श्रूयताम् सर्वम् आख्यास्ये दुर्ग कर्म विधानतः | गुप्ता पुरी यथा लंका रक्षिता च यथा बलैः || ६-३-७
raakshasaashcha yathaa snigdhaa raavaNasya cha tejasaa | paraam samR^iddhim la.nkaayaaH saagarasya ca bhiimataam || 6-3-8 vibhaagam ca bala oghasya nirdesham vaahanasya ca | evamuktvaa kapishreshhThaH kathayaamaasa tatvavit || 6-3-9
Translation
"Listen to me! I shall tell you everything-how the city of Lanka has been defended by the various methods of fortification and how it has been guarded by the troops."
Word by word
shruuyataam
let it be listened! aakhyaasye = I shall tell (you)
sarvam
everything
yathaa
(and) how
laN^kaa purii
the city of Lanka
guptaa
has been defended
durgakarma vidhaanataH
by the various methods of fortifications
rakshhitaacha
(it) has been guarded
balaiH
by the troops.
Chapter context
Rama Requests Hanuma to Describe Lanka in Detail
30 verses · Verse 7 of 30
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