किंवीर्या राक्षसास्ते तु कस्य पुत्राः कथं च ते । कियत्प्रमाणाः के चैव इति वर्णय मे स्फुटम् ॥ २४ ॥
kiṁvīryā rākṣasāstē tu kasya putrāḥ kathaṁ ca tē | kiyatpramāṇāḥ kē caiva iti varṇaya mē sphuṭam || 24 ||
Translation
"Tell me clearly: what is the strength of those demons, whose sons are they and what are they like, how large are they, and who are they?
Word by word
- kiṁ
- what
- vīryā
- (vīryāḥ) is the strength
- rākṣasās
- (rākṣasāḥ) demons
- tē
- those
- tu
- and
- kasya
- whose
- putrāḥ
- sons
- kathaṁ
- what like
- ca
- and
- kiyat
- how
- pramāṇāḥ
- large
- kē
- who
- ēva
- indeed
- iti
- so
- varṇaya
- tell
- mē
- me
- sphuṭam
- clearly
Meaning
Wanting to measure the danger, the king asks about the enemy.