THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 38 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

lÄðadSInaTI|   s¤vElaraEhNm­q   -   CLIMBING   SUVELA   MOUNTAIN   TO   SEE   LANKA  
 
s   t¤   k]Ïva   s¤vElÞy   m¢tmaraEhN|   p#¢t   .  
lßmNan¤gt:   ram:   s¤g#£v¢mdmb#v£t­q   =1=  
¢vB£xN|   c   DmIåOmn¤r³|   ¢nSacrm­q   .  
mÓæOåO|   c   ¢v¢DåO|   c   ÜlßNya   prya   ¢gra   =2=  
s:    that
t¤    in this
k]Ïva    making up
s¤vElÞy     of suvela
m¢t|    mind
AaraEhN|   p#¢t     regarding climbing up
lßmNan¤gt:     followed by Lakshmana
ram:    Rama
s¤g#£v|     to Sugriva
idm­q    the following
Ab#v£t­q     spoke
¢vB£xN|     to Vibhishana
c    also
DmIåOm­q     knew what is right
An¤r³|     devoted
¢nSacrm­q     night wanderer
mÓæOåO|   c     adept in counseling
¢v¢DåO|   c     learned in ritual
ÜlßNya    sweet
prya    very
¢gra    with words
 
1,2.Rama,   followed   by   Lakshmana,   making   up   his   mind   about   climbing   the   suvela  
mountain   spoke   the   following   sweet   words   to   Sugriva   and   Vibhishana   who   was   adept  
in   counselling   and   learned   in   ritual.    
s¤vEl|   saD¤SWlEÓd#¢mm|   Dat¤StW¢àtm­q   .  
AÒyaraEhamhE   sv©I   vÏÞyamaE{æO   ¢nSa¢mmam­q   =3=  
s¤vEl|    on suvela mountain
saD¤SWlEÓd#|     lovely ruler of mountains
im|    this
Dat¤StW:    withhundreds of minerals
¢ctm­q    covered
AÒyaraEhamhE     will climb
sv©I    all of us
vÏÞyam:     will stay
AæO    there
¢nSa|    night
imam­q    this
 
3.Rama   told   Sugriva   and   Vibhishsana   that   all   of   them   climb   the   ruler   of   mountains,  
suvela,   covered   with   hundreds   of   minerals   and   stay   the   night   there.    
lÄða|   calaEk¢yÝyamaE   ¢nly|   tÞy   rXs:   .  
yEn   mE   mrNaÓtya   ¶ta   BayaI   ѤraÏmna   =4=  
lÄða|   c     Lanka also
AalaEk¢yÝyam:     we will survey
¢nly|    abode
tÞy    that
rXs:    of the ogre
yEn    by whom
mE    my
mrNaÓtya    for his own death
¶ta    was abducted
BayaI    wife
ѤraÏmna     by the evil minded
 
4.Rama   told   Sugriva   and   Vibhishana   that   they   will   survey   Lanka,   the   abode   of   the   evil   minded   ogre,   Ravana,   who   abducted   his   wife   leading   to   his   destruction.    
yEn   Dma©I   n   ¢våOataE   n   v¦äO|   n   k[l|   tTa   .  
raXÞya   n£cya   b¤¼Ya   yEn   té¢hIt|   k]tm­q   =5=  
t¢ÞmÓmE   vtItE   raEx:   k£¢tItE   raXsaDmE   .  
yÞyaprDa°£cÞy   vD|   d#ßya¢m   rXsam­q   =6=  
yEn    by whom
DmI:    virtue
n   ¢våOatt:     was not understood
n    neither
v¦äO|    good conduct
n    nor
k[l|    pride of the clan
tTa    similarly
raXÞya    of the ogre's innate
n£cya    mean
b¤¼Ya     mentality
yEn    by whom
tt­q    that
g¢hIt| reproachful act
k]tm­q    was done
t¢Þmn­q     that
mE    for me
vtItE    is aroused
raEx:    anger
k£¢tItE     mere mention of the name
raXsaDmE    of the vile ogre
yÞy    whose
AprDan­q    crimes
n£cÞy    the mean fellow
vD|    extermination
d#ßya¢m     I shall see
rXsam­q    of ogres
 
5,6.Rama   told   Sugriva   and   Vibhishana   that   by   whom   virtue   was   not   understood   nor  
good   conduct   nor   the   pride   of   clan,   by   whom   with   the   innate   mean   mentality   of   ogre   that   reproachful   act   was   done,   by   which   mean   fellow   that   crime   was   done,   he   will  
see   the   extermination   of   ogres   and   the   mere   mention   of   the   name   of   that   vile   ogre  
his   anger   is   aroused.    
ekaE   ¢h   k[âtE   pap|   kalpaSvS|   gt:   .  
n£cEnaÏmapcarEN   k[l|   tEn   ¢vnÜy¢t   =7=  
ek:    one
¢h      surely
k[âtE    commits
pap|    a sin
kalpaSvS|    in the noose of death
gt:    caught
n£cEn    by the mean fellow
AaÏmapcarEn    by his wrong doing
k[l|    clan
tEn    that
¢vnÜy¢t     perishes
 
7.Rama   told   Sugriva   and   Vibhishana   that   one   who   is   caught   in   the   noose   of   death  
commits   a   sin   and   the   wrong   doing   by   that   mean   fellow   the   clan   perishes.    
ev|   s|mÓæOy°Ev   s@«DaE   ravN|   p#¢t   .  
ram:   s¤vEl|   vasay   ¢cæOsan¤m¤paâht­q   =8=  
ev|    as above
s|mÓæOyn­q   ev     talking only
s@«D:    getting enraged
ravN|   p#¢t     towards Ravana
ram:    Rama
s¤vEl|    on suvela mountain
vasay    to spend the night
¢cæOsan¤|     with lovely peaks
upaâht­q     ascended
 
8.Rama   getting   enraged   towards   Ravana   talking   as   above   ascended   the   suvela   mountain  
with   lovely   peaks   to   spend   the   night.    
p¦¿taE   lßmNàWnmÓvgÅCÏsma¢ht:   .  
sSr|   capm¤ïØy   s¤mh¢¹@mE   rt:   =9=  
p¦¿t:     at the back
lßmN:    Lakshmana
c    also
enm­q    him
AÓvgÅCt­q     followed
sma¢ht:    fully alert
sSr|    with arrow
cap|    a bow
uïØy    lifting
s¤mh¢¹@mE     extraordinary prowess
rt:    honoured by all
 
9.Lakshmana,   with   extraordinary   prowess   honoured   by   all,   lifting   his   with   arrow   and  
fully   alert   followed   behind   Rama.    
tmÓvraEhÏs¤g#£v:   smaÏy:   s¢vB£xN:   =10=  
tm­q    him
AÓvraEht­     ascended following
s¤g#£v:     Sugriva
smaÏy:    with ministers
s¢vB£xN:     alongwith Vibhishana
10.Sugriva   with   his   ministers   and   alongwith   Vibhishana   ascended   following   Lakshmana.              
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