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राम उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा शरवर्षेण सर्वतः समवाकिरत् । दम्भोद्भवस्तापसं तं जिघांसुः सहसैनिकः॥५-९४-२६॥
Rāma said: “Having spoken thus, Dambhodbhava, together with his troops and intent on a lethal end, covered that ascetic on all sides with a dense discharge of arrows.”
english translation
तस्य तानस्यतो घोरानिषून्परतनुच्छिदः । कदर्थीकृत्य स मुनिरिषीकाभिरपानुदत्॥५-९४-२७॥
As he loosed those formidable arrows, able to pierce bodies, the sage rendered them powerless and drove them away with reeds.
english translation
ततोऽस्मै प्रासृजद्घोरमैषीकमपराजितः । अस्त्रमप्रतिसंधेयं तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्॥५-९४-२८॥
Then the unconquered one discharged against him the formidable Aiṣīka weapon; it was a weapon that could not be counteracted, and it appeared wondrous.
english translation
तेषामक्षीणि कर्णांश्च नस्तकांश्चैव मायया । निमित्तवेधी स मुनिरिषीकाभिः समर्पयत्॥५-९४-२९॥
By his extraordinary power, that sage—an unerring marksman—covered their eyes, ears, and noses with reeds.
english translation
स दृष्ट्वा श्वेतमाकाशमिषीकाभिः समाचितम् । पादयोर्न्यपतद्राजा स्वस्ति मेऽस्त्विति चाब्रवीत्॥५-९४-३०॥
Seeing the sky whitened and filled with reeds, the king fell at his feet and said, “May well-being be mine.”
english translation