Text 23] The Pastimes of Lord Ramacandra 75

TEXT 23
ud fary vali aftagerasi
am wana agued fae |
ASAT TATA ATA Fava
Slefa seats qa aadta He: RM

evam ksipan dhanusi sandhitam utsasarja
banam sa vajram iva tad-dhrdayam bibheda

so ’srg vaman dasa-mukhair nyapatad vimanad
dhaheti jalpati jane sukrtiva riktah

evam—in this way; ksipan—chastising (Ravana); dhanusi—on the
bow; sandhitam—fixed an arrow; utsasarja—released (toward him);
banam—the arrow; sah—that arrow; vajram iva—like a thunderbolt;
tat-hrdayam—the heart of Ravana; bibheda—pierced; sah—he,
Ravana; asrk—blood; vaman—vomiting; dasa-mukhaih—through the
ten mouths; nyapatat—fell down; vimanat—from his airplane; haha—
alas, what happened; iti—thus; jalpati—roaring; jane—when all the
people present there; sukrti iva—like a pious man; riktah—when the
results of his pious activities are finished.

TRANSLATION

After thus rebuking Ravana, Lord Ramacandra fixed an arrow to
His bow, aimed at Ravana, and released the arrow, which pierced
Ravana’s heart like a thunderbolt. Upon seeing this, Ravana’s
followers raised a tumultuous sound, crying, “Alas! Alas! What
has happened? What has happened?” as Ravana, vomiting blood
from his ten mouths, fell from his airplane, just as a pious man
falls to earth from the heavenly planets when the results of his
pious activities are exhausted.

PURPORT
In Bhagavad-gita (9.21) it is said, ksine punye martya-lokam visanti:
“‘When the results of their pious activities are exhausted, those who have
