ravNEn    ¶ta    s£ta    mm    BayaI    ySÞvn£    ,
¢nÝ@aÓtÞy    jnÞTanaÏsh    B#aæOa    yTas¤Km¯    .21.

ravNEn

by Ravana

¶ta	was abducted

s£ta

Sita

mm

my

BayaI

wife

ySÞvn£

very famous

¢nÝ@aÓtÞy

had gone out

jnÞTanat¯

of janasthana

sh   B#aæOa

alongwith brother

yTas¤Km¯

at ease

21.Rama   told   Kabandha   that   Sita   was   abducted   by   Ravana   easily   when   he
alongwith   Lakshmana   had   gone   out   of   janasthana.

nammaæO|    t¤    jana¢m    n    ãp|    tÞy    rXs:    ,
¢nvas|    va    p#Bav|    va    vy|    tÞy    n    ¢vîhE    .22.

nammaæO|   t¤

the name alone

jana¢m

I know

n

do not

ãp|

form

tÞy

that

rXs:

ogre's

¢nvas|   va

or his residence

p#Bav|   va

or his might

vy|

we

tÞy

his

n   ¢vîhE

do not know

22.Rama   told   Kabandha   that   he   knew   the   ogre's   name   only   and   did   not
know   either   his   residence   or   might   or   his   form.

SaEkataInamnaTanamEv|    ¢vp¢rDavtam¯    ,
kaâÎy|    sèS|    kt¤Im¤pkarE    c    vtItam¯    .23.

SaEkataIna|

stricken with grief

AnaTana|

helplessely

ev|

like this

¢vp¢rDavtam¯

knocking about everywhere

kaâÎy|

compassion

sèS|	is becoming

kt¤I|

to show

upkarE   c

in helping others also

vtItam¯

spending time

23.Rama   told   Kabandha   that   it   was   becoming   of   him   to   show   compassion
to   them   who   are   knocking   about   everywhere   stricken   with   grief   and   spend
time   helping   others.

ka¿aÓyan£y    S¤Ýka¢N    kalE    Bg"a¢n    k[¸rW:    ,
DßyamÞÏva|    vy|    v£r    áB#E    mh¢t    k¢ÚptE    .24.

ka¿a¢n

logs of wood

Aan£y

bringing

S¤Ýka¢N

dry

kalE	in course of time

Bg"a¢n

broken

k[¸rW:

by elephants

Dßyam:

will cremate

Ïva||

you

vy|

by us

v£r

heroic

áB#E   mh¢t

in a big pit

k¢ÚptE

dug

24.Rama   told   Kabandha   that   they   will   bring   dry   logs   of   wood   broken   by
elephants   and   in   course   of   time   cremate   him   in   a   big   pit   dug   by   them.

s    Ïv|    s£ta|    smacßv    yEn    va    yæO    va    ¶ta    ,
k[â    kÚyaNmÏyTI|    y¢d    jana¢s    tÏvt:    .25.

s:

that

Ïv|

you

s£ta|

about Sita

smacßv

inform in detail

yEn   va

by whom

yæO   va

or where

¶ta

abducted

k[â   kÚyaN|

help us

AÏyTI|

this great

y¢d   jana¢s

in case you know

tÏvt:

correctly

25.Rama   told   Kabandha   that   he   should   inform   in   detail   about   Sita   as   to
who   had   abducted   her   or   where   she   is   in   case   he   knew   correctly   and
render   great   help   to   them.

evm¤³Þt¤    ramEN    vaÀy|    dn¤rn¤äOmm¯    ,
p#aEvac    k[SlaE    v³[|    v³arm¢p    raGvm¯    .26.

ev|

as above

u³:	when asked

t¤

in this

ramEN

by Rama

vaÀy|

following words

dn¤:

Danu

An¤äOmm¯

excellent

p#aEvac

replied

k[Sl:

fortunate

v³[|	to request

v³ar|

an orator

A¢p

and

raGvm¯

to Rama

 

26.Kabandha   when   asked   as   above   gave   the   following   excellent   reply   to   Rama.

¢dÛym¢Þt    n    mE    åOan|    na¢Bjana¢m    mW¢Tl£m¯    ,
yÞta|    åOaÞy¢t    t|    vßyE    dÂD:    Þv|    ãpma¢ÞTt:    .27.

¢dÛy|

divine

A¢Þt   n

is not present

mE

for me

åOan|

knowledge

n   A¢Bjana¢m

I do not know

mW¢Tl£m¯

about Sita

y:

who

ta||

her

åOaÞy¢t

can find out

t|

him

vßyE

will tell

dÂD:	when cremated

Þv|   ãp|

own form

Aa¢ÞTt:

having got back

27.Kabandha   told   Rama   that   he   has   no   divine   knowledge   nor   did   he   know
about   Sita.   After   getting   back   his   own   form   when   cremated,   he   will   tell
about   him   who   can   find   out   about   Sita.

AdÂDÞy    ¢h    ¢våOat¤|    S¢³r¢Þt    n    mE    p#BaE    ,
raXs|    t|    mhav£yI|    s£ta    yEn    ¶ta    tv    .28.

AdÂDÞy

as long as not cremated

¢h

surely

¢våOat¤|

to know

S¢³:

powers

A¢Þt   n

is not there

mE

in me

p#BaE

lord

raXs|

about the ogre

t|

that

mhav£yI|

of great prowess

s£ta

Sita

yEn

by whom

¶ta

abducted

tv

your

28.Kabandha   told   Rama   that   he   as   long   as   he   is   not   cremated   he   did   not   have   the   powers   to   know   about   the   ogre   who   had   abducted   Sita.

¢våOan|    ¢h    mm    B#¾|    SapdaExEN    raGv    ,
Þvk]tEn    mya    p#açO|    ãp|    laEk¢vgrq¢htm¯    .29.

¢våOan|   ¢h

all supersensuous knowledge

mm

my

B#¾|	has been lost

SapdaExEN

by the detrimental effect of the curse

raGv

Rama

Þvk]tEn

by own doing

mya

by me

p#açO|

attained

ãp|

form

laEk¢vgrq¢htm¯

condemned by people

29.Kabandha   told   Rama   that   his   supersensuous   knowledge   has   been   lost   by
the   detrimental   effect   of   the   curse   and   due   to   his   own   doing   he   attained
this   form   which   was   condemned   by   people.

¢k|    t¤    yav°    yaÏyÞt|    s¢vta    ½aÓtvahn:    ,
tavÓmamvzE    ¢Xçva    dh    ram    yTa¢v¢D    .30.

¢k|   t¤

but

yavt¯

till when

n   ya¢t

not reached

AÞt|	below horizon

s¢vta

Sun

½aÓtvahn:

with exhausted horses

tavt¯

till then

ma|

me

AvzE	in the pit

¢Xçva

throwing

dh

burn

ram

rama

yTa¢v¢D

as per practice

30.Kabandha   told   Rama   that   he   must   be   cremated   by   throwing   into   the   pit
before   the   sun   sets.