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Verse 265.31

Sarga 69

भक्षयन्तं महाघोरानृक्षसिंहमृगद्विपान्। घोरौ भुजौ विकुर्वाणमुभौ योजनमायतौ।।3.69.31।।

bhakṣayantaṃ mahāghorānṛkṣasiṃhamṛgadvipān. ghorau bhujau vikurvāṇamubhau yojanamāyatau..3.69.31..

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English Translation

"The terrific demon kept eating bears, lions, deer and elephants, catching with both his arms stretching up to one yojana."

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Word Meanings

महाघोरान् terrific, ऋक्षसिंहमृगद्विपान् bears, lions, deer and elephants, भक्षयन्तम् while eating, योजनम् a Yojana (eight miles), आयतौ long ones, घोरौ both frightening, उभौ both, भूजौ two arms, विकुर्वाणम् as he was stretching.

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Valmiki Ramayana

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Sarga 69

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265.31