THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 55 : SLOKAS 21 TO 34

 
hnumaÙas>   -   HANUMAN'A   FEAR
 
#it   icNtytStSy   inimÄaNyuppeidre   ,
pUvRmPyuplBxain   sa]at!   punricNtyt!   .21.
i¢t  thus
¢cÓtyt:   thinking
tÞy  his
¢n¢mäOa¢n   reasons
uppE¢drE   appeared may be possible
p¥vI|   A¢p   earlier also
uplÖDa¢n   seen personally
saXat¯   clearly
p¤n:   again
A¢cÓtyt¯   discussed in mind

 
21.Hanuman   once   started   going   through   the   reasons   which   were   seen   personally.
 
Awva   caésvaR'œgI   ri]t=   Sven   tejsa   ,
n   niz:yit   kLya[I   nai¶r¶aE   àvtRte   .22.
ATva   otherwise
caâsvaIHqg£   she whose all limbs are lovely
r¢Xta   protected
ÞvEn   by her own
tEjsa   super natural powers
n   n¢SÝy¢t   would not have died
kÚyaN£   one does good
n  not
A¢g":   fire
Ag"aW   in fire
p#vtItE   will start

 
22.Hanuman   felt   that   Sita's   own   super   natural   powers   would   have   protected   her.
 
n   ih   xmaRTmnStSy   -ayaRmimttejs>   ,
SvcairÇaibguÝa<   Sprœòumrœhit   pavk>   .23.
n  not
¢h  surely
DmaIÏmn:   the pure soul
tÞy  his
BayaI|   wife
A¢mttEjs:   with incomparable effulgence
Þvc¢ræOa¢Bg¤çOa|   protected by his own good deeds
ta|   her
Þp¯r¾¤|   to touch
Arqh¢t   capable
pavk:   fire

 
23.It   is   impossible   for   the   fire   to   even   touch   her   as   she   is   the   wife   of   a   noble   soul.,who   has   great powers   and   an   embodiment   of   dharma   itself.   She   will   be   protected   by   the   power   of her   own   chastity.
 
nUn<   ramà-aven   vEdeýa>   suk«ten   c   ,
yNma<   dhnkmaR=y<   nadhÏVyvahn>   .24.
n¥n|   now
ramp#BavEn   due to Rama's power
vWdE/a:   Sita's
s¤k]tEn   c   her goodness also
yt¯  hence
ma|   me
dhnkmaI   with burning as the only act
Ay|   this
n   Adht¯   does not burnt me
hÛyvahn:   fire

 
24.It   is   because   of   the   greatness   of   Rama   and   the   power   of   Sita's   chastity   that   this
fire   whose   nature   is   to   burn   every   thing   has   failed   to   burn   me.
 
Çya[a<   -rtadIna<   æat&[a<   devta   c   ya   ,
ramSy   c   mn>kaNta   sa   kw<   ivniz:yit   .25.
æOyaNa|   for the three of them
Brtad£na|   Baratha and others
B#at¦Na|   brothers
dEvta   c   Like God also
ya  who
ramÞy   Rama's
c  also
mn:kaÓta   sweet heart
sa  she
kT|   how
¢vn¢SÝy¢t   can be destroyed

 
25.How   can   destruction   take   place   to   her   who   is   devoted   wife   of   Rama   and   the   object of   worship   of   his   three   brothers?
 
yÖa   dhnkmaR=y<   svRÇ   à-urVyy>   ,
n   me   dhit   la'œgUl<   kwmayaR<   àxúyit   .26.
y¹a   or else
dhnkmaI   with burning as duty
Ay|   this
svIæO   at all times and places
p#B¤:   capable
AÛyy:   not going waste
n  not
mE  my
dh¢t   burning
laHqg¥l|   tail
kT|   how
AayaI|   the chaste one
p#Dßy¢t   will it harm

 
26.The   fire   has   not   burnt   even   my   tail;   how   can   it   do   harm   to   Sita?
 
puníaicNtyÄÇ   hnuman!   iviSmtStda   ,
ihr{yna-Sy   igrejRlmXye   àdzRnm!   .27.
p¤n:   c   again
A¢cÓtyt¯   remembered
tæO   in this respect
hn¤man¯   Hanuman
¢v¢Þmt:   was surprised
tda  then
¢hrÎynaBÞy   Mainaka named
¢grE:   mountain's
jlmÒyE   in the midst of water
p#dSInm¯   as an example

 
27.Besides   this   Hanuman   thought   with   great   wonder   about   the   emergence   of   the   mountain Mainaka   in   the   middle   of   the   ocean.
 
tpsa   sTyvaKyen   AnNyTva½   -tRir   ,
Aip   sa   indRhedi¶   n   tami¶>   àx]yit   .28.
tpsa   by penance
sÏyvaÀyEn   by adhereing to truth
AnÓyvat¯   c   faithfulness
BtI¢r   in husband
A¢p  and
sa  she
¢ndIhEt¯   wil burn
A¢g"|   fire itself
n  not
ta|   her
A¢g":   fire
p#DXy¢t   will trouble

 
29.He   thought   that   the   great   lady   with   the   power   of   chastity,   by   her   adherence   to   truth   and   by single   minded   devotion   to   her   husband,   may   even   burn   the   fire   itself.   How   can   such   a   person be   affected   by   fire?
 
s   twa   icNty<StÇ   deVya   xmRpir¢hm!   ,
zuïav   hnuman!   vaKy<   car[ana<   mhaTmanm!   .29.
s:  he
tTa  as stated above
¢cÓtyn¯   was thinking
tæO   on that subject
dEÛya:   Sita's
DmIp¢rg#hm¯   power of dharma
S¤½av   heard
hn¤man¯   Hanuman
vaÀy|   words
carNana|  Charanas'
mhaÏmanm¯   noble

 
29When   Hanuman   was   contemplating   in   his   mind   on   the   moral   might   of   Seetha   he   happened to   hear   words   of   Charanas   on   this   matter.
 
Ahae   olu   k«t<   kmR   Ê:kr<   ih   hnUmta   ,
Ai¶<   ivs&jta=-Iú[<   -Im<   ra]sveZmin   .30.
AhaE   Oh!
Kl¤  certainly
k]t|   done
kmI  deed
ѤÝkr|   very difficult
¢h  what to say
hn¥mta   by Hanuman
A¢g"|   fire
¢vs¦jta   set on
AB£XN|   without a gap
B£m|   fiercely
raXsvEÜm¢n   on the houses of the Rakshasas

 
30.They   said   "   Hanuman   has   certainly   achieved   a   difficult   task   in   setting     fire   to   the   houses of   the   Rakshasas.
 
àplaiytr]Ss!ÇIbalv&Ïsmak…la   ,
jnkaelahlaXmata   ³NdNtIvaiÔkNdre   .31.
dGxey<   ngrI   l»a   sa”àakartaer[a   ,
jankI   n   c   dGxeit   ivSmyae=dœ-ut   @v   n>   .32.
p#pla¢ytrXÞs¯æO£balv¦ÑGsmak[la   with screaming Rakshsa women, children and old people
jnkaElahlaÒmata   the noise and resonance of the crowd
@Ód¢Ót   iv   like wailing
A¢d#kÓdrE   in a cave of the mountain
dÂDa   has been burnt
Ay|   this
ngr£   lÄða   city of Lanka
saÊóp#kartaErNa   with gates,.moats and walls
jank£   Janaki
n  not
c  not and
dÂDa   burnt
i¢t  thus spoken
¢vÞmy:   is a surprise
AdqB¤t:   is a wonder
ev  only
n:  for us

 
31,32.The   whole   of   Lanka,   with   its   mansions,   towers   and   gate   and   wall   have   been   burnt. Like   the   moaning   sounds   coming   from   the   caves   of   a   mountain,   are   rising   the   sad groaning   of   fleeing   Rakshasas-men,women,aged   and   children. Though   the   whole   of   Lanka is   burnt   Sita   remains   unaffected.   This   indeed   is   a   great   wonder.
 
s   inimÄEí   †òaw‰R>   kar[Eí   mhagu[E>   ,
\i;vaKyEí   hnuman-vt!àItmans>   .33.
s:  that
¢n¢mäOW:   c   reasoning also
è¾aT©I:   clear inner thoughts
karNW:   c   actions also
mhag¤NW:   yeilding good results
§¢xvaÀyW:   c   words of the sages also
hn¤man¯   Hanuman
ABvt¯   became
p#£tmans:   satisfied

 
33.Hanuman   felt   great   peace   of   mind   because   of   the   deep   certainity   he   felt   in   regard
to   the   thoughts   that   arose   in   his   mind   about   the   greatness   of   Rama   and   Seetha,
because   of   his   faith   in   moral   efficacy   of   noble   deeds,   and   also   because   of   the   words   of   the Charanas.
 
tt>   kip>   àaÝmnaerwawRStam]ta<   rajsuta<   ividTva   ,
àTy]tSta<   punrev   †òœva   àitàya[ay   mit<   ckar   .34.
tt:  then
k¢p:   monkey
p#açOmnaErTaTI:   having succeeded in the mission
ta|   that
AXta|   being saved from danger
rajs¤ta|   princess
¢v¢dÏva   thinking
p#ÏyXt:   in person
ta|   her
p¤n:   even then
è¾va   ev   after seeing only
p#¢tp#yaNay   for the return journey
m¢t|   ckar   made up his mind

 
34.Though   Hanuman   now   felt   that   the   prince   was   out   of   danger,   he   none   the   less   thought of   seeing   her   once   more,   before   commencing   the   return   journey.
 
#Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   suNdrka{fe   pÂpÂaz>   sgR>   .55.
           
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