b#¥¢h

please tell

lßmN

Lakshmana

vWdEh£

Sita

y¢d

if

j£v¢t   va

or is alive

n   va

or not

Ïv¢y

you

p#mäOE

failing in duty

rXaE¢B:

by ogres

B¢Xta   va

or eaten

tp¢Þvn£

without protector

11.Rama   asked   Lakshmana   to   tell   whether   Sita   is   alive   or   not.   And   if   not
alive   has   she   been   eaten   by   the   ogres   since   you   failed   in   your   duty   and   left
her   without   protector.

s¤k[mar£    c    bala    c    ¢nÏy|    caѤ:Kd¢SIn£    ,
m¢¹yaEgEn    vWdEh£    Ûy³|    SaEc¢t    ѤmIna:    .12.

s¤k[mar£   c

youthful also

bala   c

tender also

¢nÏy|

continously

c   AѤ:Kd¢SIn£

never experienced agony also

m¢¹yaEgEn

separated from me

vWdEh£

Sita

Ûy³|

certainly

SaEc¢t

feeling disconsolate

ѤmIna:

broken hearted

12.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Sita   who   was   youthful,   tender   and   never
experienced   agony   is   certainly   disconsolate   and   broken   hearted   separated
from   him.

svITa    rXsa    tEn    ¢j'En    s¤Ñ¤raÏmna    ,
vdta    lßmNEÏy¤ÅcWÞtva¢p    j¢nt|    Bym¯    .13.

svITa

in all respects

rXsa

igre

tEn

by him

¢j'En

by conjuring trick

s¤Ñ¤raÏmna

most evil minded

vdta	crying out

lßmN

Lakshmana

i¢t

thus

uÅcW:

loudly

tv   A¢p

in you also

j¢nt|

was instilled

Bym¯

fear

13.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   the   loud   cry   'Lakshmana'   by   the   most   evil
minded   ogre   would   have   instilled   fear   in   him   as   well.

½¤tà    SHqkE    vWdE/a    s:    Þvr:    sèSaE    mm    ,
æOÞtya    p#E¢xtÞÏv|    c    d#¾¤|    ma|    S£G#magt:    .14.

½¤t:

was heard

c

also

SHqkE

I think

vWdE/a

by Sita

s:   Þvr:

that voice

sèS:	resembling

mm

mine

æOÞtya

being alarmed

p#E¢xt:

being sent

Ïv|

you

c

also

d#¾¤|

to see

ma|

me

S£G#|

quickly

Aagt:

has come

14.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he   thought   that   Sita   on   hearing   the   cry   in   a
voice   resembling   Rama's,   was   alarmed   and   had   sent   him   to   see   Rama.

svITa    t¤    k]t|    k]¾|    s£tam¤Ïs¦jta    vnE    ,
p#¢tkt¤I|    n¦S|sana|    rXsa|    däOmÓtrm¯    .15.

svITa

in all respects

t¤

now

k]t|

act done

k]¾|	has been afforded

s£ta|

to Sita

uÏs¦jta

leaving alone

vnE	in the forest

p#¢tkt¤I|

to retaliate

n¦S|sana|

merciless

rXsa|

to the ogres

däO|

given

AÓtrm¯

an opportunity

15.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   leaving   Sita   alone   in   the   forest   then   had
afforded   an   opportunity   to   the   ogres   to   retaliate   in   all   respects.

Ѥ:¢Kta:    KrGatEn    raXsa:    ¢p¢StaSna:    ,
tW:    s£ta    ¢nhta    GaErWBI¢vÝy¢t    n    s|Sy:    .16.

Ѥ:¢Kta:

were feeling aggrieved

KrGatEn

by the killing of Khara

raXsa:

ogres

¢p¢StaSna:

flesh eating

tW:

by them

s£ta

Sita

¢nhta

killed

GaErW:

cruel

B¢vÝy¢t

will become

n

no

s|Sy:

doubt

16.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   the   flesh   eating   ogres   were   aggrieved   by
the   killing   of   Khara   and   Sita   must   have   been   killed   by   the   cruel   ogres
without   doubt.

AhaE{¢Þm    ÛysnE    mg"ÞsvITa    SæO¤s¥dn    ,
¢k|    ¢Óvdan£|    k¢rÝya¢m    SHqkE    p#açOÛym£èSm¯    .17.

AhaE	what a tragedy

A¢Þm

I am

ÛysnE

in adversity

mg":

plunged

svITa

in all respects

SæO¤s¥dn

exterminator of foes

¢k|   n¤

what shall

idan£|

now

k¢rÝya¢m

I do

SHqkE

I think

p#açOÛy|

has befallen due to fate

iIèSm¯

a calamity like this

17.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he   isplunged   into   adversity   in   all   respects
and   wondered   what   he   will   do   to   face   the   calamity   which   has   befallen   due
to   fate.

i¢t    s£ta|    vraraEha|    ¢cÓty°Ev    raGv:    ,
Aajgam    jnÞTan|    Ïvrya    shlßmN:    .18.

i¢t

thus

s£ta|

about Sita

vraraEha|

of lovely limbs

¢cÓtyn¯   ev

thinking only

raGv:

Rama

Aajgam

reached

jnÞTan|

janasthana

Ïvrya

quickly

sh   lßmN:

with Lakshmana

18.Rama   thus   thinking   only   about   Sita   quickly   reached   janasthana   along
with   Lakshmana.

¢vgrqhmaNaE{n¤jmatIãp|    X¤Da    ½maÅcWv    ¢ppasya    c    ,
¢v¢n:ásn¯    S¤Ýkm¤KaE    ¢vvNI:    p#¢t½y|    p#aÔy    sm£ßy    S¥Óym¯    .19.
Þvma½m|    s|p#¢vga/    v£raE    ¢vhardESann¤s¦Ïy    ka|¢àt¯    ,
etäO¢dÏyEv    ¢nvasB¥maW    p#¶¾raEma    Ûy¢TtaE    bB¥v    .20.

¢vgrqhmaN:

severely reproaching

An¤j|

to younger brother

AatIãp|

with a distressed appearance

X¤Da	with hunger

½mat¯   c

from fatigue also

ev   ¢ppasya

from thirst also

c

also

¢v¢n:ásn¯

heaving a deep breath

S¤Ýkm¤K:

with a parched mouth

¢vvNI:

losing lustre

p#¢t½y|

the entrance to the hermitage

p#aÔy

on reaching

sm£ßy

seeing

S¥Óym¯

desolate

Þv|

own

Aa½m|

hermitage

s|p#¢vga/

directly entering

v£r:

heroic

¢vhardESan¯

playing grounds

An¤s¦Ïy

searching

ka|¢àt¯

some

ett¯

this

tt¯	as it that

i¢t

thus

ev

only

¢nvasB¥maW

place where they spent the nights

p#¶¾raEma

hair raising

Ûy¢Tt:

drowned in distress

bB¥v

became

19,20.Rama,   reproaching   Lakshmana   who   was   distressed,   heaved   a   heavy
breath   due   to   parched   mouth,   hunger,   fatigue   and   thirst,   became   despondent
on   reaching   the   hermitage   and   finding   it   desolate.   Rama   directly   entered   the
hermitage   and   searched   for   Sita   in   the   play   ground   and   said   to   himself   that
that   was   the   place   where   they   spent   the   nights   became   distressed   in   his   own
hermitage.