THE RAMAYANA

THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 20 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20

   rav[anuny>   -   REQUEST   BY   RAVANA
 
ôIrÆmis   mEv<   -U>   k…é   gaÇe;u   -U;[m!     ,
ma<   àaPy   ih   kw<   nu   SyaSTvmnrœha   suiv¢he     .   11   .  
ÞæO£rÏnm¢s   you are a woman
ma   do not
ev|   like this
B¥:   be
k[â   do
gaæOEx¤   on the limbs
B¥xNm¯   jewel
ma|   me
p#aÔy   getting
¢h   alone
kT|   n¤   why
Þya:   are
Ïv|   you
Anrqha   not honoured
s¤¢vg#hE   O beauty
 
11.Why   are   you   like   this   ?   Accept   me   and   wear   the   ornaments   on   your   body.  
#d<   te   caé   sÃat<   yaEvn<   VyitvtRte     ,
ydtIt<   punn‰Rit   öaet>   zIºmpaimv     .   12   .  
id|   this
tE   to you
caâ   beautiful
s¸at|   existing
yaWvn|   youth
Ûy¢tvtItE   is being spent
yt¯   that
At£t|   past
p¤n:   again
n   e¢t   would not come
*aEt:   flood
S£G#|   fast
Apa|   water
iv   like
 
12.This   beauty   of   youth   is   fast   being   spent.   It   will   not   come   back   like   the flood   of   water.  
Tva<   k«Tvaeprtae   mNye   êpktaR   s   ivñs&kœ     ,
n   ih   êpaepma   TvNya   tvaiSt   zu-dzRne     .   13   .  
Ïva|   you
k]Ïva   creating
uprt:   left his job
mÓyE   think
ãpktaI   creator
s:   he
¢vás¦kq   Brahma
n   not
¢h   hence
ãpaEpma   equal to the beauty
t¤   AÓya   another
tv   your
A¢Þt   is
S¤BdSInE   lovely to look at
 
13.O   beauty!   there   is   no   other   beauty   equal   to   yours.   I   think   the   creator   Brahma has   left   his   job   after   creating   you.  
Tva<   smasa*   vEdeih   êpyaEvnzailnIm!     ,
k>   pumanitvrœtet   sa]adip   iptamh>     .   14   .  
Ïva|   you
smasaï   seeing
vWdE¢h   Vaidehi
ãpyaWvnSa¢ln£m¯   with youth and beauty
k:   which
p¤man¯   man
A¢tvrqtEt   would leave
saXat¯   in person
A¢p   also
¢ptamh:   brahma
 
14.Vaidehi   which   man   ,   including   Brahma,   would   leave   you   after   seeing   your youth   and   beauty   in   person.  
y*t!   pZyaim   te   gaÇ<   zIta<zus†zanne     ,
tiSm<StiSmn!   p&wuïaei[   c]umRm   inbXyte     .   15   .  
yït¯   which ever
pÜya¢m   see
tE   your
gaæO|   limb
S£ta|S¤sèSannE   O! the lotus faced
t¢Þmn¯   t¢Þmn¯   in them
p¦T¤½aE¢N   big breasted
cX¤:   eye
mm   my
¢nbÒytE   get stuck
 
15.O!   lotus   faced   !   which   ever   limb   of   yours   I   see   ,   my   eyes   get   stuck   there.  
-v   mEiwil   -ayaR   me   maehmen<   ivsjRy     ,
bþInamuÄmôI[a<   mma¢mih;I   -v     .   16   .  
Bv   be
mW¢T¢l   Mythili
BayaI   wife
mE   my
maEh|   sorrow
en|   this
¢vsjIy   give up
bº£na|   many
uäOmÞæO£Na|   best women
mm   my
Ag#m¢hx£   main wife
Bv   become
 
16.O!   Mythili   be   my   wife   and   give   up   this   sorrow.   You   would   be   my   main   wife.  
laeke_yae   yain   rÆain   s<àmWyùtain   me     ,
tain   te   -Ié   svaRi[   raJy<     cEtdh<   c   te     .   17   .  
laEkE×y:   from worlds
ya¢n   which ever
rÏna¢n   gems
s|p#mÐy   by force
¶ta¢n   brought
mE   my
ta¢n   those
tE   yours
B£â   O!the frightened !
svaI¢N   all
raÇy|   kingdom
c   and
ett¯   this
Ah|   c   me too
tE   yours
 
17.O!   Sita!   whatever   gems   I   brought   by   force   from   worlds   ,   all   those   are   yours. My   kingdom   and   myself   also   belong   to   you.  
ivijTy   p&iwvI<   svaR<   nanangrmailnIm!     ,
jnkay   àdaSyaim   tv   hetaeivRlaisin     .   18   .  
¢v¢jÏy   winning
p¦¢Tv£|   earth
svaI|   all
nanangrma¢ln£m¯   surrounded by various cities
jnkay   to Janaka
p#daÞya¢m   would give
tv   your
hEtaE:   for the sake
¢vla¢s¢n   beautiful
 
18.I   would   win   and   give   Janaka     the   earth   surrounded   by   cities   for   your   sake.  
neh   pZyaim   laekeNy<   yae   me   àitblae   -vet!     ,
pZy   me   sumhÖIyRmàitÖNdœvmahve     .   19   .  
n   not
ih   here
pÜya¢m   see
laEkE   in the world
AÓy|   another
y:   who
mE   to me
p#¢tblaE   equal in strength
BvEt¯   is
pÜy   see
mE   my
s¤mht¯   very big
v£yI|   valour
Ap#¢t¹Ódqv|   no enemy
AahvE   in war
 
19.I   do   not   see   another   one   equal   in   strength   to   me.   Think   of   my   valour. No   enemy can   stand   against   me   in   war.  
Ask«t!   s<yuge   -¶a>   mya   ivm&idtXvja>     ,
Az­a>   àTynIke;u   Swatu<   mm   surasura>   .   20   .  
Ask]t¯   many times
s|y¤gE   in war
Bg"a:   beaten and driven
mya   by me
¢vm¦¢dtÒvja:   with flags torn
AS³a:   without strength
p#¢t   against
An£kEx¤   in the army
ÞTat¤|   to stand
mm   to me
s¤ras¤ra:   devas and asuras
 
20.Devas   and   asuras   were   driven   by   me   from   war,   being   unable   to   stand   against   me with   their   flags   torn   many   times.      
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