Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 6.79
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6.79.1
निर्गतं मकराक्षं ते दृष्ट्वा वानरपुंगवाः।
आप्लुत्य सहसा सर्वे योद्धुकामा व्यवस्थिताः ॥ ६.७९.१ ॥
Seeing Makarākṣa come forth, the best of the monkeys all suddenly leaped up and stood firm, eager to fight.
6.79.2
ततः प्रवृत्तं सुमहत् तद् युद्धं लोमहर्षणम्।
निशाचरैः प्लवंगानां देवानां दानवैरिव ॥ ६.७९.२ ॥
Then that great, hair-raising battle broke out between the monkeys and the night-wanderers, as between gods and dānavas.
6.79.3
वृक्षशूलनिपातैश्च गदापरिघपातनैः।
अन्योन्यं मर्दयन्ति स्म तदा कपिनिशाचराः ॥ ६.७९.३ ॥
Then the monkeys and night-wanderers crushed one another with the blows of hurled trees and spears, and with the strikes of maces and iron bars.
6.79.4
शक्तिखड्गगदाकुन्तैस्तोमरैश्च निशाचराः।
पट्टिशैर्भिन्दिपालैश्च बाणपातैः समन्ततः ॥ ६.७९.४ ॥
The night-wanderers attacked from every side with spears, swords, maces, lances and javelins, and with broadswords, throwing clubs and volleys of arrows.
6.79.5
पाशमुद्गरदण्डैश्च निर्घातैश्चापरैस्तथा।
कदनं कपिसिंहानां चक्रुस्ते रजनीचराः ॥ ६.७९.५ ॥
With nooses, clubs, staves and other thunderbolt-like weapons, those night-wanderers made a slaughter of the lion-like monkeys.
6.79.6
बाणौघैरर्दिताश्चापि खरपुत्रेण वानराः।
सम्भ्रान्तमनसः सर्वे दुद्रुवुर्भयपीडिताः ॥ ६.७९.६ ॥
Tormented by the flood of arrows from Khara's son, the monkeys, their minds thrown into confusion and afflicted with fear, all fled.
6.79.7
तान् दृष्ट्वा राक्षसाः सर्वे द्रवमाणान् वनौकसः।
नेदुस्ते सिंहवद् दृप्ता राक्षसा जितकाशिनः ॥ ६.७९.७ ॥
Seeing the forest-dwelling monkeys fleeing, all the rākṣasas roared like lions, the proud rākṣasas who considered themselves victorious.
6.79.8
विद्रवत्सु तदा तेषु वानरेषु समन्ततः।
रामस्तान् वारयामास शरवर्षेण राक्षसान् ॥ ६.७९.८ ॥
While those monkeys were fleeing on every side, Rāma checked those rākṣasas with a shower of arrows.
6.79.9
वारितान् राक्षसान् दृष्ट्वा मकराक्षो निशाचरः।
कोपानलसमाविष्टो वचनं चेदमब्रवीत् ॥ ६.७९.९ ॥
Seeing the rākṣasas checked, the night-roaming Makarākṣa, filled with the fire of anger, spoke these words.
6.79.10
तिष्ठ राम मया सार्धं द्वन्द्वयुद्धं भविष्यति।
त्याजयिष्यामि ते प्राणान् धनुर्मुक्तैः शितैः शरैः ॥ ६.७९.१० ॥
Stop, Rāma! There will be single combat with me; with sharp arrows released from the bow I will cause your life-breaths to leave you.
6.79.11
यत् तदा दण्डकारण्ये पितरं हतवान् मम।
तदग्रतः स्वकर्मस्थं स्मृत्वा रोषोऽभिवर्धते ॥ ६.७९.११ ॥
When you killed my father in the Daṇḍaka forest, remembering him standing firm in his own duty before you, my anger grows.
6.79.12
दह्यन्ते भृशमङ्गानि दुरात्मन् मम राघव।
यन्मयासि न दृष्टस्त्वं तस्मिन् काले महावने ॥ ६.७९.१२ ॥
O wicked Rāghava, my limbs burn intensely, because at that time in that great forest I did not see you.
6.79.13
दिष्ट्यासि दर्शनं राम मम त्वं प्राप्तवानिह।
कांक्षितोऽसि क्षुधार्तस्य सिंहस्येवेतरो मृगः ॥ ६.७९.१३ ॥
Rāma, by good fortune you have come here to meet me. You are longed for by me as a hungry lion longs for another deer.
6.79.14
अद्य मद्बाणवेगेन प्रेतराड्विषयं गतः।
ये त्वया निहताः शूराः सह तैश्च वसिष्यसि ॥ ६.७९.१४ ॥
Today, by the force of my arrows, you will go to the realm of Yama, and you will dwell there together with the heroes you have slain.
6.79.15
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन शृणु राम वचो मम।
पश्यन्तु सकला लोकास्त्वां मां चैव रणाजिरे ॥ ६.७९.१५ ॥
What is the use of saying much here? Rāma, hear my words: let all the worlds behold you and me on the battlefield.
6.79.16
अस्त्रैर्वा गदया वापि बाहुभ्यां वा रणाजिरे।
अभ्यस्तं येन वा राम वर्ततां तेन वा मृधम् ॥ ६.७९.१६ ॥
Rāma, with weapons, or with the club, or with the arms alone, let the battle proceed by whichever skill you have practiced on the battlefield.
6.79.17
मकराक्षवचः श्रुत्वा रामो दशरथात्मजः।
अब्रवीत् प्रहसन् वाक्यमुत्तरोत्तरवादिनम् ॥ ६.७९.१७ ॥
Having heard the words of Makarākṣa, Rāma, son of Daśaratha, laughing, spoke these words to him, who kept answering back.
6.79.18
कत्थसे किं वृथा रक्षो बहून्यसदृशानि ते।
न रणे शक्यते जेतुं विना युद्धेन वाग्बलात् ॥ ६.७९.१८ ॥
Why do you boast in vain, demon? Many of your words are unfitting. Without battle, one cannot conquer in war by the strength of words alone.
6.79.19
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि रक्षसां त्वत्पिता च यः।
त्रिशिरा दूषणश्चापि दण्डके निहतो मया ॥ ६.७९.१९ ॥
Fourteen thousand rakshasas, your father, Triśirās and Dūṣaṇa too were slain by me in the Daṇḍaka forest.
6.79.20
स्वाशिताश्चापि मांसेन गृध्रगोमायुवायसाः।
भविष्यन्त्यद्य वै पाप तीक्ष्णतुण्डनखाङ्कुशाः ॥ ६.७९.२० ॥
O wicked one, today vultures, jackals and crows, with sharp beaks, talons and hooked claws, will be well fed on flesh.
6.79.21
राघवेणैवमुक्तस्तु मकराक्षो महाबलः।
बाणौघानमुचत् तस्मै राघवाय रणाजिरे ॥ ६.७९.२१ ॥
Thus addressed by Rāghava, the mighty Makarākṣa unleashed streams of arrows at Rāghava on the battlefield.
6.79.22
ताञ्छराञ्छरवर्षेण रामश्चिच्छेद नैकधा।
निपेतुर्भुवि विच्छिन्ना रुक्मपुङ्खाः सहस्रशः ॥ ६.७९.२२ ॥
Rāma cut those arrows into many pieces with a shower of his own; thousands of golden-feathered shafts, cut apart, fell to the ground.
6.79.23
तद् युद्धमभवत् तत्र समेत्यान्योन्यमोजसा।
खरराक्षसपुत्रस्य सूनोर्दशरथस्य च ॥ ६.७९.२३ ॥
There that battle took place, as the son of the rakshasa Khara and the son of Daśaratha met each other with full might.
6.79.24
जीमूतयोरिवाकाशे शब्दो ज्यातलयोरिव।
धनुर्मुक्तः स्वनोऽन्योन्यं श्रूयते च रणाजिरे ॥ ६.७९.२४ ॥
Like the thunder of two storm-clouds in the sky, like the twang of bowstrings, the roar released from their bows was heard from one to the other on the battlefield.
6.79.25
देवदानवगन्धर्वाः किंनराश्च महोरगाः।
अन्तरिक्षगताः सर्वे द्रष्टुकामास्तदद्भुतम् ॥ ६.७९.२५ ॥
Gods, demons, gandharvas, kinnaras and great serpents, all standing in the sky, wished to see that wondrous sight.
6.79.26
विद्धमन्योन्यगात्रेषु द्विगुणं वर्धते बलम्।
कृतप्रतिकृतान्योन्यं कुरुतां तौ रणाजिरे ॥ ६.७९.२६ ॥
Pierced in each other's bodies, their strength doubled; the two of them struck back and forth at one another on the battlefield.
6.79.27
राममुक्तांस्तु बाणौघान् राक्षसस्त्वच्छिनद् रणे।
रक्षोमुक्तांस्तु रामो वै नैकधा प्राच्छिनच्छरैः ॥ ६.७९.२७ ॥
The rākṣasa cut down the hail of arrows loosed by Rāma in battle; and the arrows shot by the rākṣasa, Rāma cut down in many ways with his own shafts.
6.79.28
बाणौघवितताः सर्वा दिशश्च प्रदिशस्तथा।
संछन्ना वसुधा चैव समन्तान्न प्रकाशते ॥ ६.७९.२८ ॥
With floods of arrows spread across them, all the directions and intermediate directions, and the earth too, were covered; on every side nothing could be seen.
6.79.29
ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुर्धनुश्चिच्छेद संयुगे।
अष्टाभिरथ नाराचैः सूतं विव्याध राघवः ॥ ६.७९.२९ ॥
Then the enraged, mighty-armed Rāghava cut through his bow in battle, and with eight iron-shafted arrows pierced his charioteer.
6.79.30
भित्त्वा रथं शरै रामो हत्वा अश्वानपातयत्।
विरथो वसुधास्थः स मकराक्षो निशाचरः ॥ ६.७९.३० ॥
Rāma pierced his chariot with arrows and, slaying the horses, brought them down; then Makarākṣa, the night-rover, stood on the earth, chariotless.
6.79.31
तत्तिष्ठद् वसुधां रक्षः शूलं जग्राह पाणिना।
त्रासनं सर्वभूतानां युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभम् ॥ ६.७९.३१ ॥
Then the rākṣasa, standing on the ground, seized a spear in his hand, a terror to all beings, blazing like the fire at the end of an age.
6.79.32
दुरवापं महच्छूलं रुद्रदत्तं भयंकरम्।
जाज्वल्यमानमाकाशे संहारास्त्रमिवापरम् ॥ ६.७९.३२ ॥
That great spear, hard to obtain, given by Rudra, terrible, blazing in the sky like another weapon of destruction.
6.79.33
यं दृष्ट्वा देवताः सर्वा भयार्ता विद्रुता दिशः।
विभ्राम्य च महच्छूलं प्रज्वलन्तं निशाचरः ॥ ६.७९.३३ ॥
Seeing it, all the gods, tormented by fear, fled in every direction, and the night-roamer whirled the great blazing spear.
6.79.34
स क्रोधात् प्राहिणोत् तस्मै राघवाय महाहवे।
तमापतन्तं ज्वलितं खरपुत्रकराच्च्युतम् ॥ ६.७९.३४ ॥
In rage he hurled it at Rāghava in that great battle; the blazing spear, released from the hand of Khara's son, rushed toward Rāghava.
6.79.35
बाणैश्चतुर्भिराकाशे शूलं चिच्छेद राघवः।
स भिन्नो नैकधा शूलो दिव्यहाटकमण्डितः।
व्यशीर्यत महोल्केव रामबाणार्दितो भुवि ॥ ६.७९.३५ ॥
Rāghava cut that spear in the sky with four arrows; the spear, adorned with divine gold, split into many pieces and, tormented by Rāma's arrows, fell scattered to the ground like a great meteor.
6.79.36
तच्छूलं निहतं दृष्ट्वा रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा।
साधु साध्विति भूतानि व्याहरन्ति नभोगताः ॥ ६.७९.३६ ॥
Seeing that spear destroyed by Rāma, whose deeds are effortless, the beings in the sky cried out, "Well done! Well done!"
6.79.37
तं दृष्ट्वा निहतं शूलं मकराक्षो निशाचरः।
मुष्टिमुद्यम्य काकुत्स्थं तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ६.७९.३७ ॥
Seeing that spear struck down, the night-roamer Makarākṣa raised his fist and said to Kākutstha, "Stop! Stop!"
6.79.38
स तं दृष्ट्वा पतन्तं तु प्रहस्य रघुनन्दनः।
पावकास्त्रं ततो रामः संदधे तु शरासने ॥ ६.७९.३८ ॥
Seeing him rushing upon him, Rāma, the delight of the Raghus, laughed; then he fitted the fire-weapon to his bow.
6.79.39
तेनास्त्रेण हतं रक्षः काकुत्स्थेन तदा रणे।
संछिन्नहृदयं तत्र पपात च ममार च ॥ ६.७९.३९ ॥
By that weapon Kākutstha slew the rākṣasa in battle; his heart was pierced through, and he fell there and died.
6.79.40
दृष्ट्वा ते राक्षसाः सर्वे मकराक्षस्य पातनम्।
लङ्कामेव प्रधावन्त रामबाणभयार्दिताः ॥ ६.७९.४० ॥
Seeing Makarākṣa fall, all the rākṣasas, tormented by fear of Rāma's arrows, fled straight back toward Laṅkā.
6.79.41
दशरथनृपसूनुबाणवेगै
रजनिचरं निहतं खरात्मजं तम्।
प्रददृशुरथ देवताः प्रहृष्टा
गिरिमिव वज्रहतं यथा विकीर्णम् ॥ ६.७९.४१ ॥
The gods, delighted, beheld that night-wanderer, son of Khara, slain by the force of the arrows of Daśaratha's royal son, lying scattered like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt.