AkØpnvc:    ½¤Ïva    ravNaE    raXsa¢Dp:    ,
nagEÓd#    iv    ¢n:áÞy    id|    vcnmb#v£t¯    .12.

AkØpnvc:

Akampana's words

½¤Ïva

hearing

ravN:

Ravana

raXsa¢Dp:

king of ogres

nagEÓd#:   iv

like a ming cobra

¢n:áÞy

hissing

id|	the following

vcnm¯

words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

12.Ravana   hearing   Akampana's   words,   spoke   the   following   hissing   like
a   king   cobra.

ss¤rEÓd#EN    s|y¤³aE    ram:    svaImrW:    sh    ,
upyataE    jnÞTan|    b#¥¢h    k¢ÅcdkØpn    .13.

ss¤rEÓd#EN

with Indra

s|y¤³:

accompanied by

ram:

Rama

svaImrW:

with all other gods

sh	along with

upyat:

have come

jnÞTan|

to janasthana

b#¥¢h

you tell

k¢Åct¯

may be

AkØpn

Akampana

13.Ravana   asked   Akampana   to   tell   him   whether   Indra   and   other   gods
had   come   to   janasthana   accompanying   Rama.

ravNÞy    p¤nvaIÀy|    ¢nSØy    tdkØpn:    ,
AaccXE    bl|    tÞy    ¢v@m|    c    mhaÏmn:    .14.

ravNÞy

Ravana's

p¤n:

once more

vaÀy|

words

¢nSØy

hearing

tt¯

that

AkØpn:

Akampana

AaccXE

described

bl|	the strength

tÞy

that

¢v@m|   c

valour also

mhaÏmn:

high souled prince

14.Akampana   hearing   Ravana's   words,   once   again   described   Rama's
strength   and   valour.

ramaE    nam    mhatEja:    ½E¿:    svIDn¤Ýmtam¯    ,
¢dÛyaÞæOg¤NsØp°:    p¤rÓdrsmaE    y¤¢D    .15.

ram:   nam

Rama by name

mhatEja:

of exceptional lustre

½E¿:	is the foremost

svIDn¤Ýmtam¯

among all archers

¢dÛyaÞæOg¤NsØp°:

skilled in the use of celestial weapons

p¤rÓdrsm:

equal to Indra

y¤¢D

in a war

15.Akampana   told   Ravana   that   Rama   was   the   foemost   among   archers,
was   skilled   in   use   of   celestial   weapons   and   equal   to   Indra   in   a   war.

tÞyan¤ãpaE    blvaÓr³aXaE    ѤÓѤ¢BÞvn:    ,
kn£yan¯    lßmNaE    nam    B#ata    S¢S¢nBann:    .16.

tÞy

his

An¤ãp:

is like him

blvan¯

in strength

r³aX:

with red eyes

ѤÓѤ¢BÞvn:

voice resembling the sound of a drum

kn£yan¯

younger

lßmN:   nam

named Lakshmana

B#ata

brother

S¢S¢nBann:

a face bright as a full moon

16.Akampana   told   Ravana   that   rama   had   a   younger   brother,   Lakshmana,
who   was   like   Rama   in   strength,   with   red   eyes,   voice   resembling   a   drum   and
a   face   bright   like   a   full   moon.

s    tEn    sh    s|y¤³:    pavkEna¢nlaE    yTa    ,
½£maÓrajvrÞtEn    jnÞTan|    ¢npa¢ttm¯    .17.

s:

that

tEn   sh

along with him

s|y¤³:

conjoined

pavkEn

with fire

A¢nl:   yTa

like wind

½£man¯

glorious

rajvr:

jewel among princes

tEn

by him

jnÞTan|

janasthana

¢npa¢ttm¯

was destroyed

17.Akampana   told   Ravana   that   Lakshmana   was   always   with   Rama   and
janasthana   was   destroyed   by   Rama   single   handedly.

nWv    dEva    mhaÏmnaE    naæO    kayaI    ¢vcarNa    .18.

n   ev

were not present

dEva:

gods

mhaÏmn:

high minded

n

do not

AæO

in this

kayaI

be done

¢vcarNa

thinking

18.Akampana   told   Ravana   there   were   no   gods   and   on   this   he   need   not
have   other   thoughts.

Sra    ramEN    t¥Ïs¦¾a    âÀmp¤HqKa:    pt¢æON:    ,
spaI:    p·anna    B¤Ïva    BXy¢Ót    Þm    raXsan¯    .19.

Sra:

arrows

ramEN   t¤

by Rama

uÏs¦¾a

discharged

âÀmp¤HqKa:

with golden wings

pt¢æON:

with feathers

spaI:

serpents

p·anna:

five headed

B¤Ïva

becoming

BXy¢Ót   Þm

devoured

raXsan¯

the ogres

19.Akampana   told   Ravana   that   the   arrows   discharged   by   Rama   with
golden   wings   and   feathers   became   five   headed   serpents   and   devoured
the   ogres.

yEn    yEn    c    gÅC¢Ót    raXsa    Byk¢SIta:    ,
tEn    tEn    Þm    pÜy¢Ót    rammEvag#t:    ¢ÞTtm¯    .
iÏT|    ¢vna¢St|    tEn    jnÞTan|    tvanG    .20.

yEn   yEn

wherever

c   gÅC¢Ót

went

raXsa:

ogres

Byk¢SIta:

stricken with fear

tEn   tEn

that very way

Þm   pÜy¢Ót

beheld

ram|   ev

Rama only

Ag#t:

in front

¢ÞTtm¯

standing

iÏT|	in this manner

¢vna¢St|

was destroyed

tEn

by him

jnÞTan|

janasthana

tv

your

AnG	sinless one

20.Akampana   told   Ravana   that   wherever   the   ogres   weny   there   they   saw
Rama   standing   alone   in   front.   In   this   manner   janasthana   was   destroyed.