n    S³ÞÏv|    bla¼t¤I|    vWdEh£|    mm    pÜyt:    ,
hEt¤¢BrqÓyays|y¤³WrqD#¤va|    vEd½¤t£¢mv    .21.

n   S³:

not capable

Ïv|

you

blat¯

by force

ht¤I|

to abduct

vWdEh£|

Sita

mm   pÜyt:

in front of my eyes

hEt¤¢B:

with logic

Óyays|y¤³W:

consistent arguments

D#¤va|

with the same meaning

vEd½¤t£|

vedic text

iv	can be altered like

21.Jatayu   told   Ravana   that   he   will   not   be   able   to   abduct   Sita   by   force   in
front   of   Jatayu's   eyes   any   more   than   one   can   alter   a   vedic   text   with   the
same   meaning   even   with   consistent   logical   arguments.

y¤ÒyÞv    y¢d    S¥raE{¢s    m¤h\tI|    ¢t¿    ravN    ,
S¢yÝysE    htaE    B¥maW    yTa    p¥vI|    KrÞtTa    .22.

y¤ÒyÞv

fight

y¢d

in case

S¥r:

a hero

A¢s

you are

m¤h\tI|

for a while

¢t¿

halt

ravN

Ravana

S¢yÝysE

will lie on the ground

ht:

killed

B¥maW

om the ground

yTa

like

p¥vI|

earlier

Kr:

Khara

tTa

similarly

22.Jatayu   told   Ravana   to   stay   a   while   and   fight   with   him   in   case   Ravana
was   a   hero   and   said   that   Ravana   killed   by   him   will   lie   on   the   ground   like
Khara   earlier.

Ask]t¯    s|y¤gE    yEn    ¢nhta    dWÏydanva:    ,
n    ¢craÅc£rvasaÞÏva|    ramaE    y¤¢D    v¢DÝy¢t    .23.

Ask]t¯

more than once

s|y¤gE

on the battle field

yEn

by whom

¢nhta:

were killed

dWÏydanva:

Daityas and Danavas

n   ¢crat¯

before long

c£rvasa:

cld in bark clothes

Ïva|

you

ram:

Rama

y¤¢D	in a combat

v¢DÝy¢t

will kill

23.Jatayu   told   Ravana   that   Rama   who   had   killed   Daityas   and   Danavas   on
the   battle   field   more   than   once,   will   kill   him   before   long.

¢k|n¤    SÀy|    mya    kt¤I|    gtaW    Ñ¥r|    n¦paÏmjaW    ,
¢Xp#|    Ïv|    nÜysE    n£c    tyaEB£I|taE    n    s|Sy:    .24.

¢k|   n¤   SÀy|

how is it possible

mya

by me

kt¤I|

to do

gtaW   Ñ¥r|

have gone far

n¦paÏmjaW

the two princes

¢Xp#|

quickly

Ïv|

you

nÜysE

will perish

n£c

vile ogre

tyaE:

the two

B£t:	afraid of them

n   s|Sy:

there is no doubt

24.Jatayu   told   Ravana   that   will   the   two   princes   having   gone   far   it   is   not
possible   for   him   to   do   much   but   Ravana,   who   is   running   away   out   of   fear,
will   perish   soon.

n    ¢h    mE    j£vmanÞy    n¢yÝy¢s    S¤Ba¢mmam¯    ,
s£ta|    kmlpæOaX£|    ramÞy    m¢hx£|    ¢p#yam¯    .25.

n

not

¢h

surely

mE

me

j£vmanÞy

as long as I live

n¢yÝy¢s

carry away

S¤Ba|

blessed

imam¯

this

s£ta|

Sita

kmlpæOaX£|

eyes like petals of lotus

ramÞy

of Rama

m¢hx£|

consort

¢p#yam¯

beloved

25.Jatayu   told   Ravana   that   as   long   as   he   was   alive,   Ravana   cannot   carry
away   Sita,   Rama's   beloved   consort.

AvÜy|    t¤    mya    kayI|    ¢p#y|    tÞy    mhaÏmn:    ,
j£¢vtEna¢p    ramÞy    tTa    dSrTÞy    c    .26.

AvÜy|

must

t¤

in this

mya

by me

kayI|

be done

¢p#y|

is pleasing

tÞy   mhaÏmn:

that high souled

j£¢vtEn   A¢p

even at the cost of life

ramÞy

of Rama

tTa

similarly

dSrTÞy   c

Dasaratha's also

26.Jatayu   told   Ravana   that   what   is   pleasing   to   Rama   and   Dasaratha   must
be   done   by   him   even   at   the   cost   of   his   life.

¢t¿    ¢t¿    dSg#£v    m¤h\tI|    pÜy    ravN    ,
y¤¼a¢tÐy|    p#daÞya¢m    yTap#aN|    ¢nSacr    .27.

¢t¿   ¢t¿

wait, wait

dSg#£v

ten headed

m¤h\tI|

for a while

pÜy

see

ravN

Ravana

y¤¼a¢tÐy|

hospitality on the battle field

p#daÞya¢m

shall offer

yTap#aN|

as per my strength

¢nSacr

night wanderer

27.Jatayu   told   Ravana   to   wait   for   a   while   when   he   will   offer   hospitality   on
the   battle   field   as   per   his   strength.

v¦Óta¢dv    Pl|    Ïva|    t¤    patyEy|    rTaEäOmat¯    .28.

v¦Ótat¯

from the stalk

iv

like

Pl|

a fruit

Ïva|

you

t¤

now

patyEy|

will knock down

rTaEäOmat¯

from the foremost of chariots

28.Jatayu   told   Ravana   that   will   knock   Ravana   down   from   the   chariot   like
the   fruit   from   its   stalk.