THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 55 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
hnumÙas>   -   HANUMAN'S   FEAR
 
sNdIPymana<   ivXvSta<   ÇStr]aeg[a<   purIm!   ,
Aveúy   hnumaLl~»a<   icNtyamas   vanr>   .1.
sÓd£Ôymana|   after burning
¢vÒvÞta|   burnt to ashes
æOÞtrXaEgNa|   with terrified and running Rakshasas
p¤r£m¯   city
AvEßy   seeing
hn¤man¯   Hanuman
l|Äða|   Lanka
¢cÓtyamas   started worrying as follows on his acts
vanr:   monkey

 
1.Seeing   Lanka   being   burnt   to   ashes   and   the   Rakshasa   running   hither   and   thither
frightened,   Hanuman   thought   to   himself   as   follows.
 
tSya-UTsumha<ôas>   k…Tsa   caTmNyjayt   ,
l»a<     àdhta   kmR   ik<   iSvt!   k«timd<   mya   .2.
tÞy  to him
AB¥t¯   arose
s¤mhan¯   a great
æOas:   fear in ming
k[Ïsa   c   wrong act also
AaÏm¢n   in himself
Ajayt   born
lÄða|   Lanka
p#dhta   burnt
kmI  action
¢k|   ¢Þvt¯   why
k]t|   was done
id|   this
mya  by me

 
2."Lanka   has   been   set   on   fire.But   on   what   purpose   has   this   been   done   by   me?"
Thinking   on   these   lines   he   felt   a   great   fear   in   his   mind   and   also   a   sense   of   regret.
 
xNyaSte   pué;ïeóa   te   buÏ(a   kaepmuiTwtm!   ,
inéNxiNt   mhaTmanae   dIÝmi¶imvaM-sa    .3.
DÓya:   are blessed
tE  they
p¤âx½E¿a:   good men
yE  who
b¤ÑGYa   by knowledge
kaEp|   anger
u¢ÏTtm¯   rising
¢nâÓD¢Ót   quenches and controls it
mhaÏman:   are good souls
d£çO|||   burning
A¢g"|   fire
iv  similarly
AØBsa   with water

 
3.He   said   to   himself,"   They   are   the   blessed,   they   are   noble,   and   they   are   the   great   men,   who control   their   anger   by   intelligence   just   as   the   blazing   fire   is   controlled   with   water.
 
³…Ï>   pap<   n   k…yaRt!   k>   ³…Ïae   hNyaÌ‚ênip   ,
³…Ï>   pé;ya   vaca   nr>   saxUnixi]pet!   .4.
@[ÑG:   one who gets angry
pap|   sins
n   k[yaIt¯   will not do
k:  who
@[ÑG:   who is angry
hÓyat¯   may kill
g¥ãn¯   A¢p   elders also
@[ÑG:   who is angry
pâxya   with cruel
vaca   words
nr:  man
saD¥n¯   wise men
A¢D¢XpEt¯   may insult

 
4.One   in   anger   will   indulge   in   sinful   acts,   may     kill   respected   elders   and   may   insult   good with   cruel   words.
 
vaCyavaCy<   àk…iptae   n   ivjanait   krœihict!   ,
nakayRmiSt   ³…ÏSy   navaCy<   iv*te   Kvict!   .5.
vaÅyavaÅy|   what can be said and what cannot be said
p#k[¢pt:   one who is enraged
n   ¢vjana¢t   cannot reason
krq¢h¢ct¯   always
n  not
AkayI||   deeds which are bad
A¢Þt   exists
@[ÑGÞy   for an angry person
n  not
AvaÅy|   words which cannot be spoken
¢vïtE   is there
Àv¢ct¯   in this situation

 
5.A   man   under   the   influence   of   great   anger   cannot   discriminate   between   what   can   be   said   and what   cannot   be   said.   There   is   no   act   of   high-handedness   which   an   angry   man   cannot   commit. There   are   no   bad   words   which   cannot   be   uttered   in   anger.
 
y>   smuTpitt<   ³aex<   ]myEv   inrSyit   ,
ywaergSTvc<   jI[aR<   s   vE   pué;>   %Cyte   .6.
y:  he who
sm¤Ïp¢tt|   falls
@aED|   anger
Xmya   with patience
ev  only
¢nrÞy¢t   abandons
yTa  that way
urg:   snake
Ïvc|   skin
j£NaI|   damaged
s:   vW   he alone
p¤âx:   as a man
uÅytE   is spoken as

 
6.He   only   is   a   man   who   is   able   to   control   his   anger   by   patience.
 
ixgStu   ma<   suÊbuRiÏ<   inlR¾<   papk«Ämm!   ,
AicNtiyTva   ta<   sItami¶<d   Svaim"atkm!   .7.
¢Dkq   AÞt¤   Oh! I must be insulted
ma|   me
s¤Ñ¤b¤I¢ÑG|   have lost my senses
¢nlIÇj|   without shame
papk]äOmm¯   first among sinners
A¢cÓt¢yÏva   without thinking
ta|   that
s£ta|   Sita
A¢g"d|   burnt with fire
Þva¢mGatkm¯   one who has betrayed his master

 
 
7.I   who   foolishly   set   fire   to   Lanka   without   thinking   for   a   moment   about   the   safety   of   Sita, must   be   deemed   a   sinner   and   a   shameless   person   for   I   have   betrayed   my   master.
 
yid   dGxa   iTvy<   l»a   nUnmayaR=ip   jankI   ,
dGxa   ten   mya   -tuRrœht<   kayRmjanta   .8.
y¢d  if
dÂDa   set on fire
t¤  in this
iy|   this
lÄða   Lanka
n¥n|   certainly
AayaI   A¢p   lady also
jank£   Janaki
dÂDa   has been set on fire
tEn  therefore
mya  by me
Bt¤I:   master's
ht|   is spoiled
kayI|   mission
Ajanta   foolishly

 
8.When   this   city   of   Lanka   was   burnt,   Sita   too   would   have   been   burnt   with   it.
That   is   certain.   I   have   bungled   the   mission   on   which   my   master   has   sent   me.
 
ydwRmymar<-StTkayRmvsaidtm!   ,
mya   ih   dhta   l»a<   n   sIta   pirri]ta   .9.
ydTI|   for what purpose
Ay|   this
Aar|B:   effort
tt¯  that
kayI|   mission
Avsa¢dtm¯   has been spoiled
mya  by me
¢h  surely
dhta   burning down with fire
lÄða|   Lanka
n  not
s£ta   Sita
p¢rr¢Xta   was saved

 
9.All   the   efforts   that   I   have   put   until   now   have   gone   to   waste.For   I   have   burnt   Lanka   and   have done   nothing   to   save   Sita.
 
$;TkayRimd<   kayR<k«tmasIÚ   s<zy>   ,
tSy   ³aexai--Uten   mya   mUl]y>   k«t>   .10.
iIxÏkayI|   as a trival work
id||   this
kayI||   great mission
k]t|   Aas£t¯   has been completed
n   s|Sy:   no doubt
tÞy  that
@aEDa¢BB¥tEn   because of anger
mya  by me
m¥lXy:   root's destruction
k]t:   destroyed

 
10.This   great   mission   I   had   started   as   ended   as   an   insignificant   work.   Being   subject
to   anger   I   have   destroyed   the   foundation   of   my   mission   and   there   is   no   doubt   about   it.            
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