¢v¢cÏy    svIt:    SWl|    ramaE    lßmNmb#v£t¯    ,
nEh    pÜya¢m    saW¢mæOE    vWdEh£|    pvItE    S¤Bam¯    .22.

¢v¢cÏy   svIt:

having searched all over

SWl|

mountain

ram:

Rama

lßmN|

to Lakshmana

Ab#v£t¯

said

n

do not

ih

here

pÜya¢m

I see

saW¢mæOE

Lakshmana

vWdEh£|

Sita

pvItE

on the moubtain

S¤Bam¯

blessed

22.Having   searched   all   over   the   mountain,   Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he
did   not   see   Sita   anywhere.

ttaE    Ѥ:Ka¢BsÓtçOaE    lßmNaE    vaÀymb#v£t¯    ,
¢vcrn¯    dÎfkarÎy|    B#atr|    d£çOtEjsm¯    .23.
p#ap¯Þy¢s    Ïv|    mhap#aåO    mW¢Tl£|    jnkaÏmjam¯    ,
yTa    ¢vÝN¤mIhabah^rqb¢l|    b¼qÒvamh£¢mmam¯    .24.
evm¤³Þt¤    v£rEN    lßmNEn    s    raGv:    ,
uvac    d£nya    vaca    Ѥ:Ka¢BhtcEtn:    .25.

tt:

then

Ѥ:Ka¢BsÓtçO:

overcome with grief

lßmN:

Lakshmana

vaÀy|

the following words

Ab#v£t¯

said

¢vcrn¯

searching

dÎfkarÎy|

in dandakaranya

B#atr|

to elder brother

d£çOtEjsm¯

of flaming energy

p#ap¯Þy¢s

will recover

Ïv|

you

mhap#aåO

highly intelligent

mW¢Tl£|

Sita

jnkaÏmjam¯

daughter of Janaka

yTa

like

¢vÝN¤:

God Vishnu

mhabah^:

mighty armed

b¢l|

Bali

b¼qÒva

tying down

mh£|

the earth

imam¯

this

ev|

as above

u³:	being told

t¤

in this

v£rEN

by the gallant

lßmNEn

by Lakshmana

s:

that

raGv:

Rama

uvac	spoke as follows

d£nya

in a piteous

vaca

tone

Ѥ:Ka¢BhtcEtn:

mind dulled with agony

23,24,25.Then   Lakshmana   overcome   with   grief   said   to   Rama   with   flaming
energy   that   he   will   recover   Sita   like   God   Vishnu   recovered   the   earth   by
tying   Bali.   Consoled   in   these   words   by   the   gallant   Lakshmana,   Rama
whose   mind   was   dulled   with   agony   spoke   in   a   piteous   tone   the   following
reply   to   Lakshmana.

vn|    svI|    s¤¢v¢ct|    p¢îÓy:    P[ÚlpHqkja:    ,
¢g¢ràay|    mhap#aåO    bh^kÓdr¢nJIr:    .26.

vn|   svI|

the entire forest

s¤¢v¢ct|

has been fully searched

p¢îÓy:

lotus ponds

P[ÚlpHqkja:

with lotuses in full bloom

¢g¢r:

mountain

c	was similarly fully searched

Ay|

this

mhap#aåO

very wise

bh^kÓdr¢nJIr:

with many caves and cascades

26.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   they   had   thoroughly   searched   the   lotus
ponds   with   lotus   flowers   and   the   mountain   with   many   caves   and   cascades.

n    ¢h    pÜya¢m    vWdEh£|    p#aNE×yaE{¢p    gr£ys£m¯    .27.

n

do not

¢h

surely

pÜya¢m

I see

vWdEh£|

Sita

p#aNE×y:   A¢p

even more than life

gr£ys£m¯

dearer

27.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   still   he   did   not   see   Sita   who   was   dearer   than
his   life.

ev|    s    ¢vlpn¯    ram:    s£tahrNk¢SIt:    ,
d£n:    SaEksma¢v¾aE    m¤h\tI|    ¢vºlaE{Bvt¯    .28.

ev|

as above

s:

that

¢vlpn¯

wailing

ram:

Rama

s£tahrNk¢SIt:

emaciated through the abduction of Sita

d£n:

pitiably

SaEksma¢v¾:

overcome with grief

m¤h\tI|

for a while

¢vºl:

not knowing what to do

ABvt¯

became

28.Rama   emaciated   by   the   abduction   of   Sita   and   wailing   pitiably   as   above
was   overcome   with   grief   and   for   a   while   did   not   know   what   to   do.

s    ¢vº¢ltsvaIHqgaE    gtb¤¢¼¢vIcEtn:    ,
¢nxsadat¤raE    d£naE    ¢n:áÞyaS£tmaytm¯    .29.

s:

he

¢vº¢ltsvaIHqg:

with limbs out of control

gtb¤¢¼:

with lost reason

¢vcEtn:

despondent

¢nxsad

stood motoinless

Aat¤r:

over anxious

d£n:

miserable

¢n:áÞy

heavily breathing

AaS£t|

hot

Aaytm¯

deep

29.Rama   whose   limbs   were   out   of   control   stood   motionless   for   a   while
with   lost   reason,   over   anxious,   despondent,   miserable   and   drawing   hot
and   deep   breaths.

bh^S:    s    t¤    ¢n:áÞy    ramaE    raj£vlaEcn:    ,
ha    ¢p#yE¢t    ¢vc¤@aES    bh^SaE    baÝpgét:    .30.

bh^S:

many times

s:

that

t¤

in this

¢n:áÞy

sighing

ram:

Rama

raj£vlaEcn:

lotus eyed

ha   ¢p#yE   i¢t

as 'ah! my darling'

¢vc¤@aES

cried out

bh^S:

repeatedly

baÝpgét:

with voice choked through tears

30.Sighing   many   times,   Rama   with   voice   choked   through   tears   repeatedly
cried   'Ah!   my   darling'

t|    tt:    saÓÏvyamas    lßmN:    ¢p#ybaÓDv:    ,
bh^p#kar|    DmIåO:    p#¢½t|    p#¢½ta¸¢l:    .31.

t|

him

tt:

then

saÓÏvyamas

consoled

lßmN:

Lakshmana

¢p#ybaÓDv:

beloved brother

bh^p#kar|

in many ways

DmIåO:

knowing righteousness

p#¢½t|

humbly

p#¢½ta¸¢l:

with joined palms

31.Then   Lakshmana   with   joined   palms   consoled   his   beloved   brother   Rama
in   many   ways.

AnaèÏy    t¤    t¹aÀy|    lßmNaE¿p¤zac¯Åy¤tm¯    ,
ApÜy|Þta|    ¢p#ya|    s£ta|    p#a@aESÏs    p¤n:    p¤n:    .32.

AnaèÏy

turning a deaf ear

t¤   tt¯   vaÀy|

to those words

lßmNaE¿p¤zat¯

from Lakshmana's lips

Åy¤tm¯

issued

ApÜyn¯

not seeing

ta|

that

¢p#ya|

darling

s£ta|

Sita

p#a@aESt¯

cried

s:

he

p¤n:   p¤n:

again and again

32.Rama   turning   a   deaf   ear   to   Lakshmana's   consoling   words,   cried   again
and   again   not   seeing   Sita   his   darling.