saEpaÒyayaE   mharaj   p¤raE¢htp¤rÞk]t:.
S£G#magÅC   Bd#|   tE   d#¾¤mhI¢s   raGvaW   ¡12¡

saEpaÒyay:

in the company of the teachers

mharaj

O! Great king!

p¤raE¢htp¤rÞk]t:

with the priests at the lead

S£G#|

fast

AagÅC

may you come

Bd#|	auspiciousness be

tE

to you

d#¾¤|

to see

AhI¢s

may you be pleased

raGvaW

the Raghavas

O!   Emperor!   May   you   come   soon,   with   family   priests   in the   lead   and   the   teachers   to   see   these   two   scions   of   the Raghu   race.   May   all   be   well   with   you   (12).
 
p#¢tåOa|   mm   rajEÓd#   ¢nvItI¢yt¤mhI¢s           .
p¤æOyaEâByaE:   p#£¢t|   lp¯ÞysE   v£yI¢n¢jItam¯   ¡ 13¡

p#¢tåOa|

promise

mm

my

rajEÓd#

O! King of kings!

¢nvItI¢yt¤|

to bring to fruition

AhI¢s

may you be pleased

p¤æOyaE:

of the sons

uByaE:

two

p#£¢t|

affection

lp¯ÞysE

you will get

v£yI¢n¢jItam¯

the one who has been won through valour

O!   Chief   among   kings!   May   you   be   pleased   to   fulfill   my promise   of   offer   based   on   valour,   whereby   you   will   gain the   love   of   your   two   sons   and   my   own   self   (13).

ev|   ¢vdEha¢Dp¢tmID¤r|   vaÀymb#v£t¯           .
¢váa¢mæOa×yn¤åOat:   StanÓdmtE   ¢ÞTt:   ¡ 14¡

ev|	in this way

¢vdEha¢Dp¢t:

the ruler of Videha

mD¤r|

sweet

vaÀy|

words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

¢váa¢mæOa×yn¤åOat:

instructed by Viswamitra

StanÓdmtE

according to the opinion of Satananda

¢ÞTt:

following

 
The  ruler  of   Videha,  who   has   obtained   the   consent   of Viswamitra   and   who   always   acts   in   line   with   the   advice   of Satananda,   has   sent   this   sweet   tidings   to   you   (14).

raj°agÅC¢s   y¢d   n   cE¹a   rG¤nÓdn   .
AaåOapyaEäOr|   dEv   jnkay   nrEár      ¡ 15¡

rajn¯

O! King!

AagÅC¢s

you are setting out at once

y¢d

if

n

no

cEt¯

if

va

or

rG¤nÓdn

darling of the Raghu race!

AaåOapy

may you instruct

uäOr|

response

dEv

O! Lord!

jnkay

for Janaka

nrEár

O! Lord of men!

O!   King!   O!   Radiant   one!   O!   Lord   of   men!   O!   Delight   of the   Raghu   race!   Should   you   set   out   now   itself,   it   is   all right.   May   you   not   say   no.   May   you   also   give   us   the   reply message   to   Janaka'   (15).
 
iÏy¤ÀÏva   ¢vrta   Ñ¥ta   rajgaWrvS¢Äðta:   ¡ 16¡

i¢t

thus

uÀÏva

having said

¢vrta:

fell silent

Ñ¥ta:

the messengers

rajgaWrvS¢Äðta:

wondering about the response of the king

 
Having   spoken   thus,   awaiting   the   response   of   the   king,   these
messengers   fell   silent   (16).
 
Ñ¥tvaÀy|   t¤   tÅC®¤Ïva   raja   prmh¢xIt:            .
v¢s¿|   vamdEv|   c   m¢ÓæONaE{Óya|à   saE{b#v£t¯   ¡ 17¡

Ñ¥tvaÀy|

the words of the messenger

t¤

indeed

tt¯

that

½¤Ïva

hearing

raja

the king

prmh¢xIt:

mightily pleased

v¢s¿|

to Vasishta

vamdEv|

to Vamadeva

c

and

m¢ÓæON:

to the ministers

AÓyan¯

the others

c

and

s:

he

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

 
The   king   grew   extremely   joyous   on   hearing   these   words   of   the
messengers   and   addressed   Vasishta,   Vamadeva   and   the   other   ministers   (17).
 
g¤çO:   k¤¢Skp¤æOEN   kaWsÚyanÓdvDIn:          .
lßmNEn   sh   B#aæOa   ¢vdEhEx¤   vsÏysaW   ¡ 18¡

g¤çO:

protected

k¤¢Skp¤æOEN

by the son of Kusika (Viswamitra)

kaWsÚyanÓdvDIn:

the enhancer of the joy of Kausalya (Rama)

lßmNEn

Lakshmana

sh	along with

B#aæOa

brother

¢vdEhEx¤

in Videha country

vs¢t

stays

AsaW

this one

 
`This   one,   the   enhancer   of   the   joy   of   Kausalya,   along   with his   brother   Lakshmana,   is   in   the   Videha   country,   protected   by the   son   of   Kusika   (18).
 
è¾v£yIÞt¤   kak¤t¯ÞTaE   jnkEn   mhaÏmna    .
s|p#dan|   s¤tayaÞt¤   raGvE   kt¤I¢mÅC¢t   ¡ 19 ¡ 

è¾v£yI:

of seen valour

t¤

indeed is

kak¤t¯ÞT:

Kakutstha (Rama)

jnkEn

by Janaka

mhaÏmna

by the noble

s|p#dan|

gifting

taya:

his daughter

t¤

verily

raGvE

to Raghava (Rama)

kt¤I|

to do

iÅC¢t

(he) desires

 
y¢d   vaE   raEctE   v¦äO|   jnkÞy   mhaÏmn:   .
p¤r£|   gÅCamhE   S£G#|   ma   B¥ÏkalÞy   pyIy:   ¡ 20¡

y¢d

if

v:

to you

raEctE

approve

v¦äO|

this glad tiding

jnkÞy

of Janaka

mhaÏmn:

of the highsouled

p¤r£|

city

gÅCamhE

may we go

S£G#|

quickly

ma

no

B¥t¯

there be

kalÞy

of time

pyIy:

delay

 
If   you   would   approve   of   the   tidings   that   have   now   come, we   shall   quickly   set   out   for   the   capital   of   the   noble   Janaka and   in   that,   we   may   not   tarry'   (20).
 
m¢ÓæONaE   baF¢mÏyah^:   sh   svWImIh¢xI¢B:          .
s¤p#£tàab#v£d#aja   áaE   yaæOE¢t   s   m¢ÓæON:   ¡ 21¡

m¢ÓæON:

the ministers

baF|

all right

i¢t

thus

Aah^:

said

sh	accompanied by

svWI:

all

mh¢xI¢B:

great sages

s¤p#£t:

greatly pleased

c

and

Ab#v£t¯

said

raja

the king

á:

tomorrow

yaæOa

journey

i¢t

thus

s:

he

m¢ÓæON:

to the ministers

 
The   ministers   and   all   the   great   sages   (who   were   there   assembled)
said   (in   one   voice):   `It   is   all   right'.   The   king   was   also   greatly
pleased   and   looking   at   the   ministers   said:   `tomorrow   we   start'  (21).
 
m¢ÓæONÞt¤   nrEÓd#EN   ra¢æO|   prmsÏk]ta:              .
Ux¤:   p#m¤¢dta:   svEI   g¤NW:   svEI:   sm¢Óvta:   ¡ 22¡

m¢ÓæON:

the ministers

t¤	on their part

nrEÓd#EN

by the king

ra¢æO|

night

prmsÏk]ta:

enjoying great hospitality

Ux¤:

stayed

p#m¤¢dta:

with a happy frame of mind

svEI

all

g¤NW:

excellences

svEI:

all

sm¢Óvta:

possessing

 
The     minister-messengers   who   had   brought   in   this   message   were
all   treated   to   excellent   hospitality   by   the   king,   by   providing all   that   they   needed   and   all   of   them   spent   that   night   there, in   an   extremely   happy   state   of   mind   (22).
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   A¾x¢¾tm:   sgI:¡68¡
  Thus   ends   Canto   68   of   the   Bala   kanda   of   the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work   Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki