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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shot eyes; rushing against all, like unto an infuriated elephant
of the cardinal points; pursuing the monkeys; wrought up with wrath;
environed by Rakshasas; appearing like the Vindhya or the Mandara;
decked with golden _angadas_; bleeding from his mouth; like clouds
pouring showers; licking at the corners of his mouth laved with blood;
smashing the monkey-ranks; and resembling Yama the Destroyer. And that
best of persons, seeing that foremost of Rakshasas having the splendour
of a living fire, stretched his bow to its full bent. And fired with
wrath at the twang of his bow, that foremost of Rakshasas, inflamed with
wrath,--not brooking that report, rushed against Raghava. Thereat, the
gentle Rama, endowed with arms resembling the body of the sovereign of
serpents, in that encounter addressed Kumbhakarna, like unto an elevated
cloud and possessed of the splendour of a mountain,--as he darted
forward, saying,--"Come, O king of Rakshas! Let no grief be thine! Here
I stay, taking my bow in my hand. Know me for the destroyer of the race
of the Rakshasas--thou who in a moment shalt be deprived of thy senses".
Knowing that this was Rama, (Kumbhakarna) laughed in frightful accents;
and then, wrought up with wrath, rushed against the monkeys in the
encounter. And as if riving the breasts of all the monkeys (present),
the exceedingly energetic Kumbhakarna, laughing frightfully and in a
terrific manner,--resembling the rumbling of clouds, addressed Raghava,
saying,--"Take me not for Viradha, or for Kavandha, or yet for Khara. I
am not Vali or Maricha. I am Kumbhakarna, that am come. Behold my
dreadful and mighty mace entirely made of iron. By help of this I had
formerly brought down deities and Danavas. It doth not behove thee to
scorn me in that my nose hath been severed. I do not feel any the
smallest torment in consequence of my ears and nose having been cut off.
O tiger of the Ikshwaku line, O sinless one, do thou witness the prowess
that is in my frame. And thereafter, when thou shalt have displayed thy
prowess and power, shall I devour thee up". Hearing Kumbhakarna's words,
Rama discharged (at him) shafts furnished with knobs. And smit with
these having the impetus of the thunder-bolt, the foe of the celestials
did not feel any pain or smart. And those shafts which had severed the
seven stately _salas_, and, to boot, had slain Vali--best of
monkeys,--they resembling the thunder itself--could not impart any pain
to Kumbhakarna's body. And drinking up in his body those arrows
resembling a shower, the enemy of the great Indra whirling his mace
possessed of fierce vehemence, put out the arrowy discharge of Rama.
Then that Raksha whirling his mace washed in blood, capable of striking
terror into the mighty hosts of gods and Danavas, and possessed of
fierce impetus,--made the monkey-army take to its heels. Then Rama,
taking a mighty _Vayavya_ weapon, used the same against the
night-ranger; and cut off his arm with the mace. And having his arm cut
off, he set up tremendous roars. And his arm with the mace, resembling a
mountain-peak, cut off by Raghava's arrows, fell in the midst of the
army of the monkey-king, and destroyed that army.[235] Thereat the
monkeys remaining after those broken and slain,--dispirited, and having
their limbs wounded,--moving aside, looked on the dreadful encounter
between the Raksha and the lord of men. And then Kumbhakarna, having his
arm severed, resembling the foremost of mountains with its crest hewn
away by a mighty sabre, tore up a tree with his (remaining) arm and in
the conflict rushed against the monarch of men. Thereupon with a shaft
plated in gold, set upon a weapon of Indra, Rama cut off his uplifted
arm with a palm tree, looking like the body of a _pannaga_. And that arm
of Kumbhakarna, being severed, dropped inert on the earth, like a hill,
and crushed trees and rocks and crags and monkeys and Rakshasas. And
Rama, seeing that one shorn of his arms suddenly spring up,
roaring,--took up two whetted crescents, and in the contest cut off the
legs of the Rakshasa. And thereupon those legs (of his), making all
sides and quarters and rocks and caves and the mighty main and Lanka
herself and the army of the monkeys and the
Rakshasas,--resound,--dropped down (on the ground). And having his arms
cut off and his legs also severed, (Kumbhakarna), opening wide his mouth
resembling in sheen the mouth of a mare, roaring swiftly darted against
Raghava,--even as Rahu pursueth the Moon in the firmament. Then Rama
stuffed his mouth full of sharpened shafts having their feathered parts
furnished with gold. And having his mouth filled; he could not
articulate; but with extreme effort uttered indistinct accents and
swooned away. Then Rama took an arrow of Indra,--whetted and knobbed,
impetuous as the wind, resembling the effulgence of the Sun, and like
unto the very banner of Brahma, or the Destroyer himself; and fatal to
foes. And then Rama hurled it at the ranger of the night. And thereat
that weapon hurled by Rama's arm, resembling a smokeless flame, lighting
up the ten cardinal points with its own glory,--saught him that was
possessed of the dreadful energy of Sakra's thunder-bolt. And therewith
he (Rama) cut off the head of the lord of Rakshas resembling a
mountain-summit, furnished with prominent teeth,--from which the
ear-rings had fallen off,--even as formerly Purandara had cut off the
head of Vritra. And then Kumbhakarna's huge head deprived of the
ear-rings appeared like the Moon seated in the midst (of the heavens) on
the rising of the Sun in the morning.[236] And struck with Rama's arrow,
the head of the Raksha resembling a hill fell down to the earth; and (in
its fall) crushed edifices on the highways and gateways; and elevated
walls also it bore down to the ground. And then that Raksha of gigantic
proportions and vast to the view plunged into the deep; and crushing
huge and mighty fishes and serpents, saught the depths. And on that
enemy of the Brahmanas and gods, endowed with immense strength,--having
been slain in battle, the earth shook and the mountains also; and from
excess of joy the celestials shouted aloud. And those deities and saints
and Maharshis and Pannagas, and celestials and (other) beings and birds
and Guhyakas, together with Yakshas and Gandharvas,--all these who had
stationed themselves in the welkin,--were rejoiced at the prowess of
Rama. And at his (Kumbhakarna's) great destruction, the intelligent
adherents of the king of Nairitas,--aggrieved exceedingly, began to cry
at the sight of that best of the Raghus, even as mad elephants cry at
sight of a lion. And like unto the Sun emerged from the mouth of Rahu,
and destroying the darkness of the celestial fields,--shone Rama in the
midst of the monkey-army having slain Kumbhakarna in battle. And
countless monkeys experienced the very height of delight; and on (their)
foe of terrific strength having been slain, they with countenances
resembling awaked lotuses paid homage unto the king's son--Raghava--the
sharer of good fortune. And as the monarch of the immortals had rejoiced
on slaying the mighty Asura--Vritra--Bharata's elder brother rejoiced on
having in battle slain that smiter of celestial hosts, Kumbhakarna in
mighty conflict, never (before) vanquished in renowned encounters.
[224] _Like the feel_, remarks Ramanuja, _of wreaths, unguents,
etc._--T.
[225] _Plavaganshavah_--foremost of the monkeys occurs twice--one is
left out in the translation.--T.
[226] _Sankrudha_--infuriated, and Krudha, _angered_--this pleonasm is
in the text.--T.
[227] The text has _pavaka_--fire.--T.
[228] _Plavangamah_ and _vanarah_--both mean _monkeys_. One is left
out.--T.
[229] The _thunder-handed_ is Indra--his son is Vali; and Vali's son is
Angada, who is meant in the text.--T.
[230] _Valavan_--strong occurs twice.
[231] _Rikskarajas_--the father of Sugriva, was produced from the
yawning of Prajapati or Brahma.--T.
[232] But Lakshmana had _not_ discharged a single weapon only against
Kombhakarna.--T.
[233] Kumbhakarna's.
[234] Perhaps with the _smell_ of blood.--T.
[235] This, of course, is not to be taken literally.--T.
[236] This _sloka_ is wanting in many texts.--T.
SECTION LXVIII.
Seeing Kumbhakarna slain by the high-souled Raghava, the Rakshasas
conveyed the tidings to the lord of the Rakshasas--Ravana; (and
addressed him, saying), "O king, that one resembling the Destroyer
himself, urged on by Death,--having scoured the monkey-army and eaten up
monkeys,--and for a while displayed his prowess, hath met with his
quietus at the hands of Rama exerting his energy. And with half his body
immersed in the dreadful deep, thy brother, Kumbhakarna, with his nose
and ears cut off, and blood besmearing his body,--with his head and
limbs hewn away, and his body uncovered,--mountain-like blocketh up the
gate of Lanka with his person,--and resembleth a tree that hath been
consumed by a forest-fire". Hearing the mighty Kumbhakarna slain in
battle, Ravana burning in grief, swooned away and dropped to the earth.
And hearing their uncle slain, Triciras[237] and Atikaya--destroyers of
gods and men,--began to weep, oppressed with sorrow. And Mahodara[238]
and Mahaparcwa[239] hearing of their uncle slain by Rama of untiring
deeds, were overcome with grief. Then regaining his senses with extreme
exertion, that foremost of Rakshasas, distressed in consequence of the
destruction of Kumbhakarna, mourned with his senses overwhelmed,
saying,--"O hero! O humbler of the pride of the foe! O mighty
Kumbhakarna! Leaving me, thou through Destiny, hast gone to the abode of
Yama. O exceedingly powerful one, leaving me (lone) whither dost thou
wend, without extracting my dart as well as that of thy friends? Now
really I am not, inasmuch as my right arm hath dropped. Backed by this
one, I would not fear celestials and Asuras. How to-day forsooth hath
such a hero--crusher of the hauteur of gods and Danavas--resembling the
Fire arisen at the hour of universal wreck,--been slain in fight by
Raghava? He who could not be harmed by the concussion of the
thunder-bolt itself--how can he, smitten with Rama's arrows, sleep
soundly on the earth? These gods stationed in the sky along with the
saints,--beholding thee slain in battle, are shouting in glee. Surely
to-day the monkeys overjoyed,--finding occasion, will scale all the
gateways and fortifications of Lanka. I have nothing to do with empire.
And what shall I do with Sita? And deprived of Kumbhakarna, I do not
even wish to live. If I do not slay in encounter that slayer of my
brother--Raghava,--certainly death is even that which is good for
me,--otherwise, this life is useless. This very day will I repair to
that place where my younger brother is. Forsaking my brother, I forsooth
dare not live for a moment; for the gods shall laugh on seeing me, who
had formerly wronged them. But, how, O Kumbhakarna, thou having been
slain, shall I conquer Indra? Now the beneficial words of Bibhishana
have been verified. And as through blindness I did not accept the advice
of that high-souled one, Kumbhakarna and of Prahasta, this disaster
arisen, shameth me sore. And as I had disgraced the virtuous and
graceful Bibhishana, this peril producing grief, hath been the
consequence of my conduct". Having thus piteously and long lamented
Kumbhakarna, the Ten-necked one, with his inmost soul overwhelmed with
sorrow, and sore distressed in consequence of grief,--fell down, knowing
his brother--the enemy of Indra--slain in battle.
[237] Three-headed.--T.
[238] Huge-bellied.--T.
[239] Mighty-flanked.--T.
SECTION LXIX.
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