p¢rt¤¾Þt¤    s¤g#£vÞtEn    vaÀyEn    vanr:    ,
lßmNÞyag#taE    ram¢md|    vcnmb#v£t¯    .1.

p¢rt¤¾:   t¤

overwhelmed with happiness

s¤g#£v:

Sugriva

tEn

those

vaÀyEn

words

vanr:

monkey

lßmNÞy

of Lakshmana

Ag#t:

in the presence

ram|

to Rama

id|	the following

vcn|

words

Ab#v£t¯

said

1.Greatly   joyous   at   the   words   of   Rama,   Sugriva   spoke   the   following   words
to   Rama,   in   the   presence   of   Lakshmana.

svITahmn¤g#a/aE    dEvtanams|Sy:    ,
upp°g¤NaEpEt:    sKa    yÞy    BvaÓmm    .2.

svITa

in everyway

Ah|

I

An¤g#a/:

recipient of grace

dEvtana|

of gods

As|Sy:

without doubt

upp°g¤NaEpEt:

bestowed with all auspicious attributes

sKa

friend

yÞy

whose

Bvan¯

you

mm

my

2.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   undoubtedly   he   has   become   the   recipient   of
the   grace   of   god   as   Rama   endowed   with   all   virtues   has   become   his
friend.

SÀy|    Kl¤    BvEd#am    shayEn    Ïvya{nG    ,
s¤rraÇym¢p    p#açO¤|    ÞvraÇy|    ¢k|    p¤n:    p#BaE    .3.

SÀy|

possible

Kl¤

certainly

BvEt¯

will become

ram

Rama

shayEn

with help

Ïvya

with your

AnG	Sinless one

s¤rraÇy|   A¢p

the kingdom of gods even

p#açO¤|

to attain

ÞvraÇy|

one's own territory

¢k|   p¤n:

what to say

p#BaE

Lord

3.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   with   his   help   it   should   be   possible   to   attain   even
the   kingdom   of   the   gods   to   say   nothing   of   his   own   kingdom.

saE{h|    sBaÇyaE    bÓD¥na|    s¤¶da|    cWv    raGv    ,
yÞya¢g"sa¢Xk|    ¢mæO|    lÖD|    raGvv|Sjm¯    .4.

s:

that

Ah|

I

sBaÇy:

deserve to be adored

bÓD¥na|

by relatives

s¤¶da|

by friends

c

also

ev

only

raGv

Rama

yÞy

whose

A¢g"sa¢Xk|

with fire as the witness

¢mæO|

as friend

lÖD|

obtained

raGvv|Sjm¯

one born in the line of Raghu

4.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   by   obtaining   Rama's   friendship   with   fire   as   a
witness,   he   deserve   to   be   adored   by   freinds   and   kinsmen.

AhmÔyn¤ãpÞtE    vyÞyaE    åOaÞysE    SnW:    ,
n    t¤    v³[|    smTa©Ih|    ÞvymaÏmgtan¯    g¤Nan¯    .5.

Ah|   A¢p

I too

An¤ãp:

worthy

tE

of you

vyÞy:

a friend

åOaÞysE

you will come to know

SnW:	in course of time

n

not

t¤

in this

v³[|

to speak

smTI:

able

Ah|

I

Þvy|

myself

AaÏmgtan¯

inherent in me

g¤Nan¯

virtues

5.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   he   will   know   in   course   of   time,   that   Sugriva   is   a
friend   worthy   of   him;   however   Sugriva   is   not   able   to   speak   about   own
inherent   virtues.

mhaÏmna|    t¤    B¥¢y¿|    Ïv¢¹Dana|    k]taÏmnam¯    ,
¢nàla    Bv¢t    p#£¢tDWIyImaÏmvta¢mv    .6.

mhaÏmna|

of highsouled

t¤

in this

B¥¢y¿|

in abundance

Ïv¢¹Dana|

for the like of you

k]taÏmnam¯

who have mastered self

¢nàla

steady

Bv¢t

remains

p#£¢t:

affection

DWyI|

courage

AaÏmvta|

masters of their self

iv

like

6.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   the   affection   of   high   souls   like   him   who   had
mastered   their   self   is   steady   and   their   courage   abundant.

rjt|    va    s¤vNI|    va    vÞæOaÎyaBrNa¢n    c    ,
A¢vB³a¢n    saD¥namvgÅC¢Ót    saDv:    .7.

rjt|   va

even silver

s¤vNI|

gold

va

even

vÞæOa¢N

clothes

AaBrNa¢n

ornaments

c

also

A¢vB³a¢n

as undivided

saD¥na|

for the friends

AvgÅC¢Ót

looks upon

saDv:

friends

7.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   friends   look   upon   silver   or   gold   or   clothes   or
ornaments   of   their   own   as   undivided   with   their   friends.

AaFYaE    va¢p    d¢rd#aE    va    Ѥ:¢Kt:    s¤¢KtaE¢p    va    ,
¢nda©IxaE    va    sdaExaE    va    vyÞy:    prma    g¢t:    .8.

AaFY:   va   A¢p

even if rich

d¢rd#:   va

or even poor

Ѥ:¢Kt:

in suffering

s¤¢Kt:

in joy

A¢p

also

va

or

¢nda©Ix:   va

or faultless

sdaEx:   va

or full of faults

vyÞy:

a friend

prma	is the supreme

g¢t:

refuge

8.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   whether   one   is   rich   or   poor,   in   suffering   or   in   joy,
faultless   or   full   of   faults   a   friend   is   the   supreme   refuge.

DnÏyag:    s¤KÏyagaE    dEhÏyagaE{¢p    va    p¤n:    ,
vyÞyaT©I    p#vtIÓtE    s"Eh|    è¾qva    tTa¢vDm¯    .9.

DnÏyag:

renunciation of riches

s¤KÏyag:

renunciation of happiness

dEhÏyag:   A¢p

renunciation of one's life

va   p¤n:

again

vyÞyaT©I

in the interest of one's friend

p#vtIÓtE

evokes a sacrifice

s"Eh|

affection

è¾qva

seeing

tTa¢vDm¯

of a category

9.Sugrive   told   Rama   that   renunciation   of   wealth,   comforts   and   one's   life   in
the   interest   of   a   friend   seeing   the   affection   evokes   a   sacrifice   of   a   category.

täOTEÏyb#v£d#am:    s¤g#£v|    ¢p#yva¢dnm¯    ,
lßmNÞyag#taE    lßm¯ya    vasvÞyEv    D£mt:    .10.

tt¯

that

tTa	is as you say

i¢t

thus

Ab#v£t¯

said

ram:

Rama

s¤g#£v|

to Sugriva

¢p#yva¢dnm¯

who was speaking pleasantly

lßmNÞy

of Lakshmana

Ag#t:

in front

lßm¯ya

with brilliance

vasvÞy

of Indra

iv

like

D£mt:

wise

10.Rama   told   Sugriva   in   the   presence   of   the   wise   Lakshmana,   who   rivals
Indra   in   splendour   that   it   is   as   he   said.