Saturday, April 2, 2011

Sri Raama Kathaa - Verse 4

रावणः  मानुषात्-अन्यैः -अवध्यत्वं तथा-अवृणोत् |
निर्देवत्व-इच्छया निद्रां कुम्भकर्णः-अवृणीत च ||  ४  ||

Raavana men-than others-by non-killing thus selected-for-himself |
Non-celestial-hood desire-from sleep Kumbhakarna selected-for-himself and ||

Raavana thus (through intense austerity) selected for himself non-killing by persons other than men.
And, Kumbhakarna, from desire for non-celestial-hood selected sleep for himself.

* non-celestial-hood desire - desire that the class of celestials shall not even exist

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