THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 100 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20


 

ramravNy¤¼arØB:   -   BATTLE   BETWEEN   RAMA   AND   RAVANA   BEGINS  
 
taÓyn£kaÓynEka¢n   ravNÞy   SraEäOmW:   .  
è¾qva   Bg"a¢n   StSaE   raGv:   pyIv¢ÞTt:   =11=  
ta¢n    those
An£ka¢n     armies
AnEka¢n    numerous
ravNÞy    of Ravana
SraEäOmW:    by the excellent arrows
è¾qva     seeing
Bg"a¢n    routed
StS:    in hundreds
raGv:    Rama
pyIv¢ÞTt:     took stand firmly
 
11.Rama   seeing   the   numerous   armies   of   monkeys   routed   in   hundreds   by   the   excellent   arrows   of   Ravana,   took   stand   firmly.    
ttaE   raXsSaÑ¥IlaE   ¢vd#aÛy   h¢rva¢hn£m¯   .  
s   ddSI   ttaE   ram|   ¢t¿Ótmpa¢r¢jtm¯   =12=  
lßmNEn   sh   B#aæOa   ¢vÝN¤na   vasv|   yTa   .  
Aa¢lKÓt¢mvakaSmv¾×y   mh¼n¤:   =  
pîpæO¢vSalaX|   d£GIbah¤m¢rÓdmm¯   =13=  
tt:    then
raXsSaÑ¥Il:     the tiger among ogres
¢vd#aÛy     having put to flight
h¢rva¢hn£m¯     the army of monkeys
s:    he
ddSI    saw
tt:    there
ram|    Rama
¢t¿Ót|     standing
Apa¢r¢jtm¯     unconquered
lßmNEn    with Lakshmana
sh    along with
B#aæOa    brother
¢vÝN¤na     with Vishnu
vasv|    Indra
yTa    like
Aa¢lKÓt|   iv     as if scraping
AakaS|    the sky
Av¾×y     taking in hand
mht¯    excellent
Dn¤:    the bow
pîpæO¢vSalaX|     eyes large as lotus petals
d£GIbah¤|     with long arms
A¢rÓdmm¯     tamer of his enemies
 
12,13.Ravana,   a   tiger   among   ogres   having   put   to   flight   the   monkey   army   then   saw   Rama,   unconquered   and   tamer   of   enemies   with   long   arms   and   eyes   large   as   lotus   petals   standing   there   with   his   excellent   bow   scraping   the   sky   alongwith   his   brother   Lakshmana   like   Vishnu   with   Indra.    
ttaE   ramaE   mhatEja:   s¬¢m¢æOs¢htaE   bl£   .  
vanra|à   rNE   Bg"anaptÓt|   c   ravNm¯   =  
sm£ßy   raGvaE   ¶¾aE   mÒyE   jg#ah   kam¤Ikm¯   =14=  
tt:    then
ram:    Rama
mhatEja:    with great energy
s¬¢m¢æOs¢ht:     alongwith Lakshmana
bl£    mighty
vanran¯    monkeys
c    also
rNE    in the battle
Bg"an¯    routed
AaptÓt|   c     approaching also
ravNm¯    Ravana
sm£ßy    perceiving
raGv:    a scion of Raghu
¶¾:    rejoiced
mÒyE    in the middle
jg#ah    took hold
kam¤Ikm¯     his bow
 
14.Then   Rama     a   scion   of   Raghu   with   great   energy   and   mighty,   along   with   Lakshmana   perceiving   the   monkeys   routed   in   the   battle   and   Ravana   approaching   them,   rejoiced,   took   hold   of   his   bow   in   the   middle.    
¢vÞPar¢yt¤marEBE   tt:   s   Dn¤âäOmm¯   .  
mhavEg|   mhanad|   ¢n¢BIÓd¢°v   mE¢dn£m¯   =15=  
¢vÞPar¢yt¤|     to stretch string
AarEBE    began
tt:    then
s:    he
Dn¤:    bow
uäOmm¯    the excellent
mhavEg|    with great force
mhanad|    sonorous
¢n¢BIÓdn¯   iv     like rending
mE¢dn£m¯     the earth
 
15.Rama   then   began   to   stretch   the   string   of   his   excellent   bow   endowed   with   great   force   and   sonorous   looking   like   rending   the   earth.    
ravNÞy   baN¬GW   ram¢vÞPa¢rtEn   c   .  
SÖdEn   raXsaÞtE   c   pEt¤à   StSÞtda   =16=  
ravNÞy    of Ravana
baN¬GW:    by the streams of arrows
ram¢vÞPa¢rtEn     with the twang of Rama's bow
c    also
SÖdEn    sound of
raXsa:    the ogres
tE   c    monkeys also
pEt¤:    fell down
c    also
StS:    in hudreds
tda    then
 
16.Then   by   the   streams   of   arrows   of   Ravana   and   the   sound   of   the   twang   of   Rama'   bow   monkeys   and   ogres   fell   down   in   hundreds.    
tyaE:   SrpT|   p#açOaE   ravNaE   rajp¤æOyaE:   .  
s   bB¬   c   yTa   rah¤:   sm£pE   S¢Ss¥ya©I:   =17=  
tyaE:    of the two
SrpT|    the path of arrow
p#açO:    reaching within
ravN:    Ravana
rajp¤æOyaE:     of the two princes
s:    that
bB¬    appeared
c    also
yTa    like
rah¤:    Rahu
sm£pE    near
S¢Ss¥ya©I:     moon and sun
 
17.Ravana,   coming   with   the   path   of   the   arrows   of   the   two   princes,   Rama   and   Lakshmana,   appeared   like   Rahu   near   the   moon   and   the   sun.    
t¢mÅCÓp#Tm|   yaE¼^|   lßmNaE   ¢n¢StW:   SErW:   .  
m¤maEc   Dn¤rayØy   Sran¢g"¢SKaEpman¯   =18=  
t|    him
iÅCn¯    desiring
p#Tm|    first
yaE¼^|    to fight
lßmN:    Lakshmana
¢n¢StW:    with sharp
SErW:    arrows
m¤maEc    discharged
Dn¤:   AayØy     stretching the bow
Sran¯    arrows
A¢g"¢SKaEpman¯     resmbling tongues of fire
 
18.Lakshmana   desiring   at   first   to   fight   with   Ravana   with   sharp   arrows,   stretching   his   bow   discharged   arrows   resmbling   tongues   of   arrows.    
taÓm¤³maæOanakaSE   lßmNEn   Dn¤Ýmta   .  
baNan¯baNWmIhatEja   ravN:   p#ÏyDaryt¯   =19=  
tan¯    those
m¤³maæOan¯     as soon as released
AakaSE    in the sky
lßmNEn    by Lakshmana
Dn¤Ýmta     an excellent archer
baNan¯    arrows
baNW:    with arows
mhatEja:    with great energy
ravN:    Ravana
p#ÏyDaryt¯     destroyed
 
19.Ravana   with   great   energy   destroyed   the   arrows   of   Lakshmana,   an   excellent   archer,   as   soon   as   they   were   released   in   the   sky   with   his   own   arrows.    
ebmEkEn   baNEn   ¢æO¢BÞæO£ÓdS¢BdIS   .  
lßmNÞy   p#¢cÅCEd   dSIyÓpa¢NlaGvm¯   =20=  
eb|    one
ekEn    with one
baNEn    with arrow
¢æO¢B:     with three
æO£n¯     three
dS¢B:    with ten
dS    ten
lßmNÞy     of Lakshmana
p#¢cÅCEd     split
dSIyn¯    exhibiting
pa¢NlaGvm¯     the lightness of hand
 
20.Ravana   exhibiting   the   lightness   of   his   hand   split   the   arrows   of   Lakshmana,   one   with   one,   three   with   three   and   ten   with   ten   arrows.              

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