Aï    mE    ¢vgt:    SaEk:    p#£¢trï    pra    mm    ,
s¤¶d|    Ïva|    smasaï    mhEÓd#vâNaEpmm¯    .11   .

Aï

now

mE

my

¢vgt:

has disappeared

SaEk:

grief

p#£¢t:

happiness

Aï

now

pra	is supreme

mm

my

s¤¶d|

friend

Ïva|

you

smasaï

having got

mhEÓd#vâNaEpmm¯

comparable to Indra and Varuna

11.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   having   got   a   friend   comparable   to   Indra   and
Varuna   in   Rama,   his   grief   has   disappeared   and   his   joy   is   supreme.

tmïWv    ¢p#yaTI|    mE    vW¢rN|    B#at¦ã¢pNm¯    ,
va¢ln|    j¢h    kak[t¯ÞT    mya    bêaE{ym¸¢l:    .12.

t|

that

Aï   ev

today itself

¢p#yaTI|

for happiness

mE

my

vW¢rN|

that enemy

B#at¦ã¢pNm¯

in the guise of a brother

va¢ln|

that Vali

j¢h

destroy

kak[t¯ÞT

Rama

mya

by me

bÑG:

is made

Ay|

this

A¸¢l:

palms joined

12.Sugriva   told   Rama   that   for   his   happiness   Rama   should   destroy   Vali,   who
is   his   enemy   in   the   guise   of   a   brother   that   day   itself,   and   so   he   had   joined   his   palms.

ttaE    ram:    p¢rÝvÇy    s¤g#£v|    ¢p#ydSInm¯    ,
p#Ïy¤vac    mhap#aåOaE    lßmNan¤mt|    vc:    .13.

tt:

then

ram:

Rama

p¢rÝvÇy

embracing

s¤g#£v|

Sugriva

¢p#ydSInm¯

of pleasant countenance

p#Ïy¤vac

replied

mhap#aåO:

of great intellect

lßmNan¤mt|

acceptable to Lakshmana

vc:	the following words

13.Then   Rama   embraced   Sugriva   and   replied   in   words   acceptable   to
Lakshmana.

AÞmaéÅCam    ¢k¢ÝkÓDa|    ¢Xp#|    gÅC    Ïvmg#t:    ,
gÏva    caºy    s¤g#£v    va¢ln|    B#at¦g¢ÓDnm¯    .14.

AÞmat¯

from here

gÅCam

let us go

¢k¢ÝkÓDa|

to Kiskindha

¢Xp#|   gÅC

proceed fast

Ïv|

you

Ag#t:

ahead

gÏva   c

and going

Aaºy

challenge

s¤g#£v

Sugriva

va¢ln|

Vali

B#at¦g¢ÓDnm¯

a brother merely in relationship

14.Rama   told   Sugriva   that   they   should   proceed   to   Kishkindha   from   there;
Sugriva   should   go   ahead   quickly   and   going   there   should   challenge   Vali   for
a   duel.

sv©I    tE    Ïv¢rt|    gÏva    ¢k¢ÝkÓDa|    va¢ln:    p¤r£m¯    ,
v¦XWraÏmanmav¦Ïy    Ûy¢t¿n¯    ghnE    vnE    .15.

sv©I

all

tE

they

Ïv¢rt|

in haste

gÏva

reaching

¢k¢ÝkÓDa|

kiskindha

va¢ln:

of Vali

p¤r£m¯

capital

v¦XW:

with trees

AaÏman|

themselves

Aav¦Ïy

hiding

Ûy¢t¿n¯

stood

ghnE

in dense

vnE

in forest

15.All   of   them   reached   kiskindha,   the   capital   of   Vali   and   stood   hiding
themselves   behind   trees   in   the   dense   forest.

s¤g#£vaE    Ûynd¼aEr|    va¢lnaE    ºankarNat¯    ,
gaF|    p¢r¢htaE    vEga°adW¢BIÓd¢°vaØbrm¯    .16.

s¤g#£v:

Sugriva

Ûyndt¯

roared

GaEr|

frightfully

va¢ln:

Vali

ºankarNat¯

intent on challenging

gaF|

tightly

p¢r¢ht:

girdling up his loins

vEgat¯

with force

nadW:

by the roar

¢BÓdn¯   iv

as if splitting

AØbrm¯

the sky

16.Sugriva,   intent   on   challenging   Vali,   tightened   his   girdle   about   loins   and
let   out   a   frightful   roar   as   if   splitting   the   sky   with   the   force   of   his   roar.

t|    ½¤Ïva    ¢nnd|    B#at¤:    @[ÑGaE    val£    mhabl:    ,
¢nÝppat    s¤s|rÖDaE    BaÞkraE|{Þttza¢dv    .17.

t|

that

½¤Ïva

hearing

¢nnd|

roar

B#at¤:

of his younger brother

@[ÑG:

enraged

val£

Vali

mhabl:

with great might

¢nÝppat

came out

s¤s|rÖD:

greatly agitated

BaÞkr:

the Sun

AÞttzat¯

from the Astagiri mountain

iv

as if

17.Vali,   hearing   the   roar   of   Sugriva,   enraged   and   came   out   greatly   agitated
like   the   Sun   emerging   from   the   astagiri   mountain.

tt:    s¤t¤m¤l|    y¤¼|    va¢ls¤g#£vyaErB¥t¯    ,
ggnE    g#hyaEGa©Ir|    b¤DaHqgarkyaE¢rv    .18   .

tt:

then

s¤t¤m¤l|

extremely tumultuous

y¤¼|

battle

va¢ls¤g#£vyaE:

between Vali and Sugriva

AB¥t¯

ensued

ggnE	in the sky

g#hyaE:

of the planets

Ga©Ir|

fierce

b¤DaHqgarkyaE:

between Mercury and Mars

iv

like

18.Then   there   ensued   a   terrible   and   tumultous   battle   between   Vali   and
Sugriva   like   the   confrontation   between   the   planets   Mercury   and   Mars
in   the   skies.

tlWrS¢nkÚpWà    vj#kÚpWà    m¤¢¾¢B:    ,
jG"t¤:    smrE{ÓyaEÓy|    B#atraW    @aEDm¥¢CItaW    .19.

tlW:	with the palms

AS¢nkÚpW:

resembling lightning

c

also

vj#kÚpW:

like thunderbolt

c   m¤¢¾¢B:

with fists also

jG"t¤:

struck

smrE	in the fight

AÓyaEÓy|

each other

B#atraW

the brothers

@aEDm¥¢CItaW

blinded by anger

19.Blinded   by   anger   the   two   brothers   struck   each   other   in   the   battle   with
palms   which   fell   like   lightning   and   with   fists   which   descended   like
thunderbolt.

ttaE    Dn¤¢x    sÓDay    sayk|    vj#s¢°Bm¯    ,
va¢ls¤g#£vyaE:    B#aæOaE:    n    Ûy³m¤pDaryt¯    .20.

tt:

then

Dn¤¢x

on the bow

sÓDay

fixing

sayk|

an arrow

vj#s¢°Bm¯

resembling the thunderbolt

va¢ls¤g#£vyaE:

between Vali and Sugriva

B#aæOaE:

of the brothers

n

not

Ûy³|

clearly

upDaryt¯

< was able to distinguish

20.Then.   having   fixed   an   arrow   resembling   the   thunderbolt   on   the   bow
Rama   was   not   able   to   distinguish   between   the   two   brothers   Vali   and
Sugriva.