Verse 20·VR 6.7.20

शक्तितोमरमीनम् च विनिकीर्णान्त्रशैवलम् | गजकच्चपसम्बाधंश्वमण्डूकसम्कुलम् || ६-७-२० रुद्रादित्यमहाग्राहम् मरुद्वसुमहोरगम् | रथश्वगजतोयौघम् पदातिपुलिनम् महत् || ६-७-२१ अनेन हि समासाद्य देवानाम् बलसागम् | गृहीतो दैवतपतिर्लङ्काम् चापि प्रवेशितः || ६-७-२२

Translation

"Approaching that huge ocean of army of celestials, whose fish are lanes and spheres, whose guts thrown asunder as duck-weeds, whose turtles are the elephants, whose frogs are the teeming horses, infested with alligators in the form of (eleven) Rudras (gods of destruction) and (twelve) Adityas (sons of Aditi), with huge serpents in the form of (forty nine) Maruts (wind gods) and (eight) Vasus, having chariots horses and elephants for its volume of waters and the sandy elephants for its volume of waters and the sandy banks its infantry, Devendra (Lord of celestials) was captured by him and was impelled to come to Lanka (as a detenu).

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-22. samaasaadya

Approaching

mahat

the huge

balasaagaram

ocean of army

devaanaam

celestials

shaktitomaramiinam ca

whose fist are lances and spheres

vinikiirNaantrashaivalam

and guts thrown asunder as duck-weeds

gajakacchapasambaadhaam

whose turtles are the elephants

ashvamanDuuka samkulam

whose frogs are the teeming horses

rudraadityamahaagraaham

infested with alligators in the form of (eleven) Rudras (gods of destruction) and (twelve) Adityas (sons of Aditi)

marudvasumahoragam

with huge serpents in the form of (forty nine) maruts (winds gods) and (eight) Vasus

rathashvagajatoyaugham

having chariots; horses and elephants for its volume of waters

padaatipulinam

the sandy banks its infantry

daivatapatiH

Devendra (Lord of celestials)

gR^ihiitaH

was captured

anena

by him

praveshitaH caapi

and was impelled to enter

laN^kaam

Lanka (as a detenu).

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The Demons Inspire Ravana

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