Рамаяна: Том 2: Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда и Сундараканда · Часть 15
Полный четырёхтомник Манматхи Натха Датта, английский, Калькутта, 1891–1894. Все четыре тома конкретного перевода М. Н. Датта: Балаканда, Айодхьяканда, Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда, Сундараканда, Юддхаканда и Уттараканда. Полный текст выбранного четырёхтомного издания; это не собрание всех версий Рамаяны.
Все четыре тома конкретного перевода М. Н. Датта: Балаканда, Айодхьяканда, Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда, Сундараканда, Юддхаканда и Уттараканда. Полный текст выбранного четырёхтомного издания; это не собрание всех версий Рамаяны.
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Cutting off the mace with his shafts, Raghava attached unto
righteousness with a smile said unto Khara these angry words, "Thou
vilest of Rakshasas, this is the utmost of thy might, which thou hast
displayed. Rendered more nerveless at my hands, in vain dost thou storm.
Riven by my shafts, thy mace, belonging unto thee who art prolix in the
matter of vocabulary, destroying thy confidence, hath saught the earth.
And what thou hadst said,--'I will wipe the tears of the Rakshasas that
have been slain,' hath also proved false. As Garuda stole ambrosia, will
I deprive thee, O Rakshasa, who art base, of a mean disposition and a
false character, of thy life. To day the earth shall drink the blood
vitiated with foamy bubbles, of thee, having thy throat severed, and
riven by my shafts. Having all thy body covered with dust, and thy two
arms lopped off, thou shalt, difficult to win, take thy nap, embracing
the earth, like a damsel difficult to win. On thee, disgrace of
Rakshasas, lying down, and being fast asleep, this Dandaka shall be
refuge of those that shall resort to it for shelter. O Rakshasa, in thy
Janasthana, with its (Rakshasas) slain by my shafts, ascetics shall
fearlessly go about in the wood. Today Rakshasas, capable of exciting
fear in others, rendered forlorn and with their friends slain, shall
from fear, with their faces wet with tears, fly (this place). To day thy
wives whose husband art thou of such a nature,--and who are of a like
lineage (with thyself),--shall experience the sentiment of sorrow, and
be deprived of their all. Thou of a cruel disposition, thou of ignoble
soul, thou that art aye a thorn (in the side) of Brahmanas, it is for
thee that ascetics, frightened and dispirited, have so long been pouring
the clarified butter." As Raghava, influenced by anger, said this in the
field, Khara from wrath, with accents rendered harsher, fell to
censuring (Rama). "Thou art wondrous proud: and thou art fearless albeit
fear is present unto thee. And come under the sway of death, thou dost
not understand what should be said and what left unspoken. Those persons
that have been fast bound by the noose of death, do not in consequence
of their senses having ceased to perform their functions, descern what
is proper and what improper." Saying this unto Rama, that ranger of the
night (Khara), pursing his brows, espied a mighty _sala_ hard by. And
looking about him on all sides in the field for a weapon, he uprooted
it, biting his nether lip. And raising up the tree with his arms, and
uttering a roar, that exceedingly powerful one aiming at Rama discharged
it, exclaiming,--"Dead thou art." And as it descended, the puissant Rama
cut it off by means of a multitude of shafts, got into a mighty rage for
the purpose of slaying Khara in battle. Then Rama perspiring, with eyes
reddened in wrath, pierced Khara in battle with a thousand shafts. And
blood mixed with froth gushed by the sides of the shafts, like torrents
flowing from fountain in a hill[44] stupified in battle by the shafts
shot by Rama, and maddened by the smell of blood, Khara furiously made
for Rama. And as he (Khara) was rushing on, bathed with blood, Rama
equipped with arms, suddenly summoning his strength walked backward two
or three paces. Then with the view of bringing about (Khara's end) Rama
took up in the conflict an arrow resembling fire or another weapon of
Brahma himself. And that righteous one shot at Khara that (arrow), which
had been conferred on him by the intelligent Maghavan. And discharged by
Rama from his bent bow that mighty arrow with the roaring of the
thunderbolt fell at Khara' s breast. And burning in the fire of the
arrow, Khara fell down on the earth, like the giant Andhaka[45] in the
forest of Sweta, consumed by Rudra. And threat Khara slain fell down
like Vritra slain by the thunder-bolt, or Namuchi by foam,[46] or Vala
by Indra's _Acani_. After this, the celestials, assembled with the
Charanas, struck with wonder joyfully sounded kettledrums and showered
blossoms on Rama. "In over half a moment Rama by means of sharpened
shafts hath slain in mighty encounter fourteen thousand Rakshasas,
wearing shapes at will, headed by Khara and Dushana. Ah! mighty is the
feat achieved by Rama knowing self. Ah! this mighty prowess, this mighty
firmness, show like unto those of Vishnu himself." Saying this all the
deities went to from where they had come. Then the Rajarshis in company
with supreme saints, with Agastya (at their head), gladly paying homage
unto Rama, said the following words, "It is for this that the chastiser
of Paka, the great Indra, Purandra, had paid a visit to the sacred
asylum of Sarabhanga. And the Maharshis had dexterously brought thee to
this place, for compassing the destruction of those foes--the wicked
Rakshasas. And it is owing to this, that, O son of Dacaratha, thou hast
performed this mighty deed. (Now) the Maharshis will carry on their
proper pious offices in the Dandaka." After this, that hero, Lakshmana,
accompanied with Sita came out of the mountain cavern, and joyfully
entered the asylum. Then the victorious and heroic, Rama, honored by the
Maharshis, entered the asylum, worshipped by Lakshmana. And seeing that
destroyer of foes, and bringer of comfort unto the Maharshis, her
husband, Vaidehi embraced him. And seeing the multitudes of Rakshasas
slain, Janaka's daughter, beholding the undeteriorating Rama, ministered
unto him with supreme joy. And with a delightful countenance again
embracing that destroyer of foes, who had been honored by the delighted
Maharihis, Janaka's daughter became exceedingly happy.
[44] The text varies slightly in other texts.--T.
[45] The Asura Andhaka was slain in the forest of _Sweta_ by Rudra.
This is related in the Puranas. Another reading is _Swetarayge
yathantaka like the Destroyer in the forest of Sweta_. Swa,
according to the _Kurma Purana Uttra Khanda_, in the Kalanyara
hill, by a kick with his left leg slew the Destroyer, engaged in
pennances, who had come to kill the Rajarshi Sweta, who was a
great votary of Siva.--T.
[46] Namuchi was slain by a thunder-bolt laid over with foam.--T.
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