The   son   of   the   sage   thereupon   replied   to   the  king:  `so   be   it'
and   given leave  by  the   king,  he   departed,   along   with  his wife (21).
 
tavÓyaEÓya¸¢l|   k]Ïva   s"Ehat¯   s|¢ÜlÝy   caErsa   .
nnÓdt¤dISrTaE   raEmpadà   v£yIvan¯   ¡22¡

taW	those two (Dasaratha and Romapada)

AÓyaEÓya¸¢l|

greet with folded hands

k]Ïva

having done

s"Ehat¯

due to affection

s|¢ÜlÝy

embracing

c

and

ursa	chest to chest

nnÓdt¤:

elated

dSrT:

Dasaratha

raEmpad:

Romapada

c

and

v£yIvan¯

valorous

Dasaratha   and   the   valiant   Romapada   paid   mutual   respects   by   joining   their palms   and   embraced   chest   to   chest   out   of
affection   and   felt   extremely joyous   (22).

tt:   s¤¶dmap¦c¯CY   p#¢ÞTtaE   rG¤nÓdn:   .
paWrW×y:   p#Exyamas   Ñ¥tan¯   vW   S£G#ga¢mn:   ¡23¡

tt:	from there

s¤¶d|

(of his) friend

Aap¦c¯CY

after taking leave

p#¢ÞTt:

set out

rG¤nÓdn:

the heart throb of the Raghu dynasty

paWrW×y:

to the people of the city

p#Exyamas

sent

Ñ¥tan¯

messengers

vW

verily

S£G#ga¢mn:

capable of moving fast

 
That   delighter   of   the   Raghu   race   (Dasaratha),   taking   leave   of   friends   and departing   (for   Ayodhya),   despatched   messengers   who   were   fleet-footed,   from there   to   the   people   of   his   city
(with   the   message)   (23).  
¢@yta|   ngr|   svI|   ¢Xp#mEv   Þvl|k]tm¯   .
D¥¢xt|   ¢s³s|m¦¾|   ptaka¢Brl|k]tm¯   ¡24¡

¢@yta|

may it be done

ngr|

city

svI|	throughout

¢Xp#|

speedily

ev

verily

Þvl|k]tm¯

tastefully decorated

D¥¢xt|

fragrant with incense sticks

¢s³s|m¦¾|

sprinkled with water and made clean

ptaka¢B:

with flags

Al|k]tm¯

dressed and got up

 
`May   the   city   be   quickly   decorated   all   over   with   incenses
burning, (pathways)   watered   and   with   fluttering   flags'   (24).
 
tt:   p#¶¾a:   paWraÞtE   ½¤Ïva   rajanmagtm¯   .
tTa   p#c@ÞtÏsvI|   raMa   yt¯   p#E¢xt|   tda   ¡25¡

tt:	to that place

p#¶¾a:

extremely happy

paWra:

people of the city

tE

they

½¤Ïva

hearing

rajan|

of the king

Aagtm¯

arrival

tTa

similarly

p#c@:

carried out

tt¯

that

svI|

all

raMa	of the king

yt¯

whatever

p#E¢xt|

was ordered

tda	in the same manner

 
Hearing   about   the   arrival   of   the   king   from   there   (Anga   country),   the   people of   the   city   becoming   greatly   joyous,   carried   out   at   once   all   those instructions   of   the   king   (25).
 
tt:   ÞvlÄð¦t|   raja   ngr|   p#¢vvES   h   .
SѤÓѤ¢B¢nGaIxW:   p¤rÞk]Ïy   ¢¹jaEäOmm¯   ¡26¡

tt:

then

ÞvlÄð¦t|

well-decked

raja

king

ngr|

city

p#¢vvES

entered

h

indeed!

SѤÓѤ¢B¢nGaIxW:

to the tuneful notes of drums, conch and dundhubi

p¤rÞk]Ïy

in the lead

¢¹jaEäOmm¯

best among brahmins

 
 
Thereafter,   the   king   entered   the   city,   which   was   well   decorated,   with   the best   among   the   Brahmins   in   the   lead,   to   the   accompaniment   of   the   blowing of   conches   and   the   beating   of   drums.   What   a   sight!   (26).
    
tt:   p#m¤¢dta:   svI   ¾va   t|   nagra   ¢¹j|   .
p#vEÜyman|   sÏk]Ïy   nrEÓd#ENEÓd#kmINa   ¡27¡

tt:

then

p#m¤¢dta:

became happy

svI

all

¾va

seeing

t|

that

nagra:

people in the city

¢¹j|	at the brahmin

p#vEÜyman|

made to enter

sÏk]Ïy

received and attended upon

nrEÓd#EN

by the king

iÓd#kmINa

in valour equal to Indra

 
The   citizens   of   the   city   then   grew   extremely   happy   upon   seeing   that   Brahmin who   was   conducted   with   extreme   reverence   by   the   king,   who   was   equal   to Lord   Indra   in   valour   (27).
    
AÓt:p¤r|   p#vEÜyWn|   p¥ja|   k]Ïva   c   SaÞæOt:   .
k]tk]Ïy|   tda{{Ïman|   mEnE   tÞyaEpvahnat¯   ¡28¡

AÓt:p¤r|

harem

p#vEÜy

was made to enter

en|

him

p¥ja|

respects

k]Ïva

proffer

c

and

SaÞæOt:

as laid down in the scriptures

k]tk]Ïy|

as one who carries out the job undertaken

tda

then

AaÏman|

of himself

mEnE

thought

tÞy

his

upvahnat¯

arrival

Having   escorted   him   to   the   inner   apartments and offered   worshipful
reverence   as   laid   down   in   the   scriptures,   (the   king)   then   thought   that   he had   successfully   completed   the   task   taken   in   hand,  due  to   his   (Rishyasrunga) arrival   (28).
 
AÓt:p¤ra¢N   svaI¢N   SaÓta|   ¾va   tTa{{gtam¯   .
sh   BræOa   ¢vSalaX£|   p#£Ïya{{nÓdm¤pagmn¯   ¡29¡

AÓt:p¤ra¢N

the ladies in the harem

svaI¢N

all of them

SaÓta|

Shantha

¾va

seeing

tTa

like that

Aagtam¯

having come

sh	along with

BræOa

husband

¢vSalaX£|

with large eyes

p#£Ïya

out of affection

AanÓd|

happy

upagmn¯

became

 
All   the   royal   ladies   who   were   in   the   harem,   seeing   Shantha of   large   (of beautiful)   eyes,   having   come   with   her   husband,   felt
greatly   pleased and   happy   (29).  
p¥Çymana   c   ta¢B:   sa   raMa   cWv   ¢vSExt:   .
uvas   tæO   s¤¢Kta   k|¢ct¯   kal|   sBrt¦ka   ¡30¡

p¥Çymana

being adored

c

and

ta¢B:

by them

sa

she

raMa	by the king

c

and

ev

also

¢vSExt:

specially

uvas

lived

tæO

there

s¤¢Kta

made comfortable

k|¢ct¯

for some

kal|

time

sBrt¦ka

along with her husband

 
Being   shown   great   courtesy   both   by   them   and   the   king,   she   stayed   there   for sometime   happily   with   her   husband   (30).
 
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE    balkaÎfE   ekadS:   sgI:¡11¡
Thus   ends   Canto   eleven   of   ths   Bala   kanda   of  the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work  Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki