THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 58 : SLOKAS 41 TO 50

p#hÞtvD: - KILLING PRAHASTA
s Dn¤DI¢Óvna| ½E¿aE ¢vk]Ýy prmahvE .
n£lay Ûys¦jëaNaÓp#hÞtaE va¢hn£p¢t: =41=

that

Dn¤:

a bow

D¢Óvna|

among archers

½E¿:

the best

¢vk]Ýy

stretching

prmahvE

in the big battle

n£lay

towards Nila

Ûys¦jt¯

discharged

baNan¯

arrows

p#hÞt:

Prahasta

va¢hn£p¢t:

commanderin-chief

41.That Commander-in-chief, Prahasta, the best among archers, stretching a bow discharged arrows towards Nila in the great battle.
tE p#aÔy ¢v¢SKa n£l| ¢v¢n¢BIï sma¢hta: .
mh£| jÂm¤mIhavEga â¢xta iv p°ga: =42=

those

p#aÔy

reaching

¢v¢SKa:

arrows

n£l|

Nila

¢v¢n¢BIï

piercing

sma¢hta:

together

mh£|

into the earth

jÂm¤:

went

mhavEga:

with great speed

â¢xta:

infuriated

p°ga:

serpents

42.Those arrows reaching Nila together with great speed piercing him right through went into the earth like infuriated serpents.
n£l: SrWr¢BhtaE ¢n¢StWrqÇvlnaEpmW: .
s t| prmÑ¤DIxImaptÓt| mhak¢p: =43=
p#hÞt| tafyamas v¦Xm¤ÏpaÊY v£yIvan¯ =44=

n£l:

Nila

SrW:

by arrows

A¢Bht:

wounded

¢n¢StW:

sharp

ÇvlnaEpmW:

resembling tongues of fire

that

prmÑ¤DIxI|

most dificult to overpower

AaptÓt|

rushing towards

mhak¢p:

the mighty monkey

p#hÞt|

Prahasta

tafyamas

struck

v¦X|

a tree

uÏpaÊY

uprooting

v£yIvan¯

valiant

43,44.Nila, the valiant and mighty monkey, wounded by the sharp arrows resembling tongues of fire, uprooting a tree struck Prahasta, who was most difficult to overpower and rushing towards him.
s tEna¢Bht: @[¼aE ndn#aXsp¤Äñv: .
vvxI SrvxaI¢N ÔlvÄñana| cm¥pt¬ =45=

that

tEn

by that

A¢Bht:

when struck

@[¼:

enraged

ndn¯

roaring

raXsp¤Äñv:

bull among ogres

vvxI

rained down

SrvxaI¢N

a shower of arrows

ÔlvÄñana|

of the monkeys

cm¥pt¬

on the commanderinchief

45.Prahasta, the bull among ogres enraged when struck by the tree, rained down a shower of arrows on Nila the Commander-in-chief of monkeys.
tÞy baNgNan¯GaEran#aXsÞy mhabl: .
AparyÓvar¢yt¤| p#Ïyg¦ÿa¢°m£¢lt: =46=

tÞy

that

baNgNan¯

the shower of arrows

GaEran¯

dreadful

raXsÞy

of the ogre

mhabl:

very mighty

Aparyn¯

difficult

var¢yt¤|

to check

p#Ïyg¦ÿat¯

suffered

¢nm£¢lt:

with closed eyes

46.Nila suffered with closed eyes the dreadful shower of arrows discharged by Prahasta which was difficult to endure.
yTWv gaEv¦xaE vxI| Sard| S£G#magtm¯ .
evmEv p#hÞtÞy SrvxI| Ñ¤rasdm¯ =47=
¢nm£¢ltaX: shsa n£l: sEhE s¤daâNm¯ =48=

yTa

even

gaEv¦x:

a bull

vxI|

shower

Sard|

autumnal

S£G#|

all of a sudden

Aagtm¯

come

ev|

in the same way

even

p#hÞtÞy

of Prahasta

SrvxI|

shower of arrows

Ñ¤rasdm¯

difficult to endure

¢nm£¢ltaX:

with eyes closed

shsa

with fortitude

n£l:

Nila

sEhE

endured

s¤daâNm¯

exxceedingly dreadful

47,48.Even as a bull would endure an autumnal shower which has come all of a sudden, in the same way Nila suffered with closed eyes and fortitude the shower of arrows discharged by Prahasta which was difficult to endure.
raE¢xt: Srvx©IN salEn mhta mhan¯ .
p#jGan hya°£l: p#hÞtÞy mnaEjvan¯ =49=

raE¢xt:

being enraged

Srvx©IN

by the shower of arrows

salEn

with a sal tree

mhta

a huge

mhan¯

the famous

p#jGan

struck down

hyan¯

horses

n£l:

Nila

p#hÞtÞy

of Prahasta

mnaEjvan¯

capable of moving at the speed of thought

49.Being enraged by the shower of arrows, the famous Nila struk down the Prahasta's horses which are capable of moving at the speed of thought with a huge sal tree.
tt: s capm¤dqg¦/ p#hÞtÞy mhabl: .
bB¸ trsa n£laE nnad c p¤n: p¤n: =50=

tt:

thereafter

that

cap|

bow

udqg¦/

snatching

p#hÞtÞy

of Prahasta

mhabl:

with great might

bB¸

broke

trsa

with violence

n£l:

Nila

nnad c

roared also

p¤n: p¤n:

again and again

50.Thereafter Nila with great might snatching violently the bow of Prahasta, broke it and roared again and again.
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