Verse 5·VR 1.20.5
अहमेव धनुष्पाणिर्गोप्ता समरमूर्धनि | यावत् प्राणान् धरिष्यामि तावद्योत्स्ये निशाचरैः || १-२०-५
aham eva dhanuShpaaNiH goptaa samara muurdhani | yaavat praaNaan dhariShyaami taavat yotsye nishaacharaiH || 1-20-5
Translation
"I alone with bow in my hand can protect your ritual, and as long as I bear my lives so long I war with those nightwalkers staying in the van of war. [1-20-5]
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aham eva
I, alone
dhanuSpaaNiH
having bow in hand
goptaa
I can protect [ritual]
yaavat praaNaan dhariSyaami
as long as, lives, I bear
taavat
so long
samaramuurdhani
in war's forefront
nishaacharaiH yotsye
I war with nightwalkers [demons] .
Chapter context
20
Dasharatha's dissent to spare Rama's services
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