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Saturday, April 4, 2020

Ramayana in sixteen words-second attempt


Ramayana  in sixteen words
(second attempt of translation  .My first  attempt  is given in http://stotrarathna.blogspot.com/2016/10/ramayana-in-sixteen-words.html  )

Translated  by
P.R.Ramachander

Avercart Unframed Lord Rama with Sita Shree Ram Darbar Poster (8.5 ...


I read  this moving summary  of Ramayana in tamil  in whatsapp

"பிறந்தார்     வளர்ந்தார்     கற்றார்    பெற்றார்
மணந்தார்    சிறந்தார்      துறந்தார்   நெகிழ்ந்தார்
இழந்தார்   அலைந்தார்   அழித்தார்   செழித்தார்
துறந்தார்   துவண்டார்    ஆண்டார்    மீண்டார்"

I tried   to translate  it again

(all single words  could not be meaningfully  translated by single words in English_

Was born      Grew up                  Learnt             Got
Married         Became great        Gave up         Was moved
Lost                Roamed                Destroyed      Improved
Gave up        Became sad           Ruled              Went back

Then I explained the words, so that  we can understand the story from there

Was born   ito Dasaratha,
Grew up in Ayodhya
Learnt    from Vasishta
Got special weapons from Viswamithra

Married  Sita
Became great due  to love from Ayodhya
Gave up the kingdom
Was moved by love of people , Guha, Bharatha

Lost Sita
Roamed in search of her
Destroyed  Lanka
Improved Ayodhya

Gave up sita
Became sad because of it
Ruled Ayodhya
Went back to Vaikunta

(I finished the job again  with a feeling of doing a tolerably better  job)

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