THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 1 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

     hn¥mt:    sm¤d#trNm¯    -   HANUMAN   CROSSES   THE   OCEAN
A¢t¿ÓmagImav¦Ïy    p¤Îy|    vay¤¢nxE¢vtm¯    ,
p¤nragmnayE¢t    vanrWr¢Bp¥¢jt: .   11   .

A¢t¿t¯

stood

magI|

place

Aav¦Ïy

towards

p¤Îy|

holy

vay¤¢nxE¢vtm¯

windy

p¤n:

again

Aagmnay

to return safely

i¢t

vanrW:

by the monkeys

A¢Bp¥¢jt:

blessed by

11.   He, blessed   by   the   monkeys   for   safe   return, stood   looking   towards   holy   and   windy   place.
ihWv    ¢t¿tEÏy¤ÀÏva    p#d¢XNmTakraEt¯    ,
ttaE    ¢h    vv¦DE    gÓt¤|    d¢XNaE    d¢XNa|    ¢dSm¯    .12 .

ih ev

here itself

¢t¿t

stay

i¢t

uÀÏva

saying

p#d¢XNm¯

going round

then

AkraEt¯

did

tt:

then

¢h

and

vv¦DE

grew

gÓt¤|

to go

d¢XN:

cultured

d¢XNa|

south

¢dSm¯

direction

12.   The   cultured   Hanuman   told   them   to   stay   there   and   grew   in   size   to   go   towards   south.
ÔlvÄñp#vrWr¾:    ÔlvnE    k]t¢này: ,
vv¦DE    ramv¦ÑGYTI|    sm¤d#    iv    pvIs¤    .   13   .

ÔlvÄñp#vrW:

by the great monkeys

¾:	being looked at

ÔlvnE

in jumping

k]t¢này:

with determined mind

vv¦DE

rose high

ramv¦ÑGYTI|

for the sake of Rama's work

sm¤d#:

the ocean

pvIs¤

in the monsoon

13.Being   watched   by   the   great   monkeys and with a mind determined   for   the   sake   of   Rama's cause,   he   rose   high   like   the   ocean   in   the   monsoon.
¢nÝp#maNSr£r:    sn¯    ¢llHG¢yx¤rNIvm¯    ,
p#g¦/    blvan¯    bah\    lÄðam¢Bm¤K:    ¢ÞTt:    ,
bah^×ya|    p£fyamas    crNa×ya·    pvItm¯      .   14   .

¢nÝp#maNSr£r:

an immeasurably huge body

sn¯

with

¢llHG¢yx¤:

wanting to jump over

ANIvm¯

the sea

p#g¦/

stretching forward

blvan¯

strong

bah\

two front legs

lÄðam¯

Lanka

A¢Bm¤K:

looking at

¢ÞTt:

standing

bah^×ya|

by the two front legs

p£fyamas

pressed

crNa×ya| c

by the two hind legs

pvItm¯

the mountain

14.The   strong   Hanuman,   stretching   the   front   legs   forward   ,   stood   looking   at   Lanka. With   the   huge   body   ,he   pressed   the   mountain   with   his   front   and   hind   legs   to   jump over   the   ocean.
s    ccalaclàa¢p    m¤h\tI|    k¢pp£¢ft:    ,
tâNa|    p¤¢Ýptag#aNa|    svIm¯    p¤ÝpmSatyt¯      .   15   .

that

ccala

shook

Acl: c A¢p

inspite of being a mountain

m¤h\tI|

for a short time

k¢pp£¢ft:

pressed by the monkey

tâNa|

trees'

p¤¢Ýptag#aNa|

having bunches of flowers

svIm¯ p¤Ýp|

all flowers

ASatyt¯

were made to fall

15.   Even   though   it   was   a   mountain   ,   pressed   by   the   monkey   ,   it   shook   for   a   moment. This   made   all   the   flowers   in   the   trees   fall.
tEn    padpm¤³En    p¤ÝpaWGEN    s¤G¢ÓDna    ,
svIt:    s|v¦t:    SWlaE    bBaW    p¤ÝpmyaE    yTa      .   16   .

tEn

that

padpm¤³En

fallen from the tree

p¤ÝpaWGEN

by the flowers

s¤G¢ÓDna

scented

svIt:

everywhere

s|v¦t:

covered

SWl:

mountain

bBaW

appeared

p¤ÝpmyaE yTa

full of flowers

16.That   mountain   was   fully   covered   with   the   scented   flowers   that   fell   from   the   trees.
p£fYmanÞt¤    b¢lna    mhEÓd#ÞtEn    pvIt:    ,
s¢ll|    s|p#s¤*av    mdmäO    iv    ¢¹p:        .   17   .

p£fYman:

pressed

t¤

and

b¢lna

strong

mhEÓd#:

Mahendra

tEn

by him

pvIt:

mountain

s¢ll|

water

s|p#s¤*av

let out

mdmäO

in heat

¢¹p:

elephant

17.The   Mahendra   mountain,   pressed   by   the   strong   monkey,     let   out   water   like   an   elephant in   heat.
tEn    caEäOmv£yIN    p£fYman:    s    pvIt:      ,
r£t£¢nIvItIyamas    ka·na¸nrajt£:          .   18   .

tEn by him

c and

uäOmv£yIN with good strength

p£fYman: pressed

s: that

pvIt: mountain

r£t£: glimpses

¢nvItIyamas made visible (in the cracks)

ka·na¸nrajt£: that of gold,silver etc

18.   That   mountain,   pressed   by   the   monkey   with   great   strength,   cracked   showing   glimpses of   gold,silver   etc.
m¤maEc    c    ¢Sla:    SWlaE    ¢vSala:    smn:¢Sla:    ,
mÒymEna¢cIxa    j¤¾aE    D¥mraj£¢rvanl:      .   19   .

m¤maEc fell

c also

¢Sla: boulders

SWl: mountain

¢vSala: broad

smn:¢Sla: stones

mÒymEn medium

A¢cIxa with flames

j¤¾aE rising, mixed with

D¥mraj£: screen of smoke

iv like

Anl: fire

19.Also the mountain rained broad boulders like thick smoke accompanying   flames.
h¢rNa    p£fYmanEn    p£fYmana¢n    svIS:    ,
g¤ha¢v¾a¢n    B¥ta¢n    ¢vnEÑ¤¢vIk]tW:    ÞvrW:    .   20   .

h¢rNa by the monkey

p£fYmanEn pressed

p£fYmana¢n being crushed

svIS: in all four sides

g¤ha¢v¾a¢n hiding in the caves

B¥ta¢n animals

¢vnEÑ¤: groaned

¢vk]tW: in pitiful

ÞvrW: tones

20.Pressed   by   the   monkey   ,   the   animals   in   the   caves   were   getting   crushed   and   cried   in pitiful   tones.

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