tpÞyÓt¢mh   ÞTaN¤|   ¢nymEn   sma¢htm¯   .
k]taE¹ahÓt¤   dEvES|   gÅCÓt|   smâdgNm¯   ¡
DxIyamas   ѤmIDa   h^Äð¦tà   mhaÏmna   ¡11¡

tpÞyÓt|

engaged in penance

ih	in this place

ÞTaN¤|

Lord Siva

¢nymEn

with all austerities

sma¢htm¯

immersed in meditation

k]taE¹ah|

having married

t¤

verily

dEvES|

the god of gods

gÅCÓt|

departed

smâdgNm¯

along with the groups of Maruts

DxIyamas

tormented

ѤmIDa:

the evil-minded

h^Äð¦t:

through the uttering of `Hum"

c

and

mhaÏmna

by the highsouled one

In   this   place,   when   Lord   Siva,   the   god   of   gods,   was   engaged   in
enance   observing   all   its   strict   injunctions,   entering   into   a   trance
and   spending   his   time   as   a   householder,   surrounded   by   celestial
groups,   this   ill-willed   one   (cupid)   tried   to   disturb   the   Lord and
consequently   was   reduced   to   ashes   by   the   high-souled   one
uttering   `Hum"   (11).  
¢ndIÂDÞtÞy   raWd#EN   cX¤xa   rG¤nÓdn   .
ÛyS£yIÓt   Sr£rat¯   Þvat¯   svIgaæOa¢N   ѤmItE:   ¡12¡

¢ndIÂD:

having burnt

tÞy

his

raWd#EN

wrathful

cX¤xa

eyes

rG¤nÓdn

O! Delight of the Raghu race!

ÛyS£yIÓt

dismembered

Sr£rat¯

from the body

Þvat¯

own

svIgaæOa¢N

all limbs

ѤmItE:

of the evil one

O!   Delight   of   the   Raghu   race!   Burnt   by   His   wrathful   eyes, the   different   limbs   from   the   body   of   this   wicked   one got   dismembered   (12).  
tÞy   gaæO|   ht|   tæO   ¢ndIÂDÞy   mhaÏmn:   .
ASr£r:   k]t:   kam:   @aEDaêEvEárEN   ¢h   ¡13¡ 

tÞy

his

gaæO|

body

ht|

destroyed

tæO

thereupon

¢ndIÂDÞy

the one who was burnt

mhaÏmn:

of the highsouled one

ASr£r:

bodiless

k]t:	was rendered

kam:	the god of love

@aEDat¯

because of the the anger

dEvEárEN

by the god of gods

¢h

indeed

His   body   was   destroyed   there,   having   been   burnt   by   that high-souled
one.   It   is   thus   well-known   that   Cupid   was   rendered bodiless   through
the   wrath   of   the   god   of   gods   (13).
AnÄñ   i¢t   ¢vÁyatÞtdap#B¦¢t   raGv   .
s   caÄñ¢vxy:   ½£man¯   yæOaÄñ|   s   m¤maEc   h   ¡14¡

AnÄñ:

by name Ananga (bodiless)

i¢t

thus

¢vÁyat:

known as

tdap#B¦¢t

since then

raGv	Oh! Raghava!

s:

he

c

and

AÄñ¢vxy:

the Anga country

½£man¯

illustrious

yæO

where

AÄñ|

body

s:	he (god of love)

m¤maEc

discarded

h	! what a wonder!

 
O!   Raghava!   Then   onwards   he   is   known   as   `Ananga'   (limbless).
Since   he   lost   his   `angas'   (limbs),   that   place   is   called   the
prosperous   `Anga   desa'   (Anga   country).   What   a   wonder!     (14)  
tÞyayma½m:   p¤ÎyÞtÞyEmE   m¤ny:   p¤ra   .
¢SÝya   DmIpra   v£r   tExa|   pap|   n   ¢vïtE   ¡15¡

tÞy

his

Ay|

this

Aa½m:

penance grove

p¤Îy:

sacred

tÞy

his

imE

these

m¤ny:

sages

p¤ra	in the days of yore

¢SÝya:

disciples

DmIpra:

wedded to righteous conduct

v£r	O! Valiant one!

tExa|

for them

pap|

sin

n

not

¢vïtE

attaches

 
O!   Valiant   one!   This   is   his   holy   hermitage   and   these   sages   are
his   old   disciples,   who   are   wedded   to   righteousness   and   no   sin
attaches   to   them   (15).  
ihaï   rjn£|   ram   vsEm   S¤BdSIn   .
p¤ÎyyaE:   s¢rtaEmIÒyE   áÞt¢rÝyamhE   vym¯   ¡16¡ 

ih

here

Aï

today

rjn£|

night

ram

O! Rama!

vsEm

halt

S¤BdSIn

One of auspicious looks!

p¤ÎyyaE:

of the sacred

s¢rtaE:

rivers

mÒyE	in the middle

á:

tomorrow

t¢rÝyamhE

shall ford

vym¯

we

 
O!   One   of   auspicious   looks!   May   we   spend   this   night   here, between
these   two   holy   rivers   and   we   may   cross (the   river)   to-morrow   (16).  
A¢BgÅCamhE   svI   S¤cy:   p¤Îyma½mm¯   .
s"ataà   k]tjÔyaà   h^thÛya   nraEäOm   ¡17¡

A¢BgÅCamhE

we will enter

svI

all of us

S¤cy:

in a pure state

p¤Îy|

sacred

Aa½mm¯

the penance grove

s"ata:

having performed the ablutory path

c

and

k]tjÔya:

having completed scriptural chants

c

and

h^thÛya:

having made oblations to the holy fire

nraEäOm

O! Noblest among men!

ih   vas:   praE   ram   s¤K|   vÏÞyamhE   vym¯   ¡18¡

ih	in this place

vas:

stay

pr:

is great

ram

O! Rama!

s¤K|

happily

vÏÞyamhE

may reside

vym¯

we

O!   Rama!   Best   among   men!   Residence   here   is   praiseworthy.   May we
stay   here   happily.May   we   enter   the   penance-grove   after taking   bath,
clean   in   body   and   mind,   having   chanted   the   secret formulae   and
performed   fire   oblations'   (17-18).
tExa|   s|vdta|   tæO   tpaEd£GIN   cX¤xa   .
¢våOay   prmp#£ta   m¤nyaE   hxImagmn¯   ¡19¡

tExa|

their

s|vdta|

engaged in such conversation

tæO

there

tpaEd£GIN

with long penance

cX¤xa

intuition

¢våOay

having ascertained

prmp#£ta:

extremely happy

m¤ny:

the sages

hxI|

joy

Aagmn¯

attained

 
When   they   were   conversing   there   in   this   fashion,   the   sages   around,
having   come   to   know   about   them   through   their   intuitive   ability
born   out   of   penance,   grew   extremely   happy   (19).  
AG¯Iy|   paï|   tTa{{¢tÐy|  ¢nvEï k¢SkaÏmjE .
ramlßmNyaE:   pàadkvI°¢t¢T¢@yam¯   ¡20¡ 

AG¯Iy|

water to sip

paï|	water to wash the feet

tTa	in the same way

Aa¢tÐy|

hospitality

¢nvEï

having submitted

k¢SkaÏmjE

to the son of Kusika (Viswamitra)

ramlßmNyaE:

for Rama and Lakshmana

pàat¯

thereafter

AkvIn¯

did

A¢t¢T

guest

¢@yam¯

honour

Having   fetched   water   to   wash   the   feet,   water   to   sip   and
other   items   relating   to   respecting   a   guest,   in   respect
of   Viswamitra,   (they)   thereafter   did   the   honours   due
to   the   guests   to   Rama   and   Lakshmana   (20).
sÏkar|   smn¤p#aÔy   kTa¢Br¢Br¸yn¯   .
yTahImjpn¯   sÓÒyam¦xyÞtE   sma¢hta:   ¡21¡

sÏkar|

hospitality

smn¤p#aÔy

having completed

kTa¢B:

with narratives

A¢Br¸yn¯

regaling

yTahI|

in proper manner

Ajpn¯

engaged in chanting

sÓÒya|

during the twilight

§xy:

the sages

tE	all of them

sma¢hta:

with concentred minds

Completing   the   acts   of   honouring   them,   those   sages   regaled
them   with   episodes   and   then   with   concentred   minds   chanted
hymns   in   praise   of   the   twilight   period,   as   ordained   (21).
tæO   va¢s¢Bran£ta   m¤¢n¢B:   s¤v#tW:   sh   .
Óyvsn¯   s¤s¤K|   tæO   kama½mpdE   tda   ¡22¡

tæO

there

va¢s¢B:

by the residents

Aan£ta:

being led

m¤¢n¢B:

by the sages

s¤v#tW:

of auspicious vows

sh	along with

Óyvsn¯

resided

s¤s¤K|

with full happiness

tæO

there

kama½mpdE

in the penance grove of Kama (god of love)

tda	at that time

 
They   stayed   there,   in   that   Kamasrama,   extremely   happily, having   been
led   there   by   the   resident   hermits,   of great   austerities   (22).
kTa¢Br¢Brama¢Br¢BramaW   n¦paÏmjaW   .
rmyamas   DmaIÏma   kaW¢SkaE   m¤¢np¤Äñv:   ¡23¡

kTa¢B:

with narratives

A¢Brama¢B:

of extremely absorbing nature

A¢BramaW

the extremely beautiful

n¦paÏmjaW

the two princes

rmyamas

charmed

DmaIÏma

the righteous soul

kaW¢Sk:

Kausika

m¤¢np¤Äñv:

the best among seers

 
The   son   of   Kusika,   foremost   among   sages   and   the   very   soul   of
righteousness,   regaled   those   beautiful   princes   through beautiful   stories   (23).  
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   æOyaE¢v|S:   sgI:¡23¡
Thus   ends   Canto   23   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of   the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work   Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki