Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.10.6-7

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

yah -- Lord Ramacandra who; loka-vira-samitau -- in the society or in the midst of many heroes of this world; dhanuh -- the bow; aisam -- of Lord Siva; ugram -- very fierce; sita-svayamvara-grhe -- in the hall where mother Sita stood to select her husband; trisata-upanitam -- the bow carried by three hundred men; adaya -- taking (that bow); bala-gaja-lilah -- acting like a baby elephant in a forest of sugarcane; iva -- like that; iksu-yastim -- a stick of sugarcane; sajjyi-krtam -- fastened the string of the bow; nrpa -- O King; vikrsya -- by bending; babhanja -- broke it; madhye -- in the middle; jitva -- gaining by victory; anurupa -- just befitting His position and beauty; guna -- qualities; sila -- behavior; vayah -- age; anga -- body; rupam -- beauty; sita-abhidham -- the girl named Sita; sriyam -- the goddess of fortune; urasi -- on the chest; abhilabdhamanam -- had gotten her previously; marge -- on the way; vrajan -- while walking; bhrgupateh -- of Bhrgupati; vyanayat -- destroyed; prarudham -- rooted very deep; darpam -- pride; mahim -- the earth; akrta -- finished; yah -- one who; trih -- three times (seven); araja -- without a royal dynasty; bijam -- seed.

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 Sita's 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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