ATaEvac   rG¤½E¿:   sagr|   daâN|   vc:   .
Aï   Ïva|   SaEx¢yÝya¢m   spatal|   mhaNIv   =1=

AT	as follows

uvac

said

rG¤½E¿:

the foremost of Raghu, Rama

sagr|

to the sea god

daâN|

threatening

vc:

words

Aï

now

Ïva|

you

SaEx¢yÝya¢m

I shall dry up

spatal|

with the nethermost region

mhaNIv

great sea

1.Rama   spoke   the   following   threatening   to   the   sea   god   'I   shall   dry
you   up   with   the   nethermost   region'.

Sr¢ndIÂDtaEyÞy   p¢rS¤ÝkÞy   sagr   .
mya   SaE¢xtst¯ÏvÞy   pa|s¤âÏpïtE   mhan¯   =2=

Sr¢ndIÂDtaEyÞy

with water boiling by the arrows

p¢rS¤ÝkÞy

dried up

sagr

the sea

mya

by me

SaE¢xtst¯ÏvÞy

with the creatures in the sea wiped out

pa|s¤:

stretch of sand

uÏpïtE

will appear

mhan¯

a great

2.Rama   told   the   sea   that   with   the   waters   being   boiled   by   his   arrows
the   creatures   in   the   sea   will   be   wiped   out   and   a   great   stretch   of   sand
will   appear.

mÏkam¤Ik¢vs¦¾En   Srvx©IN   sagr   .
par|   tE{ï   g¢mÝy¢Ót   p¢ìrEv   ÔlvÄñma:   =3=

mÏkam¤Ik¢vs¦¾En

discharged from my bow

Srvx©IN

with the shower of arrows

sagr

the sea

par|	to the other shore

tE

your

Aï

now

g¢mÝy¢Ót

will reach

p¢ì:   ev

on foot only

ÔlvÄñma:

monkeys

3.Rama   told   the   sea   that   with   the   shower   of   arrows   from   his   bow   the
monkeys   will   reach   the   other   shore   of   the   sea   on   foot.

¢v¢cÓv°a¢Bjana¢s   p¬âx|   va{¢p   ¢v@mm¯   .
danvaly   sÓtap|   mäOaE   na¢Dg¢mÝy¢t   =4=

¢v¢cÓvn¯

after long thought

n   A¢Bjana¢s

you do not know

p‰x|

virility

va

or

A¢p

even

¢v@mm¯

prowess

danvaly

the abode of danavas

sÓtap|

agony

mäO:	at my hands

n   A¢Dg¢mÝy¢t

you will never know

4.Rama   told   the   sea   that   the   sea   did   not   know   his   virility   or   prowess
and   even   after   long   thought   the   sea   will   never   know   the   agony   which
it   will   suffer   at   his   hands.

b#'ENaÞæOEN   s|yaEÇy   b#'dÎf¢nB|   Srm¯   .
s|yaEÇy   Dn¤¢x   ½E¿E   ¢vckxI   mhabl:   =5=

b#'EN   AÞæOEN

with brahma astra

s|yaEÇy

fitting

b#'dÎf¢nB|

like the rod of brahma

Srm¯

arrow

s|yaEÇy

charging with potency

Dn¤¢x

to the bow

½E¿E	the excellent

¢vckxI

stretched with force

mhabl:

with great might

5.Rama   fitting   the   brahma   astra,   which   was   like   the   rod   of   Brahma,
to   his   excellent   bow   and   charging   it   with   potency,   stretched   the   bow
with   force.

t¢Þm¢Óvk]¾E   shsa   raGvEN   SrasnE   .
raEds£   s|pPalEv   pvItaà   ck¢ØprE   =6=

t¢Þmn¯

that

¢vk]¾E

when stretched

shsa	with force

raGvEN

by Rama

SrasnE

bow

raEds£

the sky and the earth

s|pPal   iv

as if shattered

pvIta:   c

mountains also

ck¢ØprE

shook

6.When   Rama   stretched   the   bow   with   force   the   sky   and   the   earth
appeared   as   if   shattered   and   the   mountains   shook.

tmà   laEkmavv#E   ¢dSà   n   cka¢SrE   .
p¢rc¤X¤¢BrE   caS¤   sra|¢s   s¢rtÞtTa   =7=

tm:	in darkness

c   laEk|

the world all over

Aavv#E

is engulfed

¢dS:   c

all directions also

n   cka¢SrE

without any shine

p¢rc¤X¤¢BrE

felt agitated

c   AaS¤

at once

sra|¢s

lakes

s¢rt:   tTa

rivers too

6.Then   the   world   was   engulfed   by   darkness,   all   the   directions   were
without   shine   and   the   lakes   and   rivers   felt   agitated   at   once.

¢tyIÀc   sh   nXæOª:   sÄñt¬   cÓd#BaÞkr¬   .
BaÞkra|S¤¢Brad£çO|   tmsa   c   smav¦tm¯   =8=
p#ckaSE   tda{{kaSm¤ÚkaSt¢vd£¢ptm¯   .
AÓt¢rXaÅc   ¢nGaIta   ¢njIÂm¤rt¤lÞvna:   =9=

¢tyIkq   c

obliquely also

sh

alongwith

nXæOª:

stars

sÄñt¬

together

cÓd#BaÞkr¬

sun and the moon

BaÞkra|S¤¢B:

with sun's rays

Aad£çO|

with little light

tmsa	in darkness

c   smav¦tm¯

enveloped also

p#ckaSE

blazed

tda

then

AakaS|

the sky

uÚkaSt¢vd£¢ptm¯

with hundreds of meteors

AÓt¢rXat¯

from the skt

c   ¢nGaIta:

peals of thunder also

¢njIÂm¤:

came

At¤lÞvna:

with unbearable sound

8,9.Then   the   moon   and   the   sun   alongwith   stars   moved   obliquely   and
with   little   light   from   the   sun's   rays   the   sky   was   enveloped   in   darkness
and   blazed   with   hundreds   of   meteors.   Thunders   with   unbearable
sound   came   from   the   skies.

p¤ÞP[âà   Gna   ¢dÛya   ¢d¢v   maâtpHq³y:   =10=

p¤ÞP[â:

suddenly appeared

c   Gna:   ¢dÛya:

huge clouds also

¢d¢v	in the sky

maâtpHq³y:

gusts of wind

10.Gusts   of   wind   and   huge   clouds   suddenly   appeared   in   the   sky.