sa{b#v£¹cn|    ½¤Ïva    raXs£    mdna¢dIta    ,
½¥yta|    ram    vßya¢m    tt¯ÏvaTI|    vcn|    mm    .21.

sa

she

Ab#v£t¯

said

vcn|	the following words

½¤Ïva

hearing

raXs£

ogress

mdna¢dIta

stricken with love

½¥yta|

please hear

ram

Rama

vßya¢m

I will tell

tt¯ÏvaTI|

the real truth

vcn|

words

mm

my

21.Surpanakha,   stricken   with   love,   told   Rama   to   listen   to   her   words   and
she   will   tell   the   real   truth.

Ah|    S¥pINKa    nam    raXs£    kamã¢pN£    ,
ArÎy|    ¢vcram£dmEka    svIByHqkra    .22.

Ah|

I am

S¥pINKa   nam

Surpanakha by name

raXs£

ogress

kamã¢pN£

capable of assuming any form at will

ArÎy|

in the forest

¢vcra¢m

am roaming

id|

this

eka

alone

svIByHqkra

causing fear to all

22.Surpanakha   told   Rama   that   she   was   an   ogress,   Surpanakha   by   name
and   she   roams   in   the   forest   alone   causing   fear   to   all   and   capable   of   any
form   at   will.

ravNaE    nam    mE    B#ata    raXsaE    raXsa¢Dp:    ,
v£raE    ¢v½vs:    p¤æOaE    y¢d    tE    ½aEæOymagt:    .23.

ravN:   nam

Ravana by name

mE

my

B#ata

elder brother

raXs:

an ogre

raXsa¢Dp:

king of ogres

v£r:

valiant

¢v½vs:

of Visrava

p¤æO:

son

y¢d

if

tE

your

½aEæOy|

ears

Aagt:

reached

23.Suarpanakha   told   Rama   that   she   was   the   sister   of   an   ogre,   Ravana   by
name   who   was   the   son   of   Visrava   and   king   of   ogres.

p#v¦¼¢nd#à    tTa    k[ØBkNa©I    mhabl:    ,
¢vB£xNà    DmaIÏma    n    t¤    raXscE¢¾t:    .24.

p#v¦¼¢nd#:

given to excessive sleep

c

also

tTa

simlarly

k[ØBkNI:

Kumbhakarna

mhabl:

very mighty

¢vB£xN:   c

Vibhishana also

DmaIÏma

pious minded

n

not

t¤

but

raXscE¢¾t:

activities of an ogre

24.Surapanakha   told   Rama   that   Kumbhakarna,   given   to   excessive   sleep
and   the   pious   minded   Vibhishana,   not   having   the   activites   of   an   ogre   were
her   brothers   also.

p#Áyatv£ya©I    c    rNE    B#atraW    KrÑ¥xNaW    ,
tanh|    sm¢t@aÓta    ram    Ïva    p¥vIdSInat¯    .25.
sm¤pEta{¢Þm    BavEn    BtaIr|    p¤âxaEäOmm¯    .26.

p#Áyatv£ya©I

well known for valour

c

also

rNE	in a battle field

B#atraW

brothers

KrѥxNaW

Khara and Dushana

tan¯

them

Ah|

I

sm¢t@aÓta

bypasing

ram

Rama

Ïva

you

p¥vIdSInat¯

ever since saw

sm¤pEta   A¢Þm

have taken

BavEn

with my mind

BtaIr|

as husband

p¤âxaEäOmm¯

foremostamong men

25,26.Surpanakha   told   Rama   that   her   two   other   brothers,   Khara   and
Dushana   were   well   known   for   their   valour   in   a   battle   field.   She   told   Rama
that   bypassing   them   she   had   mentally   taken   him   as   her   husband.

Ah|    p#BavsØp°a    ÞvÅCÓdblga¢mn£    ,
¢cray    Bv    mE    BtaI    s£tya    ¢k|    k¢rÝy¢s    .27.

Ah|

I am

p#BavsØp°a

richly endowed with power

ÞvÅCÓdblga¢mn£

able to roam at will due to my strength

¢cray

for long

Bv

be

mE

my

BtaI

husband

s£tya

with Sita

¢k|

what

k¢rÝy¢s

are you doing

27.Surpanakha   told   Rama   that   she   was   endowed   with   power   and   can   roam
due   to   her   strength.   She   asked   him   to   be   her   husband   for   a   long   time   and
asked   him   what   he   can   do   with   Sita?

¢vk]ta    c    ¢vãpa    c    n    cEy|    sèS£    tv    ,
AhmEva{n¤ãpa    tE    BayIãpEN    pÜy    mam¯    .28.

¢vk]ta   c

is deformed also

¢vãpa   c

uglu also

n

not

c

also

iy|

this

sèS£

wirthy

tv

of you

Ah|   ev

I alone

An¤ãpa

as a match

tE

for you

BayIãpEN

as a wife

pÜy

look upon

mam¯

me

28.Surpanakha   told   Rama   that   Sita   being   deformed   and   ugly   is   not   worthy
of   him   and   she   alone   is   a   match   for   him   and   asked   him   to   look   upon   her   as
a   wife.

ima|    ¢vãpamst£|    krala|    ¢nNItaEdr£m¯    ,
AnEn    sh    tE    B#aæOa    BX¢yÝya¢m    man¤x£m¯    .29.

ima|

her

¢vãpam¯

ugly

Ast£|

vile

krala|

hideous

¢nNItaEdr£m¯

with a sunken belly

AnEn   sh

with him

tE

your

B#aæOa

brother

BX¢yÝya¢m

will devour

man¤x£m¯

the human lady

29.Surpanakha   told   Rama   that   she   will   devour   the   lady   who   was   ugly,
vile,   hideous   and   with   a   sunken   belly   along   with   Rama's   brother.

tt:    pvItS¦HqGa¢N    vna¢n    ¢v¢vDa¢n    c    ,
pÜyn¯    sh    mya    kam£    dÎfka¢Óvc¢rÝy¢s    .30.

tt:

then

pvItS¦HqGa¢N

peaks of mountains

vna¢n

forests

¢v¢vDa¢n

various

c

also

pÜyn¯

seeing

sh   mya

with me

kam£	full of concupiscence

dÎfkan¯

in the dandakaranya

¢vc¢rÝy¢s

will wander

30.Surpanakha   told   Rama   that   thereafter   seeing   the   mountain   peaks   and
various   forests,   he,   full   of   concupiscence   will   wander   in   dandakaranya   with
her.