Yudha Kandam (Contd)
Translated by
P.R.Ramachander
77.Hanuman kills Nikumbha
(Nikumbha the
brother of Kumbha attacks Hanuman to
revenge his brother’s death but he
is killed by Hanuman)
Seeing his brother was killed
by Sugreeva Nikumbha with an anger capable of burning to ashes looked at Sugreeva.
77.1
Then the very courageous Nikumbha took an iron club which
was as big as the tip of the
Mandhara mountain which was bright and
was decorated by flower wreaths and
which was provided with iron
plates measuring five digits. 77
.2
It was enclosed in gold
with diamonds and rubies studded
on it and looked like the death dealing staff
of Lord Yama and monkeys were dismayed on seeing it and Rakshasas regained their courage.
77.3
Wielding that
weapon which in size resembled the flag
staff of Indra , the very valorous Nikumbha
roared , opening his mouth wide open.
77.4
His chest was decorated by a medal of Gold and he had decorated his hands with pretty bracelets , his ears
were decorated by pendants , his neck by
splendid garlands and with these
ornaments and his club , Nikumbha shined like a clouds with its thunder and lightning along with a rain bow. 77.5-77.6
The great Nikumbha
holding that club in his
hand , hurled that club with the luster
of the sun on the breast of the
mighty Hanuman.
77.7
The sky appeared
whirling round when Nikumbha swung the iron club and appeared as if the city of Alaka along with palaces of Gandharwas went round
with great speed around and moon, stars and planets joined this race.
77.8
The fire like Nikumbha
with the shine generated by his
club and ornaments who was greatly
angry was difficult to be approached like the fire at
final deluge.
77.9
Due to fear neither Rakshasas nor monkeys were
even able to move but the very
strong Hanuman stood before Nikumbha
baring his chest .
77.10
The very strong Nikumbha
with hands which were similar to a club
hurled his club which was shining like the Sun on the chest of the strong Hanuman.
77.11
That club which fell on the rock like broad chest
of Hanuman ,immediately broke in to hundreds of pieces and fell like meteors from the sky. 77.12
That great monkey was not moved by that hit
of the club and stood like a
mountain at the time of earth quake.
77.13
That great monkey
who was extremely strong after being struck by the club, clenched his fist with very great force. 77.14
The greatly lustrous ,
valorous , swift Hanuman who was as powerful as the wind
God lifted his fist and hit the chest of Nikumbha with very
great force.
77.15
By his hit , the
vital parts of the Rakshasa broke up
and blood started flowing from him
and then he resembled a black
cloud with lightning. 77.16
But Nikumbha was
unmoved by that great blow and
recovered quickly and caught
hold of that mighty monkey Hanuman. 77.17
Seeing the very
strong Hanuman was lifted off the
ground by Nikumbha in the battle
ground, the residents of Lanka gave
rise to a huge roar of joy. 77.18
Though he was being carried away Hanuman
, the son of wind God struck
that Rakshasa with his fist which was like a thunderbolt.
77.19
Freeing himself
from the hold Hanuman , the son of wind God threw that Nikumbha down on earth and showered blows on him.
77.20
Throwing down Nikumbha with great force on the earth with supreme effort , Hanuman descended on him , ,leapt on his chest and pounded him with great speed. 77.21
Then he caught hold of his head , twisted his neck and tore off his huge head when he was greatly roaring.
77.22
While Nikumbha who
was roaring was killed by the son of
wind god there ensued a huge fight between Rama and the very angry Makaraksha who was son of Khara. 77.23
When Nikumbha had expired
, the monkeys shouted with joy
and all directions echoed with satisfaction and the heavens appeared to crumble and the Rakshasas were fear struck. 77.24
Thus ends the
seventy seventh chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
78.Makaraksha the son of Khara goes for war.
(Makaraksha who was the son of Khara goes to the battle. He sees very many
bad omens but continues to the battle
field.)
Hearing the death
of Nikumbha and the fall of Kumbha , Ravana was greatly
enraged and burnt like fire.
78.1
Completely filled with both anger and sorrow , the Rakshasa king ordered Makaraksha, the son of Khara as
follows.
78.2
“Obey my command and go with an army, Oh son and kill Rama as well as Lakshmana along with their monkey army.”
78.3
Hearing the order of Ravana , that Rakshasa called Makaraksha , the son of Khara
who considered himself as valorous
said , “I will do” .
78.4
Then after saluting the ten necked one , he went round
him and that strong one obeying the
orders of Ravana left that shining palace.
78.5
That son of Khara
commanded an army chief who was nearby
to speedily bring him a chariot
as well as the army.
78.6
Hearing his words , that Rakshasa who was
an army chief brought a chariot
as well as army to his proximity.
78.7
Going round the chariot
that Rakshasa summoned the
charioteer to speedily drive the chariot to the battle field.
78.8
Then Makaraksha addressed all Rakshasas and told them, “Oh Rakshasas , all of you start fighting in
front of me.”
78.9
“The great king of Rakshasas Ravana
has ordered me to kill Rama and
Lakshmana in this battle .”
78.10
“Oh Rakshasas ,
with excellent arrows , I would
kill Rama, Lakshmana , Sugreeva
and all other monkeys.” 78.11
“Today by use of the
spear, I would completely destroy the
huge army of monkeys who have arrived here , like a fire destroys the dried wood.”
78.12
Those strong
Rakshasas who have assembled there
, heard the words of Makaraksha
, using various weapons started
to fight . 78.13
All those cruel Rakshasas who can assume any form they want , who had
protruding large teeth , tawny coloured eyes
and disheveled hair, created fear due to their huge bodies and marched like elephants shaking the earth and surrounded Makaraksha
who had a huge body. 78.14-78.15
Then there arose great noise from all directions due to playing of thousands
of conches and drums
, lion like roars and clapping
of arms.
78.16
At that time the long whip slipped from the hands of
Charioteer of Makaraksha and his flag
staff broke due to
the will of fate.
78.17
The horses which were drawing his chariot lost their valorous walk and they started walking listlessly and timidly with tears in their eyes.
78.18
When that
angry and evil minded Makaraksha marched ahead
a harsh wind carrying dust flew
against him.
78.19
Though those
greatly valorous Rakshasas saw all these
evil omens they ignored them and marched to the place where Rama and Lakshmana were situated.
78.20
Shouting
loudly that “I will, I will
“, those Rakshasas who were having the colour like black clouds, elephants and buffaloes and who have been wounded more than once and were skilled in martial art
moved here and there.
78.21
Thus ends the seventy
eighth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
79.Rama kills Makaraksha.
(A great battle
takes place between Rama and Makaraksha and in the end Makaraksha is killed by Rama.)
Seeing Makaraksha coming out , the monkey chiefs jumped at once and readied themselves to fight
with him.
79.1
After that a huge battle took place between the monkeys
and Rakshasas , which made the hairs to bristle and which resembled the war between Devas and Asuras.
79.2
The monkeys and Rakshasas
then started hurling trees ,
spears, maces and clubs at each
other and began to crush each other.
79.3
Those Rakshasas , who were
night wanderers , made a slaughter of
the lions among the monkeys, by means of their javelins, swords, maces, spears,
lances, sharp edged spears, slings for throwing stones, nooses, mallets,
staffs, missiles and other weapons and by throwing arrows on all sides. 79.4-79.5
When Makaraksha troubled
them with large number of arrows the monkeys were scared in their mind and greatly fear struck ran away.
79.6
Seeing all those monkeys
running away , the Rakshasas who were
arrogant like lions roared sensing victory.
79.7
Seeing the monkeys fleeing in different directions Rama stopped those Rakshasas with shower of
arrows.
79.8
Seeing that Rakshasas were being stopped , the Rakshasa called
Makaraksha burning with great anger
spoke the following words. 79.9
“”Oh Rama, stop , There would
be a one to one fight between us and you would lose your soul by sharp arrows sent by me.” 79.10
“From the time you killed my
father in Dandakaranya which was a
nefarious act done by you , my anger
keeps on becoming violent.”
79.11
“Oh evil soul Raghava
. since I have not been able to see you from that time in the great forest my limbs were
burning with fury.” 79.12
“Oh Rama by great good fortune
I have been able to see you here as like
a hungry lion searching for animals to
eat, I have been searching for you.”
79.13
“Due to the fast arrows which I
would be sending you would start
residing in the world of death and will
live there along with warriors killed by you earlier.”
79.14
“What is the use of telling
many words? Please , hear my words . All the world would be watching me and you fighting here in this battle field.”
79.15
“In this battle field, the
fight between us would proceed either
by arrows , mace or by hands , as per what you have learnt earlier.”
79.16
Hearing the words of Makaraksha , Rama the son of Dasaratha laughingly started speaking because Makaraksha would keep on talking. 79.17
“Oh Rakshasa, why are you telling about yourself unnecessarily with
so many useless words? How is it possible
to win over me with the strength of mere speech?” 79.18
“In the Dandaka forest I killed
fourteen thousand Rakshasas and also
your father as well as Trishira
and Dhooshana.”
79.19
“Oh sinner , today
vultures, jackals and crows with their sharp beaks and goad like claws would become contented by eating your
flesh.”
79.20
When Rama told like this, the very strong Makaraksha
sent very many arrows aimed at
Rama in the battle field.
79.21
With a rain of other arrows Rama broke those arrows which were provided with golden shaft fell on the ground.
79.22
When Makaraksha , the son of Khara met Rama the
son of Dasaratha in battle , the battle raged furiously.
79.23
The sound that arose from their
bows with great resonance was heard on the battle field like a rumbling sound of clouds in the sky.
79.24
With the desire
to watch that wonderful battle ,
all the devas, Rakshasas , Gandharwas , Kinnaras and great serpents reached
the sky .
79.25
Though each of them
pierced the limbs of the other, their
respective strength only doubled and
they continued to fight by inflicting
blows on each other .
79.26
That Rakshasa broke all the
arrows sent by Rama and Rama broke in many ways the arrows sent by that
Rakshasa.
79.27
All the four directions as well as intermediate
points were covered by those large number of arrows and due to the earth being covered by them,
it was not even visible .
79.28
Then Rama with long arms , greatly infuriated because of the
fight broke the bow of that Rakshasa
and killed his charioteer by
using eight arrows.
79.29
Then Rama broke his chariot with arrows and killed his
horses and made them fall dead on the ground
and then Makaraksha without a chariot stood on the ground.
79.30
Then that Rakshasa who was standing on the ground took in his hand a trident which made
by its luster equal to fire at deluge , all the people greatly scared.
79.31
The great trident which was
difficult to obtain was presented to him by Rudra and generated great fear and that trident
shined in the sky like a great weapon
of destruction.
79.32
Whirling that great
trident which was shining like
fire , that Rakshasa in great rage threw it on Rama who was
a great soul.
79.33
Rama using four arrows hit
that shining trident which was
hurled by the son of Khara in the sky
itself. 79.34
That trident ornamented with gold broke in to pieces in many ways and fell scattered on earth like a big meteor.
79.35
Seeing that trident was broken by Rama who never gets
tired doing his duties, those beings standing on the sky said , “Excellent, Excellent.”
79.36
When that Rakshasa Makaraksha saw that his trident
was destroyed , he lifted his fist and called out to Rama, saying “Wait,
wait .”
79.37
When the son of Raghu clan saw him
rushing towards him, he smiled
fitted in to his bow The arrow
of fire.
79.38
When that Rakshasa was hit by that
arrow of Rama ,his heart was split
open ,and he fell dead then and there in the battle field.
79.39
All the Rakshasas seeing the
fall of Makaraksha , greatly scared by the arrows of Rama , ran away immediately to Lanka.
79.40
Seeing that by the speed of
arrows of the son of the king
Dasaratha , that Rakshasa who was the son of Khara was killed those devas
seeing it from the sky became
happy and felt that a mountain was
broke by lightning. 79.41
Thus ends the seventy
ninth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
80.Indrajit comes to the battle field
(When Ordered by Ravana,
Indrajit again came to the battle field. The Uagba he performed gave good
omens. He fought becoming invisible
with Rama and Lakshmana. When Lakshmana wants to kill all Rakshasas by
one arrow of Brahma, Rama prevents him .
The great war continued.)
Ravana hearing about the slaying of Makaraksha who has won several battles , due to great
rage grinded his teeth together and made “Kata-Kata” sound
and with anger thought about what should be done and instructed his son Indrajit to go the battle.
80.1-80.2
“Oh valorous one
being either invisible or visible
kill the brothers Rama and
Lakshmana who have very great
strength.” 80.3
“You have won victory over Indra of incomparable deeds in war. Can you kill these human beings when you see
them in a battle.” 80.4
Hearing these words of the king of Rakshasas, he bowed to
the commands of his father , poured
oblations in the sacrificial fire with
proper rituals in the land of
Yagna.
80.5
While he was pouring oblations in
the sacred fire , Rakshasa
women carrying red turbans hastily arrived at the place where Indrajit
was. 80.6
Besides using
blade weapons as Shara grass(to be spread) and using chips of Vibhhitaka
as wooden chips to feed the fire
, he also used red robes and used iron
ladles for cleaning and
pouring ghee in to the
sacrificial fire.
80.7
Having spread on the ground
around all the sides of the sacrificial fire, with other weapons along with lances, that
Rakshasa seized hold of the neck of a live goat,
entirely black and consigned it to the fire.
80.8
Omens indicating victory appeared in the smokeless fire with
great flames when
it was aroused by the first
single offering . 80.9
The God of fire himself became
a visible person who was spreading the
fire towards the right and who was of
golden colour and received the
offering. 80.10
After offering scared oblations
in fire and gratifying Devas, Dhanavas and Rakshasas
he ascended the chariot with
power to disappear from
sight. 80.11
The excellent chariot was drawn
by four horses and had in it sharp
arrows and a mighty bow and looked
pretty.
80.12
That chariot decorated with gold shined
because of his body and was
decorated with carved images
of deer , full moon
and crescent .
80.13
The flag post of Indrajit shined like
the flame of a fire with its
large rings of gold and
studded with cats eye gems. 80.14
Indrajit , the son of
Ravana who was protected by Brahma arrow which was as lustrous as the
sun had extremely great strength and was
difficult to be attacked .
80.15
Indrajit who came from the city had obtained the power
of vanishing from sight by uttering chants sacred to the Rakshasas and offering oblations in the fire , spoke as follows. 80.16
“I would kill both the princes who left their home to become mendicants and were unnecessarily roaming and
give victory to my father Ravana
as present today.” 80.17
“Making the world bereft of
monkeys and killing Rama and Lakshmana , it would great pleasure
to me” and saying this he vanished from sight.
80.18
Egged by Ravana , that sharp Indrajit along with his sharp arrows and bow made of steel swiftly came to that battle field.
80.19
He then saw those great heroes
who looked like three headed serpents
shower very many arrows standing in the middle of the monkeys.
80.20
Concluding that they were the
two princes , after stringing his
bow he covered them both with
rains of arrows just like a rich
rainy cloud.
80.21
He then reached the sky with
his chariot and remaining invisible
there , he struck Rama and Lakshmana
with sharp arrows.
80.22
Those Rama and Lakshmana when surrounded by the speed of those
arrows , placed arrows in their bows
and sent several divine arrows.
80.23
In spite of their covering the
sky with net work of arrows those very
strong ones could not hit him in spite
of using divine arrows.
80.24
After covering the sky, the great
Indrajit created a dark smoke
and hid all directions by enclosing them with a mist like smoke .
80.25
While Indrajit was moving
about, neither the sound produced by the impact of his palm on the bow string
was heard, nor the sound of his wheels or the clattering of hoofs of his horses
could be heard, nor did his form come to the view. 80.26
In that pitch darkness where visibility is poor , Indrajit
rained his steel arrows on them
which was like a rain of
stones. 80.27
The very angry Indrajit pierced greatly the limbs of Rama with his sharp arrows which were as shining as the sun and got by him as boons
.
80.28
The foremost among men Rama and
Lakshmana who were being struck by
steel arrows , just like two mountains
hit by torrents of rain ,
released golden shafted arrows against Indrajit. 80.29
Those arrows decorated by the
plumes of heron reached Indrajit in the sky , pierced him and fell on the ground stained by blood.
80.30
Greatly shining those two men
began to cut and destroy the arrows
which were falling on them with
Weapons called Bhallas.
80.31
Both Rama and Lakshmana sent
their great arrows towards the place
from which the sharp arrows were
falling on them.
80.32
The son of Ravana who was an
expert in chariot based war
travelled all over the different directions and with his sharp arrows and pierced Rama and Lakshmana.
80.33
Those valorous sons of Dasaratha who were wounded by well made arrows with golden shaft appeared like Kimsuka trees in flowering.
80.34
Like the position of sun cannot
be guessed when sky is thickly overcast by clouds , no one could guess his position , nor
form , nor his bows and nor anything about him.
80.35
Struck down by him the monkeys were killed .Those hundreds
of dead monkeys covered the
surface of earth there.
80.36
Lakshmana who was greatly
enraged told his elder brother, “I shall
employ the arrow of Brahma to kill all the Rakshasas.”
80.37
Rama who had all auspicious
signs then told Lakshmana, “You should not kill all Rakshasas for the
sake of a single Rakshasa.”
80.38
“You are not supposed to
kill one who is not fighting, one who is hiding , one who seeks refuge with folded palms , one who is fleeing and one who is
intoxicated.”
80.39
“Oh very strong Lakshmana with long arms we shall
make efforts to kill only Indrajit and we will employ arrows which
have great speed and which are like poisonous snakes.” 80.40
“The leaders of the monkey
army if they are able to see this
Rakshasas would forcibly kill this
harmful one who does magical tricks and remains invisible. “
80.41
“Burnt by my arrows , he will fall dead on the ground , even if
he enters the earth or heaven , or world below or the sky and remains there completely hidden.”
80.42
Speaking these greatly
meaningful words like this the great
Rama surrounded by the great
monkeys started to think of a speedy
method of killing the Rakshasa who did cruel deeds.” 80.43
Thus ends the eightieth
chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
81.Indrajit kills the Sita of illusion
(Indrajit brings a Sita made by
illusion through the western gate, When Hanuman and other monkeys were
witnessing he killed Sita of illusion. The monkeys become agitated.)
Guessing the mind of the great
Rama , then Indrajit turned away from the battle field and entered in to his city. 81.1
Then that valorous son of Ravana recollected the killing of many
energetic Rakshasas went again to fight
with eyes reddened by anger.
81.2
The very valorous Indrajit who was the enemy of devas and who
belonged to the Paulasthya clan and who
was surrounded by many Rakshasas came out through the western gate
. 81.3
Then that Indrajit who saw the brothers Rama and Lakshmana who were prepared to fight the war , on his
part showed his magical tricks. 81.4
Placing a Sita created by
illusion on his chariot , with a large army surrounding that
chariot , intended to kill her. 81.5
That greatly evil minded one made up his mind to confuse everyone by playing a trick of
killing that Sita of illusion
and went towards the monkeys.
81.6
Seeing him coming towards
them , all those monkeys were greatly agitated and with
rocks in their hands , they
bounced towards him to fight with him.
81.7
The elephant like monkey
Hanuman took a very large peak of the
mountain which was difficult to
carry went in front of them. 81.8
Then that Hanuman
saw Sita, the wife of Rama, the best among women, bereft of joy, wearing
only a single braid of hair, looking miserable, with her face emaciated due to
fasting, dressed in a single worn-out clothing, unadorned and with all her
limbs covered with dust and dirt; in the chariot of Indrajit.
81.9-81.10
As soon as he saw her, he
identified her as Mythili, since he had
seen that daughter of Janaka not long
ago . 81.11
Seeing her as pained with sorrow , being without joy , looking like a saint , miserable
and sitting beside Indrajit
Hanuman wondered about his intentions and along with other monkey leaders rushed
towards him.
81.12-81.13
Seeing the army of monkeys that son of Ravana benumbed by great anger ,
drew out his sword from his sheath and
pulled out Sita by her hair.
81.14
When they all were seeing that
lady, that son of Ravana started
beating her and she who was created by illusion, started
shouting “Rama, Rama.” 81.15
Seeing her being caught by her
hair Hanuman the son of wind God became greatly miserable and started shedding tears from his eyes.
81.16
Seeing her who had pretty
limbs who was the darling wife of Rama , Hanuman with anger told these harsh
words to the son of the king of Rakshasas.
81.17
“Oh evil soul,
though you were born in a clan of
Brahmin sages you belong to the
Rakshasa clan and you have touched her
hair for inviting your ruin.” 81.18
“Oh cruel person, Oh person who is not cultured , Oh mean fellow , Oh wicked one , oh person having sinful valour , oh pitiless one , woe unto you for the sinful conduct that
you did . Such an act is not worthy of even
a barbarian and so there is no pity for you.”
81.19
“Oh merciless one , Sita came away from her house from her kingdom for being protected by Rama . What wrong has
she done to you? Why are you killing her? “
81.20
“It is definite that after killing Sita, you would not survive for a
long time. You who deserve to be killed , by your act , have fallen in my hands,”
81.21
“Soon you would leave this
life and after death , you would
descent to the land of lady killers which is despised even by those who deserved to be killed by
people.”
81.22
After telling this Hanuman who was surrounded by monkeys
holding their weapons , with great anger
towards the Rakshasas , rushed towards
Indrajit. 81.23
But the army of Rakshasas in great anger intercepted that monkey army of great prowess which was advancing towards them .
81.24
Stirring up that army of monkeys with thousands of
arrows , Indrajit replied to
Hanuman , the foremost of monkeys as follows. 81.25
“ I am going to kill Sita for whose sake, Sugreeva. You and Rama
have come here while you are standing and looking on , now itself. “ 81.26
“Oh monkey , after killing her , I would be killing you, Rama,
Lakshmana , Sugreeva and the
ungentlemanly Vibheeshana.”
81.27
“Oh monkey you just said that
women are not to be killed but that
which causes pain and sorrow to unfriendly people should be done.”
81.28
After saying this Indrajit himself killed the Sita of illusion who was all the while sobbing with his sharp edged sword.
81.29
That saintly and miserable one
with broad hips and who was pretty to see was
cut across diagonally from left
to right and fell down on earth. 81.30
After killing that lady ,
Indrajit told Hanuman “See I have killed
the darling of Rama with my weapon and with this the princess of
Videha is no more and all your efforts
are in vain.” 81.31-81.32
After killing her with his
great sword That Indrajit climbed in to his chariot and with joy roared loudly.
81.33
All the monkeys who were standing in front of him , head his roar , when he shouted with wide
open mouth , sitting comfortably in the
tower of his aerial chariot m,
which was unreachable for others.
81.34
After killing Sita in that way, the evil-minded Indrajit became
exceedingly glad. Seeing him exceedingly pleased, the monkeys looked dejected
and suddenly ran away. 81.35
Thus ends the eighty first chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
82.Hanuman goes to inform Rama about Sita ’s death
(Hanuman wages a great war and when Indrajit starts
to fight again, he decides to inform
Rama about Sita ‘s death. Indrajit goes to Nikumbila to perform a Yagna.)
Hearing that huge
roar which was like the thunder
bolt of Indra , the monkeys after
looking in all directions , ran away
here and there.
82.1
Then Hanuman , the son of wind God spoke to all those monkeys who were running
away dejected , miserable , scared and widely apart.
82.2
“Oh monkeys , why are you
running away with disappointed faces and
leaving away your enthusiasm to fight ?Where has your valour gone.”
82.3
“While I am marching ahead of
you, march behind me, because it is not proper for the valorous ones of a good family to
run away.”
82.4
When the wise Hanuman spoke this way, the monkeys became in a
cheerful mood and collected mountain peaks and trees in great anger.
82.5
The best of the monkeys roared and rushed towards the
Rakshasas and they followed Hanuman by
surrounding him from all sides.
82.6
Hanuman being surrounded by the chiefs of monkey
army killed the
army of enemies like a fire with flame.
82.7
The great monkey accompanied by
the monkey army destroyed the Rakshasas like Yama , the god of death at final
deluge.
82.8
The great monkey Hanuman gripped by great sorrow
was very greatly enraged and
threw a rock on the chariot of
Indrajit.
82.9
Seeing the rock rushing towards
them the charioteers with the help of
obedient horses drove the chariot to a far off place. 82.10
Not able to reach the chariot
along with the charioteer of Indrajit ,
that rock fell on the ground and split in to pieces and pierced the earth.
82.11
By the fragments of the fallen
rock the army of Rakshasas were greatly wounded and they were greatly perturbed over possibility of rocks falling on
them.
82.12
Monkeys in hundreds with very huge bodies lifted up
trees and mountain peaks and
rushed towards Indrajit.
82.13
Those very valorous monkeys threw trees and mountain peaks towards Indrajit in that battle and by shooting large number of trees and
peaks , the monkeys caused destruction
of their enemies and the monkeys roared
greatly .
82.14
Struck with trees with great valour by those terrible looking monkeys , the Rakshasas of hideous appearance rolled about restlessly in the
battlefield.
82.15
Seeing that his own army is
being tormented by those monkeys , the very angry Indrajit took hold of his weapons and started going towards
his enemies.
82.16
That Indrajit, of firm valour , accompanied by his army, by
releasing a multitude of arrows, killed a very many number of monkeys.
82.17
In that battle , the soldiers of Indrajit also killed monkeys with
spears , tips of arrows , swords , sharp edged weapons and also concealed
weapon.
82.18
The very strong Hanuman
played a havoc among the
Rakshasas who did terrible deeds using
trees with excellent branches and also
with rocks.
82.19
Keeping the enemy army
back , Hanuman spoke to the other
monkeys like this, “Retreat , there is no need to conquer this enemy now.”
82.20
“That Sita for whose sake we were prepared to sacrifice our lives with a wish to do what would make Rama
happy has been killed.”
82.21
“We would inform about this matter to Rama and even Sugreeva and then act
according to what they both want
us to do,”
82.22
After speaking
like this to the monkeys and holding them back
, Hanuman , the chief of monkeys
without any fear along with his
army turned back.
82.23
Seeing Hanuman withdrawing and going to the place where
Rama was there , that evil soul
went to the temple
(sanctuary?) called Nikumbila , with an aim to pour oblations in the sacred fire. 82.24
After reaching
Nikumbila Indrajit poured oblations in the sacred fire , which
when propitiated by the Rakshasa
by offer of meat and flesh
blazed up and consumed them. 82.25-82.26
Swollen up by the
oblations of blood that sacred fire
which was highly intense
appeared like the evening
sun wrapped up in flames. 82.27
Then, Indrajit, well-versed
with the technique of performance of
Yagnas for the prosperity of the
demons, poured oblations according to the scriptural precepts. Seeing this, those
Rakshasas , who knew what was prudent and evil in major battles, stood
firm as a big crowd by his side. 82.28
Thus ends the eighty second chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
83.Enraged Lakshmana berates Dharma
(When Hanuman tells the news of Sita ‘s death, Rama faints. Lakshmana who comes there says that
following Dharma is foolish. He further tells that in this world most important
thing is wealth and Strength which
follows wealth.)
On hearing the great
sound of the battle between
Rakshasas and monkeys Rama spoke
like this to Jambavan.
83.1
“Oh gentle one ,
by the way that we hear the rattling sound of weapons , it seems that Hanuman is doing a very difficult job . I am certain of this.”
83.2
“And so oh lord of bears
, accompanied by your own army
quickly go there and help that
Hanuman who is fighting there.”
83.3
Agreeing to that
Jambavan surrounded by his own army
went towards the western gate
where Hanuman was fighting.
83.4
Then Jambavan saw
Hanuman coming surrounded by
all his monkeys , who had already fought terribly but now sighing with
sorrow.
83.5
Seeing that
terrible army of bears who looked like
a dark cloud on its way to join the battle
, Hanuman intercepted them and
told about everything.
83.6
With great speed
the great soul Hanuman sought the presence of Rama along with his army and spoke
the following words to him.
83.7
“When we were fighting in the battle , while we were seeing ,
Indrajit the son of Ravana killed Sita who was weeping.”
83.8
“Oh destroyer of enemies
, with a heavily distressed mind
, I saw this and felt greatly sad and I
have come here to tell you about
that.”
83.9
Hearing those
words , Rama became very sad and
fainted and fell on the ground like a
tree whose roots are cut off.
83.10
Seeing him who was resembling the gods falling on the
ground, all the chiefs of the monkeys came there bouncing
and rushed towards him. 83.11
They all sprinkled on him water scented with lotus and
lilies as one would do over
a fire which has suddenly flared
up and burning everything . 83.12
Then the very sad Lakshmana hugged
and took the ailing Rama in his
arms and
spoke the following very
meaningful words. 83.13
“Oh gentle brother
, Dharma cannot save you
now and you have been sticking to the path of virtue and
won over your senses and these
cannot save you from adversities.
83.14
“Just like you can see animate and inanimate things , you
cannot see the differences between virtues and vice and according to me Dharma does not exist .” 83.15
“Just like you can see animate and inanimate things , you
cannot see the differences between virtues and vice and so a man who follows Dharma like you should not fail like this.” 83.16
“If not following
Dharma has any effect , Ravana should have gone to hell and you
have always been with Dharma and
so you should not undergo such sorrow and suffering. “ 83.17
“Since there is no sorrow occurring to Ravana and sorrow
has come to you , the result of
following vice is Dharma and the
result of following vice is Dharma and
the opposites seem to have changed each
other’s role.”
83.18
“If fruit of Dharma
can only be obtained by Dharma,
and fruit of vice can only be obtained
only by vice then those who are rooted in
vice alone can get only the
fruit of vice and those who are rooted in Dharma can only
get fruit of Dharma.”
83.19-83.20
“When we see that those
in whom vice is rooted become
prosperous and those who are rooted in Dharma suffer , we feel that both Dharma and vice are useless.”
83.21
“Oh Rama , if
people who do sin are killed by their vice
and then that vice would be forthwith destroyed and afterwards whom will those unrighteous destroy?”
83.22
“If a man is killed while performing a ritual prescribed in the scriptures or kills another while performing that
ritual , that fate makes that action tainted by the sinful act and not the agent.” 83.23
“Oh Rama , the
destroyer of enemies , it s not clear to me how prosperity can be
attained by Dharma for it is attained
by luck alone , Hence to me Dharma seems
to be nonexistent.” 83.24
“Oh chief among those who follow Dharma , If Dharma really exists no misfortune would have occurred
to you and Since you
have got in to this calamity and the hypotheses
that good will accrue by Dharma
is not proved.”
83.25
“Or else if
Dharma becomes weak and cowardly and it surrenders before strength , I have a feeling that Dharma which lacks strength should not be
pursued.”
83.26
“So please depend on your strength as
you do now to Dharma . If Dharma
is subordinate to strength , give up the feeling of predominance to Dharma.”
83.27
“Oh destroyer of enemies
, if speaking truth is Dharma ,
where did Dharma go when our father
was not true to his promise, was
merciless to you and was disunited from
you. Where you not bound by the announcement made by our father making you
Yuvaraja?”
83.28
“Oh tormenter of
enemies If Dharma or vice is with worth pursuing , Indra the
wielder of Vajrayudha would not
have performed a sacrifice after killing Viswarupa.” 83.29
“Oh son of Kakustha clan,
Dharma leads to destruction but when
vice is united with strength , a man
does everything according to his will.”
83.30
“In this case my
opinion is Dharma consists of Dharma and strength and
you have cut
off the roots of Dharma , by
spurning the kingdom at that time.”
83.31
“By collecting
treasures from place to place and
augmenting it by different actions , all
tasks are indeed fulfilled ,like the
river flowing from the mountain.”
83.32
“ Being bereft of treasures a man loses his luster , like small
rivers getting dry during summer
season.”
83.33
“ One who is brought
up in comfort , when he renounces wealth and then
seeks comfort does a sinful
act and only evil flow from it.”
83.34
"Friends gather round him,
who has riches. Relatives stand by him, who has riches. He alone is virile in
the world, who has riches. He alone is a learned man, who has riches."
83.35
"He alone is a mighty man,
who has riches. He alone is a prudent man, who has riches. He alone is highly
fortunate. He alone is distinguished, who has riches."
83.36
“Oh brave one I told you about the evils one faces when one sacrifices wealth and I know extremely well the reasons for
which you sacrificed the
kingdom.”
83.37
“When one has wealth, religious merit is obtained by him., every one would go
round him . and to the penniless man , who has desire to
earn wealth , Even hunting for wealth may not be possible and he can never be wealthy.”
83.38
“Oh king , Joy ,
pleasures , pride , virtue , anger
, peace , control of senses are
all attained by those who have wealth.”
83.39
“Those riches ,
due to giving up of which , material
happiness is lost in case of people who
practice Dharma are not seen in you ,
similar to planets are not seen on cloudy days. 83.40
“Oh valorous one ,
while you were in exile in the forest by
the command of your father , your wife
who was more dear than soul itself for
you , was stolen away by that Rakshasa.” 83.41
“Oh valorous one ,
I am only trying to dispel that great agony that you are undergoing caused by Indrajit . Therefore , Rama , please get up.”
83.42
“Oh tiger among men,
Oh long armed one , oh person with firm resolve , get up.
Being great with a disciplined mind, why are you not
understanding about yourself.”
83.43
“Oh matchless one
, On seeing the death of Sita, I am greatly enraged.
Please get up and do a favour for me.
I shall completely destroy with
my arrows Lanka, along with its
chariots , elephants , and horses along with Ravana. “
83.44
Thus ends the eighty
third chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki
Ramayana which is the first book
84.Vibheeshana wants Rama r to send Lakshmana to stop the
yagna in Nikumbila.
(Vibheeshana arrives
there at that time and assures Rama, that Ravana would never consent to
the killing of Sita. He informs that if Indrajit completes the Yagna at Nikumbila, he would become
invincible. He requests Rama to send Lakshmana with him so that the Yagna can be stopped.)
When Lakshmana who was fond of his brother was consoling Rama,
Vibheeshana after settling
down the monkey army in proper positions came there.
84.1
Vibheeshana surrounded by four warriors looking like heaps of collyrium , who were chiefs of troops , who were armed with several types of
weapons and who were looking like
elephants approached Lakshmana who was
drowned in sorrow and the monkeys whose
eyes were full of tears. 84.2-84.3
He also saw the great
soul Rama , who was the son of
the Ikshuvaku clan having fainted and resting on the lap of Lakshmana.
84.4
Seeing that embarrassed Rama who was tormented by sorrow that Vibheeshana who was distressed by the sight , with great
agony asked, “What is all
this?”
84.5
Seeing the face of Vibheeshana and also seeing Sugreeva and other
monkeys Lakshmana with tears flowing
from his eyes spoke these
greatly meaningful words.
84.6
“Oh gentle one,
On hearing the words from Hanuman
that Sita was killed by Indrajit , Rama
fainted and fell down. “
84.7
Intercepting Lakshmana
while he was narrating
Vibheeshana spoke these
meaningful words to Rama who was unconscious.
84.8
“Oh king among men, I think what you have been told by
Hanuman with great sorrow to be as absurd as drying of the sea.”
84.9
“Oh long armed one, I know what opinion , the
evil minded Ravana holds about Sita. He would never do the killing of
Sita.”
84.10
“Though as a well wisher of Ravana I begged him several times to give up Sita , he did not
agree to my advice.”
84.11
“It could not be done
neither by peace,
dissension and by giving gift and how
is it possible by fight or any other means?”
84.12
“ Oh great one , after
hoodwinking these monkeys by illusion
, he played the part . Please
know that Sita whom he killed is an illusion.”
84.13
"After reaching the temple
by name of Nikumbila, this son of Ravana
will pour oblations into the
sacred fire. On returning after the pouring oblations into the sacred fire,
Indrajit will prove difficult to be
defeated in battle, even by devas including Indra." 84.14
“It is definite that it was
a show of illusion that he performed using magical tricks. Expecting these
valorous monkeys would accept
it.”
84.15
“Before the sacrifice
is completed , we should go there
along with the army . oh tiger among men . Give up this improper sorrow which has come upon you. . On seeing you suffering from sorrow all your army is becoming despondent.”
84.16-84.17
“You please stay here with
a peaceful heart and
confidence . and send with us Lakshmana
and the army. “
84.18
“Let this tiger among men using
very sharp arrows make the
son of Ravana abandon the act
of sacrifice and then it is possible to
kill him.”
84.19
“Lakshmana ‘s arrows
which are very fiery and
very sharp with a speed of the wings of the bird can
drink his blood like the birds which are not lovely. “
84.20
“Oh long armed one, so send
the auspicious looking Lakshmana
, who is like the thunderbolt
sent by Indra the king of devas, to kill Indrajit.”
84.21
“Oh best among men , it is not proper to delay the killing of the enemy and so now you give permission by your words to Lakshmana to destroy the enemy
as Indra would hurl his Vajrayudha
to kill enemies of devas.”
84.22
“If that Indrajit , the greatest among Rakshasas completes his
sacrifice he will become
invisible and even devas and Asuras would not be able to see him in the battle. If after completing the sacrifice , he comes to fight , even the devas would not be confidant to retain their lives in a battle with him.”
84.23
Thus ends the eighty fourth chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
85.Lakshmana along with army reaches Nikumbila
((Rama requests Vibheeshana to repeat what he said. Vibheeshana says that if the
Yagna at Nikumbila is stopped, then only Indrajit can be killed. Lakshmana along with his army reaches
Nikumbila in time.)
Rama who was greatly sorrowing after hearing those words could not understand clearly what was told
by the Rakshasa.
85.1
Then Rama the conqueror of enemy cities after taking
courage spoke to Vibheeshana who was
sitting near him and in front of
the monkeys.
85.2
“Oh king of Rakshasas ,
I want to hear the words
spoken by you again .And please
tell me again, what you wanted to tell me .”
85.3
That expert in speech after hearing the words of
Raghava spoken with sadness again
spoke those words gently.
85.4
“Oh long armed
valorous one , you had ordered me to marshal the troops
properly and immediately after hearing your words , I have done accordingly .”
85.5
“All those armies
were properly divided and
positioned at all places and I have
even the commanders were
also properly positioned as
per their ranks .” 85.6
“Oh Great Lord , I have to tell you something more and please listen to it , When
you are sorrowing without any reason ,
we all feel pain in our hearts. “ 85.7
“Oh king, please
leave this false sorrow that
has come to you. . Let your worry
, which will increase the pleasure of
your enemies may be given up.”
85.8
“ Oh valorous
one , if you want to get back your
Sita then the Rakshasas are to be destroyed and so suit yourself to the required action and become cheerful.”
85.9
“Oh son of Raghu
clan, please listen to what I tell which is for your benefit. Immediately Lakshmana accompanied by a large
army should reach Nikumbila and kill
Indrajit by releasing fatal and
serpentine snake like arrows. “ 85.10-85.11
“That valorous one by penance
addressed to Lord Brahma has
obtained Brahma arrow and horses which
travel according to his will.”
85.12
“He has now reached Nikumbila
along with his army. And suppose he
completes the fire sacrifice there and
comes back , know that all of us would
be killed.”
85.13
“A boon was given to that
intelligent Rakshasa by Brahma, the god of all worlds as follows, “ Oh Indrajit , oh long armed one that
valorous enemy who strikes
you with his bow drawn, while you are
going to Nikumbila or while you have not
arrived at Nikumbila or while you have not offered your oblations at
Nikumbila would be the cause of your
death.”
85.14-85.15
“Oh very strong Rama , give orders for killing Indrajit for when he is killed know that
Ravana along his friends is also
killed.”
85.16
Hearing the words of
Vibheeshana, Rama replied to him, ,”Oh truly valorous one ,I know about the illusion created by that angry Rakshasa,”
85.17
“That intelligent Indrajit
knows how to use the arrow of Brahma
and he is also the master of many magical tricks. Also he is so
strong that in battle he can
make Varuna and other Gods faint.”
85.18
“The movement of that very famous
hero while he travels in his chariot on
the sky is not known to others, like
the sun cannot be seen if there are
dense clouds.”
85.19
Knowing well the valour and magical tricks of that evil minded enemy , Rama spoke to Lakshmana endowed with great glory.
85.20
"Oh Lakshmana, You, accompanied by that entire army which
stands at the disposal of Sugreeva, along with
the troop-commanders with
Hanuman as their head and protected by Jambavan the lord of bears,
who will be accompanied by his army, go and
kill that Indrajit the prince of Rakshasas , rich in the power of
magical tricks."
85.21-85.22
“Along with his ministers the
great Rakshasa who knows all his magical tricks will follow behind you.”
85.23
Hearing the words of
Raghava , Lakshmana who is of matchless valour, along with
Vibheeshana gathered his excellent bow.
85.24
The happy son of Sumithra well prepared wearing his armour , and
holding his sword , arrows and bow in his left hand , touched the feet of Rama and told.
85.25
“Today the arrows released from my bow would pierce the son of Ravana and fall in the city of Lanka like the swans descending in to the lotus
pond.
85.26
“Now itself my arrows released
from the bow string of my great bow
would split his angry body and
would blow him away.” 85.27
That greatly lustrous one after speaking like
this in front of his brother , with the desire to kill the son of Ravana marched quickly from there.
85.28
After saluting, the feet of his
elder brother and after going round him , he went towards the temple (sanctuary) of
Nikumbila protected by the son of Ravana
.
85.29
The glorious
Lakshmana the son of the king, after
obtaining the blessings of his brother , quickly started
along with Vibheeshana. 85.30
He was accompanied by many thousands of monkeys lead by
Hanuman and Vibheeshana and all his
ministers followed him behind. 85.31
When he along with
a huge monkey army was going
speedily he saw the great bear
army lead by Jambavan on the way .
85.32
After going a long distance with difficulty and speed the son of Sumithra who
was a joy to his friends saw at a distance saw the army of
Rakshasa which was battle ready. 85.33
Arriving at Nikumbila
that son of Raghu clan , who was a destroyer of his enemies who
had a bow in hand saw Indrajit
who was an expert in magic as
per the boon obtained from Brahma.
85.34
That famous son of a king was along with Vibheeshana , heroic Angadha , and Hanuman the son of wind God.
85.35
Lakshmana entered the enemy camp which consisted of different types of people
, Completely covered with flags and
with huge number of chariots with array
of spotless weapons with unimaginable
speed similar to one who enters the veil
of darkness. 85.36
Thus ends the eighty fifth chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
86. Yagna at
Nikumbila is stopped
(Lakshmana using
ferocious attack on Rakshasas stops the Yagna at Nikumbila. Indrajit , coimbs on his chariot and comes to fight.
When he sees Hanuman killing Rakshasas,
he takes an arrow to kill Hanuman. Vibheeshana advises Lakshmana to kill Indrajit.)
In that circumstance , the brother of Ravana spoke to Lakshmana words which are advantageous to him and disadvantageous to the enemies. 86.1
“Let this army of Rakshasas which looks black like the
cloud be opposed in a battle by the monkeys using Rocks as weapons.”
86.2
“Oh Lakshmana then you to try to break that mighty army , for when the army is broken ,Indrajit would come in to our vision.”
86.3
“Then you rush forward quickly by keeping on sending arrows equal to Indra
‘s thunder bolt on the enemies so that
the fire sacrifice is not carried through.”
86.4
“Oh valorous one ,
kill the son of Ravana who is an evil
soul interested in performing conjuring
tricks , which are unjust , who does cruel deeds and
who makes all the world scared.”
86.5
After hearing the words of Vibheeshana , the auspicious looking Lakshmana rained
arrows which were aimed at the son of the king of Rakshasas.
86.6
The bears as well as monkeys , who fight with huge trees rushed towards the
Rakshasa army arranged in a
battle array. 86.7
The Rakshasas also using sharp arrows , swords
, spears and Javelins
attacked the monkeys in the
battle with an intent to kill
them. 86.8
With a great
noise that tumultuous battle which was fought between monkeys and
Rakshasas made Lanka very noisy from all directions. 86.9
The sky was completely covered by weapons of various
types like sharp arrows, trees and tossed up mountain tops.
86.10
Those Rakshasas with ugly faces and arms
by hurling various weapons on the monkeys created great fear among them.
86.11
The monkeys too
struck and killed all the
Rakshasas in the battle with all types of trees and peaks of mountains .
86.12
When the chiefs of monkeys and bears who were
very strong and had huge bodies
started killing them, the Rakshasas were greatly scared.
86.13
Hearing that his
army is being tormented by enemies
and were dejected , the
unconquerable Indrajit left the place
of sacrifice without completing the
sacrifice.
86.14
The very angry
son of Ravana came out of the darkness created by trees and ascended his firmly yoked chariot which was kept ready .
86.15
That huge one
along with his huge bow and arrows
, looking like a mountain of collyrium
with blood red eyes appeared
like the cruel God of death.
86.16
When the army of Rakshasas saw Indrajit riding on a chariot , with a great speed
they turned back with a desire to fight with Lakshmana ,
86.17
At that time Hanuman, the destroyer of enemies who was looking like a mountain lifted
a matchless large tree and killed the army of Rakshasas like the fire at deluge and he also made many soldiers of Rakshasa army unconscious.
86.18-86.19
Seeing that son of wind god destroying their army with great speed thousand of Rakshasas hurled their weapon at
him.
86.20
Approaching Hanuman who
was looking like a mountain, the Rakshasas bearing pointed pikes struck him from all
sides with pikes, those carrying swords in their hands with swords, those carrying
javelins in their hands with javelins, those carrying iron rods and maces with iron rods with maces, those armed with sharp-edged spears with
bright-looking spears, with hundreds of cylindrical wooden pieces studded with
iron spikes, with steel hammers, ,with awful axes, with slings for the rowing
stones, with their thunderbolt-like fists and slaps which fell like flashes of
lightning. Then, the enraged Hanuman made a colossal destruction of those
demons.
86.21-86.24
That Indrajit saw
that monkey chief who was
similar to a mountain , without any
fear killing his enemies.
86.25
He then spoke the following
words to his charioteer , “Go to the place where the monkey is
fighting. If he is neglected then he will definitely kill all the Rakshasas.
“
86.26
When Indrajit ordered like this that charioteer carrying
the greatly unconquerable
Indrajit who as sitting on the chariot
went to the place Where Hanuman
was there.
86.27
After Coming near Hanuman that Rakshasa who is difficult to be defeated hurled
swords , spears and axes aimed at the head of Hanuman.
86.28
Receiving those weapons which
were terrible , that son of wind
god with great anger spoke the following words.
86.29
“Oh evil minded son of
Ravana , if you think you are really valorous fight with me and then you would not go back
alive.”
86.30
“Oh fool, if you wrestle with
me with me using bare arms and can withstand my force , then you would be considered as the best
among Rakshasas,”
86.31
When the son of Ravana was
trying to kill Hanuman, with raising his bow , Vibheeshana told
Lakshmana.
86.32
Seated in a chariot that son of
Ravana who has defeated Indra is trying to kill Hanuman. 86.33
“Oh Lakshmana , using your
very horrifying arrows made as a result of great
craftsmanship, which drives away your
enemies and kills them, kill that
Indrajit .
86.34
After hearing these words of
Vibheeshana who was a sight of scare to his enemies that great Lakshmana saw Indrajit who was like a mountain , who has great strength and who was difficult to approach seated on his chariot. 86.35
Thus ends the eighty sixth chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
87.Vibheeshana takes
Lakshmana to the sacred spot
(Vibheeshana then takes Lakshmana to the banyan tree in
the sacred spot. He says , if Indrajit offers oblations there no one can kill him.
Indrajit comes there at that time and shouts against Vibheeshana for doing
treacherous act against his own brother’s
son. Vibheeshana replies,)
After speaking like this to the son of Sumithra , Vibheeshana was happy , and took
his hand which held the bow in to his
hands and speedily walked
away from there.
87.1
Moving not very far from there and entering in to a great forest Vibheeshana
showed the place where Indrajit
was proposing to pour the
oblations.
87.2
Showing a very huge
banyan tree which looked
like a black cloud , that brother of Ravana with great luster told Lakshmana.
87.3
“After offering
oblations to the spirits here that strong son of Ravana ,
would proceed to the battle from
here. “
87.4
“Then that Rakshasa would become invisible to all beings and
then he kills some enemies and ties
some other enemies with his great
arrows.”
87.5
“Before that very
strong son of Ravana reaches this banyan tree
kill him with your sharp arrows
along with his chariot, horses and charioteer.”
87.6
When the son of Sumithra, the delight to his friends
who was greatly lustrous was told like this he said,
“So be it” and stood there twanging his wonderful bow at
full length. 87.7
That strong
Indrajit , son of Ravana riding
on a chariot of the colour of fire with
a flag , wearing an armour and
sword appeared there.
87.8
Then that very lustrous one spoke
to Indrajit of the Paulasthya clan
who had never been defeated ,
“I am inviting you to fight with me . Give me a war which is right.” 87.9
“I am inviting you to fight with me . Give me a war which is right.” 87.9
When the greatly lustrous one told like this to the self willed son of Ravana , seeing Vibheeshana there, he
spoke the following harsh words
to him.
87.10
“You have brought
him in this place and you
are the brother of my father and
oh Rakshasa , being a father , how can you
be hostile to a son?”
87.11
“Oh evil minded person,
oh hater of Dharma , you do
not consider about
birth in the same clan as
brotherhood or pride of
birth or
desirable or sharing dharma.”
87.12
“Oh evil minded person , you evoke pity and deserves to be reproached by people having good mind as you have abandoned your own people and entered in to service of the
enemy.” 87.13
“You are not able to appreciate the difference due to your feeble mind between living together with your clan and living along with the enemies.”
87.14
“Enemies may have good qualities and our own people may be having bad
qualities but in spite of that our own people without any good qualities are
preferable, as enemies are always
enemies.” 87.15
“He who deserts
his own people and serves the side of his enemies , would lead to the destruction of his own
people and he would be later killed by those enemies.” 87.16
“Oh brother of Ravana
, Oh Rakshasa, the ruthlessness
shown by you in bringing
Lakshmana here is abhorring and is
possible only by you among our
people.”
87.17
Hearing these words of his brother’s son
Vibheeshana replied, “Why are you talking like this , though you know my
character well.”
87.18
“Oh wicked son of the king of Rakshasas , at least due to
respect to elders do not speak harshly
.Though I am born in the Rakshasa clan who do cruel deeds , I am by nature good which is
prime virtue of human beings and not Rakshasas.” 87.19
“I do not love cruel acts and going against Dharma does not interest
me .How can a brother drive away his
brother , even if his nature is different?” 87.20
“Abandoning a man of sinful conduct whose conduct has deviated from Dharma , one attains happiness like a man
shaking away a poisonous serpent from his hand.” 87.21
“The wise people say
that abandoning an evil
soul who steals properties of others
, or with lust touches the wife of others , is like abandoning a burning house.” 87.22
“Stealing others property, touching lustfully wife of others , and not trusting one’s own friends are the three faults that lead to destruction.”
87.23
“ The great faults like killing of great sages, war
against gods , arrogance , short temper quarrelsomeness and ill will , which destroys life and
lordship, have concealed all good
qualities of my brother like clouds conceal mountains.”
87.24-87.25
“Because of these faults
I have abandoned my brother who is your father .The city of Lanka,
you and your father would not exist for a long time.”
87.26
“Oh Rakshasa, you can talk in any manner to me as you
like as you are arrogant , foolish, undisciplined and tied by
the noose of God of death.”
87.27
“Oh worst Rakshasa
, you have got in to this sorrow because
you spoke harsh words with me today . You cannot reach the Banyan tree
today.” 87.28
“If you attack the son of Kakustha clan , you will not be able to live ,When you enter in to battle with the God among men
Lakshmana , you will be killed and do
the work of Gods in the abode of Yama
.”
87.29
“Show off your the
strength of soul that you have earned,
by spending away all your weapons because
you would not be returning alive to your army today .”
87.30
Thus ends the eighty seventh chapter of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
88.The great war between Indrajit and Lakshmana
A great war of words as well as arrows ensue. Though both
of them were hit by each other , they did not feel tired.)
Hearing the words of Sugreeva, the son of Ravana got very angry and spoke harsher words and rushed forward in rage .
88.1
Indrajit who was
looking like the God of death at time of final deluge and sat on a well decorated and distinguished
chariot , yoked with black horses . He was armed with upraised bow and other weapons besides
a big , terrific , strong
, enormous and swift bow and
also had arrows which can torment
enemies.
88.2-88.3
That strong one who
was fully adorned , carrying
a very large bow sat on a chariot and saw Lakshmana , brother of Rama who was
wearing ornaments having great
splendour. 88.4
Indrajit hurriedly spoke to the great monkey Hanuman
and to the son of Sumithra who had climbed on Hanuman ’s back and who had the splendour of the rising
sun and to Vibheeshana
“Now you will be witnessing my valour.”
88.5
“Now you would be facing the rain of my arrows
released in the sky from my bow
which are indefensible , in the
battle field.”
88.6
“Today the arrows
which are to be released from my great bow
will destroy your bodies , like
fire destroys a pile of cotton.”
88.7
“ Today I will pierce you with sharp arrows ,
spears, javelins and lances and send
all of you the world of
God of death , Yama.” 88.8
“Who can afford to stand before me , when I release my rain of arrows like the thundering of the cloud with my swift hand in the battle.”
88.9
“Earlier in a
battle at night , both of you along with Sugreeva and all
your followers were made unconscious by my arrows which appeared to
have a diamond tip and were made to
fall down on the floor.
88.10
“ Do you not remember that? . I feel that you are all on the road to the world of Yama since
you have come here to give me a battle
in spite of my anger .”
88.11
Hearing that roar
of that king of Rakshasas ,
Lakshmana with a courageous face spoke the following words to the
angry son of Ravana.
88.12
”Oh Rakshasa You
were talking about completion of tasks
which are difficult to achieve. He alone is considered cleaver who completes his job wherever practicable .”
88.13
“Oh evil minded one ,
you are thinking that you have completed your job by telling
it by words alone and the job
is difficult to achieve by any
one and you do not have the
capacity to achieve.” 88.14
“On that day , you became invisible in the battle
field and that way is followed only by thieves and not valorous heroes. “
88.15
“Oh Rakshasa ,
have you used up all your great arrows? Now I am standing before you and so
show your strength today. What is the point bragging about it?”
88.16
Hearing these words
, the very strong Indrajit who has been victorious in battles reached
for his very huge bow and sent
very many sharp arrows from it.
88.17
Duely reaching Lakshmana, the
arrows released by Indrajit, which rushed with great speed and were as deadly
as the venom of serpents, fell like the hissing of snakes.
88.18
Indrajit , the son of Ravana
who was swift released very speedy
arrows in the battle on Lakshmana who
had auspicious signs. 88.19
With arrows piercing
Lakshmana ‘s body , it was drenched in blood and it shined like a fire without smoke . 88.20
Thinking over the great job done by him ,Indrajit
approached Lakshmana and gave
out a great roar and spoke the following words.
88.21
“Oh Lakshmana
the sharp edged , fatal arrows
of mine which have wings , released
from my bow will now take your
life.”
88.22
“Oh Lakshmana, Let
large number of jackals , vultures and hawks descend upon you , when you have been hit by me and are
dead.”
88.23
“The very evil
minded , ever ungentlemanly Rama
now itself would be able to see
you , his very devoted
brother who is only a namesake
Kshatriya killed by me.”
88.24
“Oh son of Sumithra, you would be struck down by me with your armour broken, with bow scattered and your head cut off.” 88.25
When the son of Ravana
told these words with anger and harshness , Lakshmana who had a command of the
language replied with these logical words.
88.26
“Oh evil minded Rakshasa , omit these empty words as well as cruel deeds . Why are you
engaged in idle talk? Prove it
with your good work.” 88.27
“Oh Rakshasa ,
without doing any act , why are you boasting about yourself? Perform
your job by which I can believe
in your boasting.” 88.28
Oh worst of males
Without talking even a few
harsh words , without abusing you and
without talking about myself , I would
kill you.” 88.29
After talking like this
Lakshmana took hold of five steel arrows pulled them up to his ears
and hit that Rakshasas ‘s
chest with great speed. 88.30
Those arrows with
feathered and golden plumes shining like
serpents , hit the chest of the
Rakshasa and shined like rays of
Sun. 88.31
Then the son of Ravana
who was struck by those arrows got very angry and pierced Lakshmana with three well directed arrows. 88.32
That very terrific fight between the lions among men and Rakshasas , each of
whom wanted to conquer the other became
tumultuous and terrific. 88.33
Both of them were endowed with strength and both of them were valorous, both of them were very difficult to
defeat and both matchless in their strength and luster.
88.34
Those two people who were difficult to defeat were like planets in the sky and fought like Indra and Vruthrasura.
88.35
Those two great people fought like lions
and were engaging several streams
of arrows and those chief of men and
chief of Rakshasas fought with great
joy . 88.36-88.37
Then the son of Dasaratha , the tormenter of his enemies
, after fitting arrows on his bow released them on Indrajit and they went
there like hissing serpents. 88.38
When the lord of the Rakshasas heard the twang sound
made by
Lakshmana, he became pale faced
and he fixed his gaze on Lakshmana.
“
88.39
Seeing that Rakshasa who was the son of Ravana becoming
pale faced Vibheeshana told Lakshmana who was engaged in the battle.
88.40
“Oh long armed ones , I am seeing certain signs in the son of Ravana indicating that he is disappointed and so without any
doubt make haste .
88.41
Then fitting on his bow sharp arrows which were similar to poisonous snakes , that
son of Sumithra ,
sent those arrows which
were like serpents full of
poison.
88.42
Wounded by the arrows of Lakshmana , which invaded all
his senses which was like the painful touch of Indra ‘s
thunderbolt , Indrajit was
stupefied for a moment.
88.43
Gaining back his consciousness in a moment and with regaining control of his sense
organs , He saw the valiant son of Dasaratha
before him.
88.44
With eyes turning red due to anger , he walked near to the
son of Sumithra and again told these
very harsh words.
88.45
“Why are you not remembering my valour
in the first encounter between
us , when I tied you and your brother
and you wriggled on the floor.
88.46
“Both of you in that war by my arrows which were equal to
Indra ‘s thunderbolt , were laid down unconscious on the earth .”
88.47
“The fact that you desire to attack me may mean
that the memory of that incident is not with you or you desire to go the land of Yama. “
88.48
“If you were not able to see my prowess in the first
encounter , stand ready, for I am going to show you my valour now.”
88.49
Speaking thus he hit Lakshmana with seven arrows with the
ten best of arrows which
were sharp he hit Hanuman.
88.50
Then that valorous one with twice that much anger using
one hundred well aimed arrows
wounded Vibheeshana.
88.51
When the younger brother of Rama saw the great feat accomplished by Indrajit
, he disregarded it and derided it by
saying , “This is nothing”, greatly
enraged and with a fearless face ,
that best among men ,took out some very terrific arrows and sent them
towards Indrajit.
88.52-88.53
“Oh Rakshasa , true heroes in a battle do not strike like
this , since your arrows are weak, mild and
without strength.”
88.54
“Those valorous persons who are aiming at victory do not
fight like this, “ saying like this
Lakshmana rained more arrows on
Indrajit.
88.55
Then hit by Lakshmana ‘s arrows a large armour made of
gold slipped down in the middle of the
chariot looking like cobweb of stars
falling from the sky.
88.56
The valorous Indrajit
with his armour destroyed by
those steel arrows and also having been
wounded looked like the sun at
dawn.
88.57
Then greatly enraged that son of Ravana using one
thousand arrows wounded Lakshmana in that great battle.
88.58
The large divine armour of Lakshmana broke in to
pieces and thus those two great warriors
vied with each other in attack and
retaliation.
88.59
Those two with all their body wounded in that fight , were coated with blood and breathing with difficulty continued to
battle tumultuously .
88.60
For a long time those valorous ones who were both greatly skilled in war using very sharp arrows were cutting each other.
88.61
Those two heroes of terrific
prowess stayed on with great effort trying for
their own victory, and as they
were wounded all over with a multitude of arrows as also
their armour and standards have been
torn to pieces were seen emitting hot blood, just as two water-falls gushing hot water. 88.62
A long time elapsed while the two warriors
fought sending terrific
stream of arrows with an awful clamour,
similar to two dark destructive clouds raining from the
sky. They neither turned their back from the battle, nor experienced any tiredness. 88.63-88.64
Those best among archers showed off their skill in arrows again and again and created net work of arrows big and small in the sky.
88.65
Loosening their arrows without error , gracefully and easily in a
wonderful way, both the man and the Rakshasa
carried on a tumultuous and terrific war.
88.66
Again a again a terrible
sound which was greatly tumultuous which was horrifying was created
and it was similar to a very
great thunder storm .
88.67
The sound of fight created by those two
who were engaged in a great fight
was similar to the rumbling of
thunder created by two great clouds in the sky .
88.68
Using sharp steel arrows
decorated by gold and wings they wounded
each other and those two famous
warriors fighting for victory profusely
bled .
88.69
Those arrows decorated by wings after wounding them fell
on the earth smeared with blood and
pierced the earth.
88.70
Other properly aimed
arrows sent by them clashed in
thousands with other sharp weapons on the sky and shattered and broke
them.
88.71
The pile of arrows lying on the battle field
resembled like a huge heap of sacred
Kusha grass by the side of the sacred
fire in sacrifices.
88.72
The wounded and bleeding bodies of those two mighty
warriors shone like Kimshuka and Shalmali trees in full blossom, deprived of
leaves.
88.73
Indrajit and Lakshmana wishing for their own victory again and
again carried on a very tumultuous and terrific
battle .
88.74
In that war Lakshmana was
hurting Indrajit and Indrajit was hurting Lakshmana and though both of them were hurting
each other, they both did not feel
tired.
88.75
With those net of arrows
entering their body and hurting them
those auspicious great warriors were looking like a mountains throwing
out plants from them.
88.76
At that their bodies dampened
all over by blood and covered with
arrows all over shined very much like
burning fires.
88.77
Though a lot of time elapsed
when these warriors were engaged in fighting , they did not turn their back to the battle nor felt tired. 88.78
Then, to relieve tiredness due to the battle of Lakshmana, who did not experience defeat
in any aspect of the war, the great-soul Vibheeshana, offering agreeable and salutary
words, took up his position, on reaching the battle-field.
88.79
Thus ends the eighty eighth chapter of the book of
war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
89.Vibheeshana and the monkey chiefs join the battle
(Vibheeshana and his ministers join the battle by killing
many Rakshasas. Jambavan and Hanuman also kill many Rakshasas. Lakshmana kills
the charioteer of Indrajit. The monkey chiefs
crush his horses. Lakshmana and Indrajit fight standing on earth.)
Seeing the man
and Rakshasa fighting with commitment in that war like elephants in rut aimed at their victory , the very strong brother of Ravana
holding a strong bow stood at the battle front . 89.1-89.2
Then standing there , he
stretched the string of his great
bow , he released several sharp pointed arrows on the Rakshasas.
89.3
Those arrows falling
like fire , hit the correct aim and tore the Rakshasas in to pieces like Vajrayudha uprooting great mountains.
89.4
The attendants of Vibheeshana who were great Rakshasas also armed with
spikes , swords and spears tore of those valorous Rakshasas.
89.5
Surrounded by all those Rakshasas that Vibheeshana shined like an elephant in the middle of proud young
tuskers.
89.6
Vibheeshana , the
great Rakshasa who was an expert on proper timing spoke the following right words to those monkeys who were thirsting to kill the
Rakshasas in order to inspire them. 89.7
“Oh monkey chiefs , here is the only one whom the king of
Rakshasas considers as his last and only
support in his army. Why are you all
standing idle?”
89.8
“At the end of the war if this sinful Rakshasa is killed
, the remaining Rakshasas can be killed easily
, except for Ravana.”
89.9
Prahastha was killed. The
valiant Nikumbha, the mighty Kumbhakarna, Kumbha, the Rakshasa called Dhoomraksha, Jambumali, Mahamali, the
highly swift Ashaniprabha, Suptaghna, Yajnakopa, a Rakshasa named
Vajradamshtra, Samhadri, Vikata the destroyer of enemies, Tapana, Manda,
Praghaasa, Praghasa, PrajaNgha, JaNga, Agniketu who was difficult to be
conquered, , the valorous Rashmiketu,
vidyujjihva, Dvijihva, Suryashatru, Akampana, Suparshva, Chakramali, Kampana
and the mighty Devantaka were also killed." 89.10-89.14
Having already killed several
very strong Rakshasa greats by your hands which was like crossing an ocean, now only this small
puddle is left to be crossed. 89.15
“Only this many Rakshasa
army remains to be conquered by
you as all Rakshasa who were proud of
their great strength have been killed by you.”
89.16
“Though I would like to
kill for the sake of Rama my elder brother’s son, I am not doing it as
killing of a son is not appropriate .”
89.17
“When I think of killing him
myself my eyes are getting clouded with
tears and so let the long armed Lakshmana himself kill him. Oh monkeys
all of you together kill all his attendants who are surrounding him.”
89.18
Thus encouraged by the very
famous Vibheeshana , all those monkey chiefs became very happy and
lashed with their tails.
89.19
Then, those monkey chiefs ,
roaring again and again,
shouted various kinds of sounds
resembling the sounds of peacocks at the time of seeing the clouds.
89.20
The monkeys along with
Jambhavan and monkeys belonging to the
other formations who were equal
in strength started hitting the Rakshasa
troops with nails, stone and teeth.
89.21
All those very strong
Rakshasas who were armed with several
weapons , left of their fear and started attacking Jambhavan as he
was killing many of them.
89.22
They started striking
Jambhavan, who was killing the army of Rakshasas in
that battle, with sharp axes, spears with sharp edges, sticks and
javelins.
89.23
A greatly tumultuous
battle took place between those monkeys
and Rakshasas and it was like the battle
between the angry devas and the Rakshasas.
89.24
When Hanuman was seen as very
greatly angry that Lakshmana got down from his back , and Hanuman uprooting a Sala tree from a mountain . approached those Rakshasas and
started killing them in thousands .
89.25-89.26
After offering a very
tumultuous battle to the brother of his father , Indrajit again rushed towards
Lakshmana to fight with him. 89.27
The two valiant heroes , Lakshmana and Indrajit, the two intense
fighters in battle, then began to strike each other, showering a multitude of
arrows on each other.
89.28
Those strong and energetic warriors try to cover each other by sending network of
arrows similar to sun and moon being
covered by the clouds.
89.29
Due to the dexterity of their hands, when they
were fighting there, neither the
holding of the bow, nor the taking off the arrows, nor fitting them on their
bow-string, nor adjusting their fists, nor drawing the bow-string nor attaining
the target was visible.
89.30-89.31
The sky covered with the
network of arrows which were
discharged with great force by them
in all directions was dark making
objects there not visible.
89.32
Lakshmana dashed with the son of Ravana, Indrajit clashed
with the son of Sumithra and as they
continued to clash with each other there was
great confusion.
89.33
By the sharp arrows
continuously released with great force by both of them , the entire sky was covered with darkness.
89.34
BY the fall of very many
sharp arrows in hundreds , the
directions and sub directions were completely filled with arrows.
89.35
All the space was covered by darkness leading to great
fear and while the sun was setting
down making all areas filled with further darkness . large amount
of blood flowed out. 89.36
Cruel flesh eating birds
gave rise to awful sounds by their roaring and at
that time wind did not blow and fire did not blaze.
89.37
Great sages proclaimed, “Let there be safety to the
worlds”, and the frightened Gandharwas
and Charanas arrived there. “
89.38
Then Lakshmana using four arrows struck the four black horses which were decorated by gold of the lion among Rakshasas .
89.39
Thereupon, with deftness of his hand, that famous Lakshmana, fully stretching and releasing
another sharp thunderbolt-like arrow, named Bhalla, which was yellowish in
colour, with charming plumes, having a good splendour similar to Indra 's
thunderbolt and echoing a clapping sound, severed the head of Indrajit' s
charioteer from his trunk, even as he was circling around. 89.40-89.42
When the charioteer was killed the greatly lustrous Indrajit drove the chariot himself and also took hold of the bow.
89.43
Those who saw him
fighting in the battle appreciated his talent
,But when he was driving the horses Lakshmana with arrows hit him with
sharp arrows and when he was fighting his bow, Lakshmana hit the
horses with his arrow .
89.44
The son of Sumithra who did his actions fast , tormented Indrajit who was moving
about in the battle field without
fear using very many arrows suitable for
the occasion.
89.45
That son of Ravana seeing that his charioteer was
killed became dejected and lost his enthusiasm for fighting.
89.46
The monkey chiefs seeing the dejected face of the Rakshasa became extremely happy and appreciated Lakshmana.
89.47
Then, four monkey-leaders named
Pramathi, Rabhasa, Sharabha and Gandhamadana, getting impatient, acted hastily.
89.48
Those monkeys having great
strength and very great valour
speedily jumped and descended on those excellent horses.
89.49
Blood started flowing from the mouths of those horses which were being pressed by
those monkeys who were looking like mountains.
89.50
Those horses that were
crushed had their limbs broken and after moving to and fro, fell down dead on the
ground. After killing his horses, those monkeys also crushed that great
chariot of Indrajit and jumping up again with speed, they stood
by the side of Lakshmana.
89.51-89.52
Indrajit whose charioteer was
killed and whose horses were destroyed,
jumped down from the chariot and fought
with Lakshmana using a rain of
arrows. 89.53
Then that Lakshmana stopped those arrows of Indrajit with several
arrows and that as his excellent horses were killed Indrajit began to release more exquisite
arrows in that battle . 89.54
Thus ends the eighty eighth ninth of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
90.Lakshmana kills Indrajit
(A great war
takes place between Indrajit and Lakshmana, Indrajit went inside the city and got
another chariot. That chariot was destroyed by Lakshmana and Vibheeshana. After a great fight Lakshmana kills Indrajit. The Devas praise him.)
That greatly lustrous
Rakshasa Indrajit standing the ground as his horses were killed became very angry and burnt
with luster
90.1
Those two warriors who were holding the bow with the
intention of killing each other with their arrows were like elephants going in side the forest
with intention of conquering one another. 90.2
Those Rakshasas and monkeys rushing from all direction for destroying each other did not desert their masters in the battle .
90.3
When the Indrajit praised all
Rakshasas they all were happy
and he himself felt happy and
spoke the following words.
90.4
“Darkness has spread in to all directions and due to it , oh greatest among Rakshasas we are not able to determine weather one belongs to our side or the other side
.” 90.5
“You please courageously fight with the monkeys and make them lose their consciousness and I on my part would come back to the battle
after ascending another
chariot.” 90.6
“You act in such a way
that the evil minded monkeys do
not fight and prevent me from getting
another chariot.”
90.7
After telling them like this , Indrajit , the destroyer of his
enemies entered in to the city of Lanka so that
he can get another chariot.
90.8
Arranging for ornaments for
the chariot, which was
beautiful, decked with gold, furnished with darts, swords and arrows, yoked
with excellent horses, directed by a charioteer who could understand those
horses properly and could give credible instructions to them, that Indrajit, a
conqueror in battle, who was endowed with extraordinary energy, then ascended
it.
90.9-90.10
Then that valorous
Indrajit surrounded by the chiefs of Rakshasa
army and egged by fate marched out of the city .
90.11
After coming out of the
city , Indrajit the
destroyer of enemies drawn by swift horses started attacking Lakshmana and Vibheeshana .
90.12
Then seeing Indrajit
seated on the chariot , the strong monkeys, Vibheeshana the Rakshasa
as well as Lakshmana were
greatly surprised with
the ease of the Intelligent Indrajit . 90.13
That very angry son of Ravana struck down hundreds
and thousands monkey chiefs by large
number of arrows in the battle
field.
90.14
Stretching his bow to almost a circle that son of Ravana who is winner in battle with supreme agility started killing the monkeys.
90.15
Those monkeys who were being killed by stell arrows by
that greatly valorous one , went and sought the protection of the son
of Sumithra , just like people seek
the refuge of Lord Brahma. 90.16
Then that son of Raghu clan shining with anger in that battle showing
great agility tore off his bow.
90.17
Then Indrajit took another bow and by the time he got it ready , Lakshmana tore off that bow too,
90.18
After he tore of his bow
that son of Sumithra struck the
son of Ravana on his chest with five arrows
which were like the poison of a serpent.
90.19
Those arrows which were released from a great bow after piercing the body , fell on the earth like huge red serpents.
90.20
When his bow was torn
. vomiting blood from his
mouth , that son of Ravana took hold of another great bow which was stronger than the earlier bow and
attached the bow string.
90.21
With great agility
he caused a rain of arrows aimed at Lakshmana just like the rains caused by Lord Indra. 90.22
Lakshmana the destroyer of enemies without any nervousness destroyed
the difficult to resist rain of
arrows released by Indrajit.
90.23
Then that son of Raghu clan who had great luster without getting jittery exhibited
his great valor to the son of Ravana
, which was indeed wonderful.
90.24
Then the extremely angry Lakshmana pierced the bodies of all Rakshasas in the battle field showing his speed in sending the arrows with three arrows each and also struck Indrajit with several arrows.
90.25-90.26
He who was struck by the enemy who was very strong as well destroyer of
enemies without showing any weakness
released several arrows without
any problem at Lakshmana. 90.27
The destroyer of enemy army , Lakshmana tore off those arrows even before they arrived with sharp arrows and that great among the Raghu clan cut off the head of the charioteer of Indrajit by an arrow called Bhalla which was curved at nodes.
90.28
Those horses without the charioteer without getting perturbed ran in a circular fashion and that was indeed wonderful.
90.29
Getting in to the hold of great rage in that battle , that son of Sumithra who was stable in his valour pierced those horses with arrows so as to
frighten them. 90.30
Getting angry at that
, that son of Ravana made
Lakshmana angry by sending ten arrows
aimed at him.
90.31
Those arrows which were similar to Vajrayudha and were like poisonous snakes got destroyed after reaching the golden armour of Lakshmana.
90.32
Understanding that the armour of Lakshmana is
impenetrable that very angry
son of Ravana showing great
speed pierced the forehead of Lakshmana
with three arrows having plumes. 90.33-90.34
That auspicious son of the Raghu clan who was fond of fighting , with those three
arrows on his forehead, shined like a
mountain with three peaks.
90.35
Tormented by that Rakshasa Indrajit, Lakshmana then speedily drawing and bending the bow pierced the face of Indrajit having pretty
golden ear rings , with five sharp
arrows . 90.36
Those Valorous Lakshmana and Indrajit who were both having very strong bows struck each other with
sharp pointed arrows.
90.37
Lakshmana and Indrajit ,
both of whose bodies were drenched in blood at that time shined like Kimsuka
trees in full bloom.
90.38
Those two great archers
with their mind made up for victory
neared each other and pierced
the limbs of other
using dreadful arrows.
90.39
That son of Ravana filled with great anger caused by the
battle , wounded the face of
Vibheeshana with three arrows.
90.40
After injuring the king of Rakshasas Vibheeshana
using three arrows , he injured
all the monkey chiefs with one arrow each.
90.41
The very lustrous Vibheeshana who was strongly enraged ,
using his mace killed his horses of that bad soul who was the son of
Ravana. 90.42
When his horses were killed, the greatly lustrous Indrajit whose charioteer was killed earlier
jumped from the chariot and used his javelin aimed at his paternal uncle.
90.43
Seeing that Javelin rushing javelin
, the one who increases the joy of Sumithra , tore
it in to pieces with sharp arrows and
made it fall on the earth.
90.44
That very strong bodied Vibheeshana who became angry using five arrows whose
touch was equal to thunder bolt shot at the chest of Indrajit whose horses were already slain. 90.45
Those arrows
provided with golden
feathers after hitting their
target , went and split his body and being stained by blood appeared like red
serpents.
90.46
Getting very angry with the brother of his father Indrajit standing in the middle of
Rakshasas took in to his hand an arrow
which was presented to him by Yama the God
of death.
90.47
The greatly lustrous
and very valorous Lakshmana seeing Indrajit taking a great arrow also took another great arrow.
90.48
That arrow, which is extremely difficult to be
conquered and more difficult to
tolerate even by Devas and Asuras including Indra had been presented to him in a dream by Khubera , who is greatly glorious .
90.49
He stretched the
bow with great force by his iron rod like hands and both their bows gave rise to a piercing sound like pair of night cranes.
90.50
Those great arrows
fitted and pulled out from their excellent bows by those great heroes shined
with very great splendour.
90.51
Those plumed arrows
after they were released from their bow
made the skies shine and powerfully hit with each other face to face.
90.52
The collision of
those horrifying arrows with each
other produced a fierce fire which consisted of
smoke and sparkles .
90.53
Those two arrows
when they hit each other like the dashing of two great planets , burst in to hundreds of pieces and fell on the ground .
90.54
On seeing that both their arrows were destroyed in the battle front , those two heroes Lakshmana and Indrajit felt ashamed
and got greatly provoked.
90.55
Getting excited, Lakshmana took
hold of a missile presided over by Varuna
and skilled in warfare, the great
Indrajit too discharged a missile presided over by Rudra in the
battle.
90.56
The Rudra arrow struck by the very wonderful Varuna arrow and then the greatly lustrous Indrajit who was greatly angered and who was a conqueror in any battle , looking like the destroyer of the
world send the fire arrow which was
shining with flames. 90.57-90.58
The valorous Lakshmana obstructed
it by an arrow of the Sun and
seeing that his arrow has become a
waste ,Indrajit getting very
angry took hold of a very sharp
arrow used by Rakshasas to completely
tear the enemy. 90.59
From that bow a shining weapon which was similar to
hammer , darts , fire arms
, maces , swords
and axes rushed out .
90.60
Seeing that horrifying arrow which
was very harsh , which cannot be stopped
by any being , which can tear
off all the weapons in a battle , Lakshmana
stooped it using the arrow of Maheswara.
90.61-90.62
There a wonderful war took
place which made hair to stand
erect and all the beings of the sky
surrounded Lakshmana.
90.63
Surrounded by many beings who were surprised , a terrible battle took place between Rakshasa
and monkeys creating a huge sound and
making the sky shine.
90.64
The sages, the manes , devas,
Gandharwas , eagles and serpents under the leadership of
Indra protected Lakshmana in that
battle .
90.65
Then the younger brother of
Rama fitted another excellent arrow which had the touch of fire and which was capable of tearing off Indrajit.
90.66
The heroic Lakshmana fitted the
arrow, having beautiful plumes, which consisted of rounded parts, well-jointed,
skillfully fashioned, decked with gold, capable of destroying the body of the
enemies, not difficult to keep off but difficult even to tolerate, a source of
terror to the Rakshasa as deadly as the
venom of poisonous snakes and duly honoured by the host of gods.
90.67-90.68
Using that arrow the very lustrous and valorous
Lord Indra , who ties green horses to his chariot was able to conquer the Rakshasas in the war between Devas and Asuras. 90.69
That glorious son of Sumithra used that
that very arrow of Indra which has never been defeated in war
to his excellent bow and chanted the following words which was intended to achieve his purpose.
90.70
“OH arrow , if Rama , the son of Dasaratha is the soul of Dharma who holds on to his promise and who is second to none in valour then destroy this Indrajit .”
90.71
After saying this ,
drawing the arrow which went straight
, up to his ear , that valorous Lakshmana released it towards Indrajit .
90.72
Charging that arrow of
Indra , Lakshmana who destroys enemy armies severed
the glorious head of
Indrajit which was adorned with shining
ear globes and head protector from his trunk and made it fall on the surface of the earth.
90.73-90.74
That large head of Indrajit which was separated from his trunk was moistened by his own blood was seen on the earth like shining gold.
90.75
Having been slain , that Indrajit fell forward on the ground along with
his armour , head protector and bow which were all shattered.
90.76
When Indrajit was killed all the monkeys along with Vibheeshana roared in joy and the devas also roared like they did when Indra killed Vruthra.
90.77
The heralding of victory also rose
from the mouth of devas , Maharishis , Gandharwas
and Apsaras in the sky .
90.78
Seeing that he has fallen that
great army of Rakshasas being
attacked by the monkeys shining by the victory dashed to all directions.
90.79
When the monkeys attacked them those Rakshasas abandoned all
their weapons and stupefied started
running towards the city of Lanka.
90.80
All those frightened
Rakshasas after abandoning their weapons sharp-edged spears,
swords and axes ran away in hundreds to various directions.
90.81
While some of them tormented by monkeys were scared entered Lanka , others fell in
the ocean and others climbed on the
mountain seeking safety.
90.82
After seeing Indrajit being
slain and his body lying in the battle field
out of the thousands of Rakshasas not even one could be seen there
.
90.83
Similar to the sun’s rays not
being visible after the sun set , after Indrajit had fallen
, the Rakshasas went in different
directions.
90.84
That long armed one thrown asunder as dead was similar to the Sun who has cooled down
and Fire which has been put out.
90.85
When the son of the king of Rakshasas
died , the world became one whose enemy
has been destroyed and one whose major
problems had been removed and started rejoicing. 90.86
When that Rakshasa of sinful
deeds was killed , the God along with
Indra the king of devas , devas and all the great sages greatly rejoiced.
90.87
From the sky the sound of the drums played by the devas were
heard, Apsara maidens started dancing
and the great Gandharwas started singing .
90.88
When that
Rakshasa of cruel deed was killed
, there was a rain of flowers from the sky along
with deluge of praises and it was
indeed wonderful.
90.89
When he who was the terror of
the entire world was killed , the waters of the sky became very
clear and devas and Asuras
rejoiced and came there .
90.90
The devas, Dhanavas and Gandharwas together said, “ Now
the Brahmanas would be moving
about peacefully as their troubles are
over.”
90.91
Seeing the greatest among the
Rakshasas who had matchless strength in
battle has been killed the very happy
monkey chiefs applauded Lakshmana.
90.92
Vibheeshana , Hanuman,
Jambavan who was the chief of
bears were greatly pleased by Lakshmana
‘s victory and applauded him.
90.93
The monkeys who had achieved
their aim started roaring ,
jumping with joy and shouting like thunder and stood all round Lakshmana .
90.94
The monkeys were seen wagging
their tails and also lashing them and also
shouted “ Let Lakshmana be
victorious.”
90.95
Hugging each other with extremely
joyful minds , the monkeys indulged in
conversation about Lakshmana and his
very many good qualities.
90.96
Hearing that Indrajit has been killed by the very heroic and difficult act of Lakshmana , the devas who were their dear friends
were pleased and experienced great joy.
90.97
Thus ends the
ninetieth chapter of the
book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
91.Rama appreciates Lakshmana
(Lakshmana reaches Rama leaning on Hanuman and
Vibheeshana. Rama hugs him and greatly
appreciates him. Sushena the monkey doctor cures him very quickly . That monkey
doctoe also cures other monkeys who were
wounded.)
The auspicious Lakshmana whose body was drenched in blood became happy having killed him who won over Indra.
91.1
Having offered salutation to
Jambavan, Hanuman and all other monkeys, that valorous Lakshmana of great brilliance then quickly
came from there to the place where Sugreeva and Rama were there, by leaning
himself upon Vibheeshana and Hanuman.
91.2-91.3
After approaching and saluting Rama , Lakshmana stood near him which was like Lord
Vamana standing by the side of Indra.
91.4
Then that valorous
Lakshmana arriving near the great soul Rama
told him in a murmuring tone
about the horrifying
destruction of Indrajit .
91.5
Then the very happy
Vibheeshana Informed Rama about the chopping of the head of
Indrajit by the great
soul Lakshmana . 91.6
After hearing
about the killing of Indrajit Lakshmana , the greatly valorous Rama got extremely matchless joy and spoke the following words.
91.7
“Oh Lakshmana, great , I am satisfied by
that act that was done well by you, for by destroying the son of Ravana , you have earned a victory for us.”
91.8
Smelling the head of that
Lakshmana, who had increased his fame
and yet who was feeling shy Rama forcibly
drew him to his lap and placing that Lakshmana his younger brother in his lap
with affection, wounded as he was, that valiant Rama embraced him, tenderly
gazed upon him affectionately again and again.
91.9-91.10
Once again smelling
the head of that Lakshmana , who was feeling tormented by the
arrows which had penetrated into his body, who had
been grievously wounded, who was breathing hard, who was
endowed with auspicious characteristics, who was afflicted with agony and who was feeling pain at the time of breathing , and hurriedly stroking him as
well as restoring confidence in him, Rama the foremost among men spoke the
following words. 91.11-91.12
“ You have done a very
auspicious act which is very difficult to do. I feel that since
Ravana ‘s son has been killed , Ravana
also has been killed in the battle.” 91.13
“Since you have killed an enemy
with the bad soul, I think that I have already won. Oh Valorous one Fortunately
for us the right hand of the cruel
Ravana Indrajit , who is his great
support has , has been cut off by you.
In this battle a great role has been played by Vibheeshana and Hanuman also.”
91.14-91.15
“Somehow after fighting continuously for three night and days, Oh
valorous one you have killed the valorous Indrajit, making
me free of any enemies and hearing that his son has been struck down , that Rakshasa would come out a powerful
army formation.”
91.16
“When the king of Rakshasas who
would be sad because of his son has
died and who is difficult to be
defeated comes out encircled by a great army I shall kill him.”
91.17
“Oh Lakshmana who is my
protector (master) , by your killing that enemy of Indra, neither Sita
nor earth is difficult to attain for me.”
91.18
Consoling his brother like
this and then after embracing him Rama summoned Sushena and told these
words.
91.19
“Oh very intelligent one, you pleases attend on this wounded son of
Sumithra , who is very fond of his friends
so that he will become perfectly
healthy.”
91.20
“Let Lakshmana along with
Vibheeshana be quickly made free from pain caused by the arrows that have
penetrated into their body. Let all others too among the gallant bear and
monkey-warriors fighting with trees and who have fought on the battle-field here and
stand pierced with arrows and wounded, be healed in the same way with great
care."
91.21-91.22
When the monkey chief Sushena
was told like this by Rama , he gave a great medicine to Lakshmana through his nose.
91.23
Inhaling the scent of that herb
Lakshmana became cured of his arrow wounds
and free from pains and all his
other wounds also vanished.
91.24
As per the order of Rama
he healed his friends as well as
Vibheeshana and all the other monkey chiefs.
91.25
With arrow wounds healed , tiredness vanished , with feverishness Gone
, within a very short
time Lakshmana was
restored to his original
form and felt joyful.
91.26
Rama, the king of monkeys , Vibheeshana
and the bear king Jambavan
seeing the son of Sumithra becoming healthy again greatly rejoiced for a long time.
91.27
The son of Dasaratha who was a great soul praised the very difficult
accomplishment of Lakshmana and Sugreeva also became happy to know that Indrajit had
been killed.” 91.28
Thus ends the
ninety first chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
92.Ravana wails for his dead son
(Ravana becomes extremely sad
and decides to fight and kill Rama and Lakshmana. Before that he wants to kill
Sita. One of his ministers consoles him
and tells him not to kill Sita. He agrees and starts preparing for the battle.)
The ministers of the son of
Pulasthya after hearing about the killing of Indrajit , ascertained about it and informed the ten necked one .
92.1
“Oh great king, your greatly lustrous son has been killed by Lakshmana with
the help of Vibheeshana , while
we were seeing the battle field.
“
92.2
“Your valorous son
who can never be defeated , that
valorous one who conquered
Indra in war , after having
fought with the valorous Lakshmana , has been killed after he tormented
Lakshmana with his arrows and Indrajit departed
to the heavens.”
92.3
Hearing that formidable , harsh and horrifying death of his son Indrajit in war
Ravana lost his
consciousness.
92.4
Regaining his consciousness
after a long time that great king of
Rakshasas wailed pitiably due
to sorrow caused by
the death of his son and his mind
was greatly confused. 92.5
“Alas my child, who is the chief of army of Rakshasas, oh
strong one, how did you who had conquered
Indra , now been subjected to
the power of Lakshmana now?”
92.6
“It is definite that when you
are angry you would be able to pierce arrows even on the god of death at time of
deluge and Mandhara mountain. What to
say of
Lakshmana?” 92.7
“Oh long armed one, the king of
hell who is the son of sun God who has taken you today due to the Dharma of time is one greatly
respected by me. “
92.8
“Even among devas this is the path taken by great warriors that
the male offspring who is
killed for the cause of his father
reaches heaven.” 92.9
“Now all the devas , all guardians of the world , and all sages knowing that Indrajit is slain
can without fear sleep soundly.
“
92.10
“Without Indrajit , the entire earth with
its forest and what to say even the three worlds would become one of loneliness
to me.” 92.11
“Now in the private apartments of your ladies I would hear the Rakshasa maidens crying and wailing like the roar of female elephants in a mountain
cave. “ 92.12
“Oh destroyer of enemies, where did you go leaving the position of Yuvaraja of Lanka , your mother ,myself and your wives and the Rakshasas?” 92.13
“Oh valorous one , Consequent upon my death , you are suppose
to honour me by performing death rites
in future but now you are following the reverse path.” 92.14
“You have deserted us without taking away Sugreeva , Lakshmana , Rama
who are my tormentors and where
have you gone?”
92.15
A very great anger covered Ravana, the king of Rakshasas due to
the death of his son while he was wailing with sorrow like this.
92.16
He who was usually short
tempered , flared
up further again due
the death of his son, like the
shining sun flares up further
in summer.
92.17
When he was yawning with
anger , fire and smoke came out of his
mouth , like it did in olden days from
mouth of Vruthra.
92.19
That valorous Ravana
who was sorrowing to the killing of his son became
greatly angry and pondered in
his mind and desired to kill Sita. 92.20
Ravana whose eyes
are normally red due to the fire
of anger became even more red , became horribly glittering .
92.21
His normally horrifying form
due to the fire of his anger , looked like that of Lord Rudra at the time of final deluge.
92.22
The drops of tears that fell
from his very angry eyes looked like
drop of burning oil that fall
from lighted burning lamp. 92.23
The great sound that was
heard when he ground one teeth on
another was heard like that produced
when the Rakshasas dragged a huge machine
.
92.24
Seeing him who was angry like
the death fire at time of deluge , on
whichever direction he turned his gaze
from that direction, Rakshasas
trembled and hid themselves.
92.25
Rakshasas could not go towards
Ravana, who was looking at all the four directions , like the enraged Yama the
god of Death, who wants to devour both the mobile and the immobile creatures. 92.26
That very angry Ravana, the
king of the Rakshasas desirous of
posting soldiers spoke like this in the middle of Rakshasas.
92.27
“When I did strict penance for thousands of years , Lord Brahma was
pleased with me at the end of the
penance .”
92.28
“As a consequence of the
penance Lord Brahma was pleased with
me and told that I need not have any
fear from either Devas or Asuras.”
92.29
“The armour given to me by Lord
Brahma which shines like Sun was not
broken by either devas or Asuras
, in spite of using the Vajrayudha.”
92.30
“Who would dare to attack
me seated on the chariot and
wearing that armour in the battle field for not even Indra himself can do it.”
92.31
"Let that large bow of
mine, which was given at that time to me along with arrows by the gracious
Brahma the lord of creation, on the occasion of my combat between gods and
Asuras , be taken out today to the accompaniment of a band of musical
instruments, for the purpose of killing Rama and Lakshmana in this great battle."
92.32-92.33
That Ravana who was sorrowing
due to the death of his son became
greatly angry and after deeply thinking decided to kill Sita.
92.34
That red eyed Ravana
staring fixedly who was horrifying and fearful to look at , spoke to the pitiable Rakshasa who were making miserable sounds.
92.35
“In order to deceive the
monkeys by magical tricks my son killed
something and it was shown as Sita to them.”
92.36
“But I shall make that hoax a
realty today ,which would please my mind
. I shall kill Sita , who is
devoted to Rama , the bad warrior.” After saying this to his ministers he immediately drew out his sword.
92.37-92.38
The very angry
Ravana, who was very much agitated in
his mind because of the grief for
his son's death, springing up suddenly and taking his excellent sword, having
the dazzle of a clear sky, went forth from the assembly hall along with his
ministers swiftly and quickly to the place where Sita was.
92.39-92.40
When they saw Ravana was going
there . they roared like lions and
seeing Ravana greatly angry , they
hugged each other and spoke as follows.
92.41
“ Those two brothers
would get worried if they see him
now . Even the four guardians of the
world would also get frightened , like many enemies were
frightened on seeing him in battles.” 92.42
“Ravana brings precious gems from all the three worlds and enjoys them, for there is no one in the world who has equal
strength and valour like him.” 92.43
When they were prattling like this Ravana
who was numbed with anger rushed
to see Vaidehi who was in the Asoka
forest .
92.44
Though his friends who were
interested in his welfare tried to prevent him
The very angry one ran , like
the angry planet mars running towards
Rohini star.
92.45
The faultless Maithili who was being guarded by Rakshasa women saw the very angry Ravana who
was holding an excellent sword. 92.46
The daughter of Janaka was worried on seeing him bearing a sword who was
not going back in spite of his friends
try to keep him back.
92.47
Sita who was greatly
sorrowful wailed and told, “This
evil minded one with great anger is rushing towards me. I think he is going
to kill me and make me who has a lord
without a Lord.” 92.48-92.49
“Though I am greatly devoted to
my husband, he has incited me very many times saying, “You become my wife” and
I had sternly refused him . He must have
been very sad at my refusing him and
must be filled with great anger as well as infatuation.”
92.50-92.51
“Otherwise fir my sake , he
might have killed those two tiger like
brothers Rama and Lakshmana in the battle.”
92.52
“I am now hearing a terrific and great sound of very many Rakshasas who seem to be happy and roaring about some thing pleasant.”
92.53
“Alas , what a misfortune , if
the death of those two
princes has been brought about because
of me. It is also possible that this terrific Rakshasa of sinful intention , having not been able to kill Rama and
Lakshmana is going to kill me due to the
death of his son.”
92.54
“Having a very low
intellect I did not listen to the words
of Hanuman then . Had I gone back riding
on his back , maybe I might have not been won back by my
husband , but I would be resting on the lap
of my husband. “ 92.55-92.56
“I think that heart of Kausalya, who has only one son would break
if she hears about the death of her son in the battle
.”
92.57
"While lamenting, Kausalya
will vividly recall about the birth, childhood, youth, the righteous acts and
the handsome form of the great-soul
Rama."
92.58
“ When
her son is killed , Kausalya with great disappointment would become unconscious , after observing the obsequies of her dead son and will enter a burning flame or
water.” 92.59
“Curse to that unfaithful hunch-back who
wanted to do sin and whose actions have lead to the grief of Kausalya . “ 92.60
Seeing Sita miserably weeping in that manner like
Rohini the wife of the moon ,who had
fallen under the sway of the
planet Mars, when moon was away , a
minister called Suparshva, a good-natured, upright and highly intelligent
Rakshasa , even though restrained by other ministers, spoke the following words
Ravana, the foremost of Rakshasas.
92.61-92.62
“Oh Ravana , the
real younger brother of
Khubera himself, why do you
wish to kill Vaidehi abandoning
your Dharma in a bout of anger?”
92.63
“Oh valorous king of
Rakshasa, Having completed the study of
Vedic lore and vow of celibacy you were only devoted to your duty . Why are
you now thinking of killing that lady?” 92.64
“Oh king , please spare Sita
who is endowed with great beauty
and then along with us get rid
of your anger in the battle field by killing Rama.”
92.65
“After getting ready today
itself , on the fourteenth day of
the dark half of moon’s cycle .
Start along with your armies on the moonless day and achieve
victory.”
92.66
"As a valorous and
shrewd chariot bound warrior, fighting
with a sword, in the foremost of your chariots, you can fetch Sita by killing Rama, the son of Dasaratha."
92.67
After accepting that advice
which was endowed with Dharma and which was given to him by a friend , that evil minded Ravana went to his
Palace and after that , the valorous
Ravana along with his friends along went to the assembly hall.
92.68
Thus ends the
ninety second chapter
of the book of war of Valmiki Ramayana which is the first book
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