rAma lObhamEla nanu
rakSiJcupaTla nIkinta zrI
rAma lObhamu
→ miserliness-Ela nanu
rakSiJcu-paTla
→ with regard to protecting nIku-inta zrI
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Why so much miserliness for You
with regard to protecting me?
sOmArka lOcana suguNa
sutrAmAdulella navvarA
sOma
→ Moon-arka
→ Sun lOcana suguNa
sutrAma
→ Indra-Adulu-ella navvarA
→ navvu: deride
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O virtuous one, who has Moon and Sun as his eyes!
Won’t Indra and all others deride?
zaraNanukonna kAkAsuruni¹
rAvaNuni sOdaruni² brOva lEdA
saraguNa karini gAcina zrI
zaraNu
→ refuge-anukonna kAkAsuruni
→ kAka-asura: crow-demon
rAvaNuni-sOdaruni
→ Ravana's brother brOva lEdA
saraguNa karini gAcina zrI
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Didn’t You protect Crow-Demon
and Vibhishana who sought Your refuge?
O Lord Sri Rama who protected Gajendra!
gati-lEni vELa draupadi³ vEgamE
kRSNAyana ati prEmatO
vEJcEsina mati nEDendu pOyenO
gati-lEni
→ without other resort vELa
→ time draupadi vEgamE
kRSNA-ana ati prEmatO
vEJcEsina
→ proceeded mati nEDu-endu pOyenO
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Where has that mind vanished today
which condescended to come quickly, with much love,
when Draupadi, left with no other resort, called ‘Krishna’?
DEgakai⁴ mEnosaGgu
rAghavAnvayamuna bAga janmiJcina
tyAgarAjanuta zrI
DEgakai
→ Dega: falcon4 mEnu-osaGgu
→ to offer
rAghava
→ Raghu's descendant-anvayamuna
→ anvayamau: dynasty bAga janmiJcina
tyAgarAjanuta zrI
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Sri Rama, praised by Tyagaraja,
well-born in the dynasty of Raghu
(whose King) offered his own body to the falcon!
1
kAkAsura – zrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – sundara kANDa
– Chapter 38 refers.
2
vibhISaNa – zrImad vAlmIki rAmAyaNa – yuddha kANDa
– Chapter 18 refers.
3
draupadi – mahAbhArataM - Book 3 – vana parva - draupadi haraNa parva – Chapter 261 refers.
4
DEgakai – The following verse from zrImad-vAlmIki rAmAyaNa, ayOdhyA kANDa, Chapter 12 refers –
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kaikEyi spoke to King dazaratha -
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The story is also found in mahAbhArataM – vana parva – tIrtha yAtra parva – Chapters 130, 131. where it refers to King uzInara and not ‘zibi’. For full story, please visit the following sites:
- [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/m03/m03130.htm Sacred-Texts.com]
- [http://www.hinduism.co.za/doing.htm#The%20Story%20of%20King%20Sibi Hinduism.co.za]
- [http://www.salagram.net/VWHChinaJapanKorea.html Chinese/Korean version]
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In zrImad vAlmiki rAmAyaNa, the name of ‘uzInara’ or ‘zibi’ is not found in the raghu dynasty chart read out by sage vasiSTha
before the marriage of zrI rAma (bAlakANDa – Chapter 70 refers). However, zrI rAma mentions a different story of falcon and dove as an example in support of his decision for accepting vibhISaNa’s surrender. (yuddha kANDa – Chapter 18, verses 24-25 refers). [http://www.valmikiramayan.net/yuddha/sarga18/yuddha_18_frame.htm Link]
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In zrImad bhAgavataM, the name of King zibi is mentioned as one of great bhAgavata – ibid – Book 2 – Chapter 7, verse 45.