AT   tanb#v£ÏsvaI¢Óv½aÓtan¯   h¢ry¥Tpan¯   .
id|   vcnmEkag#a   taps£   DmIca¢rN£   =1=

AT

then

tan¯

those

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

svaIn¯

all

¢v½aÓtan¯

had rested

h¢ry¥Tpan¯

to the leaders of monkey armies

id|	the following

vcn|

words

ekag#a

with focused mind on one object

taps£

the ascetic woman

DmIca¢rN£

practicing virtue

1.The   ascetic   woman,   with   focused   mind   on   one   object   and   practicing   virtue
spoke   the   following   words   to   all   those   leaders   of   monkey   armies   who   had
rested.

vanra   y¢d   v:   KEd:   p#n¾:   PlBXNat¯   .
y¢d   cWtÓmya   ½aÛy|   ½aEt¤¢mÅCa¢m   kÐytam¯   =2=

vanra:

monkeys

y¢d

if

v:

your

KEd:

tiredness

p#n¾:

has been relieved

PlBXNat¯

by eating the fruits

y¢d   c

in case

ett¯

this

mya

by me

½aÛy|

fit to be heard

½aEt¤|

hear

iÅCa¢m

I desire

kÐytam¯

please narrate

2.The   ascetic   woman   told   the   monkeys   that   if   their   tiredness   has   been   relieved
by   eating   the   fruits,   and   if   it   is   fit   to   be   heard   by   her,   they   may   narrate   that   story.

tÞyaÞt¹cn|   ½¤Ïva   hn¤maÓmaâtaÏmj:   .
AajIvEn   yTatt¯ÏvmaÁyat¤m¤pc@mE   =3=

tÞya:

her

tt¯

those

vcn|

words

½¤Ïva

hearing

hn¤man¯

Hanuman

maâtaÏmj:

son of the Wind god

AajIvEn

with candor

yTatt¯Ïv|

correctly

AaÁyat¤|

to narrate

upc@mE

commenced

3.Hearing   her   words   Hanuman,   son   of   wind   god   commenced   to   narrate   with
candor   and   correctly.

raja   svIÞy   laEkÞy   mhEÓd#vâNaEpm:   .
ramaE   daSr¢T:   ½£man¯   p#¢v¾aE   dÎfkavnm¯   =
lßmNEn   sh   B#aæOa   vWdE/a   ca¢p   BayIya   =4=

raja

king

svIÞy

of the whole

laEkÞy

world

mhEÓd#vâNaEpm:

comparable to Indra and Varuna

ram:

Rama

daSr¢T:

son of Dasaratha

½£man¯

the glorious

p#¢v¾:

entered

dÎfkavnm¯

the Dandaka forest

lßmNEn   sh

alongwith Lakshmana

B#aæOa

younger brother

vWdE/a

alongwith the princess of the Videha, Sita

c

also

A¢p   BayIya

with his wife as well

4.Hanuman   told   the   ascetic   woman   that   the   glorious   on   od   Dasaratha,   Rama,
the   king   of   the   entier   world   and   comparable   to   Indra   and   Varuna   enterd   the
Dandaka   forest,   alongwith   his   younger   brother,   Lakshmana   and   wife,   Sita.

tÞy   BayaI   jnÞTanad#avNEn   ¶ta   blat¯   =5=

tÞy

his

BayaI

consort

jnÞTanat¯

from Janasthana

ravNEn

by Ravana

¶ta	was abducted

blat¯

forcibly

5.Hanuman   told   the   ascetic   woman   that   Rama's   consort   was   forcibly   abducted
from   Janasthana   by   Ravana.

v£rÞtÞy   sKa   raåO:   s¤g#£vaE   nam   vanr:   .
raja   vanrm¤Áyana|   yEn   p#ÞTa¢pta   vym¯   =6=

v£r:	the valiant

tÞy

his

sKa

friend

raåO:

of the king

s¤g#£v:   nam

Sugriva by name

vanr:

monkey

raja

king

vanrm¤Áyana|

of the foremost of monkeys

yEn

by whom

p#ÞTa¢pta:

were despatched

vym¯

we

6.Hanuman   told   the   ascetic   woman   that   the   valiant   Sugriva,   the   king   of
monkeys   is   the   friend   of   this   king   and   they   were   despatched   by   him.

AgÞÏyc¢rtamaSa|   d¢XNa|   ymr¢Xtam¯   .
shW¢BvaInrWm¤IÁyWrÄñdp#m¤KWvIym¯   =7=
ravN|   s¢hta:   sv©I   raXs|   kamã¢pNm¯   .
s£tya   sh   vWdE/a   magIÒv¢m¢t   caE¢dta:   =8=

AgÞÏyc¢rta|

inhabited by sage Agastya

AaSa|

in the direction

d¢XNa|

southern

ymr¢Xtam¯

protected by Yama

sh	along with

e¢B:

these

vanrW:

monkeys

m¤ÁyW:

leaders

AÄñdp#m¤KW:

headed by Angada

vym¯

we

ravN|

Ravana

s¢hta:

together

sv©I

all

raXs|

the ogre

kamã¢pNm¯

capable of taking any form at will

s£tya   sh

alongwith Sita

vWdE/a

the princess of the Videha

magIÒv|

you should search

i¢t

thus

caE¢dta:

commanded

7,8.Hanuman   told   the   ascetic   woman   that   all   of   them   headed   by   Angada   have
been   commanded   to   search   together   for   the   ogre   Ravana   alongwith   Sita   in   the
southern   direction   inhabited   by   sage   Agastya   and   protected   by   Yama.

¢v¢cÏy   t¤   vy|   sv©I   smg#a|   d¢XNa|   ¢dSm¯   .
b¤B¤¢Xta:   p¢r½aÓta   v¦Xm¥lm¤pa¢½ta:   =9=

¢v¢cÏy

having searched

t¤	in this state

vy|

we

sv©I

all

smg#a|

entire

d¢XNa|

southern

¢dSm¯

direction

b¤B¤¢Xta:

being hungry

p¢r½aÓta:

exhausted

v¦Xm¥l|

the foot of a tree

upa¢½ta:

took shelter

9.Hanuman   told   the   ascetic   woman   that   that   having   searched   the   entire   southern   direction   being   hungry   and   exhausted   took   shelter   at   the   foot   of   a   tree.

¢vvNIvdna:   sv©I   sv©I   ÒyanprayNa:   .
na¢DgÅCamhE   par|   mg"a¢àÓtamhaNIvE   =10=

¢vvNIvdna:

pale faced

sv©I

all

sv©I

all

ÒyanprayNa:

absorbed in thought

n   A¢DgÅCamhE

did not perceive

par|

the end

mg"a:

submerged

¢cÓtamhaNIvE

in the ocean of anxiety

10.Hanuman   told   the   ascetic   woman   that   all   were   pale   faced,   all   absorbed   in
thought   did   not   perceive   the   end   and   were   submerged   in   the   ocean   of   anxiety.