THE RAMAYANA
KISHKINDA KANDA
SARGA 18 : SLOKAS 61 TO 69
va¢lvDsmTInm¯
- JUSTIFYING KILLING
OF VALI
s
tmaáasyd#amaE
va¢ln|
Ûy³dSInm¯
,
sams|p°ya
vaca
DmItt¯ÏvaTIy¤³ya
.61.
Aaáasyt¯
|
reassured as follows |
Ûy³dSInm¯
|
who had regained clarity of mind |
sams|p°ya
|
full of persuasion |
DmItt¯ÏvaTIy¤³ya
|
with essence of piety |
61.Rama reassured
Vali, who had now regained
clarity of mind, with
the
following words
full of persuasion and
with essence of piety.
n
sÓtapÞÏvya
kayI
etdTI|
ÔlvvHqgm .62.
62.Rama told
Vali that he should not
feel anxiety in this matter.
n
vy|
Bvta
¢cÓÏya
naÔyaÏma h¢rsäOm
,
vy|
Bv¢¹SExEN
DmIt:
k]t¢nàya: .63.
¢cÓÏya:
n |
not to be worried |
h¢rsäOm |
best among monkeys |
DmIt: |
on the path of righteousness |
63.Rama told
Vali that neither he nor
they should worry since
they were
more determined
than him on the path
of righteousness.
dÎfqyE
y:
patyEêÎf|
dÎfqyaE
yàa¢p dÎfqytE
,
kayIkarN¢sdqDaTaIv¤BaW
taW
navs£dt: .64.
dÎfqyE |
in one deserving of punishment |
dÎfqy: |
one who is fit to be punished |
kayIkarN¢sdqDaTaI
|
having achieved their purpse |
n
Avs£dt: |
never comes to grief |
64.Rama told
Vali that one who metes
out a punishment to one
deserving
punishment and
one who is punished since
worthy of punishment both
do
not come to
grief as both have achieved
their purpose.
tìvaÓdÎfs|yaEgadÞma¢¹gtkÚmx:
,
gt:
Þva|
p#k]¢t|
DrqØya| DmId¦¾En
vÏmIna
.65.
dÎfs|yaEgat¯
|
being subjected to punishment |
¢vgtkÚmx:
|
purified of your sins |
DrqØya| |
consistent with righteousness |
DmId¦¾En
|
enjoined by scriptures |
vÏmIna |
according to the procedure |
65.Rama told
Vali that being subjected
to punishment in accordance
with righteousness
as enjoined by scriptures
he been purified of his
sins
and regained
his natural state.
Ïyj
SaEk|
c
maEh| c
By|
c ¶dyE
¢ÞTtm¯
,
Ïvya
¢vDan|
hyIg#Y
n SÀym¢tv¢tIt¤m¯
.66.
¢vDan| |
what comes on account of fate |
hyIg#Y |
jewel among monkeys |
A¢tv¢tIt¤m¯
|
to transgress |
66.Rama told
Vali to give up his
sorrow, ignorance and fear
in his mind and
he is not
capable of transgressing what
was to come on account
of fate.
yTa
ÏvÙyHgdaE
¢nÏy|
vtItE
vanrEár ,
tTa
vtEIt
s¤g#£vE
m¢y
ca¢p n
s|Sy: .67.
n
s|Sy: |
there is no doubt |
67.Rama told
Vali that Angada will
behave with Sugriva and
himself in the
same way as
with Vali and there is
no doubt in this.
s
tÞy
vaÀy|
mD¤r| mhaÏmn:
sma¢ht|
DmIpTan¤v¢tIn:
,
¢nSØy
ramÞy
rNavm¢dInaE
vc:
s¤y¤³|
¢njgad vanr:
.68.
DmIpTan¤v¢tIn:
|
following the path of righteousness |
rNavm¢dIn: |
who pulverises enemies in battle |
68.Vali, having
heard these pleasant words
which followed the path
of
righteousness of
the high-souled Rama, who
was capable of pulverising
his enemies
in battle, spoke the following
appropriate words with
reverence to
Rama.
Sra¢BtçOEn
¢vcEtsa
mya
p#Ñ¥¢xtÞÏv|
ydjanta
p#BaE ,
id|
mhEÓd#aEpmB£m¢v@m
p#sa¢dtÞÏv|
Xm
mE
nrEßvr .69.
Sra¢BtçOEn
|
being struck by the arrow |
¢vcEtsa |
with mind confused |
mhEÓd#aEpmB£m¢v@m
|
on par with Indra in valour |
p#sa¢dt:
|
having been propitiated |
69.Vali told
Rama that having been
propitiated by him, Rama
may pardon
him for abusing
Rama due to ignorance and
also due to confused mind
having been
struck by an arrow.
iÏyaxI
½£md#amayNE
vaÚm£k£yE
Aa¢dkaÛyE
¢k¢ÝkÓDakaÎfE
A¾adS:
sgI: .18.
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