Verse 23·VR 6.40.23

मण्डलानि विचित्राणि स्थानानि विविधानि च | गोमूत्रकाणि चित्राणि गतप्रत्यागतानि च || ६-४०-२३ तीर्शीनगतान्येव तथा वक्रगतानि च | परिमोक्षं प्रहाराणां वर्जनं परिधावनम् || ६-४०-२४ अभिद्रवणमाप्लावमवस्थानं सविग्रहम् | परावृत्तमपावृत्तमपद्रुतमवप्लुतम् || ६-४०-२५ उपन्यस्तमपन्यस्तं युद्धमार्गविशारदौ | तौ विचेरतुर्न्योन्यं वानरेन्द्रश्च रावणः || ६-४०-२६

Translation

The two warriors, Sugreeva and Ravana, who were skilled in wrestling, excuted innumerable and myraid evolutions, taking up diverse postures, moving in a curved line like an ox's urine, coming and going, stepping side ways, having a retrograde motion to avoid blows, turning about abandoning the attack, dashing towards each other, leaping, standing firm and erect, retreated, turned sideways, rushed in a bent posture, ran lifting their foot to kick the opponent and by letting go or stealing away.

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the two warriors

vaanarendrashcha

Sugreeva

raavaNaH

and Ravana

yuddha maarga vishaaradau

who were skilled in wrestling

vicheratuH

executed

vividhaani

innumerable

vichitraaNi

and myriad

maNDalaani

evolutions

anyonyam

in mutual conflict

chitraaNi

(taking up) diverse

sthaanaani

postures

gomuutrakaaNi

moving in a curved line like an ox's urine

gata pratyaagataanicha

coming and going

tirashchiinagataanyena

stepping sideways

tathaa

and

vakragataani cha

having a retrograde motion

parimokSam

to avoid

prahaaraaNaam

blows

paridhaavanam

turning about

varjanam

abandoing the attack

abhidravaNam

dashing towards each other

aaplaavam

leaping

avasthaanam

standing

savigraham

firm and erect

paraavR^itam

retreating

apaavR^itam

turned sideways

apadrutam

rushed in a bent posture

avaplutam

ran lifting their foot to kick the opponent

upanyastam

by letting go

apanyastam

or stealing away.

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On Seeing Ravana, Sugreeva Bounces on Him

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