THE RAMAYANA

KISHKINDA KANDA

SARGA 1 : SLOKAS 131 TO 140


pØpad¢SInaE    ramÞy    ¢vp#lap:    -   RAMA'S   WAILING   ON   SEEING   PAMPA

AaÏmnaE    j£¢vtaÓtay    m¦ÏyaE:    k\z¢mvaÞp¦Sn¯    ,
t|    hÏva    mW¢Tl£|    s£tam¤pl×y    s¤K£    Bv    .131.

AaÏmn:   his own
j£¢vtaÓtay   the cause of end of life
m¦ÏyaE:   Yama's
k\z|   iv   noose even
AÞp¦Sn¯   is unaware
t|   him
hÏva   killing
mW¢Tl£|   daughter of king of Mithila
s£ta|   Sita
upl×y   obtaining
s¤K£   Bv   you will be happy

131.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   Ravana   is   unaware   of   the   cause   of   the   end
of   his   life   by   the   noose   of   Yama   and   killing   Ravana   he   will   regan   Sita   and
will   be   happy.

etäOE    nrSaÑ¥Il    k]ÏymaÏy¢yk|    prm¯    .132.

ett¯  this only
tE  for you
nrSaÑ¥Il   Tiger among men
k]Ïy|   task
AaÏy¢yk|   to be performed without delay
prm¯   most important

132.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   this   is   the   most   urgent   task   to   be   performed
by   him   without   delay.

s|ÞtØB    ram    Bd#|    tE    ma    S¤c:    p¤âxxIB    ,
nEèSana|    m¢tmIÓda    BvÏykl¤xaÏmnam¯    .133.

s|ÞtØB   have mental courage
ram  Rama
Bd#|   tE   may all be well with you
ma   S¤c:   do not grieve
p¤âxxIB   noblest of men
n  never
iIèSana|   of such people
m¢t:   intellect
mÓda   dimmed
Bv¢t   becomes
Akl¤xaÏmnam¯   whose mind is free from sin

133.Lakshmana   told   Rama   to   have   mental   courage   and   wished   that   all   be
with   him.   Lakshmana   also   said   that   he   should   not   grieve   and   the   intellect   of
men   like   him   whose   mind   is   free   from   sin   never   becomes   dimmed.

Þm¦Ïva    ¢vyaEgj|    Ѥ:K|    Ïyj    s"Eh|    ¢p#yE    jnE    ,
A¢ts"Ehp¢rÝvHqga¹¢tIrarqd#a¢p    d/tE    .134.

Þm¦Ïva   remembering
¢vyaEgj|   arising out of separation
Ѥ:K|   the grief
Ïyj  give up
s"Eh|   affection
¢p#yE   for the beloved
jnE  people
A¢ts"Ehp¢rÝvHqgat¯   due to cotact with excessive oil
v¢tI:   wick
Aarqd#a   A¢p   even if wetted
d/tE   begins to burn

134.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   remembering   his   affection   for   the   beloved
ones   he   should   give   up   his   grief.   Lakshmana   said   that   even   a   wet   wick   will
begin   to   burn   when   in   contact   with   excessive   oil.

y¢d    gÅC¢t    patal|    ttaE    /¢DkmEv    va    ,
svITa    ravNÞtat    n    B¢vÝy¢t    raGv    .135.

y¢d   gÅC¢t   even if he goes
patal|   to the nether worlds
tt:   ¢h   there also
A¢Dk|   ev   va   or even to the higher world
svITa   at all
ravN:   Ravana
tat  brother
n   B¢vÝy¢t   will not be alive
raGv   Rama

135.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   whether   Ravana   goes   to   the   nether   world
or   to   the   higher   world   he   will   not   be   alive   at   all.

p#v¦¢äOlI×yta|    taväOÞy    papÞy    rXs:    ,
ttaE    haÞy¢t    va    s£ta|    ¢nDn|    va    g¢mÝy¢t    .136.

p#v¦¢äO:   location
l×yta|   be obtained
tavt¯   at first
tÞy  his
papÞy   sinful
rXs:   of ogre
tt:  in that case
haÞy¢t   va   either abandons
s£ta|   Sita
¢nDn|   va   or death
g¢mÝy¢t   will meet with

136.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   at   first   the   location   of   the   sinful   ogre   be
obtained   and   then   he   will   either   abandon   Sita   or   meet   his   death.

y¢d    yaÏy¢dtEgIBI|    ravN:    sh    s£tya    ,
tæOaÔyEn|    h¢nÝya¢m    n    cEêaÞy¢t    mW¢Tl£m¯    .137.

y¢d   ya¢t   even if enters
A¢dtE:   of Aditi
gBI|   womb
ravN:   Ravana
sh  along with
s£tya   Sita
tæO   A¢p   even there
en|   him
h¢nÝya¢m   I shall kill
n   cEt¯   in case does not
daÞy¢t   surrenders
mW¢Tl£m¯   Sita

137.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   Ravana   who   is   with   Sita   may   give   her   up
or   if   he   did   not   do   so   Lakshmana   will   kill   him   even   if   he   enters   Aditi's   womb.

ÞvaÞÐy|    Bd#|    BjÞvayI    ÏyÇyta|    k]pNa    m¢t:    .138.

ÞvaÞÐy|   the natural virtue of forbearance
Bd#|   blessed
BjÞv   have recourse to
AayI   noble one
ÏyÇyta|   abandon
k]pNa   of despondency
m¢t:   mentality

138.Lakshmana   told   Rama   to   abandon   his   mentality   of   despondency   and
assume   his   natural   state   of   blessed   forbearance.

ATa©I    ¢h    n¾kayaIT©InaIyÏnEna¢DgØytE    .139.

ATI:  the object of pursuit
¢h  indeed
n¾kayaIT©I:   by those whose purpose is thwarted
n  never
AyÏnEn   through lack of efforts
A¢DgØytE   is attained

139.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   object   of   pursuit   cannot   be   attained
through   lack   of   efforts   by   those   whose   purpose   is   thwarted.

uÏsahaE    blvanayI    naÞÏy¤ÏsahaÏpr|    blm¯    ,
saEÏsahÞya¢Þt    laEkE{¢Þm°    ¢k¢·d¢p    ѤlIBm¯    .140.

uÏsah:   strenuous effort
blvan¯   is powerful
AayI   noble one
n   A¢Þt   is not there
uÏsahat¯   than effort
pr|   greater
blm¯   might
saEÏsahÞy   for one given to effort
A¢Þt   is there
laEkE   in world
A¢Þmn¯   this
n  not
¢k¢·t¯   A¢p   nothing
ѤlIBm¯   difficult of attainment

140.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   strenuous   effort   is   powerful   and   there   is
no   might   greater   than   effort   and   also   that   for   one   given   to   effort   there   is
nothing   in   this   world   which   is   difficult   of   attainment.    

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