t¹c:   pÐym²£b|   sarNEna¢BBa¢xtm¯   .
¢nSØy   ravNaE   raja   pyIBaxt   sarNm¯   =1=

tt¯

that

vc:

words

pÐym¯

beneficial

A²£b|

excellent

sarNEn

by Sarana

A¢BBa¢xtm¯

spoken

¢nSØy

hearing

ravN:   raja

king Ravana

pyIBaxt

replied as follows

sarNm¯

to Sarana

1.Ravana   hearing   the   beneficial   and   excellent   words   of   Sarana   replied
as   follows.

y¢d   mam¢By¤¸£rÓdEvgÓDvIdanva:   .
nWv   s£tamh|   dïa|   svIlaEkByad¢p   =2=

y¢d

if

mam¯

with me

A¢By¤¸£rn¯

come for a battle

dEvgÓDvIdanva:

gods, gandharvas and demons

n

not

ev   s£tam¯

Sita only

Ah|

I

dïa|

will give

svIlaEkByat¯   A¢p

even for the fear of the whole world

2.Ravana   told   Sarana   that   he   would   not   give   up   Sita   even   if   gods,
gandharvas   and   demons   come   to   battle   with   him   and   not   even   for   the
fear   of   the   whole   world.

Ïv|   t¤   s¬Øy   p¢ræOÞtaE   h¢r¢BÞt¢jItaE   B¦Sm¯   .
p#¢tp#danmïWv   s£taya:   saD¤   mÓysE   =3=

Ïv|

you

t¤

in this

s¯y	gentle one

p¢ræOÞt:

alarmed

h¢r¢B:

by the monkeys

t¢jIt:

threatened

B¦Sm¯

greatly

p#¢tp#danm¯

restoring

Aï   ev

now itself

s£taya:

of Sita

saD¤

as good

mÓysE

you think

3.Ravana   told   Sarana   that   being   threatened   by   the   monkeys   he   feels
greatly   alarmed   and   hence   he   thinks   of   restoring   Sita   then   itself.

kaE   ¢h   nam   spÏnaE   ma|   smrE   jEt¤mhI¢t   =4=

k:   ¢h   nam

who is it

spÏn:

an adversary

ma|

me

smrE	in a battle

jEt¤m¯

to win over

AhI¢t

capable

4.Ravana   asked   Sarana   which   adversary   was   capable   of   winning   over
him   in   a   battle?

iÏyb#v£Ïs   pâx|   ravNaE   raXsa¢Dp:   =5=

i¢t

as above

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

s:

that

pâx|	harsh words

ravN:

Ravana

raXsa¢Dp:

king of ogres

5.Ravana   spoke   harsh   words   as   above.

AaâraEh   tt:   ½£maÓp#asad|   ¢hmpaÎfrm¯   .
bh¤talsm¤ÏsED|   ravNaE{T   ¢dèXya   =6=

AaâraEh

climbed

tt:	from there

½£man¯

glorious

p#asad|

palace

¢hmpaÎfrm¯

snow white

bh¤talsm¤ÏsED|

of the hieght of many palmyra trees

ravN:

Ravana

AT

thereupon

¢dèXya

with the intent to see personally

6.Ravana   thereupon   climbed   his   snow   white   palace   whose   height   was   of
many   palmyra   trees   with   the   intent   to   see   personally

ta×ya|   cra×ya|   s¢htaE   @«Dm¥rq¢ÅCt:   .
pÜyman:   sm¤d#|   c   pvIta|à   vna¢n   c   =7=
ddSI   p¦¢Tv£dES|   s¤s|p¥NI|   ÔlvÄñmW:   =8=

ta×ya|

the two

cra×ya|

with the spies

s¢ht:

accompanied

@«Dm¥rq¢ÅCt:

excited with anger

pÜyman:

surveying

sm¤d#|   c

the sea also

pvItan¯   c

mountains also

vna¢n   c

forests also

ddSI

saw

p¦¢Tv£dES|

the terrestrial region

s¤s|p¥NI|

fully filled

ÔlvÄñmW:

with monkeys

7,8.Ravana,   excited   with   anger,   surveyind   the   sea,   mountains   and   forests
accompanied   by   the   two   spies   saw   the   terrestrial   region   was   fully   filled
with   monkeys.

tdparmsHqÁyEy|   vanraNa|   mhëlm¯   .
AalaEÀy   ravNaE   raja   p¢rpp#ÅC   sarNm¯   =9=

tt¯

that

Apar|

unlimited

AsHqÁyEy|

uncountable

vanraNa|

of monkeys

mht¯

huge

blm¯

army

AalaEÀy

seeing

ravN:

Ravana

raja

the king

p¢rpp#ÅC

questioned as follows

sarNm¯

Sarana

9.Ravana   on   seeing   the   unlimited   and   uncountable   huge   monkey   army
questioned   Sarana   as   follows.

exa|   vanrm¤Áyana|   kE   S¥ra:   kE   mhabla:   =10=

exa|	among these

vanrm¤Áyana|

foremost of monkeys

kE

who

S¥ra:

are the valiant

kE

who

mhabla:

are with great might

10.Ravana   asked   Sarana   who   among   the   foremost   of   monkeys   are   the
valiant   and   who   are   with   great   might?