THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 85 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

saD¤

will be appropriate

Ay|

this

yat¤

s¬¢m¢æO:

Lakshmana, son of Sumitra

blEn

with army

mhta

huge

v¦t:

accompanied

¢nk[¢ØBlaya|

in Nikumbila

s|p#aÔy

arriving

hÓt¤|

to kill

rav¢N|

Indrajit, son of Ravana

AahvE

in a battle

Dn¤mIÎfl¢nm¤I³W:

discharged from the bow

AaS£¢vx¢vxaEpmW:

deadly as the poison of a venomous snake

SrW:

arrows

hÓt¤|

to kill

mhEÝvas:

adept in archery

rav¢N|

Indrajit, son of Ravana

s¢m¢t¸y:

who has been victorious in battle

11,12.Vibhishana told Rama that it will be appropriate for Lakshmana to kill Indrajit, to go accompanied by a huge army and arriving in Nikumbila Lakshmana, adept in archery and who has been victorious in battle to kill Indrajit, son of Ravana, by discharging arrows with deadly as the poison of venomous serpent discharged from the bow.
tEn v£y©IN tpsa vrdanaÏÞvy|B¤v: .
AÞæO| b#'¢Sr: p#açO| kamgaà t¤rÄñma: =13=

tEn

by him

v£y©IN

severe

tpsa

by penance

vrdanat¯

a boon granted

Þvy|B¤v:

by Brahma, the self born creator

AÞæO|

missile

b#'¢Sr:

brahmasiras

p#açO|

was obtained

kamga:

coursing at his will

c	were similarly obtained

t¤rÄñma:

horses

13.Vibhishana told Rama that Indrajit after severe penance obtained a missile known as brahmasiras and horse coursing at will by a boon granted by Brahma, the self born creator.
s ex sh sWÓyEn p#açO: ¢kl ¢nk[¢ØBlam¯ .
yï¤äOE¿EÏk]t| kmI htaÓsvaI|à ¢v¢¼ n: =14=

that

ex:

sh sWÓyEn

along with army

p#açO:

has reached

¢kl

in case

¢nk[¢ØBlam¯

Nikumbhila

y¢d uäOE¿Et¯

if he gets up

k]t|

concluding

kmI

the ritual

htan¯

as killed

svaIn¯ c

all also

¢v¢¼

know

14.Vibhishana told Rama that Indrajit has reached Nikumbhila and if he gets up after concluding the ritual know that all of them as killed.
¢nk[¢ØBlams|p#açOmh¤ta¢g"| c yaE ¢rp¤: .
Ïvamatta¢yn| hÓya¢dÓd#SæOaE: s tE vD: =15=
vraE däOaE mhabahaE svIlaEkEárEN vW =16=

¢nk[¢ØBla|

in Nikumbhila

As|p#açO|

while not reached

Ah¤ta¢g"| c

while not propitiated the fire

who

¢rp¤:

enemy

Ïva|

you

Aatta¢yn|

while fighting

hÓyat¯

who strikes

iÓd#SæOaE:

enemy of Indra

you

vD:

will kill

vr:

boon

däO:

bestowed

mhabahaE

O! mighty armed

svIlaEkEárEN

by Brahma, the ruler of all worlds

surely

15,16.Vibhishana told the mighty armed Rama that Brahma has bestowed a boon on Indrajit that his enemy will kill him while fighting before he has not propitiated the fire before his enemy reached Nikumbhila.
iÏyEv| ¢v¢htaE rajÓvDÞtÞyWx D£mt: .
vDayEÓd#¢jtaE ram s|¢dSÞv mhabl =17=

i¢t ev|

as above

¢v¢ht:

has been ordained

rajn¯

O! king

vD:

killing

tÞy

for him

ex:

like this

D£mt:

sagacious

vDay

for killing

iÓd#¢jt:

of Indrajit

ram

O! Rama

s|¢dSÞv

command

mhabl

with great might

17.Vibhishana told Rama that as above the killing of the sagacious Indrajit has been ordained and told him to command Lakshmana for the killing of Indrajit.
htE t¢ÞmÓht| ¢v¢¼ ravN| ss¤¶Çjnm¯ =18=

htE

when killed

t¢Þmn¯

ht|

killed

¢v¢¼

as know

ravN|

Ravana

ss¤¶Çjnm¯

along with the best of his kins

18.Vibhishana told Rama that when Indrajit was killed, know that Ravan awith his best kins as killed.
¢vB£xNvc: ½¤Ïva raGvaE vaÀymb#v£t¯ =19=

¢vB£xNvc:

the words of Vbhishana

½¤Ïva

heafing

raGv:

Rama, scion of Raghu

vaÀy|

the following words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

19.Rama hearing the words of Vibhishana spoke the following words.
jana¢m tÞy r¬d#Þy maya| sÏypra@m =20=

jana¢m

I know

tÞy

his

r¬d#Þy

fierce ogre

maya|

conjuring trick

sÏypra@m

O! ogre of unfailing prowess

20.Rama told Vibhishana with unfailing prowess that he knew the conjuring tricks of the fierce Indrajit.
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