Verse 19·VR 6.17.19

प्रविष्टः शत्रु सैन्यम् हि प्राप्तः शत्रुरतर्कितः | निहन्यादन्न्तरम् लब्ध्वा उलूको वायसानिव ||६-१७-१९

praviShTaH shatru sainyam hi praaptaH shatruratarkitaH | nihanyaadanntaram labdhvaa uluuko vaayasaaniva ||6-17-19

Translation

"Belonging to the enemy force, here is an adversary taking us unawares, who unexpectedly has come here to slay us at the first opportunity like an owl destroying crows!"

navigate verses

Word by word

praaptah

belonging

shatrusainyam

to the enemy force

shatruH

an adversary

atarkitaH

who unexpectedly

pravishhTaH hi

has indeed come

nihanyaat

to kill us

labdhvaa

getting

antaram

a first opportunity

vaayasaaniva

like killing the crows

uluukaH

by an owl.'

Chapter context

17

Vibhishana Reaches Rama's Place

67 verses · Verse 19 of 67

28% through chapter

← All verses in this chapter

Previous

Verse 18

Next

Verse 20

Yuddha Kanda — All Chapters