THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 93 : SLOKAS 31 TO 41

ravN¢vlap: - RAVANA'S WAILING
yäOda{¢Bp#s°En sSr| kam¤Ik| mht¯ .
dEvas¤r¢vmd©Ix¤ mm däO| Þvy|B¤va =32=
Aï t¥yIStWB£Im| Dn¤âÏyaÔyta| mm .
ramlßmNaEyaErEv vDay prmahvE =33=

yt¯

which

tda

in the past

A¢Bp#s°En

gratifed

sSr|

with arrows

kam¤Ik|

bow

mht¯

excellent

dEvas¤r¢vmd©Ix¤

in the battle with gods and demons

däO|

bestowed

Þvy|B¤va

by Brahma, self born

Aï

now

t¥yIStW:

with hundreds of trumpets

B£m|

redoubtable

Dn¤:

bow

uÏyaÔyta|

be brought

ramlßmNaEyaE:

of Rama and Lakshmana

only

vDay

for killing

prmahvE

in the great battle

32,33.Ravana told the ogres that his excellent and redoubtale bow with arrows bestowed by Brahma, the self born, in the battle between gods and demons be brought immediately with hundreds of trumpets for the killing of Rama and Lakshmana in the great battle.
s p¤æOvDs|tçO: S¥r: kaEpvS| gt: .
sm£ßy ravNaE b¤¼Ya s£ta| hÓt¤| ÛyvÞyt =34=

that

p¤æOvDs|tçO:

tormented by the death of son

S¥r:

heroic

kaEpvS| gt:

overcome by anger

sm£ßy

pondering

ravN:

Ravana

b¤¼Ya

in mind

s£ta|

Sita

hÓt¤|

to kill

ÛyvÞyt

determined

34.Ravana, tormented by by the death of his son and overcome with anger determined to kill Sita after pondering in his mind.
p#ÏyvEßy t¤ tam#aX: s¤GaEraE GaErdSIn: .
d£naE d£nÞvraÓsvaI|Þtan¤vac ¢nSacran¯ =35=

p#ÏyvEßy

looking fixedly

t¤

then

tam#aX:

with blood shot eyes

s¤GaEr:

extremely ferocious

GaErdSIn:

with a terrible aspect

d£n:

feeling distressed

d£nÞvran¯

speaking with plaintive voice

svaIn¯

all

tan¯

those

uvac

spoke

¢nSacran¯

to the ogres

35.The extremely ferocious Ravana with a terrible aspect looking fixedly with blood shot eyes at all the ogres who were speaking with plaitive voice spoke to them as follows.
mayya mm vÏsEn v·naTI| vn¬ksam¯ .
¢k|¢cdEv ht| tæO s£tEy¢m¢t d¢SItm¯ =36=

mayya

by illusiory trick

vÏsEn

by son

v·naTI|

to hoodwink

vn¬ksam¯

monkeys

¢k|¢ct¯ ev

something

ht|

killed

tæO

then

s£ta

Sita

iy|

this

i¢t

thus

d¢SItm¯

was shown

36.Ravana told the ogres that his son Indrajit tried to hoodwink the monkeys by killing something and shown as Sita by illusory trick.
t¢dd| tÐymEvah| k¢rÝyE ¢p#ymaÏmn: =37=

tt¯

that

id|

this

tÐy| ev

as reality

Ah|

k¢rÝyE

will do

¢p#y|

which is pleasing

AaÏmn:

to me

37.Ravana told the ogres that he will make hoax a reality and do that which is pleasing to him.
vWdEh£| naS¢yÝya¢m XæObÓD¤mn¤v#tam¯ =38=

vWdEh£|

Sita, Proncess of Videha

naS¢yÝya¢m

will finish

XæObÓD¤|

a vile Kshatriya, Rama

An¤v#tam¯

is devoted to

38.Ravana told the ogres that he will finish the Princess of Videha, Sita who was devoted to Rama, the vile Kshatriya.
iÏyEvm¤ÀÏva s¢cvan¯KÄñmaS¤ pram¦St¯ =39=

i¢t ev|

as above

uÀÏva

having said

s¢cvan¯

to ministers

KÄñ|

sword

AaS¤

quickly

pram¦St¯

took in hand

39.Ravana having said as above to his ogre ministers quickly took a sword in hand.
udqD¦Ïy g¤Ns|p°| ¢vmlaØbrvcIsm¯ .
¢nÝppat s vEgEn sBayI: s¢cvWv¦It: =40=
ravN: p¤æOSaEkEn B¦Smak[lcEtn: .
s|@[¼: KHgmaday shsa yæO mW¢Tl£ =41=

udqD¦Ïy

drawing

g¤Ns|p°|

excellent

¢vmlaØbrvcIsm¯

bright as a clear sky

¢nÝppat

rushed out

that

vEgEn

speedily

sBayI:

by his wife, Mandodari

s¢cvW:

by ministers

v¦t:

surrounded

ravN:

Ravana

p¤æOSaEkEn

through grief caused by the death of son

B¦S|

utterly

Aak[lcEtn:

confused mind

s|@[¼:

highly emraged

KÄñ|

sword

Aaday

taking

shsa

suddenly

yæO

where

mW¢Tl£

Sita, the Princess of Mithila

40,41.Ravana with uterly confused mind through grief caused by the death of his son drawing his sword bright as the clear sky and taking hold of it and surrounded by Mandodari, his wife and ministers suddenly rushed out to the place where Sita, Princess of Mithila, was.
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