THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 105 : SLOKAS 21 TO 30

 
ipt&inrœdezpirpalnm!   -   TALKS   OF   FOLLOWING   FATHER'S   ORDERS
 
AaTmanmnuzaec   Tv<   ikmNymnuzaecis   ,
AayuSte   hIyte   ySy   iSwtSy   c   gtSy   c   .21.
AaTmanm!  about soul
Anuzaec  think
Tv<  you
ikm!  why
ANym!  about another
Anuzaecis  you are thinking
Aayu>  life span
te your
hIyte  is reducing
ySy whoever
iSwtSy c  is living also
gtSy c  who is dead

 
21.Rama   told   Bharata   that   he   should   think   about   his   own   soul   and   think   about   any   one.
 
shEv   m&Tyurœìjit   sh   m&TyuinR;Idit   ,
gTva   sudI"RmXvan<   sh   m&TyuinRvtRte   .22.
sh @v  along with
m&Tyu>  lord of death
ìjit  walks
sh with
m&Tyu>  lord of death
in;Idit  lives
gTva  going
sudI"Rm!  a long
AXvan<  way
sh with
m&Tyu>  lord of death
invtRte  returns

 
22.Rama   told   Bharata   that   the   lord   of   death   walks   and   lives   with   a   person.   The   lord   of   death walks   a   long   way   with   the   person   and   then   returns.
 
gaÇe;u   vly>   àaÝa>   ñetaíEv   izraeéha>   ,
jrya   pué;ae   jI[R>   ik<   ih   k«Tva   à-avyet!   .23.
gaÇe;u  on the limbs
vly>  folds
àaÝa>  have appeared
ñeta>  have become grey
c also
@v like this
izraeéha>  hairs
jrya  due to old age
pué;>  a man
jI[R>  worn out
ik< ih  with what
k«Tva  expedient
à-avyet!  will he control them

 
23.Rama   told   Bharata   that   man   as   he   grows   old,   folds   appear   on   the   skin   on   his   limbs,   hair turns   grey   and   how   can   a   man   worn   out   by   age   control   them?
 
nNdNTyuidte   AaidTye   nNdNTyStimte   oaE   ,
AaTmnae   navbuXyNte   mnu:ya   jIivt]ym!   .24.
nNdiNt  are happy
%idte  has risen
AaidTye  the sun
nNdiNt  are happy
AStimte  at setting of
oaE the sun
AaTmn>  own
n AvbuXyNte  do not perceive
mnu:ya>  men
jIivt]ym!  ebbing of life

 
24.Rama   told   Bharata   that   men   are   happy   when   the   sun   rises   and   also   when   it   sets,   without perceiving   that   their   life   span   is   reducced.
 
ù:yNTy&tumuo<   †òœva   nv<   nvimhagtm!   ,
\tUna<   pirvrœten   àai[na<   àa[s<]y>   .25.
ù:yiNt  rejoice
\tumuo<  start of a season
†òœva  seeing
nv< nv<  new
#h in this world
Aagtm!  appeared
\tUna<  seasons'
pirvrœten  cahnges
àai[na<  for living beings
àa[s<]y>  waning of life

 
25.Rama   told   Bharata   that   men   rejoice   at   the   start   of   seasons   since   they   bring   something   new but   they   do   not   realise   the   waning   of   life   of   living   beings   with   change   of   seasons.
 
ywa   kaó<   c   kaó<   c   smeyata<   mha[Rve   ,
smeTy   c   Vypeyata<   kalmasa*   k<cn   .26.
@v<   -ayaRí   puÇaí   }atyí   vsUin   c   ,
smeTy   VyvxaviNt   Øuvae   ýe;a<   ivna-v>   .27.
ywa like
kaó< c kaó< c  two pieces of wood
smeyata<  come together
mha[Rve  in the ocean
smeTy  together
c also
Vypeyata<  gets separated
kal<  after time
Aasa*  staying
k<cn  some
@v<  as above
-ayaR> c  wives also
puÇa> c  sons also
}aty> c  relatives also
vsUin c  wealth also
smeTy  together
VyvxaviNt  goes separately
Øuv> ih  is certain
@;a<  their
ivna-v>  separation

 
26,27.Rama   told   Bharata   that   just   as   two   pieces   of   wood   remain   together   for   some   time   in the   ocean   before   separating,   wives,   sons,   relatives   and   wealth   will   stay   for   sometime   with a   person   and   then   leave   a   person   alone.
 
naÇ   kií*wa-av<   àa[I   smi-vtRte   ,
ten   tiSmÚ   samWyR<   àetSyaSTynuzaect>   .28.
n not
AÇ  here
kiít!  any one
ywa-av<  fruits of deeds of earlier birth
àa[I  living being
smi-vtRte  can change even a little
ten therefore
tiSmn!  in that
n not
samWyR<  any result
àetSy  for a dead man
AiSt  is present
Anuzaect>  to grieve

 
28.Rama   told   Bharata   that   for   a   living   being   it   is   not   possible   to   change   the   effect   of   deeds   of an   earlier   birth.   Similarly   there   is   no   purpose   in   greiving   oer   a   dead   person.
 
ywa   ih   sawR<   gCDNt<   äUyaTkiíTpiw   iSwt>   ,
AhmPyagim:yaim   p&ótae   -vtaimit   .29.
@v<   pUvRgtae   magR>   ipt&pEtamhae   Øuv>   ,
tmapÚ>   kw<   zaece*Sy   naiSt   Vyit³m>   .30.
ywa like
ih surely
sawR<  to a crowd
gCDNt<  going
äUyat!  if he asks
kiít!  anyone
piw on the way
iSwt>  standing
Ahm! Aip  I also
Aagim:yaim  will come
p&ót>  by the side
-vtam!  your
#it thus
@v<  as above
pUv‰R>  by fore fathers
gt> observed
magR>  path of righteousness
ipt&pEtamh>  father, grand father
Øuv>  is certain
tm! that
AapÚ>  follower
kw<  how
zaecet!  will mourn
ySy for what
n AiSt  is not possible
Vyit³m>  to deviate

 
29,30.Rama   told   Bharata   that   just   as   a   passerby   wants   to   join   a   crowd,   the   path   of   righteousness   followed   by   forefathers   is   constant   and   one   who   observes   that   cannot   mourn.            
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