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Srimad Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa | Kishkindha Kāṇḍa ~ Sarga 19 of 67

Kishkindha Kāṇḍa : book of the monkey kingdom || Total Sargas (or) Chapters: 67

Abstract: Rama meets Hanuman and helps destroy the monkey people’s king, Vali, making Vali’s younger brother, Sugriva, king of Kishkindha instead.

Sarga (chapter): 19 of 67 || śloka (verses): 28

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Vālmīki (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि)

Vālmīki (Sanskrit: वाल्मीकि)



Introduction

Tara rushes out to reach her slain husband while the monkey generals seek of her to anoint Angada as king immediately or leave Kishkindha, for Sugreeva and his men may come occupying the city. She chides their advises away and proceeds to meet Vali. She arrives at that place, sees Rama and his brother Lakshmana, her husband Vali and his brother Sugreeva. She faints and wails for the departing soul of Vali.

स वानर महाराजः शयानः शर पीडितः |
प्रत्युक्तो हेतुमद् वाक्यैः न उत्तरम् प्रत्यपद्यत || ४-१९-१
sa vaanara mahaaraajaH shayaanaH shara piiDitaH |
pratyukto hetumad vaakyaiH na uttaram pratyapadyata || 4-19-1


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.1

1. shara piiDitaH shayaanaH = agonised by, arrow, lying – sprawling; saH vaanara mahaa raajaH = he, vanara, great, king Vali; hetumat vaakyaiH = with reasonable, sentences; prati uktaH = in return, who is said [replied by Rama]; uttaram = reply; na prati apadyata = not, in turn, he derived, – find another reply.

That great vanara king Vali who is sprawling agonised by arrow, and to whom Rama gave a reply with well-reasoned words did not find any other reply to be given to Rama. [4-19-1] .

अश्मभिः परिभिन्न अंगः पादपैर् आहतो भृशम् |
राम बाणेन च आक्रान्तो जीवित अंते मुमोह सः || ४-१९-२
ashmabhiH paribhinna a.ngaH paadapair aahato bhR^isham |
raama baaNena ca aakraanto jiivita a.nte mumoha saH || 4-19-2


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.2

2. ashmabhiH pari bhinna angaH = with boulders, variously, cracked, with limbs; paadapaiH bhR^isham aahataH = with trees, heavily, thrashed; raama baaNena ca = by Rama’s, arrow, also; aakraantaH = vanquished; saH jiivita ante mumoha = he, at life, ending – at the time of breathing last, fainted.

He who is heavily thrashed with trees, whose limbs are variously cracked with boulders, and whom Rama’s arrow finally vanquished, that Vali fainted at the time of his breathing his last. [4-19-2] .

तम् भार्या बाण मोक्षेण राम दत्तेन संयुगे |
हतम् प्लवग शार्दूलम् तारा शुश्राव वालिनम् || ४-१९-३
tam bhaaryaa baaNa mokSheNa raama dattena saMyuge |
hatam plavaga shaarduulam taaraa shushraava vaalinam || 4-19-3


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.3

3. plavaga shaarduulam = monkey, the tiger; tam vaalinam = him, about Vali; samyuge = in fight; raama dattena = by Rama, given – accorded; baaNa mokSeNa = by arrow, release of; hatam = as perished; bhaaryaa taaraa shushraava = wife, Tara, heard.

Tara, wife of Vali, heard that the tigerly monkey Vali perished in fight by the arrow released by Rama.

This is also said as ‘by the salvation accorded by Rama through his arrow…’ raama datten shara moksheNa, but it is said to be a squeezed meaning according to the style of old Sanskrit.

सा सपुत्र अप्रियम् श्रुत्वा वधम् भर्तुः सुदारुणम् |
निष्पपात भृशम् तस्मात् उद्विग्ना गिरि कंदरात् || ४-१९-४
saa saputra apriyam shrutvaa vadham bhartuH sudaaruNam |
niShpapaata bhR^isham tasmaat udvignaa giri ka.ndaraat || 4-19-4


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.4

4. sa putra = with, son; saa = she; bhartuH = husband’s; su daaruNam = very, gruesome; a priyam = un, pleasant; vadham shrutvaa = about killing, on hearing; bhR^isham udvignaa = highly, anguished; tasmaat giri kandaraat = from, that mountain’s, cave – say Kishkindha; niSpapaata = fell out – rushed out.

On hearing the very gruesome killing of her husband that is unpleasant, she is highly anguished and rushed out of Kishkindha along with Angada. [4-19-4] .

ये ते अंगद परीवारा वानरा हि महाबलाः |
ते सकार्मुकम् आलोक्य रामम् त्रस्ताः प्रदुद्रुवुः || ४-१९-५
ye te a.ngada pariivaaraa vaanaraa hi mahaabalaaH |
te sakaarmukam aalokya raamam trastaaH pradudruvuH || 4-19-5


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.5

5. angada pariivaaraa = Angada’s, escorts; ye mahaabalaaH vaanaraa = those, very mighty vanara-s are there; te = they; sa kaarmukam = with, bow; raamam aalokya = Rama, on seeing; trastaaH = scared [to death]; pradudravuH [pra du druvuH] = very, quickly, fled.

On seeing Rama with bow those very mighty vanara-s that form the escort of Angada are scared to death, and they very quickly fled from there towards Kishkindha. [4-19-5] .

सा ददर्श ततः त्रस्तान् हरीन् आपततो द्रुतम् |
यूथाद् इव परिभ्रष्टान् मृगान् निहत यूथपान् || ४-१९-६
saa dadarsha tataH trastaan hariin aapatato drutam |
yuuthaad iva paribhraShTaan mR^igaan nihata yuuthapaan || 4-19-6


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.6

6. tataH = then; saa = she – Tara; trastaan = those who are scared; drutam = hastily; aa patataH = coming, falling – fleeing away disorderly; nihata yuuthapaan = that have killed, troop leader – master; yuuthaat = from herd; pari bhraSTaan = wandered off; mR^igaan iva = animal, like; hariin dadarsha = monkeys, she saw.

Then on her way towards field of combat she saw the monkeys that are frightened and fleeing in disorder, like those animals that have wandered off from their herd when their master is killed. [4-19-6] .

तान् उवाच समासाद्य दुःखितान् दुःखिता सती |
राम वित्रासितान् सर्वान् अनुबद्धान् इव इषुभिः || ४-१९-७
taan uvaaca samaasaadya duHkhitaan duHkhitaa satii |
raama vitraasitaan sarvaan anubaddhaan iva iShubhiH || 4-19-7


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.7

7. duHkhitaan = who are distressed; iSubhiH anu baddhaan iva = by arrows, followed closely – tracked down, as though; raama vi traasitaan = by Rama, highly, frightened; taan = them, the vanara-s; samaasaadya = on nearing; duHkhitaa satii = distressed, as she is; sarvaan uvaaca = to all, spoke.

Nearing those monkeys that are already distressed at the fall of Vali, and that are highly frightened by Rama, and that are fleeing as though Rama’s arrow is still tracking them down, Tara spoke to all of them, distressed as she is. [4-19-7] .

वानरा राज सिंहस्य यस्य यूयम् पुरः सराः |
तम् विहाय सुवित्रस्ताः कस्माद् द्रवत दुर्गताः || ४-१९-८
vaanaraa raaja siMhasya yasya yuuyam puraH saraaH |
tam vihaaya suvitrastaaH kasmaad dravata durgataaH || 4-19-8


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.8

8. vaanaraaH = oh Vanara-s; yuuyam = you all; yasya raaja simhasya = to which, king, best; puraH saraaH = preceding, going before – ushers; tam vihaaya = him leaving off; suvitrastaaH – su vi trastaaH = very, highly, frightened; dur gataaH = woe, entered ones [woebegone, in desperation]; kasmaat dravata = what for, you run away.

“Oh! Vanara-s, what for you are running away in utter fright and desperation, leaving off your best king to whom all of you are ushers?” Thus Tara enquired with the monkeys. [4-19-8] .

राज्य हेतोः स चेत् भ्राता भ्रात्रा कॄरेण पातितः |
रामेण प्रसृतैः दूरात् मार्गणैः दूर पातिभिः || ४-१९-९
raajya hetoH sa cet bhraataa bhraatraa kR^IreNa paatitaH |
raameNa prasR^itaiH duuraat maargaNaiH duura paatibhiH || 4-19-9


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.9

9. kR^iireNa bhraatraa = by cruel, brother [by Sugreeva]; bhraataa = brother; saH = he [Vali]; raajya hetoH = kingdom, for the reason of; raameNa = by Rama; duuraat = from distance; pra sR^itaiH = well, surging; duura paatibhiH = distantly, falling; maargaNaiH = with arrows; paatitaH = felled; cet = if / whether.

“Whether or not a cruel brother made his brother to fall for the reason of kingdom with the arrows of Rama which can surge well from distance and fall on distant target? Aver it. [4-19-9]

There is a grammarian’s problem in this verse. The word chet usually used for ‘ if…’ Then the meaning obtained is “If a brother is felled by his brother for the sake of kingdom, what if and why do you fear?” Then this may not justify Tara’s decency. And if this cet is taken as prashnaarthaka ‘interrogative…’ then it may mean that she is trying to ascertain whether Vali is dead or still alive, to have a last glimpse. And enquiring in anguish would be normal in such situations. It may be correct to use ‘whether’ because it ensues ‘not’ and also as an alternative interrogative. And ‘if’ is used it is ‘if of ignorance’ but not ‘of certainty’ or ‘of chance’. Anyway she is interested in information and orderliness of monkeys.

कपि पत्न्या वचः श्रुत्वा कपयः काम रूपिणः |
प्राप्त कालम् अविश्लिष्टम् ऊचुर् वचनम् अंगनाम् || ४-१९-१०
kapi patnyaa vacaH shrutvaa kapayaH kaama ruupiNaH |
praapta kaalam avishliShTam uucur vacanam a.nganaam || 4-19-10


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.10

10. kaama ruupiNaH kapayaH = at wish, guise-changers, monkeys; kapi patnyaa = of monkey [Vali’s,] wife; vacaH shrutvaa = words, on hearing; praapta kaalam = chanced, time – befitting to time; avishliSTam [a vi shliSTam = not, very, coherent] – coherently; vacanam = sentence; anganaam uucuH = to lady [Tara,] spoke.

On hearing the words of monkey’s wife those guise-changing monkeys spoke this sentence coherently to lady Tara, befitting to present time of chaos. [4-19-10] .

जीवपुत्रे निवर्तस्व पुत्रम् रक्षस्व च अन्दगम् |
अंतको राम रूपेण हत्वा नयति वालिनम् || ४-१९-११
jiivaputre nivartasva putram rakShasva ca andagam |
a.ntako raama ruupeNa hatvaa nayati vaalinam || 4-19-11


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.11

11. jiiva putre = alive, son – oh, one with a living son; ni vartasva = re, turn; putram andagam rakSasva ca = son, Angada, you safeguard, also; antakaH raama ruupeNa = Terminator, in Rama’s, in form; vaalinam hatvaa nayati = Vali, on killing, leading away – taking away.

“Return, oh, lady with a living son, and safeguard Angada, for the Terminator in the form of Rama is taking away Vali on killing. [4-19-11] .

क्षिप्तान् वृक्षान् समाविध्य विपुलाः च शिलाः तथा |
वाली वज्र समैर् बाणैर् वज्रेण इव निपातितः || ४-१९-१२
kShiptaan vR^ikShaan samaavidhya vipulaaH ca shilaaH tathaa |
vaalii vajra samair baaNair vajreNa iva nipaatitaH || 4-19-12


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.12

12. kSiptaan vR^ikSaan = hurled, trees [at him]; tathaa = likewise; vipulaaH shilaaH = massive, boulders; vajra samaiH baaNaiH = thunderbolt, similar, with arrows; sam aavidhya = completely, on shattering; vaalii = Vali; vajreNa iva nipaatitaH = by thunderbolt, as if, felled.

“Shattering trees and massive boulders that Vali hurled at him with thunderbolt like arrows Rama felled Vali as if by thunderbolt. [4-19-12]

The plural number given to the ‘arrows’ may be observed. Rama shot Vali with only one arrow but each monkey is multiplying one arrow to become many. Rumours multiply thus.

अभिभूतम् इदम् सर्वम् विद्रुतम् वानरम् बलम् |
अस्मिन् प्लवग शार्दूले हते शक्र सम प्रभे || ४-१९-१३
abhibhuutam idam sarvam vidrutam vaanaram balam |
asmin plavaga shaarduule hate shakra sama prabhe || 4-19-13


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.13

13. shakra sama prabhe = Indra, similar, in brilliance; asmin plavaga shaarduule = this one [Vali’s,] flier, tiger among; hate = when killed; idam sarvam vaanaram balam = this, all, vanara, force; abhibhuutam vidrutam = vanquished – felt defenceless, fled.

“When that tigerly fly-jumper Vali whose brilliance is similar to Indra is killed all this vanara force felt defenceless and fled. [4-19-13] .

रक्ष्यताम् नगरम् शूरैर् अंगदः च अभिषिच्यताम् |
पदस्थम् वालिनः पुत्रम् भजिष्यन्ति प्लवंगमाः || ४-१९-१४
rakShyataam nagaram shuurair a.ngadaH ca abhiShicyataam |
padastham vaalinaH putram bhajiShyanti plavaMgamaaH || 4-19-14


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.14

14. nagaram shuuraiH rakSyataam = city, by brave ones, be safeguarded; angadaH ca abhiSicyataam = Angada, also, be anointed; pada stham = in place [who is on throne]; vaalinaH putram = Vali’s, son Angada; plavamgamaaH bhajiSyanti = fly-jumpers, will adore – stand by.

“Let the city of Kishkindha be safeguarded and let Angada be anointed, and when Vali’s son Angada is enthroned all the fly-jumpers will stand by him. [4-19-14] .

अथवा अरुचितम् स्थानम् इह ते रुचिरानने |
आविशन्ति हि दुर्गाणि क्षिप्रम् अद्य एव वानराः || ४-१९-१५
athavaa arucitam sthaanam iha te ruciraanane |
aavishanti hi durgaaNi kShipram adya eva vaanaraaH || 4-19-15


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.15

15. rucira anane = oh, one with pleasant, face Tara; athavaa = or; iha te sthaanam = here, your, staying; a rucitam = not, good; vaanaraaH = monkeys [of Sugreeva]; adya eva = today, only; kSipram durgaaNi = promptly, in to strongholds; aavishanti hi = they enter, indeed.

“Or, your staying here is not good, oh, one with a pleasant visage, for those monkeys of Sugreeva will promptly enter our strongholds on this day itself. [4-19-15] .

अभार्याः सह भार्याः च सन्ति अत्र वन चारिणः |
लुब्धेभ्यो विप्रलब्धेयः तेभ्यो नः सुमहद् भयम् || ४-१९-१६
abhaaryaaH saha bhaaryaaH ca santi atra vana caariNaH |
lubdhebhyo vipralabdheyaH tebhyo naH sumahad bhayam || 4-19-16


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.16

16. a bhaaryaaH = without, wives; saha bhaaryaaH ca = with, wives, also; vana caariNaH atra santi = forest, moving ones, in there [in Kishkindha,] are there; lubdhebhyaH = by the cravers [of wives]; vipralabdhebhyaH [vi pra labdheyaH] = those that are victimised by us; tebhyaH = from them; naH = to us; su mahat = very, great; bhayam = danger is there.

“There are foresters in Kishkindha, some with wives and some without, some hankering after wives, some whom we have victimised, and from them we have very great danger.” So said monkeys to Tara. [4-19-16]

Even in capital many followed the suite of Vali in incarcerating other’s wives. Now they all may turn up since Sugreeva won the battle, assaulting such followers of Vali’s style of living. This is the fear of individuals reported to Tara.

अल्पांतर गतानाम् तु श्रुत्वा वचनम् अंगना |
आत्मनः प्रतिरूपम् सा बभाषे चारु हासिनी || ४-१९-१७
alpaa.ntara gataanaam tu shrutvaa vacanam a.nganaa |
aatmanaH pratiruupam saa babhaaShe caaru haasinii || 4-19-17


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.17

17. alpa antara gataanaam = small, distance, on going; vacanam shrutvaa = sentence, on hearing; caaru haasinii = one with winsome, smile; saa anganaa = she, that lady; aatmanaH pratiruupam = for herself, befitting; babhaaSe = she said.

On going a small distance ahead after listening those words, she whose smile will be winsome, that lady Tara said this befitting to her personality. [4-19-17]

The word apla antara is usually ‘a little after…’ But Prof. Satya Vrat includes this under rare words/expressions of Ramayana and gives meaning as ‘small distance…’ In any way a pause occurs now for her to reply. She is going towards the place where Vali is and monkeys are following her. She paced still ahead, gained a pause and then started to speak to them.

पुत्रेण मम किम् कार्यम् किम् राज्येन किम् आत्मना |
कपि सिम्हे महा भागे तस्मिन् भर्तरि नश्यति || ४-१९-१८
putreNa mama kim kaaryam kim raajyena kim aatmanaa |
kapi simhe mahaa bhaage tasmin bhartari nashyati || 4-19-18


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.18

18. kapi simhe = monkey, the lion; mahaa bhaage = of great, honour; tasmin bhartari = that, my husband’s; nashyati sati = perished, when; mama = to me; putreNa kim kaaryam = by son, what, avail of; raajyena kim = by kingdom, what; aatmanaa kim = for myself, what [is the use.]

“Of what avail is a son, or a kingdom, or I to myself when my husband that lion like monkey with great honour perished. [4-19-18] .

पाद मूलम् गमिष्यामि तस्य एव अहम् महात्मनः |
यो असौ राम प्रयुक्तेन शरेण विनिपातितः || ४-१९-१९
paada muulam gamiShyaami tasya eva aham mahaatmanaH |
yo asau raama prayuk{}tena shareNa vinipaatitaH || 4-19-19


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.19

19. yaH asau = who, he is; raama prayuktena shareNa = by Rama, projected, with arrow; vinipaatitaH = felled down; mahaatmanaH = of that great-souled one; tasya paada muulam eva = his, foot, at base, only; aham gamiSyaami = I, wish to go – I consign myself [on pyre.]

“I wish to consign myself at the base of foot of that great-soul, who is felled down by the arrow projected by Rama.” So said Tara to fleeing monkeys. [4-19-19] .

एवम् उक्त्वा प्रदुद्राव रुदती शोक मूर्च्छिता |
शिरः च उरः च बाहुभ्याम् दुःखेन समभिघ्नती || ४-१९-२०
evam uk{}tvaa pradudraava rudatii shoka muurcchhitaa |
shiraH ca uraH ca baahubhyaam duHkhena samabhighnatii || 4-19-20


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.20

20. evam uktvaa = thus, saying; rudatii = while wailing; shoka muurcChitaa = in agony, convulsing; duHkhena = in anguish; shiraH ca uraH ca = head, also, chest, also; baahubhyaam = with two hands; samabhighnatii [sam abhi ghnatii] = while slapping; pradudraava = speedily, rushed [towards Vali.]

Saying thus she started to wail and convulse in agony, and slapped her head and chest with both of her hands while she speedily rushed towards Vali. [4-19-20] .

सा व्रजन्ती ददर्श अथ पतिम् निपतितम् भुवि |
हन्तारम् दानव इन्द्राणाम् समरेषु अनिवर्तिनाम् || ४-१९-२१
saa vrajantii dadarsha atha patim nipatitam bhuvi |
hantaaram daanava indraaNaam samareShu anivartinaam || 4-19-21


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.21

21. saa vrajantii = she, while advancing – trudging; atha = then; daanava indraaNaam = demons, arch-; hantaaram = destroyer of; samareSu a nivartinaam = in combats, back, coming – not, retreating; bhuvi nipatitam = on ground, fallen down; patim dadarsha = husband, she saw.

While she is still trudging then she saw her husband who is the destroyer of arch-demons like Maayaavi and Dundubhi, and who never retreated in combats, but now fallen down on ground. [4-19-21] .

क्षेप्तारम् पर्वत इन्द्राणाम् वज्राणाम् इव वासवम् |
महावात समाविष्टम् महामेघ औघ निःस्वनम् || ४-१९-२२
kSheptaaram parvata indraaNaam vajraaNaam iva vaasavam |
mahaavaata samaaviShTam mahaamegha augha niHsvanam || 4-19-22


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.22

22. vajraaNaam vaasavam iva = for thunderbolts, Indra, as with; parvata indraaNaam kSeptaaram = mountains, the lofty ones, flinger of; mahaa vaata sama aviSTam = great, gust of winds, similar, having blast; mahaa megha augha niHsvanam = great, black-clouds, cluster, a roarer; [saa dadarsha = she, saw.]

She saw Vali who is a flinger of loftiest mountains as with Indra flinging his thunderbolt, who is a blaster as with great gusty winds, and who is a roarer as with a cluster of great black-clouds. [4-19-22] .

शक्रतुल्य पराक्रांतम् वृष्ट्वा इव उपरतम् घनम् |
नर्दन्तम् नर्दताम् भीमम् शूरम् शूरेण पातितम् |
शार्दूलेन आमिषस्य अर्थे मृग राजम् इव आहतम् || ४-१९-२३
shakratulya paraakraa.ntam vR^iShTvaa iva uparatam ghanam |
nardantam nardataam bhiimam shuuram shuureNa paatitam |
shaarduulena aamiShasya arthe mR^iga raajam iva aahatam || 4-19-23


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.23

23. shakra tulya para aakraantam = Indra, equal, others, in invading; nardantam nardataam bhiimam = a thunderer, to [other] thunderers, violent; shuuram shuureNa paatitam = braving one [Vali,] by braver [Rama,] felled; aamiSasya arthe = for flesh, for the purpose of; shaarduulena = by tiger; aahatam = killed; mR^iga raajam iva = animal, the best, like; vR^iSTvaa uparatam ghanam iva = on downpour, quietened, black-cloud, like; [he is sprawling; saa dadarsha = she, saw.]

He who equals Indra in the invasion of enemies, a violent thunderer at the opponent thunderers, a brave one felled by still brave one, and who is like a best animal killed by a tiger for the purpose of flesh, and quietened like black-cloud at the end of downpour, At him she saw. [4-19-23]

Some commentators negate this simile of tiger to Rama, saying it abhuuta upama ‘impossible smile…’ By virtue Rama himself is the lion-king and comparing him with a lesser animal like tiger is objected, though Rama did not eliminate Vali for flesh or meat. The word shaarduula textually means a tiger in the present day context. For this commentators bring in the rulebook vyjayanti which says shaarduula also means a lion -si~Nho mR^iga indraH pa~ncaasyo haryakShaH shveta pi~NgalaH vyaadiirnaasyo mahaanaadaH shaarduulo amita vikrama .

अर्चितम् सर्व लोकस्य सपताकम् सवेदिकम् |
नाग हेतोः सुपर्णेन चैत्यम् उन्मथितम् यथा || ४-१९-२४
arcitam sarva lokasya sapataakam savedikam |
naaga hetoH suparNena caityam unmathitam yathaa || 4-19-24


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.24

24. sarva lokasya arcitam = by all, people, worshipped; sa pataakam = with, flags – decorated with; sa vedikam = with, podium; suparNena = by eagle; naaga hetoH [yathaa] = snake, for the reason of, [as with]; un mathitam = highly, ravaged; caityam yathaa = a sanctum, as with; [paatitam saa dadarsha = fallen, she, saw.]

He who is like a sanctum that is hitherto worshipped by all people, that is decorated with flags and demarcated with podia, but just ravaged by an eagle for the sake of a snake which sneaked into that sanctum, and Tara saw such a Vali plumped on the ground. [4-19-24]

The word chaitya is not to be confounded with Buddhist monastery. In villages, even today, people will prepare a makeshift sanctum adorning it with a podium and flags for worships, and that being an open place snakes sneak in, for which eagles will come and sit on the flagstaff, and when catching its prey that eagle kicks off the flag post, and by the fall of that flagstaff that makeshift sanctum gets plumped onto ground .

अवष्टभ्य अवतिष्ठंतम् ददर्श धनुर् ऊर्जितम् |
रामम् रामानुजम् चैव भर्तुः चैव तथा अनुजम् || ४-१९-२५
avaShTabhya avatiShTha.ntam dadarsha dhanur uurjitam |
raamam raamaanujam caiva bhartuH caiva tathaa anujam || 4-19-25


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.25

25. uurjitam dhanuH = very powerful, bow; avaSTabhya = abutting on; ava tiSThantam = standing; raamam raama anujam caiva = at Rama, Rama’s, younger brother – Lakshmana, also thus; tathaa = likewise; bhartuH anujam caiva = husband’s, younger brother – Sugreeva, also thus; dadarsha = she saw.

She saw Rama standing and abutting on his very powerful bow, and his younger brother Lakshmana, even at the younger brother of her husband, namely Sugreeva. [4-19-25]

This verse reminds us of the results from brotherly love-hate, younger-elder brother relation. Lakshmana is appearing behind Rama while Sugreeva, over dying Vali .

तान् अतीत्य समासाद्य भर्तारम् निहतम् रणे |
समीक्ष्य व्यथिता भूमौ संभ्रांता निपपात ह || ४-१९-२६
taan atiitya samaasaadya bhartaaram nihatam raNe |
samiikShya vyathitaa bhuumau saMbhraa.ntaa nipapaata ha || 4-19-26


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.26

26. taan atiitya = them, going past; raNe nihatam = in combat routed; bhartaaram samaasaadya = at husband, on reaching; samiikSya = on observing closely; vyathitaa = distraught; sambhraantaa = dumbfounded; bhuumau nipapaata [ni pa paata ] ha = on earth, fell down, indeed.

Going past them she reached her husband who is routed in combat, and on observing him closely she indeed fell down on earth as she is distraught and dumbfounded. [4-19-26] .

सुप्ता इव पुनर् उत्थाय आर्य पुत्र इति वादिनी |
रुरोद सा पतिम् दृष्ट्वा सम्वीतम् मृत्यु दामभिः || ४-१९-२७
suptaa iva punar utthaaya aarya putra iti vaadinii |
ruroda saa patim dR^iShTvaa samviitam mR^ityu daamabhiH || 4-19-27


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.27

27. saa = she; suptaa iva = sleeping, as though; punaH utthaaya = again, rising up – reawakened; aarya putra iti vaadinii = noble’s, son, thus, while saying; mR^ityu daamabhiH sam viitam = by death’s, strings, fast, bound; patim dR^iSTvaa = husband, having seeing; ruroda = she wept.

On getting up as though reawakened from sleep she saw her husband bound fast by the strings of death, and then she wailingly addressed him as, “oh, nobleman’s son…” [4-19-27] .

ताम् अवेक्ष्य तु सुग्रीवः क्रोशन्तीम् कुररीम् इव |
विषादम् अगमत् कष्टम् दृष्ट्वा च अंगदम् आगतम् || ४-१९-२८
taam avekShya tu sugriivaH kroshantiim kurariim iva |
viShaadam agamat kaShTam dR^iShTvaa ca a.ngadam aagatam || 4-19-28


Show Description: Sloka 4.19.28

28. sugriivaH = to Sugreeva; kurariim iva kroshantiim = female osprey, like, wailing one; taam avekSya = her, on observing; aagatam angadam ca dR^iSTvaa = one who arrived, Angada, also, on seeing; kaSTam viSaadam agamat = miserable, remorse, came upon him.

On observing her who is wailing like a female osprey, and even on looking at Angada who arrived there, a miserable remorse came upon Sugreeva. [4-19-28] .

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