ttaE   ¢n¢v¾a|   Òv¢jn£|   s¤g#£vENa¢Bpa¢ltm¯   .
ddSI   raXsaE{×yEÏy   SaÑ¥IlaE   nam   v£yIvan¯   =1=

tt:

there

¢n¢v¾a|

settled in camp

Òv¢jn£|

the army

s¤g#£vEN

by Sugriva

A¢Bpa¢ltm¯

defended

ddSI

saw

raXs:

an ogre

A×yEÏy

going near

SaÑ¥Il:   nam

Sardula by name

v£yIvan¯

powerful

1.An   ogre   Sardula   by   name   going   near   the   army   defended   by   Sugriva
saw   it   was   settled   in   a   camp.

caraE   raXsrajÞy   ravNÞy   ѤraÏmn:   .
ta|   è¾qva   svItaE   Ûyg#|   p#¢tgØy   s   raXs:   =
p#¢vÜy   lÄða|   vEgEn   ravN|   vaÀymb#v£t¯   =2=

car:

a spy

raXsrajÞy

of the king of ogres

ravNÞy

of Ravana

ѤraÏmn:

the evil minded

ta|

that

è¾qva

seeing

svIt:

on all sides

Ûyg#|

carefully

p#¢tgØy

returning

s:

that

raXs:

ogre

p#¢vÜy

entering

lÄða|

Lanka

vEgEn

with speed

ravN|

to Ravana

vaÀym¯

words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke as follows

2.He   was   a   spy   of   the   evil   minded   Ravana   and   after   seeing   carefully
on   all   sides,   returned   to   Lanka   with   speed   and   spoke   as   follows   to
Ravana.

ex   vanr§X¬GaE   lÄða|   sm¢BvtItE   .
AgaDàap#mEyà   ¢¹t£y   iv   sagr:   =3=

ex:

this

vanr§X¬G:

flood of monkeys and bears

lÄða|

towards Lanka

sm¢BvtItE

is heading

AgaD:

very deep

c

also

Ap#mEy:   c

immeasurable also

¢¹t£y

a second

iv

like

sagr:

ocean

3.Sardula   told   Ravana   that   like   a   very   deep   and   immeasurable   ocean
the   flood   of   monkeys   and   bears   were   heading   towards   Lanka.

p¤æO¬   dSrTÞyEm¬   B#atr¬   ramlßmN¬   .
uäOmay¤Ds|p°¬   s£taya:   pdmadt¬   =4=

p¤æO¬

two sons

dSrTÞy

of Dasaratha

im¬

the two

B#atr¬

brothers

ramlßmN¬

Rama and Lakshmana

uäOmay¤Ds|p°¬

having excellent weapons

s£taya:

of Sita

pd|	the place of stay

Aagt¬

have come to know

4.Sardula   told   Ravana   that   the   two   brothers,   Rama   and   Lakshmana,
sons   of   Dasaratha,   having   excellent   weapons   have   come   to   know   of
the   place   of   stay   of   Sita.

et¬   sagrmasaï   s|¢n¢v¾¬   mhaï¤t£   =5=

et¬

those two

sagr|

the ocean

Aasaï

having reached

s|¢n¢v¾¬

have camped

mhaï¤t£

with great splendour

5.Sardula   told   Ravana   that   those   two   with   great   splendour,   having
reached   the   ocean   have   camped   there.

blmakaSmav¦Ïy   svItaE   dSyaEjnm¯   .
tt¯ÏvB¥t|   mharaj   ¢Xp#|   vE¢dt¤mhI¢s   =6=

bl|

the army

AakaS|

the surrounding region

Aav¦Ïy

covering

svIt:

on all sides

dSyaEjnm¯

upto ten yojanas in length

tt¯ÏvB¥t|

the real situation

mharaj

king

¢Xp#|

quickly

vE¢dt¤m¯

to know

AhI¢s

you should

6.Sardula   told   Ravana   that   the   army   covering   ten   yojanas   in   length   all
round   in   surrounding   the   region   and   asked   him   to   quickly   know   the
real   situation.

tv   Ñ¥ta   mharaj   ¢Xp#mhIÓÏyvE¢Xt¤m¯   =7=

tv   Ñ¥ta:

your spies

mharaj

king

¢Xp#m¯

quickly

AhI¢Ót

should

AvE¢Xt¤m¯

to find out what is to be done

7.Sardula   told   Ravana   that   his   spies   should   find   out   quickly   what   is   to
be   done.

upp#dan|   saÓÏv|   va   BEdaE   va{æO   p#y¤Çytam¯   =8=

upp#dan|

restitution

saÓÏv|   va

or conciliation

BEd:   va

or sowing dissension

AæO	in this matter

p#y¤Çytam¯

may be employed as necessary

8.Sardula   told   Ravana   that   in   this   matter   restitution   or   conciliation   or
sowing   dissension   made   be   considered   as   necessary.

SaÑ¥IlÞy   vc:   ½¤Ïva   ravNaE   raXsEár:   .
uvac   shsa   Ûyg#:   s|p#DayaITImaÏmn:   =
S¤k|   nam   tda   rXaE   vaÀymTI¢vda   vrm¯   =9=

SaÑ¥IlÞy

of Sardula

vc:

words

½¤Ïva

hearing

ravN:

Ravana

raXsEár:

king of ogres

uvac

spoke

shsa

at once

Ûyg#:

perturbed

s|p#DayI

deciding

ATI|	course of action

AaÏmn:

within himself

S¤k|   nam

to Suka by name

tda

then

rX:

ogre

vaÀym¯

words

ATI¢vda|

knowing their duty

vrm¯	the foremost

9.Ravana,   at   once   perturbed   to   hear   the   words   of   Sardula,   deciding
on   the   course   of   action   within   himself   spoke   the   following   words   to
Suka   who   was   the   foremost   of   those   knowing   their   duty.

s¤g#£v|   b#¥¢h   gÏva   Ïv|   rajan|   vcnaÏmm   .
yTas|dESm²£v|   ÜlßNya   prya   ¢gra   =10=

s¤g#£v|

to Sugriva

b#¥¢h

tell

gÏva

going

Ïv|

you

rajan|

the king

vcnat¯

on orders

mm

my

yTas|dESm¯

as ordered

A²£v|

steadily

ÜlßNya

in gentle

prya

most

¢gra	with words

10.Ravana   told   Suka   that   going   to   Sugriva   on   his   orders   he   should
speak   steadily   and   in   most   gentle   words   as   ordered   by   him.