रामस्तमाह पुरुषादपुरीष यन्न: कान्तासमक्षमसतापहृता श्ववत् ते । त्यक्तत्रपस्य फलमद्य जुगुप्सितस्य यच्छामि काल इव कर्तुरलङ्घ्यवीर्य: ॥ २२ ॥
ramas tam aha purusada-purisa yan nah kantasamaksam asatapahrta svavat te tyakta-trapasya phalam adya jugupsitasya yacchami kala iva kartur alanghya-viryah
- ramah
- Lord Ramacandra
- tam
- unto him, Ravana
- aha
- said
- purusa-ada-purisa
- you are the stool of the man-eaters (Raksasas)
- yat
- because
- nah
- My
- kanta
- wife
- asamaksam
- helpless because of My absence
- asata
- by you, the most sinful
- apahrta
- was kidnapped
- sva-vat
- like a dog who takes food from the kitchen in the absence of the proprietor
- te
- of you
- tyakta-trapasya
- because you are shameless
- phalam adya
- I shall give you the result today
- jugupsitasya
- of you, the most abominable
- yacchami
- I shall punish you
- kalah iva
- like death
- kartuh
- of you, who are the performer of all sinful activities
- alanghya-viryah
- but I, being omnipotent, never fail in My attempt
Lord Ramacandra said to Ravana: You are the most abominable of the man-eaters. Indeed, you are like their stool. You resemble a dog, for as a dog steals eatables from the kitchen in the absence of the householder, in My absence you kidnapped My wife, Sitadevi. Therefore as Yamaraja punishes sinful men, I shall also punish you. You are most abominable, sinful and shameless. Today, therefore, I, whose attempt never fails, shall punish you.