नरदेवत्वमापन्न: सुरकार्यचिकीर्षया । समुद्रनिग्रहादीनि चक्रे वीर्याण्यत: परम् ॥ २२ ॥
nara-devatvam apannah sura-karya-cikirsaya samudra-nigrahadini cakre viryany atah param
- nara
- human being
- devatvam
- divinity
- apannah
- having assumed the form of
- sura
- the demigods
- karya
- activities
- cikirsaya
- for the purpose of performing
- samudra
- the Indian Ocean
- nigraha-adini
- controlling, etc.
- cakre
- did perform
- viryani
- superhuman prowess
- atah param
- thereafter.
In the eighteenth incarnation, the Lord appeared as King Rama. In order to perform some pleasing work for the demigods, He exhibited superhuman powers by controlling the Indian Ocean and then killing the atheist King Ravana, who was on the other side of the sea.