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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Being thus accosted by their lord, the highly powerful Rakshasas, devoid
of good sense and ignorant of sound counsel, replied with folded palms,
saying,--"Thou hast, O king, enough of soldiers and weapons. Why art
thou smitten with sorrow then? Repairing to Bhagavati, thou didst
discomfit the serpents in battle. The God of Death, living on mount
Kailaca, encircled by _Yakshas_, was subjugated by thee in a great
battle. And that mighty lord of men, proud of his friendship with Siva,
was defeated by thee wrathfully in battle. Discomfitting and slaying the
band of Yakshas, thou didst bring this flowery car from the mount
Kailaca. O lord of Rakshasas, desiring thy friendship out of fear, Maya,
the king of Danavas, offered thee his daughter[20] for thy spouse. O
thou of mighty arms, thou didst bring under thy subjection the powerful
and irrepressible Danava[21] for the pleasure of _Kumbhinasi_.[22] And
entering the region under the earth, thou didst defeat the serpents--and
thus bring under thy subjection Vasuki, Takshaka, Sankha, and Jati.
Those heroic Danavas, the _Kalakeyas_, were greatly powerful,
irrepressible, and proud of the boons conferred on them. And fighting
with them perpetually for a year, thou didst bring them under thy
control, O lord, O slayer of foes, and learn from them the science of
varied illusions, O king of the Rakshasas. O great hero, by thee were
defeated in battle, the heroic and powerful sons of Varuna, followed by
a fourfold division of their army. The dominion of Death is like the
mighty main, having his rod for aquatic animals, agonies for the trees
that cover its islands, the noose for the billows, his attendants for
the serpents and his terrible fever for the dreadful attitude of the
deep. And diving into this terrible deep, thou didst, O king, discomfit
Death himself and win glorious victory. And every one was pleased there
with thy successful fight. The Earth was filled with various heroic
Kshetriyas, resembling Sakra in prowess as she is adorned now with
various trees. Raghava is not their equal either in strength or prowess.
And all those heroes, hard to repress in battle, were slain by thee, O
king. Do thou wait here, O great king; thou needst not take any trouble.
Indrajit alone shall slay all these monkeys. And this one, O mighty
monarch, having celebrated the Mahecwara[23] sacrifice, hath obtained a
noble boon, rarely (attained by persons). Having agitated the ocean of
celestial hosts, having darts and lances for its fishes, showering arms
for its moss, elephants for its tortoises, steeds for its frogs, Rudra
and Aditya for its ferocious animals, the Maruts and Vasus for its
mighty serpents, cars, horses, and elephants for its volume of waters,
and infantry for its spacious shore, this one (Indrajit), taking captive
the lord of the celestials himself, had brought him into Lanka. Then, O
king, liberated agreeably to the injunction of the Great-father, the
slayer of Samvara and Vritra, worshipped of all the celestials, went
(back) to heaven. Do thou, O great king, entrust Indrajit with this
business,--until he bringeth to destruction the monkey-host along with
Rama. O king, thou must not think that this calamity, coming from an
ignoble person is not insignificant. Thou shalt slay Raghava".
[20] This refers to Mandodari, Ravana's favourite queen.--T.
[21] This refers to Madhu.--T.
[22] Ravana's sister, who was married to Madhu.--T.
[23] Relating to Mahacwara--the great Lord, a designation of Siva.--T.
SECTION VIII.
Then that heroic general, the Rakshasa named Prahasta, possessing the
splendour of sable clouds, submitted with joined hands,--"I am competent
to baffle in battle gods and Danavas and Gandharbas, ghosts, birds and
serpents,--what then is a couple of human beings? Having been negligent
and confident (in our power), we have all been deceived by Hanuman. But,
I living, that ranger of woods shall not (again) go hence with his life.
All the earth down to the ocean, containing hills, forests and woods,
shall be rendered free from monkeys. Do thou command me. And, O ranger
of the night, I shall deliver (the Rakshasas) from the monkeys; and thou
shalt not have to suffer in the least in consequence of thy
transgression".[24] Then the Rakshasa named Durmukha, growing enraged,
said,--"This overpowering of all of us must not be forgiven--this
flagrant discomfiture of the metropolis of the auspicious lord of the
Rakshasas as well as of his inner appartment by the foremost of monkeys.
This moment marching alone (from hence) will I exterminate the monkeys,
even if they shall have entered the dreadful deep, or the sky, or the
subterranean regions". Then the exceedingly powerful Vajradanshtra,
weilding up a terrific bludgeon, stained with flesh and gore, wrathfully
observed,--"Rama the irrepressible existing, and also Sugriva with
Lakshmana, what have we to do with the weak and wretched Hanuman? This
very day, slaying single-handed Rama with Sugriva and with Lakshmana,
with this bludgeon, shall I return, after having sorely troubled the
monkey-host. And, O monarch, if thou art minded, hear this other word of
mine! Verily he that is fertile in resources and ever ready, compasseth
success. Let thousands of Rakshasas, heroic, terrible, fearful to
behold, and wearing forms at will, appointed by the lord of Rakshasas,
presenting themselves before Kakutstha in palpably human shapes, calmly
say unto that foremost of the Raghus,--'Despatched have we been by thy
younger brother.' Hearing this, he (Rama), summoning his forces without
delay, shall come hither. Then, equipped with darts, javelins and maces,
and bearing bows, arrows and scimitars in our hands, we shall swiftly
and summoning speed[25] set out (from hence); and stationing ourselves
in the sky in bands, and slaughtering the monkey-army with mighty
showers of rocks and weapons, we shall lead it to Death's door. Let us
in this wise decoy Rama and Lakshmana; and if they fall into our design,
they shall, without doubt, lose their lives". Then that hero,
Kumbhakarna's son, named Nikumbha, endowed with exceeding prowess, in
high wrath remarked unto Ravana, destroyer of worlds,--"Do ye, all of
you, stay here along with the great king. I alone shall slay Raghava
together with Lakshmana, and Sugriva with Hanuman, and all the monkeys".
Then a Rakshasa, named Vajrahanu, resembling a hill, in wrath lapping
the corners of his mouth with his tongue, said,--"Do ye, casting off
anxiety, engage yourself as ye list. I alone shall swallow up that
entire monkey-host. Do ye, remaining at ease and without anxiety, drink
_Varuna_[26] wine. I single-handed shall slay Sugriva with Lakshmana, as
well as Hanuman with Angada,--and all the monkeys.
[24] _i.e._ the ravishment of Sita.--T.
[25] _Twarita_--summoning speed--redundant.--T.
[26] _Varuna_ wine, otherwise named _Varuni_ is prepared from hog-weed,
ground with the juice of the date or palm, and then distilled.--T.
SECTION IX.
Then, in fierce wrath seizing bludgeons, and _patticas_, lances and
bearded darts and javelins, and axes, bows and excellent shafts and
swords, resembling crystelline water, sprung up the Rakshasas, Rabhasa,
and the mighty Suryyacatru, and Saptaghna, and Yajnakopa, and Mahaparcwa
and Mahodara, Agniketu the irrepressible, and the Rakshasa Racmiketu,
and the lusty Indracatru, son unto Ravana--and Prahasta, Virupaksha, and
the exceedingly strong Vajradanshtra,--and Dhumraksha, and Nikumbha, and
the Raksha Durmukha. And, flaming in energy, they all addressed Ravana,
saying,--"To-day shall we slay Rama, and Sugriva along with Lakshmana,
and the helpless Hanuman, who hath damaged Lanka. Then, preventing them,
who had (thus) equipped themselves with all kinds of weapons, and making
them sit down, Vibhishana, with joined hands, again spoke unto them,
saying,--"The wise have asserted that an appeal to prowess should be
resorted to anent a business _then_ only when the end sought cannot be
attained through the three (other) means.[27] Prowess produceth fruit
only in respect of well-advised action directed while carefully watching
(enemies) that are negligent, or captive,[28] or under Divine
affliction. But why do ye intend to discomfit (Rama), who is vigilant,
who desireth victory, who is strong in the Divine strength, who hath
subdued passion, and who is hard to subdue? Who had in this world ever
thought of or reasoned about Hanuman's career over the dreadful deep,
the lord of streams and rivers? O rangers of the night, the strength and
prowess (of the foe) being immeasurable, ye should by no means
recklessly disregard him. And what was the wrong that formerly had been
done by Rama unto the king of the Rakshasas, that he hath carried off
from Janasthana the spouse of that illustrious one? If Khara, who had
trespassed into regions not his own, hath been slain in battle by Rama,
surely a creature should to the best of his might preserve his life. It
is for this great fear that exerciseth us on the score of Vaidehi owing
its existence to this,[29] that she, having been ravished, should (now)
be given up. What is the use of acting so that quarrel may be the
consequence? And (Rama), possessed of prowess, yet ever abiding by
morality, is incapable of initiating hostilities for no purpose.
Therefore, do ye give him his Maithili. And before, he by means of his
shafts riveth this city together with her elephants and steeds,
overflowing with countless gems, do ye give him his Maithili. And before
the dreadful, irrepressible and mighty monkey-host blocketh up this
Lanka of ours, do ye give (back) Sita. This city of Lanka shall perish
as also all the heroic Rakshasas, if thou dost not thyself make over
Rama's spouse unto him. I exert myself to pleasure thee, because of the
fraternity (that subsisteth between us). Do what I say. I say what is
truth and what also is for thy good. Do thou render (back) Rama's
Maithili. Ere yet the king's son, for compassing thy destruction,
showereth sure shafts resembling the rays of the autumnal Sun, having
shining heads and feathered parts, and exceedingly hard, do thou render
Maithili unto Dacarathi. Forsake thy wrath at once, which destroyeth
happiness and virtue; and follow righteousness, which enhanceth
enjoyment and fame. Be thou propitious,--so that we may live (at ease)
along with our sons and relatives! Render (back) Maithili unto
Dacaratha's son". Having heard Vibhishana's speech, Ravana--lord of
Rakshasas--I leaving all of them, entered his own chamber.
[27] _Viz_., conciliation, gift, and creating division.--T.
[28] In the hands of other enemies.--T.
[29] The feeling of revenge for the slaughter of Khara and the
rest.--T.
SECTION X.
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