THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 108 : SLOKAS 21 TO 30


 

ravNѤ¢nI¢mäOa¢n   -   EVIL   PORTENTS   FOR   RAVANA  
 
vvxI   â¢Dr|   dEvaE   ravNÞy   rTaEp¢r   =22=  
vvxI    showered
â¢Dr|    blood
dEv:    Indra
ravNÞy    of Ravana
rTaEp¢r    on the chariot
 
21.Indra   showered   blood   on   the   chariot   of   Ravana.    
vata   mÎf¢lnÞt£ßNa   /psÛy|   p#c@m¤:   =22=  
vata:    winds
mÎf¢ln:     whirling
t£ßNa:     violently
¢h    surely
ApsÛy|    from left to right
p#c@m¤:    blew
 
22.Whirling   winds   violently   blew   from   right   to   left.    
mhdqg¦d#k[lm¯   caÞy   B#mmaN|   nB:ÞTlE   .  
yEn   yEn   rTaE   ya¢t   tEn   tEn   p#Dav¢t   =23=  
mht¯    large
g¦d#k[lm¯   c     flock of vultures also
AÞy    his
B#mmaN|    in circles
nB:ÞTlE    in the aerial region
yEn   yEn    in which way
rT:    chariot
ya¢t    went
tEn   tEn    by those ways
p#Dav¢t    hovered
 
23.A   large   flock   of   vultures   hovered   in   the   aerial   region   going   in   circles   on   the   chariot   of   Ravana   by   those   ways   in   which   the   chariot   went.    
s|Òyya   cav¦ta   lÄða   jpap¤Ýp¢nkaSya   .  
èÜytE   s|p#d£çOEv   ¢dvsE{¢p   vs¤ÓDra   =24=  
s|Òyya    in dusk
c    also
Aav¦ta    enshrouded
lÄða    Lanka
jpap¤Ýp¢nkaSya     like a hibiscus flower
èÜytE    was seen
s|p#d£çOa     flaming
iv    like
¢dvsE   A¢p     even during daytime
vs¤ÓDra     the earth
 
24.Lanka   was   seen   shrouded   in   dusk   like   a   hibiscus   flower   even   in   day   timeand   the   earth   appeared   flaming.    
s¢nGaIta   mhaEÚkaà   s|p#cEâmIhaÞvna:   =25=  
s¢nGaIta:    accompanied by thunder
mhaEÚka:   c     burning wood also
s|p#cEâ:    fell
mhaÞvna:    with great noise
Ûyxadyn¯     tormented
ta:    those
rXa|¢s    ogres
ravNÞy    of Ravana
tda    then
A¢hta:    forboding evil
 
26.At   that   time   those   burning   woods   tormented   the   ogres   of   Ravana   forboding   evil.    
ravNà   ytÞtæO   s·al   vs¤ÓDra   .  
rXsa|   c   p#hrta|   g¦h£ta   iv   bahv:   =27=  
ravN:    Ravana
c   yt:    wherever was
tæO    there
s·al    shook
vs¤ÓDra     the earth
rXsa|    of the ogres
c    also
p#hrta|    when they struck
g¦h£ta:   iv     like being clasped
bahv:    arms
 
27.Whereever   Ravana   was   there   the   earth   shook   and   the   arms   of   ogres   when   they   struck   looked   like   being   clasped.    
tam#a:   p£ta:   ¢staáEta:   p¢tta:   s¥yIrÜmy:   .  
èÜyÓtE   ravNÞyaÄñE   pvItÞyEv   Datv:   =28=  
tam#a:    red
p£ta:    yellow
¢staáEta:     white and dark
p¢tta:    fallen
s¥yIrÜmy:     the rays of the sun
èÜyÓtE     appeared
ravNÞy    of Ravana
AÄñE    on limbs
pvItÞy    on a mountain
iv    like
Datv:    ores
 
28.The   rays   of   the   sun   falling   on   the   limbs   of   Ravana   appeared   red,   yellow,   white   and   dark   like   the   ores   on   a   mountain.    
g¦D#Wrn¤gtaàaÞy   vmÓÏyaE   Çvln|   m¤KW:   .  
p#NEѤm¤IKm£XÓÏy:   s|rÖDm¢Sv|   ¢Sva:   =29=  
g¦D#W:    by vultures
Arn¤gta:    followed
c    also
AÞy    his
vmÓÏy:     vomiting
Çvln|    fire
m¤KW:    from the mouths
p#NEѤ:     howled
m¤K|    face
iIXÓÏy:     beholding
s|rÖD|    angry
A¢Sv|    sinister
¢Sva:    jackals
 
29.Jackals   followed   by   vultures   vomiting   fire   from   the   mouth   and   beholding   the   face   of   Ravana   let   out   sinister   howls.    
p#¢tk\l|   yy¬   vay¥   rNE   pa|s¥Ósm¤¢Ïkrn¯   .  
tÞy   raXsrajÞy   k[vIÓ袾¢vlaEpnm¯   =30=  
p#¢tk\l|    unfavourably
yy¬    blew
vay¤:    wind
rNE    in the battlefield
pa|s¥n¯    dusts
sm¤¢Ïkrn¯     raising
tÞy    his
raXsrajÞy    of the king of ogres, Ravana
k[vIn¯   袾¢vlaEpnm¯     clouding the vision
 
30.The   wind   blew   unfavourably   raising   dusts   in   the   battlefield   and   clouding   the   vison   of   the   king   of   ogres,   Ravana.              

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