sm¤d#|   lHqG¢yÏva   t¤   GaEr|   ndnd£p¢tm¯   .
k]t|   hn¤mta   kmI   ѤÝkr|   tkIyEt   va   =11=

sm¤d#|

the sea

lHqG¢yÏva

leaping across

t¤

in this

GaEr|

the dreadful

ndnd£p¢tm¯

lord of rivers and streams

k]t|

done

hn¤mta

by Hanuman

kmI

deed

ѤÝkr|

which cannot be done by others

tkIyEt

please think

va

or

11.Vibhishana   told   Ravana   to   think   about   the   deed   done   by   Hanuman
leaping   across   the   dreadful   sea,   lord   of   rivers   and   streams,   which   can
not   be   done   by   others.

blaÓyp¢rmEya¢n   v£yaI¢N   c   ¢nSacra:   .
prExa|   shsa   A¢våOay   n   ktIÛya   kT|cn   =12=

bla¢n

armies

Ap¢rmEya¢n

are inestimable

v£yaI¢N   c

powers also

¢nSacra:

ranger of the night

prExa|

enemies

shsa

in haste

A¢våOay

underestimation

n   ktIÛya

should not be made

kT|cn

in any case

12.Vibhishana   told   Ravana   that   the   powers   and   the   armies   of   the   enemy
are   inestimable   and   in   any   case   underestimation   of   enemies   should   not
be   made   in   haste.

¢k|   c   raXsrajÞy   ramENapk]t|   p¤ra   .
Aajhar   jnÞTanaïÞy   BayaI|   yS¢Þvn:   =13=

¢k|

what

c

also

raXsrajÞy

of the ruler of ogres

ramEN

by Rama

Apk]t|

was abducted

p¤ra

earlier

Aajhar

was abducted

jnÞTanat¯

from janasthana

yÞy

whose

BayaI|

wife

yS¢Þvn:

the illusrious

13.Vibhishana   asked   Ravana   what   was   abducted   by   Rama   from   the
ruler   of   ogres   whose   consort   was   abducted   from   janasthana?

KraE   yï¢tv¦äOÞt¤   ramEN   ¢nhtaE   rNE   .
AvÜy|   p#a¢Nna|   p#aNa   r¢XtÛya   yTablm¯   =14=

Kr:

Khara

y¢d

in case

A¢tv¦äO:

went beyond limits

t¤

in this

ramEN

by Rama

¢nht:

was killed

rNE	in a combat

AvÜy|

must be

p#a¢Nna|

of the living beings

p#aNa:

lives

r¢XtÛya:

are to be protected

yTablm¯

as per their might

14.Vibhishana   told   Ravana   that   Khara   was   killed   by   Rama   since   he
went   beyond   limits   and   the   lives   of   living   beings   must   be   protected
as   per   their   might.

AySÞymnay¤Üy|   prdara¢BmSInm¯   .
ATIXykr|   GaEr|   papÞy   c   p¤nBIvm¯   =15=

AySÞym¯

brings disrepure

Anay¤Üy|

reduces life

prdara¢BmSInm¯

looking at other's wife

ATIXykr|

destroys wealth

GaEr|

a dreadful poison

papÞy   c

for all sins also

p¤n:

moreover

Bvm¯	helps in adding

15.Vibhishana   told   Ravana   that   looking   at   other's   wife   brings   disrepute,
reduces   life,   destroys   wealth,   a   dreadful   poison   capable   of   destroying
everything   and   is   adds   to   all   sins.

et¢°¢mäO|   vWdE/a   By|   n:   s¤mhìvEt¯   .
Aa¶ta   sa   p¢rÏyaÇya   klhaT©I   k]tEn   ¢km¯   =16=

et¢°¢mäO|

for the above reasons

vWdE/a:

by the princess of Videha, Sita

By|

disaster

n:

for us

s¤mht¯

a great

BvEt¯

may befall

Aa¶ta

being abducted

sa

she

p¢rÏyaÇya

deserves to be returned

klhaT©I

with strife as object

k]tEn   ¢km¯

what is to be gained

16.Vibhishana   told   Ravana   that   in   case   Sita   was   abducted   for   the   above
reasons   she   deserves   to   be   returned   since   a   great   disaster   may   befall   for
us   and   asked   what   is   to   be   gained   with   strife   as   object?

n   n:   Xm|   v£yIvta   tEn   DmaIn¤v¢tIna   .
vWr|   ¢nrTIk|   kt¤I|   d£ytamÞy   mW¢Tl£   =17=

n

not

n:

for us

Xm|

desirable

v£yIvta

with powerful

tEn

with him

DmaIn¤v¢tIna

who follows moral behaviour

vWr|

enmity

¢nrTIk|

without any purpose

kt¤I|

to make

d£ytam¯

be given

AÞy

to him

mW¢Tl£

princess of Mithila, Sita

17.Vibhisjana   told   Ravana   that   it   is   not   desirable   to   make   enmity   without
purpose   with   the   powerful   Rama   who   follows   moral   beahviour.   Sita   may
be   given   to   him.

yav°   sgja|   saáa|   bh¤rÏnsmak[lam¯   .
p¤r£|   darytE   baNWd£IytamÞy   mW¢Tl£   =18=

yavt¯

before

n

not

sgja|

with elephants

saáa|

with horses

bh¤rÏnsmak[lam¯

full of precious stones

p¤r£|

city

darytE

tears asunder

baNW:

with arrows

d£ytam¯

please hand over

AÞy

to him

mW¢Tl£

princess of Mithila, Sita

18.Vibhishana   told   Ravana   that   Sita   be   handed   over   to   Rama   before
he   tears   asunder   the   city   full   of   precious   stones   with   elephants   and
horses.

yavÏs¤GaEra   mht£   ѤDIxaI   h¢rva¢hn£   .
navÞkÓd¢Ót   naE   lÄða|   tavÏs£ta   p#d£ytam¯   =19=

yavt¯

till when

s¤GaEra

very formidable

mht£

huge

ѤDIxaI

difficult to overpower

h¢rva¢hn£

army of monkeys

n   AvÞkÓd¢Ót

not besieges

n:

our

lÄða|

Lanka

tavt¯

before that

s£ta

Sita

p#d£ytam¯

given back

19.Vibhishana   told   Ravana   that   before   the   huge   very   formidable   monkey
army   which   is   difficult   to   overpower   beseiges   Lanka   let   Sita   be   given
back   to   Rama.

¢vnÜyE¢¼   p¤r£   lÄða   S¥ra:   sv©I   c   raXsa:   .
ramÞy   d¢yta   pÏn£   Þvy|   n   y¢d   d£ytE   =20=

¢vnÜyEt¯

will perish

¢h	it is certain

p¤r£

city

lÄða

Lanka

S¥ra:

heroic

sv©I

all

c

similarly

raXsa:

ogres

ramÞy

of Rama

d¢yta

beloved

pÏn£

wife

Þvy|	on your own

n   y¢d   d£ytE

in case not restored

20.Vibhishana   told   Ravana   that   in   case   Sita,   the   beloved   wife   of   Rama,
is   not   restored   on   your   own   the   city   of   Lanka   and   all   the   ogres   will
surely   perish.