`O!   Tiger   among   men!   Those   princes   moved   about   all   over   the
place,   digging   up   the   Jambu   Island   that   was   thick   with   mountain
ranges   (24).  
ttaE   dEva:   sgÓDvaI:   sas¤raÞshp°ga:   .
sm¯B#aÓtmns:   svI   ¢ptamhm¤pagmn¯       ¡ 25¡

tt:

therefore

dEva:

the gods

sgÓDvaI:

along with the Gandharvas

sas¤ra:

along with the demons

shp°ga:

and the serpents

sm¯B#aÓtmns:

petrified

svI

all

¢ptamh|

the Grandsire (Lord Brahma)

upagmn¯

approached

 
Thereupon,   the   gods,   along   with   the  Gandharvas,  asuras  and the
great   reptiles--all   of   them   non-plussed   in   mind   on   account   of
all   this,   went   to   the   Grandsire   (Lord   Brahma)   (25).
 
tE   p#saï   mhaÏman|   ¢vxÎNvdnaÞtda   .
Uc¤:   prms|æOÞta:   ¢ptamh¢md|   vc:   ¡ 26¡

tE

they

p#saï

paying respects

mhaÏman|

to the highsouled

¢vxÎNvdna:

with face downcast

tda

then

Uc¤:

submitted

prms|æOÞta:

very frightened

¢ptamh|

to the grandsire (Lord Brahma)

id|

these

vc:

words

 
Then,   having   propitiated   that   high-souled   one,   extremely   terrified
and   with   drooping   countenances,   submitted   to   the   Grandsire
the   following   words   (26).  
Bgvn¯   p¦¢Tv£   svaI   KÓytE   sgraÏmjW:   .
bhvà   mhaÏmanaE   vÒyÓtE   tlva¢sn:      ¡ 27¡

Bgvn¯

O! Lord!

p¦¢Tv£

the earth

svaI

all

KÓytE

is being dug up

sgraÏmjW:

by the sons of Sagara

bhv:

many

c

and

mhaÏman:

noble souls

vÒyÓtE

are being killed

tlva¢sn:

inhabitants of the nether world

`
O!   Lord!   The   entire   earth   is   being   dug   up  by the sons of
(king)   Sagara.   Many   are   the   high-souled   ones,   residents   in
the   netherworld,   who   are   being   killed   (27).  
Ay|   yåOhraE{ÞmakmnEnaáaE{pn£ytE           .
i¢t   tE   svIB¥ta¢n   ¢h|s¢Ót   sgraÏmja:   ¡ 28¡ 

Ay|

this

yåOhr:

sacrifice has been hindered

AÞmak|

our

AnEn

by him

Aá:

horse

Apn£ytE

has been stolen

i¢t

thus

tE

they

svIB¥ta¢n

all creatures

¢h|s¢Ót

tormenting

sgraÏmja:

the sons of Sagara

 
Those   sons   of   Sagara   are   tormenting   all   beings   saying:`   This
one   has   disturbed   our   sacrifice.   By   him   has   the   sacrificial
horse been   stolen'   (28).  
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   ekaEncÏva¢r|S:  sgI:¡39¡
Thus   ends   Canto   39   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of  the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work  Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki