ततः प्रहस्तः कपि राज वाहिनीम् | अभि प्रतस्थे विजयाय दुर्मतिः | विवृद्ध वेगाम् च विवेश ताम् चमूम् | यथा मुमूर्षुह् शलभो विभावसुम् || ६-५७-४६
Translation
Thereafter, the evil-minded Prahasta sallied forth for victory towards the army of Sugreeva, whom in his folly, imagined he would destroy, with an accelerated speed as a grass-hopper rushes towards a flame.
Word by word
tataH
thereafter
durmatiH
the evil-minded
prahastaH
Prahasta
pratasthe
sallied forth
vijayaaya
for victor
kapiraaja vaahiniim
towards the army of Sugreeva
mumurSuH
whom in his folly imagined he would destroy vivR^iddha vegaH cha = with an accelerated speed
shalabhaH iva
as a grasshopper
vibhaavasum
falls into a flame.
Chapter context
Ravana Asks Prahasta to Go to the Battle
41 verses · Verse 46 of 41
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