THE RAMAYANA
YUDDHA KANDA
SARGA 22 : SLOKAS 71 TO 80
sEt¤bÓD:
sm¤d#trN| c - BUILDING
A BRIDGE AND CROSSING
THE SEA
Aºa
t¦t£yEn tTa yaEjna¢n
k]ta¢n t¤ .
ÏvrmaNWmIhakayWrEk¢v|S¢trEv
c =71=
mhakayW: |
with huge bodies |
71.Similarly on
the third day the monkeys
with huge bodies moving
quickly constructed
twenty yojanas.
ct¤T©In
tTa caºa ¹a¢v|S¢trTa¢p
c .
yaEjna¢n
mhavEgW: k]ta¢n Ïv¢rtWÞt¤
tW: =72=
mhavEgW: |
endowed with great skill |
Ïv¢rtW: t¤
| seized with fury |
72.The monkeys
endowed with great skill
and seized with fury on
the
fourth day
constructed twenty two yojanas
of bridge.
p·mEn
tTa caºa ÔlvÄñW:
¢Xp#ka¢r¢B: .
yaEjna¢n
æOyaE¢v|SÏs¤vElm¢Dk]Ïy vW
=73=
tTa c |
similarly constructed |
¢Xp#ka¢r¢B: |
working feerishly |
A¢Dk]Ïy vW
| covering rigth upto |
73.On the
fifth day the monkeys working
feverishly constructed twenty
three yojanas
covering right upto moun
suvela.
s
vanrvr: ½£ma¢ÓvákmaIÏmjaE
bl£ .
bbÓD
sagrE sEt¤| tTa caÞy
¢pta tTa =74=
vanrvr: | the
foremost of monkeys |
¢vákmaIÏmj: |
son of Viswakarma |
74.Nala, the
son of Viswakarma and who
was like his father, built
the bridge
across the sea.
s
nlEn k]t: sEt¤: sagrE
mkralyE .
S¤S¤BE
s¤Bg: ½£man¯Þvat£pT
ivaØbrE =75=
mkralyE | on
the abode of crocodiles |
75.Built by
Nala across the sea the
bridge appeared lovely and
glorious
like the
star swati in the sky.
ttaE
dEva: sgÓDvaI: ¢s¼aà
prmxIy: .
AagØy
ggnE tÞT¤d#I¾¤kamaÞtdì^tm¯
=76=
sgÓDvaI: |
alongwith gandharvas |
c prmxIy: |
the foremost of rsis also |
76.Then the
gods alongwith gandharvas, siddhas
and foremost of rsis
stood in
the sky eager to see
the marvel.
dSyaEjn¢vÞt£NI|
StyaEjnmaytm¯ .
dèS¤d©IvgÓDvaI
nlsEt¤| s¤Ñ¤Ýkrm¯
=77=
dSyaEjn¢vÞt£NI|
| ten yojanas wide |
dEvgÓDvaI: |
gods and gandharvas |
nlsEt¤| |
bridge built by Nala |
s¤Ñ¤Ýkrm¯
| extremely difficult to
construct |
77.The gods
and gandharvas saw the
ten yojanas wide and hundred
yojanas long
bridge constructed by Nala
which was extremely
difficult to
construct.
td¢cÓÏyms/|
c Aì^t| raEmhxINm¯ .
dèS¤:
svIB¥ta¢n sagrE sEt¤bÓDnm¯
=78=
As/| | which
cannot be attempted |
sEt¤bÓDnm¯
| building a bridge |
78.All creatures
saw the inconceivable, marvellous
and thrilling bridge
being built
on the sea which cannot
be attempted by others.
ta¢n
kaE¢zshÞa#a¢N vanraNa| mh¬jsam¯
.
bÓDÓt:
sagrE sEt¤| jÂm¤:
par| mhaEdDE: =79=
kaE¢zshÞa#a¢N
| thousands of crores |
mh¬jsam¯ |
with great energy |
79.Thousands of
croes of monkeys went to
the other side of the
sea
as the
bridge was being constructed.
¢vSal:
s¤k]t: ½£maÓs¤B¥¢m:
s¤sma¢ht: .
ASaEBt
mhasEt¤: s£mÓt iv
sagrE =80=
s¤sma¢ht: |
solidly cemented |
s£mÓt: iv
| like the parting
of a woman's hair |
80.The huge
bridge across the sea was
extensive, well constructed,
beautiful, smooth
and solidly cemented and
appeared like the parting
line of
a woman's hair.
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KANDA
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