THE RAMAYANA
KISHKINDA KANDA
SARGA 48 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10
¢vÓÒyg¤has¤
s£taÓvExNm¯ - SEARCHING FOR
SITA IN THE CAVES OF
VINDHYAS
sh
taraÄñda×ya| t¤ s
gÏva hn¤maÓk¢p: .
s¤g#£vEN
yTaE¢ê¾| t| t| dES|
p#c@mE =1=
taraÄñda×ya|
t¤ | with Taran
and Angada |
1.Hanuman going
along with Taran and Angada
searched all those regions
assigned to
them by Sugriva.
s
t¤ Ñ¥rm¤pagØy svªIÞtW:
k¢psäOmW: .
¢v¢cnaE¢t
Þm ¢vÓÒyÞy g¤haà
ghna¢n c =2=
pvItag#a°d£Ñ¤gaIÓsra|¢s
¢vp¤laÓd#^man .
v¦XxÎfa|à
¢v¢vDaÓpvItan¯ Gnpadpan¯
=3=
Ñ¥r| upagØy
| going a long distance |
k¢psäOmW: |
the chiefs of monkeys |
¢vÓÒyÞy
| of the Vindhya
mountains |
ghna¢n c |
dense forests also |
pvItag#an¯ |
mountain peaks |
nd£Ñ¤gaIn¯
| difficult of fording
due to rivers |
v¦XxÎfan¯ c
| forest trees also |
¢v¢vDan¯ |
of various kinds |
Gnpadpan¯ |
densely populated with trees |
2.Hanuman with
all the chiefs of monkeys
going a long distance and
searched
in the
caves of the Vindhya mountains,
dense forests, on the peaks
of
mountains which
were difficult of access
due to rivers, lakes, huge
trees and
in mountains
densely populated with trees
of various kinds.
AÓvExmaNaÞtE
sv©I vanra: svItaE ¢dSm¯
.
n
s£ta| dèS¤: sv©I
mW¢Tl£| jnkaÏmjam¯ =4=
mW¢Tl£| |
the princess of Mithila |
jnkaÏmjam¯ |
the daughter of Janaka |
4.All those
monkeys searching on all
sides in the direction
did not see Sita.
tE
BXyÓtaE m¥la¢n Pla¢n
¢v¢vDa¢n c .
AÓvExmaNa
ѤDIxaI Óyvs|ÞtæO
tæO h =
s
t¤ dESaE ѤrÓvExaE
g¤haghnvaÓmhan¯ =5=
¢v¢vDa¢n |
of various kinds |
AÓvExmaNa: |
while searching |
ѤDIxaI: |
difficult to overpower |
s: t¤ dES:
| that region however |
ѤrÓvEx:
| was difficult for
searching |
g¤haghnvan¯ |
having caves and dense
forests |
5.All those
monkeys who were difficult
to overcome, subsisting on
roots and
fruits of
various kinds while searching
everywhere stayed whereever they
could. That
region was vast and full
of caves and dense forests
and was
difficult for
searching.
¢njIl|
¢njIn| S¥Óy| ghn| raEmhxINm¯
.
ÏyÀÏva
t¤ t| tda dES| sv©I
vW h¢ry¥Tpa: =6=
taèSaÓyÔyrÎya¢n
¢v¢cÏy B¦Sp£¢fta:
.
dESmÓy|
ѤraDxI|| ¢v¢vS¤àak[taEBya:
=7=
raEmhxINm¯ |
causing hairs to stand
on end |
h¢ry¥Tpa: |
the monkey chiefs |
B¦Sp£¢fta: |
being greatly tormented |
ѤraDxI|| |
difficult of access |
6,7.All the
monkey chiefs leaving that
region which was without
water,
uninhabited, desolate
and making hairs stand
on end and having searched
similar forests,
being greatly tormented, entered
another region which was
region with
no fear.
yæO
vÓÒyPla v¦Xa ¢vp¤Ýpa:
pNIv¢jIta: .
¢nÞtaEya:
s¢rtaE yæO m¥l| yæO
s¤Ñ¤lIBm¯ =8=
pNIv¢jIta: |
without leaves |
¢nÞtaEya: |
devoid of water |
s¤Ñ¤lIBm¯
| extremely difficult to
obtain |
8.The region
had trees without fruits,
without flowers, without leaves,
with
rivers devoid
of water and even roots
were extremely difficult to
obtain.
n
s¢Ót m¢hxa yæO
n m¦ga n c h¢Þtn:
.
SaѥIla:
p¢XNaE va{¢p yE caÓyE
vngaEcra: =9=
p¢XN: va A¢p
| or even birds |
vngaEcra: |
animals in the forests |
9.There are
no buffoloes, deers, elephnats,
tigers not even birds or
any other
forest animals
in that region.
n
yæO v¦Xa n¬xÒyaE
n vÚlyaE na¢p v£ãD:
=10=
10.There were
no trees, no medicinal
plants, no creepers and
not even shrubs.
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