ram:    s|p#Eßy    t|    g¦D#|    B¤¢v    raWd#EN    pa¢ttm¯    ,
saW¢m¢æO|    ¢mæOs|p°¢md|    vcnmb#v£t¯    .1.

ram:

Rama

s|p#Eßy

perceiving

t|   g¦D#|

that vulture

B¤¢v	on the ground

raWd#EN

by the fierce

pa¢ttm¯

struck down

saW¢m¢æO|

to Lakshmana

¢mæOs|p°|

endowed with friendly spirit

id|	the following

vcn|

words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

1.Rama   perceiving   Jatayu   struck   down   by   the   fierce   Ravana   and   lying   on
the   ground   spoke   to   Lakshmana   as   follows.

mmay|    n¥nmT©Ix¤    ytmanaE    ¢vhÄñm:    ,
raXsEn    ht:    s||ÁyE    p#aNa|ÞÏyj¢t    ѤÞÏyjam¯    .2.

mm

my

Ay|

this

n¥n|

surely

AT©Ix¤

in interests

ytman:

while striving

¢vhÄñm:

bird

raXsEn

by an ogre

ht:	mortally wounded

s||ÁyE

in an encounter

p#aNan¯

life

Ïyj¢t

will give

ѤÞÏyjam¯

which is precious for all

2.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   Jatayu   was   mortally   wounded   in   an
encounter   by   an   ogre   while   striving   in   my   interests   will   surely   give   up   life
which   is   precious   to   all.

AymÞy    Sr£rE{¢ÞmÓp#aNaE    lßmN    ¢vïtE    ,
tTa    ¢h    Þvrh£naE{y|    ¢v²b:    sm¤d£XtE    .3.

Ay|

this

AÞy

its

Sr£rE

body

A¢Þmn¯

in this

p#aN:

life

lßmN

Lakshmana

¢vïtE

is very faint

tTa   ¢h

therefore

Þvrh£n:

is getting speechless

Ay|

this

¢v²b:

wildly

sm¤d£XtE

wildly

3.Rama   told   Lakshmana   that   life   in   the   body   of   Jatayu   is   very   faint   and   that
is   why   he   is   getting   speechless   and   gazing   wildly.

jzayaE    y¢d    S;aE¢x    vaÀy|    Ûyah¢rt¤|    p¤n:    ,
s£tamaÁya¢h    Bd#|    tE    vDmaÁya¢h    caÏmn:    .4.

jzayaE

O! Jatayu

y¢d   S;aE¢x

in case it is possible

vaÀy|

a word

Ûyah¢rt¤|

to utter

p¤n:

again

s£ta|

about Sita

AaÁya¢h

please tell

Bd#|   tE

may god bless you

vD|	came to be killed

AaÁya¢h

please tell

c

also

AaÏmn:

you

4.Rama   turned   to   Jatayu   and   asked   him   in   case   he   can   speak   to   say   more
about   Sita   and   also   how   he   came   to   be   killed.

¢k|    ¢n¢mäOaE{hrÏs£ta|    ravNÞtÞy    ¢k|    mya    ,
ApraD|    t¤    y|    è¾qva    ravNEn    ¶ta    ¢p#ya    .5.

¢k|   ¢n¢mäO:

for what reason

Ahrt¯

take away

s£ta|

Sita

ravN:

Ravana

tÞy

to him

¢k|

what

mya

by me

ApraD|

offence done

t¤

in this

y|

which

è¾qva

in consideration

ravNEn

by Ravana

¶ta	was borne away

¢p#ya

my darling

5.Rama   asked   Jatayu   for   what   reason   did   Ravana   take   away   Sita   and
what   offence   was   done   by   him   to   Ravana   in   consideration   of   which   his
darling   was   borne   away?

kT|    tÅcÓd#sHqkaS|    m¤Kmas£ÓmnaEhrm¯    ,
s£tya    ka¢n    caE³a¢n    t¢ÞmÓkalE    ¢¹jaEäOm    .6.

kT|

how

tt¯

that

cÓd#sHqkaS|

moon like

m¤K|

face

Aas£t¯

appear

mnaEhrm¯

captivating the soul

s£tya

by Sita

ka¢n

what

c   u³a¢n

words were spoken

t¢Þmn¯

at that

kalE

time

¢¹jaEäOm

foremost among birds

6.Rama   asked   Jatayu   how   did   Sita   with   moon   like   face   which   captivates   the
soul   appear   and   what   words   were   spoken   by   Sita   at   that   time?

kT|    v£yI:    kT|    ãp:    ¢k|    kmaI    s    c    raXs:    ,
Àv    caÞy    Bvn|    tat    b#¥¢h    mE    p¢rp¦ÅCt:    .7.

kT|

how

v£yI:

powerful

kT|

how

ãp:	< does he look

¢k|

what

kmaI	are his doings

s:

that

c

also

raXs:

ogre

Àv

where

c

also

AÞy

his

Bvn|

home

tat

uncle

b#¥¢h

please tell

mE

to me

p¢rp¦ÅCt:

as I question

7.Rama   asked   Jatayu   to   answer   his   questions   about   the   ogre   viz   how
powerful   is   he,   how   does   he   look   and   what   are   his   doings   and   where   is
his   home?

tm¤¹£ßyaT    d£naÏma    ¢vlpÓtmnÓtrm¯    ,
vaca{¢ts°ya    ram|    jzay¤¢rdmb#v£t¯    .8.

t|

that

u¹£ßy

seeing

AT

then

d£naÏma

mortally wounded

¢vlpÓt|

wailing

AnÓtrm¯

without a break

vaca	with words

A¢ts°ya

in faltering accent

ram|

to Rama

jzay¤:

Jatayu

id|	as follows

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

8.Jatayu   who   was   mortaly   wounded   and   wailing   without   a   break   spoke   to
Rama   as   follows   in   faltering   accents.

¶ta    sa    raXsEÓd#EN    ravNEn    ¢vhaysa    ,
mayamaÞTay    ¢vp¤la|    vatѤ¢dIns|k[lam¯    .9.

¶ta	was abducted

sa

she

raXsEÓd#EN

by the king of ogres

ravNEn

by Ravana

¢vhaysa

through the areial route

maya|   AaÞTay

using conjuring tricks

¢vp¤la|

extensive

vatѤ¢dIns|k[lam¯

ushering a storm and cloudy weather

9.Jatayu   told   Rama   that   Ravana   abducted   Sita   by   the   areial   route   using
conjuring   tricks   extensively   ushering   a   stormy   and   cloudy   weather.

p¢r½aÓtÞy    mE    tat    pXaW    ¢CÏva    s    raXs:    ,
s£tamaday    vWdEh£|    p#yataE    d¢XNa|    ¢dSm¯    .10.

p¢r½aÓtÞy

exhausted

mE

my

tat

dear one

pXaW

wings

¢CÏva

cutting off

s:   raXs:

that ogre

s£ta|

Sita

Aaday

taking

vWdEh£|

princess of Videha

p#yat:

went

d¢XNa|

in southern

¢dSm¯

direction

10.Jatayu   told   Rama   that   Ravana   cut   off   his   wings   when   he   was   exhausted
and   went   in   the   southern   direction   taking   Sita.