ttaE{b#v£ÓmhatEja   ÇyE¿aE   B#ata   jzay¤x:   .
AaÏman¤ãp|   vcn|   vanran¯   s|p#hxIyn¯   =11=

tt:

thereupon

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

mhatEja:

with great energy

ÇyE¿:   B#ata

the elder brother

jzay¤x:

of Jatayu

AaÏman¤ãp|

fitting his personal stature

vcn|

words

vanran¯

to the monkeys

s|p#hxIyn¯

bringing supreme delight

11.Thereupon   Sampati,   the   elder   brother   of   Jatayu,   spoke   the   following   words
fitting   his   stature   bringing   supreme   delight   to   the   monkeys.

¢ndIÂDpXaE   g¦D#aE{h|   h£nv£yI:   ÔlvÄñma:   .
vaĵaæOEN   t¤   ramÞy   k¢rÝyE   sa/m¤äOmm¯   =12=

¢ndIÂDpX:

with burnt wings

g¦D#:

a vulture

Ah|

I am

h£nv£yI:

with virility departed

ÔlvÄñma:

monkeys

vaĵaæOEN

throuh mere words

t¤

being so

ramÞy

of Rama

k¢rÝyE

I shall do

sa/|

help

uäOmm¯

foremost

12.Sampati   told   the   monkeys   that   he   was   a   vulture   with   burnt   wings   and   virility   departed.   Being   so   he   will   render   a   great   help   to   Rama   through   mere   words.

jana¢m   vaâNa|ÚlaEka¢ÓvÝNaEÞæOª¢v@man¢p   .
dEvas¤r¢vmdaI|à   /m¦tÞya¢p   mÓTnm¯   =13=

jana¢m

I heve knowledge

vaâNan¯

covered with water

laEkan¯

worlds

¢vÝNaE:

of Lord Vishnu

æOª¢v@man¯

those measured in the three strides

A¢p

even

dEvas¤r¢vmdaIn¯    c

the battles between the gods and the demons also

¢h

fully

Am¦tÞy

for the nectar

A¢p   mÓTnm¯

of the churning also

13.Sampati   told   the   monkeys   that   he   has   knowledge   of   the   worlds   covered
by   water   and   those   measured   in   three   strides   by   Lord   Vishnu,   the   battles
between   the   Gods   and   the   demons   and   the   churning   of   the   milky   ocean   for
nectar.

ramÞy   y¢dd|   kayI||   ktIÛy|   p#Tm|   mya   .
jrya{p¶t|   tEj:   p#aNaà   ¢S¢Tla   mm   =14=

ramÞy

of Rama

yt¯

therefore

id|

this

kayI|

errand

ktIÛy|

must be done

p#Tm|

first

mya

by me

jrya	due to old age

Ap¶t|

has been debilitated

tEj:

strength

p#aNa:   c

life also

¢S¢Tla:

is ebbing

mm

my

14.Sampati   told   the   monkeys   that   due   to   old   age   his   strength   has   been   debilitated   and   life   is   ebbing   and   therefore   this   errand   of   Rama   must   be   done   by   him   first.

tâN£   ãpsØp°a   svaIBrNB¥¢xta   .
¢»ymaNa   mya   è¾a   ravNEn   ѤraÏmna   =15=
@«SÓt£   ram   ramE¢t   lßmNE¢t   c   Ba¢mn£   .
B¥xNaÓyp¢vÒyÓt£   gaæOa¢N   c   ¢vD¥Óvt£   =16=

tâN£

young

âpsØp°a

richly endowed with a beautiful form

svaIBrNB¥¢xta

adorned with all types of ornaments

¢»ymaNa

while being carried away

mya

by me

è¾a

was seen

ravNEn

by Ravana

ѤraÏmna

the evil minded

@«SÓt£

crying out

ram   ram

O! Rama! O! Rama!

i¢t

thus

lßmN	O! Lakshmana

i¢t   c

thus also

Ba¢mn£

lovely lady

B¥xNa¢n

ornaments

Ap¢vÒyÓt£

removing and throwing

gaæOa¢N   c

limbs also

¢vD¥Óvt£

tossing

15,16.Sampati   told   the   monkeys   a   lovely   young   lady   endowed   with   a   beatiful
form,   adorned   with   all   types   of   ornaments,   was   seen   by   him   crying   out   'Rama,   Rama'   and   'Lakshmana'   removing   and   throwing   her   ornaments   and   tossing   her   limbs   while   being   carried   away   by   the   evil   minded   Ravana.

s¥yIp#BEv   SWlag#E   tÞya:   k¬SEym¤äOmm¯   .
A¢stE   raXsE   Ba¢t   yTa   va   t¢fdØb¤dE   =17=

s¥yIp#Ba   iv

like the splendour of the Sun

SWlag#E

against the top of the mountain

tÞya:

her

k¬SEy|

silken robe

uäOmm¯

superior

A¢stE

dark complexioned

raXsE

against the ogre

Ba¢t

shone

yTa

like

va

or

t¢ft¯

lightning

AØb¤dE

in the clouds

17.Sampati   told   the   monkeys   that   her   superior   silken   robe   shone   against   the
dark   complexioned   ogre   like   the   splendour   of   the   sun   against   the   top   of
a   mountain   or   as   a   lightning   in   the   clouds.

ta||   t¤   s£tamh|   mÓyE   ramÞy   p¢rk£tInat¯   .
½¥yta|   mE   kTytaE   ¢nly|   tÞy   rXs:   =18=

ta|   t¤

her

s£ta|

as Sita

Ah|

I

mÓyE

believe

ramÞy

of Rama

p¢rk£tInat¯

calling out the name

½¥yta|

listen

mE

my

kTyt:

narration

¢nly|

about the abode

tÞy

that

rXs:	of the ogre

18.Sampati   told   the   monkeys   that   from   her   calling   out   the   name   of   Rama,   he
believed   that   she   was   Sita   and   wanted   them   to   listen   to   his   narrattion   about   the   location   of   the   abode   of   that   ogre.

p¤æOaE   ¢v½vs:   saXat¯   B#ata   vW½vNÞy   c   .
AÒyaÞtE   ngr£|   lÄða||   ravNaE   nam   raXs:   =19=

p¤æO:

son

¢v½vs:

of sage Visrava

saXat¯

in reality

B#ata

younger (half) brother

vW½vNÞy

of Kubera son of Vaisrava

c

also

AÒyaÞtE

lives

ngr£|

in the city

lÄða|

of Lanka

ravN:

Ravana

nam

by name

raXs:

ogre

19.Sampati   told   the   monkeys   that   the   ogre   Ravana   by   name   is   the   son   of   sage   Visrava   and   younger   (half)   brother   of   Kubera   and   lives   in   the   city   of   Lanka.

itaE   ¹£pE   sm¤d#Þy   s|p¥N©I   StyaEjnE   .
t¢Þm|ÚlÄðap¤r£   rØya   ¢n¢mIta   ¢vákmINa   =20=
jaØb¥ndmyWrq¹arW¢àæOª:   ka·nvE¢dkW:   .
p#asadWh©ImvNªIà   mh¢ì:   s¤sma   k]ta   =
p#akarENakIvN©In   mhta   s¤smav¦ta   =21=

it:

from here

¹£pE	on the island

sm¤d#Þy

in the ocean

s|p¥N©I

full

StyaEjnE

a hundred yojanas(eight hundred miles)

t¢Þmn¯

that

lÄðap¤r£

the city of Lanka

rØya

beautiful

¢n¢mIta

was constructed

¢vákmINa

by Viswakarma (the divine architect)

jaØb¥ndmyW:

golden

¹arW:

entrances

¢cæOª:

beautiful

ka·nvE¢dkW:

with altars made of gold

p#asadW:

mansions with terraces

hEmvNªI:

of golden colour

c

also

mh¢ì:

stately

s¤sma   k]ta

well laid out

p#akarEN

with boundary walls

AkIvN©In

bright as the Sun

mhta	with a massive

s¤smav¦ta

enclosed

20.21.Sampati   told   the   monkeys   that   beautiful   city   of   Lanka   is   on   an   island
in   the   ocean   exactly   a   full   hundred   yojanas   from   that   there,   was   constructed
by   Viswakarma   with   large   golden   entrances,   beautiful   gold   altars,   well   laid
out   stately   mansions   with   terraces   of   gold   and   enclosed   with   a   massive
boundary   wall   bright   as   the   sun.