bahu-vighnam = beset with many obstacles; tapaḥ = the practice of asceticism; nityam = is always; duścaram = [hence] difficult to carry out; ca eva = and; rāghava = Rāghava; tena = therefore; śāpam na muñcāmaḥ = we don’t curse; bhakṣyamāṇāḥ ca = [even when] eaten; rākṣasaiḥ = by the rākṣasas.