ekÞy    t¤    ¢vmda©I{y|    n    ¹yaEvIdta|    vr    ,
n    ¢h    v¦äO|    ¢h    pÜya¢m    blÞy    mht:    pdm¯    .11.

ekÞy   t¤

of a single person

¢vmdI:   Ay|

this encounter

n

not

¹yaE:

of two

vdta|   vr

jewel among the eloquent

n

not

¢h

because

v¦äO|   ¢h

present before

pÜya¢m

I see

blÞy	of the army

mht:

great

pdm¯	foot prints

11.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   this   encounter   was   with   a   single   warrior   and
not   two   and   that   he   did   not   see   the   foot   prints   of   a   great   army.

nWkÞy    t¤    k]tE    laEkan¯    ¢vnaS¢yt¤mrqh¢s    ,
y¤³dNAa    ¢h    m¦dv:    p#SaÓta    vs¤Da¢Dpa:    .12.

n

not

ekÞy	of one person

t¤

in this

k]tE	on account

laEkan¯

worlds

¢vnaS¢yt¤m¯

to annihilate

Arqh¢s

you should

y¤³dÎfa:

just in punishment for crimes

¢h

therefore

m¦dv:

mild

p#SaÓta:

very composed

vs¤Da¢Dpa:

rulers of the earth

12.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   rulers   of   the   earth   are   just   in
punishment   for   crimes,   mild   and   very   composed   and   therefore   he   should
not   annihilate   the   worlds   on   account   of   a   single   person.

sda    Ïv|    svIB¥tana|    SrÎy:    prma    g¢t:    ,
kaE    n¤    darp#NaS|    tE    saD¤    mÓyEt    raGv    .13.

sda

always

Ïv|

you

svIB¥tana|

for all living beings

SrÎy:

protector

prma

supreme

g¢t:

asylum

k:   n¤

who can

darp#NaS|

destruction of wife

tE

your

saD¤	as correct

mÓyEt

will approve

raGv

Rama

13.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   he   was   the   protector   of   all   living   beings   and
thier   supreme   asylum.   He   asked   who   would   approve   as   correct   the
destruction   of   Rama's   wife.

s¢rt:    sagra:    SWla    dEvgÓDvIdanva:    ,
nal|    tE    ¢v¢p#y|    kt¤I|    d£¢XtÞyEv    saDv:    .14.

s¢rt:

rivers

sagra:

oceans

SWla:

mountains

dEvgÓDvIdanva:

gods, gandharvas and demons

n   Al|

will not agree

tE

to you

¢v¢p#y|

to offend

kt¤I|

to do

d£¢XtÞy

saintly priests performing sacrifice

iv

like

saDv:

who are afraid to do anything distasteful

14.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   rivers,   oceans,   mountains,   gods,   gandharvas
demons   and   those   who   are   afraid   of   doing   anything   distasteful   will   not   agree
to   offend   him   like   offending   a   saintly   priest   performing   sacrifice.

yEn    rajn¯    ¶ta    s£ta    tmÓvE¢xt¤mrqh¢s    ,
m¢¹t£yaE    Dn¤Ýpa¢N:    shayW:    prm¢xI¢B:    .15.

yEn

by whom

rajn¯

king

¶ta	was abducted

s£ta

Sita

tm¯

him

AÓvE¢xt¤m¯

to search out

Arqh¢s

you should

m¢¹t£y:

with me as companion

Dn¤Ýpa¢N:

with bow in hand

shayW:

as helpers

prm¢xI¢B:

the greatest of sages

15.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   he   must   search   for   him   who   had   abducted
Sita   with   Lakshmana   as   companion,   bow   in   hand   and   with   the   greatset
sages   as   helpers.

sm¤d#|    c    ¢vcEÝyam:    pvIta|à    vna¢n    c    ,
g¤haà    ¢v¢vDa    GaEra    nd£:    pîvna¢n    c    .16.

sm¤d#|   c

oceans also

¢vcEÝyam:

let us search

pvItan¯   c

mountains also

vna¢n   c

forests also

g¤ha:   c

caves also

¢v¢vDa:

various

GaEra:

fearful

nd£:

rivers

pîvna¢n   c

lotus ponds also

16.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   together   they   should   search   the   oceans,
mountains,   forests,   various   fearful   caves,   rivers   as   well   as   lotus   ponds.

dEvgÓDvIlaEka|à    ¢vcEÝyam:    sma¢hta:    ,
yav°a¢Dg¢mÝyamÞtv    BayaIpha¢rNm¯    .17.

dEvgÓDvIlaEkan¯   c

the realms of gods and gandharvas also

¢vcEÝyam:

let us search together

sma¢hta:

staedfastly

yavt¯   n   A¢Dg¢mÝyam:

until we do not come across

tv

your

BayaIpha¢rNm¯

abductor of wife

17.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   they   should   steadfstly   search   for   the
abductor   of   Sita   until   they   found   him.

n    cEÏsaØna    p#daÞy¢Ót    pÏn£|    tE    ¢æOdSEára:    ,
kaEslEÓd#    tt:    pàat¯p#açOkal|    k¢rÝy¢s    .18.

n

not

cEt¯

if so

saØna

in peaceful manner

p#daÞy¢Ót

does restore

pÏn£|

wife

tE

your

¢æOdSEára:

the rulers of gods

kaEslEÓd#

king of Kosala

tt:   pàat¯

there after

p#açOkal|

the oppotune measure

k¢rÝy¢s

you may adopt

18.Lakshmana   told   Rama   if   the   rulers   of   gods   do   not   restore   Sita
peacefully   he   may   adopt   the   oppotune   measure.

¢SvEn    saØna    ¢vnyEn    s£ta|    nyEn    n    p#ap¯Þy¢s    cE°rEÓd#    ,
ttÞsm¤Ïsady    hEmp¤HqKWmIhEÓd#vj#p#¢tmW:    SraWGW:    .19.

¢SvEn

exemplary conduct

saØna

peacefully

¢vnyEn

through modesty

s£ta|

Sita

nyEn	with prudence

n   p#ap¯Þy¢s   cEt¯

if you do not recover

nrEÓd#

king

tt:

then

sm¤Ïsady

make it up side down

hEmp¤HqKW:

with golden tips

mhEÓd#vj#p#¢tmW:

equal to the thunderbolt of Indra

SraWGW:

volley of arrows

19.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   in   case   he   did   not   recover   Sita   through
exemplary   conduct,   peacefully,   through   modesty   and   prudence,   he   can
turn   the   wotld   upside   down   with   a   volley   of   arrows   equal   to   Indra's
thunderbolt.