tt:    S¥pInKa    GaEra    raGva½mmagta    ,
rXsamaccXE    taW    B#atraW    sh    s£tya    .1.

tt:

then

S¥pInKa

Surpanakha

GaEra

the dreadful

raGva½m|

Rama's hermitage

Aagta

having reached

rXsa|

to the ogres

AaccXE

pointed out

taW   B#atraW

the two brothers

sh   s£tya

along with Sita

1.Having   reached   Rama's   hermitage,   Surpankha   pointed   out   the   two
brothers   and   Sita   to   the   ogres.

tE    ram|    pNISalayam¤p¢v¾|    mhablm¯    ,
dèS¤Þs£tya    saDI|    vWdE/a    lßmNEn    c    .2.

tE

they

ram|

Rama

pNISalaya|

in the hermitage

up¢v¾|

seated

mhablm¯

exceptionally mighty

dèS¤:

saw

s£tya

with Sita

saDI|

together with

vWdE/a

princess of Videha

lßmNEn   c

aling with Lakshmana

2.The   ogres   saw   the   mighty   Rama   seated   in   the   hermitage   along   with   Sita   and   Lakshmana.

taÓè¾qva    raGv:    ½£managta|    ta|    c    raXs£m¯    ,
Ab#v£dqB#atr|    ramaElßmN|    d£çOtEjsm¯    .3.

tan¯

them

è¾qva

seeing

raGv:

Rama

½£man¯

glorious

Aagta|

returned

ta|

that

c   raXs£m¯

ogress also

Ab#v£t¯

said

B#atr|

to brother

ram:

Rama

lßmN|

to Lakshmana

d£çOtEjsm¯

of resplendant lustre

3.Rama   seeing   the   ogress   returned   with   ogres,   spoke   to   Lakshmana   the
following.

m¤h\tI|    Bv    saW¢mæOE    s£taya:    p#ÏynÓtr:    ,
imanÞya    v¢DÝya¢m    pdv£magta¢nh    .4.

m¤h\tI|

for a while

Bv

remain

saW¢mæOE

Lakshmana

s£taya:

of Sita

p#ÏynÓtr:

by the side

iman¯

these

AÞya:

her

v¢DÝya¢m

will kill

pdv£|   Aagtan¯

come to back

ih

here

4.Rama   told   Lakshmana   to   remain   by   the   side   of   Sita   while   he   killed   the   ogres   who   had   come   there   to   back   the   ogress.

vaÀymEtäOt:    ½¤Ïva    ramÞy    ¢v¢dtaÏmn:    ,
tTE¢t    lßmNaE    vaÀy|    ramÞy    p#Ïyp¥jyt¯    .5.

vaÀy|

words

ett¯

these

tt:

then

½¤Ïva

hearing

ramÞy

Rama's

¢v¢dtaÏmn:

the knower of self

tTa   i¢t

be it so

lßmN:

Lakshmana

vaÀy|

utterances

ramÞy

Rama's

p#Ïyp¥jyt¯

with bowed head

5.Lakshmana,   hearing   Rama's   words   and   bowing   his   head,   told   Rama   'be
it   so'.

raGvaE{¢p    mhÅcap|    cam£kr¢vB¥¢xtm¯    ,
ckar    sÇy|    DmaIÏma    ta¢n    rXa|¢s    cab#v£t¯    .6.

raGv:

Rama

A¢p	thereafter

mht¯

mighty

cap|

bow

cam£kr¢vB¥¢xtm¯

decorated with gold

ckar   sÇy|

stringing it

DmaIÏma

pious

ta¢n

those

rXa|¢s

to the ogres

c

also

Ab#v£t¯

said the following

6.Thereafter   Rama   strung   his   mighty   bow   and   said   to   the   ogres   as   follows.

p¤æOaW    dSrTÞyava|    B#atraW    ramlßmNaW    ,
p#¢v¾aW    s£tya    saDI|    Ѥàr|    dÎfkavnm¯    .7.

p¤æOaW

sons

dSrTÞy

Dasaratha's

Aava|

we two

B#atraW

are brothers

ramlßmNaW

Rama and Lakshmana

p#¢v¾aW

have entered

s£tya

with Sita

saDI|

accompanied

Ѥàr|

uninhabited

dÎfkavnm¯

dandaka forest

7.Rama   told   the   ogres   that   the   two   were   brothers,   sons   of   Dasaratha   and   named   Rama   and   Lakshmana.   They   have   entered   the   uninhabited   forest   accompanied   by   Sita.

Plm¥laSnaW    daÓtaW    tapsaW    DmIca¢rNaW    ,
vsÓtaW    dÎfkarÎyE    ¢kmTIm¤p¢h|sT    .8.

Plm¥laSnaW

eating fruits and roots

daÓtaW

self disciplined

tapsaW

practicing austerities

DmIca¢rNaW

following dharma

vsÓtaW

living

dÎfkarÎyE

in dandakaranya

¢kmTIm¯

why

up¢h|sT

are you trying to injure

8.Rama   told   the   ogres   that   they   live   on   fruits   and   roots,   practice   austerities   and   follow   the   parh   of   dharma   while   living   in   dandakaranya   and   asked   them   why   they   were   trying   to   injure   them.

y¤Ýman¯    papaÏmkan¯    hÓt¤|    ¢vp#karaÓmhahvE    ,
§x£Na|    t¤    ¢nyaEgEn    p#açOaE{h|    sSray¤D:    .9.

y¤Ýman¯

you

papaÏmkan¯

mind given to sin

hÓt¤|

to kill

¢vp#karan¯

harming others

mhahvE

in a major conflict

§x£Na|

the sages'

t¤   ¢nyaEgEn

by orders

p#açO:

have come

Ah|

I

sSray¤D:

armed with a bow

9.Rama   told   the   ogres   that   he   had   come   on   orders   of   the   sages   with   bow   to   kill   them,   whose   mind   is   given   to   sin   and   have   harmed   the   sages,   in   a   major   fight.

¢t¿tWvaæO    sÓt¤¾a    naEpav¢tIt¤mrqhT    ,
y¢d    p#aNW¢rhaTa©I    va    ¢nvtIÒv|    ¢nSacra:    .10.

¢t¿t

halt

ev   AæO

there itself

sÓt¤¾a:

gratified

n

not

upav¢tIt¤m¯

to return

ArqhT

should

y¢d

in case

p#aNW:

for life

ih   ATI:

have any use

va

or

¢nvtIÒv|

go back

¢nSacra:

night wanderers

10.Rama   told   the   ogres   that   they   should   go   back   if   they   have   any   use   for   their   life   and   should   not   return.