Text 3.6.25 | Śrī Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa

Canto 3: Araṇya-kāṇḍa ()Chapter 6: The Sages Inform Rāma About the Rākṣasas Torturing ThemText 3.6.25

Canto 3 -

Araṇya-kāṇḍa

Chapter 6: The Sages Inform Rāma About the Rākṣasas Torturing Them

Text 3.6.25

तपस्विनां रणे शत्रून्हन्तुमिच्छामि राक्षसान्।
पश्यन्तु वीर्यमृषयः सभ्रातुर्मे तपोधनाः॥

tapasvināṁ raṇe śatrūn hantum icchāmi rākṣasān
paśyantu vīryam ṛṣayaḥ sabhrātur me tapo-dhanāḥ

tapasvinām = of the ascetics; raṇe = in battle; śatrūn = the enemies; hantum = to kill; icchāmi = I wish; rākṣasān = the rākṣasas; paśyantu = may see; vīryam = potency; ṛṣayaḥ = the sages; sabhrātuḥ = and My brother’s [potency]; me = My; tapaḥ-dhanāḥ = rich with austerity.

I wish to kill the rākṣasas, the enemies of the ascetics, in battle. May the sages rich with austerity see My potency and My brother’s [potency]!

Here Śrī Rāma states the result of His residence in the forest.