Verse 144·VR 5.58.144

तेन वध्यो अहम् आज्ञप्तो रक्षसा रौद्र कर्मणा | मत्र्पभावमविज्ञाय रावणेन दुरात्मना || ५-५८-१४४

diipyamaane tu laaN^guule na maam dahati paavakaH | hR^idayam cha prahR^iShTam me vaataaH surabhigandhinaH 5-58-161

Translation

"Without knowing my glory ( in the form of my immunity to death), the evil-minded Ravana, the demon doing terrific acts, ordered for my killing."

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duraatmanaa tena raavaNena

by that evil-minded Ravana

rakSasaa raudra karmaNaa

the demon doing terrific acts

aviJNaaya

without knowing matprabhaavam = my glory (in the form of my immunity to death)

aham

I

aaJNaptaH

was ordered

vadhyaH

to be killed.

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Jambavan Requests Hanuma to Narrate the Happenings

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