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Verse 387.18

Sarga 49

यद्यधर्मो न बलवान् स्यादयं राक्षसेश्वरः। स्यादयं सुरलोकस्य सशक्रस्यापि रक्षिता।।5.49.18।।

yadyadharmo na balavān syādayaṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ. syādayaṃ suralokasya saśakrasyāpi rakṣitā..5.49.18..

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English Translation

"'If only this lord of demons was not unrighteous, he could have become even the lord (protector) of gods including Indra."

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Word Meanings

अयम् this, अधर्मः unrighteousness, बलवान् powerful, न स्याद्यदि if it was not, अयम् this, राक्षसेश्वरः lord of demons, सशक्रस्य including Indra, सुरलोकस्यापि even of the world of gods, रक्षिता lord, स्यात् would become.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 49

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387.18