Рамаяна: Том 2: Араньяканда, Кишкиндхаканда и Сундараканда · Часть 100
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 slaughtered the servants, Hanuman, having reflected awhile,
thought,--"I have broken down the wood; but have not destroyed the
edifice dedicated to the deities of the Rakshasas. Therefore, this very
day will I demolish this structure." Having thought thus in his heart,
that foremost of monkeys, Hanuman, son unto the Wind-god, displaying his
strength, bounded unto the Chaitya[373] building, elevated like a summit
of Meru. And having ascended the edifice resembling a mountain, that
leader of monkey-bands, possessed of wondrous energy, looked like
another Sun risen (in the sky). And having broken down that superb
edifice, the irrepressible Hanuman, flaming in auspicionsness, resembled
(the mountain) Pariyatra. And magnifying his dimensions through his
energy, the offspring of the Wind-god fearlessly fell to striking his
arms with his hands, and thus filling Lanka, with the sounds. And at
those sounds of striking arms, capable of striking deafness into the
hearer, birds began to drop down there, as well as the warders of the
religious mansion, with their senses overwhelmed. "Victory unto Rama
versed in arms! And unto Lakshmana endowed with immense strength! And
victory unto king Sugriva, who is protected by Raghava! Hanuman, son
onto the Wind-god, destroyer of hostile hosts, is the slave of Rama of
untiring deeds. And not a thousand Ravanas can cope with me in conflict
as I hurl stones and trees by thousands. Having destroyed the city of
Lanka and paid my respects to Mithila's daughter, I, my object gained,
shall depart in the presence of all the Rakshasas." Having spoken thus,
that one of a prodigious person, seated on the _Chaitya_, emitted
tremendous roars, striking terror into the Rakshas. In consequence of
that mighty cry, an hundred guards attached to the _Chaitya_ sallied
out, taking various weapons--bearded darts, scimitars and axes; and they
surrounded the Wind-god's offspring, as he went on increasing his body.
And they encountered that foremost of monkeys with various maces, and
axes, and golden _Angadas_, and arrows resembling the Sun. And those
numbers of Rakshas, encountering that best of monkeys,resembled an
extensive and mighty whirlpool in the Ganga. Thereat, the Wind-god's
son, the mighty Hanuman,[374] waxing enraged, violently uprooting a huge
piller of the edifice, plated with gold, and having an hundred borders,
began to whirl it (in the air).[375] And the fire generated there thus,
burnt down the entire edifice. Seeing that edifice in flames, the
graceful monkey-leader, having slain the hundred Rakshasas, like Indra
slaying Asuras with his thunderbolt,--remaining in the sky,
said,--"Thousands of strong, high-souled and foremost monkeys like
myself, having been created, and remaining under the command of Sugriva,
--including ourselves as well as other monkeys--are ranging all over the
world. Some are endowed with the strength of ten elephants, some with
the strength of an hundred, some have the prowess of a thousand
elephants, and some the strength of elephants numbered by herds. Some
are equal in strength to the Wind,--and there are there some
monkey-leaders who have no limit to their strength. Surrounded with
monkeys of this sort, having nails and teeth for their arms,--in
hundreds and thousands and _kotis_ and _ayutas_, cometh our
Sugriva,--the slayer of all (foes). Neither this city of Lanka, nor you,
nor yet Ravana, shall exist,--having created hostility with that
high-souled hero of the Ikshwaku race."
[373] A building designed for deities.--T.
[374] _Marutatmaya_--son unto the Wind-god, left out on the score of
redundancy.--T.
[375] The reader is powerfully reminded of a like feat of Manoah's
son--'the Herculean Samson.'--T.
SECTION XLIV.
Commanded by the lord of Rakshasas, Prahasta's son, the powerful
Jamvumali, having large teeth, went out bow in hand. And he wore a red
wreath and attire, with a garland hung round his neck, and elegant
ear-rings; and he was huge, and terrible, with his eyes
whirling,--invincible in encounter. And he impetuously stretched a
graceful bow, resembling the bow of Sakra, and roaring like _vajra_ and
the thunderbolt.[376] And the entire welkin, and all sides and quarters,
were suddenly filled with the mighty sounds of that bow as it was being
stretched. And seeing him approaching in a car yoked with asses, Hanuman
endowed with vigour both rejoiced and shouted. Thereat, the highly
energetic Jamvumali pierced with whetted shafts that mighty monkey,
Hanuman, who was seated on an awry plank at the gate serving as a perch
for pigeons.[377] He pierced that lord of monkey's face with half-moon
(shaped) arrows, his head with one having its head made like a hook and
his arms with ten _narachas_.[378] And pierced by the arrows, his
coppery face looked beautiful like a blown autumnal red lotus shot at by
the solar rays.--And his naturally red countenance being painted with
blood, looked lovely like a majestic red lotus in the sky, washed with
the honey of the red _acoka_.--Wounded by the shafts, the redoubted
monkey grew enraged. And he espied a huge and gigantic crag beside him.
Thereat, at once uprooting it, that one endowed with celerity and
strength hurled it (at his foe). And the enraged Rakshasa opposed it by
ten shafts. Witnessing his action rendered fruitless, the energetic
Hanuman of terrific prowess, uprooting a large _sala_, began to whirl it
(in the air). Seeing the exceedingly strong monkey whirling the _sala_
tree, the highly powerful Jamvumali dischanged a many shafts. And he
severed the _sala_ by means of four shafts, and wounded the monkey in
the arm with five, in the chest, with one, and with ten, between the
teats. With his body covered all over with shafts, (Hanuman) getting
into a furious passion, taking up the same bolt, again began to swing it
with rapidity. And that terrific one gifted with exceeding impetuosity,
having whirled the bolt with wondrous rapidity, let it light upon
Jamvumali's spacious breast. And (anon) there was neither seen there his
head, nor bis arms, nor his thighs, nor his bow, nor his car, nor his
steeds, nor his arrows at that place. And that mighty car-warrior,
Jamvumali, speedily slain, fell down to the earth, like a tree whose
trunk hath been crushed. Hearing Jamvumali as well as his exceedingly
powerful servants slaughtered, Ravana became transported with anger, and
his eyes became reddened in wrath. And on the mighty son of Prahasta
having been slain, the lord of the night-rangers, with his reddened eyes
rolling in rage, speedily commanded the sons of his counsellors, endowed
with vast energy and prowess, (to encounter Hanuman in battle.)
[376] For distinction between the two, vide ante.--T.
[377] This is all that I can make of the commentator's gloss on
_toranavitanka_.--T.
[378] Iron arrows.--T.
SECTION XLV.
Then ordered by the lord of Rakshasas, the sons of his counsellors,
seven (in number), in splendour resembling fire, issued forth from that
mansion. And surrounded by a mighty army, furnished with bows, endowed
with wondrous strength, and accomplished in arms--the foremost of those
acquainted with weapons--each burning for victory, with mighty cars
yoked with steeds, covered with golden net-works, bearing pennons and
standards,and having sounds like those proceeding from
clouds,--exultingly stretching with immeasurable prowess bows decked
with gold,--resembling clouds surcharged with lightning,--those warriors
sallied out. Learning that the servants had been slain, their[379]
mothers, along with their friends and kindred, were overpowered with
grief. And vieing with each other in eagerness, those (warriors) decked
in ornaments of polished gold, confronted Hanuman staying at the gate.
And with their cars sending roars, the Rakshasas, pouring showers of
shafts, ranged (the field), resembling clouds during the rainy season.
And covered with those arrowy showers, Hanuman had his person concealed,
like the monarch of mountains hidden by a downpour. And that
swift-speeding monkey, coursing the cloudless sky, evaded those shafts
of those heroes, as well as the impetuosity of their cars. And that
hero, playing pranks with those bowmen, appeared like the masterful Wind
playing tricks with the bow-bearing clouds.[380] And sending up a
dreadful shout, and thereby filling that vast host with fright, the
energetic Hanuman rushed on that Rakshasa army. And that subduer of
enemies slew some with slaps, and some he rived with nails, and some he
killed by blows, and others with (the pressure of) his chest. And some
dropped down on the ground at the very same spot at the sounds that he
emitted. And on their being slain or falling on the earth, that army,
afflicted with affright, began to fly in all directions. And the
elephants roared in frightful tones, and the steeds fell down oa the
earth.--And the Earth was covered with broken boxes, flagstaffs, and
umbrellas, (belonging to the cars), as also with the cars
themselves.--And rivers running gore were seen on the way, and Lanka
uttered various frightful cries. And having slain those overgrown
Rakshasas, that exceedingly powerful and heroic monkey of terrific
power, desirous of again coping with other Rakshasas, retraced his steps
to the self-same entrance.
[379] _i. e._ the mothers of the sons of the councillors.--T.
[380] _i. e._ having the iris.--T.
SECTION XLVI.
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