tEn    mmI¢N    ¢n¢vI¼:    SrENan¤pmEn    c    ,
m¦gãp|    t¤    tt¯Ïy?va    raXs|    ãpmaÏmn:    .
c@E    s    s¤mhakayaE    mar£caE    j£¢vt|    Ïyjn¯    .21.

tEn

that

mmI¢N

in vital parts

¢n¢vI¼:

pierced

SrEN

by arrow

An¤pmEn

peerless

c

also

m¦gãp|

form of deer

t¤	thereafter

tt¯

that

Ïy?va

discarding

raXs|

ogre

ãp|

form

AaÏmn:

his own

c@E

revealed

s:

that

s¤mhakay:

gigantic body

mar£c:

Marica

j£¢vt|

life

Ïyjn¯

giving up

21.Marica,   pierced   in   the   vital   parts   by   the   arrow,   discarded   the   form   of   a
deer   and   took   on   the   form   of   an   ogre   with   gigantic   body   while   giving   up   his
life.

ttaE    ¢v¢cæOkEy¥r:    svaIBrNB¥¢xt:    ,
hEmmal£    mhad|¾®aE    raXsaE{B¥ÅCraht:    .22.

tt:

then

¢v¢cæOkEy¥r:

with adorned shoulders

svaIBrNB¥¢xt:

decorated with all ornaments

hEmmal£

with a golden garland

mhad|¾®:

with big teeth

raXs:

ogre

AB¥t¯

appeared

Sraht:

killed by an arrow

22.Marica   then   killed   by   an   arrow   appeared   as   an   ogre   with   adorned
shoulders,   decorated   with   all   ornaments,   with   golden   garland   and   big   teeth.

t|    è¾qva    p¢tt|    B¥maW    raXs|    GaErdSInm¯    ,
ramaE    â¢Dr¢s³aÄñ|    vE¾man|    mh£tlE    .
jgam    mnsa    s£ta|    lßmNÞy    vc:    Þmrn¯    .23.

t|

him

è¾qva

seeing

p¢tt|

fallen

B¥maW

on the ground

raXs|

ogre

GaErdSInm¯

of terrible aspect

ram:

Rama

â¢Dr¢s³aÄñ|

limbs bathed in blood

vE¾man|

writhing

mh£tlE

on the earth

jgam   mnsa

mentally went

s£ta|

to Sita

lßmNÞy

Lakshmana's

vc:

words

Þmrn¯

remembering

23.Rama,   seeing   the   ogre   with   terrible   aspect,   fallen   on   the   ground,
writhing   on   the   earth   and   limbs   bathed   in   blood   mentally   went   to   Sita
remembering   Lakshmana's   words.

mar£cÞyWv    mayWxa    p¥va©I³a    lßmNEn    t¤    ,
täOTa    /BvaÅcaï    mar£caE{y|    mya    ht:    .24.

mar£cÞy

Marica's

ev   maya

only a conjuring trick

exa

this

p¥va©I³a

as told earlier

lßmNEn

by Lakshmana

t¤

in this

tt¯   tTa

as true

¢h

suely

ABvt¯

has become

c

also

Aï

now

mar£c:

marica

Ay|

this

mya

by me

ht:	was killed

24.Rama   recalled   Lakshmana's   earlier   saying   that   this   was   Marica's
conjuring   trick   only   which   has   become   true   and   it   is   Maraica   who   has
been   killed   by   him.

ha    s£tE    lßmNEÏyEvma@[Üy    c    mhaÞvnm¯    ,
mmar    raXs:    saE{y|      ½¤Ïva    s£ta    kT|    BvEt¯    .25.

ha   s£tE

alas Sita

lßmN	ah Lakshmana

i¢t

thus

ev|

only

Aa@[Üy   c

wailing

mhaÞvnm¯

loud

mmar

died

raXs:

ogre

s:

that

Ay|

he

½¤Ïva

hearing

s£ta

Sita

kT|   BvEt¯

how will be

25.Rama   thought   that   the   ogre   had   died   after   loud   wail   'alas   Sita,   ah
Lakshmana'   and   wondered   how   will   Sita   feel   on   hearing   it.

lßmNà    mhabah^:    kamvÞTa|    g¢mÝy¢t    ,
i¢t    s|¢cÓÏy    DmaIÏma    ramaE    ¶¾tn¥âh:    .26.

lßmN:   c

Lakshmana also

mhabah^:

mighty armed

kam¯   AvÞTa|

what state

g¢mÝy¢t

will go through

i¢t

thus

s|¢cÓÏy

thinking

DmaIÏma

mind set on virtue

ram:

Rama

¶¾tn¥âh:

found his hair standing on end

26.Rama   also   thought   about   Lakshmana's   state   and   thinking   as   above
found   his   hair   standing   on   end.

tæO    ram|    By|    t£v#ma¢vvES    ¢vxadjm¯    ,
raXs|    m¦gãp|    t|    hÏva    ½¤Ïva    c    tt¯Þvrm¯    .27.

tæO

then

ram|

Rama

By|

fear

t£v#|

terrible

Aa¢vvES

seized

¢vxadjm¯

born of dejection

raXs|

ogre

m¦gãp|

in the form of a deer

t|

that

hÏva

killing

½¤Ïva   c

hearing also

tt¯Þvrm¯

his cry

27.A   terrible   fear   born   out   of   dejection   gripped   Rama   on   having   killed   the
ogre   in   the   form   of   a   deer   and   hearing   his   cry.

¢nhÏy    p¦xt|    caÓy|    ma|smaday    raGv:    ,
ÏvrmaNaE    jnÞTan|    ssara¢Bm¤KÞtda    .28.

¢nhÏy

killing

p¦xt|   c

fruits also

AÓy|

other

ma|s|

the deer

Aaday

taking

raGv:

Rama

ÏvrmaN:

in haste

jnÞTan|

janasthana

ssar

went

A¢Bm¤K:

towards

tda

then

28.Then   Rama,   having   killed   the   deer,   went   towards   janasthana   taking
fruits   and   other   things.