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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 3 (Araṇyakāṇḍa) • Sarga 25

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 25

अरण्यकाण्डम् • सर्गः 25

Araṇyakāṇḍa Sarga 25 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 24 verses.

Total: 24 Verses • Citations: VR 3.25.1–24 • 175 Lexicon Terms
VR 3.25.1 अनुष्टुप्
तद्द्रुमाणां शिलानां च वर्षं प्राणहरं महत् । प्रतिजग्राह धर्मात्मा राघवस्तीक्ष्णसायकैः ॥
taddrumāṇāṃ śilānāṃ ca varṣaṃ prāṇaharaṃ mahat | pratijagrāha dharmātmā rāghavastīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ ||
English Translation
Thereupon by means of shafts the righteous Rāghava resisted that mighty destructive shower of trees and stones.
VR 3.25.2 अनुष्टुप्
प्रतिगृह्य च तद्वरं निमीलित इवर्षभः । रामः क्रोधं परं भेजे वधार्थं सर्वरक्षसाम् ॥
pratigṛhya ca tadvaraṃ nimīlita ivarṣabhaḥ | rāmaḥ krodhaṃ paraṃ bheje vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām ||
English Translation
Resisting that shower, Rāma with his eyes staring and resembling a bull, flew into a great rage, for the purpose of slaying the whole body of Raksasas.
VR 3.25.3 अनुष्टुप्
ततः क्रोधसमाविष्टः प्रदीप्त इव तेजसा । शरैरभ्यकिरत्सैन्यं सर्वतः सहदूषणम् ॥
tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭaḥ pradīpta iva tejasā | śarairabhyakiratsainyaṃ sarvataḥ sahadūṣaṇam ||
English Translation
Then influenced by wrath, and flaming in energy, he on all sides covered the army along with Düşana with arrows.
VR 3.25.4 अनुष्टुप्
ततः सेनापतिः क्रुद्धो दूषणः शत्रुदूषणः । जग्राह गिरिशृङ्गाभं परिघं रोमहर्षणम् ॥
tataḥ senāpatiḥ kruddho dūṣaṇaḥ śatrudūṣaṇaḥ | jagrāha giriśṛṅgābhaṃ parighaṃ romaharṣaṇam ||
English Translation
Thereafter Dusana, chief of the army, angrily released at Rama equally powerful arrows comparable to thunderbolt.
VR 3.25.5 अनुष्टुप्
वेष्टितं काञ्चनैः पट्टैर्देवसैन्याभिमर्दनम् । आयसैः शङ्कुभिस्तीक्ष्णैः कीर्णं परवसोक्षिताम् ॥
veṣṭitaṃ kāñcanaiḥ paṭṭairdevasainyābhimardanam | āyasaiḥ śaṅkubhistīkṣṇaiḥ kīrṇaṃ paravasokṣitām ||
English Translation
His bow cut off, his steeds together with the charioteer slain, and himself deprived of his car, he (Dūşana) took a parigha resembling a mountain peak, able to me one's down stand on end plated with gold, capable of afflicting celestial hosts, studded with sharp iron sankus, and graced with the fal of foes;-of the touch of a thunder-bolt, able to pierce the persons of enemies*. The text may also mean able to rend the cities of foes.
VR 3.25.6 उपजातिः
वज्राशनिसमस्पर्शं परगोपुरदारणम् । तं महोरगसंकाशं प्रगृह्य परिघं रणे । दूषणोऽभ्यपतद्रामं क्रूरकर्मा निशाचरः ॥
vajrāśanisamasparśaṃ paragopuradāraṇam | taṃ mahoragasaṃkāśaṃ pragṛhya parighaṃ raṇe | dūṣaṇo'bhyapatadrāmaṃ krūrakarmā niśācaraḥ ||
English Translation
And taking up in that encounter the parigha (an iron club) resembling a mighty snake, that ranger of the night of cruel deeds Duşaņa, rushed towards Rāina.
VR 3.25.7 अनुष्टुप्
तस्याभिपतमानस्य दूषणस्य स राघवः । द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यां चिच्छेद सहस्ताभरणौ भुजौ ॥
tasyābhipatamānasya dūṣaṇasya sa rāghavaḥ | dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda sahastābharaṇau bhujau ||
English Translation
And as Dūsuņa was rushing forward, Rāghava by means of a couple of shafts cut off his two arms with the ornaments.
VR 3.25.8 अनुष्टुप्
भ्रष्टस्तस्य महाकायः पपात रणमूर्धनि । परिघश्छिन्नहस्तस्य शक्रध्वज इवाग्रतः ॥
bhraṣṭastasya mahākāyaḥ papāta raṇamūrdhani | parighaśchinnahastasya śakradhvaja ivāgrataḥ ||
English Translation
And the huge parigha (an iron club) escaping from (Dusana's grasp) fell forward on the field like the banner of Sakra.
VR 3.25.9 अनुष्टुप्
स कराभ्यां विकीर्णाभ्यां पपात भुवि दूषणः । विषाणाभ्यां विशीर्णाभ्यां मनस्वीव महागजः ॥
sa karābhyāṃ vikīrṇābhyāṃ papāta bhuvi dūṣaṇaḥ | viṣāṇābhyāṃ viśīrṇābhyāṃ manasvīva mahāgajaḥ ||
English Translation
And like a nighty elephant whose husks have fallen off, Dūşana, on his arms having been severed, fell down to the earth.
VR 3.25.10 अनुष्टुप्
दृष्ट्वा तं पतितं भूमौ दूषणं निहतं रणे । साधु साध्विति काकुत्स्थं सर्वभूतान्यपूजयन् ॥
dṛṣṭvā taṃ patitaṃ bhūmau dūṣaṇaṃ nihataṃ raṇe | sādhu sādhviti kākutsthaṃ sarvabhūtānyapūjayan ||
English Translation
Seeing Dūşaņa down on the ground, and slain in battle, all creatures, saying, ''well done! well done!" paid homage to Kākutstha.
VR 3.25.11 उपजातिः
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे क्रुद्धास्त्रयः सेनाग्रयायिनः । संहत्याभ्यद्रवन्रामं मृत्युपाशावपाशिताः । महाकपालः स्थूलाक्षः प्रमाथी च महाबलः ॥
etasminnantare kruddhāstrayaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ | saṃhatyābhyadravanrāmaṃ mṛtyupāśāvapāśitāḥ | mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī ca mahābalaḥ ||
English Translation
In the meantime, three generals, getting wioth, being entrapped in the noose of death, rushed against Rāma in a body, viz; Mahakapāla, Stūlākșa, and the mighty Pramāthī the Rāksasa, Mahākapäla, upraising a large dart, and Sthulaksa, taking a pattisa, and Pramāthi all axe.
VR 3.25.12 अनुष्टुप्
महाकपालो विपुलं शूलमुद्यम्य राक्षसः । स्थूलाक्षः पट्टिशं गृह्य प्रमाथी च परश्वधम् ॥
mahākapālo vipulaṃ śūlamudyamya rākṣasaḥ | sthūlākṣaḥ paṭṭiśaṃ gṛhya pramāthī ca paraśvadham ||
English Translation
Mahakapala had a huge spear, Sthulaksha, a sharpedged spear and Pramathi, a battleaxe.
VR 3.25.13 अनुष्टुप्
दृष्ट्वैवापततस्तांस्तु राघवः सायकैः शितैः । तीक्ष्णाग्रैः प्रतिजग्राह संप्राप्तानतिथीनिव ॥
dṛṣṭvaivāpatatastāṃstu rāghavaḥ sāyakaiḥ śitaiḥ | tīkṣṇāgraiḥ pratijagrāha saṃprāptānatithīniva ||
English Translation
And as Rāghava beheld them advance, he resisted them by means of sharp and keen-edged shafts, even as one receives guests that have come.
VR 3.25.14 अनुष्टुप्
महाकपालस्य शिरश्चिच्छेद रघुनङ्गनः । असंख्येयैस्तु बाणौघैः प्रममाथ प्रमाथिनम् ॥
mahākapālasya śiraściccheda raghunaṅganaḥ | asaṃkhyeyaistu bāṇaughaiḥ pramamātha pramāthinam ||
English Translation
And Raghu's son split Mahākapāla's head, afflicted Pramăthſ with countless shafts, and lodged the eyes of Sthūlāksya with sharp shafts.
VR 3.25.15 अनुष्टुप्
स्थूलाक्षस्याक्षिणी तीक्ष्णैः पूरयामास सायकैः । स पपात हतो भूमौ विटपीव महाद्रुमः ॥
sthūlākṣasyākṣiṇī tīkṣṇaiḥ pūrayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ | sa papāta hato bhūmau viṭapīva mahādrumaḥ ||
English Translation
Rama filled the eyes of Sthulaksha with sharp arrows, and in anger shot five thousand arrows at the five thousand followers of Dusana in a moment and sent them to the abode of Yama.
VR 3.25.16 अनुष्टुप्
ततः पावकसंकाशैर्हेमवज्रविभूषितैः । जघनशेषं तेजस्वी तस्य सैन्यस्य सायकैः ॥
tataḥ pāvakasaṃkāśairhemavajravibhūṣitaiḥ | jaghanaśeṣaṃ tejasvī tasya sainyasya sāyakaiḥ ||
English Translation
Threat with shafts resembling fire, and decked with diamonds and with gold, (Rāma) possessed of energy destroyed the rest of his (Khara's) forces.
VR 3.25.17 अनुष्टुप्
ते रुक्मपुङ्खा विशिखाः सधूमा इव पावकाः । निजघ्नुस्तानि रक्षांसि वज्रा इव महाद्रुमान् ॥
te rukmapuṅkhā viśikhāḥ sadhūmā iva pāvakāḥ | nijaghnustāni rakṣāṃsi vajrā iva mahādrumān ||
English Translation
And as the thunderbolt slay the mighty, Asuras, those shafts studded with gold, and like to smoking fire, slew those Rākşasas.
VR 3.25.18 अनुष्टुप्
रक्षसां तु शतं रामः शतेनैकेन कर्णिना । सहस्रं च सहस्रेण जघान रणमूर्धनि ॥
rakṣasāṃ tu śataṃ rāmaḥ śatenaikena karṇinā | sahasraṃ ca sahasreṇa jaghāna raṇamūrdhani ||
English Translation
And in the field Rāma slew an hundred Rāks asa with an hundred Karnis, and a thousand (again) with a thousand.
VR 3.25.19 अनुष्टुप्
तैर्भिन्नवर्माभरणाश्छिन्नभिन्नशरासनाः । निपेतुः शोणितादिग्धा धरण्यां रजनीचराः ॥
tairbhinnavarmābharaṇāśchinnabhinnaśarāsanāḥ | nipetuḥ śoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ rajanīcarāḥ ||
English Translation
And, their armour and ornaments severed, and their bows broken in shivers, those rangers of the night fell down on the earth, bathed in blood.
VR 3.25.20 अनुष्टुप्
तैर्मुक्तकेशैः समरे पतितैः शोणितोक्षितैः । आस्तीर्णा वसुधा कृत्स्ना महावेदिः कुशैरिव ॥
tairmuktakeśaiḥ samare patitaiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ | āstīrṇā vasudhā kṛtsnā mahāvediḥ kuśairiva ||
English Translation
And as a spacious dais is covered with Kusa, the entire field was scattered with the Rākṣasas fallen in battle with hair dishevelled, and covered with blood.
VR 3.25.21 अनुष्टुप्
क्षणेन तु महाघोरं वनं निहतराक्षसं । बभूव निरय प्रख्यं मांसशोणितकर्दमम् ॥
kṣaṇena tu mahāghoraṃ vanaṃ nihatarākṣasaṃ | babhūva niraya prakhyaṃ māṃsaśoṇitakardamam ||
English Translation
And at that time that fearful forest, with the Rākṣasas slaughtered, and with its clay mired with flesh and blood, resembled hell itself.
VR 3.25.22 अनुष्टुप्
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि रक्षसां भीमकर्मणाम् । हतान्येकेन रामेण मानुषेण पदातिना ॥
caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām | hatānyekena rāmeṇa mānuṣeṇa padātinā ||
English Translation
Fourteen thousand Rākṣasas of dreadful deeds were slain by Rāma single, a human being, fighting, (moreover) on foot.
VR 3.25.23 अनुष्टुप्
तस्य सैन्यस्य सर्वस्य खरः शेषो महारथः । राक्षसस्त्रिशिराश्चैव रामश्च रिपुसूदनः ॥
tasya sainyasya sarvasya kharaḥ śeṣo mahārathaḥ | rākṣasastriśirāścaiva rāmaśca ripusūdanaḥ ||
English Translation
And the remnant of his (Khara's) forces were that mighty car-warrior, Khara himself, and the Raksasa, Trisirā; and (on the other side) was that destroyer of foes-Rāma.
VR 3.25.24 वंशस्थम्
ततस्तु तद्भीमबलं महाहवे; समीक्ष्य रामेण हतं बलीयसा । रथेन रामं महता खरस्ततः; समाससादेन्द्र इवोद्यताशनिः ॥
tatastu tadbhīmabalaṃ mahāhave; samīkṣya rāmeṇa hataṃ balīyasā | rathena rāmaṃ mahatā kharastataḥ; samāsasādendra ivodyatāśaniḥ ||
English Translation
Then seeing that dreadful army destroyed in terrible conflict by the mighty Rāma, Khara ascending a great car, advanced before Rāma, like Indra with the upraised thunderbolt. Then seeing that dreadful army destroyed in terrible conflict by the mighty Rāma, Khara ascending a great car, advanced before Rāma, like Indra with the upraised thunderbolt.
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