Þma¢rtaE{Þm¯yhmEtEn   tt¯Ïvmah   mhaEd¢D:   .
n   caÔyhmn¤³aE   vW   p#b#¥yamaÏmnaE   g¤Nan¯   =51=

Þma¢rt:

reminded

A¢Þm

have been

Ah|

I

etEn

by this

tt¯Ïv|

truth

Aah

has told

mhaEd¢D:

the Sea god

n

not

c   A¢p

even then

Ahm¯

I

An¤³:

without being asked

vW

may be

p#b#¥ya|

will tell

AaÏmn:

my own

g¤Nan¯

virtues

51.Nala   told   Rama   that   he   has   been   reminded   by   the   Sea   god   who   had
spoken   the   truth.   He   will   not   tell   about   his   virtues   without   being   asked.

smTIàaÔyh|   sEt¤|   kt¤I|   vW   vâNalyE   .
kammïWv   bD"Ót¤   sEt¤|   vanrp¤Äñva:   =52=

smTI:

am capable

c

also

A¢p

even

Ah|

I

sEt¤|

bridge

kt¤I|

to build

vW

may be

vâNalyE

across the ocean

kamm¯

being so

Aï   ev

now itself

bD"Ót¤

let construct

sEt¤|

bridge

vanrp¤Äñva:

foremost of monkeys

52.Nala   told   Rama   that   he   was   capable   of   constructing   a   bridge   across
the   ocean   and   so   let   the   foremost   of   monkeys   construct   now   itself.

ttaE{¢ts¦¾a   ramEN   svItaE   h¢ry¥Tpa:   .
A¢BpEt¤mIharÎy|   ¶¾a:   StshÞa#S:   =53=

tt:

thereupon

A¢ts¦¾a

directed

ramEN

by Rama

svIt:

on all sides

h¢ry¥Tpa:

the leaders of monkeys

A¢BpEt¤:

went running

mharÎy|

to the great forest

¶¾a:

delighted

StshÞa#S:

in hundreds of thousands

53.Thereupon   as   directed   by   Rama   hundreds   of   thousands   of   monkeys,
delighted,   went   running   on   all   sides   into   the   great   forest.

tE   nga°gs|kaSa:   SaKam¦ggNxIBa:   .
bB¸¤vaInraÞtæO   p#ckx¤Ià   sagrm¯   =54=

tE

that

ngan¯

trees

ngs|kaSa:

resembling mountains

SaKam¦ggNxIBa:

leaders of monkey hordes

bB¸¤:

up rooted

vanra:

monkeys

tæO

then

p#ckx¤I:

dragged

c

also

sagrm¯

to the ocean

54.The   monkeys,   who   were   leaders   of   monkey   hordes,   resembling
a   mountain   uprooted   trees   and   dragged   them   to   the   ocean.

tE   salWàaákNI{à   DvWvI|SWà   vanra:   .
k[zjWrj¤InWÞtalW¢ÞtlkW¢Þt¢mSWr¢p   =55=
¢bÚvWà   sçOpNªIà   k¢NIkarWà   p¤¢ÝptW:   .
c¥tWàaSaEkv¦XWà   sagr|   smp¥ryn¯   =56=

tE

those

salW:   c

with sal trees

AákNªI:   c

with aswakarna trees

DvW:	with dhava trees

v|SW:   c

with bamboos also

vanra:

monkeys

k[zjW:

with kutaja trees

Aj¤InW:

with arjuna trees

talW:

with palmyras

¢tlkW:

with tilaka trees

¢t¢mSW:   A¢p

with timisa also

¢bÚvW:   c

with bilva trees also

sçOpNªI:   c

with saptaparna trees also

k¢NIkarW:   c

with kanikara trees

p¤¢ÝptW:

in full bloom

c¥tW:   c

with mango trees also

ASaEkv¦XW:   c

with asoka trees as well

sagr|

the sea

smp¥ryn¯

filled

55,56.The   monkeys   filled   the   sea   with   sal,   aswakarna,   dhava,   bamboo,
kutaja,   arjuna,   palmyra,   tilaka,   timisa,   bilva,   saptaparna,   karnikas   in
full   bloom,   mango   and   asoka   trees.

sm¥la|à   ¢vm¥la|à   padpaÓh¢rsäOma:   .
iÓd#kEt¥¢nvaEïØy   p#j»¤hIryÞtãn¯   =57=

sm¥lan¯

with roots

c

also

¢vm¥lan¯

without roots

c   padpan¯

trees also

h¢rsäOma:

the foremost of monkeys

iÓd#kEt¥n¯

Indra's flag staffs

iv

like

uïØy

carrying

p#j»¤:

brought them

hry:

monkeys

tãn¯

trees

57.The   monkeys   who   foremost   of   them   carrying   trees   with   roots   and
without   roots   like   Indra's   flag   staff   brought   them   to   the   sea.

talaÓda¢fmg¤Úma|à   na¢rkEla¢ÓvB£tkan¯   .
bk[lan¯K¢dra¢°ØbaÓsmaj»¤:   smÓtt:   =58=

talan¯

palmyras

da¢fmg¤Úman¯

promogrenade shrubs

c

also

na¢rkElan¯

coconuts trees

¢vB£tkan¯

vibhitaka trees

bk[lan¯

bakula trees

K¢dran¯

khadira trees

¢nØban¯

nimba trees

smaj»¤:

brought together

smÓtt:

from everywhere

58.They   brought   together   from   everywhere   palmyras,   promogrenade
shrubs,   coconut,   vibhitaka,   bakula,   khadira   and   nimba   trees.

h¢ÞtmaæOaÓmhakaya:   paxaNa|à   mhabla:   .
pvIta|à   sm¤ÏpaÊY   yÓæOª:   p¢rvh¢Ót   c   =59=

h¢ÞtmaæOan¯

as large as elephants

mhakaya:

with huge bodies

paxaNan¯   c

big rocks also

mhabla:

with great might

pvItan¯   c

mountains also

sm¤ÏpaÊY

digging up

yÓæOª:

by vehicles

p¢rvh¢Ót

transported

c

also

59.The   monkeys   with   huge   bodies   digging   up   rocks   as   large   as
elephants   and   mountains   transported   them   by   vehicles.

p#¢XÔymaNWrclW:   shsa   jlm¤¼tm¯   .
sm¤Ïp¢ttmakaSm¤paspIäOtÞtt:   =60=

p#¢XÔymaNW:

being hurled

AclW:

mountains

shsa	forcefully

jl|

water

u¼tm¯

rising

sm¤Ïp¢tt|

fell down

AakaS|

to the sky

upaspIt¯

scattered

ttÞtt:

here and there

60.The   water   which   rose   due   to   forcefully   hurled   mountains   as    they   fell   down
scattered   here   and   there.