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THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 114 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10


 

mÎfaEdr£¢vlap:   ravNs|Þkarà   -   MANDODARI'S   LAMENT   AND   RAVANA'S   FUNERAL  
 
tasa|   ¢vlpmanana|   tTa   raXsyaE¢xtam¯   .  
ÇyE¿a   pÏn£   ¢p#ya   d£na   BtaIr|   sm¤dWXt   =1=  
tasa|    of those
¢vlpmanana|    who were lamenting
tTa    as above
raXsyaE¢xtam¯     consorts of ogre king, Ravana
ÇyE¿a     seniormost
pÏn£    consort
¢p#ya    beloved
d£na    miserably
BtaIr|    husband
sm¤dWXt    gazed on
 
1.Of   those   consorts   of   Ravana,   the   king   of   ogres   who   were   lamenting   as   above,   the   seniormost   consort   and   beloved   consort   of   Ravana,   Mandodari   gazed   on   her   husband   miserably.    
dSg#£v|   ht|   è¾qva   ramENa¢cÓÏykmINa   .  
p¢t|   mÎfaEdr£   tæO   k]pNa   pyIdEvyt¯   =2=  
dSg#£v|    the ten headed Ravana
ht|    having been killed
è¾qva     seeing
ramEN    by Rama
A¢cÓÏykmINa     of inconceivable exloits
p¢t|    husband
mÎfaEdr£     Mandodari
tæO    then
k]pNa    pitiably
pyIdEvyt¯    lamented as follows.
 
2.Mandodari   seeing   the   ten   headed   Ravana   having   been   killed   by   Rama   of   inconceivable   exploits   then   lamented   pitiably   as   follows.    
nn¤   nam   mhaBaga   tv   vW½vNan¤j   .  
@[¼Þy   p#m¤KE   ÞTat¤|   æOÞyÏy¢p   p¤rÓdr:   =3=  
æOÞy¢Ót   §xyàWv   gÓDvaIà   yS¢Þvn:   =4=  
nn¤    indeed
nam    well known
mhaBaga    highly blessed
tv    your
vW½vNan¤j     O! younger brother of Kugera, son sage Visrava
@[¼Þy     were angry
p#m¤KE    in front
ÞTat¤|     to stand
æOÞy¢t     feared
A¢p   p¤rÓdr:     even Indra, destroyer of citadels
æOÞy¢Ót     were afraid
§xy:   c     Rsis also
ev    only
gÓDvaI:   c     Gandharvas also
yS¢Þvn:     illustrious
 
3,4.Mandori   that   lamented   that   indeed   even   Indra,   the   destroyer   of   citadels,   feared   to   stand   in   front   of   the   highly   blessed   Ravana,   youngerr   brother   of   Kubera,   son   of   Visrava.   Similarly   Rsis   and   illustrious   Gandharvas   also   were   afraid   of   him.    
nn¤   nam   tvaE¹EgaÅcarNaà   ¢dSaE   gt:   .  
s   Ïv|   man¤xmaæOEN   ramEN   y¤¢D   ¢n¢jIt:   =5=  
nn¤    even now
nam    name
tv    your
u¹Egat¯    out of fear
carNa:   c    Caranas also
¢dS:    in directions
gt:    went
s:    that
Ïv|    you
man¤xmaæOEN     by a mere human
ramEN    by Rama
y¤¢D    in battle
¢n¢jIt:    vanquished
 
5.Mandodari   lamented   that   even   now   Caranas   went   in   all   directions   out   of   fear   of   Ravana   but   he   was   vanquished   by   Rama,   a   mere   mortal   in   the   battle.    
n   ÛypæOpsE   raj¢Ók¢md|   raXsxIB   =6=  
n   ÛypæOpsE     do not feel ashamed
rajn¯    O! king
¢k|    how
id|    is it
raXsxIB    bull among ogres
 
6.Mandodari   lamented   how   Ravana   the   king   of   ogres   and   a   bull   among   ogres   did   not   feel   ashamed.    
kT|   æOªlaEÀyma@Øy   ¢½ya   v£y©IN   ca¢Óvtm¯   .  
A¢vx/|   jGan   Ïva|   man¤xaE   vngaEcr:   =7=  
kT|    how
æOªlaEÀy|     the three worlds
Aa@Øy    having occupied
¢½ya    by fame
v£y©IN   c     by prowess also
A¢Óvtm¯     with glory
A¢vx/|    grown irresistible
jGan    kill
Ïva|    you
man¤x:    a human
vngaEcr:    wandering in the woods
 
7.Mandodari   lamented   that   how   Ravana   having   occupied   the   three   worlds   by   prowess   with   glory   and   grown   irresitible   was   killed   by   a   human   wandering   in   the   woods?    
man¤xanam¢vxyE   crt:   kamã¢pN:   .  
¢vnaSÞtv   ramEN   s|y¤gE   naEppïtE   =8=  
man¤xana|    to man
A¢vxyE    invisible
crt:    moving
kamã¢pN:     assuming any form at will
¢vnaS:    destruction
tv    your
ramEN    by Rama
s|y¤gE    in the battle
n   uppïtE     is not reasnoble
 
8.Mandodari   lamented   that   Ravana   who   was   moving   freely   assuming   any   form   at   will   was   destroyed   in   the   battle   by   Rama   is   not   matching   with   facts.    
n   cWtÏkmI   ramÞy   ½êDa¢m   cm¥m¤KE   .  
svIt:   sm¤pEtÞy   tv   tEna¢BmSInm¯   =9=  
n    not
c    also
ett¯    this
kmI    act
ramÞy    of Rama
½êDa¢m     I believe
cm¥m¤KE     in fore front of the army
svIt:    with all weapons of war
sm¤pEtÞy     fully equipped
tv    your
tEn    by him
A¢BmSInm¯     attack
 
9.Mandodari   lamented   that   Ravana   fully   equipped   with   all   wapons   of   war   was   attacked   by   Rama   in   the   fore   front   of   the   army.    
ydWv   c   jnÞTanE   raXsWbIh¤¢Bv¦It:   .  
KrÞtv   htaE   B#ata   tdEvas¬   n   man¤x:   =10=  
yda   ev    when
c    also
jnÞTanE    in Janasthana
raXsW:    by ogres
bh¤¢B:     many
v¦t:    surrounded by
Kr:    Khara
tv    your
ht:    was killed
B#ata    brother
tt¯   ev     that only
As¬    this
n   man¤x:     is not a mortal
 
10.Mandodari   lamented   that   when   in   Janasthana   Khara,   Ravana's   brother,   surrounded   by   many   ogres   was   killed   by   Rama   only   shows   that   Rama   was   not   a   mortal.              
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