चतुर्दश सहस्राणि राक्षसानां हतानि ते। त्वद्विनाशात् करोम्यद्य तेषामश्रुप्रमार्जनम्
Fourteen thousand rakshasas have been slain by you; today, by your destruction, I will wipe away their tears.
इत्युक्त्वा परमक्रुद्धः स गदां परमाङ्गदाम्। खरश्चिक्षेप रामाय प्रदीप्तामशनिं यथा
Having spoken thus in great anger, Khara hurled his mighty, best mace at Rama, blazing like a thunderbolt.
खरबाहुप्रमुक्ता सा प्रदीप्ता महती गदा। भस्म वृक्षांश्च गुल्मांश्च कृत्वागात् तत्समीपतः
That great, blazing mace, released by Khara's arm, reduced trees and bushes to ashes as it sped toward Rama.
तामापतन्तीं महतीं मृत्युपाशोपमां गदाम्। अन्तरिक्षगतां रामश्चिच्छेद बहुधा शरैः
Rama, seeing that great mace rushing down like the noose of death, shattered it in the air into many pieces with his arrows.
सा विशीर्णा शरैर्भिन्ना पपात धरणीतले। गदा मन्त्रौषधिबलैर्व्यालीव विनिपातिता
That mace, broken and pierced by arrows, fell to the earth, like a serpent struck down by the power of spells and herbs.
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Listen now to the thirtieth sarga in the glorious Valmiki Ramayana, Aranya Kanda.
भित्त्वा तु तां गदां बाणै राघवो धर्मवत्सलः। स्मयमान इदं वाक्यं संरब्धमिदमब्रवीत्
Rāghava, devoted to righteousness, having shattered that mace with his arrows, smiled and spoke these heated words:
एतत् ते बलसर्वस्वं दर्शितं राक्षसाधम। शक्तिहीनतरो मत्तो वृथा त्वमुपगर्जसि
This, O vile Rākṣasa, is the full extent of your strength, now revealed; you are weaker than I, yet you roar in vain.
एषा बाणविनिर्भिन्ना गदा भूमितलं गता। अभिधानप्रगल्भस्य तव प्रत्ययघातिनी
This mace, pierced by arrows, has fallen to the ground—destroying your boastful confidence.
यत् त्वयोक्तं विनष्टानामिदमश्रुप्रमार्जनम्। राक्षसानां करोमीति मिथ्या तदपि ते वचः
What you said about wiping the tears of the slain Rākṣasas, claiming you would do so, is also a falsehood.
नीचस्य क्षुद्रशीलस्य मिथ्यावृत्तस्य रक्षसः। प्राणानपहरिष्यामि गरुत्मानमृतं यथा
I will take the life of you, a base, low-minded, deceitful Rākṣasa, just as Garuḍa takes the nectar.
अद्य ते भिन्नकण्ठस्य फेनबुद्बुदभूषितम्। विदारितस्य मद्बाणैर्मही पास्यति शोणितम्
Today, the earth will drink your blood, foaming and bubbling, as your throat is torn by my arrows.
पांसुरूषितसर्वाङ्गः स्रस्तन्यस्तभुजद्वयः। स्वप्स्यसे गां समाश्लिष्य दुर्लभां प्रमदामिव
Covered in dust, your arms fallen limp, you will sleep on the ground, embracing it as one would a beloved woman hard to attain.
प्रवृद्धनिद्रे शयिते त्वयि राक्षसपांसने। भविष्यन्ति शरण्यानां शरण्या दण्डका इमे
When you, O defiler of Rākṣasas, lie in deep sleep, these Daṇḍaka forests will become a refuge for those seeking shelter.
जनस्थाने हतस्थाने तव राक्षस मच्छरैः। निर्भया विचरिष्यन्ति सर्वतो मुनयो वने
When you, Rākṣasa, are slain by my arrows at Janasthāna, the sages will roam the forest everywhere, free from fear.
अद्य विप्रसरिष्यन्ति राक्षस्यो हतबान्धवाः। बाष्पार्द्रवदना दीना भयादन्यभयावहाः
Today, the Rākṣasīs, their faces wet with tears, bereft of kin, miserable and fearful, will flee in terror.
अद्य शोकरसज्ञास्ता भविष्यन्ति निरर्थिकाः। अनुरूपकुलाः पत्न्यो यासां त्वं पतिरीदृशः
Today, those wives, of worthy families, whose husband you are, will become acquainted with the taste of grief and be left without purpose.
नृशंसशील क्षुद्रात्मन् नित्यं ब्राह्मणकण्टक। त्वत्कृते शङ्कितैरग्नौ मुनिभिः पात्यते हविः
O cruel-natured, base-souled, constant thorn to the Brāhmaṇas, because of you, the sages, in fear, offer oblations into the fire with suspicion.
तमेवमभिसंरब्धं ब्रुवाणं राघवं वने। खरो निर्भर्त्सयामास रोषात् खरतरस्वरः
As Rāghava spoke thus, enraged in the forest, Khara rebuked him with a voice harsh from anger.
दृढं खल्ववलिप्तोऽसि भयेष्वपि च निर्भयः। वाच्यावाच्यं ततो हि त्वं मृत्योर्वश्यो न बुध्यसे
Indeed, you are deeply arrogant and fearless even in danger; thus you speak what should and should not be spoken, unaware that you are in the grip of death.
कालपाशपरिक्षिप्ता भवन्ति पुरुषा हि ये। कार्याकार्यं न जानन्ति ते निरस्तषडिन्द्रियाः
Those men who are ensnared by the noose of Time lose their senses and cannot distinguish what should or should not be done.
एवमुक्त्वा ततो रामं संरुध्य भृकुटिं ततः। स ददर्श महासालमविदूरे निशाचरः
Having spoken thus to Rāma, furrowing his brow, the night-stalker then saw a great śāla tree nearby.
रणे प्रहरणस्यार्थे सर्वतो ह्यवलोकयन्। स तमुत्पाटयामास संदष्टदशनच्छदम्
Looking all around for a weapon in battle, he seized that tree, biting his lips in fury.
तं समुत्क्षिप्य बाहुभ्यां विनर्दित्वा महाबलः। राममुद्दिश्य चिक्षेप हतस्त्वमिति चाब्रवीत्
Uprooting it with both arms, roaring loudly, the mighty Khara hurled it at Rāma, shouting, 'You are slain!'
तमापतन्तं बाणौघैश्छित्त्वा रामः प्रतापवान्। रोषमाहारयत् तीव्रं निहन्तुं समरे खरम्
The valiant Rāma, cutting down the mass of arrows rushing toward him, summoned intense wrath to slay Khara in battle.
जातस्वेदस्ततो रामो रोषरक्तान्तलोचनः। निर्बिभेद सहस्रेण बाणानां समरे खरम्
Then Rāma, sweating and with eyes reddened by anger, pierced Khara in battle with a thousand arrows.
तस्य बाणान्तराद् रक्तं बहु सुस्राव फेनिलम्। गिरेः प्रस्रवणस्येव धाराणां च परिस्रवः
From between those arrows, much frothy blood flowed from him, like the streams pouring from a mountain's spring.
विकलः स कृतो बाणैः खरो रामेण संयुगे। मत्तो रुधिरगन्धेन तमेवाभ्यद्रवद् द्रुतम्
Stricken by Rāma's arrows in combat, Khara was made helpless; maddened by the scent of blood, he swiftly charged at him again.
तमापतन्तं संक्रुद्धं कृतास्त्रो रुधिराप्लुतम्। अपासर्पद् द्वित्रिपदं किंचित्त्वरितविक्रमः
As that furious, blood-soaked Khara rushed in, weapons readied, Rāma, quick and agile, stepped back two or three paces.
ततः पावकसंकाशं वधाय समरे शरम्। खरस्य रामो जग्राह ब्रह्मदण्डमिवापरम्
Then Rāma took up a blazing arrow, like a second Brahmā's staff, to slay Khara in battle.