tanb#v£äOtaE   vaÁy|   ravNaE   raXsa¢Dp:   .
caraÓp#Ïya¢ytaM¯ÅC¥ran¯B³a¢ÓvgtsaÒvsan¯   =21=

tan¯

those

Ab#v£t¯

spoke the following

tt:

then

vaÁy|

words

ravN:

Ravana

raXsa¢Dp:

king of ogres

caran¯

to the spies

p#Ïya¢ytan¯

trustworthy

S¥ran¯

brave

B³an¯

devoted to their lord

¢vgtsaÒvsan¯

fearless

21.Then   Ravana   spoke   the   following   words   to   the   spies   who   were   trustworthy,
brave,   devoted   to   their   lord   and   fearless.

itaE   gÅCt   ramÞy   Ûyvsay|   pr£XT   .
m¢ÓæOÝv×yÓtra   yE{Þy   p#£Ïya   tEn   smagta:   =22=

it:

from here

gÅCt

go

ramÞy

of Rama

Ûyvsay|

plans

pr£XT

ascertain

m¢ÓæOx¤

among the ministers

A×yÓtra:

are closest

yE

who

AÞy

to him

p#£Ïya

through love

tEn

with him

smagta:

cooperating with him

22.Ravana   told   them   to   go   and   ascertain   the   plans   of   Rama,   which   of   the
ministers   are   co-operating   with   him   through   love   and   are   close   to   him.

kT|   Þv¢p¢t   jag¢tI   ¢kmÓyÅc   k¢rÝy¢t   .
¢våOay   ¢np¤N|   svImagÓtÛymSExt:   =23=

kT|

how

Þv¢p¢t

he goes to sleep

jag¢tI

he wakes up

¢km¯

what

AÓyt¯   c

else also

k¢rÝy¢t

he does

¢våOay

finding out

¢np¤N|

definitely

svI|

all

AagÓtÛym¯

you should return

ASExt:

thoroughly

23.Ravana   told   the   spies   that   after   finding   out   everything   thoroughly   as   to
how   Rama   goes   to   sleep   and   how   he   wakes   what   else   he   does   and   then   they
should   return.

carEN   ¢v¢dt:   SæO¤:   p¢ÎftWvIs¤Da¢DpW:   .
y¤¼E   ÞvÚpEn   yÏnEn   smasaï   ¢nrÞytE   =24=

carEN

with spies

¢v¢dt:

knowing

SæO¤:

enemy

p¢ÎftW:

by wise

vs¤Da¢DpW:

by monarchs

y¤¼E

in a war

ÞvÚpEn

with little

yÏnEn

effort

smasaï

opposing

¢nrÞytE

is repulsed

24.A   wise   monarch   knowing   the   enemy   thoroughly   with   spies   can   repulse
the   enemy   with   little   effort.

caraÞt¤   tE   tTEÏy¤ÀÏva   p#¶¾a   raXsEárm¯   .
SaÑ¥Ilmg#t:   k]Ïva   ttà@[:   p#d¢XNm¯   =25=

cara:

spies

t¤

in this

tE

those

tTa	will do so

i¢t

so

uÀÏva

saying

p#¶¾a:

highly rejoiced

raXsEárm¯

the king of ogres

SaÑ¥Ilm¯

Sardula

Ag#t:

in front

k]Ïva

keeping

tt:	thereafter

c@[:

did

p#d¢XNm¯

circumambulation

25.Those   spies   feeling   highly   rejoiced   told   Ravana   that   they   will   do   so   and
keeping   Sardula   in   front   did   circumambulation   around   Ravana.

ttÞtE   mhaÏman|   cara   raXssäOmm¯   .
k]Ïva   p#d¢XN|   jÂm¤yIæO   ram:   slßmN:   =26=

tt:	from there

tE

those

mhaÏman|

with great energy

cara:

spies

raXssäOmm¯

foremost of ogres

k]Ïva

having done

p#d¢XN|

circumambulation

jÂm¤:

left for the place

yæO

where

ram:

Rama

slßmN:

was with Lakshmana

26.Those   spies   having   circumambulated   Ravana   left   from   the   place   to   where
Rama   was   with   Lakshmana.

tE   s¤bElÞy   SWlÞy   sm£pE   ramlßmN¬   .
p#ÅC°a   dèS¤gIÏva   ss¤g#£v¢vB£xN¬   =27=

tE

they

s¤bElÞy

called Suvela

SWlÞy

mountain

sm£pE

near

ramlßmN¬

Rama and Lakshmana

p#ÅC°a:

in disguise

dèS¤:

saw

gÏva	approaching

ss¤g#£v¢vB£xN¬

with Sugriva and Vibhishana

27.The   spies   in   disguise   approaching   the   Suvela   mountain   saw   Rama   along
with   Lakshmana,   Sugriva   and   Vibhishana.

p#EXmaNaàm¥|   ta|   c   bB¥v¤BIy¢v²va:   .
tE   t¤   DmaIÏmna   è¾a   raXsEÓd#EN   raXsa:   =28=

p#EXmaNa:

observing

cm¥|

the army

ta|

that

c

also

bB¥v¤:

became

By¢v²va:

overcome with fear

tE   t¤

they also

DmaIÏmna

mind given to piety

è¾a

detected

raXsEÓd#EN

by the king of ogres, Vibhishana

raXsa:

ogres

28.They   became   overcome   with   fear   on   seeing   that   army   and   were   also
detected   by   Vibhishana.

¢vB£xNEn   tæOÞTa   ¢ng¦h£ta   yèÅCya   .
SaÑ¥IlaE   g#a¢htÞÏvEk:   papaE{y¢m¢t   raXs:   =29=
maE¢ct:   saE{¢p   ramEN   vÒyman:   ÔlvÄñmW:   =30=
Aan¦S|ÞyEn   ramÞy   maE¢cta   raXsa:   prE   =31=

¢vB£xNEn

by Vibhshana

tæOÞTa:

who have come there

¢ng¦h£ta:

were caught

yèÅCya

by chance

SaѥIl:

Sardula

g#a¢ht:

being caught

t¤   ek:

one of them alone

pap:   Ay|

he is a sinner

i¢t

thus

raXs:

ogre

maE¢ct:

was released

s:

he

A¢p

also

ramEN

by Rama

vÒyman:

being beaten

ÔlvÄñmW:

by monkeys

Aan¦S|ÞyEn

by the humane nature

ramÞy

of Rama

maE¢cta:

were freed

raXsa:

ogres

prE

other

29,30,31.They   who   had   come   on   their   own   were   caught   by   Vibhishana.   Of
them   Sardula   only   was   beaten   as   he   was   called   a   sinner.   He   and   the   other
ogres   were   released   by   Rama   who   had   a   humane   nature.