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स्वया तु लोके जनितो विरागः प्रकोपितं मण्डलमिन्द्रमुख्यम् । |
36. However, disaffection has been created in the world by you ; the circle (of kings) led by Indra has been angered; but with Rama, Oh King, this is (just) the opposite ; on that account I apprehend the adversary as superior.
37. Just when your best friend Vali was killed with one arrow and the monkey Sugriva was installed (as) the king exactly then, the cause of your majesty was totally lost.
38. “On account of Khara and others being slain, even that prowess of yours which was confined only to the ramparts as its fencing, now wanes excessively on account of the burning of Lanka, the slaying of Aksa and the devastation of trees.
39. You, who are under the sway of the six vices, whose well-wishers are extremely foolish and who are riddled with vicious people, shall not undertake a fight on foot with an elephant. Bow down to that King (Rama), useworthy to those who bow (before him).
40. "Rama too is enraged by the abduction of (his) wife ; we (are grieved) by the killing of kinsmen who were as good as ourselves. Like the welding of heated iron with heated iron, let us have peace with the enemy; release Sita.
