention   Dasaratha   since   he   already   knew   about   Dasaratha's   death.
 
visóae   -rtíEn<   pàCDturnamym!   ,
zrIre=i¶;u   iz:ye;u   v&]e;u   m&gpi];u   .8.
visó>  Vasishta
-rt> c  Bharata also
@n<  him
pàCDtu>  enquired
Anamym!  welfare
zrIre  about physical
Ai¶;u  about havans
iz:ye;u  about disciples
v&]e;u  about trees
m&gpi];u  about animals and birds

 
8.Vasishta   and   Bharata   enquired   about   the   welfare   of   Bharadwaja,   the   havans,   trees,   disciples, birds   and   animals.
 
s   tweit   àit}ay   -rÖajae   mhayza>   ,
-rt<   àTyuvaced<   ra"võehbNxnat!   .9.
s> that
twa #it  as "all well"
àit}ay  replying
-rÖaj>  Bharadwaja
mhayza>  very famous
-rt< àit  to Bharata
%vac  spoke
#d<  as follows
ra"võehbNxnat!  because of love towards Rama

 
9.Bharadwaja   replied   that   all   are   well   and   then   spoke   to   Bharata   as   follows   due   to   his   concern for   Rama.
 
ikimhagmne   kayR<   tv   raJy<   àzast>   ,
@tdacúv   me   svR<   n   ih   me   zuXyte   mn>   .10.
ik<  what
#h here
Aagmne  for coming
kayR<  purpose
tv your
raJy<  kingdom
àzast>  ruling
@tt!  that
Aacúv  please explain
me to me
svR<  all
n not
ih because
me my
zuXyte  is clear
mn> mind

 
10.Bharadwaja   asked   Bharata   to   explain   the   purpose   of   visit   instead   of   ruling   the   kingdom  since   his   mind   is   not   clear.            
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