THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 24 : SLOKAS 41 TO 48

 
 ra]sItjRnm!     -     THREATS   OF   ASURA   WOMEN
   
    yk«Tp!lIhmwaeTpIf<   ùdy<   c   sbNxnm!        ,
    AÙa{yip   twa   zI;R<   oadeyimit   me   mit  .41.  
yk]t¯   liver
Ôl£h|   spleen
AT  and
uÏp£f|   pancreas
¶dy|   c   and heart
sbÓDnm¯   with muscles
AÓæOa¢N   A¢p   intestines also
tTa  together with
S£xI|   head
KadEy|   to eat
i¢t   is
mE   m¢t:   my desire.
 
 41. My   desire   is   to   eat   (your)   liver,   spleen,   pacreas  heart  with   the   muscles   intestines   along   with   the   head.  
    ttStu   à"sa   nam   ra]sI   vaKymävIt!    ,
    k{QmSya   n&z<saya>   pIfayam   ikmaSyte   .42.
    inveXyta<   ttae   ra}e   manu;I   sa   m&teit   h  ,
    naÇ   kín   sNdeh>   oadteit   s   vúyit    .43.  
tt:   thereafter
t¤  then
p#Gsa   nam   Pragasai named
raXs£   rakshasi
vaÀy|   (these) words
Ab#v£t¯   spoke.
kÎZ|   neck
AÞya:   woman's
n¦S|saya:   this cruel
p£fyam   (let us) strangle
¢k|  why
AaÞytE   kep quiet?
¢nvEÒyta|   tell him
tt:   thereafter
raåOE   to the king
man¤x£  woman
sa   that
m¦ta   has died
i¢t   thus
h  see
n   no
AæO   in that
kàn   never
sÓdEh:   doubt
Kadt   eat her body
i¢t   thus
s:   he
vßy¢t   will say
 
 42&43.Thereafter,   asura   woman,   named   Pragasai,   said "why should we   be   quiet?   Let   us   strangle   her   neck;   then   we   will tell   the   king   that   she   is   dead.   Then   he   will   ask   us   to   eat   her body.   There   is   no   doubt   about   that".  
    ttSTvjamuoI   nam   ra]sI   vaKymävIt!         ,
    ivzeSyma<     ttSsvaR>   sman!   k…ét   pIlukan!  .44.
    iv-jam   ttSsvaR   ivvade   me   n   raecte           ,
    peymanIyta<   i]à<   leýmu½avc<   b÷                   .45.
 
tt:   thereafter
t¤  another
Ajam¤K£   nam   Ajamukhi named
raXs£|   rakshasi also
vaÀy|   (the following ) words
A   b#  vIt! said.
¢vSÞy   cut into pieces
ima|   this woman
tt:   then
svaI:  all of us
sman¯   equally
k[ât   divide
p£l¤kan¯   the meat pieces
¢vBjam   will share
tt:  after
svaI:  all of us
¢vvad:  quarrel
mE   I
n   raEctE   do not like
pEy|   some drinks
Aan£yta|   should be brought
¢Xp#|   quickly
lE/|   preparations of chutneys
uÅcavc|   (and) various
bh^   in sufficient
 
 44&45.Thereafter,   asura   woman   named   Ajamukhi   spoke saying  "let  us   cut   this   woman   into   small   pieces   and   share   them equally amongst us;   I   do   not   want   any   quarrel   on   this;   let   us quickly  get  some  drinks   and   various   preparations   of   chutneys   as  side   dishes   enough   for   all   of   us."  
    tt>   zUpR[oa   nam   ra]sI   vaKymävIt!       ,
    AjamuOya   yÊ­<   ih   tdev   mm   raecte          .46.
    sura   canIyta<   i]à<   svRzaekivnaiznI            ,
    manu;<   ma<smaSvaXy   n&Tyamae=w   ink…iM-lam!  .47.  
tt:  thereafter
S¥pINKa   nam   Surpanaka named
raXs£   rakshasi
vaÀy|   the following words
Ab#v£t¯   said
Ajam¤Áya   by Ajamukhi
yt¯   whatever
u³|   was said
¢h  also
tt¯   ev   that only
mm  to me
raEctE   agreeable
s¤ra   c   and drinks
Aan£ytam¯   be brought
¢Xp#|   quickly
svISaEk¢vna¢Sn£   the antidote for all worries
man¤x|   the human being's
ma|s|   meat
AaÞvaÒy   AT   after eating
n¦Ïyam:   let us dance
AT  then
¢nk[¢ØBla|   intoxicated
 
46&47.Thereafter,   another   asura   woman   named   Surpanaka   said   the   following   words.   "Whatever   Ajamukhi  has   said   only   is   acceptable   to   me;   let   us   quickly   get   drinks,   an   antidote   for   all   worries,   and   after   eating   the   human   being's   meat   dance   with   abandonment."  
    @v<   s<-rœTSymana   sa   sIta   sursutaepma   ,
    ra]sIi-ivRêpai-x‰RyRmuTs&Jy   caédt!           .48.  
ev|   Like this
s|BrqÏÞymana   threatened
sa   s£ta   that Sita
s¤rs¤taEpma   Devi like
raXs£¢B:   by the rakshasis
¢vãpa¢B:   deformed
DWyI|   courage
uÏs¦Çy   lost
c  also
Aâdt¯   cried.
 
 48. Being   threatened   like   this   by   the   deformed  asura   women, Goddess   like   Sita   also   lost   her   courage   and  cried.  
 #Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   suNdrka{fe   ctuivR<z>   sgR>   .24.
   
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