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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"Seeing the foremost of the Yakshas by thousands undergoing trepidation,
the lord of riches spoke unto a mighty Yaksha—Manichara,—’O foremost of
Yakshas, slay the wicked Rāvana, set on sin; and do thou (thus) become
the refuge of those heroic Yakshas, who are carrying on the conflict.’
Thus addressed, the mighty-armed and invincible Mānibhadra, surrounded
by four thousand Yakshas began the fight. And attacking the Rākshasas
with maces and clubs and bearded darts, and with darts _tomoras_ and
bludgeons, the Yakshas rushed at (their adversaries). And fast safely
whirling about like hawks, they fought fiercely. And (some) said, ’Well,
give me battle,’ and (others), ’I don’t want,’ and (others, again), ’Let
me have (fight)’. And then the celestials and the Gandharvas and the
sages studying the Vedas, beholding the great encounter, were filled
with mighty amazement. And a thousand of the Yakshas were slain by
Prahasta in the conflict; and another thousand of capable warriors were
slain by Mahodara. And O king, in the twinkling of an eye Māricha,
waxing wroth and eager for encounter brought down two thousand (of
enemy’s soldiers). Where is the candid-coursing fight of the Yakshas and
where the fight of the Rakshas by help of the power of illusion; and
therefore in that battle the advantage was on the side of the Rākshasas.
And Dhumrācksha, confronting Mānibhadra in the mighty conflict hit him
at the chest with a bludgeon; but he did not move thereat. And then
Mānibhadra dealt the Rākshasa a blow with his mace; and thereat
Dhumrācksha smit at the head fell down senseless (on the ground). And
seeing Dhumrāckhsa wounded and down, bathed in blood, the Ten-necked one
rushed at Mānibhadra in the encounter. And then that foremost of Yakshas
hit Daçānana with three darts as he was rushing in wrath. And on being
thus hit, (Rāvana) struck at Mānibhadra’s head; and at that stroke his
crown was depressed at one side. And from that day forth that Yaksha
remained with his head hollow on one side. And on the high-souled
Mānibhadra having been baffled, a great uproar, O king, rose in that
mountain. And then at a distance, the lord of riches, mace in hand,
accompanied by Sukra and Praushthapada and Padma and Sanka saw (Rāvana)
in the field. And seeing his brother in the encounter with his glory
obscured through the curse (he had ere this come by), the intelligent
(lord of Yakshas) spoke in words worthy of the line of his
grand-father,—’As, O wicked-minded one, thou desistest not, albeit
forbidden by me, thou shalt, afterwards attaining the fruit of this, and
repairing to hell, know (the fate that followeth thee). That perverse
one, that through ignorance having drunk poison, neglects to adopt
proper measures, knoweth the consequence of his act ultimately. The gods
have set their face against thee on account of a certain misdeed of
thine; and having for this, been reduced to this condition, thou dost
not understand things. He that dishonoreth his father and mother⁴⁹ and
spiritual preceptor, reapeth the fruit of his act on coming under the
sway of the sovereign of the dead. Having regard that this body is
uncertain, that foolish person, that doth not acquire asceticism, dying
goeth the way that he deserveth. The mind of a perverse man doth not
willingly incline towards good; and he reapeth as he soweth. In this
world people, making their own good fortune and beauty, strength, sons,
wealth and valor, gain these by virtue of their pious acts. Being given
to such iniquitous acts, thou wilt go to hell; and thy designs being
such, I will not hold parley with thee. Honest people should act
carefully in connection with the wicked.’—Thus reprimanded by him, his
(Rāvana’s) councillors, headed by Māricha, on being struck, took to
their heels. Then Daçagriva on being struck in the head with the mace by
the lord of Yakshas, did not move from his place. And then, O Rāma, the
Yaksha and Rākshasa, smiting each other in mighty encounter, did not get
bewildered or experience fatigue. And then the bestower of riches
discharged a fiery weapon at him; and thereat the lord of Rākshasas
resisted it with a Varuna weapon. And then the Rākshasa king entered
upon Rākshasi-illusion; and began to assume a thousand shapes for
compassing the destruction (of his adversary). And the Ten-necked one
(successively) assumed the shapes of a tiger, a boar, a cloud, a hill,
the ocean, a tree, a Yaksha and a Daitya. Thus he wore full many forms
and he was not visible in his native shape. And then, O Rāma, seizing a
mighty weapon the Ten-necked one, whirling the same, brought that
redoubtable mace down on the head of the bestower of riches. Thus
smitten by him, the lord of wealth, baffled, toppled down to the earth
covered with blood like an _açoka_ whose roots have been hewn away.
Thereat Padma and other Nidhi deities, surrounding the granter of
wealth, raised him up and brought him to the Nandana wood. Conquering
the bestower of wealth, the lord of Rākshasas, with a delighted heart,
possessed himself of his Pushpaka, the car, as a sign of victory;
furnished with golden pillars, gateways set with lapises, covered with
networks of pearls, having trees yielding the fruits of all seasons,
endowed with the celerity of thought, ranging everywhere at will,
wearing forms at pleasure, capable of coursing in the sky, with golden
and jewelled stairs, and daises of polished gold,—the vehicle of the
gods—undeteriorating, bringing delight to the mind and sight; wonderous
exceedingly: painted with images designed to fill the mind with
reverence,—constructed by Brahmā, containing all objects of desire,
charming and nonpariel not cold and not yet hot, granting gratification
in every season, and graceful to the view. And ascending that (car)
coursing at will, won by his prowess, that utterly wicked one, out of
swelling insolence, deemed himself master of the three worlds. And
having vanquished the deity Vaiçravana, he descended from Kailāça. And
having by his energy obtained the victory, the powerful night-ranger
wearing a bright diadem and necklace, and seated on that superb
car,—appeared radiant in his court like Fire himself."
⁴⁹ Unless he serveth his parents, his heart doth not incline to
piety.
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