sa   s£ta   t¢ÅCraE   è¾qva   tÅc   kam¤Ikm¤äOmm¯   .
s¤g#£vçO£¢ts|sgImaÁyat|   c   hn¥mta   =1=
nynE   m¤KvNI|   c   Bt¦IÞtÏsèS|   m¤Km¯   .
kESaÓkESaÓtdES|   c   t|   c   c¥fam¢N|   S¤Bm¯   =2=
etW:   svªIr¢BåOanWr¢BåOay   s¤Ñ¤:¢Kta   .
¢vjgh©I{T   kWkEy£|   @«SÓt£   k[rr£   yTa   =3=

sa

that

s£ta

Sita

tt¯

that

¢Sr:

head

è¾qva

beholding

tt¯

that

c   kam¤Ik|

bow also

uäOmm¯

excellent

s¤g#£vp#£¢ts|sgI|

the alliance with Sugriva out of his devotion

AaÁyat|

being told

c

also

hn¥mta

by Hanuman

nynE	both the eyes

m¤KvNI|   c

the colour of the face also

Bt¦I:

of husband

tÏsèS|

resembling that

m¤Km¯

face

kESan¯

hairs

kESaÓtdES|   c

forehead also

t|

that

c   c¥fam¢N|

jewel on the top also

S¤Bm¯

lovely

etW:

these

svªI:

all

A¢BåOanW:

with distinguishing marks

A¢BåOay

identifying

s¤Ñ¤:¢Kta

highly depressed

¢vjgh©I

wailed as follows

AT

in this

kWkEy£|

about Kaikeyi

@«SÓt£

crying

k[rr£

osprey

yTa

like

1,2,3.Sita   beholding   the   head,   the   xecellent   bow,   the   alliance   with   Sugriva   as
as   told   by   Hanuman,   the   eyes,   the   colour   of   the   face,   the   face   resembling   her   husband's   face,   hair,   forehead   and   the   splendid   jewel   on   the   top,   identifying   the   head   by   these   identification   marks,   bevame   sore   distressed   and   crying   like   an   osprey   wailed   about   Kaikeyi   as   follows.

skama   Bv   kWkE¢y   htaE{y|   k[lnÓdn:   .
k[lm¤Ïsa¢dt|   svI|   Ïvya   klhS£lya   =4=

skama

your desire having been fulfilled

Bv

become

kWkE¢y

Kaikeyi

ht:	has been killed

Ay|

this

k[lnÓdn:

delight of the clan

k[l|

the clan

uÏsa¢dt|

has been uprooted

svI|

entire

Ïvya

by you

klhS£lya

with quarrelling as a duty

4,Sita   said   that   Kaikeyi   must   now   become   satisfied   since   she   had   her   desire
fulfilled   as   the   delight   of   the   clan   ahs   been   killed   and   entire   clan   has   been
uprooted   by   her.

Aay©IN   ¢k|   tE   kWkE¢y   k]t|   ramEN   ¢v¢p#ym¯   .
yÓmya   c£rvsnÞÏvya   p#ÞTa¢ptaE   vnm¯   =5=

Aay©IN

by the noble

¢k|

what

tE

to you

kWkE¢y

Kaikeyi

k]t|

done

ramEN

by Rama

¢v¢p#ym¯

offence

yt¯	for which reason

mya

with me

c£rvsn:

wearing bark robe

Ïvya

by you

p#ÞTa¢pt:

was exiled

vnm¯	to the forest

5.Sita   said   for   what   reason   has   Rma   with   Sita   has   been   exiled   to   the   forest
wearing   bark   robes   and   for   what   offence   has   been   done   to   her   by   Rama?

evm¤ÀÏva   t¤   vWdEh£   vEpmana   tp¢Þvn£   .
jgam   jgt£|   bala   ¢C°a   t¤   kdl£   yTa   =6=

ev|

as above

uÀÏva

saying

t¤   vWdEh£

Sita, princess of Videha, also

vEpmana

trembling

tp¢Þvn£

the ascetic

jgam	fell prostrate

jgt£|

on the ground

bala

young

¢C°a	cut to the root

t¤

in this

kdl£	plantain tree

yTa

like

6.Sita,   the   young   ascetic,   trembling   while   saying   above,   fell   prostrate   on   the
ground   like   a   plantain   tree   cut   to   the   root.

sa   m¤h¥taIÏsmaáÞy   p#¢tl×y   c   cEtnam¯   .
t¢ÅCr:   sm¤paG#ay   ¢vllapaytEXNa   =7=

sa

she

m¤h¥taIt¯

after a while

smaáÞy

regaining consciousness

p#¢tl×y

regaining

c   cEtnam¯

her mind also

tt¯   ¢Sr:

that head

sm¤paG#ay

smelling

¢vllap

wailed as follows

AaytEXNa

the large eyed lady

7.Sita,   with   large   eyes,   regaing   her   consciousness   and   mind   after   a   short   while
smelled   the   head   and   wailed   as   follows.

ha   hta{¢Þm   mhabahaE   v£rv#tmn¤v#t   .
ima|   tE   p¢àmavÞTa|   gta{¢Þm   ¢vDva   k]ta   =8=

ha

alas

hta   A¢Þm

I am undone

mhabahaE

mighty armed

v£rv#tmn¤v#t

faithful to one's heroic vow

ima|

this

tE

your

p¢àmavÞTa|

state of death

gta   A¢Þm

am seeing

¢vDva   k]ta

become a widow

8.Sita   wailed   that   she   had   undone   and   has   seen   the   state   of   death   of   Rama   who   was   faithful   to   his   heroic   vow,   and   she   had   become   a   widow.

p#Tm|   mrN|   nayaI   Bt¤IvªIg¤Îym¤ÅytE   .
s¤v¦äO   saD¤v¦äOaya:   s|v¦äOÞÏv|   mmag#t:   =9=

p#Tm|

before

mrN|

death

nayaI

that of wife

Bt¤I:

of husband

vªIg¤Îy|

as a lack of merit

uÅytE

it is said

s¤v¦äO

man of noble conduct

saD¤v¦äOaya:

of virtuous conduct

s|v¦äO:

has died

Ïv|

you

mm

my

Ag#t:

before

9.Sita   wailed   thar   the   death   of   a   husband   before   that   of   his   wife   is   said   to   be   due   to   lack   of   merit   and   Rama,   a   man   of   noble   conduct,   has   died   before   her   who   is   a   woman   of   virtuous   conduct.

Ѥ:Kaê^:K|   p#p°aya   mg"aya:   SaEksagrE   .
yaE   ¢h   mam¤ïtÞæOat¤|   saE{¢p   Ïv|   ¢v¢npa¢tt:   =10=

Ѥ:Kat¯

grief after

Ѥ:K|

grief

p#p°aya

attaining

mg"aya:

drowned

SaEksagrE

in a sea of grief

y:

who

¢h

surely

ma|

me

uït:

intent on

æOat¤|

lifting

s:

that

A¢p   Ïv|

you also

¢v¢npa¢tt:

has been killed

10.Sita   wailed   that   attaining   grief   after   grief   and   drowned   in   a   sea   of   sorrow,   he   who   was   intent   on   lifting   her   has   benn   killed.