Aranya Kandam (contd)
The book of forests(contd)
17.Soorpankha meets Rama
and proposes to him
(Soorpanakha , the sister of Ravana happens to meet Rama and is
attracted towards him. She tells Rama
that she would like to get married to him.)
After taking bath Rama, Sita and son of Sumithra went
back to their hermitage in the
banks of river Godavari.
17.1
After reaching their hermitage Rama and Lakshmana did the rituals to be done before noon and went inside the hermitage .
17.2
Rama who was worshipped by sages there stayed happily there and discussed with Lakshmana regarding diverse matters.
17.3
The long armed Rama sitting inside the hermitage along with Sita , shined like moon good
sitting along with Chitra. 17.4
When Rama was sitting there curious to know about several matters , by an accident a Rakshasi came over to that place.
17.5
She was a Rakshasi named Soorpanakha , who was a sister
of a ten necked Rakshasa and she approached near Rama who was like
thirty devas.
17.6
She resembled a strong armed man, had a chest like that
of lion , eyes resembling lotus petals, with arms hanging up to her thigh ,
having a glowing face , was pleasant to look at , walked like a mighty elephant , had matted hair , was
pretty, looked like a strong man having royal traits , had a skin of the colour of blue lotus , glowed
like God of love and as glorious as
Indra and seeing Rama that Rakshasi was attracted with great
passion towards him. 17.7-17.9
While Rama had a pretty face , she had a horrible face ,
while Rama had a slender waist , she had
a big belly , while Rama had broad eyes, she had ugly eyes , while he
had black pretty hair, she had copper red coloured hair, When Rama had an attractive form she had an ugly form, while he had a good voice she
had voice like dog , while he was young she
was old ,she talks to the right and she talks to the left , While he
was well behaved , she had a bad
behaviour and when he was nice to look
at , she had an undesirable form And that Rakshasi caught in the throes of passion told as
follows. 17.10-17.12
“Oh Rama you have matted hair , look like a saint and is with your wife
and are also holding a bow and arrow and with all this you look
like a Kshatriya. Why have you come? Please tell me truth.” 17.13
The destroyer of enemies after hearing these words of Soorpanakha , being honest in
his thinking started to tell her everything.
17.14
Untruth was not acceptable to Rama specially in a hermitage that too in
the presence of women.
17.15
“There was a king called Dasaratha who was valorous like
the devas and I am eldest son and I am
famous among the people with the name of
Rama.”
17.16
“He is my younger brother whose name is Lakshmana and he always
follows me and she is my wife who is the
princess of Videha and she is called Sita.”
17.17
“By the order of the king who is my father and
my mother and bound by Dharma
and with a view to establish Dharma , I have come to reside in forest . “
17.18
“I wish to know about you. Please tell me who you are as
well as where from are you. You do not look like a Rakshasi to me as you have
pretty limbs.”
17.19
“Please tell me truly
as to what purpose you have come here.” Hearing these words but
overtaken by passion that Rakshasi said. 17.20
“Oh Rama , be pleased to hear my words. I am a Rakshasi called Soorpanakha, who can take
any form that I like .I terrorize
everyone and move about in this part of
the forest.”
17.21-17.22
“My brother Ravana who
is strong is the king of all
Rakshasas. He is valorous and son of Visravas
and I hope you have heard about
him.”
17.23
“My brothers are
the very strong Kumbhakarna , the soul of Dharma Vibheeshana
who is a Rakshasa and the very famous heroes in war called Khara
and Dhooshana.” 17.24
“I came leaving all of them and as soon as I saw you , I have approached you as my
husband.” 17.25
“I am having great
powers and can move about where I like with my strength ,. Be my husband for a
long time. What do you intend to do with Sita?”
17.26
“Being ugly and deformed , she is not suitable to be
your wife, and since I am having a form
like yours , you make me your wife.”
17.27
“I will eat this deformed , unchaste , frightful fat bellied woman along
with your brother also.”
17.28
“After that seeing the peaks of mountains and
forests along with me , you darling can
roam about this Dandakaranya.”
17.29
When told like this Rama laughed at that lady who had
bewitching eyes and that expert in
conversation started telling these
words.
17.30
This is the end of the
Seventeenth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
18.Lakshmana disfigures
Soorpanakha
( Rama directs her to
Lakshmana who redirects her to Rama. When Soorpanakha tries to catch
hold of Sita, Lakshmana cuts of her nose and ears. She
goes to Khara who is her brother
and who lives in Janasthana.)
Then Rama told in
clear and lucid manner to Soorpanakha who was tied up in the throes
of passion, smilingly.
18.1
“Oh lady , I was married to this woman and she is my dear
wife and to people like you becoming a
co-wife would be painful. “
18.2
“ There is my younger brother who is
of good character and also good
looking. He is a gentleman who is
valorous and without a wife.”
18.3
“Though he is a youth , he has not been accompanied by
his wife . He being good looking and very much matching to you , would be a
proper husband to you.”
18.4
“And so broad eyed lady , serve my brother as his wife .You being
with having this lips , without any
rival wife , both of you would shine like Sun on mount Meru.” 18.5
That Rakshasi who
was in the throes of passion thus egged by Rama like this left Rama , approached Lakshmana and told.
18.6
“With a blessed complexion and form I would
be a suitable wife to you..You can have pleasure with me and wander all
over Dandaka.”
18.7
The son of Sumithra , who is an expert in conversation ,
after hearing this from the Rakshasi ,
with a smile cleverly told Soorpanakha .
18.8
“Why do you want
to become a maid servant to a servant by becoming my wife , for lotus eyed
lady, I am a servant of my brother.”
18.9
“Oh Broad eyed one
, oh woman of pure complexion , Oh happy
lady, you are pure and sinless , it
would be better if you become younger wife of that gentleman,”
18.10
“He will leave out that ugly looking , unchaste ,
frightful woman , whose belly is hanging
and would only be devoted you.”
18.11
“How will he , who is
having discrete tastes , leave
you , who has a very pretty form and a blessed colour and
posses as wife a mere human being
. ”
18.12
When Lakshmana told her like this that horrible one with a drooping belly , without
understanding that those were meant to
tease her , thought them to be true.
18.13
Then she who was passionate , approached the destroyer of
foes and who was difficult to be faced by enemies , seated in the
hermitage with Sita and told him.
18.14
“You are holding to your wife who is
an ugly horrible lady with a flat belly
and also an old hag and
not properly honouring me.”
18.15
“While you are watching I would eat away this human wife of yours and I would be
able to move about very happily with you without any rival.”
18.16
After saying this that woman with amber colures fiery
eyes , angrily leapt upon Sita who was
fawn eyed like a giant meteor hurling itself
on the star Rohini. 18.17
Rama who was very strong
reprimanded her and after stopping
from trying to fall in the noose
of death told Lakshmana.
18.18
“Oh gentle Lakshmana ,somehow teasing seems to be inappropriate to deal with this cruel woman .Please see
that Sita survives.” 18.19
“Oh tiger among men, you should deform this cruel,
unchaste and intoxicated Rakshasi
with a big belly .”
18.20
Instructed like this the very strong and angry Lakshmana , took the sword which was by the
side of Rama lifted it and cut off her nose and ears.
18.21
That dreadful Soorpanakha , with her ears and nose cut
off , made an ugly horrifying noise and ran away by the way that she came.
18.22
That bad looking
very terrifying Rakshasi , being drenched in blood , thundered like a cloud in rainy season and made various type
of sounds.
18.23
That dreadful looking woman with blood
dripping from various places , held her arms high , when she was
shouting and entered the great forest.
18.24
That disfigured one
went to Janasthana where Khara
lived surrounded by many
Rakshasas and fell down before him like
a thunderbolt from the sky. 18.25
“Rama has come to the forest along with his wife and along with Lakshmana and he has disfigured me “,
said the sister of Khara from whom blood was flowing.
18.26
This is the end of the
eighteenth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
19.Khara sends soldiers to capture Rama
(Soorpanakha complains to her brother about Rama,
and he sends fourteen army chiefs with her so that they all can be
captured so that Soorpanakha can drink
their blood.)
Seeing his sister fallen there disfigured and coated with blood , That Rakshasa Khara
became very angry and enquired.
19.1
“Get up, tell me about your delusion and confusion and
tell me clearly about who reduced you to this
ugly form .”
19.2
“Who would hurt with his finger tip, the black innocent snake
, with fangs full of poison sitting
nearby playfully?” 19.3
“Who would tie the rope of death on his neck out of ignorance or who
would dare to trouble you and drink
the good quality poison?”
19.4
“You are bold ,
strong , do according to your whims and take any form as you like. Who lead you
to this plight so that his death is imminent?”
19.5
“Which person among Devas, Gandharwas, Bhoothas and the
great sages have reduced you to this ugly form?”
19.6
“I do not see anyone in this world who dares to offend me
, even among devas , including the thousand eyed Indra who controls
Pakasura.”
19.7
“Now I will take away his life from his body by fatal arrows like the swan
taking milk from a mix of milk and water.”
19.8
“When my arrows contact his vital parts , he would be
killed and his blood like foam will
drench this earth.” 19.9
“Which flock of birds are going to eat his flesh , after
biting and pulling it from his body , after I kill him in a battle ?”
19.10
“Whether he is deva, Gandharwa, devil or a Rakshasa, when that helpless man
is dragged by me in the battle, nobody would be in a position to save
him.”
19.11
“When you regain your consciousness , you can tell me slowly about that rude man who defeated in the
forest and made advances to you.” 19.12
Hearing these specially angry words from her brother ,
That Soorpanakha spoke these words while shedding tears.
19.13
“They are two very handsome young men called Rama and Lakshmana , who are very
strong, having broad lotus like eyes , wearing bark and hide of a black deer , who live on fruits and roots , who are
self restrained ascetics, who are
followers of Dharma and the sons of king Dasaratha.” 19.14-19.15
“They like kings of Gandharwas and are with auspicious
marks and I am not able to guess whether they are gods or men.”
19.16
“In between them is a young pretty lady who is decorated by ornaments and who is seen to have a slender
waist.”
19.17
“I have been made like this by both of them and brought to the state of
an orphan for the sake of that woman
.”
19.18
“We should think of killing that woman in a battle as I want to drink her foaming blood
as she is a crooked lady.”
19.19
“But my wish which
is going to be fulfilled by you is that I should be able to drink the
blood of those brothers as well.” 19.20
When she was
talking like this Khara became angry and
he ordered fourteen very strong ones , each of them equal to the God of death. 19.21
“Two men , blessed with various weapons and dressed in
bark and deer skin along with a young
lady has entered this Dandaka forest.” 19.22
“You should go and kill them both as well as the lady of
bad behaviour and my sister would drink the blood of all of them.” 19.23
“Oh Rakshasas , it is the dear wish of my sister that and
by your own power imprison them
both so that her wish is
fulfilled.” 19.24
Having been ordered this way those fourteen
Rakshasas along with Soorpanakha went to that place like a cloud in the
sky.
19.25
But then those nocturnal Rakshasas with sharp arrows were not able to face the lustrous Rama , like a wild elephant
is not able to face the forest fire.
This is the end of the
nineteenth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
20. Rama kills fourteen soldiers of Khara
(Rama chooses to fight with the fourteen Rakshasas sent
by Khara and kills all of them easily . Soorpanakha reports about it to her brother Khara.)
Then that horrible Soorpanakha came to the hermitage of Rama
and showed those brothers as well as Sita to those Rakshasas.
20.1
They saw the very strong Rama sitting in the leaf
thatched hut and also saw Sita , the
princess of Videha along with
Lakshmana.
20.2
Then that gentleman Rama seeing those who have come along
with the Rakshasi told his brother
Lakshmana blazing like fire.
20.3
“Oh son of Sumithra , for a short time stay with
Sita inside the hermitage and I shall
kill those Rakshasas who have come in
her way.”
20.4
After hearing those words
of wise Rama, Lakshmana in turn
honoured those words
of Rama. 20.5
Rama lifted that great bow which was decorated with gold
and tied that bow and told the
Rakshasas as follows.
20.6
“We are the sons
of Dasaratha and known as Rama and Lakshmana and we have
entered this inaccessible forest Dandakaranya along with my wife Sita.”
20.7
“We are self restrained ascetics eating only fruits and
roots and are the followers of Dharma and are living in Dandakaranya. Why
are you troubling us?” 20.8
“For killing the sinners
and offenders like you in a great war
who are troubling the sages, I came well equipped with all weapons.”
20.9
“Stay here happily , if you are not interested in returning back alive or else if you want to be alive, you may
return.”
20.10
Those fourteen Rakshasas , who were killers of Brahmins
and who were armed with a spear ,
hearing these words became extremely
angry.
20.11
“You have made our great lord Khara very angry
and you would fight with us and
would be killed in that fight.”
20.12
“Alone how you can
have the strength to face many
people in the war? You cannot even face
us and where is the question of war.”
20.13
“When we send against you many spears with triple
edge and iron bars . you will give up your life as well as the
bow held in your hand.”
20.14
After saying those fourteen Rakshasas became very
angry and threw those spears at him, who cannot be
defeated.
20.15
That son of Kakustha clan cut off all those fourteen
spears by sending individual arrows
decorated by gold and broke them in to
pieces.
20.16
Then that greatly lustrous one who was an angry man took
fourteen arrows sharpened on stone and
which were shining like a sun.
20.17
Then he took the bow stretched it and aiming at those
Rakshasas and released those arrows comparable to the Vajrayudha of Indra.
20.18
Those arrows decorated in gold and having feathers attached to them were shining
speedily went and fell on their bodies
and shattered those Rakshasas on their
chest and drenched them with blood like the Vajrayudha of Indra going to
the earth.
20.19
With their chest cut in to pieces and bodies drenched in
blood , they fell dead on the ground
like trees whose roots have been cut
.
20.20
Seeing them falling dead on the ground, the Rakshasi got
very angry and being frightened released
a huge wailing sound.
20.21
With the little blood getting dried like the exuding gum
of the Sallaki tree which is cut ,she
became frightened and after coming in front of Khara , fell
down.
20.22-20.23
Then becoming mad with sorrow , in front of her brother ,
that lady with a sad face , made great noise and shed tears. 20.24
Having seen the Rakshasa falling in battle , that sister
ran round her brother and told Khara in detail about the killing of those Rakshasas.
20.25
This is the end of the
twentieth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
21.Soorphanaka
berates Khara
(When again
Soorpanakha goes to Khara , he jeers at her and Soorpanakha who is
angry , calls him a coward and a weak person and tells that he cannot defeat Rama.)
Seeing her fall down again Khara who got very angry and told Soorpanakha ,spoke in clear words about her unfortunate situation.
21.1
“Just now to please you I had sent, those valorous
Rakshasas who feed on blood as per your
wish. Why are you crying again
now?”
21.2
“They are my devotees and are always fond of me and are my well wishers. Even being attacked , they are not killed
by others and they
never fail to carry out my orders.”
21.3
“I want to know why are you doing this again? Why are you
shouting “Oh Lord” and rolling on the
ground like a serpent?”
21.4
“When I am standing her as a lord , why are you crying
like an orphan? Do not fear, Get up, leave out that worry.”
21.5
When that invincible lady was addressed like this by
Khara , wiping out her tearful eyes , she told Khara.
21.6
“Since my ears and nose were chopped off, I came before
you drenched in blood and you also
pacified
me.
21.7
“You sent along with me fourteen valorous Rakshasas to kill Rama, along with Lakshmana so as to please me .”
21.8
“Those spirited ones went before Rama armed with spears
and iron rods and they were all killed
in the war by sharp arrows which split
their vitals.”
21.9
“When I saw those very strong ones fall on earth within a
second , the great act of Rama greatly frightened me.”
21.10
“Oh mover at
night, I am scared as well as sad and again
I had come to seek your protection, as I am always afraid.” 21.11
“Who will save me from this sea of sorrow , populated by
crocodiles of distress and filled everywhere with waves of fear.”
21.12
“Those Rakshasas who live on flesh who accompanied me ,
were killed by sharp arrows of Rama and
fell on the ground.”
21.13
“Oh wanderer at night , if you have any pity on me
and you want to protect me , if
there is any Rakshasa who has equal
luster like Rama , go and kill that
thorn for Rakshasas by going to
Dandakaranya.” 21.14
“If you do not kill my enemy Rama now itself , oh
shameless one , , in front of you itself, I will give up my life.” 21.15
“Thinking with my brain, I presume that you cannot stand
in war against the great Rama, even along with your army.” 21.16
“If you claim to be a hero and do not have the strength to kill Rama , a mere human being, then your claim of hero is a myth.”
21.17
“Oh Rakshasa, oh blot to
our clan living in Dandakaranya ,
if you have power and brilliance like
that of Rama , kill him.”
21.18
“You are a
weakling , you have very little valour
and you should quickly go away with your people from Janasthana. For
what type of position are you occupying
here? 21.19
“You would be defeated by the brilliance of Rama and surely you would be destroyed soon , for
that son of Dasaratha ,Rama is endowed
with great brilliance. and also his brother is greatly valorous as he
was the one who disfigured me.”
21.0-21.21
That Rakshasi with a big belly wailed in several different ways and she cried beating her belly as she was very sad.
21.22
This is the end of the
twenty first chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
22. Khara goes to war against Rama
( After getting angry at Soorpanakha and promising that he will kill Rama , Khara marches along With Dhooshana , his
commander and other fourteen thousand
Rakshasas to kill Rama).
When Khara was
put to shame by Soorpanakha in this way , standing in the middle of
Rakshasas , Khara replied harshly.
22.1
“By the insults you have heaped on me , my anger has become matchless and like excessive flow of salt water it is unbearable to me .”
22.2
“I do not bother
about Rama who is a valorous man of
short span of life due to his own bad
conduct and now he will leave this world.”
22.3
“So control your
tears, get rid of your excitement , I will lead Rama and his brother to the country of God of death.”
22.4
“ Oh Rakshasi ,I will kill Rama with a short span of life
, today by my axe and you can drink his blood today.” 22.5
“Hearing the words that fell from the mouth of Khara, she
was happy and due to her foolishness,
she again started praising her great brother.”
22.6
Hearing from her earlier berating him and now praising
him , he started talking to Dhooshana
his commander. 22.7
“Please get ready fourteen thousand Rakshasas who are under my control, who act according to my thoughts and who
have great speed in war.” 22.8
“They are also of
the colour of blue black clouds , dreadful, performers of cruel acts ,Torturers
of other people , strong and powerful.”
22.9
“Oh soft one, get all those Rakshasas who are
arrogant like tigers, having big mouths,
powerful , drunk with pride and make
them ready quickly.”
22.10
“Oh gentle one, quickly get ready my chariot , bows,
arrows , different type of swords and
Sharp Shakthi missiles .”
22.11
“I would like to go in the front of these members of
Paulasthya clan who are experts in
warfare to kill that Rama who has indiscipline .” 22.12
When Khara was
telling like this, at that time Dhooshana got ready a
huge chariot of the colour of sun
pulled by horses of variegated
colours.
22.13
Then that Khara who looked patient ,
mounted that chariot which looked like the peak of Meru mountain, decorated with the
pure gold, with gold wheels, studded with costly gems. The carriage of the chariot was engraved
with figures made of gold, like fish, flowers, trees, Sun, stars, flocks of
auspicious birds, flags and swords, shining with small bells was yoked to good
horses. 22.14-22.16
When that Rakshasa
mounted his chariot , other
Rakshasas of great valour along with
Dhooshana stood prepared to go.
22.17
Khara seeing those great warriors who were holding great weapons and possessing dreadful shields and also holding other weapons and flag ordered them to start.
22.18
Then that Rakshasa army
who were wearing dreadful
shields, weapons and flag started from
Janasthana making great noise.
22.19
Those
fourteen thousand Rakshasas who acted according
to the wishes of Khara, took in their hand maces, piercing weapons,
tridents, sharp axes used in battle, swords, wheels, splinters, iron clubs,
powerful spears, dreadful iron bars of giant size, bows made of bamboo, clubs
and knives which were frightening to look at like the Vajrayudha of Indra and departed from Janasthana, 22.20-22.22
Those Rakshasas of great valour who were going speedily to attack marched
forward and Khara ‘s chariot also
went slightly behind.
22.23
Thereafter the charioteer of Khara driving a chariot
decorated in gold and drawn by horses of
variety of colours , knowing the mind of
Khara drove fast.
22.24
That Chariot of Khara , who was the killer of
enemies went speedily filling all major and intermediate directions
with great sound. 22.25
Khara whose anger was progressively increasing made horrible sound like the cloud producing rain
of hail stones and went speedily , like
the god of death and impelled the
charioteer to go still faster .”
22.26
This is the end of the
twenty second chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
23.Bad omens Greet
Khara ‘s march
(Right from beginning Khara ‘s army saw very bad omens. Though they were bad omens, Khara
decided on the war. Sages and Devas assembledin the sky to see the war.)
A fierce dark
cloud of the colour of donkey , rained dreadful
inauspicious water of red colour on the
marching army. 23.1
Those great horses which can move with high speed which
were yoked to the chariot , when they were travelling in the royal path on which flowers were spread stumbled and
fell down.
23.2
When the Sun took its position on the sky , its middle
part was dark and the edges were of colour of blood and it moved like a fire brand created ring .
23.3
On the flag flying on the golden staff , a very
frightening vulture with a huge
body settled down.
23.4
Beasts and birds that live on flesh , collected in Janasthana in a harsh voice produced different
wrong signals and screamed. 23.5
The fearsome jackals running towards light , giving out
very frightful sound indicated inauspiciousness to the Rakshasas.
23.6
The clouds looking like scattered mountains poured
rain of the blood red colour
was fearsome and the sky looked different from normal sky.
23.7
A terrible darkness spread all over and was frightening and produced
horripilation , Even the four directions and the intermediate directions were
not bright.
23.8
Even before the time for sun set , the twilight was
red appearing like a raw wound and the wild animals and birds like Kanka
birds, Jackals and eagles produced horrifying sounds facing Khara
indicating their great fear.
23.9
Jackals which
appeared scared ran towards Khara screeching as if fire was produced from their mouth. These ill
omens indicate inauspiciousness and provided dreadful evidence of what is
likely to happen.
23.10
The Kethu planet was seen at the end of Sun appearing
like a rod of iron and that great planet
sun appeared to be eclipsed on days
other than new moon by Rahu and it
appeared it speedily lead the sun to
darkness.
23.11-23.12
Even before night fall the stars shined like fire flies ,
whish lead to disappearance of fishes
and birds . The lotus in the ponds dried
up and fruits and flowers started
falling from the trees.
23.13
Without any strong wind , a brownish cloud of dust rose
up and the Saarika birds thoughtlessly
started singing, “Vichi Kuchi.”
23.14
The thunderstorm accompanied by falling of the
meteors gave a sight of
dreadfulness and mountains and forests
were shaken up.
23.15
The left shoulder of Khara who was sitting shouting in the chariot , throbbed excessively and being shaken violently his throat
throttled.
23.16
While he was examining all over, his eyes were filled
with tears and his forehead started to
have pains but in spite of all this he
did not return back. 23.17
Seeing that great disturbance causing horripilation , Khara laughingly addressed all his Rakshasas and told.
23.18
“Though I see terrifying events boding calamity like
a strong and valorous man dealing with
the weak, I do not take them
seriously.”
23.19
“Using my sharp arrows I can even bring down the
stars from the sky and if I am angry I can even make the death die.”
23.20
“I do not want to return back without killing Rama who is proud of his strength and his brother Lakshmana , using my sharp
arrows.”
23.21
“Let my sister become contented by drinking the blood of
Rama and Lakshmana , due to whom this great conflict arose.”
23.22
“I have never faced defeat in any war and all of you are
aware of it and you all know that I am
not telling a lie .”
23.23
“I can even kill
the angry Indra, the king of devas
riding on a intoxicated divine
elephant Iravatha and armed with
Vajrayudha and what of these petty human beings.” 23.24
Hearing that great roar of Khara , the Rakshasas of the
great army became incomparably
happy though they were falling in to the
trap of death.
23.25
Sages, devas, Gandharwas , Sidhas, Charanas and other great people assembled on the sky
with a desire to see the war.
23.26
Those blessed people
who were assembled there spoke
among themselves “Let the cows and Brahmins associated with good people
be safe.”
23.27
“Let Rama win over the clan of Paulasthya like
Vishnu , the holder of wheel won
earlier over the Rakshasas.”
23.28
When those great sages were talking with each other on
many more aspects and devas riding on their planes were eagerly waiting , they
saw the Rakshasas who were nearing the end of their life.23.29-23.30
Khara driving in a
chariot went fast along with his great army and seeing that the Rakshasas also travelled with great speed. 23.31
Syenagami,
Pruthugreeva, Yagnasatru, Vihangama, Durjaya, Karaviraksha, Parusha,
Kalakarmukha, Methmali, Mahamali, Sarpasya, Rudhirasana, Mahaveerya, all twelve
of them walked along with
Khara.
23.32-23.33
That
army of Rakshasas , who had high speed, who were desirous of war and who were very strong marched with speed towards the sons of the
king , like the garland of planets
march towards Sun and moon.
23.34
This is the end of the
twenty third chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
24.Rama prepares
for the war against Khara
(Rama
asks Lakshmana and Sita to hide in a cave and decided to fight alone . He also
sees the bad omens which greet Khara ‘s army. He sees good omens. The army of
Khara arrives and Rama is ready for the battle.)
Observing the arrival of Khara who was coming with his evil valour , Rama
also saw the omens of danger accompanying Khara .
24.1
Rama seeing those dreadful events which were harmful to the people and which creating
horripilation due to fear and which
indicated mass destruction Rama told
Lakshmana.
24.2
“Oh greatly strong one, please notice this greatly disturbing events which
indicate disturbance and destruction of
all beings including Rakshasas.”
24.3
“ The sky is covered with disturbing clouds of the
red colour of donkey , which are harsh
sounding and which gives rise to rains of the colour of blood.”
24.4
“The arrows which emit smoke are congratulating me for a
successful war and the bows decorated by
gold is moving circularly.”
24.5
“We are also seeing the birds moving in the forest with chirping , warning about the danger in front of us and
the uncertainty of our lives .”
24.6
“Without any doubt
, great loss of life would take place .Oh valorous one, I find my shoulder is throbbing again and
again indicating that victory is nearby
and that our enemies would face defeat. also your face looks bright and
lustrous indicating our success.”
24.7-24.8
“Oh Lakshmana , while one prepares for the war , if one
loses the shine of his this is
indicative of the fact that his life span would be reduced.”
24.9
“A great sound of the loud shouting of the Rakshasas is being heard and also we hear the beating
of war drums by those Rakshasas who do cruel
deeds.”
24.10
“When dangerous events
are anticipated by a learned man, he plans his activities in such a way
that the danger is avoided.”
24.11
“And so completely armed with bows and arrows , take Vaidehi to an inaccessible cave covered by trees on the mountains.”
24.12
“I do not desire you to disobey these words of mine as this is the word based on the honour of my
feet. Please keep going without any
delay.”
24.13
“Without any doubt you are valiant and very strong and can kill all the Rakshasas yourself
but I desire to kill these night farers myself.” 24.14
When Rama told like Lakshmana armed with bows and arrows,
took Sita with him and hid himself in an
inaccessible cave.
24.15
When Sita and Lakshmana
entered the cave to hide themselves Rama said, “Great , a job is
accomplished”, and wore an armour .
24.16
When he wore that armour he was looking like a blazing
fire and in that darkness he shined
like a smokeless fire.
24.17
That valorous one
lifted up his great bow and
created a very great sound by the twangs of his bow and filled all directions with that sound.
24.18
Then the devas , Gandharwas, Sidhas and Charanas assembled there with a desire
of seeing the war of that great man.
24.19
Sages, great persons and the great Brahmarishis who have
performed great deeds , assembled there
and started discussing among themselves
.
24.20
“Let the cows and Brahmins who are the well wishers of the world be safe .Let Rama gain victory in the war over
Rakshasas of the Paulasthya clan like
Lord Vishnu won over all the Rakshasas.” 24.21
After saying this . they again started discussing among
themselves. How will the war result when Rama who is fighting alone faces the fourteen thousand powerful
Rakshasas.”
24.22-24.23
Royal sages along with their followers, Sidhas, great
Brahmins along with great curiosity as well as Devas on the air planes eagerly
awaited there.
24.24
Then Seeing Rama with great luster waiting to
fight the war , all beings were
alarmed with great fear.
24.25
The form of Rama who acts without any stress was incomparable and his angry form was
similar to Rudra holding his Pinakini bow .
24.26
Then the army of Rakshasas raining majestic sound as well as dreadful
shrieks carrying weapons and banners
appeared near to that place.
24.27
That forest was filled by
the roar of a lions made by some, twangs of bow raised by some , the shouting of soldiers
with each other , the sound of advancing army , the sound of proclamation , the
sound raised from big drums and the
tumultuous sound of the forest.
24.28-24.29
Being scared by that sound the wild animals from that forest got scared and ran away to a silent spot without even looking back.
24.30
The terrifying army
carrying different types of
weapons and which looked like the
majestic sea came near Rama.
24.31
The expert in warfare Rama turned his eyes all over to see that army of
Rakshasas which had come ready for the war.
24.32
With great anger Rama stretched his great bow and took
out arrows from his quiver intending to
kill all the Rakshasas. 24.33
It was difficult
to even look at the angry Rama burning like the fire at the time of final
deluge and seeing the luster emanating
from him all the forest deities ran away from there. 24.34
When we see at the very angry face of Rama , it was like
the face of Lord Shiva , who had come to kill Daksha.
24.35
Seeing the lustrous Rama standing at the top of the
battle ground , all beings , became
scared and ran away from there. 24.36
The army of the Rakshasas
with their weapons, ornaments and flags and with armours which shined
like fire looked like a mass of blue clouds at time of sun rise.
24.37
This is the end of the
twenty fourth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
25. The war between Rama
and army of Khara
(Though the war was started by Khara , it was mainly his
soldiers who fought against Rama . He killed and wounded most of them. Dhooshana
encouraged them and the war continued.)
Khara who came to the hermitage along with hiss soldiers saw Rama , the killer of enemies standing there angry and holding the bow and arrow . 25.1
Seeing him, Khara after lifting the bow and arrow
made a terrible sound and ordered his charioteer to go in front of
him.
25.2
As per the orders of Khara , the charioteer drove the
horses and made them stand in front of the mighty armed Rama standing alone armed with a bow and arrow.
25.3
Seeing him rush there , all those Rakshasas roared and creating a big sound and his ministers surrounded him. 25.4
Khara who stood on the chariot in the middle of the
Rakshasas, looked like the planet mars
in between the bevy of stars.
25.5
Then Khara took one thousand arrows and sent them against
Rama of matchless power and after assaulting him he raised a big sound.
25.6
Then all the
Rakshasas in great anger sent many type of weapons at Rama , who was holding a huge bow and who
cannot be defeated.
25.7
Those Rakshasas
bent upon vengeance threw at him,
hammers, spears with sharp
edge , tridents, barbed missiles
, swords and battle axes
continuously.
25.8
Those very powerful Rakshasas resembling a huge
cloud created huge sound came
with eagerness on chariots, horses, elephants looking like mountains and ran forward.
25.9
That group of Rakshasas inundated Rama with their arrows , like the king of
mountains is drowned by the rains from the great clouds.
25.10
Rama surrounded by
those horrible group of Rakshasas
looked like Lord Shiva being surrounded by large number of Attendants during
dusk.
25.11
Rama received the arrows sent by the those Rakshasas , like the sea receiving
waters being showered by several
rivers.
25.12
Though being hit on various parts of the body by those
terrible arrows , Rama was not pained just like the mountain is not
hurt even if it is hit by many
thunderbolts.
25.13
Rama being wounded all over and bleeding
through all his wounds looked like
Sun surrounded by clouds at the
time of dusk.
25.14
Devas, Gandharwas , Sidhas and great sages seeing that
Rama left alone was surrounded by
many thousands of Rakshasas became sad.
25.15
Then Rama became extremely angry
bending his great bow and
released hundreds of thousands of
arrows continuously.
25.16
Rama sent those
unstoppable and unbearable arrows decorated with heron’s fathers which looked like
the staff of Yama , going straight to the aim without missing it . 25.17
Those arrows shot playfully by Rama easily pulled out the
life of the Rakshasas who were enemy warriors like the noose of
God of death.
25.18
Those arrows broke the bodies of the Rakshasas in to
pieces and made them drenched in their
blood and shined forth in the sky
like , they looked like the red flames
of the burning fire. 25.19
Countless excessively ferocious Rakshasas died from the
fatal arrows emanating from the
bow of Rama. 25.20
In the war the
arrows sent by Rama’s bow cut off
hundreds of thousands of bows, tips of flags, armours , heads ,
shoulders as well as thighs of Rakshasas,
and also the thighs and trunks of
the elephant. 25.21
He also killed horses
yoked to the chariots decorated with gold along with the charioteers and killed
Rakshasas riding on elephants as
well as elephants , those who ride on horses along with horses , soldiers in
the infantry , and sent them all to the abode
of death.” 25.22-25.23
After that, the
terrible and pitiable cries of
Rakshasas, who were torn and pulled
apart by the iron arrows , was
heard.
25.24
The army whose vital parts were torn apart by those sharp
arrows did not get any relief , just
like the dried up forest attacked by fire. 25.25
Some very strong valorous soldiers armed with trident ,
sword and battle axe faced Rama in the
front and threw those divine weapons at
him. 25.26
The strong armed Rama prevented all those weapons from
falling on him and took out their
lives by cutting of their neck.
25.27
Their broken heads , armours and bows
were thrown down on the earth like
just as trees fell by the blows
of the divine Garuda.
25.28
Then all those Rakshasas suffering intense pain due to being hit by the arrows of Rama ran towards Khara for taking refuge.
25.29
Dhooshana after pacifying all of them , again brought
them together and like the God of death approaching Lord Shiva ,
approached Rama with great wrath. 25.30
Becoming dependent on Dhooshana all of them became
fearless and returned to attack Rama
carrying Sala trees , palm trees as
well as stones.
25.31
Some strong Rakshasas holding tridents , hammers in their
hands and some others holding
bows together sent arrows and other weapons on Rama , while continuously raining stones at
him. 25.32
Again a fierce
war which was dreadful , wonderful as
well as thrilling started between Rama and those Rakshasas.
25.33
They who were
angry advanced on Rama from all
directions and they completely surrounded
him in four directions and four sub
directions and started showering him with arrows and sending other missiles on Rama and Rama made a frightful great sound
and released the very powerful Gandharwa
arrow at them.
25.34-25.36
And then Rama released thousands of arrows from the
curvature of his bow and they went on
filling all the directions.
25.37
Those Rakshasas who were hurt by those terrible
arrows could not see due to the speed, Rama taking them out nor his sending but only saw him drawing
them.
25.38
The darkness created by the arrows completely covered the sky including the Sun and it looked to the Rakshasas that Rama was
not sending those arrows by spewing
them out.
25.39
The earth was by those who were falling at the same time,
, by those who were being killed at the
same time and those who fell were lying
scattered all over the ground.
25.40
Those Rakshasas numbering in thousands who were killed had fallen all over the place being cut in to
pieces and being pierced all over.
25.41
In
that war Rakshasas having been
killed by Rama's arrows, the entire land
was filled with their limbs which were cut off, heads with head dresses,
shoulders dressed with ornaments of different kinds and cut off thighs and
knees; different chariots with horses decorated with streamers used as an
insignia of royalty, best of elephants, different flags and garbs; with
different types of weapons like tridents, swords, darts, battle axes scattered
all over; with crushed pieces of broken stones and arrows dispersed over the
ground was frightening to see.
25.42-25.45
This is the end of the
twenty fifth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
26.Rama kills
Dhooshana as well as army of
Khara
(Rama killed the
valorous Dhooshana and all his army. He also killed the army chiefs sent by Khara.)
When Dhooshana saw that his army is being shattered , he
ordered five thousand powerful Rakshasas with great speed and who never
retreated to attack Rama. 26.1
They started showering tridents, iron rods , swords ,
rain of stones and trees, continuously
on Rama from all directions.
26.2
After stopping the
shower of those stones and trees
which would be greatly fatal, that soul of Dharma sent very sharp arrows at them.
26.3
Receiving that
shower of weapons like a bull with closed eyes , Rama with great anger
,started killing those Rakshasas.
26.4
The very infuriated
Rama endowed with great luster , with arrows made Dhooshana and his army as ineffective. 26.5
Dhooshana the commander in chief who was the spoiler of enemies became
angry sent arrows which were like
thunderbolts at Rama and virtually countered
the attack of Rama. 26.6
Then That Rama with great anger using his bent and great bow cut
off the bow of that valorous one and
also killed his four horses. 26.7
After killing those horses with his sharp arrows
, with crescent moon shaped arrow , he cut off the head of the
charioteer and with three other arrows
pierced the chest of that asura. 26.8
With broken bow,
with no chariot with horses and
charioteer dead , Dhooshana grabbed a mountain like mace , which was ornamented
in gold , which was hair rising , which
had been used to beat the army of devas
, which had sharp spikes attached to it, which was saturated with enemy
fat , which was equal to Vajrayudha to
touch and which was used to destroy the
towers of the enemy . 26.9-26.11
Dhooshana who was
a cruel Rakshasa rushed towards Rama holding that mace which was like a
great serpent.
26.12
That Rama seeing that Dhooshana rushing towards him,
using two arrows cut off both his hands, which were ornamented.
26.13
When his hands of
his were cut off that great mace fell in the battle field and he with his cut off hands looked
like the cut off flag of Indra.
26.14
With both his hands
strewn round him, the Dhooshana fell
on the earth like a haughty
gigantic elephant falling down when his
tusks are broken.
26.15
Seeing Dhooshana
who was killed in battle falling on the ground , all beings praised the son of
Kakustha clan saying “great, great.”
26.16
When this was happening ,
three very angry chiefs of the army called Mahakapala, Sthoolaksha and the very strong
Pramadhi ran towards Rama not
understanding that they are running towards
death.
26.17
The Rakshasa Mahakapala carrying a huge trident, Sthoolaksha with an iron crowbar and Pramadhi
with an axe came towards Rama. 26.18
After noting those Rakshasas rushing towards him with
sharp edged weapons , Rama quickly received them with sharp arrows as if one
receives a guest. 26.19
Mahakala ‘s head was cut off by divine arrows and using innumerable arrows he also killed
Pramadhi and both of them fell on the
ground like a very big tree with its branches. 26.20-26.21
Rama filled both the eyes of Sthoolaksha with many
arrows and with a flow of five thousand
arrows , in a moment five thousand followers of
Dhooshana were sent to the place of God of death. 26.22
Seeing that Dhooshana and his army followers were killed, the very angry Khara ordered
his very strong chiefs of army this
way.
26.23
“Now you see that Dhooshana and his great army have been killed. So now taking the
very great army , you all fight with that bad
human being and use all sort of weapons and kill him.” 26.24
After
angry Khara spoke like this his twelve
army chiefs , Syenagami, Pruthugriva,
Yajna satru, Vihanga, Durjaya, Karaveeraksha, Parusha, Kalakarmuka, Meghamali,
Mahamali, Sarpasya, Rudhirasana who were very valorous along with their army men advanced towards
Rama releasing excellent arrows at him.
26.26-26.28
Then
using his arrows decorated by gold and shining like a raging fire , that Rama
who had great luster killed the
remaining army.
26.29
Those
gold tipped arrows looked as if they were
fires covered with smoke and
completely destroyed all the Rakshasas like a thunderbolt destroys mighty trees.
26.30
With a single stroke he killed one hundred Rakshasas with one hundred arrows and similarly killed one thousand
Rakshasas with one thousand arrows.
26.31
They fell down cut and broken and stained with blood with shattered shields
and ornaments which were broken to
pieces by the arrows .
26.32
The entire battle field strewn with those by those who have fallen with spread out hair , by
those who were drenched in blood and by those who were cut in to pieces made it look like a sacrificial alter
spread with Kusa grass.
26.33
Within a moment that dreadful forest with the Rakshasas who
have been killed looked like hell whose
soil has been soaked with flesh and
blood.
26.34
Those very powerful fourteen thousand Rakshasas were
killed by Rama , a single human being standing on
the ground.
26.35
Among the huge army only the great hero Khara , a Rakshasa called Trisiras and Rama
only were left remaining
alive.
26.36
All the other greatly powerful , dreadful and
unbearable Rakshasas were
killed in that battle by the elder brother of Lakshmana. 26.37
Seeing that he has lost his army with great power in the
battle by the mighty Rama who was alone , Khara got in
to his great chariot and went
forward like Indra who has raised his Vajrayudha. 26.38
This is the end of the
twenty sixth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
27. Rama kills
Trisiras
(Trisiras , the army
commander of Khara who had three heads
was killed by Rama in a
tough battle.)
When Khara was going to face Rama , Trisiras , the Rakshasa commander of his
army went near him and told him.
27.1
“Oh valorous one ,leave out
this needless adventure and assign the job to me and See the very strong
Rama falling down in the battle.”
27.2
“By touching my weapons , I take an oath that I would kill Rama who deserves to die
for killing all Rakshasas.”
27.3
“For a moment , restrain yourself from fighting in this
battle and be a witness for my killing Rama in the battle or my being
killed by him,.”
27.4
“If Rama is killed by me , become happy and go back to
Janasthana , otherwise if I die , you
can then face him in battle.”
27.5
Thus Khara was requested by Trisiras who was anxious to meet
with death and Khara gave him
permission to fight with Rama and told ,
“You may go.”
27.6
Trisiras who was a
like a mountain with three peaks got in
to a shining chariot yoked with horses
and went to attack Rama.
27.7
That Trisiras unleashed multitude of arrows like a very huge cloud and produced fatal roar like a dampened drum.
27.8
Raghava seeing that Rakshasa with three heads coming to
him shook his bow and released very sharp arrows as
retaliation.
27.9
Between the great
Rama and Trisiras a tumultuous war took place
and they shot arrows at each other and fought like a strong lion and an elephant .
27.10
Hit by three arrows of Trisiras on his forehead Rama became angry and intolerant , and in a
very agitated way told.
27.11
“Oh this Rakshasa who
is greatly valorous has sufficient amount of strength that by his flower like arrows my forehead is only
scratched.” 27.12
Saying that , “You may now receive arrows from me, “, the
very agitated and angry Rama released
from the string of his bow, fourteen poison like arrows and hit the
chest of Trisiras. 27.13
Then
the lustrous one sent four arrows which
were well jointed and hit the four swift
horses and killed them.
27.14
He hit
the charioteer with eight arrows and the very lofty flag on the top of the chariot with one arrow and cut it off.
27.15
Then
Rama hit that Rakshasa who was running away from the destroyed chariot with
arrows on his chest and that Rakshasa became numb.
27.16
That
man of boundless strength Rama with
great ire with swift and sharp arrows
cut off the heads of that Rakshasa.
27.17
Attacked
by the arrows of Rama that one who travels during night vomited blood and when his three heads were cut off fell
down.
27.18
Those
Rakshasas who were remaining and who
were under protection of Khara got greatly scared by the tiger like Rama and retreated and sped off like a deer. 27.19
That
Khara seeing his retreating army became angry , personally made them turn back
and leaped on Rama like Rahu and Kethu try to leap on the moon.
27.20
This is the end of the
twenty seventh chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
28.Rama fights
with Khara in an individual battle
(The war between Khara and Rama is ferocious. Though
Khara succeeds in
wounding Rama a few times, Rama destroys the chariot of Khara and makes him to come for a fight with a mace.)
Seeing that in the war Trisiras is also killed along with
Dhooshana, Khara was greatly shaken by
the might of Rama.
28.1
That very strong Rakshasa seeing that Rama fighting alone has
killed the unbeatable army of Rakshasas
along with Trisiras as well as Dhooshana
and seeing his entire army has been killed without
willingness approached Rama like
the Rakshasa Namuchi approached Indra. 28.2-28.3
Khara pulling with all his strength his
bow he sent several arrows
desirous of eating the blood at Rama and
they went against him like angry serpents.
28.4
Sitting on his chariot
making a twang with his bow he released arrows with both his
hands in very many directions , exhibiting his skill of use of weapons.
28.5
That great warrior seeing Khara filing up arrows in all directions and sub directions , Rama
also started filling with arrows.
28.6
Rama filled the place with unbearable arrows which released sparks of fire , like the rain God fills the earth
with rain, leaving no free space .
28.7
Due to the sharp arrows
sent by Rama and Khara the sky and all the surroundings were filled with arrows and it appeared as if the sky is
not there at all.
28.8
Due to those two
who were eager to kill each other , the
arrows they sent formed a net in the sky and the sun was not to be seen.
28.9
With tubular arrows
with sharp point and arrows with the crescent end , Khara hit Rama like a great elephant being hit by a
goad.
28.10
When the Rakshasa came riding a chariot holding a bow ,
all beings felt as if the God of death
had come with his noose.
28.11
Khara seeing Rama
who has killed all his army and was
standing boldly , thought that that
indefatigable one would be greatly
tired by that time.
28.12
Seeing Khara who was a resembling a lion , that Rama who
walks like a lion was not agitated like
one seeing a petty wild animal.
28.13
That Khara who travelled in a radiant chariot like the
Sun god reached near Rama like a
butterfly has reached the fire.
28.14
Then Khara due to the trick of his hand released the hand
grip of Rama from the bow with an
arrow fitted in to it , that he was holding .
28.15
That very angry Khara
drew seven more arrows that
equaled the thunder bolt of Indra
and hit the armour that Ram was wearing.
28.16
Then with one thousand arrows he caused pain to Rama and that Khara made an extremely loud war cry .
28.17
With those very sharp arrows that were released by Khara
, the armour of Rama who was shining like a sun was completely destroyed and
fell on the ground . 28.18
When those arrows hit him in all parts of his body , Rama
became greatly enraged and Rama of the
clan of Raghu flared up in the war like
a fumeless flaming fire.
28.19
Then that enemy destroyer Rama , strung the
bow string to another thunderously
great bow and strung it properly
to kill the enemy.
28.20
Holding that very great and auspicious bow of Vishnu given to him by the sage Agasthya , taking the choicest
arrow Rama rushed towards Khara.
28.21
Using that arrow
with golden decoration and curved ends ,
the very angry Rama cut off , the war
flag of Khara .
28.22
The severely shattered
golden flag which was worth seeing
fell on the ground as if the sun fell on the earth due to the curse of
the gods.
28.23
That
very angry Khara , who knew the vital points of the body to strike , hit
Rama on the chest with four arrows an also on the other limbs like one who would hit an elephant with the
goad. 28.24
That
Rama hit by various arrows which were released from the bow of Khara , became one
with bleeding limbs and became very
angry.
28.25
That
greatest among the archers , in that great war , took the very big bow and sent
six arrows pointedly directed.
28.26
He
hit the head of Khara with one arrow , the hands with two arrows and with three arrows with the crescent ended arrows hit his chest. 28.27
Then
afterwards he took arrows of great
luster comparable to the sun and sent
thirteen of them with the aim to kill
the Rakshasa.
28.28
That very strong Rama who equals Indra in
warfare as if it is a sport in war , send one arrow to break the
yoke of the chariot of Khara , four on those dappled horses, one on the head
of the charioteer of Khara , three arrows
aimed at the three parts of the chariot , two on the axle of the fragmented
chariot , making in all eleven arrows.. With one arrow he cut off the bow of
Khara and with another thunderbolt
like thirteenth arrow he impaled Khara. 28.29-28.31
With
his broken bow , without chariot , with dead horses , with dead charioteer ,
Khara hopped on the ground , took a mace
and stood strongly on the earth. 28.32
Seeing
the act of Rama who was a great hero ,
the devas as well as the great sages
along with those sitting on the planes , worshipped Rama with folded hands . 28.33
This is the end of the
twenty eighth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
29.Khara continues to fight with Rama
(Rama
tells Khara that due to sins that he has f done to innocent sages he will
surely be killed. Khara tells Rama, that a
valorous one should not indulge in self praise . Rama cuts off the mace of Khara.)
Rama
spoke softly but firmly and forbiddingly to Khara who had lost his chariot and was
standing with a mace .
29.1
“Though
you had a gigantic army consisting among
other things of elephants, horses , chariots , you had done
detestable deeds and heinous crimes in this Dandaka forest.” 29.2
“Those
who cause sufferings to all beings by
doing ruthless deeds , cannot stand up
for his own self , even if he is lord of three worlds.”
29.3
“Oh
night walker , those who are doing acts against all living beings
would be killed by everyone like a
person killing a vicious serpent when he comes across it.”
29.4
“One
who does sins due to avarice, passion, without thought and with happiness , would see the results of
his actions at the end like a Brahmani
lizard eating hailstones.”
29.5
“The
sages who live in Dandakaranya are followers of dharma and Oh Rakshasa , what results do you achieve by killing them?”
29.6
“Even
if the cruel people do some sin and are
hated by all the world earn
wealth and live lavishly , they would not last long like a tree with dilapidated roots.”
29.7
“One
who does sins will definitely get its horrible
result at the right time ,
like trees will yield fruits only
in the proper season.”
29.8
“Not long after
a sin is done, the people would get the results
like the one who eats poisonous food, Oh Rakshasa.”
29.9
“I
am the king who has arrived here to stop
those
who do cruel deeds of sin
that are not at all liked by the old, Oh
Rakshasa.” 29.10
“The
arrows of mine decorated with gold would be released on you like the snake from
the snake pit and they after tearing you
in to pieces will re enter my quiver.”
29.11
“Those
followers of Dharma whom you have eaten in Dandakaranya would go first and you along with your army would go behind them to heaven.”
29.12
“When
I wound( Kill) you with my arrows in your hellish situation , you would see those great sages whom
you have eaten earlier riding in planes,”
29.13
“Oh
worst member of your clan , if wish
make an effort to attack
me, for I am going to toss your head like the fruit of palm tree.”
29.14
When
Rama talked like this that Khara who was angry and had blood red eyes replied
back to Rama , laughing at him
and convulsed in anger.”
29.15
“Oh
son of Dasaratha , after killing some
rustic Rakshasas, how are you praising yourself when you are not praise worthy?”
29.16
“Those
best among men who valorous and victorious
will not boast like this , for
they will not be proud of their valour.”
29.17
“Oh
Rama , those frivolous and undignified Kshatriyas who are not perfect souls
would boast without meaning and you
are doing similarly .”
29.18
“Which
valorous one would boast of his lineage
in the war ? I think that the time when
death is nearing is not the proper time
to praise oneself.”
29.19
“Your
idiocy which is for always present in
you is clearly brought out by your
praise of yourself , like the leaf blade
of grass caught in fire seems to
have an image of gold in it.”
29.20
“You
are not seeing me here holding a mace but are seeing a big unshakeable mountain with great many ores supported
by the earth. “
29.21
“Me
with only the mace is sufficiently capable of taking your life in this war , like the
god of death can take away the life
of all just being having a
noose.”
29.22
“Though
I have desire to tell you many things, I am not telling them now because the sun is about to set and this
would create disruption of the war.”
29.23
“You
have killed fourteen thousand Rakshasas and
by killing you , I would wipe out the tears of their wives.”
29.24
After
saying this the very angry Khara who has great biceps threw the mace , which was shining like a thunderbolt at
Rama.
29.25
That
shining mace after it was released from the hands of Khara , burning the trees
and shrubs all round was nearing
Rama.
29.26
When
that great and dangerous mace which was
like the noose of god of death was nearing him, Rama using several arrows cut
it off in the sky itself .
29.27
That
mace split by the arrows fell on the ground like a snake that springs to attack
is made to fall by the use of the
power of chants and medicines.
29.28
This is the end of the
twenty ninth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
30. Rama kills Khara
(Rama
kills Khara and the devas and sages
praise him. Lakshmana and Sita come out of the cave to join him. And those three go to their
hermitage.)
Rama
who loves Dharma, after breaking that
mace using his arrows, with a smile told
these frustrating words top Khara. 30.1
“Oh
wretched among Rakshasas, you have now shown all your strength to me and you
are roaring like a lunatic who does not
have any strength .”
30.2
“That
mace which made you talk pompous words has fallen to the ground after it was broken
by my arrows and thus your pride also
has been killed.”
30.3
“Your
words that you would wipe away the tears of the wives of the dead Rakshasas,
was a word of vanity of yours.” 30.4
“Oh
Rakshasa who is debased , having cruel character and who behaves
based on lies , I would take away your life now like the Garuda took away the
pot of nectar.”
30.5
“When
I cut off your head using my arrow ,
blood would gush out along with froth and foam and the earth would drink your
blood.” 30.6
“With
blood coating all over your body , with both your arms severed , you would
sleep embracing the earth like one who
was trying to get an impossible lady.”
30.7
“Oh
notorious Rakshasa after you start that
sleep of yours , this Dandaka forest will start supporting those sages who do
not have any support.”
30.8
“When
my arrows make Janasthana(place of people) in to the place of death by killing
your Rakshasas, the sages would wander fearlessly all over the forest.” 30.9
“With
all their relatives being killed the Rakshasis
who were scaring others would
run away from here with tear stained face , being pitiable due
to fear.” 30.10
“The
wife of the Rakshasa who was killed must be from a similar clan like yours and would be enjoying from sorrow of others
so that their life is meaningless.” 30.11
“Since
you are atrocious in conduct , a cruel
person and one who daily kills Brahmins
, apprehensive about you the sages pour the oblations in fire with hesitation .” 30.12
In
the war when Rama was thus impetuously talking like this to Khara started to
intimidate due to anger and started talking to him in a braying tone.
30.13
“Even
though surrounded by fear, you are a fearless man and though under the grip of death you are
haughty and do not know what to speak
and what not to speak.”
30.14
“Those
men who are caught in the noose of the God of death do not know
what to do and not do and as their six sense organs cease to function.”
30.15
After
telling like this to Rama, with raised eye brows due to great rage was
searching all over for something to be
used as weapon and that Rakshasa
not far from there saw a very huge Sala tree .
30.16
Khara
after biting his lips uprooted that great tree by his very powerful hands
,lifted it and threw it aiming at Rama shouting “You are now dead.” 30.17-30.18
That
Rama with great fame cut that tree which
was coming at him by use of several
arrows , experienced great anger and decided to kill Khara. 30.19
With
sweat covering him all over the body, Rama with his eyes
turned red due to anger , using thousands of arrows pierced the body of Khara. 30.20
Due
to those arrows which had pierced , lot of
foamy blood started flowing from those wounds and he looked like the
Prasavana mountain with large number of
waterfalls. 30.21
In
the war being completely stuck by the arrows of Rama that Khara became like one
intoxicated by the smell of blood and
started running quickly towards Rama.
30.22
Seeing
him approaching him in a highly agitated
manner , hastening with every step
with flowing blood due to the
wounds made by the arrows, Rama moved
aside a little .
30.23
Then
Rama with an intention of killing Khara in the war , took out a fire like arrow
, which looked like the divine staff of Brahma.
30.24
That
soul of Dharma then took out an arrow given by Indra , the great king of devas,
kept it on the bow and sent it towards Khara.
30.25
That
great arrow which was released by Rama after bending his bow , made a sound like a thunderbolt and pierced the chest of
Khara and he fell down. 30.26
Then
that Khara fell on the earth burnt by that arrow which was like fire , similar
to Yama being burnt by Shiva in Swetharanya.
30.27
That
Khara fell down like Vruthra killed by
Indra, like Namuchi killed by the froth of the sea and Bala was killed by Vajrayudha of
Indra.
30.28
Then
all the royal sages as well as the great sages
joined together and happily
worshipped Rama and told him.
30.29
“Rama
only for this purpose the great Indra who killed Paka , who broke forts and who
had a great luster came to the
auspicious hermitage of Sarabhanga.”
30.30
“You
were brought here by the great sages by
a clever plan for killing these great sinful
Rakshasas who are cruel.”
30.31
“Oh
son of Dasaratha , by the act that you have done here , the sages of
Dandaka would lead a pleasant life and follow acts of Dharma.”
30.32
When
this was going on, the devas and Charanas
together , played great sound on the Dhundhubhi drum and
joyously caused a rain of flowers on Rama making great sound. 30.33
“Within
a period less than half an hour Rama with his sharp arrows killed fourteen
thousand powerful Rakshasas and also
Khara and Dhooshana in a great battle. “
30.34-30.35
“What
a great act is the performance of Rama who is greatly learned .This efficiency
and valour cannot be even seen in Lord Vishnu.” After telling like this all the
devas went back as they have come. 30.36
During
this time the valorous Lakshmana and
Sita came out from the cave and with joy
entered the hermitage.
30.37
Then
the victorious Rama after being worshipped by those great sages entered the hermitage and Lakshmana
worshipped him there.
30.38
That
Vaidehi after seeing her husband
Rama who has killed the enemies
and brought happiness to the sages ,
embraced him.
30.39
Seeing
those Rakshasas who have been killed that daughter of Janaka became happy and she was more happy to see that Rama has done the right
thing.
30.40
That
daughter of Janaka , seeing Rama who had killed the Rakshasas and who was worshipped by the joyful sages ,
again embraced that one with a moon like face
and became very happy. 30.41
This is the end of the
thirtieth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
31.Akampana informs Ravana about death of Khara
(A spy called Akampana tells Ravana about the
killing of Khara and his army. When Ravana wants to for a war , he
dissuades him and suggests that he
abduct Sita so that Rama would die
automatically . Ravana meets Mareecha
who tells him all about Rama and sends him back.)
Speedily leaving Janasthana , Akampana , entered
Lanka and with great haste told Ravana. 31.1
“Oh king, many Rakshasas living in Janasthana has been
killed. Khara also has been killed in the war and I have escaped and have come here.”
31.2
Hearing that The ten headed one with reddened eyes
due to great anger and which looked as if they will burn others asked
Akampana.
31.3
Oh Akampana who has lost his wife , who has destroyed the very pretty Janasthana?
Who has chosen the option of not
returning back to the world?”
31.4
“Anyone who
displeases me cannot live happily , whether it is Indra, Khubera, Yama or even
Vishnu.”
31.5
“I am the god of death to God of death, I can burn fire , I wish to associate death along with death according to dharma .”
31.6
“If I get angry I can burn even Sun and the fire by my
great luster .I am interested in
stopping the speed of wind also. “
31.7
Akampana saluted the very angry Ravana and in a voice shivering with fear begged protection from Ravana.
31.8
The ten headed one who was a great Rakshasa , promised
protection to him, and that grateful one using very clear
words told. 31.9
“Rama the son of Dasaratha is a lad whose body is
built like a lion . He has round and strong arms and shoulder like a
bull.”
31.10
“He is a hero of great fame who is credited with
matchless valour and he has destroyed
Janasthana along with Khara and
Dhooshana.” 31.11
After hearing this from Akampana That Ravana who is the
king of Rakshasas , breathed like the
king of serpents and told the
following.
31.12
“Perhaps that Rama come to Janasthana along with Indra
and all other devas? You may please tell, Akampana .”
31.13
Hearing this reply of Ravana , that Akampana
started telling about the strength and valour of
that great Rama .
31.14
“His name is Rama. He is greatly lustrous and the greatest among those who wield the
bow and he has very many auspicious arrows
and is equal to Indra.” 31.15
“Lakshmana is his
younger brother who has great strength, bright red eyes , voice like
a drum and has a face like moon. He has similar appearance like Rama.”
31.16
“With his company , they
are like wind and fire and he is
a great king and it is due to him that Janasthana fell down from its
glory.”
31.17
“They are not gods
but they are great people and
there is no need to investigate it .The golden
flagged arrows released by Rama
turned in to five hooded serpents and killed all the Rakshasas.” 31.18
“Those scared Rakshasas from whichever place they went ,
they saw only Rama standing in their front and this way he destroyed Janasthana like
fire. “
31.19-31.20
Hearing the words of Akampana Ravana told, “I will go to
Janasthana and kill Rama and Lakshmana.”
31.21
When these words were released Akampana replied , “Oh
king, hear from me in detail about the
strength and valour of Rama. Please listen.” 31.22
“Rama gets unbearable anger and he is
greatly famous for his valour. He can easily stop the speed of the flow
of water using his arrows.”
31.23
“That Rama can easily destroy even all the planets and stars
in the sky and if gets angry he can lift the drowning earth from
the sea.”
31.24
“That great lord can break the boundary of the ocean and can drown all the worlds in it and he can arrest the speed of the sea wind
using his arrows.”
31.25
“That very famous one , who is the tiger among men can destroy the world by his valour and also recreate that
world.”
31.26
“Oh ten headed one, you cannot win over Rama in a battle
along with all Rakshasas just like a sinner cannot hope to enter the
heaven.”
31.27
“I do not think that
all the devas and asuras together can kill him, but there is a way to
kill him and hear it with single pointed
attention.”
31.28
“His wife is the most pretty Sita who
is black with well formed limbs and with a very thin middle. She is a gem
among women and decorates herself with gem.”
31.29
There is no equal to that pretty women among devas,
asuras and Gandharwas and what to
tell among the mere human
beings.”
31.30
“You go and steal the woman who is his wife in that great forest and being passionately in love with her, Rama
will give up his life.”
31.31
Ravana the king of Rakshasas liked these words and that very strong one started thinking
about what Akampana has told him.
31.32
“Very good , with a charioteer ,
early morning , I would go alone
and will get that happy Vaidehi in to this great town.”
31.33
After telling this Ravana got in a chariot drawn by donkeys with the colour
of the sun and illuminating all
directions , he commenced his
journey.
31.34
When the chariot of the king of Rakshasas was going
through the way of stars , it lighted
the sky just like the moon.
31.35
He reached the hermitage of Mareecha and met the son of Thataka. Mareecha
worshipped that king with different
types of foods which can be eaten or chewed.
31.36
Mareecha personally worshipped him and offered him seat
and water and in a meaningful manner
using suitable words Mareecha spoke .
31.37
“How about welfare, oh king of the world, Oh God of Rakshasas ,Your coming here so quickly
creates doubts in my mind.”
31.38
When Mareecha spoke this way , Ravana that king with
great luster, who was an expert in speech afterwards told these words.
31.39
“I feel unprotected because Rama , capable of doing very
difficult jobs, has killed all those of Janasthana who cannot be killed and I need your help as
a minister to steal his wife.” 31.40
Mareecha having heard the words of the king of Rakshasas
told, “The one who told you about is
your enemy in the form of a friend and oh tiger among Rakshasas, having
been pleased by you , who will not enjoy
your company?” “
31.41-31.42
“Please tell me , who told you to bring Sita here .They
want cut of the crown of the world of Rakshasas.”
31.43
“Without doubt , he who encouraged you in this is your
enemy. He desires you to pluck the poisonous
fangs from the mouth of a serpent .” 31.44
“By whose act or word have you been lead in to this wrong path ? Oh king , who has hit
you on your forehead , while you were having a sound sleep?” 31.45
"Oh, Ravana, it will not be proper to raise an eye to see Rama in war, who will
be then like a majestic elephant that has an impeccable dynasty and bloodline
as its mammoth trunk, personal radiance as its indomitable might, very firm
pair of arms as its pernicious tusks, more so, who will be with the redolence
of the irrepressible lineage of Raghavas.”
31.46
“It is not proper for you to wake up the sleeping Rama who is a man in the form of lion , who is a lion with its tail touching its waist in great anger , the killer of deer in front of
learned Rakshasas and who stores sharp arrows all over his body
like sharp edged fangs.”
31.47
“His bow is a crocodile , his
shoulders are swamps , arrows are giant tides , and battle with him is like the
mouth of hell , and it is not proper to jump in to it, Oh king of
Rakshasas.”
31.48
“OH king of Rakshasas, Oh God
of Lanka, be pleased. Please know that it is
proper for you to go back to
Lanka and enjoy your days with your own
wives and let the wife of Rama enjoy the
forest.” 31.49
When Mareecha told like this to
the ten headed Ravana , he returned back
to Lanka and entered in to his best of
homes.
31.50
This is the end of the
thirty first chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
32 Soorpanakha met
Ravana
(Soorpanakha feeling helpless goes and meets Ravana. His
power , greatness and bad acts
are described. With fear
Soorpanakha starts telling him.)
Then Soorpanakha seeing that the fourteen thousand
Rakshasas being killed by great act
single handedly by Rama , as well as seeing the killing of Dhooshana.
Khara and Trisiras . again started making great sound like a
cloud.
32.1-32.2
Seeing the acts of Rama, which was difficult for others
to do getting very scared she started to
go to Lanka ruled by Ravana.
32.3
She Saw Ravana sitting on the top of the aerial throne with ministers and shining brilliantly like Indra sitting with Maruths and his
ministers.
32.4
Ravana was seated on a divine golden seat, which was shining like a sun and blazing like fire that glows when abundant ghee is poured in to it , built on a altar build by
golden bricks . 32.5
That valorous Ravana
who cannot be defeated in
war by Devas, Gandharwas , sages and
other great souls was sitting like the
God of death sitting with open
jaws.
32.6
He had wounds
created by Vajrayudha during the war between Devas and Asuras and marks on the chest created by the tips of tusks of Iravatha elephant.
32.7
He with ten necks and twenty hands was dressed
fabulously and with his broad chest , he
was shining like a king. 32.8
He was shining like Vaidoorya (cat’s eye) gem, wearing ear globes made of
pure gold and had well formed arms, white teeth and wide mouth and was comparable to a mountain. 32.9
In hundreds of war with Devas he had been hurt by the
wheel of Vishnu and also he has
been hit by other great weapons .
32.10
Though he was hit by devas , none of his limbs has been
hurt and he can perturb , imperturbable
and was very quick in his actions. 32.11
He was one who
could throw mountains , has tormented the devas, destroyed the base of
Dharma and has cast evil eye on the
wife of other persons.
32.12
He was knowledgeable in the use of all divine weapons ,
he prevented always Yagnas , reached the
city of Bhogawathi and defeated the serpent Vasuki and abducted the dear wife of Takshaka after
defeating him.
32.13
That Ravana went to Kailasa mountain, defeated Khubera and took away forcibly the Pushpaka Vimana ,
in which one can fly as he likes.
32.14
Due to great anger he had destroyed the Chaithratha
garden as well as the lotus pond of
Khubera , The Nandana Vana of Indra and
several such gardens.
32.15
He was a scorcher of enemies and appeared like a peak of a mountain and could stop the powerful moon and
sun from rising by his great arms.
32.16
He had done great penance in a great forest for ten
thousand years and offered his own heads to
the self born Shiva.
32.17
He was not afraid of devas , asuras, Gandharwas , ghosts,
birds, serpents in war with them except
for men.
32.18
When the Brahmins consecrate auspicious Yagnas , that very strong one
made impure , the places suitable for Yagnas and stopped the offerings of Soma
Juice.
32.19
He disrupted Yagnas when they were at the peak , he was a
cruel killer of Brahmins , he was with bad character , he was harsh and
merciless against people and acted against their welfare. 32.20
That Rakshasi saw her valorous brother Ravana who was
very powerful and who was feared by all beings. 32.21
He was attired greatly
wearing divine cloths and ornaments , was shining wearing divine garlands , was
sitting on his seat like Sun and was
sitting on a raised throne like the God of death of God of death.
32.22
After reaching the king of Rakshasas, who was very strong, who was the child
of the Paulasthya clan . who was the
killer of enemies and who was surrounded by his ministers . that Rakshasi spoke greatly affected by fear.
32.23
That broad eyed fearless wanderer Soorpanakha who was disfigured by a great man, addressing him, exhibiting herself with fear and delusion told .
32.24
This is the end of
the thirty second chapter
Of the book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
33.Soorpanakha
Complains to Ravana
(Sorrpanakha not only complains to Ravana but tells him
that he is a bad king , after detailing
qualities of a good and bad king.)
That distressed and anguished Soorpanakha spoke to Ravana
who tortures the world , who was sitting in the middle of his ministers . 33.1
“Being intoxicated, always trying to get pleasure out of
passion, always acting with impulse and lacking self control , you are not able
to understand the cruel fear that has arisen.”
33.2
“Being vulgar king , addicted to pleasures , acting only
according to his own wishes and greedy ,
you would not be liked by people like the fire in the cremation ground.”
33.3
“That king who does not attend to his work at the proper
time would be destroyed along with his kingdom and his works.”
33.4
“The king difficult to meet, and who does not have self
control and who does not employ
spies is kept away by people like a muddy river.” 33.5
“Those undisciplined kings without self control and
having no influence over his country or who does not protect it , do not
prosper or shine like a mountain in the middle of water.” 33.6
“You are not clear headed with devas, Gandharwas and
saints and become inimical with them and have not employed any spies and are
fickle minded and how can you become an able king?” 33.7
“Oh Rakshasa you are childish and lack brain and do not know that you do not know and how can you become
an able king?”
33.8
“Oh best among those who achieve victory , the spies ,
treasury and state policy is not under
your control and so you are not like a
king but like a commoner.”
33.9
“Since the king would be able to see all issues from a distance using the spies ,
these kings are called far sighted.”
33.10
“Your system of spying is primitive and the ministers
surrounding you are fools and that is why you do not know about killing of your
own people in Janasthana.”
33.11
“Fourteen thousand
cruel Rakshasas were killed by
Rama along with Khara as well as
Dhooshana.”
33.12
“Rama who can perform acts with ease , has given
protection to all sages and made Dandaka
safe for them after attacking Janasthana and capturing it.”
33.13
“Oh Ravana , you are greedy , intoxicated and in the
control of others and so not aware of
the fear that has arisen in your own kingdom.”
33.14
“All beings who are in trouble do not run for protection from a king who is
not sharp, not generous , intoxicated , proud and adamant.”
33.15
“A king who is arrogant, one who cannot be approached,
one who is proud of himself and one who
is short tempered is put an end by his
own people when they are in difficulties.” 33.16
“A king who does not do deeds which should be done, fears those whom he should not fear , would
be surely toppled down and would be
desperate and worthless like a blade of
grass.” 33.17
“Even dried up wood , clods of earth or even dust would
be of value sometimes but not a king
thrown out by the people.”
33.18
“Like a cloth worn and discarded or garlands worn and later crushed , a king
who has been thrown out would be useless
, even if he is able to do things.”
33.19
“An alert king who knows everything, who has good control
over his senses , who is grateful and is a follower of Dharma would continue to
be a king for a long time.”
33.20
“A king who is
awake even while sleeping to morals ,
who has sacrificed his anger and who is
attentive would be worshipped by the people.”
33.21
“Oh Ravana , you
being evil minded and devoid of all the
good qualities and are not able to know
the killing of your own people from your
spies.”
33.22
“ A king who find faults with others, who is addicted to pleasures, who lacks
capacity to judge the time and place and
who lacks sense of discrimination and
does not have right wisdom , will soon destroy himself as well as the
kingdom.” 33.23
That Ravana who is the god of Rakshasas who is wealthy,
arrogant and strong hearing her tell his
mistakes , by his own intelligence understood them and started thinking over. 33.24
This is the end of the
thirty third chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
34.Soorpanakha
describes about Rama and Sita
(To the pointed question from Ravana, Soorpanakha describes the valour and power of Rama . She also praises the beauty of Sita
and tells Ravana to make her his own and kill Rama and Lakshmana. He also tells
that she was harmed when she was trying to abduct Sita for his sake.)
Seeing that Soorpanakha speaking those unpalatable
words, the very angry Ravana who
was sitting in the middle of his ministers asked.
34.1
“Who is Rama? How valorous is he ? How does he look like?
How brave he is? For what reason has he entered Dandakaranya ?’
34.2
“By using which weapon did Rama kill those innumerable number Rakshasas of Kara,
Trisiras as well as Dhooshana ? “
34.3
When the king of Rakshasas asked like this , that
Rakshasi in very great anger started
describing about that Rama faithfully.
34.4
“Rama is the son of Dasaratha who has long arms, broad
eyes , dressed in deer skin and bark and
has the form like the god of love.”
34.5
“His bow which is banded in gold is similar to that of
Indra , drawing which he sends
glittering iron arrows which are like snake.”
34.6
“In that war I could not see Rama taking those dreadful arrows from the
quiver , aiming those arrows and releasing them
due to the speed with which it was done.” 34.7
“I saw him destroying the great army by the rain of his
arrows which was just like Indra
destroying the crops by a rain of
hailstones.”
34.8
“While standing alone on foot only , he killed fourteen
thousand Rakshasas with a gross form within twenty minutes along
with Khara and Dhooshana.”
34.9
“ Rama gave protection to the sages and made Dandaka a
safe place for them and that great
one left me only alive but after
insulting me because he was not inclined to kill women as he followed laws.
34.10-34.11
“His brother Lakshmana like him had great luster and good qualities and equaled him in his
valour and that valorous one loved Rama and was his devotee.”
34.12
“He is impatient , invincible , very courageous , wins
over all , wise and strong and he is the
right hand of Rama , and the soul of Rama moving round him.”
34.13
“Rama’s wife who
has broad eyes and face like full moon
is the dear one who was interested
only in looking after Rama’s pleasures.”
34.14
“She who is famous
has pretty hair, pretty nose and a pretty form and looked like a goddess in the forest and was shining like Goddess of wealth.”
34.15
“ That auspicious one
was shining with gold colour and had red coloured nails and she was Sita , the princess of Videha and had narrow waist.”
34.16
“I have not seen a lady with her pretty form
earlier in this earth or among devas or among Gandharwas or among
Yakshas or among Kinnaras.”
34.17
“If one gets Sita as wife or if she embraces any one with
love , he would live longer in this
world than Devendra.”
34.18
“She is of good character, praiseworthy in appearance in
this world , and incomparable and she
would be a matching wife to you and you would be a matching husband to
her.”
34.19
“Oh great armed one, when I was trying to get her who has broad hips , who has
big and erect breasts ,for making her who has an auspicious face to be your wife , the very strong Lakshmana
with cruelty disfigured me.”
34.20
“If you were to see Vaidehi who has a face like full moon
today , you would be affected by the arrows
of the God of love.”
34.21
“If in your opinion, you want to make her your wife , you quickly raise your right foot , so that you can go there
quickly.”
34.22
“Oh king of Rakshasas, do a favourable act to the
Rakshasas by killing that cruel Rama who
lives in the hermitage .”
34.23
“If by your sharp arrows kill that hero Lakshmana also
you can enjoy like with the widowed Sita
as much as you like.” 34.24
“Oh King of Rakshasas, if you like my words , then without any hesitation
follow my words , Oh Ravana.” 34.25
“Oh king of Rakshasas, by your own power , after properly
assessing everything , forcefully abduct Sita who is delicate and charming in
all respects and make her your wife .”
34.26
“After understanding the unerring power of the arrows of
Rama, after clearing understanding about
the killing of Rakshasas as well as
Khara and Dhooshana in Janasthana , I
hope you will decide on your future course of action.” 34.27
This is the end of the
thirty fourth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
35. Ravana plans
his strategy and reaches hermitage
of Mareecha
(Ravana feels that it is a very good idea and he starts
his journey from his palace secretly.
He sees the place where Garuda broke
the branches of a tree . He reaches the hermitage of Mareecha.)
Then thrilled by hearing the words of Soorpanakha, Ravana took leave from his ministers, thought
about the task on hand and went. 35.1
After thinking about pros and cons of the
actions to be undertaken, , after considering the good and bad as well
as strength and weakness of that matter
, deciding on the course to be followed
that one who acts according to
his own decision made by a firm mind, Ravana went to the place of his vehicles.
35.2-35.3
Ravana went to the place of his vehicles in a secretive way , ordered his charioteer
to get ready a chariot for him quickly. 35.4
As soon as the orders were received that Charioteer who
was himself valorous quickly got
ready the choicest chariot in a matter
of seconds. 35.5
That brother of Khubera , the lord of the Rakshasas got
in to a golden chariot , which was decorated by gems , which was pulled by
donkeys with the face of ghosts and
which can go to any place that we
desire and went towards the ocean
making sound like storm clouds. 35.6-35.7
The ten headed one looking like a king of mountain with
ten peaks , the enemy of Gods, the
killer of great sages , the lord of Rakshasas attended by white yak tail fans,
with white umbrellas held over him, having
a body like a lustrous Vaidoorya , wearing pure gold ear globes , with ten
heads, twenty hands , dressed in good
looking cloths got in to the chariot
which goes to places as per our wish
and ascended the light encircled sky and accompanied by cranes and shined like clouds. 35.8-35.10
That valorous one saw and examined mountains on the sea
shore , with trees with varying type of fruits and flowers spread in thousands. 35.11
He saw lotus ponds filled with cold and auspicious water
, sprawling hermitages with raised altars spread everywhere.
35.12
That area was
completely covered by Banana plants
which were encircled by shining
and pretty coconut palms , Sala trees which were in flower , Palms as well as
Tamala trees
35.13
That are shined with Nagas , Suparnas, Gandharwas in thousands , Kinnaras, Ajaas , Vaikhasanas
, Maashas , Mareechipaas , Vaalakhilyas , great sages who were disciplined in
their food habits , who having conquered their desires looked splendid and Sidhas and Charanas. 35.14-35.15
The place was surrounded by ladies of enchanting
beauty decked in divine garlands and
ornaments , with thousands of ladies engaged
in different sport activities and Apsaras.
35.16
The prosperous goddesses served by wives of devas
and gods in search of nectar and groups of devas and asuras were wandering
here and there.
35.17
The radiance of the sea
enhanced by flocks of swans and Krouncha
birds as well as Sarasa birds and
filled with their sounds was
shining with a stretch paved by
Vaidoorya stones. 35.18
Going
hastily in the Sun, the brother of Khubera saw white and spacious aerial
chariots on all sides controlled by those who had conquered the higher worlds
by their penance .These chariots were decked with heavenly garlands, were
ringing divine music and could fly where one desired. There were Gandharwas and Apsaras as well. 35.19-35.20
He saw tree trunks emitting resins, sandalwood trees with a delightful scent and thousands of other
great trees.
35.21
In the forest specially he saw Aguroona trees as well as orchards of Takkolla trees and nutmeg trees with fine scent.
35.22
He saw Tamala trees I full bloom , clusters of Pepper Shrubs and
large collection of drying
pearls. 35.23
He also saw stretches of conches , heaps of corals all over the beach and he also saw gold and silver mountains.
35.24
He continued seeing waterfalls that delighted the mind ,
ponds with pleasant water , cities filled with wealth and grains , and gem like women shining and cities with elephants, horses and chariots.
35.25
All over the leveled pretty sea breeze which were soft to touch were
blowing and he also the matchless king of oceans comparable to heaven.
35.26
Then he saw a big banyan tree with its branches which
stretched two hundred miles wide which looked like a cloud, which was occupied
by many sages .
35.27
Earlier the very strong Garuda taking an elephant and tortoise of a very
huge body sat on these branches for
eating them.
35.28
When that great among
winged creatures Garuda , who was very strong sat on that branch full of leaves, it broke due to great
weight.
35.29
The great sages Vaikhanasa. Masha , Valakilya ,Marichipa , Aja
and Dhoomra together were doing penance on that branch.
35.30
Due to pity for them Garuda carried the branch of one hundred yojanas length
along with elephant and the
tortoise with great speed.
35.31
The soul of Dharma, the greatest among birds , with one feet
ate the meat of the elephant and Tortoise and destroyed the province of
NIshadhas(A Rakshasa settlement) by
dropping the branch on it and got matchless happiness by getting the blessing
of those sages. 35.32-35.33
Due to their happiness , his strength increased to double
and that intelligent one decided to get the nectar.
35.34
After breaking the iron bars of the windows and after breaking the gem studded home , he
secretly brought out the nectar from
the city of Indra. 35.35
That brother of Khubera saw that banyan tree which was named
as Subadhra with good leaves and on
which the sages preferred to stay.
35.36
After going to the other end of the ocean which was the Lord of the rivers,
he saw a pretty lonely hermitage inside
the forest.
35.37
There he saw a Rakshasa called Mareecha who was wearing a
deer skin, had matted hair and was
observing disciplined food habits.
35.38
When Ravana reached there that Rakshasa Mareecha received
him as per rules of receiving a king and fulfilled all his wishes.
35.39
After worshipping Ravana and offering him food and water ,
Mareecha spoke to him very meaningful words.
35.40
“Oh Lord of the Rakshasas, I hope everyone is Okay in Lanka.
For what purpose have you come back here so quickly .
35.41
After the greatly lustrous Mareecha spoke these words
and Ravana that expert in speech
again started telling Mareecha 35.42
This is the end of the
thirty fifth chapter Of the
book of Aranya (Forest) of the holy Ramayana composed by Valmiki as the
first epic.
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