ravN|   @[¼maåOay   mhapaáa©I   mhabl:   .
m¤h¥tImn¤s|¢cÓÏy   p#a¸¢lvaIÀymb#v£t¯   =1=

ravN|

Ravana

@[¼|

enraged

AaåOay

finding

mhapaáI:

Mahaparswa

mhabl:

with great might

m¤h¥tIm¯

for awhile

An¤s|¢cÓÏy

reflecting

p#a¸¢l:

with joined palms

vaÀym¯

words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke as follows

1.Mahaparswa   finding   Ravana   to   be   enraged,   reflected   for   awhile
and   spoke   the   following   words   with   joined   palms.

y:   KÚv¢p   vn|   p#aÔy   m¦gÛyalsmak[lam¯   .
n   ¢pbEÓmD¤   s|p#açO|   s   nraE   ba¢lSaE   BvEt¯   =2=

y:

who

Kl¤

only

A¢p   vn|

forest also

p#aÔy

reaching

m¦gÛyalsmak[lam¯

infested with deers and wild beasts

n   ¢pbEt¯

do not dring

mD¤

honey

s|p#açO|

obtained

s:

that

nr:

man

ba¢lS:

a fool

BvEt¯

will be

2.Mahaparswa   told   Ravana   that   a   man   who   reaches   a   forest   infested
with   deers   and   wild   animals   do   not   drink   the   honey   obtained   is   a   fool.

iIárÞyEár:   kaE{¢Þt   tv   SæO¤¢nbhIN   .
rmÞv   sh   vWdE/a   SæO¥nakØy   m¥DIs¤   =3=

iIárÞy

of a lord

iIár:

lord

k:

who

A¢Þt

is there

tv

your

SæO¤¢nbhIN

destroyer of foes

rmÞv

enjoy

sh   vWdE/a

with princess of Videha, Sita

SæO¥n¯

enemies

AakØy

striking

m¥DIs¤

on the head

3.Mahaparswa   told   Ravana   who   can   be   the   lord   of   lords?   Striking
the   enemies   on   the   head,   he   should   enjoy   with   Sita.

blat¯   k[±[zv¦äOEn   vtIÞv   s¤mhabl   .
Aa@Øya@Øy   s£ta|   vW   tTa   B¥Hqßv   rmÞv   c   =4=

blat¯

by force

k[±[zv¦äOEn

by treachery

vtIÞv

enjoy

s¤mhabl

with extraordinary might

Aa@Øy   Aa@Øy

assaulting again and again

s£ta|

Sita

vW   tTa

similarly

B¥Hqßv

revel

rmÞv

enjoy

c

also

4.Mahaparswa   told   Ravana   that   by   force   and   treachery   he   should
assault   Sita   repeatedly,   enjoy   her   and   revel.

lÖDkamÞy   tE   pàadag¢mÝy¢t   yìym¯   .
p#açOmp#açOkal|   va   svI|   p#¢ts¢hÝy¢s   =5=

lÖDkamÞy

attaining the desired end

tE

your

pàat¯

afterwards

Aag¢mÝy¢t

will come

yt¯

what

Bym¯

danger

p#açOm¯

is present

Ap#açOkal|

that will not happen

va

even if

svI|

all

p#¢ts¢hÝy¢s

you will face

5.Mahaparswa   told   Ravana   that   having   attained   his   desired   end,
no   danger   will   happen   to   him   and   he   will   face   any   danger   that   may
be   faced.

k[ØbkNI:   shaÞma¢B¢rÓd#¢jÅc   mhabl:   .
p#¢txED¢yt¤|   S³¬   svj#m¢p   v¢j#Nm¯   =6=

k[ØbkNI:

Kumbhakarna

sh

alongwith

AÞma¢B:

us

iÓd#¢jt¯   c

and Indrajit

mhabl:

with great might

p#¢txED¢yt¤|

to retreat hastily

S³¬	are capable

svj#m¯   A¢p

even Indra

v¢j#Nm¯

armed with thunderbolt

6.Mahaprasrawa   told   Ravana   that   Kumbhakarna   and   Indrajit   along
with   them   are   capable   of   making   even   Indra   armed   with   thunderbolt
beat   a   hasty   retreat.

upp#dan|   saÓÏv|   va   BEd|   va   k[SlW:   k]tm¯   .
sm¢t@Øy   dÎfEn   ¢s¢¼mT©Ix¤   raEcy   =7=

upp#dan|

gifting

saÓÏv|   va

or conciliation

BEd|   va

or sowing dissension

k[SlW:

by the wise

k]tm¯

was resorted to

sm¢t@Øy

leaving aside

dÎfEn

by use of force

¢s¢¼m¯

to achieve success

AT©Ix¤

for our purpose

raEcy

please consider

7.Mahaparswa   told   Ravana   that   leaving   aside   gifting,   conciliation   or
sowing   dissension   resorted   to   by   the   wise,   he   should   consider   to
achieve   success   of   his   purpose   by   use   of   force.

ih   p#açOaÓvy|   svaIM¯ÅCæO¥|Þtv   mhabl   .
vSE   SÞæOp#tapEn   k¢rÝyamaE   n   s|Sy:   =8=

ih

now

p#açOan¯

having arrived

vy|

we

svaIn¯

all

SæO¥n¯

enemies

tv

your

mhabl

with great might

vSE	to submission

SÞæOp#tapEn

with the strength of arms

k¢rÝyam:

will reduce

n   s|Sy:

without doubt

8.Mahaparswa   told   Ravana   that   they   will   reduce   his   enemies   who   had
arrived   then   to   submission   with   the   strength   of   their   arms.

evm¤³Þtda   raja   mhapaá©In   ravN:   .
tÞy   s|p¥jyÓvaÀy¢md|   vcnmb#v£t¯   =9=

ev|

as above

u³:	being told

tda

then

raja

king

mhapaá©In

by Mahaparswa

ravN:

Ravana

tÞy

his

s|p¥jyn¯

acclaiming

vaÀy|

the words

id|	the following

vcnm¯

words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

9.Ravana,   acclaiming   the   above   words   of   Mahaparswa   spoke   the
following   words.

mhapaáI   ¢nbaED   Ïv|   rhÞy|   ¢k|¢cdaÏmn:   .
¢crv¦äO|   tdaÁyaÞyE   ydvaçO|   mya   p¤ra   =10=

mhapaáI

Mahaparswa

¢nbaED   Ïv|

you hear

rhÞy|

secret

¢k|¢ct¯

a certain

AaÏmn:

of mine

¢crv¦äO|

an incident which took place long ago

tt¯

that

AaÁyaÞyE

I will narrate

yt¯

which

AvaçO|

was obtained

mya

by me

p¤ra

long ago

10.Ravana   told   Mahaparswa   to   listen   to   his   secret   of   an   incident   which
took   place   long   ago   the   result   of   which   was   obtained   long   ago.