THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 98 : SLOKAS 11 TO 18

 
ramaïmaNve;[m!   -   SEARCHING   FOR   RAMA'S   HERMITAGE
 
k«tk«Tya   mha-aga   vEdehI   jnkaTmja   ,
-taRr<   sagraNtaya>   p&iwVya   ya=nugCDit   .11.
k«tk«Tya  is very fortunate
mha-aga  blessed
vEdehI  Vaidehi
jnkaTmja  Janaka's daughter
-taRr<  the protector
sagraNtaya>  surrounded by sea
p&iwVya>  for the world
ya who
AnugCDit  follows

 
11.Bharata   told   Shatrugna   that   Sita   is   very   fortunate   since   she   follows   Rama   everywhere.
 
su-giíÇkªqae=saE   igirrajaepmae   igir>   ,
yiSmNvsit   kak…t!Sw>   k…ber   #v   nNdne   .12.
su-g>  is blessed
icÇkªq>  chitrakuta
AsaE  this
igirrajaepm>  like himalayas
igir>  mountain
yiSmn!  on which
vsit  dwells
kak…t!Sw>  Rama
k…ber>  Kubera
#v similarly
nNdne  in nandana grove

 
12.Bharata   told   Shatrugna   that   the   mountain   chitrakuta   is   blessed   since   Rama   lives   there
like   the   nandana   grove   where   Kubera   lives.
 
k«tkayRimd<   ÊgR<   vn<   Vyalinvei;tm!   ,
ydXyaSte   mhateja   ram>   zô-&ta<   vr>   .13.
k«tkayR<  is fortunate
#d<  this
ÊgR<  unpenetrable
vn<  forest
Vyalinvei;tm!  with ferocious animals living
yt! where
AXyaSte  lives
mhateja  the resplendent
ram>  Rama
zô-&ta< vr>  foremost among archers

 
13.Bharata   told   Shatrugna   that   the   chitrakuta   mountain   which   is   difficult   to   enter   and   with beasts   of   prey   is   blessed   due   to   Rama's   presence.
 
@vmu®va   mhaba÷-Rrt>   pué;;R->   ,
pÑ(amev   mhateja>   àivvez   mhÖnm!   .14.
@v<  as above
%®va  having told
mhaba÷>  the mighty armed
-rt>  Bharata
pué;;R->  noblest among men
pÑ(a< @v  on foot only
mhateja>  great glory
àivvez  entered
mht! vnm!  the great forest

 
14.Bharata   having   said   as   above,   entered   the   great   forest   on   foot.
 
s   tain   Ô‚mjalain   jatain   igirsanu;u   ,
pui:pta¢ai[   mXyen   jgam   vdta<   vr>   .15.
s> that
tain  those
Ô‚mjalain  cluster of trees
jatain  growing
igirsanu;u  on the lower region of the mountain
pui:pta¢ai[  with flowering tops
mXyen  among
jgam  went
vdta<  in eloquence
vr> the best

 
15.Bharata   passed   through   the   cluster   of   tres   with   flowers   on   the   tops   growing   in   the   lower regions   of   the   mountain.
 
s   igreiíÇkªqSy   salmasaXy   pui:ptm!   ,
ramaïmgtSya¶edRdzR   XvjmuCDœirtm!   .16.
s> he
igre> icÇkªqSy  chitrakuta mountain's
sal<  on sal tree
AasaXy  climbing
pui:ptm!  fpowering
ramaïmgtSy  from Rama's hermitage
A¶e>  fire's
ddzR  saw
Xvj<  smoke
%CDœirtm!  rising

 
16.Bharata,   climbing   on   a   flowering   sal   tree,   saw   the   smoke   rising   from   the   fire   from   Rama's hermitage.
 
t<   †òœva   -rt>   ïImaNmumaed   sh   baNxvE>   ,
   ram   #it   }aTva   gt>   parimvaM-s>   .17.
t<  that
†òœva  seeing
-rt>  Bharata
ïIman!  blessed
mumaed  rejoiced
sh baNxvE>  along with relatives
  here
ram> #it  Rama is staying
}aTva  assuming
gt> reached
par<  the other bank
#v like
AM-s>  ocean's

 
17.Bharata   on   seeing   the   smoke   assumed   that   Rama   was   staying   here   and   rejoiced   along   with his   relatives.
 
s   icÇkªqe   tu   igraE   inzMy   ramaïm<   pu{yjnaeppÚm!   ,
guhen   saxR<   Tvirta   jgam   puninRveZyEv   cmU<   mhaTma   .18.
s> he
icÇkªqe  in chitrakuta
tu in this
igraE  mountain
inzMy  understanding
ramaïm<  Rama's hermitage
pu{yjnaeppÚm!  inhabited with holy persons
guhen saxR<  along with Guha
Tvirta jgam  went briskly
pun>  again
inveZy  staying at one place
@v only
cmU<  army
mhaTma  high souled

 
18.Bharata   learning   that   Rama's   hermitage   is   in   chitrakuta   which   is   visited   by   holymen,   asked the   army   to   stay   back   and   proceeded   briskly   along   with   Guha.
 
#Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   AyaeXyaka{fe   Aònvittm>   sgR>   .98.
           
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