AT   p#ÞTaÔy   s¤g#£vÞtaÓhr£Ód¢XNa|   ¢dSm¯   .
Ab#v£ÓmEGsÄðaS|   s¤xEN|   nam   y¥Tpm¯   =1=

AT	thereafter

p#ÞTaÔy

having sent

s¤g#£v:

Sugriva

tan¯

those

hr£n¯

monkeys

d¢XNa|

south

¢dSm¯

direction

Ab#v£t¯

introduced to Rama

mEGsÄðaS|

looking like a huge cloud bank

s¤xEN|

Sushena

nam

by name

y¥Tpm¯

commander

1.Having   sent   away   those   monkeys   to   the   south,   Sugriva   introduced   Sushena
Sushena,   looking   like   a   huge   cloud-bank   and   a   commander.

taraya:   ¢ptr|   raja   áS¤r|   B£m¢v@mm¯   .
Ab#v£t¯p#a¸¢lvaIÀym¢BgØy   p#NØy   c   =2=

taraya:

of Tara

¢ptr|

father

raja	the king Sugriva

áS¤r|

fatherin-law

B£m¢v@mm¯

with terrible prowess

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

p#a¸¢l:

with joined palms

vaÀy|

the words

A¢BgØy

approaching

p#NØy

paying respects

c

also

2.Then   Sugriva   approaching   and   paying   his   respects   to   the   father   of   Tara,
Sushena   who   had   terrible   prowess   and   spoke   to   Sushena   with   joined   palms.

mr£¢cp¤æO|   mar£cm¢cIÝmÓt|   mhak¢pm¯   .
v¦t|   k¢pvrW:   S¥rWmIhEÓd#EsèS濫tm¯   =3=
b¤¢¼¢v@ms|p°|   vWntEysm濫tm¯   .
mr£¢cp¤æOaÓmar£can¢cImaIlaÓmhablan¯   =
§¢xp¤æOa|à   taÓsvaIÓp#t£c£ma¢dS¢êSm¯   =4=

mr£¢cp¤æO|

the son of Marici

mar£c|

Marica

A¢cIÝmÓt|

Arcisman

mhak¢pm¯

the great monkey

v¦t|	surrounded by

k¢pvrW:

by the best among monkeys

S¥rW:

the valiant

mhÓd#EsèS濫tm¯

as effulgent as Indra

b¤¢¼¢v@ms|p°|

endowed with wisdom and prowess

vWntEysm濫tm¯

equal in splendour like garuda

mr£¢cp¤æOan¯

the sons of Marici

mar£can¯

the Maricas

A¢cImaIlan¯

the Arcimalas

mhablan¯

of great might

§¢xp¤æOan¯    c

the sons of sages also

tan¯

those

svaIn¯

all of them

p#t£c£|

to the western

Aa¢dSt¯

assigned

¢dSm¯

direction

3,4.Then   Sugriva   assigned   the   western   direction   to   Marica,   son   of   Marici,   the
great   Arcisman   who   was   surrounded   by   the   best   among   monkeys,   as   effugent   as   Indra,   who   was   endowed   with   intellugence   and   prowess   and   equal   in   splendour   to   Garuda,   as   well   as   the   sons   of   Marici   known   as   Maricas,   the   Arcimalas   with   great   might   and   all   the   sons   of   the   sages.

¹a×ya|   StshÞa#a×ya|   kp£na|   k¢psäOma:   .
s¤xENp#m¤Ka   y¥y|   vWdEh£|   p¢rmagIt   =5=

¹a×ya|

two

StshÞa#a×ya|

with a hundred thousand

kp£na|

of monkeys

k¢psäOma:

Best among monkeys

s¤xENp#m¤Ka:

with Sushena as the leader

y¥y|

you

vWdEh£|

the daughter of Videha, Sita

p¢rmagIt

search carefully

5.Sugriva   told   them   that   accompanied   by   two   hundred   thousand   monkeys   with
Sushena   as   the   leader   they   search   carefully   for   Sita.

s¤ra¾®aÓshbahql£kan¯   S¥raÓB£ma|ÞtTWv   c   .
ÞP£ta¸npdan#Øya¢Óvp¤la¢n   p¤ra¢N   c   =6=
p¤°agghn|   k[¢X|   bk[laEêalkak[lm¯   .
tTa   kEtkxÎfa|à   magIÒv|   h¢ry¥Tpa:   =7=
p#ÏykqÞa#aEtaEgmaàWv   nï:   S£tjla:   ¢Sva:   .
tapsanamrÎya¢n   kaÓtara   ¢gryà   yE   =8=

s¤ra¾®an¯

the territory of Surashtra

shbahql£kan¯

along with territory of Bahlika

S¥ran¯

the territory of Sura

B£man¯

the territory of Bima

tTa	in the same manner

ev

only

c

also

ÞP£tan¯

the properous

jnpdan¯

rural countryside

rØyan¯

beautiful

¢vp¤la¢n

large

p¤ra¢N   c

towns as well

p¤°agghn|

dense with Punnaga trees

k[¢X|

the territory of Kukshi

bk[laEêalkak[lm¯

teeming with Bakula and Uddalaka trees

tTa	in the same way

kEtkxÎfan¯   c

thickets of Ketaka shrubs also

magIÒv|

you explore

h¢ry¥Tpa:

bull among monkeys

p#ÏykqÞa#aEtaEgma:

flowing in the westerly direction

c

also

ev

only

nï:

rivers

S£tjla:

with cool waters

¢Sva:

auspicious

tapsana|

of ascetics

ArÎya¢n

groves

kaÓtara:

forests

¢gry:

mountains

c   yE

whatever also

6,7,8.Sugriva   told   them   to   explore   the   territories   of   Saurashtra,   Bahlika,   Sura,
Bhima,   the   beautiful   prosperous   territories,   large   towns,   the   territory   of   Kukshi
dense   with   Punnaga   trees,   teeming   with   bakula   and   Uddalaka   trees,   thickets   of
Ketaka   shrubs,   the   auspicious   rivers   which   run   westwards   with   cool   waters,
the   penance   groves   of   ascetics   and   all   those   mountains   and   forests.

tt:   ÞTl£|   mâp#ayamÏy¤Åc¢Srs:   ¢Sla:   .
¢g¢rjalv¦ta|   ѤgaI||   ma¢gIÏva   p¢àma|   ¢dSm¯   =9=
tt:   p¢àmmasaï   sm¤d#|   d#¾¤mhIT   .
¢t¢mn@ay¤tjlmXaE×ymT   vanra:   =10=

tt:

then

ÞTl£|

the uncultivated land

mâp#aya|

desert area

AÏy¤Åc¢Srs:

having extremely high peaks

¢Sla:

mountains

¢g¢rjalv¦ta|

covered with a chain of mountains

ѤgaI|

difficult of access

ma¢gIÏva

having searched

p¢àma|

the western

¢dSm¯

direction

tt:	thereafter

p¢àm|

western

Aasaï

having reached

sm¤d#|

the ocean

d#¾¤||   AhIT

should visit

¢t¢mn@ay¤tjl|

with waters full of whales and crocodiles

AXaE×y|

deep

AT

then

vanra:

monkeys

9,10.Sugriva   told   them   that   there   are   uncultivated   lands   mostly   deserts   and
very   high   mountains.   Having   searched   the   western   direction   covered   with   a
mountains   which   is   difficult   of   access   and   going   further   west   they   should
visit   the   sea   with   deep   water   and   full   of   whales   and   crocodiles.