¢vB£xNaE   va   karqÏÞyEn   B¥y:   s|dSI¢yÝy¢t   =21=

¢vB£xN:

Vibhishana

va

if needed

karqÏÞyEn

without leaving anything

B¥y:

again

s|dSI¢yÝy¢t

will show

21.Rama   told   them   that   if   needed   Vibhishana   will   show   again   without
leaving   anything.

n   cEd|   g#hN|   p#aÔy   BEtÛy|   j£¢vt|   p#¢t   .
ÓyÞtSÞæO¬   g¦h£t¬   va   n   Ñ¥t¬   vDmhIT:   =22=

n

not

c

also

id|

this

g#hN|

arrest

p#aÔy

suffered

BEtÛy|

apprehension

j£¢vt|   p#¢t

about life

ÓyÞtSÞæO¬

being unarmed

g¦h£t¬

been taken captive

va

or

n

not

Ñ¥t¬	messengers

vDm¯

death

AhIT:

merit

22.Rama   told   them   that   they   should   not   have   apprehensions   about
their   lifes   though   suffered   arrest   as   they   are   unarmed   messengers,   they
do   not   merit   death.

p¦ÅCman¬   ¢vm¤·Wt¬   car¬   ra¢æO|crav¤B¬   .
SæO¤pXÞy   stt|   ¢vB£xN   ¢vkxIN¬   =23=

p¦ÅCman¬

pleading pitiably

¢vm¤·

release

et¬

these

car¬

spies

ra¢æO|cr¬

night wanderers

uB¬

two

SæO¤pXÞy

to the enemy side

stt|	constantly

¢vB£xN

Vibhshana

¢vkxIN¬

seeking to do harm

23.Rama   told   Vibhishana   that   though   constanly   seeking   to   do   harm
to   the   enemy   side,   let   the   two   night   wanderes   free   as   they   were   pleading
pitiably.

p#¢vÜy   ngr£|   lÄða|   BvìYa|   Dndan¤j:   .
v³ÛyaE   rXsa|   raja   yTaE³|   vcn|   mm   =24=

p#¢vÜy

returning

ngr£|

to the city

lÄða|

Lanka

BvìYa|

by the two of you

Dndan¤j:

Kubera's younger brother, Ravana

v³Ûy:

should tell

rXsa|

of the ogres

raja

king

yTaE³|

as told

vcn|

words

mm

my

24.Rama   told   them   that   returning   to   Lanka   they   should   tell   Ravana
words   as   told   by   him.

yël|   c   sma¢½Ïy   s£ta|   mE   ¶tvan¢s   .
têSIy   yTakam|   ssWÓy:   shbaÓDva:   =25=

yt¯   bl|   c

which strength

sma¢½Ïy

relying on

s£ta|

Sita

mE

my

¶tvan¯   A¢s

you carried away

tt¯

that

dSIy

display

yTakam|

at will

ssWÓy:

with troops

shbaÓDva:

with kinsmen

25.Rama   told   them   to   Ravana   that   relying   on   which   strength   he   carried
away   Sita,   he   should   display   that   at   will   with   his   troops   and   kinsmen.

á:   kaÚyE   ngr£|   lÄða|   sp#akara|   staErNam¯   .
raXs|   c   bl|   pÜy   SrW¢vIÒv|¢st|   mya   =26=

á:

tomorrow

kaÚyE

in the morning

ngr£|

of the city

lÄða|

Lanka

sp#akara|

with defesive walls

staErNam¯

with arched gates

raXs|

ogres

c

also

bl|

force

pÜy

see

SrW:	with arrows

¢vÒv|¢st|

completely destroyed

mya

by me

26.Rama   told   them   to   Ravana   that   in   the   morning   of   the   next   day   he
will   see   the   city   of   Lanka   with   its   defensive   walls   and   arched   gates   and
the   army   of   ogres   completely   destroyed   with   Rama's   arrows.

GaEr|   raExmh|   maEßyE   bl|   Dary   ravN   .
á:   kaÚyE   vj#vaÓvj#|   danvE¢Ývv   vasv:   =27=

GaEr|

terrible

raExm¯

wrath

Ah|

I

maEßyE

will let loose

bl|

forces

Dary

assemble

ravN

Ravana

á:

tomorrow

kaÚyE

in the morning

vj#van¯

with thunderbolt in hand

vj#|	thunderbolt

danvEx¤

on the demons

iv

like

vasv:

Indra

27.Rama   told   them   to   inform   Ravana   that   he   will   let   loose   his   terrible
wrath   on   Ravana   including   the   forcesin   the   morning   of   the   next   day
like   Indra,   with   thunderbolt   in   hand,   discharged   the   thunderbolt   on   the
demons.

i¢t   p#¢tsma¢d¾¬   raXs¬   S¤ksarN¬   .
jyE¢t   p#¢tnn¯ïWt¬   raGv|   DmIvÏslm¯   =
AagØy   ngr£|   lÄðamb#¥tam¯   =28=

i¢t

as above

p#¢tsma¢d¾¬

when ordered

raXs¬

the two ogres

S¤ksarN¬

Suka and Sarana

jyE¢t

be victorious

p#¢tnn¯ï

hailing

et¬

these

raGv|

to Rama

DmIvÏslm¯

lover of piety

AagØy

returning

ngr£|

the city

lÄðam¯

Lanka

Ab#¥tam¯

told as follows

28.Suka   and   Sarana,   when   ordered   as   above,   hailing   Rama   with   the
words   'be   victorious'   returned   to   the   city   of   Lanka   and   told   Ravana
as   follows.

¢vB£xNg¦h£t¬   t¤   vDahaªI   raXsEár   .
è¾qva   DmaIÏmna   m¤³¬   ramENa¢mttEjsa   =29=

¢vB£xNg¦h£t¬

taken captive by Vibhishana

t¤

then

vDahaªI

fit to be killed

raXsEár

king of ogres

è¾qva

seeing

DmaIÏmna

mind given to piety

m¤³¬	were released

ramEN

Rama

A¢mttEjsa

with immense energy

29.Suka   and   Sarana   told   Ravana   that   being   taken   captive   by   Vibhishana
and   fit   to   killed,   they   were   released   by   Rama.

ekÞTangta   yæO   cÏvar:   p¤âxxIBa:   .
laEkpalaEpma:   S¥ra:   k]taÞæOa   èF¢v@ma:   =30=
ramaE   daSr¢T:   Þa#£ma|ÚlßmNà   ¢vB£xN:   .
s¤g#£và   mhatEja   mhEÓd#sm¢v@m:   =31=

ekÞTangta

are at one place

yæO

where

cÏvar:

the four

p¤âxxIBa:

jewel among men

laEkpalaEpma:

like the protector of the earth

S¥ra:

valiant

k]taÞæOa:

skilled in archery

èF¢v@ma:

unyeilding in prowess

ram:

Rama

daSr¢T:

son of Dasaratha

Þa#£man¯

glorious

lßmN:

Lakshmana

c   ¢vB£xN:

Vibhishana also

s¤g#£v:   c

Sugriva also

mhatEja:

with great energy

mhEÓd#sm¢v@m:

equal to Indra in prowess

30,31.Suka   and   Sarana   told   Ravana   that   the   four   jewels   among   men,
valiant   like   the   guardians   of   the   world,   skilled   in   archery   and   unyielding
prowess,   son   of   Dasaratha,   Rama   with   great   energy   and   equal   to   Indra
in   prowess,   the   glorious   Lakshmana,   Vibhshana   and   Sugriva   are   at   one
place.