THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 17 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

¢vB£xNSrNag¢t:   -   VIBHISHANA   SEEKS   REFUGE  
 
iÏy¤ÀÏva   pâx|   vaÀy|   ravN|   ravNan¤j:   .  
Aajgam   m¤h¥t©In   yæO   ram:   slßmN:   =1=  
i¢t    as above
uÀÏva    having said
pâx|    harsh
vaÀy|    words
ravN|    to Ravana
ravNan¤j:    Ravana's younger brother, Vibhishana
Aajgam    arrived
m¤h¥t©In    in less than an hour
yæO    where
ram:    Rama
slßmN:    was with Lakshmana
 
1.Vibhishana   saying   harsh   words   as   above   to   Ravana   arrived   in   less  
than   an   hour   where   Rama   was   with   Lakshmana.    
t|   mEâ¢SKrakar|   d£çO¢mv   St»dam¯   .  
ggnÞT|   mh£ÞTaÞtE   dèS¤vaInra¢Dpa:   =2=  
t|    him
mEâ¢SKrakar|    resembling a peak of mount Meru
d£çO|    dazzling flash
iv   St»dam¯    like lightning
ggnÞT|    standing in the sky
mh£ÞTa:    standing on the ground
tE    those
dèS¤:    saw
vanra¢Dpa:    the leaders of monkeys
 
2.The   leaders   of   the   monkey   standing   on   the   ground   saw   Vibhishana  
standing   in   the   sky   resembling   mount   Meru   andlike   a   flash   of  
lightning.    
s   ¢h   mEGaclp#ÁyaE   mhEÓd#sm¢v@m:   .  
Þa#vay¤DDraE   v£raE   ¢dÛyaBrNB¥¢xt:   =3=  
s:   ¢h    he
mEGaclp#Áy:    resembled a cloud and mountain
mhEÓd#sm¢v@m:    equal to Indra in valour
svaIy¤DDr:    having all the weapons
v£r:    valiant
¢dÛyaBrNB¥¢xt:    adorned with celestial jewels
 
3.Vibhishana   resembling   a   cloud   and   mountain,   equal   in   valour   to  
Indra,   valiant   and   having   all   the   weapons   was   adorned   with   celestial  
jewels.    
yE   caÔyn¤craÞtÞy   cÏvaraE   B£m¢v@ma:   .  
tE{¢p   svaIy¤DaEpEta   B¥xNWàa¢p   B¥¢xta:   =4=  
yE   c    who also
A¢p    only
An¤cra:    attendants
tÞy    his
cÏvar:    four
B£m¢v@ma:    with redoubtable prowess
tE   A¢p    they also
svaIy¤DaEpEta:    having all the weapons
B¥xNW:    with ornaments
c    also
A¢p    even
B¥¢xta:    were adorned
 
4.His   four   attendants   with   redoubtable   prowess   also   were   having   all  
weapons   and   adorned   with   jewels.    
tmaÏmp·m|   è¾qva   s¤g#£vaE   vanra¢Dp:   .  
vanrW:   sh   ѤDIxI¢àÓtyamas   b¤¢¼man¯   =5=  
t|    him
AaÏmp·m|    to be the fifth person
è¾qva    seeing
s¤g#£v:    Sugriva
vanra¢Dp:    the king of minkeys
vanrW:    monkeys
sh    alongwith
ѤDIxI:    difficult to overpower
¢cÓtyamas    became thoughtful
b¤¢¼man¯    the wise
 
5.The   wise   Sugriva   king   of   monkeys   alongwith   the   monkeys   seeing  
Vibhishana   as   the   fifth   person   became   thoughtful.    
¢cÓt¢yÏva   m¤h¥tI|   t¤   vanra|Þtan¤vac   h   .  
hn¤mt¯p#m¤KaÓsvaI¢nd|   vcnm¤äOmm¯   =6=  
¢cÓt¢yÏva    thinking
m¤h¥tI|   t¤    for awhile
vanran¯    monkeys
tan¯    those
uvac    sloke
h    surely
hn¤mt¯p#m¤Kan¯    with Hanuman at the head
svaIn¯    to all
id|    the following
vcn|    words
uäOmm¯    excellent
 
6.Sugriva,   thinking   for   awhile   said   the   following   excellent   words   to  
all   the   monkeys   with   Hanuman   at   the   head.    
ex   svaIy¤DpEtàt¤¢BI:   sh   raXsW:   .  
raXsaE{×yE¢t   pÜyÒvmÞmaÓhÓt¤|   n   s|Sy:   =7=  
ex:    this
svaIy¤DpEt:    having with all weapons
ct¤¢BI:    four
sh    alongwith
raXsW:    ogres
raXs:    ogre
A×yE¢t    has come
pÜyÒvm¯    you also see
AÞman¯    us
hÓt¤|    to kill
n   s|Sy:    without doubt
 
7.Sugriva   told   that   the   ogre   has   come   with   four   ogres   with   all   weapons  
to   kill   them.    
s¤g#£vÞy   vc:   ½¤Ïva   sv©I   tE   vanraEäOma:   .  
salan¤ïØy   SWla|à   id|   vcnmb#¤vn¯   =8=  
s¤g#£vÞy    of Sugriva
vc:    words
½¤Ïva    hearing
sv©I    all
tE    those
vanraEäOma:    foremost of monkeys
salan¯    sal trees
uïØy    lifting up
SWlan¯   c    rocks also
id|    the following
vcnm¯    words
Ab#¤vn¯    spoke
 
8.The   foremost   of   monkeys,   hearing   Sugriva's   words,   lifting   up   sal  
trees   and   rocks   spoke   the   following   words.    
S£G#|   Ûya¢dS   naE   rajÓvDayWxa|   ѤraÏmnam¯   .  
¢nptÓt¤   htaàWtE   DrÎyamÚptEjs:   =9=  
S£G#|    quickly
Ûya¢dS    command
n:    us
rajn¯    king
vDay    to kil
exa|    these
ѤraÏmnam¯    evil minded ones
¢nptÓt¤    may fall
hta:    killed
c   etE    they also
DrÎyam¯    on the earth
AÚptEjs:    with poor vitality
 
9.The   monkeys   told   Sugriva   to   command   them   to   kill   those   quickly  
and   they,   with   poor   vitality,   will   fall   down   on   the   earth   killed.    
tExa|   s|BaxmaNanamÓyaEÓy|   s   ¢vB£xN:   .  
uäOr|   t£rmasaï   KÞT   ev   Ûy¢t¿t   =10=  
tExa|    their
s|BaxmaNanam¯    while talking
AÓyaEÓy|    to one another
s:    that
¢vB£xN:    Vibhishana
uäOr|    northern
t£r|    shore
Aasaï    reaching
KÞT:   ev    still in the air
Ûy¢t¿t    stopped
 
10.Vibhishana,   reaching   the   northern   shore,   stopped   still   in   the  
air   while   the   monkeys   were   talking   to   one   another.              
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