tTa    t¤    t|    sma¢dÜy    B#atr|    rG¤nÓdn:    ,
bbÓDa¢s|    mhatEja    jaØb¥ndmyÏsâm¯    .1.

tTa   t¤

as above

t|

that

sma¢dÜy

ordering

B#atr|

brother

rG¤nÓdn:

Rama

bbÓD

fastened

A¢s|

sword

mhatEja:

of great glory

jaØb¥ndmyÏsâm¯

with a golden hilt

1.Rama   after   ordering   Lakshmana   as   above,   fastened   a   sword   with   a
golden   hilt.

tts¯æyvnt|    capmadayaÏm¢vB¥xNm¯    ,
AabÒy    c    klapaW    ¹aW    jgamaEdg#¢v@m:    .2.

tt:

then

æyvnt|

curved in three places

cap|

bow

Aaday

taking

AaÏm¢vB¥xNm¯

serving as an adornment

AabÒy

tying

c   klapaW

quivers also

¹aW

two

jgam

started

udg#¢v@m:

of terrible prowess

2.Rama   then   took   his   bow   which   has   triple   curve   and   served   as   an
adornment   and   also   tied   two   quivers.

t|    v·yanaE    rajEÓd#mav#jÓt|    ¢nr£ßy    vW    ,
bB¥vaÓtrq¢htÞæOasaÏp¤nÞsÓdSInE{Bvt¯    .3.

t|

him

v·yan:

deceiving

rajEÓd#|

king of kings

Aav#jÓt|

starting to come after

¢nr£ßy

seeing

vW

may be

bB¥v

became

AÓtrq¢ht:

out of sight

æOasat¯

out of fear

p¤n:

again

sÓdSInE

in full view

ABvt¯

came

3.Marica   seeing   Rama   coming   after   him,   deceived   by   going   out   of   sight   out
of   fear   and   again   come   in   full   view.

b¼a¢sDIn¤raday    p#Ѥd#av    ytaE    m¦g:    .4.

b¼a¢s:

with the sword fastened

Dn¤:

bow

Aaday

taking

p#Ѥd#av

ran

yt:	the spot where stood

m¦g:

the deer

4.Rama   with   the   sword   fastened   took   his   bow   and   ran   to   the   spot   where
the   deer   stood.

t|    pÜy¢t    Þm    ãpEN    ïaEtman¢mvag#t:    ,
AvEßyavEßy    DavÓt|    Dn¤Ýpa¢N|    mhavnE    .5.
A¢tv¦äO¢mxaE:    pataÚlaEByana|    kdacn    ,
SHq¢kt|    t¤    sm¤dqB#aÓtm¤ÏptÓt¢mvaØbrE    .6.
èÜymanmèÜy|    c    vnaEêESEx¤    kEx¤¢ct¯    ,
¢C°aB#W¢rv    s|v£t|    Sard|    cÓd#mÎflm¯    .7.

t|

that

pÜy¢t   Þm

saw it

ãpEN	by its form

ïaEtman|   iv

radiating lustre

Ag#t:

in front

AvEßy   AvEßy

looking back again and again

DavÓt|

running

Dn¤Ýpa¢N|

with bow in hand

mhavnE

in the great forest

A¢tv¦äO|

escaping

ixaE:

from the arrows

patat¯

falling

laEByana|

tempting

kdacn

at times

SHq¢kt|   t¤

seized with fear

sm¤dqB#aÓt|

utterly confused

uÏptÓt|   iv

like leaping

AØbrE

into the sky

èÜyman|

appearing

AèÜy|   c

disappearing also

vnaEêESEx¤

in the region of the forest

kEx¤¢ct¯

in some places

¢C°aB#W:

by fragmented clouds

iv

like

s|v£t|

concealed

Sard|

autumnal

cÓd#mÎflm¯

moon

5,6,7.Seeing   it   by   form   raditiating   lustre   in   front   in   the   great   forest   looking
back   again   at   Rama   with   bow   in   hand   it   ran   slipping   past   at   times   and
tempting   him   at   other   times.   It   was   utterly   confused   due   to   fear   and   leaping
into   the   sky   at   places   it   appeared   like   the   moon   concealed   by   fragmented
clouds.

m¤h\taIdEv    dèSE    m¤h^Ñ¥Irat¯p#kaStE    .8.

m¤h\taIt¯   ev

for a moment only

dèSE

was seen

m¤h^:

often

Ñ¥rat¯

at a distance

p#kaStE

flashed into view

8.The   deer   was   seen   for   a   momet   only   and   often   flashed   into   view   at   a
distance.

dSInadSInadEv|    saEpakxIt    raGvm¯    ,
s¤Ñ¥rma½mÞyaÞy    mar£caE    m¦gta|    gt:    .9.

dSInat¯

coming into view

AdSInat¯

going out of sight

ev|

as above

s:

that

ApakxIt

drew

raGvm¯

Rama

s¤Ñ¥r|

far away

Aa½mÞy   AÞy

from his hermotsge

mar£c:

Marica

m¦gta|   gt:

who had assumed the form of deer

9.Marica   who   had   assumed   the   form   of   a   deer   drew   Rama   far   away   from
his   hermitage   by   coming   into   view   and   then   going   out   of   sight.

Aas£Ï@[¼Þt¤    kak[t¯ÞTaE    ¢vvSÞtEn    maE¢ht:    ,
ATavtÞTE    s¤½aÓtÜCayama¢½Ïy    Sa¹lE    .10.

Aas£t¯

became

@[¼:   t¤

enraged

kak[t¯ÞT:

Rama

¢vvS:

tempted and deceived

tEn

by that

maE¢ht:

beguiled

AT

then

AvtÞTE

awaited

s¤½aÓt:

calming down

Caya|

shade

Aa¢½Ïy

reaching

Sa¹lE

on a grassy place

10.Rama   beguiled   by   the   deer   and   tempted   and   deceived   by   it   became
enraged   and   calming   down   he   awaited   in   the   shade   on   a   grassy   place.