THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


YUDDHA KANDA


SARGA 114 : SLOKAS 91 TO 100


 

mÎfaEdr£¢vlap:   ravNs|Þkarà   -   MANDODARI'S   LAMENT   AND   RAVANA'S   FUNERAL  
 
mhav£yIÞy   dXÞy   s|y¤gEÝvpla¢yn:   .  
yat¤DanÞy   d¬¢hæO   ¢k|   c   ma|   na×y¤d£XsE   =91=  
mhav£yIÞy     with great prowess
dXÞy    clever
s|y¤gEx¤     in battles
Apla¢yn:    never retreated
yat¤DanÞy     of an ogre, Malyavan
d¬¢hæO     daughter's son
¢k|   c    why
ma|    me
n   A×y¤d£XsE     do not see with your open eyes
 
91.Mandodari   lamented   that   Ravana,   a   grandson   of   the   ogre   Malyavan,   who   had   great   prowess,   clever,   never   retreated   in   battles,   why   he   does   not   see   with   his   open   eyes?    
u¢äO¿aE¢äO¿   ¢k|   SExE   p#açOE   p¢rBvE   nvE   =92=  
u¢äO¿     please rise
u¢äO¿     get up
¢k|    why
SExE    lying down
p#açOE    having come
p¢rBvE    shame
nvE    a new
 
92.Mandodari   told   Ravana   why   was   he   lying   down   when   a   new   shame   has   come   and   told   him   to   'please   rise'   get   up'.    
Aï   vW   ¢nBIya   lÄða|   p#¢v¾a:   s¥yIrÜmy:   =93=  
Aï   vW    only today
¢nBIya:    without fear
lÄða|    in Lanka
p#¢v¾a:     has entered
s¥yIrÜmy:     sun's rays
 
93.Mandodari   told   Ravana   that   only   that   day   the   sun's   rays   have   entered   Lanka   without   fear.    
yEn   s¥dysE   SæO¥ÓsmrE   s¥yIvcIsa   .  
vj#aE   vj#DrÞyEv   saE{y|   tE   stta¢cIt:   =94=  
rNE   SæO¤p#hrNaE   hEmjalp¢rÝk]t:   .  
p¢rGaE   Ûyk£NIÞtE   baNW¢ÜC°:   shÞa#Da   =95=  
yEn    with which
s¥dysE    exterminated
SæO¥n¯     enemies
smrE    on the battle field
s¥yIvcIsa    brilliant as the sun
vj#:    thunderbolt
vj#DrÞy    of Indra
iv    like
s:    that
Ay|    this
tE    by you
stta¢cIt:    constantly honoured
rNE    in the battle
SæO¤p#hrN:     struck enemies
hEmjalp¢rÝk]t:     adorned with a net of gold
p¢rG:    bludgeon
Ûyk£NI:     lies scattered
tE    your
baNW:    with arrows
¢C°:    torn
shÞa#Da    into thousand pieces
 
94,95.Mandodari   Lamented   that   the   bludgeon   of   Ravana   which   was   constantly   honoured   by   him,   adorned   with   a   net   of   gold,   brilliant   as   the   sun,   like   the   thunderbolt   of   Indra   and   with   which   he   struck   down   enmies   on   the   battle   field   now   lies   scattered   torn   into   thousand   pieces   with   arrows.    
¢p#ya¢mvaEpg¤/   Ïv|   SExE   smrmE¢dn£m¯   .  
A¢p#ya¢mv   kÞmaÅc   ma|   nEÅCÞy¢BBa¢xt¤m¯   =96=  
¢p#ya|    a loved one
iv    like
upg¤/    embracing
Ïv|    you
SExE    is lying down
smrmE¢dn£m¯     on the battleground
A¢p#ya|    unloved
iv    like
kÞmat¯   c     why
ma|    me
n   iÅC¢s     do not desire
A¢BBa¢xt¤m¯     to speak to me
 
96.Mandodari   lamented   that   why   Ravana   was   lying   on   the   battleground   as   if   embracing   a   loved   one   and   do   not   desire   to   speak   to   her   as   if   she   is   not   loved   by   him.    
¢DgÞt¤   ¶dy|   yÞya   mmEd|   n   shÞa#Da   .  
Ïv¢y   p·Ïvmap°E   PltE   SaEkp£¢ftm¯   =97=  
¢Dkq   AÞt¤     woe to me
¶dy|    heart
yÞya:    whose
mm    my
id|    this
n    not
shÞa#Da    in thousand pieces
Ïv¢y    you
p·Ïv|    death
Aap°E    reached
PltE    split
SaEkp£¢ftm¯     stricken with grief
 
97.Mandodari   lamented   that   even   when   Ravana   has   died,   her   heart   which   is   sricken   with   grief   is   not   split   into   thousand   pieces.    
iÏyEv|   ¢vlpÓt|   baÝpÛyak[llaEcna   .  
Þa"EhavÞk°¶dya   dEv£   maEhm¤pagmt¯   =98=  
i¢t   ev|     as above
¢vlpÓt|     lamenting
baÝpÛyak[llaEcna     eyes dimmed wirh tears
Þa"EhavÞk°¶dya     heart moistened with love
dEv£    Lady, Madodari
maEh|    into a swoon
upagmt¯    fell
 
98.Mandodari   lamenting   as   above   eyes   dimmed   with   tears,   heart   moistened   with   love   fell   into   a   swoon.    
kÜmla¢Bhta   s°a   bB¬   sa   ravNaEr¢s   .  
s|Òyan¤r³E   jldE   d£çOa   ¢v濫dva¢stE   =99=  
kÜmla¢Bhta     becoming unconscious
s°a    in a fit
bB¬    shone
sa    she
ravNaEr¢s    on the chest of Ravana
s|Òyan¤r³E     reddenedby twilight
jldE    a rainy cloud
d£çOa     a flash
¢vï¤t¯     of lightning
iv    like
A¢stE    black
 
99.Mandodari   falling   unconscious   on   the   chest   of   Ravana   shone   like   a   black   rainy   cloud   reddened   with   twilight   and   a   flash   of   lightning.    
tTagta|   sm¤ÏpÏy   spÏÓyÞta   B¦Sat¤ra:   .  
pyIvÞTapyamas¥   âdÏÓyaE   âdt£|   B¦Sm¯   =100=  
tTagta|    fallen as above
sm¤ÏpÏy     raising
spÏÓy:     co wives
ta:    those
B¦Sat¤ra:     greatly distressed
pyIvÞTapyamas¤:     consoled her as folows
âdÏÓy:     crying
âdt£|    weeping
B¦Sm¯    bitterly
 
100.Mandodari   who   had   fallen   as   above   raising   up   and   crying   bitterly   and   greatly   distresed   was   consoled   as   follows   by   her   co-wives   who   were   also   crying.              
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