THE RAMAYANA


SUNDARA KANDA


SARGA 51 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

hn¤mѤpdES:   -   HANUMAN'S   ADVICE  

 
t|   sm£ßy   mhast¯Ïv|   st¯Ïvvan¯   h¢rsäOm:   ,  
vaÀymTIvdÛyg#Þtm¤vac   dSannm¯   .1.  
t|  that
sm£ßy  observing closely
mhast¯Ïv||  the valourous
st¯Ïvvan¯  brave
h¢rsäOm:  noble monkey
vaÀym¯  the following words
ATIvt¯  full of meaning
AÛyg#:  cogently
t|  to him
uvac  spoke
dSannm¯  ten headed Ravana
 
1.Hanuman,   after   observing   Ravana,   spoke   the   following   words   which   were   full   of   meaning.  
 
Ah|   s¤g#£vsÓdESa¢dh   p#açOÞtvalym¯   ,  
raXsEÓd#   hr£SÞÏva|   B#ata   k[Slmb#v£t¯   .2.  
Ah|  I
s¤g#£vsÓdESat¯  on orders of Sugriva
ih  now
p#açO:  have come
tv  your
Aalym¯  place
raXsEÓd#  rakshasa kng
hr£S:  king of monkeys
Ïva|  to you
B#ata  close friend
k[Slm¯   Ab#v£t¯  conveyed goodwishes
 
2.Hanuman   told   Ravana   that   he   has   come   here   as   ordered   by   Sugriva   who   sends   his    
compliments.  
 
B#at¤:   S¦N¤   smadES|   s¤g#£vÞy   mhaÏmn:   ,  
DmaITa©Ip¢ht|   vaÀy¢mh   cam¤æO   c   Xmm¯   .3.  
B#at¤:  close friend
S¦N¤  please hear
smadES|  message
s¤g#£vÞy  Sugriva's
mhaÏmn:  the great soul
DmaITa©Ip¢ht|  with full of dharma
vaÀy|  words
ih  in this world
c   Am¤æO  in the other world also
c   Xm|  will do good also
 
3.Hanuman   told   Ravana   that   the   message   from   Sugriva   will   stand   in   good   stead   in   both   the  
worlds.  
 
raja   dSrTaE   nam   rTk[¸rva¢jman¯   ,  
¢ptEv   bÓD¤la©IkÞy   s¤rEársmÒy¤¢t:   .4.  
raja  a king ruled
dSrT:   nam  named Dasaratha
rTk[¸rva¢jman¯  with chariots, horses andelephants
¢pta   iv  as a father
bÓD¤:  as a relative
laEkÞy  to the world
s¤rEársmÒy¤¢t:  equal in fame to Indra
 
4.Hanuman   told   Ravana   that   a   king   named   Dasaratha   ruled   the   world   as   its   father.  
 
ÇyE¾ÞtÞy   mhabah^:   p¤æO:   ¢p#ykr:   p#B¤:   ,  
¢pt¤¢nIdESa¢°Ý@aÓt:   p#¢v¾aE   dÎfkavnm¯   .5.  
lßmNEn   sh   B#aæOa   s£tya   ca¢p   BayIya   ,  
ramaE   nam   mhatEja   DrqØy|   pÓTanma¢½t:   .6.  
ÇyE¾:  the eldes
tÞy  his
mhabah^:  broad shouldered
p¤æO:  son
¢p#ykr:  very generous to all
p#B¤:  lord
¢pt¤:  father's
¢ndESat¯  as ordered
¢nÝ@aÓt:  leaving the house
p#¢v¾:  entered
dÎfkavnm¯  Dandaka forest
lßmNEn   sh  with Lakshmana
B#aæOa  brother
s£tya   c  Sita also
A¢p  and
BayIya  wife
ram:   nam  named Rama
mhatEja:  with great luster
DrqØy|  dharma
pÓTan|  path of
Aa¢½t:  following
 
5,6.Hanuman   told   Ravana   about   Rama,   the   eldest   son   of   Dasaratha,   who   went   to   Dandaka  
forest   as   ordered   by   his   father,   accompanied   by   Lakshmana   and   wife   Sita.  
 
tÞy   BayaI   vnE   n¾a   s£ta   p¢tmn¤v#ta   ,  
vWdEhÞy   s¤ta   raåOaE   jnkÞy   mhaÏmn:   .7.  
tÞy  his
BayaI  wife
vnE  in the forest
n¾a  was lost
s£ta  Sita
p¢tm¯  husband
An¤v#ta  always following
vWdEhÞy  Videha's
s¤ta  daughter
raåO:  king
jnkÞy  Janaka's
mhaÏmn:  a great soul
 
7.Rama's   wife   Sita,   who   was   with   him   always,   was   lost   in   the   forest.  
 
s   magImaNÞta|   dEv£|   rajp¤æO:   shan¤j:   ,  
§Üym¥kmn¤p#açO:   s¤g#£vEN   smagt:   .8.  
s:  that
magImaN:  serching for
ta|  that
dEv£|  devi
rajp¤æO:  the prince
shan¤j:  with his younger brother
§Üym¥km¯  rishyamukha
An¤p#açO:  reached
s¤g#£vEN  with Sugriva
smagt:  became friends
 
8.Hanuman   continuing   his   narration   said   that   Rama   with   Lakshmana   reached   rishyamukha  
mountain   and   befriended   Sugriva.  
 
tÞy   tEn   p#¢tåOat|   s£taya:   p¢rmagINm¯   ,  
s¤g#£vÞya¢p   ramEN   h¢rraÇy|   ¢nvE¢dtm¯   .9.  
tÞy  his
tEn  by him
p#¢tåOat|  was promised
s£taya:  Sita's
p¢rmagINm¯  searching
s¤g#£vÞy  to Sugriva
A¢p   ramEN  by Rama also
h¢rraÇy|  monkey kingdom
¢nvE¢dtm¯  was promised
 
9.Hanuman   told   Ravana   that   Sugriva   promised   to   locate   Sita   and   Rama   promised   to   restore  
the   kingdom   to   Sugriva.  
 
ttÞtEn   m¦DE   hÏva   rajp¤æOEN   va¢lnm¯   ,  
s¤g#£v:   ÞTa¢ptaE   raÇyE   hy¦IXaNa|   gNEár:   .10.  
tt:  then
tEn  by that
m¦DE  in a fight
hÏva  killing
rajp¤æOEN  by the prince
va¢lnm¯  Vali
s¤g#£v:  Sugriva
ÞTa¢pt:  was crowned
raÇyE  in the kingdom
hy¦IXaNa|  of monkeys and bears
gNEár:  as a king of the two tribes
 
10.Rama   killed   Vali   in   afight   and   restored   the   kingdom   to   Sugriva   as   promised.  
         
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