Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.44
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6.44.1
युध्यतामेव तेषां तु तदा वानररक्षसाम्।
रविरस्तं गतो रात्रिः प्रवृत्ता प्राणहारिणी ॥ ६.४४.१ ॥
While the vanaras and rakshasas were still fighting, the sun went down, and the life-taking night set in.
6.44.2
अन्योन्यं बद्धवैराणां घोराणं जयमिच्छताम्।
सम्प्रवृत्तं निशायुद्धं तदा वानररक्षसाम् ॥ ६.४४.२ ॥
Between the fearsome vanaras and rakshasas, bound by mutual enmity and each desiring victory, the night battle now broke out in full.
6.44.3
राक्षसोऽसीति हरयो वानरोऽसीति राक्षसाः।
अन्योन्यं समरे जघ्नुस्तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे ॥ ६.४४.३ ॥
Calling out "You are a rakshasa!" the monkeys, and "You are a vanara!" the rakshasas, struck one another in battle in that dreadful darkness.
6.44.4
हत दारय चैहीति कथं विद्रवसीति च।
एवं सुतुमुलः शब्दस्तस्मिन् सैन्ये तु शुश्रुवे ॥ ६.४४.४ ॥
Cries of "Strike! Tear him apart! Come on!" and "Why are you fleeing?" rose in that army as a most terrible uproar.
6.44.5
कालाः काञ्चनसंनाहास्तस्मिंस्तमसि राक्षसाः।
सम्प्रदृश्यन्त शैलेन्द्रा दीप्तौषधिवना इव ॥ ६.४४.५ ॥
In that darkness the black rakshasas, clad in golden armor, were seen like lordly mountains with forests of blazing herbs.
6.44.6
तस्मिंस्तमसि दुष्पारे राक्षसाः क्रोधमूिर्च्छताः।
परिपेतुर्महावेगा भक्षयन्तः प्लवङ्गमान् ॥ ६.४४.६ ॥
In that impassable darkness the rakshasas, maddened with rage and of great speed, pounced upon the monkeys as though devouring them.
6.44.7
ते हयान् काञ्चनापीडान् ध्वजांश्चाशीविषोपमान्।
आप्लुत्य दशनैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भीमकोपा व्यदारयन् ॥ ६.४४.७ ॥
Leaping upon the horses with golden trappings and the banners like venomous serpents, they tore them apart with their sharp teeth, terrible in their wrath.
6.44.8
वानरा बलिनो युद्धेऽक्षोभयन् राक्षसीं चमूम्।
कुञ्जरान् कुञ्जरारोहान् पताकाध्वजिनो रथान् ॥ ६.४४.८ ॥
The mighty monkeys threw the rakshasa army into confusion in battle: the elephants, their riders, and the chariots bearing pennants and banners.
6.44.9
चकर्षुश्च ददंशुश्च दशनैः क्रोधमूिर्च्छताः।
लक्ष्मणश्चापि रामश्च शरैराशीविषोपमैः ॥ ६.४४.९ ॥
Overcome with rage, they dragged and bit with their teeth. And Lakṣmaṇa and Rāma too, with arrows like venomous serpents.
6.44.10
दृश्यादृश्यानि रक्षांसि प्रवराणि निजघ्नतुः।
तुरंगखुरविध्वस्तं रथनेमिसमुत्थितम् ॥ ६.४४.१० ॥
They slew the foremost rakshasas, visible and invisible, while the dust, crushed by the horses' hooves and raised by the rims of the chariot wheels,
6.44.11
रुरोध कर्णनेत्राणि युध्यतां धरणीरजः।
वर्तमाने तथा घोरे संग्रामे लोमहर्षणे।
रुधिरौघा महाघोरा नद्यस्तत्र विसुस्रुवुः ॥ ६.४४.११ ॥
Earth-dust blocked the ears and eyes of the fighters. As that dreadful, hair-raising battle raged on, rivers of blood, most terrible, flowed forth there.
6.44.12
ततो भेरीमृदङ्गानां पणवानां च निःस्वनः।
शङ्खनेमिस्वनोन्मिश्रः सम्बभूवाद्भुतोपमः ॥ ६.४४.१२ ॥
Then the din of drums, kettledrums and tabors, mingled with the sound of conch-shells and chariot rims, arose, wondrous to hear.
6.44.13
हतानां स्तनमानानां राक्षसानां च निःस्वनः।
शस्तानां वानराणां च सम्बभूवात्र दारुणः ॥ ६.४४.१३ ॥
Here the dreadful cries of the slain and groaning rākṣasas and of the wounded vānaras arose.
6.44.14
हतैर्वानरमुख्यैश्च शक्तिशूलपरश्वधैः।
निहतैः पर्वताकारै राक्षसैः कामरूपिभिः ॥ ६.४४.१४ ॥
The ground was covered by the chief vānaras slain with spears, tridents and axes, and by the mountain-like rākṣasas, able to take any shape, who had been struck down.
6.44.15
शस्त्रपुष्पोपहारा च तत्रासीद् युद्धमेदिनी।
दुर्ज्ञेया दुर्निवेशा च शोणितास्त्रावकर्दमा ॥ ६.४४.१५ ॥
There the battlefield was like an offering of weapons as flowers, hard to recognize and hard to cross, muddy with flowing blood.
6.44.16
सा बभूव निशा घोरा हरिराक्षसहारिणी।
कालरात्रीव भूतानां सर्वेषां दुरतिक्रमा ॥ ६.४४.१६ ॥
That night became terrible, destroying vānaras and rākṣasas; like the night of death for all beings, impossible to overcome.
6.44.17
ततस्ते राक्षसास्तत्र तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे।
राममेवाभ्यवर्तन्त संहृष्टाः शरवृष्टिभिः ॥ ६.४४.१७ ॥
Then those rākṣasas, delighted in that dreadful darkness, rushed against Rāma himself, showering arrows.
6.44.18
तेषामापततां शब्दः क्रुद्धानामपि गर्जताम्।
उद्वर्त इव सप्तानां समुद्राणामभूत् स्वनः ॥ ६.४४.१८ ॥
The sound of those enraged, roaring attackers rushing forward became like the churning of the seven oceans.
6.44.19
तेषां रामः शरैः षड्भिः षड् जघान निशाचरान्।
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण शरैरग्निशिखोपमैः ॥ ६.४४.१९ ॥
Rāma struck down six of them, six demons with six arrows, in the space of a single blink, with arrows like tongues of fire.
6.44.20
यज्ञशत्रुश्च दुर्धर्षो महापार्श्वमहोदरौ।
वज्रदंष्ट्रो महाकायस्तौ चोभौ शुकसारणौ ॥ ६.४४.२० ॥
Yajñaśatru and Durdharṣa, Mahāpārśva and Mahodara, Vajradaṃṣṭra and the huge-bodied one, and those two, Śuka and Sāraṇa.
6.44.21
ते तु रामेण बाणौघैः सर्वमर्मसु ताडिताः।
युद्धादपसृतास्तत्र सावशेषायुषोऽभवन् ॥ ६.४४.२१ ॥
Struck through all their vital points by the floods of Rāma's arrows, they withdrew from the battle, their lives left only half-spent.
6.44.22
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण घोरैरग्निशिखोपमैः।
दिशश्चकार विमलाः प्रदिशश्च महारथः ॥ ६.४४.२२ ॥
In the space of a single blink, with fearsome arrows like tongues of fire, that great charioteer cleared the directions and the intermediate directions.
6.44.23
ये त्वन्ये राक्षसा वीरा रामस्याभिमुखे स्थिताः।
तेऽपि नष्टाः समासाद्य पतङ्गा इव पावकम् ॥ ६.४४.२३ ॥
And the other heroic rakshasas who stood before Rāma also perished, like moths that have reached a flame.
6.44.24
सुवर्णपुङ्खैर्विशिखैः सम्पतद्भिः समन्ततः।
बभूव रजनी चित्रा खद्योतैरिव शारदी ॥ ६.४४.२४ ॥
As the golden-feathered arrows flew on every side, that night became dappled, as an autumn night is dappled with fireflies.
6.44.25
राक्षसानां च निनदैर्भेरीणां चैव निःस्वनैः।
सा बभूव निशा घोरा भूयो घोरतराभवत् ॥ ६.४४.२५ ॥
By the roars of the rākṣasas and the sounds of the kettledrums, that night became terrible, and then became even more terrible.
6.44.26
तेन शब्देन महता प्रवृद्धेन समन्ततः।
त्रिकूटः कंदराकीर्णः प्रव्याहरदिवाचलः ॥ ६.४४.२६ ॥
With that great sound swelling on every side, Trikūṭa, filled with caves, resounded as though the mountain itself were echoing.
6.44.27
गोलाङ्गूला महाकायास्तमसा तुल्यवर्चसः।
सम्परिष्वज्य बाहुभ्यां भक्षयन् रजनीचरान् ॥ ६.४४.२७ ॥
The great-bodied golāṅgūla monkeys, equal in splendor to darkness, embracing the night-wanderers with their arms and devouring them.
6.44.28
अङ्गदस्तु रणे शत्रून् निहन्तुं समुपस्थितः।
रावणिं निजघानाशु सारथिं च हयानपि ॥ ६.४४.२८ ॥
Aṅgada, however, stood ready in battle to slay the enemies; he swiftly struck down Rāvaṇi, his charioteer, and the horses as well.
6.44.29
इन्द्रजित् तु रथं त्यक्त्वा हताश्वो हतसारथिः।
अङ्गदेन महाकायस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥ ६.४४.२९ ॥
Indrajit, however, abandoned his chariot, its horses and charioteer slain, and vanished right there, away from the great-bodied Aṅgada.
6.44.30
तत् कर्म वालिपुत्रस्य सर्वे देवाः सहर्षिभिः।
तुष्टुवुः पूजनार्हस्य तौ चोभौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ ६.४४.३० ॥
All the gods, together with the sages, praised that deed of Vāli's son, and praised also those two worthy of worship, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.
6.44.31
प्रभावं सर्वभूतानि विदुरिन्द्रजितो युधि।
ततस्ते तं महात्मानं दृष्ट्वा तुष्टाः प्रधर्षितम् ॥ ६.४४.३१ ॥
All beings knew the power of Indrajit in battle; then, seeing that great-souled one assailed, they were pleased.
6.44.32
ततः प्रहृष्टाः कपयः ससुग्रीवविभीषणाः।
साधुसाध्विति नेदुश्च दृष्ट्वा शत्रुं पराजितम् ॥ ६.४४.३२ ॥
Then the delighted monkeys, together with Sugrīva and Vibhīṣaṇa, cried out, "Well done! Well done!" seeing the enemy defeated.
6.44.33
इन्द्रजित् तु तदानेन निर्जितो भीमकर्मणा।
संयुगे वालिपुत्रेण क्रोधं चक्रे सुदारुणम् ॥ ६.४४.३३ ॥
But then Indrajit, defeated in battle by Vālin's son, the one of terrible deeds, filled with a most fierce anger.
6.44.34
सोऽन्तर्धानगतः पापो रावणी रणकर्शितः।
ब्रह्मदत्तवरो वीरो रावणिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ॥ ६.४४.३४ ॥
That wicked son of Rāvaṇa, worn down in battle, went into invisibility; the hero, granted a boon by Brahmā, the son of Rāvaṇa, was overcome by anger.
6.44.35
अदृश्यो निशितान् बाणान् मुमोचाशनिवर्चसः।
रामं च लक्ष्मणं चैव घोरैर्नागमयैः शरैः ॥ ६.४४.३५ ॥
Unseen, he released sharp arrows gleaming like thunderbolts, and upon Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa alike he rained terrible serpent-shaped arrows.
6.44.36
बिभेद समरे क्रुद्धः सर्वगात्रेषु राक्षसः।
मायया संवृतस्तत्र मोहयन् राघवौ युधि ॥ ६.४४.३६ ॥
The enraged demon pierced them on every limb in battle; concealed there by illusion, he kept bewildering the two Rāghavas in the fight.
6.44.37
अदृश्यः सर्वभूतानां कूटयोधी निशाचरः।
बबन्ध शरबन्धेन भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ ६.४४.३७ ॥
Unseen by all beings, that night-roaming demon, fighting by trickery, bound the two brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with a bond of arrows.
6.44.38
तौ तेन पुरुषव्याघ्रौ क्रुद्धेनाशीविषैः शरैः।
सहसाभिहतौ वीरौ तदा प्रेक्षन्त वानराः ॥ ६.४४.३८ ॥
Struck suddenly by his wrathful arrows, like venomous snakes, those two heroes, the best of men, were wounded; and the monkeys stood looking on.
6.44.39
प्रकाशरूपस्तु यदा न शक्त-
स्तौ बाधितुं राक्षसराजपुत्रः।
मायां प्रयोक्तुं समुपाजगाम
बबन्ध तौ राजसुतौ दुरात्मा ॥ ६.४४.३९ ॥
But when he, visible in form, was unable to harm those two, the wicked son of the rākṣasa king came forward to employ illusion and bound the two princes.