Ramayana Agaval-Sundara Kandam(Tamil)

Ramayana Agaval-Sundara  Kandam

Translated by

P.R.Ramachander

(I came across this in an old book.  This is a saummarised form of Sundara Kandam in the form of a Tamil poem style called Agaval which is a blank poetry. I am sure that reading this would give the effect   of reading  Sundara kandam of Ramayana.)

Devi Darisanam

1.Malai methu yeriya maruthi yethire,

Alai choozh Ilangai ani nagar nokki,

Vaal visai thezhundhu, vaan vazhi kondu,

Kaal visai thegi, kadali mainakam,

Varuvurai koori, Surasai  vaazhtha,

Tharai yennum chayai vizhuppol.

Vaai vazhi pukundhu  neel kudal pidungi,

Yezhundhu, then disai ilangayir paainthu.

Mayangi iravu ezhundhu, mathil arugu yeithi,

Thadutha vilangini thannuyir vaangi,

Ut pugundhu, nagaram yengum ulaavi,

Veerar thuyil idam yevi yiravanan,

Charida nokki than chinam avithu,

Mandodhari  thuyil kandu mayangi

Andhov iraviyaandayal  yendru ayal ,

NIndra asoka vanatht chendru,

Chirayidai deviyai nokki,

Nirai magizhvodu pozhil irundhanan ninaithe.

Seeing of the Goddess

Hanuman who climbed on to the mountain,

Facing the Sri Lanka surrounded by waves of the sea,

Lifted his tail , got up and through the path of the sky,

Travelled , with Mainaka , the sea mountain greeting him,

With Surasa  greeting him  With Thara  ,

Which is a shadow pulling   him ,

Entered through the mouth, uprooted the long liver,

Got up., entered the Lanka which was  in the south,

Slept , got up at night, reached near  the boundary wall,

Killed the Lankini   who tried to stop him,

Entered the city, roamed all round the town,

Reached the  place where heroes sleep,

Saw Ravana who was sleeping, controlled his anger,

Was   attracted by the sleeping Mandodhari,

But concluded  that she is not the Goddess ,

And entered  the near by Asoka vana ,

Saw  the goddess   with a very thin hip,

Became fully happy and sat there in hiding.

Asoka vanam azhithal

Ninaithangu anuman nedu marathiruppa,

Thunaintha kadhalil thuyilaa tharakkan,

Vandhu janaki malar adi veezhndhu,

Nondu pugalanonaal cheeralum,

Meendu poyapin, midaintha varakkiyar,

Neenda thuyil kola , neerizhai varunthi,

EEnduyir viduven yendru ayal poga,

Kanda anumanum karuthodu yenni,

Yiraman thoothuvan ingu vandhen , ini,

Virravum thuyaram viduthi  neeyingu,

Kai adayalavum katturai palavum ,

Meyyura unarthiyathu undu yena vilmbi,

Irai magan aazhi yeethalum vaangi,

POrai yinu vanthu pugazhndhu mei thalirnthu ,

Nirai thara  vaazhthi, urai pala  nigazthi ,

Than viral aazhiyodu thani mozhi pala thara,

Vaangi vandhu yeguthal therippan,

OOngiya pozhil azhindu ulavinan peyarnthe.

Destroying  Asoka Vana

Thoughtfully when Hanuman  was sitting on a tall tree,

The Asura  caught in very great passion and love,

Came and fell at the  flower like feet of Janaki,

Talked to her in pain, shouted at her to scare her,

And after he returned , those Rakshasis  who became unfriendly,

Entered in to a long sleep  and that great lady getting sad,

Deciding to take her life away  was going  somewhere else ,

And seeing that  Hanuman  entered in to great thought,

And told her that I , who am the emissary of Rama  has come here,

And so leave out all your sorrow  and showed,

Her  the symbol of hand of Rama  and told her many truths,

About several incidents and took from her , the brooch to show the son of God,

And  was praised by her who was weak  , in a great manner,

And he also wished her well and talked to her of many things,

Gave her the  ring of Rama  and also told her of many private news,

And took leave  of her promising to come back,

And from there  wandered  here and there after destroying that growing garden.

Ravananai kanuthal

Ongu pozhil azhitha veengu thol anuman,

Naduvil irunthathor  sudar mani mandapam,

Verodum pidungi veesa vilangai,

OOr orungu azhiya ulayum kalai,

Cholai kavalar  thondralukku uraippa,

Adutha kinkarar  neer pidithu konargena,

Padayodu vantha palarayum kondru,

Kadai neel  thorana kambam thiruppa,

Maamam piragadathan  mainthan vemazhal ,

Poliyar  sambu mali nerungi ,

Aaviyai viduthalum arakkan mainthan ,

Koviya lakkan meva   vavanai,

Tharai pada varaithu kandu cherukki ,

Mega  nadhan  vembor purinthu ,

Soka meythiyum pasam veesi,

Pinithu kodu poi peyaraa vendanu,

KKu anitha viduppava anumanum,

Thuninthu  yethir irundhann choozchi kurithe.

Meeting with Ravana

After  destroying the tall growing forest , Hanuman,

Uprooted a  shining  meeting hall  and threw it ,

And due to that the  city of Lanka   was flustered,

And  when the security went and informed about  ,

What happened    to  the great king,

He asked Kinkaras to go with a great army,

And  asked them , to  catch and bring him,

And hanuman killed   all of them,

With a very huge  pillar which was decorated,

And SAmbu mali who was the son   of,

The uncle of Ravana called bragadatta neared him,

And that son of the Rakshasa left his soul,

And when Akshaya , the son of Ravana came to the war,

Hanuman  rubbed him on the floor  and made him in to a paste,

And Mega Nadha came   and waged a very great war,

And when he  send the  Pasa,tied Hanuman up,

And  took him in front  of the king ,

And Hanuman with great courage and faced him.

Kadar karai charthal

Thuninthu  yethir  irunthavan chuddar mugha nokki,

Panithi nee  yevan yena  param chudarano,

Nevalena anuman yenbenayavan,

Devi  seethayai naadi then disai ,

Vandha valiyin mainthan angadhan,

Senayil oruvan yendru mena vil,

Valiyin  madivu mathum  chala ,

Uraithalum kolai kurithu   ullathai veedanan,

Maruppa  valin van thee  koluvath,

Thooyaval  kar paar chudaathum  kulirthalum,

Paaya  ilangai  pathara   chuttu,

Vanthu adi vanangi  vada disai thavi,

Munthu mainakam  mugamanodu painthu,

Nattor kiraiviyinanamai   koori,

Meendu Madhu vanam   theendi vanthu iraiyadi

Poondellam chollalum puravalan macizh kodu,

Senayodu yaavarum  chernthaar,

Aanathen karum kadalakan karai yagathe.

Reaching   the sea shore.

Seeing the shining face  of one who faced him  boldly,

Ravana asked him    Please  tell me who you are,

Are the fire God, tell me , He told , I am hanuman,

Who has come to the southern side in search of Sita  , and am,

One of the members   of the great army of Angadha,

Who is the son of Vali and also told him in detail about,

The death of Vali, and when Hanuman was sentenced   to die,

Vibheeshana denied and his tail   was  set on fire instead,

And due to the virtue of the holy lady, the fire did not hurt him,

And he jumped all over Lanka and completely  burnt it,

Went and saluted her feet, jumped towards north,

On the way meeting the  Mainaka mountain,

Told those of his friends , the welfare of the goddess,

Visited Madhuvana on the way, reached,

The feet of the lord and told all news and that king,

Along with the army  speedily  reached the shores of southern black sea.