tExa|    vcnsvIÞv|    lXyamas    cEHq¢gtm¯    ,
uvac    lßmNaE    ÇyE¿|    D£man¯    B#atrmatIvt¯    .21.

tExa|

their

vcnsvIÞv|

which conveyed what words could express

lXyamas

understood

c

also

iHq¢gtm¯

gestures

uvac	spoke as follows

lßmN:

Lakshmana

ÇyE¿|

elder

D£man¯

wise

B#atr|

to brother

AatIvt¯

distressed

21.Lakshmana   understanding   their   gestures   which   conveyed   what   words
could   express   spoke   to   Rama   as   follows.

Àv    s£tE¢t    Ïvya    p¦¾a    yTEmE    shsaE¢ÏTta:    ,
drSy¢Ót    ¢X¢t|    cWv    d¢XNa|    c    ¢dS|    m¦ga:    .22.

Àv

where is

s£ta

Sita

i¢t

thus

Ïvya

by you

p¦¾a

asked

yTa

like

imE

these

shsa

suddenly

u¢ÏTta:

rising up

dSIy¢Ót

are indicating

¢X¢t|   c

aerial route also

ev

only

d¢XNa|

southern

c

also

¢dS|

direction

m¦ga:

deers

22.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   when   asked   'where   is   Sita'   the   deers
suddenly   rising   up   and   indicated   by   the   gestures   the   sky   and   the   southern
direction   as   well.

saD¤    gÅCavhW    dEv    ¢dSmEta|    ¢h    nWrq§¢tm|    ,
y¢d    Þyadagm:    k¢ÅcdayaI    va    sa    AT    lßytE    .23.

saD¤

if so

gÅCavhW

let us both go

dEv

lord

¢dS|

direction

eta|

this

¢h

towards

nWrq§¢tm|

southwesterly

y¢d

in case

Þyat¯

may be found

Aagm:

information may come

k¢Åct¯

any

AayaI

lady

va

or

sa

that

AT

then

lßytE

may be seen

24.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   they   should   proceed   in   a   southwesterly
direction   where   they   may   see   Sita   by   chance   or   may   get   new   information.

baF¢mÏyEv    kak[Þt¯T:    p#¢ÞTtaE    d¢XNa|    ¢dSm¯    ,
lßmNan¤gt:    ½£man¯    v£XmaNaE    vs¤ÓDram¯    .24.

baF|   i¢t   ev|

let us do so

kak[Þt¯T:

Rama

p#¢ÞTt:

started

d¢XNa|

in the south

¢dSm¯

direction

lßmNan¤gt:

followed by Lakshmana

½£man¯

the glorious

v£XmaN:

looking

vs¤ÓDram¯

at the earth

24.Rama   told   Lakshmana   'let   us   do   so'   and   started   in   the   souther   direction
looking   down   on   the   earth.

ev|    sØBaxmaNaW    tavÓyaEÓy|    B#atrav¤BaW    ,
vs¤ÓDraya|    p¢tt|    p¤ÝpmagImpÜytam¯    .25.

ev|

as above

sØBaxmaNaW

coversing

taW

those

AÓyaEÓy|

with each other

B#atraW

brothers

uBaW

the two

vs¤ÓDraya|

on the earth

p¢tt|

scattered

p¤ÝpmagIm¯

flowers

ApÜytam¯

saw

25.Rama   and   Lakshmana   conversing   with   each   other   saw   on   the   earth  scattered   flowers.

ta|    p¤Ýpv¦¢¾|    p¢tta|    è¾qva    ramaE    mh£tlE    ,
uvac    lßmN|    v£raE    Ѥ:¢KtaE    Ѥ:¢Kt|    vc:    .26.

ta|

that

p¤Ýpv¦¢¾|

shower of flowers

p¢tta|

fallen

è¾qva

seeing

ram:

Rama

mh£tlE

on the ground

uvac

said

lßmN|

to Lakshmana

v£r:

heroic

Ѥ:¢Kt:

full of agony

Ѥ:¢Kt|

distressed

vc:	foloowing words

26.Rama,   full   of   agony,   on   seeing   the   shower   of   flowers   on   the   ground   said
the   following   words   to   the   distressed   Lakshmana.

A¢Bjana¢m    p¤Ýpa¢N    tan£man£h    lßmN    ,
A¢pn¼a¢n    vWdE/a    mya    däOa¢n    kannE    .27.

A¢Bjana¢m

I recognise

p¤Ýpa¢N

flowers

ta¢n

the same

ima¢n

these

ih

now

lßmN

Lakshmana

A¢pn¼a¢n

tied on her hair

vWdE/a

by Sita

mya

by me

däOa¢n

were given

kannE

in the forest

27.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he   recognised   the   flowers   as   the   same   which
he   gave   to   Sita   in   the   forest   and   which   she   tied   on   her   hair.

mÓyE    s¥yIà    vay¤à    mE¢dn£    c    yS¢Þvn£    ,
A¢BrX¢Ót    p¤Ýpa¢N    p#k[vaINa    mm    ¢p#ym¯    .28.

mÓyE

I think

s¥yI:   c

Sun god also

vay¤:   c

wind god also

mE¢dn£   c

mother earth as well

yS¢Þvn£

illustrious

A¢BrX¢Ót

are preserving

p¤Ýpa¢N

the flowers

p#k[vaINa:

in order to do

mm

to me

¢p#ym¯

pleasing

28.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   the   sun   god,   wind   god   and   mother   earth   are
preserving   the   flowers   in   order   to   do   what   is   pleasing   to   him.

evm¤?va    mhabah^lIßmN|    p¤âxxIBm¯    ,
uvac    ramaE    DmaIÏma    ¢g¢r|    p#*vNak[lm¯    .29.

ev|

as above

u?va	having said

mhabah^:

mihty armed

lßmN|

to Lakshmana

p¤âxxIBm¯

noblest among men

uvac	said as follows

ram:

Rama

DmaIÏma

mind set on virtue

¢g¢r|

to mountain

p#*vNak[lm¯

full of cascades

29.Rama   having   said   as   above   to   Lakshmana   said   as   follows   to   the
mountain   which   was   full   of   cascades.

k¢Åct¯    ¢X¢tB¦ta|    naT    è¾a    svaIHqgs¤Ódr£    ,
rama    rØyE    vnE    /¢Þmn¯    mya    ¢vr¢hta    Ïvya    .30.

k¢Åct¯

have been

¢X¢tB¦ta|

of mountains

naT

lord

è¾a

seen

svaIHqgs¤Ódr£

lovely of every limb

rama

a lady

rØyE

beautiful

vnE	in the forest

¢h

surely

A¢Þmn¯

this

mya   ¢vr¢hta

separated from me

Ïvya

by you

30.Rama   asked   the   lord   of   the   mountains   whether   a   lady   lovely   of
every   limb   separated   from   him  was   seen   by   it.