Reaching   the   city   of   Lanka,   which   was   protected   by   Ravana,
saw   there  Sita   in   the   asoka   vana,   lost   in   meditation   (72).  
¢nvEd¢yÏva{¢BåOan|    p#v¦¢äO|    c    ¢nvEï    c ,
smaáaÞy    c    vWdEh£|    mdIyamas    taErNm¯    .73.

¢nvEd¢yÏva

after informing

c

and

A¢BåOan|

the remembrence

p#v¦¢äO|

efforts taken

c

and

¢nvEï

intimating

c

and

smaáaÞy

comforting

c

and

vWdEh£|

the daughter of Videha (Sita)

mdIyamas

smashed

taErNm¯

gateways

 
Having   shown   the   token   of   recognition   and   informing   his   mission,   comforting the   daughter   of   the   king   of   Videha   (Sita),   (Hanuman)   smashed   the   outer gate   (73).  
p·    sEnag#gan¯    hÏva    sçO    m¢ÓæOs¤tan¢p ,
S¥rmX|    c    ¢n¢ÝpÝy    g#hN|    sm¤pagmt¯    74.

p·

five

sEnag#gan¯

commanders-in-chief

hÏva	having killed

sçO

seven

m¢ÓæOs¤tan¯

sons of ministers

A¢p

also

S¥r|	the valiant

AX|	Aksha(kumara)son of Ravana

c

and

¢n¢ÝpÝy

made into pulp

g#hN|

bondage

sm¤pagmt¯

went into (voluntarily)

 
Killing   five   commanders-in-chief   and   seven   sons   of   ministers   and
pulverising   the   valiant   Aksha,   (he)   went into custody voluntarily (74).
 
AÞæOENaEÓm¤³maÏman| åOaÏva    pWtamha¹rat¯ ,
mxIyn¯    raXsan¯    v£raE    y¢ÓæONÞtan¯    yÅCya    .   75.

AÞæOEN

by the arrow (Brahmastra)

uÓm¤³|

released

AaÏman|

self

MaÏva

realised

pWtamhat¯

from the Grand Sire (Brahma)

vrat¯

by virtue of the boon

mxIyn¯

bearing patiently

raXsan¯

demons

v£r:	that valiant one

y¢ÓæON:

those who tied the ropes around him

tan¯

them

yÅCya

without effort

 
ttaE    dÂDva    p¤r£|    lÄðam¦tE    s£ta|    c    mW¢Tl£| ,
ramay    ¢p#ymaÁyat¤|    p¤nrayaÓmhak¢p:    .76.

tt:	thereafter

dÂDva

burnt

p¤r£|

the city

lÄða|

of Lanka

§tE

sans

s£ta|

Sita

c

and

mW¢Tl£|

the daughter of Mithila(king)

ramay

for Rama

¢p#y|

enjoyable

AaÁyat¤|

to inform

p¤n:

again

Aayat¯

returned

mhak¢p:

the great ape (Hanuman)

 
That   great   and   valiant   ape,   coming   to   know   that   he   has   been   released   from the   effect   of   the   arrow   (Brahmastra)   without   any   effort   on   his   part, by virtue   of   the   boon   granted   by   Lord
Brahma,   excusing   the   demons   who   had tied   him   up   with
ropes,   set   ablaze   the   city   of   lanka,   except   Sita,   the daughter
of   the   king   of   Mithila   and   then   returned   to   inform   the   glad
tidings   to   Rama   (75-76).  
saE{¢BgØy    mhaÏman|    k]Ïva    ram|    p#d¢XNm¯ ,
ÓyvEdydmEyaÏma    ¾a    s£tE¢t    tÏvt:    .77.

s:	he (Hanuman)

A¢BgØy

coming to the presence

mhaÏman|

that greatsouled

k]Ïva

having performed

ram|

Rama

p#d¢XNm¯

circumambulation

ÓyvEdyt¯

informed

AmEyaÏma

of wide intellect

¾a	was seen (by me)

s£ta

Sita

i¢t

thus

tÏvt:

factually

 
Of   massive   intellect,   he   having   got   to   the   presence   of   the   high-souled Rama,   circumambulated   him   in   reverence   and
exclaimed   `seen   was   Sita' (by   me)   and   then   related   all
matters   in   detail   (77).  
tt:    s¤g#£vs¢htaE    gÏva    t£r|    mhaEdDE: ,
sm¤d#|    XaEByamas    SrWra¢dÏys¢°BW:    .78.

tt:	thereafter

g#£vs¢ht:

along with Sugriva

gÏva	having gone

t£r|	the shores

mhaEdDE:

of the great ocean

sm¤d#|

the seas

XaEByamas

agitated

SrW:	with arrows

Aa¢dÏys¢°BW:

as brilliantly shining as the Sun

 
Rama   thereafter   attained   to   the   shores   of   the   ocean,   in   the   company   of  Sugriva,   and   rendered   the   waters   of   the   seas
turbid   with   arrows   that rivalled   (the   brilliance   of)   the   sun   (78).  
dSIyamas    caÏman|    sm¤d#:    s¢rta|    p¢t: ,
sm¤d#vcnaÅcWv    nl|    sEt¤mkaryt¯    .79.

dSIyamas

showed up

c

and

AaÏman|

himself

sm¤d#:

the ocean

s¢rta|

of the flowing (rivers)

p¢t:

the lord

sm¤d#

of the ocean

vcnat¯

information

ev

only

nl|	through Nala

sEt¤|

the bridge

Akaryt¯

was built

 
The   lord   of   the   rivers,   the   mighty   ocean,   appeared   in   his   real   form.   As per   the   directions   of   the  sea-lord  himself,  (Rama  caused)   the   bridge (across   the   ocean)   to   be   built   by   Nala   (79).  
tEn    gÏva    p¤r£|    lÄða|    hÏva    ravNmahvE ,
ram:    s£tamn¤p#aÔy    pra|    b#£fam¤pagmt¯    .80.

tEn	by that ( bridge)

gÏva	crossing over

p¤r£|

to the city

lÄða|

of Lanka

hÏva	having killed

ravN|

Ravana

AahvE

in the battle

ram:

Sri Rama

s£ta|

Sita

An¤

later

p#aÔy

regained

pra|

supreme

b#£fa|

sense of abashment

upagmt¯

attained

 
Crossing   the   ocean   over   the   bridge,   destroying   Ravana  and  attaining   Sita,  (Rama)   appeared   to   be   bashful   (80).