न च ते राममासाद्य स्थातुं शक्ता निशाचराः । क्रुद्धं केसरिणं दृष्ट्वा वनेतृण इवैणकाः ॥ १५ ॥
na ca tē rāmamāsādya sthātuṁ śaktā niśācarāḥ | kruddhaṁ kēsariṇaṁ dṛṣṭvā vanētṛṇa ivaiṇakāḥ || 15 ||
Translation
"The night-roamers cannot stand once they meet Rāma, as little deer in the grass of the forest cannot when they see an angry lion.
Word by word
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- tē
- they
- rāmam
- Rāma
- āsādya
- once they meet
- sthātuṁ
- to stand
- śaktā
- (śaktāḥ) can
- niśācarāḥ
- the night-roamers
- kruddhaṁ
- an angry
- kēsariṇaṁ
- lion
- dṛṣṭvā
- seeing
- vanē
- of the forest
- tṛṇē
- (tṛṇe) in the grass
- iva
- as
- ēṇakāḥ
- little deer
Meaning
The deer hide in the grass and freeze or bolt when the lion appears: the demons will be as helpless before Rāma.