s£tam¢stkESaÓta|    BaÞkrÞy    p#Ba¢mv    ,
vsnaBrNaEpEta|    mW¢Tl£|    ravNaE{b#v£t¯    .11.

s£ta|

to Sita

A¢stkESaÓta|

with thick dark tresses

BaÞkrÞy

sun's

p#Ba|   iv

shone like

vsnaBrNaEpEta|

dressed and adorned with ornaments

mW¢Tl£|

daughter of the king of Mithila

ravN:

Ravana

Ab#v£t¯

spoke the following

11.Ravana   spoke   to   Sita   with   thick   dark   tresses,   dressed   and   adorned
with   ornaments   and   shining   like   the   sun,   as   follows.

¢æOx¤    laEkEx¤    ¢vÁyat|    y¢d    BtaIr¢mÅC¢s    ,
mama½y    vraraEhE    tvah|    sèS:    p¢t:    .12.

¢æOx¤

the three

laEkEx¤

in the worlds

¢vÁyat|

well known

y¢d

in case

BtaIr|

as husband

iÅC¢s

desires

ma|   Aa½y

accept me

vraraEhE

lady with charming limbs

tv

your

Ah|

I am

sèS:   p¢t:

worthy husband

12.Ravana   told   Sita   that   in   case   she   wanted   a   husband   well   known   through
out   the   three   worlds   she   should   accept   him   and   he   will   be   a   worthy
husband   for   her.

ma|    BjÞv    ¢cray    Ïvmh|    ÜlaÃyÞtv    ¢p#y:    ,
nWv    cah|    Àv¢cìd#E    k¢rÝyE    tv    ¢v¢p#ym¯    .13.

ma|   BjÞv

accept me

¢cray

now itself

Ïv|

you

Ah|

I

ÜlaÃy:

worthy

tv

your

¢p#y:

husband

n

not

ev

only

c

also

Ah|

I

Àv¢ct¯

never

Bd#E	blessed lady

k¢rÝyE

will do

tv

to you

¢v¢p#ym¯

anything unpalatable

13.Ravana   told   Sita   to   accept   him   as   her   worthy   husband   then   itself   and   he
never   do   anything   unpalatable   to   her.

ÏyÇyta|    man¤xaE    BavaE    m¢y    Bav:    p#N£ytam¯    ,
raÇyat¯Åy¤tm¢s¼aTI|    ram|    p¢r¢mtay¤xm¯    .14.
kWg¤INWrn¤r³a¢s    m¥FE    p¢Îftma¢n¢n    ,
y:    ¢ÞæOya    vcnad#aÇy|    ¢vhay    ss¤¶Çjnm¯    .15.
A¢Þmn¯    Ûyalan¤c¢rtE    vnE    vs¢t    ѤmI¢t:    .16.

ÏyÇyta|

give up

man¤x:   Bav:

love for a human being

m¢y

on me

Bav:

love

p#N£ytam¯

placed

raÇyat¯

from kingdom

Åy¤t|

banished

A¢s¼aTI|

failing to achieve objective

ram|

Rama

p¢r¢mtay¤xm¯

whose adys are numbered

kW:

which

g¤NW:

virtues

An¤r³a¢s

you feel attached

m¥FE

deluded

p¢Îftma¢n¢n

posing yourself as wise

y:

who

¢ÞæOya:

a lady's

vcnat¯

words

raÇy|

kingdom

¢vhay

giving up

ss¤¶Çjnm¯

with kith and kin

A¢Þmn¯

this

Ûyalan¤c¢rtE

frequented of beasts

vnE

forest

vs¢t

lives

ѤmI¢t:

an idiot

14,15,16.Ravana   told   Sita   to   give   up   her   love   for   a   human   being   and   love
him.   Rama   who   gave   up   his   kingdom,   kith   and   kin   and   live   in   this   forest
frequented   by   beasts   on   the   basis   of   woman's   words   is   silly.   He   also
said   that   she   was   deluded   but   posing   as   wise   to   love   a   person   who   had   been   banished   from   the   kingdom   and   lives   in   the   forest   having   not   achieved   his   objective   and   whose   days   are   numbered.  

iÏy¤?va    mW¢Tl£|    vaÀy|    ¢p#yarqha|    ¢p#yva¢dn£m¯    ,
A¢BgØy    s¤Ñ¤¾aÏma    raXs:    kalcaE¢dt:    .17.
jg#ah    ravN¢Þsta|    b¤D:    KE    raE¢hN£¢mv    .18.

i¢t

as above

u?va	having said

mW¢Tl£|

to Maithili

vaÀy|

words

¢p#yarqha|

deserved kind words

¢p#yva¢dn£m¯

who speaks kindly

A¢BgØy

approaching

s¤Ñ¤¾aÏma

extremely evil minded

raXs:

ogre

kalcaE¢dt:

prompted by fate

jg#ah

caught hold

ravN:

Ravana

s£ta|

Sita

b¤D:

as Budha

KE	in the sky

raE¢hN£|   iv

like Rohini

17,18.Ravana,   extremely   evil   minded,   having   spoken   as   above   to   Sita
approached   her   and   caught   hold   of   her   like   Budha   caught   hold   of   Rohini.

vamEn    s£ta|    pîaX£|    m¥DIjEx¤    krEN    s:    ,
Uva©IÞt¤    d¢XNEnWv    p¢rjg#ah    pa¢Nna    .19.

vamEn

by the left

s£ta|

Sita

pîaX£|

lotus eyes

m¥DIjEx¤

by the locks

krEN

by hand

s:

he

Uva©I:   t¤

both her thighs

d¢XNEn

with right

ev

only

p¢rjg#ah

caught

pa¢Nna

by hand

19.Ravana   caught   hold   of   Sita's   hair   with   his   left   hand   while   with   his   right
hand   caught   hold   of   her   thighs.

t|    è¾qva    ¢g¢rS¦HqgaB|    t£ßNd|¾®|    mhaB¤jm¯    ,
p#ad#vÓm¦Ïy¤sèS|    ByataI    vndEvta:    .20.

t|   è¾qva

seeing that

¢g¢rS¦HqgaB|

looking like a mountain peak

t£ßNd|¾®|

with sharp teeth

mhaB¤jm¯

with mighty arms

p#ad#vn¯

ran away

m¦Ïy¤sèS|

resembling death

ByataI:

stricken with fear

vndEvta:

the sylvan deities

20.The   sylvan   deities   seeing   him   looking   like   a   mountain   peak,   with   sharp
teeth,   mighty   arms   and   resembling   Death   ran   away   stricken   with   fear.