TEXTS 67
yo loka-vira-samitau dhanur aisam ugram
sita-svayamvara-grhe trisatopanitam
adaya bala-gaja-lila iveksu-yastim
sajjyi-krtam nrpa vikrsya babhanja madhye
jitvanurupa-guna-sila-vayo nga-rupam
sitabhidham sriyam urasy abhilabdhamanam
marge vrajan bhrgupater vyanayat prarudham
darpam mahim akrta yas trir araja-bijam
SYNONYMS
yahLord Ramacandra who; loka-vira-samitauin the society or in the midst of many heroes of this world; dhanuhthe bow; aisamof Lord Siva; ugramvery fierce; sita-svayamvara-grhein the hall where mother Sita stood to select her husband; trisata-upanitamthe bow carried by three hundred men; adayataking (that bow); bala-gaja-lilahacting like a baby elephant in a forest of sugarcane; ivalike that; iksu-yastima stick of sugarcane; sajjyi-krtamfastened the string of the bow; nrpaO King; vikrsyaby bending; babhanjabroke it; madhyein the middle; jitvagaining by victory; anurupajust befitting His position and beauty; gunaqualities; silabehavior; vayahage; angabody; rupambeauty; sita-abhidhamthe girl named Sita; sriyamthe goddess of fortune; urasion the chest; abhilabdhamanamhad gotten her previously; margeon the way; vrajanwhile walking; bhrgupatehof Bhrgupati; vyanayatdestroyed; prarudhamrooted very deep; darpampride; mahimthe earth; akrtafinished; yahone who; trihthree times (seven); arajawithout a royal dynasty; bijamseed.
TRANSLATION
O King, the pastimes of Lord Ramacandra were wonderful, like those of a baby elephant. In the assembly where mother Sita was to choose her husband, in the midst of the heroes of this world, He broke the bow belonging to Lord Siva. This bow was so heavy that it was carried by three hundred men, but Lord Ramacandra bent and strung it and broke it in the middle, just as a baby elephant breaks a stick of sugarcane. Thus the Lord achieved the hand of mother Sita, who was equally as endowed with transcendental qualities of form, beauty, behavior, age and nature. Indeed, she was the goddess of fortune who constantly rests on the chest of the Lord. While returning from Sitas home after gaining her at the assembly of competitors, Lord Ramacandra met Parasurama. Although Parasurama was very proud, having rid the earth of the royal order twenty-one times, he was defeated by the Lord, who appeared to be a ksatriya of the royal order.

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