ATaEvac    p¤nvaIÀy|    ¢vraD:    p¥ryÓvnm¯    ,
AaÏman|    p¦ÅCtE    b#¥t|    kaW    y¤va|    Àv    g¢mÝyT:    .1.

AT	as follows

uvac

said

p¤n:

again

vaÀy|

these words

¢vraD:

Viradha

p¥ryn¯

resounding

vnm¯	in the forest

AaÏman|

about yourself

p¦ÅCtE

I am asking

b#¥t|

please tell

kaW

who are

y¤va|

you two

Àv   g¢mÝyT:

where are you going

1.Viradha,   making   the   forest   resound   with   his   voice,   asked   them   to   tell   him
who   they   were   and   where   were   they   going.

tm¤vac    ttaE    ramaE    raXs|    Çv¢ltannam¯    ,
p¦ÅCÓt|    s¤mhatEja    ißvak[k[lmaÏmn:    .2.

tm¯

that

uvac

said

tt:

then

ram:

Rama

raXs|

to the demon

Çv¢ltannam¯

with a flaming mouth

p¦ÅCÓt|

who had asked

s¤mhatEja

of extraordinary lustre

ißvak[k[lm¯

of the ikshaku dynasty

AaÏmn:

we are

2.Rama,   in   reply   to   the   demon   with   a   flaming   mouth,   said   that   they   were
from   Ikshvaku   dynasty.

X¢æOyaW    v¦äOs|p°aW    ¢v¢¼    naW    vngaEcraW    ,
Ïv|    t¤    vE¢dt¤¢mÅCav:    kÞÏv|    cr¢s    dÎfkan¯    .3.

X¢æOyaW

kshatriyas

v¦äOs|p°aW

with good character

¢v¢¼

know

naW

us

vngaEcraW

come to the forest

Ïva|   t¤

about you also

vE¢dt¤m¯

to know

iÅCav:

wish

k:

who

Ïv|

you

cr¢s	— wandering

dÎfkan¯

in Dandakaranya

3.Rama   told   the   demon   that   they   were   kshatriyas   with   good   character   and
have   come   to   live   in   the   forest.   He   wanted   know   from   the   demon   who   he
was   and   why   was   he   wandering   in   dandakaranya?

tm¤vac    ¢vraDÞt¤    ram|    sÏypra@mm¯    ,
hÓt    vßya¢m    tE    raj¢°baED    mm    raGv    .4.

tm¯

that

uvac

said

¢vraD:

Viradha

t¤

now

ram|

to Rama

sÏypra@mm¯

of unfailing valour

hÓt

O

vßya¢m

I will tell

tE

to you

rajn¯

king

¢nbaED

please listen

mm

to me

raGv

Raghava

4.Virada   now   told   Rama   that   he   will   reply   to   Rama   and   asked   Rama   to   listen   to   him.

p¤æO:    ¢kl    jyÞyah|    mata    St»da    ,
¢vraD    i¢t    mamah^:    p¦¢TÛya|    svIraXsa:    .5.

p¤æO:

son

¢kl

is said

jyÞy

of Jaya

Ah|

I am

mata

mother

St»da

Satahrada

¢vraD:

as Viradha

i¢t

thus

ma|

me

Aah^:

call

p¦¢TÛya|

on earth

svIraXsa:

all the rakshas

5.The   demon   told   Rama   that   it   is   said   that   he   was   the   son   of   Jaya   and
Satahrada   was   his   mother   and   all   the   rakshasas   call   him   Virada.

tpsa    ca¢p    mE    p#açOa    b#'NaE    ¢h    p#sadja    ,
SÞæOENavÒyta      laEkE{ÅCEïaBEïÏvmEv    c    .6.

tpsa	by penance

c

and

A¢p

also

mE

for me

p#açOa

obtained

b#'N:

of Brahma

¢h   p#sadja

by the grace

SÞæOEN

with weapons

AvÒyta

cannot be killed

laEkE

in this world

AÅCEïaBEïÏvm¯

being cut or broken

ev   c

similarly obtained

6.Viradha   told   them   that   he   has   through   penance   has   obtained   protection
from   being   killed   in   the   world   by   a   weapon,   from   being   cut   or   broken,   by
the   grace   of   Brahma.

uÏs¦Çy    p#mdamEnamnpEXaW    yTagtm¯    ,
ÏvrmaNaE    playEta|    n    va|    j£¢vtmaddE    .7.

uÏs¦Çy

abandoning

p#mda|

woman

enam¯

this

AnpEXaW

without any expectation

yTagtm¯

the way you came

ÏvrmaNaW

with haste

playEta|

run away

n

not

va|

your

j£¢vtm¯

life

AaddE

will take

7.Viradha   told   Rama   and   Lakshmana   to   run   away   in   haste   the   way   they
came,   abandoning   Sita;   and   he   will   not   take   their   life.

t|    ram:    p#Ïy¤vacEd|    kaEps|r³laEcn:    ,
raXs|    ¢vk]takar|    ¢vraD|    papcEtsm¯    .8.

t|

that

ram:

Rama

p#Ïy¤vac

replied

id|	as follows

kaEps|r³laEcn:

with eyes reddened from anger

raXs|

to the demon

¢vk]takar|

with ugly form

¢vraD|

to Viradha

papcEtsm¯

with sinful mind

8.Rama,   with   eyes   reddened   from   anger   replied   as   follows   to   the   sinful
minded,   with   ugly   form   rakshasa,   Viradha.

X¤d#    ¢Dkq    Ïva|    t¤    h£naTI|    m¦Ïy¤mÓvExsE    D#¤vm¯    ,
rNE    s|p#aÔysE    ¢t¾    n    mE    j£vn¯    g¢mÝy¢s    .9.

X¤d#	petty fellow

¢Dkq	fie upon you

Ïva|

you

t¤

now

h£naTI|

not to fulfill desire

m¦Ïy¤|

death

AÓvExsE

seeking

D#¤vm¯

definitely

rNE

in battle

s|p#aÔysE

will get

¢t¾

wait

n

not

mE	in front of me

j£vn¯

alive

g¢mÝy¢s

will go back

9.Rama   told   Viradha   that   he   was   petty   fellow   and   will   not   go   back   alive.
He   is   seeking   his   own   death.and   will   definitely   get   that   in   battle.

tt:    sÇy|    Dn¤:    k]Ïva    ram:    s¤¢n¢Sta·¯Cran¯    ,
s¤S£G#m¢BsÓDay    raXs|    ¢njGan    h    .10.

tt:

then

sÇy|	the bow string

Dn¤:

bow

k]Ïva

doing

ram:

Rama

s¤¢n¢Stan¯

very sharp

Sran¯

the arrows

s¤S£G#m¯

immediately

A¢BsÓDay

fitting

raXs|

on the demon

¢njGan

released

h

behold

10.Rama   then   stringing   the   bow,   fitted   very   sharp   arrows   to   it,   released   them   at   Viradha.