THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA


AYODHYA KANDA


SARGA 20 : SLOKAS 51 TO 55


kaWsÚyaya:   p#lap:   -   SHEDDING   TEARS   BY   KAUSALYA  

 
¢ÞTr|   ¢h   n¥n|   ¶dy|   mmays|   n   ¢BïtE   yì[¢v   navd£yItE   ,  
AnEn   Ѥ:KEn   c   dEhm¢pIt|   D#¤v|   /kalE   mrN|   n   ¢vïtE   .51.  
 
¢ÞTr|    as a statue
¢h    surely
n¥n||    reason
¶dy|    heart
mm    my
Aays|    made of steel
n   ¢BÒytE    does not go to pieces
yt¯    this
B¤¢v    on the earth
n   Avd£yItE    does not break
AnEn    like this
Ѥ:KEn    grief
c    also
dEh|    body
A¢pIt|    pierced
D#¤v|   ¢h    surely
AkalE    not at the proper time
mrN|    death
n   ¢vÒytE    does not come
 
51.Kausalya   feels   that   her   heart   is   made   of   stone   and   body   of   steel,   since   neither   of    
them   has   broken   down   at   this   immense   grief.  
 
id|     Ѥ:K|   ydnTIka¢n   mE   v#ta¢n   dana¢n   c   s|ymaà   ¢h   ,  
tpà   tçO|   ydpÏykarNat¯   s¤¢nx¯Pl|   b£j¢mvaEptm¥xrE   .52.  
 
id|    this
    only
Ѥ:K|    grief
yt¯    therefore
AnTIka¢n    have become infructuous
mE    my
v#ta¢n    observing fasts
dana¢n   c    donations also
s|yma:   c    prayers also
¢h    biggest of all
tp:    penance
c    also
tçO||    observed
yt¯    which
ApÏykarNat¯    for the welfare of my son
s¤¢nx¯Pl|    has been wasted
b£j|    seed
iv    like
uçO|    sown
UxrE    in a dry land
 
52.Kausalya   feels   all   her   prayers,   ritualistic   fasts   and   alms   given   have   become  
wasted.  
 
y¢d   /kalE   mrN|   ÞvyEÅCya   lBEt   k¢àé[âѤ:Kk¢SIt:   ,  
gta{hmïWv   prEts|sd|   ¢vna   Ïvya   DEn¤¢rvaÏmjEn   vW   .53.  
 
y¢d    in case
¢h    surely
AkalE    untimely
mrN|    death
Þvya   iÅCya    by one's own desire
lBEt    obtains
k¢àt¯    one
g¤âѤ:Kk¢SIt:    under immense grief
gta    will go
Ah|    I
AÒy   ev    now itself
prEts|sd|    to the land of dead
¢vna    without
Ïvya    you
DEn¤:    cow
iv    like
AaÏmjEn    its calf
vW    surely
 
53.Kausalya   says   she   would   have   gone   to   the   world   of   the   dead,   if   she   had    
the   power   to   die   an   untimely   death.  
 
ATa¢p   ¢k|   j£¢vtmï   mE   v¦Ta   Ïvya   ¢vna   cÓd#¢nBannp#B   ,  
An¤v#¢jÝya¢m   vn|   ÏvyWv   gaW:   s¤Ñ¤rqbla   vÏs¢mvan¤ka|Xya   .54.  
 
ATa¢p    in this state
¢k|   j£¢vt|    to live in this place
    now
mE    for me
v¦Ta    is a waste
Ïvya   ¢vna    without you
cÓd#¢nBannp#B    O! you with the face like a full moon
An¤v#¢jÝya¢m    will follow
vn|    to the forest
Ïvya   ev    with you only
gaW:    a cow
s¤Ñ¤rqbla    having lost all interest
vÏs|   iv    like a calf
An¤ka|Xya    because of love
 
54.Kausalya   wants   to   be   with   Rama   when   he   goes   to   forest   since   she   has   no  
interest   in   life   without   seeing   him.  
 
B¦Sms¤Kmm¢xIta   tda   bh^   ¢vllap   sm£ßy   raGvm¯   ,  
Ûysnm¤p¢nSaØy   sa   mht¯   s¤t¢mv   b¼mvEßy   ¢k°r£   .55.  
 
B¦Sm¯    again and again
As¤Km¯    unbearable
Am¢xIta    unable to contain grief
tda    then
bh^   ¢vllap    cried shedding copious tears
sm£ßy    looking
raGvm¯    at Rama
Ûysn|    banished from the city
up¢nSaØy    thinking
sa    she
mht¯    great
s¤t|    young one
iv    like
b¼m¯    trapped
AvEßy    seeing
¢k°r£    a she kinnara bird
 
55.Kausalya,   looking   at   Rama   and   unable   to   bear   the   thought   of   his   being  
banished   from   the   city,   cried   shedding   copious   tears.  
 

iÏyax©I   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   AyaEÒyakaÎfE   ¢v|S:   sgI:   .20.  
                                           
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