TEXT 20
te nikapa raghupater abhipatya sarve
dvandvam varutham ibha-patti-rathasva-yodhaih
jaghnur drumair giri-gadesubhir angadadyah
sitabhimarsa-hata-mangala-ravanesan
SYNONYMS
teall of them; anika-pahthe commanders of the soldiers; raghupatehof Lord Sri Ramacandra; abhipatyachasing the enemy; sarveall of them; dvandvamfighting; varuthamthe soldiers of Ravana; ibhaby elephants; pattiby infantry; rathaby chariots; asvaby horses; yodhaihby such warriors; jaghnuhkilled them; drumaihby throwing big trees; giriby peaks of mountains; gadaby clubs; isubhihby arrows; angada-adyahall the soldiers of Lord Ramacandra, headed by Angada and others; sitaof mother Sita; abhimarsaby the anger; hatahad been condemned; mangalawhose auspiciousness; ravana-isanthe followers or dependents of Ravana.
TRANSLATION
Angada and the other commanders of the soldiers of Ramacandra faced the elephants, infantry, horses and chariots of the enemy and hurled against them big trees, mountain peaks, clubs and arrows. Thus the soldiers of Lord Ramacandra killed Ravanas soldiers, who had lost all good fortune because Ravana had been condemned by the anger of mother Sita.
PURPORT
The soldiers Lord Ramacandra recruited in the jungle were all monkeys and did not have proper equipment with which to fight the soldiers of Ravana, for Ravanas soldiers were equipped with weapons of modern warfare whereas the monkeys could only throw stones, mountain peaks and trees. It was only Lord Ramacandra and Laksmana who shot some arrows. But because the soldiers of Ravana were condemned by the curse of mother Sita, the monkeys were able to kill them simply by throwing stones and trees. There are two kinds of strengthdaiva and purusakara. Daiva refers to the strength achieved from the Transcendence, and purusakara refers to the strength organized by ones own intelligence and power. Transcendental power is always superior to the power of the materialist. Depending on the mercy of the Supreme Lord, one must fight ones enemies even though one may not be equipped with modern weapons. Therefore Krsna instructed Arjuna, mam anusmara yudhya ca: [Bg. 8.7] Think of Me and fight. We should fight our enemy to the best of our ability, but for victory we must depend on the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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