tara    A¢p    SrWÞt£ßNW:    patya¢m    nB:ÞTlat¯    ,
m¦Ïy¤|    mrNDm©IN    sHq@[¼aE    yaEjyaØyhm¯    .21.

tara:   A¢p

stars also

SrW:	with arrows

t£ßNW:

sharp

patya¢m

I can shoot down

nB:ÞTlat¯

from the sky

m¦Ïy¤|

Yama

mrNDm©IN

with mortal nature

sHq@[¼:

greatly enraged

yaEjya¢m

shall invest

Ahm¯

I

21.Khara   told   them   that   he   can   shoot   down   the   stars   from   the   sky   with   sharp   arrows.   Also   greatly   enraged,   he   will   make   Yama   become   a   mortal.

raGv|    t|    blaE¢Ïs³|    B#atr|    caÞy    lßmNm¯    ,
AhÏva    saykWÞt£ßNWna©Ipav¢tIt¤m¤Ïs¤hE    .22.

raGv|

Rama

t|

that

blaE¢Ïs³|

proud of his strength

B#atr|

brother

c

also

AÞy

his

lßmNm¯

Lakshmana

AhÏva

without killing

saykW:

with arrows

t£ßNW:

sharp

n

not

upav¢tIt¤|

to return

uÏs¤hE

shall

22.Khara   told   them   that   he   shall   not   return   without   killing   Rama   and
Lakshmana.

skama    B¢gn£    mE{Þt¤    p£Ïva    t¤    â¢Dr|    tyaE:    ,
y¢°¢mäOÞt¤    ramÞy    lßmNÞy    ¢vpyIy:    .23.

skama

desire fulfilled

B¢gn£

elder sister

mE

my

AÞt¤

become

p£Ïva

drinking

t¤

in this

â¢Dr|

blood

tyaE:

those two

y¢°¢mäO:   t¤

because of whom

ramÞy

for Rama

lßmNÞy

for Lakshmana

¢vpyIy:

danger

23.Khara   told   them   that   let   Surpanakha's   desire   be   fulfilled   by   drinking
the   blood   of   Rama   and   Lakshmana.

n    Àv¢ct¯    p#açOp¥va©I    mE    s|y¤gEx¤    prajy:    ,
y¤ÝmakmEtt¯p#ÏyX|    nan¦t|    kTyaØyh|    .24.

n

not

Àv¢ct¯

anywhere

p#açOp¥vI:

was sustained

mE

by me

s|y¤gEx¤

in a battle field

prajy:

defeat

y¤Ýmak|

for you

ett¯

this

p#ÏyX|

is eveident

n

not

An¦t|

a lie

kTya¢m

will tell

Ah|

I

24.Khara   told   them   that   it   was   evident   to   them   that   he   had   never   faced   defeat   in   a   battle   field   and   that   he   will   never   tell   a   lie.

dEvrajm¢p    @[¼aE    mäOWravtya¢ynm¯    ,
vj#hÞt|    rNE    hÓya|    ¢k|    p¤nÞtaW    k[man¤xaW    .25.

dEvrajm¯   A¢p

even of Indra

@[¼:

enraged

mäOWravtya¢ynm¯

riding on mad Airavata

vj#hÞt|

with thunderbolt in hand

rNE

in a war

hÓya|

will kill

¢k|   p¤n:

nothing to say

taW

the two

k[man¤xaW

mortals

25.Khara   told   them   that   he   can   kill   Indra   riding   the   Airavata   with   thunder   bolt   in   hand   in   a   war   to   say   nothing   of   the   two   mortals.

sa    tÞy    g¢jIt|    ½¤Ïva    raXsÞy    mhacm¥:    ,
p#hxImt¤l|    lEBE    m¦Ïy¤paSavpa¢Sta    .26.

sa

that

tÞy

his

g¢jIt|

roar

½¤Ïva

hearing

raXsÞy

ogre's

mhacm¥:

the great army

p#hxIm¯

delight

At¤l|

immeasurable

lEBE

attained

m¦Ïy¤paSavpa¢Sta

caught as it was in the noose of death

26.The   great   army   of   ogres,   though   caught   in   the   noose   of   death,   felt
immeasureable   delight   on   hearing   Khara's   roar.

sm£y¤à    mhaÏmnaE    y¤¼dSInkaHq¢XN:    ,
§xyaE    dEvgÓDvaIà    ¢s¼aà    sh    carNW:    .27.

sm£y¤:

assembled

c

also

mhaÏmn:

high souled

y¤¼dSInkaHq¢XN:

longing to witness the fight

§xy:

sages

dEvgÓDvaI:   c

gods and gandharvas also

¢s¼a:   c

siddhas also

sh   carNW:

along with caranas

27.Longing   to   witness   the   fight,   sages,     gods,   gandharvas   along   with
caranas   assembled.

smEÏy    caEc¤:    s¢htaÞtE{ÓyaE{Óy|    p¤ÎykmIN:    .28.

smEÏy

assembling

c

also

Uc¤:	spoke as follows

s¢hta:

together

tE

they

AÓyaE{Óy|

to one another

p¤ÎykmIN:

of meritorious deeds

28.Having   assembled   together,   they   spoke   to   one   another   as   follows.

Þv¢Þt    gaEb#a'NE×yaE{Þt¤    laEkana|    yE{¢BsHqgta:    ,
jyta|    raGv:    sHqÁyE    paWlÞÏyan¯    rJn£cran¯    .
c@hÞtaE    yTa    y¤¼E    svaIns¤rsäOman¯    .29.

Þv¢Þt

all be well

gaEb#a'NE×y:

with cows and brahmins

AÞt¤

let it be

laEkana|

for all the people

yE

who

A¢BsHqgta:

does good

jyta|

may he win

raGv:

Rama

sHqÁyE

in the fight

paWlÞÏyan¯

in the line of Pulastya

rjn£cran¯

night wanderers

c@hÞt:

with discuss

yTa

like

y¤¼E

in a war

svaIn¯

all

As¤rsäOman¯

foremost of demons

29.They   said   that   Rama   should   be   victorious   over   the   ogres   of   Pulastya
lineage   like   Vishnu   conquered   the   foremost   of   demons   in   a   war   and   wished   may   good   happen   to   cows   and   brahmins.

etÅcaÓyÅc    bh^SaE    b#¤vaNa:    prmxIy:    ,
jatkaWt¥hlaÞtæO    ¢vmanÞTaà    dEvta:    .
dèS¤vaI¢hn£|    tExa|    raXsana|    gtay¤xam¯    .30.

ett¯

as above

c

also

AÓyt¯

other things

c   bh^S:

mant also

b#¤vaNa:

speaking

prmxIy:

foremost of sages

jatkaWt¥hla:

for whom curiosity has been kindled

tæO

then

¢vmanÞTa:

seated in aerial cars

c   dEvta:

gods also

dèS¤:

saw

va¢hn£|

the army

tExa|

those

raXsana|

ogres'

gtay¤xam¯

whose life had run out

30.Speaking   as   above   and   many   other   things,   the   foremost   of   sages   as
well   as   gods,   seated   in   their   aerial   cars   andwhose   curiosity   had   been
kindled,   saw   the   army   of   ogres   whose   life   had   already   run   out.