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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."
तच्छुवा वचनं तस्य स्नेहपर्याकुलाक्षरम् ।
नृपति सुव्रतो धीरो वसिष्ठो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
Hearing this speech, of which the utter-
ance was indistinct through love, the
courageous and pious Vasishtha spoke thus
to the king :
इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः ।
धृतिमान् सुव्रतः श्रीमान् न धर्म 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
Visvamitra, 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."
तच्छुवा वचनं तस्य स्नेहपर्याकुलाक्षरम् ।
नृपति सुव्रतो धीरो वसिष्ठो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥
Hearing this speech, of which the utter-
ance was indistinct through love, the
courageous and pious Vasishtha spoke thus
to the king :
इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले जातः साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः ।
धृतिमान् सुव्रतः श्रीमान् न धर्म 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
Visvamitra, like nectar protected by fire.