THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 67 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
sItavcnanuvad>   -   CONVEYING   SITA'S   WORDS
 
@vmu­Stu   hnuman!   ra"ve[   mhaTmna   ,
sItaya   -ai;t<   svR<   Nyvedyt   ra"v   .1.
ev|   like this
u³:   being told
t¤  immediately
hn¤man¯   Hanuman
raGvEN   by Raghava
mhaÏmna   the nobleman
s£taya:   Sita's
Ba¢xt|   speech
svI|   all
Óyvdyt   narrated
raGvE   to Ragava

 
1.Hanuman   being   told   by   Rama   thus,   narrated   the   whole   of   Sita's   message   in   detail.
 
#dmu­vtI   devI   jankI   pué;;R-   ,
pUvRv&Ämi-}an<   icÇkªqe   ywatwm!   .2.
id|   this
u³vt£   was told by her
dEv£   deva
jank£   Janaki
p¤âxxIB   noble man
p¥vI|v¦äO|   the earlier happenings
Aa¢BåOan|   as rememberance
¢cæOk\zE   in Chitrakutam
yTatTm¯   in detail

 
2.Hanuman   said   that   Sita   narrated   to   him   as   a   token   of   remembrance   all   details   about   an incident   that   took   place   in   Chitrakutam.
 
suosuÝa   Tvya   saxR<   jankI   pUvRmuiTwta   ,
vays>   shsaeTpTy   ivrrad   StnaNtre   .3.
s¤Ks¤çOa   having well slept
Ïvya   you
saDI|   with
jank£   Janaki
p¥vI|   earlier
u¢ÏTta   woke up
vays:   a crow
shsa   suddenly
uÏpÏy   came flying
¢vrrad   bruised
ÞtnaÓtrE   between the breasts

 
3.In   Chitrakuta   Sita   slept   with   you   and   woke   up   befor   you.   A   crow   suddenly   flew   down   and wounded   her   between   the   breasts.
 
pyaRye[   c   suÝSTv<   deVy»e   -rta¢j   ,
puní   ikl   p]I   s   deVya   jnyit   Vywam!   .4.
pyaIyEN   later
c  also
s¤çO:   slept
Ïv|   you
dEÛyÄðE   on Sita's lap
Brtag#j   elder brother of Bharatha
p¤n:   c   again
¢kl  the same
pX£  bird
s:  that
dEÛya:   to Sita
jny¢t   created
ÛyTam¯   pain

 
4.Afterwards   when   Rama   slept   with   his   head   on   her   lap   the   same   bird   attacked   Sita   and caused   her   great   pain.
 
pun>   punépagMy   ivrrad   -&z<   ikl   ,
ttSTv<   baeixtStSya>   zaei[ten   smui]t>   .5.
p¤n:   p¤n:   again and again
upagØy   coming
¢vrrad   injured
B¦S|   severly
¢kl  involuntarily
tt:  then
Ïv|   you
baE¢Dt:   were woken up
tÞya:   by her
SaE¢NtEn   by blood
sm¤¢Xt:   wetted

 
5.The   crow   attacked   Sita   many   times   and   wounded   her   and   the   blood   that   flowed   out
wetted   your   body,   waking   you   up.
 
vaysen   c   tenEv   stt<   baXymanya   ,
baeixt>   ikl   deVya   Tv<   suosuÝ>   prNtp   .6.
vaysEn   by the crow
c  also
tEn   ev   by the same
stt|   without break
vaÒymanya   being tourtured
baE¢Dt:   were woken up
¢kl  compulsorily
dEÛya   by Sita
Ïv|   you
s¤Ks¤çO:   in deep sleep
prÓtp   killer of enemies

 
6.Rama   who   was   in   deep   sleep,   was   awakened   by   Sita,   who   was   continuously   attacked   by the   crow.
 
ta<<   c   †òœva   mhabahae   daitirta<<   c   StnaNtre   ,
AazIiv;   #v   ³…Ïae   in>ñsÚ_y-a;wa>   .7.
ta|   c   seeing her also
è¾qva   seeing
mhabahaE   mighty one
da¢rta|   being wounded
c  also
ÞtnaÓtrE   between the breast
AaS£¢vx   iv   like a snake
@[ÑG:   angered
¢n:ásn¯   hissing
A×yBaxTa:   spoke

 
7.Rama,   seeing   Sita   wounded   between   her   breasts,   fell   into   a   fit   of   anger   and   hissing   like a   serpent   asked   her.
 
noa¢E>   ken   te   -Ié   dairt<   tu   StnaNtrm!   ,
k>   ³Ifit   srae;e[   pÂv±e[   -aeigna   .8.
nKag#W:   with nails
kEn  by whom
tE  your
B£â   one who is frightened
da¢rt||   wounded
t¤  in this
ÞtnaÓtrm¯   on your breast
k:  who
@£f¢t   played
sraExEN   with anger
p·v?EN   five headed
BaE¢kna   with a serpent

 
8.Rama   asked   Sita   who   has   wounded   her   on   her   breast   with   his   nails?   Who   is   he   who dares   to   play   in   this   way   with   a   five   headed   serpent   whose   wrath   has   been   aroused.
 
inrI]ma[>   shsa   vays<   smvE]wa>   ,
noE>   séixrEtI–ú[EStamevai-suo<   iSwtm!   .9.
¢nr£XmaN:   looking around
shsa   suddenly
vays|   crow
smvWXTa:   you spotted
nKW:   with nails
sâ¢DrW:   with blood
t£ßNW:   sharp
ta|   her
ev   A¢Bs¤K|   in front only
¢ÞTtm¯   standing

 
9.On   looking   around   Rama   saw   standing   before   Sita   the   crow   with   its   sharp   and   blood
stained   nails.
 
sut>   ikl   s   z³Sy   vays>   ptta<   vr>   ,
xraNtrcr>   zIº<   pvnSy   gtaE   sm>   .10.
s¤t:   son
¢kl  therefore
s:  that
S@Þy   Indra's
vays:   crow
ptta|   of birds
vr:  best
DraÓtrcr:   went into the ground
S£G#|   quickly
pvnÞy   to the wind
gtaW   in speed
sm:  was equal

 
10.The   crow   who   was   the   son   of   Indra   and   the   best   among   the   birds   had   the   speed   of   the wind   and   quickly  went  underground.            
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