THE RAMAYANA

KISHKINDA KANDA

SARGA 6 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20


s£taBrNdSInEn    ½£ramÞy    p¢rdEvnm¯    -   RAMA   WAILS   ON   SEEING
SITA'S   ORNAMENTS

AaÏmna    p·m|    ma|    ¢h    d¦¾qva    SWltzE    ¢ÞTtm¯    ,
uäOr£y|    tya    Ïy³|    S¤BaÓyaBrNa¢n    c    .11.

AaÏmna   my people
p·m|   five of us
ma|   me
¢h   ¾va   having seen
SWltzE   at the foot of the mountain
¢ÞTtm¯   standing
uäOr£y|   upper garment
tya   by her
Ïyk¯t³|   was dropped
S¤Ba¢n   auspicious
AaBrNa¢n   c   with ornaments as well

11.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   seeing   a   group   of   five   including   him   at   the   foot
of   the   mountain,   she   dropped   her   upper   garment   alongwith   auspicious
ornaments.

taÓyÞma¢Brg¦h£ta¢n    ¢n¢hta¢n    c    raGv    ,
Aan¢yÝyaØyh|    ta¢n    p#Ïy¢BåOat¤mhI¢s    .12.

ta¢n   they
AÞma¢B:   by us
g¦h£ta¢n   were collected
¢n¢hta¢n   are kept safely
c   also
raGv   Rama
Aan¢yÝya¢m   will bring
Ah|   I
ta¢n   them
p#Ïy¢BåOat¤m¯   to identify
AhI¢s   you should

12.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   they   were   collected   and   kept   safely   by   them;
he   will   bring   them   and   Rama   should   identify   them.

tmb#v£äOtaE    ram:    s¤g#£v|    ¢p#yva¢dnm¯    ,
AanyÞv    sKE    S£G#|    ¢kmTI|    Ïv|    ¢vlØbsE    .13.

t|   that
Ab#v£t¯   said
tt:   then
ram:   Rama
s¤g#£v|   to Sugriva
¢p#yva¢dnm¯   who had spoken welcome things
AanyÞv   please bring
sKE   Friend
S£G#|   soon
¢kmTI|   what for
Ïv|   you
¢vlØbsE   tarry

13.Then   Rama   told   Sugriva   who   had   spoken   welcome   words   to   bring
them   soon   and   what   for   did   he   tarry.

evm¤³Þt¤    s¤g#£v:    SWlÞy    ghna|    g¤ham¯    ,
p#¢vvES    tt:    S£G#|    raGv¢p#ykaØyya    .14.

ev|   as above
uk¯t³:   being told
  in this
s¤g#£v:   Sugriva
SWlÞy   of the mountain
ghna|   deep
g¤ham¯   cave
p#¢vvES   entered
tt:   then
S£G#|   quickly
raGv¢p#ykaØyya   desirous of doing what would please Rama

14.Sugriva,   being   told   as   above,   quickly   entered   the   deep   cave   of   the
mountain   intent   on   doing   that   which   would   please   Rama.

uäOr£y|    g¦h£Ïva       s    taÓyaBrNa¢n    c    ,
id|    pÜyE¢t    ramay    dSIyamas    vanr:    .15.

uäOr£y|   upper garment
g¦h£Ïva   holding
  in this
s:   that
ta¢n   those
AaBrNa¢n   c   ornaments also
id|   this
pÜy   see
i¢t   thus
ramay   to Rama
dSIyamas   displayed
vanr:   the monkey

15.Sugriva   holding   the   upper   garment   as   well   as   the   ornaments   showed
them   to   Rama   and   asked   him   to   see.

ttaE    g¦h£Ïva    t¹as:    S¤BaÓyaBrNa¢n    c    ,
ABvëaÝps|â¼aE    n£harENEv    cÓd#ma:    .16.

tt:   then
g¦h£Ïva   holding
tt¯   vas:   that cloth
S¤Ba¢n   auspicious
AaBrNa¢n   c   ornaments as well
ABvt¯   became
baÝps|ãÑG:   covered up with tears
n£harEN   with fog
iv   like
cÓd#rma:   the moon

16.Rama,   holding   that   cloth   and   those   auspicious   ornaments,   became
covered   up   with   tears   like   the   moon   with   fog.

s£tas"Ehp#v¦äOEn    s       vaÝpEN    Ñ¥¢xt:    ,
ha    ¢p#yE¢t    âdÓDWyIm¤Ïs¦Çy    Óyptt¯    ¢XtaW    .17.

s£tas"Ehp#v¦äOEn   on account of boundless love for Sita
s:     he also
vaÝpEN   with tears
Ñ¥¢xt:   stained
ha   alas
¢p#yE   my beloved
i¢t   thus
âdn¯   wailing
DWyI|   courage
uÏs¦Çy   losing
Óyptt¯   collapsed
¢XtaW   on to the ground

17.Rama,   then   stained   with   tears   due   to   boundless   love   for   Sita,   lost
courage   and   wailing   'ah,   my   darling'   collapsed   on   to   the   ground.

¶¢d    k]Ïva       bh^SÞtmlHkarm¤äOmm¯    ,
¢nSáas    B¦S|    spaI    ¢blÞT    iv    raE¢xt:    .18.

¶¢d   to the bosom
k]Ïva     pressing
bh^S:   many times
t|   that
AlHkar|   ornament
uäOmm¯   excellent
¢nSáas   sighed
B¦S|   violently
spI:   a serpent
¢blÞT:   in its hole
iv   like
raE¢xt:   provoked

18.Rama   pressing   the   ornament   to   his   bosom   many   times   sighed   violently
like   a   serpent   provoked   in   its   hole.

A¢v¢ÅC°a½¤vEgÞt¤    saW¢m¢æO|    v£ßy    paáIt:.
p¢rdEv¢yt¤|    d£n|    ram:    sm¤pc@mE    .19.

A¢v¢ÅC°a½¤vEg:   with a continuous flood of tears
  in this
saW¢m¢æO|   to Lakshmana
v£ßy   looking
paáIt:   by his side
p¢rdEv¢yt¤|   to wail
d£n|   piteously
ram:   Rama
sm¤pc@mE   began

19.Looking   at   Lakshmana   by   his   side,   Rama   began   to   wail   piteously   with
a   continuous   flood   of   tears.

pÜy    lßmN    vWdE/a    s|Ïy³|    ¢»ymaNya    ,
uäOr£y¢md|    B¥maW    Sr£raìoxNa¢n    c    .20.

pÜy   see
lßmN   Lakshmana
vWdE/a   by Sita
s|Ïyk¯t³|   consciously dropped
¢»ymaNya   while being abducted
uäOr£y|   upper garment
id|   this
B¥maW   on the ground
Sr£rat¯   from her body
B¥xNa¢n   c   ornaments also

20.Rama   told   Lakshmana   to   see   the   ornaments   and   the   upper   cloth
consciously   dropped   on   the   ground   by   Sita   from   her   body   while   being
abducted.    

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