S¥raà   blvÓtà   vâNÞy   s¤ta   rNE   .
¢n¢jItaÞtE   mhabahaE   ct¤¢vIDblan¤ga:   =12=

S¥ra:   c

heroes also

blvÓt:   c

mighty also

vâNÞy

of Varuna

s¤ta:

sons

rNE	in a battle

¢n¢jIta:

were conquered

tE

those

mhabahaE

mighty armed

ct¤¢vIDblan¤ga:

followed by an army of four limbs

12.The   ogres   told   Ravana   that   he   conquered   the   sons   of   Varuna   who
were   heroes   and   mighty   and   followed   by   an   army   of   four   limbs.

m¦Ïy¤dÎfmhag#ah|   SÚm¢ld#^mm¢Îftm¯   .
kalpaSmhav£¢c|   ym¢kÄðrp°gm¯   =13=
Avga/   Ïvya   rajÓymÞy   blsagrm¯   .
jyà   ¢vp¤l:   p#açOaE   m¦Ïy¤à   p#¢txE¢dt:   =14=

m¦Ïy¤dÎfmhag#ah|

a huge alligator in the form of death penalty

SÚm¢ld#^mm¢Îftm¯

full of salmali trees bristling with thorns

kalpaSmhav£¢c|

with a huge wave in the form of a noose of kala

ym¢kÄðrp°gm¯

infested with serpents in the form of Yama's servants

Avga/

plunging

Ïvya

by you

rajn¯

king

ymÞy

of Yama

blsagrm¯

sea in the shape of forces

jy:   c   ¢vp¤l:

an excellent victory

p#açO:

was acheived

m¦Ïy¤:   c

Yama also

p#¢txE¢dt:

was driven away

13,14.The   ogres   told   Ravana   that   an   excellent   victory   was   acheived
by   him   after   plunging   into   Yama's   sea   in   the   shape   of   forces   with   an
alligator   in   the   form   of   death   penalty,   full   of   salmali   trees   with   thorns,
with   a   huge   wave   in   the   form   of   a   noose   of   kala   and   infested   with
serpents   in   the   form   of   Yama's   servants   and   Yama   was   also   driven
away.

s¤y¤¼En   c   tE   sv©I   laEkaÞtæO   s¤taE¢xta:   =15=

s¤y¤¼En

with good fighting

c

also

tE

they

sv©I

all

laEka:

people

tæO

there

s¤taE¢xta:

were highly gratified

15.The   ogres   told   Ravana   that   all   the   people   there   were   gratified   by
the   good   fighting.

X¢æOyWbIh¤¢Bv£IrW:   S@t¤Úypra@mW:   .
Aas£Ïvs¤mt£   p¥NaI   mh¢ì¢rv   padpW:   =16=

X¢æOyW:

with kshatriyas

bh¤¢B:

numerous

v£rW:

heroes

S@t¤Úypra@mW:

equal in prowess to Indra

Aas£t¯

was

vs¤mt£

the earth

p¥NaI:

filled

mh¢ì:

huge

iv

like

padpW:

with trees

16.The   ogres   told   Ravana   that   the   earth   was   full   of   kshatriya   heroes
equal   in   prowess   to   Indra   like   full   of   huge   trees.

tExa|   v£yIg¤NaEÏsahWnI   smaE   raGvaE   rNE   .
p#s/   tE   Ïvya   rajÓhta:   prmѤjIya:   =17=

tExa|

for them

v£yIg¤NaEÏsahW:

in prowess, fighting spirit and enthusiasm

n   sm:

not equal

raGv:

Rama, the scion of Raghu

rNE

in a wr

p#s/

violently

tE

they

Ïvya

by you

rajn¯

O! king

hta:	were killed

prmѤjIya:

difficult to conquer

17.The   ogres   told   Ravana   that   Rama   was   not   equal   to   the   kshatriyas
in   prowess,   fighting   spirit   and   enthusiasm   and   they   were   killed   by
him   violently   in   a   war   though   they   were   difficult   to   conquer.

¢t¿   va   ¢k|   mharaj   ½mEN   tv   vanran¯   .
AymEkaE   mhabah¤¢rÓd#¢jÏXp¢tÝy¢t   =18=

¢t¿	please stay here

va   ¢k|

or even

mharaj

king

½mEN	by exerting

tv

for you

vanran¯

monkeys

Ay|

this

ek:

alone

mhabah¤:

mighty armed

iÓd#¢jt¯

Indrajit

Xp¢tÝy¢t

will destroy

18.The   ogres   told   Ravana   that   he   should   stay   there   since   there   is   no
need   for   him   to   exert   as   Indrajit   alone   will   destroy   the   monkeys.

AnEn   ¢h   mharaj   mahEármn¤äOmm¯   .
i¾qva   yåO|   vraE   lÖDaE   laEkE   prmѤlIB:   =19=

AnEn   ¢h

by him alone

mharaj

king

mahEárm¯

to Lord Shiva

An¤äOmm¯

unsurpassed

i¾qva

performing

yåO|	a sacrifice

vr:

boon

lÖD:	was obtained

laEkE

in the world

prmѤlIB:

very difficult to get

19.The   ogres   told   Ravana   that   Indrajit   performed   an   unsurpassed
sacrifice   to   Lord   Shiva   and   obtained   a   boon   which   is   very   difficult
to   obtain   in   the   world.