Evening   twilight   is   approaching   and   hence,   may   she   be   destroyed before   that,   since   demons   verily   become   invincible   during that   time'   (24).  

iÏy¤³Þt¤   tda   yX£mÜmv¦¾Ya{¢BvxIt£m¯   .
dSIyn¯   SÖdvE¢DÏv|   ta|   âraED   s   saykW:   ¡25¡

i¢t

thus

u³:	being spoken

t¤

indeed

tda

then

yX£|	the Yakshi

AÜmv¦¾Ya

rain of rocky boulders

A¢BvxIt£m¯

raining

dSIyn¯

demonstrating

SÖdvE¢DÏv|

the capability of the arrow to trace the target

from the sound emanating therefrom

ta|

that

âraED

stopped

s:

he

saykW:

with arrows

 
When   spoken   to   thus,   (Rama)   demonstrating   immediately   (his) ability   in   using   the   arrow   which   will   hit   the   target   sensing the   sound   emanating   therefrom,   discharging   the   arrows,   arrested the   progress   of   the   Yakshi, who   was   continuing   to   rain rocky   boulders   (25).  
sa   âÑGa   SrjalEn   mayablsm¢Óvta   .
A¢BѤd#av   kakt¯ÞT|   lßmN|   c   ¢vnEѤx£   ¡26¡

sa

she

âÑGa	being stopped

SrjalEn

by the group of arrows

mayablsm¢Óvta

endowed with the power of trickery

A¢BѤd#av

rushed towards

kakt¯ÞT|

Kakutstha

lßmN|

Lakshmana

c

and

¢vnEѤx£

roaring

 
Possessed   of   magical   powers   and   blocked   in   her   progress   by   a host of   arrows,   she   charged   at   the   Kakutstha   and   Lakshmana,roaring wildly   (26).  
tamaptÓt£|   vEgEn   ¢v@aÓtamSn£¢mv   .
SrENaEr¢s   ¢vÛyaD   sa   ppat   mmar   c   ¡27¡

ta|

her

AaptÓt£|

falling

vEgEn

with great speed

¢v@aÓta|

ferociously charging

ASn£|

thunder

iv

like

SrEN	with a single arrow

ur¢s	on the chest

¢vÛyaD

shot

sa

she

ppat

collapsed

mmar

died

c

and

 
With   great   force   falling   on   them   with   the   sound   of   thunder,   in   her act   of   attack,   (Rama)   hit   her   with   an   arrow   on   her   chest   and   she dropped   dead   on   the   ground   (27).  
ta|   hta|   B£msÄðaSa|   ¾va   s¤rp¢tÞtda   .
saD¤   sa¢Òv¢t   kakt¯ÞT|   s¤raà   smp¥jyn¯   ¡28¡ 

ta|

her

hta|

destroyed

B£msÄðaSa|

of a terrifying form

¾va

seeing

s¤rp¢t:

the god of gods

tda

then

saD¤	well done!

saD¤	well done!

i¢t

thus

kakt¯ÞT|

the scion of the Kakutstha race

s¤ra:

the gods

c

and

smp¥jyn¯

praised copiously

 
Seeing   that   one   of   terrifying   form   killed,   the   celestials   and their   chief   heartily   hailed   the   Kakutstha   by   uttering   `Well   done, Well   done'   (28).  
uvac   prmp#£t:   sh*aX:   p¤rÓdr:   .
  s¤raà   svI   s|¶¾a   ¢váa¢mæOmTab#¤vn¯   ¡29¡

uvac

said

prmp#£t:

extremely pleased

sh*aX:

thousand eyed

p¤rÓdr:

Lord Indra

s¤ra:

gods

c

and

svI

all

s|¶¾a:

happy

¢váa¢mæO|

Viswamitra

ATa

then

Ab#¤vn¯

addressed

Then   that   thousand-eyed   Indra,   greatly   pleased,   as   also   all   the gods who   were   extremely   happy,   addressed   Viswamitra   (29).  
m¤nE   kaW¢Sk   Bd#|   tE   sEÓd#a:   svI   mâéNa:   .
taE¢xta:   kmINa{nEn   s"Eh|   dSIy   raGvE   ¡30¡

m¤nE

O! Sage!

kaW¢Sk

O! Kausika!

Bd#|	auspiciousness

tE

to you

sEÓd#a:

along with Indra

svI

all

mâéNa:

the celestial groups

taE¢xta:

have become happy

kmINa

deed

AnEn

this

s"Eh|

act of affection

dSIy

may show

raGvE

to   Raghava

`O!   Seer!   Kausika!   May   you   be   auspicious!   By   this   act,   all   the gods   along   with   Indra   have   been   pleased.   May   you   bestow   your affection on   Raghava   (30).