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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 6 (Yuddhakāṇḍa) • Sarga 34

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 34

युद्धकाण्डम् • सर्गः 34

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 34 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 30 verses.

Total: 30 Verses • Citations: VR 6.34.1–30 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 6.34.1 अनुष्टुप्
युध्यतामेव तेषां तु तदा वानररक्षसाम् । रविरस्तं गतो रात्रिः प्रवृत्ता प्राणहारिणी ॥
yudhyatāmeva teṣāṃ tu tadā vānararakṣasām | ravirastaṃ gato rātriḥ pravṛttā prāṇahāriṇī ||
English Translation
As the monkeys and the Rākşasas thus faught on, the sun set, ant the fatal Night came.
VR 6.34.2 अनुष्टुप्
अन्योन्यं बद्धवैराणां घोराणां जयमिच्छताम् । संप्रवृत्तं निशायुद्धं तदा वारणरक्षसाम् ॥
anyonyaṃ baddhavairāṇāṃ ghorāṇāṃ jayamicchatām | saṃpravṛttaṃ niśāyuddhaṃ tadā vāraṇarakṣasām ||
English Translation
Then commenced a night-engagement between the dreadful Rākşasas and the monkeys of fixed hostility, each party burning for victory.
VR 6.34.3 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसोऽसीति हरयो हरिश्चासीति राक्षसाः । अन्योन्यं समरे जघ्नुस्तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे ॥
rākṣaso'sīti harayo hariścāsīti rākṣasāḥ | anyonyaṃ samare jaghnustasmiṃstamasi dāruṇe ||
English Translation
In that profound darkness, the monkeys and the Rākşasas began to slay each other, exclaiming, You are a Raksasa,' and 'you are a monkey.'
VR 6.34.4 अनुष्टुप्
जहि दारय चैतीति कथं विद्रवसीति च । एवं सुतुमुलः शब्दस्तस्मिंस्तमसि शुश्रुवे ॥
jahi dāraya caitīti kathaṃ vidravasīti ca | evaṃ sutumulaḥ śabdastasmiṃstamasi śuśruve ||
English Translation
And in that army there was heard a mighty uproar of 'slain,' 'rive!" 'come!' 'why fliest?'
VR 6.34.5 अनुष्टुप्
कालाः काञ्चनसंनाहास्तस्मिंस्तमसि राक्षसाः । संप्रादृश्यन्त शैलेन्द्रा दीप्तौषधिवना इव ॥
kālāḥ kāñcanasaṃnāhāstasmiṃstamasi rākṣasāḥ | saṃprādṛśyanta śailendrā dīptauṣadhivanā iva ||
English Translation
And, dark-hued, the Raksasas, equipped in golden mail, in that deep darkness appeared like elevated hills clad with woods of flaming incdicinal herbs.
VR 6.34.6 अनुष्टुप्
तस्मिंस्तमसि दुष्पारे राक्षसाः क्रोधमूर्छिताः । परिपेतुर्महावेगा भक्षयन्तः प्लवंगमान् ॥
tasmiṃstamasi duṣpāre rākṣasāḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ | paripeturmahāvegā bhakṣayantaḥ plavaṃgamān ||
English Translation
And in that limitless gloom, the Rākṣasas, transported with wrath, advanced with impetuous speed, devouring monkeys.
VR 6.34.7 अनुष्टुप्
ते हयान्काञ्चनापीडन्ध्वजांश्चाग्निशिखोपमान् । आप्लुत्य दशनैस्तीक्ष्णैर्भीमकोपा व्यदारयन् ॥
te hayānkāñcanāpīḍandhvajāṃścāgniśikhopamān | āplutya daśanaistīkṣṇairbhīmakopā vyadārayan ||
English Translation
And, fired with terrible wrath, they, bounding up, with their sharp tecih tore up steeds caparisoned in gold, and standards resembling venomous serpents. *i.e. the monkeys, as appears from the context.
VR 6.34.8 अनुष्टुप्
कुञ्जरान्कुञ्जरारोहान्पताकाध्वजिनो रथान् । चकर्षुश्च ददंशुश्च दशनैः क्रोधमूर्छिताः ॥
kuñjarānkuñjarārohānpatākādhvajino rathān | cakarṣuśca dadaṃśuśca daśanaiḥ krodhamūrchitāḥ ||
English Translation
The lusty monkeys in battle agitated the Rāks asa host, and, waxing furious, with their teeth pulled and bit elephants and the riders there of, and cars furnished with flags and standards.
VR 6.34.9 अनुष्टुप्
लक्ष्मणश्चापि रामश्च शरैराशीविषोमपैः । दृश्यादृश्यानि रक्षांसि प्रवराणि निजघ्नतुः ॥
lakṣmaṇaścāpi rāmaśca śarairāśīviṣomapaiḥ | dṛśyādṛśyāni rakṣāṃsi pravarāṇi nijaghnatuḥ ||
English Translation
Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with shafts resembling venomous serpents, slaughtered the foremost among the Rakşasas-both those that were seen and those that were not.
VR 6.34.10 अनुष्टुप्
तुरंगखुरविध्वस्तं रथनेमिसमुद्धतम् । रुरोध कर्णनेत्राणिण्युध्यतां धरणीरजः ॥
turaṃgakhuravidhvastaṃ rathanemisamuddhatam | rurodha karṇanetrāṇiṇyudhyatāṃ dharaṇīrajaḥ ||
English Translation
The dust of the earth arising from warring combatants, and from the hoofs of horses and the wheels of cars, choked up eye and ear.
VR 6.34.11 अनुष्टुप्
वर्तमाने तथा घोरे संग्रामे लोमहर्षणे । रुधिरोदा महावेगा नद्यस्तत्र प्रसुस्रुवुः ॥
vartamāne tathā ghore saṃgrāme lomaharṣaṇe | rudhirodā mahāvegā nadyastatra prasusruvuḥ ||
English Translation
And as the mighty envounter, capable of making people's hair stand on end, went on, there flowed a fearful river of gore.
VR 6.34.12 अनुष्टुप्
ततो भेरीमृदङ्गानां पणवानां च निस्वनः । शङ्खवेणुस्वनोन्मिश्रः संबभूवाद्भुतोपमः ॥
tato bherīmṛdaṅgānāṃ paṇavānāṃ ca nisvanaḥ | śaṅkhaveṇusvanonmiśraḥ saṃbabhūvādbhutopamaḥ ||
English Translation
The sounds of kettle-drums and Mşdangas and Panavas, mingled with those of conchs and carwheels, were wonderful (to hear).
VR 6.34.13 अनुष्टुप्
हतानां स्तनमानानां राक्षसानां च निस्वनः । शस्त्राणां वानराणां च संबभूवातिदारुणः ॥
hatānāṃ stanamānānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ ca nisvanaḥ | śastrāṇāṃ vānarāṇāṃ ca saṃbabhūvātidāruṇaḥ ||
English Translation
The sounds of steeds neighing, and Rāks asas (roaring) and monkeys, rejoicing, were something tremendous.
VR 6.34.14 अनुष्टुप्
शस्त्रपुष्पोपहारा च तत्रासीद्युद्धमेदिनी । दुर्ज्ञेया दुर्निवेशा च शोणितास्रवकर्दमा ॥
śastrapuṣpopahārā ca tatrāsīdyuddhamedinī | durjñeyā durniveśā ca śoṇitāsravakardamā ||
English Translation
And, with able monkeys slain; and darts and javelins and axes; and slaughtered Raksasa wearing forms at pleasure, lying mountain likethe field of battle, seeming to have offerings of arms representing flowers, became difficult to recognise, and inaccessible; and the earth was drenched with streams of blood.
VR 6.34.15 अनुष्टुप्
सा बभूव निशा घोरा हरिराक्षसहारिणी । कालरात्रीव भूतानां सर्वेषां दुरतिक्रमा ॥
sā babhūva niśā ghorā harirākṣasahāriṇī | kālarātrīva bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ duratikramā ||
English Translation
That Night, destructive to monkeys and Rākş asas, was dreadful, and difficult of being outsped by all, like to the Fatal Night of beings.
VR 6.34.16 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्ते राक्षसास्तत्र तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे । राममेवाभ्यधावन्त संहृष्टा शरवृष्टिभिः ॥
tataste rākṣasāstatra tasmiṃstamasi dāruṇe | rāmamevābhyadhāvanta saṃhṛṣṭā śaravṛṣṭibhiḥ ||
English Translation
And in that attacked Rama with a shower of shafts.
VR 6.34.17 अनुष्टुप्
तेषामापततां शब्दः क्रुद्धानामभिगर्जताम् । उद्वर्त इव सप्तानां समुद्राणामभूत्स्वनः ॥
teṣāmāpatatāṃ śabdaḥ kruddhānāmabhigarjatām | udvarta iva saptānāṃ samudrāṇāmabhūtsvanaḥ ||
English Translation
The roars of those beings as they advanced, sending up shouts in anger, resembled the dashing of the Ocean at the time of the universal dissolution.
VR 6.34.18 अनुष्टुप्
तेषां रामः शरैः षड्भिः षड्जघान निशाचरान् । निमेषान्तरमात्रेण शितैरग्निशिखोपमैः ॥
teṣāṃ rāmaḥ śaraiḥ ṣaḍbhiḥ ṣaḍjaghāna niśācarān | nimeṣāntaramātreṇa śitairagniśikhopamaiḥ ||
English Translation
In the twinkling of an eye, Räma by means of six shafts resembling tongues of flames, struck six of the night-rangers, viz., Yajñaśatru, irrepressible (in fight), and Mahaparsva, and Mahodara, and the huge bodied Vajradanstra, and those two-Suka and Sarana.
VR 6.34.19 अनुष्टुप्
यज्ञशत्रुश्च दुर्धर्षो महापार्श्वमहोदरौ । वज्रदंष्ट्रो महाकायस्तौ चोभौ शुकसारणौ ॥
yajñaśatruśca durdharṣo mahāpārśvamahodarau | vajradaṃṣṭro mahākāyastau cobhau śukasāraṇau ||
English Translation
In the twinkling of an eye, Räma by means of six shafts resembling tongues of flames, struck six of the night-rangers, viz., Yajñaśatru, irrepressible (in fight), and Mahaparsva, and Mahodara, and the huge bodied Vajradanstra, and those two-Suka and Sarana.
VR 6.34.20 अनुष्टुप्
ते तु रामेण बाणौघः सर्वमर्मसु ताडिताः । युद्धादपसृतास्तत्र सावशेषायुषोऽभवन् ॥
te tu rāmeṇa bāṇaughaḥ sarvamarmasu tāḍitāḥ | yuddhādapasṛtāstatra sāvaśeṣāyuṣo'bhavan ||
English Translation
And, pierced in their vitals with Rama's shafts, they, having only their lives left to them, disappeared from the field.
VR 6.34.21 अनुष्टुप्
ततः काञ्चनचित्राङ्गैः शरैरग्निशिखोपमैः । दिशश्चकार विमलाः प्रदिशश्च महाबलः ॥
tataḥ kāñcanacitrāṅgaiḥ śarairagniśikhopamaiḥ | diśaścakāra vimalāḥ pradiśaśca mahābalaḥ ||
English Translation
Mighty Rama with his shafts that were like flames of fire, decorated with gold, brightened in all directions.
VR 6.34.22 अनुष्टुप्
ये त्वन्ये राक्षसा वीरा रामस्याभिमुखे स्थिताः । तेऽपि नष्टाः समासाद्य पतंगा इव पावकम् ॥
ye tvanye rākṣasā vīrā rāmasyābhimukhe sthitāḥ | te'pi naṣṭāḥ samāsādya pataṃgā iva pāvakam ||
English Translation
Then in the twinkling of an eye, that Mahāratha rendered all sides clear (of all gloom) by means of arrows resembling tongues of fire; and those other heroic Raksasas that were in front of Rāma, were destroyed on approaching the place, like insects approaching a fire.
VR 6.34.23 अनुष्टुप्
सुवर्णपुङ्खैर्विशिखैः संपतद्भिः सहस्रशः । बभूव रजनी चित्रा खद्योतैरिव शारदी ॥
suvarṇapuṅkhairviśikhaiḥ saṃpatadbhiḥ sahasraśaḥ | babhūva rajanī citrā khadyotairiva śāradī ||
English Translation
And with shafts plated with gold lying in all directions the night resembled one in autumn decked with fire-flies.
VR 6.34.24 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसानां च निनदैर्हरीणां चापि गर्जितैः । सा बभूव निशा घोरा भूयो घोरतरा तदा ॥
rākṣasānāṃ ca ninadairharīṇāṃ cāpi garjitaiḥ | sā babhūva niśā ghorā bhūyo ghoratarā tadā ||
English Translation
And in consequence of the uproar occasioned by the Rakşasas, and the sounds of drums, that night, already dreadful (in itself), became all the more so,
VR 6.34.25 अनुष्टुप्
तेन शब्देन महता प्रवृद्धेन समन्ततः । त्रिकूटः कन्दराकीर्णः प्रव्याहरदिवाचलः ॥
tena śabdena mahatā pravṛddhena samantataḥ | trikūṭaḥ kandarākīrṇaḥ pravyāharadivācalaḥ ||
English Translation
On that sound attaining dimensions on all sides, it seemed as if the mount Trikuta, containing numerous caverns, had been speaking.
VR 6.34.26 अनुष्टुप्
गोलाङ्गूला महाकायास्तमसा तुल्यवर्चसः । संपरिष्वज्य बाहुभ्यां भक्षयन्रजनीचरान् ॥
golāṅgūlā mahākāyāstamasā tulyavarcasaḥ | saṃpariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ bhakṣayanrajanīcarān ||
English Translation
And huge-bodied Golangulas of equal lustre with darkness itself binding fast the nightrangers with their arms, began to swallow them up.
VR 6.34.27 अनुष्टुप्
अङ्गदस्तु रणे शत्रुं निहन्तुं समुपस्थितः । रावणेर्निजघानाशु सारथिं च हयानपि ॥
aṅgadastu raṇe śatruṃ nihantuṃ samupasthitaḥ | rāvaṇernijaghānāśu sārathiṃ ca hayānapi ||
English Translation
Angada who was determined to kill the enemies, in no time wounded Ravana's charioteer and also the horses.
VR 6.34.28 अनुष्टुप्
इन्द्रजित्तु रथं त्यक्त्वा हताश्वो हतसारथिः । अङ्गदेन महामायस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत ॥
indrajittu rathaṃ tyaktvā hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ | aṅgadena mahāmāyastatraivāntaradhīyata ||
English Translation
As the violent war was going on, the great cheat, Indrajith disappeared from there as Angada had already killed his horses and charioteer.
VR 6.34.29 उपजातिः
सोऽन्तर्धान गतः पापो रावणी रणकर्कशः । ब्रह्मदत्तवरो वीरो रावणिः क्रोधमूर्छितः । अदृश्यो निशितान्बाणान्मुमोचाशनिवर्चसः ॥
so'ntardhāna gataḥ pāpo rāvaṇī raṇakarkaśaḥ | brahmadattavaro vīro rāvaṇiḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ | adṛśyo niśitānbāṇānmumocāśanivarcasaḥ ||
English Translation
And, being handled hard in battle, and having vanished from the field, the heroic and wicked son to Răvana, who had received a boon from Brahmä, transported with passion, remaining invisible, began to discharge sharpened shafts of the splendour of the thunder-bolt.
VR 6.34.30 अनुष्टुप्
स रामं लक्ष्मणं चैव घोरैर्नागमयैः शरैः । बिभेद समरे क्रुद्धः सर्वगात्रेषु राक्षसः ॥
sa rāmaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ caiva ghorairnāgamayaiḥ śaraiḥ | bibheda samare kruddhaḥ sarvagātreṣu rākṣasaḥ ||
English Translation
And worked up into rage, he in the conflict pierced Raghu's sons, Rāma and Lakşmaņa all over their bodies, with terrific arrows consisting of serpents.
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