k]ta¢BxEkaE    ramÞt¤    s£ta    saW¢m¢æOrEv    c    ,
tÞmaéaEdavr£t£raäOtaE    jÂm¤ÞÞvma½mm¯    .1.

k]ta¢BxEk:

having taken bath

ram:   t¤

Rama also

s£ta

Sita

saW¢m¢æO:   ev

and Lakshmana

c

also

tÞmat¯

that

gaEdavr£t£rat¯

from the banks of godavari

tt:

then

jÂm¤:

went

Þv|

to their

Aa½mm¯

hermitage

1.Having   taken   bath,   Rama,   Sita   and   Lakshmana   returned   to   their
hermitage   from   the   banks   of   godavari.

Aa½m|    tm¤pagØy    raGvÞsh    lßmN:    ,
k]Ïva    paWvaI¢ÿk|    kmI    pNISalam¤pagmt¯    .2.

Aa½m|

hermitage

t|

that

upagØy

reaching

raGv:

Rama

sh   lßmN:

with Lakshmana

k]Ïva

performed

paWvaI¢ÿk|

morning

kmI

worship

pNISala|

the tatched hut

upagmt¯

entered

2.Having   reached   the   hermitage,   Rama   along   with   Lakshmana,   performed
morning   worship   and   entered   the   tatched   hut.

uvas    s¤¢KtÞtæO    p¥ÇymanaE    mh¢xI¢B:    ,
lßmNEn    sh    B#aæOa    ckar    ¢v¢vDa:    kTa:    .3.

uvas

stayed

s¤¢Kt:

happily

tæO

there

p¥Çyman:

being honoured

mh¢xI¢B:

by the great sages

lßmNEn   sh

with Lakshmana

B#aæOa

brother

ckar

discussed

¢v¢vDa:

various

kTa:

topics

3.Rama,   being   honoured   by   the   great   sages,   stayed   there   happily   with
Lakshmana   discussing   various   topics.

s    ram:    pNISalayamas£nÞsh    s£tya    ,
¢vrraj    mhabah^¢àæOya    cÓd#ma    iv    .4.

s:

that

ram:

Rama

pNISalayalam¯

in the tatched hut

Aas£n:

when seated

sh   s£tya

with Sita

¢vrraj

shone brightly

mhabah^:

mighty armed

¢cæOya

the constellation citra

cÓd#ma

moon

iv

like

4.Rama,   seated   with   Sita   in   the   tatched   hut,   shone   brightly   like   the   moon   in
the   constellation   citra.

tTa{{s£nÞy    ramÞy    kTas|s³cEts:    ,
t|    dES|    raXs£    ka¢cdajgam    yèÅCya    .5.

tTa

thus

Aas£nÞy

was seated

ramÞy

Rama

kTas|s³cEts:

mind engrossed indiscussion

t|

that

dES|

region

raXs£

ogress

ka¢ct¯

one

Aajgam

visited

yèÅCya

by chance

5.While   Rama   was   seated   thus   with   mind   engrossed   in   discussion,   one
ogress   visited   that   region   by   chance.

sa    t¤    s¥pINKa    nam    dSg#£vÞy    rXs:    ,
B¢gn£    rammasaï    ddSI    ¢æOdSaEpmm¯    .6.

sa

she

t¤

then

s¥pINKa   nam

named Surpanakha

dSg#£vÞy

ten headed Ravana's

rXs:

ogre

B¢gn£

sister

ram|

Rama

Aasaï

approaching

ddSI

beheld

¢æOdSaEpmm¯

looking like a god

6.She   was   the   sister   of   Ravana,   named   Surpanakha.   She   saw   Rama   there
looking   like   a   god.

¢s|haErÞk|    mhabah^|    pîpæO¢nBEXNm¯    ,
Aajan¤bah^|    d£çOÞymt£v    ¢p#ydSInm¯    .7.

¢s|haErÞk|

with a broad chest

mhabah^|

mighty armed

pîpæO¢nBEXNm¯

eyes large like a lotus petal

Aajan¤bah^|

with long arms

d£çOÞym¯

radiant countenance

At£v

very

¢p#ydSInm¯

handsome

7.Surpanaka   saw   Rama   wih   a   broad   chest,   mighty   armed,   eyes   large   like
a   lotus   petal,   long   arms,   radiant   countenance   and   very   handsome.

gj¢v@aÓtgmn|    jzamÎflDa¢rNm¯    ,
s¤k[mar|    mhast¯Ïv|    pa¢TIvÛy¸na¢Óvtm¯    .8.
ram¢mÓd£vrÜyam|    kÓdpIsèSp#Bm¯    ,
bB¥vEÓd#aEpm|    è¾qva    raXs£    kammaE¢hta    .9.

gj¢v@aÓtgmn|

with majestic gait like an elephant

jzamÎflDa¢rNm¯

wearing a rond mass of matted hair

s¤k[mar|

tender

mhast¯Ïv|

with extraordinary strength

pa¢TIvÛy¸na¢Óvtm¯

with bodily marks of a monarch

ram|

Rama

iÓd£vrÜyam|

cerulean like a blue lotus

kÓdpIsèSp#Bm¯

having a splendour equal to that of Cupid

bB¥v

became

iÓd#aEpm|

looking like Indra

è¾qva

seeing

raXs£

ogress

kammaE¢hta

infatuated

8,9.Surpanaka,   seeing   Rama   with   a   majestic   gait   of   an   elephant,   wearing   a
rounded   mass   of   matted   hair,   tender,   with   extraordinary   strength,   endowed
with   bodily   marks   of   a   monach,   cerulean   like   a   blue   lotus,   having   a   splendour
equal   to   that   of   Cupid   and   looking   like   Indra,   became   infatuated.