mm   sÏya   p#¢tåOa   c   v£yIS¤ÚkE¢t   kaW¢Sk    .
s£ta   p#aNWbIh^mta   dEya   ramay   mE   s¤ta     ¡ 22¡

mm

my

sÏya

truth

p#¢tåOa

vow

c

and

v£yIS¤Úka

to be won by valour as bride price

i¢t

thus

kaW¢Sk

O! Kausika!

s£ta

Sita

p#aNW:

more than my very life

bh^mta

more valuable

dEya	to be offered

ramay

to Rama

mE

my

s¤ta

daughter

O!  Son  of  Kusika!  My   promise   has   been   fulfilled  and  as such,  Sita   who   is   dearer   to   me   than   my   very   life   and   to be   won   as   the   prize  for  valorous  prowess  merits  being  given in  marriage  to  Rama   (22).

BvtaE{n¤mtE   b#'n¯   S£G#|   gÅCÓt¤   m¢ÓæON:         .
mm   kaW¢Sk   Bd#|   tE   AyaEÒya|   Ïv¢rta   rTW:   ¡ 23¡

Bvt:

on your

An¤mtE

permission

b#'n¯

O! Lord!

S£G#|

quickly

gÅCÓt¤

may depart

m¢ÓæON:

ministers

mm

my

kaW¢Sk

O! Kausika!

Bd#|	may be pleased

tE	your goodselves

AyaEÒya|

to Ayodhya

Ïv¢rta:

capable of completing any task immediately

rTW:	on chariots

O!   Son   of   Kusika!   O!   Lord!   Upon   your   approval,   my   ministers
who   are   capable   of   accomplishing   tasks   expeditiously,   may   leave
for  Ayodhya  post-haste  on  chariots. May   everything   be auspicious   (23).

rajan|   p#¢½tWvaIÀyWranyÓt¤   p¤r|   mm             .
p#dan|   v£yIS¤Úkaya:   kTyÓt¤   c   svIS:   ¡ 24¡

rajan|

the king (Dasaratha)

p#¢½tW:

reverential

vaÀyW:

entreaties

AanyÓt¤

may bring here

p¤r|

city

mm

my

p#dan|

the great gift (the gift of the bride in marriage)

v£yIS¤Úkaya:

of the one to be won with valour as bride price

kTyÓt¤

narrate

c

and

svIS:

everything

Let   them   narrate   all   about   the   bride   who   has     to   be   won   with
valour   as   the   price   (prize),   to   that   king   and   through   words
persuasive,   bring   him   to   my   capital   city   (24).
 
m¤¢ng¤çOaW   c   kak¤t¯ÞTaW   kTyÓt¤   n¦pay   vW   .
p#£ymaN|   t¤   rajanmanyÓt¤   s¤S£G#ga:      ¡ 25¡

m¤¢ng¤çOaW

protected by the sage (Viswamitra)

c

the

kak¤t¯ÞTaW

the Kakutsthas (Rama and Lakshmana)

kTyÓt¤

may intimate

n¦pay

to the king

vW

indeed

p#£ymaN|

with heart full of joy

t¤

verily

rajan|

that king (Dasaratha)

AanyÓt¤

fetch

s¤S£G#ga:

fleet-footed

To  that  king,  let  them  also  inform   that   the   two   scions   of Kakutstha   clan   are   quite   well   in   the   care   of   the   sage   and   making the   king   happy,   let   these   of   fleet-foot   bring   him   here   (25).
 
kaW¢Skà   tTEÏyah   raja   caBaÝy   m¢ÓæON:     .
AyaEÒya|   p#Exyamas   DmaIÏma   k]tSasnan¯     ¡ 26¡

kaW¢Sk:

Viswamitra

c

and

tTa

so be it

i¢t

thus

Aah

said

raja

the king

c

and

AaBaÝy

summoning

m¢ÓæON:

ministers

AyaEÒya|

to Ayodhya

p#Exyamas

sent

DmaIÏma

that soul of righteousness (Janaka)

k]tSasnan¯

with necessary instructions

Kausika   also   approved   it   by   saying   `so   be   it'.   That   soul  of   righteousness,   the   king,   summoning   his   ministers,   despatched them   to   Ayodhya   with   proper   instructions   (26).
 
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   sçOx¢¾tm:   sgI:¡67¡
Thus   ends   Canto   67  of  the  Bala   Kanda  of   the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work   Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki