¢váE   dEvaà   mâtaE   vsvà   ¢dv¬ks:   .
AagØy   p¢àma|   sÓÒya|   mEâm¤äOrpvItm¯   =41=
Aa¢dÏym¤p¢t¿¢Ót   tWà   s¥ya©I{¢Bp¥¢jt:   .
AèÜyÞsvIB¥tanamÞt|   gÅC¢t   pvItm¯   =42=

¢váE   dEva:    c

Viswedevas also

mât:	the Maruts

vsv:   c

the Vasus also

¢dv¬ks:

gods

AagØy

coming

p¢àma|

west

sÓÒya|

at the time of twilight

mEâ|

to Meru

uäOrpvItm¯

the foremost mountain

Aa¢dÏy|

the Sun

up¢t¿¢Ót

worship

tW:

by them

c

also

s¥yI:

the Sun

A¢Bp¥¢jt:

being worshipped

AèÜy:

invisible

svIB¥tana|

for all living beings

AÞt|	the western

gÅC¢t

reaches

pvItm¯

mountain

41,42.Sugriva   told   them   that   coming   to   Meru   the   foremost   mountain   at   the
time   of   twilight   the   Viswedevas,   the   Maruts,   the   Vasus   and   the   gods   worship
the   sun   and   the   sun   after   being   worshipped   reaches   the   western   mountain   and
becomes   invisible   for   all   living   beings.

yaEjnana|   shÞa#a¢N   Sta¢n   c   ¢dvakr:   .
m¤h¥taID©In   t|   S£G#mÞt|   ya¢t   ¢SlaEÅcym¯   =43=

yaEjnana|

of Yojanas

shÞa#a¢N

thousand

Sta¢n

hundred

c

also

¢dvakr:

the Sun

m¤h¥taID©In

in less than half an hour

t|

that

S£G#|

quickly

AÞt|

set

ya¢t

reaches

¢SlaEÅcym¯

best mountain

43.Sugriva   told   them   that   in   less   than   half   an   hour   the   Sun   reaches   that   best   mountain   quickly   covering   a   hundred   thousand   yojanas.

S¦ÄñE   tÞy   mh¢êÛy|   Bvn|   s¥yIs¢°Bm¯   .
p#asadgNs|baD|   ¢v¢ht|   ¢vákmINa   =44=
SaE¢Bt|   tâ¢B¢àæOªnaInap¢Xsmak[lW:   .
¢nkEt|   paShÞtÞy   vâNÞy   mhaÏmn:   =45=

S¦ÄñE

on the peak

tÞy

its

mht¯

huge

¢dÛy|

ethereal

Bvn|

abode

s¥yIs¢°Bm¯

glorious as the Sun

p#asadgNs|baD|

full of many palace

¢v¢ht|

constructed

¢vákmINa

by Viswakarma

SaE¢Bt|

resplendent with

tâ¢B:

trees

¢cæOª:

various

nanap¢Xsmak[lW:

teeming with birds of various species

¢nkEt|

abode

paShÞtÞy

having a noose in hand

vâNÞy

of Lord Varuna

mhaÏmn:

the highsouled

44,45.Sugriva   told   them   that   on   its   peak   there   is   a   huge   ethereal   abode,
glorious   as   the   sun,   with   many   palaces   constructed   by   Vishwakarma   is
resplendant   with   various   trees   and   teeming   with   birds   of   various   species   and
is   the   residence   of   the   high   souled   Lord   Varuna,   having   a   noose   in   hand.

AÓtra   mEâmÞt|   c   talaE   dS¢Sra   mhan¯   .
jatãpmy:   ½£man¯   B#ajtE   ¢cæOvE¢dk:   =46=

AÓtra

in between

mEâ|	Meru mountain

AÞt|     c

and the western mountain

tal:	a palm tree

dS¢Sra:

with ten branches

mhan¯

giant

jatãpmy:

of gold

½£man¯

gporious

B#ajtE

shines

¢cæOvE¢dk:

supported by a wonderful platform

46.Sugriva   told   them   that   in   between   the   Meru   and   western   Mountains   shines   a   giant   palm   tree   of   gold   with   ten   branches   supported   on   a   wonderful   platform.

tEx¤   sv©Ix¤   Ѥg©Ix¤   srÞs¤   c   s¢rÏs¤   c   .
ravN:   sh   vWdE/a   ma¢gItÛyÞttÞt:   =47=

tEx¤

in those

sv©Ix¤

all

Ѥg©Ix¤

difficult of access

srÞs¤   c

lakes also

s¢rÏs¤   c

rivers as well

ravN:

Ravana

sh   vWdE/a

alongwith the daughter of the Videhas, Sita

ma¢gItÛy:

is to be searched for

ttÞtt:

everywhere

47.Sugriva   told   them   that   in   all   lakes   which   are   difficult   of   access   and   rivers
they   should   search   for   Ravana   alongwith   Sita.

yæO   ¢t¿¢t   DmIåOÞtpsa   ÞvEn   Ba¢vt:   .
mEâsav¢NI¢rÏyEv   ÁyataE   vW   b#'Na   sm:   =48=

yæO

where

¢t¿¢t

lives

DmIåO:

knows what is right

tpsa	through asceticism

ÞvEn

his own

Ba¢vt:

illuminated

mEâsav¢NI:

Merusavarni

i¢t

thus

ev

only

Áyat:

renowned

vW

indeed

b#'Na

to Lord Brahma

sm:

equal

48.Sugriva   told   them   that   there   lives   the   sage   Merusavarni   knowing   what   is
right,   illuminated   through   his   own   asceticism   and   equal   to   Lord   Brahma.

p#¿ÛyaE   mEâsav¢NImIh¢xI:   s¥yIs¢°B:   .
p#NØy   ¢Srsa   B¥m¬   p#v¦¢äO|   mW¢Tl£|   p#¢t   =49=

p#¿Ûy:

to be enquired

mEâsav¢NI

Merusavarni

mh¢xI:

the eminent sage

s¥yIs¢°B:

shining brightly like the Sun

p#NØy

respectfully

¢Ssa	with bowed head

B¥m¬	on the ground

p#v¦¢äO|

about the task in hand

mW¢Tl£|   p#¢t

concerning the daughter of Mithila, Sita

49.Sugriva   told   them   that   the   eminent   sage   Merusavarni   who   shines   brightly   like   the   sun   should   be   enquired   about   the   task   in   hand   concerning   Sita   respectfully   with   bowed   heads   on   the   ground.

etavÇj£vlaEkÞy   BaÞkraE   rjn£SyE   .
k]Ïva   ¢v¢tmr|   svImÞt|   gÅC¢t   pvItm¯   =50=

etavt¯

upto this only

j£vlaEkÞy

of the world of living beings

BaÞkr:

the Sun

rjn£SyE

at the end of the night

k]Ïva

making

¢v¢tmr|

devoid of darkness

svI|

all

AÞt|	the western

gÅC¢t

reaches

pvItm¯

mountain

50.Sugriva   told   them   that   the   sun   making   devoid   of   darkness   all   the   world   of
living   beings   at   the   end   of   night   reaches   the   western   mountain.