sundarakanda-word to word translation of slokas

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Jai Srimannarayana!

 

1.thatho raavananeethaayaah seethaayaah sathrukarshanah

 

iyesha padham anveshtum chaaranaacharithe pathi

 

 

 

Then the destroyer of foes , Hanuman, desired to go on the path traveled by the

celestials in order to search for the place of Seetha who was carried away by

Ravana.

 

 

 

thathah- then ( after Hanuman was persuaded to cross the ocean by the

vanaras.)

 

sathruksrshanah- the destroyer of foes. The word karshana derived from the verb

krsh which here means over power, vanquish or subdue.

 

Iyesha - desired to (go)

 

pathi- in the path

 

charanaacharithe – traveled by the charanas, the celestials, meaning the sky

anveshtum- to search for

 

seethayaah padham- the place where Seetha was.

 

ravanaaneethaayaah- who was carried by Ravana

 

2. dhushkaram nishprathidhvandhvam chikeershan karma vaanarah

 

samudhagrasirogreevah gavaam pathih iva aababhou

 

The vanara, Hanuman, wishing to do the impossible without obstacles, shone like

a bull with raised head and neck.

 

vanarah - monkey, referring to hanuman.

 

chikeershan- wishing to do. Karthum icchan = chikeershan

 

karma – an act

 

dhushkaram- difficult to do.- derived as dhuhkena karthum Sakyam

 

nishprathidhvadhvam- without any obstacles.

 

'Prathidhvandhva' means opposition or obstacles. The negative particle 'nish'

added to it means without obstacles.

 

aababhou - shone. From the verb 'bhaa' with 'aa' in perfect tense. The

present tense will 'aabhaathi' shines.

 

gavaam pathih iva- like a bull

 

samudhagrasiro:greevah- with raised head and neck. sirah = head. greevah =

neck.

Udhagra means raised; sam+udhagra means well raised

 

Jai Srimannarayana!

 

Dr.Saroja Ramanujam