THE RAMAYANA
YUDDHA KANDA
SARGA 17 : SLOKAS 51 TO 60
¢vB£xNSrNag¢t:
- VIBHISHANA SEEKS REFUGE
n
BvÓt| m¢t½E¿| smTI|
vdta| vrm¯ .
A¢tSay¢yt¤|
S³aE b¦hÞp¢tr¢p b#¤vn¯
=51=
m¢t½E¿| |
supreme in intelligence |
A¢p b#¤vn¯
| even when speaking |
51.Hanuman told
Rama that he is the
foremost of speakers, with
supreme intelligence
and capable and even for
Brhaspati it would not
be possible
to be better.
n
vada°a¢p sHqGxaI°a¢DÀya°
c kamt: .
vßya¢m
vcn| rajÓyTaTI| ram g¬rvat¯
=52=
vadat¯ |
for sake of argument |
sHqGxaIt¯ |
out of emulation |
A¢DÀyat¯ |
out of superiority |
yTaTI| | that
appears correct to me |
g¬rvat¯ |
with due reverence |
52.Hanuman told
Rama that he is saying
with due reverence which
appears correct
to him not for sake
of argument nor out of
emulation
nor out
of superiority and not
through desire.
ATaInTI¢n¢mäO|
¢h yѤ³| s¢cvWÞtv
.
tæO
daEx| p#pÜya¢m ¢@ya
n /¤ppïtE =53=
ATaInTI¢n¢mäO| |
in ascertaining advantages and
disadvantages |
53.Hanuman told
Rama that he saw defect
in the ministers advice
about ascertaining
advantages and disadvantages and
the means
suggested is
also not possible.
§tE
¢nyaEgaÏsamÐyImvbaE¼^| n SÀytE
=54=
§tE ¢nyaEgat¯
| charging him with
some work |
54.Hanuman told
Rama that it is not
possible to ascertain Vibhishana's
capacity without
charging him with some
work.
shsa
¢v¢nyaEgaE ¢h daExvaÓp#¢t
Ba¢t ma =55=
¢v¢nyaEg: ¢h
| entrusting any work |
55.Hanuman told
Rama that it appears erroneous
to him to entrust
any work
to Vibhishana.
carp#¢N¢ht|
y¤³| yѤ³| s¢cvWÞtv
.
ATIÞyas|BavaäOv
karN| naEppïtE =56=
carp#¢N¢ht| |
sending spies |
As|Bvat¯ |
serves no purpose |
56.Hanuman told
Rama that the suggestion
of ministers to send spies
will serve
no purpose and is not
justified.
AdESkalE
s|p#açO iÏyy| y¢¹B£xN:
.
¢vvXa
tæO mE{Þt£y| ta|
¢nbaED yTam¢t =
s
ex dES: kalà Bvt£¢t
yTa tTa =57=
AdESkalE | without
regard to place and time |
57.Hanuman told
Rama that as far as
the argument that Vibhishana
has arrived
there without regard to
place and time, he wanted
Rama
to listen
to him that if deliberated
it becomes clear that it
is the time
and place
for Vibhishana to arrive.
p¤âxaÏp¤âx|
p#aÔy tTa daExg¤Nav¢p
.
d¬raÏØy|
ravNE è¾qva ¢v@m|
c tTa Ïv¢y =
y¤³magmn|
tÞy sèS| tÞy b¤¢¼t:
=58=
p¤âxat¯ p¤âx|
| from an ignoble
person to a noble person |
daExg¤N¬ A¢p
| demerits and merits
also |
58.Hanuman told
Rama that considering Ravana's
evil mindeness and
Rama's prowess,
Vibhishana analysing the demerits
and merits of
moving away
from an ignoble person
to a noble person judged
in his
wisdom that that was at
the judicious and appropriate
time.
AåOatãpW:
p¤âxW: s rajÓp¦ÅCqyta¢m¢t
.
yѤ³mæO
mE p#EXa ka¢cd¢Þt sm£¢Xta
=59=
AåOatãpW: |
by unknown identity |
p¦ÅCqyta| |
be interrogated |
sm£¢Xta |
after deep consideration |
59.Hanuman told
Rama that regarding the
sugesstion that Vibhishana
be interrogated
by spies of unknown identity,
he had his own opinion
after deep
consideration.
p¦ÅCqymanaE
¢vSÄðEt shsa b¤¢¼maÓvc:
.
tæO
¢mæO| p#ѤÝyEt
¢mÐya p¦¾| s¤Kagtm¯
=60=
p¦ÅCqyman: |
being interrogated |
¢vSÄðEt |
will be suspecious |
b¤¢¼man¯
| an intelligent person |
s¤Kagtm¯ |
arrived with good intention |
60.Hanuman told
Rama that an intelligent
person will be suspicious
if
interrogated at
once and in that case
one who had come with
good
intentions will
get angry.
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KANDA
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