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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 9, Ch. 15]
viplāvitam —having been inundated;  sva-śibiram —his own camp;  pratisrotaḥ —which was flowing in the opposite direction;  sarit-jalaiḥ —by the water of the river;  na —not;  amṛṣyat —could tolerate;  tasya —of Kārtavīryārjuna;  tat vīryam —that influence;  vīramānī —considering himself very heroic;  daśa-ānanaḥ —the ten-headed Rāvaṇa.
TRANSLATION
Because Kārtavīryārjuna made the water flow in the opposite direction, the camp of Rāvaṇa, which was set up on the bank of the Narmadā near the city of Māhiṣmatī, was inundated. This was unbearable to the ten-headed Rāvaṇa, who considered himself a great hero and could not tolerate Kārtavīryārjuna's power.
PURPORT
Rāvaṇa was out touring to gain victory over all other countries ( dig-vijaya ), and he had camped on the bank of the Narmadā River near the city of Māhiṣmatī.
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गृहीतो लीलया स्त्रीणां समक्षं कृतकिल्बिषः । माहिष्मत्यां संनिरुद्धो मुक्तो येन कपिर्यथा ॥२२॥
gṛhīto līlayā strīṇām   samakṣam kṛta-kilbiṣaḥ   māhiṣmatyām sanniruddho   mukto yena kapir yathā
gṛhītaḥ —was arrested by force;  līlayā —very easily;  strīṇām —of the women;  samakṣam —in the presence;  kṛta-kilbiṣaḥ —thus becoming an offender;  māhiṣmatyām —in the city known as Māhiṣmatī;  sanniruddhaḥ —was arrested;  muktaḥ —released;  yena —by whom (Kārtavīryārjuna);  kapiḥ yathā —exactly as done to a monkey.
TRANSLATION
When Rāvaṇa attempted to insult Kārtavīryārjuna in the presence of the women and thus offended him, Kārtavīryārjuna easily