tÔyman|    tTa    ram|    s£tahrNk¢SItm¯    ,
laEkanamBvE    y¤³|    s|vtIk¢mvanlm¯    .1.
v£XmaN|    Dn¤ÞsÇy|    ¢nàsÓt|    m¤h^m¤Ih^:    ,
hÓt¤kam|    pS¥|    âd#|    @[¼|    dX@taW    yTa    .2.
dÂD¤kam|    jgÏsvI|    y¤gaÓtE    t¤    yTa    hrm¯    .3.
Aè¾p¥vI|    s|@[¼|    è¾qva    ram|    t¤    lßmN:    ,
Ab#v£t¯p#a¸¢lvaIÀy|    m¤KEn    p¢rS¤Ýyta    .4.

tÔyman|

suffering agony

tTa

similarly

ram|

Rama

s£tahrNk¢SItm¯

emaciated due to abduction of Sita

laEkanam¯

of the worlds

ABvE	on the annihilation

y¤³|

intent on

s|vtIk|

at the time of universal dissolution

iv

like

Anlm¯

fire

v£XmaN|

looking at

Dn¤:

the bow

sÇy|

strung

¢násÓt|

sighing

m¤h^:   m¤h^:

again and again

hÓt¤kam|

desiring to kill

pS¥|

Lord

âd#|

Siva

@[¼|

enraged

dX@taW

at the altar of Daksha

yTa

like

dÂD¤kam|

desire to burn down

jgt¯

the world

svI|

all

y¤gaÓtE

at the end of the world cycle

t¤   yTa

looking like

hrm¯

Mahadeva

Aè¾p¥vI|

as never before

s|@[¼|

greatly enraged

è¾qva

seeing

ram|   t¤

to Rama only

lßmN:

Lakshmana

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

p#a¸¢l:

with joined palms

vaÀy|

the following words

m¤KEn

with mouth

p¢rS¤Ýyta

getting parched

1   to   4.Lakshmana   seeing   Rama   in   agony   and   emaciated   due   to   abduction
of   Sita,   desiring   to   annihilate   all   the   worlds   like   the   fire   at   time   of   universal
dissolution,   sighing   again   and   again   at   the   strung   bow,   looking   like   Lord
Siva   desiring   to   kill   at   the   altar   of   Daksha,   like   Mahadeva   at   the   end   of   the
world   cycle   and   greatly   enraged   as   never   before,   spoke   the   following   words
to   Rama   with   parched   mouth.

p¤ra    B¥Ïva    m¦Ñ¤daIÓt:    svIB¥t¢htE    rt:    ,
n    @aEDvSmap°:    p#k]¢t|    hat¤mrqh¢s    .5.

p¤ra

earlier

B¥Ïva

having been

m¦Ñ¤:

mild

daÓt:

disciplined

svIB¥t¢htE

to the good of all beings

rt:

devoted

n

not

@aEDvS|

in the grip of anger

Aap°:

coming

p#k]¢t|

your nature

hat¤m¯

abandon

Arqh¢s

you should

5.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   having   been   mild,   disciplined   and   devoted   to
the   good   of   all   beings   before   he   should   not   abandon   his   nature   and   fall   a
prey   to   anger.

cÓd#E    lßm£:    p#Ba    s¥y©I    g¢tvaIyaW    B¤¢v    Xma    ,
etÅc    ¢nyt|    svI|    Ïv¢y    can¤äOm|    yS:    .6.

cÓd#E

in moon

lßm£:

loveliness

p#Ba	brilliance

s¥y©I

in sun

g¢t:

movement

vayaW

in wind

B¤¢v

in earth

Xma

patience

ett¯

the above

c

also

¢nyt|

dwell

svI|

all

Ïv¢y

in you

c

also

An¤äOm|

unsurpassed

yS:

fame

6.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   loveliness   dwells   in   moon,   brilliance   in   sun,
movement   in   wind,   patience   in   earth   and   all   these   dwell   in   him   as   well   as
unsurpassed   fame.

ekÞy    napraDEn    laEkan¯    hÓt¤|    Ïvmrqh¢s    ,
AÓy¹da¢m    rajEÓd#    ¢ndan|    svIsØpdam¯    .7.

ekÞy	of one person

n

not

ApraDEn

for the offence

laEkan¯

worlds

hÓt¤|

to annihilate

Ïvm¯

you

Arqh¢s

should

AÓyt¯

an alternative

vda¢m

I request

rajEÓd#

O! king

¢ndan|

above all

svIsØpdam¯

for acheiving all objectives

7.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   for   the   fault   one   person   he   should   not
annihilate   the   worlds   and   Lakshmana   said   that   he   had   an   alternative   for
acheiving   the   objective.

Dm©I    jy¢t    naDmI:    kda¢cd¢p    caEByaE:    ,
s£ta    p¢tv#ta    lßm£nI    naS|    vW    g¢mÝy¢t    .8.

Dm©I	mind set on virtue

jy¢t   n

will not win

ADmI:

a wrong path

kda¢ct¯   A¢p

never

c   uByaE:

in respect of the two

s£ta

Sita

p¢tv#ta

is chaste

lßm£:

is blessed

n

not

naS|

grief

vW   g¢mÝy¢t

will come to

8.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   both   his   mind   is   set   on   virtue   and   a   bad
thought   will   never   appear.   Sita   also   was   chate   and   she   will   not   come   to
grief.

n    t¤    jana¢m    kÞyay|    Bg"Þsa|g#a¢mkaE    rT:    ,
kEn    va    kÞy    va    hEtaEÞsay¤DÞsp¢rÅCd:    .9.

n

do not

t¤

in this

jana¢m

I know

kÞy

whose

Ay|

this

Bg":

broken

sa|g#a¢mk:

combat

rT:

chariot

kEn

by whom

va

or

kÞy   va   hEtaE:

or for what purpose

say¤D:

with arms

sp¢rÅCd:

with external appendages

9.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   he   is   not   aware   whose   chariot   is   it   nor   the
purpose   for   which   it   was   broken   with   arms   and   external   appendages.

K¤rnE¢mXtàay|    ¢s³aE    â¢Dr¢bÓѤ¢B:    ,
dESaE    ¢nrqv¦äOsHqg#amÞs¤GaEr:    pa¢TIvaÏmj:    .10.

K¤rnE¢mXt:

has imprints of hoofs and wheels

c

also

Ay|

this

¢s³:	is sprinkled

â¢Dr¢bÓѤ¢B:

with droplets of blood

dES:

ground

¢nrqv¦äOsHqg#am:

a place where a combat has taken place

s¤GaEr:

very ferocious

pa¢TIvaÏmj:

O! prince

10.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   place   had   imprints   of   hoofs   and   wheels
and   also   sprinkled   with   droplets   of   blood     and   thus   thought   that   a   very
ferocious   war   had   taken   place   there.