TEXT 22
grhito lilaya strinam
samaksam krta-kilbisah
mahismatyam sanniruddho
mukto yena kapir yatha
SYNONYMS
grhitahwas arrested by force; lilayavery easily; strinamof the women; samaksamin the presence; krta-kilbisahthus becoming an offender; mahismatyamin the city known as Mahismati; sanniruddhahwas arrested; muktahreleased; yenaby whom (Kartaviryarjuna); kapih yathaexactly as done to a monkey.
TRANSLATION
When Ravana attempted to insult Kartaviryarjuna in the presence of the women and thus offended him, Kartaviryarjuna easily arrested Ravana and put him in custody in the city of Mahismati, just as one captures a monkey, and then released him neglectfully.
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