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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 24

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 24

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 24

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 24 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 28 verses.

Total: 28 Verses • Citations: VR 3.24.1–28 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.24.1 अनुष्टुप्
अवष्टब्धधनुं रामं क्रुद्धं च रिपुघातिनम् । ददर्शाश्रममागम्य खरः सह पुरःसरैः ॥
avaṣṭabdhadhanuṃ rāmaṃ kruddhaṃ ca ripughātinam | dadarśāśramamāgamya kharaḥ saha puraḥsaraiḥ ||
English Translation
Coming to the asylum, Khara in company with those that went before him, saw that slayer of foes, the enraged Rāma, holding his bow. And seeing him, Khara possessing a shrill voice, raising his bow, commanded to the charioteer to drive towards Rāma, Drive on!
VR 3.24.2 अनुष्टुप्
तं दृष्ट्वा सगुणं चापमुद्यम्य खरनिःस्वनम् । रामस्याभिमुखं सूतं चोद्यतामित्यचोदयत् ॥
taṃ dṛṣṭvā saguṇaṃ cāpamudyamya kharaniḥsvanam | rāmasyābhimukhaṃ sūtaṃ codyatāmityacodayat ||
English Translation
Coming to the asylum, Khara in company with those that went before him, saw that slayer of foes, the enraged Rāma, holding his bow. And seeing him, Khara possessing a shrill voice, raising his bow, commanded to the charioteer to drive towards Rāma, Drive on!
VR 3.24.3 अनुष्टुप्
स खरस्याज्ञया सूतस्तुरगान्समचोदयत् । यत्र रामो महाबाहुरेको धुन्वन्धनुः स्थितः ॥
sa kharasyājñayā sūtasturagānsamacodayat | yatra rāmo mahābāhureko dhunvandhanuḥ sthitaḥ ||
English Translation
At Khara's command, the charioteer drove the steeds to where the mighty—arined Rāma stood alone, holding his bow.
VR 3.24.4 अनुष्टुप्
तं तु निष्पतितं दृष्ट्वा सर्वे ते रजनीचराः । नर्दमाना महानादं सचिवाः पर्यवारयन् ॥
taṃ tu niṣpatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve te rajanīcarāḥ | nardamānā mahānādaṃ sacivāḥ paryavārayan ||
English Translation
And seeing him (Khara) entered the field, all those rangers of the night-the counsellers-uttering mighty shouts, cnvironed him round.
VR 3.24.5 अनुष्टुप्
स तेषां यातुधानानां मध्ये रतो गतः खरः । बभूव मध्ये ताराणां लोहिताङ्ग इवोदितः ॥
sa teṣāṃ yātudhānānāṃ madhye rato gataḥ kharaḥ | babhūva madhye tārāṇāṃ lohitāṅga ivoditaḥ ||
English Translation
Khara stationed on his car in the midst of Rākşasas appeared like red bodied one risen in the midst of the stars.
VR 3.24.6 अनुष्टुप्
ततस्तं भीमधन्वानं क्रुद्धाः सर्वे निशाचराः । रामं नानाविधैः शस्त्रैरभ्यवर्षन्त दुर्जयम् ॥
tatastaṃ bhīmadhanvānaṃ kruddhāḥ sarve niśācarāḥ | rāmaṃ nānāvidhaiḥ śastrairabhyavarṣanta durjayam ||
English Translation
Then all the rangers of the night, waxing exceeding wroth, showered various weapons on that terrible bowman, the invincible Rāma.
VR 3.24.7 अनुष्टुप्
मुद्गरैरायसैः शूलैः प्रासैः खड्गैः परश्वधैः । राक्षसाः समरे रामं निजघ्नू रोषतत्पराः ॥
mudgarairāyasaiḥ śūlaiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ paraśvadhaiḥ | rākṣasāḥ samare rāmaṃ nijaghnū roṣatatparāḥ ||
English Translation
And wrought up with rage, the Rākṣasas in battle assailed him with iron clubs, and darts, and prāsas, and swords, and axes.
VR 3.24.8 अनुष्टुप्
ते बलाहकसंकाशा महानादा महाबलाः । अभ्यधावन्त काकुत्स्थं रामं युद्धे जिघांसवः ॥
te balāhakasaṃkāśā mahānādā mahābalāḥ | abhyadhāvanta kākutsthaṃ rāmaṃ yuddhe jighāṃsavaḥ ||
English Translation
And resembling clouds (in hue), the exceedingly strong Rākṣasas, having huge bodies, darted towards Kākutstha by means of steeds and cars.
VR 3.24.9 अनुष्टुप्
ते रामे शरवर्षाणि व्यसृजन्रक्षसां गुणाः । शैलेन्द्रमिव धाराभिर्वर्षमाणा महाधनाः ॥
te rāme śaravarṣāṇi vyasṛjanrakṣasāṃ guṇāḥ | śailendramiva dhārābhirvarṣamāṇā mahādhanāḥ ||
English Translation
And mounted on elephants resembling mountain-peaks, numbers of Rākṣasas, intent upon staying Rāma in battle, showered arrows on him, as mighty clouds pour down showers on the monarch of mountains.
VR 3.24.10 अनुष्टुप्
स तैः परिवृतो घोरै राघवो रक्षसां गणैः । तिथिष्विव महादेवो वृतः पारिषदां गणैः ॥
sa taiḥ parivṛto ghorai rāghavo rakṣasāṃ gaṇaiḥ | tithiṣviva mahādevo vṛtaḥ pāriṣadāṃ gaṇaiḥ ||
English Translation
Rāma was hemmed in by all those fiercelooking Raksasas, even as in the evening Mahādeva is surrounded by his courtiers.
VR 3.24.11 अनुष्टुप्
तानि मुक्तानि शस्त्राणि यातुधानैः स राघवः । प्रतिजग्राह विशिखैर्नद्योघानिव सागरः ॥
tāni muktāni śastrāṇi yātudhānaiḥ sa rāghavaḥ | pratijagrāha viśikhairnadyoghāniva sāgaraḥ ||
English Translation
And as the ocean resisted the tide of a river, Rāghava by means of arrow resist the weapons discharged by the Yātudhānas.
VR 3.24.12 अनुष्टुप्
स तैः प्रहरणैर्घोरैर्भिन्नगात्रो न विव्यथे । रामः प्रदीप्तैर्बहुभिर्वज्रैरिव महाचलः ॥
sa taiḥ praharaṇairghorairbhinnagātro na vivyathe | rāmaḥ pradīptairbahubhirvajrairiva mahācalaḥ ||
English Translation
As a mighty mountain, assailed by the thunderbolt, dose not feel pain, Rāma, having his person pierced by terrible flaming weapons, did not feel pain.
VR 3.24.13 अनुष्टुप्
स विद्धः क्षतजादिग्धः सर्वगात्रेषु राघवः । बभूव रामः संध्याभ्रैर्दिवाकर इवावृतः ॥
sa viddhaḥ kṣatajādigdhaḥ sarvagātreṣu rāghavaḥ | babhūva rāmaḥ saṃdhyābhrairdivākara ivāvṛtaḥ ||
English Translation
And pierced, and with his person covered with blood, Rāma, the descendant of Raghu, resembled the sun enveloped in evening clouds.
VR 3.24.14 अनुष्टुप्
विषेदुर्देवगन्धर्वाः सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः । एकं सहस्त्रैर्बहुभिस्तदा दृष्ट्वा समावृतम् ॥
viṣedurdevagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ | ekaṃ sahastrairbahubhistadā dṛṣṭvā samāvṛtam ||
English Translation
And seeing him single, surrounded by many thousand, the Gods, Gandharvas, Siddhas, and supreme saints became sorrowful.
VR 3.24.15 अनुष्टुप्
ततो रामः सुसंक्रुद्धो मण्डलीकृतकार्मुकः । ससर्ज निशितान्बाणाञ्शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
tato rāmaḥ susaṃkruddho maṇḍalīkṛtakārmukaḥ | sasarja niśitānbāṇāñśataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
English Translation
Then Rama getting enraged, bringing his bow to a circle, discharged sharpened shafts by hundreds and by thousands. And as if in sport, Rāma in the conflict shot irresistible (shafts) furnished with Kanka feathers, and decked with gold, irresistible, capable of inflicting extreme pain, and resembling the noose of Death.
VR 3.24.16 अनुष्टुप्
दुरावारान्दुर्विषहान्कालपाशोपमान्रणे । मुमोच लीलया रामः कङ्कपत्रानजिह्मगान् ॥
durāvārāndurviṣahānkālapāśopamānraṇe | mumoca līlayā rāmaḥ kaṅkapatrānajihmagān ||
English Translation
As if sporting, Rama discharged the arrows attached with herons' feathers. The arrows were inescapable, unbearable like that of Yama's staff, that went straight without missing the target.
VR 3.24.17 अनुष्टुप्
ते शराः शत्रुसैन्येषु मुक्ता रामेण लीलया । आददू रक्षसां प्राणान्पाशाः कालकृता इव ॥
te śarāḥ śatrusainyeṣu muktā rāmeṇa līlayā | ādadū rakṣasāṃ prāṇānpāśāḥ kālakṛtā iva ||
English Translation
And sportively discharged by Rāma, those arrows deprived the Rākṣasas of their lives, like the noose forged by death.
VR 3.24.18 अनुष्टुप्
भित्त्वा राक्षसदेहांस्तांस्ते शरा रुधिराप्लुताः । अन्तरिक्षगता रेजुर्दीप्ताग्निसमतेजसः ॥
bhittvā rākṣasadehāṃstāṃste śarā rudhirāplutāḥ | antarikṣagatā rejurdīptāgnisamatejasaḥ ||
English Translation
And piercing the persons of the Rākşasas, those arrows, soaked in blood, going up to the sky, appeared with the splendour of flaming fire.
VR 3.24.19 अनुष्टुप्
असंख्येयास्तु रामस्य सायकाश्चापमण्डलात् । विनिष्पेतुरतीवोग्रा रक्षः प्राणापहारिणः ॥
asaṃkhyeyāstu rāmasya sāyakāścāpamaṇḍalāt | viniṣpeturatīvogrā rakṣaḥ prāṇāpahāriṇaḥ ||
English Translation
And innumerable shafts, exceedingly fierce, capable of depriving the Rāksasas of their lives, were let go from the circle of his bow.
VR 3.24.20 अनुष्टुप्
तैर्धनूंषि ध्वजाग्राणि वर्माणि च शिरांसि च । बहून्सहस्ताभरणानूरून्करिकरोपमान् ॥
tairdhanūṃṣi dhvajāgrāṇi varmāṇi ca śirāṃsi ca | bahūnsahastābharaṇānūrūnkarikaropamān ||
English Translation
And with those Rāma severed bows, in baitle by hundreds and by thousands and flag ends, and shields, and mail, and many arms with embellished hands, resembling the trunks of elephants.
VR 3.24.21 अनुष्टुप्
ततो नालीकनाराचैस्तीक्ष्णाग्रैश्च विकर्णिभिः । भीममार्तस्वरं चक्रुर्भिद्यमाना निशाचराः ॥
tato nālīkanārācaistīkṣṇāgraiśca vikarṇibhiḥ | bhīmamārtasvaraṃ cakrurbhidyamānā niśācarāḥ ||
English Translation
And cut off with nālīkas (steel-pointed arrows) and, nārācas (arrows wholly made of steel), and sharp-pointed vikarnas (barbed arrows), the rangers of the night uttered dreadful howls of distress.
VR 3.24.22 अनुष्टुप्
तत्सैन्यं निशितैर्बाणैरर्दितं मर्मभेदिभिः । रामेण न सुखं लेभे शुष्कं वनमिवाग्निना ॥
tatsainyaṃ niśitairbāṇairarditaṃ marmabhedibhiḥ | rāmeṇa na sukhaṃ lebhe śuṣkaṃ vanamivāgninā ||
English Translation
And like a withered wood afflicted by fire, that host harassed by the various marrowpiercing* shafts shot by Rāma, did not attain ease. Another reading is, sharpened.
VR 3.24.23 अनुष्टुप्
केचिद्भीमबलाः शूराः शूलान्खड्गान्परश्वधान् । चिक्षिपुः परमक्रुद्धा रामाय रजनीचराः ॥
kecidbhīmabalāḥ śūrāḥ śūlānkhaḍgānparaśvadhān | cikṣipuḥ paramakruddhā rāmāya rajanīcarāḥ ||
English Translation
And some heroic rangers of the night possessed of great strength, waxing furious, threw at Rāma rrāsas, and darts and axes. Another reading: remaining before Rāma, threw powerful weapons.
VR 3.24.24 अनुष्टुप्
तानि बाणैर्महाबाहुः शस्त्राण्यावार्य राघवः । जहार समरे प्राणांश्चिच्छेद च शिरोधरान् ॥
tāni bāṇairmahābāhuḥ śastrāṇyāvārya rāghavaḥ | jahāra samare prāṇāṃściccheda ca śirodharān ||
English Translation
Thereupon resisting by means of shafts those weapons of theirs, the mighty-armed Rāma endued with prowess, took their lives in the conflict, and cut off the heads (of warriors).
VR 3.24.25 अनुष्टुप्
अवशिष्टाश्च ये तत्र विषण्णाश्च निशाचराः । खरमेवाभ्यधावन्त शरणार्थं शरार्दिताः ॥
avaśiṣṭāśca ye tatra viṣaṇṇāśca niśācarāḥ | kharamevābhyadhāvanta śaraṇārthaṃ śarārditāḥ ||
English Translation
And having their heads, and shields and bowstrings, severed, they fell as fall on the earth trees thrown down by blasts froin the wings of Suparņa*. Those rangers of the night that remained there, wounded by arrows, and losing heart, fled with speed to Khara, to seek his protection. *Lit.-Of fair feather. A name of Garuda.
VR 3.24.26 अनुष्टुप्
तान्सर्वान्पुनरादाय समाश्वास्य च दूषणः । अभ्यधावत काकुत्स्थं क्रुद्धो रुद्रमिवान्तकः ॥
tānsarvānpunarādāya samāśvāsya ca dūṣaṇaḥ | abhyadhāvata kākutsthaṃ kruddho rudramivāntakaḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat, encouraging them, Dāsana, taking his bow, ran furiously in high rage against Răma, like the enraged Destroyer himself,
VR 3.24.27 अनुष्टुप्
निवृत्तास्तु पुनः सर्वे दूषणाश्रयनिर्भयाः । राममेवाभ्यधावन्त सालतालशिलायुधाः ॥
nivṛttāstu punaḥ sarve dūṣaṇāśrayanirbhayāḥ | rāmamevābhyadhāvanta sālatālaśilāyudhāḥ ||
English Translation
And rallied again (by Dāsana) and, their fear dispelled through their having founded refuge with him, they armed with sālas, tālas, and crags, darted against Rāma.
VR 3.24.28 अनुष्टुप्
तद्बभूवाद्भुतं युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम् । रामस्यास्य महाघोरं पुनस्तेषां च रक्षसाम् ॥
tadbabhūvādbhutaṃ yuddhaṃ tumulaṃ romaharṣaṇam | rāmasyāsya mahāghoraṃ punasteṣāṃ ca rakṣasām ||
English Translation
And the Räkşasas discharged vollies of trees and crags. And capable of making one's hair stand on end, that battle was dreadful and furious and now on the side of Rāma and now again on : that of the Raksasas.
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