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.
स कुम्भकर्णस्य भुजो निकृत्तः पपात भूमौ गिरिसंनिकाशः। विचेष्टमानो निजघान वृक्षान् शैलान् शिलावानरराक्षसांश्च
That arm of Kumbhakarṇa, severed, fell to the ground like a mountain; thrashing about, he struck down trees, rocks, and both vanaras and rākṣasas.
तं छिन्नबाहुं समवेक्ष्य रामः समापतन्तं सहसा नदन्तम्। द्वावर्धचन्द्रौ निशितौ प्रगृह्य चिच्छेद पादौ युधि राक्षसस्य
Seeing him, with his arm cut off, suddenly rushing and roaring, Rāma seized two sharp half-moon arrows and, in battle, severed the rākṣasa’s legs.
तौ तस्य पादौ प्रदिशो दिशश्च गिरेर्गुहाश्चैव महार्णवं च। लङ्कां च सेनां कपिराक्षसानां विनादयन्तौ विनिपेततुश्च
Those two legs of his, resounding as they fell, crashed down upon the quarters, the directions, the mountain caves, the great ocean, Laṅkā, and the armies of monkeys and rākṣasas.
निकृत्तबाहुर्विनिकृत्तपादो विदार्य वक्त्रं वडवामुखाभम्। दुद्राव रामं सहसाभिगर्जन् राहुर्यथा चन्द्रमिवान्तरिक्षे
His arm and legs severed, his mouth gaping like the maw of death, he rushed at Rāma with a sudden roar, like Rāhu charging at the moon in the sky.
अपूरयत् तस्य मुखं शिताग्रै रामः शरैर्हेमपिनद्धपुङ्खैः। सम्पूर्णवक्त्रो न शशाक वक्तुं चुकूज कृच्छ्रेण मुमूर्च्छ चापि
Rāma filled his mouth with sharp-tipped arrows, their shafts bound with gold; his mouth completely filled, he could not speak, groaned with difficulty, and then lost consciousness.
अथाददे सूर्यमरीचिकल्पं स ब्रह्मदण्डान्तककालकल्पम्। अरिष्टमैन्द्रं निशितं सुपुङ्खं रामः शरं मारुततुल्यवेगम्
Then Rāma took up an arrow like a sunbeam, resembling the staff of Brahmā, Death, and Time; the mighty, sharp, well-feathered Indra-missile, swift as the wind.
तं वज्रजाम्बूनदचारुपुङ्खं प्रदीप्तसूर्यज्वलनप्रकाशम्। महेन्द्रवज्राशनितुल्यवेगं रामः प्रचिक्षेप निशाचराय
That arrow, with a shining golden shaft like a thunderbolt, blazing like the sun and fire, and with the speed of Indra’s thunderbolt, Rāma hurled at the night-wandering rākṣasa.
स सायको राघवबाहुचोदितो दिशःस्वभासा दश सम्प्रकाशयन्। विधूमवैश्वानरभीमदर्शनो जगाम शक्राशनिभीमविक्रमः
That arrow, launched from Rāghava’s arm, illuminated the ten directions with its radiance; appearing like smokeless fire, it advanced with the terrifying force of Indra’s thunderbolt.
स तन्महापर्वतकूटसंनिभं सुवृत्तदंष्ट्रं चलचारुकुण्डलम्। चकर्त रक्षोऽधिपतेः शिरस्तदा यथैव वृत्रस्य पुरा पुरंदरः
That arrow then severed the head of the lord of rākṣasas, massive as a mountain peak, with well-formed fangs and beautiful, trembling earrings—just as Purandara once struck down Vṛtra.
कुम्भकर्णशिरो भाति कुण्डलालंकृतं महत्। आदित्येऽभ्युदिते रात्रौ मध्यस्थ इव चन्द्रमाः
Kumbhakarṇa’s head, adorned with earrings and immense, shone like the moon in the midst of the night when the sun has risen.