THE RAMAYANA

AYODHYA KANDA

SARGA 106 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

 
-rten   raJySvIkaràawRna   -   BHARATA   REQUESTS   ACCEPTING   KINGDOM
 
kw<   dzrwa¾at>   zuÏai-jnkmR[>   ,
janNxmRmximRó<   k…yaR<   kmR   juguiPstm!   .11.
kw<  how
dzrwat!  from Dasaratha
jat>  born
zuÏai-jnkmR[>  of noble birth and deeds
jann! xmRm!  knowing right and wrong
AximRó<  an odious
k…yaR<  will do
kmR act
juguiPstm!  which will be frowned upon by people

 
11.Bharata   told   Rama   that   being   the   son   of   Dasaratha   and   knowing   right   and   wrong   he   cannot do   a   heinous   act.
 
gué>   i³yavaNv&Ïí   raja   àet>   ipteit   c   ,
tat<   n   pirgrśhey<   dEvt<   ceit   s<sid   .12.
gué>  preceptor
i³yavan!  had done sacrificial performances
v&Ï> c  aged also
raja  king
àet>  is dead
ipta  father
#it c  for these reasons
tat<  father
n pirgrśhey<  will not denounce
dEvt< c #it  as a deity
s<sid  in the assembly

 
12.Bharata   told   Rama   that   he   cannot   denounce   Dasaratha   in   an   assembly   since   Dasaratha   had done   sacrificial   performances,   was   aged,   preceptor   and   having   died   was   diety   to   him.
 
kae   ih   xmaRwRyaerśhInmI†z<   kmR   ikiLb;m!   ,
iôya>   iày<   ickI;uR>   sn!   k…yaRÏmR}   xmRivt!   .13.
k> ih  anyone
xmaRwRyae> hIn<  deviating from religious merit and wealth
$†z<  like this
kmR ikiLb;m!  a heinous act
iôya>  for a woman
iày<  wish
ickI;uR> sn!  to please
k…yaRt!  will do
xmR}  knower of what is right
xmRivt!  who knows morality

 
13.Bharata   told   Rama   that   one   who   knows   morality   will   not   do   a   heinous   act   to   please   a woman.
 
ANtkale   ih   -Utain   muýNtIit   puraïuit>   ,
ra}Ev<   k…vRta   laeke   àTy]<   sa   ïuit>   k«ta   .14.
ANtkale  at the end of life
ih surely
-Utain  living beings
muýiNt  lose their senses
#it thus
puraïuit>  an old adage
ra}a  by a king
@v< k…vRta  acting like this
laeke  in the world
àTy]<  is illustrated
sa ïuit>  that adage
k«ta  done

 
14.Bharata   told   Rama   that   the   old   adage   which   says   that   living   beings   lose   their   mind   near   end of   thier   life   was   proved   by   the   action   of   Dasaratha   by   his   heinous   act.
 
saXvwRmi-sNxay   ³aedaNmaeha½   sahsat!   ,
tatSy   ydit³aNt<   àTyahrtu   tÑvan!   .15.
saxu  well
AwRm!  the result
Ai-sNxay  after deep thought
³aedan!  for fear of wrath
maehat!  by infatuation
c also
sahsat!  without thinking
tatSy  father's
yt! Ait³aNt<  which decision
àTyahrtu  please correct
tt! that
-van!  you

 
15.Bharata   told   Rama   that   thinking   of   the   effects   of   father's   decision   taken   for   fear   of   wrath or   infatuation,   he   should   take   steps   to   redress   the   situation.
 
ipturśih   smit³aNt<   puÇae   y>   saxu   mNyte   ,
tdpTy<   mt<   laeke   ivprItmtae=Nywa   .16.
iptu>  father's
ih surely
smit³aNt<  arrant transgression
puÇ> y>  which son
saxu  to correct
mNyte  considers
tt! that
ApTy<  as a son
mt<  is counted
laeke  in the world
ivprItm!  is the reverse
At> than this
ANywa  otherwise

 
16.Bharata   told   Rama   a   son   should   correct   the   arrant   transgression   of   a   father;   otherwise   he is   considered   as   the   reverse.
 
tdpTy<   -vanStu   ma   -vaNÊ:k«t<   iptu>   ,
Ai-pÄa   k«t<   kmR   laeke   xIr   ivgrśihtm!   .17.
tt! that
ApTy<  son
-van!  you
AStu  be
ma do not
-van!  you
Ê:k«t<  the sinful act
iptu>  father's
Ai-pÄa  glorify
k«t<  done
kmR act
laeke  in the world
xIr brave
ivgrśihtm!  condemned

 
17.Bharata   told   Rama   that   he   should   be   a   son   by   not   glorifying   the   condemnable   and   sinful act   of   their   father.
 
kEkeyI<   ma<   c   tat<   c   suùdae   baNxva<í   n>   ,
paErjnapdaneta<ôatu   svRimd<   -van!   .18.
kEkeyI<  Kaikeyi
ma<  me
c also
tat< c  father also
suùd>  friends
baNxvan! c  relatives also
n> our
paErjnapdan!  citizens and people of the country
@tan!  these
Çatu  save
svRm! #d<  all this
-van!  you

 
18.Bharata   told   Rama   that   he   should   save   the   citzens   of   the   country,   friends,   relatives,   father, Kaikeyi   and   himself   by   granting   his   request.
 
Kv   car{y<   Kv   c   ]aÇ<   Kv   jqa>   Kv   c   palnm!   ,
$†z<   Vyaht<   kmR   n   -vaNktuRmrśhit   .19.
Kv c  where is it
Ar{y<  the forest
Kv c  where is it
]aÇ<  duty of a kshatriya
Kv where
jqa>  matted hair
Kv c  where is it
palnm!  protection of people
$†z<  like this
Vyaht<  incongruous
kmR act
n not
-van!  you
ktuRm!  to do
Arśhit  deserve

 
19.What   is   the   congruity   between   forest   life   and   the   duty   of   a   kshatriya,   between   matted   hair and   protection   of   people?   Rama   should   not   perpetrate   such   incongruous   act.
 
@;   ih   àwmae   xmR>   ]iÇySyai-;ecnm!   ,
yen   zKy<   mhaàa}   àjana<   pirpalnm!   .20.
@;> ih  this alone
àwm>  primary
xmR>  duty
]iÇySy  of a kshatriya
Ai-;ecnm!  consecrated as a king
yen because
zKy<  should be done now
mhaàa}  very intelligent
àjana<  the peoples'
pirpalnm!  protection

 
20.Bharata   told   Rama   that   the   primary   duty   of   a   kshatriya   is   to   protect   the   people   and   that can   be   done   by   immediate   consecration   as   a   king.            
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