¢æOSÄð^¢vImlaE   Ba¢t   raj¢xI:   sp¤raE¢ht:   .
¢ptamhvraE{Þmak¢mßvak\Na|   mhaÏmnam¯   =51=

¢æOSÄð^:

star presided over by Trisanku

¢vml:

clearly

Ba¢t	is shining

raj¢xI:

the royal sage

sp¤raE¢ht:

accompanied by family priest

¢ptamhvr:

foremost forefather

AÞmak|

our

ißvak\Na|

Ikshvakus

mhaÏmnam¯

the high souled

51.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   star   presided   over   by   Trisanku,   a
royal   sage   and   foremost   of   fore   fathers   of   Ikshvakus,   is   shining   brightly.

¢vmlE   c   p#kaSEtE   ¢vSaKE   ¢nâpd#vE   .
nXæOvrmÞmak¢mßvak\Na|   mhaÏmnam¯   =52=

¢vmlE

serenely

c

also

p#kaSEtE

are shining

¢vSaKE

the two stars of Visaka

¢nâpd#vE

free of evil influence of malevolent planets

nXæOvrm¯

foremost of stars

AÞmak|

for us

ißvak\Na|

for Ikshvakus

mhaÏmnam¯

the high souled

52.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   two   stars   of   Visaka,   the   foremost
of   stars   for   them   and   Ikshvakus   are   shining   brightly   free   the   evil
influence   of   malevolent   planets.

nWrq§t|   nWrq§tana|   c   nXæOm¢Bp£ÌYtE   .
m¥laE   m¥lvta   Þp¦¾aE   D¥ÔytE   D¥mkEt¤na   =53=

nWrq§t|

presided over by Nirrti

nWrq§tana|   c

ruling the ogres also

nXæOm¯

star

A¢Bp£ÌYtE

is badly aspected

m¥l:

Mula

m¥lvta

nearby

Þp¦¾:

touched

D¥ÔytE

is tormented

D¥mkEt¤na

by the comet risen with a tail of light

53.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   star   Mula,   presided   over   by   Nirrti
and   ruling   the   ogres   is   being   tormented   by   the   comet   which   has   risen
nearby   with   atail   of   light.

svI   cWt¢¹naSay   raXsanam¤p¢ÞTtm¯   .
kalE   kalg¦h£tana|   nXæO|   g#hp£¢ftm¯   =54=

svI   c

all of

ett¯

this

¢vnaSay

for the destruction

raXsana|

of the ogres

up¢ÞTtm¯

is happening

kalE

in time

kalg¦h£tana|

caught in the grip of death

nXæO|

the star

g#hp£¢ftm¯

is oppressed by a planet

54.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   all   of   this   is   happening   for   the   destruction
of   the   ogres   whose   star   ruling   those   caught   in   the   grip   of   death   is   being
oppressed   by   a   malevolent   planet.

p#s°a:   s¤rsaàapaE   vna¢n   Plv¢Ót   c   .
p#vaÓÏy×y¢Dk|   gÓDaÓyTt¤Ik[s¤ma   d#^ma:   =55=

p#s°a:

is placid

s¤rsa:   c

tastes sweet also

Aap:

water

vna¢n

forests

Plv¢Ót   c

are full of fruits

p#va¢Ót

blows

A×y¢Dk|

laden with

gÓDan¯

fragrance

yTt¤Ik[s¤ma:

bear flowers according to season

d#^ma:

trees

55.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   the   water   is   placid   and   tastes   sweet,   the
forest   are   full   of   fruit,   fragrant   breeze   blows   and   the   trees   bear   flowers
according   to   the   season.

Ûy¥Fa¢n   k¢psWÓya¢n   p#kaSÓtE{¢Dk|   p#BaE   .
dEvana¢mv   sWÓya¢n   sHqg#amE   tarkamyE   =56=

Ûy¥Fa¢n

arrayed

k¢psWÓya¢n

the monkey armies

p#kaSÓtE

shine

A¢Dk|

brightly

p#BaE

lord

dEvana|

of the gods

iv   sWÓya¢n

like the armies

sHqg#amE

in the battle

tarkamyE

among the stars

56.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   arrayed   army   of   monkeys   shine   brightly
like   the   army   of   gods   among   the   stars.

evmayI   sm£ßyWtaÓp#£taE   B¢vt¤mhI¢s   .
i¢t   B#atrmaáaÞy   ¶¾:   s¬¢m¢æOrb#v£t¯   =57=

ev|

as above

AayI	noble brother

sm£ßy

observing

etan¯

these

p#£t:

pleased

B¢vt¤m¯

to be

AhI¢s

you ought

i¢t

thus

B#atr|

elder brother

AaáaÞy

reassuring

¶¾:	feeling cheerful

s¬¢m¢æO:

Lakshmana

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

57.Lakshmana   told   Rama   that   he   ought   to   be   pleased   with   all   these
and   Lakshmana   feeling   cheerful   thus   reassured   Rama.

ATav¦Ïy   mh£|   k]ÏÞa"a|   jgam   mht£   cm¥:   .
§XvanrSaÑ¥IlWnIKd|¾®ay¤DWv¦Ita   =58=

AT

then

Aav¦Ïy

covering

mh£|

the earth

k]ÏÞa"a|

the entire

jgam

went

mht£

the huge

cm¥:

army

§XvanrSaÑ¥IlW:

of tiger like bears and monkeys

nKd|¾®ay¤DW:

with nails and teeth for weapons

v¦ta

having

58.The   huge   army   of   tiger   like   bears   and   monkeys   having   nails   and   teeth
for   weapons   went   covering   the   entire   earth.

krag#Wàrnag#Wà   vanrWâ¢ÏTt|   rj:   .
B£mmÓtdIDE   laEk|   ¢nvayI   s¢vt¤:   p#Bam¯   =59=

krag#W:

with tip of hands

crnag#W:   c

with tip of feet also

vanrW:

by monkeys

u¢ÏTt|

raised

rj:

dust

B£mm¯

terribly

AÓtdIDE

made it dark

laEk|

the earth

¢nvayI

enveloping

s¢vt¤:

sun's

p#Bam¯

light

59.The   dust   raised   by   the   monkeys   with   the   tip   of   their   hands   and   feet
enveloping   the   sunlight   made   the   earth   dark.

spvItvnakaSa|   d¢XNa|   h¢rva¢hn£   .
Cady¢Ót   yy¬   B£ma   ïa¢mvaØb¤ds|t¢t:   =60=

spvItvnakaSa|

alongwith the mountains, forest and sky

d¢XNa|

southern quarter

h¢rva¢hn£

the monkey army

Cady¢Ót

encompassing

yy¬

went

B£ma	the formidable

ïa|

the sky

iv

like

AØb¤ds|t¢t:

a continuous line of clouds

60.The   formidable   monkey   army   went   encompassing   the   southern
quarter   alongwith   its   mountains,   forests   and   sky   like   a   continuous   line
of   clouds   envelope   the   sky.