Mahabharata — Volume II (Dutt edition) — Chapter 288
MBh 2 288.1
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ततः श्रुत्वा हतं संख्ये कुम्भकर्णं सहानुगम्। प्रहस्तं च महेष्वासं धूम्राक्षं चातितेजसम्॥ पुत्रमिन्द्रजितं वीरं रावणः प्रत्यभाषत। जहि रामममित्रघ्न सुग्रीवं च सलक्ष्मणम्॥
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca tataḥ śrutvā hataṃ saṃkhye kumbhakarṇaṃ sahānugam| prahastaṃ ca maheṣvāsaṃ dhūmrākṣaṃ cātitejasam|| putramindrajitaṃ vīraṃ rāvaṇaḥ pratyabhāṣata| jahi rāmamamitraghna sugrīvaṃ ca salakṣmaṇam||
Markandeya said : Then, hearing that the mighty bowman Prahasta, the highly-energetic Dhumraksha and Kumbhakarna together with his followers had been killed in battle, Ravana spoke to his heroic son Indrajita (thus), “O destroyer of foes, slay Rama together with Sugriva and Lakshmana.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.2
त्वया हि मम सत्पुत्र यशो दीप्तमुपार्जितम्। जित्वा वलाधरं संख्ये सहस्राक्षं शचीपतिम्॥
tvayā hi mama satputra yaśo dīptamupārjitam| jitvā valādharaṃ saṃkhye sahasrākṣaṃ śacīpatim||
O my dutiful son, by conquering the thousand-eyed wielder of the Vajra (thunderbolt), the husband of Sachi, in battle, you have acquired a blazing renown for me.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.3
अन्तर्हितः प्रकाशो वा दिव्यैर्दत्तवरैः शरैः। जहि शत्रूनमित्रघ्न मम शस्त्रभृतां वर॥
antarhitaḥ prakāśo vā divyairdattavaraiḥ śaraiḥ| jahi śatrūnamitraghna mama śastrabhṛtāṃ vara||
Remaining (either) invisible or visible, O slayer of foes, the best of those that wield weapon, kill my enemies by celestials weapons granted to you as boons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.4
रामलक्ष्मणसुग्रीवाः शरस्पर्श न तेऽनघ। समर्थाः प्रतिसोढुं च कुतस्तदनुयायिनः॥
rāmalakṣmaṇasugrīvāḥ śarasparśa na te'nagha| samarthāḥ pratisoḍhuṃ ca kutastadanuyāyinaḥ||
O sinless one, not to speak of their followers, even Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva cannot endure the touch of your weapons.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.5
अकृता या प्रहस्तेन कुम्भकर्णेन चानघ। खरस्यापचिति: संख्ये तां गच्छ त्वं महाभुज॥
akṛtā yā prahastena kumbhakarṇena cānagha| kharasyāpaciti: saṃkhye tāṃ gaccha tvaṃ mahābhuja||
O sinless and mighty-armed one, bring to a (successful) termination the hostilities which even Prahasta and Kumbhakarna could not effect in battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.6
त्वमद्य निशितैर्बाणैर्हत्वा शत्रून् ससैनिकान्। प्रतिनन्दन मां पुत्र पुरा जित्वेव वासवम्॥
tvamadya niśitairbāṇairhatvā śatrūn sasainikān| pratinandana māṃ putra purā jitveva vāsavam||
My son, destroying, today, my enemies together with their followers, increase my delight as you did before by conquering Vasava."
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.7
इत्युक्तः स तथेत्युक्त्वा रथमास्थाय दंशितः। प्रययाविन्द्रजिद् राजस्तूर्ममायोधनं प्रति॥
ityuktaḥ sa tathetyuktvā rathamāsthāya daṃśitaḥ| prayayāvindrajid rājastūrmamāyodhanaṃ prati||
O king, thus addressed (by his father), Indrajita replied “it shall be so" and donning his armour and riding on his car, he soon marched towards the battle-field.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.8
ततो विश्राव्य विस्पष्टं नाम राक्षसपुङ्गवः। आह्वयामास समरे लक्ष्मणं शुभलक्षणम्॥
tato viśrāvya vispaṣṭaṃ nāma rākṣasapuṅgavaḥ| āhvayāmāsa samare lakṣmaṇaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam||
Then that foremost of Rakshasas distinctly announcing his name, challenged Lakshmana bearing auspicious signs, to battle.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.9
तं लक्ष्मणोऽभ्यधावच्च प्रगृह्य सशरं धनुः। त्रासयंस्तलघोषेण सिंहः क्षुद्रमृगान् यथा॥
taṃ lakṣmaṇo'bhyadhāvacca pragṛhya saśaraṃ dhanuḥ| trāsayaṃstalaghoṣeṇa siṃhaḥ kṣudramṛgān yathā||
(And) like a lion (pursuing) a fawn, Lakshmana taking up his bow together with arrows and terrifying his adversary by striking his arm with his palms, rushed towards him.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.10
तयोः समभवद् युद्धं सुमहज्जयगृद्धिनोः। दिव्यास्त्रविदुषोस्तीव्रमन्योन्यस्पर्धिनोस्तदा॥
tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ sumahajjayagṛddhinoḥ| divyāstraviduṣostīvramanyonyaspardhinostadā||
Then, there ensued a terrible and mighty encounter between those two (warriors), desirous of overcoming each other, both skilled in celestials weapons and setting at defiance the prowess of each other.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.11
रावणिस्तु यदा नैनं विशेषयति सायकैः। ततो गुरुतरं यत्नमातिष्ठद् बलिनां वरः॥
rāvaṇistu yadā nainaṃ viśeṣayati sāyakaiḥ| tato gurutaraṃ yatnamātiṣṭhad balināṃ varaḥ||
When the son of Ravana, the strongest of the strong, could not get the better of his adversary by his arrows, he began to make vigorous exertions.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.12
तत एनं महावेगैरर्दयामास तोमरैः। तानागतान् स चिच्छेद सौमित्रिर्निशतैः शरैः॥
tata enaṃ mahāvegairardayāmāsa tomaraiḥ| tānāgatān sa ciccheda saumitrirniśataiḥ śaraiḥ||
Then he (Indrajita) began to hurl violently at Lakshmana, many javelins. But the son of Sumitra severed them to pieces as they were coming up to him, with sharpened arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.13
ते निकृत्ताः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैर्यपतन् धरणीतले। तमङ्गदो वालिसुतः श्रीमानुद्यम्य पादपम्॥ अभिद्रुत्य महावेगस्ताडयामास मूर्धनि। तस्येन्द्रजिदसम्भ्रान्तः प्रासेनोरसि वीर्यवान्॥ प्रहर्तुमैच्छत् तं चास्य प्रासं चिच्छेद लक्ष्मणः।
te nikṛttāḥ śaraistīkṣṇairyapatan dharaṇītale| tamaṅgado vālisutaḥ śrīmānudyamya pādapam|| abhidrutya mahāvegastāḍayāmāsa mūrdhani| tasyendrajidasambhrāntaḥ prāsenorasi vīryavān|| prahartumaicchat taṃ cāsya prāsaṃ ciccheda lakṣmaṇaḥ|
(Thus) cut down by sharpened darts they fell down on earth. Then the renowned Angada, the son to Bali, uprooting a tree and coming up with great speed, struck him (Indrajita) on the head. (But) the mighty Indrajita 'nothing daunted at this, took up a lance (and) wished to hurl it at him. (But) Lakshmana severed that lance.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.14
तमभ्याशगतं वीरमगदं रावणात्मजः॥ गदयाताडयत् सव्ये पार्श्वे वानरपुङ्गवम्।
tamabhyāśagataṃ vīramagadaṃ rāvaṇātmajaḥ|| gadayātāḍayat savye pārśve vānarapuṅgavam|
(Then) the son of Ravana, (seeing) the heroic Angada stand close to him, struck on the left side of the foremost of monkeys with a mace.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.15
तमचिन्त्य प्रहारं स बलवान् वालिनः सुतः॥ ससर्जेन्द्रजित: क्रोधाच्छालस्कन्धं तथाङ्गदः।
tamacintya prahāraṃ sa balavān vālinaḥ sutaḥ|| sasarjendrajita: krodhācchālaskandhaṃ tathāṅgadaḥ|
Disregarding that stroke, the mighty son of Bali, Angada, wrathfully hurled a Sala stem at Indrajita.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.16
सोऽङ्गदेन रुषोत्सृष्टो वधायेन्द्रजितस्तरुः॥ जघानेन्द्रजितः पार्थ रथं साश्वं ससारथिम्।
so'ṅgadena ruṣotsṛṣṭo vadhāyendrajitastaruḥ|| jaghānendrajitaḥ pārtha rathaṃ sāśvaṃ sasārathim|
And that tree, hurled wrathfully by Angada for killing Indrajita, O Partha, destroyed his car together with the charioteer and horses.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.17
ततो हताश्वात् प्रस्कन्ध रथात् स हतसारथिः॥ तत्रैवान्तर्दधे राजन् मायया रावणात्मजः।
tato hatāśvāt praskandha rathāt sa hatasārathiḥ|| tatraivāntardadhe rājan māyayā rāvaṇātmajaḥ|
His horses and driver being slain, he jumped down from the car; and O king, resorting to his power of illusion, the son of Ravana vanished at that very spot.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.18
अन्तर्हितं विदित्वा तं बहुमायं च राक्षसम्॥ रामस्तं देशमागम्य तत् सैन्यं पर्यरक्षत।
antarhitaṃ viditvā taṃ bahumāyaṃ ca rākṣasam|| rāmastaṃ deśamāgamya tat sainyaṃ paryarakṣata|
Knowing that the Rakshasa capable of spreading various illusions, had disappeared, Rama coming up to that place (where the battle was raging) began to carefully protect his army.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.19
स राममुद्दिश्य शरैस्ततो दत्तवरैस्तदा॥ 'विव्याध सर्वगात्रेषु लक्ष्मणं च महाबलम्।
sa rāmamuddiśya śaraistato dattavaraistadā|| 'vivyādha sarvagātreṣu lakṣmaṇaṃ ca mahābalam|
He (Indrajita), then, aiming at Rama and the highly-powerful Lakshmana began to pierce them, with arrows obtained as boons, all over their bodies.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.20
तमदृश्यं शरैः शूरौ माययान्तर्हितं तदा॥ योधयामासतुरुभौ रावणिं रामलक्ष्मणौ।
tamadṛśyaṃ śaraiḥ śūrau māyayāntarhitaṃ tadā|| yodhayāmāsaturubhau rāvaṇiṃ rāmalakṣmaṇau|
Then both the heroic Rama and Lakshmana, began to fight the son of Ravana, who remained invisible by his powers of illusion, by means of arrows.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.21
स रुषा सर्वगात्रेषु तयोः पुरुषसिंहयोः॥ व्यसृजत् सायकान् भूयः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः।
sa ruṣā sarvagātreṣu tayoḥ puruṣasiṃhayoḥ|| vyasṛjat sāyakān bhūyaḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ|
But Indrajita discharged at the bodies of those lions among men, incessant showers of arrows by hundreds and thousands.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.22
तमदृश्यं विचिन्वन्तः सृजन्तमनिशं शरान्॥ हरयो विविशुफ्रेम प्रगृह्य महती: शिलाः।
tamadṛśyaṃ vicinvantaḥ sṛjantamaniśaṃ śarān|| harayo viviśuphrema pragṛhya mahatī: śilāḥ|
Seeing that he (Indrajita) remaining invisible, poured down showers of arrows, the monkeys taking up huge stones entered into (every part of the) firmament.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.23
तांश्च तौ चाप्यदृश्यः स शरैर्विव्याधराक्षसः॥ स भृशं ताडयामास रावणिर्माययाऽऽवृतः।
tāṃśca tau cāpyadṛśyaḥ sa śarairvivyādharākṣasaḥ|| sa bhṛśaṃ tāḍayāmāsa rāvaṇirmāyayā''vṛtaḥ|
But the Rakshasa being invisible, pierced them and the two (brothers Rama and Lakshmana), with arrows hidden by illusion, the son of Ravana sorely afflicted them (the monkeys).
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)
MBh 2 288.24
तौ शरैराचितौ वीरौ भ्रातरौ रामलक्ष्मणौ। पेततुर्गगनाद् भूमिं सूर्याचन्द्रमसाविव॥
tau śarairācitau vīrau bhrātarau rāmalakṣmaṇau| petaturgaganād bhūmiṃ sūryācandramasāviva||
And the two brothers, the heroic Rama and Lakshmana, wounded all over with shafts fell down on earth, as if the sun and the moon had fallen from the firmament.
— tr. M.N. Dutt (1891–96) (public domain)