Verse 16·VR 5.22.16

यथा दृप्तश्च मातङ्गः शशश्च सहितौ वने | तथा द्विरदवद्रामस्त्वं नीच शशवत् स्मृतः || ५-२२-१६

yathaa dR^iptashcha maataN^gaH shashashcha sahitau vane |tathaa dviradavadraamastvaM niicha shashavat smR^itaH || 5-22-16

Translation

"Like an elephant in rut and a hare at war in the forest, in the same way O vile one! Rama is like an elephant and you are said to be like a hare."

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yathaa

like;dR^iptaH maataJNgaashcha = an elephant in rut

shashashcha

and a hare;sahitau = at war

vane

in the forest;tathaa = in the same way

niicha

O vile one! raamaH = Rama

dviradavat

is like an elephant

tvam

you

smR^itaH

are said

shshavat

to be like a hare.

Chapter context

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Ravana Gives Deadline

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