tÞyaphr    BayaI|    Ïv|    p#mÐy    t¤    mhavnE    ,
s£tya    r¢ht:    kam£    ramaE    haÞy¢t    j£¢vtm¯    .31.

tÞy

his

Aphr

abduct

BayaI|

wife

Ïv|

you

p#mÐy

separating

t¤

in this

mhavnE

in the forest

s£tya

of Sita

r¢ht:

bereft

kam£	loving his wife very much

ram:

Rama

haÞy¢t

will give up

j£¢vtm¯

life

31.Akampana   told   Ravana   that   he   must   separate   Sita   from   Rama   and
abduct   her   and   Rama   bereft   of   Sita   whom   he   loved   very   much   will   give   up   his   life.

AraEcyt    t¹aÀy|    ravNaE    raXsa¢Dp:    ,
¢cÓt¢yÏva    mhabah^rkØpnm¤vac    h    .32.

AraEcyt

liked

t¹aÀy|

that suggestion

ravN:

Ravana

raXsa¢Dp:

king of ogres

¢cÓt¢yÏva

thinking for sometime

mhabah^:

mighty armed

AkØpn|

to akampana

uvac	said as follows

h

oh

32.Ravana   liked   the   suggestion   and   after   thinking   said   the   following   to
Akampana.

baF|    kaÚy|    g¢mÝya¢m    /Ek:    sar¢Tna    sh    ,
Aan¢yÝya¢m    vWdEh£¢mma|    ¶¾aE    mhapyr£m¯    .33.

baF|

all right

kaÚy|

at dawn tomorrow

g¢mÝya¢m

I will go

¢h

thus

ek:

alone

sar¢Tna   sh

along with charioteer

Aan¢yÝya¢m

will bring

vWdEh£|

Vaidehi

ima|

this

¶¾:	am rejoiced

mhap¤r£m¯

to great city

33.Ravana   told   Akampana   that   what   he   said   was   alright   and   thus   Ravana was   rejoiced.   Ravana   said   he   will   go   with   the   charioteer   to   bring   Sita   to   Lanka.

ATWvm¤?va    p#yyaW    Kry¤³En    ravN:    ,
rTEna¢dÏyvN©In    ¢dS:    svaI:    p#kaSyn¯    .34.

AT

then

ev|

as above

u?va	having said

p#yyaW

started

Kry¤³En

drawn by mules

ravN:

Ravana

rTEn	by chariot

Aa¢dÏyvN©In

bright as the sun

¢dS:   svaI:

all directions

p#kaSyn¯

illuminating

34.Ravana   having   said   as   above,   started   in   chariot   bright   as   the   sun   and   drawn   by   mules,   illuminating   all   the   directions.

s    rTaE    raXsEÓd#Þy    nXæOpTgaE    mhan¯    ,
s·ayImaN:    S¤S¤BE    jldE    cÓd#ma    iv    .35.

s:

that

rT:

chariot

raXsEÓd#Þy

of ogre king

nXæOpTg:

through the path of the stars

mhan¯

huge

s·ayImaN:

gliding

S¤S¤BE

shone

jldE

a cloud

cÓd#ma:   iv

like the moon

35.The   huge   chariot   of   Ravana   travelling   through   the   path   of   the   stars,
shone   like   a   moon   moving   behind   a   cloud.

s    mar£ca½m|    p#aÔy    tazkEym¤pagmt¯    ,
mar£cEna¢cItaE    raja    BßyBaEÇyWrman¤xW:    .36.

s:

he

mar£ca½m|

Marica's hermitage

p#aÔy

reaching

tazkEy|

son of Tataka (Marica)

upagmt¯

met

mar£cEn

by Marica

A¢cIt:

was entertained

raja

king

BßyBaEÇyW:

with foods worth masticating and gulping

Aman¤xW:

not known to human beings

36.Ravana   met   Marica   in   his   hermitage   who   entertained   Ravana   with   food
not   known   to   human   beings.

t|    Þvy|    p¥j¢yÏva    t¤    AasnEnaEdkEn    c    ,
ATa©Ip¢htya    vaca    mar£caE    vaÀymb#v£t¯    .37.

t|

him

Þvy|	personally

p¥j¢yÏva

honouring

t¤

in this

AasnEn

by offering a seat

udkEn   c

with water also

ATa©Ip¢htya

full of meaning

vaca	with words

mar£c:

Marica

vaÀym¯

the following words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

37.Marica   after   honouring   Ravana   personally   by   offering   a   seat   and   water
spoke   the   following   words   full   of   meaning.

k¢Åct¯    s¤k[Sl|    rajn¯    laEkana|    raXsEár    ,
AaSHqkE    naT    janE    Ïv|    ytÞt¥NI¢mhagt:    .38.

k¢Åct¯

I hope

s¤k[Sl|

all is well

rajn¯

o! king

laEkana|

with the people

raXsEár

king of ogres

AaSHqkE

full of apprehension

naT

lord

janE	I would ask

Ïv|

you

yt:

since

t¥NIm¯

in haste

ih

here

Aagt:

you have come

38.Marica   told   Ravana   that   he   hoped   all   is   well   the   people   of   the   kingdom.   He   however   expressed   apprehension   in   view   of   the   haste   with   which   Ravana   had   come.

evm¤³aE    mhatEja    mar£cEn    s    ravN:    ,
tt:    pàa¢dd|    vaÀymb#v£¹aÀykaE¢vd:    .39.

ev|

as above

u³:	being told

mhatEja:

of great lustre

mar£cEn

by Marica

s:

that

ravN:

Ravana

tt:   pàat¯

there after

id|	the following

vaÀym¯

words

Ab#v£t¯

said

vaÀykaE¢vd:

adept in expression

39.Ravana   being   told   by   Marica   as   above   said   the   following   words.

AarXaE    mE    htÞtat    ramENa¢²¾kmINa    ,
jnÞTanmvÒy|    tÏsvI|    y¤¢D    ¢npa¢ttm¯    .
tÞy    mE    k[â    sa¢cÛy|    tÞy    BayaIphrNE    .40.

AarX:

army

mE

my

ht:	was killed

tat

friend

ramEN

by Rama

A¢²¾kmINa

of untiring action

jnÞTanm¯

janasthana

AvÒy|

indestructible

tt¯

that

svI|

all

y¤¢D	in a fight

¢npa¢ttm¯

was destroyed

tÞy

his

mE

for me

k[â

do

sa¢cÛy|

assistance

tÞy

that

BayaIphrNE

for abducting his wife

40.Ravana   told   Marica   that   his   entire   army   and   the   indestructible
janasthana   has   been   destroyed   by   Rama   and   wanted   Marica's   assistance
to   abduct   Rama's   wife.