jnÓya   raXsEÓd#aE   vW   ÏvÓmaEXaTI|   b¦h¹c:   .
A¢v¼En   c   vWdEh£   m¢ÓæOv¦¼En   baE¢Dt:   =21=

jnÓya

by mother also

raXsEÓd#:   vW

the king of ogres

ÏvÓmaEXaTI|

in regard to returning you

b¦ht¯

a lengthy

vc:

advice

A¢v¼En   c

by Aviddha also

vWdEh£

princess of Videha, Sita

m¢ÓæOv¦¼En

by the aged counsellor

baE¢Dt:

was tendered

21.Sarama   told   Sita   that   Ravana   was   tendered   a   lengthy   advice   by   his
mother   and   the   aged   counsellor,   Aviddha   in   regard   to   returning   her.

d£ytam¢BsÏk]Ïy   mn¤jEÓd#ay   mW¢Tl£   .
¢ndSIn|   tE   pyaIçO|   jnÞTanE   ydì^tm¯   =22=

d£ytam¯

let be restored

A¢BsÏk]Ïy

with suitable honour

mn¤jEÓd#ay

to the ruler of men, Rama

mW¢Tl£

princess of Mithla, Sita

¢ndSIn|

is proof

tE

for you

pyaIçO|

enough

jnÞTanE

in janasthana

yt¯

which

Aì^tm¯

astonishing feat performed

22.Sarama   told   Sita   that   Ravana   was   asked   to   return   her   to   Rama   with
suitable   honour   since   the   astonishing   feat   of   Rama   in   janasthana   is   enough
proof.

lHqGn|   c   sm¤d#Þy   dSIn|   c   hn¥mt:   .
vD|   c   rXsa|   y¤¼E   k:   k[yaIÓman¤xaE   B¤¢v   =23=

lHqGn|   c

leaping across also

sm¤d#Þy

the ocean

dSIn|   c

discover also

hn¥mt:

by Hanuman

vD|   c

destruction also

rXsa|

of the ogres

y¤¼E	in a combat

k:

who

k[yaIt¯

will do

man¤x:

a mortal

B¤¢v	on the earth

23.Sarama   told   Sita   that   Ravana   was   told   which   mortal   will   leap   across
the   ocean,   discover   Sita,   destroy   the   ogres   in   a   combat   which   was   done
by   Hanuman.

ev|   s   m¢ÓæOv¦¼Wà   maæOa   c   bh¤   baE¢Dt:   .
n   Ïvam¤ÏshtE   maE³[mTImTIpraE   yTa   =24=

ev|

as above

s:

he

m¢ÓæOv¦¼W:    c

by aged counsellor also

maæOa   c

by mother also

bh¤	in many ways

baE¢Dt:

was adviced

n

not

Ïva|

you

uÏshtE

inclined

maE³[m¯

to set free

ATIm¯

an article

ATIpr:

desiring that article

yTa

like

24.Sarama   told   Sita   that   though   Ravana   was   adviced   at   length   by   the   old
counsellor   and   his   mother   to   set   Sita   free,   he   was   not   inclined   to   do   so
like   one   desiring   an   article   will   not   give   it   up.

naEÏshÏym¦taE   maE³[|   y¤¼E   Ïva¢m¢t   mW¢T¢l   .
samaÏyÞy   n¦S|sÞy   ¢n½yaE   /Ex   vtItE   =25=

n   uÏsh¢t

is not prepared

Am¦t:

until death

maE³[|

to set free

y¤¼E	in the combat

Ïva|

you

i¢t

thus

mW¢T¢l

princess of Mithila

samaÏyÞy

along with the ministers

n¦S|sÞy

of the ruthless

¢n½y:

decision

¢h   ex:

this alone

vtItE

has been made

25.Sarama   told   Sita   that   Ravana   had   decided   along   with   his   ministers   that
he   is   not   prepared   to   set   her   free   until   his   death   in   the   combat.

tïExa   ¢n¢½ta   b¤¢¼m¦IÏy¤laEmaѤp¢ÞTta   .
Bya°   S³ÞÏva|   maE³[m¢nrÞtÞt¤   s|y¤gE   =
raXsana|   c   sv©IxamaÏmnà   vDEn   ¢h   =26=

tt¯

now

exa

this

¢n¢½ta

very steady

b¤¢¼:

determination

m¦Ïy¤laEmat¯

by impending death

up¢ÞTta

has been made

Byat¯

out of fear

n   S³:

will not be able

Ïva|

you

maE³[m¯

to set free

A¢nrÞt   t¤

until brought down

s|y¤gE

in a combat

raXsana|

of the ogres

c   sv©Ixa|

all as well

AaÏmn:   c

his own also

vDEn

by death

¢h

surely

26.Sarama   told   Sita   that   the   very   steady   determination   has   been   made   by
his   impending   death   and   until   he   is   brought   down   along   with   all   ogres
in   a   combat,   he   will   not   be   able   to   set   her   free   out   of   fear.

¢nhÏy   ravN|   s|ÁyE   svITa   ¢n¢StW:   SrW:   .
p#¢tnEÝy¢t   ramÞÏvamyaEÒyam¢stEXNE   =27=

¢nhÏy

killing

ravN|

Ravana

s|ÁyE

in a combat

svITa

along with all

¢n¢StW:   SrW:

with sharp arrows

p#¢tnEÝy¢t

will take back

ram:

Rama

Ïvam¯

you

AyaEÒyam¯

to Ayodhya

A¢stEXNE

dark eyed lady

27.Sarama   told   Sita   that   Rama   after   killing   Ravana   along   with   all   ogres
with   sharp   arrows   in   a   combat   will   take   her   back   to   Ayodhya.

et¢Þm°ÓtrE   SÖdaE   BEr£SH¯Ksmak[l:   .
½¤taE   vanrsWÓyana|   kØpyÓDrN£tlm¯   =28=

et¢Þmn¯   AÓtrE

in the meantime

SÖd:	the clamour

BEr£SH¯Ksmak[l:

blended with drums and conches

½¤t:

was heard

vanrsWÓyana|

of the army of monkeys

kØpyn¯

shaking

DrN£tlm¯

the earth

28.In   the   meantime   the   clamour   of   the   monkey   army   was   heard   blended
with   beating   of   drums   and   blowing   of   conches   and   shaking   the   earth.

½¤Ïva   t¤   t¹anrsWÓySÖd|   lÄðagta   raXsrajB¦Ïya:   .
n¾¬jsaE   dWÓypr£tcE¾a:   ½EyaE   n   pÜy¢Ót   n¦pÞy   daExE   =29=

½¤Ïva

hearing

t¤

in this

tt¯

that

vanrsWÓySÖd|

clamour of the monkey army

lÄðagta:

staying in Lanka

raXsrajB¦Ïya:

the servants of the ruler of ogres, Ravana

n¾¬js:

with lost colour

dWÓypr£tcE¾a:

movements overcome by depression

½Ey:	prosperity

n   pÜy¢Ót

did not see

n¦pÞy

of the king

daExE

owing to the fault

29.Hearing   the   clamour   of   the   army   of   monkeys,   the   servants   of   Ravana
staying   in   Lanka   lost   their   colour   with   movements   overcome   by   depression
and   they   did   not   see   any   prosperity   owing   to   the   fault   of   the   king.