s   c   pæOlG¤B¥IÏva   h¢r¢BdI¢SItE   ByE   .
AÓt¢rX¢ÞTtaE   B¥Ïva   p¤nvIcnmb#v£t¯   =21=

s:

he

c

also

pæOlG¤:

speeding with wings

B¥Ïva

becoming

h¢r¢B:

by monkeys

dI¢SItE   ByE

being threatened

AÓt¢rX¢ÞTt:

standing in the sky

B¥Ïva

becoming

p¤n:

again

vcnm¯

words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke as follows

21.Suka,   when   threatened   by   monkeys,   speeding   with   the   wings
standing   in   the   sky   spoke   as   follows   again.

s¤g#£v   st¯Ïvs|p°   mhablpra@m   .
¢k|   mya   Kl¤   v³ÛyaE   ravNaE   laEkravN:   =22=

s¤g#£v

Sugriva

st¯Ïvs|p°

with good qualities

mhablpra@m

with great might and virility

¢k|

what

mya

by me

Kl¤

may be

v³Ûy:

to be told

ravN:

Ravana

laEkravN:

who threatens the world

22.Suka   asked   Sugriva   what   he   should   tell   Ravana   as   a   reply   to   the
message   of   Ravana?

s   evm¤³:   Ôlvga¢DpÞtda   ÔlvÄñmanam¦xBaE   mhabl:   .
uvac   vaÀy|   rjn£crÞy   car|   S¤k|   t¥NImd£nsÏv:   =23=

s:

he

ev|

as above

u³:	being told

Ôlvga¢Dp:

the king of monkeys

tda

then

ÔlvÄñmana|

among monkeys

§xB:

bull

mhabl:

with great might

uvac

spoke

vaÀy|

the following words

rjn£crÞy

of the nightwanderer

car|

to spy

S¤k|

to Suka

t¥NIm¯

immediately

Ad£nsÏv:

with indifatigable energy

23.Then   Sugriva   being   asked   as   above   by   the   of   the   ogre,   Suka,   spoke
the   following   words.

n   mE{¢s   ¢mæO|   n   tTa{n¤kØpaE   n   caEpktaI{¢s   n   mE   ¢p#yaE{¢s   .
A¢rà   ramÞy   shan¤bÓD:   s   mE{¢s   val£v   vDahI   vÒy:   =24=

n

not

mE

for me

A¢s

you are

¢mæO|

a friend

n

not

tTa

similarly

An¤kØp:

to show compassion

n

not

c   upktaI

also rendered help

A¢s

you are

n

not

mE

to me

¢p#y:

dear

A¢s

you are

A¢r:

enemy

c

also

ramÞy

of Rama

shan¤bÓD:

with dear and near ones

s:

that

mE

my

A¢s

you are

val£

Vali

iv

like

vDahI

deserve to be killed

vÒy:	to be killed

24.Sugriva   told   Suka   to   tell   Ravan   that   he   cannot   be   a   friend   nor   for
compassion   nor   dear,   as   an   enemy   of   Rama   he   deserves   to   be   killed
like   Vali   was   killed.

¢nhÓm¯yh|   Ïva|   ss¤t|   sbÓD¤|   såOa¢tvgI|   rjn£crES   .
lÄða|   c   svaI|   mhta   blEn   ¢Xp#|   k¢rÝya¢m   smEÏy   BÞm   =25=

¢nh¢Óm

will kill

Ah|

I

Ïva|

you

ss¤t|

with sons

sbÓD¤|

with relatives

såOa¢tvgI|

with kith and kin

rjn£crES

king of nightwanderers

lÄða|

Lanka

c   svaI|

all of it

mhta

a huge

blEn

with army

¢Xp#|

quickly

k¢rÝya¢m

will do

smEÏy

arriving

BÞm

as ash

25.Sugriva   told   Suka   to   tell   Ravana   that   he   will   kill   Ravana   with   sons,
relatives   and   near   and   dear   ones   and   coming   with   a   huge   army   he   will
reduce   Lanka   to   ashes.

n   maEßysE   ravN   raGvÞy   s¤rW:   shEÓd#Wr¢p   m¥F   g¤çO:   .
AÓt¢hIt:   s¥yIpT|   gtaE   va   tTWv   patalmn¤p#¢v¾:   =26=

n   maEßysE

you cannot escape

ravN

Ravana

raGvÞy

from Rama

s¤rW:

by gods

shEÓd#W:

with Indra

A¢p

even

m¥F	dim witted

g¤çO:

even protected

AÓt¢hIt:

even hiding

s¥yIpT|

Sun'a opening

gt:

reaching

va

or

tTa   ev

in any case

patalm¯

the nethermost region

An¤p#¢v¾:

having entered

26.Sugriva   told   Suka   to   tell   Ravana   that   whether   he   was   protected   by
gods   with   Indra   or   hiding   in   the   opening   in   the   sun   or   even   entering   the
nethermost   region   he   cannot   escape   from   Rama.

tÞy   tE   ¢æOx¤   laEkEx¤   n   ¢pSac|   n   raXsm¯   .
æOatarmn¤pÜya¢m   n   gÓDvI|   n   cas¤rm¯   =27=

tÞy

that

tE

you

¢æOx¤

in three

laEkEx¤

worlds

n	I do not know

¢pSac|

a spirit

n	I do not know

raXsm¯

an ogre

æOatarm¯

capable of protecting

An¤pÜya¢m   n

I do not know

gÓDvI|

gandharva

n	I do not know

c   As¤rm¯

ademon also

27.Sugriva   told   Suka   to   tell   Ravana   that   he   did   not   know   either   a
spirit   or   an   ogre   or   gandharva   or   a   demon   in   the   three   worlds   who
is   capable   of   protecting   Ravana.

AvD£yI¸rav¦¼mXm|   ¢k|   jzay¤xm¯   =28=

AvD£:

you killed

yt¯

this

jrav¦¼m¯

weakened by age

AXm|	incapable of fight

¢k|

what

jzay¤xm¯

Jatayu

28.Sugriva   told   Suka   to   tell   Ravana   that   he   killed   Jatayu   who   was
weakened   by   age   and   incapable   of   fight.

¢k|   n¤   tE   rams¢°ÒyE   skaSE   lßmNÞy   va   .
¶ta   s£ta   ¢vSalaX£   ya|   Ïv|   g¦/   n   b¤¼YsE   =29=

¢k|   n¤

what

tE

by you

rams¢°ÒyE

from Rama's presence

skaSE

in front of

lßmNÞy

of Lakshmana

va

or

¶ta	was abducted

s£ta

Sita

¢vSalaX£

with broad eyes

ya|

whom

Ïv|

you

g¦/	taking away

n   b¤¼YsE

you do not get sense

29.Sugriva   told   Suka   to   tell   Ravana   that   ha   had   abducted   Sita   not   from
the   presnce   of   either   Rama   or   Lakshmana   and   still   he   does   get   any
sense.

mhabl|   mhaÏman|   ѤDIxImmrWr¢p   .
n   b¤ÒysE   rG¤½E¿|   yÞtE   p#aNaÓh¢rÝy¢t   =30=

mhabl|

with great might

mhaÏman|

a great soul

ѤDIxIm¯

unconquerable

AmrW:   A¢p

even by gods

n   b¤ÒysE

you do not know

rG¤½E¿|

Rama, the foremost of Raghus

y:

who

tE

your

p#aNan¯

life

h¢rÝy¢t

takes away

30.Sugriva   told   Suka   to   tell   Ravana   that   he   does   not   know   Rama,   who
will   take   his   life,   is   unconquerable   even   by   gods.