SB 9.10.6 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

यो लोकवीरसमितौ धनुरैशमुग्रं सीतास्वयंवरगृहे त्रिशतोपनीतम् । आदाय बालगजलील इवेक्षुयष्टिं सज्ज्यीकृतं नृप विकृष्य बभञ्ज मध्ये ॥ ६ ॥ जित्वानुरूपगुणशीलवयोऽङ्गरूपां सीताभिधां श्रियमुरस्यभिलब्धमानाम् । मार्गे व्रजन् भृगुपतेर्व्यनयत् प्ररूढं दर्पं महीमकृत यस्त्रिरराजबीजाम् ॥ ७ ॥

Verse text

yo loka-vīra-samitau dhanur aiśam ugraṁ sītā-svayaṁvara-gṛhe triśatopanītam ādāya bāla-gaja-līla ivekṣu-yaṣṭiṁ sajjyī-kṛtaṁ nṛpa vikṛṣya babhaṣja madhye jitvānurūpa-guṇa-śīla-vayo ’ṅga-rūpāṁ sītābhidhāṁ śriyam urasy abhilabdhamānām mārge vrajan bhṛgupater vyanayat prarūḍhaṁ darpaṁ mahīm akṛta yas trir arāja-bījām

Synonyms

yaḥ — Lord Rāmacandra who ; loka — vīra — samitau — in the society or in the midst of many heroes of this world ; dhanuḥ — the bow ; aiśam — of Lord Śiva ; ugram — very fierce ; sītā — svayaṁvara — gṛhe — in the hall where mother Sītā stood to select her husband ; triśata — upanītam — the bow carried by three hundred men ; ādāya — taking (that bow) ; bāla — gaja — līlaḥ — acting like a baby elephant in a forest of sugarcane ; iva — like that ; ikṣu — yaṣṭim — a stick of sugarcane ; sajjyī — kṛtam — fastened the string of the bow ; nṛpa — O King ; vikṛṣya — by bending ; babhaṣja — broke it ; madhye — in the middle ; jitvā — gaining by victory ; anurūpa — just befitting His position and beauty ; guṇa — qualities ; śīla — behavior ; vayaḥ — age ; aṅga — body ; rūpām — beauty ; sītā — abhidhām — the girl named Sītā ; śriyam — the goddess of fortune ; urasi — on the chest ; abhilabdhamānām — had gotten her previously ; mārge — on the way ; vrajan — while walking ; bhṛgupateḥ — of Bhṛgupati ; vyanayat — destroyed ; prarūḍham — rooted very deep ; darpam — pride ; mahīm — the earth ; akṛta — finished ; yaḥ — one who ; triḥ — three times (seven) ; arāja — without a royal dynasty ; bījām — seed .

Translation

O King, the pastimes of Lord Rāmacandra were wonderful, like those of a baby elephant. In the assembly where mother Sītā was to choose her husband, in the midst of the heroes of this world, He broke the bow belonging to Lord Śiva. This bow was so heavy that it was carried by three hundred men, but Lord Rāmacandra bent and strung it and broke it in the middle, just as a baby elephant breaks a stick of sugarcane. Thus the Lord achieved the hand of mother Sītā, who was equally as endowed with transcendental qualities of form, beauty, behavior, age and nature. Indeed, she was the goddess of fortune who constantly rests on the chest of the Lord. While returning from Sītā’s home after gaining her at the assembly of competitors, Lord Rāmacandra met Paraśurāma. Although Paraśurāma was very proud, having rid the earth of the royal order twenty-one times, he was defeated by the Lord, who appeared to be a kṣatriya of the royal order.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

During Sītā’s selection of a groom, Rāma casually took the bow of Śiva, carried by three hundred men, just as a baby elephant takes a piece of sugar cane, strung it, bent it, and broke it in the middle amidst the heroes of the world, and having attained Sītā, who had previously gained respect on his chest as Lakṣmī, destroyed the profound pride of Paraśurāma who had made the earth vacant of the seed of kings twenty-one times while he traveled on the road. In the society of heroes of the world, he took the bow of Śiva casually like a piece of sugar cane, which was carried by three hundred men, strung it, bent it and broke it in the middle. Having obtained Sītā who had previously gained respect on his chest, he extinguished the pride of Paraśurāma, who had destroyed the seed of kings twenty-one times.