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Chapter 10: The Pastimes of the Supreme Lord, Rāmacandra

Verse 21 of 48
SB 9.10.21

रक्षःपतिः स्वबलनष्टिमवेक्ष्य रुष्ट आरुह्य यानकमथाभिससार रामम् स्वःस्यन्दने द्युमति मातलिनोपनीते विभ्राजमानमहनन्निशितैः क्षुरप्रैः

rakṣaḥ-patiḥ sva-bala-naṣṭim avekṣya ruṣṭa āruhya yānakam athābhisasāra rāmam svaḥ-syandane dyumati mātalinopanīte vibhrājamānam ahanan niśitaiḥ kṣurapraiḥ

Synonyms

rakṣaḥ-patiḥthe leader of the Rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa; sva-bala-naṣṭimthe destruction of his own soldiers; avekṣyaafter observing; ruṣṭaḥbecame very angry; āruhyariding on; yānakamhis beautiful airplane decorated with flowers; athathereafter; abhisasāraproceeded toward; rāmamLord Rāmacandra; svaḥ-syandanein the celestial chariot of Indra; dyumatiglittering; mātalināby Mātali, the chariot driver of Indra; upanītehaving been brought; vibhrājamānamLord Rāmacandra, as if brilliantly illuminating; ahanatRāvaṇa struck Him; niśitaiḥvery sharp; kṣurapraiḥwith arrows..

Translation

Thereafter, when Rāvaṇa, the King of the Rākṣasas, observed that his soldiers had been lost, he was extremely angry. Thus he mounted his airplane, which was decorated with flowers, and proceeded toward Lord Rāmacandra, who sat on the effulgent chariot brought by Mātali, the chariot driver of Indra. Then Rāvaṇa struck Lord Rāmacandra with sharp arrows.

Verse 21 of 48
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