स यावत्स गुणं चापं कुरुते तावदुद्धतः । रथभंगं चकारास्य समरे प्रहसन्बली
As he was stringing the bow, the powerful one, laughing in battle, caused his chariot to be destroyed.
भग्नं रथं स्वकं वीक्ष्य धनुश्छिन्नं महात्मना । महावीरं मन्यमानः पदातिः प्राद्रवद्रणे
Seeing his own chariot broken and his bow cut by the great-souled one, considering him a great hero, the foot-soldier fled in battle.
उभौ धनुर्धरौ वीरावुभावपि शरोद्धतौ । उभौ क्षतजविप्लुष्टौ छिन्नसन्नाहितावुभौ
Both were bowmen, both heroes, both with arrows drawn; both were drenched in blood, both wounded and exhausted.
परस्परं बाणघातविशीर्णावपुलक्षितौ । जयाकांक्षां प्रकुर्वंतौ परस्परवधैषिणौ
Both, shattered by each other's arrow strikes, were marked with goosebumps, each desiring victory and intent on killing the other.
जयंतकार्तिकेयौ वा पुरारिः पुरभिद्यथा । एवं परस्परं युद्धं प्रकुर्वाणौ रणांगणे
Just as Kartikeya and the destroyer of cities once fought, so too did they wage battle against each other in the arena of war.
पुष्कलः प्रत्युवाचाथ बालं शूरशिरोमणे । त्वादृशो न मया दृष्टः कश्चिद्वीरशिरोमणिः
Then Puṣkala spoke to the boy, the foremost among heroes: 'I have never seen anyone like you, O chief among warriors.'
शिरस्ते पातयाम्यद्य बाणैः शितसुपर्वभिः । मा पलायस्व समरे प्राणान्रक्षस्व संयतः
Today I will strike your head with sharp, well-feathered arrows; do not flee in battle, protect your life with restraint.
एवमुक्त्वा लवं वीरं चकार शरपंजरे । पुष्कलस्य शरा भूमौ नभसि व्याप्य संस्थिताः
Having spoken thus, he made a cage of arrows around Lava, and Puṣkala's arrows stood spread across the earth and sky.
शरपंजरमध्यस्थो लवः पुष्कलमब्रवीत् । महत्कर्म कृतं वीर यन्मां बाणैरपीडयत्
Standing in the midst of the arrow cage, Lava spoke to Puṣkala: 'A great deed has been done, O hero, in tormenting me with arrows.'
इत्युक्त्वा बाणसंघातं प्रच्छिद्य वचनं पुनः । जगाद पुष्कलं वीरः शरसंधानकोविदः
Having said this, he broke the mass of arrows and again spoke words to Puṣkala, the hero skilled in preparing arrows.
पालयात्मानमाजिस्थं मच्छराघातपीडितः । पतिष्यसि महीपृष्ठे रुधिरेण परिप्लुतः
Protect yourself, standing in battle, afflicted by the blows of my arrows; you will fall upon the earth, drenched in blood.
एवमुक्तं समाकर्ण्य पुष्कलः कोपसंयुतः । रणे संयोधयामास लवं वीरं महाबलम्
Hearing these words, Puṣkala, filled with anger, engaged in battle with Lava, the mighty hero.
लवः प्रकुपितो बाणं तीक्ष्णं वैरिविदारणम् । जग्राह लवतः कोशादाशीविषमिव क्रुधा
Lava, enraged, took a sharp arrow, meant to tear the enemy, from his quiver, like a venomous serpent in wrath.
जाज्वल्यमानः सशरश्चापमुक्तो लवस्य च । हृदयं भेत्तुमुद्युक्तश्छिन्नो भारतिनाशु सः
Blazing, with arrow released from the bow, Lava was ready to pierce the heart, but it was swiftly cut by Bhārata.
छिन्ने भारतिना संख्ये शरेण प्राणहारिणा । अत्यंतं कुपितो घोरं शरमन्यं समाददे
When Bhārata cut it in battle with a life-taking arrow, Lava, extremely enraged, took up another terrible arrow.
आकर्णाकृष्टचापेन स मुक्तो निशितः शरः । बिभेद हृदयं तस्य पुष्कलस्य महारणे
With the bow drawn to his ear, he released the sharp arrow, and in the great battle pierced the heart of Puṣkala.
भिन्नो वक्षसि वीरेण सायकेनाशुगामिना । पपात धरणीपृष्ठे महाशूरशिरोमणिः
Struck in the chest by the swift-flying arrow of the hero, the foremost among great warriors fell to the earth.
पतितं तं समालोक्य पुष्कलं पवनात्मजः । गृहीत्वा राघवभ्रात्रे ददौ मूर्च्छासमन्वितम्
Seeing Puṣkala fallen, the son of the Wind took him, unconscious, and brought him to Rāma's brother.
मूर्च्छितं तं समालोक्य शोकविह्वलमानसः । हनूमंतं लवं हंतुं निदिदेश क्रुधान्वितः
Seeing him unconscious and his mind overcome with grief, Hanuman, filled with anger, was ordered to slay Lava.
हनूमान्क्रोधसंप्लुष्टो लवं संख्ये महाबलम् । विजेतुं तरसा प्रागाद्वृक्षमुद्यम्य शाल्मलिम्
Hanuman, ablaze with wrath, advanced swiftly in battle to conquer the mighty Lava, raising a śālmalī tree.
वृक्षेण हतवान्मूर्ध्नि लवस्य हनुमान्बली । तमापतंतं तरसा चिच्छेद शतधा लवः
Hanuman, powerful, struck Lava on the head with the tree, but Lava, rushing forward, cut it into a hundred pieces with force.
छिन्ने नगे पुनः कोपाद्वृक्षानुत्पाट्य मूलतः । ताडयामास हृदये मस्तके च महाबलः
When the tree was cut, Hanuman, enraged, uprooted other trees from their roots and struck Lava on the chest and head with great might.
यान्यान्वृक्षान्समाहृत्याताडयत्पवनात्मजः । तांस्तांश्चिच्छेद तरसा बलवान्नतपर्वभिः
Whatever other trees the Wind's son gathered and struck with, the strong Lava swiftly cut all of them apart with his curved arrows.
तदा शिलाः समुत्पाट्य गंडशैलोपमाः कपिः । पातयामास शिरसि क्षिप्रवेगेन मारुतिः
Then Hanuman, like a mountain, uprooted great boulders and hurled them with rapid force at Lava's head.
स आहतः शिलासंघैः संख्ये कोदंडमुन्नयन् । बाणैस्ताश्चूर्णयामास यंत्रिकाभिर्यथा कणाः
Struck in battle by the mass of rocks, Lava raised his bow and shattered them all with arrows, as a machine grinds grains.
तदात्यंतं प्रकुपितो मारुतिः पुच्छवेष्टनम् । चकार समरोपांते लवस्य बलिनः कृती
Then, exceedingly enraged, Hanuman, the son of the Wind, at the end of the fight, wrapped his tail around the powerful Lava.
स्वं पुच्छेन समाविद्धं वीक्ष्य स्वांबां हृदि स्मरन् । मुष्टिना ताडयामास लांगूलं मारुतेर्बली
Seeing himself bound by his own tail and remembering his mother in his heart, the mighty Lava struck Hanuman's tail with his fist.
तन्मुष्टिघातव्यथितो मारुतिस्तममूमुचत् । स मुक्तः पुच्छतो युद्धे शरान्मुंचन्नभूद्बली
Afflicted by the pain of that blow, Hanuman released him; freed from the tail in battle, the strong Lava began to shoot arrows.
दुर्वारशरघातेन संपीडिततनुः कपिः । बाणवर्षं मन्यमानो दुःसहं समरे बहु
Oppressed in body by the unbearable shower of arrows, Hanuman, considering the rain of arrows in battle to be intolerable, thought deeply.
किंकर्तव्यमितोऽस्माभिः पलाय्य यदि गम्यते । तदा मे स्वामिनो लज्जा ताडयेद्बालकोऽत्र माम्
What should I do now? If I flee from here, then I will be shamed before my master, and this boy will strike me here.