Rasarnavasudhakara 3.70.p1

3.70.p1

yathā tatraiva [bāla-rāmāyaṇe] pratīhāraḥ (svagatam)-katham ete kṣatriya-jana-samucite' pi cāpāropaṇa-karmaṇi nikhilāḥ kṣatriyāḥ vitatha-sāmarthyāḥ vartante | tad eṣa param anākalita-sāro vikartana-kula-kumāra āste | yad vā, kim anenāpi-

As in the very same work [Bālarāmāyaṇa], the doorkeeper (to himself): "How is it that even in this act of stringing the bow, which is appropriate for the kṣatriya class, all the kṣatriyas are rendered futile in their prowess? So here sits the prince of the solar dynasty, his power as yet unmeasured. Or rather, what is the use even of him?—