ramÞtÞy    t¤    ¢våOay    baÝpp¥NIm¤KÞtda    ,
¢¹g¤N£k]ttapatI:    s£tas³a|    ¢p#ya|    kTam¯    .21.

ram:

Rama

tÞy

its

t¤   ¢våOay

coming to know

baÝpp¥NIm¤K:

with tears streaming down his face

tda

then

¢¹g¤N£k]ttapatI:

afflicted with twice the agony than before

s£tas³a|

coonected with Sita

¢p#ya|

pleasing

kTam¯

story

21.Then   Rama,   coming   to   know   its   pleasing   story   was   connected   with   Sita,
was   afflicted   with   twice   the   agony   than   before   and   tears   were   streaming
down   his   face

g¦D#raj|    p¢rÝvÇy    p¢rÏyÇy    mh¼n¤:    ,
¢nppatavSaE    B¥maW    âraEd    shlßmN:    .22.

g¦D#raj|

king of vultures

p¢rÝvÇy

embracing

p¢rÏyÇy

discarding

mh¼n¤:

the mighty bow

¢nppata

fell

AvS:	losing controlover self

B¥maW

on the ground

âraEd

creid

shlßmN:

along with Lakshmana

22.Rama   then   discarded   the   mighty   bow   and   embraced   Jatayu,   fell   on   the
ground   losing   control   over   self   and   cried   along   with   Lakshmana.

ekmEkaynE    Ѥg©I    ¢n:ásÓt|    m¤h^m¤Ih^:    ,
sm£ßy    Ѥ:¢KtaE    ram:    saW¢m¢æO¢mdmb#v£t¯    .23.

ek|	all by himself

ekaynE

time to control mind

Ѥg©I

in a precarious condition

¢n:ásÓt|

sighing

m¤h^:   m¤h^:

again and again

sm£ßy

observing

Ѥ:¢Kt:

depressed

ram:

Rama

saW¢m¢æO|

to Lakshmana

idm¯	as follows

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

23.Rama   observing   Jatayu   to   be   in   a   precarious   condition   all   by   himself
and   sighing   again   and   again   became   depressed   and   controlling   his   mind
spoke   as   follows   to   Lakshmana.

raÇyadqB#|SaE    vnE    vas:    s£ta    n¾a    ¢¹jaE    ht:    ,
iIèS£y|    mmalßm£¢nIdIhEd¢p    pavkm¯    .24.

raÇyat¯

from the kingdom

B#|S:

was separated

vnE	in the forest

vas:

exiled

s£ta

Sita

n¾a	has disappeared

¢¹j:

bird

ht:

killed

iIèS£

like this

iy|

this

mm

my

Alßm£:

misfortune

¢ndIhEt¯

will burn

A¢p   pavkm¯

even the fire

24.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   he   had   been   separated   from   kingdom,   exiled
to   the   forest,   Sita   has   disappeared   and   Jatayua   has   been   killed   and   felt   that
his   misfortune   will   burn   the   fire   itself.

s|p¥NIm¢p    cEdï    p#trEy|    mhaEd¢Dm¯    ,
saE{¢p    n¥n|    mmalX¯Øya    ¢vS¤ÝyEÏs¢rta|    p¢t:    .25.

s|p¥NIm¯

full to brim

A¢p

even

cEt¯

may be

Aï

now

p#trEy|

if I cross

mhaEd¢Dm¯

the ocean

s:   A¢p

that also

n¥n|

surely

mm

my

AlX¯Øya

due to misfortune

¢vS¤ÝyEt¯

will become dry

s¢rta|   p¢t:

the lord of rivers

25.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   if   he   were   to   cross   the   ocean   which   is   full   to
the   brim   and   the   lord   of   rivers,   it   will   dry   up   due   to   his   misfortune.

naÞÏyBaÂytraE    laEkE    mäOaE{¢ÞmÓscracrE    ,
yEnEy|    mht£    p#açOa    mya    Ûysnvag¤ra    .26.

n   A¢Þt

is not there

ABaÂytr:

unfortunate one

laEkE

in the world

mäO:	more than me

A¢Þmn¯

this

scracrE

of animate and inanimate

yEn

therefore

iy|

this

mht£

great

p#açOa

has been attained

mya

by me

Ûysnvag¤ra

trap in the form of adversity

26.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   in   this   world   of   animate   and   inanimate
beings   there   is   none   more   unfortunate   than   him   by   whom   this   great   trap   in
the   form   of   adversity   has   been   attained.

Ay|    ¢pt¦vyÞyaE    mE    g¦D#rajaE    jra¢Óvt:    ,
SEtE    ¢v¢nhtaE    B¥maW    mm    BaÂy¢vpyIyat¯    .27.

Ay|

this

¢pt¦vyÞy:   mE

friend of my father

g¦D#raj:

king of vultures

jra¢Óvt:

having become old

SEtE	is lying down

¢v¢nht:

mortally wonded

B¥maW

on the ground

mm

my

BaÂy¢vpyIyat¯

due to adverseness of fate

27.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Jatayu   was   a   friend   of   Dasaratha   and   is   very
old.   Jatayu   is   lying   on   the   ground   mortally   wounded   due   to   the   adverseness
of   his   fate.

iÏyEvm¤?va    bh^SaE    raGv:    shlßmN:    ,
jzay¤x|    c    pÞpSI    ¢pt¦s"Eh|    ¢vdSIyn¯    .28.

i¢t   ev|

as above

u?va	having spoken

bh^S:

in many ways

raGv:

Rama

shlßmN:

along with Lakshmana

jzay¤x|

Jatayu

c

also

pÞpSI

caressed

¢pt¦s"Eh|

filial affection

¢vdSIyn¯

showing

28.Rama   having   spoken   as   above,   caressed   Jatayu   along   with   Lakshmana
showing   filial   affection.

¢nk]äOpX|    â¢Drav¢s³|    t|    g¦D#raj|    p¢rr×y    ram:    ,
Àv    mW¢Tl£    p#aNsma    gtE¢t    ¢vm¤Åy    baÝp|    ¢nppat    B¥maW    .29.

¢nk]äOpX|

whose wings have been cut off

â¢Drav¢s³|

drenched in blood

t|   g¦D#raj|

that king of vultures

p¢rr×y

closely embracing

ram:

Rama

Àv

where

mW¢Tl£

Sita

p#aNsma

dear to me as life

gta

has gone

i¢t

thus

¢vm¤Åy

shedding

baÝp|

tears

¢nppat

fell down

B¥maW

on the ground

29.Rama,   closely   embracing   Jatayu   whose   wings   had   been   cut   of   and   who
was   drenched   in   blood   asked   him   'where   has   Sita,   who   was   dear   to   me   as
life,   has   gone?'   and   fell   down   on   the   ground.