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TEXT 26
ha hatah sma vayam natha
loka-ravana ravana
kam yayac charanam lanka
tvad-vihina parardita
SYNONYMS
haalas; hatahkilled; smain the past; vayamall of us; nathaO protector; loka-ravanaO husband, who created the crying of so many other people; ravanaO Ravana, one who can cause crying of others; kamunto whom; yayatwill go; saranamshelter; lankathe state of Lanka; tvat-vihinabeing bereft of your good self; para-arditabeing defeated by the enemies.
TRANSLATION
O my lord, O master! You epitomized trouble for others, and therefore you were called Ravana. But now that you have been defeated, we also are defeated, for without you the state of Lanka has been conquered by the enemy. To whom will it go for shelter?
PURPORT
Ravanas wife Mandodari and the other wives knew very well how cruel a person Ravana was. The very word Ravana means one who causes crying for others. Ravana continuously caused trouble for others, but when his sinful activities culminated in giving trouble to Sitadevi, he was killed by Lord Ramacandra.
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