Рамаяна: Том 2: Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда и Сундараканда · Часть 99
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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Having been honored by her (Sita) in excellent words, the monkey
proceeding, left that place, thinking,--"A small work it is that
remains. Beheld have I this dark-eyed lady. Passing by three means, I
see that I shall have to resort to the fourth. No _treaty_ with Rakshas
can answer the end. Neither can _gifts_ prevail with the wealthy. Nor is
it possible to sow _dissensions_ among persons proud of their strength.
Then, display of _prowess_ appeareth to me applicable in this case.
Without resorting to prowess, way find I none for ensuring success in
this matter. If the Rakshas find their foremost heroes fallen in battle,
they may temper their (martial ardour). He that, having compassed his
(principal) purpose, accomplishes many more without marring the prime
one, is entitled to act He that doeth a small work is certainly not a
worker,--he it is that knoweth to bring about success in diverse ways,
is alone capable of securing the same.[366] Although my sole commission
was to effect this much,[367] yet if I repair to the abode of the lord
of monkeys after having ascertained the strength of our ownselves and
that of the foe in the field, then I shall have done the mandate of my
master. How can my arrival (at this place) be made to bring forth good
fruit? How can I forcibly bring on engagement with the Rakshasas? And
how can the Ten-necked one in battle be made to form a just estimate of
the respective strength of myself and his forces? Coming in contact with
the Ten-necked one, with his three orders, forces and charioteers, I
shall, reading the intention that is in his heart, as well as his
strength, --happily return from hence. This grove of the fell (fiend)
resembling Nandana itself, containing various trees and plants, and
captivating to eye and heart,--will I destroy; even as fire destroyeth a
dry wood. This grove being ravaged, Ravana shall get into a fury. Then
the Rakshasa monarch shall summon up an army consisting of horses,
elephants, and mighty cars, equipped with tridents, iron axes and other
arms,--, and mighty shall be the encounter that shall take place. And I
with unimpaired prowess battling with those terrific Rakshas, and
annihilating that host despatched by Ravana, shall merrily journey to
the abode of the monkey-king." Then furious like the Wind, the offspring
of the Wind-god possessed of dreadful prowess set about knocking down
the trees with impetuous violence. Then that hero, Hanuman, devastated
that garden of the damsels, resounding with the roars of mad elephants,
and filled with diverse trees and shrubs. And with its trees crushed and
its tanks damaged, with its fair peaks shattered in fragments and its
pools eloquent with the notes of birds, riven all over, with coppery and
withered sprays cast about (in all directions), and with its trees and
plants shorn of their liveliness,--that wood was no longer
beautiful,--as if it had been burnt up by a forest-fire; and its plants
resembled damsels with their apparel falling off. And that magnificent
wood, with its arbours and its picture-gallerys destroyed, and its
ferocious animals, beasts and birds crying in distressful accents,--and
its rocky structures and other mansions broken down, was bereft of its
loveliness. And that grove of the inner apartment belonging to the
damsels[368] of the Ten-necked one, with its numbers of _acoka_ trees
and plants cast about disorderly, was, in very sooth, through the might
of the monkey, rendered a sight composed of plants, _etc._, tending to
awaken the regret of the spectator.[369] Then having done what was
wondrous disagreeable unto the mind of the magnanimous lord of the
world, that monkey desirous of coping alone with a vast host, stood by
the main entrance, flaming in effulgence.
[366] The commentator explains this passage thus:--"He that by great
pains accomplishes a small work, cannot be a great actor; but he
that bringeth about his end in a variety of ways through the
_minimum_ of effort, is the actor."--T.
[367] _i. e._ see Sita.
[368] _Promadavanasya--gen._--occurs twice in this passage. The
commentator, as usual, refines on the word,--to one he assigns a
literal sense; another he explains--_of the grove belonging to the
protector of the females_,--i. e. the wood, which, by arousing
their desire for Ravana, assured their stay there!--T.
[369] There is a pun on the word _soka_--occuring twice. One of them,
originally _acoka_, but entering into a vowel combination with the
preceding word, is the name of a tree; and _Soka_ means _sorrow_.
The _acoka_ trees being shattered, inspired the onlooker with
_soka--sorrow_.--T.
SECTION XLII.
Then on account of the cries of birds and the sounds of breaking trees,
all the denizons of Lanka were seized with trepidation in consequence of
fright. And agitated with fear, birds and beasts hurried (on all sides);
and omen-boding evil unto the Rakshasas, began to appear (everywhere).
And grim-visaged Rakshasis, awaking from their sleep, saw that wood
devastated, and that heroic mighty monkey. And observing them, that
mighty-armed and powerful monkey endowed with immense strength,
magnified his dimensions, capable of striking terror into the Rakshasas.
And beholding that exceedingly strong monkey resembling a mountain, the
Rakshasis asked Janaka's daughter, saying,--"Who is this? And whence,
and wherefore, hath he come here? And why did he carry on converse with
thee? Tell us this, thou of expansive eyes. O lucky one, entertain no
fear. And, O thou having eyes with dark outer corners, what is the talk
that this one hath held with thee?" Thereat, the chaste Sita, having all
her parts perfect, answered,--"What is my power to read Rakshasas
capable of wearing forms at will? Ye know who he is and what he doeth.
Serpents, without doubt, know the way of serpents. And, furthermore, I
am very much frightened,-- nor know I who that one is. I take him to be
a Rakshasa,-- who hath come here through his capacity to put on any
shape." Hearing Vaidehi's words, the Rakshasis swiftly took to their
heels. Some remained,--and some departed to inform Ravana of the matter.
And before Ravana, the Raksbasis of deformed visages informed him of the
hideous and dreadful monkey. "O king, in the heart of the _acoka_ wood
there is a monkey of a terrific body, who, possessed of immeasurable
might, stayeth, after having carried on a conversation with Janaki. Nor,
albeit questioned by us many a time and oft, doth Janaka's daughter,
Sita, having the eyes of a deer, intend to tell us who the monkey is. He
may be the emissary of Vasava, or of Vaipravana; or he may have been
sent by Rama himself from eagerness to get at the whereabouts of Sita.
And he it is that, wearing a wonderful form, hath destroyed thy charming
arbour of the interior, filled with beasts of various kinds.--And
quarter there is none which hath not been destroyed by him; and only
that place where the exalted Janaki is, remained uninjured by
him,--whether for preserving Janaki, or from fatigue--it doth not
appear. But what is his fatigue? She it is that hath been preserved by
him. And that overgrown Sincapa tree, affluent with elegant foliage,
under which Sita herself hath (always rested), hath been spared by him.
It behoveth thee to order sharp chastisement to be inflicted on that one
of a fierce form, who, having carried on converse with Sita, hath laid
thy wood waste. Who, O Sovereign of the Rakshasas,that hath not his life
severed from him,--converseth with Sita, who hath captivated thy heart?"
Hearing the speeches of the Rakshasis, Ravana, lord of Rakshasas, with
his eyes rolling in rage, flamed up like the fire of a funeral pyre. And
as fall drops of lighted oil from a flaming lamp,fell drops of tears
from the eyes of the enraged Ravana. And that highly energetic one
ordered his heroic servants, resembling himself, to punish Hanuman. And
from that mansion speedily issued eighty thousand of those retainers,
carrying in their hands maces and mallets[370],--having huge bellies,
and large teeth, of dreadful forms, and possessed of unwieldy
strength,--all eager to engage in the conflict and take Hanuman. And
having come near that monkey staying at the main entrance, those
swelling spirits rushed on, even as insects rush into a flame. And
equipped with variegated maces, and bludgeons, and golden
_angadas_,[371] and arrows resembling the Sun, they approached that
foremost of monkeys. And accoutred in maces, axes, and javelins, and
bearing bearded darts and lances in their hands, they suddeuly
surrounded Hanuman and remained before him. And the graceful and
energetic Hanuman also, resembling a hill, flourishing his tail over the
ground, sent up tremendous roars. And attaining mighty proportions,
Hanuman, son unto the Wind-god, brandished his tail, filling Lanka with
sounds. And at the sounds of his flourishing, as well as with those
resounding ones set up by himself, birds began to drop down from the
sky. And he loudly proclaimed,--"Victory to the exceedingly strong Rama
and to the mighty Lakshmana! And victory unto king Sugriva, protected of
Raghava! I am the servant of the Sovereign of Kerala, Rama of untiring
deeds,-- (I am) Hanuman, the destroyer of hostile hosts, offspring of
the Wind-god. And a thousand Ravanas cannot cope with me in conflict,
when I shall hurl crags and trees by thousands. In the very presence of
all the Rakshas, shall I, having desolated the city of Lanka and paid my
reverence to Maithili, go away, my end being compassed." They were
struck with affright at his roars; and they beheld Hanuman elevated as
an evening cloud. And now knowing for certain that the monkey had been
despatched by his master, the Rakshasas commenced assailing him with
various kinds of dire arms.[372] Environed on all sides by those heroes,
that exceedingly powerful one, staying by the main entrance, took up a
terrific bolt. And taking that bolt, like Vinata's offspring handling a
darting serpent, he slew those rangers of the night. And grasping (the
bolt), the Wind-god's son began to range the welkin and destroy (the
Rakshasas), like the thousand-eyed (deity) slaughtering Daityas with his
thunder-bolt. And having slain those Rakshasas, who were the retainers
of Ravana, the heroic offspring of the Wind-god--foremost of
heroes--desirous of fight, stood at the gate. Then certain Rakshasas,
getting off from the field in fear, informed Ravana of the destruction
of all his servants. Hearing that a mighty host of the Rakshasas had
been slain, the king, with his eyes whirling in ire, ordered Prahasta's
son of incomparable prowess, and invincible in battle.
[370] _Kuta--hammer_. The commentator, however,says that it means a
weapon resembling a hammer.--T.
[371] A bracelet worn on the upper arm.--T.
[372] _Swamisandehanihcancah_--may also mean, _having been assured by
Ravana as to his firm resolve--i.e. the Rakshasas must fight with
Hanuman, however desperate the undertaking might prove.--T._
SECTION XLIII.
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