THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 41 : SLOKAS 41 TO 50

AÄñdd¬Ïymq - SENDING ANGADA AS MESSENGER
mÒymE c Þvy| g¤ÚmE s¤g#£v: sm¢t¿t .
sh svªIhI¢r½E¿W: s¤pNIásnaEpmW: =41=

mÒymE

in the center

c Þvy|

himself

g¤ÚmE

of the army

s¤g#£v:

Sugriva

sm¢t¿t

took position

sh svªI:

with all

h¢r½E¿W:

chief of monkeys

s¤pNIásnaEpmW:

equal to Garuda with beautiful wings and the Wind god

41.Sugriva took up position alongwith all chiefs of monkeys who were equal to Garuda and Wind god in the center of the army.
vanraNa| t¤ xzq¢æO|SÏkaEÊY: p#Áyaty¥Tpa: .
¢np£ÌYaEp¢n¢v¾aà s¤g#£vaE yæO vanr: =42=

vanraNa|

of monkeys

t¤

in this

xzq¢æO|Stq

thirty six

kaEÊY:

crores

p#Áyaty¥Tpa:

highly renowned commanders

¢np£ÌY

beseiging

up¢n¢v¾a:

stood enthusiastically

also

s¤g#£v:

Sugriva

yæO

where

vanr:

monkey

42.Thirty six crores of monkeys, highly renowned commanders stood beseiging where
Suriva was.
SasnEn t¤ ramÞy lßmN: s¢vB£xN: .
¹arE ¹arE hr£Na| t¤ kaE¢z| kaE¢z| ÓyvESytq =43=

SasnEn t¤

under oredrs

ramÞy

of Rama

lßmN:

Lakshmana

s¢vB£xN:

with Vibhishana

¹arE ¹arE

in all vacant areas

hr£Na|

of monkeys

t¤

in this

kaE¢z| kaE¢z|

crores and crores

ÓyvESytq

posted

43.Lakshmana with Vibhishana, on orders of Rama, posted crores and crores of monkeys in all vacant places.
p¢àmEn t¤ ramÞy s¤g#£v: shjaØbvanq .
AÑ¥raÓmÒymE g¤ÚmE tÞT¬ bh¤blan¤j: =44=

p¢àmEn

in the west

t¤

in this

ramÞy

of Rama

s¤g#£v:

Sugriva

shjaØbvanq

alongwith Jambavan

AÑ¥ratq

not very far

mÒymE

in the center

g¤ÚmE

of the army

tÞT¬

stood

bh¤blan¤g:

followed by a huge army

44.Sugriva alongwith Jambavan, followed by a huge army stood in the center of the
army to the west of Rama and not far from him.
tE t¤ vanrSaÑ¥Ila: SaÑ¥Ila iv d|¢¾®N: .
g¦h£Ïva d#^mSWlaG#anq ¶¾a y¤¼ay t¢ÞTrE =45=

thay

t¤ vanrSaÑ¥Ila:

the tigers among monkeys

SaÑ¥Ila:

tigers

d|¢¾®N:

with sharp teeth

g¦h£Ïva

taking in hand

d#^mSWlaG#anq

trees, tops of mountains

¶¾a:

rejoiced

y¤¼ay

for a combat

t¢ÞTrE

stood ready

46.Having sharp teeth like tigers, the tiger among monkeys holding trees and tops of
mountains were rejoiced and stood ready for a combat.
sv©I ¢vk]tlaÄñola: sv©I d|¾®anKay¤Da: .
sv©I ¢vk]t¢cæOaÄña: sv©I c ¢vk]tanna: =46=

sv©I

all

¢vk]tlaÄñola:

tails lifted up

sv©I

all

d|¾®anKay¤Da:

with sharp teeth and nails as weapons

sv©I

all

¢vk]t¢cæOaÄña:

with varied lovely limbs

sv©I c

all of them

¢vk]tanna:

with distorted faces

46.All the monkeys had their tails up, all had sharp teeth and nails as weapons, all were with varied limbs and all of them had distorted faces.
dSnagbla: kE¢cÏkE¢cdêSg¤NaEäOra: .
kE¢c°agshÞa#Þy bB¥v¤Þt¤Úy¢v@ma: =47=

dSnagbla:

with the stregth of ten elephants

kE¢ctq

some

kE¢ctq

some

dSg¤NaEäOra:

ten times stronger than them

kE¢ctq

some others

nagshÞa#Þy

to thousand elepants

bB¥v¤:

were

t¤Úy¢v@ma:

equal in prowess

47.Some monkeys had the stregth of ten elephants, some others were ten times stronger than them and some others were equal in prowess to thousand elephants.
s¢Ót c¬Gbla: kE¢cÏkE¢cÅCtg¤NaEäOra: .
Ap#mEyblaàaÓyE tæOasÓh¢ry¥Tpa: =48=

s¢Ót

were there

c AaEGbla:

with the strength of an ogha of elephants

kE¢ctq

some

kE¢ctq

some

St¢gNaEäOra:

hundred times more than them

Ap#mEybla:

with immeasurable strength

also

AÓyE

others

tæO

im that

Aasnq

were there

h¢ry¥Tpa:

commanders of monkey troops

48.Some of the monkey commanders had the strength of a ogha of elephants, some others had hundred times more than those while there were others who had immeasurable strength.
Aì^tà ¢v¢cæOà tExamas£Ïsmagm: .
tæO vanrsWÓyana| SWlana¢mv sÄñm: =49=

Aì^t: c

astonishing also

¢v¢cæO: c

marvellous also

tExa|

those

Aas£tq

appeared

smagm:

gathering

tæO

there

vanrsWÓyana|

of the monkey troops

SWlana|

of mountaing

sÄñm:

gathering

49.The gathering of the monkey troops there appeared astonishing and marvellous like
the gathering of mountains.
p¢rp¥NI¢mvakaS| s·C°Ev c mE¢dn£ .
lÄðam¤p¢n¢v¾Wà s|pt¢ìà vanrW: =50=

p¢rp¥NI| iv

as if completely filled

AakaS|

the sky

s·C°a iv

appeared as if fully covered

also

mE¢dn£

the earth

lÄða|

Lanka

up¢n¢v¾W: c

around also

s|pt¢ì: c

by those flying also

vanrW:

by monekys

50.The earth around Lanka appeared as if fully covered by the monkeys and sky
completely covered with flying monkeys.
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