Yudha Kandam (contd)
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
68.Ravana wails for
the death of Kumbhakarna
(Ravana is greatly sorrowing and greatly disturbed. He does not want to
live without Khumbakarna. He feels , he
should first take revenge on Rama and
then die.)
Seeing that Kumbhakarna
was killed by the great soul Raghava , the Rakshasas went and reported to Ravana the king of Rakshasas.
68.1
“Oh king When Kumbhakarna looking like a god of death was driving away the army of monkeys and eating some monkeys , he met with his death.”
68.2
"Showing his prowess for a
moment, Kumbhakarna your brother, was extinguished by the burning energy of Rama. Injured by Rama's arrows, Kumbhakarna who was
looking like a mountain became an ugly mass, with his body discharging blood,
as his nose and ears were cut off and
resembled a tree scorched by a
forest-fire, with his trunk half-submerged in a terribly looking sea and
obstructing the main gate of Lanka."
68.3-68.5
Hearing that the very strong one was slain in the battle , Ravana became extremely sad , fainted and fell down.
68.6
Hearing that their paternal
uncle was killed Devantaka
, Naranthaka , Trishira and
Athikaya started sorrowing and wept.
68.7
Hearing that their step brother
Kumbhakarna was killed by
Rama who was stable in his actions , Mahodhara and Mahaparswa were overcome with great
grief. 68.8
Then after regaining his
consciousness with great suffering , that Rakshasa chief Ravana became in a
pitiable condition due to the death of Kumbhakarna and wailed. 68.9
“Oh valorous one who used to
destroy the pride of enemies , Oh very strong Kumbhakarna , going alone in to
the enemy army, how have you left me and
gone away forever?”
68.10
“Oh very strong one,
after having tormented the enemies , how did you go away from me , without taking away the thorn of sorrow from me and our
relatives?”
68.11
“Now , I shall no more live , because my right hand on which I used to take refuge and never was afraid of devas and
Asuras , has fallen down.”
68.12
“How is it that such a valorous one who used to destroy
the pride of Devas and Dhanavas , who was like the fire at the time of deluge was killed by Rama today?”
68.13
“How is it that you , to whom sorrow was never caused by
the falling of even Vajrayudha on you , could fall down insensibly on surface of earth by
Rama’s arrows?”
68.14
“Seeing you fall in the battle , all those devas and
sages who are standing on the sky are
shouting with very great joy.”
68.15
“It is certain that with great joy after having achieved
their aim , all those monkeys would
climb on the inaccessible door ways of Lanka from all sides.”
68.16
“Now I am not bothered about this kingdom and I do not know what to do with Sita as I
am not interested to continue to live without Kumbhakarna.”
68.17
“If I am not able to kill in battle the Raghava who is
the killer of my brother , death would
be preferred by me as living would
be a great waste.”
68.18
“I would now itself go to the place where my younger
brother has gone as I am not interested in living even for a
moment without my brother.”
68.19
“Seeing me who had troubled them earlier, those devas
would laugh at me and oh Kumbhakarna ,
how can I win over Indra without
you?”
68.20
“Due to ignorance I did not accept the auspicious advice
of the great soul Vibheeshana , which have now
come true.” 68.21
“When as per the words of Vibheeshana, Kumbhakarna and
Prahastha have died ,these happenings are creating shame in me.”
68.22
“After my brother
Vibheeshana who was a follower of Dharma was banished by me , these sorrowful happening which are
bitter has come to me.”
68.23
Like this
after wailing piteously in various ways , after he came to know the enemy of Indra, the great
Kumbhakarna has been killed , the ten
headed Ravana , whose inner soul was agitated
sank down extremely disturbed.
68.24
Thus ends the sixty
eighth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
69.Angadha kills
Narantaka
(The sons and half brothers of Ravana assure him that they would be able to kill Ravana. A great fight
ensued between Rakshasas and monkeys.
Seeing the Rakshasas suffering ,
Naranthaka one of the sons of
Ravana attacks the monkey army and kills
them, As ordered by Sugreeva, Angadha
kills Naranthka in a
matchless battle.)
Seeing the evil
soul Ravana lamenting due to great
sorrow Trisira( one of his sons)
told as follows,
69.1
“That greatly valorous one who is in the middle in the order of our fathers has been killed but oh king good persons
like you should not wail like this.”
69.2
“Oh lord , you yourself
fighting alone can conquer the three
worlds and why are you wailing like a very common person.
“
69.3
“You posses the
Javelin , armour , arrows and
bow given by Brahma and a chariot
drawn by thousand donkeys emitting the sound
resembling thunder.”
69.4
“Several times you who
are endowed with various weapons
have destroyed the devas and Dhanavas
and so you can easily punish Rama with these weapons.” 69.5
“Oh great king, wait for some time for I shall set
out and destroy your enemies , just
like the Garuda destroys all serpents.”
69.6
“Just like Indra killed Sambara and Lord Vishnu killed
Naraka , today Rama would be laid down after he is killed by me.”
69.7
When the king of Rakshasas heard the words spoken by
Trisiras, he felt as if he was born again
after death.
69.8
When Naranthaka , Devanthaka and the energetic Athikaya heard the words of Trisiras
they became happy with the impending war.
69,9
Then those bull
among Rakshasas who were the sons of
Ravana who were equal in valour to
Indra roared , “I will go”, “I will go”.
69.10
They all could travel through the sky and were experts
in creating illusion and all of
them had destroyed the pride of devas
and were greatly fierce in
battle.
69.11
They were all experts in use of all weapons and were
famous all over. It was never heard at any time that they were conquered
any time by either devas or
Gandharwas or KInnaras or
serpents. 69.12
All those Rakshasas
were experts and very , very valorous
and were greatly skilled in war . They were all very knowledgeable and had obtained several boons.
69.13
Ravana surrounded by his sons who all shined like Sun God and who were destroyer of enemies looked like
Indra surrounded by devas who have killed gigantic Rakshasas,
69.14
After hugging all his sons and presenting to them various
ornaments and blessing them profusely , Ravana send them to the battle .
69.15
For protections of his sons in the battle Ravana sent
along with them , his brothers Yudhonmatha and Matha to the battle.
69.16
Those great bodied ones,
saluted Ravana , who made his enemies cry and also went round him and then departed.
69.17
Those strong Rakshasas
anointed their body
with all types of medicinal
herbs and perfumes and went away eager to fight .
69.18
Trishira, Atikaya, Devantaka,
Narantaka, Mahodhara and Mahaparshva, under
the orders of God of death set
out for the battle.
69.19
Mahodhara rode on an elephant called Sudarasana which was blue like a dark cloud and which
was born in the clan of Iravatha.
69.20
Equipped with all sort of
weapons as also decorated by quivers
and riding on an elephant ,
Mahodhara shined like the Sun on the peak of Ashtachala mountains
.
69.21
Trishira , the son of
Ravana climbed in to a great chariot drawn by the best of the horses along with all kinds of weapons .
69.22
Trishira shined
armed with a bow on the
chariot like a cloud with glittering
meteors and illuminated like a
rainbow.
69.23
That Trishira with three
crowns on an exquisite chariot stood like Himalaya mountain with its three golden hills.
69.24
Athikaya the lustrous Rakshasa who
was the son of the king of Rakshasas , who was the best among those who shoot the bow
climbed on the best of chariots .
69.25
That chariot had the best of
wheel axils and was well yoked , had a very good carriage bottom and a good wooden pole and filled
with quivers and bows and shining
missiles , swords and maces . 69.26
He was shining in a peculiar
golden crown and with his other ornaments caused a shine like Meru.69.27
That son of that king surrounded by great Rakshasas in that
chariot shined like Indra surrounded by
devas.
69.28
Narantaka mounted a white
gigantic horse, similar to Uchchaishrava (the mount of Indra), decorated
with gold ornaments and which was
as swift as thought.
69.29
Narantaka holding a
javelin which was shining like a
meteor looked like Lord Subramanya holding a spear and riding on a peacock .
69.30
Devantaka who was armed with an
iron bar marched and looked like Lord Vishnu holding a Mandhara mountain in his hands .
69.31
The greatly valorous and
shining Mahaparswa held a mace
in the battle and looked like Kubhera , the god of wealth.
69.32
Those great ones set out from
city of Lanka surrounded by a matchless
army , elephants , horses chariots making
sound like the rumbling clouds
along with great Rakshasas and it appeared like devas leaving the city
of Amaravathi. 69.33
Those great princes shined with the brilliance of Sun , wearing crowns and possessing prosperity and
shined like glowing planets in the sky.
69.34
The row of auspicious attire
worn by them shined like a cloud in
autumn or the flock of cranes in the
sky.
69.35
Determined to die or destroy the enemies, those valiant
Rakshasas went making this courageous
resolution.
69.36
Those mighty Rakshasas
set out with a mad resolution of
war , roared with reverberating
sound and took up many arrows and sent
them.
69.37
By their battle cries and
clapping of arms , the earth
trembled and the sky appeared torn by the
lion like roars of those Rakshasas.
69.38
The great army of the king of
Rakshasas who happily set out of the
city saw the monkeys
waiting with uplifted stones and
trees.
69.39
The mighty monkeys too saw that
army of Rakshasas, which appeared like a black cloud but blazing like fire and
sun on all sides, abounding with elephants, horses and chariots, and
making sound with hundreds of small bells and wielding
well-raised great weapons .
69.40-69.41
The monkeys felt that their aim
was fulfilled when they saw that army
coming out and lifting great mountains
they roared again and again not
able to tolerate the Rakshasas who were
standing opposite to them.
69.42-69.43
Hearing the very loud noise made by the leaders of the
monkey army , the army of Rakshasas , who were greatly stronger , not tolerating the joy of their
enemies made more terrible noise. 69.44
Entering in to the mighty
Rakshasa army , the leaders of monkeys carrying mountains
appeared like mountains with peaks.
69.45
Some monkeys went up the
sky and some other monkeys stayed on
the earth and holding trees and rocks as weapons roamed
within the army of Rakshasas. 69.46
The monkey chiefs holding trees with extensive branches roamed in the battle field which was filled with Rakshasas and monkeys looked horrifying.
69.47
The very valorous monkeys ,
though stopped by the rain of
arrows initiated a war with a
matchless rain of trees and mountains.
69.48
In that battle the monkeys and Rakshasas roared like lions and the monkeys powdered the Rakshasas with their rocks.
69.49
The enraged monkeys killed
Rakshasas wearing armour and ornaments. Some killed valorous Rakshasas, sitting or standing in chariots
and also those Rakshasas mounted on
elephants and horses.
69.50
The valiant monkeys beat the Rakshasas with great force and the Rakshasa chiefs trembled
as they were hit by mountain peaks
and by fists and their eyes came out and they roared in pain. 69.51
The elephant like monkeys were wounded by the Rakshasas with sharp arrows and they
struck them with spears , mallets , swords
, javelins and lances .
69.52
The monkeys and Rakshasas with their limbs coated
with blood of their enemies ,
made each other fall with a desire to
conquer each other.
69.53
After that ,
within a very short time , the battle
field became drenched with blood due
the raining of blows using mountains and swords by the monkeys and Rakshasas. 69.54
Due to the beating by
the monkeys , those Rakshasas who were like mountains and who had great
passion for war were scattered all over the earth.
69.55
The Rakshasas who were already been thrown down and who were being thrown down , having
broken their spears carried out a wonderful fight with arms
, limbs and legs. 69.56
Those great Rakshasas
struck the monkeys with the
corpse of other Rakshasas and those
monkeys struck the Rakshasas with dead bodies of other monkeys.
69.57
Then those
Rakshasas taking away the mountains and
trees from the monkeys struck them and
the monkeys snatched the weapons of Rakshasas and struck them with it .
69.58
The monkeys and
Rakshasas broke the bones of each other by using the hills and made sound
like the roar of a lion.
69.59
After their armour was broken the Rakshasas who were struck by the monkeys
bled at that spot , like trees oozing out sap.
69.60
Some monkeys destroyed chariot using a chariot, elephant by another elephant
, and horses by other horses .
69.61
The Rakshasas broke
the trees and rocks of the
monkey chiefs with their sharp arrows with crescent shape head and spear like heads .
69.62
That earth became very difficult to cross as it was filled with those mountains , broken trees and bodies of monkeys and Rakshasas killed in
battle .
69.63
Reaching the place of the battle , all the monkeys
abandoned their fear and became filled with pride by
their fighting prowess and with
various types of weapons continued the battle with the Rakshasas.
69.64
Seeing the monkeys
rejoicing in the tumultuous
battle and seeing the Rakshasas falling
down , the great sages and devas made
shouts of triumph.
69.65
Riding on a horse which had the speed of the wind and
holding a barbed javelin , Naranthaka
entered the terrific army of monkeys , just as a fish enters the ocean. 69.66
That greatly valorous
and strong Naranthaka , all alone with an instant killed seven hundred monkeys with his shining javelin and killed that army of great monkeys. 69.67
The Vidhyadharas and the great sages saw
the very strong Naranthaka seated
on the back of a horse wandering amidst
the monkey army.
69.68
The path by which he travelled was
filled with blood and flesh
along the dead fallen monkeys almost as huge as hills.
69.69
Wherever the chiefs of monkeys wanted to exhibit their valour , mostly Naranthaka reached there and
cut them.
69.70
He burnt the army of monkeys like fire burns a
forest and even before the monkeys
thought of lifting trees and mountains , they were struck by his javelin and
they fell down like mountains broken by
lightning . 69.71
The very strong Naranthaka , who was destroyer of
men roamed round in all directions in the
battle field holding his shining
javelin and roamed round the battle
field , like the wind in the rainy
season.
69.72-69.73
The valiant
monkeys were neither able to stand or
talk , nor in any manner move struck by the javelin with splendor of the
sun and fell down on earth.
69.74
He who fought alone looked like many and struck
the army of monkeys and having
struck by the javelin which had the
splendor of the sun , the monkeys fell down on earth. 69.75
Those monkeys who
were unable to withstand , the javelin which fell on them
like the throwing of Vajrayudha
, shouted with great noise.
69.76
The forms of the
valorous monkeys who fell looked
like the falling of mountains with
their peaks shattered by Vajrayudha.
69.77
Those great ones who had earlier been knocked down by Kumbhakarna became
disturbed and approached Sugreeva.
69.78
Thus requested Sugreeva
saw that monkey army was
running here and there afraid
of Naranthaka.
69.79
Naranthaka appeared
in front of Sugreeva riding on a horse
, holding a javelin in his hand ,
when he was seeing the monkeys who were
running away . 69.
80
After seeing him
that greatly shining Sugreeva
who was the king of Rakshasas, told
the valorous lad Angadha who was equal in valour to Indra. 69.81
“Go quickly and kill quickly that valorous Rakshasa mounted on a
horse who is consuming the army of monkeys.”
69.82
Hearing those
words of his lord (king) , the valorous
Angadha jumped and came away from his
army , just like a sun coming out of a
cloud. 69.83
Angadha the excellent
monkey who resembled
a rocky mass, wearing bracelets on his upper arms, looked brilliant like
a mountain with its metallic streaks. 69.84
Without any weapons except his nails and teeth , Angadha who had great luster approached Narantaka and spoke
the following.
69.85
“Please stop. What are you
doing with these ordinary monkeys ? Throw your javelin which can touch like Vajrayudha at my chest.”
69.86
Hearing the words of Angadha,
Narantaka became greatly angry and that angry Narantaka, tightly biting his lip with his
teeth, hissing like a serpent, approaching Angadha and firmly holding that
highly radiant javelin, quickly released
it towards Angadha. That javelin broke against Angadha 's chest, that was as
hard as a diamond and fell to the earth.
69.87-69.88
Seeing his javelin braking in to pieces , which had similar
power like the snakes which were being cut off by Garuda , Angadha the son of Vali stretched out his palm and struck on the head of the horse.
69.89
The head of the mountain like horse of Naranthka
broke by the blow of Angadha ‘s palm , its eyes and pupils
came out and it fell down on earth. 69.90
Naranthka became greatly angry seeing his horse dead and falling down and with his very powerful fist , he struck
on the head of the son of Vali. 69.91
By that blow Angadha ‘s head was shattered and blood
started oozing out of his head
and he fainted with burning
sensation on the head and when he regained consciousness , he was greatly surprised.
69.92
Then that great
soul Angadha, who was like a peak of mountain ,
with the speed of Vajrayudha
clenched his fist and force equal
to that of God of death hit at the chest of Naranthka . 69.93
When that fist hit
him , Narantaka’s chest sank deeply and
with blood coated limbs , he fell down like a mountain hit by Vajrayudha.
69.94
When the very strong Naranthka was killed by Angadha in the battle , the
great devas in the sky as well as
monkeys in the battle field roared the
approval of victory.
69.95
When Angadha
showed his heroism and did a job which was difficult to do , Rama
rejoiced greatly and then Angadha who was also surprised again started the battle with great enthusiasm. 69.96
Thus ends the sixty
ninth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
70.Monkey leaders kill Sons and brother of Ravana.
(A great and even
battle took place .Hanuman first killed
Devanthaka ., Nila killed Mahodhara , Hanuman killed Trishira and
Rishabha killed Mahhaparswa)
When Devantaka ,
Trisira and Mahodhara the son of
sage Pulasthya saw the death of
Naranthka , they all wept .
70.1
Riding on a cloud like
elephant king , Mahodara
attacked the son of Vali who was greatly valorous.
70.2.
The strong Devanthaka
sorrowing due to his brother’s death
took a huge iron rod and ran towards Angadha.
70.3
Then the very valorous Trishira riding on a chariot which was shining like a
sun drawn by excellent horses went
towards Angadha.
70.4
Seeing him being
attacked by three Rakshasa kings who had
destroyed the pride of the devas ,
Angadha lifted a huge tree with lot of branches.
70.5
With great speed Angadha
hurled that tree with large branches
on Devanthaka similar to Indra
throwing the shining Vajrayudha.
70.6
Using arrows which looked like poisonous snakes Trishira
chopped off the tree and seeing
it chopped off jumped up.
70.7
And that elephant like monkey rained
on him trees and rocks , which were also chopped off by harp arrows
by the enraged Trishira.
70.8
Trishira the killer of devas with a
tip of the mace broke those
trees and then with arrows he
attacked Angadha. 70.9
Then the very
angry Mahodhara speedily approaching
the son of Vali , riding on an elephant
struck on him with javelins which looked
like Vajrayudha.
70.10
Carrying a huge iron rod Devanthaka approached Angadha
and struck him , with a club and
went away to some distance.
70.11
Though he was attacked by three powerful Rakshasa
chiefs Angadha the lustrous son of
Vali did not get nervous.
70.12
That monkey who cannot be defeated easily who was by nature speedy, with great speed
with his palm struck the elephant of Devanthaka.
70.13
Just by the hit of Angadha the eye of that king of elephants came
out and it fell down and it died.
70.14
The very strong son of Vali pulled out the tusk of the great
elephant ran quickly near the Devanthaka and struck him with it
70.15
The lustrous Devanthaka rocked here and there like a tree tossed up by a great friend and
vomited large quantity of blood of the colour of lacquer.
70.16
With difficulty that strong Devanthaka recovered himself and struck Angadha heavily , holding firmly that iron rod.
70.17
Hit by that iron rod the son of the king of monkeys fell on his knees but jumped up and stood. 70.18
When Angadha the son of
Vali jumped and stood up , Trishira
with three straight going arrows which were like poison and hit him on his forehead.
70.19
Noting that Angadha was
surrounded by three Rakshasa chiefs ,
Hanuman and Nila went there
speedily. 70.20
Then Nila hurled a peak of a mountain on Trishira and that intelligent son of Ravana broke it with sharp arrows.
70.21
Hit by those very many
arrows that mountain peak broke in to
many pieces and the split up rocks fell down emitting sparks of fire.
70.22
Seeing Hanuman rushing with
joy to the battle field, the
strong Devanthaka ran towards him with an iron rod.
70.23
Seeing him rushing towards
him that Hanuman who was an elephant
like monkey jumped up
and hit Devanthaka with his fist
which was like a thunderbolt.
70.24
When the strong son of wind
god struck him on his head, that great monkey
made the Rakshasas shake with
that sound.
70.25
That
Devanthaka, the son of Ravana, with his head crushed and broken by the blow of
the fist, with his teeth and eyes coming out and with his tongue hanging down,
swiftly fell down dead on the earth.
70.26
Seeing
the dead great hero of Rakshasas who was very strong and an enemy of devas , that Trishira got
very angry and rained lot of
sharp pointed arrows on Nila ‘s chest. 70.27
At
that time the very angry Mahodhara mounting on an elephant resembling a
mountain , similar to the Sun God
climbing on Mandhara
mountain made a rain of arrows
fall on Nila like a rumbling cloud with a
circle of lightning showers rain on the mountain.
70.28-70.29
Then
due to the large number of arrows showered on him, the body of Nila split in various places and also made
his loosened limbs paralyzed. 70.30
When
Nila regained his consciousness , he uprooted
a mountain with lot of trees growing on it , jumping at great speed struck the head of Mahodhara . 70.31
Shattered
by the fall of the great mountain and crushed
by the very large elephant Mahodhara lost his life and fell down on earth like a mountain struck
by Vajrayudha. 70.32
Seeing his father’s brother dying , Trishiras got very angry and hit Hanuman with many sharp arrows.
70.33
That son of wind God became enraged at that and threw a top of the mountain on him but
Trishiras broke it in to several pieces using
his sharp arrows.
70.34
Seeing
the top of the mountain going waste Hanuman
rained large number of trees of
Trishiras in that battle field.
70.35
The
valorous Trishiras using very sharp
arrows cut all those trees which were
coming against him and roared.
70.36
Then
the angry Hanuman bouncing up tore in to pieces the horse of Trishira , similar to a lion
tearing an elephant .
70.37
Then
Trishiras took hold of a javelin and
similar to God of death getting hold of
the all destroying time hurled it on
Hanuman. 70.38
Moving
with speed and catching hold of that Javelin which was coming towards him like
a shining meteor that great monkey broke it even before it descended and
roared. 70.39
Seeing
that Javelin of great form being broken
up by Hanuman the monkey soldiers were
greatly delighted and roared aloud like the rumbling clouds.
70.40
Then
Trishira , the great Rakshasa took up a
sword dug the breast of the chief of monkeys Hanuman with it.
70.41
Hurt
by the thrust of that sword , the valorous Hanuman , who was the son of wind
God struck on the breast of Trishira by his palm.
70.42
Hit
by the palm that greatly lustrous
Trishira fell down unconscious on earth
with all weapons slipping from his hand.
70.43
That
monkey took the sword that fell from his hand and roared loudly frightening all the Rakshasas who were there.
70.44
Greatly
hurt and unable to bear the roar
the Rakshasa jumped up and hit Hanuman on his chest with his fist.
70.45
That
great monkey got very angry by that hit by the fist and because of that caught hold of that great Rakshasa by his
crowned heads. 70.46
That
angry Hanuman , the son of wind God
using that sharp sword chopped
off the three heads of Trishira along with crowns and ear studs , like Indra
chopped off the head of Viswaroopa , the son of Twashta.
70.47
Those
mountain like heads of the enemy of
Indra having long sense organs
and having eyes emitting fire
fell on the earth like planets
and stars fall from the path of the
sun. 70.48
When
that Trishira, the enemy of devas , having valour equal to that of Indra was killed, the
monkeys made a loud noise. The earth trembled. Then, the Rakshasas ran away
everywhere. Seeing Trishira, Mahodara and the invincible Devantaka killed,
Matta(Mahaparswa) was enraged with indignation.
70.49-70.50
Then,
Matta held a large mace, which was resplendent, completely
made of iron, was tied round with golden
wires, filled with a froth of flesh and blood, satiated with the blood enemies,
the upper most part of which was blazing with splendour, decked with red
coloured garlands and which frightened the elephants supporting the different directions like Airavata, Mahapadma and Sarvabhauma.
70.51-70.53
Taking
up the mace , that very angry and very strong Maha Parswa, went
quickly towards the monkeys like
a burning fire at the time of deluge.
70.54
Then
a monkey called Rishabha
jumped up and stood in front of
the strong Mahaparswa who was the
brother of Ravana.
70.55
Seeing
Rishabha , a mountain like monkey standing before him , Mahaparswa struck him with a mace which was equal to
Vajrayudha on his chest .
70.56
When
that bull like monkey Rishabha was hit on his chest by that mace
, his breast was broken and
he bled profusely and trembled.
70.57
After
a long time Rishabha , the bull among
monkeys regained consciousness and due
to great anger his lips quivered when he looked at Mahaparswa.
70.58
Rishabha
who was swift and who was a monkey chief having a mountain like form speedily approached with a tightened
fist and struck that Rakshasa on his
chest.
70.59
With
his entire body drenched in blood that
Mahaparswa fell down unconscious on the
ground like a tree whose root has been cut off
and Rishabha took his mace which was similar to the rod of Yama and
roared loudly.
70.60
For
a short while Mahaparswa who had the colour of the evening cloud , remained unconscious looking as though he was dead but jumped up suddenly after regaining
consciousness and struck , Rishabha the son of Varuna the lord of the
ocean.
70.61
Rishabha
fell unconscious and remained like that
on the ground and gaining consciousness and holding tightly the mace of Mahaparswa which was looking like a mountain peak banged it
on Mahaparswa.
70.62
That
horrifying mace reached up to the body
of Mahaparswa , the horrible enemy of devas
and he started exuding blood ,
like a great mountain exudes water full
of minerals.
70.63
That
great Risabha quickly ran towards the mace of Mahaparswa and seizing that
dreadful mace struck repeatedly on the
earth and then on Mahaparswa in the
battle front.
70.64
Struck
by his own mace Mahaparswa fell down like a mountain hit by Vajrayudha with his eyes and teeth coming out .
70.65
When that Rakshasa with depleted strength , had his eyes burst out , his life
went away and he fell on the ground
and the army of Rakshasas ran away .
70.66
When
that Mahaparswa was killed, that army of Rakshasas, which was as wide as an ocean, abandoning their weapons in the
battle-field, fled for their lives, like
a sea which had burst its shores.
70.67
Thus ends the sevetieth
chapter of the book of war of
Valmiki Ramayana which is the
first book
71.Lakshmana kills
Athikaya
(Athikaya
the son of Ravana and Dhanyamala comes
out to the war. After a terrific war, Lakshmana is told by the wind God
that he can only be killed by arrow of Brahma.
Lakshmana kills him using the arrow of Brahma)
Seeing
that his army was making sound of
anguish with great fear , seeing that his brothers having the valour of Indra
the lord of devas have been killed, and also seeing that his paternal uncles , brothers and several
Rakshasas have been killed, the greatly lustrous Athikaya who had got
boons from Lord Brahma , who had
the appearance of a mountain and
who had destroyed the pride of
devas and Rakshasas in battle got very angry,
71.1-71,3
That Athikaya
who is the enemy of
Indra climbed on a chariot which had luster of one
thousand suns , went towards the monkeys.
71.4
Wearing
a crown and great looking ear
globes and drawing his bow and making his name heard he loudly roared in a big tone.
71.5
His
lion like roar and his announcement
of his name and terrifying sound
made by his bow created terror among the monkeys. 71.6
Seeing
the great size of his body , the monkeys thought that he was Kumbhakarna woken
up again and started taking refuge with each other out of great fear .
71.7
Seeing
his form which appeared like Vishnu who measured the worlds in three steps , those famous monkey soldiers started
running helter-skelter .
71.8
When
the need for attacking Athikaya
arose , scared in mind those monkeys requested protection of Rama.
71.9
Then
Rama from a distance saw that Rakshasa who resembled a mountain riding a chariot like
a fatal cloud appearing at time of deluge ,
71.10
Seeing
that Athikaya has very huge body ,
Rama was greatly surprised and after consoling the monkeys spoke to Vibheeshana. . 71.11
"Who
is he, resembling a mountain in size, armed with a bow, brown-eyed and seated
in a spacious chariot yoked with a thousand horses?" 71.12
“He
is shining like Lord Shiva surrounded by
the Bhoothas with shining and sharp
spikes with shapely
barbed javelins and lances.” 71.13
“He
is shining like a lightning of
cloud and moving round with staff
that support the war flags ,
appearing like the toungue of the God
of death “ 71.14
“Bows with golden back are shining all round in his great chariot like the rainbows in the sky. “71.15
“Bows with golden back are shining all round in his great chariot like the rainbows in the sky. “71.15
“This
tiger like soldier of Rakshasas is making the battle field shine and coming in a
chariot with the luster of Sun and his
arrows are shining like rays of sun, making all
the ten directions shine and he has
Rahu etched on his flag.”
71.16-71.17
"His bow with three curves , golden back and decorated is
producing a rumbling sound of the
cloud and is shining like a
rain-bow."
71.18
“
His great chariot with a flag and an emblem
has an axle tree at the bottom
and produces sound similar to the lightning of the clouds and has four charioteers.” 71.19
“Twenty
quivers, ten very great bows and eight
bow-strings, golden and reddish brown in colour, are set in
his chariot."
71.20
"On
that chariot there are hanging two
swords, clearly measuring ten cubits in length and provided with handle measuring four cubits, casting their
splendour on his two sides." 71.21
“That
brave one , with red garland around his neck resembles
a black coloured large
mountain , having a huge mouth of
death , looks like a sun covered by
clouds . “
71.22
“With
his arms decorated by gold armlets he
shines like the very great Himalaya mountain with its two lofty peaks.”
71.23
“His
face causing fear with the two ear
rings is looking like the full
moon between two stars of the Punarvasu
constellation in the sky.”
71.24
“Oh
great one , tell me who this great
Rakshasa is , as all the monkeys greatly scared are running away helter-skelter on seeing
him.”
71.25
Thus
asked by the son of a king Rama who had extreme luster , the greatly lustrous Vibheeshana replied like this to him.
71.26
“The
greatly lustrous ten necked one is the
younger brother of Khubera and does gross deeds with great enthusiasm and is known as Ravana , the king of Rakshasas.”
71.27
“His
valorous son who is equal to Ravana in war , serves elders , remembers
what he hears and is skilled in
use of all weapons.”
71.28
“He
whose advice is respected rides on the backs of horses and elephants uses
the sword and the bow and is well
known for creating dissensions , winning over the other side and for leading his army.”
71.29
“He
on whose arm on which the city of Lanka
rests fearlessly is
known as Athikaya and is the son
of Dhanyamala.”
71.30
“He
worshipped Lord Brahma by doing penance and purified his soul and obtained from him several weapons to
defeat his enemies.”
71.31
"
Lord Brahma, granted him a boon,
exempting him from death at the hands of devas
and Rakshasas as also this wonderful armour and the chariot shining like
the sun."
71.32
“He
has defeated devas and Rakshasas hundreds of times and has destroyed the Yakshas and protected the Rakshasas.”
71.33
“He
paralyzed the Vajrayudha of the
valorous Indra by his arrows, struck
down the noose of the king of the ocean in a battle . He is the very strong Athikaya who destroys pride of Rakshasas, son of
Ravana , great warrior who destroyed the
pride of Devas and Dhanavas.”
71.34-71.35
“Oh
great man Rama , so efforts to kill him should be made very quickly , before
he destroys the monkey
army by his great arrows.”
71.36
The
very strong Athikaya entered the army
of monkeys , twanged with his bow and roared again and again. 71.37
Seeing
the very huge form of that great
charioteer riding on a chariot , the powerful monkey chiefs rushed towards him.
71.38
Taking
trees and mountain peaks, Kumuda, Dvividha, Mainda, Nila and Sharabha marched
forwards quickly to attack him immediately.
71.39
The
greatly lustrous Athikaya who was an
expert in arrows , cut off all their
trees and stones , with arrows decorated with gold.
71.40
The
greatly skilled Athikaya with a very strong body struck all those monkeys who were standing in
front of him in the battle field with arrows fully made of iron.
71.41
Due
to their bodies breaking and greatly
injured those monkeys could not
retaliate to Athikaya in that great
battle.
71.42
That
Rakshasa who was proud of his youth,
greatly scared the army of monkey warriors like an angry lion scares a herd of deer.
71.43
That great Rakshasa who was in the middle of the monkey army did not strike with arrows those who were
not able to fight with him and with his
bow and quiver went to Rama
and spoke these haughty words.
71.44
“I
am sitting on this chariot armed with
bows and arrows and I am not
willing to fight with common warriors ,
Those who have ability and energy to
fight , can fight with me quickly.” 71.45
Unable
to tolerate these words of his, the son of Sumithra who was the killer of his enemies became angry and with a smile rose up quickly and took up his bow.
71.46
The
angry son of Sumithra came forward, took
a great arrow from his quiver and pulled
his great bow in front of
Athikaya.
71.47
The
sound of the twang of the bow of Lakshmana filled the entire earth, sky , ocean and was filled with rage and scared all the
Rakshasas. 71.48
Hearing
the terrible sound produced from the bow of that son of Sumithra, the very
strong Athikaya who was greatly lustrous was greatly surprised.
71.49
That
Athikaya seeing Lakshmana standing
before him , took a very sharp arrow
and spoke these words.
71.50
“Oh
son of Sumithra, you are a mere boy and do not know what is valour . Why do you
want to fight with me who is like the God of death. Go away.”
71.51
“Even
Himalaya mountains nor the earth nor the
sky would not be able to withstand
the speed of arrows released by
me.”
71.52
“You
want to raise the fire at the time of deluge when it is sleeping happily . So
please place your bow here and go back
without losing your life.”
71.53
“If
you do not desire to go back
obstinately , then you please
stay back and after losing your soul
you will then go back to the land of
Yama.”
71.54
“Please
see these sharp arrows of mine
ornamented with gold , which remove the pride of my enemies like
the weapons of Lord Shiva.”
71.55
"This
arrow looking like a serpent will drink your blood like a lion drinks the blood of an elephant.
"Thus speaking, Athikaya was enraged and fixed an arrow on his bow.
71.56
The
prince Lakshmana hearing the angry and
arrogant words of Athikaya in the
battle field became enraged and he who was wise , strong and glorious spoke as follows.
71.57
“Just
because of your words, you cannot become great
, people cannot become good by boasting about themselves . If
possible show your strength to
me , who is standing here with a bow and
an arrow.”
71.58
“There
is no need for you to boast about yourselves
but please show yourself to me
by your deeds .A man is called valorous only based on his valour .”
71.59
“You
are sitting on a chariot endowed with all sort of weapons and now show me your valour either by your
weapons or your arrows.”
71.60
“After
that with sharp arrows I shall cut off your head and it will fall like a palm fruit when the fast wind makes it fall from its stalk.”
71.61
“Today
my arrows bedecked with gold will drink
your blood coming out through the
holed created in your body by my sharp
arrows.”
71.62
“Thinking
that I am only a boy, you should not
disregard me . Whether I am a boy or old
man , you should know me as a god of
death in the battle field for do you
not know that Vishnu as a boy measured the world using three steps.”
71.63
After
hearing the logical and truthful words of
Lakshmana , Athikaya got wild with anger and took out an excellent arrow. 71.64
That
battle was watched by Vidhyadharas , Bhoothas
, devas, Asuras , great sages , Guhyakas
and many other great souls. 71.65
Then
Athikaya stringing an arrow on his
bow ,sent it towards Lakshmana , as though he intends to shrink the atmosphere.
71.66
Then
Lakshmana who is a destroyer of his enemy army
cut that serpent like sharp arrow
which was coming towards him by a crescent tipped arrow .
71.67
Seeing
that his arrow was cut off and its snake head
broken in to pieces Athikaya was
greatly enraged , and prepared to send
another five arrows.
71.68
The
Rakshasa sent those five arrows towards
Lakshmana but before they reached
him Lakshmana cut them off with his
sharp arrows. 71.69
After
cutting off those arrows with his sharp
arrows , Lakshmana, the destroyer of
enemy army , selected a sharp arrow
which shined like fire. 71.70
Taking
that great arrow Lakshmana kept it in his great bow and stretched it to the maximum and released it.
71.71
That
valorous Lakshmana using that flat
jointed arrow , stretched fully and
released it and it hit the forehead of that great Rakshasa.
71.72
That
arrow which pierced the forehead of
that very large Rakshasa and he was
coated with blood and he appeared like
the king of serpents of the mountain.
71.73
That
Rakshasa troubled by the arrow of
Lakshmana shook violently like the gates of city of Tripura shook hit
by the arrow of Shiva. 71.74
That
very strong one recovered his
breath logically reflected “Good,
by sending that arrow, you have
become my great enemy.”
71.75
Reasoning
like that Athikaya opened his mouth
widely , bent down with his huge
soldiers and climbed up that chariot and roamed here and there on the chariot.
71.76
The
bull among the Rakshasas took out and got
hold one, three, five and seven
arrows , fixed them on his bow and released those arrows. 71.77
Those
arrows released from the Rakshasa
leader looked like death , had golden
shafts and shining like sun , brightened the sky. 71.78
Then
the younger brother of Rama without any
nervousness cut off those series of arrows , released
by the great Rakshasa , by using many of his sharp arrows. 71.79
Seeing
that his arrows were being cut off in
the war , that son of Ravana who was the enemy of Indra took out
a very sharp arrow. 71.80
That
Rakshasa who was having great
luster fixed that arrow to his bow, released it instantly and hit the approaching Lakshmana on his chest. 71.81
That
son of Sumithra hit by Athikaya in the battle on his chest oozed out blood and it looked like a fluid oozing out of an
elephant in rut . 71.82
That
Lord then quickly made himself free
from that arrow and took another sharp
arrow and fixed it on his bow.
71.83
Then
he fixed that arrow of fire on his bow
and , the arrow of the great one as well as his bow gave out a great flame. 71.84
Athikaya
then took a very lustrous Sun arrow and
that arrow with a golden shaft looked like a serpent. 71.85
Then
Lakshmana sent a blazing horrible arrow
against Athikaya which was the staff of death of the God of death.
71.86
That
Rakshasa seeing that arrow which was
coming along with fire , sent another aweful arrow of the Sun God against it.
71.87
Those
great arrows having a burning tip struck each other in the sky and looked like two angry serpents.
71.88
Those
two great arrows , even though they had a burning tip , hit one another and fell on the ground and they were reduced to ash , without flame and without luster .
71.89-71.90
Then
the very enraged Athikaya , released an arrow of cane of Twashta
and the valorous Lakshmana cut it off
that arrow by an Indra ’s arrow.
71.91
Seeing
that his arrow of Thwashta was struck down that lad Athikaya became enraged and fixed Yama ’s arrow on his bow.
71.92
Then
Athikaya sent that arrow on Lakshmana
and Lakshmana destroyed that arrow
by sending the arrow of wind
god.
71.93
Then
the very angry Lakshmana rained hails of
arrows on that Athikaya , which looked like a rainy cloud showering water.
71.94
When
those reached Athikaya and hit his
armour , their points adorned with
diamonds were shattered and immediately fell on the
surface.
71.95
Seeing
that those arrows of his have failed ,
the great Lakshmana , the destroyer of
enemy army , showered thousands of arrows.
71.96
That
very strong Athikaya was not bothered
about that rain of arrows , because his armour could never be pierced .
71.97
Then
he sent a serpent like sharp arrow which hit Lakshmana on his vital parts and that Lakshmana who was a tormentor of
his enemies fell unconscious for a moment
.
71.98
After
he regained his consciousness using
four excellent sharp arrows
, that Lakshmana who was a destroyer of his enemies , threw
down his flag staff, killed his horses
and also killed the Charioteer.
71.99-71.100
Without
getting flustered that son of
Sumithra Lakshmana went on sending arrows exactly aiming at the Rakshasa for getting
that Rakshasa killed.
71.101
That
best among men was not able to cause any injury
on him in that battle and then the wind god came to him and spoke as follows.
71.102
“He
is protected by a boon of Brahma and
has a armour which cannot be split and he can be killed only by the arrow of
Brahma and not by any other means . That very strong Athikaya cannot be killed
by any other arrow.”
71.103
Hearing
the words of the wind God , Lakshmana who had valor equivalent to Indra , took
the arrow of Brahma and fixed
that arrow quickly and with
terrific force . 71.104
When
that arrow of boon which was extremely great was fixed by Lakshmana on his bow , all the directions, the sun and moon
, the great planets and the sky
were frightened and earth also made an
uproar.
71.105
After
having fixed that arrow of Brahma with feathers
on his bow which was similar to
the messenger of God of death , Lakshmana
released that arrow
which was like a thunderbolt on
the son of the enemy of Indra.
71.106
Athikaya
saw that arrow , released with great force by Lakshmana , speedily
moving similar to wind , having
pretty wings and variegated
feathers ,burning with light like a
flame looking like a thunderbolt , approaching him. 71.107
That
valorous Athikaya with great speed , struck it
with very many sharp arrows but
that arrow released by Lakshmana
reached very near him.
71.108
Seeing
that blazing arrow, looking like Yama the lord of Death and black in colour,
approaching him, Athikaya then struck it with spike, spear, mace, axe and
arrows
71.109
But
that arrow burning like fire made all those weapons as waste cut off
Athikaya ‘s head wearing a crown and
carried it away .
71.110
That
head with its crown , destroyed by
Lakshmana fell down on the earth like
a a peak of Himalaya mountain.
71.111
Noticing
that Athikaya had fallen to the
ground with his cloths and ornaments scattered everywhere
, al the surviving Rakshasas became
greatly upset.
71.112
Many
of those depressed Rakshasas , dejected as they were, showing fatigue born out of
fighting in their faces, suddenly began
to shout loudly, with their voices in discordant notes. 71.113
After
their leader was killed , all other
Rakshasas were frightened and not
interested to fight ran away with their
faces towards the city of Lanka.
71.114
The
very many monkeys greatly overjoyed , with their faces like fully opened lotus
flowers , honoured Lakshmana whose
desire was fulfilled, when that
dangerous Rakshasa was killed by him.
71.115
Lakshmana
becoming greatly happy after that very
strong Athikaya was killed and after being honoured by other monkeys ,
speedily went to the proximity of Rama. 71.116
Thus ends the seventy
first chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
72.Ravana is upset
(The slaying of Athikaya shook Ravana. He thinks over and finds that many of his great
warriors have been killed. He also is not able to understand how Rama and
Lakshmana broke the tie of Indrajit. He then goes back to his home.)
Hearing that
Athikaya was slain by the great
Lakshmana the king Ravana became
very anxious and spoke these words.
72.1
"Dhoomraksha, who was
greatly impatient Akampana who was excellent among in the
use of all weapons as well
as Prahasta and Kumbhakarna were all killed by Rama, who never gets tired in
the in battle. These mighty and valorous Rakshasas longing for battle, who normally
conquer their enemies and
who were never defeated in battle
by the enemies , along with their armies
were killed. Many other mighty warriors with colossal body and great
valour , skilled in use of weapons have also been slain.”
72.2-72.4
“My
son Indrajit who is very famous for his strength and valour tied those two brothers using very horrifying
arrows due to boons received by him.”
72.5
“That terrific tie by the arrow cannot be broken by devas , strong Asuras
or horrifying Gandharwas , Yakshas
and serpents. But those brothers Rama and Lakshmana got themselves released and I do not
know whether they did it by their power, illusion and sorcery.”
72.6-72.7
“All
those very valorous Rakshasas who set out at my command have been killed by the very strong monkeys.” 72.8
“Now
I do not find any person capable of destroying the valorous Rama . Lakshmana, Sugreeva accompanied by their army in this battle
.” 72.9
“Alas,
By the very strong Rama using
his greatly strong weapons and his valour , all these Rakshasas have been killed
.” 72.10
“Some regiments of the army have to protect this city and also some have to guard the Asoka forest
where Sita is there.” 72.11
“We
should know all the spots where our regiments are placed and also know about those who come in and go
out of the city again and again.”
72.12
“Oh Rakshasas
, please stay on all sides of your own armies as the positioning of all those monkeys needs to be watched.
“ 72.13
"Neglect should not be shown to monkeys in any way at
any time, either at evening or at midnight or at dawn. You have to watch whether the army of our enemy
is fervently active or advancing or staying where it was."
72.14-72.15
All
those very strong Rakshasas
who heard the words of the king of Lanka
, followed those orders perfectly
and precisely stood by what has
been told.”
72.16
Ravana
the king of Rakshasas after instructing them like that, suffering great and terrible
sorrow , went back inside his palace.
72.17
Burning with the fire of anger that very strong king of Rakshasas, then thought over the loss of
his son and again and again sighed.
72.18
Thus ends the seventy
second chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
73.Indrajit enters the battle field.
(Seeing
Ravana as despondent Indrajit enters the battle field. He performs a sacrifice
to Brahma and gets good omens. He hits
and troubles all monkey leaders as well
as Rama and Lakshmana.Rama and
Lakshmana pretend that they have been knocked off. But they actually fall senseless
and Indrajit , goes back to Lanka.)
Then those surviving Rakshasas hastily told
Ravana that Devantaka
, Trishira and Athikaya , the
greatest among the Rakshasas have been
killed .
73.1
Ravana
the prosperous king of the Rakshasas
hearing about their deaths , with eyes
full of tears thought about the
horrifying destruction of his son and
the killing of his brothers and intensely
thought as to what should be done.
73.2
Seeing
the king in a pitiable state , drowned
in the ocean of sorrow , Indrajit the son of the king of Rakshasas and a very good charioteer spoke to him as follows.
73.3
“Oh
father you do not deserve to fall under
this embarrassment , when me the Indrajit is alive for any one stuck by me, who is the enemy of Indra cannot remain
alive.”
73.4
“Today you would see Rama and Lakshmana dead with all their body split by my arrows and
undistinguished lying on the
earth.”
73.5
“listen
to the oath of this enemy of Indra which
is firm , based on his valour and
divine blessings. Rama along with Lakshmana
with great many arrows struck on them
would be defeated by me.”
73.6
“Now
itself , Indra, Yama , Vishnu, Rudra , SAdhyas
, Fire God, Sun god and the
moon can see my unlimited valour which is like that of Vishnu in the sacrificial ground of Bali, the king of Rakshasas.”
73.7
After
saying this the enemy of heaven whose
mind was under his control asked permission
of the king and got in to his
chariot which moved with the speed of
the wind and drawn by many excellent
donkeys. 73.8
The
greatly lustrous , destroyer of enemies
after he climbed on the chariot
which was like the chariot of the Sun God
went to the place where the war was in progress.
73.9
Many
strong Rakshasas with terrific power ,
with joy, holding excellent bows in their hands, carrying lances, sharp-edged spears,
swords, axes and maces as also armed with Bhushundis (probably a kind of fire
arms), mallets, cudgels, Shataghnis (cylindrical piece of wood studded with
iron spikes) and iron rods, followed that great
Indrajit. Some rode on the back of elephants, some ascended excellent
horses, tigers, scorpions, cats, donkeys and camels. 73.10-73.13
That enemy
of heaven along with blowing of
conches and great sound from
drums went to the battle field praised by the Rakshasas.
73.14
That
tormenter of the enemies with imperial
umbrella as white as a conch and a
moon shined like the full moon
on the sky .
73.15
Then
that valorous one , the foremost among
those who wield the bow , wearing several
golden ornaments was fanned
by hand held fans
with gold handles.
73.16
Seeing
him departing surrounded by a huge army that glorious Ravana , the king of Rakshasas
spoke as follows.
73.17
“Oh
son, no one can stand before your chariot
and you have won over Lord Indra
and so what to tell of a mere man
and so go and kill that Raghava. “ When the king of Rakshasas spoke like
this Indrajit accepted those great blessings.
73.18
With
Indrajit whose splendour was equal
to the Sun and with no warrior
capable of facing him as a rival
, the city of Lanka shined like
the Sun.
73.19
That greatly lustrous destroyer of enemies after
reaching the battle field , made several Rakshasas stand
around his chariot .
73.20
Then,
that foremost of Rakshasas , having a luster
equal to that of fire, with excellent sacrificial chants , performed a
sacrifice, as per rules, making an oblation to the fire.
73.21
That
valorous leader of Rakshasas offered oblations to fire there, with
garlands and pounded sandalwood, including clarified butter and parched grain.
73.22
That
sacrificial rite was performed with weapons serving as Samiths , chips of
Vibhishaka tree serving as fuel, then using red pieces of cloth and the
sacrificial ladle made of iron. 73.23
Duly
spreading fire with sacrificial sticks
(in the form of other weapons) accompanied by lances there,
Indrajit brought the neck of a live goat of dark hue .
73.24
From
that sacrificial fire which was
set ablaze in which that live offering was done , several signs appeared which indicated victory.
73.25
The
fire which shined like molten gold rose
up on its own and had flames rotating from left to eight and accepted that oblation.
73.26
Indrajit
who was an expert in using sacred arrows invoked the arrow of Brahma and charged
it on his bow , chariot and everything.
73.27
When
that arrow was being invoked and the
sacrificially propitiated , the atmosphere including the sun , the moon and the lunar mansions trembled.
73.28
Having satisfied
the fire with oblations , Indrajit, who was shining like the fire, having a might
similar to that of Indra, and possessing an unimaginable prowess, became
himself invisible in the sky, with the bow, arrows, sword, chariot, horses,
charioteer and all.
73.29
Then
the Rakshasa army with huge number of horses and chariots and shining
with flags and banners set out
with interest in fighting and
roared.
73.30
They
killed the monkeys in the battle field
using many wonderful ornamented arrows
which had great speed as well as
lances and goads.
73.31
Seeing
those Rakshasas , the very angry Indrajit told them, “ All of you fight with
enthusiasm to kill all the monkeys.”
73.32
Then
all those Rakshasas with a great roar , thirsting for victory ,
rained showers of arrows on those monkeys.
73.33
Indrajit
also along with other Rakshasas joined the battle and destroyed the monkeys
with Nalika(broad) arrows , steel arrows , maces and clubs.
73.34
Those
monkeys who were holding trees and
mountains , when they were hurt
rained mountains and trees on
Indrajit.
73.35
The
greatly lustrous and very strong Indrajit
became angry and wounded the
bodies of monkeys.
73.36
The
very angry Indrajit made the Rakshasas extremely happy by killing Monkeys by nines , fives and sevens with a single arrow.
73.37
Using
the sun like arrows decked in gold , that valorous one who was invincible destroyed the monkeys in battle .
73.38
Being
hit by the arrows , the limbs of monkeys were severed and they fell down with their desires
crushed , like Rakshasas fell in the
battle with the devas.
73.39
Those
great monkeys with great anger ran
against Indrajit who was tormenting them
like a sun with arrows similar
to the rays of the Sun.
73.40
Then
those monkeys with their limbs severed and losing consciousness became more perturbed by being dampened by blood and ran away.
73.41
Those
monkeys with mountains as weapons roared in the battle without turning back sacrificed their lives with great courage for the sake of
Rama.
73.42
Continuing
to stay in the battle-field those
monkeys rained trees, rocks and mountain peaks on Indrajit .
73.43
Those
stones and trees which were rained and which could take
life were prevented by the greatly
lustrous son of Ravana who was a great conqueror . 73.44
After
that the Lord (Indrajit) with his arrows which were like fire and looking like serpents the army of the monkeys.
73.45
Indrajit
struck Gandhamadana with eighteen sharp arrows and Nila who was standing far away with nine arrows.
73.46
That
great hero with seven arrows which
can tear asunder the vital parts struck Mainda and with five arrows he struck Gaja in that battle.
73.47
He then struck Jambavan with ten arrows and Nila
with thirty arrows. He also struck Sugreeva, Rishabha, Angadha and Dvividha
with sharp and terrific arrows endowed with boons and made them breathless.
73.48
That
angry one then looking like the fire of
death tormented other monkey chiefs with very many arrows.
73.49
He
discharged well those arrows shining like sun
and which had great speed he
harassed the monkey army .
73.50
That
very enthusiastic one with great
pleasure saw the extensive army of
monkeys being drenched in blood after tormenting them with great many
arrows. 73.51
Again
that greatly lustrous strong Indrajit the son of the king of Rakshasas,
generated a volley of arrows and
destroyed the monkey army from all sides. 73.52-73.53
Leaving
off his army from that great battle-field and becoming invisible, Indrajit
advanced towards the monkeys and quickly rained terrific rain of arrows on those armies of monkeys
just as
the black cloud causes rain.
73.54
In
that great battle the bodies of the
mountain like monkeys just like
magic were torn in to pieces and they roared in a pitiable voice and fell down on the earth, like the
mountains struck by Indra ‘s Vajrayudha.
73.55
As
the Rakshasa Indrajit , the enemy of
Indra remained concealed by his magical
powers the monkeys in the war only saw arrows with pointed tips falling on
their army.
73.56
That great Lord of the Rakshasas covered all the
directions with hundreds of arrows having
sharp point and luster of the sun
and tore the bodies of the
monkey chiefs.
73.57
He rained greatly , pikes , swords, axe which were
shining like a flame of fire
with sparks on the excellent
army of monkeys.
73.58
Wounded
by those arrows which were like flame of
fire from Indrajit , the monkey chiefs resembled
the Kimsuka trees with crimson flowers.
73.59
Those
bull like monkeys with their body
split by that Lord of Rakshasas , went near each other roared and fell
down on the ground.
73.60
Hit
on their eyes by those arrows some
monkeys looked up at the sky , joined
with each other and fell down on the
floor . 73.61
With
lances, spikes and sharp arrows, charged with
powerful chants , Indrajit the
excellent Rakshasa struck all those
foremost of monkeys, namely Hanuman, Sugreeva, Angadha, Gandhamadana, Jambavan,
Sushena, Vegadarshina, Mainda, Dvividha, Nila, Gavaksha, Gavaya, Kesari,
Hariloma, Vidyuddamshtra, Suryanana, Jyothimukha, a monkey called Dadhimukha,
Pavakaksha, Nala as also a monkey named Kumuda. 73.62-73.65
Tearing
the important monkey warriors by his
mace and arrows , which were golden in colour , Indrajit rained large many arrows which were equal to the rays of the sun on
Rama and Lakshmana.
73.66
Not
bothering much about those rain of arrows
and treating them as just rain ,
The greatly lustrous Rama looked around
and then spoke to Lakshmana as
follows.
73.67
“Oh
Lakshmana this enemy of the king of devas has been using great arrows and throwing
down the army of monkeys and is also
tormenting us without break by his
sharp arrows.”
73.68
“How
can the very strong and well prepared
Indrajit , who has got boons from
Lord Brahma and who conceals his terrible form from us and who stands prepared to shower weapons be killed by us in the battle today?”
73.69
“I think
that the God who was self born
who is beyond thought presides over this arrow and oh wise
one , with an undistracted
mind you bear with me these
hail of arrows.” 73.70
“Let
that lord of Rakshasas who
is better than all be covered by multitude of arrows
and let the army of Sugreeva
whose leaders have all fallen
look drab.”
73.71
"Finding
both of us have fallen unconscious
without displaying any joy or anger after having desisted from fighting, Indrajit will
certainly return to Lanka, after having obtained laurels of battle in its
beginning itself."
73.72
After
that Rama and Lakshmana were struck by
very many arrows of Indrajit and the
lord of the Rakshasas after hurting both
of them , roared with joy in the middle of the battle. 73.73
Thus
causing the army of monkeys along with Rama and Lakshmana to become despondent
in that battle, that Indrajit, getting
praised by the Rakshasas , quickly
reached the city of Lanka which was being protected by Ravana 's army . Then,
Indrajit cheerfully informed all that had happened, to his father.
73.74-73.75
Thus ends the seventy
third chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
74.Hanuman brings
the herbal mountain and cures
Rama and Lakshmana.
(Vibheeshana
and Hanuman search for the wise Jambavan and find him out. Jambavan tells
Hanuman to bring herbs form Rishabha
mountain in Himalayas to cure Rama and
Lakshmana. Hanuman reaches Himalayas
and since the herbs are not visible to
him, Hanuman brings the mountain
itself. Rama , Lakshmana and all
wounded monkeys are cured. Hanuman takes
back that mountain.)
Then
in the battle front Rama and
Lakshmana were knockdown senseless and
all the leaders of monkey army fainted.
Sugreeva, Nila, Angadha and
Jambavan did not understand what
needs to be done.
74.1
Seeing
that the entire army looked worried , the most intelligent Vibheeshana told the king of monkey warriors and others these matchless
consoling words.
74.2
“Those two
gentle ones honouring the chant
of Lord Brahma have submitted themselves to be knocked down by the arrows of Indrajit and have
become dejected and greatly tired
and there is no need for great
worry among you.”
74.3
“That
greatly fast arrow of Brahma was given to Indrajit by Lord Brahma
himself and honouring that the princes Rama and Lakshmana have fallen down in the battle and
so this is not the time for sorrow. “ 74.4
Then
Hanuman , the son of wind god honoring
the arrow of Lord Brahma , after hearing
these words of Vibheeshana spoke as
follows.
74.5
“Let
us console all those monkeys who are
surviving among this army , after being struck by the arrow.” 74.6
Then
those two valorous Hanuman and
Vibheeshana together roamed about the
battle field with burning torches in their hands “
74.7
Hanuman
and Vibheeshana saw that the battle-field was , covered on all sides,
with mountain-sized monkeys fallen with their tails, arms, thighs, feet,
fingers and heaps of heads fractured with blood oozing from their limbs and
urine flowing out. The earth was also covered with flaming weapons fallen
all around. 74.8-74.9
Vibheeshana
and Hanuman saw Sugreeva, Angadha, Nila, Sharabha, Gandhamadana, Gavaksha,
Sushena, Vegadarshi, Mainda, Nala, Jyotimukha and a monkey called Dvividha, who
were struck down on the battle-field.
74.10-74.11
Sixty
seven crores energetic moneys in the fifth and last subdivision of the
day by the arrow of the Lord Brahma.
74.12
In
the great ocean like great army of
monkeys which had fallen down by the
arrow , Hanuman along with Vibheeshana
started searching for Jambavan.
74.13
Then
Vibheeshana seeing that valorous son of
Lord Brahma who was by nature old , looking conspicuous because he was
struck by hundreds of arrows and who looked like fire which had been put
out , spoke to him as follows.
74.14
“Oh
revered one , perhaps by these great and sharp arrows , your life has not
been destroyed” and hearing these words of Vibheeshana , that great
bear Jambavan , with lots of
difficulty spoke these words.
74.15-74.16
“Oh
king of Rakshasas, oh great hero , I am
able to recognize your voice only as I
am not able to see , because my eyes and
limbs have been struck by sharp arrows.”
74.17
“Oh
Rakshasa of good manners , Is Hanuman,
the monkey chief who is the son of
Anjana and The wind God who are living
only for his sake , alive?”
74.18
Hearing
these words of Jambavan, Vibheeshana asked him, “Leaving out the gentle
Rama and Lakshmana , why are you
enquiring about Hanuman?”
74.19
“Oh
gentle one , You are not showing the
same love that you show towards Hanuman
towards the king Sugreeva , Angadha
as well a the princes of Raghu clan.”
74.20
Hearing
these words of Vibheeshana , Jambavan
told “Oh tiger among Rakshasas , please hear , why I am enquiring about
Hanuman.”
74.21
“If
that valorous one is alive , then if the entire army has been
killed are unhurt but if Hanuman has given up his life , we are
all dead , even if we are alive.” 74.22
“Oh
dear lad , only if valorous Hanuman who
is equal to wind as well as equal to
fire is holding to his life , there is a
hope for all of us.”
74.23
Then
Hanuman the son of wind God
approached that very old
Jambavan , did salutations as per rules
and then with modesty held his feet.
74.24
Hearing
Hanuman , That Jambavan , the greatest among monkeys whose sense was perturbed , considered himself to be born once
more.
74.25
Then
the greatly lustrous Jambavan spoke to Hanuman, “Please come
, oh tiger among monkeys , it is
your duty to protect all monkeys.”
74.26
“You
are a great friend of all these monkeys
possessing great valour and there
is no other person like you. Since I do not see any other person to do the job
, it is the correct time for you to show your valour .”
74.27
“You
please make the army of monkeys and
bears happy and heal the wounds of arrow on Rama and Lakshmana.”
74.28
“Oh
hanuman you need to travel to the
greatest mountain Himalayas by travelling , higher and higher over the ocean. “
74.29
“Oh
destroyer of enemies , there you would
see the best of the mountains
Rishabha and the very powerful peak Kailasa, which is of golden colour.”
74.30
“Oh
valorous one , in the middle of those
two peaks , you will see a shining ,matchlessly brilliant mountain of herbs containing all medicinal herbs.”
74.31
“Oh
tiger among monkeys growing on the top
of that mountain are for shining
herbs and you would see them making all
the ten directions shine.”
74.32
"You
can see there, Mrita Sanjivani (capable of restoring the dead to life),
Vishalyakarani (capable of extracting weapons and healing all wounds inflicted
by weapons), Suvarnakarani (restoring the body to its original complexion) and
Sandhani, the great herb (capable of joining severed limbs or fractured
bone)."
74.33
“Oh
Hanuman you should quickly collect all of them and oh son of the carrier of scents , then you would bring relief to these monkeys by giving them soul.”
74.34
The
great monkey Hanuman after hearing these words of Jambavan was infused
with happiness and strength , just like ocean gets momentum by the
wind.
74.35
Standing
on the Trikuta mountain and
pressing that great mountain by his
legs , Hanuman looked like a second
mountain. 74.36
When
he kept on increasing the pressure by
his feet , that mountain was not able to bear it and sank.
74.37
The
trees on the mountain fell down ,
pressed by Hanuman and due the speed of the monkey , the ground got fire
and the peaks got broken.
74.38
The
other monkeys were unable to stand on that great mountain which started to
reel while it was being pressed and trees and the stones on it got broken.
74.39
The
city of Lanka was confused by panic when its principal gates were broken and the city appeared to dance at night . 74.40
Hanuman
became equal to the mountain and
pressed the mountain by his feet and
the earth along with the ocean began to shake.
74.41
From
that mountain, Hanuman then ascended to the Mount Malaya, appearing like Mounts Meru and Mandara, filled with several
kinds of waterfalls , full of many trees and creepers, having Kamala and Utpala
lotuses blooming, visited by devas and
Gandharwas , having a height of sixty Yojanas , frequented by Vidyadharas, a
number of sages and Apsaras , filled with various kinds of animal-troupes and
illuminated by many caves and then Hanuman grew his body, appearing like a cloud,
bewildering Yakshas, Gandharvas and Kinnaras.
74.42-74.45
Pressing
that mountain with his feet and opening
his mouth which shined like forest fire
and frightening the Rakshasas , Hanuman roared loudly.
74.46
Hearing
that loud sound of the clamouring
roar , the great Rakshasas residing in
Lanka were not able to stir anywhere.
74.47
That
very valorous Hanuman who was the
destroyer of enemies offered salutation
to the ocean and made
up his mind to carry out that prime job for the sake of Rama. 74.48
Raising
his tail which resembled on serpent, bending his back, contracting his ears and
opening his mouth which shined like a
terrific forest -fire, Hanuman jumped into the sky, with a head long speed.
74.49
By
his great speed , he carried away large
number of trees, mountains and some
ordinary monkeys. Driven up and away by the speed generated from his arms and thighs, they
fell down in water when their speed diminished.
74.50
Stretching
his both arms which looked like coiled serpents that
Hanuman with a strength similar
that of Garuda proceeded towards the great Himalaya
mountains with the energy which he drew from all the four
directions.
74.51
Noticing
the sea, whose waves along with its water were made to agitate and all
whose creatures were caused to whirl round, Hanuman quickly speeded up, like
the wheel loosed by the fingers of Lord Vishnu. 74.52
Seeing
the mountains . flocks of birds ,lakes, rivers , ponds
and great towns which were full of people Hanuman proceeded towards the Himalaya
mountains with the speed equal to
his father the wind God.
74.53
That valorous Hanuman with valour equal to his father lost his tiredness and
speedily travelled through the
orbit of the Sun.
74.54
Travelling
with great speed , which was equal to that of wind ,shaking all the four
directions with echo , that Hanuman who was a tiger among
monkeys rushed towards Himalaya
mountains. 74.55
That great monkey Hanuman who possessed great valour remembering the words of Jambavan suddenly saw the Himalaya mountains.
74.56
Going
to Himalayas he saw that
greatest among mountains which
was shining with various types of
waterfalls , different type of caves
and streams and summits which looked like white clouds as well as
huge number of trees.
74.57
Approaching
that very great king of mountains ,
with excellent peaks
, he saw great hermitages ,
inhabited by very many great sages . 74.58
He
saw the abode of Brahma , Kailasa the abode of Shiva , the abode of Indra the
lord , the arrow-discharging place of Rudra, the place of Hayagriva, the shining place at
which Brahma's head fell down, the sun-god and Kinkaras.
74.59
He
saw the
home of Agni , the home of
Khubera which was shining like the sun , the spot where Viswakarma tied the Sun , the seat of Brahma , the place where Shiva’s weapons are kept and then also the navel of earth.
74.60
He
saw the tip of Kailasa , the great stone of Himalaya . The Rishabha mountain , the tall mountain of gold which shines due to its rare medicinal
herbs and which is the lord of
mountains on which all herbs grew.
74.61
Seeing
that mountain shining like a
huge place of fire , Hanuman ,
the son of the emissary of Indra(Wind)
was surprised to see the mountain
of herbs and started searching for the
required herbs.
74.62
That
great monkey who was the son of wind god
having travelled several thousands
of Yojanas . walked around the mountain in search of the herbs.
74.63
All
those great medicinal herbs which were
on the great mountain ,knowing that
somebody was searching for them vanished to their sight.
74.64
When
that great soul was not able to see them
with a very great anger he roared
and not able to bear it , with eyes as red as fire told
this to that king of mountains.
74.65
“Oh
king of mountains , it is clear
that you have not shown any pity towards
Rama and please see yourself crushed to pieces by
the great strength of my arms.”
74.66
Then
catching hold of the summit of the mountain
which had thousands of minerals ,
elephants and gold .he shattered the crest
of the mountain and with
the shining crest he speedily jumped up from there.
74.67
Having uprooted the mountain and frightening all the worlds including leaders of devas and Dhanavas and being praised by many devas
, Hanuman sprang up on the sky
and proceeded back with the speed of an eagle.
74.68
Holding that peak , as lustrous as the Sun that Hanuman
, who resembled the Sun , reached the orbit of the Sun and shined
like second Sun in the nearby
place of the sun. 74.69
When
the son of the carrier of the
scents who resembled a mountain , with
that mountain travelled in the sky he appeared like Lord Vishnu with his
shining wheel with thousand
edges in his hand.74.70
Seeing
him the monkeys made great noise and seeing them Hanuman also produced a sound and with this great noise , Lanka roared more terribly. 74.71
Then he descended on the king of
mountains in the middle of army of
monkeys and having offered salutations
to the monkeys holding his head bent and low , he embraced Vibheeshana. 74.72
Inhaling
the scent of that great medicinal herbs
, both the sons of the human king
, immediately got healed of
their wounds and all other monkey
warriors also got up.
74.73
By
the fragrance of those most powerful medicinal
herbs, all those monkey-warriors who were earlier dead were healed
within a moment of their wounds,
relieved of their pain, even like those who are asleep getting up at the close of night.
74.74
From
the day that war began between monkeys
and Rakshasas , under the orders of Ravana
all those Rakshasas who were
killed by the monkey chiefs were
being thrown away in the
ocean for the sake of their honour .
74.75-74.76
Then
that monkey who was the son of the
carrier of scent , took back that
powerful mountain full of medicinal herbs
to its place and returned quickly and joined Rama .
74.77
Thus ends the seventy
fourth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
75.The war intensifies
(As per suggestion of Sugreeva ,the monkey arms starts
burning the town of Lanka and Lakshmana give arrow support. The sons of
Kumbhakarna along with the big army of
Rakshasas comes out. A huge and intense war takes place and both sides loose lot of soldiers.)
Then greatly lustrous king of
Monkeys Sugreeva spoke these meaningful
words Hanuman for the sake of informing him as to what needs to be done. 75.1
“Because Kumbhakarna and his
sons have been destroyed , Ravana is
not in a position to further destruction.”
75.2
“Whichever monkeys have
great strength which is equal to lions , let
those great monkeys with
dexterity , taking burning torches rush towards the city of Lanka with an aim to burn the
house of Ravana.”
75.3
That awful evening
after the sun has set , those
excellent monkeys with burning
torches went towards the city of Lanka.
75.4
When those group of monkeys with torch in
hands attacked Lanka from all directions , the Rakshasa guards having a slanted eyes suddenly
ran away from there.
75.5
Those monkeys who were
extremely happy threw fire on those towering gates , attics,
streets and various by lanes and the mansions .
75.6
Then that fire consumed
thousands of houses of those Rakshasas and mansions which are
like mountain fell on the ground .
75.7
Agaru , excellent
very costly sandalwood ,
pearls , glossy gems
and corals were
burnt by that fire.
75.8
Linen, pretty silk , blankets made of sheep’s wool , various kinds of ram’s wool lot of ornaments and weapons were also burnt there .
75.9
The ornaments , saddle etc of
horses which were of peculiar pattern ,
the chains won on the neck by elephants
and polished ornaments meant
for the chariots also were burnt. 75.10
Coats of mail of the warriors,
the armour of the elephants and horses, swords, bows, bow-strings, arrows,
lances, goads and javelins were burnt there.
75.11
The fire burning on all sides burnt blankets and rugs made of
the hair of animals, whisks made of the hair of the tails, the skins of tigers,
many birds, palaces inlaid with pearls and gems and various kinds of stores of
arms.
75.12-75.13
Then, the fire burnt away many
kinds of bright coloured houses of all the Rakshasas, who were greedily fond of their homes. The fire there burnt away
hundreds and thousands of inhabitants of Lanka, who were protected by gold
coloured armory and decked with garlands, ornaments and garments, with
quivering eyes due to inebriation, moving with lustful walking, who were seized
with fury against their enemy, who carried maces, pikes and swords in their
hands, who were eating and drinking too or lay fast asleep on splendid beds
with their loved ones and who were decamping quickly to all sides, taking their
sons with them, frightened and fearing up again and again. 75.14-75.18
The fire there burnt away the
houses, which were strong, very valuable, with profound qualities, decked in
gold with moon shapes and crescent shapes, which rose high with their top rooms,
provided all round with beautiful windows, furnished with seats coaches etc.,
decorated with gems and corals, as though touching the sky, rendered noisy with
notes of herons, peacocks, veena and the jingling of ornaments as also
appearing like mountains.
75.19-75.21
Surrounded by that great
fire the arch doors shined like a huge assembly of clouds along with lightning at the
end of summer season.
75.22
The houses surrounded by
burning flames of fire appeared like peaks of great mountains surrounded by
forest fire. 75.23
Blessed women sleeping on the
tower like mansions get scorched by fire , threw away all their ornaments and screamed loudly “Ha, Ha.”
75.24
The houses also were surrounded
by fire and fell like burning peaks of
mountains struck by Vajrayudha of Lord
Indra. 75.25
From a distance those houses
which were burning appeared like the peaks of Himalaya mountains which are surrounded by fire and gave out light.
75.26
Those mansions which were being
burnt set ablaze by flames appeared like Kimsukha trees full of red flowers. 75.27
With elephants let loose by
their chief guards and horses being set
free that city of Lanka appeared like the like ocean at time of deluge when
crocodiles freely roam.
75.28
Seeing the horse set free the
elephants got frightened and went back and seeing the elephants set free the
horses were frightened.
75.29
When the city of Lanka was
burning, due to its reflection the
auspicious ocean looked filled with red coloured water . 75.30
The city that was burnt by the
monkeys within a very short time
appeared like the earth burning at the time of the horrifying deluge .
75.31
The great loud sound raised by the ladies who were
completely covered by the smoke was
heard for a distance of one hundred
Yojanas.
75.32
Then the monkeys thirsting to
fight jumped suddenly on the other Rakshasas, whose body had been severely
burnt and they rushed out to save themselves.
75.33
The loud noise created by the
monkeys and the wailing of the Rakshasas
went on echoing and were heard on all
the ten directions of earth and the ocean. 75.34
Having been healed of their
wounds those two princes without any
confusion seized two of their great bows.
75.35
Then Rama made a sound of twang
with his excellent bow and by that
tumultuous sound all Rakshasas were scared.
75.36
Rama who was drawing his great bow shined like Lord Shiva stretching his bow of Vedas at the time of final deluge. 75.37
The twang of the bow
of Rama was heard much
above the loud shouting of the monkeys
and the wailing sound of the Rakshasas. 75.38
The three sounds of raised loud shout of
monkeys , the wail of the Rakshasas, and
twang sound of Rama’s bow completely was heard in all the ten
directions. 75.39
By the arrows that went from
the bow of Rama made the main tower gate of the city look like the Kailasa mountain , shattered and fallen to the ground. 75.40
Seeing arrows of Rama falling
on the towered mansions , the battle preparedness of the Rakshasa chief got affected.
75.41
To those lords of Rakshasas who were preparing for
battle making the roars of lions
, it appeared that deluge
presided by Rudra has come.
75.42
The great Sugreeva commanded the leader of monkeys ,”Oh monkeys . reach the gates and wage
The war with the Rakshasas and if any of
the monkeys who are present
there and tries to escape there, by royal command he should be
killed.” 75.43-75.44
Seeing those monkey chiefs
standing at his gate holding the flaming torches Ravana
got extremely angry.
75.45
When Ravana moved his body in a
disorderly fashion due to yawning , he
looked like the angry Rudra , who
has assumed his form. 75.46
Greatly angry he
sent both Kumbha and Nikhumbha ,
the sons of Kumbhakarna along with
multitude of Rakshasas. 75.47
By the orders of Ravana,
Yupaksha, Sonitaksha, Prajangha and Kampana along with the those sons of Kumbhakarna set out for the battle. 75.48
Ravana gave the following
order to those very strong Rakshasas,
“Oh Rakshasas , please go now itself
roaring like lions. “
75.49
Encouraged by Ravana those
valorous Rakshasas shining weapons , roared again and again and started out form Lanka. 75.50
By the glitter of ornaments
worn by those Rakshasas and the flaming
torches held by the monkeys , the sky was made to shine from all directions
.
75.51
With the shine of moon and stars in the sky
and splendour of ornaments worn
by both armies , the sky was made
brilliant. 75.52
The moon and lustrous
planets on the sky made the
armies of monkeys and Rakshasas shine
from all sides, 75.53
With the flames coming from half burnt houses and the lustrous agitated waves of the ocean
mingled with water shined in
a great manner.
75.54
That army of Rakshasas was looking awful with flags and banners,
with excellent axes shaped swords,
consisting of great horses, chariots and
elephants, crowded with foot-soldiers of every description, distinguished by
shining pikes, maces, swords, spears, lances and bows which they held
. They were noted
for their redoubtable valour and
prowess, with shining lances and rendered noisy by hundreds of tiny bells (tied
around chariots, elephants etc) and the
arms of the warriors were adorned with sets of gold ornaments, their
axes being brandished, mighty weapons being waved about, arrows fitted to the
bows and the whole atmosphere rendered fragrant by the abundance of sandal
paste, garlands and wine.
75.55-75.58
After seeing the army of Rakshasas which came full of horrifying warriors , who thundered like huge clouds and who were difficult to be defeated the army of monkeys marched against them.
75.59
The great
army of Rakshasas marched jumping forward towards
the army who were their
enemies just like moths flying
towards the flame .
75.60
The
better army of that Rakshasas
who were holding iron clubs and tips of arrows in their
hands waved those and shined
brightly . 75.61
Then the monkeys who were
enthusiastic to fight the war
hit those Rakshasas with
trees, rocks and fists and
jumped in great frenzy.
75.62
Similarly those Rakshasas with very great strength
and valour , jumped on the
monkeys immediately tore off with
arrows the heads of those monkeys .
75.63
Some of those Rakshasas wandered in the streets with ears
bitten, skulls smashed by the
fists of monkeys and their limbs broken
with stones.
75.64
But some monkeys with horrible look struck those chiefs of monkeys
with sharp swords and drove them all over the battle field, 75.65
One warrior killed one monkey
who was killing another Rakshasa , a second one threw down one monkey
who was throwing down another
Rakshasa ; a third Rakshasa scolded
another monkey who was scolding the
other Rakshasa ; while a fourth one chewed a monkey
who was chewing another.
75.66
One of them requested for
blows, another replied that yet another one is giving and another replied, that he himself is
giving and another said, “Why are you
taking pains?”.
75.67
In the very great war between
Rakshasas and monkeys , some weapons
were made useless , some were dug in to armours of others , long lances were
lifted up and fists, pikes swords and
spears were used in the war. 75.68-75.69
In the war Rakshasas killed the
monkeys in tens and sevens and Monkeys
made ten and seven Rakshasas fall. 75.70
The monkeys caught hold of the
Rakshasas whose hair and cloth were in disarray whose spears and armours
were thrown away and surrounded them from all sides .
75.71
Thus ends the seventy
fifth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
76.The Monkey
chiefs exterminate many Rakshasa
heroes
(In a great war Angadha killed Kampana
and Prajangha, Dvividha killed
Sonithaksha , Maindha killed Yupaksha
and Sugreeva killed Kumbha.)
When that horrifying war in which very many
valorous warriors were killed was
continuing, Angadha who was eager to fight in a war attacked the valorous Kampana. 76.1
Kampana invited Angadha for a
war with him and hit him with
speed with a mace with great anger before he was ready for a
battle and Angadha reeled.
76.2
Getting back his
consciousness the lustrous Angadha hurled a mountain peak and
receiving that hit Kampana fell
down on the ground.
76.3
After noticing that Kampana was
killed in the battle , the fearless
Sonitaksha rushed riding a chariot towards Angadha.
76.4
He then speedily struck Angadha with sharp pointed arrows
which can tear up the limbs and with fire-like forms which can destroy the
world. He struck with many sharp arrows by the names of Kshura, Kshurapra,
Naaraacha, Vatsatanta, Shilimukha, Karni, Shalya and Vipatha. 76.5-76.6
The
famous Angadha who was the son of Vali
who was wounded in his limbs with
his great strength crushed his terrific bow
, chariot and arrows.
76.7
Then
the very angry Sonitaksha holding a sword
and a shield jumped from the chariot without hesitation . 76.8
When
he with great speed jumped towards
him, the strong Angadha held him by his hand, snatched his sword
and made a roar like lion.
76.9
Then
that Angadha cut the shoulders of that Rakshasa with that sword from left to right . 76.10
Angadha holding that large sword in his hand again and again roared and
rushed towards other surviving enemies.
76.11
Then the greatly angry Yupaksha along with Prajangha
attacked Angadha riding on a chariot.
76.12
Meanwhile that greatly valorous Sonitaksha who was wearing golden armlets regained his consciousness and holding an iron mace rushed towards Angadha.
76.13
The
great hero Prajangha along with the very
strong Yupaksa . with great anger rushed towards Angadha with a mace.
76.14
In
the middle of Sonitaksha and Prajangha ,
that great monkey shined like the full
moon in between the two constellations
of Vishaka. 76.15
Then
Mainda and Dvividha stood near Angadha to protect him and also to show their skill in war .
76.16
The
very strong Rakshasas with their colossal bodies retaliated and rushed in
anger, wielding swords, arrows and maces, towards the monkeys. 76.17
Those
three great monkey chiefs met
the three Rakshasa lords and
engaged in a great war which made the
hairs to stand erect.
76.18
The
monkeys collected huge trees and
hurled them towards the Rakshasas but
Prajangha cut all of them with his
sword.
76.19
The
monkeys hurled trees and rocks on the chariots and horses towards the
Rakshasas but Yupaksha chopped all of
them with his flood of arrows.
76.20
The
famous and valorous Sonitaksha cut off
the trees hurled at him by Dvividha and
Mainda by his sword in the midway itself.
76.21
Holding
a huge sword capable of cutting away the vital parts of the enemy Prajangha
rushed towards the son of
Vali.
76.22
Then
that very strong lord of monkeys seeing him coming nearby struck him
with a very strong Aswakarna tree.
76.23
Angadha
hit that hand that was holding the sword with his fist and by that blow of the son of Vali that sword
fell down.
76.24
Seeing
that sword fell on the ground like a
pebble , the very strong Prajangha tightened his thunderbolt like fist.
76.25
When he struck the very valorous monkey chief Angadha on
his forehead. Angadha rocked there itself for a moment .
76.26
That
lustrous and famous son of Vali , after he regained consciousness using his fist made the head of Prajangha fall from his trunk.
76.27
Then
Yupaksha seeing that his father’s brother has been killed, with tearful eyes
got down from the chariot with a sword as his arrows were exhausted .
76.28
Seeing
Yupaksha rushing towards him Dvividha
quickly struck him on his chest with great anger and strong one also caught
hold of him.
76.29
Sonithaksha
seeing that his strong brother has been caught
struck the very lustrous Dvividha
on his chest.
76.30
That
very strong Dvividha tottered when
struck but pulled off the mace of Sonithaksha and lifted him.
76.31
When
this was going on the powerful
Maidha came nearer to Dvividha struck Sonithaksha with his palm on his
chest.
76.32
Then
those violent Rakshasas Sonithaksha and
Yupaksha carried on a keen contest with those
two monkeys in the battle field
by pulling and over throwing them
in a severe manner.
76.33
Using
his nails Dvividha scratched the face of
Sonithaksha and threw him on the flow with all his strength and crushed
him.
76.34
Mainda
the monkey chief was greatly enraged and
crushed Yupaksha with
his arms and Yupaksha fell down
on the ground.
76.35
The
army of the king of Rakshasas was greatly perturbed when their great warriors were killed and they then turned their faces towards the son of Kumbhakarna.
76.36
Kumbha
restored the confidence of his
army which came speedily towards him
and seeing the great monkeys who could succeed in their aim had thrown the chief warriors of the
Rakshasas , Kumbha did a feat which was
difficult to do in the battle.
76.37-76.38
Then
Kumbha who the best among archers
taking his bow released several
well composed serpentine arrows which
can split open the bodies.
76.39
His
exceedingly great bow fitted with those
arrows shined like a second bow of Indra
with the illumination and
splendour of Iravatha.
76.40
Drawing
that arrow up to the ears he released
those arrows with the golden shaft and
feathers and struck Dvividha.
76.41
When
Dvividha the great monkey chief having
the splendour of Trikuta mountain , was
suddenly struck by that arrow , with feet swaying here and there he fell down throbbing. 76.42
Seeing
that his brother was defeated in that
great battle Mainda took a very large
stone and rushed with speed to attack
that Rakshasa.
76.43
When
that stone was thrown at him by the
strong one , that Rakshasa Kumbha broke it in to pieces by five shining
arrows.
76.44
Then
Kumbha selected another arrow resembling
a serpent and having a good tip and struck
the chest of the brother of
Dvividha .
76.45
When that monkey chief was hit by that arrow
on his vital parts , he fainted and fell on the ground unconscious.
76.46
Angadha
seeing that both his very strong uncles
have fallen down rushed with speed towards Kumbha who lifted his bow.
76.47
Using
five steel arrows and with three other
sharp arrows Kumbha pierced Angadha who was coming towards him ,like a elephant is pierced by the goad.
76.48
Then again that valorous Kumbha pierced Angadha with many more sharp arrows decked in gold with sharp and harsh tips .
76.49
That
Angadha the son of Vali though he was
wounded with sharp arrows did not
bother much and rained rocks and trees aimed at head of
Kumbha.
76.50
The glorious son of Kumbhakarna then cut off all those trees thrown by the son of Vali and broke the stones.
76.51
Noticing
that Angadha was rushing towards him ,
Kumbha pierced his brows with his
arrows , just like an elephant is
attacked by flaming torches.
76.52
Since
blood which was flowing covered one of his eyes
, he covered his eyes dampened with blood and caught hold of a great sala tree which
was nearby with another hand. 76.53
In
the battle field he bend a little
uprooted that huge tree along
with his branches and held it with his
hand.
76.54
While
all the Rakshasas were staring at it
Angadha with great speed hurled
that tree which was like Mandara
mountain and was as tall as flag of
Indra.
76.55
With
seven sharp arrows which were capable
of splitting the body Kumbha chopped of
that tree and greatly perturbed Angadha fell down unconscious .
76.56
Seeing
that Angadha had fallen down and sunk
in the ocean of depression the monkey
chiefs in formed the matter to Rama.
76.57
Hearing that Angadha was in great pain in that great battle Rama sent
out monkeys under leadership
of Jambavan.
76.58
Those
valorous monkeys hearing the order of Rama
rushed towards Kumbha who was
holding a bow in his hand .
76.59
Holding
trees and stones in their hand and
with blood red eyes due to great
anger desirous of defending of Angadha
they rushed.
76.60
The
enraged Jambavan, Sushena and Vegadarshi, the monkey ran up towards Kumbha the
son of Kumbhakarna to attack him.
76.61
Seeing
those very strong monkeys nearer to
him Kumbha flooded and covered
them with very sharp arrows
similar to one stops the stream
by use of a rock.
76.62
When
the great monkeys reached within the ambit of his arrows , they were not able
to even see him , just like a ocean
cannot overstep its shore.
76.63
Seeing
those troops of monkeys being tormented by a flood of arrows, Sugreeva the king
of monkeys, keeping Angadha his brother's son in the rear, rushed headlong
towards Kumbha in the battle, as a swift as a
lion would pounce upon an elephant walking along the slopes of a
mountain. 76.64-76.65
Uprooting
many large trees including an Aswakarna
tree that king of monkeys hurled them on Kumbha.
76.66
That
Kumbha the son of Kumbhakarna cut off
all those which were raining from the sky
which was very difficult job
using very sharp arrows .
76.67
Kumbha
who was skilled in hitting the
target , with his sharp arrows like the like the horrifying Shatagunis. (Pieces
of iron spikes) 76.68
The very strong and famous
Sugreeva who saw that Kumbha had
chopped off the rain of trees was not bothered.
76.69
Tolerating those arrows which hit him Sugreeva took away
Kumba’s bow which was shining
like a rain bow and broke it all once
.
76.70
Then
bouncing after doing this difficult job
, the very angry Sugreeva spoke
to Kumbha who was looking like an elephant whose tusk is broken.
76.71
“Oh
valorous elder brother of Nikumbha ,
your valour and speed with which you send the arrow are astounding. Both Ravana and you are equal in subjugating the Rakshasa force
and in majesty.”
76.72
“Oh
Kumbha who is similar to Prahladha,
Mahabali , Indra, Khubera and Varuna
, you alone were born as strong as your father . “ 76.73
“Even
the devas cannot win over you even when you are alone and holding a spear , Oh
destroyer of enemies with long
arms . Since worries cannot upset a
person who has subdued his senses ,
exhibit your valour and see my actions in return.”
76.74-76.75
“Ravana
the brother of your father due to boons received by him , used
to attack devas and Dhanavas
but Kumbhakarna on his part used to tolerate devas and Asuras.”
76.76
“In
use of bow you are equal to Indrajit
and in fame equal to Ravana and
so in the world of Rakshasas you are
the best in strength and valour.”
76.77
“Let
all the beings witness the great
and wonderful fight between you and
me , which would be like the fight which
took place between Indra and the Rakshasa
called Shambhara .
76.78
.
“You have already done a matchless act
and due to your mastery in arrows
great monkey heroes who had
terrific valour have fallen down.”
76.79
“Oh
valorous Rakshasa , due to your being tired after your engagement in
war , you were not killed by me , due to the fear that the world would find
fault with me . So after taking rest
find out about my strength.”
76.80
Recognizing
those insulting words of Sugreeva Kumbha
‘s luster increased like the luster of
the sacrificial fire increases when
Ghee is offered to it.
76.81
Then
Kumbha caught hold of the arms of Sugreeva
and breathing heavily again and again
like elephants in rut , they
fastened their body with each other and releases
flame and smoke from their
faces due to their tiresomeness . 76.82-76.83
By
the trampling of their feet , the earth sank down and
due to their whirling
movements the ocean became
turbulent . 76.84
Then
Sugreeva tossed Kumbha in to the salty
ocean and by the swift fall there Kumbha was able to see the
bottom of the sea. 76.85
Due
to the falling of Kumbha in it the
waters in the ocean rose equal
to the height of Vindhya mountains spreading on all sides. 76.86
The
very irritated Kumbha jumped up from there
, threw down Sugreeva and struck him on his chest with his
fist which was like a thunder bolt. 76.87
Sugreeva
’s armour was broken and even some
blood oozed out and his cage of bones gave a counter strike to the that awfully forceful fist.
76.88
The hit by the
force of the fist , the pain
resembled the fire bursts on the top of
Mount Meru born out of burst of
lightning .
76.89
Then the very strong Sugreeva , who was the foremost of all monkeys who was struck by Kumbha tightened his fist which was like a thunderbolt .
76.90
Then that valorous Sugreeva brought down his clenched fist which shined
like Sun surrounded by thousand rays
on the chest of Kumbha.
76.91
Due
to the forceful hit by the fist that
Rakshasa fell down exhausted , like
a fire whose flame was exhausted.
76.92
That
Rakshasa who was hit by the fist of Sugreeva dropped down like the planet mars with splendid rays falling from the sky
accidentally .
76.93
When
Kumbha was killed by the king of all monkeys who had very great valour , the earth
, mountains and the forests trembled
and Rakshasas were greatly fear struck. 76.94
Thus ends the seventy
sixth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
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