THE RAMAYANA

KISHKINDA KANDA

SARGA 8 : SLOKAS 41 TO 46


va¢lvDp#¢tåOa    -   VOWS   TO   KILL   VALI

½¤ÏvWtÅc    vcaE    ram:    s¤g#£v¢mdmb#v£t¯    ,
¢k|¢n¢mäOmB¥¹Wr|    ½aEt¤¢mÅCa¢m    tt¯Ïvt:    .41.

½¤Ïva   on hearing
ett¯   this
c   also
vc:   narration
ram:   Rama
s¤g#£v|   to Sugriva
id|   the following
Ab#v£t¯   said
¢k|¢n¢mäO|   for what reason
AB¥t¯   came
vWr|   enmity
½aEt¤|   to hear
iÅCa¢m   I desire
tt¯Ïvt:   factually

41.Hearing   to   this   narration,   Rama   told   Sugriva   that   he   desires   to   know
factually   the   reason   for   the   enmity.

s¤K|    ¢h    karN|    ½¤Ïva    vWrÞy    tv    vanr:    ,
AanÓtyI|    ¢vDaÞya¢m    s|p#DayI    blablm¯    .42.

s¤K|   as agreeable
¢h   indeed
karN|   reason
½¤Ïva   on hearing
vWrÞy   of enmity
tv   for you
vanr   monkey
AanÓtyI|   what should be done further
¢vDaÞya¢m   I shall decide
s|p#DayI   after due consideration
blablm¯   the strength and weakness

42.Rama   told   Sugriva   that   after   due   consideration   of   the   strength   and
weakness   of   both   of   them   on   hearing   the   cause   of   enimity,   he   will   decide
on   what   should   be   done   next.

blva¢Óh    mmamxI:    ½¤Ïva    Ïvamvma¢ntm¯    ,
vDItE    ¶dyaEÏkØp£    p#av¦fqvEg    ivaØBs:    .43.

blvan¯   is very strong
¢h   indeed
mm   my
AmxI:   anger
½¤Ïva   hearing
Ïva|   your
Avma¢ntm¯   being insulted
vDItE   increases
¶dyaEÏkØp£   shaking my heart
p#av¦fqvEg:   the floods following rains
iv   like
AØBs:   of the waters

43.Rama   told   Sugriva   that   hearing   about   the   insult   to   Sugriva   his   anger
increased,   shaking   his   heart,   like   the   flood   of   water   in   the   streams   in
monsoon.

¶¾:    kTy    ¢v*ÖDaE    yavdaraEÔytE    Dn¤:    ,
s¦¾à    ¢h    mya    baNaE    ¢nrÞtà    ¢rp¤Þtv    .44.

¶¾:   joyfully
kTy   narrate
¢v*ÖD:   without hiding anything
yavt¯   by which time
AaraEÔytE   is strung
Dn¤:   bow
s¦¾:   c   is discharged also
¢h   because
mya   by me
baN:   an arrow
¢nrÞt:   c   will be killed
¢rp¤:   enemy
tv   your

44.Rama   told   Sugriva   to   narrate   joyfully   without   hiding   anything   by   which
time   he   strung   his   bow   because   the   enemy   will   be   killed   when   an   arrow   is
discharged   by   him.

evm¤³Þt¤    s¤g#£v:    kakt¯ÞTEn    mhaÏmna    ,
p#hxImt¤l|    lEBE    ct¤¢BI:    sh    vanrW:    .45.

ev|   as above
uk¯t³:   spoken to
  indeed
s¤g#£v:   Sugriva
kakt¯ÞTEn   by Rama
mhaÏmna   the highsouled
p#hxI|   joy
At¤l|   incomparable
lEBE   attained
ct¤¢BI:   four
sh   alongwith
vanrW:   monkeys

45.Sugriva,   on   hearing   these   words   of   Rama   attained   incomparable   joy
alongwith   the   four   monkeys.

tt:    p#¶¾vdn:    s¤g#£vaE    lßmNag#jE    ,
vWrÞy    karN|    tt¯ÏvmaÁyat¤m¤pc@mE    .46.

tt:   then
p#¶¾vdn:   face radiant with joy
s¤g#£v:   Sugriva
lßmNag#jE   to Rama, the elder born of Lakshmana
vWrÞy   of enmity
karN|   reason
tt¯Ïv|   the reality
AaÁyat¤|   to recount
upc@mE   commenced

46.Then,   with   his   face   radiant   with   joy,   Sugriva   commenced   to   recount   the
the   reasons   of   their   enmity   to   Rama   which   was   the   reality.

iÏyaxI    ½£md#amayNE    vaÚm£k£yE    Aa¢dkaÛyE    ¢k¢ÝkÓDakaÎfE    A¾m:    sgI:    .8.


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