Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.21

rakshah-patih sva-bala-nashtim avekshya rushta

aruhya yanakam athabhisasara ramam

svah-syandane dyumati matalinopanite

vibhrajamanam ahanan nisitaih kshurapraih

SYNONYMS

rakshah-patih -- the leader of the Rakshasas, Ravana; sva-bala-nashtim -- the destruction of his own soldiers; avekshya -- after observing; rushtah -- became very angry; aruhya -- riding on; yanakam -- his beautiful airplane decorated with flowers; atha -- thereafter; abhisasara -- proceeded toward; ramam -- Lord Ramacandra; svah-syandane -- in the celestial chariot of Indra; dyumati -- glittering; matalina -- by Matali, the chariot driver of Indra; upanite -- having been brought; vibhrajamanam -- Lord Ramacandra, as if brilliantly illuminating; ahanat -- Ravana struck him; nisitaih -- very sharp; kshurapraih -- with arrows.

TRANSLATION

Thereafter, when Ravana, the king of the Rakshasas, observed that his soldiers had been lost, he was extremely angry. Thus he mounted his airplane, which was decorated with flowers, and proceeded toward Lord Ramacandra, who sat on the effulgent chariot brought by Matali, the chariot driver of Indra. Then Ravana struck Lord Ramacandra with sharp arrows.

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