Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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ìI am capable of smashing your jaws; but I have no command from the Lord of the
Raghus to do so. Otherwise I feel so enraged that I would break all your ten heads and
lifting up La∆kå drop it into the ocean. Your La∆kå is like a fruit of the Udumbara tree;
while you are like so many unsuspecting insects that reside in it. A monkey as I am, I
would lose no time in eating it; but the gracious Råma has not given me the order.î
Råvaƒa smiled to hear this witty remark. ìFool, where did you learn to tell such big lies?
Våli never boasted like this; it seems association with the hermits has made you such
a vaunting liar.î ìI am a blustering liar indeed, O monster with twenty arms, if I do not
tear out your ten tongues.î Recalling ›r∂ Råmaís might A∆gada grew indignant and firmly
planted his foot in the midst of the whole assembly. ìIf you can but stir my foot, O fool
›r∂ Råma will return forthwith and I shall forgo S∂tå as a lost wager.î ìListen, champions
all:î exclaimed the ten-headed monster, ìseize the monkey by the leg and dash him to
the ground.î Meghanåda (the vanquisher of Indra) and many other stout warriors rose
with delight from their respective seats and rushed with all their might, employing
numerous devices; but A∆gadaís foot refused to stir. The competitors, therefore,
resumed their seats with their heads bent low. The enemies of heaven rose again and
dashed forward; but the monkeyís foot moved no more than a sensually-minded striver,
O GaruŒa (the enemy of serpents), is able to uproot the tree of error implanted in his
heart (continues Kåkabhu‹uƒŒi). (1ó7)
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Do.: ko¢inha meghanåda sama subha¢a u¢he haraåi,
jhapa¢ahiÚ ¢arai na kapi carana puni bai¢hahiÚ sira nåi.34(A).
bhµumi na chå°Rata kapi carana dekhata ripu mada bhåga,
ko¢i bighna te sa≈ta kara mana jimi n∂ti na tyåga.34(B).
Myriads of great warriors of Meghanådaís might arose with joy and swooped
down; but the monkeyís foot did not budge, and they hung their heads and sat down
again. The monkeyís foot would no more leave the ground than the soul of a saint would
give up moral uprightness even though confronted with numberless obstacles. The
enemyís pride left him when he witnessed this.
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