Wicked monkey, stop your impudence
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Wicked monkey, stop your impudence
and come on to the battlefield.
Lava
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Well, well, O monkey! Do apes
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Well, well, O monkey! Do apes
make such smart speeches!!
Stop calling me a boy;
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Stop calling me a boy; remember long ago
it was a boy who won over three worlds from Bali;
I am his equal, I am brave and have divine powers.
Enough, enough of your vain boasts
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Enough, enough of your vain boasts
read your claim about the only brave one;
we got angry, we used force, so what?
Even if a hostile Indra arrives here
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Even if a hostile Indra arrives here
victory will certainly be ours.
The only brave one is Kousalya’s son
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‘The only brave one is Kousalya’s son,
if there is anyone else like him in this world
try and tie up this horse fast,’
such is this pompous claim, you hear.
My valiant brother
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My valiant brother, don’t panic,
look at that magnificent horse there
The handsome, good-natured
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The handsome, good-natured, moon-faced boys secured their mother’s permission and reached the forest and were wandering around enjoying the beautiful sights of the fruit-laden trees and birds when Lava saw a big horse and spoke to his elder brother thus.
We will go together with the other boys
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We will go together with the other boys
to play and wander around the forest;
we will return without delay, O mother