Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.78
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6.78.1
निकुम्भं निहतं श्रुत्वा कुम्भं च विनिपातितम्।
रावणः परमामर्षी प्रजज्वालानलो यथा ॥ ६.७८.१ ॥
Hearing that Nikumbha was slain and Kumbha felled, Rāvaṇa, greatly enraged, blazed up like a fire.
6.78.2
नैर्ऋतः क्रोधशोकाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां तु परिमूर्च्छितः।
खरपुत्रं विशालाक्षं मकराक्षमचोदयत् ॥ ६.७८.२ ॥
Overcome with both anger and grief, the Rākṣasa (Rāvaṇa) urged on Makarākṣa, the son of Khara.
6.78.3
गच्छ पुत्र मयाऽऽज्ञप्तो बलेनाभिसमन्वितः।
राघवं लक्ष्मणं चैव जहि तौ सवनौकसौ ॥ ६.७८.३ ॥
Go, son, commanded by me and equipped with might; slay Rāghava and Lakṣmaṇa, those two dwellers of the forest.
6.78.4
रावणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शूरमानी खरात्मजः।
बाढमित्यब्रवीद्धृष्टो मकराक्षो निशाचरम् ॥ ६.७८.४ ॥
Hearing Rāvaṇa's words, Makarākṣa, the son of Khara who thought himself a hero, delighted, said "So be it" and spoke to the night-wanderer.
6.78.5
सोऽभिवाद्य दशग्रीवं कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम्।
निर्जगाम गृहाच्छुभ्राद् रावणस्याज्ञया बली ॥ ६.७८.५ ॥
He saluted the ten-necked one, circumambulated him keeping him to his right, and, by Rāvaṇa's command, the mighty one went out from that bright house.
6.78.6
समीपस्थं बलाध्यक्षं खरपुत्रोऽब्रवीद् वचः।
रथमानीयतां तूर्णं सैन्यं त्वानीयतां त्वरात् ॥ ६.७८.६ ॥
To the commander standing nearby, Khara's son said: "Let the chariot be brought quickly, and let the army be assembled in haste."
6.78.7
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा बलाध्यक्षो निशाचरः।
स्यन्दनं च बलं चैव समीपं प्रत्यपादयत् ॥ ६.७८.७ ॥
Hearing his words, the rākṣasa commander caused both the chariot and the army to be brought near.
6.78.8
प्रदक्षिणं रथं कृत्वा समारुह्य निशाचरः।
सूतं संचोदयामास शीघ्रं वै रथमावह ॥ ६.७८.८ ॥
Circling the chariot to the right and mounting it, the rākṣasa urged the charioteer to drive the chariot quickly.
6.78.9
अथ तान् राक्षसान् सर्वान् मकराक्षोऽब्रवीदिदम्।
यूयं सर्वे प्रयुध्यध्वं पुरस्तान्मम राक्षसाः ॥ ६.७८.९ ॥
Then Makarākṣa said to all those rākṣasas: "You all, rākṣasas, fight before me."
6.78.10
अहं राक्षसराजेन रावणेन महात्मना।
आज्ञप्तः समरे हन्तुं तावुभौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ ६.७८.१० ॥
I have been commanded by the high-souled king of the rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa, to slay those two, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, in battle.
6.78.11
अद्य रामं वधिष्यामि लक्ष्मणं च निशाचराः।
शाखामृगं च सुग्रीवं वानरांश्च शरोत्तमैः ॥ ६.७८.११ ॥
Today I will slay Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, O night-wanderers, and with excellent arrows Sugrīva, the branch-beast, and the vānaras as well.
6.78.12
अद्य शूलनिपातैश्च वानराणां महाचमूम्।
प्रदहिष्यामि सम्प्राप्तां शुष्केन्धनमिवानलः ॥ ६.७८.१२ ॥
Today, with the falling of spears, I will burn that great army of vānaras that has come here, as fire burns dry fuel.
6.78.13
मकराक्षस्य तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं ते निशाचराः।
सर्वे नानायुधोपेता बलवन्तः समाहिताः ॥ ६.७८.१३ ॥
Hearing these words of Makarākṣa, all those night-wanderers, equipped with many kinds of weapons, mighty and composed, made ready.
6.78.14
ते कामरूपिणः क्रूरा दंष्ट्रिणः पिङ्गलेक्षणाः।
मातंगा इव नर्दन्तो ध्वस्तकेशा भयावहाः ॥ ६.७८.१४ ॥
They, able to take whatever form they wished, cruel, fanged, tawny-eyed, roaring like elephants, with disheveled hair, bringing terror.
6.78.15
परिवार्य महाकाया महाकायं खरात्मजम्।
अभिजग्मुस्ततो हृष्टाश्चालयन्तो वसुन्धराम् ॥ ६.७८.१५ ॥
Surrounding the great-bodied son of Khara, those huge-bodied ones, joyful, set forth, shaking the earth.
6.78.16
शङ्खभेरीसहस्राणामाहतानां समन्ततः।
क्ष्वेलितास्फोटितानां च तत्र शब्दो महानभूत् ॥ ६.७८.१६ ॥
On all sides thousands of conches and drums were sounded, and with roaring and clapping a great din arose there.
6.78.17
प्रभ्रष्टोऽथ करात् तस्य प्रतोदः सारथेस्तदा।
पपात सहसा दैवाद् ध्वजस्तस्य तु रक्षसः ॥ ६.७८.१७ ॥
Then the goad slipped from the charioteer's hand, and by fate the banner of that rakshasa suddenly fell.
6.78.18
तस्य ते रथसंयुक्ता हया विक्रमवर्जिताः।
चरणैराकुलैर्गत्वा दीनाः सास्रमुखा ययुः ॥ ६.७८.१८ ॥
The horses yoked to his chariot, stripped of valour, went on with faltering legs, woeful, with tear-stained faces.
6.78.19
प्रवाति पवनस्तस्मिन् सपांसुः खरदारुणः।
निर्याणे तस्य रौद्रस्य मकराक्षस्य दुर्मतेः ॥ ६.७८.१९ ॥
As that fierce and ill-minded Makarākṣa set out, a dust-laden, harsh and dreadful wind began to blow.
6.78.20
तानि दृष्ट्वा निमित्तानि राक्षसा वीर्यवत्तमाः।
अचिन्त्य निर्गताः सर्वे यत्र तौ रामलक्ष्मणौ ॥ ६.७८.२० ॥
Though they saw those omens, all the most valiant rākṣasas, disregarding them, set out toward the place where those two, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, were.
6.78.21
घनगजमहिषाङ्गतुल्यवर्णाः
समरमुखेष्वसकृद्गदासिभिन्नाः।
अहमहमिति युद्धकौशलास्ते
रजनिचराः परिबभ्रमुर्मुहुस्ते ॥ ६.७८.२१ ॥
Dark as clouds, elephants and buffaloes, those night-wandering rākṣasas, skilled in battle, though repeatedly struck by maces and swords at the fronts of battle, kept crying "I first, I first" and roamed about again and again.