THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 57 : SLOKAS 32 TO 40

p#hÞty¤¼m¯ - PRAHASTA GOES TO WAR
¢nndÓt: Þvran¯GaEran#aXsa jÂm¤rg#t: .
B£mãpa mhakaya: p#hÞtÞy p¤r:sra: =32=

¢nndÓt:

emitting

Þvran¯

cries

GaEran¯

fearful

raXsa:

ogres

jÂm¤: Ag#t:

went ahead

B£mãpa:

of terrible aspect

mhakaya:

with huge bodies

p#hÞtÞy

of Prahasta

p¤r:sra:

followers

32.The followers of Prahasta, ogres with terrible aspect and huge bodies, went ahead emitting fearful cries.
nraÓtk: k[ØBhn¤mIhanad: sm¤°t: .
p#hÞts¢cva /EtE ¢nyIy¤: p¢rvayI tm¯ =33=

nraÓtk:

Narantaka

k[ØBhn¤:

Kumbhahanu

mhanad:

Mahanada

sm¤°t:

Samunnata

p#hÞts¢cva:

advicers of Prahasta

¢h

surely

etE

these

¢nyIy¤:

set out

p¢rvayI

surrounding

tm¯

him

33.Narantaka, Kumbhahanu, Mahanada and Samunnata, the four advicers of Prahasta, set out surrounding him.
Ûy¥FEnEv s¤GaErEN p¥vI¹araÏs ¢nyIy¬ .
gjy¥T¢nkaSEn blEn mhta v¦t: =34=

Ûy¥FEn

in battle array

only

s¤GaErEN

exceedingly formidable

p¥vI¹arat¯

from the eastern gate

¢nyIy¬

went out

gjy¥T¢nkaSEn

resembling a herd of elephants

blEn

wih the army

mhta

huge

v¦t:

surrounded

34.Prahasta surrounded by the huge army in battle array, exceedingly formidable and resembling a herd
of elephants went out through the eastern gate.
sagrp#¢tm¬GEn v¦tÞtEn blEn s: .
p#hÞtaE ¢nyIy¬ t¥NI| kalaÓtkymaEpm: =35=

sagrp#¢tm¬GEn

resembling the sea

v¦t:

surrounded by

tEn

that

blEn

army

that

p#hÞt:

Prahasta

¢nyIy¬

went out

t¥NI|

quickly

kalaÓtkymaEpm:

looking like the time spirit

35.Prahasta surrounded by the huge army resembling a sea went out quickly looking like the time spirit.
tÞy ¢nyaINGaExEN raXsana| c ndItam¯ .
lÄðaya| svIB¥ta¢n ¢vnEÑ¤¢vIk]tW: ÞvrW: =36=

tÞy

his

¢nyaINGaExEN

the sounds made at the time of departure

raXsana|

of ogres

c ndItam¯

roaring also

lÄðaya|

in Lanka

svIB¥ta¢n

all created beings

¢vnEÑ¤:

cried

¢vk]tW:

in unnatural

ÞvrW:

tones

36.The sounds made at the time of departure of Prahasta (of kettle drums) and the roaring of the ogres made all created beings in Lanka cry in unnatural tones.
ÛyB#makaSma¢vÜy ma|sSaE¢NtBaEjna: .
mÎflaÓypsÛya¢n Kgaà@[: rT| p#¢t =37=

ÛyB#|

clear

AakaS| Aa¢vÜy

rising into the sky

ma|sSaE¢NtBaEjna:

subsisting on flesh and blood

mÎfla¢n

circles

ApsÛya¢n

anticlockwise

Kga:

birds

c@[:

made

rT| p#¢t

round the chariot

37.Birds subsisting on flesh and blood rising into the clear sky made anticlockwise circles round the chariot.
vmÓÏy: pavkÇvala: ¢Sva GaEr| vva¢SrE .
AÓt¢rXaÏppataEÚka vay¤à pâxaE vv¬ =38=

vmÓÏy:

vomiting forth

pavkÇvala:

flames of fire

¢Sva:

jackals

GaEr|

fearful

vva¢SrE

howled

AÓt¢rXat¯

from the sky

ppat

fell

uÚka

a meteor

vay¤: c

wind also

pâx: vv¬

blew harshly

38.Jackals vomiting flames of fire howled fearfully. A meteor fell from the sky and the wind blew harshly.
AÓyaEÓym¢Bs|rÖD: g#haà n cka¢SrE =39=

AÓyaEÓy|

one another

A¢Bs|rÖD:

knitted against

g#ha: c

planets also

n cka¢SrE

did not shine brightly

39.The Planets also knitted against one another did not shine brightly.
mEGaà Kr¢nGa©Ixa rTÞyaEp¢r rXs: .
vv¦x¥ â¢Dr| caÞy ¢s¢xc¤à p¤r:sran¯ =40=

mEGa: c

clouds also

with sounds resembling braying of donkeys

rTÞy up¢r

on the chariot

rXs:

ogre

vv¦x¤:

showered

â¢Dr| c

blood also

AÞy

this

¢s¢xc¤:

drenched

c p¤r:sran¯

those marching ahead of him

40.The clouds also with sounds resembling braying of donkeys showered blood on the chariot of Prahasta and also drenched those marching ahead of him.
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