s   kda¢c¢ÅcraÚlaEBadassad   mham¤¢nm¯    ,
AgÞÏy|   tEjsa    y¤³|   BXÞtÞy    bB¥v   h    .41.

s:

he

kda¢ct¯

may be

¢crat¯

after a long time

laEBat¯

due to greed

Aassad

approached

mham¤¢nm¯

the great sage

AgÞÏy|

to Agartya

tEjsa

with spiritual power

y¤³|

endowed

BX:

as food

tÞy

for him

bB¥v

became

h

see

41.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Vatapi   due   to   greed   approached   the   great
sage   after   a   long   time   and   became   his   food.

sm¤ÏTanE   c    td#¥p|   kt¤Ikam|    sm£ßy   t|    ,
ut¯Þm¢yÏva   t¤    Bgvan¯   vata¢p¢mdmb#v£t¯    .42.

sm¤ÏTanE

at the end of the ritual

c

also

td#¥p|

his original form

kt¤Ikam|

desire to assume

sm£ßy

seeing

t|

him

ut¯Þm¢yÏva

smiling

t¤

in this

Bgvan¯

the revered sage

vata¢p|

to Vatapi

id|	the following

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

42.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Agastya   seeing   Vatapi   desirous   of
assuming   his   original   form   told   Vatapi   the   following.

Ïvya{¢vgÎy   vatapE    p¢rB¥ta:   ÞvtEjsa    ,
j£vlaEkE   ¢¹j½E¿aÞtÞmad¢s   jra|    gt:    .43.

Ïvya

by you

A¢vgÎy

without minding

vatapE

Vatapi

p¢rB¥ta:

were decieved

ÞvtEjsa

through your might

j£vlaEkE

in this world of mortals

¢¹j½E¿a:

foremost of brahmina

tÞmat¯

therefore

A¢s

you are

jra|   gt:

digested

43.According   to   Rama,   Agastya   told   Vatapi   that   he   had   decieved
foremost   of   brahmins   through   his   might   and   therefore   he   had   been
digested.

ev|   t°    BvEd#XaE   vata¢p¢rv    lßmN    ,
m¢¹D|   yaE{¢tmÓyEt    DmI¢nÏy|   ¢jtE¢Ód#ym¯    .
BvE¼taE{y|   vata¢prgÞÏyEnEv    ma|   gt:    .44.

ev|

as above

tt¯

that

n   BvEt¯

will cease tobe

rX:

ogre

vata¢p:   iv

like Vatapi

lßmN

Lakshmana

m¢¹D|

one like me

y:   A¢tmÓyEt

who despise

DmI¢nÏy|

devoted to virtue

¢jtE¢Ód#ym¯

master of his senses

BvEt¯

will become

ht:

killed

Ay|

this

vata¢p

Vatapi

AgÞÏyEn

by Agstya

iv

like

ma|

me

gt:

met

44.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Marica   who   despise   one   like   me,   devoted
to   virtue   and   master   of   his   senses   like   Vatapi   will   cease   to   be   and   having
met   him   this   ogre   will   be   killed   like   Vatapi   by   Agastya.

ih   Ïv|    Bv   s°¼aE    y¢ÓæOtaE   rX    mW¢Tl£m¯    ,
AÞyamayäOmÞmak|   yÏk]Ïy|    rG¤nÓdn    .45.

ih

here

Ïv|

you

Bv   s°¼:

stay armed

y¢ÓæOt:

remaining confined

rX

protect

mW¢Tl£m¯

Sita

AÞya|

on her

AayäO|

is dependant

AÞmak|

our

yt¯

whatever

k]Ïy|

is to be done

rG¤nÓdn

delight of Raghu dynasty

45.Rama   told   Lakshmana   tha   he   be   armed   and   remaining   confined   to   that
place   to   protect   Sita   since   whatever   is   to   be   done   depends   on   her.

AhmEn|   h¢nÝya¢m    g#h£ÝyaØy¢p   va    m¦gm¯    ,
yavéÅCa¢m   saW¢mæOE    m¦gman¢yt¤|   d#[tm¯    .46.

Ah|

I

en|

this

h¢nÝya¢m

will kill

g#h£Ýya¢m   A¢p

will catch alive

va

or

m¦gm¯

the deer

yavt¯

in the meantime

gÅCa¢m

am going

saW¢mæOE

Lakshmana

m¦g|

deer

Aan¢yt¤|

to bring

d#[tm¯

run away

46.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he   will   kill   or   catch   the   deer   alive   and   he
is   going   after   the   deer   in   the   meantime.

pÜy   lßmN    vWdEh£|   m¦gÏv¢c    gtÞp¦ham¯    ,
Ïvca   p#Danya    /Ex   m¦gaE{ï    n   B¢vÝy¢t   .47.

pÜy

observe

lßmN

Lakshmana

vWdEh£|

Sita

m¦gÏv¢c

on the skin of the deer

gtÞp¦ham¯

has craving

Ïvca

by skin

p#Danya

of the superb

¢h

surely

ex:

this

m¦g:

deer

Aï

now

n   B¢vÝy¢t

will not remain

47.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Sita   has   a   craving   the   skin   of   the   deer   and
the   deer   wiil   not   remain   because   of   its   superb   skin.

Ap#mäOEn   tE    BaÛyma½mÞTEn   s£tya    .48.

Ap#mäOEn

to be wide awake

tE

by you

BaÛy|

should remain

Aa½mÞTEn

staying in the hermitage

s£tya

with Sita

48.Rama   told   Lakshmana   to   remain   wide   awake   in   the   hermitage   with   Sita.

yavÏp¦xtmEkEn   saykEn    ¢nhn¯Øyhm¯    ,
hÏvWtÅcmI   caday    S£G#mEÝya¢m   lßmN    .49.

yavt¯

in the meantime

p¦xt|

spotted deer

ekEn

by one

saykEn

with arrow

¢nh¢Óm

will kill

Ahm¯

I

hÏva	after killing

ett¯   cmI

this skin

c

also

Aaday

taking

S£G#|

quickly

eÝya¢m

will rturn

lßmN

Lakshmana

49.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   in   the   meantime   he   will   the   deer   with   one
arrow   and   return   quickly   bringing   the   skin.

p#d¢XNEna¢tblEn   p¢XNa    jzay¤xa   b¤¢¼mta    c   lßmN    ,
Bvap#mäO:   p#¢tg¦/    mW¢Tl£|   p#¢tXN|    svIt   ev    S¢Äðt:    .50.

p#d¢XNEn

very capable

A¢tblEn

with great might

p¢XNa

with bird

jzay¤xa

Jatayu

b¤¢¼mta

very intelligent

c

also

lßmN

Lakshmana

Bv

remain

Ap#mäO:

vigilant

p#¢tg¦/

by the side

mW¢Tl£|

Sita

p#¢tXN|

every moment

svIt:   ev

from all sides

S¢Äðt:

apprehending danger

50.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   along   with   the   intelligent,   mighty   and
capable   Jatayu,   he   must   remain   with   Sita   vigilant   every   moment   and   full
of   apprhesion   of   danger   from   all   quarters.