AT    p·vz£|    gÅC°Ótra    rG¤nÓdn:    ,
Aassad    mhakay|    g¦D#|    B£mpra@mm¯    .1.

AT

then

p·vz£|

to pancavati

gÅCn¯

while going

AÓtra

on the way

rG¤nÓdn:

Rama

Aassad

met

mhakay|

with a gigantic body

g¦D#|

a vultutre

B£mpra@mm¯

possessed of terrible prowess

1.Rama   while   going   to   pancavati,   met   a   vulture   with   a   gigantic   body   and
possessed   of   terrible   powers.

t|    è¾qva    taW    mhaBagaW    vzÞT|    ramlßmNaW    ,
mEnatE    raXs|    p¢S|b#¤vaNaW    kaE    Bva¢n¢t    .2.

t|   è¾qva

seeing that

taW

the two

mhaBagaW

highly blessed

vzÞT|

on the banyan tree

ramlßmNaW

Rama and Lakshmana

mEnatE

thought

raXs|

a demon

p¢X|	to the bird

b#¤vaNaW

asked

k:   Bvan¯

who are you

i¢t

thus

2.Rama   and   Lakshmana,   seeing   the   bird   on   a   banyan   tree,   thought   it   was
a   demon   and   asked   the   bird   who   was   he?

s    taW    mD¤rya    vaca    saWØyya    p#£Ny¢°v    ,
uvac    vÏs    ma|    ¢v¢¼    vyÞy|    ¢pt¤raÏmn:    .3.

s:

that

taW	the two of them

mD¤rya   vaca

with sweet words

saWØyya

with affectionate

p#£Nyn¯

delighting

iv

fully

uvac

said

vÏs

child

ma|

me

¢v¢¼	please know

vyÞy|

as a friend

¢pt¤:   AaÏmn:

of your father

3.The   bird   told   Rama   in   sweet   words   that   he   was   a   friend   of   his   father.

s    t|    ¢pt¦sK|    b¤Òva    p¥jyamas    raGv:    ,
s    tÞy    k[lmÛyg#mT    pp#ÅC    nam    c    .4.

s:

that

t|

that

¢pt¦sK|

as a friend of his father

b¤Òva

knowing

p¥jyamas

honoured

raGv:

Rama

s:

he

tÞy   k[l|

its descent

AÛyg#m¯

politely

AT

then

pp#ÅC

inquired

nam   c

name also

4.Rama,   knowing   that   the   bird   was   a   friend   of   his   father,   honoured   him   and
inquired   his   name   and   his   descent.

ramÞy    vcn|    ½¤Ïva    k[lmaÏmanmEv    c    ,
AaccXE    ¢¹jÞtÞmW    svIB¥tsm¤ìvm¯    .5.

ramÞy

Rama's

vcn|

words

½¤Ïva

hearing

k[l|

his race

AaÏman|

about himself

ev

only

c

also

AaccXE

told as follows

¢¹j:

bird

tÞmW

to him

svIB¥tsm¤ìvm¯

the origin of all beings

5.The   bird,   hearing   Rama's   words.   told   him   about   himself,   his   race   and
the   origin   of   all   beings.

p¥vIkalE    mhabahaE    yE    p#japtyaE{Bvn¯    ,
taÓmE    ¢ngdtÞsvaIna¢dt:    S¦N¤    raGv    .6.

p¥vIkalE

in the past

mhabahaE

mightyarmed

yE

who

p#japty:

lords of creation

ABvn¯

existed

tan¯

they

mE

to me

¢ngdt:

speaking

svaIn¯

about all

Aa¢dt:

from the beginning

S¦N¤	please listen

raGv

Rama

6.The   bird   told   Rama   to   listen   to   him   while   speaking   from   the   beginning
about   all   the   lords   of   creation   who   existed   in   the   past.

kdIm:    p#TmÞtExa|    ¢v½¤tÞtdnÓtr:    ,
SExà    s|½yàWv    bh^p¤æOà    v£yIvan¯    .7.
ÞTaN¤mIr£¢cr¢æOà    @t¤àWv    mhabl:    ,
p¤lÞÏyàaHq¢graàWv    p#cEta:    p¤lhÞtTa    .8.
dXaE    ¢vvÞvanpraE{¢r¾nE¢mà    raGv    ,
kÜypà    mhatEjaÞtExamas£Åc    p¢àm:    .9.

kdIm:

Kardama

p#Tm:   tExa|

was the first among them

¢v½¤t:

Visruta

tdnÓtr:

there after

SEx:   c

Sesha also

s|½y:   c   ev

Samsraya

bh^p¤æO:   c

Bahuputra

v£yIvan¯

the powerful

ÞTaN¤:

Sthanu

mr£¢c:

Marici

A¢æO:   c

Atri also

@t¤:   c

Kratu also

ev

only

mhabl:

mighty

p¤lÞÏy:

Pulastya

c

also

AHq¢gra:

Angiras

c

also

ev

only

p#cEta:

Praceta

p¤lh:   tTa

then pulaha

dX:

Daksha

¢vvÞvan¯

Vivaswan

Apr:

next

A¢r¾nE¢m:   c

Arishtanemi

raGv

Rama

kÜyp:   c

Kasyapa also

mhatEja:

great lustre

tExa|

among them

Aas£t¯

was

c

also

p¢àm:

the last

7,8,9.The   bird   told   Rama   that   Kardama   was   the   first   among   them;   after   him
came   Visruta,   Sesha,   Samsraya,   the   powerful   Bahuputra,   Sthanu,   Marici,
Atri,   the   mighty   Kratu,   Pulastya,   Angiras,   Praceta,   Pulaha,   Daksha,   then
Vivaswan,   Arishtanemi   and   the   last   one   of   great   lustre   among   them   was
Kasyapa.

p#japtEÞt¤    dXÞy    bB¥v¤¢r¢t    n:    ½¤tm¯    ,
x¢¾Ñ¤I¢htraE    ram    yS¢ÞvÓyaE    mhayS:    .10.

p#japtE:

creator

t¤

in this

dXÞy

Daksha

bB¥v¤:

had

i¢t

thus

n:   ½¤tm¯

we have heard

x¢¾:

sixty

Ѥ¢htr:

daughters

ram

rama

yS¢ÞvÓy:

well known

mhayS:

very famous

10.The   bird   told   Rama   that   Prajapati   Daksha   had   sixty   well-known
daughters.