Þv¢Þt    gaEb#a'NE×yaE{Þt¤    laEkana|    yE    ¢h    sHqgta:    ,
jyta|    raGvaE    y¤¼E    paWlÞÏyaÓrjn£cran¯    .21.
c@hÞtaE    yTa    y¤¼E    svaIns¤rsäOman¯    ,
evm¤?va    p¤n:    p#aEc¤ralaEÀy    c    prÞprm¯    .22.

Þv¢Þt

good luck

gaEb#a'NE×y:

for cows and brahmanas

AÞt¤

let it be

laEkana|

for the people

yE   ¢h

whosoever

sHqgta:

who does good

jyta|

may he be victorious

raGv:

Rama

y¤¼E	in the combat

paWlÞÏyan¯

born in the line of sage Pulastya

rjn£cran¯

night wanderers

c@hÞt:

with discuss in hand

yTa

like

y¤¼E

in combat

svaIn¯

all

As¤rsäOman¯

foremost of demons

ev|

as above

u?va	having said

p¤n:

again

p#aEc¤:

spoke as follows

AalaEÀy

looking at

c

also

prÞprm¯

to one another

21,22.They   said   good   luck   to   cows   and   brahmanas   as   well   as   the   people who   do   good   to   them.   They   also   wished   Rama   to   be   victorious   over   the ogres,   descendants   of   sage   Pulastya   like   Lord   Vishnu   with   discuss   in   hand   was   over   the   foremost   of   demons.   Saying   so   and   looking   at   one   another   they   said   again   as   follows.

ct¤dIS    sh*a¢N    rXsa|    B£mkmINa|    ,
ekà    ramaE    DmaIÏma    kT|    y¤¼|    B¢vÝy¢t    .23.

ct¤dIS

fourteen

sh*a¢N

thousand

rXsa|

ogres

B£mkmINa|

of terrible deeds

ek:   c

alone

ram:

Rama

DmaIÏma

pious minded

kT|

how

y¤¼|

combat

B¢vÝy¢t

will it happen

23.They   said   that   how   can   Rama   single   handedly   face   fourteen   thousand
ogres   of   terrible   deeds   in   a   combat?

i¢t    rajxIy:    ¢s¼a:    sgNaà    ¢¹jxIBa:    ,
jatkaWt¥hlaÞtÞT¤¢vImanÞTaà    dEvta:    .24.

i¢t

thus

rajxIy:

royal sages

¢s¼a:

sidhhas

sgNa:

with their retinue

c   ¢¹jxIBa:

foremost of brahmanas

jatkaWt¥hla:

fiiled with curiosity

tÞT¤:

stood

¢vmanÞTa:

in their aerial cars

c   dEvta:

gods also

24.The   gods,   royal   sages,   siddhas   and   brahmanas   with   their   retinues   stood in   their   aerial   cars   filled   with   curiosity.

Aa¢v¾|    tEjsa    ram|    s|g#am¢Sr¢s    ¢ÞTtm¯    ,
è¾qva    svaI¢N    B¥ta¢n    Bya¢¹Ûy¢TrE    tda    .25.

Aa¢v¾|

invested

tEjsa

with lustre

ram|

Rama

s|g#am¢Sr¢s

at the forefront of the combat

¢ÞTtm¯

standing

è¾qva

seeing

svaI¢N

all

B¥ta¢n

living beings

Byat¯

out of fear

¢vÛy¢TrE

trembled

tda	at that time

25.At   that   time   all   living   beings   trembled   with   fear   at   the   sight   of   Rama   at   the   forefront   of   the   combat.

ãpmp#¢tm|    tÞy    ramÞya¢²¾kmIN:    ,
bB¥v    ãp|    @[¼Þy    âd#syEv    ¢pna¢kn:    .26.

ãpm¯

form

Ap#¢tm|

incomparable

tÞy

that

ramÞy

Rama's

A¢²¾kmIN:

who accomplishes deeds easily

bB¥v

became

ãp|

form

@[¼Þy

in fury

âd#Þy

Rudra's

iv

like

¢pna¢kn:

with pinaka in hand

26.The   peerless   form   of   Rama   resembled   the   form   of   Rudra   in   fury.

ttaE    g|B£r¢nrqþad|    GaErvmaIy¤DÒvjm¯    ,
An£k|    yat¤Danana|    smÓtat¯    p#ÏyèÜyt    .27.

tt:

then

g|B£r¢nrqþad|

with a deep roar

GaErvmaIy¤DÒvjm¯

armed with fearful shields, weapons and ensigns

An£k|

the army

yat¤Danana|

of the ogres

smÓtat¯

on all sides

p#ÏyèÜyt

were seen

27.Then   the   army   of   the   ogres   armed   with   fearful   shields,   weapons   and
ensigns   were   seen   on   all   sides.

¢s|hnad|    ¢vs¦jtamÓyaEÓym¢BgjItam¯    ,
capa¢n    ¢vÞParyta|    j¦|Bta|    caÔyB£ßNS:    .28.
¢vp#G¤¾Þvnana|    c    ѤÓѤB£|àa¢p    ¢nG"tam¯    ,
tExa|    s¤t¤m¤l:    SÖd:    p¥ryamas    t¹nm¯    .29.

¢s|hnad|

roar of the lions

¢vs¦jtam¯

letting out

AÓyaEÓym¯

to one another

A¢BgjItam¯

making plays

capa¢n

bows

¢vÞParyta|

twanging

j¦|Bta|

bounding

c

also

A¢p

too

AB£ßNS:

again and again

¢vp#G¤¾Þvnana|   c

making a clamorous noise also

ѤÓѤB£n¯   c

drums also

A¢p   ¢nG"tam¯

beating too

tExa|

their

s¤t¤m¤l:

very tumultous

SÖd:

noise

p¥ryamas

filled

tt¯   vnm¯

that forest

28,29.The   forest   was   filled   with   the   very   tumultous   noise   of   the   ogres   like   the   roaring   of   lions,twanging   the   bows,   boundung   again   and   again,   making   clamorous   noise   and   the   beating   of   the   drums.

tEn    SÖdEn    ¢væOÞta:    áapda    vnca¢rN:    ,
Ѥd#[v¤yIæO    ¢nÜSÖd|    p¦¿taE    n    ÛylaEkyn¯    .30.

tEn

by that

SÖdEn

noise

¢væOÞta:

terribly frightened

áapda:

wild beasts

vnca¢rN:

living in the forest

Ѥd#[v¤:

ran

yæO

where

¢nÜSÖd|

there was no noise

p¦¿t:

back

n   ÛylaEkyn¯

did not look

30.Terribly   frightened   by   the   noise   the   wild   beasts   ran   to   a   place   where
there   was   no   noise   and   did   not   look   back.