THE RAMAYANA

KISHKINDA KANDA

SARGA 21 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


hn¥mta    tarasmaáasnm¯    -   TARA   COMFORTED   BY   HANUMAN

ttaE    ¢np¢tta|    tara|    Åy¤ta|    tara¢mvaØbrat¯    ,
SnWraáasyamas    hn¤maÓh¢ry¥Tp:    .1.

tt:   then
¢np¢tta|   lying on the floor
tara|   to Tara
Åy¤ta|   dropped
tara|   star
iv   like
AØbrat¯   from the skies
SnW:   slowly
Aaáasyamas   comforted
hn¤man¯   Hanuman
h¢ry¥Tp:   the comander of the monkey army

1.The   Commanderof   the   monkey   army   Hanuman,   then   slowly   comforted
Tara   who   lay   fallen   on   the   ground,   shining   like   a   star   fallen   fom   the   skies
on   the   ground.

g¤NdaExk]t|    jÓt¤:    ÞvkmIPlhEt¤km¯    ,
AÛyg#Þtdvap"aE¢t    svI||    p#EÏy    S¤BaS¤Bm¯    .2.

g¤NdaExk]t|   result of good and evil action
jÓt¤:   an embodied soul
ÞvkmIPlhEt¤km¯   with an eye on the consequences as a result of one's own action
AÛyg#:   not due to other sources
tt¯   that
Avap"aE¢t   attains
svI|   all
p#EÏy   having died
S¤BaS¤Bm¯   pleasant and the unpleasant

2.Hanuman   told   Tara   that   an   embodied   soul   has   to   undergo   the   good   and
bad   effects   of   its   actions,   arising   out   of   good   and   evil   deeds   done   by   it
upon   its   attaining   death,   irrespective   of   the   actions   of   others.

SaEÅya    SaEc¢s    k|    SaEÅy|    d£n|    d£na{n¤kØpsE    ,
   kÞyan¤SaEÅyaE{¢Þt    dEhE{¢Þmn¯    b¤dqD¤daEpmE    .3.

SaEÅya   you who are worth grieving
SaEc¢s   you grieve
k|   whom
SaEÅy|   one to be grieved
d£n|   miserable
d£na   yourself miserable
An¤kØpsE   you sympathise
k:   c   who else
kÞy   for whom
An¤SaEÅy:   to be sympathised
A¢Þt   is there
dEhE   in physical body
A¢Þmn¯   this
b¤dqD¤daEpmE   bubblelike

3.Hanuman   asked   Tara   that   she   herself   being   worth   grieving   whom   does   she
grieve   for   and   being   in   a   miserable   state   for   whom   is   she   sympathising?   He
said   the   body   is   like   a   bubble   and   who   is   to   pity   whom?

AÄñdÞt¤    k[maraE{y|    d#¾ÛyaE    j£vp¤æOya    ,
AayÏya|    c    ¢vDEya¢n    smTaIÓyÞy    ¢cÓty    .4.

AÄñd:   Angada
  in this
k[mar:   son
Ay|   this
d#¾Ûy:   is to be looked after
j£vp¤æOya   your living son
AayÏya|   here after
c   also
¢vDEya¢n   ought to be done
smTaI¢n   rites
AÞy   for him
¢cÓty   think about

4.Hanuman   told   Tara   that   Angada   her   living   son   is   to   be   looked   after.
Also   she   must   think   of   the   rites   to   be   done   to   Vali   hereafter.

janaÞy¢nytamEv|    B¥tanamag¢t|    g¢tm¯    ,
tÞmaÅC¤B|    ¢h    ktIÛy|    p¢ÎftEnWhlaW¢kkm¯    ,5,

jana¢s   you know also
A¢nyta|   as nonpermanent
ev|   like this
B¥tana|   of created beings
Aag¢t|   birth
g¢tm¯   death
tÞmat¯   therefore
S¤B|   what is good
¢h   indeed
ktIÛy|   is to be done
p¢ÎftEn   by one of clear understanding
eEhlaW¢kkm¯   what is to be done in this world

5.Hanuman   told   Tara   that   she   too   know   the   nonpermanence   of   the   birth
and   death   of   created   beings.   Therefore,   by   a   person   of   clear   understanding
whatever   good   is   to   be   done   in   this   world   should   be   done.

y¢Þmn¯    h¢rshÞæOa¢N    Sta¢n    ¢ny¤ta¢n    c    ,
vtIy¢Ót    k]ta|Sa¢n    saE{y|    ¢d¾aÓtmagt:    .6.

y¢Þmn¯   on whom
h¢rshÞæOa¢N   thousands of monkeys
Sta¢n   hundred
¢ny¤ta¢n   crores
c   and more
vtIy¢Ót   were dependant
k]ta|Sa¢n   getting their dues
s:   Ay|   that he
¢d¾aÓt|   the end of life span
Aagt:   has reached

6.Hanuman   told   Tara   that   Vali   on   whom   thousands   of   monkeys,   hundreds
and   crores   were   dependant   on,   has   reached   the   end   of   his   span   of   life.

ydy|    Óyayè¾aTI:    samadanXmapr:    ,
gtaE    DmI¢jta|    B¥¢m|    nWn|    SaE¢ct¤mhI¢s    .7.

yt¯   for the reason
Ay|   he
Óyayè¾aTI:   attended to affairs of state with principles of equity
samadanXmapr:   intent on comforting, gifting and forgiving
gt:   has reached
DmI¢jta|   of those who scored victory through righteouness
B¥¢m|   the world
n   not
en|   about him
SaE¢ct¤|   to grieve
AhI¢s   should

7.Hanuman   told   Tara   that   Vali   attended   to   the   affairs   of   the   state   on
principles   of   equity   and   was   intent   on   comforting,   gifting   and   forgiveness
he   has   reached   the   world   of   those   who   scored   victory   through
righteousness,   she   should   not   grieve   about   him.

sv©I    ¢h    h¢rSaÑ¥Ila:    p¤æOàay|    tvaÄñd:    ,
hy¦IXp¢traÇy|    c    ÏvÏsnaTm¢n¢ÓdtE    .8.

sv©I   ¢h   all of them
h¢rSaÑ¥Ila:   the tigers among monkeys
p¤æO:   son
c   similarly also
Ay|   this
tv   your
AÄñd:   Angada
hy¦IXp¢traÇy|   the kingdom of monkeys and bears
c   also similarly
ÏvÏsnaT|   have you as the protector
A¢n¢ÓdtE   irreproachable lady

8.Hanuman   told   Tara   that   the   kingdom   of   monkeys   and   bears   as   well   as
her   son   Angada   and   all   the   tigers   among   monkeys   have   her   as   the
protector.

ta¢vmaW    SaEks|tçOaW    SnW:    p#Ery    Ba¢m¢n    ,
Ïvya    p¢rg¦h£taE{ymÄñd:    SaÞt¤    mE¢dn£m¯    .9.

taW   that
imaW   these
SaEks|tçOaW   both afflictions of the body and mind
SnW:   slowly
p#Ery   abandon
Ba¢m¢n   good lady
Ïvya   by you
p¢rg¦h£t:   being looked after
Ay|   this
AÄñd:   Angada
SaÞt¤   may rule over
mE¢dn£m¯   the earth

9.Hanuman   told   Tara   to   abandon   slowly   the   two   afflictions   of   body   and
mind   and   being   looked   after   by   her   Angada   may   rule   over   the   kingdom.

s|t¢tà    yTa    è¾a    k]Ïy|    yÅca¢p    sa|p#tm¯    ,
raåOÞt¢Ï@yta|    svImEx    kalÞy    ¢này:    .10.

s|t¢t:   a male offspring
c   also
yTa   è¾a   for which is laid down
k]Ïy|   to be done
yt¯   c   whatever
A¢p   and
sa|p#tm¯   presently
raåO:   for the king
tt¯   that
¢@yta|   let it be done
svI|   everything
ex:   this
kalÞy   of the prsent time
¢này:   be done

10.Hanuman   told   Tara   that   let   all   that   for   which   a   male   progeny   is   laid
down   whatever   is   to   be   done   presently   everything   be   done   for   the   king
and   that   is   what   needs   to   be   done   at   present.    

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