THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 70 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
-rtàSwanm!   -   BHARATA   DEPARTS
 
-rte   äuvit   Svß<   ËtaSte   ¬aNtvahna>   ,
àivZyasýpir"<   rMy<   rajg&h<   purm!   .1.
smagMy   tu   ra}a   c   rajpuÇe[   caicRta>   ,
ra}>   padaE   g&hITva   tu   tmUcu-Rrt<   vc>   .2.
-rte  Bharata
äuvit  narrating
Svß<  the dream
Ëta> te  those messengers
¬aNtvahna>  with tired horses
àivZy  entering
Asýpir"<  with an impregnable gate at the fort
rMy<  beautiful
rajg&h<  Rajagriham named
purm!  city
smagMy  nearing
tu in this
ra}a c  by the king also
rajpuÇe[ c  by the prince also
AicRta>  welcomed
ra}>  king's
padaE  on feet
g&hITva tu  after paying respects
t<  that
^cu>  said
-rt<  Bharata
vc> the following words

 
1,2.When   Bharata   was   narrating   his   bad   dreams,   the   messengers   entered   through   the
impregnable   fort   gate   the   city   of   Rajagriham.   They   were   welcomed   by   the   king   and   the   prince. They   told   the   following   to   Bharata   after   paying   respects   to   the   king.
 
 
 
puraeihtSTva<   k…zl<   àah   svˆR   c   miÙ[>   ,
Tvrma[í   inyaRih   k«TymaTyiyk<   Tvya   .3.
puraeiht>  rajaguru
Tva<  your
k…zl<  welfare
àah  enquired
svˆR c  all also likewise
miÙ[>  ministers
Tvrma[> c  hastening
inyaRih  start
k«Ty<  to be done
AaTyiyk<  is very urgent
Tvya  by you

 
3.The   messengers   conveyed   Vasishta's   enquiry   about   Bharata's   welfare   and   requested
Bharata   to   start   immediately   since   urgent   duties   await   him.
 
#main   c   mharœhai[   vôa{y-r[ain   c   ,
àitg&ý   ivzala]   matulSy   c   dapy   .4.
#main  these
c also
mharœhai[  costly
vôai[  clothes
Aa-r[ain c  and ornaments
àitg&ý  accepting
ivzala]  most intelligent one
matulSy c  to your maternal uncle
dapy  please give

 
4.The   messengers   told   Bharata   to   accept   the   costly   clothes   and   ornaments   and   give   them   to his   uncle.
 
   iv<zitkaeq(Stu   n&ptemaRtulSy   te   ,
dz   kaeq(Stu   sMpU[aRStwEv   c   n&paTmj   .5.
  in this
iv<zitkaeq(> tu  all twenty crores
n&pte>  for the king
matulSy  for maternal uncle
te your
dz kaeq(> tu  ten crores
sMpU[aR>  is contained
twa @v  similarly
c also
n&paTmj  prince

 
5.The   messengers   told   Bharata   that   the   gift   also   includes   twenty   crores   for   him   and   ten   crores for   his   maternal   uncle.
 
àitg&ý   tu   tTsvR<   Svnur­>   suù¾ne   ,
Ëtanuvac   -rt>   kamE>   sMàitpUJy   tan!   .6.
àitg&ý  accepting
tu then
tt! svR<  all the things
Svnur­>  with affection
suù¾ne  towards well wishers
Ëtan!  to the messengers
%vac  told as follows
-rt>  Bharata
kamE>  with necessities
sMàitpUJy  honouring
tan!  those

 
6.Bharata   accepted   the   things   from   the   messengers   and   honoured   his   well   wishers   with
suitable   gifts.   He   then   spoke   to   the   messengers   as   follows.
 
ki½Tsuk…zlI   raja   ipta   dzrwae   mm   ,
ki½½araegta   rame   lúm[e   c   mhaTmin   .7.
ki½t!  I hope
suk…zlI  is well
raja  king
ipta  father
dzrw>  Dasaratha
mm my
ki½t!  I hope
c also
Araegta  with good health
rame  Rama
lúm[e c  Lakshmana also
mhaTmin  the great souls

 
7.Bharata   enquired   about   the   welfare   of   Dasaratha,   Rama   and   Lakshmana.
 
AayaR   c   xmRinrta   xmR}a   xmRdzRnI   ,
Araega   caip   kaEsLya   mata   ramSy   xImt>   .8.
AayaR  chaste
c also
xmRinrta  stedafast in dharma
xmR}a  knows dharma well
xmRdzRnI  observes dharma
Araega  with good health
c also
Aip and
kaEsLya  Kausalya
mata  mother
ramSy  Rama's
xImt>  the intelligent

 
8.Bharata   then   enquired   about   the   welfare   of   Kausalya,   mother   of   Rama.
 
ki½TsuimÇa   xmR}a   jnnI   lúm[Sy   ya   ,
zÇu¹Sy   c   vIrSy   sa=raega   caip   mXyma   .9.
ki½t!  I hope
suimÇa  Sumitra
xmR}a  knows dharma well
jnnI  mother
lúm[Sy  Lakshmana's
ya who
zÇu¹Sy c  Shatrugna's also
vIrSy  brave
sa that
Araega  with good health
c also
Aip and
mXyma  the one in the middle

 
9.Bharata   then   enquired   about   the   welfare   of   Sumitra,   mother   of   Lakshmana   and   Shatrugna.
 
AaTmkama   sda   c{fI   ³aexna   àa}nainnI   ,
Araega   caip   kEkeyI   mata   me   ikmuvac   h   .10.
AaTmkama  selfish
sda always
c{fI  obstinate
³aexna  fighting
àa}nainnI  one who thinks she knows all
Araega  in good health
c also
Aip and
kEkeyI  Kaikeyi
mata me  my mother
ik< %vac h  what message has she sent

 
10.Bharata   then   enquired   about   the   welfare   of   his   mother,   the   selfish,   know   all   and   obstinate Kaikeyi   and   any   mesage   from   her.            
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