All   the   sages   living   in   the   forests,   along   with   other   residents,   approached Rama   who   was   staying   there   for   the   purpose   of
the   destruction   of   the demons   and   the   wicked   ones   (41).
 
s    tExa|    p#¢tS¤½av    raXsana|    tTa    vnE    .42.

s:

he

tExa|

to them

p#¢tS¤½av

vowed

raXsana|

as regards demons

tTa	as represented

vnE	in the forest

 
He   promised   to   them   to   act   accordingly   in   respect   of   the
demons   in   the forest   (42).  
p#¢tåOatà    ramEN    vD:    s|y¢t    rXsam¯ ,
§x£Nam¢g"kÚpana|    dÎfkarÎyva¢snam¯    .43.

p#¢tMat:

promised

c

and

ramEN

by Sri Rama

vD:

killing

s|y¢t

in the battle

rXsam¯

of the demons

§x£Na|

to the sages

A¢g"kÚpana|

as effulgent as the firegod

dÎfkarÎyva¢snam¯

the inhabitants of Dandakaranya

 
The   destruction   of   the   demons   in   battle   was   vowed   like   this
by   Rama   to the   sages   of   the   Dandaka   forest,   the   sages   who
were   as   effulgent   as   the fire-god   (43).  
tEn    tæOWv    vsta    jnÞTan¢nva¢sn£ ,
¢vã¢pta    s¥pINKa    raXs£    kamã¢pN£    .44.

tEn

by him

tæO

there

ev

only

vsta

living

jnÞTan¢nva¢sn£

resident of Janasthana

¢vã¢pta

disfigured

s¥pINKa

Surpanaka

raXs£

Rakshasi (demoness)

kamã¢pN£

one who can change her form at will

 
It   was   while   staying   there   that   the   demoness   Surpanaka,
who   could   assume any   form   at   will   and   who   was   resident
of   Janasthana   was   rendered mutilated   in   body   (44).  
tt:    S¥pINKavaÀyaѤ盧an¯    svIraXsan¯ ,
Kr|    ¢æO¢Srs|    cWv    Ñ¥xN|    cWv    raXsm¯    .
¢njGan    rNE    ramÞtExa|    cWv    pdan¤gan¯    .45.

tt:	thereafter

S¥pINKavaÁyat¯

upon the complaint of Surpanaka

u盧an¯

set on doing

svIraXsan¯

all the demons

Kr|

Khara

¢æO¢Srs|

Trishiras

c

and

ev

also

Ñ¥xN|

Dushana

c

and

ev

also

raXsm¯

demon

¢njGan

killed

rNE	in the battle

ram:

Rama

tExa|

their

c

and

ev

also

pdan¤gan¯

his followers

 
Thereafter,   the   demon   chiefs   Khara,   Dushana   and  Trisiras,  along
with their   armies,   who   came   to   assault   Rama   upon   the   words
of   Surpanaka, were   slain   in   battle   by   Rama   (45).  
vnE    t¢Þm¢°vsta    jnÞTan¢nva¢snam¯ ,
rXsa|    ¢nhtaÓyasn¯    shÞæOa¢N    ct¤dIS    .46.

vnE	in the forest

t¢Þmn¯

that

¢nvsta

residing

jnÞTan¢nva¢snam¯

settlers in the Janasthana

rXsa|

demons

¢nhta¢n

killed

Aasn¯

were

shÞæOa¢N

thousands

ct¤dIS:

fourteen

Fourteen   thousand   demons,   residents   of   Janasthana,   were   destroyed   by (him)   while   living   in   that   forest   (46).  
ttaE    åOa¢tvD|    ½¤Ïva    ravN:    @aEDm¥r¢ÅCt: ,
shay|    vryamas    mar£c|    nam    raXsm¯    .47.

tt:

thereupon

Ma¢tvD|

killing of his relatives

½¤Ïva

on hearing

ravN:

Ravana

@aEDm¥r¢ÅCt:

overcome with towering rage

shay|

assistance

vryamas

sought

mar£c|

Maricha

nam

named

raXsm¯

demon

 
Upon   hearing   the   killing   of   his   relatives,   Ravana   grew   greatly   furious   and sought   the   help   of   the   demon   Maricha   (47).
 
vayImaN:    s¤bh^SaE    mar£cEn    s    ravN: ,
n    ¢vraEDaE    blvta    XmaE    ravN    tEn    tE    .48.

vayImaN:

(persuasively) prevented

bh^S:

in several ways

mar£cEn

by Maricha

s:

that

ravN:

Ravana

n

not

¢vraED:

enmity

blvta

with mighty person

Xm:

meet

ravN	Oh! Ravana!

tEn

that

tE

to you

 
Saying   `It   is   not   advisable   that   you   harbour   enmity   with   that   strong   one  i.e. (Rama),   Ravana   was   dissuaded  in several  ways  by   Maricha   (48).  
AnaÏy    t¤    t¹aÀy|    ravN:    kalcaE¢dt: ,
jgam    shmar£cÞtÞya½mpd|    tda    .49.

AnaÏy

disregarding

t¤

and

tt¯

his

vaÀy|

words

ravN:

Ravana

kalcaE¢dt:

driven by fate

jgam

reached

shmar£c:

along with Maricha

tÞy	his (Rama's) then

Aa½mpd|

hermitage

tda	thereafter

 
Thereafter,   instigated   by   death   and   disregarding   those   words
(of   his), Ravana   proceeded   to   his   (Rama)   hermitage,   along
with   Maricha   (49).
 
tEn    maya¢vna    Ñ¥rmpva/    n¦paÏmjaW ,
jhar    BayaI|    ramÞy    g¦D#|    hÏva    jzay¤xm¯    .50.

tEn	by him (Ravana)

maya¢vna

the deceitful

Ñ¥r|

far away

Apva/

drawn

n¦paÏmjaW

the two princes

jhar	carried away

BayaI|

wife

ramÞy

of Rama

g¦D#|

vulture

hÏva	fatally injured

jzay¤xm¯

Jatayu

 
Employing   deceit   and   drawing   the   princes   far   away   from   the   hermitage, Ravana   abducted   Rama's   wife,   after   killing   the   vulture   (who   came   to fight   him)   Jatayu   (50).