ततस्ते राक्षसास्तत्र तस्मिंस्तमसि दारुणे। राममेवाभ्यवर्तन्त संहृष्टाः शरवृष्टिभिः
Then those rakshasas, in that terrible darkness, exultant, advanced upon Rama with showers of arrows.
तेषामापततां शब्दः क्रुद्धानामपि गर्जताम्। उद्वर्त इव सप्तानां समुद्राणामभूत् स्वनः
The sound of those enraged attackers, roaring as they came, was like the rising tumult of the seven oceans.
तेषां रामः शरैः षड्भिः षड् जघान निशाचरान्। निमेषान्तरमात्रेण शरैरग्निशिखोपमैः
Rama struck down six rakshasas with six arrows, in the blink of an eye, with arrows blazing like tongues of fire.
यज्ञशत्रुश्च दुर्धर्षो महापार्श्वमहोदरौ। वज्रदंष्ट्रो महाकायस्तौ चोभौ शुकसारणौ
Yajñashatru, Durdharsha, Mahaparsva, Mahodara, Vajradamstra of great body, and both Shuka and Sarana—
ते तु रामेण बाणौघैः सर्वमर्मसु ताडिताः। युद्धादपसृतास्तत्र सावशेषायुषोऽभवन्
All these, struck by Rama’s torrents of arrows in all their vital points, withdrew from the battle there, their lives barely remaining.
निमेषान्तरमात्रेण घोरैरग्निशिखोपमैः। दिशश्चकार विमलाः प्रदिशश्च महारथः
In the span of a blink, the great charioteer made the directions and quarters shine pure, with fierce arrows resembling tongues of fire.
ये त्वन्ये राक्षसा वीरा रामस्याभिमुखे स्थिताः। तेऽपि नष्टाः समासाद्य पतङ्गा इव पावकम्
And those other heroic rākṣasas who stood facing Rāma were also destroyed upon approaching him, like moths to a flame.
सुवर्णपुङ्खैर्विशिखैः सम्पतद्भिः समन्ततः। बभूव रजनी चित्रा खद्योतैरिव शारदी
With golden-feathered arrows flying everywhere, the night became dazzling, like an autumn night lit by fireflies.
राक्षसानां च निनदैर्भेरीणां चैव निःस्वनैः। सा बभूव निशा घोरा भूयो घोरतराभवत्
With the roars of the rākṣasas and the booming of drums, that night grew terrifying, becoming even more dreadful.
तेन शब्देन महता प्रवृद्धेन समन्ततः। त्रिकूटः कंदराकीर्णः प्रव्याहरदिवाचलः
With that great, swelling sound all around, Trikūṭa mountain, filled with caves, echoed like a celestial mountain.
गोलाङ्गूला महाकायास्तमसा तुल्यवर्चसः। सम्परिष्वज्य बाहुभ्यां भक्षयन् रजनीचरान्
The great-bodied golāṅgūlas, whose color matched the darkness, embraced the night-roaming rākṣasas with their arms and devoured them.
अङ्गदस्तु रणे शत्रून् निहन्तुं समुपस्थितः। रावणिं निजघानाशु सारथिं च हयानपि
Angada, arriving in battle to slay his enemies, swiftly struck down Rāvaṇa's son, his charioteer, and even his horses.
इन्द्रजित् तु रथं त्यक्त्वा हताश्वो हतसारथिः। अङ्गदेन महाकायस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
Indrajit, abandoning his chariot after his horses and charioteer were killed, vanished there, his great body concealed by Angada.
तत् कर्म वालिपुत्रस्य सर्वे देवाः सहर्षिभिः। तुष्टुवुः पूजनार्हस्य तौ चोभौ रामलक्ष्मणौ
All the gods, together with the sages, praised the deed of Vāli's son, worthy of honor, and also both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.
प्रभावं सर्वभूतानि विदुरिन्द्रजितो युधि। ततस्ते तं महात्मानं दृष्ट्वा तुष्टाः प्रधर्षितम्
All beings knew the power of Indrajit in battle; yet, seeing that great soul defeated, they rejoiced.
ततः प्रहृष्टाः कपयः ससुग्रीवविभीषणाः। साधुसाध्विति नेदुश्च दृष्ट्वा शत्रुं पराजितम्
Then the monkeys, together with Sugrīva and Vibhīṣaṇa, exulted, shouting 'Well done!' upon seeing the enemy vanquished.
इन्द्रजित् तु तदानेन निर्जितो भीमकर्मणा। संयुगे वालिपुत्रेण क्रोधं चक्रे सुदारुणम्
Indrajit, defeated in battle by Vāli's son, who performed mighty deeds, became fiercely enraged.
सोऽन्तर्धानगतः पापो रावणी रणकर्शितः। ब्रह्मदत्तवरो वीरो रावणिः क्रोधमूर्च्छितः
That wicked Rāvaṇa's son, distressed by battle, endowed with a boon from Brahmā, entered invisibility, his mind seized by wrath.
अदृश्यो निशितान् बाणान् मुमोचाशनिवर्चसः। रामं च लक्ष्मणं चैव घोरैर्नागमयैः शरैः
Invisible, he released sharp arrows shining like lightning, and with dreadful serpent-like shafts struck both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.
बिभेद समरे क्रुद्धः सर्वगात्रेषु राक्षसः। मायया संवृतस्तत्र मोहयन् राघवौ युधि
Enraged, the rākṣasa wounded them in battle on every limb, cloaked in illusion, bewildering the Rāghavas in combat.
अदृश्यः सर्वभूतानां कूटयोधी निशाचरः। बबन्ध शरबन्धेन भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ
Invisible to all beings, the deceitful night-wanderer bound the brothers Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa with a snare of arrows.
तौ तेन पुरुषव्याघ्रौ क्रुद्धेनाशीविषैः शरैः। सहसाभिहतौ वीरौ तदा प्रेक्षन्त वानराः
Struck suddenly by that angry one with serpent-like arrows, those two tiger-men, the valiant brothers, were watched by the monkeys.
प्रकाशरूपस्तु यदा न शक्त- स्तौ बाधितुं राक्षसराजपुत्रः। मायां प्रयोक्तुं समुपाजगाम बबन्ध तौ राजसुतौ दुरात्मा
When, in visible form, the rākṣasa prince could not harm the two, he resorted to illusion and bound the royal brothers, wickedly.
इत्यार्षे श्रीमद्रामायणे वाल्मीकीये आदिकाव्ये श्रीमद्युद्धकाण्डे चतुश्चत्वारिंशः सर्गः
Thus ends the forty-fourth sarga in the glorious Yuddha Kāṇḍa of the venerable Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa, the first great poem.
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Listen now to the forty-fifth sarga in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa.
स तस्य गतिमन्विच्छन् राजपुत्रः प्रतापवान्। दिदेशातिबलो रामो दश वानरयूथपान्
Then Rāma, the mighty prince, seeking his enemy’s path, commanded ten leaders of the monkeys.
द्वौ सुषेणस्य दायादौ नीलं च प्लवगाधिपम्। अङ्गदं वालिपुत्रं च शरभं च तरस्विनम्
He sent the two sons of Suṣeṇa, Nīla the lord of monkeys, Aṅgada son of Vāli, and the swift Śarabha.
द्विविदं च हनूमन्तं सानुप्रस्थं महाबलम्। ऋषभं चर्षभस्कन्धमादिदेश परंतपः
He dispatched Dvivida, Hanumān, the powerful Sānuprastha, and Ṛṣabha with shoulders like a bull, the subduer of foes.
ते सम्प्रहृष्टा हरयो भीमानुद्यम्य पादपान्। आकाशं विविशुः सर्वे मार्गमाणा दिशो दश
Those mighty monkeys, delighted, seized great trees and all entered the sky, searching the ten directions.
तेषां वेगवतां वेगमिषुभिर्वेगवत्तरैः। अस्त्रवित् परमास्त्रस्तु वारयामास रावणिः
But Rāvaṇa’s son, skilled in weapons and supreme among archers, blocked those swift ones with arrows even swifter.