ÏvrmaNÞttaE    gÏva    jnÞTanadkØpn:    ,
p#¢vÜy    lHqka|    vEgEn    ravN|    vaÀymb#v£t¯    .1.

ÏvrmaN:

huurying

tt:

then

gÏva

going

jnÞTanat¯

from janasthana

AkØpn:

ogre named Akampana

p#¢vÜy

entering

lHqka|

Lanka

vEgEn

with speed

ravN|

to Ravana

vaÀym¯

the following words

Ab#v£t¯

said

1.Then   hurrying   from   janasthana   and   entering   Lanka   with   speed   the   ogre
named   Akampana   spoke   to   Ravan   the   following.

jnÞTan¢ÞTta    rajn¯    raXsa    bhvaE    hta:    ,
Krà    ¢nht:    sHqÃyE    kT¢·dhmagt:    .2.

jnÞTan¢ÞTta:

living in janasthana

rajn¯

O! king

raXsa:

ogres

bhv:

numerous

hta:	have been killed

Kr:   c

Khara also

¢nht:

is killed

sHqÃyE

in a fight

kT¢·t¯

somehow

Ah|

I

Aagt:

have come

2.Akampana   told   Ravana   that   the   ogres   living   in   janasthana   have   been
killed   with   Khara   and   somehow   he   had   managed   to   reach   Lanka.

evm¤³aE    dSg#£v:    @[¼:    s|r³laEcn:    ,
AkØpnm¤vacEd|    ¢ndIh¢°v    cX¤xa    .3.

ev|

as above

u³:	being told

dSg#£v:

ten headed Ravana

@[¼:

neraged

s|r³laEcn:

with blood red eyes

AkØpn|

to Akampana

uvac

said

id|	the following

¢ndIhn¯   iv

as if burning

cX¤xa

with eyes

3.Ravana   on   being   told   as   above   said   the   following   to   Akampana
enraged   and   looking   as   if   burning   him   with   eyes.

kEn    rØy|    jnÞTan|    ht|    mm    pras¤na    ,
kaE{ï    sv©Ix¤    laEkEx¤    g¢t|    na¢Dg¢mÝy¢t    .4.

kEn

by whom

rØy|

beautiful

jnÞTan|

janasthana

ht|	was destroyed

mm

my

pras¤na

whose life is over

k:

who

Aï

now

sv©Ix¤

among all

laEkEx¤

the worlds

g¢t|

shelter

n   A¢Dg¢mÝy¢t

will never get

4.Ravana   asked   Akampana   who   destroyed   his   beautiful   janasthana
who   will   never   get   a   shelter   in   all   the   three   worlds?

n    ¢h    mE    ¢v¢p#y|    k]Ïva    SÀy|    mGvta    s¤Km¯    ,
p#açO¤|    vW½vNEna¢p    n    ymEn    n    ¢vÝN¤na    .5.

n

not

¢h

because

mE

for me

¢v¢p#y|

offend

k]Ïva

having done

SÀy|

possible

mGvta

by Indra

s¤Km¯

peace

p#açO¤|

to attain

vW½vNEn   A¢p

by Kubera also

n   ymEn

nor by Yama

n   ¢vÝN¤na

nor by Lord Vishnu

5.Ravana   told   Akampana   that   Indra,   Kubera,   Yama   and   Lord   Vishnu
cannot   have   peace   after   offending   him.

kalÞy    caÔyh|    kalaE    dhEym¢p    pavkm¯    ,
m¦Ïy¤|    mrNDm©IN    s|yaEj¢yt¤m¤ÏshE    .6.

kalÞy

for death

c

also

A¢p   A

and

hÔy   h|

I am

kal:

death

dhEym¯

will burn

A¢p   pavkm¯

fire also

m¦Ïy¤|

Brahma

mrNDm©IN

with mortality

s|yaEj¢yt¤|

to invest

uÏshE

I can

6.Ravana   told   Akampana   that   he   will   be   the   deah   for   god   of   death,   burn   the   fire   and   make   Brahma   a   mortal.

vatÞy    trsa    vEg|    ¢nhÓt¤mhm¤ÏshE    ,
dhEym¢p    sHq@[¼ÞtEjsa{{¢dÏypavkaW    .7.

vatÞy

the wind's

trsa	with force

vEg|

the speed

¢nhÓt¤m¯

to arrest

Ah|

I

uÏshE

can

dhEym¯

will burn

A¢p

and

sHq@[¼:

when enraged

tEjsa

by fiery spirit

Aa¢dÏypavkaW

the sun and the fire

7.Ravana   told   Akampana   that   he   can   arrest   the   speed   of   wind   with   force   and   burn   the   sun   and   fire   with   his   fiery   spirit.

tTa    @[¼|    dSg#£v|    k]ta¸¢lrkØpn:    ,
ByaÏs¢ÓdÂDya    vaca    ravN|    yactE{Bym¯    .8.

tTa

like that

@[¼|	with anger

dSg#£v|

Ravana

k]ta¸¢l:

with joined palms

AkØpn:

Akampana

Byat¯

through fear

s¢ÓdÂDya

confused

vaca	with words

ravN|

to Ravana

yactE

pleaded

ABym¯

for protection

8.Akampana,   hearing   Ravana's   angry   words,   pleaded   for   protection   with
words   confused   through   fear.

dSg#£vaE{By|    tÞmW    p#ddaW    rXsa|    vr:    ,
s    ¢v*ÖDaE{b#v£¹aÀyms¢ÓdÂDmkØpn:    .9.

dSg#£v:

Ravana

ABy|	pretection

tÞmW

to him

p#ddaW

gave him

rXsa|

among ogres

vr:

the best

s:

that

¢v*ÖD:

over coming fear

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

vaÀym¯

the following

As¢ÓdÂDm¯

in very clear words

AkØpn:

Akampana

9.Akampana   being   asured   of   protection   by   Ravana,   overcoming   his   fear
spoke   the   following   in   very   clear   words.

p¤æOaE    dSrTÞya¢Þt    ¢s|hs|hnnaE    y¤va    ,
ramaE    nam    v¦xÞkÓDaE    v¦äOaytmhaB¤j:    .10.
Üyam:    p¦T¤ySa:    ½£mant¤Úybl¢v@m:    ,
ht|    yEn    jnÞTan|    Krà    shÑ¥xN:    .11.

p¤æO:

son

dSrTÞy

of Dasaratha

A¢Þt

there is

¢s|hs|hnn:

for the strength of a lion

y¤va

youthful

ram:   nam

named Rama

v¦xÞkÓD:

broad shouldered

v¦äOaytmhaB¤j:

with rounded long arms

Üyam:

dark brown

p¦T¤ySa:

of wide renown

½£man¯

glorious

At¤Úybl¢v@m:

with matchless strength and valour

ht|	was killed

yEn

by whom

jnÞTan|

janasthana

Kr:   c

Khara also

shѥxN:

along with Dushana

10,11.Akampana   told   Ravana   that   there   is   Rama,   son   of   Dasaratha,   who
has   the   strength   of   a   lion,   broad   shoudered,   with   rounded   long   arms,   dark   brown,   glorious   and   endowed   with   matchless   strength   and   valour   who   destroyed   janasthana   and   killed   Khara   and   Dushana.