sagrÞyEv   mE   vEgaE   maâtÞyEv   mE   g¢t:   .
n   ¢h   daSr¢Tv©Id   tEn   ma|   yaE¼^¢mÅC¢t   =41=

sagrÞy   iv

resembles the sea

mE

my

vEg:	impetuosity

maâtÞy   iv

equal to the wind

mE

my

g¢t:

movement

n

not

¢h

surely

daSr¢T:

son of Dasaratha

vEd

knows

tEn

hence

ma|

with me

yaE¼^|

to fight

iÅC¢t

desires

41.Ravana   said   that   his   impetuosity   is   like   that   of   the   sea   and   his
movement   is   like   the   wind   and   since   Rama   did   not   know   this,   hence
Rama   desires   to   fight   with   him.

n   mE   t¥N£Syan¯baNaÓs¢vxa¢nv   p°gan¯   .
ram:   pÜy¢t   s|g#amE   tEn   ma|   yaE¼^¢mÅC¢t   =42=

n

not

mE

my

t¥N£Syan¯

reposing in the quiver

baNan¯

arrows

s¢vxan¯

with poison

iv

like

p°gan¯

serpents

ram:

Rama

pÜy¢t

sees

s|g#amE

in a battle

tEn

hence

ma|

me

yaE¼^|

to fight

iÅC¢t

desires

42.Ravana   said   that   Rama   has   not   seen   in   a   battle   his   arrows   reposing
in   the   quiver   like   poisonous   serpents   and   hence   desires   to   fight   with   him.

n   jana¢t   p¤ra   v£yI|   mm   y¤¼E   s   raGv:   =43=

n   jana¢t

does not know

p¤ra

before

v£yI|

prowess

mm

my

y¤¼E	in a battle

s:

that

raGv:

Rama

43.Ravana   said   that   Rama   has   not   seen   his   prowess   in   a   battle   before.

mm   capmy£|   v£Na|   SrkaENW:   p#va¢dtam¯   .
ÇyaSÖdt¤m¤la|   GaErmatIB£tmhaÞvnam¯   =44=
naractls°ada|   ta|   mma¢htva¢hn£m¯   .
Avga/   mharÄñ|   vad¢yÝyaØyh|   rNE   =45=

mm

my

capmy£|

in the form of a bow

v£Na|

veena

SrkaENW:

with the heads of arrows

p#va¢dtam¯

played

ÇyaSÖdt¤m¤la|

with the sound of the twang of the bow

GaEr|

dreadful

AatIB£tmhaÞvnam¯

with the cries of anguish of victims

naractls°ada|

with the roar of a narasa arrow

ta|

that

mm

my

A¢htva¢hn£m¯

in the form of enemy's army

Avga/

entering

mharÄñ|

a vast stage

vad¢yÝya¢m

will play

Ah|

I

rNE	in the battle

44,45.Ravana   said   that   entering   the   vast   stage   of   the   enemy's   army
he   will   play   the   veena   in   the   form   of   a   bow   which   is   played   with   arrows,
with   the   dreadful   noise   of   of   the   twang   of   the   bow,   the   cries   of   anguish
of   the   victims   and   the   roar   of   the   narasa   arrows.

n   vasvEna¢p   shÞa#cX¤xa   yTa{¢Þm   SÀy«   vâNEn   va   Þvym¯   .
ymEn   va   DxI¢yt¤|   Sra¢g"na   mhahvE   vW½vNEn   va   p¤n:   =46=

n

not

vasvEn   A¢p

even by Indra

shÞa#cX¤xa

thousand eyed

yTa

like

A¢Þm

I

SÀy:

possible

vâNEn   va

or by Varuna

Þvym¯

himself

ymEn   va

or by Yama

DxI¢yt¤|

to be overcome

Sra¢g"na

with fire of arrows

mhahvE

in a major conflict

vW½vNEn   va

or by Kubera

p¤n:

again

46.Ravana   said   that   it   is   not   possible   to   overcome   him   by   the   thousand
eyed   Indra   or   by   Varuna   himself   or   by   Yama   or   by   Kubera   with   fire   of
arrows   in   a   major   conflict.