THE RAMAYANA


KISHKINDA KANDA


SARGA 14 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

y¤ÑGay   vaÚyaºanm¯   -   CHALLENGING   VALI   FOR   A   FIGHT  

 
svEI   tE   Ïv¢rt|   gÏva   ¢k¢ÝkÓDa|   va¢ln:   p¤r£|   ,  
v¦XWraÏmanmav¦Ïy   Ûy¢t¿n¯   ghnE   vnE   .1.  
svEI   all
tE   they
Ïv¢rt|   quickly
gÏva   reaching
¢k¢ÝkÓDa|   Kiskindha
va¢ln:   of Vali
p¤r£|   city
v¦XW:   by trees
AaÏman|   themselves
Aav¦Ïy   covering
Ûy¢t¿n¯   stayed waiting
ghnE   vnE   in the dense forest
 
1.Reaching   quickly   Vali's   city   of   Kishkindha,   all   of   them   took   cover  
behind   trees   and   stayed   waiting   in   the   dense   forest.  
 
¢vsayI   svItaE   ¢¾|   kannE   kann¢p#y:   ,  
s¤g#£vaE   ¢vp¤lg#£v:   @aEDmaharyë¦Sm¯   .2.  
¢vsayI   casting
svIt:   in all directions
¢¾|   sight
kannE   in the forest
kann¢p#y:   who loves forests
s¤g#£v:   Sugriva
¢vp¤lg#£v:   with a long neck
@aED|   anger
Aaharyt¯   exhibited
B¦Sm¯   extreme
 
2.   Sugriva   with   a   long   neck,   casting   his   sight   in   all   directions   in   the   forest  
exhibited   extreme   anger.      
 
tt:   s   ¢nnd|   GaEr|   k]Ïva   y¤¼ay   caºyt¯   ,  
p¢rvarW:   p¢rv¦taE   nadW¢BIÓd¢°vaØbrm¯   .3.  
gjI¢°v   mhamEGaE   vay¤vEgp¤r:sr:   .4.  
tt:   then
s:   he
¢nnd|   a roar
GaEr|   terrible
k]Ïva   letting out
y¤¼ay   for battle
c   also
Aaºyt¯   challenged
p¢rvarW:   with followers
p¢rv¦t:   surrounded
nadW:   with yells
¢BÓdn¯   iv   as if tearing asunder
AØbrm¯   the skies
gjIn¯   thundering
iv   like
mhamEG:   a huge cloud
vay¤vEgp¤r:sr:   assailed by the speed of the wind
 
3,4.Surrounded   by   his   retinue,   Sugriva   let   out   a   roar   and   thundered   like  
a   huge   cloud   assailed   by   the   force   of   wind   and   with   terrible   yells   he  
challenged   Vali   for   a   fight.  
 
AT   balakIsSaE   d¦çO¢s|hg¢tÞtda   ,  
d¦¾va   ram|   ¢@yadX|   s¤g#£vaE   vaÀymb#v£t¯   .5.  
AT   as follows
valakIsS:   comparable to the rising Sun
d¦çO¢s|hg¢t:   of the gait of a proud lion
tda   then
d¦¾va   seeing
ram|   to Rama
¢@yadX|   capable of fulfilling one's promises
s¤g#£v:   Sugriva
vaÀy|   the following words
Ab#v£t¯   spoke
 
5.Then   Sugriva,   possessing   the   gait   of   a   proud   lion   and   comparable   to  
the   rising   sun,   spoke   as   follows   to   Rama.  
 
h¢rvag¤rya   ÛyaçOa|   tçOka·ntaErNam¯   ,  
p#açOa:   Þm   ÒvjyÓæOaFYa|   ¢k¢ÝkÓDa|   va¢ln:   p¤r£m¯   .6.  
h¢rvag¤rya   with monkeys as guards
ÛyaçOa|   teeming
tçOka·ntaErNam¯   with arched gateways of refined gold
p#açOa:   Þm   we have arrived
ÒvjyÓæOaFYa|   with flags and instruments of war
¢k¢ÝkÓDa|   to Kiskindha
va¢ln:   of Vali
p¤r£m¯   the city
 
6.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   they   had   arrived   in   Kishkindha,   the   city   of   Vali  
which   is   guarded   by   numerous   monkeys   as   sentinels,   with   arched   gateways  
of   molten   gold   and   with   flags   and   instruments   of   war.  
 
p#¢tåOa   ya   Ïvya   v£r   k]ta   va¢lvDE   p¤ra   ,  
sPla|   ta|   kâ   ¢Xp#|   lta|   kal   ivagt:   .7.  
p#¢tåOa   vow
ya   whichever
Ïvya   by you
v£r   Valiant one
k]ta   was undertaken
va¢lvDE   in the killing of Vali
p¤ra   earlier
sPla|   as fruitful
ta|   that
kâ   implement
¢Xp#|   quickly
lta|   like a lady requesting help
kal:   the appropriate time
iv   like
Aagt:   having arrived
 
7.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   whatever   vow   was   undertaken   by   him   earlier  
to   kill   Vali,   the   time   to   implement   has   arrived.  
 
evm³Þt¤   DmaIÏma   s¤g#£vEN   s   raGv:   ,  
tmTaEvac   s¤g#£v|   vcn|   SæO¤s¥dn:   .8.  
ev|   as above
u³:   being spoken to
t¤   in this
DmaIÏma   mind set on virtue
s¤g#£vEN   by Sugriva
s:   that
raGv:   Rama
t|   that
AT   as follows
uvac   replied
s¤g#£v|   to Sugriva
vcn|   words
SæO¤s¥dn:   the destroyer of foes
 
8.Rama   spoken   to   thus   by   Sugriva   replied   to   him   in   the   following   words.  
 
k]ta¢BåOan¢cþÞÏvmnya   gjsaºya   ,  
lßmNEn   sm¤ÏpazY   yWxa   kÎZE   k]ta   tv   .9.  
k]ta¢BåOan¢cþ:   having endowed with a sign for identity
Ïv|   you
Anya   by this
gjsaºya   creeper named gajapushpi
lßmNEn   by Lakshmana
sm¤ÏpazY   having plucked
ya   which
exa   this
kÎZE   around the neck
k]ta   is fastened
tv   your
 
9.Rama   told   Sugriva   that   he   has   been   provided   with   a   sign   of   identity   with  
the   creeper   gajapuspi   plucked   and   fastened   around   his   neck   by  
Lakshmana.  
 
SaEBsE   /¢Dk|   v£r   ltya   kÎZs³ya   ,  
¢vpr£t   ivakaSE   s¥yaI   nXæOmalya   .10.  
SaEBsE   you shine bright
¢h   A¢Dk|   extremely
v£r   hero
ltya   with the creeper
kÎZs³ya   fastened round the neck
¢vpr£t:   the opposite of
iv   like
AakaSE   in the sky
s¥yI:   the Sun
nXæOmalya   with a string of brilliant stars
 
10.Rama   told   Sugriva   that   fastened   with   the   vine   around   his   neck   he   shines  
brightly   like   the   moon   (opposite   of   sun)   among   the   string   of   stars   in   the   sky  
at   night.              
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