Verse 11·VR 6.36.11

द्विधा भज्येयम् अप्य् एवम् न नमेयम् तु कस्यचित् | एष मे सहजो दोषह् स्वभावो दुरतिक्रमः || ६-३६-११

dvidhaa bhajyeyam apy evam na nameyam tu kasyacit | eSha me sahajo doShah svabhaavo duratikramaH || 6-36-11

Translation

"Rather would I be cut into two pieces than bend before anybody! Such was I from birth, it is my nature by difacult and unalterable."

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bhajyeyamapi

even if I am broken

dvidhaa

into two

na meyam

I shall not bend

kasya chit

to any body

evam

in this way

eSaH

this

me

is my

sahajaH

nature

doSaH

defect

svabhaavaH

which temperament

duratikramH

is difficult to be overcome.

Chapter context

36

Ravana Abuses Malyavan

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