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æOy¢ÞæO|S:  sgI:      Canto   33(Contd)
b#'däOEn   kSnaBkÓyaE¹ah:     Brahmadatta   weds  the   daughters   of   Kusanabha
tmah\y   mhatEja   b#'däO|   mh£p¢tm¯   .
ddaW   kÓyaSt|   raja   s¤p#£tEnaÓtraÏmna   ¡21¡

that

Aah\y

inviting

mhatEja:

of great effulgence

b#'däO|

Brahmadatta

mh£p¢tm¯

the emperor

ddaW

gave in marriage

kÓyaSt|

the hundred maidens

raja

king

s¤p#£tEn

highly satisfied

AÓtraÏmna

mind

That   exceedingly   resplendent   king,   having   invited   that king   Brahmadatta,   with   a   heart   brimming   with   joy,   gave
in   marriage   to   him   his   one   hundred   daughters   (21).

yTa@m|   tt:   paN£¸g#ah   rG¤nÓdn   .
b#'däOaE   mh£palÞtasa|   dEvp¢tyITa   ¡22¡

yTa@m|

as per rules

tt:

then

paN£n¯

hands

jg#ah

held

rG¤nÓdn

O! Delight of the Raghu race!

b#'däO:

Brahmadatta

mh£pal:

protector of the earth

tasa|

their

dEvp¢t:

Lord Indra

yTa

O!   Delight   of   the   Raghu dynasty! Like Lord Indra, the king
Brahmadatta   thereupon   took   hold   of   their   hands,   as   per
injunctions   (22).

Þp¦¾maæOE   tt:   paNaW   ¢vkÖja   ¢vgtÇvra:   .
y¤³|   prmya   lX¯Øya   bBaW   kÓyaSt|   tda   ¡23¡

Þp¦¾maæOE

no sooner was touched

tt:

than

paNaW

hands

¢vkÖja:

shedding their ugly form

¢vgtÇvra:

relieved of all anxiety

y¤³|

endowed with

prmya

extremely

lX¯Øya

charming features

bBaW

dazzled

kÓyaSt|

the hundred maidens

tda

thenbecause of that (the hands held by Brahmadatta)

At   the   contact   of   (Brahmadatta's   hand   with)   their   hands,
their   hunchbacks   disappeared,   they   were   rid   of   their
mental   ill-health   and   these   hundred   damsels   dazzled,
suffused   with   unequalled   beauty   (23).
s   ¾va   vay¤na   m¤³a:   kSnaBaE   mh£p¢t:   .
bB¥v   prmp#£taE   hxI|   lEBE   p¤n:   p¤n:   ¡24¡

s:	he (that king)

¾va

seeing

vay¤na

by the Lord of Wind

m¤³a:

released

kSnaB:

Kusanabha

mh£p¢t:

the lord of the earth

bB¥v

became

prmp#£t:

very happy

hxI|

joy

lEBE

attained

p¤n:

and even more

That   king   Kusanabha,   noticing   that   those   girls   were
relieved   of   the     (affliction   caused   by   the)   wind-god
became   extremely   joyous   and   repeatedly   went   into
rapturous   happiness   (24).

k]taE¹ah|   t¤   rajan|   b#'däO|   mh£p¢tm¯   .
sdar|   p#Exyamas   saEpaÒyaygN|   tda   ¡25¡

k]taE¹ah|

in the state of being married

t¤

then

rajan|

to the king

b#'däO|

Brahmadatta

mh£p¢tm¯

to the king

sdar|

accompanied by the wives

p#Exyamas

sent

saEpaÒyaygN|

along with groups of Brahmins

tda

then

(He-Kusanabha),   thereafter   saw   off   king   Brahmadatta,   who   was
married,   with   his   wives   and   groups   of   priests   (25).
saEmda{¢p   s¤s|¶¾a   p¤æOÞy   sS£|   ¢@yam¯   .
yTaÓyay|   c   gÓDv£   s"¤xaÞta:   p#ÏynÓdt   ¡
¾va Þp¦¾va c ta: kÓya: kSnaB| p#SÞy c¡26¡

saEmda

Somada

A¢p

also

s¤s|¶¾a

highly elated

p¤æOÞy

of the son

sS£|

apposite

¢@yam¯

wedding ritual

yTaÓyay|

as injuncted

and

gÓDv£

the Gandharva woman

s"¤xa:

daughters-in-law

ta:

those

p#ÏynÓdt

was happy

¾va

seeing

Þp¦¾va

embracing

and

ta:

those

kÓya:

maidens

kSnaB|

Kusanabha

p#SÞy

praising

and

That   Gandharva   damsel   Somada,   in   a   greatly   elated   state
of   mind,   seeing   those   damsels   and   embracing   them,   on
account of   the   wedding   ritual   peformed   for   her   son
(Brahmadatta), praised   full-throatedly   those   daughters-in-law
and   also   Kusanabha, thus   attaining   the acme of happiness (26).

iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   æOy¢æO|S:  sgI:¡33¡
Thus   ends   Canto   33   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of  the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work  Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki
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