THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 28 : SLOKAS 11 TO 18


vanrsÄðYakTnm¯   -   NARRATING   SRENGTH   OF   MONKEY   ARMY

kamã¢p   h¢rÞa#E¿aE   blãpsm¢Óvt:   .
A¢nvayIg¢tàWv   yTa   sttg:   p#B¤:   =11=

kamã¢p     can assume any form at will
h¢rÞa#E¿:     the leader of monkeys
blãpsm¢Óvt:     endowed with might and charm
A¢nvayIg¢t:   c     can go everywhere without hindrance
ev   yTa     similar to
sttg:    Wind god
p#B¤:     O! lord

11.Suka   told   Ravana   that   Hanuman,   the   leader   the   leader   of   monkeys
are   endowed   with   might   and   charm   and   can   go   unhindered   everywhere   like   the
Wind   god.

uïÓt|   BaÞkr|   è¾qva   bal:   ¢kl   ¢ppa¢st:   .
¢æOyaEjnshÞa#|   t¤   AÒvanmvt£yI   ¢h   =12=
Aa¢dÏymah¢rÝya¢m   n   mE   X¤t¯p#¢tyaÞy¢t   .
i¢t   s|¢cÓÏy   mnsa   p¤rWx   bld¢pIt:   =13=
AnaD¦Ýyt|   dEvm¢p   dEv¢xIdanvW:   .
AnasaïWv   p¢ttaE   BaÞkraEdynE   ¢gr¬   =14=

uïÓt|     the rising
BaÞkr|     sun
è¾qva     seeing
bal:    a child
¢kl     as heard by me
¢ppa¢st:     desiring to drink milk
¢æOyaEjnshÞa#|     three thousand yojanas
t¤     in this
AÒvanm¯     a distance of
Avt£yI     bounding to
¢h    in that case
Aa¢dÏy|     the sun
Aah¢rÝya¢m     will eat up
n    not
mE    for me
X¤t¯     hunger
p#¢tyaÞy¢t     will be there
i¢t     thus
s|¢cÓÏy     thinking
mnsa    in mind
p¤ra     earlier
ex:    he
bld¢pIt:     proud of his might
AnaD¦Ýyt|     un approachable
dEvm¯     god
A¢p   dEv¢xIdanvW:     evn by gods, rsis and demona
Anasaï   ev     without reaching only
p¢tt:     fell
BaÞkraEdynE     where sun god rises
¢gr¬     on the mountain

12,13,14.Suka   told   Ravana   that   Hanuman   when   he   was   a   child,   seeing   the
rising   sun   and   desiring   to   drink   milk   and   proud   of   his   might   thought   in   his
mind   that   if   he   ate   up   the   sun   he   will   never   feel   hungry   and   bounded   to   a
distance   of   three   thousand   yojanas   but   not   reaching   the   Sun   god,   which   is
unapproachable   even   by   gods,   rsis   and   demons,   Hanuman   fell   down   on   the
mountain   from   which   the   sun   rises.

p¢ttÞy   kpErÞy   hn¤rEka   ¢SlatlE   .
¢k|¢c¢ì°a   èFhnaEhIn¤manEx   tEn   vW   =15=

p¢ttÞy     when fallen
kpE:    monkey
AÞy     this
hn¤:   eka     one jaw
¢SlatlE     on the surface of the mountain
¢k|¢ct¯     slightly
¢B°a     was fractured
èFhnaE:     became solid
hn¤man¯     called as Hanuman
ex:    he
tEn   vW     because of that

15.Suka   told   Ravana   that   as   Hanuman   fell   on   the   surface   of   the   mountain
one   of   his   jaws   was   slightly   fractured   but   became   solid   and   because   of
that   he   was   called   as   Hanuman.

sÏymadmyaEgEn   mmWx   ¢v¢dtaE   h¢r:   .
naÞy   SÀy|   bl|   ãp|   p#BavaE   va¢p   Ba¢xt¤m¯   =16=

sÏy|     truthfully
AadmyaEgEn     having come earlier
mm    to me
ex:    this
¢v¢dt:     is known
h¢r:     monkey
n    not
AÞy     his
SÀy|     capable
bl|    strength
ãp|     nature
p#Bav:    glory
va   A¢p     anything of these
Ba¢xt¤m¯     of being described

16.Suka   told   Ravana   that   he   knew   Hanuman   truthfully   as   Hanuman   had
come   earlier.   However   Hanuman's   strength,   nature   and   glory   is   not
capable   of   being   described.

ex   AaS|stE   lÄðamEkaE   m¢dIt¤maEjsa   .
yEn   jaÇvÚytE{s¬   vW   D¥mkEt¤Þtvaï   vW   =17=
lGaya|   ¢n¢htàa¢p   kT|   ¢vÞmrsE   k¢p|   =18=

ex:    he
AaS|stE    aspires
lÄða|     Lanka
ek:    single handed
m¢dIt¤|     to destroy
AaEjsa    with his might
yEn    by whom
jaÇvÚytE     is burning
As¬    this
vW   D¥mkEt¤:     fire also
tv    your
Aï    now
vW   lÄðaya|     in Lanka city itself
¢n¢ht:   c     was lighted also
A¢p     even
kT|    how
¢vÞmrsE     can you forget
k¢p|     the monkey

17,18.Suka   told   Ravana   that   Hanuman   aspires   to   destroy   Lanka   single
handedly   with   his   own   might.   He   asked   Ravana   how   he   can   forget   the
monkey   which   set   fire   to   his   Lanka   which   is   burning   even   now?    

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