THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 93 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

ravN¢vlap:   -   RAVANA'S   WAILING  
 
tt:   p¬lÞÏys¢cva:   ½¤Ïva   cEÓd#¢jt|   htm¯   .  
AaccX¤r¢BåOay   dSg#£vay   sÛyDa:   =1=  
tt:    then
p¬lÞÏys¢cva:     ministers of Ravana, a scion of Pulasti
½¤Ïva     hearing
c   iÓd#¢jt|     of Indrajit also
htm¯    having been killed
AaccX¤:    reported as follows
A¢BåOay     gatheringw all details
dSg#£vay    to the ten headed
sÛyDa:    saddened
 
1.The   ministers   of   Ravana,   a   scion   of   Pulasti,   hearing   that   Indrajit   has   also   been   killed,   gathering   all   details,   saddened   reported   to   the   ten   headed   Ravana   as   follows.    
y¤¼E   htaE   mharaj   lßmNEn   tvaÏmj:   .  
¢vB£xNshayEn   ¢mxta|   naE   mha濫t:   =2=  
y¤¼E     in the battle
ht:    has been killed
mharaj    O! king
lßmNEn    by Lakshmana
tv    your
AaÏmj:    son
¢vB£xNshayEn     with the assistance of Vibhishana
¢mxta|    while awake
n:    we
mha濫t:     highly glorious
 
2.The   ministers   told   Ravana   that   his   highly   glorious   son   Indrajit   has   been   killed   in   the   battle   by   Lakshmana   while   they   were   awake.    
S¥r:   S¥rEN   s|gØy   s|y¤gEÝvpra¢jt:   .  
lßmNEn   ht:   S¥r:   p¤æOÞt¤   ¢vb¤DEÓd#¢jt¯   =  
gt:   s   prma|ÚlaEkaM¯ÅCrW:   sÓtaÔy   lßmNm¯   =3=  
S¥r:    heroic
S¥rEN    with a hero
s|gØy    opposing
s|y¤gEx¤     in battles
Apra¢jt:    never been vanquished
lßmNEn    by Lakshmana
ht:    was killed
S¥r:    heroic
p¤æO:     son
t¤    in this
¢vb¤DEÓd#¢jt¯     conqueror of Indra
gt:    has gone
s:    he
prman¯    highest
laEkan¯    worlds
SrW:    with arrows
sÓtaÔy     having tormented
lßmNm¯    Lakshmana
 
3.The   ministers   told   Ravana   that   his   heroic   son,   Indrajit,   conqueror   of   Indra   and   who   has   never   been   vanquished   opposing   the   hero   Lakshmana   was   killed   by   him.   Indrajit   has   gone   to   the   highest   worlds   having   tormented   Lakshmana   with   arrows.    
s   t|   p#¢tBy|   ½¤Ïva   vD|   p¤æOÞy   daâNm¯   .  
GaEr¢mÓd#¢jt:   s|ÁyE   kÜml|   ca¢vSÓmht¯   =4=  
s:    he
t|    that
p#¢tBy|    generating fear
½¤Ïva     hearing
vD|    death
p¤æOÞy     of son
daâNm¯    ghastly
GaEr|    cruel
iÓd#¢jt:     of Indrajit
s|ÁyE    in the battle
kÜml|    unconscious
c    due to that
Aa¢vSt¯    became
mht¯    a protracted time
 
4.Ravana,   hearing   about   the   ghastly   and   cruel   death   of   Indrajit   in   the   battle   generating   fear   became   unconscious   for   a   protracted   time.    
upl×y   ¢craÏs|åOa|   raja   raXsp¤Äñv:   .  
p¤æOSaEka¢dItaE   d£naE   ¢vllapak[lE¢Ód#y:   =5=  
upl×y    regaining
¢crat¯    after a long time
s|åOa|    consciousness
raja    king
raXsp¤Äñv:     foremost among ogres
p¤æOSaEka¢dIt:     overcome with grief on account of son
d£n:    pitiably
¢vllap    lamented
Aak[lE¢Ód#y:     mind distracted
 
5.Ravana   foremost   of   ogres   regaining   consciousness   after   a   long   time   was   overcome   with   grief   on   account   of   son   lamented   pitiably   with   a   distracted   mind.    
ha   raXscm¥m¤Áy   mm   vÏs   mharT   .  
¢jÏvEÓd#|   kTmï   Ïv|   lßmNÞy   vS|   gt:   =6=  
ha    Ah!
raXscm¥m¤Áy     leader of the army of ogres
mm    my
vÏs    son
mharT    great car warrior
¢jÏva    having conquered
iÓd#|    Indra
kT|    how
Aï    now
Ïv|    you
lßmNÞy     by Lakshmana
vS|    overpowered
gt:    came to be
 
6.Ravana   lamented   that   Indrajit,   leader   of   the   ogre   army   and   a   great   car   warrior,   having   conquered   Indra   how   was   he   now   overpowered   by   Lakshmana.    
nn¤   Ïv¢mx¤¢B:   @[¼aE   ¢BÓdqya:   kalaÓtkav¢p   .  
mÓdrÞya¢p   S¦Äña¢N   ¢k|   p¤nlIßmN|   y¤¢D   =7=  
nn¤    surely
Ïv|    you
ix¤¢B:     with arrows
@[¼:    enraged
¢BÓdqya:     could pierce
kalaÓtk¬   A¢p     even Siva and Yama
mÓdrÞy     of mandara mountain
A¢p   S¦Äña¢N     even peaks
¢k|   p¤n:     why not pierce
lßmN|    Lakshmana
y¤¢D    in the battle
 
7.Ravana   lamented   that   Indrajit   who   enraged   could   pierce   even   Siva   and   Yama   and   even   the   peaks   of   mandara   mountain   why   he   did   not   pierce   Lakshmana   in   the   battle.    
Aï   vWvÞvtaE   raja   B¥yaE   bh¤mtaE   mm   .  
yEnaï   Ïv|   mhabahaE   s|y¤³:   kalDmINa   =8=  
Aï    now
vWvÞvt:    Yama
raja    king
B¥y:    highly
bh¤mt:    esteemed
mm    for me
yEn    by whom
Aï    now
Ïv|    you
mhabahaE    mighty armed
s|y¤³:     subjected
kalDmINa    to Yama's work of death
 
8.Ravana   lamented   that   his   mighty   armed   son,   Indrajit,   by   whom   he   was   subjected   to   Yama's   work   of   death   that   king   Yama   now   is   highly   esteemed   by   Ravana.    
ex   pÓTa   s¤yaEDana|   svaImrgNEÝv¢p   .  
y:   k]tE   hÓytE   Bt¤I:   s   p¤man¯ÞvgIm¦ÅC¢t   =9=  
ex:    this
pÓTa:    is the path
s¤yaEDana|    by noble warriors
svaImrgNEx¤   A¢p     even among all the celestial hosts
y:    who
k]tE    done
hÓytE    is killed
Bt¤I:    of his lord
s:    that
p¤man¯     man
ÞvgI|    heaven
§ÅC¢t     attains
 
9.Ravana   told   that   even   among   all   the   celestial   hosts   this   is   the   path   taken   by   noble   warriors   and   the   man   who   is   killed   for   the   cause   of   his   lord   attains   heaven.    
Aï   dEvgNa:   sv©I   laEkpalaÞtTxIy:   .  
ht¢mÓd#¢jt|   ½¤Ïva   s¤K|   ÞvÔs¯y¢Ót   ¢nBIya:   =10=  
Aï    now
dEvgNa:    celestial hosts
sv©I    all
laEkpala:    the guardians of the world
tTa   §xy:     and rsis
ht|    having been killed
iÓd#¢jt|     Indrajit
½¤Ïva     hearing
s¤K|    comfortably
ÞvÔs¯y¢Ót     will sleep
¢nBIya:    rid of fear
 
10.Ravana   said   that   now   all   celestial   hosts,   guardians   of   the   world   and   rsis   hearing   that   Indrajit   had   been   killed   rid   of   fear   will   sleep   comfortably.              

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