THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 37 : SLOKAS 21 TO 30

½£ramEN sEnaÛy¥hnmq - RAMA DEPLOYING THE ARMY
lÄðaya| s¢cvW: svI| ramay p#ÏyvEdytq =21=

lÄðaya|

about Lanka

s¢cvW:

by the minsters

svI|

all

ramay

to Rama

p#ÏyvEdytq

caused to be made known

21.Vibhishana then caused to be made known to Rama all about Lanka.
ram| kmlpæOaX¢mdm¤äOrmb#v£t .
ravNavrj: ½£man#am¢p#y¢ck£xIya =22=

ram|

to Rama

kmlpæOaX|

with eyes like petals of lotus

id|

as follows

uäOrmq

further

Ab#v£tq

submitted

ravNavrj:

Ravana's younger brother,Vibhishana

½£manq

the glorious

ram¢p#y¢ck£xIya

with the intent to please Rama

22.The glorious Vibhishana with the intent to please Rama further submitted as follows
to Rama with eyes like lotus petal.
k[bEr| t¤ yda ram ravN p#Ïyb¤Òyt .
x¢¾: StshÞa#a¢N tda ¢nyaI¢Ót raXsa: =23=

k[bEr|

Kubera

t¤

in this

yda

when

ram

O! Rama

ravN:

Ravana

p#Ïyb¤Òyt

when launched an offensive against

x¢¾:

sixty

StshÞa#a¢N

lakhs

tda

then

¢nyaI¢Ót

came out

raXsa:

ogres

23.Vibhishana told Rama that when Ravana launched an offensive against Kubera sixty
lakh ogres came out.
pra@mEN v£y©IN tEjsa stqÏvg¬rvatq .
sèSa yE{æO dp©IN ravNÞy Ñ¤raÏmn: =24=

pra@mEN

in prowess

v£y©IN

in virility

tEjsa

in energy

stqÏvg¬rvatq

being proud by nature

sèSa:

were equal

who

AæO

here

dp©IN

haughtiness in combat

ravNÞy

of Ravana

Ñ¤raÏmn:

the evil minded

24.Vibhishana told Rama that the ogres were equal to Ravana in prowess, virlity, energy, natural pride and haughtiness in combat.
AæO mÓy¤nI ktIÛyaE raExyE Ïva| n B£xyE =25=

AæO

in this

mÓy¤:

anger

n ktIÛy:

should not be resorted to

raExyE

rousing wrath to fight

Ïva|

you

n B£xyE

I do not terrify

25.Vibhishana told Rama that he should not become angry with Vibhishana's words
which were said not to terrify Rama but to rouse his wrath so that he will fight.
smTa©I /¢s v£y©IN s¤raNam¢p ¢ng#hE =26=

smTI:

capable

¢h	it is well known

A¢s

you are

v£y©IN

by valour

s¤raNamq A¢p

even gods

¢ng#hE

in subduing

26.Vibhishana told Rama that it is well known that he was capable of subduing even gods.
tìva|àt¤rÄñEN blEn mhta v¦t: .
Ûy¥/Ed| vanra¢nk| ¢nmI¢TÝy¢t ravNm =27=

ttq

now

Bvanq

you

ct¤rÄñEN

with four limbs

blEn

by the army

mhta

huge

v¦t:

surrounded

Ûy¥/

placing the army in battle array

id|

this

vanra¢nk|

monkey army

¢nmI¢TÝy¢t

will crush

ravNmq

Ravana

27.Vibhishana told Rama that placing of the monkey army in battle array he will crush Ravana surrounded by a huge army with four limbs.
ravNvrjE vaÀymEv| b#¤v¢t raGv: .
SæO¥Na| p#¢tGataTI| vcnmb#v£t =28=

ravNvrjE

Ravana's younger brother

vaÀy|

speech

ev|

as above

b#¤v¢t

made

raGv:

Rama

SæO¥Na|

of the enemy

p#¢tGataTI|

for attacking

id|

the following

vcnmq

orders

Ab#v£tq

issued

28.When Vibhishana made the above speech, Rama issued the following orders for
attacking the enemy.
p¥vI¹arE t¤ lÄðaya n£laE vnrp¤Äñv: .
p#hÞtp#¢tyaE¼a Þya¹anrWbIh¤¢Bv¦It: =29=

p¥vI¹arE

in the eastern gate

t¤

in this

lÄðaya:

of Lanka

n£l:

Nila

vnrp¤Äñv:

bull among monkeys

p#hÞtp#¢tyaE¼a Þyatq

should fight against Prahasta

vanrW:

by monkeys

bh¤¢B:

numerous

v¦t:

surrounded

29.Rama ordered that Nila surrounded by numerous monkeys should fight against
Prahasta in the eastern gate of Lanka.
AÄñdaE va¢lp¤æOÞt¤ blEn mhta v¦t: .
d¢XNE baDta| ¹arE mhapaáImhaEdr¬ =30=|

AÄñd:

Angada

va¢lp¤æO:

son of Vali

t¤

in this

blEn

by army

mhta

a large

v¦t:

surrounded

d¢XNE

at the southern

baDta|

should oppose

¹arE

gate

mhapaáImhaEdr¬

Makaparswa and Mahodara

30.Rama ordered that Angada surrounded by a large army should oppose Mahaparswa
and Mahodara at the southern gate.
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