¢nraSÞt¤    tya    nïa    s£taya    dSInE    k]t:    ,
uvac    ramÞsaW¢m¢æO|    s£ta{dSInk¢SIt:    .11.

¢nraS:

disappointed

t¤

in this

tya

that

nïa	by the river

s£taya:

of Sita

dSInE

in respect of sighting

k]t:

made

uvac

spoke

ram:

Rama

saW¢m¢æO|

to Lakshmana

s£ta{dSInk¢SIt:

emciated due to disappearance of Sita

11.Rama,   emaciated   due   to   the   disappearance   of   Sita   and   disappointed   by
the   river   in   respect   of   sighting   of   Sita,   spoke   as   follows   to   Lakshmana.

exa    gaEdavr£    saWØy    ¢k¢·°    p#¢tBaxtE    ,
¢k|    n¤    lßmN    vßya¢m    smEÏy    jnk|    vc:    .
matr|    cWv    vWdE/a    ¢vna    tamhm¢p#ym¯    .12.

exa

this

gaEdavr£

river godavari

saWØy

blessed

¢k¢·t¯

any

n   p#¢tBaxtE

does not make reply

¢k|   n¤

how can

lßmN

Lakshmana

vßya¢m

I say

smEÏy

reaching

jnk|

to Janaka

vc:

the news

matr|

mother

c

also

ev

only

vWdE/a:

of Sita

¢vna

without

tam¯

her

Ahm¯

I

A¢p#ym¯

unpalatable

12.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   the   river   godavari   is   not   replying   any   thing
and   said   how   he   can   say   the   unpalatable   news   to   Janaka   and   Sita's
mother   without   Sita?

ya    mE    raÇy¢vh£nÞy    vnE    vÓyEn    j£vt:    ,
svI|    ÛypnyEÅCaEk|    vWdEh£    Àv    n¤    sa    gta    .13.

ya

who

mE

my

raÇy¢vh£nÞy

being deprived of kingdom

vnE	in the forest

vÓyEn

with the produce of the forest

j£vt:

living

svI|

all

ÛypnyEt¯

wiping

SaEk|

grief

vWdEh£

Sita

Àv   n¤

where

sa

she

gta

has gone

13.Rama   asked   Lakshmana   where   Sita   has   gone,   who   wiped   all   his   grief
due   to   being   deprived   of   the   kingdom   and   living   in   the   forest   on   the   forest
produce?

åOa¢tpX¢vh£nÞy    rajp¤æO£mpÜyt:    ,
mÓyE    d£rqGa    B¢vÝy¢Ót    raæOyaE    mm    jag#t:    .14.

åOa¢tpX¢vh£nÞy

separated from kin and deprived of kingdom

rajp¤æO£m¯

princess

ApÜyt:

not seeing

mÓyE

I think

d£rqGa

too long

B¢vÝy¢Ót

will become

raæOy:

nights

mm

for me

jag#t:

keeping awake

14.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   keeping   awake   in   the   nights,   separated   from
kin   and   kingdom   and   not   seeing   Sita,   the   nights   will   appear   too   long.

mÓda¢kn£|    jnÞTan¢mm|    p#*vN|    ¢g¢rm¯    ,
svaIÎyn¤c¢rÝya¢m    y¢d    s£ta    ¢h    èÜytE    .15.

mÓda¢kn£|

on manadakini

jnÞTan|

on janasthana

im|

this

p#*vN|

prasravana

¢g¢rm¯

mountain

svaI¢N

all over

An¤c¢rÝya¢m

will search

y¢d

in case

s£ta

Sita

¢h

therefore

èÜytE

is seen

15.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Sita   may   be   seen   here   and   therefore   will
search   on   mandakini,   janasthana   and   prasrava   mountain.

etE    m¦ga    mhav£yaI    mam£XÓtE    m¤h^m¤Ih^:    ,
v³[kama    iv    ¢h    mE    iHq¢gtaÓy¤plXyE    .16.

etE

these

m¦ga:

deers

mhav£yaI:

of great fame

ma|

me

iIXÓtE

look at

m¤h^:   m¤h^:

again and again

v³[kama:   iv

as if desirous of saying

¢h

therefore

mE

to me

iHq¢gta¢n

indications to this effect

uplXyE

I observe

16.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   the   deers   with   great   fame   look   at   him   again
and   again   and   he   could   observe   indications   of   their   desire   to   speak   to   him.

ta|Þt¤    è¾qva    nrÛyaG#aE    raGv:    p#Ïy¤vac    h    ,
Àv    s£tE¢t    ¢nr£Xn¯    vW    baÝps|â¼ya    èSa    .17.

tan¯

them

t¤

then

è¾qva

seeing

nrÛyaG#:

tiger among men

raGv:

Rama

p#Ïy¤vac

asked

h	what a pity

Àv

where is

s£ta

Sita

i¢t

thus

¢nr£Xn¯   vW

looking intantly

baÝps|â¼ya

clouded with tears

èSa

with eyes

17.Rama,   then   looking   intently   with   eyes   clouded   with   tears   at   them   asked
them   'where   is   Sita?'.

evm¤³a    nrEÓd#EN    tE    m¦gaÞshsaE¢ÏTta:    ,
d¢XNa¢Bm¤KaÞsv©I    dSIyÓtaE    nB:ÞTlm¯    .18.
mW¢Tl£    ¢»ymaNa    sa    ¢dS|    yamÓvpït    ,
tEn    mag©IN    DavÓtaE    ¢nr£XÓtE    nra¢Dpm¯    .19.

ev|

as above

u³a:	questioned

nrEÓd#EN

by the king

tE

those

m¦ga:

deers

shsa

suddenly

u¢ÏTta:

rising

d¢XNa¢Bm¤Ka:

face turned towards the south

sv©I

all

dSIyÓt:

indicating

nB:ÞTlm¯

the sky

mW¢Tl£

Sita

¢»ymaNa

being abducted

sa

that

¢dS|   ya|

in which direction

AÓvpït

was borne away

tEn   mag©IN

in the same direction

DavÓt:

running

¢nr£XÓtE

looked at

nra¢Dpm¯

the king

18,19.Being   asked   by   Rama   as   above,   all   the   deers   rising   suddenly
looking   towards   the   south   pointed   to   the   sky   and   ran   in   the   same   direction
in   which   Sita   was   borne   awy   while   being   abducted.

yEn    magI|    c    B¥¢m|    c    ¢nr£XÓtE    Þm    tE    m¦ga:    ,
p¤nà    magI¢mÅC¢Ót    lßmNEnaEpl¢Xt:    .20.

yEn	for the above reason

magI|   c

aerial route also

B¥¢m|   c

the ground as well

¢nr£XÓtE   Þm

looked intently

tE

those

m¦ga:

deers

p¤n:

again

c   magI|

along the same route

iÅC¢Ót

desired

lßmNEn

by Lakshmana

upl¢Xt:

was understood

20.For   the   above   reason   Lakshmana   studying   that   the   deers   looked
intently   at   the   ground   and   aerial   route   and   again   showed   desire   to   move   in
the   same   direction,   understood   what   they   wanted   to   convey.