Chapter 10
रामस्तमाह पुरुषादपुरीष यन्न: कान्तासमक्षमसतापहृता श्ववत् ते । त्यक्तत्रपस्य फलमद्य जुगुप्सितस्य यच्छामि काल इव कर्तुरलङ्घ्यवीर्य: ॥ २२ ॥
Transliteration
rāmas tam āha puruṣāda-purīṣa yan naḥ kāntāsamakṣam asatāpahṛtā śvavat te tyakta-trapasya phalam adya jugupsitasya yacchāmi kāla iva kartur alaṅghya-vīryaḥ
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
rāmaḥ — Lord Rāmacandra; tam — unto him, Rāvaṇa; āha — said; puruṣa-ada-purīṣa — you are the stool of the man-eaters (Rākṣasas); yat — because; naḥ — My; kāntā — wife; asamakṣam — helpless because of My absence; asatā — by you, the most sinful; apahṛtā — was kidnapped; śva-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; yacchāmi — I shall punish you; kālaḥ iva — like death; kartuḥ — of you, who are the performer of all sinful activities; alaṅghya-vīryaḥ — but I, being omnipotent, never fail in My attempt.
Translation
“Lord Rāmacandra said to Rāvaṇa: 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, Sītādevī. Therefore as Yamarāja 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.”