b¦hÞptEÞt¤ÚymmtEvIcÞt¢°SØy   yÏnEn   ¢vB£xNÞy   .
ttaE   mhaÏma   vcn|   bBaxE   tæOEÓd#¢j°Wrq§tyaEDm¤Áy:   =1=

b¦hÞptE:

to Brhaspati

t¤ÚymmtE:

equal in wisdom

vc:

words

tt¯

that

¢nSØy

hearing

yÏnEn

with restraint

¢vB£xNÞy

of Vibhishana

tt:	thereafter

mhaÏma

high spirited

vcn|

the words

bBaxE

spoke as follows

tæO

then

iÓd#¢jt¯

Indrajit

nWrq§tyaEDm¤Áy:

the leader of ogre warriors

1.Indrajit,   the   leader   of   ogre   warriors,   listened   with   restraint   the   words
of   Vibhishana   who   was   equal   in   wisdom   to   Brhaspati   and   then   spoke
the   following   words.

¢k|   nam   tE   tat   k¢n¿vaÀymnTIk|   cWv   s¤B£tvÅc   .
A¢ÞmÓk[lE   yaE{¢p   BvE°   jat:   saE{p£èS|   nWv   vdE°   k[yaIt¯   =2=

¢k|   nam

why on earth

tE

you

tat

father

k¢n¿vaÀym¯

youngest brother's words

AnTIk|   c

which is not beneficial

ev

only

s¤B£tvÅc

shows great alarm also

A¢Þmn¯

in this

k[lE

race

y:

anyone

A¢p   BvEt¯

even if

n   jat:

not born

s:   A¢p

even he

iIèS|

like this

n   ev   vdEt¯

will no speak

n   k[yaIt¯

will not do like this

2.Indrajit   told   Ravana   that   his   youngest   brother's   words   are   not
beneficial   and   shows   great   alarm.   One   even   though   not   born   in   the
race   will   not   speak   like   that   nor   do   like   that.

st¯ÏvEn   v£y©IN   pra@mEN   S¬y©IN   DWy©IN   c   tEjsa   c   .
ek:   k[lE{¢ÞmÓp¤âxaE   ¢vm¤³aE   ¢vB£xNÞtat   k¢n¿   ex:   =3=

st¯ÏvEn

of innate spirit

v£y©IN

of courage

pra@mEN

of virility

S¬y©IN

of prowess

DWy©IN

of fortitude

c   tEjsa

of heroism also

c   ek:

is the only one

k[lE

race

A¢Þmn¯

in this

p¤âx:

man

¢vm¤³:

is devoid

¢vB£xN:

Vibhishana

tat

father

k¢n¿	youngest brother

ex:

this

3.Indrajit   told   Ravana   that   his   youngest   brother,   Vibhishana,   is   the
only   man   born   in   this   race   who   is   devoid   of   innate   spirit,   courage,
virility,   fortitude   and   heroism.

¢k|   nam   t¬   raXs   rajp¤æOavÞmakmEkEn   ¢h   raXsEn   .
s¤p#ak]tEna¢p   mt¬   ¢nhÓt¤|   SÀy¬   k[taE   B£xysE   Þm   B£raE   =4=

¢k|   nam

what are

t¬

the two

raXs	ogre, Vibhishana

rajp¤æO¬

princes

AÞmak|

amongst us

ekEn

by one

¢h

therefore

raXsEn

by ogre

s¤p#ak]tEn

most insignificant

A¢p

even

mt¬	as praised by you

¢nhÓt¤|

to kill

SÀy¬

to kill

k[t:

why

B£xysE   Þm

are you frightening us

B£raE

coward

4.Indrajit   called   Vibhishana   a   coward   and   said   that   what   are   those
two   princes   whom   he   had   praised   and   said   that   even   an   insignificant
ogre   can   kill   them   singly.   He   also   asked   why   then   did   he   frighten
them?

¢æOlaEknaTaE   nn¤   dEvraj:   S@«   mya   B¥¢mtlE   ¢n¢v¾:   .
Bya¢dItaàa¢p   ¢dS:   p#p°a   sv©I   tTa   dEvgNa:   smg#a:   =5=

¢æOlaEknaT:

protector of three worlds

nn¤

is true

dEvraj:

the ruler of gods

S@:

Indra

mya

by me

B¥¢mtlE

on the ground

¢n¢v¾:

was cast

Bya¢dIta:

struck with fear

c

also

A¢p

even

¢dS:	in all directions

p#p°a:

ran away

sv©I

all

tTa

similarly

dEvgNa:

the divine hordes

smg#a:

together

5.Indrajit   told   Vibhishana   that   he   cast   Indra   the   protector   of   three
worlds   and   the   ruler   of   gods   on   the   ground   and   the   divine   hordes   too
ran   away   in   all   directions   struck   with   fear.

eEravtaE   ¢vÞvrm¤°dÓs   ¢npa¢ttaE   B¥¢mtlE   mya   t¤   .
¢vk]Ýy   dÓt¬   t¤   mya   p#s/   ¢væOa¢sta   dEvgNa:   smg#a:   =6=

eEravt:

Airavata

¢vÞvr|

horribly

u°dn¯

trumpeting

s:

that

¢npa¢tt:

was brought down

B¥¢mtlE

on the ground

mya   t¤

by me alone

¢vk]Ýy

forcibly pulling out

dÓt¬	the two tusks

t¤   mya

by me alone

p#s/	were thrown

¢væOa¢sta

into panic

dEvgNa:

the divine hordes

smg#a:

together

6.Indrajit   told   Vibhishana   that   he   alone   forcibly   pulling   out   the   two
tusks   of   Airavata   was   brought   down   on   the   ground   trumpeting
horribly   and   also   the   divine   hordes   were   thrown   into   panic   by   him.

saE{h|   s¤raNam¢p   dpIhÓta   dWÏyaEäOmanam¢p   SaEkdata   .
kT|   nrEÓd#aÏmjyaEnI   S³aE   mn¤ÝyyaE:   p#ak]tyaE:   s¤v£yI:   =7=

s:

that

Ah|

I

s¤raNam¯   A¢p

even of the gods

dpIhÓta

crushed the pride

dWÏyaEäOmanam¯    A¢p

even to the foremost of Daityas

SaEkdata

brought grief

kT|

how

nrEÓd#aÏmjyaE:

of the two princes

n   S³:

not capable

mn¤ÝyyaE:

the two mortals

p#ak]tyaE:

insignificant

s¤v£yI:

rich in manliness

7.Indrajit   asked   Vibhishana   that   how   is   he,   rich   in   manliness,   who
crushed   the   pride   of   the   gods   and   brought   grief   to   the   foremost   of
Daityas   is   not   capable   of   subduing   the   two   insignificant   mortal
princes?

ATEÓd#kÚpÞy   ѤrasdÞy   mh¬jsÞt¹cn|   ¢nSØy   .
ttaE   mhayI|   vcn|   bBaxE   ¢vB£xN:   SÞæOB¦ta|   v¢r¿:   =8=

AT	as follows

iÓd#kÚpÞy

equal to Indra

ѤrasdÞy

dangerous to approach

mh¬js:

with great energy

t¹cn|

those words

¢nSØy

hearing

tt:

then

mhayI|

of great significance

vcn|

words

bBaxE

spoke

¢vB£xN:

Vibhishana

SÞæOB¦ta|

of the armed soldiers

v¢r¿:

the foremost

8.Hearing   the   boastful   words   of   Indrajit   which   was   equal   to   Indra   and
dangerous   to   approach,   Vibhishana   spoke   the   following   words   full
of   significance.

n   tat   mÓæOE   tv   ¢nàyaE{¢Þt   balÞÏvmïaÔy¢vp@b¤¢¼:   .
tÞmat¯Ïvya   /aÏm¢vnaSnay   vcaE{TIh£n|   bh¤   ¢vp#lçOm¯   =9=

n

not

tat

child

mÓæOE

in advice

tv

to you

¢này:

to analyse

A¢Þt

there

bal:   Ïvm¯

you are a boy

Aï   A¢p

even now

A¢vp@b¤¢¼:

intelligence not yet ripe

tÞmat¯

therefore

Ïvya

by you

¢h

surely

AaÏm¢vnaSnay

for own destruction

vc:

words

ATIh£n|

incoherent

bh¤

much

¢vp#lçOm¯

was poured forth

9.Vibhishana   told   Indrajit   that   he   was   still   a   boy   whose   intelligence
is   not   yet   ripe   and   hence   he   can   not   decide   what   is   to   be   done.   Much
incoherent   words   have   therefore   been   poured   out   by   him.

p¤æOp#vadEn   t¤   ravNÞy   Ïv¢mÓd#¢j¢ÓmæOm¤KaE{¢s   SæO¤:   .
yÞyEèS|   raGvtaE   ¢vnaS|   ¢nSØy   maEhadn¤mÓysE   Ïvm¯   =10=

p¤æOp#vadEn

passing by the name of a son

t¤

thus

ravNÞy

to Ravana

Ïv|

you

iÓd#¢jt¯

Indrajit

¢mæOm¤K:

with the face of a friend

A¢s

you are

SæO¤:

an enemy

yÞy

whose

iIèS|

like this

raGvt:

from Rama

¢vnaS|

destruction

¢nSØy

hearing

maEhat¯

out of infatuation

An¤mÓysE

are agreeing

Ïvm¯

you

10.Vibhishana   told   Indrajit   that   even   after   hearing   of   the   destruction
of   Ravana   from   Rama,   he,   passing   in   the   name   of   a   son   and   with   the
face   of   a   friend   was   Ravana's   enemy   and   thus   he   is   agreeing   with
others   due   to   infatuation.