Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 3.289
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3.289.1
ततः श्रुत्वाहतं सङ्ख्ये कुम्भकर्णं सहानुगम् ।
प्रहस्तं च महेष्वासं धूम्राक्षं चातितेजसम् ॥ ३.२८९.१ ॥
Having heard that Kumbhakarṇa, together with his followers, had been slain in battle, and also the great archer Prahasta and the exceedingly brilliant Dhūmrākṣa,
3.289.2
पुत्रमिनद्रजितं वीरं रावणः प्रत्यभाषत ।
जहिरामममित्रघ्न सुग्रीवं च सलक्ष्मणम् ॥ ३.२८९.२ ॥
Rāvaṇa answered his heroic son Indrajit: "Strike down Rāma, slayer of enemies, and Sugrīva together with Lakṣmaṇa."
3.289.3
त्वया हि मम सत्पुत्र यशो दीप्तमुपार्जितम् ।
जित्वावज्रधरं सङ्ख्ये सहस्राक्षं शचीपतिम् ॥ ३.२८९.३ ॥
O good son, indeed by you has blazing glory been won for me, for in battle you conquered the thunder-wielder, the thousand-eyed, the lord of Śacī.
3.289.4
अन्तर्हितः प्रकाशो वा दिव्यैर्दत्तवरैः शरैः ।
जहि शत्रूनमित्रघ्न मम शस्त्रभृतांवर ॥ ३.२८९.४ ॥
Whether hidden or visible, strike down the enemies with divine arrows obtained by boons, O slayer of foes, best of my weapon-bearers.
3.289.5
रामलक्ष्मणसुग्रीवाः शरस्पर्शं न तेऽनघ ।
समर्थाः प्रतिसोढुं च कुतस्तदनुयायिनः ॥ ३.२८९.५ ॥
O faultless one, Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa and Sugrīva are not able even to withstand the touch of your arrows; how much less then their followers?
3.289.6
अगता या प्रहस्तेन कुम्भकर्णेन चानघ ।
खरस्यापचितिः सङ्ख्ये तां गच्छ त्वे महाभुज ॥ ३.२८९.६ ॥
O faultless one, the vengeance for Khara that was not accomplished by Prahasta or by Kumbhakarṇa — that is the vengeance in battle. Go, O mighty-armed one, and accomplish it.
3.289.7
त्वमद्य निशितैर्बाणैर्हत्वा शत्रून्ससैनिकान् ।
प्रतिनन्दय मां पुत्र पुरा जित्वेव वासवम् ॥ ३.२८९.७ ॥
Son, today with sharp arrows, slay the enemies together with their soldiers, and gladden me in return, as formerly you conquered Vāsava.
3.289.8
इत्युक्तः स तथेत्युक्त्वा रथमास्थाय दंशिथः ।
प्रययाविन्द्रजिद्राजंस्तूर्णमायोधनं प्रति ॥ ३.२८९.८ ॥
Thus addressed, he said, 'So be it,' and mounting his chariot, the armored Indrajit, O king, swiftly set out toward the battlefield.
3.289.9
ततो विश्राव्य विस्पष्टं नाम राक्षसपुङ्गवः ।
आह्वयामास समरे लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्षणम् ॥ ३.२८९.९ ॥
Then the best of rākṣasas, clearly proclaiming his name, challenged Lakṣmaṇa, the auspicious-marked, in battle.
3.289.10
तं लक्ष्मणोऽभ्यधावच्च प्रगृह्य सशरं धनुः ।
त्रासयंस्तलघोषेण सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगं यथा ॥ ३.२८९.१० ॥
Lakṣmaṇa rushed at him, seizing his bow with an arrow, terrifying him with the slap of his palm, as a lion pounces on a small deer.
3.289.11
तयोः समभवद्युद्धं सुमहज्जयगृद्धिनोः ।
दिव्यास्त्रविदुपोस्तीव्रमन्योन्यस्पर्धिनोस्तदा ॥ ३.२८९.११ ॥
Then a very great and fierce battle arose between the two of them, greedy for victory, knowers of divine weapons, rivaling each other.
3.289.12
रावणिस्तु यदा नैनं विशेषयति सायकैः ।
ततो गुरुतरं यत्नमातिष्ठद्बलिनां वरः ॥ ३.२८९.१२ ॥
But when Rāvaṇi (Indrajit) could not overcome him with arrows, then the best of the mighty undertook a far greater effort.
3.289.13
तत एवं महावेगैरर्दयामास तोमरैः ।
तानागतान्स चिच्छेद सौमित्रिर्निशितैः शरैः ॥ ३.२८९.१३ ॥
Then with great speed he afflicted them with spears; Saumitri cut down those spears as they came, with sharp arrows.
3.289.14
ते निकृत्ताः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्न्यपतन्धरणीतले ।
साधका रावणेराजौ शतशः शकलीकृताः ॥ ३.२८९.१४ ॥
Cut down by the sharp arrows, those followers of Rāvaṇi fell to the ground in battle, shattered into hundreds of pieces.
3.289.15
तमङ्गदो वालिसुतः श्रीमानुद्यम्य पादपम् ।
अभिद्रुत्य महावेगस्ताडयामास मूर्धनि ॥ ३.२८९.१५ ॥
Aṅgada, the glorious son of Vālin, lifted a tree, rushed at him with great speed, and struck him on the head.
3.289.16
तस्येन्द्रजिदसंभ्रान्तः प्रासेनोरसि वीर्यवान् ।
प्रहर्तुमैच्छत्तं चास्य प्रासं चिच्छेद लक्ष्मणः ॥ ३.२८९.१६ ॥
Unshaken by that blow, the mighty Indrajit wished to strike his chest with a javelin; but Lakṣmaṇa cut off that javelin.
3.289.17
तमभ्याशगतं वीरमङ्गदं रावणात्मजः ।
गदयाऽताडयत्सव्ये पार्श्वेवानरपुङ्गवम् ॥ ३.२८९.१७ ॥
The son of Rāvaṇa struck that hero Aṅgada, who had come near, with a mace on the left flank — the foremost of the monkeys.
3.289.18
तमचिन्त्य प्रहारं स बलवान्वालिनः सुतः ।
ससर्जेन्द्रजितः क्रोधात्सालस्कन्धं तथाङ्गदः ॥ ३.२८९.१८ ॥
Heedless of that unexpected blow, the strong son of Vālin, Aṅgada, in anger hurled a sāla-tree trunk at Indrajit.
3.289.19
सोऽङ्गदेन रुपोत्सृष्टो वधायेन्द्रजितस्तरुः ।
जघानेन्द्रजितः पार्थ रथं साश्वं ससारथिम् ॥ ३.२८९.१९ ॥
O son of Pṛthā, the tree that Aṅgada, in anger, hurled to kill Indrajit struck Indrajit and shattered his chariot, with its horses and its charioteer.
3.289.20
ततो हताश्वात्प्रस्कन्द्य रथात्स हतसारथिः ।
तत्रैवान्तर्दधे राजन्मायया रावणात्मजः ॥ ३.२८९.२० ॥
Then, his horses slain and his charioteer killed, the son of Rāvaṇa leapt down from the chariot and, O king, vanished right there by illusion.
3.289.21
अन्तर्हितं विदित्वा तं बहुमायं च राक्षसम् ।
रामस्तं देशमागम्य तत्सैन्यं पर्यरक्षत ॥ ३.२८९.२१ ॥
Knowing that the rākṣasa had vanished and was full of illusions, Rāma came to that place and guarded his army on every side.
3.289.22
स राममुद्दिश्य शरैस्ततो दत्तवरैस्तदा ।
विव्याध सर्वगात्रेषु लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम् ॥ ३.२८९.२२ ॥
Then he, who had been granted boons, aimed at Rāma and pierced him all over the body with arrows, and likewise the mighty Lakṣmaṇa.
3.289.23
तमदृश्यंशरैः शूरौ माययाऽन्तर्हितं तदा ।
योधयामासतुरुभौ रावणिं रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ ३.२८९.२३ ॥
Unseen, hidden by illusion, the son of Rāvaṇa was then fought against with arrows by the two heroes, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.
3.289.24
स रुषा सर्वगात्रेषु तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः ।
व्यसृजत्सायकान्भूयः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥ ३.२८९.२४ ॥
In anger he again discharged arrows by the hundreds and then by the thousands all over the bodies of those two lions among men.
3.289.25
तमदृश्यं विचिन्वन्तः सृजन्तमनिशं शरान् ।
हरयो विविशुर्व्योम प्रगृह्य महतीः शिलाः ॥ ३.२८९.२५ ॥
Searching for the unseen one who ceaselessly shot arrows, the monkeys took up great rocks and entered the sky.
3.289.26
तांश्च तौ चाप्यदृश्यः सशरैर्विव्याध राक्षसः ।
स भृशं ताडयामास रावणिर्मायया वृतः ॥ ३.२८९.२६ ॥
And that unseen rakshasa pierced them, and those two as well, with arrows. The son of Rāvaṇa, enveloped in illusion, struck them heavily.
3.289.27
तौ शरैरर्दितौ वीरौ भ्रारौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ।
पेततुर्गगनाद्भूमिं सूर्याचन्द्रमसाविव ॥ ३.२८९.२७ ॥
Tormented by the arrows, those two heroic brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa fell from the sky to the earth, like the sun and the moon.