i¢t    b#¤v¢t    kak[ÞTE    baÝpSaEkp¢rÔl¤tE    ,
Ab#v£ÚlxmN:    @[¼aE    â¼aE    nag    iv    ásn¯    .21.

i¢t

as above

b#¤v¢t

spoken

kak[ÞTE

by Rama

baÝpSaEkp¢rÔl¤tE

shedding tears of sorrow

Ab#v£t¯

said

lßmN:

Lakshmana

@[¼:

angry

â¼:

bound

nag:   iv

like a cobra

ásn¯

hissing

21.As   Rama   spoke   as   above   shedding   tears   of   sorrow,   Lakshmana,   angry
and   hissing   like   a   bound   cobra,   spoke   as   follows.

AnaT    iv    B¥tana|    naTÞÏv|    vasvaEpm:    ,
mya    p#EÝyEN    kak[ÞT    ¢kmTI|    p¢rtÔysE    .22.

AnaT:   iv

like an orphan

B¥tana|

of all beings

naT

lord

Ïvm¯

you

vasvaEpm:

equal to Indra

mya

with me

p#ÝyEN

acts as per orders

kak[ÞT

Rama

¢kmTI|

why

p¢rtÔysE

do you grieve

22.Lakshmana   asked   Rama,   who   equal   to   Indra,   and     the   lord   of   all   beings,
beings,   why   should   he   grieve   like   an   orphan   when   he   was   with   Rama   and
acts   as   per   Rama's   orders.

SrEN    ¢nhtÞyaï    mya    @[¼En    rXs:    ,
¢vraDÞy    gtasaErq¢h    mh£    paÞy¢t    SaE¢Ntm¯    .23.

SrEN	with an arrow

¢nhtÞy

killed

Aï

now

mya

by me

@[¼En

angrily

rXs:

demon

¢vraDÞy

of Viradha

gtasaE:

dead

¢h

itself

mh£m¯

the earth

paÞy¢t

will drink

SaE¢Ntm¯

the blood

23.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   the   earth   will   drink   the   blood   of   Viradha
losing   his   life   when   killed   by   him   with   an   arrow   now   itself   in   anger.

raÇykamE    mm    @aEDaE    BrtE    yaE    bB¥v    h    ,
t|    ¢vraDE    ¢vmaEßya¢m    vj#£    vj#¢mvaclE    .24.

raÇykamE

wished for the kingdom

mm

my

@aED:

anger

BrtE	in Bharata's

y:

which

bB¥v   h

was present

t|

that

¢vraDE

on Viradha

¢vmaEßya¢m

will release

vj#£

Indra

vj#m¯

thunderbolt

iv

like

AclE	on the mountain

24.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   anger   which   he   had   against   Bharata,   who
wished   for   the   kingdom,   he   shall   ventilate   on   Viradha,   just   as   Indra   released
his   thunderbolt   on   the   mountain.

mm    B¤jblvEgvE¢gt:    ptt¤    SraE{Þy    mhaÓmhaEr¢s    ,
Ûypnyt¤    tnaEà    j£¢vt|    ptt¤    tt:    s:    mh£|    ¢vG¥¢NIt:    .25.

mm

my

B¤jblvEgvE¢gt:

speeded by the strength of my arms

ptt¤	may fall down

Sr:

the arrow

AÞy

his

mhan¯

great

mhaEr¢s

on broad chest

Ûypnyt¤

let remove

tnaE:

from the body

c

also

j£¢vt|

life

ptt¤	may fall down

tt:

then

s:

he

mh£|	on the earth

¢vG¥¢NIt:

swirling

25.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   let   the     arrows   speeded   by   the   strength   of   his
arms   fall   on   the   broad   chest   of   Viradha   and   take   the   life   from   the   body,   which
may   than   fall   down   swirling   to   the   earth.

iÏy¤?va    lßmN:    ½£man¯    raXs|    p#hs¢°v    ,
kaE    BvaÓvnm×yEÏy    c¢rÝy¢t    yTas¤Km¯    .26.

i¢t   u?va

saying thus

lßmN:

Lakshmana

½£man¯

blessed

raXs|

to the demon

p#hsn¯

laughing

iv

as if

k:

who are

Bvan¯

you

vnm¯	in the forest

A×yEÏy

appearing in front of us

c¢rÝy¢t

are you going to live

yTas¤Km¯

as you wish

26.Lakshmana,     saying   thus,   as   if   laughing   at   the   demon,   asked   him   who   he
was   and   appearing   before   them   in   the   forest   does   he   intend   to   live   as   he   desired.