अद्यायं दुर्मतिः काले गुरुभारप्रपीडितः। प्रचरन् राक्षसो भूमौ नान्यान् हन्यात् प्लवंगमान्
Today, this wicked-minded rakshasa, weighed down by his immense burden, should not slay any other monkeys while roaming the earth.
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रस्य धीमतः। ते समारुरुहुर्हृष्टाः कुम्भकर्णं महाबलाः
Hearing the wise prince's words, the mighty monkeys joyfully climbed onto Kumbhakarna.
कुम्भकर्णस्तु संक्रुद्धः समारूढः प्लवंगमैः। व्यधूनयत् तान् वेगेन दुष्टहस्तीव हस्तिपान्
Kumbhakarna, enraged and covered with monkeys, shook them off with force, like a wild elephant shaking off mahouts.
तान् दृष्ट्वा निर्धुतान् रामो रुष्टोऽयमिति राक्षसम्। समुत्पपात वेगेन धनुरुत्तममाददे
Seeing them cast off, Rama, angered at the rakshasa, sprang forward with speed and seized his excellent bow.
क्रोधरक्तेक्षणो धीरो निर्दहन्निव चक्षुषा। राघवो राक्षसं वेगादभिदुद्राव वेगितः। यूथपान् हर्षयन् सर्वान् कुम्भकर्णबलार्दितान्
With eyes reddened by wrath, resolute and burning with his gaze, Raghava rushed fiercely at the rakshasa, inspiring all the chiefs, who were oppressed by Kumbhakarna's strength.
स चापमादाय भुजंगकल्पं दृढज्यमुग्रं तपनीयचित्रम्। हरीन् समाश्वास्य समुत्पपात रामो निबद्धोत्तमतूणबाणः
Taking up his bow, serpent-like, with a strong string and adorned in gold, Rama, his quiver filled with the finest arrows, comforted the monkeys and leapt forward.
स वानरगणैस्तैस्तु वृतः परमदुर्जयैः। लक्ष्मणानुचरो वीरः सम्प्रतस्थे महाबलः
Surrounded by those formidable monkeys, the heroic and mighty Rama, accompanied by Lakshmana, advanced.
स ददर्श महात्मानं किरीटिनमरिंदमम्। शोणिताप्लुतरक्ताक्षं कुम्भकर्णं महाबलः
He saw the great-souled, crowned, enemy-destroyer Kumbhakarna, mighty in strength, his eyes blood-red and body drenched in blood.
सर्वान् समभिधावन्तं यथा रुष्टं दिशागजम्। मार्गमाणं हरीन् क्रुद्धं राक्षसैः परिवारितम्
He saw him charging at all, like an enraged elephant of the quarters, seeking out monkeys, furious and surrounded by rakshasas.
विन्ध्यमन्दरसंकाशं काञ्चनाङ्गदभूषणम्। स्रवन्तं रुधिरं वक्त्राद् वर्षमेघमिवोत्थितम्
He was like Vindhya or Mandara mountains, adorned with golden armlets, blood streaming from his mouth like a newly arisen rain cloud.
जिह्वया परिलिह्यन्तं सृक्किणी शोणितोक्षिते। मृद्नन्तं वानरानीकं कालान्तकयमोपमम्
Licking his blood-smeared lips with his tongue, crushing the ranks of monkeys, he resembled Death at the end of time.
तं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसश्रेष्ठं प्रदीप्तानलवर्चसम्। विस्फारयामास तदा कार्मुकं पुरुषर्षभः
Seeing that foremost of rākṣasas, blazing like a burning fire, the best of men then drew his bow.
स तस्य चापनिर्घोषात् कुपितो राक्षसर्षभः। अमृष्यमाणस्तं घोषमभिदुद्राव राघवम्
Enraged by the twang of the bow, that chief of rākṣasas, unable to endure the sound, charged at Rāghava.
ततस्तु वातोद्धतमेघकल्पं भुजंगराजोत्तमभोगबाहुः। तमापतन्तं धरणीधराभ- मुवाच रामो युधि कुम्भकर्णम्
Then, with arms like the coils of the king of serpents, resembling a wind-driven rain cloud, and like a mountain in his advance, Kumbhakarṇa was addressed by Rāma in battle.
आगच्छ रक्षोऽधिप मा विषाद- मवस्थितोऽहं प्रगृहीतचापः। अवेहि मां राक्षसवंशनाशनं यस्त्वं मुहूर्ताद् भविता विचेताः
Come, lord of rākṣasas, do not despair! Here I stand, bow in hand. Know me as the destroyer of the rākṣasa race—you will soon be senseless.
रामोऽयमिति विज्ञाय जहास विकृतस्वनम्। अभ्यधावत संक्रुद्धो हरीन् विद्रावयन् रणे
Recognizing, 'This is Rāma,' he laughed with a dreadful voice, and, enraged, rushed at the monkeys, scattering them in battle.
दारयन्निव सर्वेषां हृदयानि वनौकसाम्। प्रहस्य विकृतं भीमं स मेघस्तनितोपमम्
Laughing terribly, like thunderclouds, he seemed to tear the hearts of all the forest-dwellers.
कुम्भकर्णो महातेजा राघवं वाक्यमब्रवीत्। नाहं विराधो विज्ञेयो न कबन्धः खरो न च। न वाली न च मारीचः कुम्भकर्णः समागतः
Kumbhakarṇa, of great energy, spoke to Rāghava: 'I am not Virādha, nor Kabandha, nor Khara; not Vāli, nor Mārīca—I, Kumbhakarṇa, have come.'
पश्य मे मुद्गरं भीमं सर्वं कालायसं महत्। अनेन निर्जिता देवा दानवाश्च पुरा मया
Behold my dreadful mace, entirely made of black iron and immense; with this I once defeated gods and demons.
विकर्णनास इति मां नावज्ञातुं त्वमर्हसि। स्वल्पापि हि न मे पीडा कर्णनासाविनाशनात्
Do not scorn me as 'earless and noseless'; the loss of my ears and nose causes me not the slightest pain.
दर्शयेक्ष्वाकुशार्दूल वीर्यं गात्रेषु मेऽनघ। ततस्त्वां भक्षयिष्यामि दृष्टपौरुषविक्रमम्
Show your strength, tiger among the Ikṣvākus, upon my body, O sinless one! Then, having witnessed your valor, I will devour you.
स कुम्भकर्णस्य वचो निशम्य रामः सुपुङ्खान् विससर्ज बाणान्। तैराहतो वज्रसमप्रवेगै- र्न चुक्षुभे न व्यथते सुरारिः
Hearing Kumbhakarṇa's words, Rāma released well-feathered arrows; struck by them, swift as thunderbolts, the enemy of the gods neither wavered nor was disturbed.
यैः सायकैः सालवरा निकृत्ता वाली हतो वानरपुङ्गवश्च। ते कुम्भकर्णस्य तदा शरीरं वज्रोपमा न व्यथयाम्प्रचक्रुः
Those very arrows with which Vāli, the foremost of monkeys, was slain and mighty trees were cut down, now struck Kumbhakarṇa's body, but, being like adamant, they did not trouble him.
स वारिधारा इव सायकांस्तान् पिबन् शरीरेण महेन्द्रशत्रुः। जघान रामस्य शरप्रवेगं व्याविध्य तं मुद्गरमुग्रवेगम्
That enemy of Indra, drinking up those arrows with his body as if they were streams of water, brandished his terrible, swift mace and struck at Rāma's arrow assault.
ततस्तु रक्षः क्षतजानुलिप्तं वित्रासनं देवमहाचमूनाम्। व्याविध्य तं मुद्गरमुग्रवेगं विद्रावयामास चमूं हरीणाम्
Then that rākṣasa, with blood-smeared knees, terrifying the great armies of the gods, brandished his terrible, swift mace and routed the army of monkeys.
वायव्यमादाय ततोऽपरास्त्रं रामः प्रचिक्षेप निशाचराय। समुद्गरं तेन जहार बाहुं स कृत्तबाहुस्तुमुलं ननाद
Then Rāma took up the wind-missile and hurled another weapon at the night-wanderer; with it he severed his arm along with the mace, and the one-armed giant roared fiercely.
स तस्य बाहुर्गिरिशृङ्गकल्पः समुद्गरो राघवबाणकृत्तः। पपात तस्मिन् हरिराजसैन्ये जघान तां वानरवाहिनीं च
That arm of his, like a mountain peak, with the mace, cut off by Rāghava's arrow, fell among the monkey army and struck down the monkey troops.
ते वानरा भग्नहतावशेषाः पर्यन्तमाश्रित्य तदा विषण्णाः। प्रपीडिताङ्गा ददृशुः सुघोरं नरेन्द्ररक्षोऽधिपसंनिपातम्
Those remaining vanaras, shattered and wounded, then took refuge at the edge, dejected; their bodies crushed, they beheld that dreadful clash between the king of men and the lord of the rākṣasas.
स कुम्भकर्णोऽस्त्रनिकृत्तबाहु- र्महासिकृत्ताग्र इवाचलेन्द्रः। उत्पाटयामास करेण वृक्षं ततोऽभिदुद्राव रणे नरेन्द्रम्
Kumbhakarṇa, his arm severed by a divine weapon—like a great mountain peak cut off by a mighty sword—uprooted a tree with his hand and then charged at the king of men in battle.
तं तस्य बाहुं सहतालवृक्षं समुद्यतं पन्नगभोगकल्पम्। ऐन्द्रास्त्रयुक्तेन जघान रामो बाणेन जाम्बूनदचित्रितेन
Rāma struck that upraised arm of his, which held a palm tree and resembled the coil of a serpent, with an arrow adorned with gold, empowered by Indra’s missile.