ravNaÓtraE   B#ata   mm   ÇyE¿à   v£yIvan¯   .
k[ØBkNa©I   mhatEja:   S@p#¢tblaE   y¤¢D   =11=

ravNaÓtr:

younger than Ravana

B#ata

brother

mm

my

ÇyE¿:   c

elder brother also

v£yIvan¯

very powerful

k[ØBkNI:

Kumbhakarna

mhatEja:

with great prowess

S@p#¢tbl:

equal to Indra

y¤¢D

in combat

11.Vibhishana   told   Rama   that   Kumbhakarna,   Ravana's   younger
brother   and   his   elder   brother   is   equal   to   Indra   in   combat.

ram   sEnap¢tÞtÞy   p#hÞtaE   y¢d   va   ½¤t:   .
kWlaSE   yEn   s|g#amE   ma¢NBd#:   pra¢jt:   =12=

ram

Rama

sEnap¢t:

commanderin-chief

tÞy

his

p#hÞt:

Prahasta

y¢d   va

may be you also

½¤t:	have heard

kWlaSE

in Kailasa

yEn

by whom

s|g#amE

in a battle

ma¢NBd#:

Manibhadra, commanderin-chief of Kubera

pra¢jt:

was defeated

12.Vibhishana   told   Rama   that   he   also   may   have   heard   that   Ravana's
commander-in-chief,   Prahasta   defeated   Manibhadra,   the   commander-in-chief   of   Kubera   in   Kailasa.

b¼gaEDaÄñ^¢læOaNÞÏvvÒykvcaE   y¤¢D   .
Dn¤raday   y¢Þt¿°èÜyaE   Bvt£Ód#¢jt¯   =13=

b¼gaEDaÄñ^¢læOaN:

wearing gloves made of skin of iguana

t¤

in this

AvÒykvc:

protected by an invulnerable armour

y¤¢D	in a combat

Dn¤:

a bow

Aaday

having in hand

y:

who

¢t¿n¯

while standing

AèÜy:

invisible

Bv¢t

becomes

iÓd#¢jt¯

Indrajit

13.Vibhishana   told   Rama   that   Indrajit   wearing   a   glove   made   of   the
skin   of   iguana   and   protected   by   an   invincible   armour   becomes
invisible   while   standing   with   bow   in   hand.

s|g#amsmyÛy¥hE   tpI¢yÏva   h¤taSnm¯   .
AÓtDaIngt:   SæO¥¢nÓd#¢j¼¢Ót   raGv   =14=

s|g#amsmyÛy¥hE

in the array of the army at the time of battle

tpI¢yÏva

propitiating

h¤taSnm¯

god of Fire

AÓtDaIngt:

while remaining invisible

SæO¥n¯

enemies

iÓd#¢jt¯

Indrajit

h¢Ót

kills

raGv

Rama

14.Vibhishana   told   Rama   that   Indrajit,   having   propitiated   the   god   of   Fire
and   remaining   invisible   in   the   array   of   the   army   at   the   time   of   battle
kills   his   enemies.

mhaEdrmhapaáaªI   raXsàaÔykØpn:   .
An£krTaÞt¤   tÞyWtE   laEkpalsma   y¤¢D   =15=
dS   kaE¢zshÞa#a¢N   rXsa|   kamã¢pNam¯   .
ma|sSaE¢NtBXaNa|   lÄðap¤¢r¢nva¢snam¯   =16=

mhaEdrmhapaáaªI

Mahodara and Mahaparswa

raXs:   c

also the ogre

A¢p

even

AkØpn:

Akampana

An£krTa:   t¤

in the army

tÞy

his

etE	all of them

laEkpalsma:

equal to guardians of the world

y¤¢D	in a combat

dS   kaE¢zshÞa#a¢N

ten thousand crores

rXsa|

of ogres

kamã¢pNam¯

capable of assuming any form at will

ma|sSaE¢NtBXaNa|

eating flesh and blood

lÄðap¤¢r¢nva¢snam¯

live in the city of Lanka

15,16.Vibhishana   told   Rama   that   the   ogres   Mahodara,   Mahaparswa
and   Akampana   in   Ravana's   army   are   equal   to   the   guardians   of   the
world   and   ten   thousand   crores   of   ogres   capable   of   assuming   any   form
at   will   and   eating   flesh   and   blood   live   in   the   city   of   Lanka.

s   tWÞt¤   s¢htaE   raja   laEkpalanyaEDyt¯   =17=

s:

that

tW:

with them

t¤   s¢ht:

alongwith

raja

king

laEkpalan¯

the guardians of the world

AyaEDyt¯

fought

17.Vibhishana   told   Rama   that   Ravana   fought   the   guardians   of   the
world   alongwith   these   ogres.

sh   dEvWÞt¤   tE   Bg"a   ravNEn   mhaÏmna   =18=

sh

alongwith

dEvW:

gods

t¤

in this

tE	the guardians of the world

Bg"a	were routed

ravNEn

by Ravana

mhaÏmna

with great energy

18.Vibhshana   told   Rama   that   the   guardians   of   the   world   alongwith
gods   were   routed   by   Ravana.

¢vB£xNvc:   ½¤Ïva   ramaE   èFpra@m:   .
AÓv£ßy   mnsa   svI¢md|   vcnmb#v£t¯   =19=

¢vB£xNvc:

the words of Vibhishana

½¤Ïva

hearing

ram:

Rama

èFpra@m:

of unfailing prowess

AÓv£ßy

reflecting

mnsa

in mind

svI|

all

id|

these

vcn|	the following words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

19.Rama   hearing   the   words   of   Vibhishana   and   reflecting   in   mind
spoke   the   following   words.

ya¢n   kmaIpdana¢n   ravNÞy   ¢vB£xN   .
AaÁyata¢n   c   tt¯ÏvEn   /vgÅCa¢m   taÓyhm¯   =20=

ya¢n

which

kmaIpdana¢n

as exploits

ravNÞy

of Ravana

¢vB£xN

Vibhishana

AaÁyata¢n

were told

c

also

tt¯ÏvEn

in reality

¢h

surely

AvgÅCa¢m

know now

ta¢n

those

Ahm¯

I

20.Rama   told   Vibhishana   that   the   exploits   of   Ravana   which   he   had
recounted   is   then   known   in   reality   to   Rama.