A¢Þm°rÎyE    Bgv°gÞÏyaE    m¤¢nsäOm:    ,
vst£¢t    mya    ¢nÏy|    kTa:    kTyta|    ½¤tm¯    .31.

A¢Þmn¯

in this

ArÎyE

in the forest

Bgvn¯

Sir

AgÞÏy:

Agastya

m¤¢nsäOm:

foremost of the sages

vs¢t

lives

i¢t

thus

mya

by me

¢nÏy|

always

kTa:

stories

kTyta|

from those talking among themselves

½¤tm¯

have heard

31.Rama   told   Sutikshna   that   he   had   heard   from   those   talking   among
themselves   that   the   foremost   of   sages,   Agastya   lives   in   this   forest
permanently.

n    t¤    jna¢m    t|    dES|    vnÞyaÞy    mhäOya    ,
k[æOa½m¢md    p¤Îy|    mhx©IÞtÞy    D£mt:    .32.

n

do not

t¤

in this

jna¢m

I know

t|

that

dES|

place

vnÞy	of the forest

AÞy

this

mhäOya

because of the vastness

k[æO

where

Aa½mm¯

the hermitage

idm¯

this

p¤Îy|

pious

mhx©I:

great sage's

tÞy

his

D£mt:

wise

32.Rama   told   Sutikshna   that   due   to   vastness   of   the   forest   he   did   know   the
place   and   asked   the   sage   about   the   location   of   the   pious   sage's   hermitage.

p#sadaäOæO    Bvt:    san¤j:    sh    s£tya    ,
AgÞÏym¢BgÅCEym¢Bvad¢yt¤|    m¤¢nm¯    .33.

p#sadat¯

through the favour

tæO   Bvt:

of yourself

san¤j

with brother

sh   s£tya

with Sita

AgÞÏym¯

Agastya

A¢BgÅCEym¯

I will go

A¢Bvad¢yt¤|

to pay respect

m¤¢nm¯

to the sage

33.Rama   told   Sutikshna   that   through   his   grace   he   will   go   there   with
Lakshmana   and   Sita   to   pay   respects   to   the   sage   Agastya.

mnaErTaE    mhanEx    ¶¢d    s|p¢rvtItE    ,
ydh|    t|    m¤¢nvr|    S¤½¥xEym¢p    Þvym¯    .34.

mnaErT:

desire

mhan¯

great

ex:

this

¶¢d	in the heart

s|p¢rvtItE

exists

yt¯

that

Ah|

I

t|

that

m¤¢nvr|

the great sage

S¤½¥xEym¯

do some service

A¢p

also

Þvym¯

personally

34.Rama   told   Sutikshna   that   he   had   desire   in   his   herta   to   personally   serve
the   great   sage.

i¢t    ramÞy    s    m¢n:    ½¤Ïva    DmaIÏmnaE    vc:    ,
s¤t£ßN:    p#Ïy¤vacEd|    p#£taE    dSrTaÏmjm¯    .35.

i¢t

as above

ramÞy

of Rama

s:

that

m¢n:

sage

½¤Ïva

hearing

DmaIÏmn:

righteous

vc:

words

s¤t£ßN:

Suthikshna

p#Ïy¤vac

replied

id|	as follows

p#£t:

pleased

dSrTaÏmjm¯

to son of Dasaratha

35.Hearing   these   words   of   the   righteous   Rama,   sage   Suthikshana   was
please   and   replied   as   follows   to   the   son   of   Dasaratha.

AhmÔyEtdEv    Ïva|    v³[kam:    slßmNm¯    ,
AgÞÏym¢BgÅCE¢t    s£tya    sh    raGv    .36.

Ahm¯   A¢p

I also

ett¯   ev

this only

Ïva|

to you

v³[kam:

wanted to tell

slßmNm¯

along with Lakshmana

AgÞÏym¯

to Agastya

A¢BgÅC

please go

i¢t

thus

s£tya   sh

with Sita

raGv:

Rama

36.Sutikshna   told   Rama   that   he   wanted   to   tell   him   and   Lakshmana   to   go
to   sage   Agastya   with   Sita.

¢d¾Ya    ¢Ïvdan£mT©I{¢Þmn¯    ÞvymEv    b#v£¢m    mam¯    ,
AhmaÁya¢m    tE    ram    yæOagÞÏyaE    mham¤¢n:    .37.

¢d¾Ya

god's will

t¤

in this

idan£m¯

now

AT©I   A¢Þmn¯

on this subject

Þvym¯   ev

on your own

b#v£¢m

asked

mam¯

me

Ahm¯

I

AaÁya¢m

will tell

tE

to you

ram:

Rama

yæO	where he lives

AgÞÏy:

Agastya

mham¤¢n:

great sage

37.Sutikshna   told   Rama   that   by   god's   grace   Rama   had   talked   about   this
subject   himself.   He   will   tell   Rama   where   the   great   Agastya   lives.

yaEjnaÓya½maäOat    ya¢h    cÏva¢r    vW    tt:    ,
d¢XNEn    mhaM¯ÅC®£mangÞÏyB#at¤ra½m:    .38.

yaEjna¢n

yojanas(twelve miles)

Aa½mat¯

from the hermitage

tat¯

O child

ya¢h

go

cÏva¢r

four

vW

is

tt:

there

d¢XNEn

towards the south

mhan¯

great

½£man¯

majestic

AgÞÏyB#at¤:

Agastya's brother's

Aa½m:

hermitage

38.Sutikshna   told   Rama   to   go   four   yojanas   from   the   hermitage   towards   the   .
south   where   lies   Agastya's   brother's   big,   majestic     hermitage.

ÞTlp#ayE    vnaEêESE    ¢pÔpl£vnSaE¢BtE    ,
bh^p¤ÝpPlE    rØyE    nanaSk[¢nna¢dtE    .39.
p¢îÓyaE    ¢v¢vDaÞtæO    p#s°s¢lla:    ¢Sva:    ,
h|skarÎfvak£NaIà@vakaEpSaE¢Bta:    .40.

ÞTlp#ayE

with great ups and downs

vnaEêESE

place of the hermitages

¢pÔpl£vnSaE¢BtE

adorned with Pippali trees

bh^p¤ÝpPlE

with many flowers and fruits

rØyE

beautiful

nanaSk[¢nna¢dtE

resounding with sound of various birds

p¢îÓy:

lotusponds

¢v¢vDa:

several

tæO

there

p#s°s¢lla:

with clear waters

¢Sva:

auspicious

h|skarÎfvak£NaI:

filled with swans, geese

c@vakaEpSaE¢Bta:

adorned with the Chakravak birds

39,40.Sutikshna   told   Rama   that   the   place   with   ups   and   downs   is
adorned   with   Pippali   trees,   with   many   flowers   and   fruits   and   charming   and
resounding   with   the   sound   of   various   birds,   many   lotus-ponds   and   clear
water   streams,   filled   with   swans   and   geese   and   adorned   with   chakavaka
birds.