स चेत्तव मखे विघ्नं करोति किल दुर्मतिः । तत्संग्रामे न शक्ताः स्मो वयं तस्य दुरात्मनः ॥ २८ ॥
sa cēttava makhē vighnaṁ karōti kila durmatiḥ | tatsaṁgrāmē na śaktāḥ smō vayaṁ tasya durātmanaḥ || 28 ||
Translation
"If that evil-minded one is indeed obstructing your sacrifice, then we are not able to fight that wicked one.
Word by word
- sa
- (saḥ) that
- cēt
- if
- tava
- your
- makhē
- sacrifice
- vighnaṁ
- obstruction
- karōti
- is causing
- kila
- indeed
- durmatiḥ
- evil-minded one
- tat
- then
- saṁgrāmē
- in battle
- na
- not
- śaktāḥ
- able
- smō
- (smaḥ) we are
- vayaṁ
- we
- tasya
- with him
- durātmanaḥ
- the wicked one
Meaning
The king admits he is no match for Rāvaṇa, let alone his son.