THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 55 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
hnumaÙas>   -   HANUMAN'S   FEAR
 
ivnòa   jankI   nUn<   n   ýdGx>   à†Zyte   ,
l'œkaya<   kiítuÎez>   svaR   -SmIk«ta   purI   .11.
¢vn¾a   has died
jank£   Janaki
n¥n|   surely
n  not
¢h  therefore
AdÂD:   untouched by fire
p#èÜytE   is seen
lHqkaya|   in Lanka
k¢àt¯   any where
uêES:   place
svaI   all
BÞm£k]ta   burnt to ashes
p¤r£   city

 
11.Hanuman   thinks   that   no   place   has   been   spared   by   the   devastating   fire   in   the   city   and thus   Sita   must   have   lost   her   life.
 
yid   tiÖht<   kayR<   mm   à}aivpyRyat!   ,
#hEv   àa[s<Nyasae   mmip   ý*   raecte   .12.
y¢d  if
tt¯  that
¢vht|   was destroyed
kyI|   mission
mm  my
p#åOa¢vpyIyat¯   because of my foolishness
ih   ev   here itself
p#aNs|Óyas:   putting an end to life
mm   A¢p   mine also
¢h  alone
Aï  now
raEctE   looks appropriate

 
12.If   the   purpose   of   my   mission   has   been   defeated   beacause   of   my   stupidity   then   the   best course   is   to   put   an   end   to   my   life.
 
ikm¶aE   inptaMy*   AahaeiSvÓfbamuoe   ,
zrIrmahae   st!Tvana<   diÒ   sagrvaisnam!   .13.
¢k|   what
Ag"aW   in the fire
¢npta¢m   should I fall
Aï  now
AahaE¢Þvt¯   Oh! what
bfbam¤KE   agni called badavmuka
Sr£r|   body
AahaE   otherwise
st¯Ïvana|   living things
d¢î   give
sagrva¢snam¯   living in the sea

 
13.Shall   I   immolate   myself   in   the   badavamuka   fire?   Or   shall   I   submit   myself   as   food   for the   creatures   of   the   sea?
 
kw<   ih   jIvta   zKyae   mya   Ôòu<   hrIñr>   ,
taE   va   pué;zaËRlaE   kayRsvRSv"aitna   .14.
kT|   how
¢h  indeed
j£vta   to live
SÀy:   is it appropriate
mya  by me
d#¾¤|   to see
h¢rár:   king of monkeys
taW   va   or those two
p¤âxSaÑ¥IlaW   great men
kayIsvIÞvGa¢tna  one who has spoiled the mission

 
14.How   will   be   it   possible   to   face   the   monkey   leader   Sugreeva   and   the   two   noble   brothers who   had   sent   me   on   this   mission,   after   spoiling   the   same.
 
mya   olu   tdeved<   rae;dae;at!   àdizRtm!   ,
àiwt<<   iÇ;u   laeke;u   kipTvmnviSwtm!   .15.
mya  by me
Kl¤  is it not
tt¯  that
ev   id|   this is it
raExdaExat¯   because of defect of anger
p#d¢SItm¯   overtly proved
p#¢Tt|   well known
¢æOx¤   in the three
laEkEx¤   worlds
k¢pÏv|   to monkeys
Anv¢ÞTym¯   unpredictability

 
15.On   account   of   my   great   defect,   anger   I   have   proved   that   which   is   known   in   the   three   worlds namely,that   the   monkeys   are   fickle   minded   and   undependable   by   nature.
 
ixgStu   rajs<   -avmnIzmnviSwtm!   ,
$ñre[aip   yÔagaNmya   sIta   n   ri]ta   .16.
¢Dg¯   AÞt¤   must be scolded
rajs|   rajas named
Bav|   nature
An£S|   uncontrollable by the mind
Anv¢ÞTtm¯   inconsistently
iIárEN   by one who is capable of accomplishing a mission
A¢p  also
yt¯  because
ragat¯   under the influence of anger
mya  by me
s£ta   Sita
n   r¢Xta   was not protected

 
16.Curse   this   excitable   nature   which   makes   one   unsteady   and   beyond   the   control   of   the   mind. Due   to   this   I,   who   is   competant   to   achieve     things,   have   failed   to   take   measures   to   protect Seetha.
 
ivnòaya<   tu   sItaya<     tavu-aE   ivniz:yt>   ,
tyaeivRnaze   su¢Iv>   sNxuxuivRniz:yit   .17.
¢vn¾aya|   t¤   indeed if dead
s£taya|   Sita
taW  those
uBaW   two
¢vn¢SÝyt:   will die
tyaE:   ¢vnaSE   in case those two died
s¤g#£v:   Sugreeva
sbÓD¤:   with his entire clan
¢vn¢SÝy¢t   will die

 
17.If   Sita   perishes   the   two   princes   will   perish.   If   they   perish   Sugreeva   and   his
clan   will   perish.
 
@tdev   vc>   ïuTva   -rtae   æat&vTsl>   ,
xmaRTma   shzÇu¹>   kw<   zúyit   jIivtum!   .18.
ett¯   this
ev  alone
vc:   words
½¤Ïva   hearing
Brt:   Bharatha
B#at¦vÏsl:   one who adores his brother
DmaIÏma   good soul
shSæO¤G":   with Sathrugna
kT|   Sßy¢t   how can he tolerate
j£¢vt¤|   to live

 
18.When   righteous   Bharatha   endowed   with   brotherly   affection   happens   to   hear   of   this,
he   along   will   Sathrugna   will   refuse   to   be   alive.
 
#úvak…v<ze   ximRóe   gte   nazms<zym!   ,
-iv:yiNt   àja>   svaR>   zaeksNtappIifta>   .19.
ißvak[v|SE   the Ikshvaku race
D¢mI¿E   steadfast in dharma
gtE  if reached
naS|   end
As|Sym¯   without doubt
B¢vÝy¢Ót   will become
p#ja:   citizens
svaI:   all
SaEksÓtapp£¢fta:   troubled by sorrow

 
19.If   the   line   of   Ikshvaku,   following   the   path   of   righteousness   comes   to   an   end,   all   their subjects   will   be   troubled   by     sorrow.
 
tdh<   -aGyrihtae   luÝxmaRwRs'œ¢h>   ,
rae;dae;pirtaTma   Vy­<   laekivnazn>   .20.
tt¯  hence
Ah|   I
BaÂyr¢ht:   with out luck
l¤çODmaITIsHqg#h:   losing the fruits of following dharma
raExdaExp¢rtaÏma   by letting me get angry
Ûy³m¯   is clear
laEk¢vnaSn:   responsible for destroying the world

 
20.So   I   who   allowed   myself   to   be   enslaved   by   the   evils   of   anger,   whose   good   fortune and   stock   of   moral   and   wordly   excellences   have   been   depleted,   thereby   am   undoubtedly   a destroyer   of   the   world.            
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