परिघोपमबाहुस्तु परिघं भास्करप्रभम्। बली बलवतस्तस्य पातयामास वक्षसि
With arms like clubs, Hanuman, powerful among the powerful, hurled a club shining like the sun at Nikumbha's chest.
स्थिरे तस्योरसि व्यूढे परिघः शतधा कृतः। विकीर्यमाणः सहसा उल्काशतमिवाम्बरे
On his broad, firm chest, the club was shattered into a hundred pieces, scattering suddenly like a hundred meteors in the sky.
स तु तेन प्रहारेण न चचाल महाकपिः। परिघेण समाधूतो यथा भूमिचलेऽचलः
But the great monkey did not move from that blow, shaken by the club as an immovable mountain is by an earthquake.
स तथाभिहतस्तेन हनूमान् प्लवगोत्तमः। मुष्टिं संवर्तयामास बलेनातिमहाबलः
Thus struck, Hanuman, the foremost of monkeys and exceedingly strong, clenched his fist with all his might.
तमुद्यम्य महातेजा निकुम्भोरसि वीर्यवान्। अभिचिक्षेप वेगेन वेगवान् वायुविक्रमः
Raising that fist, the radiant and valiant Hanuman, swift as the wind, hurled it with force at Nikumbha's chest.
तत्र पुस्फोट वर्मास्य प्रसुस्राव च शोणितम्। मुष्टिना तेन संजज्ञे मेघे विद्युदिवोत्थिता
There, from that powerful blow, Nikumbha's armor burst open and blood flowed, as lightning flashes forth from a cloud.
स तु तेन प्रहारेण निकुम्भो विचचाल च। स्वस्थश्चापि निजग्राह हनूमन्तं महाबलम्
Struck by that blow, Nikumbha staggered, but regaining himself, seized mighty Hanuman.
चुक्रुशुश्च तदा संख्ये भीमं लङ्कानिवासिनः। निकुम्भेनोद्यतं दृष्ट्वा हनूमन्तं महाबलम्
Then, seeing Hanuman, the mighty one, seized by Nikumbha in battle, the inhabitants of Lanka cried out in terror.
स तथा ह्रियमाणोऽपि हनूमांस्तेन रक्षसा। आजघानानिलसुतो वज्रकल्पेन मुष्टिना
Even as he was being dragged away by that rakshasa, Hanuman, son of the wind, struck him with a fist like a thunderbolt.
आत्मानं मोक्षयित्वाथ क्षितावभ्यवपद्यत। हनूमानुन्ममाथाशु निकुम्भं मारुतात्मजः
Freeing himself, Hanuman, son of the wind, swiftly threw Nikumbha down to the ground and crushed him.
निक्षिप्य परमायत्तो निकुम्भं निष्पिपेष च। उत्पत्य चास्य वेगेन पपातोरसि वेगवान्
Having thrown Nikumbha down and subdued him completely, Hanuman, swift as the wind, leapt up and fell upon his chest with force.
परिगृह्य च बाहुभ्यां परिवृत्य शिरोधराम्। उत्पाटयामास शिरो भैरवं नदतो महत्
Seizing with both arms and twisting the neck, he tore off the terrible, roaring head.
अथ निनदति सादिते निकुम्भे पवनसुतेन रणे बभूव युद्धम्। दशरथसुतराक्षसेन्द्रसून्वो- र्भृशतरमागतरोषयोः सुभीमम्
Then, as Nikumbha was struck down and roared, there arose a fierce and dreadful battle between the son of Dasharatha and the son of the king of the rakshasas, both filled with intense wrath.
व्यपेते तु जीवे निकुम्भस्य हृष्टा विनेदुः प्लवंगा दिशः सस्वनुश्च। चचालेव चोर्वी पपातेव सा द्यौ- र्बलं राक्षसानां भयं चाविवेश
When Nikumbha's life had departed, the delighted monkeys raised a great shout in all directions, and the earth seemed to tremble, the sky appeared to fall, and fear entered the hearts of the rakshasas.
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Hear now the seventy-eighth sarga in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddha Kāṇḍa.
निकुम्भं निहतं श्रुत्वा कुम्भं च विनिपातितम्। रावणः परमामर्षी प्रजज्वालानलो यथा
Hearing that Nikumbha was slain and Kumbha had fallen, Rāvaṇa, burning with intense anger, blazed like fire.
नैर्ऋतः क्रोधशोकाभ्यां द्वाभ्यां तु परिमूर्च्छितः। खरपुत्रं विशालाक्षं मकराक्षमचोदयत्
Overwhelmed by both rage and grief, the lord of the night-dwellers urged Makarākṣa, the wide-eyed son of Khara, to go forth.
गच्छ पुत्र मयाऽऽज्ञप्तो बलेनाभिसमन्वितः। राघवं लक्ष्मणं चैव जहि तौ सवनौकसौ
Go, my son, commanded by me and accompanied by your army; slay Rāghava and Lakṣmaṇa, those two who dwell in the forest.
रावणस्य वचः श्रुत्वा शूरमानी खरात्मजः। बाढमित्यब्रवीद्धृष्टो मकराक्षो निशाचरम्
Hearing Rāvaṇa's words, Khara's heroic son, Makarākṣa, fearless, said, 'So be it,' to the lord of the night-dwellers.
सोऽभिवाद्य दशग्रीवं कृत्वा चापि प्रदक्षिणम्। निर्जगाम गृहाच्छुभ्राद् रावणस्याज्ञया बली
Having bowed to the ten-headed one and circumambulated him, the mighty Makarākṣa departed from the shining house at Rāvaṇa's command.
समीपस्थं बलाध्यक्षं खरपुत्रोऽब्रवीद् वचः। रथमानीयतां तूर्णं सैन्यं त्वानीयतां त्वरात्
He spoke to the nearby commander of the army: 'Quickly bring my chariot, and swiftly assemble the troops.'
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा बलाध्यक्षो निशाचरः। स्यन्दनं च बलं चैव समीपं प्रत्यपादयत्
Hearing his command, the night-dwelling commander brought both the chariot and the army near.
प्रदक्षिणं रथं कृत्वा समारुह्य निशाचरः। सूतं संचोदयामास शीघ्रं वै रथमावह
Having circumambulated the chariot, the night-dweller mounted it and urged the charioteer, 'Drive the chariot swiftly!'
अथ तान् राक्षसान् सर्वान् मकराक्षोऽब्रवीदिदम्। यूयं सर्वे प्रयुध्यध्वं पुरस्तान्मम राक्षसाः
Then Makarākṣa addressed all the rakshasas: 'All of you, rakshasas, fight ahead of me!'
अहं राक्षसराजेन रावणेन महात्मना। आज्ञप्तः समरे हन्तुं तावुभौ रामलक्ष्मणौ
'I have been ordered by the great-souled king of the rakshasas, Rāvaṇa, to slay both Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa in battle.'
अद्य रामं वधिष्यामि लक्ष्मणं च निशाचराः। शाखामृगं च सुग्रीवं वानरांश्च शरोत्तमैः
'Today I will kill Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, Sugrīva the monkey-king, and the monkeys with excellent arrows, O night-dwellers!'
अद्य शूलनिपातैश्च वानराणां महाचमूम्। प्रदहिष्यामि सम्प्राप्तां शुष्केन्धनमिवानलः
'Today I will burn up the great army of monkeys with showers of spears, as fire consumes dry fuel.'
मकराक्षस्य तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं ते निशाचराः। सर्वे नानायुधोपेता बलवन्तः समाहिताः
Hearing Makarākṣa's words, all those powerful and resolute night-dwellers, equipped with various weapons, prepared themselves.
ते कामरूपिणः क्रूरा दंष्ट्रिणः पिङ्गलेक्षणाः। मातंगा इव नर्दन्तो ध्वस्तकेशा भयावहाः
Those fierce, shape-shifting, sharp-toothed, tawny-eyed rakshasas, roaring like elephants, with disheveled hair, struck terror.
परिवार्य महाकाया महाकायं खरात्मजम्। अभिजग्मुस्ततो हृष्टाश्चालयन्तो वसुन्धराम्
The mighty-bodied ones, encircling the powerful son of Khara, advanced joyfully, shaking the earth as they went.