y¤va|    jzac£rDraW    sBaya©I    X£Nj£¢vtaW    ,
p#¢v¾aW    dÎfkarÎy|    Srcapa¢sDa¢rNaW    .11.

y¤va|

you two

jzac£rDraW

with matted hair, bark clothes

sBaya©I

with wife

X£Nj£¢vtaW

with your life coming to an end

p#¢v¾aW

entered

dÎfkarÎy|

Dandakaranya

Srcapa¢sDa¢rNaW

taking arrows, bow and sword in hand

11.The   demon   told   Rama   that   the   two   of   them   with   matted   hair,   with   bark
clothes,   along   with   wife   with   their   life   coming   to   an   end,   have   entered   the
dandakaranya   taking   bow,   arrows   and   sword   in   hand.

kT|    tapsyaEvaI|    c    vas:    p#mdya    sh    ,
ADmIca¢rNaW    papaW    kaW    y¤va|    m¤¢nÑ¥xkaW    .12.

kT|

how

tapsyaE:

ascetics

va|

you two

c

also

vas:

to live

p#mdya   sh

with a woman

ADmIca¢rNaW

doing unrighteous deeds

papaW

sinners

kaW

who are

y¤va|

you two

m¤¢nÑ¥xkaW

blot upon the sages

12.The   demon   asked   them   how   is   it   as   ascetics   staying   with   a   woman   ?
Who   are   you   two   sinners,   doing   unrighteous   deeds   bringing   a   blot   upon
the   sages   ?

Ah|    vn¢md|    ѤgI|    ¢vraDaE    nam    raXs:    ,
cra¢m    say¤DaE    ¢nÏym¦¢xma|sa¢n    BXyn¯    .13.

Ah|

I

vn|	in the forest

id|

this

ѤgI|

difficult of access

¢vraD:   nam

named Viradha

raXs:

demon

cra¢m

wander

say¤D:

with weapons

¢nÏy|

always

§¢xma|sa¢n

flesh of the sages

BXyn¯

eating

13.The   demon   told   them   that   he   was   Viradha   and   always   wander   in   this
forest   which   is   difficult   to   access,   armed   with   weapons,   eating   the   flesh   of
the   sages.

iy|    nar£    vraraEha    mm    BayaI    B¢vÝy¢t    ,
y¤vyaE:    papyaEàah|    paÞya¢m    â¢Dr|    m¦DE    .14.

iy|

this

nar£

lady

vraraEha

beautiful

mm

my

BayaI

wife

B¢vÝy¢t

will become

y¤vyaE:

of you two

papyaE:

sinners

c

also

Ah|

I

paÞya¢m

will drink

â¢Dr|

the blood

m¦DE	in a fight

14.Viradha   told   them   that   this   beautiful   lady   will   become   his   wife   and   he
will   drink   the   blood   of   the   two   sinners   in   a   fight.

tÞyWv|    b#vtaE    D¦¾|    ¢vraDÞy    ѤraÏmn:    ,
½¤Ïva    sg¢vIt|    vaÀy|    s|B#aÓta    jnkaÏmja    .
s£ta    p#avEptaE¹Egat¯p#vatE    kdl£    yTa    .15.

tÞy

that

ev|

as above

b#vt:

speaking

D¦¾|

wicked

¢vraDÞy

of Viradha

ѤraÏmn:

wicked

½¤Ïva

hearing

sg¢vIt|

boastful

vaÀy|

words

s|B#aÓta

overawed

jnkaÏmja

Janaka's daughter

s£ta

Sita

p#avEpt

trembled

p#vatE

in the stormr

p#vatE

in a storm

u¹Egat¯

out of fear

kdl£	plantain tree

yTa

just as

15.Janaka's   daughter,   Sita,   hearing   the   wicked   and   boastful   words   of   the
wicked   Viradha   spoken   as   above,   was   overawed   with   fear   and   trembled
like   a   plantain   tree   in   a   storm.

ta|    è¾va    raGv:    ½£ma¢ÓvraDaHqkgta|    S¤Bam¯    ,
Ab#v£ÚlßmN|    vaÀy|    m¤KEn    p¢rS¤Ýyta    .16.

ta

her

è¾va

seeing

raGv:

Rama

½£man¯

majestic

¢vraDaHqkgta|

on the lap of Viradha

S¤Bam¯

auspicious

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

lßmN|

to Lakshmana

vaÀy|

the following words

m¤KEn

with mouth

p¢rS¤Ýyta

parched

16.The   majestic   Rama   seeing   the   auspicious   Sita,   on   Viradha's   lap   spoke
the   following   words   to   Lakshmana   with   a   parched   mouth.

pÜy    saWØy    nrEÓd#Þy    jnkÞyaÏms|Bvam¯    ,
mm    BayaI    S¤Bacara|    ¢vraDaHqkE    p#vE¢ptam¯    .
AÏyÓts¤Ks|v¦¼a|    rajp¤æO£|    yS¢Þvn£m¯    .17.

pÜy

see

saWØy

blessed

nrEÓd#Þy

of king

jnkÞy

Janaka's

AaÏms|Bvam¯

daughter

mm

my

BayaI

wife

S¤Bacara|

of good character

¢vraDaHqkE

on the lap of Viradha

p#vE¢ptam¯

trembling

AÏyÓts¤Ks|v¦¼a|

brought up in great comfort

rajp¤æO£|

princess

yS¢Þvn£m¯

famous

17.Rama   told   Lakshsmana   to   see   Janaka's   daughter,   of   good   character,
brought   up   in   great   comfort,   a   well-known   princess   and   his   wife   trembling
on   Viradha's   lap.

yd¢Bp#EtmÞmas¤    ¢p#y|    vrv¦t|    c    yt¯    ,
kWkEÙyaÞtÏs¤s|v¦t|      ¢Xp#mïWv    lßmN    .18.

yt¯	that which

A¢Bp#Et|

intent

AÞmas¤

in regard to us

¢p#y|

desire

vrv¦t|

obtained by boon

c

also

yt¯	that which

kWkEÙya:

Kaikeyi's

tt¯

that

s¤s|v¦t|

has well happened

¢Xp#|

quickly

Aï

now

lßmN

Lakshmana

18.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Kaikeyi's   intent   regarding   them,   that   desire
obtaine   by   a   boon   has   all   happened   quickly   now.

ya    n    t¤Ýy¢t    raÇyEn    p¤æOaT©I    d£GId¢SIn£    ,
yya{h|    svIB¥tana    ¢ht:    p#ÞTa¢ptaE    vnm¯    .
AïEdan£|    skama    sa    ya    mata    mm    mÒyma    .19.

ya

who

n   t¤Ýy¢t

not pleased

raÇyEn

with the kingdom alone

p¤æOaT©I

for the sake of son

d£GId¢SIn£

far sighted

yya

by whom

Ah|

I

svIB¥tana|

all living beings

¢ht:	for the good of

p#ÞTa¢pt:

has been sent

vnm¯	to the forest

Aï

now

idan£|

in this

skama

desire fulfilled

sa

she

ya

who

mata

mother

mm

my

mÒyma

middle

19.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   the   far   sighted   Kaikeyi   who   for   the   sake   of
her   son   was   not   satisfied   with   the   kingdom;   he   who   was   interested   in   the
good   of   all   living   beings   been   sent   to   the   forest,   will   now   have   her   desire   fulfilled.

prÞpSaIäO¤    vWdE/a    n    Ѥ:Ktrm¢Þt    mE    ,
¢pt¤¢vIyaEgaÏsaW¢mæOE    ÞvraÇyhrNaäOTa    .20.

prÞpSaIt¯   t¤

being touched by another man

vWdE/a

of Vaidehi

n

not

Ѥ:Ktr|

more painful

A¢Þt

present

mE

to me

¢pt¤:

father's

¢vyaEgat¯

death

saW¢mæOE

O Lakshmana

ÞvraÇyaphrNat¯

loss of my kingdom

tTa

similarly

20.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   there   is   nothing   more   sorrowful   to   him   than
Sita   being   touched   by   another,   which   is   more   painful   even   than   the   death
of   his   father   and   the   loss   of   the   kingdom..