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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"When Vedavati had entered into fire, Rāvana, ascending Pushpaka, began
to range the earth. And coming to Uçiraviga, Rāvana saw a king (named)
Marutta, sacrificing along with the deities. And a righteous Brahmarshi
named Samvartta, the very brother of Vrihashpati, officiated at the
sacrifice accompanied by the deities. And seeing that Raksha invincible
by reason of the boon he had received, the deities, apprehensive of
being worsted by him, assumed the forms of beasts. And Indra became a
peacock and the king of righteousness, a crow, and the bestower of
riches a lizard, and Varuna a swan; and, O slayer of foes, others also
became other beasts. And then Rāvana entered into that sacrifice like an
unclean dog. And then coming up to the king, Rāvana—lord of
Rākshasas—said: ’Give me battle, or say,—_I am defeated._’ Whereat king
Marutta asked, him—’Who art thou?’ And Rāvana laughing in contempt
said,—’O king, I am delighted, that lacking curiosity, thou dost not
dishonour Rāvana, younger brother unto the bestower of riches. What
other man is there in these three regions that knoweth not the might of
me, who, conquering my brother, has got possession of this car.’ Thereat
Marutta spoke unto Rāvana, saying,—’Blessed for sooth art thou, by whom
thy elder brother hath been vanquished in fight; and a person so
praiseworthy there is not in the three worlds. An act, that is divorced
from righteousness and that is reprehended by people, can never be
praiseworthy. Having committed a foul act, plumest thou upon thy having
vanquished thy brother? And practising what piety hadst thou a-fortune
received the boon? I had never before heard the like of what thou
sayest. But O perverse one, stay now. Living thou shalt not back. To-day
with my sharpened shafts shall I despatch thee to the abode of Yama.’
Then taking up his bow and arrows, that king of men went out for
encounter; but Samavartta stood in the way. And that great sage said
unto Marutta words informed with affection ’If thou hear my speech, thou
shouldst not fight. If this Maheçwara-sacrifice should remain
incomplete, it will burn up thy dynasty. Where is the fight of one
initiated in a sacrifice? And where is the passion of one initiated in a
sacrifice? And victory is ever uncertain; and the Rākshasa is difficult
to vanquish. And thereupon, the lord of Earth—Marutta—desisted in
consonance with the instructions of his spiritual preceptor; and
composed addressed himself to completing the sacrifice, giving up his
bow with the arrow set. And thereat considering him as defeated, Suka
proclaimed this all round; and from delight cried aloud, ’Victory unto
Rāvana!’ And then devouring the Maharshis that were present at the place
of sacrifice, Rāvana, satiated with their blood, again went to the
earth. On Rāvana having departed, the deities, inhabiting the etherial
regions—Indra etc.—assuming their proper forms, addressed those
creatures. And from joy Indra spoke unto the purple-plumed
peacock,—’Pleased am I with thee thou righteous one. No fear shall
spring to thee from serpents; and thy plumage shall be furnished with an
hundred eyes. And when I shall shower, thou shalt be filled with glee as
a token of my satisfaction with thee.’ Thus did Indra—chief of
celestials, confer a boon on the peacock. Formerly, O king, the
peacock’s wings had one unvaried blue. Having received the boon, the
peacock departed. Then O Rāma, the king of righteousness said unto the
crow, seated in front of the sacrificial apartment ’O bird, I am well
pleased with thee. Listen to my words as I utter them. As I have been
pleased with thee, thou shalt without doubt, enjoy immunity from the
various ailments to which the birds are subject. And O bird, from my
curse fear of death shall not approach thee; and thou shalt exist so
long as people do not slay thee. And those men residing in my dominion,
being smitten with hunger, shall be refreshed along with thy relations,
when thou hast eaten and been refreshed.’ Then Varuna addressed that
lord of birds the swan ranging the waters of the Gangā,—’Listen to my
words fraught with joy, thy hue shall be charming, mild, and like unto
the lunar disc; and it shall be beautiful, resembling the sheen of
spotless foam. And approaching my person thou shalt ever be beautiful to
behold; and thou shalt, as a sign of my gratification, attain
unparalleled complacence.’ Formerly, O Rāma, swans had not a hue of one
unvaried whiteness. Their wings ended in blue, and their breasts wore
the spotless hue of tender grass. And then Vaiçravana addressed the
chameleon as it was stationed at the mountain: ’Thy hue shall be
gold-gleaming. Pleased am I with thee. Thy undeteriorating head shall be
ever gold-hued. And this golden hue of thine shall proceed from my
gratification?’ Having thus conferred boons on them at that festal
place, the celestials, along with the king, (on the sacrifice) having
ended, went to their abode."
SECTION XIX.
"Having vanquished Marutta, that lord of Rākshasas—the Ten-faced
one—eager for encounter, began to range the capitals of the foremost
monarchs (of the earth). And coming to the most powerful crowned heads
(in the world) resembling Mahendra and Varuna, the Rākshasa king said:
’Give me battle; or declare—we have been defeated. This I am resolved
upon. Otherewise there is no escape for you?’ Thereat those wise kings,
possessed of great strength, and ever abiding by righteousness, being
frightened (at Rāvana’s intimidation), took counsel of each other. And
knowing the superior strength of the foe, they said,—’We have been
defeated.’ Dushkanta, O child, and Suratha, and Gādhi, and Gaya and king
Pururavā—all these kings said: ’We have been defeated.’ And then
Rāvana—sovereign of the Rākshasas—presented himself before Ayodhyā,
governed by Anaranya, like Amarāvati ruled by Sakra. And coming to that
foremost of men—king like unto Purandara himself in prowess, Rāvana
said,—’ Give me battle; or say I have been defeated. This is my
mandate.’ The lord of Ayodhyā, on hearing the words of that
wicked-minded one, Anaranya, enraged, addressed the Rākshasa-chief,
saying,—’O king of Rākshasas, I will give thee combat, stay thou. At
once prepare for fight, and I also shall go and prepare myself.’ And
when he had heard everything (regarding Rāvana), the forces of that
foremost of kings that had been intended for conquering (Rāvana),
sallied forth ready for bringing about the destruction of the
Raksha,—ten thousand elephants, a _niyuta_ horse, and many thousands of
cars and infantry, O best of men; and, that host consisting of infantry
and cars, marched for encounter, covering up the earth. And then, O thou
proficient in fight, there took place a mighty and wonderful encounter
between king Anaranya and that lord of Rākshasas. And that host of the
king encountering the forces of Rāvana, were extinguished like unto
clarified butter thrown into the (sacrificial) fire. And having fought
valorously for a long time, the remnant of the royal forces, suddenly
coming in contact with the flaming Rākshasa ranks, were destroyed like
unto swarms of locusts entering into fire. And he saw the mighty army of
that powerful monarch destroyed by the (adversary), like unto a hundred
streams absorbed by an approaching ocean. And then himself drawing his
bow resembling the bow itself of Sakra, that foremost of sovereigns,
beside himself with wrath, approached Rāvana. And brought down by
Anaranya, his (Rāvana’s) councillors—Māricha, Suka, and Sārana with
Prahasta,—took to their heels like unto dear. And then that son of the
Ikshwāku race discharged eight hundred arrows at Rāvana’s head. And like
unto showers pouring down on the top of a mountain, his shafts did not
inflict any wound (on Rāvana). And then the king, smitten on the head
with a slap by the enraged king of Rākshasas, dropped down from his car.
And the king, deprived of his senses, fell down on the earth, with his
body trembling all over; as falls in a forest a _sāla_ scathed with
heaven’s fire. And thereat the Raksha, laughing, spoke unto that
Ikshwāku, lord of the earth,—’What is this that thou hast gathered as
the fruit of thy encounter with me. O king, there is none in this triune
sphere that can combat with me. Having hitherto been sunk in lunacy thou
hast not heard of my strength.’ As he was speaking thus, the king, whose
sounds were fast running out said: ’What can I do in this matter. Verily
time is incapable of being controlled. I have been overcome by Time;
thou art merely an instrument. What can I do now, when I am going to
lose my life? I never turned away from fight; I have been slain
fighting. But, O Rākshasa, I shall tell thee something in consequence of
the disgrace that the Ikshwāku race has met with (to-day). If I have
practised charity, if I have offered oblations into fire, if I have
carried on pious penances, if I have governed my people well, then be my
words verified! There shall spring in the line of the high-souled
Ikshwāku, one named Rāma—son unto Daçaratha, who shall deprive thee of
thy life.’ As he uttered this imprecation, the celestial kettle-drums
sounded like the roaring of clouds; and blossoms showered down from the
sky. And then that best of kings went to heaven; and when that king had
gone to the celestial regions, the Rākshasa (also) went away."
SECTION XX.
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