sloka-8
sArasAsamaDHAtha akshibhoomnA Dhamasu seethayA
saDHu asou iha rEme ksEmee
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
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
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
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
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
thapOpEtha-became upset
Atthamanyumatha- by anger and bhayEtha and fear.(due to the love of
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
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