kda¢cdÔyh||||      v£yaIt¯    pyIzn¯    p¦¢Tv£¢mmam¯    ,
bl|    nagsh*Þy    Daryn¯    pvItaEpm:    .1.
n£lj£m¥tsÄðaSÞtçOka·nk[Îfl:    ,
By|    laEkÞy    jnyn¯    ¢kr£z£    p¢rGay¤D:    .
Ûycr|    dÎfkarÎyE    §¢xma|sa¢n    BXyn¯    .2.

kda¢ct¯

once upon a time

A¢p

and

Ah||||

I

v£yaIt¯

with pride of valour

pyIzn¯

travelling about

p¦¢Tv£|

earth

imam¯

this

bl|

strength

nagsh*Þy

of thousand elephants

Daryn¯

possessing

pvItaEpm:

like a mountain

n£lj£m¥tsHqkaS:

with the hue of a dark blue cloud

tçOka·nk[Îfl:

with ornaments of refined gold

By|

terror

laEkÞy

in men

jnyn¯

inspiring

¢kr£z£

with a crown on head

p¢rGay¤D:

with an iron club

Ûycr|

spent my time

dÎfkarÎyE

in dandakaranya

§¢xma|sa¢n

flesh of sages

BXyn¯

eating

1,2.Marica   told   Ravana   that   he   was   at   one   time   looking   like   a   mountain
with   the   hue   of   a   dark   blue   cloud,   with   ear   rings   of   refined   gold,   a   crown,   an   iron   club   in   hand,   possessing   the   strength   of   a   thousand   elephants   inspiring   terror   in   men,   roaming   on   the   earth   with   pride   in   valour   and   spent   time   in   dandakarnya   eating   flesh   of   sages.

¢váa¢mæOaE{T    DmaIÏma    m¢¹æOÞtaE    mham¤¢n:    ,
Þvy|    gÏva    dSrT|    nrEÓd#¢mdmb#v£t¯    .3.

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

AT

then

DmaIÏma

mind set on righteousness

m¢¹æOÞt:

greatly afraid of me

mham¤¢n:

the great sage

Þvy|

himself

gÏva	approaching

dSrT|

Dasaratha

nrEÓd#|

to king

id|	the following

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

3.Marica   told   Rama   that   Viswamitra   who   was   greatly   afraid   of   him
approached   king   Dasaratha   and   said   the   following   words.

Aï    rXt¤    ma|    ram:    pvIkalE    sma¢ht:    ,
mar£caÓmE    By|    GaEr|    sm¤Ïp°|    nrEár    .4.

Aï

now

rXt¤

protect

ma|

me

ram:

Rama

pvIkalE

at the time of sacrifice

sma¢ht:

remaining vigilant

mar£cat¯

from Marica

mE

for me

By|   GaEr|

terrible fear

sm¤Ïp°|

has arisen

nrEár

king

4.Marica   told   Ravana   that   Viswamitra   told   Dasartha   that   he   was   greatly
afraid   of   Marica   and   asked   Rama   to   protect   him   at   the   time   of   sacrifice.

iÏyEvm¤³aE    DmaIÏma    raja    dSrTÞtda    ,
p#Ïy¤vac    mhaBag|    ¢váa¢mæO|    mham¤¢nm¯    .5.

i¢t   ev|

as above

u³:	being told

DmaIÏma

mind set on righteousness

raja

king

dSrT:

Dasaratha

tda

then

p#Ïy¤vac

replied as follows

mhaBag|

highly blessed

¢váa¢mæO|

to Viswamitra

mham¤¢nm¯

the great sage

5.Marica   told   Ravana   that   Dasaratha   replied   to   the   sage   Viswamitra   as
follows.

balaE    ¹adSvxa©I{ymk]taÞæOà    raGv:    ,
kam|    t¤    mm    yÏsWÓy|    mya    sh    g¢mÝy¢t    .6.

bal:	is not mature

¹adSvxI:

is twelve years old

Ay|

this

Ak]taÞæO:   c

has not yet practised archery

raGv:

Raghava

kam|   t¤

this being so

mm

my

yt¯   sWÓy|

that army

mya   sh

along with me

g¢mÝy¢t

will go

6.Marica   told   Ravana   that   Dasaratha   told   Viswamitra   that   Rama   was   only
twelve   years   old   and   not   yet   proficient   in   archery.   Therefore   his   army   will   go   along   with   him.

blEn    ct¤rHqgEN    ÞvymEÏy    ¢nSacran¯    ,
v¢DÝya¢m    m¤¢n½E¿    SæO¥|ÞtE    mnsE¢Ôstan¯    .7.

blEn

with army

ct¤rHqgEN

of four limbs

Þvy|

myself

eÏy

reaching

¢nSacran¯

night wanderers

v¢DÝya¢m

will kill

m¤¢n½E¿

jewel among sages

SæO¥n¯

enemies

tE

your

mnsa

ib mind

iI¢Ôstan¯

desired

7.Marica   told   Ravana   that   Dasaratha   said   that   he   will   himself   go   with   the   four   limbs   of   the   army   and   as   desired   by   Viswamitra   kill   the   enemies,   night   wanderers.

iÏyEvm¤³:    s    m¤n£    rajan¢mdmb#v£t¯    ,
rama°aÓyël|    laEkE    pyaIçO|    tÞy    rXs:    .8.

i¢t   ev|

as above

u³:	being told

s:   m¤¢n:

that sage

rajan|

to the king

id|	the following

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

ramat¯

than Rama

n

not

AÓyt¯

any other

bl|

power

laEkE

in the world

pyaIçO|

is sufficient

tÞy   rXs:

for that ogre

8.Marica   told   Ravana   that   in   reply   to   Dasaratha's   offer   Viswamitra   said
that   any   power   other   than   Rama   is   not   sufficient   to   meet   the   ogre.

dEvtanam¢p    Bvan¯    smrEÝv¢Bpalk:    ,
Aas£äOv    k]t|    kmI    ¢æOlaEk¢v¢dt|    n¦p    .9.

dEvtanam¯   A¢p

for gods also

Bvan¯

you

smrEx¤

in battle field

A¢Bpalk:

protector

Aas£t¯

have been

tv

your

k]t|   kmI

the feat accomplished

¢æOlaEk¢v¢dt|

is well known in the three worlds

n¦p

king

9.Marica   told   Ravana   that   Viswamitra   said   that   Dasaratha   had   been   the
protector   of   gods   also   in   the   battle   field   and   his   feats   were   well   known   in   the   three   worlds.

kammÞt¤    mhÏsWÓy|    ¢t¿¢Ïvh    prÓtp    .10.

kam|	as I desire

AÞt¤

let it be

mht¯

great

sWÓy|

army

¢t¿t¤

< let it stay

ih

here

prÓtp

scorcher of enemies

10.Marica   told   Ravana   that   Viswamitra   said   that   the   great   army   can   stay
where   it   is   and   may   his   desire   be   fulfilled.  

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