विप्लावितं स्वशिबिरं प्रतिस्रोत:सरिज्जलै: । नामृष्यत् तस्य तद् वीर्यं वीरमानी दशानन: ॥ २१ ॥
viplavitam sva-sibiram pratisrotah-sarij-jalaih namrsyat tasya tad viryam viramani dasananah
- viplavitam
- having been inundated
- sva-sibiram
- his own camp
- pratisrotah
- which was flowing in the opposite direction
- sarit-jalaih
- by the water of the river
- na
- not
- amrsyat
- could tolerate
- tasya
- of Kartaviryarjuna
- tat viryam
- that influence
- viramani
- considering himself very heroic
- dasa-ananah
- the ten-headed Ravana.
Because Kartaviryarjuna made the water flow in the opposite direction, the camp of Ravana, which was set up on the bank of the Narmada near the city of Mahismati, was inundated. This was unbearable to the ten-headed Ravana, who considered himself a great hero and could not tolerate Kartaviryarjuna’s power.