Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.66
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6.66.1
स लङ्घयित्वा प्राकारं गिरिकूटोपमो महान्।
निर्ययौ नगरात् तूर्णं कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः ॥ ६.६६.१ ॥
Leaping over the rampart, great as a mountain peak, Kumbhakarṇa, of mighty strength, swiftly issued forth from the city.
6.66.2
ननाद च महानादं समुद्रमभिनादयन्।
विजयन्निव निर्घातान् विधमन्निव पर्वतान् ॥ ६.६६.२ ॥
He roared a great roar, making the ocean resound, as if conquering thunderbolts and scattering mountains.
6.66.3
तमवध्यं मघवता यमेन वरुणेन वा।
प्रेक्ष्य भीमाक्षमायान्तं वानरा विप्रदुद्रुवुः ॥ ६.६६.३ ॥
Seeing him approach, fierce-eyed and invincible even to Indra, Yama or Varuṇa, the monkeys fled in all directions.
6.66.4
तांस्तु विप्रद्रुतान् दृष्ट्वा राजपुत्रोऽङ्गदोऽब्रवीत्।
नलं नीलं गवाक्षं च कुमुदं च महाबलम् ॥ ६.६६.४ ॥
Seeing them flee in all directions, Prince Aṅgada spoke to Nala, Nīla, Gavākṣa and the mighty Kumuda.
6.66.5
आत्मनस्तानि विस्मृत्य वीर्याण्यभिजनानि च।
क्व गच्छत भयत्रस्ताः प्राकृता हरयो यथा ॥ ६.६६.५ ॥
Forgetting your own valour and noble lineage, trembling with fear, where are you going like ordinary monkeys?
6.66.6
साधु सौम्या निवर्तध्वं किं प्राणान् परिरक्षथ।
नालं युद्धाय वै रक्षो महतीयं विभीषिका ॥ ६.६६.६ ॥
Good ones, turn back! Why do you guard your lives? This demon is no match for battle; this is only a great terror.
6.66.7
महतीमुत्थितामेनां राक्षसानां विभीषिकाम्।
विक्रमाद् विधमिष्यामो निवर्तध्वं प्लवङ्गमाः ॥ ६.६६.७ ॥
We will destroy this great terror raised by the rākṣasas by our valour. Turn back, O leaping ones.
6.66.8
कृच्छ्रेण तु समाश्वस्य संगम्य च ततस्ततः।
वृक्षान् गृहीत्वा हरयः सम्प्रतस्थू रणाजिरे ॥ ६.६६.८ ॥
With difficulty, having regained their courage and gathered together from here and there, the monkeys took up trees and set forth onto the battlefield.
6.66.9
ते निवर्त्य तु संरब्धाः कुम्भकर्णं वनौकसः।
निजघ्नुः परमक्रुद्धाः समदा इव कुञ्जराः ॥ ६.६६.९ ॥
Those forest-dwelling monkeys turned back, and in great fury, enraged like rutting elephants, they struck at Kumbhakarṇa.
6.66.10
प्रांशुभिर्गिरिशृङ्गैश्च शिलाभिश्च महाबलाः।
पादपैः पुष्पिताग्रैश्च हन्यमानो न कम्पते ॥ ६.६६.१० ॥
Though struck by the mighty monkeys with tall mountain peaks, with boulders, and with trees bearing flowering crests, he does not tremble.
6.66.11
तस्य गात्रेषु पतिता भिद्यन्ते बहवः शिलाः।
पादपाः पुष्पिताग्राश्च भग्नाः पेतुर्महीतले ॥ ६.६६.११ ॥
Many boulders falling upon his body are shattered, and trees with flowering tops, broken, fall to the ground.
6.66.12
सोऽपि सैन्यानि संक्रुद्धौ वानराणां महौजसाम्।
ममन्थ परमायत्तो वनान्यग्निरिवोत्थितः ॥ ६.६६.१२ ॥
He too, enraged and fully intent, crushed the armies of the mighty-powered monkeys, like a fire that has risen and burns the forests.
6.66.13
लोहितार्द्रास्तु बहवः शेरते वानरर्षभाः।
निरस्ताः पतिता भूमौ ताम्रपुष्पा इव द्रुमाः ॥ ६.६६.१३ ॥
Many of the foremost vanara chiefs, drenched in blood, lie on the ground, cast down and fallen, like trees with copper-coloured flowers.
6.66.14
लङ्घयन्तः प्रधावन्तो वानरा नावलोकयन्।
केचित् समुद्रे पतिताः केचिद् गगनमास्थिताः ॥ ६.६६.१४ ॥
The vanaras, leaping and rushing headlong, did not look back; some fell into the ocean, and some rose up into the sky.
6.66.15
वध्यमानास्तु ते वीरा राक्षसेन च लीलया।
सागरं येन ते तीर्णाः पथा तेनैव दुद्रुवुः ॥ ६.६६.१५ ॥
Those heroes, being slain by the rakshasa as if in play, fled by the very path by which they had crossed the ocean.
6.66.16
ते स्थलानि तदा निम्नं विवर्णवदना भयात्।
ऋक्षा वृक्षान् समारूढाः केचित् पर्वतमाश्रिताः ॥ ६.६६.१६ ॥
With pale faces from fear, they then fled across high ground and low; the bears climbed up the trees, and some took refuge on the mountain.
6.66.17
ममज्जुरर्णवे केचिद् गुहाः केचित् समाश्रिताः।
निपेतुः केचिदपरे केचिन्नैवावतस्थिरे।
केचिद् भूमौ निपतिताः केचित् सुप्ता मृता इव ॥ ६.६६.१७ ॥
Some sank into the ocean, some sought shelter in caves; some fell down, others could not stand firm; some lie fallen on the ground, as if asleep or dead.
6.66.18
तान् समीक्ष्याङ्गदो भग्नान् वानरानिदमब्रवीत्।
अवतिष्ठत युध्यामो निवर्तध्वं प्लवंगमाः ॥ ६.६६.१८ ॥
Seeing them broken, Aṅgada spoke to the vanaras: "Stand firm! Let us fight. Turn back, O leapers!"
6.66.19
भग्नानां वो न पश्यामि परिक्रम्य महीमिमाम्।
स्थानं सर्वे निवर्तध्वं किं प्राणान् परिरक्षथ ॥ ६.६६.१९ ॥
Having gone round this whole earth, I see none of you standing firm, scattered as you are. All of you, turn back! Why do you guard your lives?
6.66.20
निरायुधानां क्रमतामसङ्गगतिपौरुषाः।
दारा ह्युपहसिष्यन्ति स वै घातः सुजीवताम् ॥ ६.६६.२० ॥
To those who flee without weapons, lacking firm steps and manly courage, even their wives will mock them. For those who wish to live well, this is truly a death.
6.66.21
कुलेषु जाताः सर्वेऽस्मिन् विस्तीर्णेषु महत्सु च।
क्व गच्छत भयत्रस्ताः प्राकृता हरयो यथा।
अनार्याः खलु यद्भीतास्त्यक्त्वा वीर्यं प्रधावत ॥ ६.६६.२१ ॥
Born in such vast and great families, where are you all fleeing in terror, like ordinary monkeys? You are truly ignoble, fleeing in fear and abandoning your valour.
6.66.22
विकत्थनानि वो यानि भवद्भिर्जनसंसदि।
तानि वः क्व नु यातानि सोदग्राणि हितानि च ॥ ६.६६.२२ ॥
Where now have gone those boastful words you spoke in the assembly of people, those proud and beneficial words?
6.66.23
भीरोः प्रवादाः श्रूयन्ते यस्तु जीवति धिक्कृतः।
मार्गः सत्पुरुषैर्जुष्टः सेव्यतां त्यज्यतां भयम् ॥ ६.६६.२३ ॥
Reproaches are heard concerning the coward: even while alive, he is cursed. Follow the path trodden by good men; let fear be abandoned.
6.66.24
शयामहे वा निहताः पृथिव्यामल्पजीविताः।
प्राप्नुयामो ब्रह्मलोकं दुष्प्रापं च कुयोधिभिः ॥ ६.६६.२४ ॥
Either we shall lie slain upon the earth, with brief lives, or we shall attain the world of Brahmā, hard to reach for cowardly warriors.
6.66.25
अवाप्नुयामः कीर्तिं वा निहत्वा शत्रुमाहवे।
निहता वीरलोकस्य भोक्ष्यामो वसु वानराः ॥ ६.६६.२५ ॥
Either by slaying the enemy in battle we shall win glory, or, slain, we shall enjoy the wealth of the world of heroes, O monkeys.
6.66.26
न कुम्भकर्णः काकुत्स्थं दृष्ट्वा जीवन् गमिष्यति।
दीप्यमानमिवासाद्य पतङ्गो ज्वलनं यथा ॥ ६.६६.२६ ॥
Kumbhakarṇa, having seen Rāma of the Kakutstha line, will not go on living, like a moth that has reached a blazing fire.
6.66.27
पलायनेन चोद्दिष्टाः प्राणान् रक्षामहे वयम्।
एकेन बहवो भग्ना यशो नाशं गमिष्यति ॥ ६.६६.२७ ॥
Shall we save our lives by fleeing? When many are routed by one, fame will perish.
6.66.28
एवं ब्रुवाणं तं शूरमङ्गदं कनकाङ्गदम्।
द्रवमाणास्ततो वाक्यमूचुः शूरविगर्हितम् ॥ ६.६६.२८ ॥
To Aṅgada, the heroic one with golden armlets, who was speaking thus, the fleeing monkeys then spoke words that heroes would reproach.
6.66.29
कृतं नः कदनं घोरं कुम्भकर्णेन रक्षसा।
न स्थानकालो गच्छामो दयितं जीवितं हि नः ॥ ६.६६.२९ ॥
The rākṣasa Kumbhakarṇa has wrought a terrible slaughter upon us. This is no time or place to stand; let us go with our dear lives.
6.66.30
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं सर्वे ते भेजिरे दिशः।
भीमं भीमाक्षमायान्तं दृष्ट्वा वानरयूथपाः ॥ ६.६६.३० ॥
Having spoken thus, all those leaders of monkey troops, seeing the terrible one with fearsome eyes coming, scattered in all directions.
6.66.31
द्रवमाणास्तु ते वीरा अङ्गदेन बलीमुखाः।
सान्त्वनैश्चानुमानैश्च ततः सर्वे निवर्तिताः ॥ ६.६६.३१ ॥
Fleeing, those heroic monkeys were then all turned back by Aṅgada's soothing words and encouraging appeals.
6.66.32
प्रहर्षमुपनीताश्च वालिपुत्रेण धीमता।
आज्ञाप्रतीक्षास्तस्थुश्च सर्वे वानरयूथपाः ॥ ६.६६.३२ ॥
Gladdened by the wise son of Vālin, all the leaders of the monkey troops stood waiting for his command.
6.66.33
ऋषभशरभमैन्दधूम्रनीलाः
कुमुदसुषेणगवाक्षरम्भताराः।
द्विविदपनसवायुपुत्रमुख्या-
स्त्वरिततराभिमुखं रणं प्रयाताः ॥ ६.६६.३३ ॥
Ṛṣabha, Śarabha, Maindha, Dhūmra and Nīla, Kumuda, Suṣeṇa, Gavākṣa, Rambha, Tāra, Dvivida, Panasa, and foremost the son of the Wind (Hanumān), set out swiftly, facing toward the battle.