THE RAMAYANA

KISHKINDA KANDA

SARGA 39 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

vanrsEnasHqÁya¢nvEdnm - INFORMING THE STRENGTH OF THE
MONKEY ARMY
¢nmExaÓtrmaæOEN ttÞtWhI¢ry¥TpW: .
kaEz£Stv¦tWàWv p#ÅC°a kamã¢p¢B: =11=

¢nmExaÓtrmaæOEN

in a twinkling of an eye

tt:

then

tW:

by them

h¢ry¥TpW:

by the commanders of monkeys

kaEz£Stv¦tW:

surrounded by hundred crores of them

also

only

p#ÅC°a

was overrun

kamã¢p¢B:

capable of assuming any form at will

11.Then, just in a twinkling of an eye, the whole earth was overrun by the
commanders of monkeys, who were surrounded by hundreds of crores of
of monkeys who are capable of assuming any form at will.
nadEyW: pavItEyWà sam¤d#Wà mhablW: .
h¢r¢Bm©IG¢nrq»adWrÓyWà vnva¢s¢B: =12=
tâNa¢dÏyvNªIà S¢Sg¬rWà vanrW: .
pîkEsrvNªIà áEtWm©Iâk]talyW: =13=
kaEz£shÞa#WdIS¢B: ½£maÓp¢rv¦tÞtda .
v£r: Stv¢lnaIm vanr: p#ÏyèÜyt =14=

nadEyW:

living on river banks

pavItEyW: c

living in the mountains also

sam¤d#W: c

living in the ocean also

mhablW:

with great might

h¢r¢B:

by the monkeys

mEG¢nrq»adW:

thundering like clouds

AÓyW:

other types

also

vnva¢s¢B:

dwelling in forest

tâNa¢dÏyvNªI: c

of the colour of the rising Sun

S¢Sg¬rW: c

yellowish as the moon

vanrW:

by the apes

pîkEsrvNªI: c

of the colour of the filament of lotus

áEtW:

white

mEâk]talyW:

having made the Meru mountain as their habitat

kaEz£shÞa#W:

thousands of crores

dS¢B:

of tens

½£man

a glorious

p¢rv¦t:

surrounded

tda

then

v£r:

the valiant

Stv¢l:

Satabali

nam

by name

vanr:

monkey

p#ÏyèÜyt

appeared there

12,13,14.Satabali a glorious and valiant monkey arrived surrounded by
ten thousand crores of monkeys living on river banks, mountauns and sea
shores, dense forests. with great might and thundering like clouds, with colour
resembling the rising sun, others yellowish like the moon and some the colour
of filaments of a lotus and living on mount Meru.
tt: ka·nSWlaBÞtaraya v£yIva¢Ópta .
AnEkWdISsahÞa#W: kaEz£¢B: p#ÏyèÜyt =15=

tt:

then

ka·nSWlaB:

looking like a golden mountain

taraya:

of Tara

v£yIvan

valorous

¢pta

father

AnEkW:

with many

dSsahÞa#W:

tens of thousands

kaEz£¢B:

of crores

p#ÏyèÜyt

appeared there

15.Then there appeared the father of Tara looking like a mountain and
valorous with tens of thousands and crores of monkeys.
tTa{prEN kaEz£na| shÞa#EN sm¢Óvt: .
¢pta âmaya: s|p#açO: s¤g#£váS¤raE ¢vB¤: =16=

tTa

similarly

AprEN

by other

kaEz£na|

of crores

shÞa#EN

thousands

sm¢Óvt:

surrounded

¢pta

father

âmaya:

of Ruma

s|p#açO:

arrived

s¤g#£váS¤r:

fatherin-law of Sugriva

¢vB¤:

the mighty

16.Similarly the mighty father of Ruma and father-in-law of Sugriva arrived
surrounded by another hundred crores of monkeys.
pîkEsrs|kaSÞtâNakI¢nBann: .
b¤¢¼maÓvanr½E¿: svIvanrsäOm: =17=
An£kWbIh¤sahÞa#WvaInraNa| sm¢Óvt: .
¢pta hn¤mt: ½£maÓkEsr£ p#ÏyèÜyt =18=

pîkEsrs|kaS:

colour resembling the filament of lotus

tâNakI¢nBann:

with face glowing like the rising Sun

b¤¢¼man

the wise

vanr½E¿:

the jewel among monkeys

svIvanrsäOm:

the foremost among monkeys

An£kW:

with armies

bh¤sahÞa#W:

in several thousands

vanraNa|

of monkeys

sm¢Óvt:

surrounded

¢pta

father

hn¤mt:

of Hanuman

½£man

the glorious

kEsr£

Kesari

p#ÏyèÜyt

appeared there

17,18.Kesari, the father of Hanuman, who had the colour resembling the
filament of lotus, with face glowing like the rising sun, wise and the jewel
among the monkeys arrived there surrounded by an army consisting of several
thousand monkeys.
gaElaÄñolmharajaE gvaXaE B£m¢v@m: .
v¦t: kaE¢zshÞa#EN vanraNamèÜyt =19=

gaElaÄñolmharaj:

the king of baboons

gvaX:

Gavaksha

B£m¢v@m:

with terrible prowess

v¦t:

surrounded by

kaE¢zshÞa#EN

by a thousand crore

vanraNa|

of monkeys

AèÜyt

was seen

19.Gavaksha with terrible prowess and the king of baboons was seen
surrounded by a thousand crores monkeys.
§XaNa| B£mvEgana| D¥m#: SæO¤¢nbhIN: .
v¦t: kaE¢zshÞa#a×ya| ¹a×ya| sm¢BvtIt =20=

§XaNa|

of bears

B£mvEgana|

of terrible speed

D¥m#:

Dhumra

SæO¤¢nbhIN:

destroyer of foes

v¦t:

surrounded

kaE¢zshÞa#a×ya|

thousand crore

¹a×ya|

two

sm¢BvtIt

arrived

20.Dhumra, the destroyer of foes, arrived there surrounded by two thousand
crores of bears with terrible speed.
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