s   c   hÓta   ¢vraDÞy   kbÓDÞy   KrÞy   c   .
s¤g#£vs¢htaE   ram:   s£taya:   pdmagta:   =31=

s:

that

c

also

hÓta

killer

¢vraDÞy

of Viradha

kbÓDÞy

of Kbandha

KrÞy   c

of Khara also

s¤g#£vs¢ht:

accompanied by Sugriva

ram:

Rama

s£taya:

of Sita

pd|	whereabouts

Aagta:

has come to know

31.Suka   told   Ravana   that   Rama,   the   killer   of   Viradha,   Kabandha   and
Khara,   accompanied   by   Sugrive   has   come   to   know   the   whereabouts
of   Sita.

s   k]Ïva   sagrE   sEt¤|   t£rqÏva   c   lvNaEd¢Dm¯   .
ex   rXa|¢s   ¢nD¥Iy   DÓv£   ¢t¿¢t   raGv:   =32=

s:

that

k]Ïva

building

sagrE

across the sea

sEt¤|

a bridge

t£rqÏva

crossing

c

also

lvNaEd¢Dm¯

the salt sea

ex:

here

rXa|¢s

ogres

¢nD¥Iy

thinking as nothing

DÓv£	with bow in hand

¢t¿¢t

stands

raGv:

Rama

32.Suka   told   Ravana   that   Rama   having   built   a   bridge   across   the   sea   and
crossing   the   salt   sea   stands   with   bow   in   hand   thinking   the   ogres   as
nothing.

§XvanrsHqGanamn£ka¢n   shÞa#S:   .
¢g¢rmEG¢nkaSana|   Cady¢Ót   vs¤ÓDram¯   =33=

§XvanrsHqGanam¯

hordes of bears and monkeys

An£ka¢n

army

shÞa#S:

in thousands

¢g¢rmEG¢nkaSana|

resembling mountains and cloud

Cady¢Ót

are covering

vs¤ÓDram¯

the earth

33.Suka   told   Ravana   that   the   army   of   thousands   of   hordes   of   bears
and   monkeys   resembling   mountains   and   cloud   are   covering   the   earth.

raXsana|   bl¬GÞy   vanrEÓd#blÞy   c   .
nWtyaE¢vIïtE   s¢ÓDd©IvdanvyaE¢rv   =34=

raXsana|

of the ogres

bl¬GÞy

multitude of troops

vanrEÓd#blÞy   c

the army of the monkey king

n

not

etyaE:

between the two

¢vïtE

possible

s¢ÓD:

alliance

dEvdanvyaE:

that of gods and demons

iv

like

34.Suka   told   Ravana   that   the   alliance   between   the   multitude   of   the
troops   of   the   ogres   and   the   monkey   king's   army   is   not   possible   like
that   between   gods   and   demons   .

p¤ra   p#akarmaya¢Ót   ¢Xp#mEktr|   k[â   .
s£ta|   va{ÞmW   p#yÅCaS¤   s¤y¤¼|   va   p#d£ytam¯   =35=

p¤ra	even before they arrive

p#akar|

towards the defensive wall

Aaya¢Ót

are coming

¢Xp#|

quickly

ektr|

either of the following two

k[â

follow

s£ta|   va

Sita

AÞmW

to him

p#yÅC

restore

AaS¤	immediately

s¤y¤¼|   va

or a great battle

p#d£ytam¯

may be given

35.Suka   told   Ravana   that   the   army   of   monkeys   and   bear   are   coming
towards   the   defensive   wall   and   before   they   reach   there,   he   should
quickly   follow   one   of   two,   viz   either   restore   Sita   to   Rama   or   give   him
a   great   battle.

S¤kÞy   vcn|   ½¤Ïva   ravNaE   vaÀymb#v£t¯   .
raExs|r³nynaE   ¢ndIh¢°v   cX¤xa   =36=

S¤kÞy

of Suka

vcn|

words

½¤Ïva

hearing

ravN:

Ravana

vaÀym¯

the following words

Ab#v£t¯

spoke

raExs|r³nyn:

eyes blood red due to anger

¢ndIhn¯   iv

as if burning

cX¤xa

with eyes

36.Ravana,   hearing   the   words   of   Suka   spoke   the   following   words
with   eyes   blood   red   due   to   anger   as   though   burning   him   with   eyes.

y¢d   ma|   p#¢t   y¤¼YErÓdEvgÓDvIdanva:   .
nWv   s£ta|   p#daÞya¢m   svIlaEkByad¢p   =37=

y¢d

in case

ma|   p#¢t

against me

y¤¼YErn¯

fight

dEvgÓDvIdanva:

gods, gandharvas and demons

n

not

ev   s£ta|

Sita only

p#daÞya¢m

will restore

svIlaEkByat¯   A¢p

even through fear of all the worlds

37.Ravana   told   that   he   would   not   restore   Sita   even   if   gods,   gandharvas
and   demons   were   fighting   him   nor   through   fear   of   all   the   worlds.

kda   nama¢BDav¢Ót   raGv|   mamka:   Sra:   .
vsÓtE   p¤¢Ýpt|   mäOa   B#mra   iv   padpm¯   =38=

kda   nam

when will

A¢BDav¢Ót

dart towards

raGv|

Rama, scion of Raghu

mamka:

discharged by me

Sra:

arrows

vsÓtE

in the spring season

p¤¢Ýpt|

flowered

mäOa:   B#mra:

intoxicated bees

iv

like

padpm¯

towards a tree

38.Ravana   asked   generally   when   will   the   arrows   discharged   by   him
will   dart   towards   Rama   like   intoxicated   bees   dart   towards   a   flowered
tree?

kda   t¥N£SrWd£Iç¬gINS:   kam¤IkÅy¤tW:   .
SrWrad£pyaØyEnm¤Úka¢B¢rv   k[¸rm¯   =39=

kda

when

t¥N£SrW:

arrows in the quiver

d£ç¬:

flaming

gNS:	in clusters

kam¤IkÅy¤tW:

discharged from the bow

SrW:	with arrows

Aad£pya¢m

will burn

en|

him

uÚka¢B:

with burning wood

iv

like

k[¸rm¯

elephant

39.Ravana   asked   when   will   his   flaming   arrows   in   the   quiver   discharged
from   his   bow   will   burn   Rama   like   the   elephant   with   burning   wood?

tÅcaÞy   blmadaÞyE   blEn   mhta   v¦t:   .
ÇyaE¢txa¢mv   sv©Ixa|   p#Bam¤ï¢Ódvakr:   =40=

tt¯

that

c

also

AÞy

his

bl|

army

AadaÞyE

will eclipse

blEn

by army

mhta

a huge

v¦t:	surrpunded

ÇyaE¢txa|

of luminaries

iv

like

sv©Ixa|

all

p#Ba|

brilliance

uïn¯	while rising

¢dvakr:

sun

40.Ravana   said   that   surrounded   by   a   huge   army   he   will   eclipse   Rama's
army   like   rising   sun   obscures   the   brilliance   of   all   luminaries.