tÞy    t¹cn|    ½¤Ïva    raXsaÞtE    ct¤dIS    ,
Uc¤vaIc|    s¤sHq@[¼a    b#'G"aÜS¥lpaNy:    .11.
s|r³nyna    GaEra    ram|    r³aÓtlaEcnm¯    ,
pâx|    mD¤raBax|    ¶¾a    è¾pra@mm¯    .12.

tÞy

his

tt¯   vcn|

those words

½¤Ïva

hearing

raXsa:

ogres

tE

those

ct¤dIS

fourteen

Uc¤:

said

vac|	the following words

s¤sHq@[¼a:

getting very angry

b#'G"a:

killers of brahmins

S¥lpaNy:

armed with lances

s|r³nyna

with blood shot eyes

GaEra:

dreadful

ram|

to Rama

r³aÓtlaEcnm¯

with deep red eyes

pâx|

harsh

mD¤raBax|

speaking sweetly

¶¾a:	with delight

è¾pra@mm¯

having seen his prowess

11,12.The   fourteen   dreadful   ogres,   highly   enraged   and   delighted   with
Rama's   words,   armed   with   lances,   having   blood   shot   eyes   and   killers   of
brahmins   spoke   the   following   harsh   words   to   Rama   who   was   soft   spoken.

@aEDm¤Ïpaï    naE    Bt¤I:    KrÞy    s¤mhaÏmn:    ,
ÏvmEv    haÞysE    p#aNanïaÞma¢BrqhtaE    y¤¢D    .13.

@aED|

anger

uÏpaï

provoking

n:

our

Bt¤I:

master

KrÞy	in Khara's

s¤mhaÏmn:

extremly high souled

Ïv|   ev

you only

haÞysE

will give up

p#aNan¯

life

Aï

now

AÞma¢B:

by us

ht:

killed

y¤¢D	in a fight

13.The   ogres   told   Rama   that   by   provoking   anger   of   Khara,   he   will   give   up   his   life   being   killed   in   a   fight.

ka    ¢h    tE    S¢³rEkÞy    bh\na|    rNm¥DI¢n    ,
AÞmakmg#t:    ÞTat¤|    ¢k|    p¤nya©I¼[mahvE    .14.

ka

what

¢h

surely

tE

for you

S¢³:

power

ekÞy	single handed

bh\na|

many

rNm¥DI¢n

in a battle field

AÞmakm¯

us

Ag#t:

in front of

ÞTat¤|

to stand

¢k|   p¤n:

what to say

yaE¼[|

to give fight

AahvE

in a battle

14.The   ogres   asked   Rama   what   power   ha   had   to   stand   single   handed
against   so   many   of   them   in   a   battlefield   and   much   less   to   give   a   figth   in   a   battle?

e¢BbaIh^¢vm¤³WnI:    p¢rGWÜS¥lpÊósW:    ,
p#aNa|ÞÏyßy¢s    v£yI|    c    Dn¤à    krp£¢ftm¯    .15.

e¢B:

these

bah^¢vm¤³W:

hurled by arma

n:

our

p¢rGW:

clubs

S¥lpÊósW:

darts and pattasas

p#aNan¯

life

Ïyßy¢s

will give up

v£yI|

valour

c

also

Dn¤:   c

bow also

krp£¢ftm¯

held in hand

15.The   ogres   told   Rama   that   he   will   give   up   his   life,   valour   and   the   bow   held   in   his   hand   by   the   clubs,   darts   and   pattasas   hurled   by   them.

iÏyEvm¤?va    s|rÖDa    raXsaÞtE    ct¤dIS    ,
¢c¢Xp¤Þta¢n    S¥la¢n    raGv|    p#¢t    ѤjIym¯    .16.

i¢t   ev|

as above

u?va	having said

s|rÖDa:

in their zeal

raXsa:

ogres

tE

those

ct¤dIS

fourteen

¢c¢Xp¤:

hurled

ta¢n

those

S¥la¢n

lances

raGv|   p#¢t

towards Rama

ѤjIym¯

the invincible

16.The   fourteen   ogres,   saying   as   above,   rushed   towards   Rama   and   hurled
the   lances   at   him.

ta¢n    S¥la¢n    kak[t¯ÞTÞsmÞta¢n    ct¤dIS    ,
tav¢ìrEv    ¢cÅCEd    SrW:    ka·nB¥¢xtW:    .17.

ta¢n

those

S¥la¢n

lances

kak[t¯ÞT:

Rama

smÞta¢n

all of them

ct¤dIS

fourteen

tav¢ì:   ev

with as many

¢cÅCEd

cut down

SrW:	with arrows

ka·nB¥¢xtW:

adorned with gold

17.Rama   cut   down   all   the   fourteen   lances   with   as   many   arrows   adorned
with   gold.

tt:    pàaÓmhatEja    naracan¯    s¥yIs¢°Ban¯    ,
jg#ah    prm@[¼àt¤dIS    ¢Sla¢Stan¯    .18.

tt:   pàat¯

there after

mhatEja:

of great lustre

naracan¯

arrows called naraca

s¥yIs¢°Ban¯

shining bright like the sun

jg#ah

took out

prm@[¼:

getting very angry

ct¤dIS

fourteen

¢Sla¢Stan¯

sharpened on stone

18.Thereafter,   Rama   very   angrily   took   fourteen   naraca   arrows   sharpened
on   a   stone.

g¦h£Ïva    Dn¤rayØy    lßyan¤¢êÜy    raXsan¯    ,
m¤maEc    raGvaE    baNan¯    vj#a¢nv    St@t¤:    .19.

g¦h£Ïva   Dn¤:

taking the bow

AayØy

stretching

lßyan¯   u¢êÜy

taking as targets

raXsan¯

ogres

m¤maEc

discharged

raGv:

Rama

baNan¯

arrows

vj#an¯

thunderbolt

iv

like

St@t¤:

Indra

19.Rama,   taking   aim   at   the   ogres   discharged   arrows   like   Indra   discharged
thunderbolts.

âÀmp¤HqKaà    ¢v¢SKa:    p#d£çOa    hEmB¥xNa:    .20.
tE    ¢BÏva    raXsa|    vEgad#Xa|¢s    â¢DraÔl¤ta:    ,
¢v¢nÝpEt¤Þtda    B¥maW    ÓymÇjÓtaS¢nÞvna:    .21.

âÀmp¤HqKa:

decorated with gold

c

also

¢v¢SKa:

aroows

p#d£çOa:

shining

hEmB¥xNa:

inlaid with gold

tE

those

¢BÏva

piercing

raXsa|

the ogres'

vEgat¯

with force

vXa|¢s

chests

â¢DraÔl¤ta:

soaked in blood

¢v¢nÝpEt¤:

came out

tda

then

B¥maW

the ground

ÓymÇjÓt

buried into

AS¢nÞvna:

with the claps of thunder

20,21.Those   arrows,   decked   with   gold,   pierced   with   force   the   chests   of   the   ogres   and   came   out   soaked   in   blood.   They   got   buried   in   the   ground   with   sounds   of   thunder   claps.