Being   told   so   by   Vasishta,   she, who knew the art of articulation,
spoke   the   following   words   in   a   suppliant   manner,   to   that
Brahminical   sage   of   illimitable   radiance   (13).  
n   bl|   X¢æOyÞyah^r¯b#a'NaE   blväOr:      .
b#'n¯   b#'bl|   ¢dÛy|   XæOaäO¤   blväOrm¯   ¡ 14¡

n

not

bl|

might

X¢æOyÞy

of the warrior class

Aah^:

they (the learned) say

b#a'N:

the Brahmin

blväOr:

is superior in might

b#'n¯

O! Realised one!

b#'bl|

the strength of a Brahmin

¢dÛy|

is divine

XæOat¯

from one of the warrior class

t¤

than

blväOrm¯

stronger

`O!   Lord!   The   might   of   Kshatriyas   is   not   spoken   of   highly.
The   might   of   a   Brahmin   (realised   one)   is   divine,   it   is greater
than   that   of   a   Kshatriya   and   hence   a   Brahmin   is mightier
than   a   Kshatriya   (14).  
Ap#mEy|   bl|   t¤×y|     n   ÏvsaW   blväOr:   .
¢váa¢mæOaE   mhav£yIÞtEjÞtv   Ѥrasdm¯         ¡ 15¡

Ap#mEy|

limitless

bl|

might

t¤×y|

yours

n

not

t¤	definitely

AsaW

this

blväOr:

stronger

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

mhav£yI:

of great valour

tEj:

prowess

tv

your

Ѥrasdm¯

unapproachable

 
Your   might   is   immeasurable   and   no   one   can come near  your
prowess.   Even   that   greatly   valiant   Viswamitra   is   not   more
powerful   than   you   (15).
 
¢ny¤H¯ßv   ma|   mhatEjÞÏvhb#'bls|B¦tam¯   .
tÞy   dpI|   bl|   yäO°aSya¢m   ѤraÏmn:   ¡ 16¡

¢ny¤H¯ßv

employ

ma|

me

mhatEj:

O! One of tremendous prowess!

Ïvt¯	out of your

b#'bls|B¦tam¯

nourished by the Brahminical power

tÞy

his

dpI|

arrogance

bl|

strength

yt¯

whatever

tt¯

all that

naSya¢m

(I shall) destroy

ѤraÏmn:

of this wicked one

 
O!   One   of   extreme   prowess!   May   you   bless   and   inspire   me,
who   has been   brought   up   through   the   power   of   your   penance.
I   shall   quell   the arrogance   and   might of this evil minded   one' (16).

iÏy¤³Þt¤   tya   ram   v¢s¿Þt¤   mhaySa:    .
s¦jÞvE¢t   tdaEvac   bl|   prbladInm¯          ¡
tÞy   t¹cn|   ½¤Ïva   s¤r¢B:   sa{s¦jäOda   ¡ 17¡

i¢t

thus

u³:	being spoken to

t¤

verily

tya

by her

ram

O! Rama!

v¢s¿:

Vasishta

t¤

then

mhaySa:

of great fame

s¦jÞv

`may you create'

i¢t

thus

tda

then

uvac

said

bl|

`army'

prbladInm¯

`capable of quelling the foes'

tÞy

his

tt¯

those

vcn|

words

½¤Ïva

hearing

s¤r¢B:

the cow

sa

she

As¦jt¯

created

tda

then

 
Being   spoken   to   thus   by   her,   O!   Rama!   Vasishta   of great  fame,
said:   `May   you   bring   forth   a   force   which   is   capable of subduing
the   enemy   hordes'.   Upon   those   words   of   his,   the   cow   also
created   (a   force   of   that   type)   then     (17).  
tÞya   h^ÄðarvaEt¯s¦¾a:   pÔlva:   StSaE   n¦p   .
naSy¢Ót   bl|   svI|   ¢váa¢mæOÞy   pÜyt:    ¡ 18¡

tÞya:

her

h^ÄðarvaEt¯s¦¾a:

arising out of the sound `hum' emanating from

her (nostrils)

pÔlva:

Paplavas (a kind of warriors)

StS:	in hundreds

n¦p

O! King!

naSy¢Ót

were destroying

bl|

the army

svI|

totally

¢váa¢mæOÞy

of Viswamitra

pÜyt:

while (he was) looking on

 
O!   King!   Those   ones   known   as   `Paplavas'   born   in   hundreds out
of   the   sound   "hum"   uttered   by   the   cow,   destroyed   the   soldiers
of   Viswamitra,   within   his   full   view   (18).

s   raja   prm@ÑG:   @aED¢vÞPa¢rtEXN:   .
pÔl¤va°aSymas   SÞæOWâccavcWr¢p        ¡ 19¡

s:

that

raja

king

prm@ÑG:

extremely angry

@aED¢vÞPa¢rtEXN:

with eyes twitching with raging anger

pÔlvan¯

= the Paplavas

AaSyamas

destroyed

SÞæOW:

with missiles

uÅcavcW:

of various varieties

A¢p

then

That   king   flew   into   a   great   rage   and   with   eyes   unsteady due   to   ire,   destroyed   the   Paplavas   with   missiles   large and   small   (19).
 
¢váa¢mæOa¢dItan¯   è¾va   pÔlvaM¯ÅCtSÞtda   .
B¥y   evas¦jÏkaEpaÅCkaÓyvn¢m¢½tan¯          ¡ 20¡

¢váa¢mæOa¢dItan¯

having been destroyed by Viswamitra

è¾va

seeing

pÔlvan¯

the Paplavas

StS:	in hundreds

tda

then

B¥y:

again

ev

at once

As¦jt¯

created

kaEpat¯

due to anger

Skan¯

Sakas

yvn¢m¢½tan¯

in the company of Yavanas

 
Seeing   hundreds   of   Paplavas   destroyed   by   Viswamitra,   (Sabala)
then   brought   forth,   anger   raging   in   her   mind,   Sakas, mingled
with   Yavanas   (20).  
tWras£Ïs|v¦ta   B¥¢m:   SkWyIvn¢m¢½tW:   .
p#Bav¢ëmIhav£yIhIm¢k¸Úks¢°BW:       ¡ 21¡

tW:

by them

Aas£t¯

was

s|v¦ta

crowded

B¥¢m:

the earth

SkW:

by Sakas

yvn¢m¢½tW:

with mixture of Yavanas

p#Bav¢ë:

of great radiance

mhav£yI:

of great valour

hEm¢k¸Úks¢°BW:

looking like the middle stalk of the Champaka flower

 
The   earth   was   full   with   these   Sakas,   with   a   sprinkling of
Yavanas,   who   appeared   brilliant,   were   extremely   valorous,
having   the   hue   of   gold,   and   resembling   the   middle   stalk
of   a   Champaka   flower   (21).
 
d£GaI¢sp¢SDrWhEImvNaIØbrav¦tW:          .
¢ndIÂD|   tël|   svI|   p#d£çOW¢rv   pavkW:   ¡ 22¡ 

d£GaI¢sp¢SDrW:

those carrying long swords and daggers

hEmvNaIØbrav¦tW:

attired in raiments of golden hue

¢ndIÂD|

burnt up

tt¯

that

bl|

army

svI|	completely

p#d£çOW:

dazzling

iv

like

pavkW:

fire

 
By   those   (Sakas   and   Yavanas),   who   were   armed   with   long
swords and   daggers   and   attired   in   raiments   of   golden   hue, his
entire army   was   reduced   to   ashes,   as   with   a   blazing   and
raging conflagaration   (22).
 
ttaE{ÞæOa¢N   mhatEja   ¢váa¢mæOaE   m¤maEc   h   .
tWÞtWyIvnkaØBaEja:  pÔlvaàakl£k]ta:       ¡ 23¡

tt:	thereafter

AÞæOa¢N

weapons

mhatEja:

of immense radiance

¢váa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

m¤maEc

discharged

h	what a wonder!

tW:

by them

tW:	the respective

yvnkaØBaEja:

the Yavanas and tha Kambhojas

pÔlva:

the Paplavas

c

and

Aakl£k]ta:

were paralysed

Thereupon   that   greatly   resplendent   Viswamitra   discharged powerful   arrows,   because   of   which   the   Yavanas,   the   Kambhojas and   the   Paplavas   were   confounded.   What   a   wonder!   (23).
 
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   ct¤:p·aS:  sgI:¡54¡
Thus   ends   Canto   54   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of   the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work   Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki