id|   Dn¤vIr|   b#'n¯   s|Þp¦Sam£h   pa¢Nna     .
yÏnva|à   B¢vÝya¢m   taElnE   p¥rNE{¢p   va   ¡
baF¢mÏyEv   t|   raja   m¤¢nà   smBaxt   ¡ 14¡

id|

this

Dn¤vIr|

superior bow

b#'n¯

O! Lord!

s|Þp¦Sa¢m

I shall touch

ih	now and here

pa¢Nna

with my hand

yÏnvan¯

shall also attempt

c

and

B¢vÝya¢m

shall be

taElnE

in lifting up

p¥rNE

in bending

A¢p

also

va

or

baF|

all right

i¢t

thus

ev

at once

t|

to him

raja

the king

m¤¢n:

sage

c

and

smBaxt

told

 
`O!   Lord!   I   shall   now   touch   this   great   bow   in   my   hand. I   shall   attempt   in   lifting   it   up,     and   bending   it.   The king   and   also   the   sage   said   `yes'   to   him   (14).

l£lya   s   Dn¤mIÒyE   jg#ah   vcnaÓm¤nE:   .
pÜyta|   n¦sh*aNa|   bh\na|   rG¤nÓdn:    ¡ 15¡

l£lya

with aplomb

s:

he

Dn¤:

the bow

mÒyE	in the middle

jg#ah

took hold (and lifted up)

vcnat¯

upon he words

m¤nE:

of the sage

pÜyta|

even as they were watching

n¦sh*aNa|

thousands of people

bh\na|

a large number

rG¤nÓdn:

the delight of the Raghu race

That   delight   of   the   Raghu   race,   upon   the   words   of   the   sage, in   the   full   view   of   many   thousands   of   men,   took   hold   of the   bow   in   its   middle   portion,in   a   playful   manner   (15).

AaraEpyt¯   s   DmaIÏma   sl£l¢mv   tÑGn¤:   .
tëB¸   Dn¤mIÒyE   nr½E¿aE   mhaySa:        ¡ 16¡

AaraEpyt¯

bent   and   tied   the   bow   string

s:

he

DmaIÏma

the   soul   of   righteousness

sl£l|

playfully

iv

like

tt¯

that

Dn¤:

bow

tt¯

that

bB¸

broke

Dn¤:

bow

mÒyE	in   the   middle

nr½E¿:

the   best  among   men

mhaySa:

of   great   repute

That   soul   of   righteousness,   that   one   of   extensive   repute   and   that
best   among   men,   then   in   a   playful   manner   tied   the   bow-string to   the   bow   and   also   bent   it.   And   in   the   process,   broke   the   bow
in   the   middle   (16).

tÞy   SÖdaE   mhanas£¢°GaItsm¢nÞvn:      .
B¥¢mkØpà   s¤mhan¯   pvItÞyEv   d£yIt:   ¡ 17¡

tÞy	its (breaking)

SÖd:	explosive sound

mhan¯

very loud

Aas£t¯

was

¢nGaItsm¢nÞvn:

resembling the clap of thunder

B¥¢mkØp:

earthquake

c

and

s¤mhan¯

great

pvItÞy

of a mountain

iv

like

d£yIt:

being rent

The   sound   (of   the   breaking   of   the   bow)   was   tremendous   and
simulated   the   peals   of   thunder.   The   tremor   of   the   earth   was
as   great   as   when   a   big   mountain   would   split   and   explode   (17).

¢npEt¤à   nra:   svI   tEn   SÖdEn   maE¢hta:      .
vjI¢yÏva   m¤¢nvr|   rajan|   taW   c   raGvaW   ¡ 18¡

¢npEt¤:

fell down on to the ground

c

and

nra:

men

svI

all

tEn	due to that

SÖdEn

roaring sound

maE¢hta:

confounded

vjI¢yÏva

leaving out

m¤¢nvr|

the best among sages (Viswamitra)

rajan|

the king (Janaka)

taW

the two

c

and

raGvaW

the Raghavas

All   the   men   all   around   fell   on   the   ground,   deluded   by   that sound,   except   that   foremost   among   sages,   the   king   and   the scions   of   the   Raghu   race   (18).

p#ÏyaáÞtE   jnE   t¢Þmn¯   raja   ¢vgtsaÒvs:   .
uvac   p#a¸¢lvaIÀy|   vaÀyåOaE   m¤¢np¤Äñvm¯      ¡ 19¡

p#ÏyaáÞtE

when having come to

jnE	the people

t¢Þmn¯

upon that

raja

the king

¢vgtsaÒvs:

becoming calm in mind

uvac

said

p#a¸¢l:

with folded palms

vaÀy|

the following words

vaÀyåO:

the knower of the art of speech

m¤¢np¤Äñvm¯

to the best of sages

When   that   concourse   of   people   had   recovered   from   the   stupor, the   king,  an  adept  in  speaking,  with  his   mind   rid   of   anxiety, with   folded   palms   addressed   the   following  words   to   the   best among   sages   (19).

Bgvn¯   ¾v£yaI   mE   ramaE   dSrTaÏmj:       .
AÏyëtm¢cÓÏy|   c   n   t¢kIt¢md|   mya   ¡ 20¡

Bgvn¯

O! Lord!

¾v£yI:

of visible valour

mE

to me

ram:

is Rama

dSrTaÏmj:

the son for Dasaratha

AÏyët|

greatly wonderful

A¢cÓÏy|

unimaginable

c

and

n

never

t¢kIt|

expected

id|

this

mya

by me

`O!   Lord!   I   have   now   seen   the   prowess   of   Rama,   the   son   of
Dasaratha.   I   am   astonished   to   a   fault.   It   is   unimaginable. I   never   expected   this   to   happen.   My   daughter   Sita,   growing up   in   the   dynasty   of   Janaka,   attaining   Rama   the   son   of Dasaratha   for   her   husband,   is   going   to   gain   great   glory   (20)