THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


AYODHYA KANDA


SARGA 118 : SLOKAS 21 TO 30


 

s£tayW   AaBrNa¢ddanm¯   -   PRESENTING   ORNAMENTS   TO   SITA  

 
sa   vÞæOmÄñrag|   c   B¥xNa¢n   *jÞtTa   ,  
mW¢Tl£   p#¢tjg#ah   p#£¢tdanmn¤äOmm¯   .21.  
sa    that
vÞæOm¯    clothes
AÄñrag|    cosmetics
c    also
B¥xNa¢n    ornaments
*j:    garlands
tTa    as it is
mW¢Tl£    Maithili
p#¢tjg#ah    accepted
p#£¢tdanm¯    gift of love
An¤äOmm¯    unsurpassed
 
21.Sita   accepted   the   unsurpassed   gifts   of   love   viz   clothes,   cosmetics,   ornaments   and   garlands.  
 
p#¢tg¦/   c   tÏs£ta   p#£¢tdan|   yS¢Þvn£   ,  
¢Ül¾a¸¢lp¤za   D£ra   sm¤paÞtE   tpaEDnam¯   .22.  
p#¢tg¦/    accepting
c    also
tt¯    that
s£ta    Sita
p#£¢tdan|    gift of love
yS¢Þvn£    very famous
¢Ül¾a¸¢lp¤za    with joined palms
D£ra    wise
sm¤paÞtE    sat by the side of
tpaEDnam¯    whose wealth was asceticism
 
22.Sita,   accepting   the   gifts   of   love,   remained   sitting   by   the   side   of   Anasuya   with   joined   palms.  
 
tTa   s£tam¤pas£namns¥ya   èFv#ta   ,  
vcn|   p#¾¤marEBE   kAa|   ka|¢cdn¤¢p#yam¯   .23.  
tTa    similarly
s£tam¯    to Sita
upas£nam¯    seated
Ans¥ya    Anasuya
èFv#ta    steadfast in vows
vcn|    words
p#¾¤|    to ask
AarEBE    started
kTa|    a narrative
ka|¢ct¯    one
An¤¢p#yam¯    pleasing
 
23.Anasuya   seated   by   Sita   asked   her   to   speak   about   a   pleasing   narrative   .  
 
Þvy|vrE   ¢kl   p#açOa   ÏvmnEn   yS¢Þvna   ,  
raGvENE¢t   mE   s£tE   kTa   ½¤¢tm¤pagta   .24.  
Þvy|vrE   ¢kl    in a choicemarriage
p#açOa    secured
Ïvm¯    you
AnEn    this
yS¢Þvna    famous
raGvEN    by Raghava
i¢t    thus
mE    my
s£tE    Sita
kTa    story
½¤¢tm¯    ears
upagta    reached
 
24.Anasuya   told   Sita   that   the   story   that   had   reached   her   ears   was   that   Rama   secured   Sita  
in   a   choice-marriage.  
 
ta|   kTa|   ½aEt¤¢mÅCa¢m   ¢vÞtarEN   c   mW¢T¢l   ,  
yTa{n¤B¥t|   karqÏs"¯yEn   tÓmE   Ïv|   v³[mrqh¢s   .25.  
ta|    that
kTa|    story
½aEt¤|    to hear
iÅCa¢m    I desire
¢vÞtarEN    in detail
c    also
mW¢T¢l    Maithili
yTa    as
An¤B¥t|    it happened
karqÏs"¯yEn    in full
tt¯    that
mE    to me
Ïv|    you
v³[m¯    to tell
Arqh¢s    should
 
25.Anasuya   told   Sita   that   she   would   like   to   hear   the   story   in   full   and   so   asked   Sita   to   tell  
her   how   the   whole   thing   happened.  
 
evm¤³a     sa   s£ta   ta|   ttaE   DmIca¢rN£m¯   ,  
½¥yta¢m¢t   caE?va{T   kTyamas   ta|   kTam¯   .26.  
ev|    as above
u³a    being asked
    now
sa    that
s£ta    Sita
ta|    to her
tt:    then
DmIca¢rN£m¯    the hermitess
½¥yta|    be pleased to listen
i¢t    thus
c    also
u?va    saying
AT    as follows
kTyamas    began to narrate
ta|    that
kTam¯    story
 
26.Sita,   on   being   asked   as   above,   told   Anasuya   to   please   listen   to   the   story   and   began   to  
narrate   the   story   as   it   happened.  
 
¢m¢Tla¢Dp¢tv£I|raE   jnkaE   nam   DmI¢vt¯   ,  
XæODm©I   /¢BrtaE   Óyayt:   Sa¢Þt   mE¢dn£m¯   .27.  
¢m¢Tla¢Dp¢t:    king of Mithila
v£r:    gallant
jnk:   nam    named Janaka
DmI¢vt¯    who knows what is right
XæODm©I    duties of a ksatriya
¢h    surely
A¢Brt:    devoted
Óyayt:    with equity
Sa¢Þt    rules
mE¢dn£m¯    over the earth
 
27.Sita   told   Anasuya   that   Janaka,   the   king   of   Mithila,   rules   the   earth   with   equity.  
 
tÞy   laÄñlhÞtÞy   kxIt:   XEæOmÎflm¯   ,  
Ah|   ¢klaE¢ÏTta   ¢Bt¯Ïva   jgt£|   n¦ptE:   s¤ta   .28.  
tÞy    his
laÄñlhÞtÞy    with plough in hand
kxIt:    while furrowing
XEæOmÎflm¯    a plot to serve as sacrificial ground
Ah|    I
¢kl    it is said
u¢ÏTta    emerged
¢Bt¯Ïva    breaking through
jgt£|    the earth
n¦ptE:    king's
s¤ta    daughter
 
28.Sita   told   Anasuya   that   it   is   said   that   she   emerged   from   the   earth   when   king   Janaka   was  
ploughing   a   plot   to   be   used   for   sacrificial   purpose.  
 
s   ma|   è¾qva   nrp¢tm¤I¢¾¢vXEptÏpr:   ,  
pa|s¤k[¢ÎZtsvaIÄñ£|   jnkaE   ¢v¢ÞmtaE{Bvt¯   .29.  
s:    that
ma|    me
è¾qva    seeing
nrp¢t:    king
m¤¢¾¢vXEptÏpr:    was engaged in picking handfuls of weeds
pa|s¤k[¢ÎZtsvaIÄñ£|    all limbs covered with dust
jnk:    Janaka
¢v¢Þmt:    astonished
ABvt¯    became
 
29.Sita   told   Anasuya   that   king   Janaka   who   was   engaged   in   picking   handfuls   of   weeds   was  
astonished   to   see   her   coverd   all   over   with   dust.  
 
AnpÏyEn   c   s"EhadÄðmaraEÔy   c   Þvym¯   ,  
mmEy|   tnyEÏy¤?va   s"EhaE   m¢y   ¢npa¢tt:   .30.  
AnpÏyEn    with no issue
c    also
s"Ehat¯    out of affection
AÄð|    in his arms
AaraEÔy    lifting up
c    also
Þvym¯    himself
mm    my
iy|    this
tnya    daughter
i¢t    thus
u?va    saying
s"Eh:    love
m¢y    on me
¢npa¢tt:    was bestowed
 
30.Sita   told   Anasuya   that   Janaka   lifted   her   up   in   his   arms   out   of   affection   and   said   that   she   is  
his   daughter   since   he   had   no   issue.              
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