May   you   be   prosperous.   May   you   bring   Ganga   from   the
celestial region   down   to   this   earth,   if   you   are   capable   of
bringing about   the   `downfall'   of   Ganga   (22).  
gÅC   caá|   mhaBag   s|g¦/   p¤âxxIB   .
yåO|   pWtamh|   v£r¢nvItI¢yt¤mhI¢s            ¡ 23¡

gÅC	may (you) go

c

and

Aá|

horse

mhaBag

O! Fortunate one!

s|g¦/

taking

p¤âxxIB

O! Bull among men!

yåO|

sacrifice

pWtamh|

grand father's

v£r	O! Valiant one!

¢nvItI¢yt¤|

to complete

AhI¢s

deserve

 
O!   Fortunate   one!   O!   Bull   among   men!   May   you   take
the horse   along.   O!   Valiant   one!   May   you   go   about   the
completion of   the   sacrifice   of   your   grand   father'   (23).  
s¤pNIvcn|   ½¤Ïva   saE|{S¤man¢tv£yIvan¯   .
Ïv¢rt|   hymaday   p¤nrayaÓmhaySa:      ¡ 24¡

s¤pNIvcn|

the words of Garuda

½¤Ïva

having heard

s:

he

A|S¤man¯

Amsuman

A¢tv£yIvan¯

extremely valiant

Ïv¢rt|

quickly

hy|

horse

Aaday

taking

p¤n:

then

Aayat¯

returned

mhaySa:

of great fame

 
Listening   to   the   words   of   (the   golden-feathered)   Garuda,
that   greatly   valiant   Amsuman   quickly   returned  (to the city)
along   with   the   horse,   that   one   of   wide-repute   (24).
 
ttaE   rajanmasaï   d£¢Xt|   rG¤nÓdn   .
ÓyvEdyïTav¦äO|   s¤pNIvcn|   yTa        ¡ 25¡

tt:	thereafter

rajan|

the king

Aasaï

having approached

d£¢Xt|

remaining in observances

rG¤nÓdn

O! Delight of the Raghu race!

ÓyvEdyt¯

narrated

yTav¦äO|

in full

s¤pNIvcn|

the words of (the goldenfeathered) Garuda

yTa	as it was said

O!   Delight   of   the   Raghus!   Having   come   to   the   presence   of
the   king,   who   was   in   observance,   thereafter   (he)   narrated   all
that   was   spoken   by   (the   golden   feathered)   Garuda   (25).
 
tÅC®¤Ïva   GaErsÄðaS|   vaÀym|S¤mtaE   n¦p:   .
yåO|   ¢nvItIyamas   yTatÏv|   yTa¢v¢D     ¡ 26¡

tt¯

those

½¤Ïva

hearing

GaErsÄðaS|

sorrowful

vaÀy|

words

A|S¤mt:

of Amsuman

n¦p:

the king

yåO|	the sacrifice

¢nvItIyamas

completed

yTatÏv|

as per procedures

yTa¢v¢D

as per injunctions

 
Listening   to   those   sorrowful   words   of   Amsuman,   the   king
(however)   completed   the   sacrifice,   as   per   the   laid   down
injunctions   and   procedures   (26).
 
Þvp¤r|   cagmÅC®£ma¢n¾yåOaE   mh£p¢t:       .
gÄñayaàagmE   raja   ¢này|   na×ygÅCt   ¡ 27¡

Þvp¤r|

to his capital

c

and

Agmt¯

went

½£man¯

illustrious

i¾yåO:

completing the sacrifice

mh£p¢t:

the king

gÄñaya:

of Ganga

c

and

AagmE

bringing down

raja

the king

¢này|

method

n

not

A×ygÅCt

knew

After   having   completed   the   sacrifice,   the   illustrious   king also
returned   to   his   capital   but   the   king   did   not   know   any
way   out   as   to   bringing   Ganga   downward   (27).
 
AgÏva   ¢này|   raja   kalEn   mhta   mhan¯   .
¢æO|S¹xIsh*a¢N   raÇy|   k]Ïva   ¢dv|   gt:      ¡ 28¡

AgÏva

not reaching

¢này|

the way out

raja

the king

kalEn

in due course of time

mhta

long

mhan¯

the noble soul

¢æO|St¯

thirty

vxIsh*a¢N

thousand years

raÇy|

kingdom

k]Ïva

reigning

¢dv|

heaven

gt:

attained

 
That   great   king,   without   finding   a   way   (to   bring   Ganga),
having   ruled   over   the   kingdom   for   thirty   thousand   years,
went   to   his   heavenly   abode,   after   a   very   long   interval
of   time   (28).  
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   ekcÏva¢r|S:   sgI:¡41¡
Thus   ends   Canto   41   of   the   Bala   Kanda    of the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work   Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki