THE RAMAYANA

KISHKINDA KANDA

SARGA 9 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


vWrkarNkTnm¯    -   NARRATING   THE   REASONS   FOR   ENMITY

½¥yta|    ram    yt¯v¦äOma¢dt:    p#B¦¢t    Ïvya    ,
yTa    vWr|    sm¤ì¥t|    yTa    cah|    ¢nrak]t:    .1.

½¥yta|   may please be heard
ram   Rama
yt¯   v¦äO|   whatever has happened
Aa¢dt:   p#B¦¢t   from the beginning
Ïvya   by you
yTa   how
vWr|   enmity
sm¤ì¥t|   arose
yTa   how
c   also
Ah|   I
¢nrak]t:   was insulted

1Sugriva   told   Rama   to   listen   to   everything   from   the   beginning   about   how
enmity   arose   and   how   he   was   insulted.

val£    nam    mm    B#ata    ÇyE¿:    SæO¤¢nx¥dn:    ,
¢pt¤rqbh^mtaE    ¢nÏy|    mm    ca¢p    tTa    p¤ra    .2.

val£   nam   Vali named
mm   my
B#ata   was brother
ÇyE¿:   elder
SæO¤¢nx¥dn:   exterminator of foes
¢pt¤:   of father
bh^mt:   was loved
¢nÏy|   always
mm   c   A¢p   by me also
tTa   similarly
p¤ra   in the past

2.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   his   elder   brother   is   Vali   by   name   and   was
regarded   well   by   his   father   at   all   times   and   likewise   by   him   at   all   times.

¢pty¤IprtE  AÞmak|    ÇyE¿aE{y¢m¢t    m¢ÓæO¢B:    ,
kp£nam£áraE    raÇyE    k]t:    prms|mt:    .3.

¢pt¢r   of father
uprtE   after demise
AÞmak|   our
ÇyE¿:   Ay|   he is elder
i¢t   thus
m¢ÓæO¢B:   by the ministers
kp£na|   of the monkeys
iIár:   as king
raÇyE   in the kingdom
k]t:   was installed
prms|mt:   through general consensus

3.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   after   the   death   of   their   father,   Vali   was   installed   as
the   King   of   the   monkey   kingdom   by   the   ministers   through   general   consensus.

raÇy|    p#SastÞtÞy    ¢pt¦pWtamh|    mht¯    ,
Ah|    svEIx¤    kalEx¤    p#Nt:    p#EÝyvt¯¢ÞTt:    .4.

raÇy|   the kingdom
p#Sast:   while ruling justly
tÞy   he was
¢pt¦pWtamh|   the ancestral
mht¯   the great
Ah|   I
svEIx¤   at all
kalEx¤   times
p#Nt:   with submission
p#EÝyvt¯   like a servant
¢ÞTt:   remained

4.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   while   Vali   was   ruling   the   hereditary   kingdom
justly   he   remained   submissive   at   all   time   like   a   servant.

mayav£    nam    tEjÞv£    p¥vIjaE    ѤÓѤBE:    s¤t:    ,
tEn    tÞy    mh¹Wr|    ÞæO£k]t|    ¢v½¤t|    p¤ra    .5.

mayav£   nam   Mayavi by name
tEjÞv£   very powerful
p¥vIj:   elder
ѤÓѤBE:   of Dundubhi
s¤t:   son
tEn   with him
tÞy   for him, Vali
mht¯   a bitter
vWr|   enmity
ÞæO£k]t|   on account of a woman
¢v½¤t|   it is wellknown
p¤ra   formerly

5.Sugriva   told   Rama  that   Mayavi   was   the   elder   son   of   Dundubhi,   and   Vali
had   a   bitter   enmity   with   him   on   account   of   a   woman   which   was   well
known.

s       s¤çOjnE    raæOaW    ¢k¢ÝkÓDa¹armagt:    ,
ndI¢t    Þm    s¤s|rÖDaE    va¢ln|    caºyd#NE    .6.

s:   he also
s¤çOjnE   when people were asleep
raæOaW   at night
¢k¢ÝkÓDa¹ar|   at the entrance to Kishkindha
Aagt:   arrived
ndI¢t   Þm   roared
s¤s|rÖD:   highly enraged
va¢ln|   c   Vali also
Aaºyt¯   challenged
rNE   for a fight

6.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   Mayavi   arrived   at   the   entrance   to   Kishkindha
at   night   when   the   people   were   asleep   roared   and   challenged   Vali   for   a   fight
being   higly   enraged.

p#s¤çOÞt¤    mm    B#ata    n¢dIt|    BWrvÞvnm¯    ,
½¤Ïva    n    mm¦xE    val£    ¢nÝppat    jvaäOda    .7.

p#s¤çO:   who was fast asleep
  in this
mm   my
B#ata   brother
n¢dIt|   that roar
BWrvÞvnm¯   terrifying
½¤Ïva   hearing
n   mm¦xE   did not tolerate
val£   Vali
¢nÝppat   sprang forward
jvat¯   with speed
tda   then

7.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   Vali   who   was   fast   asleep,   hearing   that   terriffying
roar   did   not   tolerate   that   and   sprang   forward   with   speed.

s       vW    ¢n:s¦t:    @aEDaäO|    hÓt¤ms¤raEäOmm¯    ,
vayImaNÞtt:    ÞæO£¢BmIya    c    p#NtaÏmna    .8.

s:     he also
vW   indeed
¢n:s¦t:   emerged
@aEDat¯   in great anger
t|   him
hÓt¤|   to kill
As¤raEäOmm¯   the foremost of demons
vayImaN:   was being prevented
tt:   then
ÞæO£¢B:   by his wives
mya   c   by me also
p#NtaÏmna   with supplication

8.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   Vali   emerged   in   great   anger   to   kill   Mayavi   but
was   being   prevented   by   his   wives   and   himself   with   supplication.

s       ¢nD¥Iy    svaI°aE    ¢njIgam    mhabl:    ,
ttaE{hm¢p    saWhadaI¢°:s¦taE    va¢lna    sh    .9.

s:     he however
¢nD¥Iy   repelling
svaIn¯   all
n:   us
¢njIgam   went out
mhabl:   of extraordinary might
tt:   then
Ah|   A¢p   I also
saWhadaIt¯   out of affection
¢n:s¦t:   went out
va¢lna   sh   alongwith Vali

9.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   Vali   however   went   out,   repelling   all   of   them   and
then,   he   also   went   along   with   Vali   out   of   affection.

s       mE    B#atr|    d¦¾va    ma|    c    Ñ¥radv¢ÞTtm¯    ,
As¤raE    jats|æOas:    p#Ѥd#av    ttaE    B¦Sm¯    .10.

s:   that
  in this
mE   my
B#atr|   brother
d¦¾va   seeing
ma|   c   me also
Ñ¥rat¯   from a distance
Av¢ÞTtm¯   stationed
As¤r:   ogre
jats|æOas:   seized with terror
p#Ѥd#av   ran
tt:   from there
B¦Sm¯   quickly

10.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   seeing   Vali   and   him   stationed   at   a   distance
Mayavi   was   seized   with   terror   and   ran   away   quickly.    

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