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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 समुपागमतु ॥
सर्वयत्नेन महता वघे तस्य धृतोऽभवत् ॥
 
becoming
 
Sipping the water thrice and
purified, the heroic (Rama) 'looked at
Ravana and with a delighted heart, camé
forth to battle.
 
He became intent on the killing of
Ravana by every great effort.
 
ततः प्रवृत्तं सुक्रूरं रामरावणयोस्तदा ।
सुमहद्दृरथं युद्धं 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.