Text 8] The Pastimes of Lord Ramacandra 55
Lord Siva; ugram—very fierce; sité-svayarnvara-grhe—in the hall
where mother Sita stood to select her husband; trisata-upanitam—the
bow carried by three hundred men; adéya—taking (that bow); bala-
gaja-lilah—acting like a baby elephant in a forest of sugarcane; iva—
like that; iksu-yastim—a stick of sugarcane; sajjyi-krtam—fastened the
string of the bow; nrpa—O King; wikrsya—by bending; babhanja—
broke it; madhye—in the middle; jitua —gaining by victory; anuripa—
just befitting His position and beauty; guna—qualities; sila—behavior;
vayah—age; anga—body; ripim—beauty; sitd-abhidham—the girl
named Sita; sriyam—the goddess of fortune; urasi—on the chest;
abhilabdhamanam—had gotten her previously; marge—on the way;
vrajan—while walking; bhrgupateh—of Bhrgupati; vyanayat—
destroyed; praridham—rooted very deep; darpam—pride; mahim—
the earth; akrta—finished; yah—one who; trih—three times (seven);
araja—without a royal dynasty; bijam—seed.
TRANSLATION

O King, the pastimes of Lord Ramacandra were wonderful, like
those of a baby elephant. In the assembly where mother Sita was to
choose her husband, in the midst of the heroes of this world, He
broke the bow belonging to Lord Siva. This bow was so heavy that
it was carried by three hundred men, but Lord Ramacandra 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 Sita, 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 Sita’s home after gaining her at the
assembly of competitors, Lord Ramacandra met Parasurama. Al-
though Parasurama 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 ksatriya of the royal order.

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