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THE RAMAYANA
He is a boy and has not yet completed
his training. He does not know the strong
and the weak points. He has not yet been
taught in full the science of archery nor is
he experienced in warfare.
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य स्नेहपर्याकुलाक्षरम् ।
नृपतिं सुत्रतो धीरो वसिष्ठो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
Hearing this speech, of which the utte-
rance was indistinct through love, the cou-
rageous and pious Visishtha spoke thus to
the king:
इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः ।
धृतिमान् सुत्रतः श्रीमान् न धर्मं हातुमर्हसि ॥
"Born of the Ikshvaku race and like
another Dharma incarnate, possessed of
courage, piety, and bounteousness, it is not
proper that you should forsake Dharma.
कृतास्त्रमकृतास्त्रं वा नैनं शक्ष्यन्ति राक्षसाः ।
गुप्तं कुशिकपुत्रेण ज्वलनेनामृतं यथा ॥
Whether he (Rama) has mastered archery,
or not, Rakshasas will not be able to with-
stand him when he is protected by Visva-
mitra, like nectar protected by fire.
THE RAMAYANA
He is a boy and has not yet completed
his training. He does not know the strong
and the weak points. He has not yet been
taught in full the science of archery nor is
he experienced in warfare.
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य स्नेहपर्याकुलाक्षरम् ।
नृपतिं सुत्रतो धीरो वसिष्ठो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
Hearing this speech, of which the utte-
rance was indistinct through love, the cou-
rageous and pious Visishtha spoke thus to
the king:
इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः ।
धृतिमान् सुत्रतः श्रीमान् न धर्मं हातुमर्हसि ॥
"Born of the Ikshvaku race and like
another Dharma incarnate, possessed of
courage, piety, and bounteousness, it is not
proper that you should forsake Dharma.
कृतास्त्रमकृतास्त्रं वा नैनं शक्ष्यन्ति राक्षसाः ।
गुप्तं कुशिकपुत्रेण ज्वलनेनामृतं यथा ॥
Whether he (Rama) has mastered archery,
or not, Rakshasas will not be able to with-
stand him when he is protected by Visva-
mitra, like nectar protected by fire.