yEnah|    shsa    Þp¦¾:    SaE¢NtEn    ѤraÏmna    ,
kaE{y|    ѤraÏma    Ѥb¤I¢¼rk]taÏma    c    ba¢lS:    .51.

yEn

by whom

Ah|

I

shsa

suddenly

Þp¦¾:

splattered

SaE¢NtEn

with blood

ѤraÏmna

the evil minded

k:

who

Ay|

is he

ѤraÏma

soul of wickedness

Ѥb¤I¢¼:

perverse

Ak]taÏma   c

wanton also

ba¢lS:

stupid

51.According   to   Sugriva,   Sage   Matanga   wondered   who   was   the   evil
minded,   soul   of   wickedness,   perverse   and   stupid   person   by   whom   he   was
suddenly   splattered   by   these   blood-drops?

iÏy¤ÀÏva{T    ¢v¢nÝ@Øy    ddSI    m¤¢np¤Äñv:    ,
m¢hx|    pvItaka|r    gtas¤|    p¢tt|      B¤¢v    .52.

i¢t

as above

uÀÏva

saying to himself

AT

then

¢v¢nÝ@Øy

coming out

ddSI

saw

m¤¢np¤Äñv:

the foremost of seers

m¢hx|

a buffalo

pvItakar|

like a mountain

gtas¤|

with life extinct

p¢tt|

fallen

B¤¢v	on the earth

52.Having   spoken   to   himself   as   above   Sage   Matanga   coming   out   of   the
hermitage   saw   a   buffalo   like   a   mountain   lying   dead   on   the   ground.

s    t¤    ¢våOay    tpsa    vanrEN    k]t|    ¢h    tt¯    ,
uÏssjI    tda    Sap|    XEçOar|    va¢ln|    p#¢t    .53.

s:

he

t¤

in this

¢våOay

coming to know

tpsa	through the power of penance

vanrEN

by the monkey

k]t|

done

¢h

indeed

tt¯

that

uÏssjI

pronounced

tda

then

Sap|	the following curse

XEçOar|

who had hurled

va¢ln|   p#¢t

on Vali

53.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   Sage   Matanga   coming   to   know   through   the
power   of   penance   that   it   was   a   monkey   who   had   hurled   the   buffalo
pronounced   a   curse   on   Vali.

ih    tEnap#vE¾Ûy|    p#¢v¾Þy    vDaE    BvEt¯    ,
vn|    mÏs|½y|    yEn    Ñ¥¢xt|    â¢Dr*vW:    .
sØBg"a:    padpaàEmE    ¢XptEhas¤r£|    tn¤m¯    .54.

ih

here

tEn

by him

Ap#vE¾Ûy|

should not enter

p#¢v¾Þy

when he enters

vD:

death

BvEt¯

will occur

vn|

forest

mÏs|½y|

I am living

yEn

by whom

Ñ¥¢xt|

was defiled

â¢Dr*vW:

by the drops of blood

sØBg"a:

completely broken

padpa:

trees

c

also

imE

these

¢Xpta

who had hurled

ih	in this place

Aas¤r£|

of a demon

tn¤m¯

carcass

54.According   to   Sugriva,   Sage   Matanga   cursed   him   who   had   defiled   the
place   he   was   living   with   drops   of   blood   by   hurling   the   carcass   of   a   demon
and   smashed   the   trees   he   should   not   enter   the   place   and   in   case   he   enters
the   place   he   will     meet   his   death.

smÓtaïaEjn|    p¥NIma½m|    mamk|    y¢d    ,
Aa@¢mÝy¢t    Ѥb¤I¢¼rÛy³|    s    n    B¢vÝy¢t    .55.

smÓtat¯

around

yaEjn|

one yojana

p¥NI|

complete

Aa½m|

hermitage

mamk|

my

y¢d

if

Aa@¢mÝy¢t

trespasses

Ѥb¤I¢¼:

the evil-minded one

Ûy³|

surely

s:

he

n   B¢vÝy¢t

will not be alive

55.According   to   Sugriva,   Sage   Matanga   further   said   that   if   the   evil
minded   one   enters   within   eight   miles   of   the   hermitage   alround   he   will
surely   be   not   alive.

yE    caÞy    s¢cva:    kE¢ct¯    s|¢½ta    mamk|    vnm¯    ,
n    c    tW¢rh    vÞtÛy|    ½¤Ïva    yaÓt¤    yTas¤Km¯    .56.

yE

who

c

also

AÞy

his

s¢cva:

ministers

kE¢ct¯

anyone

s|¢½ta:

having reached

mamk|

my

vnm¯

forest

n

not

c

also

tW:

by them

ih

here

vÞtÛy|

to stay

½¤Ïva

upon hearing

yaÓt¤

go away

yTas¤Km¯

as they like

56.According   to   Sugriva,   Sage   Matanga   further   said   that   his   ministers   who
have   enterd   this   forest   also   should   not   stay   there   and   should   leave   as   they
like   on   hearing   this.

y¢d    tE{p£h    ¢t¾¢Ót    S¢pÝyE    tan¢p    D#¤vm¯    ,
vnE{¢ÞmÓmamkE    ¢nÏy|    p¤æOvÏp¢rr¢XtE    .
pæOaHqkr¢vnaSay    Plm¥laBvay    c    .57.

y¢d

in case

tE

they

A¢p

still

ih

here

¢t¾¢Ót

remain

S¢pÝyE

I curse as follows

tan¯   A¢p

them as well

D#¤vm¯

certainly

vnE	in the forest

A¢Þmn¯

this

mamkE

my

¢nÏy|

always

p¤æOvt¯

like a son

p¢rr¢XtE

nurtured

pæOaHqkr¢vnaSay

for the destruction of leaves and shoots

Plm¥laBvay   c

for the extinction of fruits and roots as well

57.According   to   Sugriva,   Sage   Matanga   said   that   in   case   they   remain   in
his   forest   which   has   been   nurtured   like   his   son,   he   will   curse   them   as   well
for   the   destruction   of   leaves   and   shoots   and   for   extinction   of   fruits   and
roots   as   well.

¢dvsàaï    myaIda    y|    d#¾a    áaE{¢Þm    vanrm¯    ,
bh^vxIshÞæOa¢N    s    vW    SWlaEB¢vÝy¢t    .58.

¢dvs:   c

for this day only

Aï

now

myaIda

the deadline

y|

whosoever

d#¾a

see

á:

tomorrow

A¢Þm

I

vanrm¯

the monkey

bh^vxIshÞæOa¢N

for many thousands of years

s:

he

vW   SWl:

as a rock

B¢vÝy¢t

will turn into

58.According   to   Sugriva,   Sage   Matanga   said   that   the   deadline   is   that   day
only   and   whosoever   he   sees   the   next   day   they   will   turn   into   a   rock   and
remain   like   that   for   many   thousands   of   years.

ttÞtE    vanra:    ½¤Ïva    ¢gr|    m¤¢nsm£¢rtam¯    ,
¢nà@m¤vInaäOÞmaäOaÓd¦¾va    va¢lrb#v£t¯    .59.

tt:

then

tE

those

vanra:

monkeys

½¤Ïva

hearing

¢gr|

words

m¤¢nsm£¢rtam¯

uttered by the sage

¢nà@m¤:

went away

vnat¯

from the forest area

tÞmat¯

that

tan¯

them

d¦¾va

seeing

va¢l:

Vali

Ab#v£t¯

spoke as follows

59.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   on   hearing   those   words   of   curse   of   that   sage,
those   monkeys   went   away   from   that   forest   area   and   on   seeing   them   Vali
spoke   to   them   as   follows.

¢k|    BvÓt:    smÞtaà    mtÄñvnva¢sn:    ,
mÏsm£pmn¤p#açOa    A¢p    Þv¢Þt    vnaWksam¯    .60.

¢k|

why

BvÓt:

you

smÞta:   c

all of

mtÄñvnva¢sn:

residents in the hermitage of (sage)Matanga

mÏsm£pm¯

to my presence

An¤p#açOa:

have come

A¢p   Þv¢Þt

is all well with

vnaWksam¯

for the residents of the forest

60.According   to   Sugriva,   Vali   asked   them   why   they,   who   reside   in   the
Matanga   forest   area,   have   come   to   him   and   enquired   whether   all   was
well   with   the   residents   of   the   forest?