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desist from this rash venture; behold the mighty-armed Rāma struck down in battle.","w":[["māṃ","me"],["niyojaya","appoint, commission"],["vikrānta","O valiant one"],["saṃnivartasva","turn back, desist"],["sāhasāt","from (this) rash act","",[["sāhasa","rashness"]]],["paśya","behold"],["rāmaṃ","Rāma"],["mahābāhuṃ","mighty-armed","",[["mahā","great"],["bāhu","arm"]]],["saṃyuge","in battle"],["vinipātitam","struck down, felled"]]},{"v":3,"ref":"3.026.003","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"pratijānāmi te satyam āyudhaṃ cāham ālabhe","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"yathā rāmaṃ vadhiṣyāmi vadhārhaṃ sarvarakṣasām","q":null}],"tr":"I promise you truly, and I lay my hand on my weapon in oath, that I shall slay Rāma, who deserves death for the sake of all the rākṣasas.","w":[["pratijānāmi","I promise"],["te","to you"],["satyam","truly, in truth"],["āyudhaṃ","weapon"],["cāham","and I","ca aham"],["ālabhe","I touch (in oath)"],["yathā","that, so that"],["rāmaṃ","Rāma"],["vadhiṣyāmi","I shall slay"],["vadhārhaṃ","deserving death","vadha-arhaṃ",[["vadha","killing"],["arha","deserving"]]],["sarvarakṣasām","of all the rākṣasas","sarva-rakṣasām",[["sarva","all"],["rakṣas","demon"]]]]},{"v":4,"ref":"3.026.004","lines":[{"p":"a","t":"ahaṃ vāsya raṇe mṛtyur eṣa vā samare mama","q":null},{"p":"c","t":"vinivartya raṇotsāhaṃ muhūrtaṃ prāśniko bhava","q":null}],"tr":"Either I shall be his death in the fray, or he mine in battle; 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