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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Hearing the lamentations of the wicked-minded Ravana, overwhelmed with
grief, Triciras addressed him, saying,--"O Sire, this second uncle unto
us possessed of mighty prowess hath[240] forsooth been slain in fight.
But, O king, heroes never indulge in grief as thou doest O lord, thou
certainly alone art competent to conquer the triple world. Wherefore
then dost thou vent such sorrow like an ignoble one? Thou hast thy dart
conferred on thee by Brahma; and thy mail and thy weapon--the bow--and
thy car yoked with a thousand asses, sending forth clatter resembling
the rumbling of clouds. The deities and the Danavas have by means of thy
arms been terrified over and over again. And furnished with all arms,
thou ought to chastise Raghava. But stay at thy pleasure, O mighty
sovereign, I will go out to battle; and even as Garuda captureth
serpents, will I capture thine enemies. And as Samvara was vanquished by
the lord of the immortals, or Naraka by Vishnu, will I bringing down
Rama in battle make him sleep (in the field)". Hearing Triciras' words,
Ravana--lord of Rakshasas--urged on by Fate, considered himself as
having regained his life. And hearing the speech of Triciras, Devantaka,
and Narantaka, and the energetic Atikaya also, were wrought up with
martial enthusiasm. And then those foremost of Nairitas--the heroic sons
of Ravana--endowed with the prowess of Sakra himself--roared out, 'I
will go,' 'I will go.' And all could range the sky, and all were skilled
in illusion, and all were crushers of the pride of the immortals; and
all were irrisistible in encounter. And all of them were endowed with
superior strength, and all had achieved wide celebrity. They had never
been heard of as having been beaten in fight even by the gods along with
the Gandharvas, or the mighty serpents accompanied by the Kinnaras. And
all were skilled in weapons and heroic; and all were versed in warfare.
And all were possessed of the higher knowledge; and all had obtained
boons. And then the king surrounded by those sons of his, appearing like
celestials,--capable of injuring the force and fortune of the
foe,--looked splendid like Maghavan environed by the immortals, humblers
of the hauteur of mighty Danavas. And embracing his sons and adorning
them in ornaments,--he sent them to the field with his best
benedictions. And Ravana sent the brothers--Yudhyonmatta and Matta--for
protecting the princes in the field. And then, saluting the high-souled
Ravana--destroyer of creatures,--and going round him, those huge-bodied
ones marched forth. And furnished with every description of medicinal
herbs and perfumes, these six Nairitas--foremost of their kind--endowed
with great strength--burning for battle, marched forth,--Triciras and
Atikaya, and Devantaka and Narantaka, and Mahodara and Mahaparcwa went
out, urged on by Fate. Then Mahodara mounted the
elephant--Sudarcana--sprung in the race of Airavata, and resembling
dark-blue clouds. And accoutred in every weapon, and decked with
quivers, he looked splendid on his elephant like the Sun ascending the
crest of the Setting-hill. And Ravana's son--Triciras--ascended a car
yoked with excellent steeds, and furnished with every variety of arms.
And having ascended the car, Triciras bow in hand appeared beautiful
like a mass of burning clouds having lightning and meteors, and crowned
with Indra's bow.[241] And dight with three diadems, Triciras looked
splendid in that superb car, like the monarch of mountains Himavan--with
the three golden hills. And then that foremost of all bowmen--the
powerful Atikaya--son unto the lord of Rakshasas--ascended the best of
cars having excellent wheels and _akshas_, and yoked with excellent
steeds,--and furnished with bottoms and holes; flaming with quivers and
bows; and bristling with _pracas_ and swords and blugdeons. And adorned
with a crown plated with wrought gold and (other) ornaments, he looked
like the Meru swimming in its own splendour And that powerful son of the
king surrounded by the Nairitas looked lovely on that car like the
thunder-handed (Deity) engirt by the immortals. And Narantaka mounted a
white steed resembling Uchchaicrava, caparisoned in gold, having a large
frame and endowed with the velocity of the Wind. And taking a _praca_,
Narantaka appeared like the energetic Guha mounted on the peacock,
grasping his dart. And taking a bludgeon decked in golden ornaments,
Devantaka resembled Vishnu at the time of the churning of the ocean,
holding the Darbhya,[242] and staying burthening (the earth). And the
powerful Mahaparcwa endowed with terrific energy, taking his mace,
appeared like Kuvera holding in his hand a mace in the encounter. And
like immortals issuing out of Amaravati, they marched out with elephants
and steeds and cars sending out clatter resembling the rumbling of
clouds. And them followed high-souled Rakshasas equipped with
mighty-arms. And those sun-bright high-souled princes decked with
diadems appeared splendid like burning planets in the firmament. And the
various gorgeous attires which they had worn resembled rows of cranes in
the sky, looking like autumnal clouds. Resolved on dying or conquering
the foe in fight, those heroes sallied out seeking encounter. And those
high-souled ones, incapable of being repressed in fight, roared and
shouted and discharged shafts and held them. And the earth shook as they
sent up leonine roars and struck at their arms with their hands; and the
sky seemed riven with the leonine roars of the Rakshas. And issuing out
cheerfully, those foremost of Rakshasas endowed with great strength
beheld that monkey-army staying with upraised rocks and stones. And the
high souled monkeys also saw that mighty host of Rakshasas thronging
with elephants, horses and cars, and ringing with hundreds of bell-lets;
resembling dark-blue clouds; upraising mighty arms; and environed on all
sides by Nairitas resembling flaming fire. And seeing that force
advance, the monkeys, finding opportunity, upraising giant crags,
momentarily set up shouts. And thereat, the Rakshasas, incapable of
bearing those shouts, shouted in reply unto the monkeys. And again the
monkeys shouted unto the Rakshas, who were unable to put up with that
cry. And hearing that loud shout of the monkey-leaders, the mighty
Rakshas incapable of bearing that noise expressive of
exhilaration,--shouted still more dreadfully. And then diving into that
dreadful Rakshasa army, the monkey leaders began to range it with
uplifted rocks,--like unto mountains. And equipped with trees and
stones, the monkeys enraged, ranged the Raksha army, now rising into the
sky. and now coming down to the earth. And some among the powerful
monkeys went about taking broad-shouldered trees. And the encounter that
took place between the thronging Rakshas and monkeys was something
terrific. And (the monkeys) began to pour a wonderful shower of trees
and rocks and cliffs. And the monkeys of dread prowess were resisted
with vollies of shafts. And in the contest the monkeys and Rakshasas
emitted leonine roars. And monkeys crushed Yatudhanas with rocks, and,
wrought with rage, (they) in the encounter slew (Rakshasas) covered with
armour and ornaments; and some slew heroes mounted on cars and elephants
and steeds. And the monkeys on a sudden slew heroic Yatudhanas. And smit
with mountain-peaks on their persons, and with their eyes falling off,
the foremost of Rakshasas moved, dropped down, or roared in the scene of
conflict. And the Rakshasas (on their part) pierced the foremost of
monkeys with sharpened and keen darts and clubs and scimitars; and slew
them with darts and _pracas_. And, eager for bringing down each other,
the monkeys and the Rakshasas with their persons, washed with the blood
of their antagonists felled each other. And in a moment the earth was
covered with crags and swords discharged by monkeys and Rakshasas,--and
was drenched in gore. And the field was blocked up with scattered
mountain-like Rakshas influenced by martial ardour,--mangled by their
enemies. And the monkeys thrown down and felled by means of broken crags
and monkeys[243] and arms and legs,--waged a wonderful war. And those
foremost of Nairitas slew monkeys with (the dead bodies of monkeys); and
the monkeys smote Rakshasas with (the dead bodies of) Rakshasas; and the
Rakshasas slew (the monkeys), hurling rocks and crags. And snatching
away their own arms by main force, the monkeys finished Rakshas; and
they slaughtered them with mountain-peaks, and also wounded each other.
And the monkeys and Rakshasas emitted leonine roars in the encounter.
And the Rakshasas, slain by the monkeys, having their mail and defence
for the body rent, bled like unto trees exuding sap. And in that
encounter, some among the monkeys destroyed cars with cars, elephants
with elephants, and steeds with steeds. And the Rakshasas rived the
trees and rocks of the foremost monkeys by means of _Kshurapras_ and
crescents and sharpened _Bhallas_ and arrows. And in that encounter, the
earth became impassable, having been scattered with crags baffled and
severed trees and (warriors) slain by monkeys and Rakshas. And those
monkeys, equipped with various weapons, and with their vigor unworn,
entering upon the conflict casting off fear,--cheerfully putting forth
efforts springing from pride of spirit, warred on with the Rakshasas.
And in that fearful conflict, which was being waged, on the monkeys
having been exhilarated and the Rakshasas having been brought down, the
Maharshis and the deities sent up shouts. Then mounted on a charger
endued with the celerity of the Wind, and grasping a whetted dart,
Narantaka entered into that fierce army of monkeys, like a fish diving
into the deep. And that hero by means of an effulgent bearded dart
pierced seven hundred monkeys; and at one time the high-souled enemy of
Indra slew the army of the foremost of monkeys. And the Vidyadharas and
Maharshis saw that high-souled one mounted on horseback, ranging the
monkey-ranks. And his course was discovered, miry with flesh and blood
and blocked up with mountain-like monkeys fallen. And when the monkeys
set their hearts on displaying their prowess, Narantaka, baffling them,
pierced them with shafts. And he consumed the monkey-army, like fire
burning a forest. And when the wood-rangers uprooted trees and crags,
they slain by bearded darts dropped down like mountains riven by the
thunder. And raising a glowing _praca_, the powerful Narantaka began to
range about in the rear[244] of the forces; dashing everywhere (against
the foe) in fight, like the wind in the rainy season. And the heroes
could not appear prominently, or keep their posts. And how could they
then move freely? And that one endued with prowess pierced everyone,
whether springing, or staying, or moving. And broken through by a single
_praca_, resembling the Reaper, and furnished with solar effulgence, the
monkey-ranks began to roll on the earth. And the monkeys were ill fitted
to bear the impetus of that _praca_ having the touch of thunder itself;
and they raised a loud cry. And the appearances of those monkey-heroes
falling were like mountains toppling, having their summits riven with
the thunder-bolt. Those high-souled and powerful monkeys that formerly
had been brought down by Kumbhakarna,--having recovered, were present
with Sugriva in this encounter. And Sugriva, looking around, saw that
monkey-army flying in all directions, agitated with the fear of
Narantaka. And after seeing the army in flight, he saw Narantaka
himself, advancing, wielding a _praca_, and mounted on a steed. And as
soon as he saw (that hero), the exceedingly energetic lord of
monkeys--Sugriva--addressed the heroic prince Angada, endowed with
strength equal to that of Indra, saying,--"Go against this heroic
Rakshasas that is mounted on a steed; and speedily deprive of life that
one who is devouring up the ranks of his foes". Hearing his master's
speech, Angada descended from that host resembling clouds, like Источники и права
