O!   Best   among   sages!   Thereupon,   due   to   great   anger   arising   from
the   damage   to   their   valour,   all   these   kings   besieged   Mithila   (21).
 
AaÏmanmvD¥t|  tE   ¢våOay   n¦pp¤Äñva:           .
raExEN   mhta{{¢v¾a:   p£fy¢Óm¢Tla|   p¤r£m¯  ¡ 22¡

AaÏman|

for themselves

AvD¥t|

disgrace

tE

they

¢våOay

learning (having been caused)

n¦pp¤Äñva:

the best among kings

raExEN

due to fury

mhta

intense

Aa¢v¾a:

overcome

p£fyn¯

harassed

¢m¢Tla|

Mithila

p¤r£m¯

city

Those   great   kings,   making   much   of   the   insult   that   had   befallen
them,   overcome   by   consuming   anger,   caused   toouble   to   the   city
of   Mithila   (22).

tt:   s|vÏsrE   p¥NEI   Xy|   yata¢n   svIS:   .
saDna¢n   m¤¢n½E¿   ttaE{h|   B¦SѤ:¢Kt:      ¡ 23¡

tt:

thereupon

s|vÏsrE

one year

p¥NEI

complete

Xy|	decimation

yata¢n

attained

svIS:

in all respects

saDna¢n

the armed forces

m¤¢n½E¿

O! Foremost among sages!

tt:

then

Ah|

I

B¦SѤ:¢Kt:

steeped in sorrow

O!   Formost   among   saints!   Within   a   year,   all   my   armed   forces
were   decimated   due   to   this.   I   also   became   extremely   depressed
on   that   account   (23).  
ttaE   dEvgNaÓsvaI|Þtpsa{h|   p#sadym¯  .
dѤࠠ prmp#£taàt¤rÄñbl|   s¤ra:          ¡ 24¡

tt:

then

dEvgNan¯

the groups of gods

svaIn¯

all

tpsa	through penance

Ah|

I

p#sadym¯

propitiated

dѤ:

give

c

and

prmp#£ta:

extremely happy

ct¤rÄñbl|

armed forces with four divisions

s¤ra:

the gods

Thereupon   I   propitiated   all   the   groups   of   gods   through   penance
and   the   celestials   became   extremely   pleased   and   provided   me   with
the   four-fold   (chariots,   elephants,   cavalry   and   infantry)   army   (24).
 
ttaE   Bg"a   n¦ptyaE   hÓymana   ¢dSaE   yy¤:    .
Av£yaI   v£yIs¢ÓdÂDa:   samaÏya:   papka¢rN:  ¡ 25¡

tt:	thereafter

Bg"a:

broken

n¦pty:

the kings

hÓymana:

being beaten

¢dS:	directions

yy¤:

went

Av£yaI:

with decimated energy

v£yIs¢ÓdÂDa:

with great threat to their valour

samaÏya:

in the company of their councillors

papka¢rN:

those evil doers

Bent   upon   and   causing   illegal   troubles,   those   kings   were   dealt
with   properly;   with   danger   to   their   position   and   unable   to   defend
and   despondent,   they   left   in   different   directions,   along   with
their   ministers   (25).

tdEtÓm¤¢nSaÑ¥Il   Dn¤:   prmBaÞvrm¯    .
ramlßmNyaEàa¢p   dSI¢yÝya¢m   s¤v#t  ¡ 26¡

tt¯

that

ett¯

this

m¤¢nSaÑ¥Il

O! Tiger among sages!

Dn¤:

bow

prmBaÞvrm¯

of superb radiance

ramlßmNyaE:

for Rama and Lakshmana

c

and

A¢p

also

dSI¢yÝya¢m

shall show

s¤v#t

O! One of auspicious vows!

O!   Tiger   among   sages!   One   of   auspicious   vows!   That   bow,   which
is   extremely   radiant   I   shall   show   to   Rama   and   Lakshmana   (26).
 

yïÞy   Dn¤xaE   ram:   kyaIdaraEpN|   m¤nE   . 
s¤tamyaE¢nja|   s£ta|   dïa|   daSrTErhm¯    ¡ 27¡

y¢d

should

AÞy

this

Dn¤x:

of the bow

ram:

Rama

kyaIt¯

will do

AaraEpN|

tying of the bowstring

m¤nE

O! Sage!

s¤ta|

daughter

AyaE¢nja|

not born of a woman

s£ta|

Sita

dïa|	shall give

daSrTE:

for the son of Dasaratha (Rama)

Ahm¯

I

O!   Sage!   Should   Rama   be   able   to   tie   the   string   to   this   bow,
I   shall   give   in   marriage   to   the   son   of   Dasaratha   this   Sita
who   is   my   daughter   but   not   born   out   of   a   womb   (27).  
iÏyaxI   ½£md#amayNE   vaÚm£k£yE   Aa¢dkaÛyE   balkaÎfE   xzx¢¾tm:sgI:¡66¡
Thus   ends   Canto   66   of   the   Bala   Kanda   of  the   first   and   ancient   poetical   work  Srimad   Ramayana   of   Valmiki