Yudha Kandam (Contd)
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
57.Prahastha , the commander –in-chief goes to the war
(Ravana decides to send Prahastha to the battle field. He
tells Ravana that he should have returned Sita. With a huge army in spite of
very bad omens he comes out of the eastern gate.)
When he heard about the
killing of Akampana, the king of Rakshasas after
becoming very angry , with a depressed face looked over all his ministers.
57.1
After thinking for a little time and holding discussion
with his ministers that Ravana spent the
forenoon going round the city and inspecting his army.
57.2
That city
decorated by flags and banners was guarded by large numbers of
Rakshasas and filled with innumerable troops.
57.3
Ravana , the king of Rakshasas after seeing his town
besieged , at the critical time spoke to Prahastha who was an expert in war.
57.4
“Oh expert in war , I do not see any other hope for
deliverance of this city which is besieged and devastated except war .”
57.5
"Either myself or
Kumbhakarna or yourself who is my
army-chief or Indrajit or Nikumbha and none else could carry the burden of this great task.”
57.6
“For that reason, you take hold of a large army and placing yourself in its middle , go
ahead and achieve victory over the monkeys.”
57.7
“As soon as you take your
decision, the monkey army which is not
stable would run away on hearing the roaring of Rakshasa chiefs.”
57.8
"The monkeys are unsteady,
misbehaved and fickle-minded. They cannot tolerate your sound, similar to
elephants cannot tolerate the lion's
roar.” 57.9
“As soon as Rama and Lakshmana see that their army is
running away, being without any support, they would fall in your hands
unwillingly.”
57.10
“A suspected
danger is preferable to the definite one. Though it is for us or against
us, please tell what you consider as
good for us.”
57.11
When Ravana told like this to Prahastha who was his
commander-in-chief , he spoke to Ravana similar to Usana the guru of Rakshasas speaking to Maha Bali
.
57.12
“Oh king, earlier we had discussed about this matter with
our wise ministers and after discussion,
difference of opinion arose between us.”
57.13
“To return Sita
was proposed by me as preferable
and not to do war , as I could foresee
this.”
57.14
“I suggested that we return Sita as a preferable alternative and not doing so meant war between us.”
57.15
“I am not bothered about my wives, riches and sons
but am going to sacrifice my life for
your sake in this battle.”
57.16
The commander in chief after having spoken like this to
his king Ravana , told like this to army captains who stood before him.
57.17
“Gather a very large
army of Rakshasas and today flesh
eating birds and animals would feast upon the
dead bodies of enemies struck down by me
by my sharp arrows.” 57.18-57.19
As soon as they heard these words those very strong
captains of the army assembled a very
huge army in front of the house of that Rakshasa.
57.20
Within in a very short time , the city of Lanka was filled
by those elephant like Rakshasa
soldiers who were armed with many
weapons.
57.21
When some of those Rakshasas propitiated the fire God and Brahmins a
ghee scented breeze started
wafting in that city.
57.22
Some of those of those Rakshasas wore garlands of different shapes chanted with
some sacred formulae .
57.23
With bows and armours those Rakshasas marched when Ravana was watching them and went and stood surrounding
Prahastha.
57.24
Then, Prahastha who got ready
with his weapons and armour, after saluting the king and striking a terrible
kettle-drum, mounted his chariot, which was kept ready, yoked with
extremely swift horses, well controlled by a charioteer, emanating a
noise resembling that of a large cloud, actually shining like moon-light,
undefeatable with a flag bearing an
ensign of snake, with a good collision-guard, with nice wheels and decorated
with a net of pure gold smiling as it were in its magnificence. 57.25-57.27
As per the orders of Ravana
, speedily Prahastha climbed the chariot and left city of Lanka along with a huge army.
57.28
When that commander-in-chief
started the sound of kettle drums and
conches filled the entire world.
57.29
The Rakshasas with huge forma and bulky bodies proceeded ahead of Prahastha shouting with dreadful sound.
57.30
Narantaka, Kumbhahanu, Mahanada
and Samunnata, attendants of Prahastha sallied forth, surrounding him on all
sides.
57.31
He came out of the eastern gate
along with a very horrifying well
divided army , which resembled the herd
of elephants.
57.32
In the middle of that ocean
like large army , Prahastha marched
appearing like God of death at time of final deluge .
57.33
Along with the very loud war
cries raised by them, all the beings of the city of Lanka also made very fearful answering cries.
57,34
In the cloudless sky there appeared birds which eat
flesh and blood and flew from left to
right around the chariot.
57.35
Fearful jackals vomited forth
fire and flames, howling repeatedly. A meteor fell from the sky and the wind
blew harshly.
57.36
The planets were in opposition to each other and lost their brilliance. The clouds, with
their raucous sound, showered blood on Prahastha 's chariot and dampened those
who were walking in front of it.
57.37-57.38
A vulture which was facing
south landed on the flag of Prahastha
and started making noises seeing both directions depriving of the war time luster. 57.39
When the charioteer who was Suta entered the battle ground , the
goad from his hand slipped and fell on
the ground several times.
57.40
The rare splendorous luster that enveloped Prahastha
vanished and immediately the
horses stumbled and fell on the ground
.
57.41
Seeing Prahastha who was well known for his valour and excellent character advancing to the battle field , different
type of monkey armies advanced towards
him. 57.42
After that , an exceedingly tumultuous clamour arose
among the monkeys as they tore up the trees and seized them as well as took hold of huge rocks.
57.43
Both the armies of the yelling
Rakshasas and the roaring monkeys were
delighted, impetuous and powerful with impatience to slay each other and
were challenging each other with great
shouts.
57.44-57.45
After that evil minded Prahastha marched towards the monkey army , hoping for victory , with
accelerated speed , just like the grass hopper marches fast towards the
fire.
57.46
Thus ends the fifty
seventh chapter of the book of war
of Valmiki Ramayana which is
the first book
58.Nila kills
Prahastha
(Prahastha caused havoc in the monkey army by killing
huge number of monkeys. Nila the commander –in-chief of the monkey rmy fought with him with great valour and killed him. Rama and others appreciated
him.)
Seeing Prahastha
coming out prepared for the war , Rama with a smile asked Vibheeshana
the destroyer of enemies.
58.1
“Who is this big bodied one who is coming
with great speed surrounded by a huge army? Please tell me about this Rakshasa who appears to
have great valour.”
58.2
Hearing words of Rama Vibheeshana replied, “ This Rakshasa called Prahastha is the commander in
chief and he commands two thirds of the army of the king of Rakshasas. He has great prowess,
valour and strength.”
58.3-58.4
Then Prahastha of huge proportions and huge valour , surrounded
by very many huge Rakshasas who were roaring came out
and saw the very huge army of the monkeys , which made him angry and shout at the top of his
voice.”
58.5-58.6
Swords, lances, daggers, darts,
spears, clubs, maces bars, barbed missiles, various kinds of axes and different
bows glittered in the hands of demons, who were running up towards the
monkeys in search of victory.
58.7-58.8
Those tiger like monkeys who were desirous of fighting
took hold of many flowering trees
and long and thick stones.
58.9
When they both met a very huge
war commenced and they rained on each
other large number of arrows and
stones.
58.10
In that war many Rakshasas killed very many monkey chiefs and many monkeys killed very many Rakshasas also.
58.11
Some monkeys were
destroyed by spears and some others by
finer weapons. Some were struck by iron bars and some others were slit by axes.
58.12
Also , some fell breathlessly
on the earth and some were destroyed by the arrows aimed
at them with their hearts split open.
58.13
Some of them cut by the sword
of Rakshasas, trembled and fell on earth
and with spear the sides were split open in case of some.
58.14
Even the Rakshasa
army on all sides were crushed
and made to fall on the earth by the furious monkeys with tree
and mountain-peaks.
58.15
Having been hit with thundering
blows with their hands and terrific smashing
with their fists, the faces and eyes of Rakshasas were wounded. The
Rakshasas vomited great amount of blood. 58.16
Cries of pains and roars like lions
and tumultuous sounds were heard in the battle between Rakshasas and
monkeys.
58.17
The monkeys and Rakshasas followed the path of valorous heroes and they with the cruel and hostile
eyes did many acts with great courage.
58.18
Narantaka Kumbhahanu, Mahanada
and Samunnata all these ministers of Prahastha
killed the monkeys.
58.19
Dvivida with a mountain peak killed Narathanka
who was speedily rushing after monkeys
and killing them.
58.20
The monkey Durmukha uprooted a
huge tree and with a ready hand
and crushed the Rakshasa called
Samunnatha .
58.21
The energetic Jambhavan with a
great anger seized a huge rock and threw
it on the chest-region of Mahanada 58.22
Then Khumbahanu who attacked
Tara one of the greatest warriors with a huge tree , received a huge blow from
him and died.
58.23
Prahastha who was riding on
a chariot could not tolerate that act and horrible bow in his hand caused lot of destruction among the
monkeys.
58.24
Then when both armies moved rapidly , a great sound
arose which was like the roar of the
ocean which was tempestuous, unfathomable like at the time of deluge.
58.25
Prahastha who was an expert in war, with great anger
troubled the monkeys by a great rain of arrows in that great battle. 58.26
The bodies of dead monkeys and Rakshasas covered an
extensive area of land and looked like a
very hideous mountain.
58.27
The ground which was covered by the blood looked
like fully blossomed Palasa trees with red flowers in the spring season.
58.28
With the heaps of warriors for its banks, the broken weapons as its trees, the flowing blood
as its huge waves, death appeared like an ocean receiving its floods and
had livers and spleens as its mire, entrails as its moss, severed heads and trunks as the fish, and morsels of flesh as the grass, the innumerable vultures
as its lovely swans, herons as its geese and covered as it was with fat which was the foam, the tumult the sound as its
waters, the battle field resembled a river, incapable of being crossed by
cowards and which was visited by water-fowls at the end of the
rainy season and those Rakshasas and the
foremost of the monkeys crossed over that impassable river, as elephants lead
their herds across a lake of the lotus
flowers which is covered with pollen. 58.29-58.33
Then Nila saw
Prahastha sitting on the chariot
and finishing off the monkeys using
the rain of arrows.
58.34
Seeing Nila who was running towards him in the battle field , similar to
the wind in the sky moving away huge clouds , Prahastha, the commander
of the army attacked Nila from his
chariot which was shining like Sun.
58.35-58.36
That expert among archers who was excellent drew the
bow string and sent several arrows aimed at Nila in that
battle field.
58.37
Those arrows which were like furious serpents, which were
sent by Prahastha came with very great
speed and after hurting Nila fell on the
ground.
58.38
That great monkey
Nila who was valorous hurt by
those arrows which were like a flame ,
got up for hitting the difficult to be attacked
Prahastha uprooted one big tree and jumped on him. 58.39-58.40
Unable to stop the series of arrows of that evil minded Rakshasa, Nila received
them all with closed eyes.
58.41
Like a bull
standing under the torrential showers of the autumn which came quickly,
Nila with closed eyes tolerated the
impassable shower of arrows of Prahastha
though it was difficult to be tolerated.
58,42
Greatly enraged by the arrow rain , hurling a very huge Sala tree at them
Nila killed the horses of
Prahastha.
58.43
Then Nila with his mind filled with great anger quickly broke
the bow of the evil minded Rakshasa
and shouted again and again.
58.44
Being deprived of his bow , that Prahastha who was the
army chief took hold of a horrifying
mace and jumped from the chariot.
58.45
Those two army chiefs
who were shivering due to the enmity between them , with all their limbs
covered with blood , were standing like elephants in rut.
58.46
Like lion and tiger in their gaits , like lion and tiger
in their gestures those two heroes tore
at each other with their sharp teeth and
they both who were destroyers of enemies , thirsting to obtain great fame fought like Indra and Vrithrasura. 58.47-58.48
With great exertion
Prahastha hit Nila on his head with his mace and blood oozed from the forehead of
Nila.
58.49
After that , that monkey Nila whose entire body was smeared with blood ,
became angry and seized a huge tree and struck Prahastha on his chest.
58.50
Without any thought about
that hit , taking another huge
mace , that chief of the army ran
towards Nila who was a monkey. 58.51
Then that monkey Nila seeing Prahastha running
towards him in great speed , took hold
of a huge rock with great speed. 58.52
Seeing Prahastha who longed for war and was fighting with
a mace , Nila took a big rock quickly
and threw it at him.
58.53
That great rock released
by Nila the monkey chief broke the head of Prahastha
in to very many pieces.
58.54
That Prahastha who lost his
breath, was disfigured and dead, bereft of his senses and at once fell on the
ground like a tree cut up by the root.
58.55
Blood flowed profusely from his
broken head and blood also streamed from
his body like a waterfall in the mountain.
58.56
After seeing Prahastha , their
leader being killed by Nila, his unshakeable
army of Rakshasas became confused
and withdrew in to Lanka.
58.57
After their army chief was
killed , the army could not continue to stay
firmly in the battlefield , like water cannot stay near a breached
bridge.
58.58
That Prahastha the chief of
Army having been slain, those demons became
dumb , dispirited and inactive, went back to the abode of their king. They became
unconscious as if they were plunged in an
ocean of burning grief.
58.59
The victorious Nila, however, was honoured by Rama and
Lakshmana for his great job well accomplished and experienced supreme
joy.
58.60
Thus ends the fifty
eighth chapter of the book of war
of Valmiki Ramayana which is
the first book
59.Ravana enters
the battle field
(When Prahastha was killed Ravana himself entered the
battle field. He send back , his commanders, sons and brothers to guard the
fort and fort the monkeys along with his army. He hurt or killed large number of monkey chiefs. Lakshmana who fought with him was greatly
wounded by his spear. Rama fought and defeated him but spared his life at that time and send him
back.)
When in the battle with the bull among monkeys seeing that many Rakshasas as well as their
chief had died in the battle they who were having huge weapons , with a speed
of the ocean ran away . 59.1
They all went to the king of Rakshasas and told him
that their chief was killed by the son of fire God and hearing to their words , the Rakshasa
chief became very angry. 59.2
After having heard that Prahastha was killed in the
battle , The heart of Ravana was filled with grief as well as anger
and then he told the chiefs of army
, similar to Indra talking to Deva chiefs. 59.3
“This enemy
should not be underestimated because they killed the commander of my army as well his army and elephants who had
earlier defeated the army of Indra .”
59.4
“So without any hesitation , I shall myself go to the
wonderful battle field for killing the enemies and getting victory
.”
59.5
“”I shall myself burn the monkey army along with Rama and
Lakshmana by using several arrows like a
forest is burned by setting it fire and then I shall satisfy the earth by
performing oblations with monkey blood.”
59.6
After saying this
Ravana , the enemy of Indra mounted
the chariot which was shining like
flame of fire which is yoked to
excellent horses which had excellent
shining body.”
59.7
Then the king of Rakshasas went along with sound of kettle drums, conches ,
cymbals, clapping of hands and line like roars after being honoured and
worshipped and after auspicious praises were sung.
59.8
That chief king of Rakshasas along with mountain and cloud like
meat eating Rakshasas who had
sight like burning torch and also surrounded
by ghosts and shined like Rudra
surrounded by Devas. 59.9
He who had great
luster and looked like mountain came
out of the city saw the powerful army of
monkeys who were as big as an ocean
holding trees and mountains , ready for
war and roaring like vast ocean and
thunderous clouds.
59.10
Seeing that excessively furious Rakshasa army , Rama whose hand resembled great
serpents and was accompanied by his own
army , told to Vibheeshana who is an
expert in knowledge of shastras . 59.11
"Who is the
commander of this army, furnished
with every kind of standard, banner and canopy and armed with javelins, swords, stakes and other
weapons and missiles and composed of imperturbable soldiers and elephants as
high as the Mahendra Mountain?"
59.12
Hearing the words of Rama , Vibheeshana who has valour
similar to Indra told Rama facts about
that great army who are lead by the foremost among the Rakshasas.
59.13
“Oh king , the great one who has the face of black colour and who resembles the rising sun
and comes riding on an elephant and making it shake its head is Akampana.”
59.14
“He who is
standing on the chariot and holding a bow which is
more lustrous than bow of Indra , who has lion inscribed on his flag ,
who shines like an elephant with curved tusks
and who is famous for the boons that
he received from Brahma is
Indrajit.” 59.15
“ That mighty warrior who holds the bow of unequalled size
similar to Vindhya, ashta and
Mahendra mountains and who stands on a chariot , who has superior strength and
has a very huge body is Athikaya .”
59.16
"That great
one who has tawny eyes resembling
the dawn, riding on an elephant with its
bells jingling, who is shouting aloud and who
is a strong Rakshasa is called Mahodara." 59.17
“He who is climbing on a horse caparisoned in gold , who is raising high his spear, who is the
speed of the thunderbolt and resembles a
mountain of evening clouds is Pisacha.
“
59.18
“He who holds a sharp spear
with the luster of lightning ,
which had the speed of thunderbolt and comes riding on an excellent bull shining like moon , is the well known
Trisiras.”
59.19
“The other one who resembles a
thunderbolt , who has large well developed chest . who has a mind that understands
, who has king of snakes on his flag
and who is moving and twanging his bow , is Khumbha. “
59.20
“He who is holding a diamond studded golden mace , who is lustrous as well as smoky , who is
advancing as the flag bearer of the army
is Nikhumbha who has done
wonderful valorous exploits. “
59.21
“He holds a bow and arrow as
well as sword and has a flag and has a
form of raging fire and who shines lustrously on the chariot is Naranthaka , who fights with
the mountain peaks in the war.” 59.22
“He who is surrounded
by ghosts of dreadful form and has rolling eyes, with heads of tigers, buffalo
mighty elephants, deer and horses, under an excellent white canopy with slender
ribs and shining like a moon and is
the one who humbles the gods themselves, shining like unto Rudra
amidst the Bhoothas , is the great Lord
of Rakshasas there."
59.23-59.24
“He wears swinging ear studs and crown and is similar to the mountain king
Vindhya and has a huge body , has
destroyed the pride of Lord Indra and Lord Yama themselves , is the king of
Rakshasas and is the one shining like Sun God.”
59.25
Rama then replied to
Vibheeshana who was the destroyer of enemies “What a majesty and what glory has
this king of Rakshasas has?”
59.26
“Ravana is difficult to be
gazed similar to the Sun, and due o his
clear form which is covered with
lustrous radiance eyes cannot rest on
him.”
59.27
“The body of the heroes among
Devas and Dhanavas are not similar to
his and does not have a shine like the
body of the king of Rakshasas.”
59.28
“All the warriors who
fight along with Ravana are mountain
like and use mountain as weapons and
also hold many lustrous weapons.”
59.29
“Surrounded by the fiery ghost
like Rakshasas , Ravana who is the king
of Rakshasas shines like Lord of death
, surrounded by his hideous
assistants.”
59.30
“By good luck , that sinner has
fallen today on the orbit of my sight
and I will release on him my anger born out of the abduction of
Sita.”
59.31
After saying the valorous one
took out his great bow and followed by
Lakshmana , drew out an excellent
arrow.
59.32
After that , that powerful Ravana spoke to those
exceedingly strong Rakshasas as follows: "Take up your positions
unfalteringly and happily at the gates and principal exits, the outposts and
fortifications."59.33
“When the enemy knows that I am
with you here , taking it as a weak point , the united monkeys may storm the
desolate city and destroy it by
surprise.”
59.34
Thus the king of Rakshasas
dismissed all his ministers and those Rakshasas went back to the city and Ravana entered the ocean of monkeys ,
just like a gigantic fish with the intention
would split the entire ocean.
59.35
Seeing the king of Rakshasas holding a shining bow entering in the battle field and advancing in to it , the king of monkeys uprooting a
huge mountain top ran towards
him.
59.36
Holding that peak of
mountain completely filled with trees
, he threw it at the king of
Rakshasas and he seeing it advancing towards him , Ravana using arrows with golden shafts broke it into pieces.
59.37
When that tall mountain peak with well developed
trees fell down on the ground that Rakshasa who was the lord of the world ,
like the God of death sent an arrow
resembling a serpent .
59.38
Taking that arrow which has the speed of thunderbolt and possessing the luster of fire and which
had the swiftness of Indra ‘s thunderbolt , Ravana sent it to kill
Sugreeva.
59.39
That arrow when released from the hands of Ravana , it
having the splendor of the thunderbolt
of Indra speedily pierced the body of
Sugreeva , similar to the spear of Lord Subrahmanya pierced the Krouncha mountain.
59.40
Wounded by that arrow, which
made him unconscious, that warrior fell
moaning on the earth. Seeing him falling on the ground, deprived of his
senses in the battle-field, the Rakshasas
raised a shout of triumph. 59.41
Then, monkeys Gavaksha, Gavya, Sushena, Rishabha, Jyotimukha
and Nala who all had a very huge tearing
up rocks, rushed towards Ravana.
59.42
That king of Rakshasas using
very sharp arrows made their attacks
with things to throw as useless and
with several arrows well shafted with
gold wounded all those chiefs of monkeys. 59.43
By the arrows of the king of
Rakshasas who was enemy of devas , those monkey generals having a very huge form , were wounded and fell on the
ground and afterwards , he started
hurting the monkey army with very
many arrows.
59.44
The wounded and fallen down
warriors , were stuck with great arrow of fear
and those monkeys pained by the arrows of Ravana went and sought protection of Rama, who
protects all. 59.45
Then the great one who was a
skilful archer , Rama , took his bow and
set out at once but Lakshmana with
folded hands approached him and
spoke the following relevant words. 59.46
“Oh Noble one , my skills are
sufficient to kill this very bad one and so permit me so that I can kill that Ravana.” 59.47
The truly valorous Rama who was greatly lustrous told him, “Go
Lakshmana and be successful in this fight .” 59.48
"Ravana is endowed with
great strength and possesses an outstanding prowess during a war. The Three
Worlds themselves could not withstand his fury. There is no doubt about
it." 59.49
“Hide your weaknesses while searching for his weaknesses and then protect yourselves properly with
your eye as well as the bow.” 59.50
Lakshmana after hearing the
words of Raghava hugged him and
worshipped him and after saluting him
went for the battle. 59.51
Then he saw Ravana with
elephant like hands with a huge bow
which was greatly shining who with a
great rain of arrows was attacking those monkeys whom he had wounded badly
. 59.52
Seeing this the greatly
lustrous Hanuman who was the son of wind God
to put an end to that magic of
arrows rushed towards Ravana.
59.53
After approaching the chariot
, valorous Hanuman lifted his left arm and threateningly spoke the following words to
Ravana.
59.54
“You have got a boon
that devas , Dhanavas,
Gandharwas , Yakshas and Rakshasas
should not be able to kill you but not
against monkeys and therefore they are dangerous to you.” 59.55
“This raised right hand of mine which has five branches will rob you of your soul which has been residing in your body.”
59.56
The greatly valorous Ravana
after hearing these words of Hanuman ,
with anger inflaming his eyes told the
following.
59.57
“Without any hesitation hit me
monkey and get everlasting fame and after knowing your strength by that , I
shall destroy you .”
59.58
After hearing the words of
Ravana , the son of wind God told” Please remember that I have killed your son Aksha earlier.”
59.59
Once he told this , the greatly
lustrous king of Rakshasas Struck with his palm the valorous son of Wind God.
59.60
Struck by the palm , Hanuman repeatedly reeled for a second but he secured his balance within another
second , and greatly enraged he hit the enemy of the devas by his own palm 59.61
Struck by the palm of that
great monkey , the ten necked was shaken like a mountain when the earth
trembles .
59.62
Seeing That Ravana was beaten
by a palm in the battle the sages, the monkeys , Sidhas , Asuras and devas cheered.
59.63
After getting his breath back that greatly lustrous Ravana told , “Well done , Oh Monkey hero . You are a
proper adversary for me.”
59.64
When Ravana told like this Hanuman replied back,
“Cursed be your strength for
in spite of my valour, you are still alive .”
59.65
“Oh evil minded one, why this boasting? Now again strike
me and then my fist will send you to the
world of god of death.”
59.66
Hearing the words of Hanuman, Ravana ‘s
anger was greatly inflamed and then with
blood shot eyes , lifting his
right fist with great zeal hit
forcefully at that valorous
monkey. 59.67-59.68
Hanuman who was stuck on his broad chest reeled again and again and seeing that might Hanuman was exhausted ,
Ravana turned his chariot towards Nila.
59.69
The ten necked king of Rakshasas With great serpent like arrows which can
pierce greatly , wounded the vital parts of
Nila , the commander of monkeys
.
59.70-59.71
That Nila the commander of the monkey army tormented by the flood of those arrows , with
one hand lifted a mountain top and threw it
on the chief of Rakshasas.
59.72
Meanwhile, Hanuman of a
great mind, burning with courage,
regained his breath and in his battle rage cried out furiously towards Ravana, the Lord
of Rakshasas who was occupied in fight with Nila as follows:
"It is not proper to engage in a combat with another person when
he is already doing a fight with another."
59.73-59.74
But that greatly lustrous
Ravana using seven very sharp arrows struck that mountain and it
fell down , broken in to pieces.
59.75
The commander of the monkey
army observed that the mountain was broken in to pieces and that destroyer of the enemy due to his anger glowed like fire of death.
59.76
In that fight, Nila hurled
Aswakarna trees, Sala trees with extensive flowering, Chuta trees and other
various types of trees.
59.77
Ravana confronted all those trees and broke them to pieces and rained many horrendous arrows at the son
of the fire God.
59.78
Showered by large number of arrows as if it was raining
from the cloud , that very strong one
assumed a very tiny form and jumped to
the end of the flag of Ravana. 59.79
Seeing that the son of fire God was sitting on his flag
post , Ravana burned with anger and
then Nila shouted loudly.
59.80
Seeing that monkey occupying the tip of the flag, tip of
the bow and tip of the crown , Lakshmana, Hanuman and Rama were greatly
astonished.
59.81
That greatly lustrous Ravana seeing the agility of the monkey was
astonished and then took a wonderful and
greatly lustrous arrow called
agneyastra( arrow of fire.) 59.82
Thereafter, those monkeys who
felt happy to see Ravana disconcerted at
the agility of Nila and having found an occasion for jubilation, shouted
joyously.
59.83
Greatly provoked by the
shouting of the monkeys was confused in his mind and did not know what has
to be done . 59.84
Ravana using that arrow of fire god
shot at Nila , the monkey who was sitting on the top of his flag.
59.85
That king of Rakshasas Ravana who was greatly lustrous told to Nila, “Oh monkey you are extremely agile and endowed with
knowledge of magic.”
59.86
“Oh monkey now , if you can try
to save your life , though you are doing numerous acts of various kinds which are worthy of yourself.”
59.87
“In spite of that , the great
arrow that I am releasing charged with
mystic strength , would take away your
life, which you are trying to protect.”
59.88
After saying like this the
great king of Rakshasas Ravana , after
placing the arrow on the bow , struck the commander of monkey army with
it.
59.89
That arrow with mystic
power , hit Nila on the chest and he was completely burnt down and fell on the floor .
59.90
Due to the powerful help from
his father and his own innate
luster Though he was brought to the
knees on the floor , he did not lose his life.
59.91
The ten necked one interested
in fighting war , after seeing the monkey lying unconscious rushed in his
chariot towards Lakshmana.
59.92
That Ravana who was
the greatly famous the king of Rakshasas approached Lakshmana who was in the middle of
battle field , halted Lakshmana and
stood before him lifting his
great bow. 59.93
That Lakshmana who had indomitable courage spoke to
Ravana who was raising his indomitable
bow “Oh king of Rakshasas , you please
fight with me as you should not fight
against monkeys.”
59.94
Hearing those words of
Lakshmana resembling the twang of
a bow in full pitch of that sound
, Ravana approached Lakshmana , came near to him and spoke these furious
words. 59.95
“Oh son of Raghu clan, due to
good fortune , at last you have come within ambit of my sight , so that you will meet your death
Immediately you would be
going the land of death
after you are killed by the hail of my arrows.”
59.96
Then without expressing any
surprise seeing Ravana who was roaring
through his teeth “OH king of evil doers , you have been boasting about yourself
and dignified people do not
roar.” 59.97
"Oh King of Rakshasas I know about your valour, strength, energy and
courage. Come here as
I now stand here, with my bow
and arrows in hand. Of what use are vain boasts." 59.98
Riled like this the king became
enraged and loosened seven of
great arrows which were decorated by great feathers ,
which Lakshmana broke with gold
ornamented arrows which had sharp edges.
59.99
Seeing that the arrows were
broken like the hoods of great Cobra
were shattered , Ravana got very
angry and dispatched several sharp
arrows.
59.100
The younger brother of Rama then showered large
number of arrows called Kshura,
Ardha Chandra, karni and Bhalla using his bow
and broke arrows of Ravana
without getting perturbed.
59.101
Seeing that his various sets of arrows are going in vain
, the king who was enemy of devas was
greatly astonished at the skill of Lakshmana and once more sent several arrows. 59.102
That Lakshmana who was
equivalent to Devendra fixed on his bow sharp and lightning like swift arrows , which were greatly
lustrous and sent them aimed at
Ravana with an intention of killing
him.
59.103
Then Ravana the King of Rakshasas shattered those pointed arrows and struck
Lakshmana in the forehead with a shaft as bright as the Fire at deluge , which had been bestowed on him by Brahma
the Lord of Creation.
59.104
Being hit by Ravana’s arrow
Lakshmana reeled a little and holding
firmly his bow , he regained his consciousness
and he with difficulty shattered the bow of the enemy of Indra and devas. 59.105
Then after breaking his
bow ,
the son of Dasaratha stuck and pierced the king with three arrows, he swooned and
later regained consciousness with great
difficulty.
59.106
That Ravana who was the enemy
of devas , whose bow was broken and
limbs shattered and greatly wounded
letting out blood , with formidable energy seized a spear gifted to him by Lord Brahma for continuing the battle .
59.107
Then Ravana , the lord of the
country of Rakshasas hurled
on Lakshmana with all his strength
that spear which was shining and
burning like fire , emitting smoke
and frightening the monkeys in the battle field. 59.108
The younger brother of
Bharatha with several arrows and darts stuck that spear as if it is a sacrificial fire but that spear entered the broad chest
of Lakshmana .
59.109
The mighty son of Raghu
clan fell hit by the very mighty spear on earth and was breathing hot breath and the
king suddenly rushed there and brutally seized him in his two hands. 59.110
Though he could earlier lift Himalayas, Mandhara and Meru
mountain along with the Gods there , he
could not lift the younger brother of Bharatha.
59.111
The son of Sumithra though he
was wounded on his chest by the weapon given by Lord Brahma , he recollected
that he was a minute part of Lord
Vishnu himself.
59.112
Ravana the thorn on the body of devas who had removed the pride of devas and
dhanavas , though he could hit
Lakshmana , he was not able to carry
him with his hands. 59.113
At that time the very angry son
of wind God rushed towards Ravana and struck him angrily by his fist which resembled the thunderbolt .
59.114
By the hit of his fist , Ravana the king of
Rakshasas reeled and fell on the
earth on his knees . 59.115
A lot of blood flowed from his
face , eyes as well as his ears and he
reeled and fell motionless and sat in
the middle of the chariot .
59.116
Seeing Ravana despite his very great strength lying swooned on the battle-field, sages and
monkeys began to shout in that victory as
also did the devas and the Dhanavas. 59.117
Then the very lustrous
Hanuman carrying Lakshmana who was
wounded by Ravana on his shoulders and brought him nearer to Lord Rama.
59.118
It was due to the friendship
and devotion that Hanuman had towards Lakshmana , that made him fight for him though he could not be moved by his
enemies.
59.119
That spear leaving Lakshmana who was
made not conscious in the battle went back
to its place in the chariot of
Ravana.
59.120
The greatly lustrous Ravana who regained consciousness in the
great battle field , got hold of his sharp arrows and
his great bow.
59.121
Freed of the lance and healed of his
wounds , Lakshmana the destroyer of his enemies recollected that he was a part of the Lord Vishnu , who was beyond thought
.
59.122
Seeing the dead monkey warriors
of that great army in the battle field, Rama rushed towards
Ravana.
59.123
And then Hanuman approached
Rama and told him the following words , “You should punish that
Rakshasa riding on my back in the fight with this enemy of Gods, like Lord
Vishnu rides on Garuda.”
59.124-59.125
Hearing those words spoken by
Hanuman the son of Wind-God, Rama
mounted on the great monkey,
Hanuman. Rama the Lord of men then saw Ravana standing in his chariot in the
battle-field. 59.126
When the greatly lustrous one
saw him , he rushed to him like Lord Vishnu rushed towards Virochana with uplifted mace.
59.127
After making a twang sound in
his bow , Rama spoke in a deep voice
resembling the roll of thunder to Ravana.
59.128
“Oh tiger among Rakshasas ,
Stay , stay there, after creating an act of such displeasure against me, where
can you go?”
59.129
“ After you have come near me ,
even if you go and hide in the world of Indra, Yama the god of death or Sun God or go away in any of those ten directions ,
you will not escape from me.”
59.130
“The one whom you fell by using
your spear went in sorrow but has
regained his consciousness and he
assuming the form of death will kill you with your sons and grandsons.” 59.131
“He is the one who killed
fourteen thousand great Rakshasas in Janasthana , who were horrifying to look
at and who were well equipped with all great
weapons.”
59.132
When the very strong king of
Rakshasas heard these words of Rama who
was being carried by the very speedy
Hanuman in the battle , with great anger
recollected his former enmity with him , stuck him with the flaming arrows resembling the flame of
death at deluge.” 59.133-59.134
Though that Rakshasa hit him
with his arrows , the luster around Hanuman who by innate nature was lustrous , further
increased.
59.135
Then the greatly lustrous Rama
seeing the wound made by Ravana on the
tiger among monkeys , flew in to extreme rage.
59.136
Going near Ravana’s chariot
with his sharp and pointed arrows, Rama shattered it along with its wheels,
horses, banner, canopy, great standard, charioteer, darts, spears and swords. 59.137
Then he struck the broad and
pretty chest of the enemy of Indra with arrows which were similar
to the great Indra striking
the Meru mountain with his
thunderbolts.
59.138
That king of Rakshasas
whom neither the fall of thunder or lightning can disturb
, nor cause any trembling , stumbled though he was greatly valorous hero and the bow
that he was holding fell due to the great arrow of Rama , which also
injured him. 59.139
Rama seeing that Ravana was
fainting took up a lustrous arrow with a
crescent tip and broke his crown which
was shining like Sun God of that
king of Rakshasas. 59.140
Rama then told that king of Rakshasas whose splendour had reduced because of his
broken crown , who resembled a venomous snake
and who was bereft of luster like
a Sun who has lost his luster
59.141
“You have accomplished a huge
and great job as my brave soldiers have succumbed to your blows . I have made
you weak in mind and weary in the body for that reason and because of that I will not put you
under the clutch of death now.”
59.142
“OH Rakshasa king , I know that
you have been tormented in this battle
and so return to your city of Lanka . After you have regained your
breath come again riding on a chariot with
your bow and then you will witness my
fighting strength.”
59.143
When he heard these words, with his pride and joy
destroyed , with his shattered bow , with his horses and charioteer being slain , with body pierced by arrows and
with his crown broken, he immediately
returned to Lanka.
59.144
While that mighty Ravana the
Lord of Rakshasa who was the enemy of devas and Dhanavas
returned to Lanka, Rama arranged for drawing out arrows from monkeys and
from Lakshmana too, in the forefront of that vast battle-field. 59.145
When that enemy of the king of
devas was defeated , devas, asuras ,
all beings from all the directions , all
beings of the sea and all great
serpents and all beings in earth and
water rejoiced. 59.146
Thus ends the fifty
ninth chapter of the book of war
of Valmiki Ramayana which is
the first book
60.Ravana orders to
wake up Kumbhakarna
(When Ravana sees there is no
other go , he orders people to wake up Kumbhakarna. With lot of difficulty he is woken up. After satiating his great
hunger and thirst he comes to meet Ravana.
Seeing him from outside the city the monkey army is
greatly scared.)
That king entered the city of
Lanka after with great fear for arrows
of Rama , with his pride destroyed and
was greatly troubled in his senses.
60.1
The king was overcome by the
great Rama like , the elephant fears the lion and the serpent fears
the Garuda.
60.2
The king of Rakshasas became mad when he remembered the arrows of Rama which were like the staff of Brahma and had great splendour.
60.3
Resting on the auspicious great
seat made of Gold , he looked at the other Rakshasas and spoke the following words .
60.4
“All the great penance
that I did has become useless for I who am like Indra has been defeated by
a mere human being.”
60.5
“The terrible words of
Brahma which were told to me that
“Please be afraid of human beings”
seems to have come true.”
60.6
“I sought from him immunity
from death by Devas, Dhanavas, Gandharwas , Rakshasas , serpents but I did not mention about the human
being.”
60.7
"Rama the son of Dasaratha
is the man I think of whom Anaranya who was born in the Ikshuvaku dynasty
formerly spoke, saying: 'O, the worst of Rakshasas , the worst of your race and
the wretched one, In my race will be born a man who will slay you in battle
with your sons, ministers, army, horses and charioteer."
60.8-60.9
“ Long ago I was cursed by Vedavathi when I humiliated her. I think that Vedavathi in now born as the greatly fortunate Sita to the king Janaka.
60.10
"What was predicted by
Parvathi the consort of Shiva, Nandikeshvara the attendant of Shiva, Rambha the
wife of Nalakubara and Punjikasthala the daughter of Varunda has now become true for the words of the sages
never prove false."
60.11
“Because of all these you must all put in very great effort for my sake. Let all the Rakshasas go to the top of the charya
mountain.”
60.12
“Awaken that Kumbhakarna who
is matchless in his great prowess and who is capable of
humbling the pride of all devas and Rakshasas and who has been
cursed by Lord Brahma. 60.13
Already knowing that
Prahastha has been defeated and killed in the battle, Ravana gave a great order to the Rakshasa army.
60.14
“Guard all the gates with great
care and
climb and man the Ramparts and also
please awaken Kumbhakarna who is sleeping soundly”.
60.15
“Now Kumbhakarna is sleeping
happily with his mind not disturbed by
time and that Rakshasa sleeps
either nine or seven or ten or
eight months.”
60.16
“Nine days he participated in
discussion with me and has then fallen
asleep. Quickly awaken that mighty
Kumbhakarna.”
60.17
“ The very strong Kumbhakarna ,
the greatest among all Rakshasas will
soon kill all the monkeys and the two
princes in the battle.”
60.18
“This Kumbhakarna , the chief
among all Rakshasas performs greatly in
battle but being fond of rustic comforts
always stupidly sleeps.”
60.19
“If Kumbhakarna is awakened
there is no worry for me , who has been defeated in the battle by Rama.”
60.20
“What is the use of Indra like
strength to me in this time of great
sorrow , if he is not able to help me.”
60.21
Those Rakshasas as soon as they
heard these words of the king of Rakshasas
, very briskly with alertness
went to the house of Kumbhakarna.”
60.22
Entering the beautiful cave of
Kumbhakarna, with a large door, having an area of a Yojana on all sides and
bearing a floral perfume, the mighty
Rakshasa , though shaken off by Kumbhakarna 's breaths, remained stable
forcefully with difficulty in that cave.
60.23-60.24
Entering that pretty cave
inlaid with gold and precious stones
those tigers among Rakshasas saw
the greatly valorous one sleeping .
60.25
They together tried to awaken
Kumbhakarna who was sleeping in an irregular manner like a spread-out mountain in a great
slumber.
60.26
His limbs were covered with hairy blanket
which stood to the end and he was breathing like a
serpent,. Kumbhakarna of irresistible
valour emitted dreadful snores through his horrible nostrils , and his mouth was
like a gaping hell. Stretched to his full length on the earth, he gave
forth an odour of marrow and blood, and his limbs were adorned with golden
armlets and he also wore a crown as
bright as the sun. Like this that lion
among Rakshasas , Kumbhakarna, the slayer of his enemies slept.
60.27-60.29
Then those great Rakshasas in order to satisfy Kumbhakarna when he wakes
up kept in front of him a heap of
properly cooked meat of hunted animals
as high as mount Meru. 60.30
Those excellent Rakshasas piled
up a great mass of wonderful food with the meat of deer, buffaloes and pigs.
60.31
Also the Rakshasas
placed pots of blood and various kinds of meat in front of Kumbhakarna. 60.32
Then they rubbed the destroyer
of the enemies with , the most rare
sandalwood paste so that he would be
refreshed as also kept divine
flowers garlands and sweet smelling scents near him. 60.33
Then those Rakshasas burnt
various types of scented incenses and
sang hymns of praises about him who was killer of his enemies and shouted and made loud noises all around
him. 60.34
They blew conches which
resembled the full moon in colour and
without patience , created tumultuous sound all together .
60.35
Those Rakshasas created sounds by clapping their hands, in
order to awaken Kumbhakarna and also
shook him and created a great clamour.
60.36
The birds passing through the
sky ran helter-shelter and fell down as
soon as they heard the sounds of the conches, drums, gongs,
clapping of hands and lion like roars. 60.37
When the great soul Kumbhakarna
was not waking up in spite of this
great sound , the Rakshasa took hold of
pestles, iron rods and maces and ran
towards him.
60.38
Then, those cruel demons struck that sleeping Kumbhakarna
on his chest with mountain-tops, pestles, maces, hammers and their fists.
60.39
In spite of all their strength
, the Rakshasas could not stand upright
before the breathing of that
Kumbhakarna Rakshasa.
60.40
Then those greatly valorous
Rakshasas sat firmly among Kumbhakarna
and began to beat drums, cymbals , Kettle drums and play on different type of conches and
trumpets.
60.41
Ten thousand Rakshasas
surrounded him and all at once started beating that
giant who was like a heap of collyrium
and tried to wake him up but in
spite of that he did not wake up. 60.42
Since they were not able to wake him up they started adopting more energetic and
horrifying methods.
60.43
They starting beating horses, camels , donkeys and elephants
with sticks, thongs and whips so
that they trample upon him and made al
beings blast conches
and drums kettle drums . 60.44
They lifted with all their strength and crushed his limbs under very heavy logs and pillars . 60.45
Due to that great sound the
huge city of Lanka along with its
mountains and groves was filled with sound but yet he did not wake up.
60.46
Then they started playing one thousand huge drums all around
him with sticks of refined gold . 60.47
In spite of all this he did not
wake up from his profound sleep as he
was under the
spell of a curse and because of
this all the Rakshasas became
angry.
60.48
All those very greatly valorous
ones were greatly enraged and those Rakshasas joined together all their strength .
60.49
Some beat huge drums, some made great sound and some of them tore their hair and some others bit his ears .
60.50
Some of them poured hundreds of
pitchers of water in his ears and that Kumbhakarna who was very deep sleep did not even stir .
60.51
Some strong ones, armed with
rocks and hammers, struck the rocks and hammers on his head, chest and other
limbs.
60.52
Though wounded by fire missiles
on all sides or tied by several ropes on
all sides , that huge bodied Rakshasa
did not wake up.
60.53
When a thousand elephants ran up and down on his
body then Kumbhakarna lightly woke up and became aware of the pressure.
60.54
Being insensible to those
violent blows of huge stones and
trees which were hurled upon him, but
under the prompting of extreme hunger, Kumbhakarna suddenly sprang up from
sleep, yawning due to loss of sleep.
60.55
Waving his arms which were like serpent's coils or the peaks of mountains
and which were hard as cut diamonds,
that Rakshasa opened his monstrous mouth
like the face of a submarine fire
and yawned.
60.56
When he yawned horribly , his mouth
was something like the nether world
and appeared like the sun raising up
under the peak of Meru mountain.
60.57
After yawning greatly that
Rakshasa woke up and heaved a sigh which
was like a storm from the mountain.
60.58
When Kumbhakarna woke up and
stood up , his form resembled the world
at deluge when it is prepared to
swallow all beings.
60.59
His huge greatly fire like flaming eyes had a glitter similar to lightning
and appeared like the lustrous great planets.
60.60
Then, the Rakshasas showed to him
various kinds of eatables , boar
and buffalo. The mighty Kumbhakarna devoured
all of them.
60.61
The very hungry enemy of devas ate all the meat and being thirsty drank all the blood and gulped several pitchers of fat
and wine.
60.62
Understanding that he is
satiated of his hunger the Rakshasas
saluted him with a bent head
and surrounded him from all sides .
60.63
With a sleep tied eyes which was completely confused and blurred , he directed his glance on everyone of those
Rakshasas and told them.
60.64
That great Rakshasa then soothingly spoke to all other
Rakshasas, as he was surprised to be
woken up and said.
60.65
“Why have I been woken up by
you so suddenly ? Is the king all right?
Is there any danger we are facing?”
60.66
“Or there must be some great
danger from an external source , because
you have woken me up so suddenly .”
60.67
“I would now drive away the great
fear of the king of Rakshasa even if I have to cut Indra in to pieces or
freeze the fire.”
60.68
“Like this for some silly
reason I am not normally woken up and so
tell me the true reason for waking me up.”
60.69
When Kumbhakarna , the
destroyer of his enemies spoke like
this excitedly , Yupaksha the minister
of Ravana with hands folded in
salutation told.
60.70
“There is not even a little
fear created by Gods at any time but there is tumultuous fear created by a man who is driving us back.”
60.71
"Oh king, It is not indeed the devas or Rakshasas
who have put us in such a peril as it comes to us from a man."
60.72
“Mountain like monkeys have
surrounded the city of Lanka and there
is great danger to us from Rama who is
greatly angry due to abduction of
Sita,”
60.73
“Earlier a single monkey burned our city and also killed our prince
Aksha along with his attendants as well
as elephants.”
60.74
The King of Rakshasas , who is
the son of sage Paulasthya and who is the killer of devas was told “You go now.” By Rama
who is equal in luster to the
Sun God.”
60.75
“That which the king has never
suffered with devas , Rakshasas and
Dhanavas , he had to suffer from Rama , who released him from the danger of his life.”
60.76
Hearing about the humiliation
suffered by his brother from Yupaksha
, Kumbhakarna replied Yupaksha , rolling his eyes.
60.77
“Oh Yupaksha , only after
winning over the monkey army and
Lakshmana and Rama on the battle
field , would I see Ravana.”
60.78
“I would satisfy the Rakshasas
with the meat and blood of the monkeys
and I myself would drink the blood of Rama and Lakshmana.”
60.79
Hearing these words told by
him with haughtiness and anger increased by his ferocity , A Rakshasa chief
called Mahodhara saluted him and told
him.
60.80
“Even after hearing the words
of Ravana and after analyzing the pros and cons , oh great one, you can claim victory from
the enemy.”
60.81
Hearing the words of Mahodhara
, the greatly lustrous ad very strong
Kumbhakarna surrounded by other Rakshasas , prepared himself to depart.
60.82
After waking up from sleep that Rakshasa with a huge
eyes , who has great body and great valour , the Rakshasas went to the palace of ten necked one speedily .
60.83
When all of them went the ten necked one was seated on the
throne and all the Rakshasas
together told him with hands held
in salutation.
60.84
"Oh , Lord of Rakshasas ,
Kumbhakarna, your brother, has woke up
Is it your will that he should enter the battle field from there itself
or do you desire him to come here and see you?" 60.85
Ravana to all those Rakshasas
who were standing before him told with a glad heart, “ I would like to see
him here and so let him be honourably
received in a befitting manner .” 60.86
As commanded by Ravana all the Rakshasas told him, ”So be it”, returned back to Kumbhakarna and told him.
60.87
“The king of all the
Rakshasas wants to see you and so go and tell him what is in your mind
and make him happy.”
60.88
Kumbhakarna who is difficult to be defeated , obeying
the orders of his brother saying “So be
it”, got from his seat to depart.
60.89
Washing his face and bathing,
refreshed and delighted, adorning himself well and feeling thirsty, he hastened
them to bring him a drink which can boost up his strength. 60.90
Then , those Rakshasas brought him quickly the wine and various kinds
of eatables there, in their hurry to take Kumbhakarna with them as per Ravana's
commands.
60.91
After having drunk two thousand
pots , he started on his strip slightly dizzy
and flushed but full of
energy.
60.92
The angry Kumbhakarna who was
going to his brother’s house along with
other Rakshasas appeared like
Yama , the God of Death at the
end of time and he caused the earth to
tremble with his footsteps.
60.93
He illuminated the royal
avenue by the shine of his body which resembled the thousand rayed sun illuminates the earth, surrounded by a circle of Rakshasas who were saluting him and he resembled Indra , the lord of devas
approaching the abode of Lord of Brahma .
60.94
Seeing that destroyer of
enemies walking in the royal avenue , all the monkeys who were standing outside
the town along with their leaders were
frightened suddenly.
60.95
Some of them sought protection from
Rama who protects others ., some of them
tottered and fell down, and some ran away scared and some of them were lying down on earth in
great fear. 60.96
Seeing that huge giant appearing like a great peak,
having a crown and who
seemed to touch the sun with his brilliance, the monkeys were seized with great fear and had grown immensely in size or fled hither
and thither.
60.97
Thus ends the sixtieth chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
61.Vibheeshana tells about Kumbhakarna
(When Rama asks about him
Vibheeshana tells that Kumbhakarna was his elder brother. Right from childhood
due to his great hunger he used to eat large number of animals and men. Indra ,
fought with him and was defeated. Then Brahma cursed him , that he would
forever sleep. When Ravana requested he
modified the curse saying he would sleep for six months and then keep awake for a day. Rama
makes his monkey army ready to battle with him.)
Then the very lustrous
Rama who was a valorous one and took his bow
and saw the huge bodied Kumbhakarna
who was wearing a crown.
61.1
Seeing that Rakshasa chief who was similar to a mountain , taking
strides across like Lord Narayana , Rama
became vigilant. 61.2
Again seeing him who was
like appearing like a water rich black
cloud , wearing a golden bracelet on his
arm the army of monkeys started running
away .
61.3
Seeing the monkeys running away
and Kumbhakarna progressively growing
in size , with a great surprise
Rama asked Vibheeshana. 61.4
“A valorous Rakshasa who is
like a mountain wearing a crown with tawny coloured eyes and looking like a cloud is seen within Lanka. Who is he?” 61.5
‘He is the only one with such a
huge body and is looking like a comet .
seeing whom all monkeys are running here
and there.”
61.6
“I am able to see him with a
huge size . Is he a Rakshasa or
asura and I have not seen such a being
any time earlier.”
61.7
Asked like this by the prince Rama who never got tired of his
actions , the very wise Vibheeshana
told the son of Kakustha clan
like this . 61.8
“He is the very famous
Kumbhakarna the son of Visravas who had
defeated the God of death as
well as Indra in a battle and
there is no other Rakshasa who has his
size of the body.”
61.9
"Oh Rama,
He had conquered thousands of
devas , Rakshasas , serpents , asuras,
Gandharwas , Vidhyadharas and
Kinnaras in battle.”
61.10
“The very strong Kumbhakarna
has slanted eyes , armed with a spear
and the devas were not able to kill him and thought that he was God of
death personified.”
61.11
“The very strong Kumbhakarna by
his nature is energetic and mighty and
unlike other Rakshasas these are not
attributable to boons.”
61.12
“That great one as soon as he
was born was affected by very great hunger and ate several thousands of living creatures.”
61.13
“While he was eating these
living beings , greatly scared others
went to Indra and sought his refuge and also told him the reason.”
61.14
“The Indra was greatly angry
with him and struck him with his
Vajrayudha but the great soul
Kumbhakarna struck by the weapon of
Indra , became greatly agitated and
roared loudly due to anger.” 61.15
“Hearing further the great roar
of the Rakshasa Kumbhakarna, the people were frightened further .”
61.16
“The very strong Kumbhakarna
became very angry with Indra and pulled
out the tusk of Iravatha and struck it
on the chest of Indra .
61.17
“Due to the hit of Kumbhakarna
, Indra was further enraged and the
devas , Brahmin sages and Dhanavas were
further aggrieved and went to Lord Brahma.”
61.18
“They informed him of the evil
acts of Kumbhakarna and told him how he
ate living creatures , how he punished the devas , how he destroyed hermitages
and how he took away wives of others.”
61.19-61.20
They told him, “If he continues
to eat all living creatures daily , in a time not far away the world would become empty.”
61.21
After hearing the words of
Indra, the grandfather of all the world
called all Rakshasas and Kumbhakarna was also among them.”
61.22
Loird Brahma himself was
frightened on seeing Kumbhakarna and for consoling others he cursed
Kumbhakarna like this.
61.23
“It is definite that sage
Paulasthya created you for the sake of destruction of the world
and from now onwards you would sleep looking like dead.” 61.24
“Due to the effect of the curse
of Brahma , he fell down in front of them
and Ravana who was greatly agitated
spoke as follows.”
61.25
“Oh Lord Brahma, you are trying
to cut a golden tree when it is about to bear
fruits and it is not proper for
you to curse your great grandson like
this.”
61.26
“There is no doubt that your
words would not go in vain. Let him sleep but let there be some gap between his waking up and sleeping
.”
61.27
Hearing the words of Ravana ,
Lord Brahma told like this, “Let him sleep for six months and let him keep
awake for one day.”
61.28
“On a single day this valorous
Rakshasa , having starved for six months , he would wander all over the
earth and eat the human race with his
mouth wide open , like an augmented fire.”
61.29
“That Ravana who got in to
sorrowful plight and is frightened by
your might has awakened Kumbhakarna.”
61.30
“This greatly valorous Rakshasa has started out of his home and that very angry one is running towards us devouring monkeys on his way.”
61.31
“Even by just seeing him , the
monkeys have run away and how can
they try to stop him in this great battle .”
61.32
“Let all monkeys be told
that it is a machine which is coming
forward and by knowing this they may
become fearless.”
61.33
Hearing the words of
Vibheeshana with the good intention of monkeys to fight , Rama told the
following words to commander-in-chief
Nila.
61.34
"O Nila the son of
fire-god. Go, and arrange the entire
army. So that they Occupy the door-ways,
high-ways and bridges of Lanka, and
stand ready for the battle."
61.35
“Please collect mountain tops ,
huge trees and stones and let the
monkeys armed with these weapons be ready.”
61.36
As instructed by Rama, Nila the
commander of the monkey army passed
orders to the army of monkeys
accordingly .
61.37
Then, Gavaksha, Sarabha,
Hanuman and Angadha looking like mountains, reached the gate, taking the
mountain-tops.
61.38
Hearing the words of Rama those
fearless monkeys and took up
huge trees and started tormenting those Rakshasas.
61.39
That terrific army of monkeys,
with uplifted rocks and trees in their hands, shined like a huge
collection of gigantic clouds, hanging close to a mountain.
61.40
Thus ends the sixty first chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
62.Ravana requests Kumbhakarna to help him
(Ravana explains the difficult situation created by the
arrival of Rama and the monkey army. He requests Khumbakarna to help him.)
Then that great Rakshasa
along with drowsiness of sleep
marched through the royal avenue full of royal dignity .
62.1
That one who is extremely difficult to be defeated surrounded by thousands of Rakshasas started
going with rain of flowers from the surrounding homes.
62.2
Then he saw the
spacious home of the king of
Rakshasas , covered with golden grilled
windows looking like the shining
sun.
62.3
Entering in to Ravana ‘s palace like the sun entering the
cloud , he saw his elder brother sitting on a throne like Indra seeing Lord
Brahma seated on his seat. 62.4
When he was going to his elder brother’s home surrounded
by Rakshasas, Kumbhakarna made the earth to shiver with his
footsteps.
62.5
When he went to his brother’s home and entered the inner apartments , he saw his worried elder
one sitting on the Pushpaka Vimana.
62.6
Seeing that Khumbakarna has arrived the ten necked one got up from his seat immediately and with joy brought him near him.
62.7
After sitting on a comfortable seat , the very strong Kumbhakarna saluted his brother and asked
him, “what needs to be done?”
62.8
Ravana got up from his seat and embraced
Kumbhakarna and when
embraced Kumbhakarna became happy by his brother and occupied an auspicious and Charming seat.
62.9
Then that very strong Kumbhakarna resting on his seat , with blood shot eyes
due to anger said the following.
62.10
“oh king , for what purpose have I been woken up by you
with great effort ? Tell me from whom do you expect danger for you here and he
would be a dead person.”
62.11
Brother Ravana ,
rolling his eyes in annoyance told
the following to the very angry Kumbhakarna.
62.12
“Oh strong one , you have been sleeping for a very long
time and as you were sleeping you did
not know about the great fear that I
have from Rama.
62.13
“This strong Rama
who is the son of Dasaratha along with
Sugreeva after crossing the ocean is cutting short our clan.”
62.14
“Alas , Lanka , coming by a bridge the ocean of monkeys have
covered the entire Lanka with
its forests and gardens.”
62.15
“In the battle the monkeys have killed many of the
Rakshasa chiefs but I am not able to see
reduction in the numbers of the monkeys
and the monkeys have also not been defeated
in this war so far.
62.16-62.17
“Oh strong one, a
very grave danger has arisen and I need
your help in destroying them and that
is why , you have been woken up.”
62.18
“You protect this Lanka whose treasury has become
empty and where only children and senior
citizens are left over and also rescue
me.”
62.19
“Oh very strong one , do this difficult to perform act
for the sake of your brother and Oh
destroyer of enemies, I have never requested like this to any one before
this.”
62.20
"I have a great respect
and affection towards you. Oh the
foremost of Rakshasas, several times, in
battles between gods and Rakshasas, you conquered the devas and Rakshasas after attacking them in the
battle."
62.21
“Oh person of very great
valour, , since there is no one equal to you in strength in this world, show your complete strength.” 62.22
“Oh person who loves war , Oh
Rakshasa who loves your relations . ,
perform this excellent job which is very dear
and useful to me as per your liking
. By your own luster blow away all these enemies , like a speedy wind blows
away all the clouds.”
62.23
Thus ends the sixty second chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
63.Kumbhakarna tries to advise Ravana,
{Kumbhakarna
tells Ravana that he should have taken heed to advice of Vibheeshana.
Ravana gets angry, Kumbhakarna promises to kill Rama as well as the monkey army.)
Hearing to that
lamentations of the king of Rakshasas, Kumbhakarna laughed loudly and then told him.
63.1
“In the ministerial advisory
meeting , the same bad result was
foreseen by some of us and what consequence you are facing is due to
utter disregard of the advice of well wishers.” 63.2
“Like a doer of wicked
deeds falls in to the hell speedily ,
the punishment for your sinful act has
reached you fast.”
63.3
“Firstly you did not
properly think about this course of
action and did not think of its consequence
due to sheer arrogance of your
valour.”
63.4
“He who does duties which ought to have been done earlier later
and does duties which ought to be done later , earlier , cannot
differentiate between the right and wrong
course of action.”
63.5
“Action not done at proper time
and place gives unexpected results like offering oblations in fire
not properly lit gets spoiled.”
63.6
"He, who acts according to an agreement reached
along with his counselors after considering
three types of duties, by harnessing five types of means, moves along a right
course." 63.7
1). Conclusion of peace through conciliation. 2) acceptance
of allegiance through gift. 3) invasion, as a method of coercion.
1) The method of
initiating an actions. 2) Personality and material to be worked upon. 3) Time
and place of action. 4) Provision against mischance and 5) chances of success.
“A king who wants
to take action as per Sastras, understands it through his intellect
and counselors as well as
friends and takes the right decision.”
63.8
“Oh lord of the Rakshasas a man takes action intending to achieve Dharma, Artha and Kama or combinations of any two of them based on a suitable time.”
63.9
“If any king or crown prince , having heard about what is the best
among these three types of
action and does not bother about it, all
his learning would be waste.”
63.10
“Oh best among the Rakshasas , any intelligent one who discusses
with his ministers and decides
on giving away, entering in to peace
or forging enmity at a particular time as the suitable course
or exhibits his valour or resorts to
all the three together with or without
show of valour or takes proper action or
takes improper action at the right time and
practices Dharma , Artha or
Kama at the appropriate time never faces misfortunes in this world.”
63.11-63,12
“A king should do an act aiming at his welfare in consultation with his
ministers who are innately intelligent and who understand the true state of a situation.”
63.13
“Men like animal intelligence initiate consultations and want the advisers to tell them
advice without knowing about the
proposal or without knowing Sastras.”
63.14
“The advice given by people who do not know Sastras , who
do not know recommendations of books dealing with practical life and who are desirous for great wealth should not be accepted.” 63.15
"Those men who talk with
audacity , some inimical things in a friendly way, are to be kept out of
deliberations, as they certainly spoil the work to be done."
63.16
“Some advisors collude with our
intelligent enemies and for
bringing down the destruction of
their lord ,make them do wrong things.”
63.17
“The king should investigate
and find out his ministers who try to help his enemies who are really enemies though they seem to be
friends through their conduct and avoid
them in the final consultations,”
63.18
“Outsiders quickly find out the
fickle decisions made by the king , who is lead away by false appearances ,
like the birds find out about the hole
made in Krouncha mountain.” 63.19
“Anyone who does not bother
about the enemy and is not bothered to
protect himself would face disappointing
occurrences and would be removed from his position.” 63.20
“The advice given to you
earlier by our younger brother is a proper advice to you and his words were beneficial .Please do
whatever you want.” 63.21
When the ten necked one
heard these words of Kumbhakarna , he twisted his eye brows in anger and spoke the following words.”
63.22
“You are advising me like a
most respectful teacher . What is the use of this speech which makes you tired
.Please do at the proper time the proper action.”
63.23
“It is a waste of time to mull
about wrong actions done earlier either
by error or due to illusion of the
mind or by taking shelter on valour.”
63.24
“Please think about what is the
most suitable action now, without thinking about the past , for past has
already gone.”
63.25
“if you have real affection to me , if you have faith in your valour and if
you think that you are fit and if you think that my job indeed has to be
done , solve with your strength the
problems due to my wrong conduct.” 63.26
"He who rescues a
suffering soul, whose fortune is
ruined is his
real friend. He who is ready at hand to help those who have deviated
from the right course, is his real relation." 63.27
Kumbhakarna hearing those very harsh words spoken by Ravana with great
anger spoke to him in a slow and smooth manner. 63.28
Observing that his brother is angry and perturbed , Kumbhakarna
talked gently trying to console him.
63.29
“Oh king who is the destroyer
of your enemies , please listen to me
with attention . Enough of giving way to sorrow like this, Oh king of
Rakshasas. Give up your anger and become your normal self.”
63.30-63.31
“Oh king, as long as I live you
should not worry. I would destroy all of them because you are greatly sorrowing.”
63.32
Whatever may be your situation , I have to tell you what is good for you, I gave that advice because of our
relationship and my brotherly affection to you.”
63.33
“Now see what is going to happen in the battle field .
I will do the due to your brother as well as relation ,
and do the destruction of your enemies .” 63.34
“Oh great hero, please see my killing Rama and Lakshmana in the battle field and the running away of
the monkey army.”
63.35
“Oh great hero, I am sure you would be happy on seeing Rama’s
head brought by me from the war and Sita would be sad.”
63.36
“Let all the relatives of
Rakshasas of Lanka who have lost their near relatives in battle ,
see the death of the most beloved Rama
today.”
63.37
"Today, I shall wipe
off tears of the Rakshasas , who have been afflicted with grief and
lamenting because of the destruction of their relatives in combat by the
enemies." 63.38
“See in today’s battle Sugreeva the king of the monkeys who is like a mountain being dissipated
like a huge cloud being dissipated by the light of the sun.”
63.39
“Oh faultless one, why are you looking agitated when you are
being consoled by me and the Rakshasas
who are desirous of killing Rama.”
63.40
“Oh king of Rakshasas , Rama
will kill you only after killing me and I do not have any regrets because of
that.”
63.41
“Oh very valorous
destroyer of enemies , even now you can order me to do anything that you
desire and there is no need to send any one else to the
battle.” 63.42
"I can destroy your
enemies, who have a great strength. I can engage in combat with all those persons,
whether he is Indra or Yama or the fire-god to the wind-god or even
Varuna."
63.43
“Since I have a mountain like
huge body and hold a very sharp spear
and have very sharp teeth
, even Gods gets scared of me.” 63.44
“Even when I am not armed with
any weapon , no one can stand alive
before me as I can smash the
enemies by my strength alone.” 63.45
“Even when I am not armed with
Javelin or mace or sharp
arrows , If I get excited , I can even
kill Indra with bare hands.”
63.46
“If Rama is able to
tolerate the speedy blows of my fist ,
then my flood of arrows would drink the
blood of Rama.” 63.47
“Oh king, when I am alive why do
you suffer because of anxiety ? I am now ready to march in to the battle
field for the destruction of all your enemies.”
63.48
“ Please leave out the great fear of Rama , for I am going to kill Raghava, the strong Lakshmana . Sugreeva also Hanuman who destroyed our city of
Lanka,”
63.49-63.50
“I am going to eat all those
monkeys who are near me and I want add
extraordinary reputation to you.”
63.51
“Oh king even if you fear of
Indra or Lord Brahma himself , I would
destroy them like the sun removing the darkness for when I get very angry ,
even devas will lay down on the
floor.” 63.52
"I shall extinguish even
Yama the god of death. I shall devour the fire-god. I shall cause the sun along
with the stars to fall asunder on the floor."
63.53
“I shall kill Indra , I shall
drink the ocean , I shall crush the
mountains and I shall tear up the earth.”
63.54
“Let all the beings of the
world see the valour of Kumbhakarna who has been sleeping for a very long
time for I am going to eat all of
them and not even the heaven would be
sufficient food for me.”
63.55-63.56
"I am going to bring you
happiness and make you happy by the
destruction of Rama. Having killed Rama
along with Lakshmana, I shall devour all the chiefs of army of monkeys." 63.57
“Oh king , enjoy yourself , drink as much wine as you like and throw away all your sorrow and do your normal jobs for I am going to
send Rama to the world of Yama. Afterwards Sita would start obeying your words.”
63.58
Thus ends the sixty third
chapter of the book of war of
Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
64.Mahodhara advises
Ravana
(Mahodhara tells Kumbhakarna that what he told Ravana was impolite. He also
tells him that he should not go to the nettle alone. He then tells a plan to
deceive Sita and make her belief
that Rama has been killed.)
Hearing those words of the very strong Kumbhakarna with a
huge body, Mahodhara told. 64.1
“Though you are
born in a great clan you look
like one who is a rustic ,Being arrogant you do not seem to know what is the right thing to do,”
64.2
“It is not correct to say that our king does not know
what is prudent and not prudent but you
like a child wants to simply
talk.”
64.3
“That great Rakshasa
knows about time and place to do things
, knows when to support and when to attack and knows about him as well as others.”
64.4
“ A wise man would
not attempt to disobey and not to serve
the elders like one who has rustic
brain.”
64.5
“You are talking
as if Dharma , Artha and Kama have a separate existence but there are no properties known about them
to define them. “
64.6
“Action is the reason and cause for attaining
anything and fruit of prosperity is also
obtained by sinful acts.”
64.7
“Apart from Dharma and Artha other acts which are unjust but aimed at
prosperity also leads one to
prosperity. .”
64.8
“All beings get
fruit of good actions in this world and in other worlds but he constantly does actions aimed at carnal pleasures also gets joy in
this world.”
64.9
“Because of that , the king liked to do such acts aimed
at pleasure and it has been approved by
us also and what is wrong in doing such
acts against the enemy?”
64.10
“As regards your reason for marching alone , it appears
to me to be irrelevant and not so
good.”
64.11
“How will you conquer
that Rama single-handed , who all
alone killed several Rakshasas in Janasthana.”
64.12
“Are you not
seeing very many frightened powerful
Rakshasas who were conquered by him in
Janasthana living in the city.”
64.13
“That Rama the
son of Dasaratha is like a very angry
lion and you wish to awaken that serpent
who is now sleeping.”
64.14
"Who would be able to approach that Rama, who is forever shining
with a splendor, dangerous to catch-up and as unbearable as death?"
64.15
“To me it is doubtful
whether you would be able to stand facing him
and I do like the idea of your
going alone there.”
64.16
“When one loses advantage to an
enemy , one will not feel like to
surrender to the enemy , but when you have an advantage , why should you
lay down your life like an uncivilized
person?” 64.17
“Oh great Rakshasa how are you proposing to fight with Rama who
is greater than all other human beings
and who is equal to Indra and
the Sun God.” 64.18
After speaking like this to the
very angry Kumbhakarna , Mahodhara in the middle of Rakshasas told Ravana who makes other people cry .
64.19
“Having already captured the daughter of Videha, why this delay on your part, because if you desire her , she
would be submissive to you.”
64.20
“I have found out a trick by using
which would make Sita obey you
and if it is agreeable to your intellect, then please listen to
it.”
64.21
"Make a public
announcement with best of drums that myself, Dvijihva, Samhraadi, Kumbhakarna and
Vitardana are the five Rakshasas are setting out for the battle to kill
Rama." 64.22
“Then we all would go to the
battle-field with effort and offer fight to the enemy and if we conquer the enemies then there is no need for any strategy.”
64.23
“But if the enemy is able to survive , we who have fought shall implement the strategy we thought of
in our mind.”
64.24
"Moistened with blood on having our
bodies torn with arrows marked with the name of Rama engraved on them, we shall
come back here from the battle." 64.25
“We will come and clasp your feet saying “We have already eaten Rama and
Lakshmana.” And you will fulfill our
request.”
64.26
“Oh king , then as per our request
beating trumpets kept on the back of the elephant , you will get
announced that Rama , Lakshmana and their army has been killed.” 64.27
“Then being pleased with all of
us you arrange to give us who are your servants objects of enjoyment, other objects of desire , slaves and gold.” 64.28
"Then, you will
present garlands, garments and cosmetics to the great heroes as well as abundant gifts to other warriors
and enjoy yourself by drinking "
64.29
"When this thick rumour
spreads everywhere that Rama along with
his friends have been eaten by the Rakshasas , you
approach Sita in private and after
restoring her confidence and even
conciliating her, tempt her with gold and grain, as well as luxuries and
precious stones."
64.30-64.31
“Because of this false news , , the fear and sorrow will
increase and when she realizes that she
has lost her husband , without willingness she
will become yours.”
64.32
“Convinced that her pretty
husband has been lost , due to hopelessness and due to flexible feminineness , she will
come under your control.” 64.33
“She who has brought up with lot of comforts ,
who deserves happiness but is sorrowing
realizing pleasure depends on you will come under your control.” 64.34
"After deep thought
, I have conveyed this to
you . As soon as you see Rama, a
calamity will happen to you . While you stay here itself without fighting, you
will obtain a great benefit of happiness. Do not become restless." 64.35
"Oh king,
An emperor who conquers his enemies without losing his army, without
meeting with danger and without a combat will obtain for long, a great fame,
merit, prosperity and glory."
64.36
Thus ends the sixty
fourth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
65.Kumbhakarna
marches to the battle field.
(Ravana makes fun of Mahodhara
and permits Kumbhakarna to march ahead
along with protective army. Kumbhakarna assumes a very huge form marches
ahead terrifying all the monkeys.)
Hearing the words of Mahodhara,
Kumbhakarna rebuked him and told his
brother Ravana who was the king of Rakshasas.
65.1
”Leave out the horrible fear that you have towards the
bad soul Rama because I am going to wipe
him off. Be happy without enmity.
65.2
“Valorous heroes do not roar like a waterless cloud and see
me roaring on completion of my
task.”
65.3
“Heroes do not indulge in self praise and
without advertising they would
complete very difficult tasks.”
65.4
“Oh Mahodhara your words are
suitable to the kings who are confused or
those who are stupid but consider themselves as learned.”
65.5
“You are all cowards and tell
the king what is pleasing him and you do things according to wishes of the king
leading to destruction of jobs
undertaken.”
65.6
“Gaining control of the king ,
pretending to be friendly with him , you
have depleted the treasury , got his army destroyed and made him alone in the town of
Lanka.”
65.7
“With the only aim in
conquering the enemy , I shall go the
battle today , to set right the wrong policies advised by you.”
65.8
When the king of Rakshasas
heard these words of great prowess from Kumbhakarna , he burst out laughing and
told.
65.9
“Oh brother who is an expert
in warfare , there is no doubt that Mahodhara is scared
of Rama and that he is not inclined to a war.
65.10
“Oh Kumbhakarna there is no one who loves me like you or any
one of your strength and so go and kill the enemy and return after
victory.”
65.11
“ Oh destroyer of enemies, You
who were sleeping was summoned by me towards the destruction of the enemy and this period is indeed great.”
65.12
“So go armed with your spear
like God of death with his noose and eat away all the monkeys and those
princes ho shine like Sun.”
65.13
“Just by looking at your form,
all the monkeys would run away and the
hearts of Rama and Lakshmana would be
broken down.”
65.14
The chief of the Rakshasas
after talking like this to the greatly lustrous and very strong
Kumbhakarna felt as if he has taken another birth. 65.15
Knowing about the great
strength of Kumbhakarna and also his great prowess , the king was greatly
delighted and looked
as bright as the moon.
65.16
The very strong Kumbhakarna who was spoken to in this manner
by the king , being ready to fight marched from there. 65.17
That destroyer of enemies
speedily took a splendidly lustrous sharp spear
made of iron , which was
decorated by Gold. 65.18
Taking hold of that large spear
tainted with the blood of enemies which
was shining like Indra 's
thunderbolt and equally heavy, capable of tormenting devas, Rakshasas,
Gandharwas, Yakshas and Nagas , wreathed in garlands of crimson flowers with
excessive splendor and emitting flames by itself naturally, Kumbhakarna of
great brilliance spoke to Ravana the following words. 65.19-65.20
“I am going alone there angry
with great hunger , leaving the army
here and I will eat Monkeys who are there.”
65.21
“When Ravana heard the words of
Kumbhakarna he told, “Go surrounded by the army armed with
spears and maces.”
65.22
“The great monkey who get
speedily ready for anything . will destroy any one who is alone or not careful.”
65.23
“So go surrounded
by an army of Rakshasas
very difficult to defeat , go and kill all our enemies,”
65.24
Rising up swiftly from his throne, Ravana
endowed with a great energy, then placed around the neck of Kumbhakarna, a
necklace studded with Manikhya gems.
65.25
Ravana placed on the person of
Kumbhakarna, armlets, rings, excellent jewels
and a handsome necklace.
65.26
Ravana made him wear auspicious sweet smelling garlands on all his limbs and gave him ear studs for his ear.
65.27
Kumbhakarna who had very large ears wearing armlet and bracelets on his upper arms along with ornaments for
his breast , shined like fire fed with oblations.
65.28
With a large, black and shining
string worn round his loins, he was looking like Mandara mountain encircled by
a serpent at the time of churning for Amrutham (nectar). 65.29
Wearing a very heavy golden
armour which cannot be pierced by weapons
and shining like lightning , that
king shined like the king of
mountains , covered by clouds at sunset. 65.30
Decorated by ornaments in all
his limbs and holding a spear that
Rakshasa shined like Lord Vishnu in the
incarnation of Trivikrama who was
enthusiastic. 65.31
After hugging his brother and also after going round him and saluting him with a bent head that very strong man departed.
65.32
Along with the departing of the huge bodied and very strong one , he also send
huge sound and blessings .
65.33
He who was a great
charioteer was also accompanied by
elephants , horses, chariots
driven by expert charioteers
making great sound and also loud
sound created by conches and drums.
65,34
The very strong
Kumbhakarna who was terrifying was also followed by Rakshasas
riding on serpents , camels,
donkeys , lions, elephants , wild beasts and birds.
65.35
When he who was the enemy of Devas
and Dhanavas armed with a sharp spear departed
, a parasol covered with showers
of flowers was held over his head and he was
intoxicated by the smell of bird
and drinks.
65.36
Many Rakshasas , possessing a
great energy and great strength, with terrific forms and fearful eyes, as also
wielding weapons in their hands, accompanied him as foot-soldiers. 65.37
The Rakshasas who were
difficult to be defeated followed, with their red hot eyes, large
colossal bodies resembling a mass of collyrium in colour , lifting up spears ,
swords, sharp axes, javelins, iron rods, maces, mallets and enormous trunks of Palmyra trees. 65.38-65.39
Then, that Kumbhakarna, of a
great luster and a great strength,
assuming another body of a formidable and terrific form, with a breadth of a
hundred bows and six hundred bows in height, with his eyes resembling the
wheels of a cart, looking like a huge mountain and terrible to look at, departed .
65.40-65.41
That huge Kumbhakarna who
resembled a huge scorched mountain and who had a very huge mouth laughing loudly told the Rakshasas.
65.42
“Now with great anger I would burn
that army of monkey chiefs in lots
like a flame of fire would burn the moths.”
65.43
“Of their own accord those monkeys who wander in the forest
have not offended me and those monkeys are used in gardens of city like us for
entertainment.
65.44
“The primary cause for
attacking of our city is Rama accompanied by Lakshmana and suppose we kill them all others
are killed and so I will kill Rama today.”
65.45
When Kumbhakarna was speaking
this way to the Rakshasas all of them gave rise to a loud noise which
is likely to agitate the ocean.
65,46
When the greatly powerful Kumbhakarna
was departing , from all sides
many omens of several evil forms appeared.
65.47
Ash coloured clouds resembling
donkeys combined with
meteors and streaks of
lightning appeared and the earth trembled along with forests and oceans.
65.48
Terrifying looking foxes howled
with burning morsels in their
mouth and birds flew in circles from right to left. 65.49
A vulture came and sat on the
spear of Kumbhakarna as he was marching
on the road and his left eye
twitched and his left arm
throbbed.
65.50
A burning meteor fell down
with huge sound , the sun became
lusterless and wind was not blowing
comfortably . 65.51
Not bothering about these evil
omens which caused his hair to stand
erect , Kumbhakarna marched on ,
driven by fate. 65.52
After crossing the ramparts by
feet , that mountain like
Kumbhakarna saw the wonderful army of monkeys who looked like a thick spread of clouds.
65.53
Then those monkeys who saw the
Rakshasa chief looking like a mountain
, like the cloud dispersed by
wind ran away from there. 65.54
Noticing that highly fierce army of monkeys, running
away to different directions , similar
to a net-work of broken clouds,
that Kumbhakarna with the hue of a black cloud, highly rejoiced and
repeatedly gave out a roar-like thunder.
65.55
Hearing his terrific roar,
similar to the rumbling of the cloud in
the sky, many of those monkeys fell down on the ground, like Sala trees cut-up by the roots.
65.56
That
great Kumbhakarna carrying a huge iron
rod and marching for the destruction of his enemies looked like Lord Yama with his punishing rod at the
time of deluge and caused great
fear among the monkeys.
65.57
Thus ends the sixty
fifth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
66. The monkey army shivers before Kumbhakarna
(When Kumbhakarna marched in to the battle field, most of
the monkeys started running away. Angadha and other monkey leaders try yo
dissuade them. Mostly they fail in
their mission.)
After crossing the ramparts of Lanka
, that great one who was similar to a mountain quickly marched out of the city.
66.1
He shouted loudly make the sea shiver . the mountains shake and making the thunder look small before his voice.
66.2
Seeing that Rakshasa with a very huge eyes , who could
not be defeated by Indra , the lord of clouds or Yama the God of death and Varuna the
God of ocean , all the
monkeys ran away. 66.3
Seeing them running away
Angadha , the son of Vali told
like this to Nala, Nila Gavaksha
and the mighty Kumuda as follows.
66.4
“Where are you going
like common monkeys , forgetting your valour and nobility and trembling with fear .”
66.5
“Oh gentle monkeys return and why are you protecting your
lives? This Rakshasa is not a great
expert in war but he is a mere
toy of terror.”
66.6
“Oh great monkeys
by our valour we shall
destroy this very great toy produced by the Rakshasas and so please come
back.”
66.7
With difficulty
after convincing themselves , all
of them assembled and holding trees in
their hands , they proceeded
towards the battle field.
66.8
Those monkeys who were like the elephants in rut , after
coming back, with great anger hurriedly
hit Kumbhakarna.
66.9
In spite of
being hit by lofty mountain tops , rocks and flowering trees that very strong one did not shake .
66.10
The rocks that
fell on his body broke in to hundreds
of pieces and those flowering
trees broke and fell on the ground
.
66.11
He became greatly
enraged and crushed the army of monkeys who were greatly lustrous like a raging fire wood consume a forest.
66.12
Many great monkey
chiefs fell down on the earth bathed in blood , resembling huge trees with red flowers.
66.13
Without looking back those monkeys jumped and ran from
there. While some of them fell in
the ocean some went to the sky.
66.14
When some of the Rakshasas playfully killed some of the
monkeys others ran away by the same path
by which they had crossed the
ocean.
66.15
Some of the monkeys became pale faced
due to great fear , some ran away to mounds and low grounds . Some bears climbed on
trees and some escaped running to the
hill. 66.16
Some were drowned in the ocean.
Some escaped into the caves. Some others
escaped but Some could not even stand
stable on the ground and fell down. Some
lied down, as though they were dead. 66.17
When he saw the monkeys retreating from there Angadha
spoke these words , “”Stay there. We will now fight the battle and so you can come back.”
66.18
“I can not to find
a place where you can live after retreating from here, even if you search all over the world . Why are you bothered to save your lives. Please come
back.”
66.19
“Oh monkeys who are freely running away , seeing you like this
running away leaving your weapons here , your wives would make fun of you and so while living you
would be equal to being dead.”66.20
“All of us are born in well known
greatly established clans and why are you getting scared like ordinary monkeys .It is ungentlemanly for you to run away leaving all your valour
here.” 66.21-66.22
“Where did all
the boasting words that were told
by you in front of other people when you departed for the battle fade away.”
66.23
“The cowards who survive would
have to hear berating from other
people and so let us follow the path of good people and so please abandon this fear.”
66.24
“If our fated life span is
short then we shall be killed by
enemies, fall down on this earth and reach the land of Brahma, which cannot be
attained by bad warriors.”
66.25
“Let us kill our enemies and
attain glory and fame and if we are by chance killed we would attain the heaven of the valorous
ones.”
66.26
“If Kumbhakarna sees the sons
of Kakustha clan, he would not go back alive , like the moths coming near a burning fire.”
66.27
“Suppose we run away with intention of protecting our lives just from one person , our fame would be destroyed.
66.28
Those monkeys without valour who were fleeing away told the following words to the valorous Angadha who was wearing a golden armlet.
66.29
“The horrifying battle so far we fought with Kumbhakarna is
sufficient for us. Since our life is dear to us , it is not time to stay back
but flee from here.”
66.30
Saying these words , those
monkey warriors who saw the huge bodied
Kumbhakarna with huge eyes scattered in different directions.
66.31
And those fleeing warrior
monkeys after hearing the coaxing words
of Angadha which convinced them returned back.
66.32
Having been thus cheered
up by the son of Vali , those commanders of monkey
army stood waiting for his command.
66.33
Rishabha, Sharabha, Mainda,
Dhumra, Neela, Kumuda, sushena, Gavaksha, Rambha, Tara and more particularly
Dvipada, Panasa and Hanuman marched ahead very quickly, with their faces turned
towards the battle.
66.34
Thus ends the sixty
sixth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
67.Rama kills Kumbhakarna
(A terrible battle takes place between all the monkey chiefs and
Kumbhakarna. He inflicts great punishment on them. When he was trying to
Sugreeva inside the city of Lanka , he
bites the ears and nose of Kumbhakarna.
When Lakshmana tries to fight
with him, he marches towards Rama who
kills him.)
Those huge bodied ones who
returned back hearing the words of
Angadha , with a firm resolution were
waiting for the battle.
67.1
All those monkeys encouraged by the mighty words of Angadha with greatly increased
energy and confidence were extremely
happy since they were determined to die and went with determination to abandon their
lives and engaged themselves in a
tumultuous battle.
67.2-67.3
The monkeys taking in their
huge trees and the top of the mountains
speedily ran towards Kumbhakarna. 67.4
The valorous Kumbhakarna with a huge body greatly angry lifted the mace
and drove away all the monkeys after frightening them.
67.5
Seven hundred, eight hundred
and thousands hit by Kumbhakarna lay
sprawled and scattered on the ground
. 67.6
The very angry Kumbhakarna caught sixteen
or eight or ten or even twenty or thirty monkeys
and started eating them like Garuda ate the serpents.
67.7
Those monkeys whose confidence
was restored with lot of effort assembled together and stood on
all sides of the battle
field with trees and rocks in their
hands.
67.8
The great monkey Dvividha
uprooted a mountain similar to a
hanging cloud ran towards Kumbhakarna
who stood like a mountain peak.
67.9
That monkey sprang and hurled that mountain aimed at
Kumbhakarna but it did not reach
him but fell on his army.
67.10
That best of the mountains crushed horses, elephants and chariots and another mountain top crushed
the Rakshasas.
67,11
The battle field of
Rakshasas became wet with blood
of the dead Rakshasas , horses and charioteers killed
by the fall of that mountain.
67.12
The Rakshasas who were riding
the chariot who were resembling the god
of death at deluge made huge sound and at once
cut off with arrows the heads of
the chiefs of monkeys . 67.13
The great and strong monkeys also
uprooted huge trees and
started destroying the chariots, horses, camels as well as
Rakshasas.
67.14
Hanuman who stayed on the
sky started throwing
mountains , rocks and various
trees aimed at the head of
Kumbhakarna.
67.15
That Kumbhakarna with his spear broke those mountain tops and shattered those trees which were
being rained on him.
67.16
AT this holding the fierce spear , Kumbhakarna
ran towards that fierce army but in front of him Hanuman stood holding a mountain peak in his hands.
67.17
Then with great anger he struck
Kumbhakarna with great speed using the
very huge mountain and Kumbhakarna stumbled a little with his succulent limbs bleeding slightly
. 67.18
He who was looking like a lustrous mountain peak holding that lightning spear tightly hit Hanuman on the chest like Lord Subrahmanya hit the Krouncha mountain with his great javelin . 67.19
Struck by that mighty spear on his wide chest in that battle , Hanuman became perturbed,
vomited blood from his mouth and roared
like thunderous clouds at the time of
great deluge. 67.20
When the Rakshasas saw the very
perturbed Hanuman they suddenly shouted with great joy and the monkeys felt restless
and oppressed with fear and ran away from the battle
with Kumbhakarna.
67.21
Then after cheering up the army
and stopping them, the very strong Neela
hurled a mountain top on the very
great Kumbhakarna.
67.22
Seeing the mountain coming at
him Kumbhakarna stuck it with his
fist and that mountain top and it
broke in to pieces and fell down
on the ground with sparks of fire .
67.23
The five very heroic
monkeys, viz. Rishabha, Sharabha, Neela, Gavaksha and Gandhamadana
marched ahead quickly towards Kumbhakarna.
67.24
Those five monkeys struck the large bodied
Kumbhakarna from all sides with stones, tress, palm of their hands and
feet.
67.25
Kumbhakarna felt that those
blows were merely touches and was not perturbed and he caught hold of the agitated Rishabha in his hands.
67.26
Hurt by the hands of Kumbhakarna that great monkey and fell down with blood coming out of his mouth.
67.27
Then, in that great fight , the very angry
Kumbhakarna, the enemy of Indra, beat Sharabha with his fist and Neela
with his knee, struck Gavaksha with the palm of his hand and struck
Gandhamadana violently with his feet.
67.28-67.29
Greatly perturbed by the blows received by them being made wet by blood ,
the monkeys got scared and fell down like a chopped Kimsuka tree.
67.30
Seeing the great monkey chiefs falling on earth ,
thousands of monkeys ran towards
Kumbhakarna.
67.31
Those very strong monkey
heroes, who were similar to mountains
climbed on him who was himself
looking like a huge mountain , jumped on him and also bit him.
67.32
Those bull like monkeys attacked Kumbhakarna with nails, teeth , fists and arms . 67.33
That mountain like
Kumbhakarna , with thousands of monkeys
climbing on him looked like a mountain
full of overgrown trees.
67.34
That very strong one caught all of
them by his hands and started eating them like Garuda starts eating the serpents. 67.35
Being thrown in his mouth which looked
like a nether world , those monkeys came out of his ears and
nostrils. 67.36
That great Rakshasa who was
equal to a mountain became very angry ,
broke the monkeys before he started eating
them.
67.37
That Rakshasa made the earth wet with blood and flesh ,
like an excited fire at the time of deluge
and
started walking here and
there among the monkey armies.
67.38
Like Indra with his
Vajrayudha and like the Yama, the god of death with his
Goad , Kumbhakarna who was armed with the spear shined.
67.39
Like the fire burning
the dried up forest in the autumn , Kumbhakarna was swiftly burning
away the monkey army. 67.40
Those monkeys without a
commander and having their warriors
been killed with a great fear roared in rebellious voices.
67.41
When Kumbhakarna was killing
large number of monkeys , the monkeys with distressed mind sought the protection of Rama.
67.42
Seeing those defeated monkeys
Angadha , the grandson of Indra ran with great speed towards Kumbhakarna.
67.43
Holding a peak of mountain in
his hand and roaring again and again , making the Rakshasas scared he followed Kumbhakarna and threw the peak of the mountain on the head of Kumbhakarna. 67.44
Struck on his head by the king of the mountain by the enemy , Kumbhakarna shined in great anger and Struck with great
speed the very angry son of Vali. 67.45-67.46
Kumbhakarna with his very great
roar scared all the monkeys and
threw his spear on Angadha
with great anger.
67.47
But that expert in warfare knowing that spear was going to fall on him
, that great monkey chief who was very strong artfully avoided it . 67.48
Speedily jumping up Angadha stuck the chest of Kumbhakarna with his palm
violently in anger and thus struck , the
mountain like Kumbhakarna became
giddy. 67.49
When he regained his
consciousness , that very strong Rakshasa
threw down Angadha by hitting him with his fist and Angadha fell down unconsciousness.
67.50
When the tiger like great
monkey fell on the earth , Kumbhakarna holding his spear ran towards Sugreeva , the king of
Rakshasas.
67.51
Seeing the very strong
Kumbhakarna rushing towards him , the valorous Sugreeva, the king of monkeys
sprang up all at once.
67.52
He lifting a top of the
mountain and tightly holding it Sugreeva ran towards the very strong Kumbhakarna with great speed.
67.53
Seeing that Sugreeva was
dangerously coming towards him ,
Kumbhakarna braced all his limbs and
stood facing the king of monkeys.
67.54
Seeing Kumbhakarna who had his body coated with monkey blood as he had several great monkeys, Sugreeva
told him.
67.55
“You have done a very difficult
job my making great monkeys fall
and have earned much greater fame by eating them. “
67.56
“Leave out those monkeys . What will you do with common beings.? And
now try to bear this mountain which is going to be hurled by me.”
67.57
Hearing those words of strength as spoken by the
king of monkeys , that tiger like Rakshasa Kumbhakarna told .
67,58
“Oh monkey, you are the grand
son of Brahma, being the son
Riksharaja and you are endowed
with firmness and valour . Why are you
roaring?”
67.59
After hearing the words of
Kumbhakarna Sugreeva who was holding the
mountain firmly hurled it and it struck
Kumbhakarna on his chest and it was as strong as Vajrayudha of
Indra. 67.60
AS soon as it struck his broad chest
that top of the mountain was
destroyed in to pieces and the monkeys
were greatly distressed and Rakshasas
rejoiced and roared.
67.61
Struck on his chest by the
mountain top , Kumbhakarna became very angry and shouted in a loud voice with mouth open due to
anger and then he threw his shining
spear for the sake of killing the king
of the monkeys.
67.62
Then the son of wind god ,
jumped up and held that very sharp ,
ornamented with golden wreath which was
thrown by hands of Kumbhakarna and broke
it repeatedly .
67.63
Then that happy Hanuman placed his knee on the spear made of twenty
thousand measures of iron and broke
it.
67.64
The monkey army rejoiced at
seeing Hanuman breaking that spear and roared loudly several times and came back
from all directions.
67.65
Then the scared Rakshasa became
listless and all the monkeys made the roar of a lion , seeing the broken
condition of the spear and they respected Hanuman.
67.66
Seeing that his great spear
being broken that way , that great
leader of Rakshasas became angry and
uprooted the peak of the Malaya
mountain which was near Lanka and going near Sugreeva beat him with it . 67.67
Hit by the mountain Sugreeva
fell unconscious on the
ground and seeing him lose his
consciousness in the battle ground
the monkeys became very sad. 67.68
That king of Rakshasas caught hold of Sugreeva who
had a wonderful strength and
Kumbhakarna took him away like a wind takes away a cloud.
67.69
Then Kumbhakarna who was
shining like mount Meru having a formidable peak , lifted up Sugreeva who was lying like a huge cloud in the sky .
67.70
Then praised by the Rakshasas who were involved in the
battle and hearing the sound of the
devas wondering about the imprisonment of Sugreeva the valiant chief of Rakshasas
further marched.67.71
Having caught hold of Sugreeva
who was looking like Indra, that Kumbhakarna who was the enemy of Indra and who had strength of Indra and thought, “If this Sugreeva is killed ,all
his army including Rama would be
destroyed.”
67.72
That very intelligent Hanuman
who was the son of wind god, seeing his
army of monkeys were running away and
Sugreeva being taken away thought .
67.73
“What act can be done by me when Sugreeva has been caught ? I shall
definitely do an act of justice now. Growing in to a size of a mountain
I shall kill this
Kumbhakarna.”
67.74-67.75
“Let all the monkeys become
happy when I release the king of
monkeys and the body of Kumbhakarna is
crumbled by my blows of my fists and killed in the battle.”
67.76
“Apart from this our king
himself can get his freedom , even if he is caught by devas
including Rakshasas and serpents.”
67.77
“I have a feeling that that the king of monkeys is unconscious due to
his being smashed by
Kumbhakarna by a mountain.”
67.78
“Within a moment Sugreeva would regain his consciousness in this great
battle and do what is good for himself and monkeys. “
67.79
“If I am able to give freedom to Sugreeva
now there would be great painful
dislike for Kumbhakarna and
reduction in his fame.” 67.80
“Because of that I would wait
for a short time , so that the king can exhibit his prowess and till that time
I would console the army of monkeys.”
67.81
Thinking like this , that Hanuman
who was the son of wind god again
brought firm order in the large army of monkeys.
67.82
Taking the great monkey who was
breathing , Kumbhakarna entered the city
of Lanka , where he was greatly honoured
by showers of best of
flowers by those citizens who were residing in towers , streets , houses and spires.
67.83
Served by the showers in the royal avenues of
popped rice and scented
water which were cool , the very strong
Sugreeva regained his consciousness slowly.
67.84
The great Sugreeva who
was lying on the shoulders of the
mighty Kumbhakarna . after he regained consciousness , observed the royal
avenue and thought .
67.85
“After having been caught this
way, what am I suppose to do? It would be better if I do a suitable action that would be
beneficial to the monkeys.”
67.86
Thinking that way that monkey chief tore
the ears and nose of that enemy of Indra, by his teeth, ribs and
feet.
67.87
Torn by the teeth and nails of Sugreeva , Kumbhakarna lost his ears as
well as nose and his body was coated with
blood and becoming greatly angry, he
threw Sugreeva down on earth and
crushed him.
67.88
Crushed on the floor by the
very huge Kumbhakarna of great strength
and struck by the other Rakshasas, Sugreeva moved with great speed like a ball towards the sky and went
near Rama.
67.89
The very strong Kumbhakarna
without his nose and ears , with the
blood pouring out of those wounds
resembled a mountain with waterfalls.
67.90
Bathed in blood that very huge Rakshasa who was the brother
of Ravana had a frightful look and
vomited blood and looked like a
mountain of black collyrium and shined like a cloud in the light of dusk .And turning his face
towards the battle ground , that huge Rakshasas made up his mind to fight further in the battle. 67.91-67.92
After Sugreeva went away , that enemy of Indra with great anger marched
towards the battle field and
realizing that he does not have any weapon , he took a mace in his hand. 67.93
That great one who left the city with speed then started eating the huge army of
monkeys like the blazing fire at the
time of final deluge. 67.94
Going inside huge army of monkeys, Kumbhakarna who was
very hungry ate flesh
and blood , due to his deep
illusion in the battle and
ate away even the Rakshasas , monkeys and bears. He swallowed the
monkey chiefs just as the death
devours people at the time of the end of the world. 67.95
He caught hold of the monkeys
as well as Rakshasas in ones, twos , threes and in many numbers and started
hurling them inside his mouth.
67.96
Being beaten by huge mountains
by those monkeys that very strong
one gushed out blood and flesh
but continued to eat the monkeys. 67.97
Those monkeys who were being
eaten away went and sought the
protection of Rama and the hugely angry
Kumbhakarna ,continued eating the
monkeys and marched ahead. 67.98
Catching hold of hundred, a seven, an eight, a twenty and a
thirty monkeys with his hands ,that Kumbhakarna was swallowing the monkeys and running about in the battle
field. 67.99
With his entire body covered
with blood, flesh and marrow and
with wreaths of viscera hanging
over his ears , that Rakshasa with sharp teeth
rained spears at those monkeys
and looked like the God of death
rising up at the time of
final deluge. 67.100
At that time Lakshmana the son of Sumithra who was the killer of his enemy armies with great anger started to fight with him. 67.101
That valorous one pierced the body of Kumbhakarna with seven
arrows and took many more arrows and
shot at him.
67.102
Troubled by those arrows of Lakshmana, that Rakshasa completely
destroyed them and then the very strong
Lakshmana flew in to further rage.
67.103
Then Lakshmana covered
Kumbhakarna ‘s golden shining armour with his arrows ,
like a gale completely making a cloud disappear. 67.104
Then that Rakshasa who
resembled a mountain of collyrium who
was greatly troubled by those arrows shined in his golden ornaments like a sun hidden by
the clouds. 67.105
Then that huge Rakshasas spoke
to the one who increased the happiness
of Sumithra in a disrespectful manner in a voice resembling the sound of
multiple clouds.
67.106
“You have announced your valour
in this battle by fearlessly attacking
me, who has even conquered the god of
death.”
67.107
“Any one who can stand before
me who is like a god of death holding a
weapon in this battle deserves to be
honoured and what to say of one who
wages a fight against me.” 67.108
“Indra, the lord of devas
riding on his Iravatha elephant was not able to sand before
me in a battle.”
67.109
“Oh son of Sumithra, I greatly appreciate your strength as well as valour but taking leave from you, I would like to fight with
Rama.”
67.110
“Though I am extremely
happy with your valour , strength
and exuberance in this battle , I would like to fight alone
with Rama and kill him so that this army would be also killed.” 67.111
“As soon as I kill Rama in this battle, I would make my army fight with those who
remain here and get all of them killed.
“
67.112
Addressing that Rakshasa who
spoke to him words of praise , Lakshmana laughingly told these terrifying words.
67.113
“Oh Valorous one , you told
me about your unbearable valour when you faced Lord Indra
and I also saw your valour and
saw that it is true , . See That
Rama who is standing there like
a stable mountain.”
67.114
Hearing it , the very strong
Rakshasas Kumbhakarna ignored Lakshmana, crossed past him and ran
towards Rama , making the earth shake
like an earth quake.
67.115-67.116
Then Rama the son of
Dasaratha sent the
sharp Roudhra arrow, aimed at
the chest of Kumbhakarna.
67.117
While the very angry Kumbhakarna was running
towards Rama , he was stuck by this arrow
and flames of fire mixed with
charcoal came out from his face.
67.118
That very great Rakshasa who
was struck by the arrow of Rama Roared
terribly in great anger and driving
away the monkeys in the
battle , ran himself towards Rama. 67.119
Those arrows decorated with the plumes of peacock went in to his chest and his mace fell off from his hand and he fell on the ground.
67.120
Then all his weapons fell down and got scattered on
the floor and the very strong one
without any weapons , thought himself as a weapon and
fought fiercely with his fists
and arms. 67.121
Kumbhakarna whose body was
pierced by arrows which struck fiercely
, due to profuse bleeding looked like
mountain pouring forth cascades. 67.122
Due to extreme anger and numbed
by the blood flow he went on
wandering swallowing the monkeys Rakshasas and bears.
67.123
Then that huge bodied one of great valour
uprooted a mountain and threw
that fearful mountain peak on
Rama .
67.124
Before that peak of the mountain reached Rama , he using his well known bow and seven arrows which travel straight broke the
mountain in the middle . 67.125
Then Rama the elder brother of
Bharata who observed Dharma split that large mountain peak using
his variegated arrows of
gold.
67.126
That Meru like mountain peak
which was shining with splendor while falling down caused two hundred monkeys
to fall down.
67.127
At that time Lakshmana the
follower of Dharma after thinking about
various strategies to kill
Kumbhakarna spoke to Rama.
67.128
“Oh king, He is not able to
differentiate between monkeys and Rakshasas and possibly by the intoxication
caused by the smell of blood , he is not
able to recognize his persons and others.” 67.129
“Let the monkey chiefs climb on
him from all sides and let the monkey soldiers follow their leaders
Stand round him .”
67.130
“When we do that due the very heavy weight resting on him ,
that evil minded Rakshasas could be made to crawl on the ground and then he cannot kill other monkeys.
67.131
Hearing those words of the
prince who was intelligent the monkeys
climbed on the body of Kumbhakarna and rested there.
67.132
When the monkeys climbed up on Kumbhakarna , he
became greatly anger and violently
shook off all of them like a violent elephant shakes off its mahout.
67.133
Rama seeing the monkeys , understanding that Kumbhakarna was angry ,
being shaken off
jumped up and went towards that
Rakshasa armed with an excellent
bow. 67,,134
The very valorous Rama with eyes red due to anger and appearing capable of burning
everything walked with great speed marched
towards that Rakshasa called Kumbhakarna
causing joy to the monkey leaders .
67.135-67.136
Holding that excellent a
variegated gold ornamented bow which looked like a serpent and having a firmly fastened cord to it and
with a quiver full of excellent arrows
tied on his back Rama quickly
marched forward. 67.137
The very strong and valorous
Rama who was very difficult to be
defeated accompanied by Lakshmana marched ahead surrounded by the army of monkeys.
67.138
Then he saw the
great Kumbhakarna who was a terror to his enemies and who was wearing
a crown , with eyes red with great
anger.
67.139
Rama saw him angry , searching
and chasing away the monkeys like the
elephants guarding directions and
surrounded by the very angry Rakshasas.
67.140
Rama saw that Kumbhakarna,
looking like Vindhya and Mandara mountains, adorned with armlets of gold,
emitting blood from his mouth and appearing alike a rising rainy cloud. 67.141
Rama saw him licking his blood
drenched corners of his mouth and trampling on the army of monkeys and looking like Yama the God of death.
67.142
Seeing that chief of Rakshasas who was looking like a burning flame , that excellent man stretched his bow .
67.143
That great Rakshasa not able to
tolerate the twang sound of the bow
ran towards Raghava.
67.144
Then Rama spoke the dashing Kumbhakarna , looking similar to a cloud driven by the
wind and whose arms were looking like
the coiled serpent Vasuki .
67.145
“Oh leader of Rakshasas, please
come and do not be sad .I am standing
here holding the bow in my hand. Please
know me as the destroyer of Rakshasa
clan, I would be killing you within a second.”
67.146
Knowing that he is Rama , he laughed
in a rebellious tone and being
enraged towards the monkeys he drove
them away.
67.147
As if he wanted to break the heart
of all the monkeys , he laughed loudly and unnaturally ,
resembling the thunder of a cloud and
spoke the following words to Rama. 67.148
'I am not Viradha nor Kabandha nor Khara nor Vali nor Mareecha.
I am Kumbhakarna has who arrived here."
67.149
“Please see this great and
huge mace which is
completely made of iron and I have conquered devas and Dhanavas with it.”
67.150
“You should not treat me with contempt for not having nose and ears as I do not have even a
little agony for losing my ears and
nose.”
67.151
“Oh tiger of the Ikshuvaku clan
show your prowess on my limbs and
after seeing your valour and heroism I
would eat you up.”
67.152
After hearing these words of
Kumbhakarna Rama , released arrows with plumes and though they struck with the speed of the
thunderbolt , The Rakshasa was not shaken nor affected. 67.153
Those arrows which pierced the
Sala trees and also killed the monkey
chief Vali could not hurt the diamond like body
of Kumbhakarna.
67.154
His body took in those arrows like a mountain takes
in water and that Kumbhakarna using his hammer with terrible speed
and stopped arrows of Rama coming with terrible speed. 67.155
Then using with great speed
that hammer smeared with blood , which is capable of frightening the army of devas , he scared
away the army of monkeys.
67.156
Rama hurled a divine arrow
called Vayavya at the Rakshasa
and chopped off his hand along with the hammer and with his arm chopped off he roared
greatly .
67.157
His hand which resembled the peak of a mountain chopped off by the arrows of Rama along with
I the hammer fell on the monkey army and killed that army of monkeys. 67.158
Those monkeys who had escaped being broken or killed ,
though unhappy with their tormenting
limbs changing their sides saw the
horrifying battle between the king and the lord of the Rakshasas. 67.159
Having one of his arm being
cut off by an arrow , that
Kumbhakarna uprooted a sala tree
with his other hand and ran
towards the lord of men , in that
battle.
67.160
Rama using the Indra arrow
which was decorated by peculiar gold pattern cut off that hand which held the Sala tree which resembled a coiled serpent.
67.161
That arm of Kumbhakarna which resembled a hill
when chopped off fell down on the
ground and moving here and there it dashed against trees, rocks, monkeys and Rakshasas 67.162
Seeing that Kumbhakarna with his arms chopped off
was , coming abruptly upon him , Rama
taking two sharp arrows with a shape of a half-moon each, chopped off the feet
of the Rakshasa in that battle.
67.163
Those feet fell down creating a
very huge sound everywhere and in all
directions and even in caves, in the
great ocean, in the city of Lanka and
also in the army of monkeys and Rakshasas. 67.164
Widely opening his mouth like fire of the digestion and roaring Kumbhakarna whose arms and feet were cut off, ran on thighs quickly towards Rama, like
Rahu towards the moon. 67.165
Rama filled up the mouth of the
Rakshasa with sharp arrows having gold covering and with mouth full of arrows
Kumbhakarna was not able to speak and
fainted. 67.166
Then Rama got hold of Indra
arrow(Indrasthra) , shining like sun and
resembled the staff of Lord Brahma and
also like the weapon of the God of death
, which was sharp and had the speed of wind.
67.167
That arrow decorated with gold
and inlaid with diamond was shining
like the dazzling sun as well as fire
and competed in speed with the Vajrayudha of Indra.
67.168
That arrow shot by Rama was
resembling the smokeless fire and had
the energy of Indra ’s Vajrayudha
illuminated all the ten directions
and proceeded forward.
67.169
That Rama cut off the head of
Kumbhakarna which was like a huge mountain peak , which had well rounded
protruding teeth and was wearing quivering silver ear rings , similar the chopping off of the head of Vrithra by lord Indra.
67.170
The great head of
Kumbhakarna which was adorned by ear
studs shined like the moon when the
Punarvasu star has risen up at
night. .
67.171
That head which fell
after it was hit by the arrow of Rama
broke the buildings on the royal
avenue , the gates of royal avenue and
also broke a high rampart.
67.172
Then the huge body of the Rakshasa which had great splendor fell in to the sea and it crushed alligators
, pretty fishes and snakes and entered
the bowels of the earth. 67.173
When the very strong
Kumbhakarna who was the enemy of
Brahmins and devas was killed , the
entire earth shook along with the
mountains and the devas roared with joy . 67.174
Then the Deva sages, great
sages , serpents , devas , bhoothas , Suparna birds , Guhyakas , troops of Yakshas and Gandharwas who were standing in the sky rejoiced.
67.175
By mere sight of Rama , the relations of Ravana were
greatly perturbed at his killing of Kumbhakarna
who was very intelligent and roared like elephants who happened to
see a lion. 67.176
Like the Sun shines in the
world of devas after getting out of the
mouth of Rahu , Rama shined in the midst of monkey army after killing
Kumbhakarna in a battle. 67.177
Several monkeys were
overjoyed with their faces looking like a fully open lots flower and honoured Rama , who was difficult to be
attacked and is a beloved young man possessing terrible
strength.
67.178
After killing Kumbhakarna who had earlier tormented the army of
devas and who never faced defeat at any time in great battles, the elder
brother of Bharatha became happy like Indra became happy after killing
Vruthrasura.
67.179
Thus ends the sixty
seventh chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
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