THE RAMAYANA

SUNDARA KANDA

SARGA 58 : SLOKAS 31 TO 40

 
l»av&ÄaNtkwnm!   -   NARRATING   THE   EVENTS   IN   LANKA
 
AävITsursa   devI   Sven   êpe[   ma<   pun>   ,
AwRisÏ(E   hirïeó   gCD   saEMy   ywasuom!   .31.
smany   c   vEdehI<   ra"ve[   mhaTmna   ,
suoI   -v   mhabahae   àIta=iSm   tv   vanr   .32.
Ab#v£t¯   said
s¤rsa   Surasa
dEv£   celestial lady
ÞvEn   ãpEN   in her natural form
ma|   to me
p¤n:   again
ATI¢sÑGYW   to accomplish the mission
h¢r½E¿   noble monkey
gÅC  please go
saWØy   blessed one
yTas¤Km¯   as you desire
smany   c   please bring together
vWdEh£|   Vaidehi
raGvEN   with Raghava
mhaÏmna   the great soul
s¤K£   happily
Bv  live
mhabahaE   broad shouldered
p#£ta   affectionate
A¢Þm   am
tv  with you
vanr   monkey

 
31,32.Surasa,   in   her   natural   form,   again   spoke   blessing   me   and   wishing   success   in   my   mission and   bring   Sita   and   Rama   together.
 
ttae=h<   saxu   saXvIit   svR-UtE>   àz<ist>   ,
ttae=Ntir]<   ivpul<   Plutae=h<   géfae   ywa   .33.
tt:  then
Ah|   I
saD¤   saD¤   well, well
i¢t  thus
svIB¥tW:   by all living cgeatures
p#S|¢st:   was praised
tt:  then
AÓt¢rX|   in the sky
¢vp¤l|   large
Ôl¤t:   soared
Ah|   I
gâf:   yTa   like the Garuda

 
33.Then   all   creatures   congragulated   me   and   I   further   proceeded   through   the   sky
like   the   Garuda,   with   utmost   ease.
 
Daya   me   ing&hIta   c   n   c   pZyaim   ikÂn   .34.
Caya   shadow
mE  my
¢ng¦h£ta   was obstructed
c  also
n  not
c  also
pÜya¢m   see
¢k·n   anything

 
34.While   proceeding   like   this   my   shadow   was   obstrusted   and   I   could   not   see   anything
causing   it.
 
sae=h<   ivgtvegStu   idzae   dz   ivlaekyn!   ,
n   ikiÂÄÇ   pZyaim   yen   me=pÿta   git>   .35.
s:  that
Ah|   I
¢vgtvEg:   with speed impaired
t¤  in this
¢dS:   dS   in all ten directions
¢vlaEkyn¯   observing
n  not
¢k¢·t¯   anything
tæO   like that
pÜya¢m   seen
yEn  by which
mE  my
Ap»ta   was obstructed
g¢t:   speed

 
35.Being   held   up   I   looked   at   all   ten   quaters   to   find   who   had   curtailed   my   speed
but   could   not   find   anyone.
 
ttae   me   buiÏéTpÚa   ik<   nam   ggne   mm   ,
$†zae   iv¹   %TpÚae   êp<   yÇ   n   †zyte   .36.
tt:  then
mE  for me
b¤¢ÑG:   thought
uÏp°a   occured
¢k|   nam   what is this
ggnE   sky
mm  my
iIèS:   like this
¢vG":   obstruction
uÏp°:   has occured
ãp|   form
yæO   where
n   èSytE   not seen

 
36.Thoughts   sprung   to   my   mind.   I   am   unable   to   see   any   thing   what   could   be   causing   the obstruction   in   the   sky.
 
Axae-age   n   me   †iò>   zaecta   paitta   mya   ,
ttae=Ôa]mh<   -Ima<   ra]sI<   sillezyam!   .37.
ADaEBagE   below
n  not
mE  my
D¦¢¾:   sight
SaEcta   worried
pa¢tta   fallen
mya  by me
tt:  then
Ad#aX|   saw
Ah|   I
B£ma|   fierce
raXs£|   rakshasi
s¢llESyam¯   lting down in water

 
37.As   I   was   immersed   in   thoughts   I   failed   to   look   down   and   therefor   failed   to   look
at   the   Rakshasha   woman   lying   down   in   the   water.
 
àhSy   c   mhanadmu­ae=h<   -Imya   tya   ,
AviSwtms<æmNtimd<   vaKymzae-nm!   .38.
p#hÞy   enthusiastically
c   mhanad|   also in a loud voice
u³:   spoken
Ah|   I
B£mya   ferocious
tya  by her
Av¢ÞTt|   clearly spelling out
As|B#Ót|   without any doubt
id|   the following
vaÀy|   words
ASaEBnm¯   against dharma

 
38.That   ferocious   creature   laughed   and   in   a   loud   and   clear   voice   spoke   her   intentions
towards   me.
 
Kvais   gNta     mhakay   ]uixtaya   mmeiPst>   ,
-]>   àI[y     me   deh<   icrmaharvijRtm!   .39.
Àv  where
A¢s   gÓta   are you going
mhakaya   one with huge body
X¤¢Dtaya   being hungry
mm  my
iI¢Ôst:   favourite
BX:  food
p#£Nya   satisfy
mE  my
dEh|   body
¢cr|   for a long time
Aaharv¢jItm¯   without food

 
39.She   said   "   hello   Fatso,   where   are   you   going?   You   are   a   fitting   meal   for   my   hunger for   I   have   not   had   food   for   a   long   time."
 
baFimTyev   ta<   va[I<   àTyg&ûamh<   tt>   ,
AaSyàma[adixk<   tSya>   kaympUrym!   .40.
baF|   let it be so
i¢t   ev   thus
ta|   those
vaN£|   words
p#Ïyg¦þa|   agreed
Ah|   I
tt:  then
AaÞyp#maNat¯   the size of mouth
A¢Dk|   more than
tÞya:   her
kay|   body
Ap¥rym¯   increased

 
40.I   agreed   by   saying   "let   it   be   so."   I   therefore   incresed   the   size   of   my   body   bigger
than   that   of   her   mouth.            
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