ev|    kTymanÞy    ddSaI½mmÎflm¯    .21.

ev|

as above

kTymanÞy

while beong told

ddSI

saw

Aa½mmÎflm¯

a cluster of hermitages

21.While   Rama   was   being   told   as   above,   he   saw   a   cluster   of   hermitages.

p#¢vÜy    sh    vWdE/a    lßmNEn    c    raGv:    ,
uvas    m¤¢n¢B:    sv©I:    p¥jmanaE    mhaÏm¢B:    .22.

p#¢vÜy

entered

sh   vWdE/a

with Vaidehi

lßmNEn   c

and with Lakshmana

raGv:

Rama

uvas

stayed

m¤¢n¢B:

by the sages

sv©I:

by all

p¥jman:

honoured

mhaÏm¢B:

by the great

22.Rama   entered     the   hermitages   along   with   Sita   and   Lakshmana   stayed
there,   honoured   by   all   the   great   sages.

tTa    t¢Þmn¯    s    kak[t¯ÞT:    ½£mÏya½mmÎflE    ,
u¢xÏva    t¤    s¤K|    tæO    p¥ÇymanaE    mh¢xI¢B:    .23.
jgam    ca½ma|ÞtExa|    pyaIyEN    tp¢Þvnam¯    ,
yExam¤¢xtvan¯    p¥vI|    skaSE    s    mhaÞæO¢vt¯    .24.

tTa

thus

t¢Þmn¯

in that

s:

he

kak[t¯ÞT:

Rama

½£m¢t

beautiful

Aa½mmÎflE

in the cluster of hermitages

u¢xÏva

having stayed

t¤

in this

s¤K|

happily

tæO

there

p¥Çyman:

being honoured

mh¢xI¢B:

by the great sages

jgam

went

c   Aa½man¯

to the hermitages

tExa|

their

pyaIyEN

one by one

tp¢Þvnam¯

sages'

yExam¯

which

u¢xtvan¯

stayed

p¥vI|

before

skaSE

with whom

s:

he

mhaÞæO¢vt¯

knower of great weapons

23,24.Rama   along   with   Lakshmana   staying   there   happily   being   honoured
by   the   greatsages,   visited   one   by   one   the   hermitages   of   sages   with   whom
he   had   stayed   before.

Àv¢ct¯    p¢rdSan¯    masanEk|    s|vÏsr|    Àv¢ct¯    ,
Àv¢ct¯    ct¤raE    masan¯    p·    xzq    capran¯    Àv¢ct¯    .25.
ApræOa¢Dk|    masadÔyDIm¢Dk|    Àv¢ct¯    ,
æO£n¯    masan¾masa|à    raGvaE    Óyvst¯    s¤Km¯    .26.

Àv¢ct¯

somewhere

p¢rdSan¯

for ten

masan¯

months

ek|

one

s|vÏsr|

year

Àv¢ct¯

somewhere

Àv¢ct¯

somewhere

ct¤r:

four

masan¯

months

p·   xzq   c

five, six months also

Apran¯

in others

Àv¢ct¯

somewhere

ApræO

elsewhere

A¢Dk|

more

masat¯

one month

A¢p   ADIm¯   A¢Dk|

half amonth more also

Àv¢ct¯

somewhere

æO£n¯

three

masan¯

months

A¾masan¯   c

for eight months also

raGv:

Rama

Óyvst¯

stayed

s¤Km¯

happily

25,26.Rama   stayed   happily   somewhere   for   ten   months,   somewhere   for   a
year,   somewhere   for   four   months,   somewhere   five   to   six   and   more   months
elsewhere   for   more   months,   somewhere   half   a   month   more,   and   in   other
hermitages   for   eight   and   three   months.

tTa    s|vstÞtÞy    m¤n£nama½mEx¤    vW    ,
rmtàan¤k\ÚyEn    yy¤:    s|vÏsra    dS    .27.

tTa

thus

s|vst:

living

tÞy

for him

m¤n£nam¯

of the sages

Aa½mEx¤   vW

in the hermitages only

rmt:   c

happily also

An¤k\ÚyEn

comfortably

yy¤:

went by

s|vÏsra:

years

dS:

ten

27.Rama   thus   staying   in   the   hermitages   of   the   sages   comfortably   and
happily   ten   years   passed.

p¢rv¦Ïy    c    DmIåOaE    raGv:    sh    s£tya    ,
s¤t£ßNÞya½m|    ½£man¯    p¤nrEvajgam    h    .28.

p¢rv¦Ïy

leaving

c

and

DmIåO:

knower of dharma

raGv:

Rama

s£tya   sh

along with Sita

s¤t£ßNÞy

Sutikshna's

Aa½m|

hermitage

½£man¯

majestic

p¤n:   ev

once again

Aajgam

went

28.Rama   along   with   Sita   leaving   the   cluster   of   hermitages,   once   again
came   to   Suthikshna's   hermitage.

s    tma½mmasaï    m¤¢n¢B:    p#¢tp¥¢jt:    ,
tæOa¢p    Óyvsd#am:    ¢k¢·t¯    kalm¢rÓdm:    .29.

s:

that

tm¯

that

Aa½mm¯

hermitage

Aasaï

having reached

m¤¢n¢B:

by the sages

p#¢tp¥¢jt:

honoured

tæO   A¢p

there also

Óyvst¯

stayed

ram:

Rama

¢k¢·t¯

for some

kalm¯

time

A¢rÓdm:

the vanquisher of enemies

29.Having   reached   that   hermitage   and   honoured   by   the   sages,   Rama
stayed   there   also   for   sometime.

tda½mÞTaE    ¢vnyat¯    kda¢cäO|    mham¤¢nm¯    ,
upas£n|    s    kak[t¯ÞT:    s¤t£ßN¢mdmb#v£t¯    .30.

tda½mÞT:

staying in that hermitage

¢vnyat¯

respectfully

kda¢ct¯

on one occasion

tm¯

to him

mham¤¢nm¯

to the great sage

upas£n|

seated

s:

that

kak[t¯ÞT:

Rama of the Kakutstha lineage

s¤t£ßNm¯

to Suthikshana

idm¯	the following

Ab#v£t¯

said

30.Rama,   while   seated   in   the   hermitage   respectfully   beside   the   great   sage,
said   the   following   to   Suthikshana.