THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 14 : SLOKAS 11 TO 19

AzaekvnaNve;[m! - SEARCHING IN THE ASHOKAVANAM
pu:pavkI[R> zuzu-e hnuman! maétaTmj> ,
AzaekvinkamXye ywa pu:pmyae igir> . 11 .

p¤Ýpavk£NI:

covered by flowers

S¤S¤BE

appeared

hn¤man¯

Hanuman

maâtaÏmj:

son of Vayu

ASaEkv¢nkamÒyE

at the centre of Askokavana

yTa

p¤Ýpmy:

made of flowers

¢g¢r:

mountain

11.Hanuman   covered   by   the   flowers   looked   like   a   mountain   of   flowers at   the   centre   of   Ashokavana.
idz>   svaR>   àxavNt<   v&];{fgt<   kipm!       ,
†òœva   svaRi[   -Utain   vsNt   #it   meinre     .   12   .

¢dS:

directions

svaI:

all

p#DavÓt|

running

v¦XxÎfgt|

entering in between the trees

k¢pm¯

monkey

è¾qva

seeing

svaI¢N

all

B¥ta¢n

beings

vsÓt: i¢t

Vasanthan

mE¢nrE

thought

12.Seeing   the   monkey   running   in   between   the   trees   ,   all   the   beings   thought it   was   Vasanthan.
v&]e_y>   pittE>   pu:pErvkI[aR     p&wiGvxE>         ,
rraj   vsuxa   tÇ   àmdev   iv-Ui;ta     .   13   .

v¦XE×y:

from the trees

p¢ttW:

falling

p¤ÝpW:

flowers

Avk£NaI

covered

p¦T¢ÂvDW:

various kinds

rraj

appeared

vs¤Da

ground

tæO

there

p#mdEv

young maiden

¢vB¥¢xta

decorated

13.There   the   ground   ,   covered   with   various   kind   of   flowers   ,   appeared   like a   young   decorated   maiden.
triSvna   te   trvStrsai-àkiMpta>         ,
k…sumain   ivicÇai[   ss&ju>   kipna   tda     .   14   .

tr¢Þvna

by force

tE trv:

those trees

trsa

fast

A¢Bp#k¢Øpta:

shaken well

k[s¤ma¢n

flowers

¢v¢cæOa¢N

various

ss¦j¤:

shed

k¢pna

by the monkey

tda

then

14.Then   shaken   well   with   force   by   the   monkey,   those   trees   shed   various   flowers.
inxURtpÇizora>   zI[Rpu:p)lÔ‚ma>         ,
ini]Ývôa-r[a   xUtaR   #v   praijta>       .   15   .

¢nD¥ItpæO¢SKra:

without leaves and ends

S£NIp¤ÝpPld#[ma:

the fruits and flowers scattered

¢n¢XçOvÞæOaBrNa:

keeping clothes and jewels as stakes

D¥taI:

gamblers

pra¢jta:

defeated

15.With   the   shedding   of   leaves   and   the   fruits   and   flowers   ,   the   trees   looked like   the   gamblers   who   had   staked   their   clothes   and   jewels   and   lost   them.
ivh¼s'œ"EhI–naSte   SkNxmaÇaïya   Ô‚ma>     ,
b-uvurgma>   svˆR   maétenev     inxuRta>       .   16   .

¢vhÄñsHqGW:

by the groups of birds

h£na:

separated

those

ÞkÓDmaæOa½ya

the mother tree

d#[ma:

trees

bB¤v¤:

became

Agma:

no where to rest

sv©I

all

maâtEn

by storm

¢nD¤Ita:

destroyed

16.Those   trees   became   like   the   ones   deserted   by   birds   and   destroyed   by   storm.
inxURtkezI   yuvityRwa   m&idtvi[Rka             ,
in:pItzu-dNtaeóI   noEdRNtEí   iv]ta     .   17   .
twa   la'œgUlhStEí   cr[a_ya<   c   midRta     ,
b-Uvazaekvinka   à-¶vrpadpa         .   18   .

¢nD¥ItkES£

with hair dishevelled

y¤v¢t:

young girl

yTa

how

m¦¢dtv¢NIka

colourless

¢nÝp£tS¤BdÓtaE¿£

with pale lips

nKW:

by nails

dÓtWà

by teeth

¢vXta

attacked

tTa

thus

laHqg¥lhÞtW: c

by tail and hands

crNa×ya| c

and by legs

m¢dIta

beaten

bB¥v

became

ASaEkv¢nka

Ashokavana

p#Bg"vrpadpa

with the best trees broken

17,18.The   Ashokavana     with   the   best   of   the   trees   broken   and   beaten   by   the   monkey's tail   and   hands   looked   like   a   young   girl   with   pale   lips,   dishevelled   hair   and   attacked with   nails   and   teeth.
mhaltana<   damain   VyxmÄrsa   kip>         ,
ywa   àav&i;   ivNXySy   me"jalain   maét>       .   19   .

mhaltana|

big creepers'

dama¢n

garlands

ÛyDmt¯

broke

trsa

fast

k¢p:

monkey

yTa

p#av¦¢x

in rainy season

¢vÓÒyÞy

in the Vidhya mountains

mEGjala¢n

groups of clouds

maât:

wind

19.The monkey broke the garlands of big creepers like the wind would disperse the groups of clouds in the Vindhya mountains.
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