THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 105 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
ipt&inrœdezpirpalnkwnm!   -   TALKING   OF   HONOURING   FATHER'S   ORDERS
 
ïe[ySTv<   mharaj   pZyNTv¢(aí   svRz>   ,
àtpNtimvaidTy<   raJyiSwtmirNdmm!   .11.
ïe[y>  city dwellers
Tv<  you
mharaj  emperor
pZyNtu  let them see
A¢(a>  respectable
c svRz>  all of them
àtpNt<  glowing
#v AaidTy<  like the sun
raJyiSwtm!  arriving in the kingdom
AirNdmm!  victorious

 
11.Bharata   told   Rama   that   his   arrival   in   the   kingdom   victoriously   will   delight   all   the   respectable city   dwellers.
 
tvanuyane   kak…t!Sw   mÄa   ndRNtu   k…Ãra>   ,
ANt>purgta   nayaˆR   nNdNtu   susmaihta>   .12.
tv in your
Anuyane  parade
kak…t!Sw  Rama
mÄa>  huge
ndRNtu  let them trumpet
k…Ãra>  elephants
ANt>purgta  living in the harem
nayR>  royal ladies
nNdNtu  let them rejoice
susmaihta>  fully collected in mind

 
12.Bharata   told   Rama   that   on   the   return   journey   the   elephants   will   trumpet   and   let   the   royal ladies   rejoice.
 
tSy   saiXvTymNyNt   nagra   ivivxa   jna>   ,
-rtSy   vc>   ïuTva   ram<   àTynuyact>   .13.
tSy that
saxu  be it so
#it thus
AmNyNt  rejoiced
nagra>  city dwelling
ivivxa>  various
jna>  people
-rtSy  Bharata's
vc> words
ïuTva  hearing
ram<  to Rama
àTynuyact>  pleading vigourously

 
13.The   people   who   had   come   from   the   city   acclaimed   Bharata's   words   pleading     Rama   and said   be   it   so.
 
tmev<   Ê>iot<   àeúy   ivlpNt<   yziSvnm!   ,
ram>   k«taTma   -rt<   smañasydaTmvan!   .14.
t<  that
@v<  as above
Ê>iot<  saddened
àeúy  observing
ivlpNt<  wailing
yziSvnm!  illustrious
ram>  Rama
k«taTma  self disciplined
-rt<  to Bharata
smañasyt!  comforted as follows
AaTmvan!  self possessed

 
14.Rama,   observing   the   illustrious   Bharata's   wailing,   comforted   him   with   the   following   words.
 
naTmn>   kamkarae=iSt   pué;ae=ymnIñr>   ,
#tíetrtíEn<   k«taNt>   pirk;Rit   .15.
n not
AaTmn>  for a man
kamkar>  to do as he likes
AiSt  is present
pué;>  man
Aym!  this
AnIñr>  is an embodied soul
#t> c  hither also
#trt> c  and thither
@n<  him
k«taNt>  deeds of earlier births
pirk;Rit  drags

 
15.Rama   told   Bharata   that   man   is   an   embodied   soul   which   does   not   have   freedom   to   do   as   it desires   but   forced   by   the   deeds   of   earlier   births.
 
svˆR   ]yaNta   incya>   ptnaNta>   smuCD+ya>   ,
s<yaega   ivàyaegaNta   mr[aNt<   c   jIivtm!   .16.
svˆR  all
]yaNta>  end in destruction
incya>  accumulations
ptnaNta>  end in degradation
smuCD+ya>  high positions
s<yaega>  unions
ivàyaegaNta>  end in separation
mr[aNt<  end in death
c jIivtm!  life also

 
16.Rama   told   Bharata   that   all   accumulations   end   in   attenuation.   high   positions   end   in
degradation   and   unions   end   in   separation   and   life   ends   in   death.
 
ywa   )lana<   pKvana<   naNyÇ   ptnaÑym!   ,
@v<   nrSy   jatSy   naNyÇ   mr[aÑym!   .17.
ywa like
)lana<  for fruits
pKvana<  ripe
n not
ANyÇ  any other
ptnat!  than a fall
-ym!  fear
@v<  only
nrSy  for man
jatSy  born
n not
ANyÇ  other than
mr[at!  from death
-ym!  fear

 
17.Rama   told   Bharata   that   as   no   fear   from   other   than   a   fall   awaits   ripe   fruits,   no   fear   other than   death   awaits   a   man   born   in   this   world.
 
ywagar<   †FSwU[R<   jI[R<   -UTva=vsIgit   ,
twEv   sIdiNt   nra   jram&Tyuvz<   gta>   .18.
ywa like
Agar<  a house
†FSwU[R<  with strong pillars
jI[R<  deteriorated
-UTva  becoming
AvsIgit  collapses
twa @v  similarly
sIdiNt  dies
nra>  men
jram&Tyuvz< gta>  being afflicted by old age and death

 
18.Rama   told   Bharata   that   like   a   house   with   strong   pillars   collapse   due   to   deterioration,   men also   fear   being   afflicted   by   old   age   and   death.
 
ATyeit   rjnI   ya   tu   sa   n   àitinvtRte   ,
yaTyev   ymuna   pU[aR   smuÔmudkak…lm!   .19.
ATyeit  which is over
rjnI  night
ya which
tu in any case
sa that
n àitinvtRte  that does not return
yait @v  certainly goes
ymuna  river yamuna
pU[aR  with full flow
smuÔ<  to the ocean
%dkak…lm!  the ultimate destination of rivers

 
19.Rama   told   Bharata   that   a   night   that   is   over   never   comes   back.   Similarly   the   water   of swollen   yamuna   reaches   the   ocean,   the   final   destination   of   all   rivers.
 
AhaeraÇai[   gCDNtu   svˆR;a<   àai[naimh   ,
AayU<i;   ]pyNTyazu   ¢I:me   jlimva<zv>   .20.
AhaeraÇai[  days and nights
gCDNtu  passing quockly
svˆR;a<  of all
àai[na<  living beings
#h in this world
AayU<i;  lifespan
]pyiNt  passes off
Aazu  quickly
¢I:me  in summer
jl<  water
#v like
A<zv>  the sun

 
20.Rama   told   Bharata   that   like   the   sun   sucks   up   water   as   the   days   and   nights   pass,   similarly the   life   span   of   all   living   beings   reduce   as   days   pass.            
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