Text 22]
The Pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra
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svaḥ-syandane dyumati mātalinopanīte vibhrājamānam ahanan niśitaiḥ kṣurapraiḥ
rakṣaḥ-patiḥ —the leader of the Rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa;  sva-bala-naṣṭim —the destruction of his own soldiers;  avekṣya —after observing;  ruṣṭaḥ —became very angry;  āruhya —riding on;  yānakam —his beautiful airplane decorated with flowers;  atha —thereafter;  abhisasāra —proceeded toward;  rāmam —Lord Rāmacandra;  svaḥ-syandane —in the celestial chariot of Indra;  dyumati —glittering;  mātalinā —by Mātali, the chariot driver of Indra;  upanīte —having been brought;  vibhrājamānam —Lord Rāmacandra, as if brilliantly illuminating;  ahanat —Rāvaṇa struck Him;  niśitaiḥ —very sharp;  kṣurapraiḥ —with arrows.
TRANSLATION
Thereafter, when Rāvaṇa, the King of the Rākṣasas, 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 Rāmacandra, who sat on the effulgent chariot brought by Mātali, the chariot driver of Indra. Then Rāvaṇa struck Lord Rāmacandra with sharp arrows.
TEXT 22
रामस्तमाह पुरुषादपुरीष यन्नः
कान्तासमक्षमसतापहता श्ववत् ते ।
त्यक्तत्रपस्य फलमद्य जुगुप्सितस्य
यच्छामि काल इव कर्तुरलङ्घयत्रीर्यः॥२२॥
rāmas tam āha puruṣāda-purīṣa yan naḥ kāntāsamakṣam asatāpahṛtā śvavat te tyakta-trapasya phalam adya jugupsitasya yacchāmi kāla iva kartur alaṅghya-vīryaḥ
rāmaḥ —Lord Rāmacandra;  tam —unto him, Rāvaṇa;  āha —said;  puruṣa-ada-purīṣa —you are the stool of the man-eaters (Rākṣasas);