THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 77 : SLOKAS 21 TO 26

 
-rtzÇu¹ivlap>   -   WAILINGS   OF   BHARATA   AND   SHATRUGNA
 
tt>   àk«itmaNvEXy>   ipture;a<   puraeiht>   ,
visóae   -rt<   vaKymuTwaPy   tmuvac   h   .21.
tt> then
àk«itman!  with natural virtues
vEXy>  one who knows all
iptu>  to father
@;a<  to them also
puraeiht>  guru
visó>  Vasishta
-rt<  to Bharata
vaKy<  the following words
%TwaPy  lifting up
t<  to him
%vac  spoke
h what

 
21.Vasishta,   the   preceptor   of   the   king,   lifting   Bharata   up,   spoke   the   following   words.
 
Çyaedzae=y<   idvs>   ipturœv&ÄSy   te   iv-ae   ,
savze;aiStincye   ikimh   Tv<   ivlMbse   .22.
Çyaedz>  thirteenth
Ay<  this
idvs>  day
iptu>  father's
v&ÄSy  expired
te your
iv-ae  brave
savze;aiStincye  picking up the remaining ashes
ik<  why
#h now
Tv<  you
ivlMbse  are delaying

 
22.Vasishta   told   Bharata   that   that   was   the   thirteenth   day   after   Dasaratha's   death   and   asked him   the   reason   for   delay   in   gathering   the   remaining   ashes.
 
ÇIi[   ÖNdœvain   -Ute;u   àv&ÄaNyivze;t>   ,
te;u   caprhayˆR;u   nEv<   -ivtumrœhis   .23.
ÇIi[  three
ÖNdœvain  pairs of emotions viz hunger and thirst, sadness and lust, birth and death
-Ute;u  among living beings
àv&Äain  happens
Aivze;t>  without discrimination
te;u c  in respect of these
ApirhayˆR;u  which cannot be avoided
n not
@v<  like this
-ivtum!  to act
Arœhis  you should

 
23.Vasishta   told   Bharata   that   certains   actions   cannot   be   avoided   and   thus   he   should   not   act like   this.
 
sumÙíaip   zÇu¹muTwaPyai-àsaXy   c   ,
ïavyamas   tt!Tv}>   svR-Ut-va-vaE   .24.
sumÙ> c  Sumantra also
Aip and
zÇu¹<  Shatrugna
%TwaPy  lifting up
Ai-àsaXy c  consoling also
ïavyamas  explained
tt!Tv}>  who knows the truth
svR-Ut-va-vaE  that for all beings birth and death are inevitable

 
24.Sumantra   lifted   Shatrugna,   consoled   him   and   explained   to   him   that   death   follows   birth   for all   beings.
 
%iTwtaE   c   nrVyaºaE   àkazte   yziSvnaE   ,
v;aRtppiri¬ÚaE   p&wigNÔXvjaivv   .25.
%iTwtaE  standing up
c nrVyaºaE  noblest among men
àkazte  appeared
yziSvnaE  famous
v;aRtppiri¬ÚaE  affected by the sun in monsoon
p&wkœ  separately
#NÔXvjaE  the two flagpoles of Indra
#v like

 
25.The   two   brothers   looked   like   the   two   separate   flagpoles   of   Indra   in   the   monsoon's   sun.
 
AïUi[   pirm&xNtaE   dIn-ai;[aE   ,
AmaTyaSTvryiNt   Sm   tnyaE   capra>   i³ya>   .26.
AïUi[  tears
pirm&ÌNtaE  wiping
dIn-ai;[aE  speaking in a low voice
AmaTya>  ministers
TvryiNt Sm  hastened
tnyaE  the two sons
c also
Apra>  other
i³ya>  actions

 
26.The   ministers,   wiping   their   tears,   hastened   Bharata   and   Shatrugna   to   perform   the   remaining actions.
 
#Tya;ˆR   ïImÔamay[e   vaLmIkIye   AaidkaVye   AyaeXyaka{fe   sÝsÝittm>   sgR>   .77.
           
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