Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 3.28
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3.28.1
निहतं दूषणं दृष्ट्वा रणे त्रिशिरसा सह।
खरस्याप्यभवत् त्रासो दृष्ट्वा रामस्य विक्रमम् ॥ ३.२८.१ ॥
Seeing Dūṣaṇa slain in battle together with Triśiras, and seeing Rāma's prowess, fear arose in Khara as well.
3.28.2
स दृष्ट्वा राक्षसं सैन्यमविषह्यं महाबलम्।
हतमेकेन रामेण दूषणस्त्रिशिरा अपि ॥ ३.२८.२ ॥
He saw the unbearable, mighty rākṣasa army slain by Rāma alone, and Dūṣaṇa and Triśiras as well.
3.28.3
तद्बलं हतभूयिष्ठं विमनाः प्रेक्ष्य राक्षसः।
आससाद खरो रामं नमुचिर्वासवं यथा ॥ ३.२८.३ ॥
Seeing most of his army slain, the downcast rākṣasa Khara approached Rāma, as Namuci once approached Indra.
3.28.4
विकृष्य बलवच्चापं नाराचान् रक्तभोजनान्।
खरश्चिक्षेप रामाय क्रुद्धानाशीविषानिव ॥ ३.२८.४ ॥
Drawing his mighty bow, Khara shot at Rāma iron arrows that drink blood, like enraged venomous snakes.
3.28.5
ज्यां विधुन्वन् सुबहुशः शिक्षयास्त्राणि दर्शयन्।
चचार समरे मार्गान् शरै रथगतः खरः ॥ ३.२८.५ ॥
Repeatedly shaking his bowstring and skillfully displaying his weapons, Khara, riding his chariot, moved about the battlefield, carving paths with his arrows.
3.28.6
स सर्वाश्च दिशो बाणैः प्रदिशश्च महारथः।
पूरयामास तं दृष्ट्वा रामोऽपि सुमहद् धनुः ॥ ३.२८.६ ॥
That great charioteer filled all the quarters and intermediate quarters with arrows; seeing this, Rāma too took up his mighty bow.
3.28.7
स सायकैर्दुर्विषहैर्विस्फुलिङ्गैरिवाग्निभिः।
नभश्चकाराविवरं पर्जन्य इव वृष्टिभिः ॥ ३.२८.७ ॥
With arrows unbearable, like sparks of fire, he filled the sky without gap, as a rain-cloud fills it with showers.
3.28.8
तद् बभूव शितैर्बाणैः खररामविसर्जितैः।
पर्याकाशमनाकाशं सर्वतः शरसंकुलम् ॥ ३.२८.८ ॥
By the sharp arrows loosed by Khara and Rāma, it became so that the sky was filled through and through, with no open space left, crowded with arrows on every side.
3.28.9
शरजालावृतः सूर्यो न तदा स्म प्रकाशते।
अन्योन्यवधसंरम्भादुभयोः सम्प्रयुध्यतोः ॥ ३.२८.९ ॥
Covered by a net of arrows, the sun then did not shine, for the two were locked in combat from their eagerness to slay each other.
3.28.10
ततो नालीकनाराचैस्तीक्ष्णाग्रैश्च विकर्णिभिः।
आजघान रणे रामं तोत्रैरिव महाद्विपम् ॥ ३.२८.१० ॥
Then in battle he struck Rāma with nālīka and nārāca arrows, sharp-tipped and barbed, as one goads a great elephant with prods.
3.28.11
तं रथस्थं धनुष्पाणिं राक्षसं पर्यवस्थितम्।
ददृशुः सर्वभूतानि पाशहस्तमिवान्तकम् ॥ ३.२८.११ ॥
Standing on his chariot, bow in hand, the rākṣasa stood firm; all creatures saw him as Death himself with a noose in hand.
3.28.12
हन्तारं सर्वसैन्यस्य पौरुषे पर्यवस्थितम्।
परिश्रान्तं महासत्त्वं मेने रामं खरस्तदा ॥ ३.२८.१२ ॥
Khara then regarded Rāma as the slayer of his whole army, firm in valor, weary yet of great spirit.
3.28.13
तं सिंहमिव विक्रान्तं सिंहविक्रान्तगामिनम्।
दृष्ट्वा नोद्विजते रामः सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगं यथा ॥ ३.२८.१३ ॥
Seeing him, valiant as a lion and striding with a lion's gait, Rāma was not disturbed, just as a lion is not disturbed by a small deer.
3.28.14
ततः सूर्यनिकाशेन रथेन महता खरः।
आससादाथ तं रामं पतङ्ग इव पावकम् ॥ ३.२८.१४ ॥
Then Khara, on a great chariot shining like the sun, came near Rāma, as a moth comes to fire.
3.28.15
ततोऽस्य सशरं चापं मुष्टिदेशे महात्मनः।
खरश्चिच्छेद रामस्य दर्शयन् हस्तलाघवम् ॥ ३.२८.१५ ॥
Then Khara cut the great-souled Rāma's bow, arrow and all, near the grip, showing the speed of his hand.
3.28.16
स पुनस्त्वपरान् सप्त शरानादाय मर्मणि।
निजघान रणे क्रुद्धः शक्राशनिसमप्रभान् ॥ ३.२८.१६ ॥
Then, enraged, he took seven more arrows and struck Rāma in the vital spots in battle; they shone like Indra's thunderbolt.
3.28.17
ततः शरसहस्रेण राममप्रतिमौजसम्।
अर्दयित्वा महानादं ननाद समरे खरः ॥ ३.२८.१७ ॥
Then, afflicting Rāma of incomparable might with a thousand arrows, Khara let out a great roar in battle.
3.28.18
ततस्तत्प्रहतं बाणैः खरमुक्तैः सुपर्वभिः।
पपात कवचं भूमौ रामस्यादित्यवर्चसम् ॥ ३.२८.१८ ॥
Then Rāma's armor, shining like the sun, struck by the jointed arrows released by Khara, fell to the ground.
3.28.19
स शरैरर्पितः क्रुद्धः सर्वगात्रेषु राघवः।
रराज समरे रामो विधूमोऽग्निरिव ज्वलन् ॥ ३.२८.१९ ॥
Pierced by arrows on all his limbs, the enraged Rāghava shone in battle like a smokeless fire, blazing.
3.28.20
ततो गम्भीरनिर्ह्रादं रामः शत्रुनिबर्हणः।
चकारान्ताय स रिपोः सज्यमन्यन्महद्धनुः ॥ ३.२८.२० ॥
Then Rāma, destroyer of foes, made ready another great bow with a deep twang, to bring his enemy to his end.
3.28.21
सुमहद् वैष्णवं यत् तदतिसृष्टं महर्षिणा।
वरं तद् धनुरुद्यम्य खरं समभिधावत ॥ ३.२८.२१ ॥
Lifting that very great Vaiṣṇava bow, given by the great sage, Rāma charged toward Khara.
3.28.22
ततः कनकपुङ्खैस्तु शरैः संनतपर्वभिः।
चिच्छेद रामः संक्रुद्धः खरस्य समरे ध्वजम् ॥ ३.२८.२२ ॥
Then Rāma, greatly enraged, cut down Khara's banner in battle with arrows gold-feathered and straight-jointed.
3.28.23
स दर्शनीयो बहुधा विच्छिन्नः काञ्चनो ध्वजः।
जगाम धरणीं सूर्यो देवतानामिवाज्ञया ॥ ३.२८.२३ ॥
That lovely golden banner, cut into many pieces, fell to the earth, as if the sun had descended to earth by the command of the gods.
3.28.24
तं चतुर्भिः खरः क्रुद्धो रामं गात्रेषु मार्गणैः।
विव्याध हृदि मर्मज्ञो मातङ्गमिव तोमरैः ॥ ३.२८.२४ ॥
Enraged Khara, knowing the vital points, pierced Rāma with four arrows on his limbs, especially in the chest, as a mahout pierces an elephant with spears.
3.28.25
स रामो बहुभिर्बाणैः खरकार्मुकनिःसृतैः।
विद्धो रुधिरसिक्ताङ्गो बभूव रुषितो भृशम् ॥ ३.२८.२५ ॥
Pierced by the many arrows shot from Khara's bow, Rāma, his body drenched in blood, grew greatly enraged.
3.28.26
स धनुर्धन्विनां श्रेष्ठः संगृह्य परमाहवे।
मुमोच परमेष्वासः षट् शरानभिलक्षितान् ॥ ३.२८.२६ ॥
Taking up his bow, the best of archers, the supreme bowman, in that great battle released six well-aimed arrows.
3.28.27
शिरस्येकेन बाणेन द्वाभ्यां बाह्वोरथार्पयत् ।
त्रिभिश्चन्द्रार्धवक्त्रैश्च वक्षस्यभिजघान ह ॥ ३.२८.२७ ॥
With one arrow he struck the head, with two the arms, and then with three crescent-tipped arrows he struck the chest.
3.28.28
ततः पश्चान्महातेजा नाराचान् भास्करोपमान्।
जघान राक्षसं क्रुद्धस्त्रयोदश शिलाशितान् ॥ ३.२८.२८ ॥
Then the greatly radiant Rāma, enraged, struck the rākṣasa with thirteen iron-shafted arrows, blazing like the sun and whetted on stone.
3.28.29
रथस्य युगमेकेन चतुर्भिः शबलान् हयान्।
षष्ठेन च शिरः संख्ये चिच्छेद खरसारथेः ॥ ३.२८.२९ ॥
With one arrow he cut the yoke of the chariot, with four the dappled horses, and with the sixth he severed the head of Khara's charioteer in battle.
3.28.30
त्रिभिस्त्रिवेणून् बलवान् द्वाभ्यामक्षं महाबलः।
द्वादशेन तु बाणेन खरस्य सशरं धनुः ॥ ३.२८.३० ॥
The strong Rāma with three arrows broke the three-staffed banners, with two the axle, and with the twelfth arrow he cut Khara's bow together with the arrow on it.
3.28.31
छित्त्वा वज्रनिकाशेन राघवः प्रहसन्निव।
त्रयोदशेनेन्द्रसमो बिभेद समरे खरम् ॥ ३.२८.३१ ॥
Cutting with an arrow like a thunderbolt, laughing as it were, Rāghava, equal to Indra, pierced Khara in battle with the thirteenth arrow.
3.28.32
प्रभग्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः।
गदापाणिरवप्लुत्य तस्थौ भूमौ खरस्तदा ॥ ३.२८.३२ ॥
With his bow broken, his chariot gone, his horses slain and his charioteer killed, Khara, mace in hand, leapt down and stood upon the ground.
3.28.33
तत् कर्म रामस्य महारथस्य
समेत्य देवाश्च महर्षयश्च।
अपूजयन् प्राञ्जलयः प्रहृष्टा-
स्तदा विमानाग्रगताः समेताः ॥ ३.२८.३३ ॥
That deed of Rāma, the great charioteer, the gods and the great sages, gathered together, delighted, palms joined, standing upon the foremost celestial chariots, then honored it.