Verse 18

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In plain words

O Kāmākṣī, may your compassionate glance blunt my misfortune. Like Rāma it carries a bow, the bow of your curved brow; like Rāma who loved Sītā, born of Videha, it loves the bodiless Lord; and like Rāma who aided a rākṣasa, it ceaselessly brings protection and help to the world.

Word for word

May blunt misfortune my, the curved-brow-bow-graced, Videha-born-love-holding (love for Śiva), rākṣasa-help (protection-help) ceaselessly producing in the world, Kāmākṣī, Rāma like your compassion-glance.