कथं च प्रतिकर्तव्यं तेषां रामेण रक्षसाम् || १-२०-१३ मामकैर्वा बलैर्ब्रह्मन् मया वा कूटयोधिनाम् |
katham ca prati kartavyam teShaam raameNa rakShasaam || 1-20-13 maamakaiH vaa balaiH brahman mayaa vaa kuuTa yodhinaam |
Translation
"Tell me all that, oh, god, how I have to carry on when warring with those evil minded demons, for the demons will be delirious by their audacity, isn't it..." Thus Dasharatha asked Vishvamitra insistently. On hearing those words Sage Vishvamitra replied this way. [1-20-14b, 15]
Audio Recitation
Word by word
bhagavan
oh,god
duSTabhaavaanaam
evil minded ones
teSaam raNe katham mayaa sthaatavyam
how to stand by me with them in war - to carry out
sarvam me shamsa
you inform all to me
raakShasaaH viiryotsiktaaH hi
demons will be delirious by audacity, isn't it
tasya tat vachanam shrutvaa
his [Dasharatha's,] on hearing that words; Vishvamitra
abhyabhaaSata
spoke.
Chapter context
Dasharatha's dissent to spare Rama's services
25 verses · Verse 13 of 25
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