गुप्तं पुरुषसिंहेन ज्वलनेनाऽमृतं यथा । कृतास्त्रमकृतास्त्रं वा नैनं शक्ष्यन्ति राक्षसाः ॥ १३ ॥
guptaṁ puruṣasiṁhēna jvalanēnā’mṛtaṁ yathā | kṛtāstramakṛtāstraṁ vā nainaṁ śakṣyanti rākṣasāḥ || 13 ||
Translation
"Guarded by that lion among men, as nectar is guarded by fire, Rāma, whether he knows the weapons or not, cannot be harmed by the demons.
Word by word
- guptaṁ
- guarded
- puruṣa
- among men
- siṁhēna
- by the lion
- jvalanēna
- by fire
- amṛtaṁ
- nectar
- yathā
- as
- kṛta
- knows
- astram
- the weapons
- akṛta
- does not know
- astraṁ
- the weapons
- vā
- or
- na
- not
- ēnaṁ
- him
- śakṣyanti
- can harm
- rākṣasāḥ
- the demons
Meaning
The nectar of the gods is guarded by a ring of fire in Indra's heaven, as another commentary recalls. With Viśvāmitra beside him, Rāma's youth does not matter.