THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 104 : SLOKAS 21 TO 30


 

ravNS¥laE¼rNm¯   -   BREAKING   THE   SPEAR   OF   RAVANA  
 
rXsamï   S¥raNa|   ¢nhtana|   cm¥m¤KE   .  
Ïva|   ¢nhÏy   rNÜla¢GÓkraE¢m   trsa   smm¯   =21=  
rXsa|    of ogres
Aï    today
S¥raNa|    heroic
¢nhtana|    killed
cm¥m¤KE     in front of the army
Ïva|    you
¢nhÏy    killing
rNÜla¢Gn¯     O! famed at battle
kraE¢m    will do
trsa    speedily
smm¯    level
 
21.Ravana   told   Rama   who   was   famed   at   battle   that   he   will   speedily   level   Rama   with   the   heroic   ogres   who   were   killed   in   front   of   the   army.    
¢t¿Edan£|   ¢nh¢Óm   ÏvamEx   S¥lEn   raGv   =22=  
¢t¿    wait
idan£|    now
¢nh¢Óm     I will kill
Ïva|    you
ex:    this
S¥lEn    with dart
raGv    Rama, a scion Raghu
 
22.Ravana   told   Rama,   a   scion   of   Raghu,   to   wait   a   bit   and   he   will   kill   Rama   with   the   dart.    
evm¤ÀÏva   s   ¢cXEp   tÅC¥l|   raXsa¢Dp:   =23=  
ev|    as above
uÀÏva    having said
s:    that
¢cXEp    hurled
tt¯    that
S¥l|    dart
raXsa¢Dp:    king of ogres, Ravana
 
23.Ravana   the   king   of   ogres   saying   as   above   hurled   the   dart   at   Rama.    
td#avNkraÓm¤³|   ¢vï¤ÇÇvalasmak[lm¯   .  
A¾GÎz|   mhanad|   ¢vyétmSaEBt   =24=  
tt¯    that
ravNkrat¯    from the hand of Ravana
m¤³|    hurled
¢vï¤ÇÇvalasmak[lm¯     with flames like lightning
A¾GÎz|     with eight bells
mhanad|    making a loud noise
¢vyét|     reaching the sky
ASaEBt    flashed
 
24.That   dart   hurled   from   the   hand   of   Ravana   with   flames   like   lightning   with   eight   bells   making   a   loud   noise   reaching   the   flashed.    
tÅC¥l|   raGvaE   è¾qva   ÇvlÓt|   GaErdSInm¯   .  
ssjI   ¢v¢SKan#amàapmayØy   v£yIvan¯   =25=  
tt¯    that
S¥l|    dart
raGv:    a scion of Raghu
è¾qva     seeing
ÇvlÓt|     flaming
GaErdSInm¯    terrible to behold
ssjI    discharged
¢v¢SKan¯     arrows
ram:    Rama
cap|    bow
AayØy    stretching
v£yIvan¯     the gallant
 
25.Rama,   a   scion   of   Raghu,   seeing   the   flaming   and   terrible   to   behold   dart   stretching   his   bow   discharged   arrows.    
AaptÓt|   Sr¬GEN   varyamas   raGv:   .  
uÏptÓt|   y¤gaÓta¢g"|   jl¬GW¢rv   vasv:   =26=  
AaptÓt|    as it came towards
Sr¬GEN    with a stream of arrows
varyamas    tried to intercept
raGv:    Rama, a scion of Raghu
uÏptÓt|     emerging
y¤gaÓta¢g"|     the fire at the end of the world cycle
jl¬GW:    with showers
iv    like
vasv:    Indra
 
26.Rama,   a   scion   of   Raghu   tried   to   intercept   the   dart   as   it   came   towards   him   like   Indra   tried   to   stop   the   fire   emerging   at   the   end   of   the   world   cycle   with   showers.    
¢ndIdah   s   tan¯baNan#amkam¤I¢n:s¦tan¯   .  
ravNÞy   mhaS¥l:   ptÄña¢nv   pavk:   =27=  
¢ndIdah    burnt
s:    that
tan¯    those
baNan¯    arrows
ramkam¤I¢n:s¦tan¯     discharged from the bow of Rama
ravNÞy    of Ravana
mhaS¥l:    excellent dart
ptÄñan¯     moths
iv    like
pavk:    fire
 
27.The   excellent   dart   of   Ravana   burnt   down   those   arrows   discharged   from   the   bow   of   Rama   like   the   fire   burns   the   moths.    
è¾qva   tan¯   BÞmsaìotaM¯ÅC¥ls|ÞpSIc¥¢NItan¯   .  
saykanÓt¢rXÞTan#aGv:   @«Dmahrt¯   =28=  
è¾qva     seeing
tan¯    those
BÞmsaìotan¯     reduced to ashes
S¥ls|ÞpSIc¥¢NItan¯     pulverised by the impact of the dart
saykan¯    arrows
AÓt¢rXÞTan¯     reaching the sky
raGv:    Rama, a scion of Raghu
@«D|    fury
Aahrt¯    gave vent
 
28.Rama,   a   scion   of   Raghu,   seeing   his   arrows   reaching   the   sky   pulverised   by   the   dart   and   reduced   to   ashes   gave   vent   to   fury.    
s   ta|   mat¢lna{{n£ta|   S¢³|   vasv¢n¢mItam¯   .  
jg#ah   prm@[¼aE   raGvaE   rG¤nÓdn:   =29=  
s:    that
ta|    that
mat¢lna    by Matali
Aan£ta|    brought
S¢³|    javelin
vasv¢n¢mItam¯     created by Indra
jg#ah    took hold
prm@[¼:    extremely enraged
raGv:    Rama, a scion of Raghu
rG¤nÓdn:     delight of the Raghus
 
29.Rama,   a   scion   of   Raghu   and   a   delight   of   Raghus,   extremely   enraged   then   took   hold   of   the   javelin   created   by   Indra   which   was   brought   by   Matali.    
sa   taE¢lta   blvta   S¢³GIÎzak]tÞvna   .  
nB:   p#Çvalyamas   y¤gaÓtaEÚkEv   sp#Ba   =30=  
sa    that
taE¢lta    lifted
blvta    by the mighty prince
S¢³:    javelin
GÎzak]tÞvna     rendered sonorous by bells
nB:    the sky
p#Çvalyamas     lit up
y¤gaÓtaEÚka     meteor appearing at the end of the world cycle
iv    like
sp#Ba    with shine
 
30.The   javelin   rendered   sonorous   by   bells   when   lifted   by   the   mighty   prince   lit   up   the   sky   like   the   shining   meteor   appearing   at   teh   end   of   the   world   cycle.              
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