THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 44 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

ra¢æOy¤¼m­   -   FIGHT   IN   THE   NIGHT  
 
y¤¼YtamEv   tExa|   t¤   tda   vanrrXsam­q   .  
r¢vrÞt|gtaE   ra¢æO:   p#v¦äOa   p#aNha¢rN£   =1=  
y¤¼Yta|   ev     while still fighting
tExa|    those
t¤    in this
tda    then
vanrrXsam­q    monkeys and ogres
r¢v:    the sun
AÞt|gt:    set
ra¢æO:    night
p#v¦äOa     fell
p#aNha¢rN£     which proved destructive to life
 
1.Then   while   the   monkeys   and   ogres   were   fighting,   the   sun   set   and   night   fell   which   proved     desructive   to   life.    
AÓyaEÓy|   b¼vWraNa|   GaEraNa|   jy¢mÅCtam­q   .  
s|p#v¦äO|   ¢nSay¤¼|   tda   vanrXsam­q   =2=  
AÓyaEÓy|     for one another
b¼vWraNa|    with deep rooted enmity
GaEraNa|    the ferocious
jy|    victory
iÅCtam­q     desiring
s|p#v¦äO|     ensued
¢nSay¤¼|     night fight
tda    then
vanrXsam­q    between monkeys and ogres
 
2.Then   ensued   a   night   fight   between   the   ferocious   monkeys   and   ogres   whose   enmity   for  one   another   was   deep   rooted   and   were   desiring   victory.    
raXsaE{s£¢t   hryaE   h¢ràas£¢t   raXsa:   .  
AÓyaEÓy|   smrE   jG"¤Þt¢Þm|Þtm¢s   daâNE   =3=  
raXs:    an ogre
A¢s    you are
i¢t    so saying
hry:    monkeys
h¢r:    a monkey
c    also
A¢s    you are
i¢t    so saying
raXsa:    ogres
AÓyaEÓy|     one another
smrE    in the battle
jG"¤:    struck
t¢Þmn­q     in that
tm¢s    darkness
daâNE    terrible
 
3.In   the   battle,   the   monkeys   saying   'you   are   an   ogre'   and   the   ogres   saying   'you   are   a  monkey'     struck   one   another   in   that   terrible   darkness.    
j¢h   dary   cWh£¢t   kT|   ¢vd#vs£¢t   c   .  
ev|   s¤t¤ml:   SÖdÞt¢Þm|Þtm¢s   S¤½¤vE   =4=  
j¢h    kill
dary    tear asunder
c   e¢h   i¢t     come on also
kT|    why
¢vd#v¢s    are running away
i¢t   c    so also
ev|    as above
s¤t¤ml:     a very confusing
SÖd:    noise
t¢Þmn­q     in that
tm¢s    darkness
S¤½¤vE     was heard
 
4.'Kill',   'tear   asunder',   'come   on',   'why   are   you   running   away?'   In   the   confusing   fight   noises     as   above   were   heard   in   that   darkness.    
kala:   ka·ns°ahaÞt¢Þm|Þtm¢s   raXsa:   .  
s|p#aèÜyÓt   SWlEÓd#a   d£çO¬x¢Dvna   iv   =5=  
kala:    black coloured
ka·ns°aha:     clad in golden armour
t¢Þmn­q     in that
tm¢s    darkness
raXsa:    ogres
s|p#aèÜyÓt     were seen clearly
SWlEÓd#a:    foremost of mountains
d£çO¬x¢Dvna:     forests with glowing herbs
iv    like
 
5.In   that   darkness   the   black   coloured   ogres   clad   in   golden   armour   were   clearly   seen   like  the     foremost   of   mountains   with   forests   with   glowing   herbs,    
t¢Þm|Þtm¢s   ѤÝparE   raXsa:   @«Dm¥rq¢ÅCta:   .  
p¢rpEt¤mIhavEga   BXyÓt:   ÔlvÄñman­q   =6=  
t¢Þmn­q     in that
tm¢s    darkness
ѤÝparE     dense
raXsa:    ogres
@«Dm¥rq¢ÅCta:     infuriated with anger
p¢rpEt¤:     roamed about
mhavEga:    with great impetuosity
BXyÓt:    devouring
ÔlvÄñman­q     the monkeyss
 
6.In   that   dense   darkness   the   ogres   infuriated   with   anger   and   with   great   impetuosity   roamed     about   devouring   the   monkeys.    
tE   hyaÓka·np£fan­qÒvja|àa¢g"¢SKaEpman­q   .  
AaÔl¤Ïy   dSnWÞt£ßNWB£ImkaEpa   Ûydaryn­q   =7=  
tE    they
hyan­q    horses
ka·np£fan­q     decked with golden ornaments
qÒvjan­q   c     flags also
A¢g"¢SKaEpman­q     like the flames of fire
AaÔl¤Ïy     springing up
dSnW:    with teeth
t£ßNW:     sharp
B£mkaEpa:    with terrible fury
Ûydaryn­q     tore
 
7,They,   the   monkeys,   with   terrible   fury   tore   with   their   sharp   teeth   the   horses   decked   with     golden   arnaments,   flags   and   looking   like   the   flames   of   fire.    
vanra   b¢lnaE   y¤¼E{XaEByn#aXs£|   cm¥m­q   =8=  
vanra:    monkeys
b¢ln:    mighty
y¤¼E     in the battle
AXaEByn­q    sowed confusion
raXs£|    of the ogres
cm¥m­q    army
 
8.The   mighty   monkeys   sowed   confusion   among   the   army   of   ogres.    
k[¸raÓk[¸raraEhaÓptakaÒv¢jnaE   rTan­q   .  
ckx¤Ià   dd|S¤à   dSnW:   @«Dm¥rq¢ÅCta:   =9=  
k[¸ran­q     elephants also
k[¸raraEhan­q     warriors on elephants
ptakaÒv¢jn:     dressed with flags and pennons
rTan­q    chariots
ckx¤I:    dragged down
c    also
dd|S¤:   c     tore also
dSnW:    with teeth
@«Dm¥rq¢ÅCta:     infuriated with fury
 
9.The   monkeys   infuriated   with   fury   dragged   down   elephants,   warriors   on   elephants   and   the     chariots   dressed   with   flags   and   pennans   and   tore   them   with   their   teeth.    
lßmNàa¢p   ramà   SrWraS£¢vxaEpmW:   .  
èÜyaèÜya¢n   rXa|¢s   p#vra¢N   ¢njG"t¤:   =10=  
lßmN:   c     Lakshmana also
A¢p    even
ram:   c    Rama also
SrW:    with arrows
AaS£¢vxaEpmW:     resembling venomous snakes
èÜyaèÜya¢n     visible as well as invisible
rXa|¢s    ogres
p#vra¢N    principal
¢njG"t¤:     killed
 
10.Rama   and   Lakshmana   with   arrows   resembling   venomous   snakes   killed   the   principal  
ogres,   visible   as   well   as   invisible.              

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