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The Pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra
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Lord Śiva;  ugram —very fierce;  sītā-svayamvara-gṛhe —in the hall where mother Śitā stood to select her husband;  triśata-upanītam —the bow carried by three hundred men;  ādāya —taking (that bow);  bāla-gaja-līlaḥ —acting like a baby elephant in a forest of sugarcane;  iva —like that;  ikṣu-yaṣṭim —a stick of sugarcane;  sajjyī-kṛtam —fastened the string of the bow;  nṛpa —O King;  vikṛṣya —by bending;  babhañja —broke it;  madhye —in the middle;  jītvā —gaining by victory;  anurūpa —just befitting His position and beauty;  guṇa —qualities;  śīla —behavior;  vayaḥ —age;  aṅga —body;  rūpām —beauty;  sītā-abhidhām —the girl named Śitā;  śriyam —the goddess of fortune;  urasi —on the chest;  abhilabdhamānām —had gotten her previously;  mārge —on the way;  vrajan —while walking;  bhṛgupateḥ —of Bhṛgupati;  vyanayat —destroyed;  prarūḍham —rooted very deep;  darpam —pride;  mahīm —the earth;  akṛta —finished;  yaḥ —one who;  triḥ —three times (seven);  arāja —without a royal dynasty;  bījām —seed.
TRANSLATION
O King, the pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra were wonderful, like those of a baby elephant. In the assembly where mother Śitā was to choose her husband, in the midst of the heroes of this world, He broke the bow belonging to Lord Śiva. This bow was so heavy that it was carried by three hundred men, but Lord Rāmacandra 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 Śitā, 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 Śitā's home after gaining her at the assembly of competitors, Lord Rāmacandra met Paraśurāma. Although Paraśurāma 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 kṣatriya of the royal order.
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यः सत्यपाशपरिवीतपितुर्निदेशं स्त्रैणस्य चापि शिरसा जगृहे सभार्यः।