tt:   s|¢dÜy   s¤g#£v:   áS¤r|   p¢àma|   ¢dSm¯   .
v£r|   Stb¢l|   nam   vanr|   vanra¢Dp:   =1=
uvac   raja   svIåO:   svIvanrsäOm:   .
vaÀymaÏm¢ht|   cWv   ramÞy   c   ¢ht|   tTa   =2=

tt:	thereafter

s|¢dÜy

having ordered

s¤g#£v:

Sugriva

áS¤r|

fatherin-law

p¢àma|

to the western

¢dSm¯

direction

v£r|

valiant

Stb¢l|

Satabali

nam

by name

vanr|

monkey

vanra¢Dp:

the lord of apes

uvac

spoke

raja

king

svIåO:

knew everything

svIvanrsäOm:

the foremost of all monkeys

vaÀy|

the following words

AaÏm¢ht|   c

beneficial to himself also

ev

only

ramÞy   c

of Rama also

¢ht|

good

tTa	in the same way

1,2.Having   ordered   his   father-in-law   to   the   western   direction   Sugriva   who   knew
evertthing   spoke   to   the   valiant   monkey   Satabaliby   name   the   following   words
which   were   beneficial   to   himself,as   well   as   to   Rama.

v¦t:   StshÞa#EN   Ïv¢¹Dana|   vn¬ksam¯   .
vWvÞvts¤tW:   saDI||   p#¢t¿Þv   Þvm¢ÓæO¢B:   =3=

v¦t:	accompanied

StshÞa#EN

by a hundred thousand

Ïv¢¹Dana|

like you

vn¬ksam¯

of monkeys

vWvÞvts¤tW:

sons of god Yama

saDI|

along with

p#¢t¿Þv

start

Þvm¢ÓæO¢B:

with your ministers

3.Sugriva   told   Satabali   to   start   with   his   ministers,   sons   of   god   Yama   and
accompanied   by   a   hundred   thousand   monkeys   like   him.

¢dS|   /¤d£c£|   ¢v@aÓta|   ¢hmSWlavt|skam¯   .
svIt:   p¢rmagIÒv|   rampÏn£m¢n¢Ódtam¯   =4=

¢dS|

direction

¢h

surely

ud£c£|

the north

¢v@aÓta|

extremely expansive

¢hmSWlavt|skam¯

having the Himalayan mountain ranges as the head

svIt:

all around

p¢rmagIÒv|

you search

rampÏn£|

for the consort of Sri Rama

A¢n¢Ódtam¯

the immaculate

4.Sugriva   told   Satabali   that   going   to   the   extremely   expansive   north   having   the
hamalayan   mountain   range   as   the   head   search   for   the   immaculate   consort   of
Rama.

A¢ÞmÓkay©I   ¢v¢nv¦IäOE   k]tE   daSrTE:   ¢p#yE   .
§NaÓm¤³a   B¢vÝyam:   k]taTaITI¢vda|   vra:   =5=

A¢Þmn¯

in this

kay©I

task

¢v¢nv¦IäOE

when accomplished

k]tE

done

daSrTE:

of the son of Dasaratha, Rama

¢p#yE

pleasing to

§Nat¯

from debt

m¤³a:

freed

B¢vÝyam:

we will become

k]taTaITI¢vda|

of those who know the meaning of gratitude

vra:

the best

5.Sugrive   told   them   that   when   this   task   is   accomplished   and   what   is   pleasing   to   Rama   is   done   they   will   become   freed   from   debt   and   the   best   of   those   who   know   the   meaning   of   gratitude.

k]t|   ¢h   ¢p#ymÞmak|   raGvEN   mhaÏmna   .
tÞyWtt¯p#¢tkaraE{¢Þt   sPl|   j£¢vt|   BvEt¯   =6=

k]t|	has been done

¢h

therefore

¢p#y|

a big help

AÞmak|

for us

raGvEN

by Rama

mhaÓmna

the highsouled

tÞy

for him

ett¯

this

p#¢tkar:

service returned

A¢Þt

will be

sPl|

fruitful

j£¢vt|

life

BvEt¯

will become

6.Sugriva   told   them   that   Rama   has   done   a   big   help   for   them   and   this   will   be   service   returned   and   their   life   will   become   fruitful.

A¢TIn:   kayI¢nv¦I¢äOmkt¤Ir¢p   yàrEt¯   .
tÞy   ÞyaÏsPl|   jÓm   ¢k|   p¤n:   p¥vIka¢rN:   =7=

A¢TIn:

for the one in need

kayI¢nv¦I¢äO|

fulfilling the need

Akt¤I:

one who did nothing

A¢p

even

y:

who

crEt¯

does

tÞy

his

Þyat¯

will be

sPl|

fruitful

jÓm

life

¢k|   p¤n:

what to say about

p¥vIka¢rN:

for one who has already done a good turn

7.Sugriva   told   them   that   the   birth   of   a   person   is   fruitful   who   fulfills   the   need
of   one   seeks   it   but   has   not   done   any   help,   and   what   to   say   of   a   person   who   fulfills   the   need   of   one   who   had   done   a   good   deed?

eta|   b¤¢¼mvÞTay   èÜytE   jank£   yTa   .
tTa   Bv¢ì:   ktIÛymÞmt¯¢p#y¢htW¢x¢B:   =8=

eta|

this

b¤¢¼|

opinion

AvÞTay

adhering firmly

èÜytE

is located

jank£

the daughter of Janaka, Sita

yTa   tTa

in that manner

Bv¢ì:

by you

ktIÛy|

is to be done

AÞmt¯¢p#y¢htW¢x¢B:

who are intent on doing what is pleasing and beneficial to me

8.Sugriva   told   them   that   they,   who   are   intent   upon   doing   what   is   pleasing   and   beneficial   to   him   should   adhere   firmly   to   the   opinion   that   they   should   locate   Sita.

Ay|   ¢h   svIB¥tana|   maÓyÞt¤   nrsäOm:   .
AÞmas¤   cagtp#£t£   ram:   prp¤r¸y:   =9=

Ay|

this

¢h

indeed

svIB¥tana|

of all created beings

maÓy:

worthy of respect

t¤

in this

nrsäOm:

the best among men

AÞmas¤

in us

c

also

Aagtp#£¢t:

a lot interested

ram:

Rama

prp¤r¸y:

conqueror of enemys cities

9.Sugriva   told   them   that   Rama   is   the   best   among   men,   worthy   of   respect   of   all   created   beings,   interested   in   our   affairs   and   conqueror   of   enemys   cities.

ima¢n   vnѤgaI¢N   nï:   SWlaÓtra¢N   c   .
BvÓt:   p¢rmagIÓt   b¤¢¼¢v@ms|pda   =10=

ima¢n

these

vnѤgaI¢N

difficult of acces forests

nï:

rivers

SWlaÓtra¢N   c

mountain ranges also

BvÓt:

you

p¢rmagIÓt¤

explore

b¤¢¼¢v@ms|pda

endowed with intelligence and prowess

10.Sugriva   told   them   that   endowed   with   intelligence   and   prowess   they   explore
the   difficult   to   access   forests,   rivers   and   mountain   ranges.