Text 15]
The Pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra
65
sukha se agar hari bhaje duḥkha kāthāṅ se haya
When one is distressed he goes to the church or temple to worship the Lord, but when opulent he forgets the Lord. Therefore, punishment by the Lord through material nature is necessary in human society, for without it men forget the supremacy of the Lord due to their dull, blunt intelligence.
TEXT 15
कामं प्रयाहि जहि विश्रवसोऽवमेहं त्रैलोक्यरावणमवाप्नुहि वीर पत्नीम् । बध्नीहि सेतुमिह ते यशसो वितत्यै गायन्ति दिग्विजयिनो यमुपेत्य भूपाः ॥१५॥
kāmam prayāhi jahi viśravaso 'vameham trailokya-rāvaṇam avāpnuhi vīra patnīm badhnīhi setum iha te yaśaso vitatyai gāyanti dig-vijayino yam upetya bhūpāḥ
kāmam —as You like;  prayāhi —You may go over my water;  jahi —just conquer;  viśravasaḥ —of Viśravā Muni;  avameham —pollution, like urine;  trailokya —for the three worlds;  rāvaṇam —the person known as Rāvaṇa, the cause of weeping;  avāpnuhi —regain;  vīra —O great hero;  patnīm —Your wife;  badhnīhi —just construct;  setum —a bridge;  iha —here (on this water);  te —of Your good self;  yaśasaḥ —fame;  vitatyai —to expand;  gāyanti —will glorify;  dik-vijayinaḥ —great heroes who have conquered all directions;  yam —which (bridge);  upetya —coming near;  bhūpāḥ —great kings.
TRANSLATION
My Lord, You may use my water as You like. Indeed, You may cross it and go to the abode of Rāvaṇa, who is the great source of disturbance and crying for the three worlds. He is the son of Viśravā, but is condemned like urine. Please go kill him and thus