THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 29 : SLOKAS 21 TO 25

 
punrip   vnnynàawRna   -   REQUESTING   AGAIN   TO   BE   TAKEN   TO   FOREST
 
-­a<   pitìta<   dIna<   ma<   sma<   suoÊ>oyae>   ,
netumrœhis   kak…Ts!w   smansuoÊ>ionIm!   .21.
-­a<  ardent worshipper
pitìta<  serving husband being the only thought
dIna<  pitiable
ma<  me
sma<  sharing them
suoÊ>oyae>  your happiness and sorrow
netum!  to take
Arœhis  you deserve
kak…Ts!w  Kakutstha
smansuoÊ>ionIm!  one who treats joy and sorrow equaly

 
21.Sita   told   Rama   that   her   only   thought   is   his   welfare   and   she   shares   his   joys   and   sorrows. Thus   he   must   take   her   with   him   to   the   forest.
 
yid   ma<   Ê>oatamev<   vn<   netu<   n   ceCDis   ,
iv;mi¶<   jl<   va=hmaSwaSye   m&Tyukar[at!   .22.
yid in case
ma<  me
Ê>oata<  greiving
@v<  like this
vn<  to forest
netu<  to take
n not
c even now
#CDis  you wish
iv;m!  poison
Ai¶<  fire
jl<  water
va any of these
Ah<  I
AaSwaSye  will take recourse
m&Tyukar[at!  for taking my life out

 
22.Sita   warned   Rama   that   in   case   he   still   does   not   wish   to   take   her   with   him,   she   will   commit suicide.
 
@v<   b÷ivx<   t<   sa   yacte   gmn<   àit   ,
nanumene   mhaba÷Sta<   netu<   ivjn<   vnm!   .23.
@v<  like this
b÷ivx<  in many ways
t<  to him
sa she
yacte  pleaded
gmn< àit  to accompany to the forest
n Anumene  not agreed
mhaba÷>  broad shouldered
ta<  her
netu<  to take
ivjn<  uninhabited
vnm!  forest

 
23.Inspite   of   Sita's   repeated   pleadings,   Rama   was   not   agrreable   to   take   her   to   the   forest.
 
@vmu­a   tu   sa   icNta<   mEiwlI   smupagta   ,
õapyNtIv   gamu:[Erïui-nRynCyutE>   .24.
@v<  like this
%­a tu  having told
sa that
icNta<  mental worry
mEiwlI  daughter of Mithila king
smupagta  became
õapyNtI #v  as if bathing
ga<  the earth
%:[E>  hot
Aïui->  with tears
nynCyutE>  freely flowing from her eyes

 
24.Sita   became   worried   and   shed   copious   tears.
 
icNtyNtI<   twa   ta<   tu   invtRiytumaTmvan!   ,
³aexaivòa<   tu   vEdehI<   kak…Ts!wae   bþsaNtyt!   .25.
icNtyNtI<  sorrowing
twa like that
ta<  her
tu decision
invtRiytu<  to change
AaTmvan!  with mental courage
³aexaivòa<  being very angry
tu now
vEdehI<  Vaidehi
kak…Tsw>  Kakutstha
  in many ways
AsaNtyt!  tried to console

 
25.Rama   tried   in   many   ways   to   console   Sita.
 
#Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   AyaeXyaka{fe   @kaeniÇ<z>   sgR>   .29.
           
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