THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 9 : SLOKAS 71 TO 75

 pu:pkivmanv[Rnm!   -   DESCRIBES   PUSHPAKA   VIMANAM
 
yuÏkamen   ta   svaR   rav[en   ùta>   iôy>       ,
smda   mdnenEv   maeihta>   kaiídagta>       .   71   .  
y¤ÑGkamEn   ever ready to go to war
ta:   those
svaI:   all
ravNEn   by Ravana
¶ta:   abducted
¢ÞæOy:   women
smda:   lustful
mdnEn   by lust
iv   like
maE¢hta:   infatuated
ka¢àt¯   some
Aagta:   came on their own
 
71.Those   women   were   abducted   by   Ravana   who   liked   to   go   to   war.   Some of   them   came   on   their   own   infatuated   with   lust.  
n   tÇ   kaiít!àmda>   àsý   vIyaˆRppÚen   gu[en   lBxa>     ,
n   caNykamaip   n   caNypUvaR   ivna  vrahaR<  jnkaTmja<  tu  . 72 .  
n   tæO   not there
ka¢àt¯   some
p#mda:   women
p#s/   by force
v£ya©Ipp°En   with valour
g¤NEn   good character
lÖDa:   got
n   not
c   and
AÓykama¢p   loving another
n   not
c   and
AÓyp¥vaI   before
¢vna   except
vrahaI|   most noble
jnkaÏmja|   daughter of Janaka
t¤   or
 
72.Except   Sita   ,   there   was   no   one   who   was   not   won   by   Ravana's   valour. There   was   no   one   who   had   loved   another   and   no   one   who   was   forced.  
n   cak…lIna   n   c   hInêpa   nadi][a   nanupcaryu­a   ,
-ayaR-vÄSy   n   hInsTva   n   caip   kaNtSy   n   kamnIya .73.  
n   not
c   and
Ak[l£na   lowly born
n   not
c   and
h£nãpa   ugly
n   not
Ad¢XNa   fool
n   not
An¤pcary¤³a   not deserving to honour
BayaI   wife
ABvt¯   became
tÞy   his
n   not
h£nsÏva   worthless
n   not
c   and
A¢p   also
kaÓtÞy   to the husband
n   not
kamn£ya   deserve to be loved
 
73.None   of   his   wives   was   ugly,   or   lowly   born,   or   a   fool,   or   worthless   ,   or   not fit   to   be   loved     by   the   husband.  
b-Uv   buiÏStu   hrIñrSy   ydI†zI   ra"vxmRpÆI   ,
#ma   ywa   ra]sraj-ayaR>   sujatmSyeit   ih   saxubuÏe>   .   74   .  
bB¥v   became
b¤¢ÑG:   idea
t¤   at that time
hr£árÞy   to the monkey
y¢d   if
iIèS£   like this
raGvDmIpÏn£   Raghava' wife
ima:   these
yTa   like
raXsrajBayaI:   wives of the king of the rakshasas
s¤jat|   worthwhile life
AÞy   my
i¢t   thus
¢h   sure
saD¤b¤ÑGE:   wise
 
74.At   that   time   Hanuman   had   this   thought   that   if   only   he   could   make   Sita also   join   her   husband   like   these   women   of   Ravana   ,   then   his   life would   be   worthwhile.  
puní   sae=icNtydatRêpae   Øuv<   ivizòa   gu[tae   ih   sIta   ,
AwaymSya<   k«tvan!     mhaTma   l»eñr>   kòmnayRkmR   .   75   .  
p¤n:   again
c   and
s:   he
A¢cÓtyt¯   thought
AatIãp:   with sorrow
D#¤v|   surely
¢v¢S¾a   supreme
g¤Nt:   good conduct
¢h   sure
s£ta   Sita
AT   now
Ay|   he
AÞya|   to her
k]tvan¯   had done
mhaÏma   great soul
lÄðEár:   Ravana
k¾|   pity!
AnayIkmI   bad deed
 
75.Hanuman     again   thought   with   sorrow   that   the   great   Ravana   had   done   a   bad   deed to   Sita   who   was   supreme   in   her   conduct   .  What   a   pity!    
  #Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   suNdrka{fe
nvm>   sgR >   .   9.
       
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