Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.285
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3.285.1
प्रभूतान्नोदकेतस्मिन्बहुमूलफले वने ।
सेनां निवेश्य काकुत्स्थो विधिवत्पर्यरक्षत ॥ ३.२८५.१ ॥
In that forest, rich in food and water and abounding in roots and fruits, Kākutstha (Rāma) encamped the army and guarded it according to rule.
3.285.2
रावणः संविधं चक्रे लङ्कायां शास्त्रनिर्मिताम् ।
प्रकृत्यैवदुराधर्षा दृढप्राकारतोरणा ॥ ३.२८५.२ ॥
Rāvaṇa arranged in Laṅkā a defence built according to the treatises, naturally hard to assail, with firm walls and gateways.
3.285.3
अगाधतोयाः परिखा मीननक्रसमाकुलाः ।
बभूवुः सप्त दुर्धर्षाः स्वादिरैः शङ्कुभिश्चिताः ॥ ३.२८५.३ ॥
There were seven moats of unfathomable water, thronged with fish and crocodiles, hard to cross, studded with stakes of khadira wood.
3.285.4
कर्णाटयन्त्रा दुर्धर्षा बभूवुः सहुडोपलाः ।
साशीविषघटायोधाः ससर्जरसपांसवः ॥ ३.२८५.४ ॥
The Karṇāṭa engines were hard to assail; they had hurled stones, pots of venomous snakes with warriors, and powder of resin.
3.285.5
मुसलालातनाराचतोमरासिपरश्वथैः ।
अन्विताश्चशतघ्नीभिः समधूच्छिष्टमुद्गराः ॥ ३.२८५.५ ॥
Equipped with pestles, firebrands, arrows, lances, swords and axes, and with hundred-killers and clubs smeared with honey and wax.
3.285.6
पुरद्वारेषु सर्वेषु गुल्माः स्थावरजङ्गमाः ।
बभूवुः पत्तिबहुलाः प्रभूतगजवाजिनः ॥ ३.२८५.६ ॥
At all the city gates were garrisons, fixed and mobile, thick with infantry, with abundant elephants and horses.
3.285.7
अङ्गदस्त्वथ लङ्कायां द्वारदेशमुपागतः ।
विदितो रराक्षसेन्द्रस्य प्रविवेशगतव्यथः ॥ ३.२८५.७ ॥
Then Aṅgada reached the gate-area of Laṅkā. Having been made known to the lord of the rākṣasas, he entered, free from distress.
3.285.8
मध्ये राक्षसकोटीनां बह्वीनां सुमहाबलः ।
शुशुभे मेघमालाभिरादित्य इव संवृतः ॥ ३.२८५.८ ॥
In the midst of many crores of rākṣasas, the very mighty Aṅgada shone like the sun surrounded by garlands of clouds.
3.285.9
ससमासाद्य पौलस्त्यममात्यैरभिसंवृतम् ।
रामसंदेशमामन्त्र्य वाग्मी वक्तुं प्रचक्रमे ॥ ३.२८५.९ ॥
Having approached Paulastya (Rāvaṇa), surrounded by his ministers, the eloquent Aṅgada, after addressing him, began to speak Rāma's message.
3.285.10
आह त्वां राघवो राजन्कोसलेन्द्रो महायशाः ।
प्राप्तकालमिदं वाक्यं तदादत्स्व सुदुर्मते। ॥ ३.२८५.१० ॥
O king, Rāghava, lord of Kosala, of great fame, speaks this timely word to you. O ill-minded one, take it to heart.
3.285.11
अकृतात्मानमासाद्य राजानमनये रतम् ।
विनश्यन्त्यनयाविष्टा देशाश्च नगराणि च ॥ ३.२८५.११ ॥
When one reaches a king who has not subdued himself and delights in injustice, lands and cities, seized by injustice, perish.
3.285.12
त्वयैकेनापराद्धं मे सीतामाहरता बलात् ।
वधायानपराद्धानामन्येषां तद्भविष्यति ॥ ३.२८५.१२ ॥
By you alone, who carried off Sītā by force, was I wronged. The destruction of the innocent will fall upon others.
3.285.13
ये त्वया बलदर्पाभ्यामाविष्टेन वनेचराः ।
ऋषयोहिंसिताः पूर्वंदेवाश्चाप्यवमानिताः ॥ ३.२८५.१३ ॥
You, possessed by the pride of strength, harmed the sages who dwell in the forest, and formerly you also insulted the gods.
3.285.14
राजर्षयश्च निहता रुदत्यश्चाहृताः स्त्रियः ।
तदिदं समनुप्राप्तं फलंतस्यानयस्य ते ॥ ३.२८५.१४ ॥
Royal sages were slain and weeping women were carried off; this has now come upon you as the fruit of that wrongdoing of yours.
3.285.15
हन्तास्मि त्वां सहामात्यैर्युध्यस्व पुरुषो भव ।
पश्य मे धनुषो वीर्यं मानुषस् निशाचर ॥ ३.२८५.१५ ॥
I shall slay you together with your ministers; fight, be a man. Look, night-wanderer, at the might of my bow, the bow of a human being.
3.285.16
मुच्यतां जानकी सीता न मे मोक्ष्यमसि कर्हिचित् ।
अराक्षसमिमं लोकंकर्ताऽस्मि निशितैः शरैः ॥ ३.२८५.१६ ॥
Release Jānakī Sītā; you will never escape from me. With sharp arrows I shall make this world free of rākṣasas.
3.285.17
इतितस् ब्रुवाणस् दूतस् परुषं वचः ।
श्रुत्वा न ममृषे राजा रावणः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ॥ ३.२८५.१७ ॥
As the messenger went on speaking these harsh words, King Rāvaṇa, hearing them, could not endure them and was overcome with rage.
3.285.18
हङ्गितज्ञास्ततो भर्तुश्चत्वारो रजनीचराः ।
चतुर्ष्वङ्गेषु जगृहुः शार्दूलमिव पक्षिणः ॥ ३.२८५.१८ ॥
Then four night-wanderers, who understood their lord's gesture, seized him by his four limbs, as birds seize a tiger.
3.285.19
तांस्तथाङ्गेषु संसक्तानङ्गदो रजनीचरान् ।
आदायैव खमुत्पत्य प्रासादतलमाविशत् ॥ ३.२८५.१९ ॥
Aṅgada, seizing those night-wanderers who clung to his limbs, leapt into the sky and entered the palace floor.
3.285.20
वेगेनोत्पततस्तस्य पेतुस्ते रजनीचराः ।
भुवि संभिन्नहृदयाः प्रहारवरपीडिताः ॥ ३.२८५.२० ॥
As he leapt up with speed, those night-wanderers fell to the ground, their hearts burst open, crushed by the finest of blows.
3.285.21
संसक्तोहर्म्यशिखरात्तस्मात्पुनरवापतत् ।
लङ्घयित्वा पुरं लङ्कां सुवेलस्य समीपतः ॥ ३.२८५.२१ ॥
Clinging to the palace summit, he fell down again from it; having leapt over the city of Laṅkā, near Suvela.
3.285.22
कोसलेन्द्रमथागम्य सर्वमावेद्य वानरः ।
विशश्राम स तेजस्वी राघवेणाभिनन्दितः ॥ ३.२८५.२२ ॥
Then, having approached the lord of Kosala and reported everything, that radiant monkey rested; he was praised by Rāghava.
3.285.23
ततः सर्वाभिसारेण हरीणां वातरंहसाम् ।
भेदयामास लङ्कायाः ग्राकारं रघुनन्दनः ॥ ३.२८५.२३ ॥
Then, with the full advance of all the monkeys swift as the wind, Rāma, delight of the Raghus, broke through the rampart of Laṅkā.
3.285.24
विभीषणर्क्षाधिपती पुरस्कृत्याथ लक्ष्मणः ।
दक्षिणं नगरद्वारमवामृद्गाद्दुरासदम् ॥ ३.२८५.२४ ॥
Then, placing Vibhīṣaṇa and the lord of the bears in front, Lakṣmaṇa crushed the southern gate of the city, which was hard to approach.
3.285.25
करभारुणगात्राणां हरीणां युद्धशालिनाम् ।
कोटीशतसहस्रेण लङ्कामभ्यपतत्तदा ॥ ३.२८५.२५ ॥
With a hundred thousand crores of monkeys, reddish-limbed like young camels and skilled in battle, they then rushed upon Laṅkā.
3.285.26
प्रलम्बबाहूरुकरजङ्घान्तरविलम्बिनाम् ।
ऋक्षाणआं धूम्रवर्णानां तिस्रः कोठ्यो व्यवस्थिताः ॥ ३.२८५.२६ ॥
Three crores of bears, smoke-coloured, with long arms, thighs, hands and calves hanging down between their legs, stood arrayed.
3.285.27
उत्पतद्भिः पतद्भिश्च निपतद्भिश्च वानरैः ।
नादृश्यत तदा सूर्यो रजसा नाशितप्रभः ॥ ३.२८५.२७ ॥
Because of the monkeys leaping up, falling and swooping down, the sun was not seen then, its brilliance destroyed by dust.
3.285.28
शालिप्रसूनसदृशैः शिरीपकुसुमप्रभैः ।
तरुणादित्यसदृशैः शणगौरैश्च वैनरैः ॥ ३.२८५.२८ ॥
With monkeys like śāli blossoms, bright as śirīṣa flowers, like the young sun, fair as jute, the host was filled.
3.285.29
प्राकारं ददृशुस्ते तु समन्तात्कपिलीकृतम् ।
राक्षसा विस्मिता राजन्सस्त्रीवृद्धाः समन्ततः ॥ ३.२८५.२९ ॥
The rākṣasas saw the rampart made tawny on all sides; O king, the rākṣasas, with women and old men, were astonished all around.
3.285.30
बिभिदुस्ते मणिस्तम्भान्कर्णाट्टशिखराणि च ।
भग्नोन्मथितशृङ्गाणि यन्त्राणि च विचिक्षिपुः ॥ ३.२८५.३० ॥
They broke the jeweled pillars and the ornamented battlement-peaks, and hurled about the engines with their broken and shattered pinnacles.
3.285.31
परिगृह्य शतघ्नीश्च सचक्राः सगुडोपलाः ।
चिक्षिपुर्भुजवेगेन लङ्कामध्येमहास्वनाः ॥ ३.२८५.३१ ॥
Seizing hundred-killers, wheels and stone-balls, roaring loudly, they hurled them with the force of their arms into the midst of Laṅkā.
3.285.32
प्राकारस्थाश्चये केचिन्निशाचरगणास्तथा ।
प्रदुद्रुवुस्ते शतशः कपिभिः समभिद्रुताः ॥ ३.२८५.३२ ॥
Some hosts of night-wanderers standing on the rampart likewise fled by the hundreds, pressed hard by the monkeys.
3.285.33
ततस्तु राजवचनाद्राक्षसाः कामरूपिणः ।
निर्ययुर्विकृताकाराः सहस्रशतसङ्घशः ॥ ३.२८५.३३ ॥
Then, at the king's command, the rakshasas who take any form, of distorted shapes, went out in throngs of hundreds and thousands.
3.285.34
शखवर्षाणि वर्षन्तो द्रावयित्वा वनौकसः ।
प्राकारं शोभयन्तस्ते परं विस्मयमास्थिताः ॥ ३.२८५.३४ ॥
Raining down showers of branches, routing the forest-dwelling monkeys, adorning the rampart, they stood in exceeding wonder.
3.285.35
स मापराशिसदृशैर्बभूव क्षणादाचरैः ।
कृतो निर्वानरो भूयः प्राकारो भीमदर्शनैः ॥ ३.२८५.३५ ॥
In an instant that rampart became like heaps of night-wanderers of terrible aspect, and was made once more free of monkeys.
3.285.36
पेतुः शलविभिन्नाङ्गा बहवो वानरर्पभाः ।
स्तम्भतोरणभग्नाश्चपेतुस्तत्रनिशाचराः ॥ ३.२८५.३६ ॥
Many bull-like monkeys fell, their bodies pierced by spears; and night-wanderers broken by pillars and gateways fell there too.
3.285.37
केशाकेश्यभवद्युद्धं रक्षसां वानरैः सह ।
नखैर्दन्तैश्च वीराणां खादतां वै परस्परम् ॥ ३.२८५.३७ ॥
A battle of hair-grappling broke out between the rākṣasas and the vānaras; the heroes bit one another with nails and teeth.
3.285.38
निष्टनन्तो ह्युभयतस्तत्र वानरराक्षसाः ।
हतानिपतिता भूमौ न मुञ्चन्ति परस्परम् ॥ ३.२८५.३८ ॥
There, vānaras and rākṣasas on both sides, groaning, slain and fallen to the ground, still did not let go of one another.
3.285.39
रामस्तु शरजालानिववर्ष जलदो यथा ।
तानिलङ्कां समासाद्य जघ्रुस्तान्रजनीचरान् ॥ ३.२८५.३९ ॥
Rāma rained down nets of arrows like a cloud; reaching Laṅkā, they struck those night-wanderers.
3.285.40
सौमित्रिरपि नाराचैर्दृढधन्वा जितक्लमः ।
आदिश्यादिश्य दुर्गस्थान्पातयामास राक्षसान् ॥ ३.२८५.४० ॥
Lakṣmaṇa, son of Sumitrā, firm of bow and unwearied, again and again directing his men, caused the rākṣasas in the fortress to fall with iron arrows.
3.285.41
ततः प्रत्यवहारोऽभूत्सैन्यानां राधवाज्ञया ।
कृते विमर्दे लङ्कायां लब्धलक्ष्योजयोत्तरः ॥ ३.२८५.४१ ॥
Then, by the command of Rāghava, the troops withdrew; the carnage in Laṅkā having been done, they, having gained their aim, were supreme in victory.