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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Like unto a pond in the summer both the armies became gradually reduced.
Beholding his own army and Birupaksha slain, Ravana, the lord of
Rakshasas, was doubly excited with ire. And observing his army reduced
and slain by the heroic (monkeys) he perceived ill omens in the fight
and was accordingly pained at heart. And he addressed Mahodara, who was
near him, saying, "O thou of great arms, all my hopes of success are now
centered in thee. Do thou slay the enemy's force, O hero, and display
thy prowess. Now hath come the time of returning the favours of thy
master. Do thou fight bravely". Being thus accosted that Rakshasa-chief
Mahodara, saying "so be it" entered the enemy's army like unto a fly
entering into a flame. Excited by his master's command and empowered by
his own prowess that (Rakshasa) gifted with great strength, began to
assail the monkeys. And the highly powerful monkeys too taking up huge
crags dashed against the dreadful army of the enemies and crushed all
the Rakshasas. And Mahodara, greatly angered, severed in that mighty
encounter, with his arrows feathered in gold, the hands, feet and thighs
of the monkeys. Then the monkeys, in fear of the Rakshasas, fled away to
different quarters and some sought shelter of Sugriva. And beholding his
powerful monkey force thus assailed in the conflict, Sugriva dashed
forward and fronted Mahodara. And taking up a huge and dreadful crag
resembling a mountain, the monkey-king hurled it with great vehemence to
slay him. Thereupon finding that crag about to fall, Mahodara fearlessly
severed it with his arrows. And being sundered into a thousand pieces by
the arrow of that Rakshasa, it fell down on the earth like unto a band
of vultures. And beholding that crag thus severed, Sugriva was beside
himself with ire; and uplifting a _sala_ tree hurled it: and the heroic
Rakshasa, the slayer of enemy's force, severed it into several pieces
with his arrows. Thereupon excited with wrath he saw a _parigha_ on the
ground. And hurling that flaming _parigha_ and displaying his
(light-handedness) he struck his excellent horse therewith. And having
his horse slain, that hero--the Rakshasa Mahodara, ascended his car, and
in great anger took up his club. Those two heroes, with club and
_parigha_ in their hands, engaged in battle, roaring like two bulls or
clouds accompanied with lightning. Thereupon the night-ranger Mahodara,
inflamed with ire, hurled at Sugriva, the club flaming like the Sun. And
beholding that dreadful club about to fall the highly powerful
Sugriva--the lord of monkeys, uplifting his _parigha_ struck it
therewith. And the _parigha_, being sundered, fell quickly down on the
earth. Thereupon the effulgent Sugriva picked up from the ground a
_musala_ made of iron and ornamented with gold. Taking that _musala_ up
he hurled it at the Rakshasa and who again hurled a club; and both of
them being severed fell down on the earth. Having their weapons baffled
thus, those two heroes, gifted with great prowess and effulgence and
resembling the burning fire, were ready to interchange blows. They,
emitting roars again and again, struck each other down on the earth with
their clenched fists. And rising up speedily they again assailed each
other. Thus those two heroes, unsubdued, struck each other with their
arms. Thereupon both of them, highly proficient in fighting with arms,
were greatly exhausted. Thereupon they took up daggers. And uplifting
them, (those two heroes) with their persons trembling in ire, proficient
in fighting and skilled in the use of weapons, dashed on roaring. And
both of them enraged with each other and anxious to score success,
moving in a circle on each other's right side, addressed themselves for
action. Thereupon the vicious-minded, heroic Mahodara, gifted with great
vehemence and proud of his own heroism, flung his dagger at (the
monkey's) armour. And as he was about to extricate his dagger from the
armour, that foremost of monkeys severed with his dagger that Rakshasa's
head with helmet and _kundalas_. And beholding the Rakshasa-chief fall
down on the earth with his head off, his forces fled away from the
field. And slaying him that monkey-chief, delighted, began to roar along
with other monkeys. There-upon the Ten-necked one became highly enraged
and Raghava greatly delighted. And all the Rakshasas, with their hearts
broken and countenances rendered poorly and stricken with fear fled away
to different quarters. Slaying and striking down on earth Mahodara like
unto a portion of a mighty hill severed, that son of the Sun appeared
resplendent in his own effulgence and became irrepressible like unto the
Sun. And winning victory in the action that lord of monkeys was espied
by the celestials, Siddhas and Yakshas along with all creatures on
earth, having their eyes flushed with joy.
SECTION LXLIX.
Mahodara being thus slain by Sugriva, the highly powerful Mahaparshwa,
having his eyes reddened with ire, looked towards him. And the Rakshasa,
with his weapons, assailed the dreadful army of Angada as well as the
leading monkeys. The Rakshasa severed the heads from the bodies of the
monkeys like unto the wind throwing away the fruits from trees. And he
cut off, with his arrows, the arms of some and some were deprived of
their sides. The monkeys were thus assailed by Mahaparshwa with a shower
of shafts. All the monkeys were thus stricken with grief and rendered
senseless. And hearing of the anxiety of his own army thus assailed by
the Rakshasa, Angada, gifted with great vehemence, taking his _parigha_
made of iron and resembling the rays of the sun, dashed on like the
rising deep during the lunar half of a month. And that foremost of
monkeys encountered Mahaparshwa, who, thus struck by the monkey, became
insensible with his charioteer and fell down on the earth. Thereupon
leaped on the battle-field the highly powerful and effulgent lord of
bears, having the hue of red collyrium, with his army resembling the
cloud. And excited with ire, he, taking up a huge crag resembling the
summit of a mountain, speedily struck down his horses and broke down his
car. And regaining his senses in a moment the highly powerful
Mahaparshwa, again assailed Angada with many arrows. He struck Jambavan,
the lord of bears, on his breast with three arrows and assailed Gabaksha
with many shafts. And beholding Jambavan and Gabaksha overwhelmed with
arrows, Angada, beside himself with ire, took up a dreadful _parigha_.
And holding with two hands that _parigha_ made of iron and bright like
the rays of the sun, Angada, the son of Vali, with his eyes reddened in
wrath, hurled it at Mahaparshwa who was stationed at a distance, to slay
him. And being hurled by the highly powerful (Angada) the _parigha_,
struck down from his hands the bow with arrows and the helmet of the
Rakshasa. And approaching him vehemently, Vali's son, gifted with great
prowess, in anger, struck him, with clenched fist, on his ears having
excellent _kundalas_. There-upon Mahaparshwa gifted with great vehemence
and effulgence, highly angered, took up in his hands a huge
_parashivadha_, sharpened with oil, bright and hard as iron and
discharged it at Vali's son, and struck him therewith on his left
shoulder. And Angada baffled that _parashwadha_. Thereupon that hero,
powerful like his own father, clenching his fist, hard as thunder-bolt
and resembling even Indra's _acani_, dealt it, in great anger, upon the
Raksha's breast. And being struck with that fist the Rakshasa's breast
was shattered and lie fell down on earth. He falling down on earth
slain, his soldiers were greatly sorry and Ravana attained to an excess
of ire in the conflict. The noise set up by the delighted monkeys like
unto a dreadful leonine roar, as if rending the city of Lanka abounding
in edifices and gates, resembled the great roar of the celestials along
with Indra. And hearing the noise of the celestials and monkeys, the
lord of Rakshasas, the enemy of the gods, in great anger, again
proceeded towards the battle field.
SECTION C.
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