THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


AYODHYA KANDA


SARGA 117 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

Ans¥yyapa¢tv#ÏykTnm¯   -   ANASUYA   INSTRUCTS   ON   DUTIES   OF   DEVOTED   WIFE  

 
raGvÞÏvpyatEx¤   tp¢Þvx¤   ¢v¢cÓtyn¯   ,  
n   tæOaraEcy¹as|   karNWrqbh^¢BÞtda   .1.  
raGv:    Rama
t¤    in this
ApyatEx¤    after having left
tp¢Þvx¤    ascetics
¢v¢cÓtyn¯    thinking over
n    not
tæO    there
AraEcyt¯    did like any more
vas|    to live
karNW:    reasons
bh^¢B:    for many
tda    then
 
1.Rama   after   the   ascetics   had   left   thought   over   and   did   not   like   to   stay   there   any   more   for    
many   reasons.  
 
ih   mE   BrtaE   è¾aE   matrà   snagra:   ,  
sa   c   mE   Þm¦¢trÓvE¢t   ta¢°Ïymn¤SaEct:   .2.  
ih    here
mE    by me
Brt:    Bharata
è¾:    was seen
matr:    mothers
c    also similarly
snagra:    with the people
sa    that
c    also
mE    for me
Þm¦¢t:    memory
AÓvE¢t    haunts
tan¯    about them
¢nÏym¯    daily
An¤SaEct:    mourn
 
2.Rama   thought   that   he   had   met   Bharata,   mothers   and   thepeople   in   that   place   and   thier  
memories   haunt   him   and   make   him   kourn   daily.  
 
ÞkÓDavar¢nvESEn   tEn   tÞy   mhaÏmn:   ,  
hyh¢Þtkr£xWà   upmdI:   k]taE   B¦Sm¯   .3.  
ÞkÓDavar¢nvESEn    with the camping of the army
tEn    that
tÞy    that
mhaÏmn:    high souled
hyh¢Þtkr£xW:   c    by the dry deng of horses and elephants also
upmdI:    impurity
k]t:    has been caused
B¦Sm¯    much
 
3.Rama   thought   that   the   camping   of   the   army   and   the   dry   dung   of   horses   and   elephants  
had   made   that   place   impure.  
 
tÞmadÓyæO   gÅCam   i¢t   s|¢cÓÏy   raGv:   ,  
p#a¢t¿t   s   vWdE/a   lßmNEn   c   sÄñt:   .4.  
tÞmat¯    therefore
AÓyæO    to another place
gÅCam:    we will go
i¢t    thus
s|¢cÓÏy    deciding
raGv:    Rama
p#a¢t¿t    departed
s:    that
vWdE/a    with Vaidehi
lßmNEn   c    with lakshmana also
sÄñt:    accompanied by
 
4.Rama   thus   decided   to   go   to   another   place   and   departed   accompanied   by   Sita   and    
Lakshmana.  
 
saE{æOEra½mmasaÒy   t|   vvÓdE   mhaySa:   ,  
t|   ca¢p   Bgvan¢æO:   p¤æOvt¯p#Ïypït   .5.  
s:    he
AæOE:    risi Atri's
Aa½m|    hermitage
AasaÒy    reaching
t|    to him
vvÓdE    paid respects
mhaySa:    highly illustrious
t|    him
c    also
A¢p   Bgvan¯    the glorious
A¢æO:    Atri
p¤æOvt¯    as a son
p#Ïypït    received
 
5.Reaching   the   hermitage   of   sage   Atri,   Rama   paid   his   respects   to   the   sage   and   the   sage  
areceived   him   as   own   son.  
 
Þvyma¢tÐyma¢dÜy   svImÞy   s¤sÏk]tm¯   ,  
saW¢m¢æO|   c   mhaBaga|   s£ta|   c   smsaÓÏvyt¯   .6.  
Þvy|    himself
Aa¢tÐy|    every hospitality
Aa¢dÜy    extending
svIm¯    all
AÞy    to him
s¤sÏk]tm¯    with full honours
saW¢m¢æO|   c    Lakshmana also
mhaBaga|    highly blesed
s£ta|   c    Sita also
smsaÓÏvyt¯    conforted
 
6.The   sage   himself   extended   every   hospitality   to   him   with   full   honours,   comforted   Sita   and  
Lakshmana.  
 
pÏn£|   c   smn¤p#açOa|   v¦¼mamÓæOqy   sÏk]tam¯   ,  
saÓÏvyamas   DmIåO:   svIB¥t¢htE   rt:   .7.  
pÏn£|   c    wife also
smn¤p#açOa|    who had reached his presence
v¦¼|    aged
AamÓæOqy    calling
sÏk]tam¯    worslipable
saÓÏvyamas    spoke to her kindly
DmIåO:    knew what is right
svIB¥t¢htE    to the good of all beings
rt:    devoted
 
7.Sage   Atri   called   his   aged   and   worshipable   wife,   Anasuya,   who   had   reached   his    
presence   and   spoke   to   her.  
 
Ans¥ya|   mhaBaga|   taps£|   DmIca¢rN£m¯   ,  
p#¢tg¦hqN£Ýv   vWdEh£mb#v£è¢xsäOm:   .8.  
Ans¥ya|    to Anasuya
mhaBaga|    highly blessed
taps£|    given to austerities
DmIca¢rN£m¯    given to the practice of virtue
p#¢tg¦hqN£Ýv    please welcome
vWdEh£m¯    Vaidehi
Ab#v£t¯    said
§¢xsäOm:    the foremost of sages
 
8.The   foremost   of   sages,   Atri   told   his   wife   Anasuya   to   welcome   Sita.  
 
ramay   caccXE   ta|   taps£|   DmIca¢rN£m¯   .9.  
ramay   c    to Rama also
AaccXE    introduced as follows
ta|    about her
taps£|    given to austerities
DmIca¢rN£m¯    the practice of virtue
 
9.Sage   Atri   then   introduced   Anasuya   who   was   given   to   austerities   and   practice   of   virtue   to  
Rama.  
 
dS   vxaIÎynav¦¾Ya   dÂDE   laEkE   ¢nrÓtrm¯   ,  
yya   m¥lPlE   s¦¾E   jaþv£   c   p#v¢tIta   .10.  
dS   vxaI¢N    ten years
Anav¦¾Ya    by a drought
dÂDE    wasburnt
laEkE    the world
¢nrÓtrm¯    without break
yya    by her
m¥lPlE    roots and fruits
s¦¾E    were produced
jaþv£   c    river ganga also
p#v¢tIta    was made to flow
 
10.Sage   Atri   told   Rama   that   when   the   world   was   burnt   by   continuous   drought   for   ten   years,  
Anasuya   produced   roots   and   fruits   and   also   made   river   ganga   to   flow.              
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