आचार्यता मानिता मे निर्मर्यादे ह्यपि त्वयि । भूयश्च शृणु मे ब्रह्मन्संपदं धर्मसंग्रहे
Though you have acted without restraint, I have honored you as a teacher; now listen further, O Brahman, to my account of virtue and prosperity.
ये ते वेदाः शरीरस्था .... यच्च ते महत् । तपश्च ते महत्तप्तं न तेभ्यः प्रहराम्यहम्
Those Vedas that reside within your body, and your great asceticism—these I do not attack or harm.
प्रहरे क्षत्रधर्मस्य यं त्वं राम समाश्रितः । ब्राह्मणः क्षत्रियत्वं हि याति शस्त्रसमुद्यमात्
Strike as you rely upon the duty of a warrior, O Rama; for a Brahman, by raising weapons, assumes the nature of a Kshatriya.
पश्य मे धनुषो वीर्यं पश्य बाह्वोर्बलं मम। एष ते कार्मुक वीर छिनद्मि निशितेषुणा
Behold the strength of my bow, behold the power of my arms; O hero, I will cut your bow with a sharp arrow.
तस्याहं निशितं भल्लं चिक्षेप भरतर्षभ । तेनास्य धनुषः कोटिं छित्वा भूमावपातयम्
Then I hurled a keen arrow, O bull among Bharatas, and with it I severed the tip of his bow, casting it to the ground.
तथैव च पृषत्कानां शतानि नतपर्वणाम् । चिक्षेप कङ्कपत्राणां जामदग्न्यरथं प्रति
In the same way, I launched hundreds of arrows with curved joints, feathered with vulture wings, toward Jamadagni's chariot.
काये विषक्तास्तु तदा वायुना समुदीरिताः। चेलुः क्षरन्तो रुधिरं नागा इव च ते शराः
Those arrows, driven by the wind, stuck in his body and moved about, shedding blood like serpents.
क्षतजोक्षितसर्वाङ्गः क्षरन्स रुधिरं रणे। बभौ रामस्तथा राजन्प्रफुल्ल इव किंशुकः
Rama, his whole body drenched in blood and bleeding in battle, shone like a blossoming kimshuka tree, O King.
हेमन्तान्तेऽशोक इव रक्तस्तबकमण्डितः। बभौ रामस्तथा राजन्प्रफुल्ल इव किंशुकः
Rama shone like an ashoka tree at the end of winter, adorned with clusters of red flowers, like a blossoming kimshuka, O King.
ततोऽन्यद्धनुरादाय रामः क्रोधसमन्वितः । हेमपुङ्खान्सुनिशिताञ्शरांस्तान्हि ववर्ष सः
Then Rama, filled with anger, took up another bow and showered arrows with golden shafts, sharp and well-made.
ते समासाद्य मां रौद्रा बहुधा मर्मभेदिनः । अकम्पयन्महावेगाः सर्पानलविषोपमाः
Those fierce arrows, many and piercing vital spots, struck me with great force, like serpents charged with poison and fire.
तमहं समवष्टभ्य पुनरात्मानमाहवे । शतसंख्यैः शरैः क्रुद्धस्तदा राममवाकिरम्
In battle, I steadied myself and, enraged, covered Rama with hundreds of arrows.
स तैरग्न्यर्कसङ्काशैः शरैराशीविषोपमैः । शितैरभ्यर्दितो रामो मन्दचेता इवाभवत्
Rama, overwhelmed by those arrows blazing like fire and sun, sharp and resembling venomous snakes, became as if dull-minded.
ततोऽहं कृपयाऽऽविष्टो विनिन्द्यात्मानमात्मना । धिग्धिगित्यब्रुवं युद्धं क्षत्रधर्मं च भारत
Then, seized by compassion, I reproached myself, saying 'Fie, fie!' upon the battle and the warrior's duty, O Bharata.
असकृच्चाब्रुवं राजञ्शोकवेगपरिप्लुतः । अहो बत कृतं पापं मयेदं क्षत्रधर्मं च भारत
Again and again, O King, overwhelmed by sorrow, I exclaimed, 'Alas! What a sin I have committed, and this warrior's duty, O Bharata.'
गुरुर्द्विजातिर्धर्मात्मा यदेवं पीडितः शरैः। ततो न प्राहरं भूयो जामदग्न्याय भारत
When the teacher, the twice-born, the righteous one, was thus afflicted by arrows, I did not strike Jamadagni's son further, O Bharata.
अथावताप्य पृथिवीं पूषा दिवसमंक्षये। जगामास्तं सहस्रांशुस्ततो युद्धमुपारमत्
Then, as the sun set and the earth was enveloped in darkness, the thousand-rayed one departed, and the battle ceased.
आत्मनस्तु ततः सूतो हयानां च विशांपते। मम चापनयामास शल्यान्कुशलसंमतः
Then the charioteer, skilled and approved by experts, removed the arrows from myself and from the horses, O lord of men.
स्नातापवृत्तैस्तुरगैर्लब्धतोयैरविह्वलैः। प्रभाते चोदिते सूर्ये ततो युद्धमवर्तत
With horses bathed and refreshed, their thirst quenched and spirits steady, when the sun had risen in the morning, then the battle commenced.
दृष्ट्वा भां तूर्णमायान्तं दंशितं स्यन्दने स्थितम्। अकरोद्रथमत्यर्थं रामः सज्जं प्रतापवान्
Seeing Bhishma swiftly approaching, standing armed upon his chariot, Rama, mighty in valor, made his own chariot ready for combat.
ततोऽहं राममायान्तं दृष्ट्वा समरकाङ्क्षिणम् । धनुःश्रेष्ठं समित्सृज्य सहसावतरं रथात्
Then, seeing Rama advancing, eager for battle, I quickly set aside my excellent bow and suddenly descended from my chariot.
अभिवाद्य तथैवाहं रथमारुह्य भारत । युयुत्सुर्जामदग्न्यस्य प्रमुखे वीतभीः स्थितः
Having paid my respects in the same manner, I mounted my chariot, O Bharata, and stood fearlessly before Jamadagni’s son, ready to fight.
ततोऽहं शरवर्षेण महता समवाकिरम् । स च मां शरवर्षेण वर्षन्तं समवाकिरम्
Then I showered him with a great volley of arrows, and he, too, covered me with a rain of arrows as I unleashed my own.
संक्रुद्धो जामदग्न्यस्तु पुनरेव सुतेजितान् । संप्रैषीन्मे शरान्घोरान्दीप्तास्यानुरगानिव
Enraged, Jamadagni’s son again sent forth fierce arrows at me, swift and blazing, as if charged with affection for their master.
ततोऽहं निशितैर्भल्लैः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । अच्छिदं सहसा राजन्नन्तरिक्षे पुनः पुनः
Then, O King, I swiftly cut down hundreds and thousands of those sharp arrows in the sky again and again.
ततस्त्वस्त्राणि दिव्यानि जामदग्न्यः प्रतापवान् । मयि प्रयोजयामास तान्यहं प्रत्यषेधयम्
Then the mighty Jamadagni’s son employed divine weapons against me, but I repelled them all.
अस्त्रैरेव महाबाहो चिकीर्षन्नधिकां क्रियाम्। ततो विदि महान्नादः प्रादुरासीत्समन्ततः
Wishing to accomplish something greater with weapons alone, O strong-armed one, then a great and terrible sound arose all around.
ततोऽहमस्त्रं वायव्यं जामदग्न्ये प्रयुक्तवान्। प्रत्याजघ्ने च तद्रामो गुह्यकास्त्रेण भारत
Then I employed the wind weapon against Jamadagni’s son, but Rama countered it, O Bharata, with a secret weapon.
ततोऽहमस्त्रमाग्नेयमनुमन्त्र्य प्रयुक्तवान् । वारुणेनैव तद्रामो वारयामास मे विभुः
Then, after due invocation, I released the fire weapon, but Rama, the mighty one, repelled it with the water weapon.
एवमस्त्राणि दिव्यानि रामस्याहमवारयम् । रामश्च मम तेजस्वी दिव्यास्त्रविदरिन्दमः
Thus I repelled the divine weapons of Rama, and Rama, the illustrious subduer of foes, repelled mine.