Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa · Sarga 7.69
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7.69.1
तच्छ्रुत्वा भाषितं तस्य शत्रुघ्नस्य महात्मनः ।
क्रोधामाहारयत्तीव्रं तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥ ७.६९.१ ॥
Hearing those words of the great-souled Śatrughna, he flared up in fierce anger and said, "Stop! Stop!"
7.69.2
पाणौ पाणिं विनिष्पिष्य दन्तान्कटकटाय्य च ।
लवणो रघुशार्दूलमाह्वयामास चासकृत् ॥ ७.६९.२ ॥
Lavaṇa, pressing hand against hand and gnashing his teeth, challenged the tiger among the Raghus again and again.
7.69.3
तं ब्रुवाणं तथा वाक्यं लवणं घोरदर्शनम् ।
शत्रुघ्नो देवशत्रुघ्न इदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥ ७.६९.३ ॥
To Lavaṇa, who spoke thus and looked terrible, Śatrughna, slayer of the gods' enemies, said these words.
7.69.4
न शत्रुघ्नस्तथा जातो यथा ऽन्ये निर्जितास्त्वया ।
तदद्य बाणाभिहतो व्रज त्वं यमसादनम् ॥ ७.६९.४ ॥
Śatrughna was not born like the others who were conquered by you. Therefore, struck by my arrows today, go to the abode of Yama.
7.69.5
ऋषयो ऽप्यद्य पापात्मन्मया त्वां निहतं रणे ।
पश्यन्तु विप्रा विद्वांसस्त्रिदशा इव रावणम् ॥ ७.६९.५ ॥
O sinner, let the sages, the learned brahmins and the gods see you slain by me in battle today, as the gods once saw Rāvaṇa.
7.69.6
त्वयि मद्बाणनिर्दग्धे पतिते ऽद्य निशाचर ।
पुरे जनपदे चापि क्षेममेव भविष्यति ॥ ७.६९.६ ॥
O night-wanderer, when you fall today, burnt by my arrows, there will surely be peace in the city and the countryside too.
7.69.7
अद्य मद्बाहुनिष्क्रान्तः शरो वज्रनिभाननः ।
प्रवेक्ष्यते ते हृदयं पद्ममंशुरिवार्कजः ॥ ७.६९.७ ॥
Today the arrow released from my arm, with a face like a thunderbolt, will enter your heart as a sunbeam enters a lotus.
7.69.8
एवमुक्तो महावृक्षं लवणः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः ।
शत्रुघ्नोरसि चिक्षेप स च तं शतधाच्छिनत् ॥ ७.६९.८ ॥
Thus addressed, Lavaṇa, overcome with rage, hurled a great tree at Śatrughna's chest; and he split it into a hundred pieces.
7.69.9
तद्दृष्ट्वा विफलं कर्म राक्षसः पुनरेव तु ।
पादपान्सुबहून्गृह्य शत्रुघ्नायासृजद्बली ॥ ७.६९.९ ॥
Seeing that deed had failed, the mighty rākṣasa again seized many trees and hurled them at Śatrughna.
7.69.10
शत्रुघ्नश्चापि तेजस्वी वृक्षानापततो बहून् ।
त्रिभिश्चतुर्भिरेकैकं चिच्छेद नतपर्वभिः ॥ ७.६९.१० ॥
And the radiant Śatrughna cut each of the many trees rushing toward him with three or four arrows of bent joints.
7.69.11
ततो बाणमयं वर्षं व्यसृजद्राक्षसोरसि ।
शत्रुघ्नो वीर्यसम्पन्नो विव्यथे न स राक्षसः ॥ ७.६९.११ ॥
Then the valiant Śatrughna rained a shower of arrows upon the rākṣasa's chest, but that rākṣasa was not pained.
7.69.12
ततः प्रहस्य लवणो वृक्षमुद्यम्य वीर्यवान् ।
शिरस्यभ्यहनच्छूरं स्रस्ताङ्गः स मुमोह वै ॥ ७.६९.१२ ॥
Then, laughing, the mighty Lavaṇa lifted a tree and struck the hero Śatrughna on the head; his limbs went slack and he swooned.
7.69.13
तस्मिन्निपतिते वीरे हाहाकारो महानभूत् ।
ऋषीणां देवसङ्घानां गन्धर्वाप्सरसां तथा ॥ ७.६९.१३ ॥
When that hero had fallen, a great cry of lamentation arose among the sages, the hosts of gods, the Gandharvas and the Apsarases.
7.69.14
तमवज्ञाय तु हतं शत्रुघ्नं भुवि पातितम् ।
रक्षो लब्धान्तरमपि न विवेश स्वमालयम् ॥ ७.६९.१४ ॥
But, deeming Śatrughna slain and fallen to the ground, the rākṣasa did not enter his own dwelling even though he had found an opening.
7.69.15
नापि शूलं प्रजग्राह तं दृष्ट्वा भुवि पातितम् ।
ततो हत इति ज्ञात्वा तान्भक्षान्समुदावहत् ॥ ७.६९.१५ ॥
Seeing him fallen on the ground, he did not even take up his spear; then, concluding that he was slain, he carried off those foods.
7.69.16
मुहूर्ताल्लब्धसञ्ज्ञस्तु पुनस्तस्थौ धृतायुधः ।
शत्रुघ्नो वै पुरद्वारि ऋषिभिः सम्प्रपूजितः ॥ ७.६९.१६ ॥
After a moment, regaining consciousness, Śatrughna rose again, weapons in hand, and stood at the city gate, greatly honored by the sages.
7.69.17
ततो दिव्यममोघं तं जग्राह शरमुत्तमम् ।
ज्वलन्तं तेजसा घोरं पूरयन्तं दिशो दश ॥ ७.६९.१७ ॥
Then he took up that divine, unfailing, excellent arrow, blazing with its radiance, terrible, filling all ten directions.
7.69.18
वज्राननं वज्रवेगं मेरुमन्दरसन्निभम् ।
नतं पर्वसु सर्वेषु संयुगेष्वपराजितम् ॥ ७.६९.१८ ॥
With a thunderbolt-point, with the speed of a thunderbolt, like the mountains Meru and Mandara, unbent at any joint, unconquered in all battles.
7.69.19
असृक्चन्दनदिग्धाङ्गं चारुपत्रं पतत्रिणम् ।
दानवेन्द्राचलेन्द्राणामसुराणां च दारणम् ॥ ७.६९.१९ ॥
Its body smeared as with sandal of blood, beautiful-winged, that bird was the tearer of the Dānava lords and of the Asuras who were like mountain-kings.
7.69.20
तं दीप्तमिव कालाग्निं युगान्ते समुपस्थिते ।
दृष्ट्वा सर्वाणि भूतानि परित्रासमुपागमन् ॥ ७.६९.२० ॥
Seeing him blazing like the fire of time that appears at the end of an age, all beings were struck with terror.
7.69.21
सदेवासुरगन्धर्वं मुनिभिः साप्सरोगणम् ।
जगद्धि सर्वमस्वस्थं पितामहमुपस्थितम् ॥ ७.६९.२१ ॥
With gods, asuras, gandharvas, sages and hosts of apsaras, the whole world, unsettled, came to the Grandfather.
7.69.22
उवाच देवदेवेशं वरदं प्रपितामहम् ।
देवानां भयसंमोहो लोकानां सङ्क्षयं प्रति ॥ ७.६९.२२ ॥
They said to the god of gods, the giver of boons, the great-grandfather: the fear and bewilderment of the gods point toward the destruction of the worlds.
7.69.23
नेदृशं दृष्टपूर्वं च न श्रुतं प्रपितामह ।
देवानां भयसम्मोहो लोकानां सङ्क्षयं प्रति ॥ ७.६९.२३ ॥
O great-grandfather, such a thing was never seen or heard before. The fear and bewilderment of the gods point toward the destruction of the worlds.
7.69.24
तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः ।
भयकारणमाचष्ट लोकानामभयङ्करः ।
उवाच मधुरां वाणीं शृणुध्वं सर्वदेवताः ॥ ७.६९.२४ ॥
Having heard their words, Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds and bestower of fearlessness to the worlds, declared the cause of the fear and spoke in a sweet voice: Listen, all you gods.
7.69.25
वधाय लवणस्याजौ शरः शत्रुघ्नधारितः ।
तेजसा तस्य सम्मूढाः सर्वे स्मः सुरसत्तमाः ॥ ७.६९.२५ ॥
This is the arrow held by Śatrughna in battle, for the slaying of Lavaṇa. Dazzled by its radiance, we gods, best of the divine, are all bewildered.
7.69.26
एष पूर्वस्य देवस्य लोककर्तुः सनातनः ।
शरस्तेजोमयो वत्सा येन वै भयमागतम् ॥ ७.६९.२६ ॥
This is the radiant arrow of the primordial, eternal god, the creator of the worlds. Dear children, it is by this that fear has truly come upon us.
7.69.27
एष वै कैटभस्यार्थे मधुनश्च महाशरः ।
सृष्टो महात्मना तेन वधार्थे दैत्ययोस्तयोः ॥ ७.६९.२७ ॥
This great arrow was indeed created by that great-souled one for the sake of Kaiṭabha and Madhu, for the slaying of those two demons.
7.69.28
एक एव प्रजानाति विष्णुस्तेजोमयं शरम् ।
एषा एव तनुः पूर्वा विष्णोस्तस्य महात्मनः ॥ ७.६९.२८ ॥
Viṣṇu alone knows this radiant arrow. Indeed, this is the primordial form of that great-souled Viṣṇu.
7.69.29
इतो गच्छत पश्यध्वं वध्यमानं महात्मना ।
रामानुजेन वीरेण लवणं राक्षसोत्तमम् ॥ ७.६९.२९ ॥
Go from here and see: Lavaṇa, the foremost of the rākṣasas, is being slain by the great-souled, heroic younger brother of Rāma.
7.69.30
तस्य ते देवदेवस्य निशम्य वचनं सुराः ।
आजग्मुर्यत्र युध्येते शत्रुघ्नलवणावुभौ ॥ ७.६९.३० ॥
Having heard those words of the god of gods, the gods came to the place where Śatrughna and Lavaṇa were both fighting.
7.69.31
तं शरं दिव्यसङ्काशं शत्रुघ्नकरधारितम् ।
ददृशुः सर्वभूतानि युगान्ताग्निमिवोत्थितम् ॥ ७.६९.३१ ॥
All beings saw that arrow, like a divine one, held in Śatrughna's hand, risen like the fire at the end of the age.
7.69.32
अकाशमावृतं दृष्ट्वा देवैर्हि रघुनन्दनः ।
सिंहनादं भृशं कृत्वा ददर्श लक्षणं पुनः ॥ ७.६९.३२ ॥
Seeing the sky covered by the gods, the delight of the Raghus let out a mighty lion's roar and again looked at Lakṣmaṇa.
7.69.33
आहूतश्च पुनस्तेन शत्रुघ्नेन महात्मना ।
लवणः क्रोधसंयुक्तो युद्धाय समुपस्थितः ॥ ७.६९.३३ ॥
Challenged again by the great-souled Śatrughna, Lavaṇa, filled with anger, came forward for battle.
7.69.34
आकर्णात्स विकृष्याथ तद्धनुर्धन्विनां वरः ।
तं मुमोच महाबाणं लवणस्य महोरसि ॥ ७.६९.३४ ॥
Then the best of archers drew that bow back to his ear and loosed that great arrow onto Lavaṇa's broad chest.
7.69.35
उरस्तस्य विदार्याशु प्रविवेश रसातलम् ॥ ७.६९.३५ ॥
Piercing his chest swiftly, it entered the netherworld.
7.69.36
गत्वा रसातलं दिव्यः शरो विबुधपूजितः ।
पुनरेवागमत्तूर्णमिक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनम् ॥ ७.६९.३६ ॥
Having gone down to the netherworld, that divine arrow, honored by the gods, swiftly returned again to the delight of the Ikṣvāku line.
7.69.37
शत्रुघ्नशरनिर्भिन्नो लवणः स निशाचरः ।
पपात सहसा भूमौ वज्राहत इवाचलः ॥ ७.६९.३७ ॥
Pierced by Śatrughna's arrow, that night-wanderer Lavaṇa suddenly fell to the ground, like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt.
7.69.38
तच्च शूलं महत्तेन हते लवणराक्षसे ।
पश्यतां सर्वदेवानां रुद्रस्य वशमन्वगात् ॥ ७.६९.३८ ॥
And when the demon Lavaṇa was slain, that great trident returned to the power of Rudra, while all the gods looked on.
7.69.39
एकेषुपातेन भृशं निपात्य लोकत्रयस्यापि रघुप्रवीरः ।
विनिर्बभावुत्तमचापबाणस्तमः प्रणुद्येव सहस्ररश्मिः ॥ ७.६९.३९ ॥
Felling him utterly with a single arrow's stroke, though he was a terror to all three worlds, the hero of the Raghus shone forth with his fine bow and arrow, like the thousand-rayed sun dispelling darkness.
7.69.40
ततो हि देवा ऋषिपन्नगाश्च प्रपूजिरे ह्यप्सरसश्च सर्वाः ।
दिष्ट्या जयो दाशरथेरवाप्तस्त्यक्त्वा भयं सर्प इव प्रशान्तः ॥ ७.६९.४० ॥
Then the gods, the sages and the serpents, and all the apsarases, honored him. By fortune the son of Daśaratha had won the victory, and, having cast off fear, he was calm, like a serpent.