THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 43 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

y¤Òyta|

while fighting

t¤

in this

tt:

then

tExa|

those

vanraNa|

monkeys

mhaÏmnamq

great souls

rXsa|

ogres

s|bB¥v

burst forth

also

blkaEp:

fury

s¤daâN:

exceedingly terrible

1.Then while they were fighting, an exceedingly terrible fury burst forth in the monkeys and ogres.
tE hyW: ka·np£fWÒvIjWàa¢g"¢SKaEpmW: .
rTWàa¢dÏysÄðaSW: kvcWà mnaErmW: =2=
¢nyIy¥ raXsÛyaG#a nadyÓtaE ¢dSaE dS .
raXsa B£mkmINaE ravNay jyW¢xN: =3=

those

hyW:

mounted on horses

ka·np£fW:

with golden trappings

ÒvIjW: c

with flags also

A¢g"¢SKaEpmW:

bright as flames

rTW: c

on chariots also

Aa¢dÏysÄðaSW:

brilliant as the Sun

kvcW: c

with armours also

mnaErmW:

lovely

¢nyIy¤:

sallied forth

raXsÛyaG#a:

tigers among ogres

nadyÓt:

resounding with roars

¢dS:

directions

ten

raXsa:

ogres

B£mkmIN:

of terrible deeds

ravNÞy

of Ravana

jyW¢xN:

seeking the victory

2,3.The ogres of terrible deeds and tigers among the ogres seeking the victory of Ravana sallied forth with lovely armours, flags bright as flames, on horses with golden trappings, and on chariots brilliant as the sun and resounding with roars the ten directions.
vanraNam¢p cm¥b¦Iht£ jy¢mÅCtamq .
A×yDavt ta| sEna| rXsa| kamã¢pNamq =4=

vanraNamq

of monkeys

A¢p cm¥:

army also

b¦ht£

huge

jy¢mÅCtamq

desiring victory

A×yDavt

rushed towards

ta|

that

sEna|

army

rXsa|

of ogres

kamã¢pNamq

capable of changing orm at will

4.The huge army of monkeys desiring victory for Rama rushed towards the army of ogres who are capable of changing form at will.
eÏs¢m°ÓtrE tExamÓyaEÓym¢BDavtamq .
rXsa| vanraNa| c ¹Ódqvy¤¼mvtIt =5=

eÏs¢mnq

in this

AÓtrE

time

tExa|

those

AÓyaEÓy|

one another

A¢BDavtamq

rushing towards

rXsa|

ogres

vanraNa| c

monkeys also

¹Ódqvy¤¼|

duels

AvtIt

ensued

5.In this time as the ogres and monkeys rushed towards one another duels between them ensued.
AÄñdEnEÓd#¢jÏsaDI| va¢lp¤æOEN raXs: .
Ay¤Òyt mhatEjaÞæOqyØbkEN yTa{Ótk: =6=

AÄñdEn

with Angada

iÓd#¢jtq

Indrajit

saDI|

with

va¢lp¤æOEN

with son of Vali

raXs:

ogre

Ay¤Òyt

fought

mhatEja:

with great energy

æyØbkEN

with the three eyed Lord Shiva

yTa

AÓtk:

Yama, god of death

6.Indrajit, the ogre with great energy, fought with Angada, son of Vali like Yama fought with Lord Shiva.
p#jHqGEn c s|pa¢t¢nIÏy| Ñ¤mIxINaE rNE .
jØb¤ma¢lnmarÖDaE hn¤man¢p vanr: =7=

p#jHqGEn

with Prasangha

c	similarly fought

s|pa¢t:

Sampati

¢nÏy|

always

Ñ¤mIxIN:

difficult to overcome

rNE

in a fight

jØb¤ma¢ln|

with Jambumali

AarÖD:

fought

hn¤manq A¢p

Hanuman also

vanr:

monkey

7.Sampati, always difficult to overcome in a fight, fought with Prasangha while Hanuman, the monkey, fought with Jambumali.
s|gt: s¤mha@«DaE raXsaE ravNan¤j: .
smrE t£ßNvEgEn ¢mæOG"En ¢vB£xN: =8=

s|gt:

fought

s¤mha@«D:

very furious

raXs:

ogre

ravNan¤j:

younger brother of Ravana

smrE

in the battle field

t£ßNvEgEn

of fiery prowess

¢mæOG"En

with Mitraghna

¢vB£xN:

Vibhishana

8.Vibhishana, the younger brother of Ravana, very furious ogre fought in the battle field with Mitraghna with fiery prowess.
tpnEn gj: saDI| raXsEn mhabl: .
¢nk[ØbEn mhatEja n£laE{¢psmy¤Òyt =9=

tpnEn

with Tapana

gj:

Gaja

saDI|

with

raXsEn

with ogre

mhabl:

very mighty

¢nk[ØbEn

with Nikumba

mhatEja:

with great energy

n£l:

Nila

A¢p

similarly fought

smy¤Òyt

fought

9.The very mighty Gaja fought with the ogre Tapana while Nila with great energy fought with Nikumba.
vanrEÓd#Þt¤ s¤g#£v: p#GsEn smagt: .
s|gt: smrE ½£ma¢ÓvãpaXEN lßmN: =10=

vanrEÓd#:

king of monkeys

t¤ s¤g#£v:

Sugriva also

p#GsEn

with Praghasa

smagt:

fought

s|gt:

fought

smrE

in the battle field

½£manq

glorious

¢vãpaXEN

Virupaksha

lßmN:

Lakshmana

10.The monkey king Sugriva fought with Prasagha while the glorious Lakshmana fought
with Virupaksha in the battle field.
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