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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 6 (Yuddhakāṇḍa) • Sarga 53

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 53

युद्धकाण्डम् • सर्गः 53

Yuddhakāṇḍa Sarga 53 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 50 verses.

Total: 50 Verses • Citations: VR 6.53.1–50 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 2 of 2 (Verses 20 shown)
VR 6.53.31 अनुष्टुप्
रक्ताक्षाः सुमहाकाया नीलाञ्जनचयोपमाः । शूरानुद्यम्य खड्गांश्च निशितांश्च परश्वधान् ॥
raktākṣāḥ sumahākāyā nīlāñjanacayopamāḥ | śūrānudyamya khaḍgāṃśca niśitāṃśca paraśvadhān ||
English Translation
Rakshasas with blood red eyes, of huge body size, dark blue in colour, holding tridents, sharpened whetted axes and weapons of many kinds, iron bars and maces, clubs, mallets and palmyra trees, the evil minded vast army set out.
VR 6.53.32 अनुष्टुप्
बहुव्यामांश्च विपुलान्क्षेपणीयान्दुरासदान् । तालस्कन्धांश्च विपुलान्क्षेपणीयान्दुरासदान् ॥
bahuvyāmāṃśca vipulānkṣepaṇīyāndurāsadān | tālaskandhāṃśca vipulānkṣepaṇīyāndurāsadān ||
VR 6.53.33 अनुष्टुप्
अथान्यद्वपुरादाय दारुणं लोमहर्षणम् । निष्पपात महातेजाः कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः ॥
athānyadvapurādāya dāruṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam | niṣpapāta mahātejāḥ kumbhakarṇo mahābalaḥ ||
English Translation
The exceedingly energetic Kumbhakarna endowed with prodigious strength sallied forth, assuming another form terrific and dreadful to behold.
VR 6.53.34 अनुष्टुप्
धनुःशतपरीणाहः स षट्शतसमुच्छितः । रौद्रः शकटचक्राक्षो महापर्वतसंनिभः ॥
dhanuḥśataparīṇāhaḥ sa ṣaṭśatasamucchitaḥ | raudraḥ śakaṭacakrākṣo mahāparvatasaṃnibhaḥ ||
English Translation
Assuming another fearful form, Kumbhakarna who was highly energetic, endowed with mighty strength and frightful in form, which was a hundred bows in breadth and six hundred bows in height, with eyes like wheels of chariot, enraged, seemed like a huge mountain.
VR 6.53.35 अनुष्टुप्
संनिपत्य च रक्षांसि दग्धशैलोपमो महान् । कुम्भकर्णो महावक्त्रः प्रहसन्निदमब्रवीत् ॥
saṃnipatya ca rakṣāṃsi dagdhaśailopamo mahān | kumbhakarṇo mahāvaktraḥ prahasannidamabravīt ||
English Translation
Thus spoke, Kumbhakarna who resembled a charred mountain, with wide mouth, reaching near the Rakshasas, laughing.
VR 6.53.36 अनुष्टुप्
अद्य वानरमुख्यानां तानि यूथानि भागशः । निर्दहिष्यामि संक्रुद्धः शलभानिव पावकः ॥
adya vānaramukhyānāṃ tāni yūthāni bhāgaśaḥ | nirdahiṣyāmi saṃkruddhaḥ śalabhāniva pāvakaḥ ||
English Translation
I shall slay today all the heroic monkeys with my winged arrows.
VR 6.53.37 अनुष्टुप्
नापराध्यन्ति मे कामं वानरा वनचारिणः । जातिरस्मद्विधानां सा पुरोद्यानविभूषणम् ॥
nāparādhyanti me kāmaṃ vānarā vanacāriṇaḥ | jātirasmadvidhānāṃ sā purodyānavibhūṣaṇam ||
English Translation
But the wood-ranging monkeys have not transgressed anywise to the like of us. That species is the ornament of the gardens attached to our residences.
VR 6.53.38 अनुष्टुप्
पुररोधस्य मूलं तु राघवः सहलक्ष्मणः । हते तस्मिन्हतं सर्वं तं वधिष्यामि संयुगे ॥
purarodhasya mūlaṃ tu rāghavaḥ sahalakṣmaṇaḥ | hate tasminhataṃ sarvaṃ taṃ vadhiṣyāmi saṃyuge ||
English Translation
The cause of the siege of the city is Rāghava along with Laksmana. He being slain, all are slain. Therefore shall I slay him in battle.
VR 6.53.39 अनुष्टुप्
एवं तस्य ब्रुवाणस्य कुम्भकर्णस्य राक्षसाः । नादं चक्रुर्महाघोरं कम्पयन्त इवार्णवम् ॥
evaṃ tasya bruvāṇasya kumbhakarṇasya rākṣasāḥ | nādaṃ cakrurmahāghoraṃ kampayanta ivārṇavam ||
English Translation
As the Rākşa—Kumbhakarņa—was speaking thus, the Rākşasas sent up terrific shouts, as if making the very sea shake.
VR 6.53.40 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य निष्पततस्तूर्णं कुम्भकर्णस्य धीमतः । बभूवुर्घोररूपाणि निमित्तानि समन्ततः ॥
tasya niṣpatatastūrṇaṃ kumbhakarṇasya dhīmataḥ | babhūvurghorarūpāṇi nimittāni samantataḥ ||
English Translation
As the intelligent Kumbhakarņa sallied out speedily, dreadful were the omens that presented themselves on all sides.
VR 6.53.41 अनुष्टुप्
उल्काशनियुता मेघा विनेदुश्च सुदारुणाः । ससागरवना चैव वसुधा समकम्पत ॥
ulkāśaniyutā meghā vineduśca sudāruṇāḥ | sasāgaravanā caiva vasudhā samakampata ||
English Translation
Clouds containing meteors and lightning looked dark like asses. And the earth shook with her oceans and woods.
VR 6.53.42 अनुष्टुप्
घोररूपाः शिवा नेदुः सज्वालकवलैर्मुखैः । मण्डलान्यपसव्यानि बबन्धुश्च विहंगमाः ॥
ghorarūpāḥ śivā neduḥ sajvālakavalairmukhaiḥ | maṇḍalānyapasavyāni babandhuśca vihaṃgamāḥ ||
English Translation
And fierce jackals began to cry, opening their fiaming mouths. And birds began to wheel at the left.
VR 6.53.43 अनुष्टुप्
निष्पपात च गृध्रेऽस्य शूले वै पथि गच्छतः । प्रास्फुरन्नयनं चास्य सव्यो बाहुरकम्पत ॥
niṣpapāta ca gṛdhre'sya śūle vai pathi gacchataḥ | prāsphurannayanaṃ cāsya savyo bāhurakampata ||
English Translation
As he marched a vulture alighted on his dart. And his left eye throbbed and his left arm shook.
VR 6.53.44 अनुष्टुप्
निष्पपात तदा चोक्ला ज्वलन्ती भीमनिस्वना । आदित्यो निष्प्रभश्चासीन्न प्रवाति सुखोऽनिलः ॥
niṣpapāta tadā coklā jvalantī bhīmanisvanā | ādityo niṣprabhaścāsīnna pravāti sukho'nilaḥ ||
English Translation
A meteor dropped down with a tremendous crash. And the sun was bedimmed, and the air did not blow, enhancing pleasure.
VR 6.53.45 अनुष्टुप्
अचिन्तयन्महोत्पातानुत्थिताँल्लोमहर्षणान् । निर्ययौ कुम्भकर्णस्तु कृतान्तबलचोदितः ॥
acintayanmahotpātānutthitām̐llomaharṣaṇān | niryayau kumbhakarṇastu kṛtāntabalacoditaḥ ||
English Translation
But without heeding these mighty omens that took place, capable of making people's down stand on end, Kumbhakarna went out, urged on by the force of the Finisher.
VR 6.53.46 अनुष्टुप्
स लङ्घयित्वा प्राकारं पद्भ्यां पर्वतसंनिभः । ददर्शाभ्रघनप्रख्यं वानरानीकमद्भुतम् ॥
sa laṅghayitvā prākāraṃ padbhyāṃ parvatasaṃnibhaḥ | dadarśābhraghanaprakhyaṃ vānarānīkamadbhutam ||
English Translation
And leaping over the wall with his legs, that one resembling a mountain saw the wonderful array of the monkeys, resembling clouds.
VR 6.53.47 अनुष्टुप्
ते दृष्ट्वा राक्षसश्रेष्ठं वानराः पर्वतोपमम् । वायुनुन्ना इव घना ययुः सर्वा दिशस्तदा ॥
te dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ vānarāḥ parvatopamam | vāyununnā iva ghanā yayuḥ sarvā diśastadā ||
English Translation
Seeing that foremost of Rākşasas resembling a hill, the monkeys began to disperse in all the ten cardinal directions like clouds driven by the wind.
VR 6.53.48 उपजातिः
तद्वानरानीकमतिप्रचण्डं; दिशो द्रवद्भिन्नमिवाभ्रजालम् । स कुम्भकर्णः समवेक्ष्य हर्षा;न्ननाद भूयो घनवद्घनाभः ॥
tadvānarānīkamatipracaṇḍaṃ; diśo dravadbhinnamivābhrajālam | sa kumbhakarṇaḥ samavekṣya harṣā;nnanāda bhūyo ghanavadghanābhaḥ ||
English Translation
Seeing that terrific host of monkeys scattering in all directions, like clouds broken through (by winds), Kumbhakarņa possessed the splendour of clouds, from joy, emitted roars like clouds.
VR 6.53.49 उपजातिः
ते तस्य घोरं निनदं निशम्य; यथा निनादं दिवि वारिदस्य । पेतुर्धरण्यां बहवः प्लवंगा; निकृत्तमूला इव सालवृक्षाः ॥
te tasya ghoraṃ ninadaṃ niśamya; yathā ninādaṃ divi vāridasya | peturdharaṇyāṃ bahavaḥ plavaṃgā; nikṛttamūlā iva sālavṛkṣāḥ ||
English Translation
Hearing those terrible shouts like to the roaring of clouds in the welkin, innumerable monkeys dropped to the earth even as sāla trees that have their roots severed.
VR 6.53.50 पुष्पिताग्रा = [१२: ननरय] १,३ + [१२: नजजरग] २,४
विपुलपरिघवान्स कुम्भकर्णो; रिपुनिधनाय विनिःसृतो महात्मा । कपि गणभयमाददत्सुभीमं; प्रभुरिव किंकरदण्डवान्युगान्ते ॥
vipulaparighavānsa kumbhakarṇo; ripunidhanāya viniḥsṛto mahātmā | kapi gaṇabhayamādadatsubhīmaṃ; prabhuriva kiṃkaradaṇḍavānyugānte ||
English Translation
And issuing forth for destroying the foe, the high-souled Kumbhakarņa, equipped with a tremendous bludgeon, struck extreme terror into the monkey-ranks, like to the Lord armed with the Fatal rod at the Universal wreck.
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