THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 53 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

vj#d|¾®y¤¼m¯ - BATTLE WITH VAJRADAMSHTRA
D¥m#aX| ¢nht| ½¤Ïva ravNaE raXsEár: .
@«DEn mhta{{¢v¾aE ¢nás°¤rgaE yTa =1=

D¥m#aX|

Dhumraksha

¢nht|

was killed

½¤Ïva

hearing

ravN:

Ravana

raXsEár:

king of ogres

@«DEn

by anger

mhta

great

Aa¢v¾:

was overcome

¢násn¯

breathing heavily

urg:

serpent

yTa

1.Ravana, king of ogres hearing that Dhumraksha was killed was overcome with great anger and was breathing heavily like a serpent.
d£GIm¤ÝN| ¢v¢náÞy @«DEn kl¤x£k]t: .
Ab#v£d#aXs| S¥r| vj#d|¾®| mhablm¯ =2=

d£GI|

long

uÝN|

hot

¢v¢náÞy

letting a sigh

@«DEn

with anger

kl¤x£k]t:

mind confused

Ab#v£t¯

ordered as follows

raXs|

ogre

S¥r|

hero

vj#d|¾®|

to Vajradamshtra

mhablm¯

with great prowess

2.Ravana letting out along hot sigh and mind confused with anger, ordered Vajradamshtra as follows.
gÅC Ïv| v£r ¢nyaI¢h raXsW: p¢rva¢rt: .
A¢h daSr¢T| ram| s¤g#£v| vanrW: sh =3=

gÅC

Ïv|

you

v£r

hero

¢nyaI¢h

you start to go

raXsW:

by ogres

p¢rva¢rt:

surrounded by

A¢h

kill

daSr¢T|

Lakshmana, son of Dasaratha

ram|

Rama

s¤g#£v|

Sugriva

vanrW: sh

alongwith monkeys

3.Ravana ordered Vajradamshtra to leave surrounded by ogres and kill Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva alongwith the monkeys.
tTEÏy¤ÀÏva d#^ttr| mayav£ raXsEár: .
¢njIgam blW: saDI| bh¤¢B: p¢rva¢rt: =4=

tTa

will do so

i¢t

thus

uÀÏva

saying

d#^ttr|

with haste

mayav£

with magical powers

raXsEár:

the leader of ogres

¢njIgam

left

blW: saDI|

alongwith forces

bh¤¢B:

numerous

p¢rva¢rt:

surrounded by

4.Vajradamshtra saying 'will do so' departed surounded by numerous forces in haste.
nagWráW: KrWâ¾®W: s|y¤³: s¤sma¢ht: .
ptakaÒvj¢cæOªà rTWà smlHqk]t: =5=
ttaE ¢v¢cæOkEy¥rmk[zWà ¢vB¥¢xt: .
tn¤æOa¢N c s|â¼Y sDn¤¢nIyIy¬ d#^tm¯ =6=

nagW:

by elephants

AáW:

by horses

KrW:

by mules

u¾®W:

by camels

s|y¤³:

together

s¤sma¢ht:

ready in every way

ptakaÒvj¢cæOª:

with various festoons and flags

also

rTW: c

by chariots also

smlHqk]t:

decorated

tt:

then

¢v¢cæOkEy¥rmk[zW: c

with lovely bangles and crowns

¢vB¥¢xt:

adorned

tn¤æOa¢N c

armours also

s|â¼Y

wearing

sDn¤:

with bow

¢nyIy¬

departed

d#^tm¯

quickly

5,6.Accompanied by elephants, horses, mules and camels, decorated with chariot having festoons and flags, adorned with lovely bangles and crowns, wearing armours, with bow and ready in every way Vajradamshtra departed.
ptakalHqk]t| d£çO| tçOka·nB¥xNm¯ .
rT| p#d¢XN| k]Ïva smraEhÅcm¥p¢t: =7=

ptakalHqk]t|

decorated with festoons

d£çO|

brilliant

tçOka·nB¥xNm¯

adorned with refined gold

rT|

chariot

p#d¢XN|

clockwise

k]Ïva

going round

smraEht¯

climbed

cm¥p¢t:

commander of forces

7.Vajradamshtra going clockwise around the chariot adorned with festoons and refined gold climbed on it.
y¢¾¢BÞtaEmrW¢àæOª: S¥lWà m¤slWr¢p .
¢B¢ÓdpalWà paSWà S¢³¢B: p¢ÊóSWr¢p =8=
KÄñWà@WgIda¢Bà ¢n¢StWà práGW: .
pdatyà ¢nyaI¢Ót ¢v¢vDa: SÞæOpaNy: =9=

y¢¾¢B:

with rode

taEmrW:

with tomaras

¢cæOª:

various

S¥lW: c

lances also

m¤slW: A¢p

pestles also

¢B¢ÓdpalW: c

with bindipalas also

paSW: c

with pasa ropes also

S¢³¢B:

with saktis

p¢ÊóSW: A¢p

with pattisas

KÄñW:

with swords

c@W:

with chakras

gda¢B: c

with maces also

¢n¢StW:

sharp

c práGW:

with axes also

pdaty: c

soldiers on foot

¢nyaI¢Ót

left

¢v¢vDa:

numerous

SÞæOpaNy:

with weapons in hand

8,9.Soldiers on foot left carrying numeroud weapons in hand like rods, tomaras, various lances, pestles, bindipalas, pasa ropes, saktis, pattisas, swords, chakras, maces and sharp axes.
¢v¢cæOvass: sv©I d£çOa raXsp¤Äñva: =10=

¢v¢cæOvass:

with beautiful clothes

sv©I

all

d£çOa:

looked brilliant

raXsp¤Äñva:

foremost of ogres

10.All the foremost of ogres looked brilliant with beautiful clothes.
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