tt:    S¥pINKa|    @[¼a|    b#vÓt£|    pâx|    vc:    ,
AmaÏymÒyE    sHq@[¼:    p¢rpp#ÅC    ravN:    .1.

tt:

then

S¥pINKa|

Surpanakha

@[¼a|

enraged

b#vÓt£|

speaking

pâx|

harsh

vc:

words

AmaÏymÒyE

in the midst of ministers

sHq@[¼:

highly enraged

p¢rpp#ÅC

questioned as follows

ravN:

Ravana

1.Ravana,   highly   enraged   by   the   harsh   words   spoken   by   the   enraged
Surpanakha   questioned   her   as   follows.

kà    ram:    kT|v£yI:    ¢k|ãp:    ¢k|pra@m:    ,
¢kmTI|    dÎfkarÎy|    p#¢v¾Þs    Ѥrasdm¯    .2.

k:   c

who is

ram:

Rama

kT|v£yI:

what is his strength

¢k|ãp:

what does ho look like

¢k|pra@m:

what is his prowess

¢kmTI|

what for

dÎfkarÎy|

to dandakaranya

p#¢v¾:

has entered

s:

he

Ѥrasdm¯

very difficult to enter

2.Ravana   asked   her   about   Rama,   his   strength,   his   looks,   his   prowess
and   the   reason   for   entreing   dandakaranya.

Aay¤D|    ¢k·    ramÞy    ¢nhta    yEn    raXsa:    ,
Krà    ¢nht:    sHqÁyE    Ñ¥xN¢ÞæO¢SraÞtTa    .3.

Aay¤D|

weapons

¢k|

what

c

also

ramÞy

in possession of Rama

¢nhta:

were killed

yEn

by which

raXsa:

ogres

Kr:   c

Khara also

¢nht:

was killed

sHqÁyE

on the battlefield

Ñ¥xN:

Dushana

¢æO¢Sra:

Trisira

tTa

similarly

3.Ravana   asked   Sorpanakha   about   the   weapons   in   Rama's   possession
with   he   killed   the   ogres,   Khara,   Dushana   and   Trisira   on   the   battle   field.

iÏy¤?va    raXsEÓd#EN    raXs£    @aEDm¥rq¢ÅCta    ,
ttaE    ram|    yTatt¯ÏvmaÁyat¤m¤pc@mE    .4.

i¢t

as above

u?va	being asked

raXsEÓd#EN

by the king of ogres

raXs£

ogress

@aEDm¥rq¢ÅCta

overwhelmed with anger

tt:

then

ram|	about Rama

yTatt¯Ïv|

truthfully

AaÁyat¤|

to tell

upc@mE

proceeded

4.Surpanakha,   being   asked   by   Ravana   as   above   proceeded   to   tell
truthfully   about   Rama.

d£GIbah^¢vISalaXà£rk]ÝNa¢jna|br:    ,
kÓdpIsmãpà    ramaE    dSrTaÏmj:    .5.

d£GIbah^:

has long arma

¢vSalaX:

with large eyes

c£rk]ÝNa¢jna|br:

dressed in bark clothes and deer skin

kÓdpIsmãp:   c

equal to god of love in appearance

ram:

Rama

dSrTaÏmj:

is Dasaratha's son

5.Rama,   Dasaratha's   son,   has   long   arms,   large   eyes,   is   dresses   in   bark
clothes   and   deer   skin   and   equal   to   god   of   love   in   appearance.

S@cap¢nB|    cap|    ¢vk]Ýy    knkaHqgdm¯    ,
d£çOan¯    ¢Xp¢t    naracan¯    spaI¢nv    mha¢vxan¯    .6.

S@cap¢nB|

equal to Indra's bow

cap|

bow

¢vk]Ýy

stringing

knkaHqgdm¯

with rings of gold

d£çOan¯

shining

¢Xp¢t

lets loose

naracan¯

naracas

spaIn¯   iv

like serpents

mha¢vxan¯

highly poisonous

6.Surpanakha   told   Ravana   that   Rama   strining   his   bow   equal   to   Indra's
bow   and   lets   loose   naraca   arrows   like   highly   poisonous   serpents.

naddan|    Sran¯    GaEra°    m¤·Ót|    ¢Sl£m¤Kan¯    ,
n    kam¤Ik|    ¢vkxIÓt|    ram|    pÜya¢m    s|y¤gE    .7.

n	did not observe

Aaddan|

taking

Sran¯

arrows

GaEran¯

terrifying

n	did not observe

m¤·Ót|

as discharging

¢Sl£m¤Kan¯

with sharp tips

n	.did not observe

kam¤Ik|   ¢vkxIÓt|

pulling the bow at full length

ram|

Rama

pÜya¢m

I see

s|y¤gE

on the battle field

7.Surpanakha   told   Ravana   that   while   she   saw   Rama   in   the   battle   field
she   did   not   observe   him   pulling   the   bow   at   full   length   nor   taking   terrible   arrows   nor   discharging   them.

hÓymanÓt¤    tÏsWÓy|    pÜya¢m    Srv¦¢¾¢B:    ,
iÓd#ENEvaEäOm|    sÞymaht|    ÏvÜmv¦¢¾¢B:    .8.

hÓyman|   t¤

being killed

tt¯

that

sWÓy|

army

pÜya¢m

I see

Srv¦¢¾¢B:

with a volley of arrows

iÓd#EN

by Indra

iv

like

uäOm|

excellent

sÞy|

crop

Aaht|

destroyed

t¤

even then

AÜmv¦¢¾¢B:

by a shower of hail stones

8.Surpanakha   told   Ravana   that   she   only   saw   the   excellent   army   being
killed   by   a   shower   of   arrows   like   Indra   destroyed     crop   with   a   shower
of   hail   stones.

rXsa|    B£mãpaNa|    sh*a¢N    ct¤dIS    ,
¢nhta¢n    SrWÞt£ßNWÞtEnWkEn    pda¢tna    .9.
ADaI¢Dkm¤h\rqtEn    Krà    shÑ¥xN:    ,
§x£NamBy|    däO|    k]tXEmaà    dÎfka:    .10.

rXsa|

ogres

B£mãpaNa|

of terrible appearance

sh*a¢N

thousand

ct¤dIS

fourteen

¢nhta¢n

were killed

SrW:	with arrows

t£ßNW:

sharp

tEn

by him

ekEn	single handed

pda¢tna

on foot

ADaI¢Dkm¤h\rqtEn

in the span of an hour and a half

Kr:   c

Khara also

shѥxN:

with Dushana

§x£Nam¯

for the sages

ABy|	assurance of safety

däO|

was given

k]tXEma:

were rendered to live in safety

dÎfka:

dandaka forest

9,10.Surpanakha   told   Ravana   that   Rama   single   handedly   on   foot   killed
fourteen   thousand   terrible   looking   ogres   along   with   Khara   and   Dushana
with   sharp   arrows   in   a   span   of   an   hour   and   a   half.   Rama   had   also   assured   safety   for   the   sages   and   the   dandaka   forest   rendered   safe   for   living.