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 words uttered by Lakshmana, that slayer of hostile
heroes--Raghava--endued with prowess, taking his bow, set shafts on it,
and in the brunt of battle began to discharge dreadful arrows at Ravana.
And mounted on another car, Ravana--lord of Rakshasas--rushed against
Kakutstha, even as Swarbhanu rusheth against the Sun. And even as a mass
of clouds poureth down torrents on a mighty mountain, the Ten-necked
one, mounted on his car, smote Rama with shafts resembling
thunder-bolts. And in the encounter Rama, concentrating his thoughts,
showered on the Ten-necked one arrows embellished with gold and looking
like living fire. And celestials and Gandharvas and Kinnaras declared
that there had been no other battle like unto the encounter of Rama
stationed on the ground and the Raksha mounted on his car. Then the
foremost of celestials--Sakra--hearing their ambrosial speech, summoning
Matali, said,--"Taking my car, hie to the best of the Raghus. And
reaching the earth, do thou, welcoming (him), bring about great good
unto the gods". Thus accosted by the sovereign of the celestials,
Matali--celestial charioteer--bending down his head, addressed that
celestial, saying,--"Speedily shall I go, O lord of the celestials; and
I shall also do the office of a charioteer (unto Raghava)". Then yoking
with steeds that best of cars, curiously wrought with gold; adorned with
hundreds of small bells; resembling the Sun new risen; having its pole
studded with lapises; yoked with excellent horses caparisoned in gold;
furnished with white chowris,--drawn by steeds resembling the Sun;
decked with golden net-works,--and provided with a golden standard,--the
graceful car of the sovereign of the celestials,--Matali, commanded by
the king of the immortals, ascending the car, went out of the celestial
regions and came to Kakutstha. And with his hand holding the reins, the
charioteer of the thousand-eyed (Deity) with joined hands addressed
Rama, saying,--"O Kakutstha, in order that thou mayst obtain the
victory, the thousand-eyed (god) hath sent thee this car. And, O
exceedingly powerful one! O graceful (hero)! thou that slayest thy foes!
this is the redoubtable bow of Indra,--and this is the mail resembling
fire,--and these are the arrows looking like the very Sun; and this is
the dart shining and fraught with fair fortune. Ascend thou this car, O
hero. Slay the Rakshasa--Ravana, with me as thy charioteer, even as the
lord of the celestials slayeth Danavas". Thus addressed, Rama, going
round the car and saluting it, ascended the same, illumining the worlds
with his splendour. And the encounter that took place between the two
cars with the mighty-armed Rama (on one side), and the
Raksha--Ravana--(on the other), was wonderful to behold. And Raghava
highly proficient in weapons with a Gandharva weapon resisted the
Gandharva weapon of the Rakshasa king, and with a celestial weapon, his
celestial weapon. And then that lord of Rakshasas--the
night-ranger--fired with high rage, again discharged an exceedingly
dreadful Rakshasa weapon. And the gold-decked shafts shot from Ravana's
bow, becoming furiously venomous serpents, covered Kakutstha. And
vomitting living flames, they of terrific aspect, having flaming faces,
showered over Rama with gaping mouths. And those flaming venomous
serpents, having the feel of Vasuki himself, covered all sides and
enveloped all quarters. And seeing those serpents descending in the
encounter, Rama employed a dreadful Garuda weapon. And discharged from
Raghava's bow, those arrows plated with gold at the feathered parts, and
furnished with the splendour of peacocks, becoming golden birds--began
to range (the field of battle) as the enemies of the serpents. And the
shafts of Rama capable of wearing forms at will, turned into birds,
destroyed all the exceedingly swift-coursing arrows having the forms of
serpents. On his weapon having been baffled, Ravana--lord of
Rakshasas--waxing Wroth, poured tremendous showers of shafts on Rama.
And smiting Rama of untiring deeds with thousands of shafts, (Ravana)
pierced Matali with vollies of arrows. And with an arrow, Ravana severed
the standard; and having brought down the golden standard on the floor
of the car, Ravana wounded even Indra's steeds with a net-work of
arrows. And seeing Rama hard pressed, celestials and Gandharvas, and
Charanas along with Danavas, and Siddhas, and the supreme saints were
overcome with sadness; and the foremost monkeys together with Bihhishana
were aggrieved. And seeing a Moon of Rama Chandra in the grasp of a Rahu
of Ravana, that bringer of evil unto creatures--Budha--stood, assailing
the Prayapatya star--Rohini--beloved of the Moon. And the enraged Ocean,
heaving with smoking surges, and flaming as it were, swelled up, seeming
to the touch the Sun. And the Sun was blackened and assumed a stern
aspect, with his rays dimmed. And he was seen with a headless trunk on
his lap, and he was in conjunction with a comet. And that star of the
Kocalas, relating to the deities--Indra and Agni--Angaraka--stood in the
sky, attacking Vicakha. And the Ten-necked one, having ten faces and
twenty arms, equipped with his bow, looked like the mountain--Mainaka.
And Rama reduced to sore straits by the Ten-necked Raksha, could not
discharge his arrows in the conflict. And then the enraged Rama with his
eyes slightly red, flew into a tremendous passion, as if burning up the
Rakshasas. Seeing the face of the enraged Rama endued with
understanding, all the creatures were overwhelmed with fear and the
Earth herself shook. And mountains abounding with lions and tigers began
to tremble, and trees to shiver. And even the deep--lord of streams--was
wrought up wondrously. And rough and terrific clouds in the sky sent
forth fierce roars. And stormy clouds rumbling went about the heavens.
And seeing Rama wrought up with a mighty passion, and the fearful
disastrous omens, all creatures were possessed by fright and Ravana was
struck with dismay. And then stationed in the sky, celestials and
Gandharvas and mighty serpents and saints and Danavas and Daityas and
those related to Garuda--fowls--beheld that conflict like unto the
universal tumbling, as the two heroes fought on with various dire arms.
And as they looked on the mighty encounter, the celestials and the
Asuras, who had come to the conflict, from feeling of regard[397]
cheerfully spoke (these words). And the Asuras staying there said unto
the Ten-necked one, 'Be victorious!' and the celestials again and again
said unto Rama, 'Be victorious!' In the meantime, the impious Ravana,
desirous of slaying Raghava, from wrath took up a mighty weapon, fraught
with the essence of the thunder-bolt; sending terrible sounds; capable
of destroying all foes,--furnished with forks resembling mountain-peaks;
tending to strike terror unto mind and sight; sharp-pointed, resembling
the smoking fire risen at the hour of universal dissolution; exceedingly
terrible; irrisistible (in battle); unbearable even by the
Destroyer,--the terror of all creatures--terrific; and competent to rive
(all things). Flaming up with wrath, Ravana took this dart. And fired
with furious wrath, that powerful one took the dart in the encounter,
surrounded in that contest by many heroic Rakshasas. And uplifting (the
dart), the huge-bodied Ravana, with his eyes reddened in passion,
emitted mighty roars. And the shouts of the Rakshasa sovereign made the
earth and the sky and the cardinal quarters and all sides tremble. And
at the roars of that wicked-minded and huge-bodied one, all creatures
were struck with terror, and the sea was vexed.[398] And the exceedingly
energetic Ravana, taking that mighty dart, and sending up furious
shouts, addressed Rama in a harsh speech, saying,--"O Rama, I in wrath
uplift this dart having the strength of the levin. This will utterly
deprive of life thee who art assisted by thy brother. O thou that
delightest in battle, to-day swiftly slaying thee, I shall make thee
even with those heroic Rakshas slain in the van of the forces. Stay now.
O Raghava, thee shall I slay with this dart". Saying this, the lord of
the Rakshasas hurled the dart. And discharged from Ravana's hand, (the
dart), surrounded with garlands of lightning, furnished with eight
bells, sending mighty roars,--rising to the sky, looked exceedingly
splendid. Seeing the dart, flaming and of terrific aspect, Raghu's
son--Rama--endowed with prowess, drawing his bow, discharged arrows. And
with vollies of shafts Raghava resisted the descending (dart), even as
Vasava extinguished the fire of doomsday with his showers. Then even as
a flame consumeth insects, the mighty dart of Ravana burnt up those
shafts shot from the bow of Rama. Seeing those shafts reduced to ashes
and crushed on coming in contact with the dart, as they were coursing in
the sky, Raghava was transported with passion. And then waxing wondrous
wroth,--Raghu's son--Raghava--took up a javelin, liked by Vasava
himself, brought by Matali. And on being wielded by that strong one, the
javelin, resonant with bells, made the welkin blaze up, like a burning
meteor on the occasion of universal rack. And when hurled, it alighted
on that same dart of the Rakshasa-chief. And thereat, with its splendour
lost, the mighty dart, riven, dropped (to the earth.) Then Rama,
shooting straight-speeding arrows, pierced his (Ravana's) exceedingly
fleet steeds. And then he pierced Ravana in the chest with whetted
arrows. And the energetic Raghava hit (Ravana) in the temples with three
feathered shafts. And thereat with all his limbs pierced (with arrows),
and his body laved in blood, the lord of Rakshasas furnished with many
limbs, looked like a flowering Acoka. And with his person pierced with
the shafts of Rama, the lord of night-rangers having his body drenched
with blood, was stricken with sadness in the midst of his forces,--and
was also overwhelmed with terrific wrath.
[397] _i.e._ each party out of regard for the warrior to whom it wished
well.--T.
[398] 'The still-_vexed_ Bermoothes.'--_Tempest._
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