THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 81 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

mayas£tavD:   -   KILLING   ILLUSORY   LIVING   IMAGE   OF   SITA  
 
¢våOay   t¤   mnÞtÞy   raGvÞy   mhaÏmn:   .  
s|¢nv¦äyahvaäOÞmaÏs|¢vvES   p¤r|   tt:   =1=  
¢våOay   t¤     having come to know
mn:    mind
tÞy    that
raGvÞy    of Rama
mhaÏmn:    high souled
s|¢nv¦äy     returning
Aahvat¯    from the battle
tÞmat¯    that
s|¢vvES    he reached
p¤r|    city
tt:    then
 
1.Then   Indrajit   knowing   the   mind   of   the   high   souled   Rama   returning   from   the   battle   reached   the   city.    
saE{n¤Þm¦Ïy   vD|   tExa|   raXsana|   tr¢Þvnam¯   .  
@«Dtam#EXN:   S¥raE   ¢njIgam   mha濫t:   =2=  
s:    he
An¤Þm¦Ïy     remembering
vD|    killing
tExa|    those
raXsana|    of ogres
tr¢Þvnam¯     powerful
@«Dtam#EXN:    eyes red with rage
S¥r:    valiant
¢njIgam    started going out
mha濫t:     with great lustre
 
2.The   valiant   Indrajit   with   great   lustre   remembering   the   killing   of   the   powerful   ogres   started   going   out   with   eyes   red   with   rage.    
s   p¢àmEN   ¹arEN   ¢nyIy¬   raXsWv¦It:   .  
iÓd#¢jäO¤   mhav£yI:   p¬lÞÏyaE   dEvkÎzk:   =3=  
s:    that
p¢àmEN     western
¹arEN    by the gate
¢nyIy¬    left
raXsW:    by ogres
v¦t:    surrounded
iÓd#¢jt¯     Indrajit
t¤    then
mhav£yI:    with great prowess
p¬lÞÏy:     from the Pulasta clan
dEvkÎzk:    enemy of gods
 
3.Then   Indrajit,   with   great   prowess,   enemy   of   gods   and   from   the   Pulasta   clan,   left   by   the   westerm   gate   surrounded   by   ogres.    
iÓd#¢jäO¤   ttaE   è¾qva   B#atr¬   ramlßmN¬   .  
rNaya×y¤ï¤t¬   v£r¬   maya|   p#aѤÝkraEäOda   =4=  
iÓd#¢jt¯     Indrajit
t¤    in this
tt:    there
è¾qva     seeing
B#atr¬    the two brothers
ramlßmN¬     Rama and Lakshmana
rNay    for battle
A×y¤ï¤t¬     being ready
v£r¬    gallant
maya|    illusory tactics
p#aѤÝkraEt¯     undertook
tda    then
 
4.Then   Indrajit   seeing   the   two   gallant   brothers,   Rama   and   Lakshmana,   there   ready   for   battle   undertook   illusory   tactics.    
iÓd#¢jäO¤   rTE   ÞTaÔy   s£ta|   mayamy£|   tt:   .  
blEn   mhta{{v¦Ïy   tÞya   vDmraEcyt¯   =5=  
iÓd#¢jt¯     Indrajit
t¤    then
rTE    in the chariot
ÞTaÔy    placing
s£ta|    of Sita
mayamy£|    an illusory living image
tt:    there
blEn    by army
mhta    huge
Aav¦Ïy     surrounding
tÞya:    her
vD|    to kill
AraEcyt¯    decided
 
5.Then   Indrajit   placing   an   illusory   living   image   of   Sita   in   the   chariot   and   surrounding   it   with   a   huge   army   decided   to   kill   her.    
maEhnaTI|   t¤   sv©Ixa|   b¤¢¼|   k]Ïva   s¤Ñ¤mI¢t:   .  
hÓt¤|   s£ta|   Ûyv¢staE   vanra¢Bm¤KaE   yy¬   =6=  
maEhnaTI|    to mesmerise
t¤   sv©Ixa|     all those there
b¤¢¼|   k]Ïva     making up his mind
s¤Ñ¤mI¢t:     very evil mnded
hÓt¤|     to kill
s£ta|    Sita
Ûyv¢st:     endeavouring
vanra¢Bm¤K:     in front of the monkeys
yy¬    advanced
 
6.Indrajit   with   a   very   evil   mind   making   up   his   mind   to   mesmerise   all   those   present   by   endeavouring   to   kill   Sita   advanced   in   front   of   the   monkeys.    
t|   è¾qva   Ïv¢B¢nyaIÓt|   ngyaI:   kann¬ks:   .  
uÏpEt¤r¢Bs|@[¼a:   ¢SlahÞta   y¤y¤Ïsv:   =7=  
t|    him
è¾qva     seeing
t¤    then
A¢B¢nyaIÓt|     coming towards
ngyaI:    from the city
kann¬ks:    monkeys, denizens of the forest
uÏpEt¤:     jumped up
A¢Bs|@[¼a:     highly infuriated
¢SlahÞta:     with rocks in hand
y¤y¤Ïsv:     longing for a fight
 
7.The   monkeys   seeing   Indrajit   coming   towards   them   from   the   city   highly   infuriated   jumped   up   with   rocks   in   hand   longing   for   a   fight.    
hn¤maÓp¤rtÞtExa|   jgam   k¢pk[¸r:   .  
p#g¦/   s¤mhÅC¦Äñ|   pvItÞy   Ѥrasdm¯   =8=  
hn¤man¯     Hanuman
p¤rt:    in front
tExa|    of them
jgam    went
k¢pk[¸r:     elephant among monkeys
p#g¦/    taking in hand
s¤mht¯     huge
S¦Äñ|     peak
pvItÞy    of a mountain
Ѥrasdm¯     difficult to reach
 
8.Hanuman,   the   elephant   among   monkeys,   went   in   front   of   the   monkeys   taking   in   hand   a   huge   peak   of   a   mountain   which   was   difficult   to   reach.    
s   ddSI   htanÓda|   s£ta¢mÓd#¢jtaE   rTE   .  
ekvEN£Sra|   d£nam¤pvask]Sannam¯   =9=  
p¢r¢²¾Wkvsnamm¦ja|   raGv¢p#yam¯   .  
rjaEmla×yama¢lç¬:   svIgaæOªvIr¢ÞæOym¯   =10=  
s:    that
ddSI    saw
htanÓda|    cheerless
s£ta|    Sita
iÓd#¢jt:     of Indrajit
rTE    in chariot
ekvEN£Sra|    with a single tress
d£na|    wretched
upvask]Sannam¯     emaciated through fasting
p¢r¢²¾Wkvsna|     wearing a single soiled garment
Am¦ja|    unadorned
raGv¢p#yam¯     darling of Rama
rjaEmla×ya|   Aa¢lç¬:     covered with dust and mud
svIgaæOª:     all limbs
vr¢ÞæOym¯     lovely lady
 
9,10.Hanuman   saw   in   the   chariot   of   Indrajit   the   darling   of   Rama,   the   lovely   lady   Sita,   cheerless,   wretched,   unadorned,   emaciated   through   fast,   with   a   single   tress,   wearing   a   single   soiled   garment   and   all   limbs   covered   with   dust   and   mud.              

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