THE RAMAYANA


KISHKINDA KANDA


SARGA 12 : SLOKAS 21 TO 30


 

s¤g#£vp#Ïyaynm¯   -   INSTILLING   CONFIDENCE   IN   SUGRIVA  

 
ttaE   ramaE   Dn¤Ýpa¢NÞtav¤BaW   sm¤dWXt   ,  
AÓyaEÓysd¦SaW   v£rav¤BaW   dEva¢vva¢ánaW   .21.  
tt:   then
ram:   Rama
Dn¤Ýpa¢N:   with bow in hand
taW   those
uBaW   two
sm¤dWXt   keenly watched
AÓyaEÓysd¦SaW   closely resembling each other
v£raW   the heroes
uBaW   both
dEvaW   gods
iv   like
A¢ánaW   the twin Aswins
 
21.Bow   in   hand,   Rama   keenly   watched   the   two   heroes   who   closely  
resembled   each   other   like   the   two   Aswins.  
 
y°avgÅCÏs¤g#£v|   va¢ln|   va{¢p   raGv:   ,  
ttaE   n   k]tvan¯   b¤¢¼|   maE³mÓtkr|   Srm¯   .22.  
yt¯   since
n   AvgÅCt¯   not recognized
s¤g#£v|   Sugriva
va¢ln|   va   A¢p   or even Vali
raGv:   Rama
tt:   at that juncture
n   k]tvan¯   b¤¢¼|   did not make up mind
ma³|   to discharge
AÓtkr|   the deadly
Srm¯   arrow
 
22.Since   Rama   could   not   recognise   Sugriva   or   Vali,   he   did   not   make   up  
his   mind   to   discharge   that   deadly   arrow.  
 
et¢Þm°ÓtrE   Bg":   s¤g#£vÞtEn   va¢lna   ,  
ApÞyÓraGv|   naTm¦Üym¥k|   p#Ѥd#vE   .23.  
et¢Þmn¯   AÓtrE   in the meanwhile
Bg":   being beaten up
s¤g#£v:   Sugriva
tEn   by that
va¢lna   by Vali
ApÜyn¯   not seeing
raGv|   Rama
naT|   protector
§Üym¥k|   to rsyamuka mountain
p#Ѥd#vE   beat a hasty retreat
 
23.In   the   meantime,   Sugriva   was   beaten   up   by   Vali   and   not   seeing   Rama,  
he   beat   a   hasty   retreat   towards   rsyamuka  
 
²aÓtaE   â¢Dr¢s³aHqg:   p#harWjIJIr£k]t:   ,  
va¢lna¢Bd#t:   @aEDat¯   p#¢vvES   mh¹nm¯   .24.  
²aÓt:   exhausted
â¢Dr¢s³aHqg:   body bathed in blood
p#harW:   by blows
jJIr£k]t:   severely wounded
va¢lna   by Vali
A¢Bd#t:   being chased
@aEDat¯   in anger
p#¢vvES   entered
mh¹nm¯   the large Matanga forest
 
24.Exhausted   and   severely   wounded   by   the   blows   of   Vali,   Sugriva   with   his  
body   bathed   in   blood   being   chased   in   anger   entered   the   large   Matanga  
forest.  
 
t||   p#¢v¾|   vn|   d¦¾va   val£   SapByaäOt:   ,  
m¤³aE   /¢s   Ïv¢mÏy¤ÀÏva   s|¢°v¦äOaE   mhabl:   .25.  
t||   him
p#¢v¾|   having entered
vn|   the forest
d¦¾va   seeing
val£   Vali
SapByat¯   out of fear of the curse
tt:   then
m¤k¯t³:   ¢h   indeed spared
A¢s   are
Ïv|   you
i¢t   thus
u?va   saying
s|¢°v¦äO:   returned
mhabl:   with great strength
 
25.Then,   seeing   Sugriva   having   entered   the   forest,   Vali   out   of   fear   of   the  
curse   returned   after   saying   to   Sugriva   that   'you   are   indeed   spared'.  
 
raGvaE{¢p   sh   B#aæOa   sh   cWv   hn¥mta   ,  
tdEv   vnmagÅCÏs¤g#£vaE   yæO   vanr:   .26.  
raGv:   A¢p   Rama also
sh   along with
B#aæOa   brother
sh   along with
c   also
ev   only
hn¥mta   with Hanuman
tt¯   that
ev   vn|   the same forest
AagÅCt¯   returned
s¤g#£v:   Sugriva
yæO   where
vanr:   the monkey
 
26.Rama   also   alongwith   Lakshmana   and   Hanuman   also   returned   to   the  
same   forest,   where   Sugriva   was.  
 
t|   sm£ßyagt|   ram|   s¤g#£v:   shlßmNm¯   ,  
hr£maÓd£nm¤vacEd|   vs¤DamvlaEkyn¯   .27.  
t|   that
sm£ßy   seeing
Aagt|   returned
ram|   Rama
s¤g#£v:   Sugriva
shlßmNm¯   along with Lakshmana
hr£man¯   ashamed
d£n|   piteously
uvac   said
id|   as under
vs¤Da|   the earth
AvlaEkyn¯   looking at
 
27.Seeing   Rama,   who   has   returned   with   Lakshmana,   Sugriva   piteously  
spoke   as   under,   looking   at   the   ground   ashamed   as   he   was.  
 
AaºyÞvE¢t   mam¤ÀÏva   dSI¢yÏva   c   ¢v@mm¯   ,  
vW¢rNa   Gat¢yÏva   c   ¢k¢mdan£|   Ïvya   k]tm¯   .28.  
AaºyÞv   you may challenge
i¢t   thus
ma|   to me
uÀÏva   having said
dSI¢yÏva   c   having demonstrated also
¢v@mm¯   your prowess
vW¢rNa   by the enemy
Gat¢yÏva   c   getting beaten also
¢k|   what
idan£|   now
Ïvya   by you
k]tm¯   have been done
 
28.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   having   demonstrated   his   prowess   and   asking  
Sugriva   to   challenge   Vali   for   a   duel   what   had   he   done   now   by   getting  
Sugriva   beaten   up   by   the   enemy?  
 
tamEv   vEla|   v³Ûy|   Ïvya   raGv   tt¯Ïvt:   ,  
va¢ln|   t|   n   hÓm£¢t   ttaE   nah¢mtaE   b#jE   .29.  
ta|   that
ev   vEla|   very moment
v³Ûy|   should have been told
Ïvya   by you
raGv   Rama
tt¯Ïvt:   truthfully
va¢ln|   Vali
t|   that
n   h¢Óm   will not kill
i¢t   thus
tt:   then
n   would not
Ah|   I
it:   from here
b#jE   have gone
 
29.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   then   itself   he   should   have   told   clearly   that   he  
that   he   would   not   kill   Vali   and   Sugriva   would   no   have   gone   from   that  
place.  
 
tÞy   cWv|   b#¤vaNÞy   s¤g#£vÞy   mhaÏmn:   ,  
kâN|   d£nya   vaca   raGv:   p¤nrb#v£t¯   .30.  
tÞy   his
c   also
ev|   as above
b#¤vaNÞy   speaking
s¤g#£vÞy   of Sugriva
mhaÏmn:   the highsouled
kâN|   sympathetic
d£nya   piteously
vaca   in words
raGv:   Raghava
p¤n:   again
Ab#v£t¯   spoke
 
30.Hearing   the   above   piteous   words   being   uttered   by   Sugriva,   Rama  
replied   in   sympathetic   words.              
PROCEED TO SARGA 12 SLOKAS 31 TO 40 OF KISHKINDA KANDA
RETURN TO SARGA 12 SLOKAS 11 TO 20 OF KISHKINDA KANDA
RETURN TO INDEX OF SARGAS OF KISHKINDA KANDA
RETURN TO INDEX OF KANDAS OF RAMAYANA