In   the   same   manner,   may   you   bring   hither,   the   elderly,   highly   righteous   king of   the   Kekaya   country,   the   father-in-law   of   the   lion   among   monarchs (Dasaratha),   along   with   his   son   (22).

AÄñEár|   mhaBag|   raEmpad|   s¤sÏk]tm¯   .
vyÞy|   raj¢s|hÞy   tmany   yS¢Þvnm¯   ¡23¡

AÄñEár|

the king of Angas

mhaBag|

highly fortunate

raEmpad|

Romapada

s¤sÏk]tm¯

having offered due respects

vyÞy|

friend

raj¢s|hÞy

of the lion among kings (Dasaratha)

tm¯

him

Aany

fetch

yS¢Þvnm¯

of great repute

 
Similarly   may   you   fetch   the   lord   of   Anga   country   Romapada,   the   greatly fortunate   one,   the   intimate   friend   of   the   lion   among   kings   (Dasaratha) and  who  is  of  high  repute,  after  duly  worshipping   him   (23).
    
p#ac£nan¯   ¢sÓD¤saWv£ran¯   saWra¾®Eya|à   pa¢TIvan¯   .
|fKnt cKlKr{Giff0000G:|fKnt s¢SE{G®2G:da¢XNaÏya°rEÓd#a|à   smÞtananyÞv   h   ¡24¡

p#ac£nan¯

the easterly

¢sÓD¤saWv£ran¯

of the Sindhusouvira region

saWra¾®Eyan¯

the Saurashtras

c

and

pa¢TIvan¯

kings

da¢XNaÏyan¯

of the southern areas

nrEÓd#an¯

kings

c

and

smÞtan¯

all

AanyÞv

may you bring along

h

verily

 
May   you   also   bring   hither   all   the   kings   from   the   eastern   regions   of   Sindhu and   Sauviras,   the   rulers   of   Saurashtras   and   the   southern   regions   (24).
 
s¢Ót   ¢s"ÂDaà   yE   caÓyE   rajan:   p¦¢Tv£tlE   .
tanany   yTa¢Xp#|   san¤gan¯   shbaÓDvan¯   ¡25¡

s¢Ót

are there

¢s"ÂDa:

friendly

c

and

yE

whoever

c

and

AÓyE

other

rajan:

kings

p¦¢Tv£tlE

on the face of the earth

tan¯

them

Aany

fetch

yTa¢Xp#|

as quick as possible

san¤gan¯

with their retinue

sh

along

baÓDvan¯

relatives

 
Also   bring   here   those   other   kings   on   the   earth   who   are   friends,   along   with their   retinue   and   family   expeditiously   (25).
 
v¢s¿vaÀy|   tÅC®¤Ïva   s¤mÓæOÞÏv¢rtÞtda   .
Ûya¢dSt¯   p¤âxa|ÞtæO   raMamanynE   S¤Ban¯   ¡26¡

v¢s¿vaÀym¯

the utterance of Vasishta

tt¯

that

½¤Ïva

hearing

s¤mÓæO:

Sumantra

Ïv¢rt:

speedily

tda

then

Ûya¢dSt¯

prompted

p¤âxan¯

persons

tæO

there

raMa|

of the king

AanynE

in fetching

S¤Ban¯

auspicious

Upon   hearing   those   words   of   Vasishta,   Sumantra   then   made   haste   and despatched   excellent   envoys   to   those   places   to   invite   and   bring   along those   kings   (26).
 
ÞvymEv   ¢h   DmaIÏma   p#yyaW   m¤¢nSasnat¯   .
s¤mÓæOÞÏv¢rtaE   gÏva   smanEt¤|   mh£¢Xt:   ¡27¡

Þvy|

himself

ev

also

¢h

indeed

DmaIÏma

soul of righteousness

p#yyaW

set out

m¤¢nSasnat¯

upon the instructions of the sage

s¤mÓæO:

Sumantra

Ïv¢rt:

quickly

gÏva	having gone

smanEt¤|

to bring them ceremoniously

mh£¢Xt:

the kings

 
That   Sumantra,   the   very   soul   of   righteousness,   set   out   post-haste   as   per   the instructions   of   the   sage   (Vasishta),   to   fetch   those   kings   in   person   (27).
 
tE   c   kmaI¢Ótka:   svI   v¢s¿ay   c   D£mtE   .
svI|   ¢nvEdy¢Ót   Þm   yME   yѤpk¢Úptm¯   ¡28¡

tE

they

c

and

kmaI¢Ótka:

those engaged in work

svI	all of them

v¢s¿ay

to Vasishta

c

and

D£mtE

the wise

svI|	all matters

¢nvEdy¢Ót

reporting

Þm

were

yME	in respect of the sacrifice

yt¯

whatever

upk¢Úptm¯

was done

 
Those   engaged   in   attending   to   various   items   of   work   connected   with   the sacrifice,   regularly   kept   that   righteous   and   wise   Vasishta   informed   of   all progress   and   developments   in   regard   to   the   arrangements   (28).
 
tt:   p#£taE   ¢¹j½E¿Þtan¯   svaI¢ndmb#v£t¯   ¡29¡

tt:

then

p#£t:

the happy

¢¹j½E¿:

best among brahmins

tan¯

them

svaIn¯

all

id|

this

Ab#v£t¯

instructed

That   best   among   brahmins,   mightily   pleased,   spoke   in   this   manner   to   all of   them   (29).
 
AvåOya   n   datÛy|   kÞy¢cÚl£lya¢p   va   .
AvåOya   k]t|   hÓyaêatar|   naæO   s|Sy:   ¡30¡

AvåOya

with disregard

n

never

datÛy|

gifts should be made

kÞy¢ct¯

to anyone

l£lya

casually

A¢p

also

va

or

AvåOya

with disregard

k]t|

performed

hÓyat¯

will destroy

datar|

the giver

n

no

AæO	in this matter

s|Sy:

doubt

  `
Nothing   should   be   given   to   anyone   accompanied   either   by   indifference   or with   discourtesy.   Any   gift   or   offering   made   with   discourtesy   will   destroy the  giver  and  there  is  no  doubt  about  this!  (30).