ihaEpyat:   kak[t¯ÞT    dEvraj:   St@t¤:    ,
upagØy   c    mE   dEvaE    mhadEvÞs¤rEár:    .
svaIn¯   laEkan¯    ¢jtanah   mm    p¤ÎyEN   kmINa    .11.

ih

here

upyat:

had come

kak[t¯ÞT

Rama

dEvraj:

Indra

St@t¤:

who had performed hundred yagnas

upagØy   c

having come

mE

to me

dEv:

Indra

mhadEv:

the great god

s¤rEár:

king of the devas

svaIn¯

all

laEkan¯

the higher worlds

¢jtan¯

have won

Aah

said

mm

my

p¤ÎyEN

by meritorious

kmINa

deeds

11.Sutikshna   told   Rama   that   Indra   had   come   there   and   told   him   that   he   had
won   all   the   higher   worlds   through   meritorious   deeds.

tEx¤   dEv¢xIj¤¾Ex¤    ¢jtEx¤   tpsa    mya    ,
mt¯p#asadaÏsBayIÞÏv|   ¢vhrÞv    slßmN:    .12.

tEx¤

in those

dEv¢xIj¤¾Ex¤

inhabited by the divine sages

¢jtEx¤

won

tpsa	by penance

mya

by me

mt¯p#asadat¯

with my grace

sBayI:

with wife

Ïvm¯

you

¢vhrÞv

please rejoice

slßmN:

with Lakshmana

12.Sutikshna   told   Rama   that   he   with   wife   and   Lakshmana   may   rejoice   in
those   worlds   inhabited   by   divine   sages,   attained   by   Sutikshna   through   penance.

tm¤g#tpsa   y¤³|    mh¢xI|   sÏyva¢dnm¯    ,
p#Ïy¤vacaÏmvan¯   ramaE    b#'aN¢mv   kÜyp:    .   13.

tm¯

that

ug#tpsa

by austere penance

y¤³|	resplendent

mh¢xI|

to the great sage

sÏyva¢dnm¯

one who speaks the truth

p#Ïy¤vac

replied

AaÏmvan¯

selfrestrained

ram:

Rama

b#'aN||

to Brahma

iv

like

kÜyp:

Kashyapa

13.The   self-restrained   Rama,   replied   to   the   great   resplendent   sage   who
spoke   the   truth   just   as   Kashyapa   to   Brahma.

AhmEvah¢rÝya¢m   Þvy|    laEkan¯   mham¤nE    ,
Aavas|   Ïvh¢mÅCa¢m    p#¢d¾¢mh   kannE    .14.

Ahm¯   ev

I myself

Aah¢rÝya¢m

will accept

Þvy|

on my own

laEkan¯

all the worlds

mham¤nE

great sage

Aavas|   t¤

a place of abode only

Ahm¯

I

iÅCa¢m

desire

p#¢d¾m¯

to be pointed out

ih

now

kannE

in this forest

14.   Rama   told   Sutikshna   that   he,   on   his   own   will   accept   all   the
worlds.   He   told   the   sage   to   point   out   a   place   of   abode   in   the   forest.

Bvan¯   svIæO    k[SlÞsvIB¥t¢htE   rt:    ,
AaÁyatÜSrBÄñEN   gaWtmEn    mhaÏmna    .15.

Bvan¯

you

svIæO

in all sciences

k[Sl:

wellversed

svIB¥t¢htE

to the good of all beings

rt:

devoted

AaÁyat:

was informed

SrBÄñEN

by Sharabhanga

gaWtmEn

of Gautama family

mhaÏmna

highsouled

15.Rama   told   Sutikshna   that   Sarabhanga   of   Gautama   family   had   told   him
that   Sutikshna   was   well   versed   in   all   sciences   and   was   devoted   to   the
welfare   of   all   beings.

evm¤³Þt¤   ramEN    mh¢xIla©Ik¢v½¤t:    ,
Ab#v£ÓmD¤r|   vaÀy|    hx©IN   mhta{{Ôl¤t:    .16.

evm¯

as above

u³:	being told

t¤

in this

ramEN

by Rama

mh¢xI:

the great sage

laEk¢v½¤t:

famous in all three worlds

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

mD¤r|

sweet

vaÀy|

words

hx©IN

with delight

mhta

great

AaÔl¤t:

with a happy mind

16.Being   told   thus   by   Rama,   the   world   famous   great   sage,   filled   with   great
delight   and   a   happy   mind,   spoke   sweet   words.

AymEva½maE   ram    g¤Nvan¯   rØyta¢mh    ,
§¢xsHqGan¤c¢rtÞsda   m¥lPlay¤t:    .17.

Aym¯

this

ev   Aa½m:

hermitage only

ram:

Rama

g¤Nvan¯

is comfortable

rØytam¯

may stay happily

ih

here

§¢xsHqGan¤c¢rt

frequented by multitudes of sages

sda

always

m¥lPlay¤t:

abounding with roots and fruits

17.Sutikshna   told   Rama   that   his   hermitage   frequnted   by   sages   and
abounding   with   roots   and   fruits   was   comfortable   and   Rama   can   stay   there.

imma½mmagØy   m¦gsÄña    mhayS:    ,
A¢zÏva   p#¢tgÅC¢Ót    laEB¢yÏva{k[taEBya:    .
naÓyaE   daExaE    BvEdæO   m¦gE×yaE{ÓyæO    ¢v¢¼   vW      .18.

imm¯

this

Aa½mm¯

to the hermitage

AagØy

comeing

m¦gsÄña:

herds of deers

mhayS:

very famous

A¢zÏva

having wandered

p#¢tgÅC¢Ót

return

laEB¢yÏva

having lured

Ak[taEBya:

without fear

n

not

AÓy:

other

daEx:

inconvenience

BvEt¯

can be

AæO

here

m¦gE×y:

other than the deer

AÓyæO

from any other

¢v¢¼	please understand

vW

surely

18.Sutikshna   told   Rama   that   herds   of   deer   having   come   into   the   ashram
wander   about   and   having   attracted   all   go   back.   Other   than   the   deer   there
cannot   be   any   inconvenience   from   others.

tÅC®¤Ïva   vcn|    tÞy   mhx©IlIßmNag#j:    ,
uvac   vcn|    D£raE   ¢vk]Ýy    sSr|   Dn¤:    .19.

tt¯

that

½¤Ïva

hearing

vcn|

the words

tÞy   mhx©I:

that great sage's

lßmNag#j:

Lakshmana's elder brother

uvac

said

vcn|

words

D£r:

valiant

¢vk]Ýy

slightly bending

sSr|	with arrow

Dn¤:

bow

19.The   valiant   Rama,   hearing   the   sage's   words,   slightly   bent   the   bow   with
arrow,   and   replied.

tanh|   s¤mhaBag    m¦gsHqGan¯   smagtan¯    ,
hÓya|   ¢n¢StDarEN    SrENa¢S¢nvcIsa    .20.

tan¯

that

Ah|

I

s¤mhaBag

greatly fortunate

m¦gsHqGan¯

herds of deer

smagtan¯

coming here

hÓya|

may have to kill

¢n¢StDarEN

with sharp point

SrEN

by arrow

A¢S¢nvcIsa

like lightening flash

20.Rama   told   Sutikshna   that   he   may   have   to   kill   the   herds   of   deer   that   come
there   with   very   sharp   arrows   like   a   flash   of   lightening.