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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 9.10.22

రామస్తమాహ పురుషాదపురీష యన్న: కాన్తాసమక్షమసతాపహృతా శ్వవత్ తే । త్యక్తత్రపస్య ఫలమద్య జుగుప్సితస్య యచ్ఛామి కాల ఇవ కర్తురలఙ్‍ఘ్యవీర్య: ॥ ౨౨ ॥
rāmas tam āha puruṣāda-purīṣa yan naḥ
[raamas tam aaha purushaada-pureesha yan nah]
kāntāsamakṣam asatāpahṛtā śvavat te
[kaantaasamaksham asataapahritaa shvavat te]
tyakta-trapasya phalam adya jugupsitasya
[tyakta-trapasya phalam adya jugupsitasya]
yacchāmi kāla iva kartur alaṅghya-vīryaḥ
[yachchaami kaala iva kartur alanghya-veeryah]
rāmaḥ — Lord Rāmacandra tam — unto him, Rāvaṇa āha — said puruṣa-ada-purīṣa — you are the stool of the man-eaters (Rākṣasas) yat — because naḥ — My kāntā — wife asamakṣam — helpless because of My absence asatā — by you, the most sinful apahṛtā — was kidnapped śva-vat — like a dog who takes food from the kitchen in the absence of the proprietor te — of you tyakta-trapasya — because you are shameless phalam adya — I shall give you the result today jugupsitasya — of you, the most abominable yacchāmi — I shall punish you kālaḥ iva — like death kartuḥ — of you, who are the performer of all sinful activities alaṅghya-vīryaḥ — but I, being omnipotent, never fail in My attempt.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rāmas tam āha puruṣāda-purīṣa yan naḥ
rāmaḥ
Lord Rāmacandra
tam
unto him, Rāvaṇa
āha
said
puruṣa-ada-purīṣa
you are the stool of the man-eaters (Rākṣasas)
yat
because
naḥ
My
kāntāsamakṣam asatāpahṛtā śvavat te
kāntā
wife
asamakṣam
helpless because of My absence
asatā
by you, the most sinful
apahṛtā
was kidnapped
śva-vat
like a dog who takes food from the kitchen in the absence of the proprietor
te
of you
tyakta-trapasya phalam adya jugupsitasya
tyakta-trapasya
because you are shameless
phalam adya
I shall give you the result today
jugupsitasya
of you, the most abominable
yacchāmi kāla iva kartur alaṅghya-vīryaḥ
yacchāmi
I shall punish you
kālaḥ iva
like death
kartuḥ
of you, who are the performer of all sinful activities
alaṅghya-vīryaḥ
but I, being omnipotent, never fail in My attempt.
Lord Rāmacandra said to Rāvaṇa: You are the most abominable of the man-eaters. Indeed, you are like their stool. You resemble a dog, for as a dog steals eatables from the kitchen in the absence of the householder, in My absence you kidnapped My wife, Sītādevī. Therefore as Yamarāja punishes sinful men, I shall also punish you. You are most abominable, sinful and shameless. Today, therefore, I, whose attempt never fails, shall punish you.

Na ca daivāt paraṁ balam: no one can surpass the strength of the Transcendence. Rāvaṇa was so sinful and shameless that he did not know what the result would be of kidnapping mother Sītā, the pleasure potency of Rāmacandra. This is the disqualification of the Rākṣasas. Asatyam apratiṣṭhaṁ te jagad āhur anīśvaram. The Rākṣasas are unaware that the Supreme Lord is the ruler of the creation. They think that everything has come about by chance or accident and that there is no ruler, king or controller. Therefore the Rākṣasas act independently, as they like, going even so far as to kidnap the goddess of fortune. This policy of Rāvaṇa’s is extremely dangerous for the materialist; indeed, it brings ruin to the materialistic civilization. Nonetheless, because atheists are Rākṣasas, they dare to do things that are most abominable, and thus they are punished without fail. Religion consists of the orders of the Supreme Lord, and one who carries out these orders is religious. One who fails to carry out the Lord’s orders is irreligious, and he is to be punished.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
Rāmacandra said to Rāvaṇa: You are the stool of a Rākṣaṣa. Like a dog, you kidnapped my wife in my absence. Therefore, just as Yamarāja punishes sinful men, I, whose attempt never fails, shall today punish you, performer of actions most abominable and shameless. O stool of a Rākṣaṣa! You are foul because you stole my wife. You are like a dog who enters the house when no one is there and steals ghee. Today, I, like Yamarāja, will give the results of your sin to you who have performed condemned actions.
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