03.269
Markandeya said.
Then, Rāvaṇa's followers approached those soldiers taking their positions, along with certain groups of piśācas and lesser rakṣasas. (03-269-1)
Parvaṇa, Pūtana, Jambha, Khara, Krodhavaśa, Hari, Praruja, Cāruja, Praghasa, and others. (03-269-2)
Then Vibhīṣaṇa, who was knowledgeable about such things, carried out the destruction of those wicked-souled, invisible attackers. (03-269-3)
O king, those (enemies), made visible and killed completely by the powerful monkeys capable of hurling far, fell lifeless upon the earth. (03-269-4)
Unable to endure, Rāvaṇa, with his full army, came out; after arranging the battle formation as taught by Uśanas, he called all the monkeys forward. (03-269-5)
But Rāghava, having come forth, arrayed his troops, and then, employing the strategy of Bṛhaspati, counter-arrayed them against Daśānana, the night-wanderer. (03-269-6)
Having gathered, Rāvaṇa then fought with Rāma there. Similarly, Lakṣmaṇa also fought together with Indrajit. (03-269-7)
Sugrīva with Virūpākṣa, Nikharvaṭa with Tāra, Nala with Tuṇḍa, and Paṭuśa with Panasa were there together. (03-269-8)
Whoever considered someone conquerable, when he encountered him, fought relying on his own strength at the time of battle. (03-269-9)
That assault intensified, dreadful and causing terror among the timid, raising their hair, just as it had once been in the ancient battle between the devas and asuras. (03-269-10)
Rāvaṇa attacked Rāma with showers of darts, spears, and swords, and Rāghava (Rāma) also attacked Rāvaṇa with keen, sharp iron weapons. (03-269-11)
Just so, Lakṣmaṇa wounded Indrajit with arrows that pierced vital parts; and likewise, Indrajit also pierced Saumitri with many arrows. (03-269-12)
Vibhīṣaṇa struck at Prahasta and Prahasta (in turn) struck at Vibhīṣaṇa, each showering sharp, bird-feathered arrows, both untroubled by pain. (03-269-13)
A meeting of great weapons occurred among those powerful ones, by which all the three worlds of both moving and unmoving beings were agitated. (03-269-14)
