अद्य मद्बाणवेगेन प्रेतराड्विषयं गतः। ये त्वया निहताः शूराः सह तैश्च वसिष्यसि
Today, struck by the force of my arrows, you will go to the realm of the dead, and you will dwell there together with those valiant ones whom you have slain.
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन शृणु राम वचो मम। पश्यन्तु सकला लोकास्त्वां मां चैव रणाजिरे
Why say much more about this? Listen, Rāma, to my words: let all the worlds witness you and me on the field of battle.
अस्त्रैर्वा गदया वापि बाहुभ्यां वा रणाजिरे। अभ्यस्तं येन वा राम वर्ततां तेन वा मृधम्
With weapons, with the mace, or with our arms in the midst of battle—let us fight with whatever skill each of us has practiced, Rāma.
मकराक्षवचः श्रुत्वा रामो दशरथात्मजः। अब्रवीत् प्रहसन् वाक्यमुत्तरोत्तरवादिनम्
Hearing Makarākṣa's words, Rāma, son of Daśaratha, laughed and spoke to him, who was ever ready with a reply.
कत्थसे किं वृथा रक्षो बहून्यसदृशानि ते। न रणे शक्यते जेतुं विना युद्धेन वाग्बलात्
Why do you boast so vainly, demon, with so many words unfitting for you? Victory in battle cannot be won by speech alone, but only by fighting.
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि रक्षसां त्वत्पिता च यः। त्रिशिरा दूषणश्चापि दण्डके निहतो मया
Fourteen thousand rākṣasas, your father, Triśiras, and Dūṣaṇa too—I slew them all in Daṇḍaka.
स्वाशिताश्चापि मांसेन गृध्रगोमायुवायसाः। भविष्यन्त्यद्य वै पाप तीक्ष्णतुण्डनखाङ्कुशाः
And today, O wicked one, vultures, jackals, and crows with sharp beaks, claws, and talons will feast on your flesh.
राघवेणैवमुक्तस्तु मकराक्षो महाबलः। बाणौघानमुचत् तस्मै राघवाय रणाजिरे
Thus addressed by Rāghava, the mighty Makarākṣa released a torrent of arrows at Rāghava on the battlefield.
ताञ्छराञ्छरवर्षेण रामश्चिच्छेद नैकधा। निपेतुर्भुवि विच्छिन्ना रुक्मपुङ्खाः सहस्रशः
Rāma, in turn, cut down those arrows in many pieces with a shower of his own; the golden-feathered shafts fell to the ground in thousands, severed.
तद् युद्धमभवत् तत्र समेत्यान्योन्यमोजसा। खरराक्षसपुत्रस्य सूनोर्दशरथस्य च
Then there was a battle there, as the son of Khara the rākṣasa and the son of Daśaratha met each other with full strength.
जीमूतयोरिवाकाशे शब्दो ज्यातलयोरिव। धनुर्मुक्तः स्वनोऽन्योन्यं श्रूयते च रणाजिरे
The sound in the battlefield was like that of two clouds in the sky, or like the twang of bowstrings; the noise of arrows released from their bows was heard as they clashed.
देवदानवगन्धर्वाः किंनराश्च महोरगाः। अन्तरिक्षगताः सर्वे द्रष्टुकामास्तदद्भुतम्
All the gods, demons, gandharvas, kinnaras, and great serpents, moving through the sky, gathered to witness that wondrous event.
विद्धमन्योन्यगात्रेषु द्विगुणं वर्धते बलम्। कृतप्रतिकृतान्योन्यं कुरुतां तौ रणाजिरे
Struck on each other's bodies, their strength doubled; each responded to the other's attacks as they fought in the midst of battle.
राममुक्तांस्तु बाणौघान् राक्षसस्त्वच्छिनद् रणे। रक्षोमुक्तांस्तु रामो वै नैकधा प्राच्छिनच्छरैः
The rākṣasa cut down the torrents of arrows released by Rāma in battle, and Rāma likewise cut down the arrows released by the rākṣasa in many pieces.
बाणौघवितताः सर्वा दिशश्च प्रदिशस्तथा। संछन्ना वसुधा चैव समन्तान्न प्रकाशते
All the directions and quarters were covered by showers of arrows, and the earth itself was so shrouded on all sides that nothing could be seen.
ततः क्रुद्धो महाबाहुर्धनुश्चिच्छेद संयुगे। अष्टाभिरथ नाराचैः सूतं विव्याध राघवः
Then, enraged, the mighty-armed Rāghava cut down the bow in battle and struck the charioteer with eight sharp arrows.
भित्त्वा रथं शरै रामो हत्वा अश्वानपातयत्। विरथो वसुधास्थः स मकराक्षो निशाचरः
Rāma shattered the chariot with his arrows, killed the horses, and brought them down; thus, Makarākṣa, the night-wanderer, stood on the ground, deprived of his chariot.
तत्तिष्ठद् वसुधां रक्षः शूलं जग्राह पाणिना। त्रासनं सर्वभूतानां युगान्ताग्निसमप्रभम्
That Rākṣasa, standing on the earth, seized a spear with his hand—a terror to all beings, blazing like the fire at the end of the world.
दुरवापं महच्छूलं रुद्रदत्तं भयंकरम्। जाज्वल्यमानमाकाशे संहारास्त्रमिवापरम्
That great spear, hard to obtain, given by Rudra and fearsome, blazed in the sky like another weapon of destruction.
यं दृष्ट्वा देवताः सर्वा भयार्ता विद्रुता दिशः। विभ्राम्य च महच्छूलं प्रज्वलन्तं निशाचरः
Seeing it, all the gods, seized by fear, fled in all directions; and the night-wanderer whirled the blazing great spear.
स क्रोधात् प्राहिणोत् तस्मै राघवाय महाहवे। तमापतन्तं ज्वलितं खरपुत्रकराच्च्युतम्
Then, in great anger, he hurled it at Rāghava in the mighty battle—the flaming spear, released from the hand of Khara’s son, rushing forth.
बाणैश्चतुर्भिराकाशे शूलं चिच्छेद राघवः। स भिन्नो नैकधा शूलो दिव्यहाटकमण्डितः। व्यशीर्यत महोल्केव रामबाणार्दितो भुवि
With four arrows, Rāghava cut the spear in the sky; that divine, gold-adorned spear, shattered into many pieces by Rāma’s arrows, fell to the earth like a great meteor.
तच्छूलं निहतं दृष्ट्वा रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा। साधु साध्विति भूतानि व्याहरन्ति नभोगताः
Seeing that spear destroyed by Rāma, whose deeds are effortless, the beings in the sky exclaimed, 'Well done! Well done!'
तं दृष्ट्वा निहतं शूलं मकराक्षो निशाचरः। मुष्टिमुद्यम्य काकुत्स्थं तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत्
Seeing his spear destroyed, Makarākṣa, the night-wanderer, raised his fist and called out to Kakutstha, 'Stand! Stand!'
स तं दृष्ट्वा पतन्तं तु प्रहस्य रघुनन्दनः। पावकास्त्रं ततो रामः संदधे तु शरासने
Seeing him charging, Rāghava laughed, and then Rāma fitted the fire-weapon to his bow.
तेनास्त्रेण हतं रक्षः काकुत्स्थेन तदा रणे। संछिन्नहृदयं तत्र पपात च ममार च
By that weapon, the Rākṣasa was slain by Kakutstha in battle; his heart was pierced, and there he fell and died.
दृष्ट्वा ते राक्षसाः सर्वे मकराक्षस्य पातनम्। लङ्कामेव प्रधावन्त रामबाणभयार्दिताः
Seeing Makarākṣa’s fall, all the Rākṣasas, terrified by Rāma’s arrows, fled straight to Laṅkā.
दशरथनृपसूनुबाणवेगै रजनिचरं निहतं खरात्मजं तम्। प्रददृशुरथ देवताः प्रहृष्टा गिरिमिव वज्रहतं यथा विकीर्णम्
The gods, delighted, beheld Khara’s son, the night-wanderer, struck down by the force of Daśaratha’s son’s arrows, lying shattered like a mountain struck by a thunderbolt.
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Listen now to the eighty-third sarga in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Yuddhakāṇḍa.
मकराक्षं हतं श्रुत्वा रावणः समितिंजयः। रोषेण महताविष्टो दन्तान् कटकटाय्य च
Hearing that Makarākṣa was slain, Rāvaṇa, the conqueror in battle, was seized by great wrath and ground his teeth.