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33 passagesश्रुत्वागस्त्येरितं वाक्यं रामो विस्मयमागतः । कथमासीत्तु लङ्कायां सम्भवो रक्षसां पुरा ।। ७.४.१ ।।
Having heard Agastya’s words, Rāma was filled with amazement. How, then, did the origin of the Rākṣasas in Laṅkā come about formerly?
ततः शिरः कम्पयित्वा त्रेताग्निसमविग्रहम् । तमगस्त्यं मुहुर्दृष्ट्वा स्मयमानो ऽभ्यभाषत ।। ७.४.२ ।।
Then, shaking his head, he repeatedly looked at Agastya, whose form was like that of the three sacred fires, and, smiling, spoke to him.
भगवन्पूर्वमप्येषा लङ्कासीत्पिशिताशिनाम् । श्रुत्वेदं भगवद्वाक्यं जातो मे विस्मयः परः ।। ७.४.३ ।।
“Revered lord, this Lanka formerly also belonged to flesh-eaters. Having heard this divine utterance, great astonishment has arisen in me.
पुलस्त्यवंशादुद्भूता राक्षसा इति नः श्रुतम् । इदानीमन्यतश्चापि सम्भवः कीर्तितस्त्वया ।। ७.४.४ ।।
“We have heard that the Rākṣasas arose from the lineage of Pulastya. Now you have also described their origin as being from elsewhere.”
रावणात्कुम्भकर्णाच्च प्रहस्ताद्विकटादपि । रावणस्य च पुत्रेभ्यः किं नु ते बलवत्तराः ।। ७.४.५ ।।
Are they perhaps stronger than Rāvaṇa and Kumbhakarṇa, and even than Prahasta and Vikaṭa, and also than the sons of Rāvaṇa?
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