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C O N T E N T S C O N Salutation4. Sloka 1 Sloka 2 Sloka 3 Sloka 4 Sloka 5 Sloka 6 Sloka 7 Sloka 8 Sloka 9 Sloka 10 5. Sloka 11 9. Sloka 12 13. Sloka 13 16. Sloka 14 20. Sloka 15 22. Sloka 16 25. Sloka 17 29. 32. 35. 37. 40. 43. 45. 48. 51. 54. Introduction1. Slokams and Commentaries 3.
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such and in reverse order, the such and in reverse order, the author himself to facilitate Arasanipalai near Kancheepuram and er difficult to understand and the Ramayana closely but there is a Ramayana closely e the latter narrating the story of e the latter narrating the kan. He had mastery in poetry and and kan. He had mastery in poetry me in English along with the Sanskrit me in English along with the Sanskrit the most important of them being comprises of 30 verses and deals with comprises of 30 verses and ry of Krishna which will be explained as 1 ïI> consists of 60 slokas in all. consists of 60 slokas in all. --Dr.Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.d, Siromani in Sanskrit --Dr.Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.d, Siromani in Sanskrit Raghavayadhaveeyam by composing which he got back his lost eyesight. by composing which he got
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bhadrollAsaMbhAskarApatyavAhi nyan kRRitiamullasitAM vidhAyapadyaiHvivRRiNotisvayamevave~NkaTAryaH|| kRRitiamullasitAM nAthohalyAnandahetuH pradattAMrA anuvarNitarAmakRRishNavRRitteranulomapratilomavAcanAbhyAm| anuvarNitarAmakRRishNavRRitteranulomapratilomavAcanAbhyAm| a~ncitaM jyotiramaraira~ncanAdrAvuda~ncitam|| a~ncitaM jyotiramaraira~ncanAdrAvuda~ncitam|| ÉÔae‘as<ÉaSkrapTyvaih NyNtdIRVyÚvStvEyuR'!¢ba[>, k«itmu‘ista< ivxay p*E> ivv&[aeit Svymev ve»qayR>. nawaehLyanNdhetu> àdÄa< rajIva]ae ra"vae yadvae va. ki~ncitsa~ncintayogopIkilaki~ncitava~ncitam| Anuvi[Rtramk«Z[v&Äernulaemàitlaemvacna_yam!, ikiÂTsiÂNtyaegaepIiklikiÂtviÂtm!, AiÂt< JyaeitrmrErÂnaÔavudiÂtm!. SALUTATION 4
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), woman, that is, Sita. and ApyAgah ed to the mountains of Malaya and the time with Sita is mentioned with rAmA the thought of Sita and returnedthe thought of Sita and to 5 - The mountains of Sahya and Malaya- The mountains of Sahya and which SLOKA 1 SLOKA rAmAdheeh , that which is in Ayodhya, , that which is in Ayodhya, mind, in ( means mountain) dhee) Aga ayodhyAbhavE - With his ( Apthum yogyAH agAh means means from Sree that is Sita. enjoyment enjoyment means in the mansion. means obtained. Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary these mountains. Rama who was roaming around in the mountains lookingthese mountains. Rama who for Sita, is denoted by the words, Ravana his return to Ayodhya and passing the rest of the sloka. AyOdhye vAse LeelAm shrItam Ara Sahya, with his mind occupied with with occupied mind his with Sahya, Ayodhya and was sporting with Sita for a long time. rAmA dheeh ApyAgah - were fit to travel. ( By anuloma or primary order, the sloka describes Rama. By anuloma or primary order, the sloka describes Rama. who travel I pay obeisance to Sri Rama, kAlaM bhAsA ya:| taM shrItaM rantAraM vande ahaM devaM vAse|| ApyAga:leelAm Ara Ayodhye rAma: rAmAdhI: vNde=h< dev
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gious austerities like penance and the company of Sita ed by penance and sacrifice, who plays who and sacrifice, ed by penance worshipped by the gopis, whose chest worshipped by the gopis, 7 ly by reading it in devanagari) who is adorned with radiant ornaments. shrItaM vande ahaM devam|| The whole sentence implies sentence implies The whole it is as follows: ePyaraxI maramaera>, meansand the time he was spending - that Rama.
refers to the spiritual and reli bow down , with his splendor. , with his - I, Sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Sloka in reverse order Sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Sloka in reverse order Seva - I bow to lord Krishna, who is contemplat with Rukmini and other consorts, who is is the sporting field of Lakshmi and splendor and to such Rama I offer my obeisance. splendor and to such Rama I sevaXyeyae ramalalI ga sevAdhyeyo rAmAlAlee gopyArAdhI mArAmorA:| yassAbhAla~NkAraM tAraM taM (The reverse order will be obvious on ySsaÉal»ar< tar< t< ïIt< vNde=h< devm!. ySsaÉal»ar< tar< t< ïIt< aham vande tam devam aham vande tam Now by prathiloma or Krishna. reversion, the same sloka describes backwards, Reading from Meaning: KAlam rantAram bhAsa aham vande - tam devam Ayodhya Rama spent long time enjoying sadagopan.org sacrifice. aham - tam - with ornaments. ala~NkAra sAbhAla~NkAram the playgroundofLakshmi, mAyAh ArAmabhoothahurahyasya sah mArAmOrAh the gopis. gOpyArAdhEE lAlee he revels, rAmA austerities likeyoga,thapasetc. dhyeyah meaningonewhorevels. meanswomanandhereit that Krishna, I, - to be contemplated. The Lord can be understood only through tAram - denotes ornamentsand - istobesplitas mA
loudly, - shrItam - means Lakshmi. means Lakshmi. bhA bhA Krishnaplayingwith Rukmini vande is radiance. as sheresidesinHisheart. who iswithLakshmi, -pray. gopyah ArAdhayanthitham refers totheeightwive ArAma the whole wordmeans, whole the 8 bhasA saha saha bhasA , thatis,hewho hasthe chestwhichis meanssportand = sAbhah s ofKrishnawithwhom , heisworshippedby hewhois radiant urah , withradiance. isthechest. sadagopan.org
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SLOKA 2 SLOKA jyAyAm a A¢(a savazarava. a A¢(a savazarava. means named means earth (also Akhya - Ayodhya had another - Ayodhya had another jyA - - was. - which, - which, Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary yA There was a city called Ayodhya, on a city called Ayodhya, There was with earth, which was shining in brahmins who were well-versed and wasvedas, and with merchants the place of abode of Dasaratha, always the son of Aja, and it was attended who by the devas partake the assembled there to it and offerings of the sacrifices ofwas the first and foremost all the cities on earth. sAketAkhya name Saketha. jyAyAm means the string of the bow here means only earth) and means on earth. Aseet sAketAkhyA AryAdhArA| yA viprAdIptA jyAyAmAseet pU: AjIta adevAdyAvishvAsA agryA sAvAshArAvA|| saketaOya JyayamasIt! ya ivàadIÝa AayaRxara, AayaRxara, ya ivàadIÝa JyayamasIt! saketaOya pU> AajIt Adeva*aivñas sadagopan.org sound heremeaningthat of those whoeatoutof thesacrif sAvASArAvA They are,Ayodhya,Mathura,Maaya, caivasaptaidAHmokShadAyikAH||" pUrI dvAravaTI "ayodyA mathurAmayAkAshIMkA~nciravantikA pUrI ÖarvtIcEvsÝEda>mae]daiyka>. Ayae*a mwura mya in theslokathatgives which issaid tosecureeternal happine qualifies ayodhya,afemininenoun.Ther agryA pU: AdhArAh -AryAH AryADHaRA viprAdIptA viprAdIptA sacrifices conductedcontinuously. attendance ofthedevasthereinor avishvAsaH dEvAdishu themeaningbeco avisvAsa adhEva and VishvAsa adevAdyAvishvAsa tena itA AjItA - city. - derived as - derived - firstandforemost.Theadjective - acquiredbyhimmeaningAyodhya. is faith and - thesupportofcity,denotesitsriches. -shining, - Sava kazI— kaiÂrv Kasi, Kanchi, Avanthi and Dvaraka. Kasi,Kanchi,AvanthiandDvaraka. 10 ss. AyodhyAisthefirstonementioned viprAH savASA - merchant community, - merchantcommunity, der topartaketheoffering ofthe mes positive. That is, there was no Thatis,there wasno mes positive. e aresevensacred citiestodieat = AjeeH -brahmins, agra meansdevas, . isinfeminineform asit This , the son of Aja. Aja. of son , the partake theofferings. partake usingdoublenegative, implies ArAva vipraih +AdIptA = savam asnanthi savam tAh istumultuous the frequent , theywere , sadagopan.org is the rashi Radha and the seat is water and and water is vari ishna, the Lord of of Lord the ishna, on earth as the noteworthy of the of the on earth as the noteworthy the ground of scholars who contest in the ground of scholars who 11 s situated in the midst of ocean. A yA jyAkhyAtA ke sA|| A yA jyAkhyAtA City of dwaraka (courtesy:www.vaishnava.cz) ya JyaOyata ke sa. sa. ke ya JyaOyata means in the midst of ocean, sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) in reverse sloka sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) in reverse sloka vArAshAvAsAgryA sAshvAvidyAvAdetAjeerA pU:| dIprA vidyAsIm rAdhAryAptA varazavasa¢(asañaiv*avadetajIra pU>, iv*asIma raxayaRÝa dIàa Meaning was famous The city of Dvaraka, which elephants, cities, abundant in horses and debates, the place of residence of Sri Kr residence of debates, the place wa for spiritual knowledge of learning vArAshou sadagopan.org khyAtA yA being theseatofBhagavan. the Brahmavidhya whichisthe boundaryor dIprA had KrishnaasitsLord. Lord. cities which aresupposed togivemoks rAdhAryAptA pU: - vidhyAvAdhEshu ithAjayaHthEshAmirA. winning inthebattleand vidyAvAdetAjeera sashva quoted aboveas agryA Asa meaningocean. assemblage, - whichcitywas means 'itwas.' tham prAptha heremeansimportantorpraisewo -shining, is city. -withhorseswhichinclude elephant - famous, -famous, - rAdhArya vidyAsImA puree dhvAravatIcaiva puree sA - means, 'having got Him' meanin means, 'havinggotHim' -thatcity(was), vidhyAvAda is Krishna, split as isKrishna,split means thelimit oflearningliterally anditimplies irA is the ground.Theword isthe isderivedas is thedebateoflearning; ha toonewho leaves hisbody there. 12 ke -inwater. in theend ofthelist oftheseven s and other paraphernaliaofkings. s andother rthy, being mentioned in the sloka rthy, beingmentionedinthesloka theuppermostlimitofalllearning, rAdAyAh g the city of dvaraka which g thecityofdvaraka = ofradha, itAjee AryaH AryaH means means = sadagopan.org = kAmasya bhAH as the place where . As this may create a false . As this may create a false used by Manmatha, according to used by Manmatha, according fulfilled. is the land of deep wells of deep wells is the land fulfilled. mansions, the abodes of riches and mansions, the abodes could be translated could be translated 13 SLOKA 3 SLOKA who explains the word as who explains Ayodhya abounding in mansions means shining with the ardour ca means shining with the ardour The meaning in primary order (anuloma) The meaning in primary The meaning in primary order (anuloma) The meaning in primary manmatThasya thejaH, thasya sThalabhoothAh Ayodhya it notion about the people of all the desires. kAma is satisfied. splendour and of people, whose desires are splendour and of people, whose and of red coloured earth or of red gold. and the cooing of saarasa birds kAmabhAh the author of the commentary The city of Ayodhya, abounding in The city of Ayodhya, abounding kAmabhArassthalasArashreesaudhA asau ghanvApikA| asau kAmabhArassthalasArashreesaudhA sarAgAkArasubhUribhU:|| sArasAravapeenA kamÉarSSwlsarïIsaExa AsaE "Nvaipka, "Nvaipka, AsaE kamÉarSSwlsarïIsaExa sragakarsuÉUirÉU>. sarsarvpIna sadagopan.org red colouredgold,as means thecityofAyodhyawhichiseither subhUri sarAgAkArasubhooribho: with thecooingofsArasabirds. cooing sound,peenaliterallymeaningsh lotuses, that is the city of Dvaraka. lotuses, thatisthecity ofDvaraka. peevara ritual. bhUri +bhUsurakaagArAsanA was visible. without blemishesanditshineswithma full ofbrahmins.Thelotusesblossoming The housesofDvarakaarehavingraised Meaning: kA apivaanaghasaudhaasaushreerasAlasthabhAmakA|| peevarasArasA| bhUribhUsurakAgArAsanA ka AipvAn"saeExAsaEïIrsalSwÉamka. pIvrsarsa, ÉUirÉUsurkagarasna sArasAravapeenA vApee saudhA sArashree sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) isawell means amansionwhile means (may meangoldorsimplyrichcolour). (big) + may be construed to meanall maybeconstruedto ghanavapee sarasa - sArasa subhUri (lotus) = - impliestheplace which hasdeepwells. sarAga ( (bird) + (bird) may also mean richas mayalsomean asou - abounding in brahmins around the daisof - aboundinginbrahminsaround meansthis,Ayodhya. peevarasrasa with ragaorredcolour)+ Arava 14 ngo treesonthetopofwhichsun the riches essentialfor life. out), denoting thecitywhichisout), denoting filled there arelarge. The city hasmansions platformsfordoingritualsandhence (sound) + (sound) ofredcolouredearthorrichwith BhU: - denotesthatwhich hasbig bhUri is the land or earth and peenA meansabundance. (meaning a lotof AkAra (form) + + (form) sadagopan.org bhamaka is mansion. is mansion. n was on the mango n was on the saudhA is mango tree, rasAla means faultless, means 15 means that the Su anagha Houses in dwArakA means glory or beauty, means glory or is fault and is fault shree - agha - shreerasAlasthabhAmaka - this, (Dvaraka) asau shreerasAlastha anaghasaudhA is the Sun, that the trees are very tall. trees, implying sadagopan.org infinite joyandhasneverkn allsins,wasneve capable ofdestroying The cityofAyodhyawaspervadedbyth nAmahAm akShararasaMtArAbhA:tunavedayA|| AgorodhanamAsatAm|| samAnenam rAmadhAma namham! A]rrs Éa> tu n ved ya. nvedya. Éa> tu own thelightofstars. Source ofinfinitejoy SLOKA 4 16 r without festivals, was a source of r withoutfestivals,wasasource e lustreofRama,equaltotheSun, sadagopan.org . tAm and - the light of - the light akshararasam giving the meaning e to the abundance of abundance of e to the sam tArAbhA: s) for the same reason in the Yadava clan, or the word dhavas, providing light to all, the plunged into darkness; the reason for the reason plunged into darkness; cows and the abode of limitless power cows and the abode of limitless - did not know, - did not meaning sin. Also there were festivals meaning sin. Also there were 17 Aga = light) meaning that du meaning that = light) means one who gives. , na veda , na veda , in a meaning the Sun, took over that city, the Sun, took over that city, , in a meaning , the brilliant lustre of Rama, which was equal to lustre of Rama, which was , the brilliant bhA rAtA = meaning not without festival samAnenam = star, and means Sun, and he is the Sun of rAmadhAma is light and , destroyed all sins, amaha Ina + tAra bha - - protected well, the addition of the prefix - na - Which, meaning Ayodhya meaning - Which, Sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Sloka in reverse order Sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Sloka in reverse order may also mean master. bhArAtA samrakSha of excellence. noblest, generous and the Lord of the and prosperity protected well the city of Dvaraka. YadavEnaH yadven> tu Éarata s Abode of Limitless power 18 sadagopan.org + Asama is limitless. anema 19 and wealth means limit and means limit tejas nema - , Lordof the cows, Gopala means unequal means unequal - noble - noble - great minded, generous minded, generous - great gOswAmi rA - - rA - + gOmAn . anemAsamadhAmarAH mAnadharaH dhAma mahAmanAh sadagopan.org ashree avoid them, inauspicious, andwanted to impediments thatare bheemAn vitAna performance ofyajna., pleasure, comfort. desirous, yogi, sage, who was son ofGadhi.Hewasa whowasthe Visvamithra gAdheyah withglory. calm, growing obtained Ramawhowas the destructiveelements, of comfortably, andafraid yajna the performing desired thepleasureof who The sageVisvamithra, taM khyAtaM sheetaM spheetaM bheemAnAmaashreehAtAtrAtam|| yan gAdheyaH yogee rAgeevaitAnesaumyesaukhyeasau| t< Oyat sadagopan.org , of , by his saukhye khyAta , protector yodha . , endowed with trAta , cool, also means , on account of the saumye means 'alas' and indicates shreemAn sheetaH hA spheetam and the sloka serves as pAdhapoorana, , protection for his yajna. grew, versed in music, approached Krishna, versed in music, approached the rest of the story is about. The da which was to create disturbance in Ama for the welfare of the world, singing. of the the welfare for aM spheetaM sheetaM khyAtaM| khyAtaM| sheetaM spheetaM aM o was the leader among brahmins, who o was the leader among brahmins, . The word . The 21 , among brahmins, geerAgee khyAti , calm and cool and who was , calm and cool neta gAyan i geerAgee yaH yodhe gAyan|| i geerAgee yaH yodhe gAyan|| , Krishna, who was sheeta Ama protector of the courage of the warriors protector of the courage of . His fame, AÉIt< S)It< zIt< Oyat<, AÉIt< S)It< vE gIragI y> yaexe gayn!. of the world. trAta, means one who avoids. one who avoids. means khyAtaH , drenched with mercy and hence cool. Krishna was Krishna cool. , drenched with mercy and hence , grown and ' at the end of the third line of hAtA and , approached, vai saukhyam spheeta and asau means obtained. He obtained Rama who is here denoted by by denoted here is who Rama obtained He obtained. means sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse fame, and Visvamithra obtained(of the yajna) taM trAtA hA shreemAn Ama abheet asau netA va saukhye saumye Meaning: Sage Narada, glorious with lustre, wh t< Çata ha ïIman! Aam t< Çata ha ïIman! saEOye saEMye AsaE neta yan and well instilled courage in the warriors growing in fame who was cool, fearless, Narada was the shree music. He was skilled in music, music. He was skilled in He, dhayAsheetam spheetaH welfare Narada Krishna singing, came to gap in metre. filling up the the household of Krishna, which is what the household syllable ' auspicious qualities and a leader, auspicious qualities and a leader, the real purpose of the arrival of Nara sadagopan.org avAmatarA samA gosamA speech. is interval), uninterrupted orcontinous,( + kAviramadalApa the earth,thatisSita. rasAja rasAjA of Lakshmi. beautiful lustre andwhoistheLord form ofaman,possessed her, obtainedRama,whowasinthe patience), truetothosewhobow joy, whoisequaltotheearth(in uninterruptedwhose wordsprovide Sita, whowasbornfromtheearth, kAvirAmadalApa gosamaavAmatarAnate|| sukumArAbhaMrasAja ApanRRitAshritaM| mAramaM kaivramdlap gaesmAvamtra nte. marm< suk…maraÉ ka Vama giverof, - - joy,byher means earthand means aj Aap n&taiït<, aj Aapn&taiït<, ka + means cunning avirAma avirAma Virama lapa + SLOKA 6 da da go - - 22 SItA obtainedrAmA sadagopan.org is added to is added imply greater - beautiful luminance and luminance - beautiful ), consort that is of Lakshmi, tarA = being a man.) = being a man.) Rukmini got Krishna as husband Abha + nrta , mArama to 23 avika nrpaja ue to natha, who bows to her. who bows ue to natha, ava sukumAra - (devas) + Rama, who was ( Rama, who was Apa) amara - born) ja sukumArAbha - is straight forward. The particle The particle forward. is straight , who has incarnated as a man ( , who has incarnated ), from Krishna, brought by ), from Krishna, brought - truthful - the word for Lakshmi denotes - king, avama parijata nrpa sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse nrtashrita tena rAtam avAma asa gopalAt amarAvika| tena rAtam avAma asa gopalAt rAmA kusumaM ramA|| taM shrita nRRipajA sArabhaM Meaning: of the Rukmini, Lakshmi, the daughter a woman of king, protector of the devas, (as her truthfulness, who got Krishna flower husband) obtained the lustrous ( Narada. ramA Rukmini who was the incarnation of Lakshmi. She was a princess, ten ratm! Avam As gaeplat! Amraivk, Amraivk, gaeplat! As ratm! Avam ten t< iït n&pja sarÉ< rama k…sum< rma. and Sita is tr of truthfulness. degree Narayana, ( amarAvikA She obtained ( She obtained (protector); from the verb protect. avAma sadagopan.org tena - rAtam gopAlAt sArabham asa tena tam shritA - obtained. -obtained. on thefirstlinereferstoNarada. -broughtby him (Narada.) -fromKrishna. - - gothim,Krishna(asherhusband). SAra + bha , essentiallylustrous. 24 tam refers to Krishna while refers toKrishna sadagopan.org He destroyed demons (Courtesy:www.kamat.com) 25 SLOKA 7 SLOKA means Sun. Ina sug> re[ukagaÇje ÉUéme. sug> re[ukagaÇje AtapInteja> irpaE Aante, irpaE Aante, AtapInteja> kheda kheda - Sri Rama - one who is full of mercy. - lustre like the Sun. like the Sun. - lustre is one who has duhkha has duhkha is one who is duhkha and Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Sri Rama, who was was who Sri Rama, always merciful towards aggrieved, who shined was easily Sun but like the approachable and who destroyed the demons tormenting the sages became cool in his luminescence when the the inimical Parasurama, the son of Renuka, who had all and earth as his wealth roamed around it, became humble. RamanAma kheda bhAva dayAvAn natEjah Anate| ripau khedabhAve dayAvAn atApeenatejAH rAmanAmA sadA kAdimodAsahAtA svabhAsA rasAme sugaH reNukAgAtraje bhUrume|| ramnama sda oedÉaveramnama dyavan! kaidmaedashata SvÉasa rsame SvÉasa kaidmaedashata sadagopan.org that vanquishedeven theMeru. Shelook smell, havingobtained theparijathaflow Rukmini, becamedistasteful ofallfl Meaning: tena vApArijAtenapeetAnavA yAdaveabhAtakhedA samAnAmara|| hAsadAmodikA| bhAsvatA gosumesAarasA merubhUjetragA kANure ten vapairjatenpItanva meéÉUjeÇga ka[uregaesumesaArsaÉaSvtahasdamaeidka, mOdAsAhAta (Achamana) water,meansthesages. sahAtha kAdimOdhA sugaH atApee svabhasa mA who traversesthewhole earth; rasame Anate RenukagAtraja ripau meaningRama. destroys them, throw awaythejoyofsa sloka inreverse sloka sloka inreverse sloka - lakshmeeH, wealth, both epithets qualifying Parasurama. - lakshmeeH,wealth, bothepithetsqualifyingParasurama. -intheenemy,Parasura - whenhumbled. - easytoapproach( - - cool - byhisluminsecence, rasA - isearth, ( gAtra modam meaningbody) - order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) (joy), kam yadve AÉat! Aoeda smanamr. amati amati sukhena gamyate ( jalam ma, thesonofRenuka, ges, meaningtherAkshasas. asyanti means roaming, bhUrume ) adhanthi ithikAdhinah, 26 (throw away); (throw owers on earth which havevery little ed asthoughsheacquired anewbody, - er while being in Raivathaka mountain er whilebeinginRaivathaka mountain ) bhuvah uruH rasAm amatiitirasAmah mOdasAh - mOdasAh (more thantheearth), TAn hAta those whotakein those who who those one who , one sadagopan.org means the region hna, resembling a divine a divine hna, resembling merubhU Narada came Krishna to who - mountain. which vanquished even the Meru by its the Meru even vanquished which 27 aga er, shining white, with Kris white, with er, shining - Raivathaka mountain where - the one who won over. won who - the one jetr Rukmini collecting ParijAtA flowers (RajastAn style painting) Rukmini collecting ParijAtA flowers (RajastAn style painting) meru bhU jetragA was with Rukmini. It is called the one of Meru. glory, none the less due to Krishna's presence in it. to Krishna's presence due glory, none the less being, free of sorrow and always pleasing. and always pleasing. of sorrow being, free flow lustre of the with the sadagopan.org acquiring anewdivinebody.; samAnAmarA abhAt navA lustre.) peeta bhAsvata akhEda sadAmoditA means joy, kANura earth - sA - thatRukmini, - new,asifacquiredanewform - white,(normally - shone. -givingverylittlepleasure andhence she hadno tasteforit.( go - without sorrow, - withoutsorrow, ), - bythatshining(parijathaflower) aNu - alwaysgivingjoy. - equal toadivine meansaslittleanatom, arasA peeta kheda - without rasa, taste for - withoutrasa,tastefor meansyellowbuthereit meaningsorrow. being, meaningthat 28 rA means giving). means gosuma maydenotethewhite she shoneasthough (flower - (flower suma of ka sadagopan.org akshi means means means , unlike hA bhUma bhUma - the army or sArasa asama sArasa is the power of the means eyes, means quickly destroyer. aram akshi bhUma eyes. (Actually Rama who destroys the army Rama who destroys the army of asuras quickly with his show powerful eyes which fierceness unlike the lotuses they resemble, as he is the abode of protection, lived happily in Ayodhya with his residence. Seetha in asurasAra strength and abundance but here it denotes powerful eyes). Hence they are the lotuses they resemble. the lotuses they resemble. 29 SLOKA 8 SLOKA abode of protection (Courtesy:www.kamat.com) Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary sItayA| dhAmasu sArasAsamadhAta akShibhUmnA AsurasArahA kSheme aram || reme sAdhu asau iha sarsasmxat Ai]ÉUça xamsu sItya, sItya, xamsu Ai]ÉUça sarsasmxat reme ]eme Arm! Aasursarha. saxu AsaE #h sadagopan.org ramya means Rukmini. flower, pArijatha, whilethe word sAra - hAra adorned withathaseeflowers. without fear,wenthomewithKrishna,the king, parijatha flowerexquisitelikeapearlnecklace, Rukmini, theabodeofjo Meaning: bhUkShitAdhAmasasArasA|| ya atasIsumadhAmnA hArasArasumA ramyakShemeraihavisAdhvasA| y AtsIsumxaçaÉUi]taxamssarsa. harsarsuma rMy]emer#hivsaXvsa, sItaya sAdhu iha reme asau dhAma kSheme dhAta sloka inreverse sloka sloka inreverse sloka -he,Rama, -anecklace(usuallymeanspearl), -theonewhobearsorcarries.Here is delightful. - well, denotes thehighqualityofsuma denotes - withSita. - meansresidencehere. -onewhoprovideswellbeing. - reveledhere,inAyodhya, kShema order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) y and welfare, with the y andwelfare,withthe iswellbeingand harasArasumA 30 itmeansthepossessorofeyes. ira means abodeorland. Another parijata pushpam sadagopan.org ' vi , with Krishna, who , with Krishna, is fear. the prefix ' is fear. , adorned athasee with bhUkShita sAdhvasa 31 atasIpushpadhAma , their abode, dhAma Rukmini went home with Krishna (Courtesy:www.glimpseofkrishna.com) (Courtesy:www.glimpseofkrishna.com) , Rukmini, (ya) who had all these qualities, she (sA). these qualities, who had all , Rukmini, (ya) sA means one who is devoid of fear. ( one who is devoid means - went or moved to, - went or moved goes with qualifying Rukmini. adjective visAdhvasA is the king. Krishna is described as Krishna is described is the king. flower. sasAra denotes the absence of). denotes the absence yA sadagopan.org sa atramadhyamayatApepotAyaadhigatArasA|| sAgasA bharatAyaibhamAbhAtAmanyumattayA| s AÇmXymytapepaetayAixgtarsa. sagsa Értay#ÉmaÉatamNyumÄya, Meaning inprimaryorder(anuloma) Meaning inprimaryorder(anuloma) Bharatha getsRamapadhuka (Courtesy:www.kamat.com) SLOKA 9 32 means shiningand ibhamA abhigatA with anger. and shewas tApa Dasaratha. one of thewives of She is the onewithsin,Kaikeyi. aga Bharatha bysinfulmeans. for thesakeofherson anger, burning andmadwith (Middle wifeKaikeyi),whowas obtained bythemiddle one with thegloryofkingdom,was The landinAyodhya,shining is sinand is heat of isLakshmi, madhyama -got. manyumattA sAgasA manyu , the middle , the rasA means means (anger) isthe bhAta , mad , mad sadagopan.org , means shreStatA trasa means the waist). - hastily (by Krishna, that is madhyama o had the best intellect, becameo had the best intellect, and fear (due to the love of Krishna , it means that Bhama though endowed , it means that Bhama though endowed g the shining with land of Ayodhya the rabhAsa 33 the parijatha flower to Rukmini. the parijatha flower to Rukmini. , a waist of infinitesmal size. ( bhayeta , - of highest intellect. (sArathA - - of highest intellect. (sArathA d fear quickly without discrimination at the wrong done order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) Sathyabhama - madhyamatrasA sAratAgadhiya means intellect). means - by anger and AgasA rabhasa tapopetA dhee , the smallest visible particle and , the smallest visible particle bhAmA - became upset upset - became - by the wrong done to her, who was, is the offspring, Bharatha. is the offspring, - who had, - that sloka in reverse sloka in reverse thoughtlessly) tapopeta Attamanyumata being reduced towards her) When taken as sartagixya mXymÇsa, tapaepeta ya yaÄmNyumta Éama Éyeta rÉsagsa. sAratAgadhiyA tApopetA yA madhyamatrasA| yAttamanyumataa bhAmA bhayetA rabhasAgasA|| Meaning: waisted sathyabhama, wh The slender sa meanin land of ayodhya, the earth, here rajyalakshmi. pota possessed with anger an giving to her in haste by Krishna by yA trasareNu ya - (the best), Agasa sadagopan.org haste orthoughtlessly. the word with highintellectstungtothequickby AgasA istakenwith rabhasA 34 it means the wrong done by Krishna in the wrong done to her by Krishna. If sadagopan.org denotes apa - (like) a creeper. latA and the particle sukha out the abhisheka of Rama and caused out the abhisheka of Rama ) means reducing) grown pale became like a creeper and a creeper grown pale became like (disapproving the abhisheka), 35 tanu means SLOKA 10 SLOKA ka mahada rame kannd Aas sa, Aas sa, rame kannd - not doing the seva of the old king. - one who caused Rama to go to forest. - one who caused Rama to go (she was), - pale. - because of emaciation, ( emaciation, - because of - devoid of pleasure. ( - meaning alas! maham abhiSekotsavam khandayati iti sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary sA Asa devoid of) umAbhA rame kAnanadA ( apakA avRRiddha sevakA ahaha hh dahmyI kekEkavaseÏv&talya, sa sdannka Aamera Éama kaepdvanta. gave up serving the king, being upset ab gave up serving the king, being Rama to the forest. of the exile tAnavAt Kaikeyi, emaciated, lost all pleasures, Kaikeyi, emaciated, lost all tAnavAt apakA rAme kAnanada Asa sA| umAbhA kaikeyIyA latA avRRiddhasevAkA mahada ahaha|| tanvat! Apka %maÉa Apka %maÉa tanvat! ya lta Av&Ïsevaka kEkeyI mhd Ahh. sadagopan.org empowered withangerlikeforestfire. kopadavAnatA agitated. Amera sadhAnanakA and wholiveplaytherewasbolted. The housewhich isalways shining with abode), kekaikavaseddhavRRitAlaya dAhamayee haha the peacocksusedtoliveand forest fire,verymuchupsetand agitated Sathyabhama, whohasbeautifulface, be Meaning: sA sadAnanakAAmerAbhAmAkopadavAnatA|| | haha dAhamayeekekaikAvAseddhavRRitAlayA -alas - iddhah Amasya -agitated( - - sat (shining), (of illness), kOpa Evadhavah + AnanaakA dAha vRRita - irA means play, tobartheattendants. kekAnAm - withgoodface,meaningbeautiful face. (closed;withdoorslocked), (land).Shewasinthestateofillness,became santapa - angeristheforestfire, 36 peacocks whohavemadeittheirabode boltedthedoorofherabode,where (of thepeacocks), , burninggrief). came inflamedwithangeras with Alaya Alaya ekAvAsah tena AnatA (residence). (main (main - sadagopan.org , and it is means out is the one is the one mAnada meaning the chest pitrAdrat apahArorah urah + , meaning going against the , meaning going against the satya meansnoble, apahAra at Rama is luminous even without any any without even luminous is Rama at vara rous and valiant and firm, went to the rous and valiant and firm, s father who was ashamed of discarding 37 - is one who is ashamed. SLOKA 11 SLOKA , luminous coupled with hreeta hreeta bhAsvara order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) (pearl necklace) and the word stands for all ornaments. is discarding the truth, - he went to the forest is shame, is shame, - valiant and courageous. hree satyAsa muktahara denotes wonder. sloka in reverse Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary sloka in reverse Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary So the two adjectives together mean th bereft of bereft ornament. sthiradheera: asau vanagAmee of regard for his father. Rama is described as meaningful. The latter word is split as saeMyganvraraehapr> xIr> iSwrSvÉava>, iSwrSvÉava>, xIr> saeMyganvraraehapr> respected, word given. It is a wonder that Rama, who is lust It is a wonder that Rama, for hi forest, unadorned, out of regard aho| varamAnadasatyAsahreetapitrAdarAt asau|| apahArorA: vanagAmee bhAsvara: sthiradheera: noble. the word given, being aho varamAnadasatyAsahreetapitrAdarat vrmandsTyasÿItipÇadrat! Ahae, Ahae, vrmandsTyasÿItipÇadrat! Apharaera> vngamI AsaE. ÉaSvr> iSwrxIr> sadagopan.org his action,asthough in fear. endowed withaflair for music,approach Krishna,whoisof firmna In Dvaraka, Meaning: AravA|| satyAsadanam ho darAtatraApitahree dheera:sthirasvabhAvA:| somyagAnavarArohApara: hae drat!AÇAaiptÿIsTyasdnm!Aarva. Endowed withaflair ofMusic 38 ture and valiant, attached tohis wife, ture andvaliant,attached ed theresidenceofBama, ashamedof sadagopan.org iva, wed with a flair for music. a flair for wed with is used in the meaning of is used in the in accordance with metrical in accordance vA ho 39 , that is Krishna and , that is Krishna means Sathyabhama, one endo Sathyabhama, means Hari , which changes into , , from fear. - means firm nature. - means firm nature. hah denotes Krishna who is attached to her. is attached to Krishna who denotes means acquired shame, ashamed. means acquired shame, ashamed. darAt parah - valiant - went. otherwise The word The word dheera sthirasvabhAva ho somyagAnavarArahA requirement, means as though, Apitahree - Ara sadagopan.org davE earth ( intellect ( yA over theshameful act ofKaikeyi,boldlywithoutlosingherlustre. tothosewhoresort the studyofsasthras Seetha, thedaughterofmotherea sA gatAhiviyAtAhreesatApAnakilaUnAbhA|| yA nayAnaghadheetAdA rasAyA:tanayAdave| sa gtaihivyataÿIstapanikl^naÉa. ya nyan"xItadarsaya>tnyadve, Meaning inprimaryorder(anuloma) Meaning inprimaryorder(anuloma) (referstoSeetha,)theonewhowas - to the forest,( -tothe rasA dhee ). ) purified bythesasthras( Sita,thedaughterofmotherEarth dava (Courtesy: www.kamat.com) ) SLOKA 12 40 rth, whogivespureintellectthrough nayAnagha nayAnagha dheetAdA toher,wenttheforest,grieved ), and the daughterofthe ), andthe , giver( dA ) of ) of sadagopan.org t protector and the ) bhA e giver of wealth was not even looked e giver of wealth was not even looked and who was disgraced by the insult hna, the resplenden hna, the ) lustre ( 41 Una order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) - not at all without ( - not at all without - giver of wealth - not looked at - bold means with anguish means with anguish - went - protector - one who is resplendent. means shame means - he, Krishna. - that Seetha - that Seetha sloka in reverse sloka in reverse one who has Garuda as his vehicle and th bhAn aloki na pAtA sa: hreetA yA vihitAgasA | na pAtA sa: hreetA bhAn aloki dheeghanayAvedayAna: tayA sAradAta anayA || Meaning: wisdom By Sathyabhama, who had deep sa: Éan! Alaeik n pata s> ÿIta ya ivihtagsa, ÿIta ya ivihtagsa, pata s> Alaeik n Éan! Anya. xI"nya tya sardat vedyan> Kris (of giving the flower to Rukmini), at. bhAn na alOki pAtA sAradAta ViyatA satApa na kila UnabhA gatA hree sA sadagopan.org vedasvarupa ( vedasvarupa vedayana: vihitAgasa hreetA yA deep wisdom. dheeghanayA anaya tayA - theone who - byher, -thisSathyabhama - felt ashamed(beingslighted) -onewhohasGarudaashisvehicle ( -bytheslightdonetoher vedatmA vihagesvara: vedatmA - dhee (Courtesy:www.glimpseofkrishna.com) (intellect), Satyabhama gets angry withKrishna Satyabhama getsangry Ghana - chathuslokiofYamunacharya) 42 (deep).Theword meansbyherwhohas yAna ) garudaiscalled sadagopan.org gahin ). is restraint and dama e passionate wicked, arrogant without e passionate wicked, arrogant 43 ss approached Bharadvaja and the sages areeNAm samUhah int, that is self- controlled. SLOKA 13 SLOKA , fatigue. AyAsa means restraint. da refers to the rshis like Bharadvaja. refers to the rshis like Bharadvaja. - by his tejas. - means approached denotes one with - violent, - one who burns, - arrogant to torment), (because of their power one who goes, - one with raga, passion. ( of enemies means the collection - unrestrained, Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Rama,the scorcher of enemies who ar Rama,the scorcher of enemies damagAhinah adhuti ada agAtha | mahasA haha rAgirAdhutigarvAdAradAha: AyAsee damagAhina:yAn agAta bharadvAjam || self control (rakshasas), by his prowe tired by walking. becoming self controlled, who were rAgi garva Ara dAhah mahasa Yan - AyAsee restra means one who has fathomed raigraxuitgvaRdardah> mhsa hh, AayasI dmgaihn>. yan! Agat ÉrÖajm! sadagopan.org haha sA Aha burden ofbringing( dhuragirA Agati mahodAradaru vA Arabhatagah gAm noAjat- AdaseeyAm responsibility ofbringingtheparijatha tree. to him,startedspeakingwhenKrishn sathyabhama, whoneitherlistenedtoth Meaning: haha sAAhamahodAradArvAgatidhurAgirA|| no higAmadaseeyAmAjatvaArabhatagA:nayA | hh saAahmhaedardavaRgitxuraigra. nae ihgam!AdsIyamajt!vAarÉtga>nya, haha sloka inthereverseorder(prathiloma) sloka inthereverseorder(prathiloma) denotessurprise. meansalas! - shespoke - ofKrishna,thewearer ofadhasee flower did not know his words, meaning didnotpayheedtohiswords. knowhiswords,meaning did not - nor started to speak. - norstartedto Agatidhura ) thedivinetree( - bythewords( 44 a said that he will undertake the hewillundertake that a said e wordsofKrishnanorsaidanything mahodAradAru girA ) ofKrishnawhotookthe ). sadagopan.org iva - here means gait means here yAtra (the hosts of rakshasas) + is the substitute for va eeze, qualifying chitrakoota. (mass of lustre) which seems to (mass of lustre) which seems yAturAji It could mean that the place is free It could mean that the place is fault and is fault and faultless gait, reached the chitrakoota se and hence has to be connected with with connected has to be se and hence soft breeze and the place was shining soft breeze and the place 45 agha bhAram + SLOKA 14 SLOKA is split as ~NgAbha: anaghayAtrayA || ~NgAbha: anaghayAtrayA means heaven and bhA dyA demons being subdued. demons being subdued. - associated with gentle br with faultless gait. yAturAjidabhabharam - like the heaven. - that is the mountain - that Rama, - reached the place (destroyed or subdued) + Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary sah Ara padam anagha yAtrayA agam - like mArutagandhagam from the rakshasaa due to the power of sages like Agasthya. from the rakshasaa due to the dyAm va Rama, with splendour like Kubera, with ca accusative but it is in denote Rama the sentence. the object in the chitrkoota dyAM va mArutagandhagamyAturAjidabhAbhAraM | padaM yakShatu sa: agam Ara the with hill, which was like heaven, glorious with the hosts of The word da yaturaijdÉaÉar< *a< v maétgNxgm!, *a< v maétgNxgm!, yaturaijdÉaÉar< pd< y]tu¼aÉ> An"yaÇya. s> Agm! Aar sadagopan.org rambhAbhadajira yA dyAm Ava gandhagam tarum of thefaultwhichpacifies kShaya kShayadam param Agasam ghanAbhah Rambha toreachtheparijathatreeofdivinefragrance. Sathyabhama, wenttoheavenwhichwa Krishna,Meaning: of huegandhagam tarumAvadyAMrambhAbhAdajirAtuyA|| likeyAtrayA ghanabha:gAtuM the cloud,gNxgm! tém!Aav*a , pacifying,thoughtheword tu~Nga is high kShaya , sadagopan.org ) with Rambha. ) with Rambha. bhAt 47 ) which shines ( shines ) which ajira court ( has which the heaven sadagopan.org sense. rAjaAlyah pradamah Asa daNDakAm attainable andenjoyedbysinle Rama, whoisself-controlled, theva sa: samAnavatAnenobhogyAbha:natadAAsa|| daNDakAM pradama:rAjAlya:hatAmayakArihA| s> smanvtanenaeÉaeG d{fka< àdm> rajaLy> htamykairha, to enjoyHim, is the idea.two negativeparticles greatness onlytheeternalsoulsknow,ha whose glory wasenjoyed bythehumans bhogyAbhAh having human state, thatis,humanbeings. samAnavatA daNDakam Asa tada sah thatis,Rama. Parasurama, qualifies Meaning intheprimaryorder(anuloma) Meaning intheprimaryorder(anuloma) -thatRama, - then, -then, rAjalyah. arih -onewhohasselfcontrol -thearray ofkings. - is the glory that is enjoyed. The whole compound means the one mAnavatA - enteredDhandakaforest - enteredDhandakaforest. yaÉ> ntdaAasn. - enemy of them, Parsurama. - enemyofthem,Parsurama. is human state and humanstate is ss humans, reached Dandaka forest. ss humans,reachedDandakaforest. SLOKA 15 hatAmayaka 48 nquisher ofParsuramaandwhowas , meaning Rama. That the Lord whose , meaningRama.ThattheLordwhose d comedowntoearthforthehumans anena means healthy(withoutillness) means samAnavatA meanssinless( arihA na , na isthevanquisher of is theonewhois is indicated positive indicatedpositive Enas is sin) and sadagopan.org hArikAya ahalyAjAra . ( d The nandanavana, hArikAyamathAhalyAjAramO hArikAyamatAhalyajAra , denoting acceptance, , denoting acceptance, ader of all , reache of all , ader 49 duced Ahalya with attractive body. duced Ahalya with attractive sammata means - Who is always the object of enjoyment. enjoyment. of - Who is always the object mata source of great delight to Indra. reached the forest, which is reached the forest, which means leader, - that Krishna sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) in reverse sloka sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) in reverse sloka netA vanam Asa sa: | no na sadAtanabhogyAbha: hArikAyamatAhalyAjArAmodaprakADajam || Meaning: the le and Krishna,who is the eternal joy who se which was the delight of Indra sadAtanabhogyabhah sah vanam Asa dhaprakAndajam. Indra to as is referred is attractive body, means the paramour of Ahalya.) modaprakANDajam - n sdatnÉaeGyaÉ> nae neta vnm! Aas s>, hairkaymtahLyajaramaedàkafjm!. netA sadagopan.org Rama with Sita during exile (Thanks:www.stephen-knapp.com) 50 sadagopan.org , = as he nAnA paTa veda ira kumbhaja = its bark and and bark = its sAra = tree, th veda, soon after killing Viradha, th veda, soon after killing dru clad in hermit's robes approached clad in hermit's robes approached 51 SLOKA 16 SLOKA , ignorance, , throat, meaning his voice, is full of , throat, meaning his = dhosha or pApa) and - the sage Agasthya, referred to as to as referred - the sage Agasthya, - the killer of Viradha, who is the abode of aj~nana agha kaNTha wearing bark garment. ( , opposite of , meaning that whatever he utters is like veda. is utters , meaning that whatever he - blemishless ( , various sins. - soon, soon, - - approached, - that Rama, Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Rama is qualified by the adjectives: Rama is qualified by the adjectives: anaj~nAnah veda vAk dru sArapaTah - aram vederAkaNThakumbhajam cloth or garment), anAghAh nAnAdhOsha virADHa ha Arat Rama, faultless enemy of ignorance, Rama, faultless enemy of resounding wi Agasthya, whose voice was abounding in wickedness. sah sa: aram Arat anaj~nAna: vederAkaNThakumbhajam | anaj~nAna: vederAkaNThakumbhajam sa: aram Arat anAgA: nAnAdoSavirAdhahAtaM drusArapaTa: || was born in a pot. His doSa s> Arm! Aart! An}an> vederak{Qk…<Éjm!, vederak{Qk…<Éjm!, Aart! An}an> s> Arm! nanadae;ivraxha. Anaga> t< Ô‚sarpq> sadagopan.org JambhakuNThakarAh Krishna hascome. drutam of theessencemusic. one whoeatsit,meaningtheenjoyer Rasa flamboyance. the gandhravas kinnaras etc. the gandhravaskinnaras kindsofmusic,sungby means various nAnAganAToparasAt poison. from meaning ofwateralsoapart dharA dharaviSadah Krishna. and afraid,hearingthearrivalof slayer ofJambasura,becamedeluded and otherentertainmentthe rain toearth,theenjoyer ofthemusic Indra, thelordofdevas,giver Meaning: jambhakuNThakarA: devena: hA dharAviSada:nAnAgAnAToparasAtdrutam| s>. Aar A}andrm! deven> j<Ék…{Qkra> Ô‚tm!, nanaganaqaeprsat! ha xraiv;d> sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) is the juice oressenceand isthe means at once. ThatisIndrabecame meansatonce. da means earth; is theonewhogives. is - giver ofraintoearth. -giver rasAt is split as theonewhovanquished ( - viSa nAnAgana hasthe rasa ATopa aj~nAnadaram ArasaH|| + at at is is 52 . afraid as soon ashe heardthat afraidassoon kuNThakara Krishna reachedHeaven ), Jambha. sadagopan.org ives, was overcome ives, was overcome the devas, Indra.the devas, at someone will usurp his at someone will usurp his Krishna and feared that he has come to Krishna and feared that he 53 dicated by the adject means the master of the master of means devenah zed by a constant fear th means master, means ina - - ignorance, here meaning its effect delusion, and its here meaning - ignorance, - fear. - got - that Indra, - that means alas. with delusion as to the real identity of with delusion as to the real place ha fight. Indra is characteri fight. Indra dara of being glorious as in Indra in spite aj~nana Ara sah devenah sadagopan.org s> iht>Anvnakek< hataApark la~NkArAjasvasA ratam means theopposite,adjective means thatisthesages. -enjoyment(withRama), sah = he, Rama was was Rama =he, ly ofsagesand . Akara is sadagopan.org , well-wisher to krishna. , well-wisher hitah , meaning death, a tree in the Nandanavana, kAlam eing the Lord Himself) went to fight Himself) went to fight eing the Lord d not knowing that Krishna, though on d not knowing a friend to Krishna, grieved over a friend to 55 les make the meaning positive. , old age and jarA intent on uprooting the parijath limitless. - free from - free from - even while being in heaven and being and heaven in while being - even - though on earth - sorrow - attained went to - Krishna. (intending to fight) who is, - Krishna. (intending to fight) that Indra, anavanAke akam apArakam - hAtA two negative particHere too the ajarAkAlam AramArdanam - rasaAsu Asa, tam with him. sah earth, is free from death and old age, (b earth, is free na Asa ma ArAmardanam ajarAkAlaM taM rasAsu | || AgasA hAtA apArakaM anavanAkekaM sa: hita: Meaning: in svarga so long, though Indra, being the parijatha tree, an Krishna's uprooting sadagopan.org vigrA opposite. gorama that hewas likerighthand. the armofRama,meaning Lakshmana whogavegloryto goramadoshreedaH like righthandtoRama. fearless Lakshmana,whowas was cut offbythe towards Ramawhenhernose Surpanakha, becamevengeful vairam AsapalAhArAvinAsAravivaMshake|| tAM sa:goramadoshreeda:vigrAmasadara:atata| vErm! Aasplaharaivnasarivv daH) glory( asadara asadara shree is the ) to sadagopan.org , devoidnose. of vigatA nAsA vigatA Krishna-The Creator of All (Thanks:www.stephen-knapp.com) (Thanks:www.stephen-knapp.com) is vinAsa 57 within His power, denotes eater of meat denotes eater uer of the mountains, and the vanquisher of stands for prana , life n Kesi, the possessor of and also the one who has qualify Surpanakha. qualify ana palAhara is the lustre, and when the - towards Rama of Sun clan. of Sun clan. - towards Rama avi - entertained enmity. enmity. - entertained palAhAra is added it denotes the absence of vi is the name of Krishna, which means and means cut off. off. means cut is enjoyment, is meat and , Brahma and Isa, Siva ka) sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse keshavaM virasAnAviH AlApasamAravai: Aha | tatarodasam agrAvida: ashreeda: amaraga: asatAm || Meaning: Indra, who was the subd of the devas the leader joy, vigour and asuras, felt depleted of his words to Krishnalustre. and spoke pacifying and the earth. the sky who created Keshava the slayer of the demo of hair beautiful locks ( all these. ravivamshake AalapsmarvE>, Aah ivrsanaiv> kezv< Astam!. Amrg> AïId> ttraedsm! A¢aivd> particle atata vinAsa pala vairam Asa meaning the Supreme Brahman. rasa force and sadagopan.org sky. Krishnaistheone whomadethem tatarodasam sound orwords. AlApa samAravaih Aha amaragah the causeoftheir ashreedah asatAm their arrogance. ever theywantedandIndrawithhisva front, thatisimportance)theywereca oftheirimportance,( having wingsandproud avayaH AgrAvidah his pastgloryincomparisonto ashreedaH asatAm agrAvidaH, =spoke. is mountains and - onewholeadsthe meanstheonewho quashedthemountains. - refers to Krishna. -referstoKrishna. ashree - theword - Alapa - absenceofglory,beingtheirconquerer. da isfriendlyconversationand stands for stands amaras, devas amaras, devas the present statedescribedabove. asat and rodasee denotes bad beings, asuras, and Indra was andIndrawas badbeings,asuras, denotes amaragaH 58 tatah jrayudha cutofftheirwingsandquelled using alarmbyflyingandsettlingwhere dyati means , meaningcreator. agra , allthesequalifyIndratodenote (quashed).Themountainswere denotes thestateofbeingin denotes dyAvAprtivee agra samArava means frontand , earth and the , earthand means means sadagopan.org sAhavadhAraH Rama the fighter - he was (Courtesy:www.kamat.com) is is . go - goes) + 59 means heaven SLOKA 19 SLOKA gacchati godyu sAhavadhAraH abhUt fame spreading to the (from ga is without ostentation, the + is heaven and godyugomaH amAya godyu is the adjective to Rama meaning one is added for emphasis. dyou - su - undaunted. means vanquisher of enemies. - shone (fame) = Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary avikalaH arAtihA arAjat ashreegakharasenaya saha earth and and earth. uma svamAyah particle Rama, fighting incessantly with the army of with the army Rama, fighting incessantly shone as theKhara which lost its glory, undaunted, vanquishing hero of enemies, unostentatious and his earth. of heaven and farthest corner godugomaH whose fame reaches heaven and earth whose fame reaches heaven | abhUt ashreegakharasenayA godyugoma: svamAya: || avikala: arAjat arAtihA saha sAhavadhAra: gae*ugaem> Svmay> AÉUt! AïIgorsenya, AïIgorsenya, Svmay> AÉUt! gae*ugaem> Araitha. Arajt! Aivkl> sh sahvxar> sadagopan.org shreeda Vedas vedhathma, thepersonification of whoisdescribedas Garuda, with means, yAnaserakhagashreeda sAhasa can extinguish( AlokavirodhAvaha have powertogiveeverything. atirAdajara celestial tree fromthe heaven. wealth, donottakeawaythe thegiverof glory ofdevas,whois putoutthe has thevalourto Garuda asyourvehicleandwho whohas (Indra said)Krishna, Meaning: yAnaserakhaga shreedabhUya:masvamaga:dyuga:|| hA atirAdajarAlokavirodhAvahasAhasa| yanserog ïIdÉUy>mSvm!Ag>*ug>. ha Aitradjralaek ivraexavhsahs, lost itsglory abUt sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) , fightingwiththearmyofKhara, ), theirglory( isonewhogiveswealth, means devaswho means . veda vAk,eera - the one who virodhAvaha Aloka - ). sera . 60 kharasenayA saha (AngkorvAt Vishnutemple) Krishna onGaruda , whichwas ashreega sadagopan.org gone to yah + bhoo , meaning that he , meaning shreeda is derived as bhUyah goes with goes 61 svam he does not need anything more. more. not need anything he does shreeda not to be carried to earth. not to be carried meaning to go. meaning to go. - celestial ya - tree earth. sreepathi. Krishna the meaning himself being being himself dyugaH agah mA bhUyah sadagopan.org asAradheeh heyah sinful demonsKharaandotherswerekilledbyRama. the intoxicated rakshasas,entertained hadwithhimthecruel,always fierce,wickedandmean, who Ravana, the rajirAviraterApa: hAahamgrahamAragha:|| hatapApacaye heya:la~Nkesha:ayamasAradhee:| rijraivrterap> haAhm!¢hm!Aar">. htpapcye hey>l»ez>Aym!AsarxI>, Meaning inprimaryorder(anuloma) Meaning inprimaryorder(anuloma) meansundesirable,mean. -unwiseorperverted. (Courtesy:Sri.Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar) Ravana withMaricha SLOKA 20 62 thought ofaggressi ng Ramawhenthe sadagopan.org , the whole class irAm pibanti iti irAm pibanti (a disease) of of disease) (a Amaya - like the Sun, ravi. Sun, - like the rAji is derived as is derived which stands for his intellect diseased, ordered the irApah with gold ornaments shining like the with gold ornaments shining 63 at is the joy of jnana. : heye ca papAta ha: || ca : heye : arAteH ravirAjirA: | means always, means means cruel. rAh avirata - the grief, shoka which was means gold (ornaments) shining , - is the name of a gandharva, gandharva, a of name the is rAh - Rama who had killed the sinful rakshasas. is aggressiveness and arrogance. - hAhA - , (the essence of wisdom) th - fell into, - despicable, - despicable, means fierce means - attained (towards) sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse order sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse order dheerasa heye dheersAmayashoke hAhApah of celestial beings. papAta capture of Krishna. ravirAjirAh dheerasAmayashoke alaM ya Meaning: Indra, the lord of gandharvas,adorned which made Sun, was afflicted by sorrow hatapapacaye ghoram Aha grahaM hAhApa Ara rivraijra>, Arate> Aah ¢h< hahap> "aerm! heye c ppat h>. y> Al< xIrsamyzaeke ghah rAjiraviraterApah liquor, those who drink ahamgraham sadagopan.org the enemy( ghoram graham arAti - fearfulcapture.Fearfulbecauseheforgotthestrengthof ) whose capture( ) whose graha 64 ) heordered( Aha) . sadagopan.org art, destroys all sins, shone by his Alas! Seetha with no one to help, help, to one no with Seetha Alas! hearing the shouts of Maricha.) hearing the shouts of Maricha.) 65 SLOKA 21 SLOKA tenA adamanA: bhuvi || Sita requests Rama to bring Her the golden deer Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary without her Lord, became perturbed (by without her Lord, became perturbed Rama, whose name, delightful to the he Maricha. killing of the son of Thataka, | enohAree hArigira Asa sa: tATakeyalavAt siitA anAp hA asahAyajanA taqkeylvat! @naeharI hairigr Aas s>, hairigr Aas @naeharI taqkeylvat! Éuiv. Admna> sIta AnaÝena ha Ashayjna sadagopan.org opposite) on hearingMarichacallopposite) on he adamanAh anAptena asahAyajanA seetha wasdescribedas: hA sah Asa- heart, meaningRama. his able tofollowKrishnawhoroamedar the prideofPradhyumna,whodefeated Indra whohadallriches,thevanquisher Meaning: sa: sarA:girihAreehanodevAlayake aTatA|| | vibhunA madanAptenaAtaAseenAjayahAsahA s> sra>igirharIhnaedevalykeAqta. AasInajyhasha, Aat mdnaÝen ivÉuna hArigirA enohAree possessed allriches, ( the onewhocutitoff, (byhisarrows of Pradhyumanawhowas indra, isdescribedas sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) - alas! girA -beingwithoutherLord, he shone,bykillingMaricha, -havingrestlessmind( (word), that ishisname,which (word), that - havingnooneto help, - AseenAjayahAsaha. ena rA ajaya meanswealth)and issin. , enemyof jayantha. sonof Indraand hAree r nameinthevoiceofRama) ound theheavenwithPradhyumna da 66 tATakeya lavAt ) referring to Indra.Hewasalso meanspeace( of mountainsandwho Jayantha, with his arrows, was not Jayantha,withhisarrows,was istheonewhodestroyssinwith Ajaya hAsa hAree girihAree , thatwhichattractsthe , ( means theloudlaughter dama) lava , attackerofthe meanscutting) , and was abletoquell ada hA isthe means sarAh sadagopan.org 67 - in the abode of the devas, that is svarga. of - in the abode could not follow (could not stop) could not follow - the roaming around by Krishna, - who was with Pradhyumna, - who was with - that Indra, - that vibhu devAlayake aTata no Ata - mountains. saH sadagopan.org Jatayu fights Ravana (Thanks:Sri.Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar) 68 sadagopan.org ), of the of the ), pA , of low status, kudAshAka ed and cunning, while the ed and cunning, while the - of good thought. - Seetha was Lakshmi herself, since Seetha was Lakshmi herself, d by all, was taken away by Ravana, d by all, was taken away by charudhee 69 SLOKA 22 SLOKA is compared to Lakshmi. is compared - vanapA means forest gods, the protectors ( a degrading state, being wick ). They are referred to as are referred ). They - cunning - cunning because his end was near - lustrous like Lakshmi. Though - lustrous like Lakshmi. Though vanam means much revered. - abducted, by Ravana who is described as - abducted, by Ravana who - rakshasa ASa, + - alas! sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary ta> ùta> ih mhIdevEKyalaepanvxIéca, Seetha, lustrous like Lakshmi and revere Seetha, lustrous like Lakshmi cArudheevanapAlokyA bhAramA kudashAkena hA | AsharAdheekuhakena hRRitA || vaidehee mahitA cArudheevanapAlokyA who descended into good forest gods looked on. bhAramA she was in human form she mahitA forest ( hRRitA hA Éarma k…dzaken AazraxIk…hken ha, ha, AazraxIk…hken k…dzaken Éarma vEdehI mihta ùta. caéxIvnpalaeKya asharA dheekuhaka kud sadagopan.org 1. Indra isdescribedas: Indra. here, Pradhyumna,whobecamerestless( tAh adakumArabhAhhRRitAH got backhisvalourandlustreinordertoprotectthefleeingdevas. The gloryofPradhumnawaseclipsedby Meaning: hAnakehakudheerAshanAkeshA adakumArabhA:|| tA: hRRitA:himaheedevaikyAlopAnavadheerucA| Adk…marÉa>. hankehk…xIraznakeza according toharivamsa. have Indra wassupposedto 2. (Dheeruchou), bythefriendship ( indestructible ( maheedeva aikyaalopanaanavadheerucA fighting.) kudheera heaven, hAnakehakudheerAshAnAkesha nAka , pseudoheroeswho hadthewish, . Hehadthedesire alopana ), ever-existing( been revivedbyafriendly - thatglory( - 70 nAkesha AsA aikya Indra, whowasaidedbyabrahminand ada (to protect) the devas who were (toprotect)thedevaswhowere ) of,abrahmin( tAh bhAh ), wastakenaway( ), anava is Indra,whothelordof eeha , beingrevivedofhis ), intellect andlustre, , toflee, ) of,theyouth( Brahmin called Pravara. calledPravara. Brahmin maheedeva hAna hRRitAH (giving up (givingup kumAra ). ) by ), sadagopan.org , anagha ). tam ved with the cool , hue of the cloud, hAri) , that Rama ( - his wife, lost his happiness - his wife, lost his happiness Ama) of thought and strength - being and strength of thought Ruma Seetha, got the faultless, e devas became revi 71 s glory and vanquished the devas. SLOKA 23 SLOKA ), and , went to ( Rama, who was of attractive ( Rama, who was of attractive asAraj~nah . - on being separated from being separated - on - Sugriva, who was revered by - Sugriva, who was revered ), became devoid of his power power his of devoid became ), . vAyuja apetAmodah sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse order Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse order Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary persecuted by Vali ( Hanuman, ( rumAmahitah ya: amarAj~na: asAdoma: atApeta: himamArutam | ya: amarAj~na: asAdoma: atApeta: himamArutam vim Ara Abhodayata: arihA || ja: yuvA ghanageya: Meaning: Pradhyumna, who gave up battle with th toyadabhAh rAmAvishleshe ihmmaétm!, Atapet> Asadaem> y> Amra}> Airha. ivm! Aar AaÉaedyt> "ngey> j> yuva regained hi the sky and breeze of hAritoyada bhAh - hAritoyada bhAh - hAritoyadabha: rAmAviyoge anaghavAyuja: | rAmAviyoge hAritoyadabha: Ama ya: || apetAmodA: asAraj~na: taM rumAmahita: hairtaeydÉ> ramaivyaege An"vayuj>, An"vayuj>, ramaivyaege hairtaeydÉ> Aam y>. Asar}> Apetamaeda> t< émamiht> sadagopan.org ( attained ( was revived( byIndra)withthedevas( gave upfighting(beingattacked yah yuvA Abhodayatah - theyouthfulPradhyumna, Ara atApetaH) ), and was extolledbyelders( ), andwas ), victory ( ), victory , bycool breeze( jah ), killingenemies ( who had undaunted valour( who hadundaunted 72 hima mArutam ghanageyah arihA ). ), inthe sky ( ), rising in fame amaraj~naH asAda umaH asAda vim ) and ). He ), sadagopan.org ). tAmarasa ), like lotus ( Vali vadam bha (Courtesy: www.kamat.com) (Courtesy: www.kamat.com) ) shine ( 73 akSha SLOKA 24 SLOKA Moda - He was - His eyes ( - His eyes - His lustre lustre - His ), even by that ), even by that ata Ak«t vasivm!. vasivm!. ata Ak«t means beautiful means beautiful - he killed nuta vAmA - abundant giver. tAmarasAbhAkShaH atirAtA hatam akRRita is joy. of the Sun, meaning that it it of the Sun, meaning that the Sun. the lustre of excelled vAmA sadA moda paraH joy for the source of constant Seetha, lady, here it means Seetha. was extolled ( bhanubhAnutabhAH Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary 4. 5. 3. 2. Rama, who had more lustre than the Rama, who had more lustre giver to Seetha Sun, who was the joy and lotus forever, who had eyes like son Vali, who is the giver of all, killed of Indra. Rama is qualified by the adjectives, 1. vAmA sadAmodapara:bhAnubhAnutabhA: hataM | taM ha tAmarasAbhAkSha:akRRita atirAtA vAsavim || ÉanuÉanutÉa> vama sdamaedpr> ht<, Aitr t< h tamrsaÉa]> sadagopan.org was guardedbySiva. Krishna tosaveAniruddha whomarried The vanquishing ofSivaby Krishnare sah and prideoftheenemies bymerelyth Sun, protectedhisservantGarudawho Krishna, whovanquishedeven Siva,andwh Meaning: AbhatanubhanubhA:|| taM haropadama:dAsamAva | viM sa:vAtakRRitArAtikShobhAsAramatAhataM AaÉtnuÉnuÉa>. Aav dasm! t< hraepdm> iv< s>vatk«tarait]aeÉasarmtaht<, 6. meaning theonewhocaused: vAtakRRitArAtikShobhAsAramatAhatam bhaktha. protected ( lustre ( sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) vAsaviH tam - - thatKrishna,whowa Abha that, (whowas knownasVali). , son ofIndra,Vali. , son Ava b b b ), reducedtonothingthe ), thebird,Garuda,( mere matAhata asAra kShobha vAta - depletionofstrengthand - agitation, -agitation, -quellingofthepride -breeze(created byflappingof hiswings) s abletowinover( e breezeof theflutteringwings. 74 vim brilliance of theSun( fers tothefightwith Banasuraby -isthequalifyingphraseofGaruda, agitated andweakenedthestrength vAsavim Usha, daughter ofBana,whosefort Usha, daughter ose lustre belittled even that of the ), whowashis( upadama - vAsavasya apatyam pumAn vAsavasya apatyam ), Siva( aRAti , enemies,bythe dasa hara tanubhanubhA ), servant or ), servant ), andwhose ), sadagopan.org 75 Krishna and Satyabhama on Garuda (Thanks: www.glimpseofkrishna.com) (Thanks: www.glimpseofkrishna.com) sadagopan.org (Courtesy:Sri.Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar) Rama crownsSugreeva 76 sadagopan.org means head, implying cutting ra due to killing of Ravana, greater glory due to killing of Ravana, greater the rakshasa, on account of which the rakshasa, on account of which 77 means invincible. is Sugriva, the son of Sun god, known as is Sugriva, the son of Sun SLOKA 25 SLOKA - one who killed ( hamsaja aruddha - , the king that is Rama, (jayalakshmi) came to him. rAji ramaa is the army. bala glory, in created, . - excellent - excellent - great sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary udara subha - rAvana rakSha ra vighAtaya the victory, y< rma Aar yta" ivr]aer[vraijr, injÉa surd raepjalbÏ éjashm!. para came from the mighty army of sugriva. came from the mighty hamsajAruddhabalajA hamsa ajani - off the head, that is killing) Ravana To that Rama, whom the victory crowned To that Rama, whom the victory | parodArasubhA ajani haMsajAruddhabalajA yam || ramA Ara rAji rAvaNa rakShoravighAtAya h (Thanks:www.kamat.com) Rama gives Ring to HanumAn 79 - SLOKA 26 SLOKA - prosperity intolerant of the kez> Asurmash>, the protector. the protector. ) of the asuras, and - he, Rama mA asuramAsahaH ( gopta - AbhAatinAkeshaH Indra, glory of the excelling nAkesha - b b b b - shone Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary abhAt saH abhath Rama, whose glory excelled that of of that Rama, whose glory excelled the indra. Who could not tolerate is the asuras prospering, who got Hanuman, protector, shone having crossingwho acquired the fame of and reached the sahaydri the ocean of the ocean. mountain and the shore Rama is described as: sAgaratigam asuramAsaha: | AbhAtinAkesha: gata: agajam || goptA abhAt AsAdya taM sa: mArutajam sagritgm! AaÉaitna sagritgm! Agjm!. gaeÝa AÉat! Aasa* gt> t< s> maétjm! sadagopan.org grasping thecelestial tree. whose glory isunabated,whowasarme Enraged bythewrongcommittedcaus Meaning: ha: samArasushokenaatibhAmAgati:Agasa|| gojaMtarumAsatam| jaM gata:gadeeasAdAbhAptA h> smarsuzaeken AitÉamagit>Aags. j< gt> gdI AsadaÉaÝa gaej< tém!Aastm!, sahya sAgArAtiga AsAdya mArutajam sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) -reachedthemountain -whocrossedtheoceanand Victorious Krishnagrasped theCelestialTree - obtainingHanuman(ashisenvoy) andtheseashore. 80 d with the mace, became victorious d withthemace,becamevictorious ing grieftoPradhyumna,Krishna, Aga and ja. sadagopan.org , one asAdAbhApta , became extremely angry extremely , became , that which grew in the heaven) and , that which 81 , wearer of mace, and . atibhamAgatih goja gadee and grasped the celestial tree, celestial and grasped the means heaven, means heaven, jam (jayam) gataH go - ( which caused grief to Paradhyumna, which caused grief means anger) by the wrong, anger) by the means samArasushokena ) means hari, Krishna. He was hari, Krishna. means bhAma mAra hah ( AgasA, ( gojam tarum became victorious, by Krishna is further qualified who has unending glory. sadagopan.org the newbridgeacross Rama, shoneastheprotectorofarmy toyadhou arigoyAdasiayata:navasetunA|| veeravAnarasenasya trAtaabhAtavatAhisa:| taeyxae AirgaeyadisAyt>nvsetuna. vIrvanrsenSy ÇatAÉat!Avtaihs>, sena sah creatures intheseaandvast Meaning intheprimaryorder(anuloma) Meaning intheprimaryorder(anuloma) , that rama shone as, , thatramashone . abhAt ocean whichprotectedfrom Bridge acrossocean SLOKA 27 , theprotector, expanse ofwaterthesea. 82 of valorous monkeys, going through trAta , of the , ofthe theobstaclesof veera vAnara sadagopan.org means means the anasi yAdas , which was qualified by was qualified , which , devoid of the sound of his glory, becomes afraid, his glory, means sword asi Sing Sri Hari's glories nava setu is water and is water and go anavAravee 83 , of , innumerable beings in the vast expanse of expanse of in the vast beings , innumerable , well yasya or ever full, or ever full, g, one who is not singing g, one who is , him who is unarmed, arigoyAdasi arivahayatah . akShaya anaseH nara , on the other hand he who is hand he who , on the other means is one who bows down to the is one who , through the mercy ari , of even , protecting, from means man, sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse creatures that exist in water. creatures that water. avatA sevanatah Lord. He becomes equipped to vanquish his enemies, dayAgaH whom, (meaning Krishna, who grasped the Parijatha tree). sa hi tavat trasee nA tu sevanata: yasya dayAga: arivadhAyata: | dayAga: nA tu sevanata: yasya anase: anavAravii || sa hi tAvat abhata trAsee Meaning: Hari, singing A man who serves the Lord through His glory rises over his enemies the mercy of the Lord. One who does unarmed not do so fears even from enemy and loses his lustre. nA na tu sevnt> ySy dyag> Airvxayt>, Airvxayt>, dyag> ySy sevnt> tu na AnvarvI. Anse> s ih tavt! AÉt ÇasI bridge, ocean by the new crossing the He was praise of the Lord, meanin sadagopan.org abhata unarmed. without sword,thatis healsoloseshislustre. 84 sadagopan.org , of ArtihA) ). Thanks: Sow.R.Chitralekha Thanks: Sow.R.Chitralekha Destroyed vibhishana's grief Destroyed vibhishana's grief means beautiful. caru is the 85 la~Nkena ArAdhayataH - SLOKA 28 SLOKA - astoundingly , one who had with him the beautiful daughter of , one who had with him the beautiful asu bhedee - He is the destroyer of the troubles ( - He is the destroyer of the troubles is daughter and , the king of Lanka, him (Vibheeshana) was ina tanujA m! AaraxydaitRha. m! AaraxydaitRha. + hAri sahasa hAri is life and and life is asu la~Nka chAru bhU tanujaH chAru bhU bhoodevi. ArAdhayadArtiha those who resort to him ( , that Rama. 1. 2. Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary Meaning in the primary order (anuloma) Meaning in the primary is split as Rama, who took away the life of Ravana, the of Rama, who took away the life astoundingly adventurous, who was the Lord the daughter of of Seetha, the beautiful the grief of the earth, and who destroyed one who resorted to honoured by all devas. sa ramah hAri sAhasa la~Nkena asubhedee Ravana. He was hi sa: | mahita: hArisAhasala~NkenAsubhedee || aram ArAdhayadArtihA rAma: cArubhUtanuja: one who took away the life (of Ravana), meaning Rama. Rama was further described as hairsahsl»enasuÉedI miht> ih s>, ih miht> hairsahsl»enasuÉedI caéÉUtnuj> ram> Ar adventurous. sadagopan.org sunAka after winning theheaven( He returnedtoearth( was freefrom thewoes ofthewar.. being of Krishna was destroyer oftheenemies. place forallthepraiseand ( who hadLakshmi( Krishna isreferredtoas his valourandreturnedtoearth. riotous elephantlikeIravatha,with enemies in theheaven,which had of Pradhyumnavanquishedthe caredfor thewelfare Krishna, who Meaning: sa: hita:himadeebhesunAke alaMsahasAarihA|| ha ArtidAyadharAmAramorA:ja:nutabhU: rucA | s> iht>ihmdIÉesunakeAl sadagopan.org Successful SriRama Successful 87 , SLOKA 29 SLOKA fitting RAvanAri kShama kShama , colourful. means well surrounded, means is coconut tree, is coconut tree, attained, or here, the or here, attained, means mansions, meaning city. , land, meaning Ayodhya, Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary Meaning in primary order (anuloma) Meaning in primary subhakarA agarA surasApikA The city of Ayodhya became the the The city of Ayodhya became of Rama, the fitting abode colorful vanquisher of Ravana, with coconut mansions surrounded with trees. nAlikera as Rama is referred to asaunAlikera subhAkArAgArA surasApikA | amunA || na pU: Abheje hi na rAvaNArikShamerA the enemy of Ravana. kShamerA nailker suÉakaragara AsaE sursaipka, rav[air]mera pU> AaÉeje ih n n Amuna. irA pUH abheje residing place. sadagopan.org celestial tree andKrishna,theabodeofdh intr abounding The cityofDvaraka, Meaning: kA apisArasusaurAgArAkAbhAsurakelinA|| na amunAnahijebherapU:AmeakShariNAvarA| rakaÉasurkeilna. AipsarsusaEraga ka vra, A]ir[a pU>Aame nihjeÉer n Amuna na amuna sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) sloka inreverseorder(prathiloma) two negativesdenotespositivesense. ,now Krishna theplaymate ofgopisinDwAraka 88 iumphant elephants glowed withthe arma, andtheplaymate ofgopis. sadagopan.org (land). The land of elephants who who of elephants The land (land). ira 89 s entered by Krishna ) s entered by Krishna (elephants) + (elephants) ibha is Krishna who shone with his sport with gopis. is Krishna who shone with his - The celestial tree - Parijatha,. tree - Parijatha,. - The celestial (winning) + (winning) refers to Krishna, who is righteous. refers to Krishna, who is righteous. ja = denotes wonder. denotes wonder. - best (city) - entered (the city which wa - entered (the , the city - Dvaraka,, the city are victorious are victorious varA Ame rAkAbhAsurakeli sArasusauragA PUH jebhera Ka api akShariNa sadagopan.org tAmarasa gauH sA Rama, theinvincible,gloryof The landofAyodhyawasbrightandrich nijade aparajitiAsashree:rAme sugarAjabhA|| sA agryatAmarasAgArAmakSh injde Aprijit AasïI> rame sugrajÉa. sa A¢(tamrsagaram! A]ama"nÉaAargaE>, Asa Both qualifyRama aparAjiti kingdom. nijade ghanabhA kShAma akShAma Ara was thebestabode( Meaning intheprimaryorder(anuloma) Meaning intheprimaryorder(anuloma) referstoAyodhya. means got means was. meansland. - giving one self, refers to Rama who gave everything he had to his isfamine. - isprosperous. is lotus. -denselight, meaningluminous(city) parAjit agAra istheoneconqueredbyothers. agrya isabode. ) of Lakshmi whose ) ofLakshmi AmA ghanabhAAragau:| SLOKA 30 kingshipwasresplendent. agrya 90 means the best or foremost. Ayodhya meansthebestorforemost.Ayodhya andbecametheabod agara is thamarasa. is aparAjit istheopposite. e ofLakshmi.In sadagopan.org 91 - the rajyalakshmi. - the rajyalakshmi. (Thanks: Sri.Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar) sTyaijrpde Ajin, sTyaijrpde Ajin, SrI Rukmini sathyabhama sametha venugopala of devanahalli SrI Rukmini sathyabhama sametha venugopala of devanahalli sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse sloka in reverse order (prathiloma) sloka in reverse gaErÉa An"ma ]amraga s Armt A¢(sa. Armt A¢(sa. s An"ma ]amraga gaErÉa ajani | shreesatyAjirapade bhA ajaraga sumerA sa aramatagaurabhA anaghamA kShAmarAgA agryasA || Éa Ajrg sumera ïI Ajrg sumera Éa sugarAjabhA shreeh sadagopan.org aramata sA agryasA - kShAmaraga anaghamA gaurabha shreesatyAjirapade - ajarAgasumera with RukminiandenjoyedherselfKrishna. Sathyabhama, becomingfaireroffaultl The parijathathatwasinthecourtyar Meaning: -she,Sathyabhama - sported (with Krishna,) -sported(with || SrISitAlakshmaNaBharataShatrugna Hanumat sameta -fair -faultlesswealth with thefirstwife,Rukmini. dIvyetAM hRRidayenityaMdevau || rAghavAyAdavau -withoutenvy. mahIsutA suhRRitvenakhyAtausatyAnusAriNau | || SriRaaghavayaadhaveeyamsampooraNam thecelestialtreewhichputforthflowers. Sri RAmacandraParabrahmaNenamah|| mhIsuta suùTven OyataE sTyanusair[aE suùTvenOyataEsTyanusair[aE mhIsuta dIVyeta< ùdye inTy< devaE ra"vayadvaE. inTy