THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 90 : SLOKAS 1 TO 9


 

iÓd#¢jtaE   rTBÄñ:   -   BREAKING   THE   CHARIOT   OF   INDRAJIT  
 
y¤Òyman¬   t¤   t¬   è¾qva   p#s³¬   nrraXs¬   .  
p#¢B°a¢vv   matÄñ¬   prÞprjyW¢xN¬   =1=  
t¬   d#¾¤kam:   sHqg#amE   prÞprgt¬   bl£   .  
S¥ra:   s   ravNB#ata   tÞT¬   sHqg#am¥¢D"I   =2=  
y¤Òyman¬     the two fighting
t¤    in this
t¬    the two
è¾qva     seeing
p#s³¬    fond of
nrraXs¬    Lakshmana, the man and Indrajit, the ogre
p#¢B°¬     in rut
iv    like
matÄñ¬     two elephants
prÞprjyW¢xN¬     desirous of overcoming each other
t¬    the two
d#¾¤kam:     eager to witness
sHqg#amE    in the battle
prÞprgt¬     battling each other
bl£    mighty
S¥ra:    heroes
s:    he
ravNB#ata    younger brother of Ravana
tÞT¬    sttod
sHqg#am¥¢D"I     at the forefront of battle
 
1,2.Vibhishana,   the   valiant   and   mighty   younger   brother   of   Ravaan,   eager   to   witness   Lakshmana   and   Indrajit   in   the   battle   looking   like   two   elephants   in   rut   and   fond   of   battle,   desirous   of   overcoming   each   other   seeing   the   the   two,   man   and   ogre   stood   at   the   forefront   of   the   battle.    
ttaE   ¢vÞParyamas   mh¼n¤rv¢ÞTt:   .  
uÏssjI   c   t£ßNag#an#aXsEx¤   mhaSran¯   =3=  
tt:    then
¢vÞParyamas     twanged
mht¯    mighty
Dn¤:    bow
Av¢ÞTt:     standing firm
uÏssjI    discharged
c    also
t£ßNag#an¯     with sharp points
raXsEx¤    against the ogres
mhaSran¯    long arrows
 
3.Vibhishana   standing   firmly   twanged   his   mighty   bow.   He   also   dischaged   long   arrows   with   sharp   point   against   the  
ogre.    
tE   S¥ra:   ¢S¢KsÄðaSa   ¢nptÓt:   sma¢hta:   .  
raXsaÓdaryamas¤vIj#aN£v   mha¢gr£n¯   =4=  
tE    those
S¥ra:    arrows
¢S¢KsÄðaSa:     resembling the fire
¢nptÓt:     falling
sma¢hta:    together
raXsan¯    ogres
daryamas¤:    tore to pieces
vj#a¢N    thunderbolts
iv    like
mha¢gr£n¯     mighty mountains
 
4.Those   arrows   from   the   bow   of   Vibhishana   resembling   the   fire   falling   together   on   the   ogres   tore   them   to   pieces   like   thunder   bolts   tear   mighty   moun   tains.    
¢vB£xNÞyan¤craÞtE{¢p   S¥la¢sp¢ÊóSW:   .  
¢c¢ÅCѤ:   smrE   v£ran#aXsan#aXsaEäOma:   =5=  
¢vB£xNÞy     of Vibhishana
An¤cra:    followers
tE    those
A¢p    also
S¥la¢sp¢ÊóSW:     with pikes, swords and sharp edged spears
¢c¢ÅCѤ:     rent asunder
smrE    in the battle
v£ran¯    the heroic
raXsan¯    ogres
raXsaEäOma:    foremost of ogres
 
5.The   foremost   of   ogres,   the   followers   of   Vibhishana,   rent   asunder   the   heroic   ogres   in   the   battle   with   pikes,   swords   and   sharp   edged   spears.    
raXsWÞtW:   p¢rv¦t:   s   tda   t¤   ¢vB£xN:   .  
bB¬   mÒyE   p#¶¾ana|   klBana¢mv   ¢¹p:   =6=  
raXsW:    by ogres
tW:    those
p¢rv¦t:     surrounded
s:    that
tda    then
t¤   ¢vB£xN:     Vibhishana for his part
bB¬    shone
mÒyE    in the midst
p#¶¾ana|     proud
klBana|    young tuskers
iv    like
¢¹p:    an elephant
 
6.Then   Vibhishana   for   his   part   surrounded   by   those   ogres   shone   like   an   elephant   in   the   midst   of   proud   tuskers.    
tt:   s|caEdyanaE   vW   hr£n#an#XaEvD¢p#yan¯   .  
uvac   vcn|   kalE   kalåOaE   rXsa|   vr:   =7=  
tt:    then
s|caEdyan:   vW     being encouraged
hr£n¯    monkeys
rXaEvD¢p#yan¯     fond of destroying the ogres
uvac    spoke
vcn|    the following words
kalE    in approprite time
kalåO:    who knew what was fitting to the occasion
rXsa|    of ogres
vr:    the foremost
 
7.Vibhishana,   the   foremost   of   ogres,   who   knew   what   was   fitting   to   the   occasion   then   encouraged   the   monkeys   who   were   fond   of   deatroying   the   ogres   with   the   following   words   at   the   appropriate   time.    
ekaE{y|   raXsEÓd#Þy   prayN¢mv   ¢ÞTt:   .  
etÅCEx|   bl|   tÞy   ¢k|   ¢t¿t   hr£ára:   =8=  
ek:    one
Ay|    he
raXsEÓd#Þy     of the king of ogres, Ravana
prayN|    support
iv    like
¢ÞTt:    stands
etÅCEx|    he is all that is left
bl|    army
tÞy    his
¢k|   ¢t¿t     why stand idle
hr£ára:     O monkey chiefs
 
8.Vibhishana   told   the   monkey   chiefs   that   he,   Indrajit,   who   stands   here   is   the   one   is   the   last   support   of   Ravana   king   of   ogres   and   all   that   is   left   of   Ravana's   army.   He   asked   the   monkey   chiefs   why   they   were   standing   idly?    
t¢Þm¢Óv¢nhtE   papE   raXsE   rNm¥¢D"I   .  
ravN|   vjI¢yÏva   t¤   SExmÞy   ht|   blm¯   =9=  
t¢Þmn¯     this
¢v¢nhtE    when killed
papE    wicked
raXsE    ogre
rNm¥¢D"I    in the forefront of battlefield
ravN|    Ravana
vjI¢yÏva     apart from
t¤    now
SEx|    left
AÞy    his
ht|    killed
blm¯    army
 
9.Vibhishana   told   the   monkey   chiefs   that   when   the   wicked   ogre,   Indrajit,   is   killed   in   the   forefront   of   the   battle   field,   apart   from   Ravana   his   remaining   army   is   as   good   as   dead.              
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