ta|   tTa    p¢tta|   è¾qva    ¢vãpa|   SaE¢NtaE¢Xtam¯    ,
B¢gn£|   @aEDsÓtçO:    Kr:   pp#ÅC    raXs:    .1.

ta|

her

tTa	as she had done

p¢tta|

fallen

è¾qva

seeing

¢vãpa|

mutilated

SaE¢NtaE¢Xtam¯

drenched in blood

B¢gn£|

elder sister

@aEDsÓtçO:

inflamed with anger

Kr:

Khara

pp#ÅC

asked as follows

raXs:

ogre

1.Khara,   on   seeing   Surpanakha   mutilated   and   drenched   with   blood   and
fallen,   was   inflamed   with   anger   and   asked   her   as   follows.

u¢äO¿   tavdaÁya¢h    p#maEh|   j¢h    sm¯B#mm¯    ,
Ûy³maÁya¢h   kEn    ÏvmEv|ãpa   ¢vã¢pta    .2.

u¢äO¿

get up

tavt¯

firstly

AaÁya¢h

please narrate

p#maEh|

unconsciousness

j¢h

shake off

sm¯B#mm¯

fear

Ûy³|

in detail

AaÁya¢h

please tell

kEn

by whom

Ïv|

you

ev|ãpa

like this

¢vã¢pta

was mutilated

2.Khara   asked   Surpanakha   to   get   up   shake   off   her   fear   and   unconsciousness,   and   tell   in   detail   by   whom   she   was   mutilated   like   that.

k:   k]ÝNspImas£nmaS£¢vxmnagsm¯    ,
t¤dÏy¢Bsmap°mHqg¤Úyg#EN   l£lya    .3.

k:

who

k]ÝNspI|

black serpant

Aas£n|

lying down

AaS£¢vxm¯

with poison in teeth

Anagsm¯

harmlessly

t¤d¢t

hit

A¢Bsmap°m¯

to get up hissing

AHqg¤Úyg#EN

with the tip of finger

l£lya

in sport

3.Khara   asked   Surpanakha   who   has   disturbed   a   poisonous   black   serpant
lying   harmlessely,   with   finger   tips   in   sport?

k:   kalpaSmasÇy    kÎfE   maEha°    b¤ÒytE    ,
yÞÏvamï   smasaï    p£tva¢Óvxm¤äOmm¯    .4.

k:

who

kalpaS|

noose of death

AasÇy

having fastened

kÎfE	in the neck

maEhat¯

out of ignorance

n   b¤ÒytE

does not understand

y:

he who

Ïvam¯

you

Aï

now

smasaï

assailed

p£tvan¯

drunk

¢vx|

poison

uäOmm¯

most effective

4.Khara   told   Surpanakha   that   the   one   who   assailed   herhas   drunk   a   most effective   poison   is   not   conscious   of   having   fastened   the   noose   of   death
around   his   neck.

bl¢v@msØp°a   kamga    kamã¢pN£    ,
imamvÞTa|   n£ta    Ïv|   kEnaÓtksma    mta . 5 .

bl¢v@msØp°a

richly endowed with strength and prowess

kamga

roaming at will

kamã¢pN£

capable of assuming any form

imam¯

this

AvÞTa|

to the state

n£ta

reduced

Ïv|

you

kEn

by whim

AÓtksma

equal to death

mta	approached

5.Khara   asked   Surpanakha   by   whom   she,   who   was   endowed   with   strength and   prowess,   roaming   at   will,   capable   of   assuming   any   form   she   liked   and   equal   to   death,   was   approached   and   reduced   to   this   state?

dEvgÓDvIB¥tanam¦x£Na|   c    mhaÏmnam¯    ,
kaE{ymEv|   mhav£yIÞÏva|    ¢vãpa|   ckar    h    .6.

dEvgÓDvIB¥tana|

among gods, gandharvas, humans

§x£Na|   c

sages also

mhaÏmnam¯

high souled

k:   Ay|

who is this

ev|

like this

mhav£yI:

possessed of great prowess

Ïva|

you

¢vãpa|

mutilation

ckar

had done

h	what a surprise

6.Khara   asked   Surpanakha   who   among   gods,   gandharvas,   human   beings
and   sages   possessed   prowess   to   mutilate   her   thus.

n   ¢h    pÜyaØyh|   laEkE    y:   k[yaIÓmm    ¢v¢p#ym¯    ,
AmrEx¤   sh*aX|    mhEÓd#|   pakSasnm¯    .7.

n

do not

¢h

surely

pÜya¢m   Ah|

I see

laEkE

in the world

y:

anyone

k[yaIt¯

may offend

mm

to me

¢v¢p#ym¯

offence

AmrEx¤

among gods

sh*aX|

thousand eyed

mhEÓd#|

Indra

pakSasnm¯

tamer of demon Paka

7.Khara   told   Surpanakha   that   among   the   goda   someone   may   offend   Indra
the   tamer   of   demon   Paka,   but   he   perceived   anyone   who   dare   offend   him.

Aïah|   magINW:    p#aNanadaÞyE   j£¢vtaÓtkW:    ,
s¢llE   X£rmas³|    ¢n¢Ýpb¢°v   sars:    .8.

Aï

now

Ah|

I

magINW:

with arrows

p#aNan¯

life

AadaÞyE

will take

j£¢vtaÓtkW:

deadly

s¢llE

in water

X£r|

milk

Aas³|

mixed up

¢n¢Ýpbn¯

drinking

iv

like

sars:

the swan

8.Khara   told   Surpanakha   that   he   will   take   the   life   of   the   offender   with   his   deadly   arrows   like   the   swan   which   drinks   milk   only   from   a   mixture   of   milk   and   water.

¢nhtÞy   mya    sHqÁyE   SrsHqk]äOmmIN:    ,
sPEn|   â¢Dr|    r³|   mE¢dn£    kÞy   paÞy¢t    .9.

¢nhtÞy

being killed

mya

by me

sHqÁyE

in a fight

SrsHqk]äOmmIN:

with vital parts cut by arrows

sPEn|

with foam

â¢Dr|

blood

r³|

red

mE¢dn£

the earth

kÞy

whose

paÞy¢t

may drink

9.Khara   asked   Surpanakha   whose   foaming   blood   will   the   earth   drink
when   he   was   killed   by   Khara   in   a   fight   with   his   vital   parts   cut   through   by   arrows?

kÞy   pæOrTa:    kayaÓma|sm¤Ïk]Ïy   sHqgta:    ,
p#¶¾a   BX¢yÝy¢Ót    ¢nhtÞy   mya    rNE    .10.

kÞy

whose

pæOrTa:

birds

kayat¯

from body

ma|s|

flesh

uÏk]Ïy

tearing off

sHqgta:

coming together

p#¶¾a:

most delightedly

BX¢yÝy¢Ót

will eat

¢nhtÞy

killed

mya

by me

rNE	in a fight

10.Khara   wondered   whose   flesh   the   birds   will   most   delightedly   eat
tearing   it   off   from   the   body   when   he   was   killed   by   Khara   in   a   fight.