Raghavayadhaveeyam-slokas-8and9

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sloka-8

 

sArasAsamaDHAtha akshibhoomnA Dhamasu seethayA

saDHu asou iha rEme ksEmee aram AsurasarahA

 

Rama who destroys the army of asuras quickly with his powerful eyes which show fierceness unlike the lotuses they resemble, as he is the abode of protection, lived happily in Ayodhya with Seetha in his residence.

 

asurasAra is the army, or strength and hA means destroyer.aram means quickly

akshi means eyes, akshi bhooma is the power of the eyes.actually bhooma means abundance but here it denotes powerful eyes. Hence they are sArasa asama, unlike the lotuses they resemble.

dhAtha is the one who bears or carries. Here it means the possessor of the eyes.

kshEmee - one who provides well being.

DHAma means residence here.

asou- he, Rama, iha rEmE- revelled here, in Ayodhya, sAdhu, well, seethaya, with Sita.

 

sloka in reverse

 

hArasArasumA ramyakshEmEra iha visAdhvasa

ya athaseesumaDHAmnA bhookshithA DHAma sasAra sA

 

Rukmini, the abode of joy and welfare, with the parijatha flower exquiste like a pearl necklace, without fear, went home with Krishna, the king, adorned with athasee flowers.

 

hAra is a necklace usually means pearl, sAra denotes the high quality of the suma flower, pArijatha, while the word harasArasumA means Rukmini.

ramya is delightful. kshEma is well being and ira means abode or land. Another adjective qualifying Rukmini.

visAdhvasA means one who is devoid of fear. SAdhvasa is fear.the prefix 'vi' denotes the absence of.

yA goes with sA, Rukmini, (ya) who had all these qualities, she(sA).

sasAra -went or moved to, DHAma, their abode, bhookshitha, with Krishna, who is the king. Krishna is described as athaseepushpadhAma, adorned with athasee flower.

 

sloka 9

 

sAgasA bharathAya ibhamAbhAtha manyumatthaya

sa athra maDhyamaya thApE pOthAya aDHigathA rasA

 

The land in Ayodhya, shining with the glory of kingdom,was obtained by the middle one (Middle wife Kaikeyi), who was burning and mad with anger, for the ske of her son Bharatha by sinful means.

 

aga is sin and sAgasA means the one with sin, Kaikeyi.

She is maDHyama, the middle one of the wives of Dasaratha.

thApa is heat of manyu anger and she was manyumatthA, mad with anger.

 

abhigatha- got.

 

ibhamA is Lakshmi, bhAtha means shining and rasA is the earth, here the land of ayodhya, meaning the land of Ayodhya shining with the rajyalakshmi.

 

pOtha is the offspring, Bharatha.

 

The sloka in reverse

 

sArathAgaDHiya thapOpEtha yA maDHyamathrasa

yA tthamanyumatha bhAmA bhyEthA rabhasagasa

 

The slenderwaisted sathyabhama,who had the best intellect,became possessed with anger and fear quickly without discrimination at the wrong done to her in haste by Krishna by giving the parijatha flower to Rukmini.

 

YA -who had, madhyamathrasA, a waist of infinitesmal size.Thrasa menas thrasareNu,the smallest visible particle and maDhyama means the waist.

Ya who was sArathAgadhiya- of highest intellect. sArathA means SrEshtathA, the best dhee means intellect.

sa- that bhAmA- Sathyabhama,

Agasa- by the wrong done to her, rabhAsa- hastily (by Krishna, that is thoughtlessly)

thapOpEtha-became upset

Atthamanyumatha- by anger and bhayEtha and fear.(due to the love of Krishna being reduced towards her)

 

When taken as AgasA rabhasa thapOpethA, it means that Bhama though endowed with high intellect stung to the quick by the wrong done to her by Krishna. If the word AgasA is takemn with rabhasA it means the wong done by Krishna in haste or thoughtlessly.