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THE RAMAYANA
 
आदित्यं प्रेक्ष्य जप्त्वा तु परं हर्षमवाप्तवान् ॥
 

Looking at the Sun and reciting (the

hymn), he obtained great joy.
 

 
त्रिराचम्य शुचिर्भूत्वा धनुरादाय वीर्यवान् ।

रावणं प्रेक्ष्य हृष्टात्मा युद्धाय समुपागमत् ।

सर्वयत्नेन महता वधे तस्य धृतोऽभवत् ॥
 

Sipping the water thrice and becoming

purified, the heroic (Rama) looked at

Ravana and with a delightful heart, came

forth to battle.
 

He became intent on the killing of

Ravana by very great effort.
 

 
ततः प्रवृत्तं सुकूक्रूरं रामरावणयोस्तदा ।

सुमहद्द्वैरथं युद्ध सर्वलोकभयावहम् ॥
 

Then there ensued the great and terrific

battle between Rama and Ravana, a

single combat with chariots, filling the

whole world with fear.
 

 
गगनं गगनाकारं सागरस्सागरोपमः ।

रामरावणयोर्युद्धं रामरावणयोरिव ॥
 

As the sky can be compared only to

the sky, and the ocean only to the ocean,

so could the fight between Rama and

Ravana be compared only to the fight

between Rama and Ravana.