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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 6 (Yuddhakāṇḍa) • Sarga 42

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 42

युद्धकाण्डम् • सर्गः 42

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 42 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 37 verses.

Total: 37 Verses • Citations: VR 6.42.1–37 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 6.42.1 अनुष्टुप्
धूम्राक्षं प्रेक्ष्य निर्यान्तं राक्षसं भीमनिस्वनम् । विनेदुर्वानराः सर्वे प्रहृष्टा युद्धकाङ्क्षिणः ॥
dhūmrākṣaṃ prekṣya niryāntaṃ rākṣasaṃ bhīmanisvanam | vinedurvānarāḥ sarve prahṛṣṭā yuddhakāṅkṣiṇaḥ ||
English Translation
Seeing the Rākṣasa-Dhūmrākṣa of dreadful prowess-issue out, the monkeys, rejoicing greatly, eager for encounter, set up roars.
VR 6.42.2 अनुष्टुप्
तेषां तु तुमुलं युद्धं संजज्ञे हरिरक्षसाम् । अन्योन्यं पादपैर्घोरैर्निघ्नतं शूलमुद्गरैः ॥
teṣāṃ tu tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ saṃjajñe harirakṣasām | anyonyaṃ pādapairghorairnighnataṃ śūlamudgaraiḥ ||
English Translation
Then there took place a terrific conflict between the monkeys and the Rākşasas, charging each other with fearful trees, and darts, and maces.
VR 6.42.3 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसैर्वानरा घोरा विनिकृत्ताः समन्ततः । वानरै राक्षसाश्चापि द्रुमैर्भूमौ समीकृताः ॥
rākṣasairvānarā ghorā vinikṛttāḥ samantataḥ | vānarai rākṣasāścāpi drumairbhūmau samīkṛtāḥ ||
English Translation
The Rākşasas began to scatter the dreadful monkeys on all sides; and the monkeys (on their parts) felled the Raksasas with trees.
VR 6.42.4 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसाश्चापि संक्रुद्धा वानरान्निशितैः शरैः । विव्यधुर्घोरसंकाशैः कङ्कपत्रैरजिह्मगैः ॥
rākṣasāścāpi saṃkruddhā vānarānniśitaiḥ śaraiḥ | vivyadhurghorasaṃkāśaiḥ kaṅkapatrairajihmagaiḥ ||
English Translation
The Raksasas, growing enraged, began to pierce that monkeys with straight speeding sharp shafts winged with Kanka plumes.
VR 6.42.5 अनुष्टुप्
ते गदाभिश्च भीमाभिः पट्टसैः कूटमुद्गरैः । घोरैश्च परिघैश्चित्रैस्त्रिशूलैश्चापि संशितैः ॥
te gadābhiśca bhīmābhiḥ paṭṭasaiḥ kūṭamudgaraiḥ | ghoraiśca parighaiścitraistriśūlaiścāpi saṃśitaiḥ ||
English Translation
And riven by the Rākşasa with drcadful clubs and bearded darts, daggers and maces and terrible and curious bludgeons and grasped javelins, the exceedingly powerful (monkeys), their anger aroused, began with alacrity to perform deeds of intrepid valour.
VR 6.42.6 अनुष्टुप्
विदार्यमाणा रक्षोभिर्वानरास्ते महाबलाः । अमर्षाज्जनितोद्धर्षाश्चक्रुः कर्माण्यभीतवत् ॥
vidāryamāṇā rakṣobhirvānarāste mahābalāḥ | amarṣājjanitoddharṣāścakruḥ karmāṇyabhītavat ||
English Translation
And riven by the Rākşasa with drcadful clubs and bearded darts, daggers and maces and terrible and curious bludgeons and grasped javelins, the exceedingly powerful (monkeys), their anger aroused, began with alacrity to perform deeds of intrepid valour.
VR 6.42.7 अनुष्टुप्
शरनिर्भिन्नगात्रास्ते शूलनिर्भिन्नदेहिनः । जगृहुस्ते द्रुमांस्तत्र शिलाश्च हरियूथपाः ॥
śaranirbhinnagātrāste śūlanirbhinnadehinaḥ | jagṛhuste drumāṃstatra śilāśca hariyūthapāḥ ||
English Translation
Those monkey-leaders, their bodies pierced with shafts and their persons riven with darts, took up trees and crags.
VR 6.42.8 अनुष्टुप्
ते भीमवेगा हरयो नर्दमानास्ततस्ततः । ममन्थू राक्षसान्भीमान्नामानि च बभाषिरे ॥
te bhīmavegā harayo nardamānāstatastataḥ | mamanthū rākṣasānbhīmānnāmāni ca babhāṣire ||
English Translation
Those monkeys, endowed with terrific vehemence, sending up shouts, and proclaiming their respective names, set about tossing the brave Rākşasa rank,
VR 6.42.9 अनुष्टुप्
तद्बभूवाद्भुतं घोरं युद्धं वानररक्षसाम् । शिलाभिर्विविधाभिश्च बहुशाखैश्च पादपैः ॥
tadbabhūvādbhutaṃ ghoraṃ yuddhaṃ vānararakṣasām | śilābhirvividhābhiśca bahuśākhaiśca pādapaiḥ ||
English Translation
The monkeys, waged with diverse rocks and innumerable trees, waxed exceedingly furious.
VR 6.42.10 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसा मथिताः केचिद्वानरैर्जितकाशिभिः । ववर्षू रुधिरं केचिन्मुखै रुधिरभोजनाः ॥
rākṣasā mathitāḥ kecidvānarairjitakāśibhiḥ | vavarṣū rudhiraṃ kecinmukhai rudhirabhojanāḥ ||
English Translation
Sparkling in the glory of victory, the monkeys crushed the Rākşasas and some among them feeding on gore began to vomit blood.
VR 6.42.11 अनुष्टुप्
पार्श्वेषु दारिताः केचित्केचिद्राशीकृता द्रुमैः । शिलाभिश्चूर्णिताः केचित्केचिद्दन्तैर्विदारिताः ॥
pārśveṣu dāritāḥ kecitkecidrāśīkṛtā drumaiḥ | śilābhiścūrṇitāḥ kecitkeciddantairvidāritāḥ ||
English Translation
And some were severed along their flanks; and, some, slain with trees, were heaped up; and some were crushed with crags; and some were torn with teeth.
VR 6.42.12 अनुष्टुप्
ध्वजैर्विमथितैर्भग्नैः खरैश्च विनिपातितैः । रथैर्विध्वंसितैश्चापि पतितै रजनीचरैः ॥
dhvajairvimathitairbhagnaiḥ kharaiśca vinipātitaiḥ | rathairvidhvaṃsitaiścāpi patitai rajanīcaraiḥ ||
English Translation
Some being broken down by means of broken standards, and some by means of fallen swords, and some crushed down by cars, the rangers of the night suffered sorely.
VR 6.42.13 अनुष्टुप्
वानरैर्भीमविक्रान्तैराप्लुत्याप्लुत्य वेगितैः । राक्षसाः करजैस्तीक्ष्णैर्मुखेषु विनिकर्तिताः ॥
vānarairbhīmavikrāntairāplutyāplutya vegitaiḥ | rākṣasāḥ karajaistīkṣṇairmukheṣu vinikartitāḥ ||
English Translation
Bounding again and again, the vehement monkeys endowed with terrific prowess, with their finger-nails tore up the Rākṣasas by the mouths.
VR 6.42.14 अनुष्टुप्
विवर्णवदना भूयो विप्रकीर्णशिरोरुहाः । मूढाः शोणितगन्धेन निपेतुर्धरणीतले ॥
vivarṇavadanā bhūyo viprakīrṇaśiroruhāḥ | mūḍhāḥ śoṇitagandhena nipeturdharaṇītale ||
English Translation
With woebegone faces, and with hair dishevelled, (the Raksasas), stupified with the smell of blood, saught the earth.
VR 6.42.15 अनुष्टुप्
नये तु परमक्रुद्धा राक्षसा भीमविक्रमाः । तलैरेवाभिधावन्ति वज्रस्पर्शसमैर्हरीन् ॥
naye tu paramakruddhā rākṣasā bhīmavikramāḥ | talairevābhidhāvanti vajrasparśasamairharīn ||
English Translation
Other Rākşasas endowed with dreadful vigour, waxing wondrous wroth, dealt the monkeys slaps with hands having the touch of the thunder-bolt.
VR 6.42.16 अनुष्टुप्
वनरैरापतन्तस्ते वेगिता वेगवत्तरैः । मुष्टिभिश्चरणैर्दन्तैः पादपैश्चापपोथिताः ॥
vanarairāpatantaste vegitā vegavattaraiḥ | muṣṭibhiścaraṇairdantaiḥ pādapaiścāpapothitāḥ ||
English Translation
Gift with greater impetuosity, the monkeys felled the impetuous (Raksasas) with blows, and feet and teeth; and some were slain with trees.
VR 6.42.17 अनुष्टुप्
सन्यं तु विद्रुतं दृष्ट्वा धूम्राक्षो राक्षसर्षभः । क्रोधेन कदनं चक्रे वानराणां युयुत्सताम् ॥
sanyaṃ tu vidrutaṃ dṛṣṭvā dhūmrākṣo rākṣasarṣabhaḥ | krodhena kadanaṃ cakre vānarāṇāṃ yuyutsatām ||
English Translation
Seeing the forces fleeing away, that foremost of Raksasas-Dhumraksa-flying into fury, began a terrific conflict with the monkeys desirous of encounter.
VR 6.42.18 अनुष्टुप्
प्रासैः प्रमथिताः केचिद्वानराः शोणितस्रवाः । मुद्गरैराहताः केचित्पतिता धरणीतले ॥
prāsaiḥ pramathitāḥ kecidvānarāḥ śoṇitasravāḥ | mudgarairāhatāḥ kecitpatitā dharaṇītale ||
English Translation
Some of the monkeys, sore assailed with prāśas, began to bleed; and some, wounded with maces, dropped down to the ground.
VR 6.42.19 अनुष्टुप्
परिघैर्मथितः केचिद्भिण्डिपालैर्विदारिताः । पट्टसैराहताः केचिद्विह्वलन्तो गतासवः ॥
parighairmathitaḥ kecidbhiṇḍipālairvidāritāḥ | paṭṭasairāhatāḥ kecidvihvalanto gatāsavaḥ ||
English Translation
Some were beaten hard with bludgeons; and some were cleft with bhindipālas. And some, on being assailed with bearded darts, became insensible and lost their lives.
VR 6.42.20 अनुष्टुप्
केचिद्विनिहता भूमौ रुधिरार्द्रा वनौकसः । केचिद्विद्राविता नष्टाः संक्रुद्धै राक्षसैर्युधि ॥
kecidvinihatā bhūmau rudhirārdrā vanaukasaḥ | kecidvidrāvitā naṣṭāḥ saṃkruddhai rākṣasairyudhi ||
English Translation
Some among the monkeys lay slain on the ground, drenched in blood. and some, fleeing away from the field, were slaughtered by the infuriated Rākşasas.
VR 6.42.21 अनुष्टुप्
विभिन्नहृदयाः केचिदेकपार्श्वेन शायिताः । विदारितास्त्रशूलै च केचिदान्त्रैर्विनिस्रुताः ॥
vibhinnahṛdayāḥ kecidekapārśvena śāyitāḥ | vidāritāstraśūlai ca kecidāntrairvinisrutāḥ ||
English Translation
Some, having their breasts pierced, lay on their sides. and some were riven with tridents; and the entrails of some had come out.
VR 6.42.22 अनुष्टुप्
तत्सुभीमं महद्युद्धं हरिराकस संकुलम् । प्रबभौ शस्त्रबहुलं शिलापादपसंकुलम् ॥
tatsubhīmaṃ mahadyuddhaṃ harirākasa saṃkulam | prababhau śastrabahulaṃ śilāpādapasaṃkulam ||
English Translation
That mighty and dreadful encounter of the Räksasas and the monkeys, was waged with countless weapons and rocks and trees.
VR 6.42.23 अनुष्टुप्
धनुर्ज्यातन्त्रिमधुरं हिक्कातालसमन्वितम् । मन्द्रस्तनितसंगीतं युद्धगान्धर्वमाबभौ ॥
dhanurjyātantrimadhuraṃ hikkātālasamanvitam | mandrastanitasaṃgītaṃ yuddhagāndharvamābabhau ||
English Translation
That battle he come a musical entertainment' mellifluous with bow-string for Vina, having the neighing of chargers for its measure, and with the cries of Maindas' for its strains. 1. The reader has already perceived that the carrying out of a simile to a number of details is a characteristic as much of Vālmīki as of his rival in the epic sphere-Vyāsa, but the comparisons are never on all fours, as in the case before us. 2. A classical Hindu musical instrument, having metallic strings, with a pair of gourds at one end for the sounding-board. Vide Yantra-Kosa by Sir Saurindra Mohan Tagore, Mus-Doc. 3. A species of elephants.
VR 6.42.24 अनुष्टुप्
धूम्राक्षस्तु धनुष्पाणिर्वानरान्रणमूर्धनि । हसन्विद्रावयामास दिशस्ताञ्शरवृष्टिभिः ॥
dhūmrākṣastu dhanuṣpāṇirvānarānraṇamūrdhani | hasanvidrāvayāmāsa diśastāñśaravṛṣṭibhiḥ ||
English Translation
Then in the field, Dhūmrākṣa bow in hand, laughing, pursued the monkeys in all directions with showers of shafts.
VR 6.42.25 अनुष्टुप्
धूम्राक्षेणार्दितं सैन्यं व्यथितं दृश्य मारुतिः । अभ्यवर्तत संक्रुद्धः प्रगृह्य विपुलां शिलाम् ॥
dhūmrākṣeṇārditaṃ sainyaṃ vyathitaṃ dṛśya mārutiḥ | abhyavartata saṃkruddhaḥ pragṛhya vipulāṃ śilām ||
English Translation
Seeing the forces hard beset by Dhūmrākşa and distressed thereat, the Windgod's offspring, waxing enraged, seizing a huge crag, approached (the Rākşasa).
VR 6.42.26 अनुष्टुप्
क्रोधाद्द्विगुणताम्राक्षः पितृतुल्यपराक्रमः । शिलां तां पातयामास धूम्राक्षस्य रथं प्रति ॥
krodhāddviguṇatāmrākṣaḥ pitṛtulyaparākramaḥ | śilāṃ tāṃ pātayāmāsa dhūmrākṣasya rathaṃ prati ||
English Translation
And with his eyes double reddened in wrath, the one, like to his sire himself in prowess, brought down the crag upon Dhūmrākṣa's car.
VR 6.42.27 अनुष्टुप्
आपतन्तीं शिलां दृष्ट्वा गदामुद्यम्य संभ्रमात् । रथादाप्लुत्य वेगेन वसुधायां व्यतिष्ठत ॥
āpatantīṃ śilāṃ dṛṣṭvā gadāmudyamya saṃbhramāt | rathādāplutya vegena vasudhāyāṃ vyatiṣṭhata ||
English Translation
Seeing the crag, (Dhumraksa) upraising his mace hurriedly, leapt down in vehemence, and stood on the ground. And having shattered his car, that crag fell down to the earth.
VR 6.42.28 अनुष्टुप्
सा प्रमथ्य रथं तस्य निपपात शिलाभुवि । सचक्रकूबरं साश्वं सध्वजं सशरासनम् ॥
sā pramathya rathaṃ tasya nipapāta śilābhuvi | sacakrakūbaraṃ sāśvaṃ sadhvajaṃ saśarāsanam ||
English Translation
That rock fell on the chariot and got crushed along with its wheel and axle and with arrows.
VR 6.42.29 अनुष्टुप्
स भङ्क्त्वा तु रथं तस्य हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः । रक्षसां कदनं चक्रे सस्कन्धविटपैर्द्रुमैः ॥
sa bhaṅktvā tu rathaṃ tasya hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ | rakṣasāṃ kadanaṃ cakre saskandhaviṭapairdrumaiḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat letting go the car furnished with wheels, Kuvaras and a face, as well as a banner; in which Dhūmrākṣa had left his bow, Hanuman-son to the Wind-god-laid about him right lustily for destroying the Rākşasas, with trees having branches long and short.
VR 6.42.30 अनुष्टुप्
विभिन्नशिरसो भूत्वा राक्षसाः शोणितोक्षिताः । द्रुमैः प्रमथिताश्चान्ये निपेतुर्धरणीतले ॥
vibhinnaśiraso bhūtvā rākṣasāḥ śoṇitokṣitāḥ | drumaiḥ pramathitāścānye nipeturdharaṇītale ||
English Translation
Thereat some Rākşasas with their heads shattered, lay drenched in blood; and others, struck with trees, dropped down to the earth.
VR 6.42.31 अनुष्टुप्
विद्राव्य राक्षसं सैन्यं हनूमान्मारुतात्मजः । गिरेः शिखरमादाय धूम्राक्षमभिदुद्रुवे ॥
vidrāvya rākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ hanūmānmārutātmajaḥ | gireḥ śikharamādāya dhūmrākṣamabhidudruve ||
English Translation
Then Hanumān-son to the Wind-god-charged in full career against the Räkşasa army; and, taking a mountain-peak, he rushed against Dhumraksa.
VR 6.42.32 अनुष्टुप्
तमापतन्तं धूम्राक्षो गदामुद्यम्य वीर्यवान् । विनर्दमानः सहसा हनूमन्तमभिद्रवत् ॥
tamāpatantaṃ dhūmrākṣo gadāmudyamya vīryavān | vinardamānaḥ sahasā hanūmantamabhidravat ||
English Translation
As Hanumān was descending, the powerful Dhūmrākşa, upraising a mace and giving out a shout, made towards him speedily.
VR 6.42.33 अनुष्टुप्
ततः क्रुद्धस्तु वेगेन गदां तां बहुकण्टकाम् । पातयामास धूम्राक्षो मस्तके तु हनूमतः ॥
tataḥ kruddhastu vegena gadāṃ tāṃ bahukaṇṭakām | pātayāmāsa dhūmrākṣo mastake tu hanūmataḥ ||
English Translation
Then Dhūmrākṣa enraged, brought down that mace studded with innumerable pricks, on the head of Hanumān fired with wrath.
VR 6.42.34 उपजातिः
ताडितः स तया तत्र गदया भीमरूपया । स कपिर्मारुतबलस्तं प्रहारमचिन्तयन् । धूम्राक्षस्य शिरो मध्ये गिरिशृङ्गमपातयत् ॥
tāḍitaḥ sa tayā tatra gadayā bhīmarūpayā | sa kapirmārutabalastaṃ prahāramacintayan | dhūmrākṣasya śiro madhye giriśṛṅgamapātayat ||
English Translation
Thus assailed with the mace of fearful impetuosity, the monkey endowed with he mace of fearful impetuosity, the monkey endowed with the strength of the wind without at all heeding that blow, let fall a mountain-top right against Dhumraksa's head.
VR 6.42.35 अनुष्टुप्
स विह्वलितसर्वाङ्गो गिरिशृङ्गेण ताडितः । पपात सहसा भूमौ विकीर्ण इव पर्वतः ॥
sa vihvalitasarvāṅgo giriśṛṅgeṇa tāḍitaḥ | papāta sahasā bhūmau vikīrṇa iva parvataḥ ||
English Translation
On being assailed with the mountain-peak, Dhūmrākşa, having his entire body mangled, suddenly fell to the earth, like to a toppling hill.
VR 6.42.36 अनुष्टुप्
धूम्राक्षं निहतं दृष्ट्वा हतशेषा निशाचराः । त्रस्ताः प्रविविशुर्लङ्कां वध्यमानाः प्लवंगमैः ॥
dhūmrākṣaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ | trastāḥ praviviśurlaṅkāṃ vadhyamānāḥ plavaṃgamaiḥ ||
English Translation
Seeing Dhūmrākṣa slain, those night-rangers that survived the carnage, in extreme agitation began to pour into Lankā, attacked by the monkeys.
VR 6.42.37 पुष्पिताग्रा = [१२: ननरय] १,३ + [१२: नजजरग] २,४
स तु पवनसुतो निहत्य शत्रुं; क्षतजवहाः सरितश्च संविकीर्य । रिपुवधजनितश्रमो महात्मा; मुदमगमत्कपिभिश्च पूज्यमानः ॥
sa tu pavanasuto nihatya śatruṃ; kṣatajavahāḥ saritaśca saṃvikīrya | ripuvadhajanitaśramo mahātmā; mudamagamatkapibhiśca pūjyamānaḥ ||
English Translation
That high-souled offspring of the Wind-god, having slain his foes, and come under the influence of fatigue incident to his slaughtering his enemies, having caused rivers of gore to flow (in the field), experienced the excess of joy on being honoured of the monkeys.
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