s    mya    yaÅyman:    s°anyïmsadnm¯    ,
¢ptamhvc:    sÏy|    td¢ÞÏv¢t    mmab#v£t¯    .11.

s:

he

mya

by me

yaÅyman:   sn¯

being requsted

Anyt¯

send

ymsadnm¯

to the abode of Yama

¢ptamhvc:

words of Brahma

sÏy|	proved true

tt¯

that

AÞt¤

let it be

i¢t

thus

mm

to me

Ab#v£t¯

said

11.Kabandha   told   Lakshmana   that   though   he   requested   Indra   to   send   him
to   the   abode   of   Yama,   he   was   not   sent   but   was   told   by   Indra   that   let   the
boon   of   Brahma   be   proved   true.

Anahar:    kT|    S³aE    Bg"s¢ÀT¢SraEm¤K:    ,
vj#ENa¢Bht:    kal|    s¤d£GIm¢p    j£¢vt¤m¯    .12.
evm¤³Þt¤    mE    S@aE    bah\    yaEjnmaytaW    ,
p#adadaÞy|    c    mE    k[XaW    t£ßNd|¾®mkÚpyt¯    .13.

Anahar:

without food

kT|   S³:

how is it possible

Bg"s¢ÀT¢SraEm¤K:

with broken thighs, head and mouth

vj#EN

by thuderbolt

A¢Bht:

struck

kal|   s¤d£GI|

for along time

A¢p

thus

j£¢vt¤m¯

to be alive

ev|

as above

u³:

asked

t¤	thereafter

mE

to me

S@:

Indra

bah\

two arms

yaEjn|   AaytaW

eight miles long

p#adat¯

gave

AaÞy|   c

mouth also

mE

my

k[XaW

in the belly

t£ßNd|¾®m¯

with sharp teeth

AkÚpyt¯

placed

12,13.Kabandha   told   Lakshmana   that   he   questioned   Indra   how   he   can
survive   for   long   with   broken   thighs   and   deprived   of   head   and   mouth   on
being   struck   by   Indra's   thunderbolt   and   then   Indra   gave   him   two   arms   eight
miles   long   and   placed   his   mouth   with   sharp   teeth   in   the   belly.

saE{h|    B¤ja×ya|    d£rqGa×ya|    s|k]Ýya¢ÞmÓvnEcran¯    ,
¢s|h¢¹pm¦gÛyaG#an¯    BXya¢m    smÓtt:    .14.

s:   Ah|

that I

B¤ja×ya|

with ahnds

d£rqGa×ya|

very long

s|k]Ýy

throwing

A¢Þmn¯

in this

vnEcran¯

inhabiting the forest

¢s|h¢¹pm¦gÛyaG#an¯

lions, elephants, deers and tigers

BXya¢m

I eat them

smÓtt:

all round

14.Kabandha   told   Lakshmana   that   he   threw   into   his   mouth   with   long   arms
lions,   elephants,   deers   and   tigers   in   the   forest   all   round   and   eat   them.

s    t¤    mamb#v£¢dÓd#aE    yda    ram:    slßmN:    ,
CEÏÞytE    smrE    bah\    tda    ÞvgI|    g¢mÝy¢s    .15.

s:

that

t¤

then

mam¯

to me

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

iÓd#:

Indra

yda

when

ram:

Rama

slßmN:

with Lakshmana

CEÏÞytE

severs

smrE	in an encounter

bah\

both arms

tda

then

ÞvgI|

heaven

g¢mÝy¢s

you will reach

15.Kabandha   told   Lakshmana   that   Indra   then   told   him   that   when   Rama   and
Lakshmana   severs   his   arms   in   an   encounter   he   will   reach   the   heaven.

AnEn    vp¤xa    ram    vnE{¢Þmn¯    rajsäOm    ,
yït¯    pÜya¢m    svIÞy    g#hN|    saD¤    raEcyE    .16.

AnEn   vp¤xa

with body

ram

Rama

vnE   A¢Þmn¯

in this forest

rajsäOm

foremost of kings

yt¯   yt¯

whatever

pÜya¢m

I see

svIÞy

all of them

g#hN|

to lay hand on

saD¤

fully

raEcyE

I prefer

16.Kabandha   told   Rama   that   with   his   body   whatever   he   sees   in   the   forest,
he   prefered   to   lay   hands   on   all   of   them.

AvÜy|    g#hN|    ramaE    mÓyE{h|    sm¤pWÝy¢t    ,
ima|    b¤¢¼|    p¤rÞk]Ïy    dEhÓyask]t½m:    .17.

AvÜy|

surely

g#hN|

in grip

ram:

Rama

mÓyE

thought

Ah|

I

sm¤pWÝy¢t

will fall

ima|

this

b¤¢¼|

thought

p¤rÞk]Ïy

keeping this before

dEhÓyask]t½m:

having striven to cast off body

17.Kabandha   told   Rama   that   having   striven   to   cast   off   his   body,   he
thought   Rama   will   surely   fall   in   his   grip.

s    Ïv|    ramaE{¢s    Bd#|    tE    nahmÓyEn    raGv    ,
SÀyaE    hÓt¤|    yTa    tÏvmEvm¤³|    mh¢xINa    .18.

s:

that

Ïv|

you

ram:   A¢s

are Rama

Bd#|   tE

may all ge well withyou

n

not

Ahm¯

I

AÓyEn

by any one else

raGv

Rama

SÀy:

possible

hÓt¤|

to be killed

yTa   tÏv|

as truthfully

u³|

told

mh¢xINa

by the great sage

18.Kabandha   told   Rama   that   you   are   Rama,   may   all   be   well   with   you.   It
is   not   possible   for   any   one   else   to   kill   him   as   was   truthfully   told   by   the   great   sage.

Ah|    ¢h    m¢tsa¢cÛy|    k¢rÝya¢m    nrxIB    ,
¢mæO|    cWvaEpdEßya¢m    y¤va×ya|    s|Þk]taE{¢g"na    .19.

Ah|

I

¢h

surely

m¢tsa¢cÛy|

through my counsel

k¢rÝya¢m

will render help

nrxIB

noblest among men

¢mæO|

an ally

c

also

ev

only

updEßya¢m

will point out

y¤va×ya|

by you both

s|Þk]t:

consecrated

A¢g"na

with fire

19.Kabandha   told   Rama   that   when   consecrated   by   them,   he   will   render
help   to   Rama   through   his   counsel   and   also   point   out   an   ally.

evm¤³Þt¤    DmaIÏma    dn¤na    tEn    raGv:    ,
id|    jgad    vcn|    lßmNÞyaEpS¦Îvt:    .20.

ev|

as above

u³:	being told

t¤

in this

DmaIÏma

mind set on virtue

dn¤na

by Danu

tEn

that

raGv:

Rama

id|	the following

jgad

replied

vcn|

words

lßmNÞy

of Lakshmana

upS¦Îvt:

while listening

20.Rama   on   being   told   as   above   by   Kabandha,   replied   as   follows   while
Lakshmana   was   also   listening.