Bva|ÞtæOa¢BxÇyEt    ¢k|    Þyat¯    k]ÅC¦tr|    tt:    ,
et¢Þm°a½mE    vas|    ¢cr|    t¤    n    smTIyE    .21.

Bvan¯

you

tæO	in that case

A¢BxÇyEt

will be insulted

¢k|   Þyat¯

what can be

k]ÅC¦tr|

more painful

tt:

than that

et¢Þmn¯

in this

Aa½mE

hermitage

vas|

to stay

¢cr|	for long time

t¤

therefore

n   smTIyE

I do not favour

21.Rama   told   Sutikshna   that   he   will   be   insulted   in   that   case   and   there   is
nothing   more   painful   than   that.   Therefore   he   said   he   will   not   stay   for   a   long
time   in   this   hermitage.

tmEvm¤?va    vrd|    ram:    sÓÒyam¤pagmt¯    .22.

tm¯

to him

evm¯

thus

u?va	having said

vrd|	a blessed soul

ram:

Rama

sÓDya|

for evening worship

upagmt¯

left

22.Rama   having   said   thus   to   Sutikshna,   went   to   do   evening   worship.

AÓvaÞy    p¢àma|    sÓDya|    tæO    vasmkÚpyt¯    ,
s¤t£ßNÞya½mE    ramÞs£tya    lßmNEn    c    .23.

AÓvaÞy

having completed

p¢àma|

evening

sÓDya|

worship

tæO

there

vasm¯

to stay for the night

AkÚpyt¯

decided

s¤t£ßNÞy

Suthikshana's

Aa½mE

at hermitage

ram:

Rama

s£tya

with Sita

lßmNEn   c

and along with Lakshmana

23.Rama,   having   completed   the   evening   worship,   decided   to   stay   for   the
night   in   Sutikshna's   hermitage   along   with   Sita   and   Lakshmana.

tt:    S¤B|    tapsBaEÇym°|    Þvy|    s¤t£ßN:    p¤âxxIBa×yam¯    ,
ta×y|    s¤sÏk]Ïy    ddaW    mhaÏma    sn¯Òya¢nv¦äOaW    rjn£|    ¢nr£ßy    .24.

tt:

then

S¤B|

good

tapsBaEÇy|

fit for ascetics to eat

A°|

food

Þvy|

himself

s¤t£ßN:

Sutikshna

p¤âxxIBa×yam¯

for the two jewels among men

ta×y|

the two

s¤sÏk]Ïy

having honoured

ddaW

offered

mhaÏma

highsouled

sn¯Òya¢nv¦äOaW

having returned after evening worship

rjn£|

the nightfall

¢nr£ßy

seeing

24.Seeing   the   nightfall,   the   sage   Sutikshna   then   himself   honoured   and
offered   Rama   and   Lakshmana,   who   had   completed   the   evening   worship,
good   food   fit   for   ascetics.