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.
हतानां गच्छतां स्वर्गं युध्यतां पृथिवीतले । प्रेक्षतामृषिसङ्घानां न बभूवान्तरं दिवि ।। ७.१४.
Of those slain, ascending to heaven, and those fighting on the earth, as the groups of seers watched, there was no distinction between sky and ground.
भग्नांस्तु तान्समालक्ष्य यक्षेन्द्रांस्तु महाबलान् । धनाध्यक्षो महाबाहुः प्रेषयामास यक्षकान् ।। ७.१४.
Seeing those mighty Yakṣa lords broken, the great-armed lord of wealth sent forth more Yakṣas.
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राम विस्तीर्णबलवाहनः । प्रेषितो न्यपतद्यक्षो नाम्ना संयोधकण्टकः ।। ७.१४.
Meanwhile, O Rāma, a Yakṣa named Saṃyodhakaṇṭaka, commanding a vast and powerful force, was dispatched and fell upon the field.
तेन चक्रेण मारीचो विष्णुनेव रणे हतः । पतितो भूतले शैलात्क्षीणपुण्य इव ग्रहः ।। ७.१४.
By his discus, Mārīca was slain in battle, like a planet fallen from a mountain to the earth, its merit exhausted.
ससञ्ज्ञस्तु मुहूर्तेन स विश्रम्य निशाचरः । तं यक्षं योधयामास स च भग्नः प्रदुद्रुवे ।। ७.१४.
Regaining consciousness after a moment, the night-wanderer rested, then fought that Yakṣa, who, broken, fled.
ततः काञ्चनचित्राङ्गं वैडूर्यरजसोक्षितम् । मर्यादां प्रतिहाराणां तोरणान्तरमाविशत् ।। ७.१४.
Then he entered the gateway adorned with gold and dusted with cat's-eye powder, the passage of the guards' boundary.
तं तु राजन्दशग्रीवं प्रविशन्तं निशाचरम् । सूर्यभानुरिति ख्यातो द्वारपालो न्यवारयत् ।। ७.१४.
But as Daśagrīva, the night-wanderer, was entering, the gatekeeper known as Sūryabhānu stopped him.
स वार्यमाणो यक्षेण प्रविवेश निशाचरः । यदा तु वारितो राम न व्यतिष्ठत्स राक्षसः ।। ७.१४.
Though restrained by the Yakṣa, the night-wanderer entered; but when stopped, O Rāma, the Rākṣasa did not halt.
ततस्तोरणमुत्पाट्य तेन यक्षेण ताडितः । रुधिरं प्रस्रवन्भाति शैलो धातुस्रवैरिव ।। ७.१४.
Then, tearing up the gateway, struck by that Yakṣa, he bled, shining like a mountain streaming with ores.
स शैलशिखराभेण तोरणेन समाहतः । जगाम न क्षतिं वीरो वरदानात्स्वयम्भुवः ।। ७.१४.
Struck by that gateway, which resembled the peak of a mountain, the hero suffered no injury, due to the boon granted by the Self-born.
तेनैव तोरणेनाथ यक्षस्तेनाभिताडितः । नादृश्यत तदा यक्षो भस्मीकृततनुस्तदा ।। ७.१४.
Then, with that very gateway, the Yaksha was struck by him; at that moment, the Yaksha was not seen, his body having been reduced to ashes.
ततः प्रदुद्रुवुः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा रक्षःपराक्रमम् । ततो नदीर्गुहाश्चैव विविशुर्भयपीडिताः । त्यक्तप्रहरणाः श्रान्ता विवर्णवदनास्तदा ।। ७.१४.
Then, seeing the might of the Rakshasa, all of them fled; terrified, they entered rivers and caves, exhausted, abandoning their weapons, their faces drained of color.
ततस्ताँल्लक्ष्य वित्रस्तान्यक्षेन्द्रांश्च सहस्रशः । धनाध्यक्षो महायक्षं माणिचारमथाब्रवीत् ।। ७.१५.
Then the Lord of Wealth, seeing those terrified Yaksha chiefs by the thousands, spoke to the great Yaksha Manicara.
रावणं जहि यक्षेन्द्र दुर्वृत्तं पापचेतसम् । शरणं भव वीराणां यक्षाणां युद्धशालिनाम् ।। ७.१५.
O Lord of Yakshas, slay Ravana, the wicked one of evil mind; be the refuge of the heroic Yakshas skilled in battle.
एवमुक्तो महाबाहुर्माणिभद्रः सुदुर्जयः । वृतो यक्षसहस्रैस्तु चतुर्भिः समयोधयत् ।। ७.१५.
Thus addressed, the mighty-armed, unconquerable Manibhadra, surrounded by thousands of Yakshas, challenged him with four others.
ते गदामुसलप्रासैः शक्तितोमरमुद्गरैः । अभिघ्नन्तस्तदा यक्षा राक्षसान्समुपाद्रवन् ।। ७.१५.
Then, the Yakshas attacked the Rakshasas, striking with maces, clubs, spears, lances, and iron rods.
कुर्वन्तस्तुमुलं युद्धं चरन्तः श्येनवल्लघु । बाढं प्रयच्छन्नेच्छामि दीयतामिति भाषिणः ।। ७.१५.
Waging a tumultuous battle, moving swiftly like hawks, they pressed hard, shouting, 'I do not wish to give ground—let it be given!'
ततो देवाः सगन्धर्वा ऋषयो ब्रह्मवादिनः । दृष्ट्वा तत्तुमुलं युद्धं परं विस्मयमागमन् ।। ७.१५.
Then the gods, along with the Gandharvas and the sages versed in Brahman, seeing that tumultuous battle, were filled with utmost wonder.
यक्षाणां तु प्रहस्तेन सहस्रं निहतं रणे । महोदरेण चानिन्द्यं सहस्रमपरं हतम् ।। ७.१५.
In that battle, a thousand Yakshas were slain by Prahasta, and another thousand, blameless, were killed by Mahodara.
क्रुद्धेन च तदा राजन्मारीचेन युयुत्सुना । निमेषान्तरमात्रेण द्वे सहस्रे निपातिते ।। ७.१५.
Then, O King, in his wrath and eagerness to fight, Marica struck down two thousand in the blink of an eye.