t|   v#jÓt|   m¤¢nvrmÓvyadn¤sa¢rNm¯   .
Skz£StmaæO|   t¤   p#yaNE   b#'va¢dnam¯   ¡17¡

t|

that

v#jÓt|

so proceeding

m¤¢nvr|

the best of sages

AÓvyat¯

followed

An¤sa¢rN|

accompanying

Skz£	of the carts

StmaæO|

hundreds

t¤

verily

p#yaNE

while travelling

b#'va¢dnam¯

by those wellversed in the sacred lore

 
Following   that   best   among   sages,   who   was   so   proceeding,
were   hundreds   of   carts   full   of   those   given     to   incessant
chanting   of   the   scriptures,   in   that   journey   (17).
 
m¦gp¢XgNaàWv   ¢sÑGa½m¢nva¢sn:   .
An¤jÂm¤mIhaÏman|   ¢váa¢mæO|   mham¤¢n|   ¡
¢nvtIyamas   tt:   p¢XsHGan¯   m¦gan¢p   ¡18¡

m¦gp¢XgNa:

groups of animals and birds

c

and

ev

also

¢sÑGa½m¢nva¢sn:

those residing in Siddhasrama

An¤jÂm¤:

followed

mhaÏman|

the great soul

¢váa¢mæO|

Viswamitra

mham¤¢n|

the great sage

¢nvtIyamas

sent back

tt:	there itself

p¢XsHGan¯

the flocks of birds

m¦gan¯

animals

A¢p

also

 
The   animals   and   the   birds,   which   were   inhabitants   of
Sidhasrama   also   accompanied   that   high-souled   great   sage
faithfully   but   he   persuaded   these   groups   of   animals   and
flocks   of   birds   to   return   to   the   same   place   (18).
 
tE   gÏva   Ñ¥rmÒvan|   lØbmanE   ¢dvakrE   .
vas|   c@m¤I¢ngNa:   SaENak\lE   sma¢hta:   ¡19¡

tE

they

gÏva	having gone

Ñ¥r|	quite a distance

AÒvan|

the way

lØbmanE

with the setting

¢dvakrE

of the Sun

vas|

residence

c@:

did

m¤¢ngNa:

the sages

SaENak\lE

on the banks of Sona

sma¢hta:

collectively

That   group   of   sages,   having   gone   quite   a   distance,   when   the
Sun   was   on   the   point   of   setting,   stayed   together   on   the   banks
of   river   Sona   (19).
 
tE{Þt|   gtE   ¢dnkrE   s"aÏva   h^th^taSna:   .
¢váa¢mæO|   p¤rÞk]Ïy   ¢nxEѤr¢mtaWjs:   ¡20¡

tE

they

AÞt|gtE

having set

¢dnkrE

the Sun

s"aÏva

having had the ablutory bath

h^th^taSna:

after performing Agnihotra sacrifice

¢váa¢mæO|

with Viswamitra

p¤rÞk]Ïy

in the lead

¢nxEѤ:

sat

A¢mtaWjs:

of illimitable brilliance

 
At   sunset,   they   had   their   ablutory   bath   and   having   performed
Agnihotra   sacrifice,   radiating   with   effulgence,   stayed   there
with   Viswamitra   in   the   lead   (20).
 
ramaE{¢p   shsaW¢m¢æOm¤In£|Þtan¢Bp¥Çy   c   .
Ag#taE   ¢nxsadaT   ¢váa¢mæOÞy   D£mt:   ¡21¡¡

ram:

Rama

A¢p

also

shsaW¢m¢æO:

along with Lakshmana

m¤n£n¯

the sages

tan¯

those

A¢Bp¥Çy

worshipping

c

and

Ag#t:

facing

¢nxsad

sat down

AT

then

¢váa¢mæOÞy

of Viswamitra

D£mt:

the wise

 

Having   offered   reverential   worship   to   all   those   sages,   Rama,
along   with   Lakshmana,   then   sat   facing   the   wise   Viswamitra   (21).
 
AT   ramaE   mhatEja   ¢váa¢mæO|   mham¤¢nm¯   .
pp#ÅC   m¤¢nSaÑ¥Il|   kaWt¥hlsm¢Óvt:   ¡22¡

AT	while being so

ram:

Sri Rama

mhatEja:

of great effulgence

¢váa¢mæO|

Viswamitra

mham¤¢n|

noblest of sages

pp#ÅC

asked

m¤¢nSaÑ¥Il|

the tiger among sages

kaWt¥hlsm¢Óvt:

with great curiosity

Thereafter,   the   greatly   lustrous   Rama,   filled   with     great
curiosity   made   reverential   enquiry   to   the   tiger   among
sages,   that   good   Viswamitra   (22).
 
Bgvn¯   kaE   Óvy|   dES:   sm¦ÑGvnSaE¢Bt:   .
½aEt¤¢mÅCa¢m   Bd#|   tE   v³mhI¢s   tÏvt:   ¡23¡

Bgvn¯

O! Lord!

k:

which

n¤

indeed

Ay|

this

dES:

place

sm¦ÑGvnSaE¢Bt:

replete with rich vegetation

½aEt¤|

to hear

iÅCa¢m

desirous

Bd#|

pleased

tE	may you be

v³|

to tell

AhI¢s

deserve

tÏvt:

all the facts

O!   Lord!   Which   is   this   place,   full   of   forest   fare.   I   am
desirous   of   knowing   about   this;   may   you   be   pleased   to   tell
about   it,   all   the   facts   pertaining   to   it'   (23).
 
caE¢dtaE   ramvaÀyEn   kTyamas   s¤v#t:   .
tÞy   dESÞy   ¢n¢Klm¦¢xmÒyE   mhatpa:   ¡24¡

caE¢dt:

prompted

ramvaÀyEn

the words of Rama

kTyamas

narrated

s¤v#t:

of pious austerities

tÞy

of that

dESÞy

place

¢n¢Kl|

all about

§¢xmÒyE

amidst the sages

mhatpa:

of great penance

   
That   one   (Viswamitra)   of   great   penance   and   auspicious   vows,
prompted   by   the   words   of   Rama,   commenced   recounting   all
about   that   place,   in   the   midst   of   the   sages   (24).
 
iÏyax   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE  ek¢æO|S:  sgI:¡31¡
Thus  ends   Canto   31   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of  the  first  and  ancient  poetical  work   Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki