वीर्योत्सिक्ता हि ते पापाः कालकूटोपमा रणे । खरदूषणयोर्भृत्याः कृतान्ताः कुपिता इव ॥ १७ ॥
vīryōtsiktā hi tē pāpāḥ kālakūṭōpamā raṇē | kharadūṣaṇayōrbhṛtyāḥ kṛtāntāḥ kupitā iva || 17 ||
Translation
"For those wicked ones, swollen with their strength, are like deadly poison in battle: the servants of Khara and Dūṣaṇa, like Death himself enraged.
Word by word
- vīrya
- with their strength
- utsiktā
- (utsiktāḥ) swollen
- hi
- for
- tē
- those
- pāpāḥ
- wicked ones
- kālakūṭa
- deadly poison
- upamā
- (upamāḥ) like
- raṇē
- in battle
- khara
- of Khara
- dūṣaṇayōr
- (dūṣaṇayoḥ) and Dūṣaṇa
- bhṛtyāḥ
- the servants
- kṛtāntāḥ
- Death
- kupitā
- (kupitāḥ) enraged
- iva
- like
Meaning
Khara and Dūṣaṇa are Rāvaṇa's generals in the Rāmāyaṇa; the demons troubling the sage serve them. Kālakūṭa is the poison that rose from the churning of the ocean.