THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 106 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10

 
-rten   raJySvIkaràawRna   -   BHARATA   REQUESTS   ACCEPTANCE   OF   KINGDOM
 
@vmu®va   tu   ivrte   rame   vcnmwRvt!   ,
ttae   mNdaiknItIre   ram<   àk«itvTslm!   .
%vac   -rtiíÇ<   xaimRkae   xaimRk<   vc>   .1.
@v<  as above
%®va  having said
tu ivrte  when fell silent
rame  Rama
vcnm!  words
AwRvt!  full of meaning
tt> then
mNdaiknItIre  on the banks of mandakini
ram<  to Rama
àk«itvTslm!  fond of people
%vac  spoke
-rt>  Bharata
icÇ<  agrreable
xaimRk>  righteous
xaimRk<  pious
vc> words

 
1.When   Rama   fell   silent   after   the   speech   full   of   meaning,   Bharata   spoke   the   following
agreeable   words   to   Rama,   who   was   fond   of   people.
 
kae   ih   SyadI†zae   laeke   ya†zSTvmir<dm   ,
n   Tva<   àVywye΂>o<   àIitvaR   n   àh;Ryet!   .2.
k> ih Syat!  who else can be there
$†z>  like this
laeke  in the world
ya†z>  such as
Tvm!  you
Air<dm  tamer of foes
n not
Tva<  you
àVywyet!  can torment
Ê>o<  sorrow
àIit> va  or joy
n àh;Ryet!  will not exhilarate

 
2.Bharata   told   Rama   that   there   can   be   no   person   like   him   in   this   world.   Sorrow   will   not torment   him   nor   joy   bring   exhilaration.
 
sMmtíais   v&Ïana<   ta<í   p&CDis   s<zyan!   .3.
sMmt> c  highly regarded
Ais you are
v&Ïana<  by elders
tan! c  even to them
p&CDis  you refer
s<zyan!  your doubts

 
3.Bharata   told   Rama   that   though   the   elders   regarded   him   highly,   he   refers   doubts   to   them.
 
ywa   m&tStwa   jIvNywa=sit   twa   sit   ,
ySyE;   buiÏla->   SyaTpirtPyet   ken   s>   .4.
ywa like
m&t>  a dead man
twa similarly
jIvn!  living being
ywa like
A=sit  nnexistentt
twa similarly
sit existent
ySy for whom
@;> this
buiÏla->  an attitude of mind
Syat!  has developed
pirtPyet  will grieve
ken wherefore
s> he

 
4.Bharata   told   Rama   that   one   who   had   developed   an   attitude   of   mind   by   which   though   living he   is   as   good   as   dead   and   which   makes   him   indifferent   to   the   existent   and   non-existent, wherefore   should   he   grieve.
 
pravr}ae   yí   Sya*wa   Tv<   mnujaixp   ,
s   @v<   Vysn<   àaPy   n   iv;Iidtumrśhit   .5.
pravr}>  knowing self anf nonself
y> who
c also
Syat!  becomes
ywa Tv<  like you
mnujaixp  emperor
s> he
@v<  as above
Vysn<  difficulty
àaPy  meeting
n not
iv;Iidtum!  to feel dejected
Arśhit  ought

 
5.Bharata   told   Rama   that   one   who   knows   the   self   and   non-self   as   Rama   did,   ought   not   to feel   dejected   on   meeting   difficuty.
 
Amraepmst!TvSTv<   mhaTma   sTys¼r>   ,
svR}>   svRdzI<   c   buiÏma<íais   ra"v   .6.
Amraepmst!Tv>  have valour equal to that of gods
Tv<  you
mhaTma  great soul
sTys¼r>  true to promise
svR}>  allknowing
svRdzI<< c  all-seeing
buiÏman! c  wise too
Ais you are
ra"v  Rama

 
6.Bharata   told   Rama   that   he   is   equal   to   gods   in   valour,   true   to   promise,   all-knowing   and all-seeing   and   wise.
 
n   Tvamev<   gu[EyuR­<   à-va-vkaeivdm!   ,
Aiv;ýtm<   Ê>omasadiytumrśhit   .7.
n not
Tva<  you
@v<  as above
gu[E>  virtues
yu­<  endowed with
à-va-vkaeivdm!  having knowledge of origin and end of living beings
Aiv;ýtm<  unbearable
Ê>o<  difficulty
Aasadiytum!  to assail
Arśhit  ought

 
7.Bharata   told   Rama   that   being   endowed   with   virtues   and   knowledge   of   the   origin   and   end of   all   living   beings,   difficulties   ought   to   not   assail   him.
 
@vmu®va   tu   -rtae   ram<   punrwaävIt!   .8.
@v<  as above
%®va tu  having spoken
-rt>  Bharata
ram<  to Rama
pun>  again
Aw as follows
AävIt!  said

 
8.Bharata   after   saying   as   above   again   spoke   to   Rama   the   following.
 
àaei;te   miy   yTpap<   maÇa   mTkar[aTk«tm!   ,
]uÔya   tdinò<   me   àsIdtu   -vaNmm   .9.
àaei;te  while away
miy I
yt! which
pap<  sinful deed
maÇa  by mother
mTkar[at!  for my sake
k«tm!  was done
]uÔya  mean
tt! that
Ainò<  unimaginable
me to me
àsIdtu  be gracious
-van!  you
mm my

 
9.Bharata   told   Rama   that   the   sinful   deed   of   Kaikeyi   was   done   while   he   was   away   and   is unimaginable.   He   told   Rama   to   be   gracious   to   him.
 
xmRbNxen   bÏae=iSm   tenema<   neh   matrm!   ,
hiNm   tIìe[   d{fen   d{farśha<   papkair[Im!   .10.
xmRbNxen  by fetters of morality
bÏ> AiSm  I am bound
ten thus
#ma<  her
n not
#h now
matrm!  mother
hiNm  torture
tIìe[  with severe
d{fen  punishment
d{farśha<  deserving of punishment
papkair[Im!  perpetrator of sinful deeds

 
10.Bharata   told   Rama   that   because   of   moral   fetters   he   is   not   able   to   punish   his   mother   though she   deserves   a   severe   punishment.            
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