ATaInTaªI   ¢v¢n¢àÏy   Ûyvsay|   BjEt   h   .
g¤Nt:   s|g#h|   k[yaIêaExtà   ¢vsjIyEt¯   =41=

ATaInTaªI

the advantages and disadvantages

¢v¢n¢àÏy

ascertaining

Ûyvsay|

a decision

BjEt   h

one should take

g¤Nt:

if advantageous

s|g#h|

to accept

k[yaIt¯

may decide

daExt:   c

if disadvantageous

¢vsjIyEt¯

may be rejected

41.Angada   told   Rama   that   ascertaining   the   advantages   and   disadvant-
ages   one   may   decide   to   accept   if   it   is   advantageous   and   reject   if
disadvantageous.

y¢d   daExaE   mha|Þt¢Þm|ÞÏyÇytam¢vS¢Äðtam¯   .
g¤NaÓva¢p   bh¥n¯   åOaÏva   s|g#h:   ¢@yta|   n¦p   =42=

y¢d

in case

daEx:

harm

mhan¯

great

t¢Þmn¯

in him

ÏyÇytam¯

be rejected

A¢vS¢Äðtam¯

boldly

g¤Nan¯

benefits

va

or

A¢p

even

bh¥n¯

many

åOaÏva

knowing

s|g#h:

accept

¢@yta|

be done

n¦p

king

42.Angada   told   Rama   that   if   there   is   great   harm   in   accepting   him   he
may   be   boldly   rejected   or   he   may   be   accepted   knowing   the   many
benefits   of   taking   him.

SrBÞÏvT   ¢n¢àÏy   saÒy|   vcnmb#v£t¯   .
¢Xp#m¢Þm°rÛyaG#   car:   p#¢t¢vD£ytam¯   =43=

SrB:

Sarabha

t¤

in this

AT	as follows

¢n¢àÏy

having decided

saÒy|

what is possible

vcnm¯

words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

¢Xp#m¯

quickly

A¢Þmn¯

him

nrÛyaG#

tiger aming men

car:

a spy

p#¢t¢vD£ytam¯

be dispatched to follow

43.Sarabha   having   decided   told   Rama   to   dispatch   quickly   a   spy   to
follow   him.

p#¢NDay   ¢h   carEN   yTavÏs¥ßmb¤¢¼na   .
pr£ßy   c   tt:   kaya©I   yTaÓyay|   p¢rg#h:   =44=

p#¢NDay

come to a definite conclusion

¢h   carEN

by spies alone

yTavt¯

truly

s¥ßmb¤¢¼na

with great judgement

pr£ßy

after testing

c

also

tt:	thereafter

kayI:

should be done

yTaÓyay|

as per the results

p¢rg#h:

to accept

44.Sarabha   told   Rama   that   the   spies   with   great   sense   of   judgement
should   test   Vibhishana   and   based   on   the   result   he   should   be   accepted.

jaØbva|ÞÏvT   s|p#Eßy   SaÞæOb¤¼Ya   ¢vcXN:   .
vaÀy|   ¢våOapyamas   g¤NvêaExv¢jItm¯   =45=

jaØbvan¯

Jambavan

t¤

in this

AT	as follows

s|p#Eßy

deeply reflecting

SaÞæOb¤¼Ya

with knowledge of scriptures

¢vcXN:

clear sighted

vaÀy|

words

¢våOapyamas

submitted

g¤Nvt¯

full of benefits

daExv¢jItm¯

free from faults

45.The   clear   sighted   Jambavan   enlightened   by   the   knowledge   of
scriptures   deeply   reflected   and   submitted   the   following   words   full   of
benefits   and   free   from   faults.

b¼vWraÅc   papaÅc   raXsEÓd#a¢¹B£xN:   .
AdESkalE   s|p#açO:   SÄðYtamym¯   =46=

b¼vWrat¯   c

with deep rooted enmity also

papat¯   c

sinful also

raXsEÓd#at¯

from the king of ogres

¢vB£xN:

Vibhishana

AdESkalE

without regard to time and place

s|p#açO:

has arrived

SÄðYtam¯

should be suspected

Aym¯

he

46.Jambavan   told   Rama   that   Vibhishana   has   come   from   the   camp   of
Ravana   who   is   sinful   and   a   deep   rooted   enemy   without   regard   to   time
or   place   and   hence   he   should   be   suspected.

ttaE   mWÓdÞt¤   s|p#Eßy   nyapnykaE¢vd:   .
vaÀy|   vcns|p°aE   bBaxE   hEt¤mäOrm¯   =47=

tt:

then

mWÓd:

Mainda

t¤

in this

s|p#Eßy

deeply reflecting

nyapnykaE¢vd:

adept in discriminating what is right and what is

vaÀy|

words

vcns|p°:

rich in expression

bBaxE

spoke

hEt¤mäOrm¯

full of logic

47.Then   Mainda   adept   in   discriminating   what   is   right   and   what   is
wrong   and   rich   in   expression,   spoke   the   following   words   after   deep
reflection.

vcn|   nam   tÞyWx   ravNÞy   ¢vB£xN:   .
p¦ÅCqyta|   mD¤rENay|   SnWnIrvrEár:   =48=

vcn|	words told

nam

by name

tÞy

that

ex:

this

ravNÞy

to Ravana

¢vB£xN:

Vibhishana

p¦c¯CYta|

let it be asked

mD¤rEN

sweetly

Ay|

he

SnW:

softly

nrvrEár:

king

48.Mainda   told   Rama   that   they   should   ask   Vibhishana   what   words
he   told   Ravana   in   a   sweet   and   soft   way.

BavmÞy   t¤   ¢våOay   ttÞtÏv|   k¢rÝy¢s   .
y¢d   Ѥ¾aE   n   Ѥ¾aE   va   b¤¢¼p¥vI|   nrxIB   =49=

Bavm¯

feeling

AÞy

his

t¤

then

¢våOay

reading

tt:

thus

tÏv|

fact

k¢rÝy¢s

please do

y¢d

in case

Ѥ¾:

is bad

n   Ѥ¾:    va

or not bad

b¤¢¼p¥vI|

according to reason

nrxIB

jewel among men

49.Mainda   told   Rama   that   after   ascertaing   from   feeling   whether   he
is   bad   or   not,   he   should   take   a   decision   according   to   reason.

AT   s|Þkars|p°aE   hn¤maÓs¢cvaEäOm:   .
uvac   vcn|   ÜlßNmTIvÓmD¤r|   lG¤   =50=

AT

then

s|Þkars|p°:

well versed in scriptures

hn¤man¯

Hanuman

s¢cvaEäOm:

foremost of ministers

uvac

said

vcn|

words

ÜlßNm¯

beautiful

ATIvt¯

full of meaning

mD¤r|

sweet to the ear

lG¤

concise

50.Then   Hanuman,   well   versed   in   scriptures,   spoke   the   following
beautiful   words,   full   of   meaning,   sweet   to   the   ear   and   concise.