Raghuveeragadhyam- Balakandam-Kousikamakhasamrakshsanam

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KouSikamakhasamrakshaNam

 

8.

koumaarakeli gopaayitha kouSika aDhvara

 

Who

protected the yajna of Visvamithra like a child's play.

 

koumaarakeli- a child's play. Rama was not even sixteen when he

accompanied Visvamithra.

 

oona shoDaSa varsho me raamo raajiiva

lochanaH, says Dasaratha when Visvamithra

requested him to semd Rama.What he meant was that since Rama was young, he

could not face the rakshasa because he was raajeevalochana, lotus-eyed. The

implication is that the lotuses will close when the sunsets and Rama being

young will also sleep early at sunset, But the rakshasa would come only in the

night and hence he would not be able to fight with them, even if he were able

to do so inspite of his young years.

 

gopaayitha- protected

 

kousika aDhvara- the yaga of Kousika ( Visvamithra)

 

 

9.raNaaDhvara Dhurya bhavya dhivyaasThrabrndha vandhitha

 

 

Who is saluted by the collection of divine missiles

which were in the forefront of the yajna of battle and were in your power.

 

The reference

here is to the various missiles Visvamithra taught Rama before his fight

with the asuras and which were commanded by him to come and serve him when

needed.

 

The asthras are missiles activated by manthras

instead of yanthras as now. Each manthra has a devata , like aagneyaashtra ,

fire missile having firegod as its devata, varunaasthra, having Varuna and Brahmasthraas

Lord Brahma etc.Like the devas appearing in the yajna when called for

poornaahuthi, these asthras appear at the time

of battle to the one who has

mastered the manthras and serve him.Hence the battle is compared to a yajna.

 

raNaadhvara

– the yajna of battle

 

Dhurya-

that which is at the forefront

 

bhavya- within the control of the one who commands them.

OR bhavya can also mean `in future,' implying that the battle which was going

to be.

 

dhivyaasthra – the divine weapons or missiles.

 

brndha- collection or crowd

 

vandhitha- one who is saluted by them, Rama.

 

 

10.praNathajana

vimatha vimaThana dhurlalitha dhorlalitha

 

You

who has beautiful arms which are fearful as they cause the destruction of the

foes of your devotees.

 

dhorlalitha- you with beautiful arms

 

dhurlalitha- which were mighty and strike fear to the

 

vimatha- foes of

 

praNathajana-

those who bow down to you, your

devotees

 

vimaThana- whom they destroy.

 

dhurlalitha- the word lalitha is used to mean graceful or

playful. The addition of the particle dhur to it means the opposite. The arms of Rama were not graceful or playful yo

the enemies of his devotees.

 

dhorlalitha-

dhoH means shoulder or arm. dhoH

lalithaH yasya saH, one whose arm is graceful or beautiful.

 

vimatha- vigatham matham vimatham- vimatham asya ithi

vimathaH- one who has no good

thoughts about the other, meaning his foe.

 

visesheNa

maTHanam vimaThanam. Agitating

vigourously, here means destroying. vimaTham yena ithi vimaThanaH

 

 

11. thanuthara viSikha

vithaadana vighatitha visaraaru Saraaru thaatakaa thaatakeya

 

Your

arrows thin and sharp which destroy the demon Thataka and her son who were

tormenting others because no one was able to fight with them.

 

viSkhaa- (your) arrows

 

thanuthara- very thin,

and hence very sharp.thanu means thin and thanuthara is the compartive degree of

thanu, meaning tninner than usual.

 

vithaadana- attacking,

 

vighatitha – and destroying, from the verb ghata with vi-

to break or destroy

 

 

Saraaru- tearing to pieces , one which does himsa

 

thaatakaa

thaatakeya- Thataka and her son Maricha, who were

 

viSaraaru- no one to torment them opposite of Saraaru

with peoposition vi