THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 18 : SLOKAS 31 TO 33

    rav[agmnm!   -   ARRIVAL   OF   RAVANA
rav[ae=y<   mhaba÷irit     siÂTy   vanr>     ,
sae=ymev   pura   zete   purmXye   g&haeÄme     .
AvPlutae   mhateja   hnuman!   maétaTmj>     .   31   .

ravN:

Ravana

Ay|

this

mhabah^:

big shouldered

i¢t

thus

s¢·Ïy

knowing for certain

vanr:

monkey

Ay|

this

only

p¤ra

before

SEtE

was sleeping

p¤rmÒyE

at the centre of the city

g¦haEäOmE

in the best building

AvÔl¤t:

jumped

mhatEja:

illustrious

hn¤man¯

Hanuman

maâtaÏmj:

son of Vayu

31.This   was   the   illustrious   one   who   was   sleeping   in   the   best   of   the   buildings   before.   This must   be   surely   Ravana.   Deciding   thus   Hanuman   jumped   with   joy.
s   twaPyu¢teja>   siÚxURtStSy   tejsa     ,
pÇguýaNtre   sae   hnuman!   s<v&tae=-vt!     .   32   .

tTa A¢p

even then

ug#tEja: sn¯

excited by nature

¢nD¥It:

concerned

tÞy

his

tEjsa

by the strength

pæOg¤/aÓtrE

in the thick of leaves

s³:

controlled

hn¤man¯

Hanuman

s|v¦t:

hiding

ABvt¯

was

32.That   Hanuman   was   very   easily   excited   by   nature.   Even   then   he   controlled himself   and   stayed hiding behind the thick of leaves   concerned   by     his   strength.
s   tamistkezaNt<   suïaei[<   s<htStnIm!     ,
id†]uristapa¼amupavtRt     rav[>     .   33   .

that

ta|

her

A¢stkESaÓt|

dark haired

s¤½aE¢N|

lovely ears

s|htÞtn£m¯

narrow breasted

¢dèX¤:

wanting to see

A¢stapaÄña|

dark eyed

upavtIt

approached

ravN:

Ravana

33.That Ravana wanting to see the dark haired and dark eyed Sita approached her.
#Tya;ˆR ïImÔamay[e vaLmIkIye AaidkaVye suNdrka{fe Aòadz> sgR> . 18.
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