t|    d£nmnsaE    d£nmasEѤrqm¦gp¢XN:    ,
sÛy|    k]Ïva    mhaÏman|    GaEra|à    ss¦j¤:    Þvran¯    .12.

t|

that

d£nmns:

distressed in mind

d£n|	feeling miserable

AasEѤ:

approached

m¦gp¢XN:

beasts and birds

sÛy|	on the left

k]Ïva

keeping

mhaÏman|

high souled

GaEran¯   c

fearful indicating bad omens

ss¦j¤:

uttered

Þvran¯

cries

12.The   beasts   and   birds   distressed   in   mind   approached   Rama   and   keeping
him   to   their   left   uttered   fearful   cries   indicating   bad   omen.

ta¢n    è¾qva    ¢n¢mäOa¢n    mhaGaEra¢N    raGv:    ,
ÓyvtItaT    Ïv¢rtaE    jvEna½mmaÏmn:    .13.

ta¢n

those

è¾qva

witnessing

¢n¢mäOa¢n

bad omens

mhaGaEra¢N

very dreadful

raGv:

Rama

ÓyvtIt

retraced

AT

ten

Ïv¢rt:

hastening

jvEn	due to urgency

Aa½m|

to hermitage

AaÏmn:

his own

13.Rama,   witnessing   the   very   dreadful   bad   omens,   hastened   with   urgency
towards   his   hermitage.

s    t¤    s£ta|    vraraEha|    lßmN|    c    mhablm¯    ,
Aajgam    jnÞTan|    ¢cÓty°Ev    raGv:    .14.

s:

that

t¤   s£ta|

Sita also

vraraEha|

lovely lady

lßmN|   c

Lakshmana also

mhablm¯

exceptionally mighty

Aajgam

was going

jnÞTan|

to janasthana

¢cÓtyn¯   ev

thinking only

raGv:

Rama

14.Rama   thinking   about   Sita   and   Lakshamana   only   was   going   towards
janasthana.

ttaE    lßmNmayaÓt|    ddSI    ¢vgtp#Bm¯    .15.

tt:

then

lßmN|

Lakshmana

AayaÓt|

coming

ddSI

saw

¢vgtp#Bm¯

with lost splendour

15.Then   Rama   saw   Lakshmana   with   lost   splendour   coming.

ttaE{¢vÑ¥rE    ramEN    sm£yay    s    lßmN:    ,
¢vxÎNÞs¤¢vxÎNEn    Ѥ:¢KtaE    Ѥ:KBa¢gna    .16.

tt:

then

A¢vÑ¥rE

nearby

ramEN

by Rama

sm£yay

got united

s:

that

lßmN:

Lakshmana

¢vxÎN:

feeling despondent

s¤¢vxÎNEn

looking more despondent

Ѥ:¢Kt:

afflicted with agony

Ѥ:KBa¢gna

shared the agony

16.Then   coming   closer   Lakshmana   feeling   despondent   and   afflicted   with
agony   united   with   Rama   who   looked   more   despondent   and   shared   the
agony.

s|jgrqhE{T    t|    B#ata    è¾qva    lßmNmagtm¯    ,
¢vhay    s£ta|    ¢vjnE    vnE    raXssE¢vtE    .17.

s|jgrqhE

was distressed more than before

AT

then

t|

that

B#ata

brother

è¾qva

seeing

lßmN|

to Lakshmana

Aagtm¯

come

¢vhay

leaving

s£ta|

Sita

¢vjnE

uninhabited

vnE	in the forest

raXssE¢vtE

frequented by ogres

17.Rama   seeing   Lakshmana   come   leaving   Sita   in   the   uninhabited   forest
frequented   by   ogres   was   distressed   more   than   before.

g¦h£Ïva    c    kr|    sÛy|    lßmN|    rG¤nÓdn:    ,
uvac    mD¤raEdkI¢md|    vcnmatIvt¯    .18.

g¦h£Ïva

taking hold

c

also

kr|   sÛy|

of the left hand

lßmN|

Lakshmana

rG¤nÓdn:

Rama

uvac

said

mD¤raEdkI|

in a sweet tone

id|	the following

vcn|

words

AatIvt¯

like one distressed

18.Rama   taking   hold   the   left   hand   of   Lakshmana,   spoke   the   following   in   a
sweet   voice.

AhaE    lßmN    grq/|    tE    k]t|    yt¯Ïv|    ¢vhay    tam¯    ,
s£ta¢mhagtÞsaWØy    k¢Åct¯Þv¢Þt    BvE¢dh    .19.

AhaE

ah

lßmN

Lakshmana

grq/|

is an error

tE

your

k]t|

action

yt¯	that which

Ïv|

you

¢vhay

leaving alone

tam¯

that

s£ta|

Sita

ih

here

Aagt:

have come

saWØy

blessed

k¢Åct¯

I hope

Þv¢Þt

well

BvEt¯

be doing

ih

now

19.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   his   action   of   leaving   Sita   alone   and   come
there   was   an   error   and   hoped   that   she   is   doing   well.

n    mE{¢Þt    s|SyaE    v£r    svITa    jnkaÏmja    ,
¢vn¾a    B¢Xta    va{¢p    raXsWvInca¢r¢B:    .
AS¤BaÓyEv    B¥¢y¿|    yTa    p#aѤBIv¢Ót    mE    .20.

n

not

mE

for me

A¢Þt

is there

s|Sy:

doubt

v£r

heroic

svITa

at all events

jnkaÏmja

daughter of Janaka

¢vn¾a

been taken away

B¢Xta

eaten

va

or

A¢p

and

raXsW:

by ogres

vnca¢r¢B:

ranging in the forest

AS¤Ba¢n   ev

only bad omens

B¥¢y¿|

dreadful

yTa

therefore

p#aѤBIv¢Ót

appear to

mE

me

20.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   only   dreadful   bad   omens   appear   to   him
and   thus   Sita   had   either   been   taken   away   or   eaten   by   the   ogres   ranging   in
the   forest   and   that   he   had   no   doubt   about   this.