हविस्तत् प्रतिजग्राह पावकः स्वयमुत्थितः। सोऽस्त्रमाहारयामास ब्राह्ममस्त्रविशारदः
The fire itself accepted the offering, rising up; then, skilled in the Brahma weapon, he invoked the weapon.
धनुश्चात्मरथं चैव सर्वं तत्राभ्यमन्त्रयत्। तस्मिन्नाहूयमानेऽस्त्रे हूयमाने च पावके। सार्कग्रहेन्दुनक्षत्रं वितत्रास नभस्थलम्
He consecrated his bow, chariot, and all his equipment; as the weapon was invoked and the fire was offered, the sky trembled, with sun, moon, and stars.
स पावकं पावकदीप्ततेजा हुत्वा महेन्द्रप्रतिमप्रभावः। सचापबाणासिरथाश्वसूतः खेऽन्तर्दधेऽऽत्मानमचिन्त्यवीर्यः
Having offered to the fire, his brilliance blazing like fire, with the power of mighty Indra, armed with bow, arrows, sword, chariot, horses, and charioteer, he vanished in the sky, his strength unfathomable.
ततो हयरथाकीर्णं पताकाध्वजशोभितम्। निर्ययौ राक्षसबलं नर्दमानं युयुत्सया
Then the rakshasa army, filled with horses and chariots, adorned with banners and flags, marched out, roaring, eager for battle.
ते शरैर्बहुभिश्चित्रैस्तीक्ष्णवेगैरलंकृतैः। तोमरैरङ्कुशैश्चापि वानराञ्जघ्नुराहवे
With many sharp and swift arrows, decorated in various ways, and with spears and goads, they struck the vanaras in the fight.
रावणिस्तु सुसंक्रुद्धस्तान् निरीक्ष्य निशाचरान्। हृष्टा भवन्तो युध्यन्तु वानराणां जिघांसया
But Ravana, greatly enraged as he looked upon those night-stalkers, said, 'Be joyful and fight, intent on destroying the monkeys!'
ततस्ते राक्षसाः सर्वे गर्जन्तो जयकांक्षिणः। अभ्यवर्षंस्ततो घोरं वानरान् शरवृष्टिभिः
Then all the rakshasas, roaring and eager for victory, rained down a terrible shower of arrows upon the monkeys.
स तु नालीकनाराचैर्गदाभिर्मुसलैरपि। रक्षोभिः संवृतः संख्ये वानरान् विचकर्ष ह
Covered in battle by the rakshasas with nalikas, narachas, maces, and clubs, he drove back the monkeys.
ते वध्यमानाः समरे वानराः पादपायुधाः। अभ्यवर्षन्त सहसा रावणिं शैलपादपैः
Those monkeys, being struck down in the fight, seized trees as weapons and suddenly showered Ravana with mountain peaks and trunks.
इन्द्रजित् तु तदा क्रुद्धो महातेजा महाबलः। वानराणां शरीराणि व्यधमद् रावणात्मजः
Then Indrajit, son of Ravana, furious, of great energy and might, struck down the bodies of the monkeys.
शरेणैकेन च हरीन् नव पञ्च च सप्त च। बिभेद समरे क्रुद्धो राक्षसान् सम्प्रहर्षयन्
In his wrath, he pierced monkeys in battle—one with a single arrow, others five, seven, or nine—delighting the rakshasas.
स शरैः सूर्यसंकाशैः शातकुम्भविभूषणैः। वानरान् समरे वीरः प्रममाथ सुदुर्जयः
That unconquerable hero, with arrows shining like the sun and adorned with gold, crushed the monkeys in battle.
ते भिन्नगात्राः समरे वानराः शरपीडिताः। पेतुर्मथितसंकल्पाः सुरैरिव महासुराः
Those monkeys, their bodies pierced and tormented by arrows in the fight, fell, their resolve shattered, like great asuras struck down by the gods.
ते तपन्तमिवादित्यं घोरैर्बाणगभस्तिभिः। अभ्यधावन्त संक्रुद्धाः संयुगे वानरर्षभाः
But the foremost monkeys, enraged, rushed at him in battle, as if at a blazing sun, with his dreadful arrows like rays.
ततस्तु वानराः सर्वे भिन्नदेहा विचेतसः। व्यथिता विद्रवन्ति स्म रुधिरेण समुक्षिताः
Then all the monkeys, their bodies wounded and minds bewildered, fled in pain, drenched in blood.
रामस्यार्थे पराक्रम्य वानरास्त्यक्तजीविताः। नर्दन्तस्तेऽनिवृत्तास्तु समरे सशिलायुधाः
Yet, for Rama's sake, the monkeys, having abandoned concern for their lives, roared and did not retreat in battle, fighting with stones as weapons.
ते द्रुमैः पर्वताग्रैश्च शिलाभिश्च प्लवंगमाः। अभ्यवर्षन्त समरे रावणिं समवस्थिताः
Those monkey warriors, standing firm in battle, showered Ravana with trees, mountain peaks, and rocks.
तं द्रुमाणां शिलानां च वर्षं प्राणहरं महत्। व्यपोहत महातेजा रावणिः समितिंजयः
But Ravana, the victorious and mighty, repelled that great, life-destroying rain of trees and rocks.
ततः पावकसंकाशैः शरैराशीविषोपमैः। वानराणामनीकानि बिभेद समरे प्रभुः
Then the lord, with arrows blazing like fire and resembling venomous serpents, pierced the ranks of the monkeys in battle.
अष्टादशशरैस्तीक्ष्णैः स विद्ध्वा गन्धमादनम्। विव्याध नवभिश्चैव नलं दूरादवस्थितम्
With eighteen sharp arrows he struck Gandhamadana, and with nine more, from afar, he wounded Nala.
सप्तभिस्तु महावीर्यो मैन्दं मर्मविदारणैः। पञ्चभिर्विशिखैश्चैव गजं विव्याध संयुगे
With seven mighty, marrow-piercing arrows he struck Mainda, and with five more, he wounded Gaja in the fight.
जाम्बवन्तं तु दशभिर्नीलं त्रिंशद्भिरेव च। सुग्रीवमृषभं चैव सोऽङ्गदं द्विविदं तथा
He struck Jambavan with ten arrows, Nila with thirty, and likewise Sugriva, Rishabha, Angada, and Dvivida.
घोरैर्दत्तवरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्निष्प्राणानकरोत् तदा। अन्यानपि तथा मुख्यान् वानरान् बहुभिः शरैः
With dreadful, boon-given, sharp arrows, he then made many other leading monkeys lifeless as well.
अर्दयामास संक्रुद्धः कालाग्निरिव मूर्च्छितः। स शरैः सूर्यसंकाशैः सुमुक्तैः शीघ्रगामिभिः
Enraged and stupefied like the fire of destruction, he assailed with arrows, brilliant as the sun, swiftly released.
वानराणामनीकानि निर्ममन्थ महारणे। आकुलां वानरीं सेनां शरजालेन पीडिताम्
He shattered the armies of the monkeys in the great battle, afflicting the monkey host, thrown into confusion, with a torrent of arrows.
हृष्टः स परया प्रीत्या ददर्श क्षतजोक्षिताम्। पुनरेव महातेजा राक्षसेन्द्रात्मजो बली
Filled with supreme delight, he beheld them drenched in blood; and again, the mighty and radiant son of the king of the rakshasas,
संसृज्य बाणवर्षं च शस्त्रवर्षं च दारुणम्। ममर्द वानरानीकं परितस्त्विन्द्रजिद् बली
Unleashing a rain of arrows and a fierce shower of weapons, Indrajit crushed the monkey troops all around.
स्वसैन्यमुत्सृज्य समेत्य तूर्णं महाहवे वानरवाहिनीषु। अदृश्यमानः शरजालमुग्रं ववर्ष नीलाम्बुधरो यथाम्बु
Leaving his own army, he swiftly joined the monkey forces in the great battle; unseen, he poured a fierce shower of arrows, like a dark cloud releasing water.
ते शक्रजिद्बाणविशीर्णदेहा मायाहता विस्वरमुन्नदन्तः। रणे निपेतुर्हरयोऽद्रिकल्पा यथेन्द्रवज्राभिहता नगेन्द्राः
Their bodies shattered by Indrajit's arrows, struck by illusion, they cried out in confusion; the monkey heroes fell in battle, like mountains struck by Indra's thunderbolt.
ते केवलं संददृशुः शिताग्रान् बाणान् रणे वानरवाहिनीषु। मायाविगूढं च सुरेन्द्रशत्रुं न चात्र तं राक्षसमप्यपश्यन्
They saw only sharp-pointed arrows among the monkey forces in battle; but the enemy of the gods, concealed by illusion, was not seen, nor did they see that rakshasa there.