तेषां न चाऽन्यः काकुत्स्थाद्योद्धुमुत्सहते पुमान् । ऋते केसरिणः क्रुद्धान्मत्तानां करिणामिव ॥ १६ ॥
tēṣāṁ na cā’nyaḥ kākutsthādyōddhumutsahatē pumān | ṛtē kēsariṇaḥ kruddhānmattānāṁ kariṇāmiva || 16 ||
Translation
"No man other than the Kakutstha dares to fight them, as none but an angry lion dares to face elephants in rut.
Word by word
- tēṣāṁ
- them
- na
- not
- ca
- and
- anyaḥ
- other
- kākutsthād
- (kākutsthāt) than the Kakutstha
- yōddhum
- to fight
- utsahatē
- dares
- pumān
- man
- ṛtē
- none but
- kēsariṇaḥ
- a lion
- kruddhāt
- angry
- mattānāṁ
- in rut
- kariṇām
- elephants
- iva
- as
Meaning
Kakutstha is an ancestor of Rāma's line; "the Kakutstha" is Rāma.