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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As the monkeys and the Rakshasas thus fought on, the sun set, and the
fatal Night came. And then commenced a night-engagement between the
dreadful Rakshasas and the monkeys of fixed hostility, each party
burning for victory. And in that profound darknesss, the monkeys and the
Rakshasas began to slay each other, exclaiming,--'Thou art a Rakshasa,'
and 'Thou art a monkey.' And in that army there was heard a mighty
uproar of 'slain,' 'rive!' 'come!' 'why fliest?' And, dark-hued, the
Rakshasas, equipped in golden mail, in that deep darkness appeared like
elevated hills clad with woods of flaming medicinal herbs. And in that
limitless gloom, the Rakshasas, transported with wrath, advanced with
impetuous speed, devouring monkeys. And, fired with terrible wrath,
they,[138] bounding up, with their sharp teeth tore up steeds
caparisoned in gold, and standards resembling venomous serpents. And the
lusty monkeys in battle agitated the Rakshasa host,--and, waxing
furious, with their teeth pulled and bit elephants and the riders
thereof, and cars furnished with flags and standards. And Rama and
Lakshmana with shafts resembling venomous serpents, slaughtered the
foremost among the Rakshasas--both those that were seen and those that
were not.--And the dust of the earth arising from warring combatants,
and from the hoofs of horses and the wheels of cars, choked up eye and
ear. And as the mighty encounter, capable of making people's hair stand
on end, went on, there flowed a fearful river of gore. And the sounds of
kettle-drums and _Mridangas_ and _Panavas_, mingled with those of conchs
and car-wheels,--were wonderful (to hear). And the sounds of steeds
neighing, and Rakshasas (roaring), and monkeys, rejoicing,--were
something tremendous. And, with able monkeys slain; and darts and
javelins and axes; and slaughtered Rakshasas wearing forms at pleasure,
lying mountain-like,--the field of battle, seeming to have offerings of
arms representing flowers,--became difficult to recognise, and
inaccessible; and the earth was drenched with streams of blood. And that
Night, destructive to monkeys and Rakshasas,--was dreadful, and
difficult of being out-sped by all,--like unto the Fatal Night of
beings. And in that profound darkness, the Rakshasas with great vivacity
attacked Rama with a shower of shafts. And the roars of those beings as
they advanced, sending up shouts in anger, resembled the dashing of the
Ocean at the time of the universal dissolution. And in the twinkling of
an eye, Rama by means of six shafts resembling tongues of flames, struck
six of the night-rangers; _viz_., Yajnacatru, irrepressible (in
fight),--and Mahaparcwa, and Mahodara, and the huge-bodied
Vajradanashtra,--and those two--Suka and Sarana. And, pierced in their
vitals with Rama's shafts, they, having only their lives left to them,
disappeared from the field. Then in the twinkling of an eye, that
Maharatha rendered all sides clear (of all gloom) by means of arrows
resembling tongues of fire; and those other heroic Rakshasas that were
in front of Rama, were destroyed on approaching the place, like insects
approaching a fire. And with shafts plated with gold lying in all
directions, the night resembled one in autumn decked with fireflies. And
in consequence of the uproar occasioned by the Rakshasas, and the sounds
of drums, that night, already dreadful (in itself), became all the more
so. And on that sound attaining dimensions on all sides, it seemed as if
the mount Trikuta, containing numerous caverns, had been speaking. And
huge-bodied Goangulas of equal lustre with darkness itself,[139] binding
fast the night-rangers with their arms, began to swallow them up. And
Angada was present in the encounter, for slaying foes, And Indrajit,
fairing sadly at the hands of Angada, abandoning his vehicle, and having
his horses as well as his charioteer slain, vanished then and there. And
that feat of Vali's son, worthy of being honored, all the celestials
with the saints and both Rama and Lakshmana lauded to the eight. All
beings were acquainted with the might of Indrajit in battle; and,
therefore, witnessing his discomfiture, and seeing that high-souled one,
they rejoiced exceedingly, and, seeing the enemy vanquished, all the
monkeys with Sugriva and Bibhishana, experiencing high delight,
exclaimed,--"Excellent!" "Excellent!" And, beaten by Vali's son of
dreadful deeds, Indrajit was fired with a mighty wrath. And, being
handled hard in battle, and having vanished from the field, the heroic
and wicked son of Ravana, who had received a boon from Brahma,
transported with passion,--remaining invisible, began to discharge
sharpened shafts of the splendour of the thunder-bolt. And worked up
into rage, he in the conflict pierced Raghu's sons, Rama and Lakshmana
all over their bodies, with terrific arrows consisting of serpents. And
himself engirt with illusion, that night-ranger, given to fighting in
crooked ways,--remaining invisible to all creatures,--stupified the
descendants of Raghu in battle; and by means of his shafts bound the
brothers, Rama and Lakshmana. And then in the sight of the monkeys,
those heroes and foremost of men were suddenly overpowered with shafts
by the enraged (Indrajit). And when the son of the Rakshasa monarch felt
himself incompetent to cope with them[140] openly, then that impious
one, resorting to illusion, bound those princes (by that means).
[138] _i.e._ the monkeys, as appears from the context.--T.
[139] Irony.
[140] Rama and Lakshmana.
SECTION XLV.
Then, anxious to ascertain his[141] course, the kings son possessed of
prowess, and endowed with exceeding strength, Rama, ordered ten of the
monkey-leaders. And that repressor of foes ordered Vali's son--Angada,
the vigorous Sarabha, Dwivida, Hanuman, the mighty Sanuprastha, Rishabha
and Rishabhaskandha. Thereat with alacrity those monkeys, weilding
mighty trees, shot up into the sky, and began to scour the ten cardinal
points. And Ravana's son, skilled in arms, resisted the impetuous march
of those vehement ones by means of a powerful weapon as well as arms
more forceful (than the force of their rush). And the exceedingly
vehement monkeys, cut and mangled with _narachas_, saw him in the dark
like the sun enveloped in clouds. And that conquerer in battle, Ravana's
son, with shafts sorely pierced the persons of Rama and Lakshmana. And
both Rama and Lakshmana had their bodies entirely covered by the angry
Indrajit with shafts turned into serpents. And from their wounds blood
began to gush out in streams; and they looked like flower-crowned
_Kincukas_. Then that one having red corners unto his eyes and
resembling a mass of crushed collyrium, Ravana's son, said unto the
brothers, as he vanished,--"When I fight remaining invisible, even
Sakra--the lord of the celestials--cannot see or approach me,--and who
are ye? And I, with my soul surcharged with wrath, shall, assailing them
with showers of weapons furnished with Kanka feathers, send Raghu's sons
to the abode of Yama". Having spoken thus unto the brothers--Rama and
Lakshmana, cognizant of righteousness--(Indrajit)--pierced them with
sharpened shafts, and shouted in joy. And stretching his large bow, that
one sable like unto a mass of crushed collyrium again discharged
terrific shafts in battle. And that one versed in the inner sense of
things, with whetted arrows pierced the vitals of Rama and Lakshmana and
shouted momentarily. And fast bound by the shackles of shafts on the
edge of battle, they[142] could not attain respite for a moment. Then
with their persons pierced with shafts and darts, and resembling the
flags of the Great Indra let loose from the cords and trembling (in the
air),--and with their bodies bristling with arrows,--those heroes and
mighty bowmen--lords of the earth--tormented in consequence of their
vitals having been pierced, dropped down to the earth. And those heroes,
bathed in blood, and their persons covered with arrows,--pained and
suffering terribly, lay down as became heroes. And there was not so much
room unpierced in their persons as could be measured by a finger; and
they were wounded with arrows up to the fore-parts of their hands.[143]
And they being wounded by that fell one capable of assuming shapes at
will, blood violently gushed out of their bodies like water from a
spring. And Rama fell first, pierced in the vitals with the shafts. And
the same Indrajit who had formerly wrathfully routed Sakra.(now) pierced
(Rama) with _narachas_ knotted with gold, and having polished heads;
swift-speeding; and resembling dust carried about by the wind; and
half-_narachas_; and darts resembling _anjalis_;[144] and
_vatsadantas_;[145] and _sinhadanshtras_;[146] and razors; and,
resigning his stringless bow decked in gold and curved in three
places,--with its part for grasping shattered--he[147] lay down like a
hero. And seeing Rama--foremost of men--down within arrow-range,
Lakshmana despaired of his life. And seeing his brother, Rama, having
eyes resembling lotus-petals and ever delighting in battle, himself the
refuge of others,--lying down in the field; (Lakshmana) began to weep.
And the monkeys also, seeing him, were plunged in sorrow; and they,
their eyes flooded with tears, began to cry in grief of heart. And when
they had been bound and had laid themselves down as become heroes, the
monkeys stood around them,--and, conversing with one another, they,
headed by the son of the Wind, were seized with extreme sorrow.
[141] Indrajit's.
[142] _i.e._ Rama and Lakshmana.
[143] This _sloka_ is rather obscure, and the Bengali translators have
conveniently passed it by!--T.
[144] The hands joined at the lower sides, with the palms hollowed.--T.
[145] Weapons resembling the teeth of a calf.
[146] Weapons resembling the lion's teeth
[147] Rama.
SECTION XLVI.
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