एभिः सहैव वीराणां महेन्द्रमहतामपि । ददामि युद्धं मत्तानां करिणामिव केसरी ॥ ५ ॥
ēbhiḥ sahaiva vīrāṇāṁ mahēndramahatāmapi | dadāmi yuddhaṁ mattānāṁ kariṇāmiva kēsarī || 5 ||
Translation
"With these I will give battle even to heroes as great as great Indra, as a lion fights elephants in rut.
Word by word
- ēbhiḥ
- with these
- saha
- with
- ēva
- indeed
- vīrāṇāṁ
- to heroes
- mahēndra
- as great Indra
- mahatām
- great
- api
- even
- dadāmi
- I will give
- yuddhaṁ
- battle
- mattānāṁ
- in rut
- kariṇām
- elephants
- iva
- as
- kēsarī
- a lion
Meaning
The king's boast is meant to show the sage that he need not take the boy.