THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 63 : SLOKAS 51 TO 60

 
muink…marvxkwnm!   -   NARRATING   THE   KILLING   OF   RISHI'S   SON
 
n   iÖjaitrh<   rajNma   -UÄe   mnsae   Vywa   ,
zUÔayamiSm   vEZyen   jatae   jnpdaixp   .51.
n am not
iÖjait>  a brahmin
Ah<  I
rajn!  king
ma -Ut!  need not arise
te your
mns>  in mind
Vywa  grief
zUÔayam!  from a low caste woman
AiSm  I am
vEZyen  by a man of merchant caste
jat>  was born
jnpdaixp  lord of the nation

 
51.The   rishi's   son   told   Dasaratha   that   he   was   born   of   a   merchant   caste   father   through   a   low caste   woman.   Therefore   he   is   not   a   brahmin.
 
#tIv   vdt>   k«CD+aÓa[ai-htmmR[>   ,
iv"U[Rtae   ivceòSy   vepmanSy   -Utle   .52.
tSy   TvataMymanSy   t<   ba[mhmuÏrm!   ,
s   mamuÖIúy   s<ÇStae   jhaE   àa[a<Stpaexn>   .53.
#tIv  as narrated
vdt>  saying
k«CD+at!  with great diffculty
ba[ai-htmmR[>  with fatal injury by an arrow
iv"U[Rt>  rolling
ivceòSy  incapable of action
vepmanSy  trembling
-Utle  on the ground
tSy his
tu in this
AataMymanSy  with a depressed mind
t<  that
ba[m!  arrow
Ah<  I
%Ïrm!  removed
s> that
ma<  me
%ÖIúy  looking at
s<ÇSt>  shivering
jhaE  gave up
àa[an!  life
tpaexn>  ascetic

 
52,53.Dasaratha   told   Kausalya   that   seeing   the   rishi's   son   in   great   agony   and   rolling   on   the ground,   he   removed   the   arrow.   Then   the   ascetic   died   looking   at   him.
 
jlarœÔgaÇ<   tu   ivlPy   k«CD+aNmmRì[<   sNttmuCDœvsNtm!   ,
tt>   srYva<   tmh<   zyan<   smIúy   -Ôe   su-&z<   iv;{[>   .54.
jlarœÔgaÇ<  with body wet with water
tu in this
ivlPy  crying
k«CD+at!  with great difficulty
mmRì[<  loss of life
sNtt<  continuously
%CDœvsNtm!  breathing heavily
tt> then
srYva<  in river sarayu
tm! him
Ah<  I
zyan<  lying down
smIúy  seeing
-Ôe  chaste
su-&z<  very much
iv;{[>  grieved

 
54.Dasaratha   told   Kausalya   that   on   seeing   the   body   drenched   in   sarayu's   water   and   loss   of   a life,   he   started   crying   and   breathing   heavily.
 
#Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   AyaeXyaka{fe   iÇ;iòtm>   sgR>   .63.
       
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