raXsEÓd#Þt¤   tW:   saDI|   m¢ÓæO¢BB£Im¢v@mW:   .
s|mÓæOyamas   tda   ramkayI¢v¢nàym¯   =41=

raXsEÓd#:

king of ogres, Ravana

t¤

in this

tW:

those

saDI|   m¢ÓæO¢B:

alongwith ministers

B£m¢v@mW:

of terrible prowess

s|mÓæOyamas

consulted

tda

then

ramkayI¢v¢nàym¯

to decide course of action against Rama

41.Ravana   then   consulted   those   ministers   of   terrible   prowess   to   decide   on   the
course   of   action   against   Rama.

A¢vÑ¥r¢ÞTtaÓsvaIn¯blaÒyXa¢ÓhtW¢xN:   .
Ab#v£ÏkalsèSaE   ravNaE   raXsa¢Dp:   =42=

A¢vÑ¥r¢ÞTtan¯

stood not very far

svaIn¯

all

blaÒyXan¯

commanderin-chief

¢htW¢xN:

well wishers

Ab#v£t¯

spoke as follows

kalsèS:

equal to Yama

ravN:

Ravana

raXsa¢Dp:

lord of ogres

42.Ravana,   equal   to   Yama,   spoke   the   following   to   his   commander-in-chiefs
who   stood   not   far   from   him   adn   wished   him   well.

S£G#|   BEr£¢nnadEn   ÞP[xkaENahtEn   mE   .
smanyÒv|   sWÓya¢n   v³Ûy|   c   n   karNm¯   =43=

S£G#|

speedily

BEr£¢nnadEn

with the sound of kettle drums

ÞP[xkaENahtEn

by beating them with drumsticks

mE

my

smanyÒv|

you collect

sWÓya¢n

the forces

v³Ûy|

to be told

c

also

n

not

karNm¯

reason

43.Ravana   told   the   commanders   to   collect   his   forces   by   the   sound   of   kettle
drums   produced   by   beating   them   with   drum-sticks,   without   telling   the
reason   for   this.

ttÞtTE¢t   p#¢tg¦/   t¹caE   bla¢DpaÞtE   mhdaÏmnaE   blm¯   .
smany|àWv   smagm|   c   tE   ÓyvEdyÓBtI¢r   y¤¼ka|¢X¢N   =44=

tt:

then

tTa	will do so

i¢t

thus

p#¢tg¦/

accepting

tt¯   vc:

that command

bla¢Dpa:

commanders

tE

those

mht¯

huge

AaÏmn:

their own

blm¯

force

smanyn¯

collected

c

also

ev

only

smagm|   c

arrival also

tE

they

ÓyvEdyn¯

reported

BtI¢r

to the lord

y¤¼ka|¢X¢N

raring to go to war

44.The   commanders   accepting   the   orders   of   Ravana   saying   'will   do   so',   then
collected   their   own   huge   armies   and   reported   the   arrival   of   the   army   to   their
lord   who   was   raring   to   go   to   war.