THE RAMAYANA
SUNDARA KANDA
SARGA 54 : SLOKAS 31 TO 40
l»adhnm!
- BURNING DOWN LANKA
ŠiciTk<zuks»aza>
ŠicCDLmilsiÚ-a> ,
ŠicTk…'œk…ms»aza>
izoa vûeíkaizre
.31.
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¢k||S¤ksÄðaSa:
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like Kimshuka flowers |
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SaÚm¢ls¢°Ba:
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like Shalmali flowers |
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k[Hqk[msÄðaSa:
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like Saffron flowers |
31.The flames
of the fire in some
places shone like the Kimshuka
flowers,in other places like Salmali
flowers and yet in other
places like saffron flowers.
hnUmta
vegvta vanre[
mhaTmna ,
l»apur<
àdGx< tÔ‚Ôe[
iÇpur< ywa
.32.
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vEgvta
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having the capability to
plan the action |
32.Just as
the three worlds were destroyed
by Rudra, similarly the
city of Lanka
was destroyed
by Hanuman.
ttStu
l»apurpvRta¢e smuiTwtae
-Impra³mae=i¶> ,
àsayR
cUfavly< àdIÝae
hnUmta vegvta
ivs&ò> .33.
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lÄðap¤rpvItag#E
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on top of the
Lanka mountain |
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B£mpra@@m:
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with great strength |
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p#sayI
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spreading all over |
33.The fire
lit by Hanuman after spreading
all over the city of
Lanka now shot up in
high flames above the level
of the mountain on which
Lanka was situated.
yugaNtkalanltuLyveg>
smaétae=i¶vRv&xe
idivSp&kœ ,
ivxUmriZm-Rvne;u
sae r]>zrIraJysmipRtaicR>
.34.
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y¤gaÓtkalanlt¤ÚyvEg:
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like the powerful fire
at the time of dissolution |
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¢d¢vÞp¦kq
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touching the sky |
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¢vD¥mr¢Üm:
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flame without smoke |
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rX:Sr£raÇysm¢pIta¢cI:
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fire that was fed
by the Rakshasa bodies |
34.Fanned by
the wind and fed by
the ghee of Rakshasa bodies,
the fire spread to all
the houses and its flame
rose up in the sky
fiercely like that of the
fire at the time of dissolution.
AaidTykaeqIs†z>
suteja l»a<
smSta< pirvayR
itón! ,
zBdErnekErzinàêFEi-RNdiÚva{f<
àb-aE mhai¶>
.35.
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Aa¢dÏykaEz£sèS:
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equal to crores of suns |
35.The fire
which spread all over Lanka
was brilliant like a crore
of suns and produced sounds
resembling thunder claps. It
looked as if it were
going to break the universe
itself.
tÇaMbradi¶ritàv&Ïae
ê]à-> ik<zukpu:pcUf>
,
invaR[xUmk…larajyí
nIlaeTpla-a> àckaisre=æa>
.36.
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ãXp#B:
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with ferocious heat |
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¢k|S¤kp¤Ýpc¥f:
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colour like that of the
Kimsuka flower |
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¢nvaIND¥mk[larajy:
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the smoke coming out
of dying flames |
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n£laEÏplaBa:
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like colour of the blue
lilies |
36.The flames
of the fire when they
were raging at the summit
looked like the flowers
of the Kimsuka tree. The
smoke from the subsiding
fireafter burning everything rose
up to the sky, and mixing
with the clouds presented
the colour of blue lilies.
v¿I
mheNÔiôdzeñrae
va sa]a*mae
va vé[ae=inlae
va ,
éÔae=i¶rkaˆR
xndí saemae
n vanrae=y<
Svymev kal>
.37.
ik<
äü[> svRiptamhSy
svRSy xatuíturannSy
,
#hagtae
vanrêpxair r]aeps<harkr>
àkaep> .38.
ik<
vE:[v< va
kipêpmeTy r]aeivnazay
pr< sutej>
,
AnNtmVymicNTymek<
Svmayya saMàtmagt<
va .39.
#TyevmUcuvRhvae
ivizòa r]aeg[aStÇ
smeTy svˆR
,
sài[s'œ"a<
sg&ha< sv&]a<
dGxa< purI<
ta< shsa
smI]y .40.
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¢æOdESEár:
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Lord of Devaloka |
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svI¢ptamhÞy
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Grand father for all |
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vanrãpDa¢r
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in the form of monkey |
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rXaEps|hakr:
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for destroying the Rakshasas |
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vWÝNv|
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an incarnation of Vishnu |
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k¢pãp|
eÏy
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taking the form of
a monkey |
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rXaE¢vnaSay
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for destruction of Rakshasas |
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A¢cÓÏy|
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beyond comprehension |
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Þvmayya
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by his magical powers |
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sp#a¢NsHqGa|
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with all living creatures |
37 to 40.Seeing
the whole city along with
its houses, trees and living
creatures burning
simultaneously, many
of the Rakshasa leaders
gathered together and began
to speak
among themselves:"Is
this indra the Lord of
heavens equipped with his
thunder bolt
weapon?Or is
it Yama the Lord of
righteousness? Or is it
Varuna the Lord of the
sea or is it Vayu the
wind God? Can it beLord
Rudra? Or is it Agni
or the Sun diety? Or Kubera
or the moon diety? It
is not a monkey but
the embodiment of death
himself. Can it be the
terrible anger of Brahma
the four faced Father of
the worlds come here in
the form of a monkey
to effect the destruction
of the Rakshasas? Or is
it the embodiment of the
all powerful Vishnu adopting
the monkey's form by the
power of maya that power
of Vishnu which is measureless,
which is beyond thought
and perception, and which
is unequalled by any other
power?"
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