mya    c    y¢dd|    vaÀym¢BmanaÏsm£¢rtm¯    ,
tt¯Ïvya    h¢rSaÑ¥Il    tt¯Ïv¢mÏy¤pDayItam¯    .21.

mya

by me

c

also

yt¯   id|

whatever

vaÀy|

words

A¢Bmanat¯

out of self confidence

sm£¢rtm¯

was uttered

tt¯

that

Ïvya

by you

h¢rSaÑ¥Il

Tiger among monkeys

tt¯Ïv|

to be true

i¢t

thus

upDayItam¯

should be taken

21.Rama   told   Sugriva   that   whatever   words   have   been   uttered   by   him   is
with   self   confidence   and   they   should   be   taken   to   be   true   by   Sugriva.

An¦t|    naE³p¥vI|    mE    n    c    vßyE    kdacn    ,
etäOE    p#¢tjana¢m    sÏyEnWv    Spa¢m    tE    .22.

An¦t|

a falsehood

n   u³p¥vI|

has never been spoken before

mE

by me

n

not

c

also

vßyE	will speak

kdacn

ever

ett¯

this

tE

to you

p#¢tjana¢m

I solemnly promise

sÏyEn   ev

by truth alone

Spa¢m

swear

tE

to you

22.Rama   told   Sugriva   that   he   had   never   uttered   a   falsehood   before   nor   will
he   ever   utter   it;   he   solemnly   promised   this   to   Sugriva   and   swear   by   truth
alone.

tt:    p#¶¾:    s¤g#£vaE    vanrW:    s¢cvW:    sh    ,
raGvÞy    vc:    ½¤Ïva    p#¢tåOat|    ¢vSExt:    .23.

tt:

then

p#¶¾:

was immensely delighted

s¤g#£v:

Sugriva

vanrW:

with monkeys

s¢cvW:   sh

alongwith his ministers

raGvÞy

of Rama

vc:

words

½¤Ïva

hearing

p#¢tåOat|

the promise made

¢vSExt:

especially

23.Then   Sugriva   in   the   company   of   the   monkeys   and   ministers   was
immensely   rejoiced   to   hear   words   of   Rama   and   especially   the   promise
made.

evmEkaÓts|p¦³aW    ttÞtaW    nrvanraW    ,
uBavÓyaEÓysd¦S|    s¤K|    Ѥ:K|    p#Baxtam¯    .24.

ev|

thus

ekaÓts|p¦³aW

getting together in a lonely retreat

tt:

thereupon

taW   nrvanraW

both human and monkey

uBaW

the two

AÓyaEÓysd¦S|

of the similar situations of both

s¤K|

joys

Ѥ:K|

sorrows

p#Baxtam¯

discussed

24.Thereupon   the   two   friends   human   and   monkey,   getting   together   in   a
lonely   retreat   spoke   to   each   other   about   joys   and   sorrows   which   were
similar   in   in   nature.

mhan¤BavÞy    vcaE    ¢nSØy    h¢rnIraNam¦xBÞy    tÞy    ,
k]t|    s    mEnE    h¢rv£rm¤ÁyÞtda    ÞvkayI|    ¶dyEn    ¢v¹an¯    .25.

mhan¤BavÞy

of that highsouled one

vc:

words

¢nSØy

hearing

h¢r:

monkey

nraNa|

of the men

§xBÞy

the foremost

tÞy

his

k]t|	having accomplished

s:

he

mEnE

thought

h¢rv£rm¤Áy:

the foremost among monkey heroes

tda

then

ÞvkayI|

his own task

¶dyEn

mentally

¢v¹an¯

the learned one

25.The   wise   Sugriva,   foremost   among   the   monkey   heroes,   hearing   Rama's
words   mentally   decided   that   his   mission   is   accomplished.