Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 62
PdP 5 62.1
शेष उवाच। मूर्च्छितं मारुतिं श्रुत्वा शत्रुघ्नः शोकमाययौ । किंकर्तव्यं मया संख्ये बालकोऽयं महाबलः
śeṣa uvāca| mūrcchitaṃ mārutiṃ śrutvā śatrughnaḥ śokamāyayau | kiṃkartavyaṃ mayā saṃkhye bālako'yaṃ mahābalaḥ
Śeṣa said: Hearing that the son of Marut had swooned, Śatrughna fell into grief: "What is to be done by me in the battle? This boy is of great strength."
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PdP 5 62.2
स्वयं रथे हेममये तिष्ठन्वीरवरैः सह । योद्धुं प्रागाल्लवो यत्र विचित्ररणकोविदः
svayaṃ rathe hemamaye tiṣṭhanvīravaraiḥ saha | yoddhuṃ prāgāllavo yatra vicitraraṇakovidaḥ
Himself standing in a golden chariot together with the best of warriors, he went forth to fight where Lava, expert in wondrous battle, was.
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PdP 5 62.3
लवं ददर्श शिशुतां प्राप्तं राममिव क्षितौ । धनुर्बाणकरं वीरान्क्षिपंतं रणमूर्धनि
lavaṃ dadarśa śiśutāṃ prāptaṃ rāmamiva kṣitau | dhanurbāṇakaraṃ vīrānkṣipaṃtaṃ raṇamūrdhani
He saw Lava, like Rāma come to childhood on earth, bow and arrow in hand, hurling down warriors at the head of the battle.
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PdP 5 62.4
विचारयामास तदा कोऽयं रामस्वरूपधृक् । नीलोत्पलदलश्यामं वपुर्बिभ्रन्मनोहरम्
vicārayāmāsa tadā ko'yaṃ rāmasvarūpadhṛk | nīlotpaladalaśyāmaṃ vapurbibhranmanoharam
Then he pondered: "Who is this, bearing Rāma's own form, wearing a lovely body dark as the petal of a blue lotus?
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PdP 5 62.5
एष वै देहतनुजा सुतो भवति नान्यथा । अस्मान्विजित्य समरे यास्यते मृगराडिव
eṣa vai dehatanujā suto bhavati nānyathā | asmānvijitya samare yāsyate mṛgarāḍiva
He is surely a son born of (Rāma's) own body, and no otherwise; having conquered us in battle he will go off like the king of beasts.
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PdP 5 62.6
अस्माकं नो जयो भाव्यः शक्त्या विरहितात्मनाम् । अशक्ताः किं करिष्यामः समरे रणकोविदाः
asmākaṃ no jayo bhāvyaḥ śaktyā virahitātmanām | aśaktāḥ kiṃ kariṣyāmaḥ samare raṇakovidāḥ
No victory is to be expected for us, whose selves are bereft of power; powerless, what shall we, though skilled in war, accomplish in battle?"
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PdP 5 62.7
इत्येवं स विचार्याथ बालकं तु वचोऽब्रवीत् । रणे कुतुककर्तारं वीरकोटिनिपातकम्
ityevaṃ sa vicāryātha bālakaṃ tu vaco'bravīt | raṇe kutukakartāraṃ vīrakoṭinipātakam
Having thus reflected, he then spoke a word to the boy, who was making a spectacle in the battle and felling warriors by the crore:
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PdP 5 62.8
कस्त्वं बाल रणेऽस्माकं वीरान्पातयसि क्षितौ । न जानीषे बलं राज्ञो रामस्य दनुजार्दिनः
kastvaṃ bāla raṇe'smākaṃ vīrānpātayasi kṣitau | na jānīṣe balaṃ rājño rāmasya danujārdinaḥ
"Who are you, boy, that you fell our warriors to the ground in battle? You do not know the strength of King Rāma, crusher of the demons.
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PdP 5 62.9
का ते माता पिता कस्ते सुभाग्यो जयमाप्तवान् । नाम किं विश्रुतं लोके जानीयां ते महाबल
kā te mātā pitā kaste subhāgyo jayamāptavān | nāma kiṃ viśrutaṃ loke jānīyāṃ te mahābala
Who is your mother, who your father, so fortunate as to have won (such) a victory? What is your name, renowned in the world? Let me know it, mighty one.
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PdP 5 62.10
मुञ्च वाहः कथं बद्धः शिशुत्वात्तत्क्षमामि ते । आयाहि रामं वीक्षस्व दास्यते बहुलं तव
muñca vāhaḥ kathaṃ baddhaḥ śiśutvāttatkṣamāmi te | āyāhi rāmaṃ vīkṣasva dāsyate bahulaṃ tava
Release the horse — why has it been tied up? Because of your childhood I forgive you that. Come, look upon Rāma; he will give you much.
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PdP 5 62.11
इत्युक्तो बालको वीरो वचः शत्रुघ्नमावदत् । किं ते नाम्नाथ पित्रा वा कुलेन वयसा तथा
ityukto bālako vīro vacaḥ śatrughnamāvadat | kiṃ te nāmnātha pitrā vā kulena vayasā tathā
Addressed thus, the boy hero spoke these words to Śatrughna: "What is (my) name to you, or (my) father, or (my) lineage, or likewise (my) age?"
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PdP 5 62.12
युध्यस्व समरे वीर चेत्त्वं बलयुतो भवेः । कुशं वीरं नमस्कृत्य पादयोर्याहि नान्यथा
yudhyasva samare vīra cettvaṃ balayuto bhaveḥ | kuśaṃ vīraṃ namaskṛtya pādayoryāhi nānyathā
"Fight in battle, hero, if you should be one endowed with strength; (otherwise) bow to the hero Kuśa and go to his feet — there is no other way."
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PdP 5 62.13
भ्राता रामस्य वीरो भूर्नावयोर्बलिनां वरः । वाहं विमोचय बलाच्छक्तिस्ते विद्यते यदि
bhrātā rāmasya vīro bhūrnāvayorbalināṃ varaḥ | vāhaṃ vimocaya balācchaktiste vidyate yadi
"You are Rāma's brother — be a hero! Between us two it is not (yet settled) who is the best of the strong. Free the horse by force, if you have the power."
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PdP 5 62.14
इत्युक्त्वा शरसंधानं कृत्वा प्राहरदुद्भटः । हृदये मस्तके चैव भुजयो रणमंडले
ityuktvā śarasaṃdhānaṃ kṛtvā prāharadudbhaṭaḥ | hṛdaye mastake caiva bhujayo raṇamaṃḍale
Having said this, the formidable one fitted an arrow and struck (him) on the chest and on the head and on the arms, there in the arena of battle.
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PdP 5 62.15
तदा प्रकुपितो राजा धनुः सज्यमथाकरोत् । नादयन्मेघगंभीरं त्रासयन्निव बालकम्
tadā prakupito rājā dhanuḥ sajyamathākarot | nādayanmeghagaṃbhīraṃ trāsayanniva bālakam
Then the king, enraged, strung his bow and made it resound deep as a cloud, as though to terrify the boy.
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PdP 5 62.16
बाणानपरिसंख्यातान्मुमोच बलिनां वरः । बालो बलेन चिच्छेद सर्वांस्तान्सायकव्रजान्
bāṇānaparisaṃkhyātānmumoca balināṃ varaḥ | bālo balena ciccheda sarvāṃstānsāyakavrajān
The best of the strong loosed countless arrows; the boy with (his own) strength cut down all those flights of shafts.
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PdP 5 62.17
लवस्यानेकधा मुक्तैर्बाणैर्व्याप्तं महीतलम् । व्यतीपाते प्रदत्तस्य दानस्येवाक्षयं गताः
lavasyānekadhā muktairbāṇairvyāptaṃ mahītalam | vyatīpāte pradattasya dānasyevākṣayaṃ gatāḥ
The surface of the earth was covered with arrows released manifold by Lava; they became inexhaustible, like a gift bestowed at the vyatīpāta conjunction.
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PdP 5 62.18
ते बाणा व्योमसकलं व्याप्नुवँल्लवसंधिताः । सूर्यमंडलमासाद्य प्रवर्तंते समंततः
te bāṇā vyomasakalaṃ vyāpnuva~llavasaṃdhitāḥ | sūryamaṃḍalamāsādya pravartaṃte samaṃtataḥ
Those arrows fitted by Lava spread over the whole sky, and reaching the sun's orb they moved about on every side.
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PdP 5 62.19
मारुतो नाविशद्यत्र बाणपंजरगोचरे । मनुष्याणां तु का वार्ता क्षणजीवितशंसिनाम्
māruto nāviśadyatra bāṇapaṃjaragocare | manuṣyāṇāṃ tu kā vārtā kṣaṇajīvitaśaṃsinām
Where the wind did not enter, within the range of that cage of arrows — what then to say of men, whose life is told in a moment?
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PdP 5 62.20
तद्बाणान्विस्तृतान्दृष्ट्वा शत्रुघ्नो विस्मयं गतः । अच्छिनच्छतसाहस्रं बाणमोचनकोविदः
tadbāṇānvistṛtāndṛṣṭvā śatrughno vismayaṃ gataḥ | acchinacchatasāhasraṃ bāṇamocanakovidaḥ
Seeing those arrows spread out, Śatrughna was astonished; skilled in loosing arrows, he cut down a hundred thousand (of them).
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PdP 5 62.21
ताञ्छिन्नान्सायकान्सर्वान्स्वीयान्दृष्ट्वा कुशानुजः । धनुश्चिच्छेद तरसा शत्रुघ्नस्य महीपतेः
tāñchinnānsāyakānsarvānsvīyāndṛṣṭvā kuśānujaḥ | dhanuściccheda tarasā śatrughnasya mahīpateḥ
Seeing all those shafts of his own cut down, the younger brother of Kuśa swiftly cut the bow of Śatrughna, the lord of the earth.
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PdP 5 62.22
सोऽन्यद्धनुरुपादाय यावन्मुंचति सायकान् । तावद्बभंज सरथं सायकैः शितपर्वभिः
so'nyaddhanurupādāya yāvanmuṃcati sāyakān | tāvadbabhaṃja sarathaṃ sāyakaiḥ śitaparvabhiḥ
While he, having taken up another bow, was about to release arrows, in that very moment (Lava) shattered it together with the chariot by arrows with sharpened joints.
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PdP 5 62.23
करस्थमच्छिनच्चापं सुदृढं गुणपूरितम् । तत्कर्मापूजयन्वीरा रणमंडलवर्तिनः
karasthamacchinaccāpaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ guṇapūritam | tatkarmāpūjayanvīrā raṇamaṃḍalavartinaḥ
He cut the bow in his hand, very firm and fitted with its string; the heroes present in the battle arena applauded that feat.
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PdP 5 62.24
सच्छिन्नधन्वा विरथो हताश्वो हतसारथिः । अन्यं रथं समास्थाय ययौ योद्धुं लवं बलात्
sacchinnadhanvā viratho hatāśvo hatasārathiḥ | anyaṃ rathaṃ samāsthāya yayau yoddhuṃ lavaṃ balāt
With his bow cut, chariotless, his horses slain, his charioteer slain, he mounted another chariot and went forcefully to fight Lava.
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PdP 5 62.25
अनेकबाणनिर्भिन्नः स्रवद्रक्तकलेवरः । पुष्पितः किंशुक इव शुशुभे रणमध्यगः
anekabāṇanirbhinnaḥ sravadraktakalevaraḥ | puṣpitaḥ kiṃśuka iva śuśubhe raṇamadhyagaḥ
Pierced by many arrows, his body streaming blood, standing in the midst of the battle he shone like a kiṃśuka tree in flower.
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PdP 5 62.26
शत्रुघ्नबाणप्रहतः परं कोपमुपागमत् । बाणसंधानचतुरः कुंडलीकृत चापवान्
śatrughnabāṇaprahataḥ paraṃ kopamupāgamat | bāṇasaṃdhānacaturaḥ kuṃḍalīkṛta cāpavān
Struck by Śatrughna's arrows, he came to extreme wrath; skilled at fitting arrows, he had his bow bent into a circle.
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PdP 5 62.27
विशीर्णकवचं देहं शिरोमुकुटवर्जितम् । स्रवद्रक्तपरिप्लुष्टं शत्रुघ्नस्य चकार सः
viśīrṇakavacaṃ dehaṃ śiromukuṭavarjitam | sravadraktaparipluṣṭaṃ śatrughnasya cakāra saḥ
He made Śatrughna's body one with shattered armour, stripped of the crown on his head, and soaked with flowing blood.
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PdP 5 62.28
तदा रामानुजः क्रुद्धो दशबाणाञ्छिताग्रकान् । मुमोच प्राणसंहारकारकान्कुपितो भृशम्
tadā rāmānujaḥ kruddho daśabāṇāñchitāgrakān | mumoca prāṇasaṃhārakārakānkupito bhṛśam
Then Rāma's younger brother, angered, exceedingly enraged, released ten sharp-pointed arrows that destroy life.
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PdP 5 62.29
स तांस्तांस्तिलशः कृत्वा बाणैर्निशितपर्वभिः । ताडयामास हृदये शत्रुघ्नस्याष्टभिः शरैः
sa tāṃstāṃstilaśaḥ kṛtvā bāṇairniśitaparvabhiḥ | tāḍayāmāsa hṛdaye śatrughnasyāṣṭabhiḥ śaraiḥ
He, having cut those (arrows) to bits with arrows of sharpened joints, struck Śatrughna in the chest with eight shafts.
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PdP 5 62.30
अत्यंतं बाणपीडार्तो लवं बलिनमुत्स्मरन् । दुःसहं मन्यमानस्तं शरान्मुंचन्नभूत्तदा
atyaṃtaṃ bāṇapīḍārto lavaṃ balinamutsmaran | duḥsahaṃ manyamānastaṃ śarānmuṃcannabhūttadā
Extremely afflicted by the pain of the arrows, recalling that Lava was mighty and thinking him hard to endure, he then ceased releasing arrows.
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PdP 5 62.31
तदा लवेन तीक्ष्णेन हृदि भिन्नो विशालके । अर्धचंद्रसमानेन तीक्ष्णपर्वसुशोभिना
tadā lavena tīkṣṇena hṛdi bhinno viśālake | ardhacaṃdrasamānena tīkṣṇaparvasuśobhinā
Then (Śatrughna) was pierced in his broad chest by Lava with a keen (arrow) like a half-moon, shining beautifully with its sharp joint.
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PdP 5 62.32
स विद्धो हृदि बाणेन पीडां प्राप्तः सुदारुणाम् । पपात स्यंदनोपस्थे धनुःपाणिः सुशोभितः
sa viddho hṛdi bāṇena pīḍāṃ prāptaḥ sudāruṇām | papāta syaṃdanopasthe dhanuḥpāṇiḥ suśobhitaḥ
Pierced in the chest by the arrow, having come to most terrible pain, he fell on the floor of the chariot, bow in hand, resplendent.
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PdP 5 62.33
शत्रुघ्नं मूर्छितं दृष्ट्वा नृपाश्च सुरथादयः । दुद्रुवुर्लवमुद्युक्ता जयप्राप्त्यै रणे तदा
śatrughnaṃ mūrchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpāśca surathādayaḥ | dudruvurlavamudyuktā jayaprāptyai raṇe tadā
And seeing Śatrughna fainted, the kings, Suratha and the rest, then rushed at Lava, set upon winning victory in the battle.
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PdP 5 62.34
सुरथो विमलो वीरो राजा वीरमणिस्तथा । सुमदो रिपुतापाद्याः परिवव्रुश्च संयुगे
suratho vimalo vīro rājā vīramaṇistathā | sumado riputāpādyāḥ parivavruśca saṃyuge
Suratha, Vimala the hero, and King Vīramaṇi, Sumada, Riputāpa and the others surrounded (him) in the fight.
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PdP 5 62.35
केचित्क्षुरप्रैर्मुसलैः केचिद्बाणैः सुदारुणैः । प्रासैः परशुभिः केचित्सर्वतः प्राहरन्नृपाः
kecitkṣuraprairmusalaiḥ kecidbāṇaiḥ sudāruṇaiḥ | prāsaiḥ paraśubhiḥ kecitsarvataḥ prāharannṛpāḥ
Some with razor-edged shafts and clubs, some with most terrible arrows, some with javelins and axes—the kings struck at him from every side.
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PdP 5 62.36
तानधर्मेण युद्धोत्कान्दृष्ट्वा वीरशिरोमणिः । दशभिर्दशभिर्बाणैस्ताडयामास संयुगे
tānadharmeṇa yuddhotkāndṛṣṭvā vīraśiromaṇiḥ | daśabhirdaśabhirbāṇaistāḍayāmāsa saṃyuge
Seeing them eager to fight against dharma, that crest-jewel of heroes struck each with ten arrows in the battle.
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PdP 5 62.37
ते बाणवर्षविहता रणमध्ये सुकोपनाः । केचित्पलायिताः केचिन्मुमुहुर्युद्धमंडले
te bāṇavarṣavihatā raṇamadhye sukopanāḥ | kecitpalāyitāḥ kecinmumuhuryuddhamaṃḍale
Struck down by the rain of arrows in the midst of the battle, they, though full of fury, some fled, some fainted on the field of battle.
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PdP 5 62.38
तावत्स राजा शत्रुघ्नो मूर्च्छां संत्यज्य संगरे । लवं प्रायान्महावीरं योद्धुं बलसमन्वितः
tāvatsa rājā śatrughno mūrcchāṃ saṃtyajya saṃgare | lavaṃ prāyānmahāvīraṃ yoddhuṃ balasamanvitaḥ
Meanwhile that King Śatrughna, casting off his swoon in the fight, went forth, accompanied by his army, to fight the great hero Lava.
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PdP 5 62.39
आगत्य तं लवं प्राह धन्योसि शिशुसन्निभः । न बालस्त्वं सुरः कश्चिच्छलितुं मां समागतः
āgatya taṃ lavaṃ prāha dhanyosi śiśusannibhaḥ | na bālastvaṃ suraḥ kaścicchalituṃ māṃ samāgataḥ
Coming up, he said to Lava: "You are blessed, resembling a child. You are no boy—you are some god come to deceive me."
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PdP 5 62.40
केनापि नहि वीरेण पातितो रणमंडले । त्वयाहं प्रापितो मूर्च्छां समक्षं मम पश्यतः
kenāpi nahi vīreṇa pātito raṇamaṃḍale | tvayāhaṃ prāpito mūrcchāṃ samakṣaṃ mama paśyataḥ
"By no hero at all have I been felled on the field of battle; by you I was brought to a swoon, right before me, while I looked on."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 62.41
इदानीं पश्य मे वीर्यं त्वां संख्ये पातयाम्यहम् । सहस्व बाणमेकं त्वं मापलायस्व बालक
idānīṃ paśya me vīryaṃ tvāṃ saṃkhye pātayāmyaham | sahasva bāṇamekaṃ tvaṃ māpalāyasva bālaka
"Now behold my valour: I shall fell you in the battle. Endure one arrow, boy—do not run away."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 62.42
इत्युक्त्वा समरे बालं शरमेकं समाददे । यमवक्त्रसमं घोरं लवणो येन घातितः
ityuktvā samare bālaṃ śaramekaṃ samādade | yamavaktrasamaṃ ghoraṃ lavaṇo yena ghātitaḥ
Having said this, he took up in the battle against the boy a single arrow, dreadful, like the mouth of Yama, by which Lavaṇa had been slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 62.43
संधाय बाणं जाज्वल्यं हृदि भेत्तुं मनो दधत् । लवं वीरसहस्राणां वह्निवत्सर्वदाहकम्
saṃdhāya bāṇaṃ jājvalyaṃ hṛdi bhettuṃ mano dadhat | lavaṃ vīrasahasrāṇāṃ vahnivatsarvadāhakam
Fitting the blazing arrow, he set his mind on piercing the chest of Lava, who burnt up all like fire (burns) thousands of heroes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 62.44
तं बाणं प्रज्वलंतं स द्योतयंतं दिशो दश । दृष्ट्वा सस्मार बलिनं कुशं वैरिनिपातिनम्
taṃ bāṇaṃ prajvalaṃtaṃ sa dyotayaṃtaṃ diśo daśa | dṛṣṭvā sasmāra balinaṃ kuśaṃ vairinipātinam
Seeing that arrow blazing and lighting up the ten directions, he remembered his mighty (brother) Kuśa, the feller of foes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 62.45
यद्यस्मिन्समये वीरो भ्राता स्याद्बलवान्मम । तदा शत्रुघ्नवशता न मे स्याद्भयमुल्बणम्
yadyasminsamaye vīro bhrātā syādbalavānmama | tadā śatrughnavaśatā na me syādbhayamulbaṇam
"If at this moment my mighty hero brother were here, then I would not be in Śatrughna's power, nor would I have this dire fear."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 62.46
एवं तर्कयतस्तस्य लवस्य च महात्मनः । हृदि लग्नो महाबाणो घोरः कालानलोपमः
evaṃ tarkayatastasya lavasya ca mahātmanaḥ | hṛdi lagno mahābāṇo ghoraḥ kālānalopamaḥ
While the great-souled Lava was thus reflecting, the great arrow, dreadful, like the fire of doomsday, struck in his chest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 62.47
मूर्च्छां प्राप तदा वीरो भूपसायकसंहतः । संगरे सर्ववीराणां शिरोभिः समलंकृते
mūrcchāṃ prāpa tadā vīro bhūpasāyakasaṃhataḥ | saṃgare sarvavīrāṇāṃ śirobhiḥ samalaṃkṛte
Then the hero, struck by the king's shaft, came to a swoon in the battle that was adorned with the heads of all the heroes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition