jnkÞy   vc:   ½¤Ïva   ¢vàa¢mæOaE   mham¤¢n:   .
Dn¤dISIy   ramay   i¢t   haEvac   pa¢TIvm¯       ¡ 1¡

jnkÞy

of Janaka

vc:

words

½¤Ïva

on hearing

¢vàa¢mæO:

Viswamitra

mham¤¢n:

the great sage

Dn¤:

the bow

dSIy

show

ramay

to Sri Rama

i¢t

thus

h	it is said

uvac

ordered

pa¢TIvm¯

king

That   great   sage   Viswamitra,   upon   hearing   the   words   of
Janaka,   told   the   king:`May   you   show   the   bow   to   Rama',
it   is   said.   (1).  
tt:   s   raja   jnk:   s¢cvan¯Ûya¢ddES   h   .
Dn¤ran£yta|   ¢dÛy|   gÓDmaÚy¢vB¥¢xtm¯            ¡ 2¡

tt:

upon that

s:

that

raja

king

jnk:

Janaka

s¢cvan¯

to the ministers

Ûya¢ddES

ordered as under

h

indeed

Dn¤:

the bow

Aan£yta|

be brought here

¢dÛy|

the divine

gÓDmaÚy¢vB¥¢xtm¯

decorated with flowers, Sandal paste etc,

Thereupon   that   king   Janaka   instructed   his   ministers:   `Let
that   divine   bow,   decorated   with   unguents   and   garlands   be
fetched'   (2).
 
jnkEn   sma¢d¾a:   s¢cva:   p#a¢vSÓp¤rm¯    .
tѯDn¤:   p¤rt:   k]Ïva   ¢njIÂm¤:   pa¢TIvaåOya  ¡ 3¡

jnkEn

by Janaka

sma¢d¾a:

ordered

s¢cva:

the ministers

p#a¢vSn¯

entered

p¤rm¯

the palace

tt¯

that

Dn¤:

bow

p¤rt:

in front

k]Ïva

keeping

¢njIÂm¤:

exitted

pa¢TIvaåOya

under orders from the king

Instructed   (thus)   by   Janaka,   the   ministers   left   and   upon   the
orders  of  the  king,  entered  the  palace,  keeping  the  bow  in  front   (3).
 
n¦Na|   Sta¢n   p·aSaytana|   mhaÏmnam¯   .
m¸¥xam¾c@a|   ta|   sm¥h^ÞtE   kT|cn         ¡ 4¡

n¦Na|

of men

Sta¢n

hundreds of men

p·aSt¯

fifty

Ûyaytana|

used to hard labour

mhaÏmnam¯

of extreme physical stamina

m¸¥xa|

the box

A¾c@a|

(a carrier) having eight wheels

ta|

that

sm¥h^:

carried (brought )

tE

they

kT|cn

with great difficulty

 
Of   immense   physical   strength   and   indefatigable   in   their
efforts,   five   thousand   men   fetched   that   box   (mounted   on   a
carriage)   with   eight   wheels,   somehow   (4).
 
tamaday   t¤   m¸¥xamays£|   yæO   tѯDn¤:  .
s¤raEpm|   tE   jnkm¥c¤n¦Ip¢tm¢ÓæON:        ¡ 5¡

ta|

that

Aaday

having fetched

t¤

after

m¸¥xa|

box

Aays£|

made of iron

yæO	where it was

tt¯

that

Dn¤:

bow

s¤raEpm|

equalling the gods

tE

they

jnk|

to Janaka

Uc¤:	reported as follows

n¦p¢tm¢ÓæON:

the king's ministers

Having   fetched   that   iron   box   which   contained   the   bow,   those
ministers   of   the   king   addressed   Janaka,   who   was   looking
like   a   celestial,   the   following   words   (5).
 
id|   Dn¤vIr|   rajn¯   p¥¢jt|   svIraj¢B:    .
¢m¢Tla¢Dp   rajEÓd#   dSIn£y|   y¢dÅC¢s   ¡ 6¡

id|

this

Dn¤vIr|

superior bow

rajn¯

O! King!

p¥¢jt|

worshipped with reverence

svIraj¢B:

by all kings

¢m¢Tla¢Dp

O! King of Mithila

rajEÓd#

O! King of kings!

dSIn£y|

is to be shown

yt¯   iÅC¢s

as desired

 
`O!   King   of   kings!   Ruler   of   Mithila!   Yonder   may   you   see
O!   King!   that   superior   bow,worshipped   by   all   kings   and
which   you   desired   to   be   shown'   (6).
 
tExa|   n¦paE   vc:   ½¤Ïva   k]ta¸¢lrBaxt      .
¢váa¢mæO|   mhaÏman|   taW   caEBaW   ramlßmNaW  ¡ 7¡

tExa|

their

n¦p:

king

vc:

words

½¤Ïva

on hearing

k]ta¸¢l:

with folded hands

ABaxt

said as under

¢váa¢mæO|

to Viswamitra

mhaÏman|

the highsouled

taW

to those

c

and

uBaW

two

ramlßmNaW

Rama and Lakshmana

The   king,   having   heard   their   words,   spoke   to   the   high-souled
Viswamitra,   with   palms   united   in   reverence,   as   also   those
two,   Rama   and   Lakshmana   (7).
 
id|   Dn¤vIr|   b#'¸nkWr¢Bp¥¢jtm¯       .
raj¢Bà   mhav£yIrS³W:   p¥¢rt¤|   p¤ra  ¡ 8¡

id|

this

Dn¤vIr|

wonderful bow

b#'n¯

O! Lord!

jnkW:

by the Janakas

A¢Bp¥¢jtm¯

reverentially worshipped

raj¢B:

by the kings

c

and

mhav£yI:

of great valour

AS³W:

incapable of

p¥¢rt¤|

bend

p¤ra

earlier

 
`O!   Realised   one!   This   is   the   superior   bow   which   could   not
be   bent   hitherto   by   many   a   king   of   immeasurable   prowess
and   greatly   honoured   by   the   Janaka   clan   (8).  
nWtÏs¤rgNa:   svEI   nas¤ra   n   c   raXsa:.
gÓDvIyXp#vra:   s¢k°rmhaErga:             ¡ 9¡

n

not

ett¯	this being so

s¤rgNa:

the group of gods

svEI

all

n

not

As¤ra:

demons

n

not

c

and

raXsa:

demons

gÓDvIyXp#vra:

the superior among Gandharvas and Yakshas

s¢k°rmhaErga:

as also kinnaras and the great snakes

 

Àv   g¢tmaIn¤xaNa|   c   Dn¤xaE{Þy   p#p¥rNE   .
AaraEpNE   smayaEgE   vEpnE   taElnE{¢p   va    ¡ 10¡

Àv

wherefrom

g¢t:	the capacity

man¤xaNa|

for human beings

c

and

Dn¤x:

of the bow

AÞy

this

p#p¥rNE

in bending

AaraEpNE

in tying the bow string

smayaEgE

fitting an arrow thereto

vEpnE

pulling the string

taElnE

in lifing up

A¢p

also

va	in any way

In   bending   this   bow   or   tying   the   string   on   to   it,   or   to   fix
an   arrow   onto   it   or   to   pull   the   bow-string   back   or   lifting
it   up,   all   the   groups   of   gods,   demons,   rakshasas,   the   superior
Yakshas   and   Gandharvas   in   the   company   of   kinnaras   and   the
great   snakes   will   not   be   capable.   While   this   is   so,   what
to   speak   of   humans?   (9-10).