Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 5.46
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5.46.1
हतान् मन्त्रिसुतान् बुद्ध्वा वानरेण महात्मना।
रावणः संवृताकारश्चकार मतिमुत्तमाम् ॥ ५.४६.१ ॥
Learning that the sons of his ministers had been slain by the great-souled monkey, Rāvaṇa, his form concealed, made a supreme resolve.
5.46.2
स विरूपाक्षयूपाक्षौ दुर्धरं चैव राक्षसम्।
प्रघसं भासकर्णं च पञ्च सेनाग्रनायकान् ॥ ५.४६.२ ॥
He addressed five leaders of the vanguard of the army: Virūpākṣa, Yūpākṣa, the rākṣasa Durdhara, Praghasa and Bhāsakarṇa.
5.46.3
संदिदेश दशग्रीवो वीरान् नयविशारदान्।
हनूमद्ग्रहणेऽव्यग्रान् वायुवेगसमान् युधि ॥ ५.४६.३ ॥
Daśagrīva instructed heroes skilled in strategy, undistracted in seizing Hanumān, and equal to the speed of the wind in battle.
5.46.4
यात सेनाग्रगाः सर्वे महाबलपरिग्रहाः।
सवाजिरथमातङ्गाः स कपिः शास्यतामिति ॥ ५.४६.४ ॥
'Go, all of you who march at the head of the army, with great forces, with horses, chariots and elephants; let that monkey be punished.'
5.46.5
यत्तैश्च खलु भाव्यं स्यात् तमासाद्य वनालयम्।
कर्म चापि समाधेयं देशकालाविरोधितम् ॥ ५.४६.५ ॥
Having reached that forest-dweller, one must surely act with care, and the action must be arranged so as not to clash with place and time.
5.46.6
न ह्यहं तं कपिं मन्ये कर्मणा प्रति तर्कयन्।
सर्वथा तन्महद् भूतं महाबलपरिग्रहम् ॥ ५.४६.६ ॥
Judging him by his deeds, I do not think that monkey is ordinary; in every way he is a great being endowed with great strength.
5.46.7
वानरोऽयमिति ज्ञात्वा नहि शुद्ध्यति मे मनः।
नैवाहं तं कपिं मन्ये यथेयं प्रस्तुता कथा ॥ ५.४६.७ ॥
Knowing that this is a monkey, my mind still is not settled. I do not think that monkey is as this account has been put forward.
5.46.8
भवेदिन्द्रेण वा सृष्टमस्मदर्थं तपोबलात्।
सनागयक्षगन्धर्वदेवासुरमहर्षयः ॥ ५.४६.८ ॥
This may have been sent by Indra, or by the power of asceticism, for our sake, together with serpents, yakṣas, gandharvas, gods, asuras and great sages.
5.46.9
युष्माभिः प्रहितैः सर्वैर्मया सह विनिर्जिताः।
तैरवश्यं विधातव्यं व्यलीकं किंचिदेव नः ॥ ५.४६.९ ॥
All of you, sent by me together with me, have been defeated; by them some harm to us must certainly be done.
5.46.10
तदेव नात्र संदेहः प्रसह्य परिगृह्यताम्।
यात सेनाग्रगाः सर्वे महाबलपरिग्रहाः ॥ ५.४६.१० ॥
That indeed is the course, there is no doubt; let him be seized by force. Go, all of you mighty companions who march at the front of the army.
5.46.11
सवाजिरथमातङ्गाः स कपिः शास्यतामिति।
नावमन्यो भवद्भिश्च कपिर्धीरपराक्रमः ॥ ५.४६.११ ॥
With horses, chariots and elephants, let that monkey be punished. You should not despise the monkey, for he is of steadfast valour.
5.46.12
दृष्टा हि हरयः पूर्वे मया विपुलविक्रमाः।
वाली च सह सुग्रीवो जाम्बवांश्च महाबलः ॥ ५.४६.१२ ॥
I have seen monkeys of great prowess before: Vālī, along with Sugrīva, and the mighty Jāmbavān as well.
5.46.13
नीलः सेनापतिश्चैव ये चान्ये द्विविदादयः।
नैव तेषां गतिर्भीमा न तेजो न पराक्रमः ॥ ५.४६.१३ ॥
Nīla, the commander of the army, and the others such as Dvivida — their movement was not terrible, nor their radiance, nor their valour.
5.46.14
न मतिर्न बलोत्साहो न रूपपरिकल्पनम्।
महत्सत्त्वमिदं ज्ञेयं कपिरूपं व्यवस्थितम् ॥ ५.४६.१४ ॥
This is neither intelligence, nor strength and enthusiasm, nor the assuming of a form; it must be known as great power, established in the form of a monkey.
5.46.15
प्रयत्नं महदास्थाय क्रियतामस्य निग्रहः।
कामं लोकास्त्रयः सेन्द्राः ससुरासुरमानवाः ॥ ५.४६.१५ ॥
Let great effort be made to restrain him; indeed the three worlds, with Indra, with gods, demons and men, could not stand before him.
5.46.16
भवतामग्रतः स्थातुं न पर्याप्ता रणाजिरे।
तथापि तु नयज्ञेन जयमाकाङ्क्षता रणे ॥ ५.४६.१६ ॥
You are not capable of standing before him on the battlefield; nevertheless, one who knows policy, desiring victory in battle, should act.
5.46.17
आत्मा रक्ष्यः प्रयत्नेन युद्धसिद्धिर्हि चञ्चला।
ते स्वामिवचनं सर्वे प्रतिगृह्य महौजसः ॥ ५.४६.१७ ॥
One must protect oneself with effort, for success in battle is unsteady. All those mighty, powerful ones, having received their lord's command, (advanced).
5.46.18
समुत्पेतुर्महावेगा हुताशसमतेजसः।
रथैश्च मत्तैर्नागैश्च वाजिभिश्च महाजवैः ॥ ५.४६.१८ ॥
Of great speed and equal in splendour to fire, they leapt up, with chariots, maddened elephants and horses swift as the wind.
5.46.19
शस्त्रैश्च विविधैस्तीक्ष्णैः सर्वैश्चोपहिता बलैः।
ततस्तु ददृशुर्वीरा दीप्यमानं महाकपिम् ॥ ५.४६.१९ ॥
With every army equipped with various sharp weapons, then the heroes saw the blazing great monkey.
5.46.20
रश्मिमन्तमिवोद्यन्तं स्वतेजोरश्मिमालिनम्।
तोरणस्थं महावेगं महासत्त्वं महाबलम् ॥ ५.४६.२० ॥
Radiant like the rising sun, garlanded with the rays of his own splendor, standing on the gateway arch, of great speed, great courage and great strength.
5.46.21
महामतिं महोत्साहं महाकायं महाभुजम्।
तं समीक्ष्यैव ते सर्वे दिक्षु सर्वास्ववस्थिताः ॥ ५.४६.२१ ॥
Having seen him, of great intellect, great zeal, great body and great arms, they all took up positions in every direction.
5.46.22
तैस्तैः प्रहरणैर्भीमैरभिपेतुस्ततस्ततः।
तस्य पञ्चायसास्तीक्ष्णाः सिताः पीतमुखाः शराः।
शिरस्युत्पलपत्राभा दुर्धरेण निपातिताः ॥ ५.४६.२२ ॥
With those various terrible weapons they rushed upon him from every side. Five iron arrows, sharp, white, with yellow tips, bright like lotus petals, were shot by Durdhara and struck his head.
5.46.23
स तैः पञ्चभिराविद्धः शरैः शिरसि वानरः।
उत्पपात नदन् व्योम्नि दिशो दश विनादयन् ॥ ५.४६.२३ ॥
Struck on the head by those five arrows, the monkey roared and leapt up into the sky, resounding through the ten directions.
5.46.24
ततस्तु दुर्धरो वीरः सरथः सज्जकार्मुकः।
किरन् शरशतैर्नैकैरभिपेदे महाबलः ॥ ५.४६.२४ ॥
Then the hero Durdhara, with his chariot and bow strung, showering hundreds of arrows, attacked that mighty one.
5.46.25
स कपिर्वारयामास तं व्योम्नि शरवर्षिणम्।
वृष्टिमन्तं पयोदान्ते पयोदमिव मारुतः ॥ ५.४६.२५ ॥
The monkey checked him as he rained arrows in the sky, as the wind checks a cloud pouring rain at the end of the rains.
5.46.26
अर्द्यमानस्ततस्तेन दुर्धरेणानिलात्मजः।
चकार निनदं भूयो व्यवर्धत च वीर्यवान् ॥ ५.४६.२६ ॥
Harassed by Durdhara, the son of the wind roared again, and the valiant one grew even stronger.
5.46.27
स दूरं सहसोत्पत्य दुर्धरस्य रथे हरिः।
निपपात महावेगो विद्युद्राशिर्गिराविव ॥ ५.४६.२७ ॥
That swift-moving monkey suddenly leapt far and fell upon Durdhara's chariot, like a heap of lightning falling on a mountain.
5.46.28
ततः स मथिताष्टाश्वं रथं भग्नाक्षकूबरम्।
विहाय न्यपतद् भूमौ दुर्धरस्त्यक्तजीवितः ॥ ५.४६.२८ ॥
Then Durdhara, abandoning his chariot—its eight horses crushed, its axle and yoke-pole broken—fell to the ground as one who had given up his life.
5.46.29
तं विरूपाक्षयूपाक्षौ दृष्ट्वा निपतितं भुवि।
तौ जातरोषौ दुर्धर्षावुत्पेततुररिंदमौ ॥ ५.४६.२९ ॥
Seeing him fallen to the ground, Virūpākṣa and Yūpākṣa flared in rage, and those two hard-to-withstand subduers of foes leapt up.
5.46.30
स ताभ्यां सहसोत्प्लुत्य विष्ठितो विमलेऽम्बरे।
मुद्गराभ्यां महाबाहुर्वक्षस्यभिहतः कपिः ॥ ५.४६.३० ॥
Suddenly leaping up, he took his stand in the clear sky; but the mighty-armed monkey was struck on the chest by the two maces.
5.46.31
तयोर्वेगवतोर्वेगं निहत्य स महाबलः।
निपपात पुनर्भूमौ सुपर्ण इव वेगितः ॥ ५.४६.३१ ॥
Halting the swift assault of those two, the mighty one fell again to the ground, like Garuḍa swooping down with speed.
5.46.32
स सालवृक्षमासाद्य समुत्पाट्य च वानरः।
तावुभौ राक्षसौ वीरौ जघान पवनात्मजः ॥ ५.४६.३२ ॥
The monkey, son of the Wind, reached a sāla tree, uprooted it, and struck down both of those heroic rākṣasas.
5.46.33
ततस्तांस्त्रीन् हतान् ज्ञात्वा वानरेण तरस्विना।
अभिपेदे महावेगः प्रहस्य प्रघसो बली ॥ ५.४६.३३ ॥
Learning that those three had been slain by the swift monkey, the mighty Praghasa, of great speed, advanced upon him, laughing.
5.46.34
भासकर्णश्च संक्रुद्धः शूलमादाय वीर्यवान्।
एकतः कपिशार्दूलं यशस्विनमवस्थितौ ॥ ५.४६.३४ ॥
Bhāsakarṇa, enraged and mighty, took up a spear and stood facing the glorious monkey-tiger from one side.
5.46.35
पट्टिशेन शिताग्रेण प्रघसः प्रत्यपोथयत्।
भासकर्णश्च शूलेन राक्षसः कपिकुञ्जरम् ॥ ५.४६.३५ ॥
Praghasa struck back with a sharp-pointed paṭṭiśa, and the rākṣasa Bhāsakarṇa struck that monkey-elephant with his spear.
5.46.36
स ताभ्यां विक्षतैर्गात्रैरसृग्दिग्धतनूरुहः।
अभवद् वानरः क्रुद्धो बालसूर्यसमप्रभः ॥ ५.४६.३६ ॥
Wounded in his limbs by those two, his body hair smeared with blood, the enraged monkey blazed forth, bright as the newly risen sun.
5.46.37
समुत्पाट्य गिरेः शृङ्गं समृगव्यालपादपम्।
जघान हनुमान् वीरो राक्षसौ कपिकुञ्जरः।
गिरिशृङ्गसुनिष्पिष्टौ तिलशस्तौ बभूवतुः ॥ ५.४६.३७ ॥
Uprooting a mountain peak, with its deer, beasts and trees, the hero Hanumān, elephant among monkeys, struck the two rākṣasas, and they were crushed by the mountain peak into pieces as small as sesame seeds.
5.46.38
ततस्तेष्ववसन्नेषु सेनापतिषु पञ्चसु।
बलं तदवशेषं तु नाशयामास वानरः ॥ ५.४६.३८ ॥
Then, when those five army-leaders had fallen, the monkey destroyed the rest of the army as well.
5.46.39
अश्वैरश्वान् गजैर्नागान् योधैर्योधान् रथै रथान्।
स कपिर्नाशयामास सहस्राक्ष इवासुरान् ॥ ५.४६.३९ ॥
With horses he destroyed horses, with elephants elephants, with warriors warriors, with chariots chariots; that monkey destroyed them as Sahasrākṣa, the thousand-eyed Indra, destroys the asuras.
5.46.40
हयैर्नागैस्तुरंगैश्च भग्नाक्षैश्च महारथैः।
हतैश्च राक्षसैर्भूमी रुद्धमार्गा समन्ततः ॥ ५.४६.४० ॥
With horses and elephants, with steeds, with great charioteers broken, and with rakshasas slain, the ground was blocked on every side, its paths obstructed.
5.46.41
ततः कपिस्तान् ध्वजिनीपतीन् रणे
निहत्य वीरान् सबलान् सवाहनान्।
तथैव वीरः परिगृह्य तोरणं
कृतक्षणः काल इव प्रजाक्षये ॥ ५.४६.४१ ॥
Then the monkey, having slain in battle those commanders and heroes together with their forces and mounts, stood there holding the gate-arch, like Death poised at the destruction of creatures.