THE RAMAYANA
YUDDHA KANDA
SARGA 20 : SLOKAS 31 TO 36
S¤ksÓdES:
- SENDING SUKA AS
ENVOY
ttaE{b#v£¹a¢ls¤tÞÏvÄñdaE
h¢rsäOm: .
nay|
Ñ¥taE mharaj ca¢rk:
p#¢tBa¢t mE =31=
h¢rsäOm: |
foremost among monkeys |
31.Then Angada
told Sugriva that Suka
is not a messenger but
appears
to be a
spy.
t¤¢lt|
¢h bl| svImnEnaæOªv
¢t¿ta .
g¦/ta|
ma gmÚlÄðamEt¢¼ mm
raEctE =32=
32.Angada told
Sugriva that Suka who stood
there has assessed the
strength of
the force and therefore
he should not be let
go to Lanka. He
should be
captured.
ttaE
raåOa sma¢d¾a: sm¤Ôl¤Ïy
vl£m¤Ka: .
jg¦h¤à
bbÓD¤à ¢vlpÓtmnaTvt¯
=33=
AnaTvt¯ |
like one without a protector |
33.Thereupon ordered
by Sugriva the monkeys
leaping captured and
bound Suka
who was wailing like one
without a protector.
S¤kÞt¤
vanrWàÎfWÞtæO tW: s|p#p£¢ft:
.
Ûy@«St
mhaÏman| ram| dSrTaÏmjm¯
=
l¤ÔyEtE
mE blaÏpX¬ ¢BïtE
c tTa{¢XN£ =34=
S¤k: t¤
| Suka for his part |
s|p#p£¢ft: |
greatly tortured |
dSrTaÏmjm¯ |
son of Dasaratha |
34.Suka, who
was severely tortured by
the angry monkeys, cried
to
Rama that
his two wings were forcefully
being pierced and his eyes
were being
hurt.
ya|
c ra¢æO| m¢rÝya¢m
jayE ra¢æO| c yamhm¯
.
et¢Þm°ÓtrE
kalE yÓmya /S¤B| k]tm¯
=
svI|
tѤppïETa j'a| cEï¢d
j£¢vtm¯ =35=
uppïETa: |
you shall inherit |
j'a| cEt¯ y¢d
| in case I give
up |
35.Suka told
Rama that in case he
gives up his life then
the sins
committed by
him during the preiod of
the night of his birth
and the
night of
his death should be inherited
by Rama.
naGatyäOda
ram: ½¤Ïva tÏp¢rdEvnm¯
.
vanranb#v£d#amaE
m¤Åyta| Ñ¥t Aagt:
=36=
n AaGatyt¯ |
allowed him to escape wothout
being killed |
36.Hearing Suka's
wailing Rama then allowed
him to escape without
being killed
by ordering the monkeys
to release him as he
had come
as a messenger.
iÏyax©I
½£md#amayNE vaÚm£k£yE
Aa¢dkaÛyE y¤¼kaÎfE
¢v|S: sgI: =20=
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