Translations & Commentary
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Valmiki Ramayana Dataset
युद्धमार्गविशारदौ learned in war craft, तौ both, वानरेन्द्रश्च Vanara king's, रावणः Ravana, विचित्राणि wonderful, मण्डलानि circles, विविधानि many, स्थानानि postures, चित्राणि wonderful, गोमूत्रकाणि ox's urine, गतप्रत्यागतानिच forward and backward movements, तिरच्शीनगतान्येव horizontal and oblique movement, तथा similarly, वक्रगतानिच roundabout and evasive movements, प्रहाराणाम् hitting, परिमोक्षम् delivering, वर्जनम् abandoning, परिधावनम् striking, अभिद्रवणम् assaulting, आप्लावम् jumping, सविग्रहम् motionless, अवस्थानम् standing steadily, परावृत्तम् , अपावृत्तम् going away circling round, अपद्रुतम् going backwards, अवप्लुतम् jumping behind, उपन्यस्तम् holding the hand, अपन्यस्तम् folding the hand, सञ्चेरतुः exhibiting.
Both Vanara king and Ravana being learned in war craft, went around in circles like ox's urine, stood in different wonderful postures, moved forward and backward horizontally and obliquely to evade movements, hitting, and delivering each other, standing steadily motionless, striking, jumping, assaulting each other coming forward and going away, going backwards jumping from behind, holding hands and folding to resist exhibiting their skill in combat.