एकाक्षिपिङ्गलेत्येव नाम स्थास्यति शाश्वतम् । एवं तेन सखित्वं च प्राप्यानुज्ञां च शङ्करात् ।। ७.१३.
The name 'One with a tawny left eye' will endure forever. Thus, having gained friendship and permission from Śaṅkara—
आगत्य च श्रुतो ऽयं मे तव पापविनिश्चयः ।। ७.१३.
Having returned, I learned of your resolve toward evil.
तदधर्मिष्ठसंयोगान्निवर्त कुलदूषणात् । चिन्त्यते हि वधोपायः सर्षिसङ्घैः सुरैस्तव ।। ७.१३.
Therefore, turn away from this unrighteous alliance and the disgrace of your lineage; for the gods, together with the sages, are considering means for your destruction.
एवमुक्तो दशग्रीवः क्रुद्धसंरक्तलोचनः । हस्तौ दन्तांश्च सम्पीड्य वाक्यमेतदुवाच ह ।। ७.१३.
Thus addressed, the ten-headed one, his eyes bloodshot with anger, clenched his fists and teeth and spoke these words:
विज्ञातं ते मया दूत वाक्यं यस्य प्रभाषसे । नैतत्त्वमसि नैवासौ भ्रात्रा येनासि चोदितः ।। ७.१३.
I have understood, O messenger, the words you speak and whose message you carry; you are not truly that person, nor were you sent by my brother.
हितं नैष ममैतद्धि ब्रवीति धनरक्षकः । महेश्वरसखित्वं तु मूढ श्रावयते किल ।। ७.१३.
This is not advice for my welfare that the guardian of wealth gives; fool, he merely boasts of friendship with the great lord.
न चेदं क्षमणीयं मे यदेतद्भाषितं त्वया । यदेतावन्मया कालं दूत तस्य तु मर्षितम् ।। ७.१३.
Nor is it fitting for me to tolerate what you have spoken; yet, messenger, I have endured it for this long.
न हन्तव्यो गुरुर्ज्येष्ठो मया ऽयमिति मन्यते । तस्य त्विदानीं श्रुत्वा मे वाक्यमेषा कृता मतिः ।। ७.१३.
He thinks, 'He is my elder, my guru, so I should not kill him'; but now, having heard his words, I have made up my mind.
त्रीँल्लोकानपि जेष्यामि बाहुवीर्यमुपाश्रितः ।। ७.१३.
Relying on the strength of my arms, I will conquer even the three worlds.
एतन्मुहूर्तमेवाहं तस्यैकस्य तु वै कृते । चतुरो लोकपालांस्तान्नयिष्यामि यमक्षयम् ।। ७.१३.
In just this moment, for his sake alone, I will send the four guardians of the worlds to the abode of Yama.
एवमुक्त्वा तु लङ्केशो दूतं खड्गेन जघ्निवान् । ददौ भक्षयितुं ह्येनं राक्षसानां दुरात्मनाम् ।। ७.१३.
Having spoken thus, the lord of Lanka struck the messenger with his sword and gave him to the wicked rākṣasas to be devoured.
एवं कृतस्वस्त्ययनो रथमारुह्य रावणः । त्रैलोक्यविजयाकाङ्क्षी ययौ यत्र धनेश्वरः ।। ७.१३.
Thus having performed the rite of dismissal, Rāvaṇa mounted his chariot, desiring victory over the three worlds, and went to where the lord of wealth was.
ततस्तु सचिवैः सार्धं षड्भिर्नित्यं बलोद्धतैः । महोदरप्रहस्ताभ्यां मारीचशुकसारणैः ।। ७.१४.
Then, together with his six ever-mighty counselors—Mahodara, Prahasta, Mārīca, Śuka, Sāraṇa—
धूम्राक्षेण च वीरेण नित्यं समरगृध्नुना । वृतः संप्रययौ श्रीमान्क्रोधाल्लोकान्दहन्निव ।। ७.१४.
And with the valiant Dhūmrākṣa, ever eager for battle, he set out, blazing with wrath as if to burn the worlds.
पुराणि स नदीः शैलान्वनान्युपवनानि च । अतिक्रम्य मुहूर्तेन कैलासं गिरिमागमत् ।। ७.१४.
Crossing ancient cities, rivers, mountains, forests, and groves in a moment, he reached Mount Kailāsa.
सन्निविष्टं गिरौ तस्मिन्राक्षसेन्द्रं निशम्य तु । युद्धे ऽत्यर्थकृतोत्साहं दुरात्मानं समन्त्रिणम् ।। ७.१४.
Hearing that the lord of the rākṣasas, eager for battle and accompanied by his counselors, was encamped on that mountain,
यक्षा न शेकुः संस्थातुं प्रमुखे तस्य रक्षसः । राज्ञो भ्रातेति विज्ञाय गता यत्र धनेश्वरः ।। ७.१४.
The yakṣas could not stand before that rākṣasa king; knowing him to be the king's brother, they went to the lord of wealth.
ते गत्वा सर्वमाचख्युर्भ्रातुस्तस्य चिकीर्षितम् । अनुज्ञाता ययुर्हष्टा युद्धाय धनदेन ते ।। ७.१४.
Having gone, they reported everything their brother intended; then, permitted by Dhanada, they joyfully went to battle.
ततो बलानां सङ्क्षोभो व्यवर्धत महोदधेः । तस्य नैर्ऋतराजस्य शैलं सञ्चालयन्निव ।। ७.१४.
Then the tumult of armies swelled like the great ocean, as if shaking the mountain for the king of the night-dwellers.
ततो युद्धं समभवद्यक्षराक्षससङ्कुलम् । व्यथिताश्चाभवंस्तत्र सचिवा राक्षसस्य ते ।। ७.१४.
Then a battle arose, crowded with yakṣas and rākṣasas; there, the counselors of the rākṣasa were distressed.
स दृष्ट्वा तादृशं सैन्यं दशग्रीवो निशाचरः । हर्षनादान्बहून्कृत्वा स क्रोधादभ्यधावत ।। ७.१४.
Seeing such an army, the ten-headed night-wanderer, making many shouts of joy, charged forward in wrath.
ये तु ते राक्षसेन्द्रस्य सचिवा घोरविक्रमाः । तेषां सहस्रमेकैकं यक्षाणां समयोधयन् ।। ७.१४.
But those ministers of the king of the Rākṣasas, terrible in their valor, each one of them engaged a thousand Yakṣas in battle.
ततो गदाभिर्मुसलैरसिभिः शक्तितोमरैः । हन्यमानो दशग्रीवस्तत्सैन्यं समगाहत ।। ७.१४.
Then Daśagrīva, struck with maces, clubs, swords, spears, and javelins, attacked that army.
स निरुच्छ्वासवत्तत्र वध्यमानो दशाननः । वर्षद्भिरिव जीमूतैर्धाराभिरवरुध्यत ।। ७.१४.
There, Daśānana, being struck down, became breathless, as if oppressed by torrents of rain-clouds for years.
न चकार व्यथां चैव यक्षशस्त्रैः समाहतः । महीधर इवाम्भोदैर्धाराशतसमुक्षितः ।। ७.१४.
Even when struck by the Yakṣas' weapons, he did not feel pain, like a mountain drenched by hundreds of streams from rain-clouds.
स दुरात्मा समुद्यम्य कालदण्डोपमां गदाम् । प्रविवेश ततः सैन्यं नयन्यक्षान्यमक्षयम् ।। ७.१४.
That wicked one, raising a mace like the rod of Time, then entered the army, destroying the Yakṣas without remainder.
स कक्षमिव विस्तीर्णं शुष्केन्धनमिवाकुलम् । वातेनाग्निरिवायत्तो यक्षसैन्यं ददाह तत् ।। ७.१४.
He burned that Yakṣa army as fire driven by wind burns a vast thicket or dry wood scattered about.
तैस्तु तत्र महामात्यैर्महोदरशुकादिभिः । अल्पावशेषास्ते यक्षाः कृता वातैरिवाम्बुदाः ।। ७.१४.
By those great ministers, Mahodara, Śuka, and others, the Yakṣas were left few in number, like clouds scattered by winds.
केचित्समाहता भग्नाः पतिताः समरक्षितौ । ओष्ठांश्च दशनैस्तीक्ष्णैरदशन्कुपिता रणे ।। ७.१४.
Some, struck and broken, fell on the battlefield, and in their rage, bit their own lips with sharp teeth.
श्रान्ताश्चान्योन्यमालिङ्ग्य भ्रष्टशस्त्रा रणाजिरे । सीदन्ति च तदा यक्षाः कूला इव जलेन ह ।। ७.१४.
Exhausted, embracing one another, their weapons fallen, the Yakṣas then collapsed on the battlefield like riverbanks eroded by water.