Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.44
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5.44.1
संदिष्टो राक्षसेन्द्रेण प्रहस्तस्य सुतो बली ।
जम्बुमाली महादंष्ट्रो निर्जगाम धनुर्धरः ॥ ५.४४.१ ॥
Commanded by the lord of the rākṣasas, the mighty son of Prahasta, Jambumālī, great-fanged and bow in hand, set out.
5.44.2
रक्तमाल्याम्बरधरः स्रग्वी रुचिरकुण्डलः ।
महान् विवृत्तनयनश्चण्डः समरदुर्जयः ॥ ५.४४.२ ॥
Clad in red garments and red garlands, garlanded, with bright earrings, great, wide-rolling-eyed, fierce, and invincible in battle.
5.44.3
धनुः शक्रधनुःप्रख्यं महद्रुचिरसायकम् ।
विस्फारयानो वेगेन वज्राशनिसमस्वनम् ॥ ५.४४.३ ॥
Swiftly drawing a great bow like Indra's rainbow, its twang like thunderbolt and lightning, with bright arrows.
5.44.4
तस्य विस्फारघोषेण धनुषो महता दिशः ।
प्रदिशश्च नभश्चॆव सहसा समपूर्यत ॥ ५.४४.४ ॥
By the great twang of his drawn bow, the directions, the intermediate directions, and the sky were suddenly filled.
5.44.5
रथेन खरयुक्तेन तमागतमुदीक्ष्य सः ।
हनुमान् वेगसंपन्नो जहर्ष च ननाद च ॥ ५.४४.५ ॥
Seeing him come on a chariot yoked with donkeys, Hanumān, full of speed, rejoiced and roared.
5.44.6
तं तोरणविटङ्कस्थं हनुमन्तं महाकपिम् ।
जम्बुमाली महाबाहुर्विव्याध निशितैः शरैः ॥ ५.४४.६ ॥
Jambumālī, mighty-armed, pierced the great monkey Hanumān, who stood on the parapet of the gateway, with sharp arrows.
5.44.7
अर्धचन्द्रेण वदने शिरस्येकेन कर्णिना ।
बाह्वोर्विव्याध नाराचैर्दशभिस्तं कपीश्वरम् ॥ ५.४४.७ ॥
With a crescent-tipped arrow he struck his face, with one barbed arrow his head, and with ten iron arrows his arms, piercing that lord of monkeys.
5.44.8
तस्य तच्छुशुभे ताम्रं शरेणाभिहतं मुखम् ।
शरदीवाम्बुजम्फुल्लं विद्धं भास्कररश्मिना ॥ ५.४४.८ ॥
His reddened face, struck by the arrow, shone like an opened lotus in autumn, pierced by a ray of the sun.
5.44.9
तत्तस्य रक्तं रक्तेन रञ्जितं शुशुभे मुखम् ।
यथाकाशे महापद्मं सिक्तं चन्दनबिन्दुभिः ॥ ५.४४.९ ॥
That face of his, reddened with blood, shone like a great lotus in the sky, sprinkled with drops of sandal paste.
5.44.10
चुकोप बाणाभिहतो राक्षसस्य महाकपिः ।
ततः पार्श्वेतिविपुलां ददर्श महतीं शिलाम् ॥ ५.४४.१० ॥
Struck by the rākṣasa's arrow, the great monkey grew furious. Then he saw nearby a very vast, huge rock.
5.44.11
तरसा तां समुत्पाट्य चिक्षेप बलवद्बली ।
तां शरैर्दशभिः क्रुद्धस्ताडयामास राक्षसः ॥ ५.४४.११ ॥
The mighty one, with force, uprooted it and hurled it. The enraged rākṣasa struck it with ten arrows.
5.44.12
विपन्नं कर्म तद्दृष्ट्वा हनुमांश्चण्डविक्रमः ।
सालं विपुलमुत्पाट्य भ्रामयामास वीर्यवान् ॥ ५.४४.१२ ॥
Seeing his deed had failed, Hanumān of fierce valour uprooted a huge sāla tree and began to whirl it, for he was mighty.
5.44.13
भ्रामयन्तं कपिं दृष्ट्वा सालवृक्षं महाबलम् ।
चिक्षेप सुबहून् बाणान् जम्बुमाली महाबलः ॥ ५.४४.१३ ॥
Seeing the monkey whirling the mighty sāla tree, the mighty Jambumālī hurled very many arrows.
5.44.14
सालं चतुर्भिश्चिच्छेद वानरं पञ्चभिर्भुजे ।
शिरस्येकेन बाणेन दशभिस्तु स्तनान्तरे ॥ ५.४४.१४ ॥
He cut the sāla tree with four arrows; with five he struck the monkey's arm, with one the head, and with ten the space between the breasts.
5.44.15
स शरैः पूरिततनुः क्रोधेन महता वृतः ।
तमेव परिघं गृह्य भ्रामयामास वेगतः ॥ ५.४४.१५ ॥
His body filled with arrows and seized by great anger, he took up that same iron club and whirled it swiftly.
5.44.16
अतिवेगोतिवेगेन भ्रामयित्वा बलोत्कटः ।
परिघं पातयामास जम्बुमालेर्महोरसि ॥ ५.४४.१६ ॥
Whirling it with the greatest speed, the mighty one hurled the iron club down upon Jambumālī's broad chest.
5.44.17
तस्य चैव शिरो नास्ति न बाहू न च जानुनी ।
न धनुर्नरथो नाश्वास्तत्रादृश्यन्त नेषवः ॥ ५.४४.१७ ॥
Neither his head, nor his arms, nor his knees remained there; neither bow, nor chariot, nor horses, nor arrows were to be seen there.
5.44.18
स हतस्तरसा तेन जम्बुमाली महाबलः ।
पपात निहतो भूवौ चूर्णिताङ्गविभूषणः ॥ ५.४४.१८ ॥
Struck forcefully by that club, the mighty Jambumālī fell slain to the ground, his limbs and ornaments shattered.
5.44.19
जम्बुमालिं च निहतं किङ्करांश्च महाबलान् ।
चुक्रोध रावणः श्रुत्वा कोपसंरक्त लोचनः ॥ ५.४४.१९ ॥
Hearing that Jambumālin and the mighty attendants had been slain, Rāvaṇa flared up in rage, his eyes reddened with anger.
5.44.20
स रोषसंवर्तितताम्रलोचनः
प्रहस्त पुत्रे निहते महाबले ।
अमात्यपुत्रानतिवीर्यविक्रमान्
समादिदेशाशु निशाचरेश्वरः ॥ ५.४४.२० ॥
When Prahasta's mighty son had been slain, the lord of the night-rangers, his copper-red eyes rolling in rage, at once commanded the ministers' sons, of exceeding valour and prowess.