एष मुष्टिर्महान् बद्धो गाढः सुनियताङ्गुलिः। मया वेगविमुक्तस्ते प्राणानादाय यास्यति
This great fist of mine, tightly clenched and with well-aligned fingers, will be released with force and take your life away.
एवमुक्तस्तु सुग्रीवः क्रुद्धो वालिनमब्रवीत्। तव चैष हरन् प्राणान् मुष्टिः पततु मूर्धनि
Thus addressed, Sugriva, enraged, said to Vali: 'Let this fist, taking your life, fall upon your head!'
ताडितस्तेन तं क्रुद्धः समभिक्रम्य वेगतः। अभवच्छोणितोद्गारी सापीड इव पर्वतः
Struck by him, Vali, furious, swiftly advanced, and blood gushed forth from him, like a mountain struck and wounded.
सुग्रीवेण तु निःशङ्कं सालमुत्पाट्य तेजसा। गात्रेष्वभिहतो वाली वज्रेणेव महागिरिः
Then Sugriva, without hesitation, uprooted a sala tree with his might and struck Vali's body, as a great mountain is struck by a thunderbolt.
स तु वृक्षेण निर्भग्नः सालताडनविह्वलः। गुरुभारभराक्रान्ता नौः ससार्थेव सागरे
Broken by the tree, reeling from the blow of the sala, Vali, overwhelmed by the heavy weight, was like a ship with its cargo in the sea.
तौ भीमबलविक्रान्तौ सुपर्णसमवेगितौ। प्रवृद्धौ घोरवपुषौ चन्द्रसूर्याविवाम्बरे
Those two, mighty in strength and valor, swift as Garuda, grown to terrifying forms, were like the moon and sun in the sky.
परस्परममित्रघ्नौ छिद्रान्वेषणतत्परौ। ततोऽवर्धत वाली तु बलवीर्यसमन्वितः
Both intent on destroying each other, seeking out each other's weaknesses, then Vali, endowed with strength and power, grew in might.
सूर्यपुत्रो महावीर्यः सुग्रीवः परिहीयत। वालिना भग्नदर्पस्तु सुग्रीवो मन्दविक्रमः
Sugriva, son of the sun and of great valor, was overpowered by Vali; his pride broken, Sugriva's strength waned.
वालिनं प्रति सामर्षो दर्शयामास राघवम्। वृक्षैः सशाखैः शिखरैर्वज्रकोटिनिभैर्नखैः
In facing Vali, Sugriva showed his anger to Raghava, using trees with branches, mountain peaks, and nails sharp as thunderbolts.
मुष्टिभिर्जानुभिः पद्भिर्बाहुभिश्च पुनः पुनः। तयोर्युद्धमभूद्घोरं वृत्रवासवयोरिव
With fists, knees, feet, and arms, again and again, their battle was fierce, like that of Vritra and Indra.
तौ शोणिताक्तौ युध्येतां वानरौ वनचारिणौ। मेघाविव महाशब्दैस्तर्जमानौ परस्परम्
Those two vanaras, forest-dwellers, fought covered in blood, roaring at each other with great noise like clouds.
हीयमानमथापश्यत् सुग्रीवं वानरेश्वरम्। प्रेक्षमाणं दिशश्चैव राघवः स मुहुर्मुहुः
Then Rāghava saw Sugrīva, lord of the monkeys, growing weaker, repeatedly looking in all directions.
ततो रामो महातेजा आर्तं दृष्ट्वा हरीश्वरम्। स शरं वीक्षते वीरो वालिनो वधकांक्षया
Thereupon Rāma, of great splendor, seeing the monkey king in distress, gazed at his arrow, desiring the death of Vāli.
ततो धनुषि संधाय शरमाशीविषोपमम्। पूरयामास तच्चापं कालचक्रमिवान्तकः
Then, fitting an arrow like a venomous serpent to his bow, he drew it fully, like Death winding the wheel of time.
तस्य ज्यातलघोषेण त्रस्ताः पत्ररथेश्वराः। प्रदुद्रुवुर्मृगाश्चैव युगान्त इव मोहिताः
At the twang of his bowstring, the lords of the winged chariots and the deer, terrified, fled as if bewildered at the end of an age.
मुक्तस्तु वज्रनिर्घोषः प्रदीप्ताशनिसंनिभः। राघवेण महाबाणो वालिवक्षसि पातितः
Released by Rāghava, the mighty arrow, roaring like thunder and blazing like lightning, struck Vāli in the chest.
ततस्तेन महातेजा वीर्ययुक्तः कपीश्वरः। वेगेनाभिहतो वाली निपपात महीतले
Then, struck with force by that mighty arrow, the monkey king Vāli, endowed with great energy, fell swiftly to the ground.
इन्द्रध्वज इवोद्धूतः पौर्णमास्यां महीतले। आश्वयुक्समये मासि गतश्रीको विचेतनः। बाष्पसंरुद्धकण्ठस्तु वाली चार्तस्वरः शनैः
Like Indra’s banner cast down at the full moon, bereft of splendor and senseless at the season of Āśvayuja, Vāli, his throat choked with tears, uttered a pained sound slowly.
नरोत्तमः कालयुगान्तकोपमं शरोत्तमं काञ्चनरूप्यभूषितम्। ससर्ज दीप्तं तममित्रमर्दनं सधूममग्निं मुखतो यथा हरः
The best of men, like the destroyer at the end of time, released the supreme arrow adorned with gold and silver, blazing and enemy-crushing, like Hara emitting fire and smoke from his mouth.
अथोक्षितः शोणिततोयविस्रवैः सुपुष्पिताशोक इवानिलोद्धतः। विचेतनो वासवसूनुराहवे प्रभ्रंशितेन्द्रध्वजवत् क्षितिं गतः
Then, drenched with streams of blood, like a blossoming ashoka shaken by the wind, Vāli, son of Vāsava, deprived of consciousness, fell to the earth like a toppled Indra-banner in battle.
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Hear now the seventeenth sarga in the glorious Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Kiṣkindhā Kāṇḍa.
ततः शरेणाभिहतो रामेण रणकर्कशः। पपात सहसा वाली निकृत्त इव पादपः
Then Vāli, fierce in battle, struck by Rāma’s arrow, fell suddenly like a tree cut down.
स भूमौ न्यस्तसर्वाङ्गस्तप्तकाञ्चनभूषणः। अपतद् देवराजस्य मुक्तरश्मिरिव ध्वजः
He, adorned with ornaments of burning gold, fell to the ground, all his limbs outstretched, like Indra’s banner with its radiance released.
अस्मिन् निपतिते भूमौ हर्यृक्षाणां गणेश्वरे। नष्टचन्द्रमिव व्योम न व्यराजत मेदिनी
When that lord of the monkeys and bears fell to the earth, the world shone no more, like the sky bereft of the moon.
भूमौ निपतितस्यापि तस्य देहं महात्मनः। न श्रीर्जहाति न प्राणा न तेजो न पराक्रमः
Even fallen on the ground, his body, though struck down, did not lose its splendor, life, energy, or valor.
शक्रदत्ता वरा माला काञ्चनी रत्नभूषिता। दधार हरिमुख्यस्य प्राणांस्तेजः श्रियं च सा
The golden garland, adorned with jewels, given by Indra, preserved the life, energy, and glory of that foremost monkey.
स तया मालया वीरो हैमया हरियूथपः। संध्यानुगतपर्यन्तः पयोधर इवाभवत्
With that golden garland, the heroic leader of the monkeys looked like a cloud at sunset, fringed with light.
तस्य माला च देहश्च मर्मघाती च यः शरः। त्रिधेव रचिता लक्ष्मीः पतितस्यापि शोभते
His garland, his body, and the arrow that struck his vital spot—these threefold ornaments shone even as he lay fallen.
तदस्त्रं तस्य वीरस्य स्वर्गमार्गप्रभावनम्। रामबाणासनक्षिप्तमावहत् परमां गतिम्
That weapon, cast from Rāma’s bow, which opens the path to heaven for heroes, carried him to the highest state.
तं तथा पतितं संख्ये गतार्चिषमिवानलम्। ययातिमिव पुण्यान्ते देवलोकादिह च्युतम्
He, fallen thus in battle, like a fire whose flames have died out, like Yayāti cast down from heaven at the end of his merit—