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ते हयाश्चोदितास्तेन सूतेन परमाहवे । अवहन्मां भृशं राजन्मनोमारुतरंहसः॥५-१७९-१६॥
Those horses, urged on by that charioteer in the supreme contest, carried me swiftly, O king—moving with the speed of mind and wind.
english translation
गत्वाहं तत्कुरुक्षेत्रं स च रामः प्रतापवान् । युद्धाय सहसा राजन्पराक्रान्तौ परस्परम्॥५-१७९-१७॥
Having reached that Kurukṣetra, and that powerful Rāma as well, O king, we both at once advanced toward a duel, each challenging the other.
english translation
ततः संदर्शनेऽतिष्ठं रामस्यातितपस्विनः । प्रगृह्य शङ्खप्रवरं ततः प्राधममुत्तमम्॥५-१७९-१८॥
Then I stood within the sight of that exceedingly ascetic Rāma; taking up an excellent conch, I sounded it with a superior, noble blast.
english translation
ततस्तत्र द्विजा राजंस्तापसाश्च वनौकसः । अपश्यन्त रणं दिव्यं देवाः सर्षिगणास्तदा॥५-१७९-१९॥
Then there, O King, brahmins, ascetics, and forest-dwellers beheld that wondrous, almost celestial battle; and the gods too, together with companies of ṛṣis, observed it at that time.
english translation
ततो दिव्यानि माल्यानि प्रादुरासन्मुहुर्मुहुः । वादित्राणि च दिव्यानि मेघवृन्दानि चैव ह॥५-१७९-२०॥
Then, again and again, celestial garlands appeared; divine instruments resounded, and clusters of clouds gathered as well.
english translation