THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 37 : SLOKAS 31 TO 41


 

½£ramEN   sEnaÛy¥hnmq­   -   RAMA   DEPLOYING   THE   ARMY  
 
hn¤maÓp¢àm¹ar|   ¢np£ÌY   pvnaÏmj:   .  
p#¢vSÏvp#mEyaÏma   bh¤¢B:   k¢pv¦It:   =31=  
hn¤man­q     Hanuman
p¢àm¹ar|     the western gate
¢np£ÌY     attacking
pvnaÏmj:    son of Wind god
p#¢vSt¤     should enter
Ap#mEyaÏma    with immeasurable firmness
bh¤¢B:   k¢p¢B:     by numerous monkeys
v¦t:    surrounded
 
31.Rama   ordered   that   Hanuman   the   son   Wind   god   with   immeasurable   firmness   should  
enter   the   western   gate   attacking   it   surrounded   by   numerous   mankeys,    
dWÏydanvsHqGanam¦x£Na|   c   mhaÏmnam­q   .  
¢vp#kar¢p#y:   X¤d#aE   vrdanbla¢Óvt:   =32=  
p¢r@am¢t   y:   svaIÚlaEkaÓsÓtapyÓp#ja:   .  
tÞyah|   raXsEÓd#Þy   ÞvymEv   vDE   D¦t:   =33=  
dWÏydanvsHqGana|     hordes of sons of Diti and Danu
§x£Na|   c     rsis as well
mhaÏmnam­q     high souled
¢vp#kar¢p#y:     who is fond of harming
X¤d#:    petty minded
vrdanbla¢Óvt:     armed with power derived from boons
p¢r@am¢t     roams
y:    who
svaIÚlaEkan­q     all the worlds
sÓtapyn­q     persecuting
p#ja:    people
tÞy    that
Ah|    I
raXsEÓd#Þy     of the king of ogres
Þvy|   ev     personally
vDE    on destruction
D¦t:    has decided
 
32,33.Rama   said   that   he   will   personally   destroy   the   petty   minded   Ravana   who   is   fond   of   harming   the   sons   of   Diti   and   Danu   and   the   high   souled   rsis   and   roams   all   the   worlds   persecuting   the   people.    
uäOr|   ngr¹ar|   s¬¢m¢æONa   sh   .  
¢np£ÌYa¢Bp#vEßya¢m   sblaE   yæO   ravN:   =34=  
uäOr|    the northern
ngr¹ar|    gate of the city
s¬¢m¢æONa   sh     along with Lakshmana
¢np£ÌY     attacking
A¢Bp#vEßya¢m     enter by force
sbl:    with the army
yæO    where
ravN:    Ravana is
 
34.Rama   said   that   he   along   with   Lakshmana   will   attack   the   northern   gate   of   the   city   where   Ravana   is   with   his   army   and   enter   by   force.    
vanrEÓd#à   blvan¦Xrajà   v£yIvan­   .  
raXsEÓd#anjàWv   g¤ÚmE   Bvt¤   mÒymE   =35=  
vanrEÓd#:   c     king of monkeys, Sugriva, also
blvan­q    mighty
§Xraj:   c     king of bears, Jambavan also
v£yIvan­q     the powerful
raXsEÓd#an¤j:   c    ev    brother of king of ogres, Vibhishana also similarly
g¤ÚmE     post
Bvt¤    be stationed
mÒymE    in the central
 
35.Rama   ordered   that   Sugriva,   Jambavan   and   Vibhisha   be   stationed   at   the   central   post.    
n   cWv   man¤x|   ãp|   kayI|   h¢r¢BrahvE   =36=  
exa   Bvt¤   s|åOa   naE   y¤¼E{¢ÞmÓvanrE   blE   =37=  
n    not
c    also
ev    only
man¤x|   ãp|     form of a human being
kayI|    assumed
h¢r¢B:    by monkeys
AahvE    in the war
exa    this only
Bvt¤    become
s|åOa    as a mark
n:    for us
y¤¼E     in the battle
A¢Þmn­q     this
vanrE   blE    in the monkey army
 
36,37.Rama   ordered   that   the   monkeys   should   not   assume   a   human   form.   In   this   war   let   the   monkeys   be   the   distintive   mark   in   the   war.    
vanra   ev   n¢àþ|   ÞvjnE{¢ÞmÓB¢vÝy¢t   =38=  
vanra:   ev    monkeys only
n:   ¢cþ|     a distiguishing sign for us
ÞvjnE    for our ranks
A¢Þmn­q     in this
B¢vÝy¢t     will become
 
38.Rama   ordered   that   monkeys   only   will   become   the   distigushing   mark   for   their   ranks.    
vy|   t¤   man¤xENWv   sçO   yaEÏÞyamhE   pran­q   .  
AhmEx   sh   B#aæOa   lßmNEn   mh¬jsa   =  
AaÏmna   p·màay|   sKa   mm   ¢vB£xN   =39=  
vy|    we
t¤    in this
man¤xENE   ev     in human form only
sçO    seven
yaEÏÞyamhE     will fight
pran­q    the enemies
Ah|    I
ex:    this
sh    with
B#aæOa    younger brother
lßmNEn    with Lakshmana
mh¬jsa    with extraordinary energy
AaÏmna    with him
p·m:    will be the fifth
c    also
Ay|    this
sKa    ally
mm    my
¢vB£xN:     Vibhishana
 
39.Rama   said   that   he   himself   alongwith   Lakshmana,   with   extraordinary   energy   and  
Vibhishana,   Rama's   ally,   with   four   ministers,   making   seven   in   all   will   fight   the   enemy  
being   in   human   form   only.    
s   ram:   k]Ïy¢s¼YTImEvm¤ÀÏva   ¢vB£xnm­   .  
s¤vElaraEhNE   b¤¢¼|   ckar   m¢tmaÓp#B¤:   =  
rmN£ytr|   è¾qva   s¤vElÞy   ¢grEÞtzm­   =40=  
s:   ram:    that Rama
k]Ïy¢s¼YTI|     with the success of the mision in view
evm­q    as above
uÀÏva    having said
¢vB£xnm­q     to Vibhishana
s¤vElaraEhNE     to climb up the suvela mountain
b¤¢¼|     mind
ckar    made up
m¢tman­q    sagacious
p#B¤:    powerful
rmN£ytr|    excessively charming
è¾qva     seeing
s¤vElÞy   ¢grE:     of suvela mountain
tzm­q    slopes
 
40.Rama   having   said   as   above   to   Vibhishana   with   the   success   of   the   mission   in   view,  
seeing   the   excessively   charming   slopes   of   Suvela   mountain,   made   up   his   mind   to   climb   up   the   suvela   mountain.    
ttÞt¤   ramaE   mhta   blEn   p#ÅCaï   svI|   p¦¢Tv£|   mhaÏma   .  
p#¶¾ãpaE{¢Bjgam   lÄða|   k]Ïva   m¢t|   saE{¢rvDE   mhaÏma   =41=  
tt:    then
t¤    being
ram:    Rama
mhta    huge
blEn    by army
p#ÅCaï    covering
svI|    entire
p¦¢Tv£|     land
mhaÏma    high souled
p#¶¾ãp:     with innate enthusiasm
A¢Bjgam    went
lÄða|    towards Lanka
k]Ïva    making up
m¢t|    mind
s:    that
A¢rvDE    for destruction of foes
mhaÏma    with great determination
 
41.Then   the   high   souled   Rama,   with   great   determination   and   innate   enthusiasm   making   up   his   mind   for   the   destruction   of   foes   went   towards   Lanka   covering   the   entire   land   with   the   huge   army.  

 

iÏyax©I  ½£md#amayNE  vaÚm£k£yE  Aa¢dkaÛyE  y¤¼kaÎfE  sçO¢æO|S:  sgI:  =37=  

             
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