Ag#E   yat¤   blÞyaÞy   n£laE   magImvE¢Xt¤m¯   .
v¦t:   StshÞa#EN   vanraNa|   tr¢Þvnam¯   =11=

Ag#E	at the head

yat¤

let march

blÞy	of the army

AÞy

this

n£l:

Nila

magIm¯   AvE¢Xt¤m¯

to check the passage

v¦t:	accompanied by

StshÞa#EN

one lakh

vanraNa|

monkeys

tr¢Þvnam¯

of agile

11.Rama   told   Sugriva   that   let   Nila   accompanied   by   a   lakh   of   monkeys
go   at   the   head   of   the   army   and   check   the   passage.

Plm¥lvta   n£l   S£tkannva¢rNa   .
pTa   mD¤mta   caS¤   sEna|   sEnaptE   ny   =12=

Plm¥lvta

full of fruits and roots

n£l

Nila!

S£tkannva¢rNa

with plenty of trees with acool and water

pTa	by a route

mD¤mta   c

full of honey also

AaS¤

quickly

sEna|

army

sEnaptE

commander in chief

ny

lead

12.Rama   told   Nila   to   lead   the   army   quickly   by   a   route   full   of   fruits   and
roots,   honey   and   plenty   of   trees   with   cool   shade   and   water.

Ñ¥xyEy¤Ñ¤IraÏman:   p¢T   m¥lPlaEdkm¯   .
raXsa:   p¢rrXETaÞtE×yÞÏv|   ¢nÏym¤ït:   =13=

Ñ¥xyEy¤:

will poison

ѤraÏman:

the evil minded

p¢T	on the route

m¥lPlaEdkm¯

roots,fruits and water

raXsa:

ogres

p¢rrXETa:

protect

tE×y:

from them

Ïv|

you

¢nÏy|

ever

uït:	remaining vigilant

13.Rama   told   Nila   that   the   evil   minded   ogres   may   poison   the   roots,
fruits   and   water   on   the   route   and   asked   him   to   protect   these   from   them
by   remaining   ever   vigilant.

¢nm"Ex¤   vnѤgEIx¤   vnEx¤   c   vn¬ks:   .
A¢BÔl¤Ïya¢BpÜyEy¤:   prExa|   ¢nht|   blm¯   =14=

¢nm"Ex¤

in valleys

vnѤgEIx¤

in thick forests

vnEx¤   c

in forests also

vn¬ks:

monkeys

A¢BÔl¤Ïy

leaping

A¢BpÜyEy¤:

should find out

prExa|

the enemy's

¢nht|

lying in ambush

blm¯

forces

14.Rama   told   Nila   that   the   monkeys   leaping   should   find   out   the   enemy's
forces   lying   in   ambush   in   valleys,   thick   forests   and   forests.

yÅc   PÚg¤   bl|   ¢k¢·äOdæOªvaEpp¤Çytam¯   .
et¢¼   k]Ïy|   GaEr|   naE   ¢v@mEN   p#y¤Çytam¯   =15=

yt¯

which

c

also

PÚg¤	weak element

bl|	in the force

¢k¢·t¯

any

tt¯

that

AæO   ev

here itself

upp¤Çytam¯

may be left

ett¯

this

¢h

because

k]Ïy|

task

GaEr|

is formidable

n:

our

¢v@mEN

with prowess

p#y¤Çytam¯

has to completed

15.Rama   told   Nila   that   any   weak   element   in   the   force   should   be   left   at
that   place   only   because   their   formidable   task   can   be   completed   by
prowess   only.

sagr¬G¢nBI|   B£mmg#an£k|   mhabla:   .
k¢p¢s|ha:   p#kxÓt¤   StSaE{T   shÞa#S:   =16=

sagr¬G¢nBI|

resembling the tide of the sea

B£mm¯

terrfying

Ag#an£k|

the best force

mhabla:

with great might

k¢p¢s|ha:

lions among monkeys

p#kxÓt¤

lead

StS:	in hundreds

AT

now

shÞa#S:

in thousands

16.Rama   told   Nila   that   let   the   lions   among   the   monkeys   lead   the   terrifying
force   in   hundreds   and   thousands   resembling   the   tide   of   the   sea.

gjà   ¢g¢rsÄðaSaE   gvyà   mhabl:   .
gvaXàag#taE   yaÓt¤   gva|   èçOa   ivxIBa:   =17=

gj:   c

Gaja also

¢g¢rsÄðaS:

resembling a mountain

gvy:   c

Gavaya also

mhabl:

with great might

gvaX:   c

Gavaksha also

Ag#t:

at the head

yaÓt¤

let them go

gva|	of the cows

èçOa:

proud

iv

like

§xBa:

bulls

17.Rama   told   Nila   that   let   Gaja,   Gavaya   and   Gajaksha   march   st   the
head   like   proud   bulls   at   the   head   of   cows.

yat¤   vanrva¢hÓya   vanr:   Ôlvta|   vr:   .
palyn¯   d¢XN|   paáIm¦xBaE   vanrxIB:   =18=

yat¤	let him go

vanrva¢hÓya:

of the monkey army

vanr:

monkey

Ôlvta|

of the monkeys

vr:	the foremost

palyn¯

protecting

d¢XN|

right

paáI|

side

§xB:

Rsabha

vanrxIB:

bull among monkeys

18.Rama   told   Nila   that   let   Rsabha   go   protecting   the   right   side   of   the
monkey   army.

gÓDhÞt£v   ѤDIxIÞtrÞv£   gÓDmadn:   .
yat¤   vanrva¢hÓya:   sÛy|   paáIm¢D¢¿ta   =19=

gÓDh¢Þt   iv

like an elephant in rut

ѤDIxI:

difficult to assail

trÞv£

very mighty

gÓDmadn:

Gandhamadana

yat¤	let him go

vanrva¢hÓya:

of the monkey army

sÛy|   paáI|

left side

A¢D¢¿ta

leading

19.Rama   told   Nila   that   let   Gandhamadana   go   leading   the   left   side
of   the   monkey   army.

yaÞya¢m   blmÒyE{h|   bl¬Gm¢BhxIyn¯   .
A¢Dâ/   hn¥mÓtmWravt¢mvEár:   =20=

yaÞya¢m

will go

blmÒyE

in the center of the army

Ah|

I

bl¬Gm¯

the flood of army

A¢BhxIyn¯

cheering

A¢Dâ/

mounting

hn¥mÓt|

Hanuman

eEravt|

airavata

iv

like

iIár:

Indra

20.Rama   told   Nila   that   he,   mounted   on   Hanuman   will   be   in   the   center
of   the   flood   of   army   chhering   them,   like   Indra   rode   on   airavata.