(That   sage)   of   wide   intellect,   though   he   sang   the   poem,   along   with   the Uttara   kanda   (which   was   to   delineate   the   events   of   the   future),   was concerned   as   to   who   would   expound   this   (poem)   (3).  
tÞy    ¢cÓtymanÞy    mhxIBaI¢vtaÏmn:    ,
Ag¦£ta|    tt:    padaW    m¤¢nvExaW    kS£lvaW    .4.

tÞy	his (in that state)

¢cÓtymanÞy

steeped in thought

mhxI:

of the great sage

Ba¢vtaÏmn:

deliberating on the absolute reality

Ag¦£ta|

held (his feet)

tt:

there

padaW

feet

m¤¢nvExaW

wearing monastic robes

kS£lvaW

Kusa and Lava

While   the   great   sage   was   thus   steeped   in   thought,and   deliberating   on   the absolute   reality,   Kusa   and   Lava,   wearing   monastic   robes   (came   there) and   held   his   feet   (4).  
kS£lvaW    t¤    DmIåOaW    rajp¤æOaW    yS¢ÞvnaW    ,
B#atraW    Þvrs|p°aW    ddSaI½mva¢snaW    .5.

kS£lvaW

Kusa and Lava

t¤

now

DmIMaW

knowers of Dharma

rajp¤æOaW

the princes

yS¢ÞvnaW

famed

B#atraW

brothers

Þvrs|p°aW

endowed with sweet voice

ddSI

saw

Aa½mva¢snaW

living in the hermitage

(Sage   Valmiki)   saw   now   Kusa   and   Lava,   who   were   princes   and   brothers, famous,knowledgeable   about   dharma,   possessing   a   sweet   voice   and   living in   the   hermitage   (5).  
s    t¤    mEDa¢vnaW    ¾va    vEdEx¤    p¢r¢n¢¿taW    ,
vEdaEpb¦|hNaTaIy    tavg#ahyt    p#B¤:    .6.

s:	he (Valmiki)

t¤

also

mEDa¢vnaW

highly intellectual

¾va

seeing

vEdEx¤

in the vedas

p¢r¢n¢¿taW

well-versed

vEdaEpb¦|hNaTaIy

for the purpose of the exposition of the (tenets of the)

Vedas in the poem

taW

them

Ag#ahyt

took them (under his tutelage)

p#B¤:

lord

Seeing   them,   who   were   well-versed   in   the   Vedas   and   were   intellectuals of   a   high   order,   the   lord   (Valmiki)   took   them   under   his   tutelage   for   the purpose   of   the   exposition   of   (the   tenets   of)   the   Vedas   in   the   poem   (6).
 
kaÛy|    ramayN|    k]Ïs"|    s£tayaà¢rt|    mht¯    ,
paWlÞÏyvD¢mÏyEv    ckar    c¢rtv#t:    7.

kaÛy|

epic poem

ramayN|

the story of Sri Rama

k]Ïs"|

fully

s£taya:

of Sita

c¢rt|

life

mht¯

great

paWlÞÏyvD|

the killing of the one of Paulasthya lineage (Ravana)

i¢t

this

ev

also

ckar

narrated

c¢rtv#t:

the observer of all rituals and Vedic injunctions

 
The   observer   of   all   rituals   and   Vedic   injunctions   (sage   Valmiki)   narrated comprehensively,in   the   form   of   an   epic   poem,   the   life-story   of   Sri   Rama, the   great   episode   of   Sita   and   the   killing   of   the   one   of   Paulasthya lineage   (7).
 
paZYE    gEyE    c    mD¤r|    p#maNW¢ÞæO¢Br¢Óvtm¯    ,
ja¢t¢B:    sçO¢BrbÑG|    tÓæO£lysm¢Óvtm¯    .8.

paZYE

in reading

gEyE	in singing

c

and

mD¤r|

sweet

p#maNW:

instruments of knowledge

¢æO¢B:

three

A¢Óvtm¯

comprising

ja¢t¢B:

varieties of musical rendering

sçO¢B:

seven

bÑG|	in concert

tÓæO£lysm¢Óvtm¯

in step with the rhythmstrings of the Veena

haÞy½¦ÄñarkâNv£rraWd#ByankW:    ,
b£BÏsa¢drsWy¤I³|    kaÛymEtdgaytam¯    .9.

haÞy

humour

½¦Äñar

love

kâN

pathos

v£r

valour

raWd#

anger

ByankW:

terrible

b£BÏs

loathsome

Aa¢d

all these

rsW:

emotions

y¤³|	consisting of

kaÛy|

poem

ett¯

this

Agaytam¯

sang

 
(They   _   Kusa   and   Lava)   sang   this   epic   poem   which   is   sweet   for   reading and   singing;  it   comprises   the   seven   varieties   of   musical   rendering,   is   in tune   with   the   rhythm   strings   of   the   Veena,   has   the   three   instruments   of valid   knowledge   and   also   exhibits   the   rasas   viz.   humour,   pathos,   love, valour,anger,   the   terrible   and   the   loathsome  (8-9).
 
taW    t¤    gaÓDvItÏvåOaW    m¥rÅCnaÞTankaE¢vdaW    ,
B#atraW    Þvrs|p°aW    gÓDvaI¢vv    ã¢pNaW    .10.

taW

those two

t¤

moreover

gaÓDvItÏvMaW

knowledgeable in the hidden meanings and import of music

m¥rÅCnaÞTankaE¢vdaW

adepts in the three kinds of musical pitch such as

low (Mantharam),middle (Madhyamam) and high (Taaram).)

B#atraW

brothers

Þvrs|p°aW

possessed of sweet voice (euphonious)

gÓDvaI

the Gandharvas

iv

like

ã¢pNaW

in form

Moreover   those   two   brothers   were   knowledgeable   in   the   hidden   meanings   and import   of   music,were   adepts   in   the   three   kinds   of   musical   pitch   such   as the   low,   the   middle   and   the   high,   possessed   of   a   sweet   voice   and   were like   the   Gandharvas   (semi-divine   beings)   in   form   i.e.   handsome   (10).