s£taya    vcn|    ½¤Ïva    dSg#£v:    p#tapvan¯    ,
hÞtE    hÞt|    smahÏy    ckar    s¤mh¹p¤:    .1.

s£taya:

of Sita

vcn|   ½¤Ïva

hearing the words

dSg#£v:

the ten headed

p#tapvan¯

the mighty

hÞtE   hÞt|

one hand against the other

smahÏy

striking

ckar

revealed

s¤mht¯   vp¤:

a gigantic form

1.Ravana,   hearing   the   words   of   Sita,   struck   one   hand   against   the   other   and
revealed   his   gigantic   form.

s    mE¢Tl£|    p¤nvaIÀy|    bBaxE    c    ttaE    B¦Sm¯    ,
naEÓmäOya    ½¤taW    mÓyE    mm    v£yIpra@maW    .2.

s:

he

mE¢Tl£|

to Sita

p¤n:

again

vaÀy|

the following words

bBaxE

addressed

c

also

tt:

then

B¦Sm¯

terrifying

n

not

uÓmäOya

being unsound of mind

½¤taW

heard

mÓyE

I think

mm

my

v£yIpra@maW

valour and prowess

2.Ravana   addressed   to   Sita   the   following   terrifying   words   saying   that   she
had   not   heard   his   words   about   his   valour   and   prowess   being   unsound   of
mind.

u¹hEy|    B¤ja×ya|    t¤    mE¢dn£mØbrE    ¢ÞTt:    ,
Aa¢pbEy|    sm¤d#|    c    m¦Ïy¤|    hÓya|    rNE    ¢ÞTt:    .3.

u¹hEy|

will lift

B¤ja×ya|

with hands

t¤

in this

mE¢dn£|

the earth

AØbrE

in the sky

¢ÞTt:

standing

Aa¢pbEy|

drink up

sm¤d#|

c the ocean also

m¦Ïy¤|

Death

hÓya|

can kill

rNE	in the battle field

¢ÞTt:

stationed

3.Ravana   told   Sita   that   he   can   lift   the   earth   with   his   hands   standing   in   the   air,   drink   up   the   waters   of   the   ocean   and   can   kill   Death   in   a   battle   field.

AkI|    âÓÒya|    SrWÞt£ßNW¢vI¢Bïa|    ¢h    mh£tlm¯    ,
kamã¢pNm¤ÓmäOE    pÜy    ma|    kamd|    p¢tm¯    .4.

AkI|

the sun

âÓÒya|

can hide

SrW:   t£ßNW:

with sharp arrows

¢v¢Bïa|

will split

¢h   mh£tlm¯

the earth itself

kamã¢pN|

who can take any form at will

uÓmäOE

with intoxicated mind

pÜy

think

ma|

me

kamd|

a proposer

p¢tm¯

as husband

4.Ravana   told   Sita   he   can   hide   the   sun   with   sharp   arrows   and   split   the
earth   and   asked   her   to   take   him   as   her   husband.

evm¤³vtÞtÞy    ravNÞy    ¢S¢Kp#BE    ,
@[¼Þy    h¢rpyIÓtE    r³E    nEæOE    bB¥vt¤:    .5.

ev|

as above

u³vt:

speaking

tÞy   ravNÞy

that Ravana's

¢S¢Kp#BE

burn like fire

@[¼Þy

in anger

h¢rpyIÓtE

with dark corners

r³E

red

nEæOE

eyes

bB¥vt¤:

became

5.As   Ravana   was   speaking   in   anger,   his   eyes   with   dark   corners   became
red   and   burn   like   fire.

sï:    saWØy|    p¢rÏyÇy    ¢BX¤ãp|    s    ravN:    ,
Þvãp|    kalãpaB|    BEjE    vW½vNan¤j:    .6.

sï:

at once

saWØy|

benign

p¢rÏyÇy

abandoning

¢BX¤ãp|

the garb of a mendicant

s:

that

ravN:

Ravana

Þvãp|

his own form

kalãpaB|

like that of death

BEjE

resumed

vW½vNan¤j:

Kubera's younger brother

6.Ravana,   abandoning   his   benign   garb   of   a   mendicant,   resumed   his   own
form   like   that   of   death.

s|r³nyn:    ½£ma|ÞtçOka·nk[Îfl:    ,
@aEDEn    mhta¢v¾aE    n£lj£m¥ts¢°B:    .7.

s|r³nyn:

with blood red eyes

½£man¯

the glorious

tçOka·nk[Îfl:

adorned with ornaments of refined gold

@aEDEn

with anger

mhta

great

Aa¢v¾:

was seized

n£lj£m¥ts¢°B:

looked like a dark cloud

7.The   glorious   Ravana,   adorned   with   ornaments   of   refined   gold   and
looking   like   a   great   cloud,   was   seized   with   great   anger.

dSaÞy    kam¤Ik£    baN£    bB¥v    XNdacr:    .8.

dSaÞy:

with ten heads

kam¤Ik£

with a bow in hand

baN£	with arrows

bB¥v

appeared

XNdacr:

the night wanderer

8.Ravana   appeared   with   ten   heads,   bow   in   hand   and   arrows.

s    p¢rv#ajkÅCî    mhakayaE    ¢vhay    tt¯    ,
p#¢tpEdE    Þvk|    ãp|    ravNaE    raXsa¢Dp:    .9.

s:

that

p¢rv#ajkÅCî

disguise of a wandering mendicant

mhakay:

of huge body

¢vhay

discarding

tt¯

that

p#¢tpEdE

resumed

Þvk|   ãp|

his own form

ravN:

Ravana

raXsa¢Dp:

king of ogres

9.Ravana,   discarding   the   disguise   of   a   wandering   mendicant   assumed   his
own   form.

s|r³nyn:    @aEDaÇj£m¥t¢ncyp#B:    ,
r³aØbrDrÞtÞTaW    ÞæO£rÏn|    p#Eßy    mW¢Tl£m¯    .10.

s|r³nyn:

with blood red eyes

@aEDat¯

due to anger

j£m¥t¢ncyp#B:

dark like a cloud

r³aØbrDr:

wearing red garment

tÞTaW

stood

ÞæO£rÏn|

jewel among women

p#Eßy

gazing

mW¢Tl£m¯

on Sita

10.Ravana,   dark   like   a   cloud,   with   blood   red   eyes   and   wearing   a   red
garment,   stood   gazing   at   Sita.