THE RAMAYANA
KISHKINDA KANDA
SARGA 24 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10
½£ramEN
tarasmaáasnm¯ - TARA
CONSOLED BY RAMA
ta|
ca½¤vEgEn ѤrasdEn Ïv¢BÔl¤ta|
SaEkmhaNIvEn .
pÜy|Þtda
vaÚyn¤jÞtrÞv£ B#at¤vIDEnap#¢tmEn
tEpE =1=
c A½¤vEgEn
|
by the torrential flow of tears also |
ѤrasdEn
t¤ |
unable to see the shore |
SaEkmhaNIvEn
|
in the ocean of grief |
vaÚyn¤j:
|
the younger brother of Vali |
1.The courageous
Sugriva felt agonised on
seeing Tara shedding copious
tears and drowned
in the great ocean of
grief unable to see its
shore
arising from
the unparalleled killing of
Vali.
s
baÝpp¥N©In m¤KEn v£ßy
XNEn ¢n¢vIÎNmna mnÞv£
.
jgam
ramÞy SnW: sm£p| B¦ÏyWv¦It:
s|p¢rÑ¥yman: =2=
baÝpp¥N©In
|
filled with tears |
¢n¢vIÎNmna:
|
getting disgusted in heart |
s|p¢rÑ¥yman:
|
weighed down by great sorrow |
2.Sugriva, with
good heart, with tear filled
face on seeing Tara, got
disgusted at
heart and feeling distressed
slowly moved with his
dependants to
the presence of Rama.
s
t| smasaï g¦h£tcapm¤daäOmaS£¢vxt¤ÚybaNm¯
.
yS¢Þvn|
lXNl¢XtaÄñmv¢ÞTt| raGv¢mÏy¤vac
=3=
g¦h£tcap|
|
holding the bow |
AaS£¢vxt¤ÚybaNm¯
|
whose arrows resembled serpents |
lXNl¢XtaÄñ|
|
with all auspicious marks on his limbs |
3.Sugriva approaching
noble and famous Rama who
was standing holding
the bow with
arrows resembling serpents, with
all auspicious marks on his
limbs spoke
as follows.
yTap#¢tåOat¢md|
nrEÓd# k]t| Ïvya è¾Pl|
c kmI .
mmaï
BaEgEx¤ nrEÓd#p¤æO mnaE
¢nv¦äO| sh j£¢vtEn
=4=
è¾Pl|
|
with visible results |
BaEgEx¤
|
in worldly enjoyments |
sh j£¢vtEn
|
along with my life |
4.Sugriva told
Rama that this task whose
result is visible has been
done as
promised by
him and now Sugriva's mind
has returned alongwith his
life to
worldly pleasures.
AÞya|
m¢hÝya| t¤ B¦S|
âdÓÏya| p¤rE c
¢v@«S¢t Ѥ:KtçOE
.
htE{g#jE
s|S¢ytE{ÄñdE c n ram
raÇyE rmtE mnaE mE
=5=
c ¢v@«S¢t
|
are also screaming |
Ѥ:KtçOE
|
agonised by grief |
5.Sugriva told
Rama that his elder having
been killed with the principal
queen Tara
crying bitterly, all the
citizens screaming and Angada
apprehensive his
mind does not take delight
in the kingdom.
@«DadmxaId¢t¢vp#DxaIt¯
B#at¤vIDaE mE{n¤mt: p¤rÞtat¯
.
htE
¢Ïvdan£| h¢ry¥TpE{¢Þmn¯
s¤t£v#¢mßvak[k[mar tp¯ÞyE
=6=
AmxaIt¯
|
due to indignation |
A¢t¢vp#DxaIt¯
|
by utter humiliation |
B#at¤:
|
of my elder brother |
h¢ry¥TpE
|
the chief of monkeys |
ißvak[k[mar
|
Son of Ikshvaku dynasty |
6.Sugriva told
Rama that earlier the killing
of Vali was approved by
him
due to anger
and indignation due to unbearable
humiliation; but now that
Vali had benn
killed he was extremely repentant.
½EyaE{ï
mÓyE mm SWlm¤ÁyE
t¢Þm¢°vas¢àrm¦Üym¥kE
.
yTa
tTa vtIyt: Þvv¦äya
nEm| ¢nhÏy ¢æO¢dvÞy
laB: =7=
SWlm¤ÁyE
|
in the best of mountains |
Þvv¦äya
|
on my own efforts |
¢æO¢dvÞy
|
of the celestial regions |
7.Sugriva told
Rama that he then thought
that living on rsyamuka
on his own
for long will
be better for the reason
that he do not desire
gaining even
the world of
the celestials, through killing
Vali.
n
Ïva| ¢jGa|sa¢m crE¢t
yÓmamy| mhaÏma m¢tman¤vac
.
tÞyWv
td#am vcaE{n¤ãp¢md| p¤n:
kmI c mE{n¤ãpm¯ =8=
8.Sugriva told
Rama that Vali told him
'I do not wish to
kill you, go
go anywhere'
which was worthy of him
alone while this act is
worthy of
Sugriva.
B#ata
kT| nam mhag¤NÞy B#at¤vID|
raGv raEcyEt .
raÇyÞy
Ѥ:KÞy c v£r
sar| n ¢cÓtyn¯ kamp¤rÞk]t:
sn¯ =9=
mhag¤NÞy
|
with great qualities |
n ¢cÓtyn¯
|
not considering |
kamp¤rÞk]t:
sn¯ |
placing lust in front |
9.Sugriva asked
Rama that without considering
the weight of sovereignity
and sorrow,
even though placing lust
in front how can a
brother find
pleasure in
killing his brother with
great qualities?
vDaE
¢h mE mtaE nas£t¯
ÞvmahaÏØyÛy¢t@mat¯ .
mmas£ë^¢¼d¬raÏØyat¯
p#aNhar£ Ûy¢t@m: =10=
ÞvmahaÏØyÛy¢t@mat¯
|
would detract from his greatness |
b¤¢¼d¬raÏØyat¯
|
due to perversity of intelligence |
10.Sugriva told
Rama that his killing was
not agreeable to Vali since
that
would distract
from his greatness while
due to perversity of intelligence
a
great offence
was committed by him which
robbed Vali's life.
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