etÅC®¤Ïva    t¤    kak[t¯ÞTÞtapsana|    tp¢Þvnam¯    ,
id|    p#aEvac    DmaIÏma    svaInEv    tp¢Þvn:    .21.

ett¯

this

½¤Ïva

hearing

t¤

in this

kak[t¯ÞT:

Rama

tapsana|

ascetic

tp¢Þvnam¯

in a pitiable state

id|	as follows

p#aEvac

replied

DmaIÏma

righteous

svan¯   ev

to all

tp¢Þvn:

sages

21.Hearing   these   words   of   the   sages   depicting   their   pitiable   state,   Rama
replied   to   all   the   sages   as   follows.

nWvmrqhT    ma|    v³[maåOçOaE{h|    tp¢Þvnam¯    ,
kEvlEnaÏmkay©IN    p#vE¾Ûy|    mya    vnm¯    .
¢vp#karmpa@¿¤|    raXsWBIvta¢mmm¯    .22.

n

not

evm¯

thus

ArqhT

should

ma|

to me

v³[m¯

to speak

AaåOçO:

at the command

Ah|

I am

tp¢Þvnam¯

of the sages

kEvlEn

only

AaÏmkay©IN

my own work

p#vE¾Ûy|

have to enter

mya

by me

vnm¯	the forest

¢vp#karm¯

persecution

Apa@¿¤|

to stop

raXsW:

by the demons

Bvtam¯

your

imm¯

this

22.Rama   told   the   sages   that   they   should   not   speak   to   him   thus.   He   is   at   the
command   of   the   sages.   He   had   to   enter   the   forest   for   his   own   business   and   to
stop   the   persecution   of   the   sages   by   the   demons.

¢pt¤Þt¤    ¢nrqdESkr:    p#¢v¾aE{h|¢md|    vnm¯    ,
BvtamTI¢s¼YTImagtaE{h|    yèÅCya    .23.

¢pt¤:

father's

t¤   ¢nrqdESkr:

in obedience to the command

p#¢v¾:

entered

Ahm¯

I

id|

this

vnm¯

forest

Bvtam¯

your

ATI¢s¼yTIm¯

to achieve purpose

Aagt:

have come

Ah|

I

yèÅCya

by chance

23.Rama   told   the   sages   that   he   had   come   to   the   forest   in   obedience   of   his
father's   orders.   He   told   them   by   chance   he   has   come   to   achieve   their   purpose.

tÞy    mE{y|    vnE    vasaE    B¢vÝy¢t    mhaPl:    .24.

tÞy   mE

that my

Ay|

this

vnE	in the forest

vas:

stay

B¢vÝy¢t

will yield

mhaPl:

great results

24.Rama   told   the   sages   that   his   stay   in   the   forest   will   yield   great   results.

tp¢Þvna|    rNE    SæO¥n¯    hÓt¤¢mÅCa¢m    raXsan¯    ,
pÜyÓt¤    v£yIm¦xyÞsB#at¤m©I    tpaEDna:    .25.

tp¢Þvna|

of the ascetics

rNE	in a battle

SæO¥n¯

the enemies

hÓt¤|

to kill

iÅCa¢m

I wish

raXsan¯

the demons

pÜyÓt¤

let them see

v£yIm¯

valour

§xy:

sages

sB#at¤:

with brother's

mE

my

tpaEDna:

ascetic sages

25.Rama   told   the   sages   that   he   wished   to   kill   the   demons,   enemies   of   the
sages,   in   battle.   Let   the   ascetic   sages   see   my   and   my   brother's   bravery.

däO¯va{By|    ca¢p    tpaEDnana|    Dm©I    D¦taÏma    sh    lßmNEn    ,
tpaEDnWàa¢p    shayIv¦äOÞs¤t£ßNmEva¢Bjgam    v£r:    .26.

däO¯va   ABy|

having promised protection

c

also

A¢p

and

tpaEDnana|

to the tapasvis

Dm©I	in righteousness

D¦taÏma

steadfast

sh	along with

lßmNEn

with Lakshmana

tpaEDnW:

with the sages

c

also

A¢p

and

sh

with

AayIv¦äO:

with good character

s¤t£ßNm¯   ev

to Sutikshna alone

A¢Bjgam

went towards

v£r:

hero

26.Having   given   his   word   to   protect   the   sages,   Rama   proceeded   towards
Sutikshna   alone   along   with   the   sages   and   Lakshmana.