Saturday 2 March 2013

March 2,2013.Day 108. Srimad Valmiki Ramayan - The First Epic Poem Of India. (Continued)


Book I : Bala Kanda - Book Of Youthful Majesties
Chapter [Sarga] 3
अङ्गुलीयक दानम् च ऋक्ष्स्य बिल दर्शनम् |
प्रायोपवेशनम् च अपि संपातेः च अपि दर्शनम् || १-३-२६
26. a.nguliiyaka daanam ca = ring of his finger, giving, also; R^ikshasya bila darshanam = Riksha's cave, seeing; praayopaveshanam ca api = fasting unto death, and, even; sampaateH ca api darshanam = Sampaati, also, even, seeing.
Rama's giving his ring to Hanuma as a token for Seetha's recognition... and the monkeys thus searching see Riskha cave, bear-cave, and their fasting unto death for their quest remained unsuccessful, and their seeing Sampaati, another mighty eagle and the brother of slain Jatayu, who guides the monkeys to the destination where Seetha is held capitive. [1-3-26]
पर्वत आरोहणम् च अपि सागर्स्य अपि लङ्घनम् |
समुद्र वचनात् च एव मैनाकस्य च दर्शनम् || १-३-२७
27. parvataa aarohaNam ca api = mountain [Mt. Mahendra,] climbing, also, even; saagarasya ca la.nghanam = of ocean, also, leaping out of;samudra vachanaat ca eva = Ocean's, advise of, also, thus; mainaakasya ca darshanam = of Mt. Mainaka, also, seeing.
Hanuma's climbing Mt. Mahendra to leap over the ocean, and on the advice of the Ocean, Mt. Mainaka's coming up from under waters to give rest to Hanuma, and Hanuma's seeing that mountain are depicted. [1-3-27]

राक्षसी तर्जनम् च एव छाया ग्राहस्य दर्शनम् |
सिंहिकायाः च निधनम् लङ्का मलय दर्शनम् || १-३-२८
28. raakshasii tarjanam ca eva = demoness', killing, also, thus; Chaayaa graahsya darshanam = seeing, Simhika, the capturer by shadow, seeing her; simhikaayaaH ca nidhanam = Simhika's, killing, also; la.nkaa malaya darshanam = Lanka, mountain's, seeing.
Hanuma's killing the demoness Surasa, and his seeing of Simhika, a rapacious creature of gigantic origin, which captures its prey by the shadow, and Hanuma's killing that Simhika, and his seeing the mountain of Lanka, called Mt. Trikuta, on which the state of Lanka is built, Valmiki described them all. [1-3-28]
रात्रौ लंका प्रवेशम् च एकस्य अपि विचिंतनम् |
आपान भूमि गमनम् अवरोधस्य दर्शनम् || १-३-२९
29. raatrau la.nkaa pravesham ca = in night, Lanka, entering, also; ekasya api vichintanam = lonely, even though, thinking over; aapaana bhuumi gamanam = liquor consuming, place, going to; avarodhasya darshanam = of secure place, [the palace chambers,] seeing.
In night Hanuma's entry into Lanka, for being lonely his thinking over the course to search for Seetha, and his going to the liquor consumption place, and also his seeing the palace chambers of Ravana... [1-3-29]
दर्शनम् रावणस्य अपि पुष्पकस्य च दर्शनम् |
अशोक वनिकायानम् सीतायाः च अपि दर्शनम् || १-३-३०
30. darshanam raavaNasya api = seeing, Ravana, also; puSpakasya ca darshanam = of Pushpaka [aircraft,] also, seeing; ashoka vanikaayaanam = in Ashoka, gardens; siitaayaaH ca api darshanam = Seetha, also, even, seeing.
Hanuma's seeing Ravana, and also his seeing Pushpaka, the divine aircraft, and in Ashoka gardens, his seeing Seetha also... [1-3-30]


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