yàWxaE{nÓtr:   S¥r:   Syam:   pî¢nBEXN:   .
ißvak\Nam¢trTaE   laEkE   ¢vÁyatp¬âx:   =19=
y¢Þm°   cltE   Dma©I   yaE   DmI|   na¢tvtItE   .
yaE   b#a'mÞæO|   vEda|à   vEd   vEd¢vda|   vr:   =20=
yaE   ¢Bn¯ïaégn|   baNW:   pvItan¢p   daryEt¯   .
yÞy   m¦ÏyaE¢rv   @«D:   S@ÞyEv   pra@m:   =21=
yÞy   BayaI   jnÞTanat¯   s£ta   cap¶ta   Ïvya   .
s   ex   ramÞÏva|   yaE¼|   rajn¯   sm¢BvtItE   =22=

y:

who

c   ex:

he is

AnÓtr:

is close by

S¥r:

valiant

Üyam:

of dark brown colour

pî¢nBEXN:

has lotus like eyes

ißvak\Nam¯

among the scions of Ikshwaku

A¢trT:

great car warrior

laEkE

in the world

¢vÁyatp¬âx:

whose heroism is well known

y¢Þmn¯

in whom

n   cltE

does not waver

DmI:

virtue

y:

who

DmI|	righteousness

n   A¢tvtItE

does not transgress

y:

who

b#a'mÞæO|

Brahma's missile

vEdan¯   c

vedas also

vEd

knows

vEd¢vda|

knowers of veda

vr:

foremost

y:

who

¢Bn¯ïat¯

split

ggn|

the sky

baNW:

with arrows

pvItan¯   A¢p

even mountains

daryEt¯

can rend

yÞy

whose

m¦ÏyaE:   iv

like the anger of death

@«D:

anger

S@Þy

of Indra

iv

like

pra@m:

prowess

yÞy

whose

BayaI

wife

jnÞTanat¯

from Janasthana

s£ta

Sita

c

also

Ap¶ta

was abducted

Ïvya

by you

s:

that

ex:

he

ram:

is Rama

Ïva|

you

yaE¼|

to wage war on

rajn¯

O! king

sm¢BvtItE

is advancing

19   to   22.Suka   told   Ravana   that   the   valiant   dark   brown   coloured   with   eyes
like   lotus,   a   great   car   warrior   among   the   scion   of   Ikshwakus,   whose   heroism
is   well   known   in   the   world,   who   stand   close   by,   in   whom   virtue   never  wavers, who   never   transgresse   righteousness,   who   knows   the   use   of   Brahma's   missile
and   vedas,   who   is   the   foremost   of   knowers   of   vedas,   who   can   split   the   sky
and   rend   the   mountains     with   his   arrow,   whose   anger   is   like   that   of   the   anger   of   Death,   whose   prowess   is   like   that   of   Indra   and   whose   wife   Sita   was
abducted   by   Ravana   from   janasthana,   he   is   that   Rama   who   is   advancing   to
wage   war   against   Ravana.

yÞyWx   d¢XNE   paá©I   S¤¼jaØb¥ndp#B:   .
¢vSalvXaÞtam#aXaE   n£lk[¢·tm¥DIn:   =23=

yÞy

whose

ex:

he

d¢XNE

right

paá©I

side

S¤¼jaØb¥ndp#B:

radiant as refined gold

¢vSalvXa:

with broad chest

tam#aX:

with coppery eyes

n£lk[¢·tm¥DIn:

with dark curly hairs

23.Suka   told   Ravana   that   the   one   who   stands   on   the   right   side   of   Rama,   he   is   radiant   like   refined   gold;   has   broad   chest;     with   coppery   eyes   and   dark   curly   hair.

exaE{Þy   lßmNaE   nam   B#ata   p#aNsm:   ¢p#y:   .
nyE   y¤¼E   c   k[Sl:   svISaÞæO¢vSard:   =24=

ex:

he

AÞy

his

lßmN:   nam

Lakshmana by name

B#ata

brother

p#aNsm:

equal to his life

¢p#y:

devoted

nyE	in state craft

y¤¼E   c

in warfare also

k[Sl:

skilled

svISaÞæO¢vSard:

well versed in all sacred scriptures

24.Suka   told   Ravana   that   he   is   Lakshmana   by   name,   brother   of   Rama,   equal
to   his   life,   devoted,   skilled   in   state   craft   and   warfare   and   well   versed   in   all
sacred   scriptures.

Am¢xI   ѤjIyaE   jEta   ¢v@aÓtaE   b¤¢¼man¯   bl£   .
ramÞy   d¢XNaE   bah¤¢nIÏy|   p#aNaE   b¢h½r:   =25=

Am¢xI

is unforgiving

ѤjIy:

invincible

jEta	victorious

¢v@aÓt:

brave

b¤¢¼man¯

very wise

bl£

mighty

ramÞy

of Rama

d¢XN:   bah¤:

right hand

¢nÏy|

always

p#aN:

life

b¢h½r:

moving outside

25.Suka   told   Ravana   that   Lakshmana   is   unforgiving,   invincible,   victorious,
brave,   very   wise,   mighty,   always   the   right   hand   of   Rama   and   Rama's   life
moving   outside.

n   /Ex   raGvÞyaT©I   j£¢vt|   p¢rrX¢t   =26=

n

not

¢h

surely

ex:

he

raGvÞyaT©I

for the sake of Rama, scion of Raghu

j£¢vt|

life

p¢rrX¢t

spares

26.Suka   told   Ravana   tha   Lakshmana   does   not   surely   spares   his   life   for
the   sake   of   Rama.

exWvaS|stE   y¤¼E   ¢nhÓt¤|   svIraXsan¯   =27=

ex:   ev

he himself

AS|stE

aspires

y¤¼E

in war

¢nhÓt¤|

kill

svIraXsan¯

all the ogres

27.Suka   told   Ravana   that   Lakshmana   aspires   to   kill   all   the   ogres   in   the   war
himself.

yÞt¤   sÛyms¬   pX|   ramÞya¢½Ïy   ¢t¿¢t   .
rXaEgNp¢r¢XçOaE   raja   /Ex   ¢vB£xN:   =28=

y:

who

t¤

in this

sÛym¯

left

As¬

he

pX|

side

ramÞy

of Rama

Aa¢½Ïy

sticking

¢t¿¢t

stands

rXaEgNp¢r¢XçO:

disowned by hordes of ogres

raja   ¢h

is king

ex:

he

¢vB£xN:

Vibhishana

28.Suka   told   Ravana   that   he   who   stands   sticking   to   the   left   of   Rama   is
king   Vibhishana   who   has   been   disowned   by   the   hordes   of   ogres.

½£mta   rajrajEn   lÄðayam¢BxE¢ct:   .
ÏvamEv   p#¢ts|rÖDaE   y¤¼ayWxaE{¢BvtItE   =29=

½£mta

by the glorious

rajrajEn

by the king of kings

lÄðayam¯

of Lanka

A¢BxE¢ct:

consecrated

Ïva|

you

ev

only

p#¢ts|rÖD:

filled with great rage

y¤¼ay

for a battle

ex:

he

A¢BvtItE

is marching towards

29.Suka   told   Ravana   that   Vibhishana   having   been   consecrated   as   the   king   of
Lanka   by   Rama,   the   king   of   kings,   is   marching   towards   him   for   a   battle.