THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 102 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
invapaÃildanm!   -   OFFERING   WATER   TO   THE   DEAD
 
Ahae   -rt   isÏawaˆR   yen   raja   Tvya=n"   ,
zÇu¹en   c   svˆR;u   àetk«Tye;u   s<Sk«t>   .11.
Ahae  oh
-rt Bharata
isÏawR>  blessed
yen by whom
raja  king
Tvya  by you
An" sinless
zÇu¹en c  with Shatrugna also
svˆR;u  in all
àetk«Tye;u  funeral rites
s<Sk«t>  paid homage to

 
11.Rama   told   Bharata   that   he   and   Shatrugna   are   blessed   since   they   have   performed   the
last   rites   for   Dasaratha.
 
in:àxanamneka¢a<   nreNÔe[   ivnak«tam!   ,
inv&Ävnvasae=ip   nayaeXya<   gNtumuTsuhe   .12.
in:àxanam!  lost a leader
Aneka¢a<  without a leader
nreNÔe[  by the emperor
ivnak«tam!  given up
inv&Ävnvas> Aip  even after completing stay in forest
n not
AyaeXya<  to ayodhya
gNtu<  to go
%Tsuhe  interested

 
12.Rama   told   Bharata   that   even   after   the   stay   in   forest   is   over,   he   had   no   desire   to   return   to ayodhya   which   has   been   abandoned   by   the   emperor   and   is   without   a   leader.
 
smaÝvnvas<   mamyaeXyaya<   prNtp   ,
kae   nu   zais:yit   punState   laekaNtr<   gte   .13.
smaÝvnvas<  after completing stay in the forest
mam!  me
AyaeXyaya<  in ayodhya
prNtp  scorcher of enemies
k> nu  who
zais:yit  will guide me
pun>  again
tate  father
laekaNtr<  to the other world
gte gone

 
13.Rama   wondered   who   will   guide   him   on   his   return   to   ayodhya   after   completing   the   stay in   the   forest   since   Dasaratha   has   gone   to   the   other   world.
 
pura   àeúy   suv&Ä<   ma<   ipta   yaNyah   saNTvyn!   ,
vaKyain   tain   ïae:yaim   k…t>   ïaeÇsukaNyhm!   .14.
pura  in the past
àeúy  seeing
suv&Ä<  spending time in comfort
ma<  me
ipta  father
yain  which
Aah told
saNTvyn!  speaking kindly
vaKyain  words
tain  those
ïae:yaim  will hear
k…t>  from whom
ïaeÇsukain  pleasing to the ears
Ahm!  I

 
14.Rama   asked   Bharata   from   whom   will   he   hear   those   words,   pleasing   to   the   ear,   which Dasaratha   speaking   kindly,   addressed   in   the   past.
 
@vmu®va   s   -rt<   -ayaRm_yeTy   ra"v>   ,
%vac   zaeksNtÝ>   pU[RcNÔin-annam!   .15.
@v<  as above
%®va  having said
s> that
-rt<  to Bharata
-ayaRm!  to wife
A_yeTy  turning to
ra"v>  Rama
%vac  spoke
zaeksNtÝ>  tormented with grief
pU[RcNÔin-annam!  with face like the full moon

 
15.Rama,   after   speaking   to   Bharata   as   above,   turned   towards   Sita   and   spoke   the   following words.
 
sIte   m&tSte   ñzur>   ipÇa   hInae=is   lúm[   ,
-rtae   Ê>omacòe   SvgRt<   p&iwvIpitm!   .16.
sIte  Sita
m&t>  is dead
te your
ñzur>  fatherin-law
ipÇa  father
hIn>  having lost
Ais you are
lúm[  Lakshmana
-rt>  Bharata
Ê>o<  sadly
Aacòe  conveys
SvgRt<  ascent to heavens
p&iwvIpitm!  emperor's

 
16.Rama   told   Sita   that   Bharata   with   sorrow   conveys   the   death   of   Dasaratha   and   she   had lost   her   father-in-law   and   Lakshmana   ahd   lost   his   father.
 
ttae   b÷gu[<   te;a<   ba:p<   neÇe:vjayt   ,
twa   äuvit   kak…t!Swe   k…mara[a<   yziSvnIm!   .17.
tt> then
b÷gu[<  manyfold times
te;a<  in their
ba:p<  tears
neÇe;u  from eyes
Ajayt  emanated
twa as above
äuvit  when speaking
kak…t!Swe  Rama
k…mara[a<  princes
yziSvnIm!  famous

 
17.While   Rama   spoke   as   above,   copious   tears   emanated   from   the   princes'   eyes.
 
ttSte   æatr>   svˆR   -&zmañaSy   ra"vm!   ,
AäuvÃgtI-tuR>   i³ytamudk<   iptu>   .18.
tt> then
te those
æatr>  brothers
svˆR  all
-&z<  in many ways
AañaSy  consoling
ra"vm!  Rama
Aäuvn!  said
jgtI-tuR>  emperor
i³yta<  please be offered
%dk<  sacred water
iptu>  to father's spirit

 
18.The   brothers   then   consoled   Rama   in   many   ways   and   asked   him   to   offer   sacred   water   to the   spirit   of   their   father.
 
sa   sIta   ñzur<   ïuTva   SvgRlaekgt<   n&pm!   ,
neÇa_yamïupU[aR_yamzÚei]tu<   pitm!   .19.
sa that
sIta  Sita
ñzur<  fatherin-law
ïuTva  hearing
SvgRlaekgt<  having gone to the heavens
n&pm!  emperor
neÇa_yam!  eyes
AïupU[aR_yam!  filled with tears
Azkt! n  was not able to
$i]tu<  look at
pitm!  her husband

 
19.Sita,   on   hearing   the   sad   demise   of   her   father-in-law,   was   not   able   to   see   Rama   with   eyes full   of   tears.
 
saNTviyTva   tu   ta<   ramae   édNtI<   jnkaTmjm!   ,
%vac   lúm[<   tÇ   Ê>iotae   Ê>iot<   vc>   .20.
saNTviyTva  consoling
tu in this
ta<  her
ram>  Rama
édNtI<  crying
jnkaTmjm!  Janaka's daughter
%vac  spoke
lúm[<  to Lakshmana
tÇ  there
Ê>iot>  distressed
Ê>iot<  sorrowing
vc> the following words

 
20.Rama   who   was   distressed,   consoled   Sita   and   then   spoke   the   following   to   the   greiving Lakshmana.            
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