Verse 17·VR 6.13.17

को हि सिम्हमिवासीनम् सुप्तम् गिरिगुहाशये | क्रुद्धम् मृत्युमिवाऽसीनम् सम्बोधयितुमिच्चति || ६-१३-१७

ko hi simhamivaasiinam suptam giriguhaashaye | kruddham mR^ityumivaa.asiinam sambodhayitumicchati || 6-13-17

Translation

"If not otherwise, who wants to arouse me (for a combat) as one would awaken a lion asleep, sitting at a place in a mountain cave or arouse into activity an enraged Death?"

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kohi

who

ichchhati

wants

sambodhayitum

to arouse; (me)

aasiinam

sitting

simham iva

like a lion

suptam

sleeping

giriguhaashaye

at a place in a mountain cave

mR^ityum iva

like death

kR^Iddham

enraged.'

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Mahaparsva's Advise to Ravana

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