Yudha Kandam (Contd)
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
93.Rama exterminates a huge Rakshasa army
(Ravana requests hisarmy to go and make Rama weak. He tells them this will help him to kill
Rama the next day. A huge war takes
place. Many monkeys and Rakshasas
are killed. Rama uses Gandharwasthra(
Gandharwa arrow) and kills most of the Rakshasas.)
The king was dejected and very sad when he entered the
council hall and sat on the chief
seat like a lion.
93.1
That very strong Ravana
, who was emaciated due to his
son’s death told all the chiefs of his army with folded hands in salutation.
93.2 “ All of you
together along with all horses and
elephants , along with shining columns of chariots and foot
soldiers , please march forward.”
93.3
“There you have to surround Rama alone
and kill him by raining
streams of arrows , similar
to the clouds during rainy
season.”
93.4
“If You tear him with your very sharp arrows in the great battle , I shall kill him tomorrow when the entire
world witnesses it. “
93.5
When the king of Rakshasas told him like this , those
Rakshasas marched forth along with various kind of armies and in speedy chariots.
93.6
All those Rakshasas
hurled iron clubs, sharp-edged spikes, arrows, swords and axes capable
of destroying the life. The monkeys too hurled trees and mountains towards the
Rakshasas. 93.7
A very great tumultuous
war broke out when the sun rose
next day between Rakshasas and monkeys .
93.8
Then those monkeys and Rakshasas started striking each other with multi coloured maces, axes and
swords in that battle.
93.9
When the battle was going on like this surprisingly enormous amount of dust got settled down by the blood which oozed out of the Rakshasas and monkeys.
93.10
The rivers of blood flowed carrying
the bodies which resembled the wooden logs , With elephants and chariots as river banks , horses
as fish and trees as flag
staffs.
93.11
Then all the monkeys
who were drenched in the streams of blood leapt and bounced while the monkey chiefs broke
the flag staffs , armours ,
chariots and different type of weapons
of the Rakshasas.
93.12-93.13
Those monkeys with
their sharp teeth and even nails tore off
the hair , ears, eye brows and
noses of those Rakshasas. 93.14
Against one Rakshasa
hundred monkeys rushed for
fighting , similar to birds rushing
towards a fully fruit laden tree.
93.15
The horrible Rakshasas who were like mountains then struck down the monkeys using maces , darts, swords
and axes .
93.16
The huge army of
monkeys which were being killed by the Rakshasas then sought refuge from Rama, the son of Dasaratha , who protects all.
93.17
Then the greatly lustrous and valorous Rama ,
holding his bow entered in to the army
of monkeys and rained a bevy of arrows on them.
93.18
The greatly horrible Rakshasas were scared to approach Rama was scorching them with the flame of his arrows similar
to clouds not going near the scorching sun.
93.19
The Rakshasas saw
only the deeds of Rama which lead to
their terrible destruction in the battle field , which was difficult for
others to imitate .
93.20
Rama who was
shaking that great army and
blowing away great chariots was not visible to the Rakshasas like a gale of wind blowing
trees cannot be seen in the
forest.
93.21
They saw their
army being torn , pierced with arrows ,
scorched and broken down they could not
see Rama who was doing all this. 93.22
The Rakshasas were not able to see Rama who was hitting
them, similar to ordinary people cannot
see the
souls resting on the object of
their sense organs.
93.23
"Here is Rama, killing the
army of elephants. Here is Rama, destroying great chariot-warriors. Here is
Rama, killing foot-soldiers along with horses with his sharp arrows".
Saying so, all those Rakshasas struck
one another with anger in the battle-field thinking that they had similarity of appearance to Rama.
93.24-93.25
Due to the Gandharwa arrow
sent by that great soul which
created confusion among them , those
Rakshasas were not able to see Rama ,
even when he was scorching away their army . 93.26
Those Rakshasas saw thousands
of Ramas in that battle field but on again seeing they saw only one great soul who was the son of Kakustha clan.
93.27
That great soul made them
hallucinated by the golden decorated arrow and all of them saw everywhere only Rama.
93.28
All the beings saw the holy heel of Rama which was killing the Rakshasas on the
battle-field and the “wheel of time” had
his navel as its body, his strength as its flame . his
arrows as its spokes , his bow as its
rim , the twanging of the bow and clanging of the gauntlets as its sound , his energy
, intelligence and virtues as its luster , and his
divine power as its edge. 93,29-93.30
Within a matter of three
hours(eighth part of a day) , with his arrows looking like tongues of flames,
Rama killed the whole army
of Rakshasas who were capable of changing their form at will,
and ten thousands chariots possessing
the swiftness of the wind, eighteen thousand strong elephants, fourteen
thousand horses with their riders and a full two hundred thousands of Rakshasas fighting on foot.
93.31-93.33
Those surviving Rakshasas ,
with their horses killed, with their chariots destroyed, with their flag-staffs
broken and with broken spirits, rushed back towards the City of Lanka. 93.34
That battle
field with dead elephants , foot soldiers and horses looked more like a great grave of sports of the powerful and angered Rudra,
the lord of destruction. 93.35
Then the devas ,
Gandharwas , Sidhas and great saints said “We’ll done. Well done”, and appreciated that great act of Rama.
93.36
Then, the virtuous Rama spoke
also to Sugreeva, Vibheeshana, Hanuman
the monkey, Jambavan, Mainda the foremost of monkeys and even Dvividha,
who were in close proximity to him as follows "Such an arrow of wonderful power exists
only with me or with the
three-eyed Rudra the lord of destruction."
93.37-93.38
“Rama who was similar to
Indra after killing the great army of Rakshasas by the unwearied use of arrows and weapons was applauded by the rejoiced
army of devas.”
93.39
Thus ends the
ninety third chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
94. Rakshasis of Lanka wail for their near and dear ones
(The Rakshasis of Lanka
who had lost their husbands , sons and brothers start crying. They
recollect how it was due to the bad
behavior of the old hag Soorpanakha all
these started. Then they recollect the mistakes done by Ravana,
one by one. They are sure that
Ravana would be killed in the battle.)
Rama, who never
got tired by action, with his shining arrows adorned with pure gold, killed
those thousands of elephants sent by Ravana, thousands of horses, valiant
Rakshasas who can change their form at will mounted on thousands of chariots
with their flag-staffs, having the colour of fire, fighting with maces and iron
rods and conspicuous with their golden banners.
94.1-94.3
After hearing and seeing
about the killing of Rakshasas , other surviving ones who were greatly scared , were pitiable and
greatly anxious and their wives
wailed. The Rakshasis who lost
their husbands , their sons and their relations met together
and were stricken with great
sorrow and wailed as follows. 94.4-94.5
“How did the old
black hag with a sunken belly
approach in the forest Rama who is as pretty as the God of
love?” 94.6
“How did the killer of people who has an ugly look fell in love with the pretty
, extraordinarily strong and one who is kind to all beings?”
94.7
“How did that Rakshasi who does not have any good
qualities , who has an ugly face started loving Rama
who has all the good
qualities , who is very strong and who has
a very pretty face?” 94.8
“Because of our bad luck
that grey haired and
disgusting lady tried to be
arrogant with Rama , which was worth
ridiculing by the whole world and this lead
to the destruction of Rakshasas like Khara and
Dhooshana.”
94.9-94.10
“It is due to her that Ravana built b a huge enmity and for his own destruction that Ravana
brought that Sita.”
94.11
“That ten necked one
can never attain Sita , the daughter of Janaka and in spite of that a great enmity was built by him against that mighty Rama.” 94.12
“When that Rakshasa called Viradha
yeaned for Sita, Rama killed him
single-handedly and this incident is sufficient to prove
his strength.” 94.13
“Using arrows
which looked like flames of fire that Rama killed fourteen thousand
Rakshasas who had done terrific
feats in Janasthana.”
94.14
“Khara, Dhooshana and Trishira were also killed
there in the battle by use of
arrows which shined like Sun and this
is more than sufficient , to make Ravana
realize.” 94.15
"Further, that Kabandha having arms with a length of eight
miles each, with blood as his food and roaring with anger was killed. That
instance should have been sufficient."
94.16
“Rama killed the very strong
Vali who was the son of the thousand eyed one
and who was like a black cloud. This would have been sufficient.”
94.17
“He then made the very pitiable
Sugreeva who was living on the Rishyamooka
mountain with a broken desires as
the king and this would have been sufficient.”
94.18
“The words of advice which were
according to Dharma and which was for
the benefit of all Rakshasas tendered by Vibheeshana were not to his liking due to his confused
mind. “
94.19
“If the brother of Khubera had
accepted the advice of Vibheeshana ,
then this city of Lanka would not have
been turned in to a burial ground.”
94.20
"Ravana is not able to
learn a lesson, even after hearing that the mighty Kumbhakarna was killed by
Rama and that unconquerable colossal-bodied Indrajit, his beloved son was
killed by Lakshmana."
94.21
“ In each and every clan of Rakshasas we hear the wails, “Oh my son, Oh my brother , Oh my husband , you are no more.”
94.22
“That valorous Rama has killed in the war thousands of
chariots, horses, elephants and
foot soldiers of the Rakshasas.”
94.23
“It is either Rudra or Vishnu
or Indra who performed one hundred sacrifices or Yama himself taking the form of Rama who is killing us.” 94.24
“Due to our great warriors being killed by Rama,
we have lost hope in this life and we are not able to see any end our prayer and have become helpless.” 94.25
“Though the valorous ten necked one has got great boons , he is not able to realize , this great calamity which has come from the
hands of Rama.” 94.26
“Neither Devas
nor the Gandharwas , nor the
ghosts nor the Rakshasas would be able to protect Ravana , who is about to attack Rama in this battle.” 94.27
“In every war and the war of Ravana
we see bad omens and they are indicating the prospective destruction of Ravana by Rama.”
94.28
Lord Brahma being pleased has given protection to Ravana
from Devas , Dhanavas and Rakshasas but
Ravana did not request for protection from men.” 94.29
“Now great fear has come to all
Rakshasas as well as Ravana from a
man is dreadfully causing the end of their
lives and there is no doubt about this. “
94.30
“Being tormented by Rakshasa who has become strong
due to the boons, devas worshipped lord
Brahma accompanied by glorious
austerities.”
94.31
That great Lord Brahma , who
was greatly satisfied , for the sake of good of the Devas spoke the following words to them. 94.32
“From today onwards all the
Dhanavas and Rakshasas , constantly
being scared would wander over all the
three worlds. “
94.33
“All the devas together
accompanied by Indra worshipped
Mahadeva who had a flag with the
bull ensign and who destroyed
Tripura and he was pleased.”
94.34
“The Mahadeva who was greatly
pleased told to the devas ., “For the
sake of good of all of you a lady would
be born , who would lead to the destruction
of the Rakshasas,”
94.35
“This Sita who is
the destroyer of all Rakshasas has been
deputed by the devas would consume all of us Rakshasas including Ravana .”
94.36
“ Due to the bad
behavior of Ravana , who is a wicked Rakshasa
with an evil brain , this
horrible havoc of sorrow has
occurred.” 94.37
“We are now occupied by Rama just like the God of death
is there at the final deluge . We do not
find any one who can give us protection
in this world.”
94.38
“We do not have any refuge from that great fear that is among us ,just like
there is no shelter for female elephants who are enveloped in the forest fire.”
94.39
“That great soul Vibheeshana, at the very correct time perceiving very great fear sought refuge to him alone. “ 94.40
Then all the Rakshasis
hugged each other and because they were in the throes of great
sorrow and since they were greatly
scared lamented like this and wept loudly.
94.41
Thus ends the
ninety fourth chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
95. Ravana with his army enters the battle field.
(The very angry Ravana along with his ministers and their
army enters the battle fied. All round only bad omens are seen. Ravana starts
killing the monkey army recklessly.)
Ravana heard that
pitiable sound of wailing of all Rakshasis
who were greatly pained from
every house of Lanka.
95.1
For a moment he breathed deeply and was engrossed in
great thought and then that very
huge Ravana became very angry .
95.2
Biting his lips with his teeth , with blood red eyes due to great anger , making his appearance scared even for the
Rakshasas , Ravana looked like the
fanned fire of destruction at deluge.
95.3
He then told the
Rakshasas Mahodhara, Mahaparswa and Virupaksha who was standing near
him , in words which were not clear due
to his great anger , looking at them as if he wanted to consume them “ tell the armies to start immediately as per my command.”
95.4-95.5
Hearing his order those Rakshasas were fear struck and ordered those Rakshasas who did not feel
nervous to act according to the
orders of the king.
95.6
Those Rakshasas of terrifying looks saying
“so be it” praying the God for
their good , marched with their faces
towards the battle field.
95.7
Those great experts on chariot fight after paying reverence to Ravana as per
rule , stood saluting him with
folded arms wishing their lord
victory .
95.8
That angry benumbed Ravana with a sarcastic laugh spoke
to the Rakshasas Mahodhara , Mahaparswa and Viroopaksha as follows.
95.9
“Today by sending
from my bow arrows which are similar to the Sun at the time of final deluge , I
would lead Rama and Lakshmana to the
abode of Yama.”
95.10
“”By killing those enemies I would avenge the deaths of Khara, Kumbhakarna , Prahastha
and Indrajit today.”
95.11
“When I send the
net work of arrows which will spread
like clouds in the sky, Neither the
directions , nor the heavens, nor the
river and nor the oceans would be
visible.
95.12
“Today I would kill all the monkey chiefs along with
their army in turns by using very large number of plumed arrows.”
95.13
“Today by mounting
on a chariot which runs with the speed
of wind I will crush the monkey army
with waves of arrows sent from my ocean like bow .
95.14
“Today like an elephant I would destroy ponds of monkey armies shining like the
filament of lotus flowers , whose faces are like fully opened lotus
flowers. “
95.15
“With arrow struck in their faces
, the leaders of the monkeys
would be lying in the battle field
will decorate the earth just like
lotus flowers decorate their
stalks.”
95.16
“Today in the very great
battle , I shall be killing hundred after hundreds of monkeys
who are going to fight with trees.”
95.17
“Today I shall wipe away the tears of those crying for their lost brothers and lost sons , by killing the enemy .”
95.18
“Today with my
arrows I will pierce the monkeys
and make their bodies
scattered and covering all over the earth, that it would be very difficult to see the surface
of the earth.
95.19
“Today I will feed the crows, vultures and all other beings which eat flesh , with the flesh of my enemies killed by my
arrows. “
95.20
“Arrange immediately for my chariot and let my bow be brought swiftly
and let all the surviving Rakshasas
follow me to this battle.”
95.21
Hearing these words
, Mahaparswa told the commanders
of army units, “Let the army under your control be quickly made ready.”
95.22
The commanders of army units with
great speed joined hands and hastened those Rakshasas in every
home to join in the battle.
95.23
The horrifying Rakshasas having awful faces, then started
roaring, with their arms equipped with various weapons viz. swords,
sharp-edged darts, pikes, maces, clubs, plough-like weapons, sharp-edged
javelins, huge Kutas and Mudgara, staffs, discuses of every kind, sharpened
axes, slings for throwing stones, stones or cylindrical wooden pieces with iron
pikes and other excellent weapons and
rushed out within a moment.
95.34-95.26
Then following the orders of Ravana , the commander of the army with great haste brought a chariot along with a charioteer , which was yoked with eight horses and
Ravana who was shining with his own luster got in to
it.”
95.27
Then Ravana quickly started out completely surrounded
by great number Rakshasas , as though he was cracking the
earth with his great strength.
95.28
Thereupon, a
great noise emanated on all sides from tambours, drums, Kettle-drums and
conches along with the clamour of the Rakshasas.
95.29
A great sound
was heard, saying "There comes the ruler of Rakshasas , the abductor of Sita , the destroyer of
Brahmins, the enemy of gods, notorious for his bad conduct, accompanied by his
canopy and pair of fans , to fight with Rama, the foremost among the Raghu clan
." 95.30-95.31
Due the very terrible sound ,
the earth trembled and hearing that
sound some monkeys ran away in fear.
95.32
The long armed and greatly lustrous Ravana who was surrounded by his ministers turned up there in quest of victory.
95.33
With the permission of
Ravana Mahaparswa , Mahodhara and
Viroopaksha who was difficult to be
defeated also climbed up their respective chariots.
95.34
They with great joy , greatly
roaring as though they were trying to
break the earth they also started proceeding , longing for victory.
95.35
Then Ravana resembling the god
of death at deluge who was
lustrous along with
the army of Rakshasas , started to the war with a raised bow.
95.36
That great expert in chariot battle with chariot drawn by shining horses came out of the gate , where Rama and Lakshmana were present.
95.37
At that time the sun lost its brilliance , all the directions were covered with darkness , birds gave rise to
fearful sounds and earth trembled a
little.
95.38
The Devas rained blood , horses stumbled , vultures descended and sat on flags and jackals started howling piteously .
95.39
The left eye of Ravana
throbbed along with his left arm
and he became pale faced and the tone of his voice dropped.
95.40
When that Rakshasa with ten necks entered
the battle field there appeared
an omen in the battle field indicating his death.
95.41
A meteor with a sound similar to thunder fell down from the sky . and
very disturbed vultures along with crows started crying
aloud.
95.42
Ravana ignored these ill omens
due to his ignorance and marched
forward, for the purpose of his being
killed driven by fate .
95.43
Hearing the sound of the coming
of the chariots of those great Rakshasas
, the army of monkeys returned back to fight. 95.44
Then a tumultuous battle started between the monkeys and
Rakshasas, who were both desirous of
their own victory.
95.45
Then the very angry
ten necked one using arrows
decked with gold and waged a great war on that army of monkeys.
95.46
Ravana chopped off the heads of some monkeys , and pieced the heart of some and cut off the ears of some others.
95.47
Some were killed because
of breathlessness , some had the portion near the ribs torn
off and some of them lost their
eyes.
95.48
Whichever side Ravana was
seen coming in his chariot on the
battle-field, his eyes were rolling in anger and
those monkey-warriors, on that side, could not with stand the rapidity
of his arrows.
95.49
Thus ends the
ninety fifth chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
96.Sugreeva kills Viroopaksha
(When Viroopaksha the powerful minister of
Ravana starts attacking the
monkeys, Sugreeva with his monkey chiefs
fights with him and after a horrific battle kills him.)
There the
earth became strewn
with the bodies of monkeys killed
by the arrows of the ten necked one .
96.1
The monkeys could not tolerate the shower
of arrows that were sent by
Ravana just like moths cannot bear the burning fire.
96.2
They who were hit by those sharp arrows started running away just as the
elephants would run away if enveloped
by fire in the forest.
96.3
Ravana was marching ahead in the battle field blowing away the monkeys , similar to wind
blowing away large clouds.
96.4
After destroying monkeys by his great strength in the battle , Ravana speedily
approached Rama in the battle
field.
96.5
Noticing that the monkeys were running away , after
putting his army in charge of Sushena
, Sugreeva started taking interest in the fight.
96.6
Keeping Sushena the valorous monkey who was equal to himself , in charge of his
army , taking a tree as his weapon
Sugreeva marched towards his
enemy .
96.7
Taking hold of huge mountains and various kinds of trees those monkey chiefs followed Sugreeva by his side and also behind
him.
96.8
That Sugreeva roared in the battle field creating a huge sound , striking
blows , he crushed various chief
of Rakshasas.
96.9
The huge bodied Sugreeva
smashed several Rakshasas similar to grown up trees are smashed by
wind at time of deluge.
96.10
Sugreeva rained stones
on the army of Rakshasas similar
to clouds showering hail stones on the
birds in the forest.
96.11
While those Rakshasas who were
defeated by Sugreeva, fell on the
floor and then roared and got diminished in number from all sides, the
indomitable Viroopaksha the
Rakshasa , holding a bow, pronouncing
his name by himself, descended from his chariot and mounted the on back of an elephant.
96.12-96.14
Viroopaksha who was a great hero ascended on an elephant
and roared with huge sound and
then rushed towards the monkeys.
96.15
He then attacked Sugreeva who was in the front with
various horrible arrows and
established himself as one encouraging
the Rakshasas.
96.16
When Sugreeva was struck
severely with sharp arrows of that Rakshasa, he roared loudly and with great anger decided to kill that
Rakshasa.
96.17
That valorous monkey
who was great fighter , uprooted a huge tree and going near to the
Rakshasa and hit that huge elephant with it on its face.
96.18
When Sugreeva hit that huge elephant it receded to a distance of the length of a
bow , sank down and also roared.
96.19
That valorous Rakshasa , got down quickly from that wounded
elephant and advanced speedily towards that monkey
Sugreeva who was his enemy holding a sword and a shield made of hide of a bull but Sugreeva in spite of
being threatened stood firm. 96.20-96.21
He who became
greatly enraged and took a very huge
rock which was as big as a cloud and threw it on Viroopaksha.
96.22
Seeing that rock was falling on him that great and valorous Rakshasa
receded away and struck Sugreeva with his sword.
96.23
When that angry Sugreeva was wounded by that sword in the battle , he
fell down unconscious for a moment in that battle field.
96.24
Then getting up
suddenly that Sugreeva tightened
his fist and with great speed brought it down on that Rakshasa in that great battle.
96.25
When that Rakshasa Viroopaksha was struck by the fist , he became very
angry and using his sword and the armour
made Sugreeva fall in the battle
field. And Sugreeva then fell down
.96.26
Getting up after he has fallen down that monkey gave a huge slap to the Rakshasa
which gave a sound like thunder.
96.27
Freed of the effects of that great slap of Sugreeva, that Rakshasa with great skill Struck him on the chest with his fist.
96.28
That king of the monkeys Sugreeva became greatly angry seeing that Rakshasa had escaped the effect of his slap.
96.29
That monkey then found out an opportunity to hit Viroopaksha and then gave another great slap on his
temple-bone.
96.30
Stuck down by the slap which was similar to thunder of Lord Indra
, Viroopaksha fell on the ground
with blood oozing out of all his nine apertures , just like water rushes
out of a spring. 96.31-96.32
The monkeys saw
that very angry Viroopaksha , completely coated with blood and transformed in to one with very ugly
eyes.
96.33
The monkeys
saw their enemy drenched in blood and turning to and fro and throbbing on his sides. He was also
roaring pitiably.
96.34
Confronting together in that
battle-field in that way, those two violent and terrific armies which
were as broad as oceans, of monkeys and
Rakshasas and both roared like two large
oceans which had burst their bounds.
96.35
Seeing that Rakshasa
with ugly eyes killed by the very strong king of
monkeys, the army of monkeys and Rakshasas together looked like the river Ganga which is agitated. 96.36
Thus ends the
ninety sixth chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
97.Sugreeva kills Mahodhara
(Ravana requests Mahodhara to fight on his behalf. After
a great fight Sugreeva kills
Mahodhara. He is greatly honored for
this.)
Those two armies
which were killed in that
great battle by each
other , quickly diminished in size just likes waters of lakes diminish in summer.
97.1
By the destruction of his army as well as the death
of Viroopaksha , Ravana , the king of Rakshasas became doubly enraged.
97.2
By seeing the strength of army being diminished due to
the killing by monkeys , Ravana
saw that reversal of fate has come to him.
97.3
He then told Mahodhara , the destroyer of his enemies who
was standing near him.” Oh long armed one , at this time my desire for victory
rests with you.”
97.4
“Oh valorous one ,
now kill the army of our enemies and show your great heroism
for this is the time to repay
your debt to your master.”
97.5
When the king of Rakshasas told like to Mahodhara , he said “So be it” and went inside the army of the enemy like a moth entering a flame.
97.6
“By the valour
got because of encouragement , that mighty Rakshasa who had great luster destroyed the monkeys by using his own valour.”
97.7
Those very huge monkeys
taking hold of very big stones ,
entered the huge army of Rakshasas and
killed all Rakshasas.
97.8
In that great war , the very angry Mahodhara
with his gold decked arrows cut
off the hands and thighs of the
monkeys.
97.9
Those monkeys who were troubled by that Rakshasa speedily
ran off to the ten directions but some
went and approached Sugreeva.
97.10
Seeing that the large army of monkeys are being
defeated , Sugreeva speedily rushed near Mahodhara and reached close to him.
97.11
Getting hold of
of a horrific mountain like stone
, the king of monkeys who
was greatly lustrous threw it on the Rakshasa
to kill him.
97.12
Mahodhara seeing that huge rock falling on him , immediately without any nervousness with his arrows broke it , though it was difficult to
do.
97.13
That stone which
was broken in to thousands of
pieces fell on the earth , like a flock of scared vultures. 97.14
Seeing that the
rock was broken, Sugreeva getting very angry
, uprooted a Sala tree and threw it but the Rakshasa broke it in to
pieces in the war.
97.15
The heroic Mahodhara
who was tormenter of enemy
armies wounded Sugreeva with his arrows and then the very angry Sugreeva saw an iron rod fallen on the ground. 97.16
Swinging that shining iron rod and showing it to the Rakshasa ,
hitting with it killed the excellent
horses of Mahodhara . 97.17
When the horses were killed that valorous Rakshasa
Mahodhara jumped down from his huge
chariot and seized hold of a mace with
great anger. 97.18
Holding the mace and iron rod in their hands , those
Valorous ones, resembling clouds neared
each other roaring like two bulls .
97.19
That Rakshasa Mahodhara
threw his shining mace , which
shined like a Sun with great anger , on Sugreeva.
97.20
Seeing that highly terrible
mace, falling on him in that great battle, the mighty Sugreeva, the King of
monkeys got angry with a red blood shot eyes and struck that mace, by lifting up the iron
rod but that iron rod broke off and fell on the ground.
97.21-97.22
Then that Sugreeva took from
the surface of the earth a shining pestle
which was decked with gold.
97.23
Then Sugreeva lifted the iron pestle and threw it
on Mahodhara who threw two maces
at him and clashed with each other and
broke in to pieces.
97.24
With all their weapons broken those warriors endowed with strength and
valour who were shining like fire started fighting with fists.
97.25
Those two warriors again and
again roared , banged each other with their palms and rolled
on surface of the earth.
97.26
They rose up quickly and began to hit each other and both not
getting defeated , pushed each
other by holding the shoulders .
97.27
Those two heroes who were both destroyers of their enemies
fell exhausted by wrestling with each other and the very agile Mahodhara took a sword and a shield lying on the
ground. 97.28
The Monkey chief Sugreeva in the same way took hold of a huge sword and shield which was lying on the battle ground .
97.29
Then those experts in use of weapons in war , whose limbs were seized with
anger ran forward with joy with swords held high.
97.30
Concentrating their minds on victory , those two very angry ones performed perambulations from left to right of each other with great speed.
97.31
That evil minded valorous Mahodhara who
praised valour with great
speed hit with his sword with great force on the heavy shield of Sugreeva.
97.32
When the Rakshasa was extracting his sword from Sugreeva
‘s shield , that elephant like
monkey with his sword cut off the head
of Mahodhara adorned with ear globes and a helmet. 97.33
Seeing the cut head of Mahodhara falling on the
ground , the army of the king of
Rakshasas could not be seen in the battle field. 97.34
Then after killing Mahodhara that monkey along with his monkey
warriors made a joyful roar of
victory which made Ravana greatly angry
and Rama very happy.
97.35
All the Rakshasas
with downcast faces and dejected minds were greatly scared and ran away from the
battle field.
97.36
After throwing Mahodhara
on the earth , who looked like a huge mountain lying
shattered, the son of Sun God who cannot be defeated shined
in glory in that battle field ,
like a Sun shining with his rays.
97.37
That king of monkeys after attaining victory was being
looked at in the battle field , by devas,
groups of Yakshas, Sidhas as
well as by all type of beings standing
on the surface of earth who were all
extremely happy.
97.38
Thus ends the
ninety seventh chapter of the
book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
98.Angadha kills Mahapaswa
(There was a great fight between Mahaparswa and Angadha,
In the end Angadha killed Mahaparswa.)
When Mahodhara was killed
by Sugreeva then the very strong Mahaparswa with eyes red due to great anger stirred up the great army of Angadha with his arrows.
98.1
That Rakshasa removed the head of many monkeys from their
trunk like a speedy wind which removes fruits from their stock.
98.2
Then that
Rakshasa with great speed chopped off
the hands of some monkeys with
his arrows and also struck down the rib cage of some of them.
98.3
Due to pain caused by that rain of arrows of Mahaparswa,
those monkeys had a sad face and were looking greatly dull.
98.4
Seeing that his army is being depressed by that Rakshasa , Angadha
who is very fast , exhibited his valour
which was like the ocean on full
moon days.
98.5
He then held a huge steel rod which was shining like the rays of the
Sun and hurled it on Mahaparswa
who was fighting the war.
98.6
Due to that smashing
Mahaparswa became unconscious
and along with his charioteer
fell from his chariot. 98.7
Then the lustrous king of bears who was like a heap of
collyrium and who was extremely
powerful became very angry and rushed forward from his battalion which was like a huge
cloud , carrying a huge rock which was like mountain peak , killed
his horses and with his great
strength broke his chariot too.
98.8-98.9
Within a short time
the very strong Mahaparswa regained his consciousness and struck Angadha with very many arrows.
98.10
Then he struck
Jambavan , the king of bears with three arrows
on his chest and Gavaksha with
very many arrows.
98.11
Seeing that Jambavan and Gavaksha were troubled by his
arrows , Angadha became very angry and
took hold of a horrifying iron rod.
98.12
Firmly holding that iron rod,
which shined like the rays of the sun,
with both hands and turning it around with force, Angadha son of Vali, with
eyes reddened due to anger , hurled it on that Mahaparswa the Rakshasa, who
stood at a distance, with an intention to kill him. 98.13-98.14
That rod hurled by the very strong Angadha knocked off the bow as well as the arrows from the hand of that Rakshasa
and also knocked off his helmet.
98.15
Then approaching him with very
great speed, the famous Angadha the son of Vali , with open palms slapped him on his root of
the ear which was shining with an ear
ring.
98.16
The very lustrous Mahaparswa , who is greatly swift and very angry
, by one hand lifted a huge axe.
98.17
That very angry Rakshasa threw
that stainless strong axe made of steel
and seasoned in oil at the son of Vali.
98.18
Angadha who was filled with anger
escaped from that axe which had
been aimed at his left shoulder bone.
98.19
That valorous Angadha who was as
valorous as his father was
greatly angry and firmly tightened his fist which was like a thunder bolt.
98.20
That master of the vital parts , whose fist
hit like Indra ’s thunderbolt hit that Rakshasa on the chest , near his
breasts.
98.21
In the great battle that
fleshy part of that
Rakshasa due to that blow was blasted
and he fell dead on the
ground.
98.22
When that Rakshasa Mahaparswa fell dead on the ground his army was greatly confused and a great anger arose in Ravana.
98.23
The very profound lion like roar
of the joyful monkeys , like a blast
shook the city of Lanka along with
its attics and gate of the city and was like the sound of Devas along with
Indra. 98.24-98.25
Hearing in that battle
field the very great sound raised by the monkeys and that of the beings of heaven , Ravana who was the enemy of Indra then
stood prepared for another war. 98.26
Thus ends the
ninety eighth chapter of the
book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book.
99.Ravana and Rama commence the battle
(Bereft of all assistant Rakshasa chief Ravana enters the
battle field. Very fierce fighting takes place between those great warriors.
Both of them were injured by each other and continued to foight.)
Seeing the Rakshasas Mahodhara and Mahaparswa being killed and also
the valorous and strong Viroopaksha
killed in
that great battle Ravana got in to very
great anger and addressed his charioteer using the following words.
99.1-99.2
For having killed my
ministers for having laid a siege on my city
, I would remove my sorrow by killing Rama and Lakshmana.
99.3
“In that battle I will cut off
the tree of Rama which is going to give
a flower called Sita , whose
principal branches are Sugreeva ,
Jambavan, Kumuda ,Nala Dvividha , Mainda , Angadha
, Gandhamadana , Hanuman and
Sushena and all other monkey chiefs. 99.4-99.5
Filling all
ten directions with noise , Ravana rushed in that chariot towards
Rama. 99.6
Filled with that sound, the
entire earth, making its rivers,
mountains and forests, tremble and , throwing lions, antelopes and birds, into
fright. Ravana marched.
99.7
Then he used a very horrific and fearful arrow
called Thamasa(darkness) which
began to attack all the monkeys who fell on all sides.
99.8
When the greatly frightened
monkeys , not able to bear that arrow
built by Lord Brahma himself , started running away dust
began to rise from the earth
99.9
Seeing that hundreds of monkeys
of his army were shattered by those excellent arrows of Ravana, Rama
stood ready for fighting .
99.10
Having driven away the army of
monkeys, Ravana the foremost among the demons then saw Rama, the destroyer of his enemies, who was endowed with long
arms and wide eyes resembling lotus petals standing unconquered with his
brother Lakshmana-like Indra the lord of devas
is seen with Vishnu, the supreme
lord of preservation-holding up his great bow as though scraping the sky. 99.11-99.12
That greatly lustrous Rama who was
born in the clan of Raghu along
with the very strong Lakshmana ,
seeing the disappointed monkeys and
the advancing Ravana , happily held his
bow by its middle.
99.13-99.14
After that Rama began to stretch
his excellent bow , with great
speed and with great sound as
if he wanted to break the earth.
99.15
Due the arrows which were rained by Ravana
and sound of stretching of the bow of Rama , the Rakshasas started falling in their
hundreds.
99.16
Ravana coming within the ranges of arrows shot by
those sons of a king looked like
Rahu standing near the Sun and the
moon. 99.17
Wishing to fight
early Lakshmana readied his sharp arrows which were like flames of fire and stretched his bow . 99.18
The greatly lustrous
Ravana prevented in the sky itself
the arrows released by the
great archer Lakshmana , the moment they were released.
99.19
Ravana who was
greatly dexterous in use of arrows,
split one arrow of Lakshmana by
one arrow , three arrows by three arrows
and ten arrows by ten arrows. 99.20
After crossing over Lakshmana , the son of Sumithra who as victorious in that battle approached Rama who stood
in the battle field like a mountain. 99.21
That king of Rakshasas Ravana with blood red eyes
due to anger approached Rama and rained
arrows on him.
99.22
Seeing the streams of arrows that emerged from the bow of Ravana , Rama
quickly took hold of Bhalla arrows in great haste,
99.23
Then Raghava
broke those large number
of lustrous arrows which were
looking horrific and coming like snakes
by his sharp Bhalla arrows.
99.24
With very great speed Ravana on
Rama and Rama on Ravana showered sharp arrows
of various kinds on each other.
99.25
Pushing each other by their
speed of their arrows , they were both
fighting without getting defeated and
went round in circles of different
kinds from left to right
, for a long time.
99.26
All beings were scared when both of them who looked angry were releasing arrows
at each other , looking like ,
god of death and god of destruction
respectively.
99.27
The sky at that time became dense with arrows of various kinds and looked
like the sky filled with clouds
at the end of monsoon along with frequent lightning.
99.28
By those rain of very
sharp arrows with great
speed decorated by wings of vultures
there were eye like holes on the
sky .
99.29
They made the sky dark initially with their wars
and after the sun set their cloud like forms made it even more
dark.
99.30
There occurred a huge war between both of them, each of
whom wanted to kill
the other . That was beyond
thought and difficult to approach like the
war that took place between Vruthra
and Lord Indra.
99.31
Both of them who were greats in archery , who were
experts in war and who were skilled
in the use of arrows moved
without any hindrance in the battle field .
99.32
In whichever direction that
they went the waves of arrows went like waves in that direction like two
oceans moved by the same
wind.
99.33
Ravana who had skilful hands and one who made the world cry using series of steel arrows aimed at
the forehead of Rama.
99.34
Rama tolerated
the hit of those arrows on his
forehead and took them as lotus
petals discharged from a great bow
and did not get upset.
99.35
Then after chanting proper chants the valorous Rama of great splendour who was filled with great anger,
took and discharged the arrow of
Rudra after stretching his bow . 99.36
When those arrows fell on the
huge cloud like unbreakable armour of Rama , those arrows fell down and did not cause him any pain.
99.37
Then Rama who was expert in all
type of arrows , though he was pierced
by arrows on his forehead yet again sent
a great arrow aimed at Ravana seated
on a chariot. 99.38
Those arrows of Rama after piercing arrows sent by Ravana penetrated
like five headed snakes in to the
earth when Ravana opposed them. 99.39
Ravana who was benumbed with anger after destroying that arrow of Rama sent another
horrifying Asura arrow.
99.40
He released sharp arrows,
having the heads of lions and tigers, those of buzzards and crows, even of
vultures and falcons, as well as those of jackals and wolves, arrows with their
mouths wide open, having the heads of venomous snakes with five heads, causing
great fear.
99.41-99.42
Hissing like a
serpent , due to his very anger Ravana
who was endowed with extraordinary energy and conjuring tricks, released towards Rama these and other arrows, having the heads of
donkeys, those of boars, dogs and cocks as also of alligators and venomous
snakes.
99.43-99.44
When the arrow of the Asuras was sent against him, Rama with great enthusiasm sent the arrow of
God of fire.
99.45
Rama then used
, various kinds of arrows, with heads as
bright as fire, others with heads shining like the sun, the moon, the
crescent, a comet, others shining like planets, lunar mansions and a huge
meteor and some arrows resembling flashes of lightning. 99.46-99.47
The horrifying arrows sent by Ravana was
destroyed by the arrows of Rama, broke in to thousand pieces and fell on
the ground.
99.48
Seeing that arrow of Rama , who
never gets tired performing his job ,
had destroyed the arrows of Ravana all
the monkeys who can assume any form that they desire surrounded lead by Sugreeva and congratulated
him.
99.49-99.50
The great soul Rama who had
destroyed the arrows sent by the hand of Ravana
was filled with joy and the
monkey chiefs full of joy roared
loudly,
99.51
Thus ends the
ninety ninth chapter of the
book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
100. Ravana wounds Lakshmana but runs away not able to fight with Rama
(The great one to
one war between Rama and Ravana continues. In between Lakshmana and Vibheeshana
interfere and destroy the chariot of
Ravana. When Ravana tries to kill Vibheeshana, Lakshmana saves him. Then Ravana
wounds Lakshmana with a great spear. Rama is upset and fights vigorously.)
When Ravana the king
of Rakshasas saw that his arrow was destroyed, his anger became two
fold and in that great anger he sent
another arrow. 100.1
That greatly lustrous
Ravana started to release another horrifying arrow of anger built by Maya on Rama .
100.2
Then from that bow
came out spears , maces , blazing
tridents and cubs which were as hard as Vajrayudha from all directions. 100.3
Various types of sharp
and terrible hammers , deceptive
nooses and shining thunderbolts came out similar to the storm at
the time of final deluge. 100.4
That very auspicious
Raghava who was an expert in great
divine arrows , who has a very great
luster struck down that arrow by an
arrow of Gandharwas.
100.5
When the great Raghava
destroyed that arrow of his , Ravana
with eyes red due to anger sent the
arrow of Sun God.
100.6
From that lustrous bow of the intelligent Ravana came shining large discuses
with terrific speed.
100.7
When they came out falling from all sides the entire sky was shining and all the directions were well lit as by sun, moon and other
planets.
100.8
Then Raghava who was standing in front of Ravana ’s
army split all those discuses and other strange weapons by using large number of arrows.
100.9
Seeing his arrow being
destroyed by Rama , Ravana , the king of Rakshasas pierced
Rama in all his vital parts by ten arrows.
100.10
Even though that Ravana struck
Rama with those ten arrows released from his great bow, Rama of extraordinary
energy was not shaken.
100.11
Thus struck Rama who was victorious in all battles became very angry and struck Ravana on all his organs with large number of arrows.
100.12
In the mean time
,Lakshmana the very strong younger
brother of Rama who was a destroyer of
his enemies took hold of seven arrows.
100.13
Those very fast arrows cut off
the greatly shining flag of Ravana
which had the picture of man’s head.
100.14
Then that great Lakshmana with one single arrow tore off the head of the charioteer of Ravana
which was adorned with shining ear rings .
100.15
Then with five very sharp
arrows Lakshmana cut off
the bow of the king of Rakshasas
which looked like the trunk of an elephant.
100.16
Bouncing forward, Vibheeshana
killed, with his mace, the excellent horses of Ravana, which looked like black
clouds and were as tall as mountains.
100.17
Ravana jumped out of his very large chariot whose horses have been killed and showed
a severe anger towards his brother.
100.18
Then that king of
Rakshasas who had great strength
hurled a spear which was shining
like lightning on Vibheeshana.
100.19
Even before the spear
could reach Vibheeshana, Lakshmana
broke it with three of his
arrows and all the monkeys loudly cheered him in the battle field.
100.20
That spear which was crowned
with gold was torn in to three pieces and
fell like a large meteor with sparks of
fire from the sky.
100.21
Then that Ravana took a much larger spear which was the best with great luster with its own splendour and was difficult to
approach even by Kala, the God of
death.
100.22
That bad soul Ravana with great strength and speed and which was shining like a
thunderbolt hurled it swiftly.
100.23
At that time the valorous Lakshmana quickly
rushed towards Vibheeshana who
was in danger to his life. 100.24
To rescue him, the
valorous Lakshmana went on showering
arrows at Ravana who was
holding the spear in his
hand.
100.25
Made helpless by that shower of
arrows by that great one, could
not make up his mind to attack
Vibheeshana.
100.26
Ravana who saw that his brother
was rescued by Lakshmana stood
before him and spoke the following words.
100.27
“Oh Lakshmana whose strength is
very great , you have now rescued
Vibheeshana in this way , and now I am
leaving out Vibheeshana and am sending
weapons against you.” 100.28
“This spear which would be hurled by my steel like arms , will make a
mark of blood on you , pierce your
heart and go away only after taking
your life. 100.29
After seeing this that
greatly enraged Ravana roared and hurled
the unfailing spear towards Lakshmana,
that which was adorned with eight loudly
clamouring bells, which had been designed by Maya the demon by dint of his
conjuring trick, capable of destroying adversaries and blazing as it was with
splendour.
100.30-100.31
That which was hurled came with
great speed like Indra ‘s thunderbolt
and fell on Lakshmana in the
battle field.
100.32
That Rama kept on
repeating , as the spear was rushing
towards Lakshmana, “ Let Lakshmana be safe
, May the spear be useless ., May this effort become useless.”
100.33
That spear, which was looking
like a poisonous serpent, released by
the very angry Ravana in the battle, quickly Entered the
chest of Lakshmana, who stood fearless. 100.34
That spear which was shining like the king of
serpents shined with great luster and fell on the broad chest of
Lakshmana with very great speed.
100.35
Due to speed by which Ravana has sent it that spear went very deep in to the chest of
Lakshmana and he fell to the ground
with his heart being broken.
100.36
Rama with great luster who was stationed near by
Lakshmana saw this and due to the love
towards his brother became extremely sad.
100.37
With tear filled sorrowful eyes
, Rama thought for a moment became as
angry as the fire at the time of final
deluge . 100.38
Becoming aware that it was not
the time for feeling sorrowful , and looking at Lakshmana, Rama resumed that
highly tumultuous battle with a great and whole-hearted endeavor, determined as
he was to destroy Ravana.
100.39
Rama saw Lakshmana who was wounded by the spear in that great war, bathed in blood looking like a mountain with a snake in the middle .
100.40
In spite of great efforts the
monkeys were not able to pull out the
spear (from Lakshmana) hurled by the
very strong Ravana , as they were being
continuously tormented with the
foremost among the Rakshasas with large number of arrows.
100.41-100.42
That spear had passed through
the body of Lakshmana and penetrated the
earth and the mighty Rama using his
hands pulled it out and getting greatly
angry broke it during the battle. 100.43
When Rama was drawing out the
spear the very strong Ravana struck several arrows on his body which
split the vital parts of Rama.
100.44
Without any other thought about those arrows, Rama embraced
Lakshmana and that Rama told Hanuman
and Sugreeva.
100.45
“Oh great monkeys remain with Lakshmana and properly nurse
him. Let this malicious Rakshasa called Ravana be killed by me. The time for
which I have been desiring for a long time has now come like the Chataka bird waiting for rain
is seeing the clouds at the end of hot
season.” 100-46-100.47
“In this auspicious time , I am
binding myself by a great oath .Oh monkeys
, without much delay you will see a world either devoid of Ravana or
Rama.”
100.48
“Incidents like loss of the
kingdom, life in forest , wandering about in Dandaka forest and troubling of Sita by the Rakshasas have
been encountered by me.”
100.49
“But now I have encountered a
very horrific sorrow and pain which is like the agony in hell. . By killing Ravana in this
battle , I shall relieve myself of all
these agonies.”
100.50
“The reason for which I had
brought the monkey army here , the reason
for killing of Vali and crowning of Sugreeva
, the reason for crossing the
ocean by building a bridge has now come
before my eye sight in this battle field.”
100.51-100.52
"This Ravana who has come within the range of my vision, cannot
survive, any more than the one who has come within the range of vision of a
snake injecting deadly poison with its very glance or the serpent who has come within the range of
vision of Garuda, the king of birds and the enemy of serpents can
survive."
100.53-100.54
“Oh great monkeys sit with comfort on the mountain peaks
and watch this great battle between me and Ravana. “
100.55
“Let All the three worlds
, Gandharwas , Devas and the Charanas see during this war , the nature of
Rama today.”
100.56
“”I am going to do such an act
today that all mobile and immobile beings of this world along with the Devas together will keep on narrating as long as this world is there and tell about how this battle went on.”
100.57
The well composed Rama after saying this , with sharp arrows decked with gold attacked that
ten necked one.
100.58
Then Ravana
rained shining steel arrows and maces
, just like a cloud would give
out rains.
100.59
When those excellent arrows sent by Rama and Ravana at each other , a huge tumultuous sound
emanated from there.
100.60
Both the arrows of Rama as well as Ravana split
and broke producing light and fell from the sky on to earth.
100.61
The loud sound produced by the bow string pulled by the hands , of those greatly valorous Rama and Ravana
made all beings scared and was a
great sight.
100.62
Torn very badly by the rain of that net work of arrows by the
great Rama who was armed with a shining bow that
Ravana ran away just like cloud is pushed away by the tempest. 100.63
Thus ends the
hundredth chapter of the
book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
101.Sushena cures Lakshmana
(Rama is terribly upset and
does not want to live. Sushena says he is not dead and sends Hanuman
to get herbs from Oushadhi mountain. Hanuman not able to recognize the herb
brings the mountain itself. Lakshmana is cured.
He requests Rama not to get upset but kill Ravana.)
Seeing Lakshmana fallen down
and completely coated with blood
after giving a tumultuous battle in which he showered very many arrows , due to the spear of the strong and evil minded Ravana , Rama spoke as follows to
Sushena . 101.1-101.2
“This Lakshmana who has fallen on earth due to the speedy arrows of Ravana
and who is wiggling like a serpent
and increasing my sorrow.”
101.3
"My energy to fight is
failing, even as I am looking at this valiant Lakshmana, who is dearer to
me than life, bathed in blood and my
mind being greatly disturbed."
101.4
“What is the use of this life
or happiness to me , if my brother who
has all auspicious marks, is interested in war and is famous were to meet his death.”
101.5
“My heroism is feeling shy ,
my bow is falling down
, my arrows are dropping down,
and my vision is blurred by
tears.”
101.6
“My body is sinking down like those men who are asleep and tension is growing inside making me wish
to die.”
101.7
“I am seeing my brother has fallen down, wounded in his
vital parts by that evil soul
Ravana groaning with agony.”
101.8
Seeing his brother whom he
loved who was like his soul with losing his life breath , Rama became greatly sorrowful and full of anxiety and grief.
101.9
Seeing Lakshmana his brother
lying wounded in the dust of the battle-field, he got into extreme worry and lamented
with a confused in mind.
101.10
“Oh valorous one, even if I win
this war , I will not be happy ,like a man without sight cannot see in spite of
bright moon.”
101.11
“What is the use of this war , what is the use of this
soul to me with my brother being killed
in this battle here and so I do not have
any desire to fight.”
101.12
“Like that greatly lustrous one
followed me to the forest, I am also going to follow him for his journey to the place of God of
death.”
101.13
“Lakshmana who was loved by all
his relations is forever ardently
devoted to me and has reached this
stage due to treacherous battle of the
Rakshasas.”
101.14
“We can obtain wives from places and places , we can
obtain relations in places and places
but I do not see any place where I can get a brother who loves me this
much.”
101.15
They all saw Rama wailing like
this with mind reeling with
distress and sighing and breathing deeply again and again.
101.16
“What is the use of the kingdom
to me without Lakshmana who is
difficult to defeat ?What would I be able to Sumithra , the mother who is very fond of her
son?”
101.17
“I shall not be able to bear
the reproaches which are bound to be
told by Sumithra and what shall I say to
my mother Kausalya and my mother
Kaikeyi.”
101.18
“What shall I tell Bharata or
to the very strong Shatrughna , when
they ask me why I have come back without Lakshmana who came along with me to the forest?” 101.19
“Death now would be
preferable rather than the reproaches from
relatives. I might have done some
sinful act in my previous births , for my younger brother to die before me. “ 101.20
“Alas oh brother , Oh best of
men , best among valorous men , Oh Lord
, Why did you go to the other world deserting me ?”
101.21
“Oh brother though I am wailing,
why are you not talking to me ? Oh brother arise and see this miserable man with your eyes.”
101.22
“Oh great one ,
you have always comforting and consoling me , whenever I
feel sad and pained and listless
among the mountains and forests.”
101.23
When Rama was saying like this full of sorrow in his mind,
Sushena addressed him with the following excellent words .
101.24
“Oh tiger among men, , give up this thought that causes you depression, for this sorrow
which gives to grief is like piercing
arrows in the battle .”
101.25
“Lakshmana who increases
auspiciousness has not still died
as his looks have not changed and his skin colour has not turned
dark.”
101.26
“His face looks bright and has a pleasing look. .The palms of his
hands are as soft as lotus petals and
are very bright.”
101.27
“Oh king of the earth, the
looks of dead ones are not like this .
Oh valorous one who destroys his enemies . He is alive , so please do not
worry.”
101.28
“The repeated palpitation of
his heart with him breathing , though
he is lying on earth indicates that he
is fast asleep with relaxation of the
limbs, Oh valorous one.” 101.29
After having addressed these
words to Rama , the very learned
Sushena spoke the following words to
the great monkey Hanuman who was standing
nearby.”
101.30
"Proceeding from this
place with full speed, Oh gentle one!,
go to the mountain called Oushadhi
, which was already described to you previously by Jambavan, Oh brave
one! Bring here for restoring the great-souled and heroic Lakshmana to
consciousness, the precious herb Vishalyakarani by name which h as sprung up on its southern
peak, Savarnakarnani , Samjivakarani and the precious herb, Samdhanakarani ." 101.31-101.33
As soon as Hanuman heard these
words , he went to the Oushadhi
mountain and since he was not able to
identify that herb he became very thoughtful. 101.34
Then in the brain of son of wind god who had exceedingly great luster a thought
arose, “ I will take back the peak of the mountain itself.” 101.35
“Since Sushena himself told me so , the herb must
have sprouted on this mountain peak definitely.”
101.36
“Suppose I do not take
Vishalyakarani herb with me , over passage of time great
problems may arise.”
101.37
Thinking like this the very
strong Hanuman approached that great mountain, shook it violently three times with his arms
, uprooted the mountain peak
which was having very many flowering plants , and lifted it up as he was
very strong.
101.38-101.39
Carrying that great mountain
peak which looked like a dark rainy
cloud , Hanuman jumped up in to the
sky.
101.40
Returning back with very great
speed , after putting down that mountain peak
and after relaxing a little , he
spoke to Sushena the following words.
101.41
“Oh Great monkey , since I
could not identify the required herb , I
have brought along with me the entire mountain.”
101.42
After appreciating the son of
wind God who spoke thus , that excellent
monkey pulled out the needed herbs and
took hold of them.
101.43
All the great monkey
chiefs as well all the devas were
greatly surprised to see the most
difficult job done by Hanuman.
101.44
Then after crushing the
herb , that great monkey who was greatly lustrous, administered it in
the nose of Lakshmana .
101.45
After inhaling that herb Lakshmana , the destroyer of enemy armies,
having the spear lodged in his body, got rid of it , became painless and got up from the earth with great speed. 101.46
Seeing that Lakshmana has
got up from the earth the monkeys said,”great, great”, and applauded
Sushena.
101.47
Rama the destroyer of enemies,
after seeing Lakshmana said “Come, come”
and embraced him with great affection
, with eyes covered by tears.
101.48
After that Raghava embraced the
son of Sumithra he said ,”Oh valorous
one , I am seeing you returned after
death.” 101.49
“There is no meaning in my living or victory or getting back
Sita , if you had attained death . Please tell me what is there
for me after your death.”
101.50
When the great Raghava spoke like this , in a very feeble voice Lakshmana spoke the
following words.
101.51
“Oh brother who is valorous in
truth , true to your promise of killing
Ravana , you should not speak like a weak and cowardly man.” 101.52
“ Those who speak the truth do
not make their oath futile for
fulfilling the oath is the sign of
greatness.” 101.53
“Oh faultless one , your getting hopeless fot the sake of
me is not befitting you. Please
fulfill your promise of killing Ravana.”
101.54
“When you shower your
arrows the enemy cannot continue to
live , like a great elephant with mighty tusks cannot live if it crosses
the path of a lion.”
101.55
“I want to see that bad
soul killed immediately , before the sun sets after finishing his task. “
101.56
"Oh venerable hero, If you wish to kill Ravana in battle, if you
wish to fulfill your promise and if you feel affectionate towards Sita , do as
I tell you soon and now."
101.57
Thus ends the
hundred and first chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
102.Indra sends his chariot to help Rama
(The great war continued. Devas
felt ,that Rama was at a disadvantage fighting from land. So Indra sent his
chariot and charioteer Matali to help Rama. Both of them being of equal
valour the war continued in a fierce
manner.)
Hearing Lakshmana
speaking those words , the valorous Rama who as the destroyer of his
enemies took hold of his bow and fixed an arrow on its bow string.
102.1
In the battle front
Rama released horrifying arrows at Ravana and Ravana, the king of Rakshasas occupying another chariot rushed towards the son of Kakustha clan,
Similar to Rahu rushing towards the sun God.
102.2
The ten necked one standing on his chariot struck Rama
with arrows equal to Vajrayudha
similar to a cloud gushing out rain on a huge mountain.
102.3
Rama thoughtfully sent fire
like flaming arrows ornamented with
gold on the ten necked one in the battle
field.
102.4
The devas, Gandharwas and Yakshas told among
themselves that the war fought with Ravana on a chariot and Rama on the ground was not equal.
102.5
Hearing these words , the
auspicious best among the devas summoned
Matali (his charioteer) and spoke the
following words to him.
102.6
“Go speedily along with my
chariot to the earth and after
reaching there , invite the best among the Raghu clan to take the seat in the chariot and do great service to the devas. 102.7
When the king of devas told like
this , his charioteer Matali , saluted him by bowing his head and told the following words.
102.8
“Oh Indra along with excellent chariot yoked to green horses , I will go and perform the duty of
Charioteer to Rama.”
102.9
Taking the glorious and excellent chariot of Indra,
having variegated body decked in gold, which was fitted with hundreds of tiny
bells, with its pole of cat's eye gems shining
like the morning sun, yoked to
excellent green horses, having golden chaplets on their heads, having white
whisks, covered with nets of gold, shining like the sun and bearing a flag-staff
raised on a golden bamboo and ascending
the chariot, as enjoined by Indra after descending from paradise, Matali approached
Rama. 102.10-102.13
Staying on the chariot
itself , that Matali the charioteer of
the thousand eyed one
folding his hands in salutation to Rama
, told the following words.
102.14
“Ok son of Kakustha clan, the
thousand eyed one has sent this chariot
to help you get victory . Oh mighty and glorious one , who is
the destroyer of his enemies . 102.15
“Here is the great bow of
Indra and his armour shining like
fire , arrows as bright as the sun and the
auspiciously pure steel spear .
102.16
“Oh valorous one , get in to
this chariot and kill the Rakshasa
called Ravana , like Indra killed the Asuras when I was driving the
chariot.”
102.17
When he told like this Rama
went round the chariot , offered his
salutations to it and got in to that
chariot causing the three worlds to shine with splendour. 102.18
Then ensued a great tumultuous
battle making one’s hair stand erect
between the greatly valorous Rama
and that Rakshasa called Ravana.
102.19
That Raghava who was a great
expert on arrows matched a Gandharwa
arrow with a Gandharwa arrow, a God arrow with a gold arrow and made fall the arrows of the king . 102.20
That king of Rakshasas became
greatly angry and again released
another horrific arrow of the Rakshasas.
102.21
Those arrows decked with gold,
which were released from the bow of Ravana turned in to highly poisonous snake
and came towards Rama.
102.22
Those fearful arrows having a
burning face , vomiting burning
fire from its face , with its mouth wide open rushed towards
Rama alone.
102.23
All the directions of the earth were covered by poisonous snakes ,
whose impact was like Vasuki , the king of serpents with flaming
coils . Even the corners between the directions were filled with these snakes.
102.24
Seeing all those snakes rushing towards him in the battle
field , Rama created and released an extremely fearful and horrific arrow of Garuda.
102.25
With golden shafts which shined like flames that arrow released from the bow of
Rama turned n to golden eagles and
these went round.
102.26
Those arrows of Rama which can assume any form that
they want , assumed the form of
eagles and destroyed all those
arrows which were flying round in the form of snakes. 102.27
Seeing that his arrows have proved a waste , Ravana , the king of Rakshasas became
greatly angry , and rained
horrific rains of arrows on Rama.
102.28
With thousand arrows Ravana
wounded Rama who never delayed his actions
and then wounded Matali with very many arrows.
102.29
With one arrow Ravana struck
the golden flag post and made it fall
down on the seat and tore the flag of that chariot and Ravana also struck the horses of Indra ’s chariots.
102.30
Seeing Rama pained , the gods, Gandharwas , Charanas along with the demons, as also Sidha and the great sages felt dejected. Seeing the
moon in the shape of Rama eclipsed by Rahu in the shape of Ravana, the
monkey-chiefs too, along with Vibheeshana, felt perturbed. 102.31-102.32
The planet Budha conquering the constellation of Rohini who was the darling of the moon , which was presided
by Lord Brahma forebode
disaster to all beings.
102.33
Burning in great rage that ocean
rose very high at that time as
though it was trying to touch the sun
and its mist and tide moving to
and fro .
102.34
The Sun looked with colour of
ash with piercing rays and its rays travelled slowly and it appeared like a headless trunk in its lap and united
with the comet.
102.35
The planet mars (angaraka )
stood attacking the Vishakha star constellation presided over by Indra and fire , which is
adored by the kings of Kosala.
102.36
With ten faces . twenty
arms and holding the bow tightly by his hands
, Ravana looked like the Mainaka
mountain.
102.37
Because of being overpowered by that ten necked
Rakshasa, Rama was not even able to fit
arrows in his bow .
102.38
That angry Rama knitting his eye brows , with
eyes turned slightly red got in to great anger and
felt as though he would burn all
the Rakshasas.
102.39
Seeing the face of that powerful Rama which was provoked by great anger
, all living beings got
frightened and even the earth began to tremble .
102.40
The mountains with its lions
and tigers as well as its swaying trees trembled and even the ocean which is the lord of
rivers got agitated.
102.41
The very dense clouds with harsh loud sounds assumed
an undesirable look and roamed
all over the sky thundering . 102.42
Seeing Rama being terribly
angry and seeing those portents , al beings started shivering and even Ravana was seized with fear.
102.43
The devas, Gandharwas and great serpents who were sitting on their planes , sages , Asuras and Dhanavas , eagles which were flying in the air witnessed
the battle between those great heroes
, fighting steadily with various types of weapons and felt as
if the final deluge was
approaching.
102.44-102.45
Those devas and Asuras who had
come to witness the battle seeing
that battle rejoiced
due to devotion.
102.46
The Rakshasas who reached the
battle field told Ravana , “Be
victorious” and the Gods again and
again told Rama, “Be victorious.” ,
102.47
In the meantime, that
evil-minded Ravana, who caused enemies to cry, stroking with anger a great
weapon wishing to strike Rama, took
with anger that spike, which was as powerful as a thunderbolt, which made a loud
noise and was capable of exterminating
all enemies, which was resembling the
mountain-peak, which with its sharp points was dreadful to conceive and to behold was resembling a smoke-crested mass of fire blazing
at the final deluge , exceedingly furious, which was difficult to approach even
by God of Death, which was unassailable, which was a
terror for all beings, capable as it was of tearing and splitting them with it
being burning with flames. 102.48-102.51
That valorous and very angry
Ravana surrounded in the battle field by very many
Rakshasas took hold of that spear by its
middle.
102.52
Ravana with a very huge body ,
with blood red eyes due to anger lifted that spear , making his army greatly happy and roared greatly in that battle.
102.53
That frightful roar of Ravana
made the earth , the four directions
,the sky and angles of
Compass tremble and shiver.
102.54
By that great roar of that very
big bodied bad soul , all the living beings trembled and the ocean
was agitated.
102.55
After taking hold of that great
spear , that very valorous Ravana , made
another great roar and spoke the
following words to Rama.
102.56
“Oh Rama this great spear which is equal to a
thunderbolt would surely take away not
only your life but that of your brother and help mate Lakshmana,”
102.57
“I who appreciate war would
kill you by my strength in this war and make you equivalent to very many Valorous Rakshasas killed by me
in the battle front.”
102.58
“Oh Raghava, wait for I am
going to kill you with this spear , “ speaking thus that king of Rakshasas hurled that
spear,
102.59
That spear which was released
from the hands of Ravana was encircled in an orb of lightning and with eight bells tied on it making a very great sound splashed as it went to the sky. 102.60
The valorous Raghava seeing
that lustrous spear which was horrifying to look at stretched his bow and released very many plumed arrows.
102.61
That Raghava warded
off that spear by a rains of his arrows, like Indra warded off
the fire at deluge by streams of
water. 102.62
But the large spear of Ravana consumed all those arrows which were coming
from the bow of Rama , like moths being
consumed by fire.
102.63
Seeing those arrows smashed by
coming into contact with the spear and reduced to ashes even while positioned
in the sky, Rama became greatly angry.
102.64
That Raghava who was the source
of happiness of the Raghu clan, became very angry at this and took hold of a spear by Matali , with the consent of Indra. 102.65
That spear lifted by the very
strong Rama , gave out big sound of bells
and began to burn like a lustrous meteor in the sky at the final
deluge .
102.66
That spear which was hurled
made in to pieces the spear of the king of Rakshasas and due to it that great
spear of Ravana fell on the ground ,
with its luster extinguished.
102.67
With very sharp arrows of very high speed with
shaft made of reeds , Rama struck
at his target and pierced
the great fleet of horses of Ravana .
102.68
Then Rama using sharp arrows
wounded the chest region of Ravana and
deliberately with three arrows pierced the
forehead of Ravana.
102.69
With all his body parts being
wounded and blood covering the entire body , that Ravana in the middle of
Rakshasas, shined like a blooming Asoka tree in the middle of other trees. 102.70
With all his body
severely injured by Rama's arrows and with his body bathed in blood,
that Ravana felt exhausted in the middle of a multitude of Rakshasas and became greatly angry. 102.71
Thus ends the
hundred and second chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
103. Ravana ’s
charioteer takes him away.
(The fierce war continues. Rama
tells Ravana that he is a coward. He moves
near him and showers him with arrows. Seeing him weakening and not able
to respond, his charioteer takes the chariot away from the battle field.)
Ravana who was proud of his skills of war ,
when greatly tormented by the angry Rama , became greatly angry.
103.1
With burning eyes , raising his bow in great anger , that valorous
Ravana who was greatly heroic continued to trouble Rama by covering him with thousands of arrow
streams , just like a rainy cloud fills up a pond by thousands of rays of
rain.
103.2-103.3
Though he was covered by a
great network of arrows released from
the bow of the enemy , the son of
Kakustha clan did not flutter, just like
a large unshakeable mountain.
103.4
The greatly valorous Rama stood
in the battle field preventing
that torrents of arrows, with his own arrows, and suffered them just like they
were rays of the sun.
103.5
Then that Rakshasa with a very speedy hand,
becoming angry struck the chest of
that great soul Rama with
thousands of arrows .
103.6
That elder brother of
Lakshmana bathed in blood in that
battle field appeared like the very big Kimsuka tree
in bloom in the forest.
103.7
Becoming very angry by the
effect of those arrows , the greatly lustrous Rama took hold of arrows which shined like the sun at the time of final deluge.
103.8
Both Rama and Ravana who were greatly angry could not see each other clearly in that
battle field which was dark being
shrouded by arrows.
103.9
Filled with great anger that Rama, the son of Dasaratha burst out in laughter and told
the following harsh words to
Ravana. 103.10
“Oh basest of the Rakshasas ,
since you had abducted my wife from Janasthana , when she was helpless when I was not there to protect her , you are
not a person of valour.” 103.11
“In spite of
abducting Sita was in a miserable condition in that great
forest and without
me , you think you are
a great champion .” 103.12
“Having acted like a coward , by laying your arms on another person’s wife and
posing as a hero in relation to
ladies without protection, you
think you are a great
champion.
103.13
“Oh person without shame , who has broken the tenets of respectability
, who is of loose morality having laid
your hand on death (Sita) , you think you are a great champion.” 103.14
“For having done this
glorious and famous act , you who
are the valorous brother of Khubera are indeed rich in your valour and strength.” 103.15
“You are now going to reap
now the great fruit noxious and contemptible act , which was done
by you just for vanity.” 103.16
“Oh evil minded person , though you think you are a great champion there is no shame in you for abducting Sita , just like an ordinary thief.”
103.17
“Had you dared to touch Sita in
my presence , you would have gone and
met your brother Khara at that very
moment, when I killed you by my arrows.”
103.18
“See , oh stupid fellow , you have now come within my
sight and so I would send you to the
world of death with my sharp arrows
today itself.” 103.19
“Let your head adorned with
shining ear rings which lies on this dust laden battle field be carried
away by the beasts of prey , after I
chop it off by my arrows today.” 103.20
“Oh Ravana ,let vultures fly down on your breast after
you fall on earth , wounded by my arrows
with blood oozing out of the wounds caused by my sharp arrows.” 103.21
"Let birds tear out your bowels similar to eagles dragging serpents when you fall down dead when pierced
by my arrows today."
103.22
After telling like this the
valorous Rama , who was the destroyer of
enemies moved near the king of Rakshasas and started raining arrows at him.
103.23
The valour , strength and joy of Rama
increased two fold when he
longed for the death of this enemy in
that battle.
103.24
The memories of various mystic
arrows came to the mind of the very learned Rama and from his excessive enthusiasm , that greatly lustrous one became swift
handed.
103.25
Recognizing these good
omens , Rama , the destroyer of Rakshasas
tormented that
Ravana even more fiercely.
103.26
Hit by the volley of stones thrown by the monkeys
and rain of arrows sent by Rama , the
ten necked one felt greatly scared at
heart.
103.27
Ravana could no longer take up
the weapons, nor stretch his bow,
nor was he able to react to the valour of Rama on account of his mind being confused.
103.28
As the time of his death drew
near , the arrows that he sent with speed nor the mystic arrows employed
him had any effect in that battle.
103.29
Observing that Ravana
had been reduced to such a plight, the charioteer driving the chariot,
for his part, without getting excited, calmly and slowly carried off his
chariot away from the battle-front.
103.30
After that seeing that his
king has lost his energy and valour and was seen
as miserable , the
charioteer diverted his very huge
chariot , which was rumbling like a cloud and sneaked away from the battle front in fear.
103.31
Thus ends the
hundred and third chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
104.Ravana shouts at the charioteer and he replies.
(Ravana tells the charioteer
that he should not have come away from
the battle field. He says he may be an enemy agent. The Charioteer defends himself and says that he did because he loved Ravana. He says
that is one of the duties of Charioteer to save his master, Ravana becomes
pleased and orders him to take him back
to the battle –field. He does it.)
That Ravana lead
forcefully by fate , with
blood red eyes due to
great anger , due to confusion
spoke thus to the
charioteer.
104.1
"O evil-minded one, Despising me as though I was bereft of manliness, incapable, deficient in
strength, cowardly, petty-minded, devoid of energy, without any brilliance, deserted of conjuring tricks and
abandoned by divine arrows , you had acted
as per your discretion." 104.2-104.3
“Why have you driven away my chariot
, bringing me down before
my enemies , without asking my
consent ?”
104.4
“Oh ungentlemanly fellow, the fame that I have earned over very long periods , my luster and the trust others had on me
has been destroyed by you today.”
104.5
“When my famous and
valorous enemy who entertained others by his valour was looking on , you have made me a contemptible person though I had
great desire to do the war.” 104.6
“Oh evil minded person, If you due to your illusion do not take my chariot immediately to the battle field ,my assumption
that you have been corrupted by the enemy would be correct.” 104.7
“The act that you have done now is only in the interest of my enemies and indeed not the work of a friend, who wishes me
well.”
104.8
“If you have lived with
me for a long time and if you
happen to remember my character
, drive back this chariot with
speed so that my enemy does not go
back.”
104.9
Hearing those harsh words of
Ravana who had lost his senses , that
charioteer who had his good in mind
said these conciliatory words to Ravana.
104.10
“I was not scared nor stupid
and nor was I bribed by the enemies
, nor did I commit a mistake ,
nor did I stop loving you and also I
had not forgotten your good.”
104.11
“I who wished your welfare and wanted to protect your honour with a mind full of affection , did this act which you did not like , thinking it would be in your
interest.”
104.12
“Oh king, you should not think me as petty minded and unworthy
as I am devoted completely to
your good and pleasure and am not guilty in this matter.”
104.13
“Please hear the reason ,
which made me carry away the
chariot away from the battle field , like the rushing tide of a
river cannot be pushed back.”
104.14
"I understand your exhaustion, due to your strenuous fighting
in the great battle. I am not reflecting on the
nature of your valour or on your superiority over
your enemy." 104.15
“The horses that pull the
chariot were broken down and were exhausted by drawing the chariot and they became miserable and very tired ,
like cows lashed by great rain.” 104.16
“I am noticing several omens
which are against nature and I examined all those omens which were in large numbers.”
104.17
“The time and place of the occurrence of these omens as well
as their good and bad , facial
expressions , depression and
liveliness and strength of the
weakness of the warriors occupying the chariot must be examined by the Charioteer.”
104.18
“ The bumps and depressions of the place as well as the their rugged
and level nature , the appropriate time to fight , the weak and strong points of
the enemy should be known to the
charioteer. “
104.19
“How to reach a place and retreat from there , how to hold on to
one ‘s position and how to retreat must all be known to the charioteer, seated
on the chariot.”
104.20
“The action that I took was very proper in order to give you
rest and to these horses and
chariots and also relive your great
tiredness.”
104.21
“Oh valorous Lord , I did
not move away the chariot on my own accord
and what was done by me was due
to my great devotion to you who is my master.”
104.22
“Oh destroyer of enemies , oh
valorous one , please order me and I will do whatever you desire with due attention and with a relieved manner about why I should do it.” 104.23
Ravana became happy with the words of his charioteer , praised him in many ways and he who was desirous of war spoke
the following words.
104.24
“Oh charioteer, very
quickly take this chariot towards
Rama for
in a War Ravana does not turn back without killing his enemies.”
104.25
After saying this , that king
of Rakshasas who was pleased
presented a pretty and excellent ornament to that charioteer and after he
instructed him he took the chariot back to the battle field. 104.26
Following by Ravana 's command, that
charioteer t quickly drove the horses forward and , that chariot of Ravana
stood within a moment, before Rama's chariot on the battle-field. 104.27
Thus ends the
hundred and fourth chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
!05.Agasthya teaches Rama the prayer called
“Adithya Hrudayam”
(Agasthya teaches the great prayer called Adithya hrudayam (The heart of the Sun) to Rama, which would
help Rama in war. Rama chants it
according to rules. Sun God appears before him and asks him to kill
Ravana.)
The great God like sage Agasthya, who has come along with
other Gods to see the war, seeing the tired and thought filled Ravana,
approached Lord Rama , who is ready for the war and told.
105.1-105.2
Hey Rama, Hey dear Rama, , be pleased to hear, that which
is secret and perennial, by reciting
which , son, you would be victorious in war.
105.3
This is the prayer called “the heart of the sun” which is holy , destroys all enemies, which
leads to victory, and by reciting which daily, leads you to perennial state of good. 105.4
This prayer great gives all that is good,
Destroys all sins committed,
Acts as an antidote for sorrow and thought,
And also leads to very long life.
105.5
Offer prayers to the Great Sun God,
Who is the owner of rays,
Who rises up from below,
Who is worshipped by devas and asuras,
And who is worshipped by every one of the universe.
105.6.
He has within him all the devas,
He is the brightest among the bright,
He runs the whole world by his rays,
And protects all the worlds of Devas and Asuras,
By his great Rays.
105.7
He is Brhama, He is Vishnu,
He is Shiva, He is Skanda,
He is the progenitor of human race,
He is the king of devas,
He is Khubera, the lord of all riches.
He is Kala, the God of death, 105.8
And He is the moon also He is Varuna
He is the manes, He is the Gods called Vasus,
He is the gods called sadhya,
He is the Aswini devathas, the doctors of Gods,
He is the maruths who are responsible for breeze,
He is the wind God, He is the fire God,
He is the soul of all beings,
He is the creator of seasons,
And he is the giver of
light.
105.9
He is the son of Adithi,
He is the creator of the world,
He makes us do things,
He travels on the sky,
He feeds the world by rain,
He is the one with rays,
He is the colour of Gold,
He is always shining,
He is responsible for creation,
And he is the maker of the day.
105.10
He has green horses,
He has thousands of rays,
He rides on seven horses,
He dispels darkness,
He gives a pleasant life,
He kills all life,
He gives rebirth to those killed,
He removes darkness,
And he is resplendent in his glory.
105.11
He who keeps the golden source,
He who cools down minds of devotees,
He who bestows heat,
He who is the source of light,
He who is praised by every one,
He who has fire within himself,
He who is the son of adhithi,
He who travels in the sky with pleasure,
And he who melts cold.
105.12
He who is the lord of the sky,
He who dispels darkness,
He who is a master of Rig, Yajur and Sama veda,
He who is the cause of heavy rains,
He who is the friend of water,
And he who travels over the Vindhyas swiftly.
105.13
He who gives heat,
He who is of the global shape,
He who is of the form of death,
He who is of the colour of gold,
He who heats everything,
He who is in expert in knowledge,
He who manages the universe,
He who is of great brilliance,
He who is dear to every one,
And he who manages every event.
105.14 .
Salutations to him who is the Lord of stars, planets and
zodiac,
To him who looks after the universe,
To him who gives light to all that shines,
And To him who has twelve forms. 105.15
Salutations to him who rises from the mounts of east,
Salutations to him who sets on mounts of west,
Salutations to the lord of objects that shine,
And the Lord of the day. 105.16
Salutations to him who is the cause of victories,
Salutations to him who has green horses,
Salutations and salutations to him who has thousand rays,
Salutations and salutations to the son of Adhithi. 105.17
Salutations and salutations,
To him who is fearful to the sinners,
To him who is the hero,
And to him who travels swiftly.
Salutations to him who opens the lotus,
And salutations and salutations,
To him who makes men live. 105.18
Salutations to Him,
Who is God to Brahma, Achyutha and Shiva,
Who is the giver of light,
Who is the son of Adhithi,
Who is ever shining,
Who eats everything,
And to him who has a fearsome body. 105.19
Salutations to him,
Who destroys darkness,
Who destroys, snow,
Who destroys his enemies,
Who has an immeasurable body,
Who destroys those who are not grateful,
And to him who is the Lord of those who shine. 105.20
Salutations to Him,
Who is of the colour of molten gold,
Who is of the form of fire,
Who has created the world,
Who destroys ignorance,
Who is the subject of all that is loved,
And to him who is the witness of the world. 105.21
This our lord helps beings to grow,
And also destroys them.
He with his awesome rays,
Looks after every being,
Gives intense heat to them,
And also causes rains to shower 105.22
This our Lord is awake,
When all the world is asleep,
Without anyone being aware,
And he is the fire sacrifice,
And also the one who performs fire sacrifice. 105.23
All the Vedas,
All the yagas,
Result of all yagas.
And all the actions,
That happen in this world,
Are this Lord Surya himself. 105.24
Hey Lord Raghava,
Any one who sings the praise of the Sun,
In time of danger,
In time of suffering,
In wild forests.
And in times of fear,
Is able to cross the problem for sure. 105.25
Please worship
Him.
Who is God of Gods,
And who is the lord of the universe,
With single minded devotion.
If you chant this thrice,
You would win in the war.
105.26
“Oh hero of heroes,
You would kill Ravana within a second,”
Saying this the sage Agasthya,
Went back his way.
105.27
Hearing this, the resplendent one,
Became devoid of sorrow,
And with utmost devotion,
Wore this prayer within himself. 105.28
Cleansing himself,
By doing Aachamana thrice,
And facing the Sun God,
Lifting his bow
The great hero Rama
became very happy
105.29
Came he facing Ravana,
For starting the war again,
With all preparations great,
With an intention of killing him. 105.30
Immediately then Lord Sun,
Who is the king of the skies
Arose from the middle of the bevy of Gods,
With mind full of happiness,
And asked Rama to kill Ravana forthwith. 105.31
Thus ends the
hundred and fifth chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
106.Ravana sees bad
omens and Rama sees good omens.
(Rama instructs Matali as what he wants to be done. Ravana
on his way sees only bad omens and Rama on his way sees only good omens. Rama feels happy.)
Thrilling with great joy the charioteer of Ravana, drove forward
quickly, his chariot which was capable
of attacking the army of enemies, a wonderful piece of art like Gandharwa-city ,
mounted with flags, yoked with horses of excellent quality adorned with golden
necklaces, filled with war-implements, adorned with rows of flags and banners,
which was devouring the sky as it were, making the earth resound, which was the
destroyer of the army of adversaries and caused delight to its own. 106.1-106.3
The king of men saw the chariot of the king of
Rakshasas having a huge flag coming towards him with a great noise, yoked with
black horses , with terrific luster
like an aero plane , brightening the
sky with its luster equal to Sun ,
having lightning like flags and the
appearance of rain bow. 106.4-106.6
Seeing that chariot which
was releasing streams
like a cloud releasing rain
accompanied by the sound similar
to the bursting of a mountain which was
broken by Vajrayudha , Rama after
stretching his bow in a crescent
shape spoke to Matali, the charioteer of the
thousand eyed one. 106,7-106.8
“Oh Matali see that chariot of the enemy coming forward
coming from left to right in great speed
again. It appears that he has decided to
destroy himself fighting this war. 106.9-106.10
“And so take care of yourself
and march forward and go opposite to the
chariot of the enemy as I wish to
destroy it like a wind blowing away the
cloud.”
106.11
“Without any fear and without
any nervousness with steady eyes and
heart ,
controlling the rains
properly drive the chariot with speed.” 106.12
“Though you need not be
instructed by me, you being the charioteer
of Indra , as I desire to fight with
one track mind, I am just reminding you and not attempting to teach you.” 106.13
Matali after becoming extremely
happy by the words of Rama , that best of the charioteers of devas further
drove the chariot.
106.14
After passing the huge chariot
of Ravana on his right , that charioteer left Ravana shaking by the dust rising from the wheels
of his chariot .
106.15
Then that angry ten necked one with his copper
coloured eyes wide open shook with his arrows Rama who stood facing his chariot .
106.16
Meeting that courage with
anger and being provoked to fight , Rama
took hold of Indra ’s arrow which
had of great speed in the battle
field.
106.17
Then he took very greatly
lustrous arrows which shined like
Sun and that great war between two great heroes who were desirous of
killing each other and who were facing
each other like lions began.
106.18
Then Devas, Gandharwas , Sidhas
and great sages who were
desiring the death of Ravana arrived there
to witness the war.
106.19
Then dreadful omens which made one hair to stand erect appeared
which indicated the destruction of Ravana and victory of Rama.
106.20
The gods poured a rain of blood
on Ravana ’s chariot and horrible winds blew from right to left , forming circles.
106.21
A huge flock of vultures which
were occupying the sky travelled in the
same direction as chariot of Ravana.
106.22
During that dusk, the city of
Lanka was of the red colour of the Japa
flowers and the earth in city of Lanka
appeared as if it was blazing. 106.23
Large meteors along with flashes of lightning
fell on that town with great
noise .These negative omens to
Ravana made the Rakshasas sad. 106.24
The land where Ravana was
standing began to shake and the
Rakshasas who were fighting felt something
was tying them.
106.25
The rays of the sun that fell
before Ravana appeared of copper
colour , yellow, white and dark like
mineral ores.
106.26
The she foxes followed the vultures speedily uttering inauspicious howls on seeing the face of
Ravana and also vomited from their
mouths.
106.27
The wind scattered
the dust upwards in an opposite
direction clouding the vision of the
king of the Rakshasas.
106.28
Even without any clouds on the sky thunderbolts fell on the army of Ravana from all sides with sound which was difficult to tolerate. 106.29
Al the directions and their
intermediate points became dark due to
the outpouring of dust and it was difficult to see the sky. 106.30
Hundreds of scaring Sarika birds wailing in an aweful manner fought
with each other and fell on the chariot of Ravana. 106.31
Ravana ‘s horses
discharged sparks of fire from their hips and loins as also tears from their
eyes, releasing out fire and water at the same time continuously.
106.32
Scary omens
in large numbers were seen in
this way causing fear to Ravana and
indicating his destruction. 106.33
Pleasant and auspicious omens appeared before
Rama from all directions ,
indicating his victory.
106.34
Raghava seeing those auspicious
omens indicating his own victory became happy and decided that he would be able to kill Ravana.
106.35
Then Rama who was an expert in
judging omens having seen those
omens on his way to the battle field was extremely happy and exhibited enhanced heroism in the
battle.
106.36
Thus ends the
hundred and sixth chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
107.The great war of Rama and Ravana continued without result.
( The intense war continued without any result . Ram cut off the heads of Ravana but they
again grew up. He tried to hit his chest
and that also did not work.)
Then there occurred a very fierce battle between Rama and
Ravana which was war mounted on
chariots and which scared all the worlds.
107.1
Then the army of Rakshasas and the huge army of
monkeys holding fast to their
weapons stood motionless.
107.2
Their hearts were
captivated on seeing those two heroes,
one a Rakshasa and the other a man ,
both of them very strong, fighting with each other and all of them were filled with
wonder. 107.3
With arms carrying different type of weapons all of them
stood surprised seeing that war that was taking place and they did not attack each other.
107.4
The Rakshasas saw Ravana and the monkey army saw Rama
with great surprise as though
they were paintings. 107.5
Those Ravana and Raghava
both after seeing the omens ,
making their mind firm and also firm
in their anger , fought fearlessly.
107.6
The son of Kakustha clan
who believed that he would win
and Ravana who believed that he would die demonstrated all their
prowess in that great battle.
107.7
Then that angry ten necked one who was valorous fitted the arrows and released them aiming at the flag staff of
the chariot of Rama.
107.8
Those arrows without even reaching the flag and touching the flag staff which supported the flag fell on the ground.
107.9
Then that valorous
Rama who was greatly enraged stretched
his bow and decided in his mind
to return blow to blow.
107.10
Then he released a sharp arrow which
like an unbearable huge serpent
and had its own luster aiming at
the flag staff of Ravana.
107.11
When Rama sent
that lustrous arrow aiming at the flag staff , that arrow cut off the flag staff of the ten necked one and entered the
earth.
107.12
That flag staff mounted on Ravana 's chariot, having been torn
off, fell on the ground. Seeing the thrown-down
flag-staff, that very strong
Ravana stood with great
anger and looking like he was
laughing with intolerance, he showered a stream of arrows afflicted as he
was, with the power of his anger. 107.13-107.14
Ravana struck
the divine horses of Rama by sending arrows but they were neither shaken nor
stumbled and were healthy at heart and felt like they were touched by a lotus stalk. 107.15
Ravana seeing that those horses
were not bothered at all , was greatly
angry and released a shower of arrows
on them.
107.16
He also hurled maces, iron rods
, discs, iron clubs, mountain-tops, trees, spikes and axes. 107.17
Not getting tired in heart and
mind he
sent rain of arrows and thousands
of arrows created by his magical
power
. 107.18
Huge , terrible with echo , tumultuous
, giving rise to fear and very
difficult to oppose rain of arrows were released in that battle.
107.19
Without bothering about the chariot of Rama , Ravana released arrows on the monkey army from all sides, covering the sky
completely.
107.20
That Ravana went on releasing arrows, with a mind giving up hope of
survival and noticing him putting great
effort in the battle Rama
who looked as if he was laughing
went on releasing arrows in hundreds
and thousands .
107.21-107.22
Seeing that shower of arrows Ravana completely covered the sky with
his arrows and due to the lustrous rain
of arrows used by those two great
warriors , the sky started shining and it looked as if a second sky was made
using those arrows.
107.23-107.24
When Rama and Ravana were sending their arrows in that battle no arrow was sent without
fixing the target , no one failed to pierce the target , not one went in vain and they collided with each other and
fell down on the earth.
107.25
By sending all those arrows continuously towards right
and left , when they fought with these
horrific arrows they made the sky
without even a little breathing space .
107.26
Ravana attacked the horses of Rama and Rama attacked the horses of Ravana and both of
them continued striking each other
without doing anything else before or after. 107.27
That great war was thus being carried forward by those two angry ones and for some time a great tumultuous battle raged which made hairs to stand erect.
107.28
The very strong
Ravana and Rama carried out the fight well with sharp arrows in
that battle-field and at that time Ravana
was very much angry with Rama,
as his flag-staff was thrown down.
107.29
All the beings on earth were watching with great wonder Rama and Ravana who were fighting with each other in the
battle field. 107.30
When they were attacking each
other with great anger , those two excellent chariots ran
towards each other.
107.31
With the intention of killing
each other when those two chariots were displaying of various type of movements
like , moving in circles, moving in
straight lines and moving forward and backwards
by the greatness of those charioteers, the battle assumed horrific
proportions.
107.32
Rama wounded Ravana and Ravana
wounded Rama when they were moving with great speed in forward and backward motions.
107.33
Those great chariots , both casting rains of arrows moved in the battle field ,like clouds
showering rains.
107.34
After exhibiting various types of movements in that
battle they again stood facing
each other.
107.35
Though the chariots were standing
far away from each other , the muzzle of the horses of one touched the muzzle of the horses of the other and the flags of one met the flag of other. 107.36
Then Rama released four sharp arrows from his bow and drove back the splendid lustrous
horses of Ravana.
107.37
Then Ravana after getting angry
for making his horses retreat , released
very sharp arrows at Rama.
107.38
Though Rama was struck with
great force by the very strong
Ravana he did not get upset or get tottered.
107.39
Then that ten necked one hurled arrows with sound similar to a thunderbolt aimed
at the charioteer of Indra.
107.40
Though those arrows fell on the
body of Matali with great speed , they
did not cause him even a little
fear or hurt in that battle.
107.41
Becoming extremely angry by
that attack on Matali , though he did
not bother about attack on himself with
network of arrows that Raghava made the
enemy turn back.
107.42
That valorous Rama released
arrows in twenties, thirties , sixties
, hundreds and in thousands on
the enemy’s chariot.
107.43
Then Ravana who was the king of
Rakshasas sitting on the chariot also
becoming very angry, started showering maces
and mallets on him in that battle.
107.44
That battle which again started
between them was thus tumultuous and
made hair to stand erect . With sound caused by throwing of maces, mallets and iron rods and with wind raised by the plumes of
arrows , The seven oceans of the world were
agitated.
107.45-107.46
Due to the agitation of the
oceans the beings living in the nether
worlds , the Dhanavas and
serpents in thousands felt
disturbed. 107.47
The entire earth with its mountains , forests and groves trembled and
the sun became gloomy and wind stopped blowing. 107.48
The devas, Gandharwas , Sidhas
, great sages including
Kinnaras and great serpents started thinking deeply. 107.49
At that time, those gods along
with groups of sages, said "May all be well with the cows and
Brahmanas, May all the worlds endure forever, May Rama conquer Ravana",
and saw a terrific battle between Rama
and Ravana, which caused one's hair to stand on end. 107.50-107.51
The groups of Gandharwas and
Apsara maidens seeing that matchless
battle , said, “Sky can be only compared
to sky, the ocean can only be compared to the ocean and the battle between Rama and Ravana can
only be compared to the battle between
Rama and Ravana “ and went on watching
the battle between Rama and Ravana.
107.52-107.53
Then that great hero of great arms ,. Who increased the fame of the Raghu clan,
Rama ,kept on his bow , an arrow which is comparable to the poisonous snake and cut off the head of Ravana which was wearing lustrous ear rings and beings of all the three worlds saw it
falling on the ground.
107.54-107.55
Another head, exactly similar
to that head, cropped up on the shoulders of Ravana. That second head was again
chopped off by Rama, possessing a swift hand and who was swift in his act. 107.56
The second head of Ravana was
cut off by arrows in that battle. Soon after that head was chopped off, it
again rose into view.
107.57
Rama chopped off that head too
with his arrows looking like thunderbolts. In the same manner, a hundred of
Ravana 's heads of equal splendour were chopped off by Rama. 107.58
The end was never seen nor did
he die and though the valorous Rama who
increased the joy of Kausalya , the
knower of all arrows became thoughtful
and told to himself. 107.59
“What could be the reason that
these arrows that killed Mareecha ,
Khara, the able Dhooshana , Viradha in
the Krouncha forest and Kabandha in the Dandakaraya , which
bore in to the seven Sala tres ,
which destroyed the mountains , which killed Vali
, which shook up the ocean and
which had been providing me with instant help
proved to be useless in this
battle?”
107.60-107.61
Like this becoming very
thoughtful and worried , that Raghava went on raining arrows aiming the chest
of Ravana. 107.62
Then even that Ravana
, that angry king of the Rakshasas who was seated on his chariot showered maces and mallets on Rama. 107.63
That great tumultuous battle,
which caused one's hair to stand
erect , took place in the sky, on
the ground and also on the mountain. 107.64
With the devas, Dhanavas , Yakshas, ghosts , serpents
and Rakshasas watching it that
great war continued for seven days and
nights.
107.65
Neither night or day
, not even for a minute or second , that war between Ravana and
Rama was stopped.
107.66
Seeing that the war between the son of Dasaratha and the king of Rakshasas was not resulting
in the victory for Raghava , the charioteer of the king of devas who was a great soul , spoke these words to Rama while he was
engaged in fighting.
107.67
Thus ends the
hundred and seventh chapter of the
book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
108. Rama kills Ravana
(Matali advises Rama to use
Brahmastra (arrow of Brahma) . When
Rama does it , that great arrow kills Ravana. All the devas, sages and all the monkeys became
very happy)
Then Matali refreshed
the memory of Raghava as follows”
Oh valorous one, Why are you carrying the battle as if you are not aware.”
108.1
“Oh lord , please send the
Brahma arrow to kill him for the time of death as predicted by
the devas have come .”
108.2
When Matali reminded Rama about it , Rama took
hold of the unfailing , lustrous and arrow
which was given by Lord Brahma to Sage
Agasthya and which was to him earlier in
the battle field and which looked like a
hissing serpent .
108.3-108.4
This arrow of infinite strength was made earlier by Lord Brahma for the sake of Indra
and given to him who was desirous
of conquering the three worlds.
108.5
In its feathers, wind was established.
In its end-points were the fire and the
sun .Its heaviness were Mounts Meru and Mandara and Its shaft was made of ether
108.6
That arrow was shining
brightly , provided with good shaft and was decked with Gold and its luster came from all beings and had
the illuminating power of the Sun.
108.7
Giving out like the fire at the time deluge and shining
similar to the poisonous serpent ,it was capable of speedily killing groups of men, elephant and horses. 108.8
It could break gate ways , iron bars and even mountains and being smeared with blood of its victims and coated with their marrow, it was
dreadful to look at. 108.9
It had the power of the Vajrayudha, gave out huge sound , tore
of various types of armies and created great fear like a hissing serpent .
108.10
It was capable of daily giving
food to vultures, eagles and cranes
and troops of jackals and demons
and in the war it assumed the
fearful form of God of death. 108.11
It gave joy to the chiefs of
monkeys and was capable of
destroying the Rakshasas and it moved
with great speed , as it was tied by colourful
feathers of Garuda , the king of
birds. 108.12
Making it sacred by a special
chants as per the procedure specified in
the scriptures, Rama who was endowed
with an extraordinary strength , fixed
that arrow which was the foremost among the three worlds, capable of removing
the fear of Ikshuvaku clan , taking away the glory of the enemies and bestowing
joy to one's own self on his bow.
108.13-108.14
When Raghava was fixing that arrow on his great bow , all the beings were frightened and the earth started
shaking.
108.15
That very angry Rama with a
greatly attentive mind stretched
his bow and sent that arrow which can tear off
the vital organs of Ravana.
108.16
The arrow which cannot be defeated
like the thunderbolt which was similar to being hurled by the
arms of Indra or by that God of death
fell upon Ravana ‘s chest . 108.17
That arrow which was released
with great speed and could cause the
death of a body tore off the heart of the
evil minded Ravana.
108.18
That arrow which could cause the death of a body released with great speed , stole the life of Ravana
and entered the earth.
108.19
That arrow coated with blood after killing Ravana
and thereby accomplishing its mission
re entered the quiver of Rama silently .
108.20
The arrows and bow that Ravana
was holding fell from his hands at the
exact time when his life breath left his body.
108.21
That king of Rakshasas who was greatly swift and who had great luster having lost his life fell on the earth from his chariot as The Rakshasa Vrithra fell when Struck by Vajrayudha. 108.22
The Rakshasas seeing him falling on the earth dead , having
lost their lord were fear struck and ran
away to all directions.
108.23
The monkeys who were
fighting with trees as weapon fell upon those Rakshasas from all
sides and due to the killing of the ten
necked one the monkeys assumed a pose of victory. 108.24
Beaten by the monkeys , the
Rakshasas rushed back in fear towards Lanka with miserable faces and tears flowing from their eyes , as the one whom
they depended had been killed. 108.25
Then the monkeys who were
behaving like conquerors and who were
extremely happy roared shouts of joy and proclaimed the victory of Rama and death of
Ravana.
108.26
The entire atmosphere
reverberated with the cheerful
playing of kettle drums by Gods in the
sky and very pleasant winds carrying
divine scent blew there.
108.27
From the sky a rain of
flowers fell towards the earth pouring
on the chariot of Rama for
having accomplished a difficult job
which was fascinating to the
mind.
108.28
The great devas in their excellent voice said “well done, well done along with a poem praising Raghava and this was distinctly heard in the sky .
108.29
Great joy
filled the minds of Devas and Charanas
, when the cruel Ravana who
was the terror of all the words was killed.
108.30
After being greatly
pleased with the killing of
that great Rakshasa chief , Rama
fulfilled the desires of Sugreeva,
Angadha and Vibheeshana.
108.31
Then the Deva army got their mental peace. All the
directions were brightened up and the
sky became clear. The earth did not tremble. The wind blew gently. The sun too
shed a steady light. 108.32
Due to the joy of victory in battle, Sugreeva, Vibheeshana and
Angadha together with Lakshmana along with their friends paid their
respects as per custom to Rama, who looked charming. 108.33
Then the delight of the clan of
Raghu who had killed his enemy , who was
stable in reactions to events
, who had great luster, who stood in the battle field surrounded by his army and his people shined like Indra , the king of the
devas.
108.34
Thus ends the
hundred and eighth chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
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