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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇam • Kāṇḍa 7 (Uttarakāṇḍa) • Sarga 7

Uttarakāṇḍa Sarga 7

उत्तरकाण्डम् • सर्गः 7

Uttarakāṇḍa Sarga 7 of the classical Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa with 50 verses.

Total: 50 Verses • Citations: VR 7.7.1–50 • 175 Lexicon Terms • Page 1 of 2 (Verses 30 shown)
VR 7.7.1 अनुष्टुप्
नारायणगिरिं ते तु गर्जन्तो राक्षसाम्बुदाः । अवर्षन्निषुवर्षेण वर्षेणाद्रिमिवाम्बुदाः ॥
nārāyaṇagiriṃ te tu garjanto rākṣasāmbudāḥ | avarṣanniṣuvarṣeṇa varṣeṇādrimivāmbudāḥ ||
English Translation
As clouds assail a mountain with showers, then the Raksasas, representing clouds, setting up shouts, began to assail Nārāyaṇa representing a mountain.
VR 7.7.2 अनुष्टुप्
श्यामावदातस्तैर्विष्णुर्नीलैर्नक्तंचरोत्तमैः । वृतोऽञ्जनगिरीवासीद्वर्षमाणैः पयोधरैः ॥
śyāmāvadātastairviṣṇurnīlairnaktaṃcarottamaiḥ | vṛto'ñjanagirīvāsīdvarṣamāṇaiḥ payodharaiḥ ||
English Translation
Visnu of a bright brown-blue hue, being surrounded by the flower of the night-rangers with dark visages, resembled the Añjana mountain, on which the clouds pour down.
VR 7.7.3 अनुष्टुप्
शलभा इव केदारं मशका इव पर्वतम् । यथामृतघटं जीवा मकरा इव चार्णवम् ॥
śalabhā iva kedāraṃ maśakā iva parvatam | yathāmṛtaghaṭaṃ jīvā makarā iva cārṇavam ||
VR 7.7.4 अनुष्टुप्
तथा रक्षोधनुर्मुक्ता वज्रानिलमनोजवाः । हरिं विशन्ति स्म शरा लोकास्तमिव पर्यये ॥
tathā rakṣodhanurmuktā vajrānilamanojavāḥ | hariṃ viśanti sma śarā lokāstamiva paryaye ||
English Translation
As locusts (flood) a field, knots (throng) about a flame, gad-flies (cluster) around a pot of honey, or makaras (range) in the sea, so the shafts shot by the bows of the Rākṣasa, having (the energy of) the thunder-bolt and endowed with (the velocity of) the wind or thought, pierce Hari as if at the universal dissolution.
VR 7.7.5 अनुष्टुप्
स्यन्दनैः स्यन्दनगता गजैश्च गजधूर्गताः । अश्वारोहाः सदश्वैश्च पादाताश्चाम्बरे चराः ॥
syandanaiḥ syandanagatā gajaiśca gajadhūrgatāḥ | aśvārohāḥ sadaśvaiśca pādātāścāmbare carāḥ ||
VR 7.7.6 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसेन्द्रा गिरिनिभाः शरशक्त्यृष्टितोमरैः । निरुच्छ्वासं हरिं चक्रुः प्राणायाम इव द्विजम् ॥
rākṣasendrā girinibhāḥ śaraśaktyṛṣṭitomaraiḥ | nirucchvāsaṃ hariṃ cakruḥ prāṇāyāma iva dvijam ||
English Translation
Those mounted on cars (assailed him) with their cars, and those mounted on the backs of elephants (assailed him) with their elephants, and those riding horses (assailed him) with their horses, and the foot-soldiers attacked him, stationed in the sky; and the foremost of Rākşasas resembling mountains, by means of darts, rstis and tomaras, suspended the respiration of Hari even as the prāņāyāma* does that of a twice-born one. *The practice of regulation respiration and finally suspending the same. This is practised by the Yogis of India, who attribute wonderful virtues to it.
VR 7.7.7 अनुष्टुप्
निशाचरैस्तुद्यमानो मीनैरिव महातिमिः । शार्ङ्गमायम्य गात्राणि राक्षसानां महाहवे ॥
niśācaraistudyamāno mīnairiva mahātimiḥ | śārṅgamāyamya gātrāṇi rākṣasānāṃ mahāhave ||
English Translation
On being sore tried by the night-rangers, like the great Ocean by the fishes (residing in it), that invincible one, taking his ſārņga, showered shafts among the Rākşasas.
VR 7.7.8 अनुष्टुप्
शरैः पूर्णायतोत्सृष्टैर्वज्रवक्त्रैर्मनोजवैः । चिच्छेद तिलशो विष्णुः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
śaraiḥ pūrṇāyatotsṛṣṭairvajravaktrairmanojavaiḥ | ciccheda tilaśo viṣṇuḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
English Translation
With sharpened arrows resembling the thunder, and endowed with the velocity of the wind, shot from his bow drawn to its fullest stretch, Visnu cut off (Raksasas) by hundreds and by thousands.
VR 7.7.9 अनुष्टुप्
विद्राव्य शरवर्षं तं वर्षं वायुरिवोत्थितम् । पाञ्चजन्यं महाशङ्खं प्रदध्मौ पुरुषोत्तमः ॥
vidrāvya śaravarṣaṃ taṃ varṣaṃ vāyurivotthitam | pāñcajanyaṃ mahāśaṅkhaṃ pradadhmau puruṣottamaḥ ||
English Translation
And dashing away (the Rākṣasa ranks) with his arrowy shower, even as the wind aroused dashes away a downpour, that best of male beings blew his mighty conch Pāñcajanya.
VR 7.7.10 अनुष्टुप्
सोऽम्बुजो हरिणा ध्मातः सर्वप्राणेन शङ्खराट् । ररास भीमनिह्रादो युगान्ते जलदो यथा ॥
so'mbujo hariṇā dhmātaḥ sarvaprāṇena śaṅkharāṭ | rarāsa bhīmanihrādo yugānte jalado yathā ||
English Translation
Winded by Hari with his utmost might, that water-sprung king of conchs, endowed with terrific blares, roared, as if afflicting the three worlds.
VR 7.7.11 अनुष्टुप्
शङ्खराजरवः सोऽथ त्रासयामास राक्षसान् । मृगराज इवारण्ये समदानिव कुञ्जरान् ॥
śaṅkharājaravaḥ so'tha trāsayāmāsa rākṣasān | mṛgarāja ivāraṇye samadāniva kuñjarān ||
English Translation
The sounds of that king of conchs struck terror into the Rākşasas, even as in a mighty forest a lion (strikes terror into the hearts of) elephants in rut.
VR 7.7.12 अनुष्टुप्
न शेकुरश्वाः संस्थातुं विमदाः कुञ्जराभवन् । स्यन्दनेभ्यश्च्युता योधाः शङ्खरावितदुर्बलाः ॥
na śekuraśvāḥ saṃsthātuṃ vimadāḥ kuñjarābhavan | syandanebhyaścyutā yodhāḥ śaṅkharāvitadurbalāḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat the horses could not keep their ground, and the elephants were reſt of their temporal flow, and shorn of their virtue at the roars of the conch, heroes began to topple down from their cars.
VR 7.7.13 अनुष्टुप्
शार्ङ्गचापविनिर्मुक्ता वज्रतुल्याननाः शराः । विदार्य तानि रक्षांसि सुपुङ्खा विविशुः क्षितिम् ॥
śārṅgacāpavinirmuktā vajratulyānanāḥ śarāḥ | vidārya tāni rakṣāṃsi supuṅkhā viviśuḥ kṣitim ||
English Translation
And dight with dainty feathered parts having heads, the shafts discharged from the śārnga, resembling thunder-bolts, riving those Rākşása, entered the earth.
VR 7.7.14 अनुष्टुप्
भिद्यमानाः शरैश्चान्ये नारायणधनुश्च्युतैः । निपेतू राक्षसा भीमाः शैला वज्रहता इव ॥
bhidyamānāḥ śaraiścānye nārāyaṇadhanuścyutaiḥ | nipetū rākṣasā bhīmāḥ śailā vajrahatā iva ||
English Translation
In that conflict, pierced by the arrows discharged from Nārāyana's arm, the Rākşasa began to drop to the ground like mountains struck with the thunder-bolt.
VR 7.7.15 अनुष्टुप्
व्रणैर्व्रणकरारीणामधोक्षजशरोद्भवैः । असृक्क्षरन्ति धाराभिः स्वर्णधारामिवाचलाः ॥
vraṇairvraṇakarārīṇāmadhokṣajaśarodbhavaiḥ | asṛkkṣaranti dhārābhiḥ svarṇadhārāmivācalāḥ ||
English Translation
The wounds on the persons of the foes inflicted by the discus of Vişnu discharge blood in streams, like mountains discharging streams of red chalk.
VR 7.7.16 अनुष्टुप्
शङ्खराजरवश्चापि शार्ङ्गचापरवस्तथा । राक्षसानां रवांश्चापि ग्रसते वैष्णवो रवः ॥
śaṅkharājaravaścāpi śārṅgacāparavastathā | rākṣasānāṃ ravāṃścāpi grasate vaiṣṇavo ravaḥ ||
English Translation
The sound of that king of conchs, as well as those of the Sārnga, combined with the roars emitted by Vişņu himself, swallowed up the roars of the Rākşasas.
VR 7.7.17 अनुष्टुप्
सूर्यादिव करा घोरा ऊर्मयः सागरादिव । पर्वतादिव नागेन्द्रा वार्योघा इव चाम्बुदात् ॥
sūryādiva karā ghorā ūrmayaḥ sāgarādiva | parvatādiva nāgendrā vāryoghā iva cāmbudāt ||
VR 7.7.18 अनुष्टुप्
तथा बाणा विनिर्मुक्ताः शार्ङ्गान्नरायणेरिताः । निर्धावन्तीषवस्तूर्णं शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः ॥
tathā bāṇā vinirmuktāḥ śārṅgānnarāyaṇeritāḥ | nirdhāvantīṣavastūrṇaṃ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ ||
VR 7.7.19 अनुष्टुप्
शरभेण यथा सिंहाः सिंहेन द्विरदा यथा । द्विरदेन यथा व्याघ्रा व्याघ्रेण द्वीपिनो यथा ॥
śarabheṇa yathā siṃhāḥ siṃhena dviradā yathā | dviradena yathā vyāghrā vyāghreṇa dvīpino yathā ||
VR 7.7.20 अनुष्टुप्
द्वीपिना च यथा श्वानः शुना मार्जारका यथा । मार्जारेण यथा सर्पाः सर्पेण च यथाखवः ॥
dvīpinā ca yathā śvānaḥ śunā mārjārakā yathā | mārjāreṇa yathā sarpāḥ sarpeṇa ca yathākhavaḥ ||
VR 7.7.21 अनुष्टुप्
तथा ते राक्षसा युद्धे विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । द्रवन्ति द्राविताश्चैव शायिताश्च महीतले ॥
tathā te rākṣasā yuddhe viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | dravanti drāvitāścaiva śāyitāśca mahītale ||
VR 7.7.22 अनुष्टुप्
राक्षसानां सहस्राणि निहत्य मधुसूदनः । वारिजं नादयामास तोयदं सुरराडिव ॥
rākṣasānāṃ sahasrāṇi nihatya madhusūdanaḥ | vārijaṃ nādayāmāsa toyadaṃ surarāḍiva ||
English Translation
Then, having despatched thousands of Rākşasas, the destroyer of Madhu blew his water-sprung (conch), even as the sovereign of the celestials filleth clouds (with rain).
VR 7.7.23 अनुष्टुप्
नारायणशरग्रस्तं शङ्खनादसुविह्वलम् । ययौ लङ्कामभिमुखं प्रभग्नं राक्षसं बलम् ॥
nārāyaṇaśaragrastaṃ śaṅkhanādasuvihvalam | yayau laṅkāmabhimukhaṃ prabhagnaṃ rākṣasaṃ balam ||
English Translation
Agitated by the arrows of Nārāyaṇa, with their senses bewildered by the blares of the conch, the broken Raksasa forces made for Lankā.
VR 7.7.24 अनुष्टुप्
प्रभग्ने राक्षसबले नारायणशराहते । सुमाली शरवर्षेण आववार रणे हरिम् ॥
prabhagne rākṣasabale nārāyaṇaśarāhate | sumālī śaravarṣeṇa āvavāra raṇe harim ||
English Translation
On the Rākşasa army having been broken in consequence of the beating it got at the hands of Nārāyaṇa, Sumāli with showers of shafts resisted Hari in the encounter.
VR 7.7.25 अनुष्टुप्
उत्क्षिप्य हेमाभरणं करं करमिव द्विपः । ररास राक्षसो हर्षात्सतडित्तोयदो यथा ॥
utkṣipya hemābharaṇaṃ karaṃ karamiva dvipaḥ | rarāsa rākṣaso harṣātsataḍittoyado yathā ||
English Translation
As an elephant flourishes its trunk, that Rāks asa, lifting up his arm adorned with ornaments, began to roar from rapture, like a mass of clouds, lighted up with lightening.
VR 7.7.26 अनुष्टुप्
सुमालेर्नर्दतस्तस्य शिरो ज्वलितकुण्डलम् । चिच्छेद यन्तुरश्वाश्च भ्रान्तास्तस्य तु रक्षसः ॥
sumālernardatastasya śiro jvalitakuṇḍalam | ciccheda yanturaśvāśca bhrāntāstasya tu rakṣasaḥ ||
English Translation
And (Visņu) cut off the head flaming with ear rings of the charioteer of the shouting Sumáli; and thereat the horses of that Raksasa aimlessly strayed hither and thither.
VR 7.7.27 अनुष्टुप्
तैरश्वैर्भ्राम्यते भ्रान्तैः सुमाली राक्षसेश्वरः । इन्द्रियाश्वैर्यथा भ्रान्तैर्धृतिहीनो यथा नरः ॥
tairaśvairbhrāmyate bhrāntaiḥ sumālī rākṣaseśvaraḥ | indriyāśvairyathā bhrāntairdhṛtihīno yathā naraḥ ||
English Translation
And with his bewildered steeds Sumali wanders like a person deprived of patience, whose senses are under hallucination.
VR 7.7.28 उपजातिः
माली चाभ्यद्रवद्युद्धे प्रगृह्य सशरं धनुः । मालेर्धनुश्च्युता बाणाः कार्तस्वरविभूषिताः । विविशुर्हरिमासाद्य क्रौञ्चं पत्ररथा इव ॥
mālī cābhyadravadyuddhe pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ | mālerdhanuścyutā bāṇāḥ kārtasvaravibhūṣitāḥ | viviśurharimāsādya krauñcaṃ patrarathā iva ||
English Translation
Like birds entering the Krauñca mountain, the arrows discharged from Mali's bow, graced with gold, hit Hari and entered (into his body).
VR 7.7.29 अनुष्टुप्
अर्द्यमानः शरैः सोऽथ मालिमुक्तैः सहस्रशः । चुक्षुभे न रणे विष्णुर्जितेन्द्रिय इवाधिभिः ॥
ardyamānaḥ śaraiḥ so'tha mālimuktaiḥ sahasraśaḥ | cukṣubhe na raṇe viṣṇurjitendriya ivādhibhiḥ ||
English Translation
Thereat, as a person holding his senses under subjection is not thrown out of his mental balance, Vişnu, assailed in that encounter with thousands of arrows shot by Māli, was not disturbed ever so little.
VR 7.7.30 अनुष्टुप्
अथ मौर्वी स्वनं कृत्वा भगवान्भूतभावनः । मालिनं प्रति बाणौघान्ससर्जासिगदाधरः ॥
atha maurvī svanaṃ kṛtvā bhagavānbhūtabhāvanaḥ | mālinaṃ prati bāṇaughānsasarjāsigadādharaḥ ||
English Translation
Then that creator of all beings, the reverend Gadādhara,* twanging his bow-string, showered volleys of shafts on Máli. *Lit. the holder of the mace, a name of Visnu.
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