ते बद्धघण्टा बलिनो घोररूपा निशाचराः। विनद्यमानाः संहृष्टा धूम्राक्षं पर्यवारयन्
Those powerful night-dwellers, fierce in form, with bells tied on, roaring joyfully, surrounded Dhūmrākṣa.
विविधायुधहस्ताश्च शूलमुद्गरपाणयः। गदाभिः पट्टिशैर्दण्डैरायसैर्मुसलैरपि
With various weapons in hand—spears, maces, clubs, iron rods, and pestles—they advanced.
परिघैर्भिन्दिपालैश्च भल्लैः पाशैः परश्वधैः। निर्ययू राक्षसा घोरा नर्दन्तो जलदा यथा
With iron bars, slings, arrows, nooses, axes, the fierce rakshasas marched out, roaring like thunderclouds.
रथैः कवचिनस्त्वन्ये ध्वजैश्च समलंकृतैः। सुवर्णजालविहितैः खरैश्च विविधाननैः
Others, wearing armor, rode in chariots adorned with banners and decorated with golden latticework, as well as on mules with various faces.
हयैः परमशीघ्रैश्च गजैश्चैव मदोत्कटैः। निर्ययुर्नैर्ऋतव्याघ्रा व्याघ्रा इव दुरासदाः
With horses of utmost swiftness and elephants fierce with rut, the night-stalking tigers set out, formidable as tigers and difficult to approach.
वृकसिंहमुखैर्युक्तं खरैः कनकभूषितैः। आरुरोह रथं दिव्यं धूम्राक्षः खरनिःस्वनः
Dhūmrākṣa, resounding with the cries of mules, ascended his divine chariot, yoked to mules adorned with golden ornaments and bearing the faces of wolves and lions.
स निर्यातो महावीर्यो धूम्राक्षो राक्षसैर्वृतः। हसन् वै पश्चिमद्वाराद्धनूमान् यत्र तिष्ठति
That mighty Dhūmrākṣa, surrounded by rākṣasas, set out laughing from the western gate, where Hanūmān was stationed.
रथप्रवरमास्थाय खरयुक्तं खरस्वनम्। प्रयान्तं तु महाघोरं राक्षसं भीमदर्शनम्
Mounting his foremost chariot, drawn by mules and resounding with their cries, that terrifying rākṣasa of dreadful appearance advanced.
अन्तरिक्षगताः क्रूराः शकुनाः प्रत्यषेधयन्। रथशीर्षे महाभीमो गृध्रश्च निपपात ह
Cruel birds moving through the sky obstructed him, and a great, fearsome vulture fell upon the head of his chariot.
ध्वजाग्रे ग्रथिताश्चैव निपेतुः कुणपाशनाः। रुधिरार्द्रो महान् श्वेतः कबन्धः पतितो भुवि
On the tip of his banner, bound together, fell lumps of flesh and stones; a great white headless trunk, drenched in blood, dropped to the ground.
विस्वरं चोत्सृजन्नादान् धूम्राक्षस्य निपातितः। ववर्ष रुधिरं देवः संचचाल च मेदिनी
Uttering discordant cries, it fell upon Dhūmrākṣa; blood rained down from the sky, and the earth trembled.
प्रतिलोमं ववौ वायुर्निर्घातसमनिःस्वनः। तिमिरौघावृतास्तत्र दिशश्च न चकाशिरे
The wind blew against the natural order, roaring like thunder; the quarters were shrouded in dense darkness and did not appear.
स तूत्पातांस्ततो दृष्ट्वा राक्षसानां भयावहान्। प्रादुर्भूतान् सुघोरांश्च धूम्राक्षो व्यथितोऽभवत्। मुमुहू राक्षसाः सर्वे धूम्राक्षस्य पुरःसराः
Then, seeing these terrifying and dreadful omens, portending fear for the rākṣasas, Dhūmrākṣa became agitated; all the rākṣasas led by Dhūmrākṣa were bewildered.
ततः सुभीमो बहुभिर्निशाचरै- र्वृतोऽभिनिष्क्रम्य रणोत्सुको बली। ददर्श तां राघवबाहुपालितां महौघकल्पां बहु वानरीं चमूम्
Then that exceedingly fearsome and mighty night-stalker, eager for battle and surrounded by many rākṣasas, went forth and beheld that vast army of monkeys, protected by Rāghava's arms, resembling a great flood.
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Let the fifty-second sarga be heard in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, in the Yuddha Kāṇḍa.
धूम्राक्षं प्रेक्ष्य निर्यान्तं राक्षसं भीमविक्रमम्। विनेदुर्वानराः सर्वे प्रहृष्टा युद्धकाङ्क्षिणः
Seeing Dhūmrākṣa, the rākṣasa of terrible valor, advancing, all the monkeys, delighted and eager for battle, roared.
तेषां सुतुमुलं युद्धं संजज्ञे कपिरक्षसाम्। अन्योन्यं पादपैर्घोरैर्निघ्नतां शूलमुद्गरैः
A tumultuous battle arose among those monkeys and rākṣasas, as they struck each other with dreadful trees, spears, and clubs.
राक्षसैर्वानरा घोरा विनिकृत्ताः समन्ततः। वानरै राक्षसाश्चापि द्रुमैर्भूमिसमीकृताः
The fierce rākṣasas cut down the monkeys on all sides, while the monkeys, in turn, leveled the rākṣasas to the ground with trees.
राक्षसास्त्वभिसंक्रुद्धा वानरान् निशितैः शरैः। विव्यधुर्घोरसंकाशैः कङ्कपत्रैरजिह्मगैः
The enraged rākṣasas pierced the monkeys with sharp, straight-flying arrows tipped with heron feathers, dreadful to behold.
ते गदाभिश्च भीमाभिः पट्टिशैः कूटमुद्गरैः। घोरैश्च परिघैश्चित्रैस्त्रिशूलैश्चापि संश्रितैः
They also struck with terrible maces, swords, spiked clubs, fearsome iron rods, and various decorated tridents.
विदार्यमाणा रक्षोभिर्वानरास्ते महाबलाः। अमर्षजनितोद्धर्षाश्चक्रुः कर्माण्यभीतवत्
Though being torn apart by the rākṣasas, those mighty monkeys, emboldened by wrath, performed deeds without fear.
शरनिर्भिन्नगात्रास्ते शूलनिर्भिन्नदेहिनः। जगृहुस्ते द्रुमांस्तत्र शिलाश्च हरियूथपाः
Their bodies pierced by arrows, their limbs torn by spears, the monkey chiefs seized trees and rocks there.
ते भीमवेगा हरयो नर्दमानास्ततस्ततः। ममन्थू राक्षसान् वीरान् नामानि च बभाषिरे
Those monkeys, roaring again and again with terrible speed, crushed the heroic rakshasas and called out their names.
तद् बभूवाद्भुतं घोरं युद्धं वानररक्षसाम्। शिलाभिर्विविधाभिश्च बहुशाखैश्च पादपैः
Then there arose a wondrous and dreadful battle between monkeys and rakshasas, with many rocks and countless-branching trees.
राक्षसा मथिताः केचिद् वानरैर्जितकाशिभिः। प्रवेमू रुधिरं केचिन्मुखै रुधिरभोजनाः
Some rakshasas, crushed by the victorious monkeys, vomited blood; others, who fed on blood, spewed it from their mouths.
पार्श्वेषु दारिताः केचित् केचिद् राशीकृता द्रुमैः। शिलाभिश्चूर्णिताः केचित् केचिद् दन्तैर्विदारिताः
Some were torn at the sides, some were heaped up with trees, some were pulverized by rocks, and some were ripped apart by teeth.
ध्वजैर्विमथितैर्भग्नैः खड्गैश्च विनिपातितैः। रथैर्विध्वंसितैः केचिद् व्यथिता रजनीचराः
Some night-stalkers, struck by shattered and broken banners, by fallen swords, and by destroyed chariots, were afflicted.
गजेन्द्रैः पर्वताकारैः पर्वताग्रैर्वनौकसाम्। मथितैर्वाजिभिः कीर्णं सारोहैर्वसुधातलम्
The earth was strewn with great elephants, mountain-like in form, with mountain peaks hurled by the forest-dwellers, and with trampled horses.
वानरैर्भीमविक्रान्तैराप्लुत्योत्प्लुत्य वेगितैः। राक्षसाः करजैस्तीक्ष्णैर्मुखेषु विनिदारिताः
By monkeys of terrible valor, leaping swiftly again and again, rakshasas were torn open at the mouth by sharp nails.
विषण्णवदना भूयो विप्रकीर्णशिरोरुहाः। मूढाः शोणितगन्धेन निपेतुर्धरणीतले
With faces cast down, hair disheveled, bewildered by the smell of blood, they fell to the ground.