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Re: Doubts reg: Vali Vadham

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Hari Krishnan • January 31, 2003 


Dear Sri Nanmaaran,

This comes as a surprise to me.  Aranya Kandam, Canto 44 has only 27 Slokas, and I presume that Verse No.29 indicated in your mail must be a typo.  The 27th Sloka is translated in the Gorakhpur edition as follows:

"Having made short work of that uncommon spotted deer and taking fruits etc., fit for the consumption of ascetics, Sri Rama (a scion of Raghu) then hastily proceeded towards (his hermitage in) Janasthana."  

However, the following rendition is available at:
http://www.valmikiramayan.net/aranya/sarga44/aranya_44_frame.htm

nihatya pR^iSatam ca anyam maa.msam aadaaya raaghavaH |
tvaramaaNo janasthaanam sasaara abhimukhaH tadaa || 3-44-27

27. nihatya+pR^iSatam+ca+anyam== killed, dappled, deer, also, another one; maamsam+aadaaya+ raaghavaH== flesh, on taking, Raghava; tvaramaaNaH+janasthaanam+ sasaara== hurriedly, to Jana sthaana, drifted; abhimukhaH+tadaa== towards [Janasthaana,] then.

Then Raghava killed another dappled deer and on taking its flesh, he drifted towards Janasthaana, hurriedly. [3-44-27] 

I wish to draw attention the to the word 'another one'.  It was not the golden deer that was skinned. I hope scholars would throw light on this point.

Sincerely,
Hari Krishnan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nanmaaran" 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: Doubts reg: Vali Vadham


| For your recent response too, kindly refer Aranya kandam Sargam 44 Slokam 29 where Valmiki says that Rama removed the skin after killing maricha and returned to janasthana.
| 
| Regards, 
| 
| Nanmaaran





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