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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Whereupon Ravana heard in every house of Lanka the piteous cries of the
she-demons possessed by sorrow. And sighing hard he engaged in
meditation for some time. And terrible-looking as he was, Ravana was
greatly worked up with ire. Having his eyes reddened with anger, and
gnashing his teeth and biting the lips, that one, irrepressible by other
Rakshasas, looked like the fire of dissolution incarnate. Thereupon the
lord of Rakshasas in anger as if burning down everything with his look,
addressed the Rakshas who were near him--Mahodara, Mahaparsha,
Birupaksha--"Do ye speedily speak to the soldiers that they should sally
out for battle at my command. Hearing his speech--those Rakshas,
possessed by fear, asked by the command of the king, the Rakshasa
soldiers to be ready. And thereat all those grim-visaged Rakshasas
saying 'so be it' and performing benedictory ceremonies proceeded to the
battle-field. And those mighty car-warriors, worshipping Ravana, and
desiring the victory of their lord, stood before them with folded hands.
Thereupon Ravana, beside himself with anger, laughing, adddressed those
Rakshasas, Mahodara, Mahaparsha, and Birupaksha, saying--"To-day shall I
despatch both Rama and Lakshmana to the abode of Death with arrows
resembling the sun at the time of dissolution, discharged off my bow.
And slaying the enemies I shall repair the loss of Khara, Kumbhakarna,
Prahasta and Indrajit. The atmosphere, the quarters the sky and the deep
being enveloped with the cloud of arrows shall become invisible. I shall
slay to-day all the heroic monkeys with my winged arrows. Ascending my
car gifted with the velocity of the wind shall I churn to day the monkey
host with arrow-like waves coming from the ocean-like bow. I shall like
an elephant distress to-day the monkey-like pools having their
countenances for the blown lotuses, and the lustre of their bodies for
the filaments. To-day in the encounter, the leaders of the monkey hosts,
with their heads transfixed with arrows, shall cover the earth, like
unto lotuses with their stalks. I shall to-day with a single arrow,
cleave hundreds of heroic monkeys fighting with trees in their hands. I
shall wipe to-day the tears of those whose brother or son has been slain
by destroying their foe. In the encounter to-day I shall, with the
monkeys deprived of their breath and clept with my arrows, so cover the
earth that it may not be seen by any. I shall satisfy to-day with the
flesh of the enemies slain by my shafts, the crows, vultures and others
who live upon flesh. Get ready soon my car and bring my bow. And let the
remaining night-rangers follow me in battle". Hearing his words
Mahaparsha addressed the leaders of the army who were near him,
saying,--"Get your soldiers ready". And the commanders too quickly went
round all the houses in Lanka and asked the Rakshasas to be ready soon.
Thereupon began to issue out in a moment terrible-looking Rakshasas,
emitting roars, having dreadful faces and with various weapons in their
hands--daggers, _Patticas_, maces, clubs, furrows, sharpened _saktis_,
traps, various rods, sharpened _chakra_, _parashwadhas_, _vindipalas_,
_sataghnis_ and various other excellent weapons. Thereupon at the
command of Ravana the commanders brought one _Nijuta_ (a hundred
thousand) cars, three _Nijuta_ elephants, sixty million horses, asses
and camels and numberless infantry. They arranged the soldiers before
the king and in the interval the charioteer brought the car--filled with
excellent celestial weapons--richly adorned, containing many an armour,
girt with a network of tinkling ornaments, crested with various jewels,
having jewelled pillars and a thousand golden jars. Beholding the car
the Rakshasas were greatly astonished. And Ravana, the lord of
Rakshasas, rising up all on a sudden, ascended that car, brilliant like
the flaming fire and the aggregate rays of a million sun,
quick-coursing, having a charioteer, drawn by eight horses, huge and
shining in its native lustre. Thereupon proceeded Ravana, encircled by
many a Rakshasa as if rending the earth with the excess of his prowess.
There arose a huge sound of bugles accompanied with that of Mridangas,
drums, conchs, and _kalapas_. The lord of the Rakshas--wicked, the
slayer of the Brahmins--the thorn of the celestials, and who hath
brought away Sita by stealth, has come with his umbrellas and chowries
to fight with the foremost of Raghus--this cry was heard everywhere. And
with his tremendous roar the earth shook. And hearing all on a sudden
that sound, the monkeys fled away in fear. And the highly effulgent
Ravana, having huge arms and surrounded by his ministers, came there
being certain of gaining victory. Being commanded by Ravana, Mahaparsha,
Mahodara and the irrepresible Birupaksha ascended the car. They,
desirous of winning victory, issued out emitting dreadful roars in
delight and as if rending the earth therewith. Thereupon the highly
effulgent (Ravana) resembling Death, with uplifted bow, sallied out for
battle along with the army of Rakshas. And that mighty car-warrior, went
out in his chariot drawn by quick-coursing steeds by that gate which led
to where Rama and Lakshmana were. Thereat the sun lost its
brilliance--the quarters were enshrouded with darkness; the birds sent
forth dreadful cries and the earth shook. The celestials poured down
bloody rains--the course of the horses was slackened--the vultures sat
on the banners and jackals emitted inauspicious cries, his left eye and
the left arm began to shake--his countenance became pale and his voice
grew harsher. The Ten-necked Rakshasa thus going out for battle there
appeared many bad omens indicating his destruction. From the sky fell a
fire-brand accompanied with the sound of thunder; vultures and crows
emitted inauspicious cries. Disregarding these dreadful omens which
appeared then, Ravana, incited by death, foolishly went out to slay his
(enemies). And by the wheel-sound of the chariots of the great Rakshasas
the host of monkeys calling each other, excited with anger and willing
to gain victory, addressed themselves for fight. Thereupon the
Ten-necked one, enraged, with his arrows feathered in gold, made a
dreadful slaughter of the army of monkeys. And some of those heroic
monkeys were beheaded by Ravana--some had their hearts rent and others
were shorn of their ears. Some had their breath choked, some were killed
and others had their sides broken. Some had their hands cut off and
others had their eyes put out. And wherever in the encounter, the
Ten-headed Rakshasa, whirling his eyes in ire, went in his car--the
monkey leaders could not stand the vehemence of his arrows.
SECTION LXLVII.
There the earth was covered with monkeys whose bodies were rent with the
arrows of the Ten-necked (Ravana). As the flies cannot stand before the
flaming fire so they could not bear the vehemence of Ravana's shafts.
Being thus assailed with pointed arrows they fled away crying, like unto
elephants being burnt by fire. And Ravana with his arrows pursued in
conflict the course of clouds. Thus slaughtering the monkeys the lords
of Rakshasas speedily reached in the encounter where Raghava was. And
beholding the monkeys assailed and afraid Sugriva placing Sushena in
charge of a _gulma_[385] addressed himself for the battle. And placing
that heroic monkey, his equal in prowess, in that command Sugriva
sallied out with a tree in his hand to meet the enemy. And followed him
on all sides the leaders of the monkeys with huge crags and various
trees. The heroic Sugriva emitted terrible roars in the conflict and
assailed the heroic Rakshasas and many others. The huge-bodied
monkey-chief crushed the Rakshasas like unto the wind uprooting the
trees at the time of dissolution. He began to make a downpour of crags
at the Rakshasa host like unto the cloud pouring down hailstorms at the
birds in the forest. And being beheaded by the crags discharged by that
monkey chief the Rakshasas fell down like unto mountains cleft. The
Rakshasas being thus attacked and shattered by Sugriva and roaring and
falling down on all sides, an irrepressible Rakshasa, skilled in
archery, by name Birupaksha, pronouncing his own name, got down from the
car and mounted an elephant. And mounted on the elephant that highly
powerful Birupaksha sent forth leonine roars and dashed against the
monkeys. Exciting the joy of the Rakshasas and removing their anxiety he
discharged dreadful shafts at Sugriva and his army. And being assailed
by the pointed arrows of that Rakshasa that lord of monkeys roared in
anger and made up his mind to destroy him. Thereupon uprooting a tree
the heroic monkey, skilled in warfare, leaped and struck that huge
elephant down in his presence. And being assailed greatly by Sugriva
that huge elephant proceeded a little within the range of the bow and
roared and died. And being; greatly enraged on the destruction of that
elephant the highly powerful Rakshasa dashed forward to face the enemy.
That one of quick movements took up his dagger and armour and viling,
approached Sugriva. And beholding his movement Sugriva took up a huge
crag resembling a cloud and hurled it against Birupaksha. That highly
powerful leading Rakshasa, finding the crag about to fall, turned a
little away and struck the monkey with his dagger. And being assailed
with dagger by that powerful Rakshasa the monkey remained senseless for
sometime on the ground. And rising up all on a sudden he, clenching his
fist, struck that Rakshasa in the mighty encounter on his breast and got
him down. Being struck with the fist the night-ranger Birupaksha greatly
enraged cut down with his dagger Sugriva's armour and tumbled him down
with his feet. And the monkey rising up again was about to deal him a
blow, hard as a thunder-bolt, with a dreadful sound. And receding a
little, he baffled its aim and returned one on Sugriva's breast. Finding
his aim baffled and himself struck in return by the Rakshasa, Sugriva,
the lord of monkeys, was excited with anger. And the monkey-chief was
now on the look-out for an opportunity to strike Birupaksha. And
immediately in anger he struck him down with a blow on his forehead. And
being thus assailed with the fist resembling the thunder-bolt of
Mahendra, he fell down on the earth bathed in a pool of blood. And blood
gushed out of the person of Birupaksha like unto water issuing out of a
fountain. And the monkeys beheld their enemy (Birupaksha) with his eyes
disfigured in anger, bathed in a foam of blood, his whole body
discoloured, trembling, rolling and crying piteously. Thereupon those
two armies of the monkeys and Rakshasas, being ready to engage in the
encounter, began to roar like unto two mighty oceans having their banks
broken. And observing that highly powerful Rakshasa, of discoloured
eyes, slain by the king of monkeys, the monkeys and Rakshasa forces
engaged in fight and looked like the rising Ganges.
[385] The division of an army; a body of troops consisting of nine
platoons or nine elephants, nine chariots, twenty seven horses and
forty-five foot.
SECTION LXLVIII.
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