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राम उवाच । स राजा महतीं सेनां योजयित्वा षडङ्गिनीम् । अमृष्यमाणः संप्रायाद्यत्र तावपराजितौ॥५-९४- १६॥
Rāma said: That king, having mobilized a large sixfold-constituted force, set out in resentment toward the place where those two had remained unconquered.
english translation
स गत्वा विषमं घोरं पर्वतं गन्धमादनम् । मृगयाणोऽन्वगच्छत्तौ तापसावपराजितौ॥५-९४- १७॥
Having reached the rugged and formidable Gandhamādana mountain, he pursued those two unconquered ascetics, as if on a hunt.
english translation
तौ दृष्ट्वा क्षुत्पिपासाभ्यां कृशौ धमनिसंततौ । शीतवातातपैश्चैव कर्शितौ पुरुषोत्तमौ । अभिगम्योपसंगृह्य पर्यपृच्छदनामयम्॥५-९४- १८॥
Seeing those two foremost persons—emaciated by hunger and thirst, their veins prominent, and further worn by cold, wind, and sun—he approached, received them with care, and inquired after their well-being.
english translation
तमर्चित्वा मूलफलैरासनेनोदकेन च । न्यमन्त्रयेतां राजानं किं कार्यं क्रियतामिति॥५-९४- १९॥
After honoring the king with roots and fruits, a seat, and water, the two invited him to state his purpose: “What task is to be done?”
english translation
दम्भोद्भव उवाच । बाहुभ्यां मे जिता भूमिर्निहताः सर्वशत्रवः । भवद्भ्यां युद्धमाकाङ्क्षन्नुपयातोऽस्मि पर्वतम् । आतिथ्यं दीयतामेतत्काङ्क्षितं मे चिरं प्रति॥५-९४- २०॥
Dambhodbhava said: “By my own strength I have conquered the earth; all opponents have been neutralized. Desiring a battle with you two, I have come to this mountain. Grant me this hospitality—something I have long sought.”
english translation