p#japtEB¦ISaáÞy   p¤æOan¯   sÏypra@man¯   .
tpaEblB¦tan¯   b#'n¯   raGvay   ¢nvEdy   ¡ 31¡

p#japtE:

of Prajapati

B¦SaáÞy

of Bhrisasva

p¤æOan¯

sons

sÏypra@man¯

of true valour

tpaEblB¦tan¯

grown on the strength of austerities

b#'n¯

O! Brahmin!

raGvay

to Raghava

¢nvEdy

please introduce

`O!   Lord!   May   you   tell   Raghava about   the sons of   Bhrisasva
Prajapati,   who   are   of   eternal   valour   and   nourished   by   the
strengh   of   penance   (31).
 
paæOB¥tà   tE   b#'|Þtvan¤gmnE   D¦t:             .
s¤raNa|   c   mht¯   kmI   ktIÛy|   rajs¥n¤na   ¡ 32¡

paæOB¥t:

fit disciple

c

and

tE

to you

b#hmn¯

O! Brahmin!

tv

your

An¤gmnE

tending

D¦t:

firm

s¤raNa|

of the gods

c

and

mht¯

great

kmI

deed

ktIÛy|

to be performed

rajs¥n¤na

by the prince alone

 
O!   Lord!   That   great   act   for   (the   benefit   of)   the   gods   is   to   be
accomplished   by   this   son   of   the   king,   who   is   intent   in   serving
you   and   a   fit   disciple   to   you'   (32).
 
evm¤?va   s¤ra:   svI   jÂm¤h¦I¾a   yTagtm¯    .
¢váa¢mæO|   p¥j¢yÏva   tt:   sÓÒya   p#vtItE   ¡ 33¡

ev|

like this

u?va	having said

s¤ra:

the gods

svI

all

jÂm¤:

left

¶¾a:

pleased

yTagtm¯

as they came

¢váa¢mæO|

Viswamitra

p¥j¢yÏva

having praised

tt:	thereafter

sÓÒya

twilight

p#vtItE

was approaching

Saying   so,   all   the   gods   returned   the   way   they  came with happy
hearts,   after   paying   due   respects   to   Viswamitra,   whereafter the   twilight   also   approached   (33).
 
ttaE   m¤¢nvr:   p#£tÞtazkavDtaE¢xt:    .
m¥¢D"I   ramm¤paG#ay   id|   vcnmb#v£t¯   ¡ 34¡

tt:

then

m¤¢nvr:

the noble sage

p#£t:

with affection

tazkavDtaE¢xt:

happy upon the killing of Tataka

m¥¢D"I

forehead

ram|

Rama

upaG#ay

having kissed

id|

like this

vcn|

words

Ab#v£t¯

said

 
Then,   the   best   among   the   seers,   pleased   due to the happiness
arising   from   the   destruction   of   Tataka,   kissing   the   forelocks
of   Rama,   uttered   the   following   words   (34).  
ihaï   rjn£|   ram   vsEm   S¤BdSIn     .
á:   p#BatE   g¢mÝyamÞtda½mpd|   mm   ¡ 35¡

ih

here

Aï

tonight

rjn£|

night

ram

O! Rama!

vsEm	we may halt

S¤BdSIn

O! One of pleasing looks!

á:

to-morrow

p#BatE

in the morning

g¢mÝyam:

we will go

tt¯

that

Aa½mpd|

hermitage

mm

my

`O!   Rama!   One   of   pleasant   looks!   May   we   spend   the   night
in   this   place   and   we   shall   set   out   to   that   hermitage   of
mine,tomorrow   morning'   (35).
 
¢váa¢mæOvc:   ½¤Ïva   ¶¾aE   dSrTaÏmj:      .
uvas   rjn£|   tæO   tazkaya   vnE   s¤Km¯   ¡ 36¡

¢váa¢mæOvc:

Viswamitra's words

½¤Ïva

on hearing

¶¾:

happy

dSrTaÏmj:

the son of Dasaratha (Rama)

uvas

spent

rjn£|

night

tæO

there

tazkaya:

of Tataka

vnE

forest

s¤Km¯

happily

 
Upon   hearing   the   words   of   Viswamitra,   the   son   of   Dasaratha
grew   happy   and   stayed   with   joy   there   in   the   Tataka   forest,
that     night   (36).  
m¤³Sap|   vn|   tÅc   t¢Þm°Ev   tda{h¢n   ¡37¡

m¤³Sap|

relieved of the curse

vn|

forest

tt¯

that

c

and

t¢Þmn¯

that

ev

at once

tda

there

Ah¢n

day

cØpkaSaEkp¤°agm¢ÚlkaïW:   s¤SaE¢Btm¯   ¡ 38¡

cØpk	champaka flowers

ASaEk

asoka flowers

°ag	punnaga flowers

m¢ÚlkaïW:

jasmine flowers and the like

s¤SaE¢Btm¯

blooming with

c¥tWà   pnsW:   p¥gWnaI¢rkElWà   SaE¢Btm¯   .
vap£k\ptzakWà   d£¢GIka¢Brl|k]tm¯        ¡ 39¡

c¥tW:

mango trees

c

and

pnsW:

jack fruit trees

p¥gW:

arecanut trees

na¢rkElW:

coconut trees

c

and

SaE¢Btm¯

shone with

vap£

lagoons

k\p

wells

tzakW:

lakes

c

and

d£¢GIka¢B:

long and wide

Al|k]tm¯

adorned with

 
m¢ÚlkahEmk\zWà   mÎfpWâpSaE¢Btm¯          .
rmN£y|   ¢h   bB#aj   vn|   cWæOrT|   yTa   ¡ 40¡

m¢Úlka

jasmine flowers

hEmk\zW:

golden mounds

c

and

mÎfpW:

halls

upSaE¢Btm¯

decorated

rmN£y|

charming

¢h

indeed

bB#aj

shone

vn|

forest

cWæOrT|

the Chaitraratha pleasure garden of Kubera, the god of wealth

yTa

like

 
That   forest,   then   on   that   day,   was   rid   of   the   curse   and   was
beautifully   shining   with   flowers   of   Champaka,   Asoka,   Punnaga,
Jasmine   and   the   like;   decorated   with   Mango,   Jack,   Betel and   Coconut   trees,   beautiful   to   look   at   owing   to   wells,   tanks,
lakes   of   large   dimension,   and   golden   hillocks   covered   profusely
with   jasmine   creepers   and   citadels,   like   the   pleasure   garden
Chaitraratha   of   Kubera   (37-40).

¢nhÏy  ta|  yXs¤ta|  s  ram:  p#SÞyman: s¤r¢sÑGsHGW: .
uvas t¢Þmn¯ m¤¢nna shWv p#BatvEla|   p#¢tbaEÒyman:   ¡ 41¡ 

¢nhÏy

having killed

ta|

that

yXs¤ta|

the daughter of the Yaksha

s:

he

ram:

Rama

p#SÞyman:

being eulogised

s¤r¢sÑGsHGW:

groups of gods and siddhas

uvas

lived

t¢Þmn¯

that

m¤¢nna

with the sage

sh	along with

ev

itself

p#BatvEla|

in the morning

p#¢tbaEÒyman:

woken up

 
Having   destroyed   that   Yaksha   woman   and   his   praise   being sung
by   hosts   of   gods   and   Sidhas,   Rama   stayed   there,   along
with   the   sage,   woken   up   in   the   morn   (41).  
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   xf¢v|S:   sgI:
Thus   ends   canto   26   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of  the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work  Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki