कथं तेन प्रकर्तव्यं तेषां रामेण रक्षसाम् । मामकैर्बालकैर्ब्रह्मन् मया वा कूटयोधिनाम् ॥ २५ ॥
kathaṁ tēna prakartavyaṁ tēṣāṁ rāmēṇa rakṣasām | māmakairbālakairbrahman mayā vā kūṭayōdhinām || 25 ||
Translation
"How is Rāma to deal with those demons who fight by treachery, O brahmin, or my boys, or I myself?
Word by word
- kathaṁ
- how
- tēna
- by him
- prakartavyaṁ
- is to deal
- tēṣāṁ
- with those
- rāmēṇa
- by Rāma
- rakṣasām
- demons
- māmakair
- (māmakaiḥ) my
- bālakair
- (bālakaiḥ) by boys
- brahman
- (brahman) O brahmin
- mayā
- by me
- vā
- or
- kūṭa
- by treachery
- yōdhinām
- who fight
Meaning
He includes himself and his other sons: no one in the family is a match for such enemies.