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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On being greatly harassed by Kakutstha in anger, Ravana, delighting in
battle, came under the sway of a towering passion. And with his eyes
aglow, that powerful one from wrath and fury assailed Raghava in mighty
encounter. And even as clouds pour down from the sky on a pool, Ravana
showered thousands of arrows on Raghava. And covered with vollies of
shafts discharged from (Ravana's) bow in the conflict, Kakutstha like
unto a mighty mountain did not shake. And that one endowed with prowess
stood in the field, resisting those networks of arrows, and took up
shafts resembling the rays of the Sun. Then the fleet-handed
night-ranger, fired with rage, discharged a thousand arrows at the chest
of the high-souled Raghava.--And thereat in that encounter Lakshmana's
elder brother, with his body bathed in Mood, appeared like a mighty
Kincuka tree in a forest. And with his ire aroused by the blows he
received, the exceedingly energetic Kakutstha took up arrows resembling
the Sun risen at the time of the universal dissolution. And in the
darkness spread by the arrows (discharged), Rama and Ravana both fired
with wrath could not be discovered of each other. Then that
hero--Dacaratha's son--Rama, overcome with wrath, addressed Ravana,
laughing, in a harsh speech, saying,--"Thou vilest of Rakshasas, in
consequence of having through lack of sense carried off my wife from
Janasthana and brought her under thy subjection, thou hast been deprived
of thy prowess. Having forcibly carried away Vaidehi staying in that
mighty forest, forlorn and without me, thou thinkest--'I am a hero.'
Outraging the helpless wives of others,--doing this craven deed, thou
thinkest--'I am a hero.' O thou having thy dignity destroyed! shameless
wight! O thou of volatile character, having through thy violence brought
destruction on thyself, thou thinkest,--'I am a hero.' A great and'
famous act hath been performed by thee,--a hero, and the brother of the
Bestower of riches, surrounded with thy forces! To-day receive the
mighty fruit of that infamous act done through pride, productive of
evil.[399] O wicked-minded one, thou thinkest of thyself--'I am a hero;'
but thou that hast taken away Sita like a thief, hast no feeling of
shame. Hadst thou forcibly outraged Sita in my very presence, thou,
slain by my shafts, wouldst have seen thy brother--Khara. By luck, O
thou of an evil soul, thou hast come within the range of my vision.
To-day by means of sharp shafts shall I bring thee to death's door.
To-day beasts of pray will drag thy head having burning ear-rings,
severed by my shafts and covered with the dust of the battle-field. O
Ravana, vultures will alight on thy breast, as thou wilt lie low on the
ground; and, athirst, they will drink the blood gushing out from thy
wounds. To-day fowls of the air will keep pulling at thee pierced with
my shafts, and lying lifeless, as birds do serpents". Having spoken
thus, that slayer of foes--Rama--showered arrows on the lord of
Rakshasas, staying before. And the prowess and strength and spirits and
force of arms of Rama burning for the destruction of his foe, were
doubled. And all the Weapons[400] presented themselves before that one
cognisant of self; and the fleet-handedness of that exceedingly powerful
one increased immensely from exhilaration of spirits. Seeing all these
auspicious omens coming of themselves, Rama, finisher of Rakshasas, set
about smiting his foe more energetically than ever. And assailed with
stones by the monkeys and showers of shafts by Raghava, the Ten-necked
one felt his heart undergoing a revolution.[401] And when through the
stupifaction of his inner self, he could not discharge any weapon, or
draw his bow, or put forth his prowess, (Rama) did not persist in
smiting him. And the shafts and various arms discharged by him betokened
his death; and his last moments were present. And his charioteer,
driving his car, perceiving this, calmly took the car away from the
field of fight. And then, seeing the king shorn of prowess, and dropt,
his charioteer, struck with fear, swiftly turned away his dreadful car
having the clatter of clouds, and went away from the field of battle.
[399] Remarks Ramanuya, 'here and in the next world.'
[400] _i.e._ the presiding deities of them.
[401] _Vighurnahridayah:_ had his heart paralysed, according to the
commentator. I prefer the sense given as more graphic.--T.
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After gradually regaining his senses, Ravana, urged on by the force of
the Finisher, getting into a furious passion, with his eyes reddened in
wrath, addressed the charioteer, saying,--"O thou of perverse sense,
disregarding me as devoid of prowess, and incompetent, and bereft of
vigor,--as cowardly, light, nerveless and shorn of energy,--and as
divorced by the power of illusion and debarred by arms,--thou actest on
thine own understanding. Wherefore disregarding me, and not minding my
purpose, hast thou taken away my car from before the presence of the
enemy? O abject one! by thee have my long-earned renown and energy and
prowess and credit been brought to naught. In the very sight of an enemy
of renowned prowess, and one capable of being gratified with valorous
deeds, hast thou made me, burning for battle, look as if I were a
coward. As, O wicked-minded one, thou dost not even through
heedlessness, take the car to the field of battle, I infer for certain
that thou hast been bribed by the foe. The act that thou hast done, doth
not appear as that of a friend seeking our welfare; but to-day thou hast
acted like an enemy. If thou hast been maintained by me, if thou
rememberest my merit, do thou swiftly turn the car before my enemy has
departed". Thus admonished by him of slender sense, the charioteer
possessed of intelligence, humbly spake onto Ravana words fraught with
good,--"I am not afraid, nor stupified, nor have I been bribed by the
foe, nor am I negligent. And I have not forgotten thy affection or thy
good offices. And studious of thy welfare, I have saved thy fame; and
with a mind over-flowing with affection I have done (unto thee) this
unpalatable good. O mighty monarch, for this, thou shouldst not, like a
frivolous and base one, criminate me that am ever engaged in what is
good and dear unto thee. Listen! I shall render thee reason why I turned
away from the field the car, rushing like a river when the sea is
swelled up.[402] I knew that thou hadst been fatigued in consequence of
thy mighty exertions in the fight. And I could not perceive that thy
prowess then stood superior (to that of the foe).[403] And the steeds of
my car were worn out by carrying it; and they were battered, and
helpless, and perspired like kine in a shower. And bad omens fast sprang
up before us. And on these occurring, I perceived that things would go
against us. O thou endowed with exceeding might, a charioteer should be
conversant with season and place, with omens, and the expressions of
emotions; as also with depression of spirits, exhilaration, and grief.
And he should have a knowledge of low, level and uneven grounds, and the
time for conflict, and he should be able to perceive the shortcomings of
the enemy. And a charioteer mounted on a car, should know when to draw
near an enemy, when to turn away from him; when to stay; and when to
turn round from before the foe--all these (he should know). What I, for
bringing respite unto thee as well as the horses of the car, have done
by way of removing the terrific exhaustion, is proper. I did not, O
hero, turn away the car of my own sheer will. What I have done, O lord,
had been dictated by my affection for thee. Command me. What thou
sayest, O destroyer of foes; I will do every way, O hero, with my whole
soul". Thereat, well-pleased with the speech of the charioteer, Ravana,
eager for encounter, after praising him in various ways, said,--"O
charioteer, do thou swiftly take the car towards Raghava. Without
slaying his foe in fight; Ravana turneth not away (from the field)".
Speaking thus, Ravana--lord of Rakshasas--gave the charioteer on the car
an excellent ornament for the hand. Hearing Ravana's words, the
charioteer drove the car. And urged on by the speech of Ravana, the
charioteer drove on the steeds,--and in a moment the mighty chariot of
the Rakshasa chief appeared before Rama in the field of battle.
[402] On the ascension of the Moon.
[403] Two negatives in this verse amounting to an affirmitive. This is
the only instance of double negatives in Valmiki.--T.
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