Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.21
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7.21.1
एवं सञ्चिन्त्य विप्रेन्दो जगाम लघुविक्रमः ।
आख्यातुं तद्यथावृत्तं यमस्य सदनं प्रति ॥ ७.२१.१ ॥
Having thus considered, the foremost of sages, swift in stride, set out for the abode of Yama to tell him exactly what had happened.
7.21.2
अपश्यत्स यमं तत्र देवमग्निपुरस्कृतम् ।
विधानमुपतिष्ठन्तं प्राणिनो यस्य यादृशम् ॥ ७.२१.२ ॥
There he saw Yama, the god, with Agni placed before him, attending to the rite, dealing out to each living being what its deeds had earned.
7.21.3
स तु दृष्ट्वा यमः प्राप्तं महर्षिं तत्र नारदम् ।
अब्रवीत्सुखमासीनमर्घ्यमावेद्य धर्मतः ॥ ७.२१.३ ॥
Yama, seeing the great sage Nārada arrived there, seated him comfortably, presented the arghya as dharma requires, and spoke.
7.21.4
कच्चित्क्षेमं तु देवर्षे कच्चिद्धर्मो न नश्यति ।
किमागमनकृत्यं ते देवगन्धर्वसेवित ॥ ७.२१.४ ॥
O divine sage, is all well? Has dharma not perished? O one attended by gods and gandharvas, what is the purpose of your coming?
7.21.5
अब्रवीत्तु तदा वाक्यं नारदो भगवानृषिः ।
श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि विधानं च विधीयताम् ॥ ७.२१.५ ॥
Then the blessed sage Nārada spoke these words: 'Listen, I shall declare it, and let the rite be carried out.'
7.21.6
एष नाम्नो दशग्रीवः पितृराज निशाचरः ।
उपयाति वशं नेतुं विक्रमैस्त्वां सुदुर्जयम् ॥ ७.२१.६ ॥
O king of the fathers, this night-wanderer named Ten-necked is coming to subdue you by his prowess, though you are very hard to conquer.
7.21.7
एतेन कारणेनाहं त्वरितो ह्यागतः प्रभो ।
दण्डप्रहरणस्याद्य तव किं नु भविष्यति ॥ ७.२१.७ ॥
For this reason I have come in haste, my lord. What will become of you, wielder of the rod, today?
7.21.8
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे दुरादंशुमन्तमिवोदितम् ।
ददृशुर्दीप्तमायान्तं विमानं तस्य रक्षसः ॥ ७.२१.८ ॥
Meanwhile they saw from afar the blazing aerial chariot of that rākṣasa approaching, like the sun risen.
7.21.9
तं देशं प्रभया तस्य पुष्पकस्य महाबलः ।
कृत्वा वितिमिरं सर्वं समीपं सो ऽभ्यवर्तत ॥ ७.२१.९ ॥
Lighting that whole region with the radiance of the Puṣpaka chariot, the mighty one drew near.
7.21.10
सो ऽपश्यत्स महाबाहुर्दशग्रीवस्ततस्ततः ।
प्राणिनः सुकृतं कर्म भुञ्जानांश्चैव दुष्कृतम् ॥ ७.२१.१० ॥
That mighty-armed Daśagrīva looked about and saw living beings enjoying the fruits of their good deeds and of their evil deeds.
7.21.11
अपश्यत्सैनिकांश्चास्य यमस्यानुचरैः सह ।
यमस्य पुरुषैरुग्रैर्घोररूपैर्भयानकैः ॥ ७.२१.११ ॥
He saw Yama's soldiers together with Yama's attendants, fierce men of terrible form and frightful appearance.
7.21.12
ददर्श वध्यमानांश्च क्लिश्यमानांश्च देहिनः ।
क्रोशतश्च महानादं तीव्रनिष्टनतत्परान् ॥ ७.२१.१२ ॥
He saw embodied beings being struck and tormented, crying out with great cries and intent on loud groaning.
7.21.13
कृमिभिर्भक्ष्यमाणांश्च सारमेयैश्च दारुणैः ॥ ७.२१.१३ ॥
He saw those being devoured by worms and by fierce dogs.
7.21.14
क्षोत्रायासकरा वाचो वदतश्च भयावहाः ।
सन्तार्यमाणान्वैतरणीं बहुशः शोणितोदकाम् ॥ ७.२१.१४ ॥
those whose speech was painful to the ears and frightening, and who were made to cross the Vaitaraṇī river, whose water is blood, again and again.
7.21.15
वालुकासु च तप्तासु तप्यमानान्मुहूर्मुहुः ।
असिपत्रवने चैव भिद्यमानानधार्मिकान् ॥ ७.२१.१५ ॥
He saw the unrighteous being scorched again and again on heated sands, and pierced in the forest of sword-leaves.
7.21.16
रौरवे क्षारनद्यां च क्षुरधारासु चैव हि ।
पानीयं याचमानांश्च तृषितान्क्षुधितानपि ॥ ७.२१.१६ ॥
in the Raurava hell, in the river of brine, and on the razor streams; he saw those begging for water, thirsty and hungry.
7.21.17
शवभूतान्कृशान्दीनान्विवर्णान्मुक्तमूर्धजान् ।
मलपङ्कधरान्दीनान्रूक्षांश्च परिधावतः ॥ ७.२१.१७ ॥
He saw them, corpse-like, emaciated, wretched, pale, with loosened hair, covered in filth and mire, rough and running about.
7.21.18
ददर्श रावणो मार्गे शतशो ऽथ सहस्रशः ।
कांश्चिच्च गृहमुख्येषु गीतवादित्रनिःस्वनैः ।
प्रमोदमानानद्राक्षीद्रावणः सुकृतैः स्वकैः ॥ ७.२१.१८ ॥
Rāvaṇa saw hundreds and thousands along the path. He saw some rejoicing in the chief houses amid the sound of song and instruments, delighting by their own good deeds.
7.21.19
गौरसं गोप्रदातारो ह्यन्नं चैवान्नदायिनः ।
गृहांश्च गृहदातारः स्वकर्मफलमश्नतः ॥ ७.२१.१९ ॥
Those who gave cows and sesame, those who gave food, and those who gave dwellings — they enjoy the fruit of their own deeds.
7.21.20
सुवर्णमणिमुक्ताभिः प्रमदाभिरलङ्कृतान् ॥ ७.२१.२० ॥
Adorned with gold, gems and pearls, and with women.
7.21.21
धार्मिकानपरांस्तत्र दीप्यमानान्स्वतेजसा ।
ददर्श सुमहाबाहू रावणो राक्षसाधिपः ॥ ७.२१.२१ ॥
There Rāvaṇa, the mighty-armed lord of the rākṣasas, saw other righteous ones shining with their own radiance.
7.21.22
ततस्तान्भिद्यमानांश्च कर्मभिर्दुष्कृतैः स्वकैः ।
रावणो मोचयामास विक्रमेण बलाद्बली ॥ ७.२१.२२ ॥
Then the mighty Rāvaṇa freed by valour and by force those who were being torn apart by their own evil deeds.
7.21.23
प्राणिनो मोचितास्तेन दशग्रीवेण रक्षसा ।
सुखमापुर्मुहूर्तं ते ह्यतर्कितमचिन्तितम् ॥ ७.२१.२३ ॥
Those beings, freed by the ten-necked rākṣasa, obtained for a moment an unexpected and unimagined happiness.
7.21.24
प्रेतेषु मुच्यमानेषु राक्षसेन महीयसा ।
प्रेतगोपाः सुसङ्क्रुद्धा राक्षसेन्द्रमभिद्रवन् ॥ ७.२१.२४ ॥
As the pretas were being released by the mighty rākṣasa, the preta-guardians, greatly enraged, rushed upon the lord of the rākṣasas.
7.21.25
ततो हलहलाशब्दः सर्वदिग्भ्यः समुत्थितः ।
धर्मराजस्य योधानां शूराणां सम्प्रधावताम् ॥ ७.२१.२५ ॥
Then from every quarter there arose a clamour of the heroic warriors of Dharmarāja, as they rushed forward.
7.21.26
ते प्रासैः परिघैः शूलैर्मुसलैः शक्तितोमरैः ।
पुष्पकं समवर्षन्त शूराः शतसहस्रशः ॥ ७.२१.२६ ॥
Those heroes, by hundreds of thousands, showered the Puṣpaka with spears, iron clubs, tridents, maces, javelins and lances.
7.21.27
तस्यासनानि प्रासादान्वेदिकास्तोरणानि च ।
पुष्पकस्य बभञ्जुस्ते शीघ्रं मधुकरा इव ॥ ७.२१.२७ ॥
They quickly broke the seats, the palace-halls, the platforms and the arches of the Puṣpaka, like bees.
7.21.28
देवनिष्ठानभूतं तद्विमानं पुष्पकं मृधे ।
भज्यमानं तथैवासीदक्षयं ब्रह्मतेजसा ॥ ७.२१.२८ ॥
That Puṣpaka, the abode of the gods, though being broken in battle, remained imperishable by the power of Brahmā.
7.21.29
असङ्ख्या सुमहत्यासीत्तस्य सेना महात्मनः ।
शूराणामग्रयातऽणां सहस्राणि शतानि च ॥ ७.२१.२९ ॥
The army of that great-souled one was countless and very vast; of the heroes who marched in front there were thousands and hundreds.
7.21.30
ततो वृक्षैश्च शैलैश्च प्रासादानां शतैस्तथा ।
ततस्ते सचिवास्तस्य यथाकामं यथाबलम् ।
अयुध्यन्त महावीराः स च राजा दशाननः ॥ ७.२१.३० ॥
Then his ministers fought, as they wished and as their strength allowed, with trees, with mountains and with hundreds of palaces; those great heroes fought, and the king Daśānana too.
7.21.31
ते तु शोणितदिग्धाङ्गाः सर्वशस्त्रसमाहताः ।
अमात्या राक्षसेन्द्रस्य चक्रुरायोधनं महत् ॥ ७.२१.३१ ॥
Their limbs smeared with blood and struck by every kind of weapon, the ministers of the lord of the rākṣasas waged a great battle.
7.21.32
अन्योन्यं ते महाभागा जघ्नुः प्रहरणैर्भृशम् ।
यमस्य च महाबाहो रावणस्य च मन्त्रिणः ॥ ७.२१.३२ ॥
O mighty-armed one, those fortunate ministers of Yama and of Rāvaṇa struck one another fiercely with their weapons.
7.21.33
अमात्यांस्तांस्तु सन्त्यज्य यमयोधा महाबलाः ।
तमेव चाभ्यधावन्त शूलवर्षैर्दशाननम् ॥ ७.२१.३३ ॥
Leaving those ministers aside, the mighty warriors of Yama rushed straight at Daśānana, raining down spears.
7.21.34
ततः शोणितदिग्धाङ्गः प्रहारैर्जर्जरीकृतः ।
फुल्लाशोक इवाभाति पुष्पके राक्षसाधिपः ॥ ७.२१.३४ ॥
Then the lord of the rākṣasas, his limbs smeared with blood and battered by the blows, shone on the Puṣpaka chariot like an aśoka tree in full bloom.
7.21.35
स तु शूलगदापासाञ्छक्तितोमरसायकान् ।
मुसलानि शिलावृक्षान्मुमोचास्त्रबलाद्बली ॥ ७.२१.३५ ॥
That mighty one, by the power of his weapons, began to hurl spears, maces, nooses, lances, javelins and arrows, iron clubs, rocks and trees.
7.21.36
तरूणां च शिलानां च शस्त्राणां चातिदारुणम् ।
यमसैन्येषु तद्वर्षं पपात धरणीतले ॥ ७.२१.३६ ॥
That most dreadful shower of trees, rocks and weapons fell upon the armies of Yama and onto the surface of the earth.
7.21.37
तांस्तु सर्वान्विनिर्भिद्य तदस्त्रमपहत्य च ।
जघ्नुस्ते राक्षसं घोरमेकं शतसहस्रशः ॥ ७.२१.३७ ॥
Piercing through all of them and warding off that weapon, they struck that one fearsome rākṣasa by hundreds of thousands of blows.
7.21.38
परिवार्य च तं सर्वे शैलं मोघोत्करा इव ।
भिन्दिपालैश्च शूलैश्च निरुच्छ्वासमपोथयन् ॥ ७.२१.३८ ॥
Surrounding him all together, like useless rain-clouds encircling a mountain, they pummeled him with bhindipālas and spears until he was breathless.
7.21.39
विमुक्तकवचः क्रुद्धः सिक्तः शोणितविस्रवैः ।
ततः स पुष्पकं त्यक्त्वा पृथिव्यामवतिष्ठत ॥ ७.२१.३९ ॥
With his armour cast off, enraged and drenched in streams of blood, he then left the Puṣpaka chariot and stood upon the earth.
7.21.40
ततः स कार्मुकी वाणी समरे चाभिवर्तत ।
लब्धसञ्ज्ञो मुहूर्तेन क्रुद्धस्तस्थौ यथान्तकः ॥ ७.२१.४० ॥
Then, bow and arrows in hand, he advanced in battle; regaining his senses in a moment, enraged, he stood like Death himself.
7.21.41
ततः पाशुपतं दिव्यमस्त्रं सन्धाय कार्मुके ।
तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति तानुक्त्वा तच्चापं विचकर्ष स ॥ ७.२१.४१ ॥
Then he fitted the divine Pāśupata weapon to his bow, crying out to them, 'Stop! Stop!', and drew the bow.
7.21.42
आकर्णात्स विकृष्याथ चापमिन्द्रारिराहवे ।
मुमोच तं शरं क्रुद्धस्त्रिपुरे शङ्करो यथा ॥ ७.२१.४२ ॥
Then the enemy of Indra drew the bow back to his ear and loosed that arrow in battle, just as the enraged Śaṅkara loosed his shaft against Tripura.
7.21.43
तस्य रूपं शरस्यासीत्विधूमज्वालमण्डलम् ।
वनं दहिष्यतो घर्मे दावाग्नेरिव मूर्च्छतः ॥ ७.२१.४३ ॥
The form of that arrow was like a circle of smokeless flames, like a forest fire blazing up and about to burn the forest in the summer heat.
7.21.44
ज्वालामाली स तु शरः क्रव्यादानुगतो रणे ।
मुक्तो गुल्मान्द्रुमांश्चापि भस्म कृत्वा प्रधावति ॥ ७.२१.४४ ॥
That arrow, garlanded with flames and followed by flesh-eating creatures, was released in battle, and rushed onward, reducing thickets and trees to ash.
7.21.45
ते तस्य तेजसा दग्धाः सैन्या वैवस्वतस्य तु ।
रणे तस्मिन्निपतिता दावदग्धा नगा इव ॥ ७.२१.४५ ॥
The troops of Vaivasvata (Yama), burned by its blaze, fell in that battle like trees scorched by a forest fire.
7.21.46
ततस्तु सिचवैः सार्धं राक्षसो भीमविक्रमः ।
ननाद सुमहानादं कम्पयन्निव मेदिनीम् ॥ ७.२१.४६ ॥
Then the rākṣasa of terrible prowess, together with his ministers, roared a mighty roar, as if shaking the earth.