THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 25 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
   sItaiv;ad>     -       SITA   LOSES   HOPE
   
    vepte   Smaixk<   sIta   ivzNtIva¼maTmna   ,
    vne   yUwpiræòa   m&gI   kaekEirvaidRta          .11.  
vEptE   Þm   trembled
A¢Dk|   uncontrollably
s£ta  Sita
¢vSÓt£   iv   withdrew
AÄñ|   into her own self
AaÏmn:   within her own
vnE   in the forest
y¥Tp¢rB#¾a   separated from its own species
m¦g£   the deer
kaEkW:   by wolves
iv  like
A¢dIta  tormented
 
11. Like   a   deer,   separated  from   its  species  and   tormented  by   wolves,   Sita   withdrew   herself   within   her   own  self  and  uncontrollably   trembled.  
    sa   TvzaekSy   ivpula<   zaoamalMBy   pui:ptam!   ,
    icNtyamas   zaeken   -taRr<   -¶mansa                 .12.  
sa   She
t¤  then
ASaEkÞy   ashoka tree's
¢vp¤la|   leafy
SaKa|  branch
AalØÖy   catching hold of
p¤¢Ýptam¯   with flowers
¢cÓtyamas   thought.
SaEkEn  (overcome) by grief
BtaIr|  of her husband
Bg"mansa   broken-hearted
 
12. She,   broken-hearted   with   grief,   caught   hold   of   a  leafy  branch   of   ashoka   tree   with   flowers   and   thought   of   her   husband.  
    ha   rameit   c   Ê>oataR   ha   punlRúm[eit   c   ,
    ha   ñïu   mm   kaEsLye   ha   suimÇeit   -aimnI  .13.
 
    @;aLppu{ya   k«p[a   ivniz:yaMynawvt!        ,
    smuÔmXye   naE>   pU[aR   vayuvegEirvahta               .14.
 
    -taRr<   tmpZyNtI   ra]sIvzmagta                 ,
    sIdaim   olu   zaeken   kªl<   taeyht<   ywa         .15.
 
    t<   pÒdlpÇa]<   is<hiv³aNtgaimnm!                ,
    xNya>   pZyiNt   me   naw<   k«t}<   iàyvaidnm!   .16.
 
    svRwa   tenhInaya   rame[   ividtaTmna               ,
    tIú[<   iv;imvaSvaXy   ÊlR-<   mm   jIivt<         .17.
 
    kI†z<   tu   mya   pap<   pura   jNmaNtre   k«tm!      ,
    yened<   àaPyte   Ê>o<   mya   "aer<   sudaé[m!          .18.
 
    jIivt<   Ty­…imCDaim   zaeken   mhta   v&ta         ,
    ra]sIi-í   rúyNTya   ramae   nasaXyte   mya      .19.
 
    ixgStu   olumanu:y<   ixgStu   prvZytam!         ,
    n   zKy<   yt!   pirTy­…maTmCDNden   jIivtm!   .20.  
ha   ram   i¢t   c   Oh! Rama! and also
Ѥ:KataI   lamented with above thoughts
ha   p¤n:   lßmN   i¢t   c   and again Oh! Lakshmana! and
ha  Oh!
ὤ   mother-in-law
mm   my
kaWsÚyE  Kausalya
ha   s¤¢mæOE   Oh! Sumitra
i¢t   thus
Ba¢mn£  Beautiful lady
exa   this me
AÚpp¤Îya   luckless
k]pNa   not knowing what to do
¢vn¢SÝya¢m   I will meet my doom;
AnaTvt¯   left alone
sm¤d#mÒyE   in the middle of the ocean
naW:   a ship
p¥NaI   fully loaded
vay¤vEgW:   by strong winds
iv  like
Aahta   tossed about
BtaIr|   t|   my husband
ApÜyÓt£   without meeting
raXs£vS|   controlled by asura women
Aagta  coming under
s£da¢m   Kl¤   I am saddened
SaEkEn  with grief
k\l|   like the shore
taEyht|   battered by flood waters
yTa  as per
t|  him
pîdlpæOaX|   with eyes like blossomed lotus petal
¢s|h¢v@aÓtga¢mn|   walks like a brave lion
DÓya:   the blessed people
pÜy¢Ót   see him
mE  my
naT|   husband
k]tåO|   generous
¢p#yva¢dn|   soft-spoken
svITa   is always
tEn   that
h£naya:  without
ramEN   Rama's presence
¢v¢dtaÏmna   all observant
t£ßN|   virulent
¢vx|   poison
AaÞvaÒy   iv   as if I have consumed
ѤlIB|   impossible
mm  my
j£¢vt|   living
k£èS|   how much
t¤  but
mya   by me
pap|   sin
p¤ra   in earlier
jÓmaÓtrE   births
k]t|   was committed
yEn   therefore
id|   this
p#aÔytE   is experienced
Ѥ:K|  grief
mya   by me
GaEr|   cruelly
s¤daâN|   much painful
j£¢vt|   my life
Ïy³[|   to end
iÅCa¢m   I wish
SaEkEn   with grief
mhta  great
v¦ta   saddened
raXs£¢B:   c   by the rakshasis also
rßyÓÏya   guarded
ram:   Rama
n   AasaÒytE   will not be possible to meet
mya   by me
¢Dkq   is worthless
AÞt¤   Kl¤   is it not ?
man¤Ýy|   human life
t¤   but
¢Dkq   AÞt¤   is more worthless
prvÜyta|   being alone
n   SÀy|   has no right
yt¯   because
p¢rÏy³[|   for ending
AaÏmÅCÓdEn   of own volition
j£¢vt|   life

 13  to 20. Sita,  the  beautiful  lady  lamented,  calling  Rama's,   Lakshmana's,   mother-in-law   Kausalya's   and     Sumitra's   names,   saying   that   she   felt   like   ship   tossed   about   by   strong   winds about  to  be  destroyed;   unable   to   see   her   husband   and   guarded   by  asura  women,   she   is   like   land   ravaged   bt   floods;   He   with   lotus-petal   like   eyes,   who   walks  like   a lion,   kind-hearted   and   soft-spoken   my   husband   is   surrounded   by   people   who   are   blessed   with good   luck;   being   separated   from   the   universally   liked   Rama,   I   feel   like   having   taken   strong   poison   and   I   wonder   how   I   am   still   alive;   what   sins   I   have   committed   in   my   previous   birth,   because   of   I   am   subjected   to   this   torture   and   grief;   being    gaurded   by   asura   women,   I   will   not   be   able   meet   Rama;   being  weighed   down   with   grief,   I   would   like   to   commit   suicide;   the   life   of   a   human   being   is   worthless   and   more   so   when   one   is    without   any   support;   because   we   do   not   have   a   right   to   commit   suicide.  
 #Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   isNdrka{fe   pÂiv<z>   sgR>     .25.
   
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