Birds   greeted   that   tiger   among   men,   who   was   proceeding   in   the
company   of   groups   of   sages,   and   with   the   scions   of   the   Raghu   race, with   terrifying   sounds   here   and   there   (11).

BaWmaàWv   m¦ga:   svEI   gÅC¢Ót   Þm   p#d¢XNm¯  ¡ 12¡

BaWma:

those moving on the ground

c

and

ev

also

m¦ga:

animals

svEI

all

gÅC¢Ót

going

Þm

did

p#d¢XNm¯

in a clockwise manner

All   the   animals   moving   about   on   the   ground   went   in   a
clockwise   manner   (12).

taÓ辯va   rajSaÑ¥IlaE   v¢s¿|   pyIp¦c¯Ct  ¡ 13¡

tan¯

them

辯va

seeing

rajSaѥIl:

tiger among kings

v¢s¿|

Vasishta

pyIp¦c¯Ct

queried

Noticing   all   these,   that   tiger   among   men,   asked   Vasishta   (13).

AsaWØya:   p¢XNaE   GaEra   m¦gaàa¢p   p#d¢XNa:   .
¢k¢md|   ¶dyaEÏk¢Øp   mnaE   mm   c   s£d¢t    ¡ 14¡

AsaWØya:

jarring

p¢XN:

the birds

GaEra:

terrible

m¦ga:

animals

c

and

A¢p

also

p#d¢XNa:

moving in a clockwise direction

¢k|

what

id|

is this

¶dyaEÏk¢Øp

that makes my heart tremble

mn:

mind

mm

my

c

and

s£d¢t

tears apart in grief

`The   birds   are   making   sounds   that   are   jarring   and   the   animals
are   moving   in   a   clockwise   manner.   My   mind   is   also   distressed.
What   is   all   this,   that   causes   tremor   in   my   mind   ?'   (14).
 
raåOaE   dSrTÞyWtÅC®¤Ïva   vaÀy|   mhan¦¢x:    .
uvac   mD¤ra|   vaN£|   ½¥ytamÞy   yt¯Plm¯  ¡ 15¡

raåO:

of the king

dSrTÞy

of Dasaratha

ett¯

this

½¤Ïva

having heard

vaÀy|

words

mhan¯

the great

§¢x:

sage

uvac

said

mD¤ra|

in a melodious

vaN£|

voice

½¥yta|

may you listen

AÞy

of this

yt¯	whatever is

Plm¯	the effect

That   great   sage,   having   heard   these   words   of   the   king
Dasaratha,   spoke   in   reassuring   words:   `May   you   listen
to   the   effect   of   all   these   (15).
 
up¢ÞTt|  By|   GaEr|   ¢dÛy|   p¢Xm¤KaÅÅy¤tm¯   .
m¦ga:   p#SmyÓÏyEtE   sÓtapÞÏyÇytamym¯    ¡ 16¡

up¢ÞTt|

near at hand

By|

danger

GaEr|

great

¢dÛy|

of divine variety

p¢Xm¤Kat¯

from the mouth of the birds

Åy¤tm¯

articulated

m¦ga:

animals

p#Smy¢Ót

are calming down

etE

these

sÓtap:

anxiety

ÏyÇyta|

be abandoned

Aym¯

this

 
That   great   danger   arising   from   a   god   is   indicated   by   the   sounds
emanating   from   the   birds.   These   animals   are   indicating   total
removal   of   that   and   (therefore)   may   you   abandon   your
mental   distress'   (16).
 
tExa|   s|vdta|   tæO   vay¤:   p#aѤbIB¥v   h   .
kØpyÓmE¢dn£|   svaI|   spvItvna|   mhan¯    ¡ 17¡

tExa|

their

s|vdta|

conversing in this manner

tæO

there

vay¤:

gale

p#aѤbIB¥v

arose

h	what a wonder!

kØpyn¯

shaking

mE¢dn£|

the earth

svaI|

all

spvItvna|

along with the mountains and forests

mhan¯

great

 
When   they   were   talking   thus,   there   arose   a   great   gale   that
was   shaking   the   earth   along   with   the   mountains   and   the
forests,   lo   and   behold!   (17).
 
tmsa   s|v¦t:   s¥yI:   svaI   n   p#bB¤¢dIS:  .
BÞmna   cav¦t|   svI|   s|m¥F¢mv   tëlm¯    ¡ 18¡

tmsa	by darkness

s|v¦t:

enveloped

s¥yI:

the Sun

svaI:

all

n

not

p#bB¤:

shine

¢dS:	directions

BÞmna

with dust

c

and

Aav¦t|

covered

svI|

all

s|m¥F|

confused

iv

as if

tt¯

that

blm¯

army

The   Sun   was   covered   with   darkness;   all   the   quarters   were
rendered   lustreless   and   his   (Dasaratha's)   army   was   totally
covered   with   dust   and   became   confused   (18).
 
v¢s¿àxIyàaÓyE     raja   c   ss¤tÞtda  .
ss|åOa   iv   tæOasÓsvImÓy¢¹cEtnm¯       ¡ 19¡

v¢s¿:

Vasishta

c

and

§xy:

the seers

c

and

AÓyE

the other

raja

king

c

and

ss¤t:

along with his sons

tda

then

ss|åOa:

conscious

iv

as if

tæO

there

Aasn¯

stayed

svI|

all

AÓyt¯

others

¢vcEtnm¯

unconscious

 
At   that   time,   Vasishta,   other   sages   and   the   king   along   with
his   sons   were   composed   and   unruffled   but   all   others   were
totally   confounded   (19).
 
t¢Þm|Þtm¢s   GaErE   t¤   BÞmÅC°Ev   sa   cm¥:  .
ddSI   B£msÄðaS|   jzamÎflDa¢rNm¯             ¡ 20¡

t¢Þmn¯

in that

tm¢s

darkness

GaErE

dense

t¤

however

BÞmÅC°a

covered with dust

iv

as if

sa

that

cm¥:

army

ddSI

saw

B£msÄðaS|

of terror-striking form

jzamÎflDa¢rNm¯

wearing copious strands of matted hair