taW    t¤    tæO    ¢ÞTtaW    è¾qva    B#atraW    ramlßmNaW    ,
bah^pasp¢r¢XçOaW    kbÓDaE    vaÀymb#v£t¯    .1.

taW   t¤

both of them

tæO

then

¢ÞTtaW

standing

è¾qva

seeing

B#atraW

brothers

ramlßmNaW

Rama and Lakshmana

bah^pasp¢r¢XçOaW

encircled by the cord of his arms

kbÓD:

Kabandha

vaÀym¯

the following words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

1.Kabandha   seeing   the   two   brothers   Rama   and   Lakshmana   standing   there
encircled   by   the   cord   of   his   arms   spoke   as   follows.

¢t¿t:    ¢k|    n¤    mam|    è¾qva    X¤DatI|    X¢æOyxIBaW    ,
AaharaTI|    t¤    s|¢d¾aW    dWvEn    gtcEtsaW    .2.

¢t¿t:   ¢k|   n¤

why are you still alive

mam|

me

è¾qva

seeing

X¤DatI|

with hunger

X¢æOyxIBaW

foremost of kshatrias

AaharaTI|

as food

t¤

in this

s|¢d¾aW

sent

dWvEn

by gods

gtcEtsaW

with wits at an end

2.Kabandha   told   Rama   and   Lakshmana   that   they   had   been   sent   by   god   as
food   for   him   who   is   hungry   and   wondered   why   they   were   still   alive   with   wits
at   an   end.

tÅC®¤Ïva    lßmNaE    vaÀy|    p#açOkal|    ¢ht|    tda    ,
uvaca¢tI|    smap°aE    ¢v@mE    k]t¢này:    .3.

tt¯

that

½¤Ïva

hearing

lßmN:

Lakshmana

vaÀy|

the following words

p#açOkal|

timely

¢ht|

friendly

tda

then

uvac

spoke

Aa¢tI|

with agony

smap°:

stricken

¢v@mE

to quell his prowess

k]t¢này:

made up his mind

3.Lakshmana,   who   was   stricken   with   agony,   on   hearing   these   words   made
up   his   mind   to   quell   his   prowess   and   spoke   the   timely   and   friendly   words   to
Rama.

Ïva|    c    ma|    c    p¤ra    t¥NImadäOE    raXsaDm:    .4.

Ïva|   c

you also

ma|   c

me also

p¤ra

at first

t¥NI|

promptly

AadäOE

caught

raXsaDm:

the vile ogre

4.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   vile   ogre   had   caught   them   promptly   at   first.

tÞmad¢s×yamÞyaS¤    bah\    ¢CÓdavhW    g¤â    .5.

tÞmat¯

therefore

A¢s×yam¯

with swords

AÞy

his

AaS¤

quickly

bah\

arms

¢CÓdavhW

let us cut off

g¤â

long

5.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   they   must   cut   off   the   long   arms   of   the   ogre
quickly.

B£xNaE{y|    mhakayaE    raXsaE    B¤j¢v@m:    ,
laEk|    /¢t¢jt|    k]Ïva    /ava|    hÓt¤¢mÅC¢t    .6.

B£xN:

dreadful

Ay|

this

mhakay:

gigantic

raXs:

ogre

B¤j¢v@m:

with prowess in his arms

laEk|   ¢h

the people

A¢t¢jt|

conquered

k]Ïva

making

¢h   Aava|

both of us

hÓt¤|

to kill

iÅC¢t

desires

6.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   gigantic   and   dreadful   ogre   whose   prowess
is   in   his   arms   having   conquered   the   people   desired   to   kill   both.

¢nàE¾ana|    vDaE    rajn¯    ¢k¢ÏstaE    jgt£ptE    ,
@t¤mÒyaEp¢Ntana|    pS¥na¢mv    raGv    .7.

¢nàE¾ana|

who are defenceless

vD:

killing

rajn¯

king

k[¢Ïst:

is reproachful

jgt£ptE

ruler of the earth

@t¤mÒyaEp¢Ntana|

in the course of a sacrificial performance

pS¥na|

animals

iv	like the slaughter

raGv

Rama

7.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   killing   those   who   are   defenceless   is   as
reproachable   as   the   slughter   of   animals   brought   in   the   course   of   sacrificial
performance.

etÏs|j¢Úpt|    ½¤Ïva    tyaE:    @[¼Þt¤    raXs:    ,
¢vdayaIÞy|    tda    raWd#ÞtaW    BX¢yt¤marBt¯    .8.

ett¯

as above

s|j¢Úpt|

the talk

½¤Ïva

hearing

tyaE:

their

@[¼:

enraged

t¤

in this

raXs:

ogre

¢vdayI   AaÞy|

opening his mouth wide

tda

therefore

raWd#:

fearful

taW

the two

BX¢yt¤|

to eat

AarBt¯

proceeded

8.The   ogre   hearing   their   talk   got   enraged   and   opening   his   mouth   proceeded
to   eat   the   two.

ttÞtaW    dESkalåOaW    KHqga×yamEv    raGvaW    ,
A¢ÅCÓdta|    s¤s|¶¾aW    bah\    tÞya|sdESyaE:    .9.

tt:

then

taW

the two

dESkalåOaW

who knew the place and time

KHqga×ya|   ev

with the two swords only

raGvaW

Rama and Lakshmana

A¢ÅCÓdta|

cut off

s¤s|¶¾aW

extremely delighted

bah\	both hands

tÞy

his

A|sdESyaE:

from the shoulders

9.Rama   and   Lakshmana   who   knew   the   place   and   time   cut   off   both   his
hands   from   his   shoulder.

d¢XNaE    d¢XN|    bah^ms³m¢sna    tt:    ,
¢cÅCEd    ramaE    vEgEn    sÛy|    v£rÞt¤    lßmN:    .10.

d¢XN:

who was on the right side

d¢XN|

right

bah^m¯

hand

As³m¯

with alacrity

A¢sna

with the sword

tt:

then

¢cÅCEd

severed

ram:

Rama

vEgEn

with force

sÛy|

left hand

v£r:

heroic

t¤	similarly severed

lßmN:

Lakshmana

10.Rama   who   was   on   the   right   severed   the   right   hand   of   Kabandha   with
alacrity   with   force   with   a   sword   while   Lakshmana   severed   the   left   hand.