03.274

मार्कण्डेय उवाच॥

mārkaṇḍeya uvāca॥

[मार्कण्डेय (mārkaṇḍeya) - (the sage) Markandeya; उवाच (uvāca) - said;]

(Markandeya said;)

Markandeya said.

ततः क्रुद्धो दशग्रीवः प्रिये पुत्रे निपातिते। निर्ययौ रथमास्थाय हेमरत्नविभूषितम् ॥०३-२७४-१॥

tataḥ kruddho daśagrīvaḥ priye putre nipātite। niryayau ratham āsthāya hemaratnavibhūṣitam ॥03-274-1॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angered; दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - Daśagrīva (ten-necked, Rāvaṇa); प्रिये (priye) - beloved; पुत्रे (putre) - son; निपातिते (nipātite) - when fallen; निर्ययौ (niryayau) - departed; रथम् (ratham) - chariot; आस्थाय (āsthāya) - mounting; हेमरत्नविभूषितम् (hemaratnavibhūṣitam) - adorned with gold and jewels;]

(Then, angered, Daśagrīva, when his beloved son was fallen, departed, mounting the chariot adorned with gold and jewels.)

Then, Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa), enraged upon his beloved son's fall, mounted his chariot adorned with gold and jewels and set out. (03-274-1)

संवृतो राक्षसैर्घोरैर्विविधायुधपाणिभिः। अभिदुद्राव रामं स पोथयन्हरियूथपान् ॥०३-२७४-२॥

saṃvṛto rākṣasair ghorair vividha-āyudha-pāṇibhiḥ. abhidudrāva rāmaṃ sa pothayan hari-yūthapān ॥03-274-2॥

[संवृतः (saṃvṛtaḥ) - surrounded; राक्षसैः (rākṣasaiḥ) - by rākṣasas (demons); घोरैः (ghoraiḥ) - terrible; विविध (vividha) - various; आयुध (āyudha) - weapons; पाणिभिः (pāṇibhiḥ) - with hands; अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - rushed upon; रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma; सः (saḥ) - he; पोथयन् (pothayan) - striking; हरियूथपान् (hari-yūthapān) - monkey-leaders;]

(Being surrounded by terrible rākṣasas with various weapons in their hands, he rushed upon Rāma, striking the monkey-leaders.)

Surrounded by terrible rākṣasas bearing various weapons in their hands, he rushed at Rāma, striking the leaders of the monkeys. (03-274-2)

तमाद्रवन्तं सङ्क्रुद्धं मैन्दनीलनलाङ्गदाः। हनूमाञ्जाम्बवांश्चैव ससैन्याः पर्यवारयन् ॥०३-२७४-३॥

tam ādravantaṃ saṅkruddhaṃ mainda-nīla-nalāṅgadāḥ hanūmān jāmbavāṃś caiva sa-sainyāḥ paryavārayan ॥03-274-3॥

[तम् (tam) - him; आद्रवन्तम् (ādravantam) - rushing; सङ्क्रुद्धम् (saṅkruddham) - enraged; मैन्दनीलनलाङ्गदाः (mainda-nīla-nalāṅgadāḥ) - Mainda, Nila, Nala, Angada; हनूमान् (hanūmān) - Hanuman; जाम्बवाम् (jāmbavām) - Jambavan; च (ca) - and; एव (eva) - indeed; ससैन्याः (sa-sainyāḥ) - with [their] armies; पर्यवारयन् (paryavārayan) - surrounded;]

(Him rushing, enraged, Mainda, Nila, Nala, Angada, Hanuman, Jambavan and indeed, together with their armies, surrounded.)

As he was rushing forward in anger, Mainda, Nila, Nala, Angada, Hanuman, and Jambavan, along with their armies, surrounded him. (03-274-3)

ते दशग्रीवसैन्यं तदृक्षवानरयूथपाः। द्रुमैर्विध्वंसयां चक्रुर्दशग्रीवस्य पश्यतः ॥०३-२७४-४॥

te daśagrīvasainyaṃ tadṛkṣavānarayūthapāḥ. drumair vidhvaṃsayāṃ cakrur daśagrīvasya paśyataḥ ॥03-274-4॥

[ते (te) - they; दशग्रीवसैन्यम् (daśagrīvasainyam) - the army of Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa); तत् (tad) - those; ऋक्षवानरयूथपाः (ṛkṣavānara-yūthapāḥ) - chiefs of bears and monkeys; द्रुमैः (drumaiḥ) - with trees; विध्वंसयाम् (vidhvaṃsayām) - destruction; चक्रुः (cakruḥ) - they made; दशग्रीवस्य (daśagrīvasya) - of Daśagrīva; पश्यतः (paśyataḥ) - as he was watching;]

(They, the chiefs of bears and monkeys, those, the army of Daśagrīva, with trees, destruction made, of Daśagrīva, as he was watching.)

Those chiefs of bears and monkeys attacked and destroyed the army of Daśagrīva with trees, as Daśagrīva watched. (03-274-4)

ततः स्वसैन्यमालोक्य वध्यमानमरातिभिः। मायावी व्यदधान्मायां रावणो राक्षसेश्वरः ॥०३-२७४-५॥

tataḥ svasainyam ālokya vadhyamānam arātibhiḥ. māyāvī vyadadhān māyāṃ rāvaṇaḥ rākṣaseśvaraḥ ॥03-274-5॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; स्वसैन्यम् (svasainyam) - his own army; आलोक्य (ālokya) - having seen; वध्यमानम् (vadhyamānam) - being slain; अरातिभिः (arātibhiḥ) - by enemies; मायावी (māyāvī) - possessor of illusion; व्यदधान् (vyadadhān) - wrought (displayed or created); मायाम् (māyām) - illusion; रावणः (rāvaṇaḥ) - Rāvaṇa; राक्षसेश्वरः (rākṣaseśvaraḥ) - lord of the rākṣasas (demons);]

(Then, having seen his own army being slain by enemies, the possessor of illusion, Rāvaṇa, lord of the rākṣasas, wrought illusion.)

Then, seeing his army being slain by the enemies, Rāvaṇa, the master of illusion and lord of the rākṣasas, created a magical illusory display. (03-274-5)

तस्य देहाद्विनिष्क्रान्ताः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः। राक्षसाः प्रत्यदृश्यन्त शरशक्त्यृष्टिपाणयः ॥०३-२७४-६॥

tasya dehād viniṣkrāntāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ। rākṣasāḥ pratyadṛśyanta śaraśaktyṛṣṭipāṇayaḥ॥03-274-6॥

[तस्य (tasya) - his; देहात् (dehāt) - from the body; विनिष्क्रान्ताः (viniṣkrāntāḥ) - gone out; departed; शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; अथ (atha) - and; सहस्रशः (sahasraśaḥ) - by thousands; राक्षसाः (rākṣasāḥ) - rākṣasas; प्रत्यदृश्यन्त (pratyadṛśyanta) - became visible; were seen; शरशक्त्यृष्टिपाणयः (śara-śakti-ṛṣṭi-pāṇayaḥ) - bearing arrows, spears, and lances in hand;]

(From his body departed by hundreds and by thousands rākṣasas, bearing arrows, spears, and lances in hand, and they were seen.)

From his body, rākṣasas by hundreds and thousands, bearing arrows, spears, and lances in their hands, were seen manifesting. (03-274-6)

तान्रामो जघ्निवान्सर्वान्दिव्येनास्त्रेण राक्षसान्। अथ भूयोऽपि मायां स व्यदधाद्राक्षसाधिपः ॥०३-२७४-७॥

tān rāmo jaghnivān sarvān divyena astreṇa rākṣasān। atha bhūyaḥ api māyām saḥ vyadadhāt rākṣasādhipaḥ॥03-274-7॥

[तान् (tān) - them; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma; जघ्निवान् (jaghnivān) - killed; सर्वान् (sarvān) - all; दिव्येन (divyena) - divine; अस्त्रेण (astreṇa) - with weapon; राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - rākṣasas (demons); अथ (atha) - then; भूयः अपि (bhūyaḥ api) - again also; मायाम् (māyām) - illusion; सः (saḥ) - he; व्यदधात् (vyadadhāt) - created; राक्षस-अधिपः (rākṣasa-adhipaḥ) - lord of the rākṣasas;]

(Them Rāma killed, all, with the divine weapon, rākṣasas. Then again also illusion he created, lord of the rākṣasas.)

Rāma killed all those rākṣasas with a divine weapon. Then again, the lord of the rākṣasas created an illusion. (03-274-7)

कृत्वा रामस्य रूपाणि लक्ष्मणस्य च भारत। अभिदुद्राव रामं च लक्ष्मणं च दशाननः ॥०३-२७४-८॥

kṛtvā rāmasya rūpāṇi lakṣmaṇasya ca bhārata। abhidudrāva rāmaṃ ca lakṣmaṇaṃ ca daśānanaḥ ॥03-274-8॥

[कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having assumed; रामस्य (rāmasya) - of Rāma; रूपाणि (rūpāṇi) - forms; लक्ष्मणस्य (lakṣmaṇasya) - of Lakṣmaṇa; च (ca) - and; भारत (bhārata) - O Bhārata; अभिदुद्राव (abhidudrāva) - rushed towards; रामं (rāmaṃ) - Rāma; च (ca) - and; लक्ष्मणं (lakṣmaṇaṃ) - Lakṣmaṇa; च (ca) - and; दशाननः (daśānanaḥ) - the ten-headed one (Rāvaṇa);]

(Having assumed the forms of Rāma and of Lakṣmaṇa also, O Bhārata, the ten-headed one rushed towards Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.)

O Bhārata, having assumed the forms of Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the ten-headed one (Rāvaṇa) rushed at Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa. (03-274-8)

ततस्ते राममर्छन्तो लक्ष्मणं च क्षपाचराः। अभिपेतुस्तदा राजन्प्रगृहीतोच्चकार्मुकाः ॥०३-२७४-९॥

tatas te rāmaṁ ārchanto lakṣmaṇam ca kṣapā-carāḥ। abhipetus tadā rājan pragṛhīta-uccha-kārmukāḥ॥03-274-9॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ते (te) - they; रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma; अर्छन्तः (archantaḥ) - approaching; लक्ष्मणं (lakṣmaṇam) - Lakṣmaṇa; च (ca) - and; क्षपाचराः (kṣapā-carāḥ) - night-wanderers (rākṣasas); अभिपेतुः (abhipetuḥ) - rushed; तदा (tadā) - then; राजन् (rājan) - O king; प्रगृहीत (pragṛhīta) - having taken up; उच्चकार्मुकाः (ucchā-kārmukāḥ) - with raised bows;]

(Then they, approaching Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, the night-wanderers, then rushed, O king, having taken up (with) raised bows.)

Then those night-wanderers, O king, with bows raised, rushed at Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.

तां दृष्ट्वा राक्षसेन्द्रस्य मायामिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः। उवाच रामं सौमित्रिरसम्भ्रान्तो बृहद्वचः ॥०३-२७४-१०॥

tāṁ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasendrasya māyām ikṣvākunandanaḥ। uvāca rāmaṁ saumitriḥ asambhrāntaḥ bṛhad-vacaḥ॥03-274-10॥

[तां (tāṁ) - her; (accusative singular feminine pronoun); दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; (absolutive of √dṛś, to see); राक्षसेन्द्रस्य (rākṣasendrasya) - of the king of rākṣasas; (genitive singular masculine tatpuruṣa compound: rākṣasa + indra); मायाम् (māyām) - magic; illusion; (accusative singular feminine); इक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः (ikṣvākunandanaḥ) - the descendant (delighter) of Ikṣvāku; (nominative singular masculine bahuvrīhi compound); उवाच (uvāca) - said; (third person singular perfect of √vac, to speak); रामम् (rāmam) - to Rāma; (accusative singular masculine proper noun); सौमित्रिः (saumitriḥ) - Saumitri (son of Sumitrā; i.e., Lakṣmaṇa); (nominative singular masculine proper noun); असम्भ्रान्तः (asambhrāntaḥ) - unagitated; undisturbed; unconfused; (nominative singular masculine past passive participle); बृहद्वचः (bṛhad-vacaḥ) - great words; (accusative singular neuter tatpuruṣa compound: bṛhat + vacas);]

(Her having seen, of the king of rākṣasas magic, the descendant of Ikṣvāku said to Rāma, Saumitri, unagitated, great words.)

Having seen the magic of the king of rākṣasas, Saumitri, the descendant of Ikṣvāku, unagitated, said great words to Rāma. (03-274-10)

जहीमान्राक्षसान्पापानात्मनः प्रतिरूपकान्। जघान रामस्तांश्चान्यानात्मनः प्रतिरूपकान् ॥०३-२७४-११॥

jahīmān rākṣasān pāpān ātmanaḥ pratirūpakān। jaghāna rāmas tāṃś ca anyān ātmanaḥ pratirūpakān॥03-274-11॥

[जहीमान् (jahīmān) - conquering; destroying; राक्षसान् (rākṣasān) - rākṣasas; demons; पापान् (pāpān) - evil; sinful; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself; of Rama; प्रतिरूपकान् (pratirūpakān) - having similar appearance; resembling; जघान (jaghāna) - killed; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rama; तान् (tān) - them; च (ca) - and; अन्यान् (anyān) - others; आत्मनः (ātmanaḥ) - of oneself; of Rama; प्रतिरूपकान् (pratirūpakān) - having similar appearance; resembling;]

(Conquering demons evil of oneself resembling, killed Rama them and others of oneself resembling.)

Destroying the evil demons who resembled himself, Rama killed them as well as other demons resembling himself. (03-274-11)

ततो हर्यश्वयुक्तेन रथेनादित्यवर्चसा। उपतस्थे रणे रामं मातलिः शक्रसारथिः ॥०३-२७४-१२॥

tato haryaśvayuktena rathenādityavarcasā| upatasthe raṇe rāmaṃ mātaliḥ śakrasārathiḥ ॥03-274-12॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; हर्यश्वयुक्तेन (haryaśvayuktena) - with (a chariot) yoked to green horses; रथेन (rathena) - with a chariot; आदित्यवर्चसा (ādityavarcasā) - with radiance like the sun; उपतस्थे (upatasthe) - approached; रणे (raṇe) - in battle; रामम् (rāmam) - Rāma; मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Mātali; शक्रसारथिः (śakrasārathiḥ) - charioteer of Śakra (Indra);]

(Then, with a chariot yoked to green horses, with radiance like the sun, approached in battle Rāma Mātali, the charioteer of Śakra (Indra).)

Then Mātali, the charioteer of Śakra (Indra), approached Rāma in battle, riding a chariot hitched to green horses and shining with the brilliance of the sun. (03-274-12)

मातलिरुवाच॥

mātalir uvāca॥

[मातलिः (mātaliḥ) - Mātali; (proper noun; the charioteer of Indra); उवाच (uvāca) - said; spoke;]

(Mātali said;)

Mātali said.

अयं हर्यश्वयुग्जैत्रो मघोनः स्यन्दनोत्तमः। अनेन शक्रः काकुत्स्थ समरे दैत्यदानवान् ॥ शतशः पुरुषव्याघ्र रथोदारेण जघ्निवान् ॥०३-२७४-१३॥

ayaṁ haryaśvayug-jaitro maghonaḥ syandanottamaḥ। anena śakraḥ kākutstha samare daitya-dānavān ॥ śataśaḥ puruṣavyāghra rathodāreṇa jaghnivān ॥03-274-13॥

[अयं (ayaṁ) - this; हर्यश्वयुग् (haryaśvayug) - yoked with tawny horses; जैत्रः (jaitraḥ) - victorious; मघोनः (maghonaḥ) - of Maghavan (Indra); स्यन्दन-उत्तमः (syandana-uttamaḥ) - excellent chariot; अनेन (anena) - with this; शक्रः (śakraḥ) - Śakra (Indra); काकुत्स्थ (kākutstha) - O descendant of Kakutstha; समरे (samare) - in battle; दैत्य-दानवान् (daitya-dānavān) - Daityas and Dānavas (demons); शतशः (śataśaḥ) - by hundreds; पुरुष-व्याघ्र (puruṣa-vyāghra) - O tiger among men; रथ-उदारेण (ratha-udāreṇa) - by means of the chariot; जघ्निवान् (jaghnivān) - slew;]

(This, yoked with tawny horses, victorious, excellent chariot of Maghavan; with this, Śakra, O descendant of Kakutstha, in battle Daityas and Dānavas, by hundreds, O tiger among men, with the chariot slew.)

This excellent, victorious chariot of Maghavan, yoked with tawny horses—O descendant of Kakutstha—Śakra (Indra) slew hundreds of Daityas and Dānavas in battle with this chariot, O tiger among men. (03-274-13)

तदनेन नरव्याघ्र मया यत्तेन संयुगे। स्यन्दनेन जहि क्षिप्रं रावणं मा चिरं कृथाः ॥०३-२७४-१४॥

tadanena naravyāghra mayā yattena saṃyuge। syandanena jahi kṣipraṃ rāvaṇaṃ mā ciraṃ kṛthāḥ॥03-274-14॥

[तत् (tat) - that; अनेन (anena) - with this; नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - tiger among men; मया (mayā) - by me; यत्तेन (yattena) - prepared; संयुगे (saṃyuge) - in battle; स्यन्दनेन (syandanena) - with the chariot; जहि (jahi) - kill; क्षिप्रं (kṣipraṃ) - quickly; रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa; मा (mā) - do not; चिरं (ciraṃ) - delay; कृथाः (kṛthāḥ) - do;]

(That, with this, O tiger among men, by me, prepared, in battle; with the chariot, kill quickly Rāvaṇa; do not delay; do.)

O tiger among men, with this chariot prepared by me for battle, quickly kill Rāvaṇa; do not delay. (03-274-14)

इत्युक्तो राघवस्तथ्यं वचोऽशङ्कत मातलेः। मायेयं राक्षसस्येति तमुवाच विभीषणः ॥०३-२७४-१५॥

ityukto rāghavas tathyaṃ vaco'śaṅkata mātaleḥ। māyeyaṃ rākṣasasyeti tamuvāca vibhīṣaṇaḥ॥03-274-15॥

[इति (iti) - thus; उक्तः (uktaḥ) - addressed; राघवः (rāghavaḥ) - Rāghava; तथ्यं (tathyaṃ) - true; वचः (vacaḥ) - words; अशङ्कत (aśaṅkata) - suspected; मातलेः (mātaleḥ) - of Matali; माया (māyā) - illusion; इयम् (iyam) - this; राक्षसस्य (rākṣasasya) - of the demon; इति (iti) - thus; तम् (tam) - to him; उवाच (uvāca) - said; विभीषणः (vibhīṣaṇaḥ) - Vibhīṣaṇa;]

(Thus addressed, Rāghava suspected the true words of Matali. "This is the illusion of the demon," thus Vibhīṣaṇa said to him.)

When thus addressed, Rāghava suspected the true words of Matali. Vibhīṣaṇa then said to him, "This is the illusion of the demon." (03-274-15)

नेयं माया नरव्याघ्र रावणस्य दुरात्मनः। तदातिष्ठ रथं शीघ्रमिममैन्द्रं महाद्युते ॥०३-२७४-१६॥

neyaṃ māyā naravyāghra rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ। tadātiṣṭha rathaṃ śīghramimamaindraṃ mahādyute॥03-274-16॥

[ने (na eṣā) - not this; (na—not; eṣā—this;); माया (māyā) - illusion; (māyā—illusion;); नरव्याघ्र (naravyāghra) - tiger among men; (naravyāghra—tiger-man;); रावणस्य (rāvaṇasya) - of Rāvaṇa; (rāvaṇasya—of Rāvaṇa;); दुरात्मनः (durātmanaḥ) - wicked-souled; (durātmanaḥ—evil-minded;); तदा (tadā) - then; (tadā—then;); आतिष्ठ (ātiṣṭha) - take up; (ātiṣṭha—ascend;); रथम् (ratham) - chariot; (ratham—chariot;); शीघ्रम् (śīghram) - quickly; (śīghram—quickly;); इमम् (imam) - this; (imam—this;); ऐन्द्रम् (aindram) - of Indra; (aindram—of Indra;); महाद्युते (mahādyute) - O great splendor; (mahādyute—O greatly resplendent one;);]

(Not this illusion, O tiger among men, of Rāvaṇa, the evil-souled; then ascend the chariot quickly, this of Indra, O great splendor.)

This is not the illusion of Rāvaṇa, O tiger among men; therefore, O greatly resplendent one, quickly mount this chariot of Indra. (03-274-16)

ततः प्रहृष्टः काकुत्स्थस्तथेत्युक्त्वा विभीषणम्। रथेनाभिपपाताशु दशग्रीवं रुषान्वितः ॥०३-२७४-१७॥

tataḥ prahṛṣṭaḥ kākutsthas tathety uktvā vibhīṣaṇam। rathenābhipapātāśu daśagrīvaṃ ruṣānvitaḥ॥03-274-17॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रहृष्टः (prahṛṣṭaḥ) - gladdened; काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - Kākutstha (descendant of Kakutstha, i.e., Rāma); तथेति (tatheti) - ‘so be it’; उक्त्वा (uktvā) - having spoken; विभीषणम् (vibhīṣaṇam) - to Vibhīṣaṇa; रथेना (rathena) - with the chariot; अभिपपात (abhipapāta) - rushed towards; आशु (āśu) - quickly; दशग्रीवम् (daśagrīvam) - towards Daśagrīva (Rāvaṇa, ten-necked one); रुषा (ruṣā) - with anger; अन्वितः (anvitaḥ) - endowed;]

(Then gladdened Kākutstha, having said 'so be it' to Vibhīṣaṇa, with the chariot rushed quickly towards Daśagrīva, endowed with anger.)

Then Kākutstha, gladdened, having said 'so be it' to Vibhīṣaṇa, swiftly rushed at Daśagrīva in his chariot, filled with anger. (03-274-17)

हाहाकृतानि भूतानि रावणे समभिद्रुते। सिंहनादाः सपटहा दिवि दिव्याश्च नानदन् ॥०३-२७४-१८॥

hāhākṛtāni bhūtāni rāvaṇe samabhidrute। siṃhanādāḥ sa-paṭahā divi divyāś ca nānadan ॥03-274-18॥

[हाहाकृतानि (hāhākṛtāni) - cries of wailing; भूतानि (bhūtāni) - beings; रावणे (rāvaṇe) - when Rāvaṇa; समभिद्रुते (samabhidrute) - was impelled towards (attacked); सिंहनादाः (siṃhanādāḥ) - lion-roars; सपटहा (sa-paṭahā) - with drums; दिवि (divi) - in the sky; दिव्याः (divyāḥ) - divine (ones); च (ca) - and; नानदन् (nānadan) - roared;]

(Cries of wailing (were made by) the beings, when Rāvaṇa was impelled forward. Lion-roars with drums in the sky, the divine (ones) also roared.)

When Rāvaṇa was advancing, the beings uttered cries of wailing. In the sky, the divine beings also roared like lions along with drums. (03-274-18)

स रामाय महाघोरं विससर्ज निशाचरः। शूलमिन्द्राशनिप्रख्यं ब्रह्मदण्डमिवोद्यतम् ॥०३-२७४-१९॥

sa rāmāya mahāghoraṃ visasarja niśācaraḥ। śūlam indrāśaniprakhyaṃ brahmadaṇḍam ivodyatam ॥03-274-19॥

[स (sa) - he; रामाय (rāmāya) - to Rāma; महाघोरं (mahāghoram) - very dreadful; विससर्ज (visasarja) - sent forth; निशाचरः (niśācaraḥ) - the night-stalker; शूलम् (śūlam) - spear; इन्द्राशनि-प्रख्यम् (indrāśaniprakhyam) - resembling Indra's thunderbolt; ब्रह्मदण्डम् (brahmadaṇḍam) - the staff of Brahmā; इव (iva) - like; उद्यतम् (udyatam) - upraised;]

(He to Rāma very dreadful sent forth the night-stalker; spear resembling Indra's thunderbolt, like the staff of Brahmā, upraised.)

The night-stalker sent forth at Rāma a very dreadful spear, resembling Indra's thunderbolt and upraised like the staff of Brahmā. (03-274-19)

तच्छूलमन्तरा रामश्चिच्छेद निशितैः शरैः। तद्दृष्ट्वा दुष्करं कर्म रावणं भयमाविशत् ॥०३-२७४-२०॥

tac chūlam antarā rāmaś ciccheda niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ। tad dṛṣṭvā duṣkaraṃ karma rāvaṇaṃ bhayam āviśat ॥03-274-20॥

[तत् (tat) - that; शूलम् (śūlam) - spear; अन्तरा (antarā) - in between; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma; चिच्छेद (ciccheda) - cut; निशितैः (niśitaiḥ) - sharp; शरैः (śaraiḥ) - with arrows; तत् (tat) - that; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; दुष्करं (duṣkaraṃ) - difficult to do; कर्म (karma) - deed; रावणं (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa; भयम् (bhayam) - fear; आविशत् (āviśat) - entered;]

(That spear in between Rāma cut with sharp arrows. That having seen the difficult deed, fear entered Rāvaṇa.)

Rāma cut that spear in mid-air with sharp arrows. When he saw that difficult feat, fear entered Rāvaṇa. (03-274-20)

ततः क्रुद्धः ससर्जाशु दशग्रीवः शिताञ्शरान्। सहस्रायुतशो रामे शस्त्राणि विविधानि च ॥०३-२७४-२१॥

tataḥ kruddhaḥ sasarjāśu daśagrīvaḥ śitāñśarān। sahasrāyu taśo rāme śastrāṇi vividhāni ca ॥03-274-21॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; क्रुद्धः (kruddhaḥ) - angered; ससर्जाशु (sasarja āśu) - sent forth quickly; दशग्रीवः (daśagrīvaḥ) - ten-necked one (Rāvaṇa); शिताञ्शरान् (śitān śarān) - sharp arrows; सहस्रायुतशः (sahasrāyutaśaḥ) - in thousands and tens of thousands; रामे (rāme) - at Rāma; शस्त्राणि (śastrāṇi) - weapons; विविधानि (vividhāni) - of various kinds; च (ca) - and;]

(Then, angered, the ten-necked one (Rāvaṇa) quickly sent forth sharp arrows, and thousands and tens of thousands of various kinds of weapons at Rāma.)

Then, enraged, the ten-headed Rāvaṇa quickly launched sharp arrows and all sorts of weapons, thousands and tens of thousands in number, at Rāma. (03-274-21)

ततो भुशुण्डीः शूलांश्च मुसलानि परश्वधान्। शक्तीश्च विविधाकाराः शतघ्नीश्च शितक्षुराः ॥०३-२७४-२२॥

tato bhuśuṇḍīḥ śūlāṁś ca musalāni paraśvadhān। śaktīś ca vividhākārāḥ śataghniś ca śitakṣurāḥ ॥03-274-22॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; भुशुण्डीः (bhuśuṇḍīḥ) - slings; शूलान् (śūlān) - spears; च (ca) - and; मुसलानि (musalāni) - clubs; परश्वधान् (paraśvadhān) - battle-axes; शक्तीः (śaktīḥ) - javelins; च (ca) - and; विविधाकाराः (vividhākārāḥ) - of various forms; शतघ्नीः (śataghniḥ) - machines for killing hundreds (shataghnis); च (ca) - and; शितक्षुराः (śitakṣurāḥ) - sharp-edged weapons;]

(Then slings, spears and clubs, battle-axes, javelins and (weapons) of various forms, machines for killing hundreds and sharp-edged weapons.)

Then there were slings, spears, clubs, battle-axes, javelins of various forms, machines for killing hundreds, and sharp weapons. (03-274-22)

तां मायां विकृतां दृष्ट्वा दशग्रीवस्य रक्षसः। भयात्प्रदुद्रुवुः सर्वे वानराः सर्वतोदिशम् ॥०३-२७४-२३॥

tāṃ māyāṃ vikṛtāṃ dṛṣṭvā daśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ। bhayāt pradudruvuḥ sarve vānarāḥ sarvatodiśam ॥03-274-23॥

[ताम् (tām) - her; (accusative singular, feminine, referring to 'māyā') मायाम् (māyām) - magical power; illusion; विकृताम् (vikṛtām) - distorted; changed; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; दशग्रीवस्य (daśagrīvasya) - of Daśagrīva; (ten-necked, epithet of Rāvaṇa; genitive singular masculine) रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - of the demon; (genitive singular masculine) भयात् (bhayāt) - out of fear; प्रदुद्रुवुः (pradudruvuḥ) - fled away; (third person plural perfect) सर्वे (sarve) - all; वानराः (vānarāḥ) - monkeys; सर्वतः (sarvataḥ) - from all sides; दिशम् (diśam) - to directions; (accusative singular, direction);]

(Having seen that distorted magical power of Daśagrīva the demon, out of fear all the monkeys fled to all directions.)

Seeing that distorted magic of Daśagrīva, the demon, all the monkeys fled in all directions out of fear. (03-274-23)

ततः सुपत्रं सुमुखं हेमपुङ्खं शरोत्तमम्। तूणादादाय काकुत्स्थो ब्रह्मास्त्रेण युयोज ह ॥०३-२७४-२४॥

tataḥ supatraṃ sumukhaṃ hemapuṅkhaṃ śarottamam। tūṇād ādāya kākutsthaḥ brahmāstreṇa yuyoja ha ॥03-274-24॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; सुपत्रम् (supatram) - well-feathered; सुमुखम् (sumukham) - well-pointed; हेमपुङ्खम् (hemapuṅkham) - with golden tail; शरोत्तमम् (śarottamam) - best arrow; तूणात् (tūṇāt) - from the quiver; आदाय (ādāya) - having taken; काकुत्स्थः (kākutsthaḥ) - the descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma); ब्रह्मास्त्रेण (brahmāstreṇa) - with the Brahma-weapon; युयोज (yuyoja) - he fixed; ह (ha) - indeed;]

(Then the well-feathered, well-pointed, golden-tailed, best arrow, having taken from the quiver, the descendant of Kakutstha (Rāma) with the Brahma-weapon he fixed indeed.)

Then Rāma, descendant of Kakutstha, took the best arrow—well-feathered, well-pointed, and with a golden tail—from his quiver and fixed it with the Brahma-weapon. (03-274-24)

तं बाणवर्यं रामेण ब्रह्मास्त्रेणाभिमन्त्रितम्। जहृषुर्देवगन्धर्वा दृष्ट्वा शक्रपुरोगमाः ॥०३-२७४-२५॥

taṃ bāṇavaryaṃ rāmeṇa brahmāstreṇābhimantritam। jahṛṣur devagandharvā dṛṣṭvā śakrapurogamāḥ ॥03-274-25॥

[तं (taṃ) - that (accusative singular masculine); बाणवर्यं (bāṇavaryaṃ) - excellent arrow; रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rāma; ब्रह्मास्त्रेण (brahmāstreṇa) - with the Brahmā-weapon; अभिमन्त्रितम् (abhimantritam) - consecrated; जहृषुः (jahṛṣuḥ) - rejoiced; देवगन्धर्वाः (devagandharvāḥ) - the gods and gandharvas; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; शक्रपुरोगमाः (śakrapurogamāḥ) - led by Śakra (Indra);]

(That excellent arrow, by Rāma, with the Brahmā-weapon, consecrated— rejoiced the gods and gandharvas, having seen (it), led by Śakra.)

When Rāma consecrated that excellent arrow with the Brahmā-weapon, the gods and gandharvas, led by Indra, rejoiced on seeing it. (03-274-25)

अल्पावशेषमायुश्च ततोऽमन्यन्त रक्षसः। ब्रह्मास्त्रोदीरणाच्छत्रोर्देवगन्धर्वकिंनराः ॥०३-२७४-२६॥

alpāvaśeṣam āyuś ca tato' manyanta rakṣasaḥ। brahmāstroddīraṇāc chatror deva-gandharva-kiṁnarāḥ ॥03-274-26॥

[अल्पावशेषम् (alpāvaśeṣam) - what little remained;​ आयुः (āyuḥ) - lifespan;​ च (ca) - and;​ ततः (tataḥ) - then;​ अमন্যन्त (amanyanta) - they considered;​ रक्षसः (rakṣasaḥ) - of the rāksasa (demon);​ ब्रह्मास्त्र-उदीरणात् (brahmāstra-udīraṇāt) - from the unleashing of the brahmāstra;​ छत्रोः (chatroḥ) - of the enemy;​ देव-गन्धर्व-किंनराः (deva-gandharva-kiṁnarāḥ) - the gods, gandharvas, and kinnara-s;​;]

(What little lifespan remained, then the gods, gandharvas, and kinnaras considered (to remain) to the enemy rāksasa, from the unleashing of the brahmāstra.)

Then, after the unleashing of the brahmāstra, the gods, gandharvas, and kinnaras considered that only a little of the enemy rāksasa's lifespan remained. (03-274-26)

ततः ससर्ज तं रामः शरमप्रतिमौजसम्। रावणान्तकरं घोरं ब्रह्मदण्डमिवोद्यतम् ॥०३-२७४-२७॥

tataḥ sasarja taṃ rāmaḥ śaram apratima-ojasam। rāvaṇāntakaraṃ ghoraṃ brahmadaṇḍam ivodyatam॥03-274-27॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; ससर्ज (sasarja) - he sent forth; तं (taṃ) - that; रामः (rāmaḥ) - Rāma; शरम् (śaram) - arrow; अप्रतिमौजसम् (apratima-ojasam) - of unequalled might; रावणान्तकरम् (rāvaṇāntakaram) - destructive to Rāvaṇa; घोरम् (ghoram) - terrible; ब्रह्मदण्डम् (brahmadaṇḍam) - the Brahmā's rod (staff of Brahmā); इव (iva) - like; उद्यतम् (udyatam) - upraised;]

(Then Rāma sent forth that arrow, of unequalled might, destructive to Rāvaṇa, terrible, like the upraised rod of Brahmā.)

Then Rāma released that arrow of unparalleled power, dread and destructive to Rāvaṇa, which was like the upraised staff of Brahmā. (03-274-27)

स तेन राक्षसश्रेष्ठः सरथः साश्वसारथिः। प्रजज्वाल महाज्वालेनाग्निनाभिपरिष्कृतः ॥०३-२७४-२८॥

sa tena rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ sarathaḥ sāśvasārathiḥ। prajajvāla mahājvālenāgninābhipariṣkṛtaḥ॥03-274-28॥

[स (sa) - he; तेन (tena) - by that; राक्षसश्रेष्ठः (rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ) - best among rākṣasas; सरथः (sarathaḥ) - with his chariot; साश्वसारथिः (sāśvasārathiḥ) - with horses and charioteer; प्रजज्वाल (prajajvāla) - blazed forth; महाज्वालेन (mahājvālena) - with great flame; अग्निना (agninā) - by fire; अभिपरिष्कृतः (abhipariṣkṛtaḥ) - completely enveloped;]

(He, by that best among rākṣasas, with chariot, with horses and charioteer, blazed forth, with great flame, by fire completely enveloped.)

He, that best among rākṣasas, together with his chariot, horses, and charioteer, was entirely enveloped by fire and blazed forth with a great flame. (03-274-28)

ततः प्रहृष्टास्त्रिदशाः सगन्धर्वाः सचारणाः। निहतं रावणं दृष्ट्वा रामेणाक्लिष्टकर्मणा ॥०३-२७४-२९॥

tataḥ prahṛṣṭās tridaśāḥ sagandharvāḥ sacāraṇāḥ। nihataṃ rāvaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā॥03-274-29॥

[ततः (tataḥ) - then; प्रहृष्टाः (prahṛṣṭāḥ) - rejoiced; त्रिदशाः (tridaśāḥ) - the thirty (gods); सगन्धर्वाः (sa-gandharvāḥ) - with the gandharvas; सचारणाः (sa-cāraṇāḥ) - with the chāraṇas; निहतं (nihatam) - slain; रावणं (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa; दृष्ट्वा (dṛṣṭvā) - having seen; रामेण (rāmeṇa) - by Rāma; अक्लिष्टकर्मणा (akliṣṭa-karmaṇā) - by one of effortless action;]

(Then rejoiced the gods, with the gandharvas and with the chāraṇas, having seen Rāvaṇa slain by Rāma, by one of effortless action.)

Then the gods, along with the gandharvas and chāraṇas, rejoiced when they saw Rāvaṇa slain by Rāma, who acts without effort. (03-274-29)

तत्यजुस्तं महाभागं पञ्च भूतानि रावणम्। भ्रंशितः सर्वलोकेषु स हि ब्रह्मास्त्रतेजसा ॥०३-२७४-३०॥

tatyajus taṃ mahābhāgaṃ pañca bhūtāni rāvaṇam। bhraṃśitaḥ sarvalokeṣu sa hi brahmāstratejasā ॥03-274-30॥

[तत्यजु: (tatyajuḥ) - abandoned; (3rd pl. perf. of √tyaj); तं (taṃ) - him; (accusative singular masculine); महाभागं (mahābhāgam) - highly fortunate; great one; (accusative singular masculine); पञ्च (pañca) - five; (plural); भूतानि (bhūtāni) - elements; (the five elements – earth, water, fire, air, ether); रावणम् (rāvaṇam) - Rāvaṇa; (accusative singular masculine, proper noun); भ्रंशितः (bhraṃśitaḥ) - fallen; deprived; (nominative singular masculine); सर्वलोकेषु (sarvalokeṣu) - in all worlds; (locative plural); सः (saḥ) - he; (nominative singular masculine); हि (hi) - indeed; surely; ब्रह्मास्त्रतेजसा (brahmāstratejasā) - by the power of the Brahmāstra; (instrumental singular neuter compound);]

(The five elements abandoned him, the highly fortunate Rāvaṇa. Fallen in all worlds, he indeed (was) by the power of the Brahmāstra.)

The five elements deserted the highly fortunate Rāvaṇa. Deprived in all worlds, he was indeed overcome by the power of the Brahmāstra. (03-274-30)

शरीरधातवो ह्यस्य मांसं रुधिरमेव च। नेशुर्ब्रह्मास्त्रनिर्दग्धा न च भस्माप्यदृश्यत ॥०३-२७४-३१॥

śarīradhātavo hy asya māṃsaṃ rudhiram eva ca। neśur brahmāstranirdagdhā na ca bhasmāpy adṛśyata॥03-274-31॥

[शरीरधातवः (śarīradhātavaḥ) - body-elements; हि (hi) - indeed; अस्य (asya) - of this (person); मांसं (māṃsaṃ) - flesh; रुधिरम् (rudhiram) - blood; एव (eva) - indeed; just; च (ca) - and; नेशुः (neśuḥ) - did not remain; ब्रह्मास्त्रनिर्दग्धाः (brahmāstranirdagdhāḥ) - burned by the Brahma-weapon; न (na) - not; च (ca) - and; भस्मापि (bhasmāpi) - even ashes; अदृश्यत (adṛśyata) - was seen;]

(The body-elements indeed of this (person), flesh, and blood indeed and, did not remain, burned by the Brahma-weapon; not and even ashes was seen.)

Indeed, the body elements, flesh, and blood of this person, having been burned by the Brahma-weapon, did not remain; and even ashes were not seen. (03-274-31)