THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 1 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

  hn¥mt:    sm¤d#trNm¯      -   HANUMAN   CROSSES   THE   OCEAN
 
ttaE    ravNn£taya:    s£taya:    SæO¤kSIn:   ,
iyEx    pdmÓvE¾¤|    carNac¢rtE    p¢T   .1.  
tt:   then
ravNn£taya:   brought by Ravana
s£taya:   Sita's
SæO¤kSIn:   destroyer of enemies
iyEx   wanted
pdm¯   place of imprisonment
AÓvE¾¤|   to search
carNac¢rtE   inhabited by devas called Charanas
p¢T   by the way
 
1.   Then,   he   (Hanuman),   the   destroyer   of   enemies,   wanted   to   find   the   place   where   Sita, abducted   by   Ravana   and   taken   through   the   abodes   of   the   Charanas,was   kept.  
ѤÝkr|    ¢nÝp#¢t¹n¯¹|      ¢ck£xIn¯    kmI    vanr:      ,
sm¤dg#¢SraEg#£vaE    gva|    p¢t¢rvabBaW     . 2 .  
ѤÝkr|   very difficult task
¢nÝp#¢t¹n¯¹|   incomparable
¢ck£xIn¯   wanting to do
kmI   task
vanr:   the monkey
sm¤dg#¢SraEg#£v:   holding head and neck high
gva|   p¢t:   he buffalo
iv   like
AabBaW   appeared
 
2.   The   monkey,   wanting   to   perform  a  very  difficult  and  incomparable   task,   appeared   like   a he   buffalo ,  holding   its   head   and   neck   high.  
AT    vWf¥yIvNIx¤    Sa¹lEx¤    mhabl:      ,
D£r:    s¢llkÚpEx¤    ¢vccar    yTas¤Km¯     .   3   .
¢¹jan¯    ¢væOasyn¯    D£man¤rsa    padpan    hrn¯      ,
m¦ga|à    s¤bh\¢°G"n¯    p#v¦ÑG    iv    kEsr£     .   4   .  
AT   then
vWf¥yIvNIx¤   with the colour of vaidurya
Sa¹lEx¤   in the green grass
mhabl:   very strong
D£r:   courageous
s¢llkÚpEx¤   like the cool water
¢vccar   roamed
yTas¤K|   as he wished
¢¹jan¯   birds
¢væOasyn¯   frightening
D£man¯   intelligent
ursa   with the chest
padpan¯   trees
hrn¯   felling
m¦ga|n¯   animals
c   and
s¤bh\n¯   many
¢nG"n¯   killing
p#v¦ÑG:   very large
iv   like
kEsr£   lion
 
3&4.Then   the   courgeous   and   intelligent   Hanuman   ,   roamed   freely   as   he   wished,   in   the   cool   grass   killing   many   animals, frightening   the   birds   and   felling   trees   with   his   chest   , like   a   huge   lion.  
n£llaE¢htma¢¸¿pîvNI:    ¢sta¢stW:    ,
ÞvBav¢v¢htW¢àæOWDaIt¤¢B:    sml|Äð¦tm¯    .  5 .  
n£llaE¢htma¢¸¿pîvNI:   with blue, red,yellow and lotus colours
¢sta¢stW:   with white and black
ÞvBav¢v¢htW:   naturally formed
¢cæOW:   unusual
Dat¤¢B:   red stones
sml|Äð¦tm¯   looked decorated
 
5.It   (the   hillock)   was   decorated   with   the   naturally   occuring   blue, red   yellow, white   and   black and   lotus   coloured     stones.  
kamã¢p¢Bra¢v¾mB£ßN|    sp¢rÅCdW:   ,
yX¢k°rgÓDvIrdEvkÚpWà    p°gW:   .   6   .  
kamã¢p¢B:   capable of taking any form of their choice
Aa¢v¾m¯   filled
AB£ßN|   without break
sp¢rÅCdW:   with their retinues
yX¢k°rgÓDvI:   by the Yakshas,Kinnaras and Gandharvas
dEvkÚpW:   like the Devas
c   and
p°gW:   by the Pannagas
 
6.That   place   was   thickly   populated   with  Yakshas, Kinnaras, Gandharvas   and   Panngas   who   could   take   any   form   of   their   choice   and   their   retinues.  
sEÛymanE    ¢g¢r½E¿E    bh^nagvray¤tE    ,
¢t¿n¯    k¢pvrÞtæO    »dE    nag    ivabBaW . 7 .  
sEÛymanE   worshipful
¢g¢r½E¿E   in the great hill
bh^nagvray¤tE   inhabited by high breed elephants
¢t¿n¯   standing
k¢pvr:   the great monkey
tæO   there
»dE   in the mound
nag:   elephant
iv   like
AabBaW   appeared
 
7.Hanuman   ,   standing   on   the   holy   hill   inhabited   by   high   breed   elephants,   looked   like an   elephant   on   a   mound.  
s    s¥yaIy    mhEÓd#ay    pvnay    Þvy|B¤vE    ,
B¥tE×yàa¸¢l|    k]Ïva    ckar    gmnE    m¢tm¯    .   8   .
A¸¢l|    p#aHm¤K:    kvIn¯    pvnayaÏmyaEnyE    ,
mnsa{{vÓÒy    ramay    lßmNay    mhah¢r:    .   9   .
s¢rt:    sagra|àa¢p    p#NØy    ¢Srsa    h¢r:    ,
åOat£|Þtan¯    s|p¢rÝvÇy    k]Ïva    ca¢p    p#d¢XNm¯   . 10   .  
s:   that
s¥yaIy   to the sun God
mhEÓd#ay   to Indra
pvnay   to the wind God
Þvy|B¤vE   to Brahma
B¥tE×y:   to the devotees
c   and
A¸¢l|   obeisance
k]Ïva   having done
ckar   decided
gmnE   in starting
m¢tm¯   mind
A¸¢l|   obeisance
p#aHm¤K:   looking eastward
kvIn¯   doing
pvnay   to the wind God
AaÏmyaEnyE   his father
mnsa   in his mind
AavÓÒy   bowing
ramay   to Rama
lßmNay   to Lakshmana
mhah¢r:   the great monkey
s¢rt:   rivers
sagran¯   oceans
c   and
A¢p   then
p#NØy   bowing
¢Srsa   by the head
h¢r:   green coloured
åOat£|n¯   wise men
tan¯   them
s|p¢rÝvÇy   embracing
k]Ïva   after doing
c   and
A¢p   then
p#d¢XNm¯   going around
 
8,9,10.That   great   monkey   having   bowed   to   the   Gods,   Surya,   Indra,   Vayu   , Brahma   and   the   devotees then   turned   eastwards,   bowed   to   his   father ,  Vayu ,   and   then   bowing   to   Rama and   Lakshmana   in   his   mind  ,  bowed   to   rivers   and   oceans.Then   he   embraced   his   friends
and   concentrated   on   the   beginning   of   the   journey.    
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