KULASEKHAR'S SAMSLESHBHAVA

What a pity, a single man to fight against thousands 
Rushing straight resembling the awful fiends restless 
Assailing and encircling with strategy of every kind 
Resorting to weapons of sure death and missiles potent 
Releasing in never-ending series of mighty arms charmed 
Punctuated by roars and thunders rending the welkins 
Abetted by powers occult and the agencies supernatural 
Heckling, braying and grunting for every target and hit 
Evading every grasp visible, yet making sounds audible 
Ravan³a's ⁴mayavis started spinning round ⁵Rama on and again".

Narration of a frightful scene from ⁶Yuddha kanda went on thus 
When ⁷Kulsekhar, the devout ⁸Chera king graced a ⁹satsang one day.
Listening to that fierce battle from the start, the ¹⁰Alwar
Moved step by step with its steady progress stage by stage
Touched keenly at Rama's plight getting worse by wicked acts
Reacted sharply with his frame quivering and lips trembling
When keyed up fully, he started hailing abuses on Ravana-

Glossary

3) the ten headed daemon me king of Lanka. 
4) conjurer, here applicable to the soldiers of Ravana
5) the 7th incarnation of lord Maha Vishnu. 
6) a chapter in Ramayana, the Hindu Epic, 
7) chera king. 
8) name of state 
9) congretation of devotees.
10) a vaishnavate. 

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