Padma Purana — Patala Khanda — Chapter 63
PdP 5 63.1
शेष उवाच। लवं विमूर्च्छितं दृष्ट्वा बलिवैरिविदारणम् । शत्रुघ्नो जयमापेदे रणमूर्ध्नि महाबलः
śeṣa uvāca| lavaṃ vimūrcchitaṃ dṛṣṭvā balivairividāraṇam | śatrughno jayamāpede raṇamūrdhni mahābalaḥ
Śeṣa said: Seeing Lava, the render of Bali's foes, fainted, the mighty Śatrughna gained the victory at the head of the battle.
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PdP 5 63.2
लवं बालं रथे स्थाप्य शिरस्त्राणाद्यलंकृतम् । रामप्रतिनिधिं मूर्त्या ततो गंतुमियेष सः
lavaṃ bālaṃ rathe sthāpya śirastrāṇādyalaṃkṛtam | rāmapratinidhiṃ mūrtyā tato gaṃtumiyeṣa saḥ
Having set the boy Lava in his chariot—(Lava) adorned with a helmet and the rest, in form the very counterpart of Rāma—he then wished to depart.
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PdP 5 63.3
स्वमित्रं शत्रुणा ग्रस्तमिति दुःखसमन्विताः । बालामात्रेऽस्य सीतायै त्वरिताः संन्यवेदयन्
svamitraṃ śatruṇā grastamiti duḥkhasamanvitāḥ | bālāmātre'sya sītāyai tvaritāḥ saṃnyavedayan
(Thinking) "Our friend has been seized by the enemy!", the boys, filled with grief, hurriedly reported it to his mother, to Sītā.
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PdP 5 63.4
बाला ऊचुः। मातर्जानकि ते पुत्रो बलाद्वाहमपाहरत् । कस्यचिद्भूपवर्यस्य बलयुक्तस्य मानिनः
bālā ūcuḥ| mātarjānaki te putro balādvāhamapāharat | kasyacidbhūpavaryasya balayuktasya māninaḥ
The boys said: Mother Jānakī, your son took away by force the horse of some eminent king, a proud man possessed of an army.
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PdP 5 63.5
ततो युद्धमभूद्घोरं तस्य सैन्येन जानकि । तदा वीरेण पुत्रेण तव सर्वं निपातितम्
tato yuddhamabhūdghoraṃ tasya sainyena jānaki | tadā vīreṇa putreṇa tava sarvaṃ nipātitam
Then, Jānakī, there was a dreadful battle with that (king's) army; and then your heroic son struck down the whole of it.
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PdP 5 63.6
पश्चादपि जयं प्राप्तः सुतस्तव मनोहरः । तं भूपं मूर्छितं कृत्वा जयमाप रणांगणे
paścādapi jayaṃ prāptaḥ sutastava manoharaḥ | taṃ bhūpaṃ mūrchitaṃ kṛtvā jayamāpa raṇāṃgaṇe
Afterwards too your charming son gained victory; having made that king swoon, he won victory on the field of battle.
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PdP 5 63.7
ततो मूर्च्छां विहायैष राजा परमदारुणः । संकुप्य पातयामास तव पुत्रं रणांगणे
tato mūrcchāṃ vihāyaiṣa rājā paramadāruṇaḥ | saṃkupya pātayāmāsa tava putraṃ raṇāṃgaṇe
Then that exceedingly cruel king, having thrown off his swoon, in a rage felled your son on the field of battle.
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PdP 5 63.8
अस्माभिर्वारितः पूर्वं मा गृहाण हयोत्तमम् । अस्मान्सर्वांश्च धिक्कृत्य ब्राह्मणान्वेदपारगान्
asmābhirvāritaḥ pūrvaṃ mā gṛhāṇa hayottamam | asmānsarvāṃśca dhikkṛtya brāhmaṇānvedapāragān
He was forbidden by us before: "Do not take the excellent horse"; but scorning all of us, brahmins who have gone to the end of the Vedas (he took it).
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PdP 5 63.9
इति वाक्यं शिशूनां सा समाकर्ण्य सुदारुणम् । पपात भूतलोपस्थे दुःखयुक्ता रुरोद ह
iti vākyaṃ śiśūnāṃ sā samākarṇya sudāruṇam | papāta bhūtalopasthe duḥkhayuktā ruroda ha
Hearing this most terrible speech of the boys, she fell upon the surface of the ground and, filled with grief, wept aloud.
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PdP 5 63.10
सीतोवाच। कथं नृपो दयाहीनो बालेन सह युध्यति । अधर्मकृतदुर्बुद्धिर्यो मद्बालं न्यपातयत्
sītovāca| kathaṃ nṛpo dayāhīno bālena saha yudhyati | adharmakṛtadurbuddhiryo madbālaṃ nyapātayat
Sītā said: How does a king, devoid of compassion, fight with a child—he of evil mind, doer of wrong, who has struck down my boy?
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PdP 5 63.11
लव वीरभवान्कुत्र वर्ततेऽति बलान्वितः । कथं त्वं निष्कृपस्याहो राज्ञोऽहार्षीद्धयोत्तमम्
lava vīrabhavānkutra vartate'ti balānvitaḥ | kathaṃ tvaṃ niṣkṛpasyāho rājño'hārṣīddhayottamam
"Lava, hero, where are you?"—thus (she cried)—"you who are full of strength; how did you, pitiless one, alas, carry off the king's excellent horse?"
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PdP 5 63.12
त्वं बालस्ते दुराक्रांताः सर्वशस्त्रविशारदाः । रथस्था विरथस्त्वं वै कथं युद्धं समं भवेत्
tvaṃ bālaste durākrāṃtāḥ sarvaśastraviśāradāḥ | rathasthā virathastvaṃ vai kathaṃ yuddhaṃ samaṃ bhavet
You are a child; they are hard to assail, skilled in all weapons, standing in chariots, while you are without a chariot—how could the fight be an equal one?
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PdP 5 63.13
ताताहं तु त्वया सार्द्धं रामत्यागासुखं जहौ । इदानीं रहिता युष्मत्कथं जीवामि कानने
tātāhaṃ tu tvayā sārddhaṃ rāmatyāgāsukhaṃ jahau | idānīṃ rahitā yuṣmatkathaṃ jīvāmi kānane
My dear, with you (at my side) I gave up the pain of Rāma's abandoning me; now, bereft of you, how shall I live in the forest?
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PdP 5 63.14
एहि मां मुंच यज्ञाश्वं गच्छत्वेष महीपतिः । मद्दुःखं नाभिजानासि मम दुःखप्रमार्जकः
ehi māṃ muṃca yajñāśvaṃ gacchatveṣa mahīpatiḥ | madduḥkhaṃ nābhijānāsi mama duḥkhapramārjakaḥ
Come, release me; let the sacrificial horse go, let this lord of the earth depart. You do not understand my sorrow, you who (should be) the wiper away of my sorrow.
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PdP 5 63.15
कुशो यद्यभविष्यत्स रणे वीरशिरोमणिः । अमोचयिष्यदधुना भवंतं भूपपार्श्वतः
kuśo yadyabhaviṣyatsa raṇe vīraśiromaṇiḥ | amocayiṣyadadhunā bhavaṃtaṃ bhūpapārśvataḥ
If Kuśa, that crest-jewel of heroes in battle, were here, he would now have freed you from the king's side.
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PdP 5 63.16
सोऽपि मद्दैवतो नास्ति समीपे किं करोम्यतः । दैवमेव ममाप्यत्र कारणं दुःखसंभवे
so'pi maddaivato nāsti samīpe kiṃ karomyataḥ | daivameva mamāpyatra kāraṇaṃ duḥkhasaṃbhave
But he too, my deity, is not near—so what shall I do? For me too, fate alone is the cause here in the arising of sorrow.
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PdP 5 63.17
एवमादि बहुश्रीमत्येषा वै विललाप ह । पादांगुष्ठेन लिखती भूमिं नेत्रद्वयाश्रुभिः
evamādi bahuśrīmatyeṣā vai vilalāpa ha | pādāṃguṣṭhena likhatī bhūmiṃ netradvayāśrubhiḥ
Thus and in like manner did that greatly fortunate lady lament, scratching the earth with her big toe, tears in both her eyes.
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PdP 5 63.18
बालान्प्रति जगादासौ पृथुकः स च भूपतिः । कथं मत्सुतमापात्य रणे कुत्र गमिष्यति
bālānprati jagādāsau pṛthukaḥ sa ca bhūpatiḥ | kathaṃ matsutamāpātya raṇe kutra gamiṣyati
She said to the boys: He (my son) is but a child, and he is a king—how, having felled my son in battle, where will he go?
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PdP 5 63.19
इति वाक्यं वदत्येषा जानकी पतिदेवता । तावत्कुशस्तु संप्राप्त उज्जयिन्या महर्षिभिः
iti vākyaṃ vadatyeṣā jānakī patidevatā | tāvatkuśastu saṃprāpta ujjayinyā maharṣibhiḥ
While Jānakī, whose deity was her husband, was speaking this speech, just then Kuśa arrived from Ujjayinī with the great sages.
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PdP 5 63.20
माघासितचतुर्दश्यां महाकालं समर्च्य च । प्राप्य भूरिवरांस्तस्मादागमन्मातृसन्निधौ
māghāsitacaturdaśyāṃ mahākālaṃ samarcya ca | prāpya bhūrivarāṃstasmādāgamanmātṛsannidhau
Having worshipped Mahākāla on the dark fourteenth of Māgha, and having obtained many boons from him, he came into his mother's presence.
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PdP 5 63.21
जानकीं विह्वलां दृष्ट्वा नेत्रोद्भूताश्रु विक्लवाम् । शोकविह्वलदीनांगीं बभाषे यावदुत्सुकः
jānakīṃ vihvalāṃ dṛṣṭvā netrodbhūtāśru viklavām | śokavihvaladīnāṃgīṃ babhāṣe yāvadutsukaḥ
Seeing Jānakī overcome, distressed with tears welling from her eyes, her limbs pitiful and faint with grief, he spoke at once, eagerly.
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PdP 5 63.22
तदा स्वबाहुरवदत्स्फुरद्युद्धाभिशंसनः । हृदये चरणोत्साहो बभूवातिरथस्य हि
tadā svabāhuravadatsphuradyuddhābhiśaṃsanaḥ | hṛdaye caraṇotsāho babhūvātirathasya hi
Then his own arm spoke (by throbbing), foretelling imminent battle; indeed in the heart of that surpassing chariot-warrior arose an eagerness to set out.
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PdP 5 63.23
स प्रत्युवाच जननीं दीनगद्गदभाषिणीम् । मातस्तव गतं दुःखं मयि पुत्र उपस्थिते
sa pratyuvāca jananīṃ dīnagadgadabhāṣiṇīm | mātastava gataṃ duḥkhaṃ mayi putra upasthite
He answered his mother, who spoke piteously with a faltering voice: "Mother, your sorrow is gone, now that I, your son, have come."
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PdP 5 63.24
मयि जीवति ते नेत्रादश्रूणि भुवि नो पतन् । प्रसूमुवाचाश्रुखिन्नां दीनगद्गदभाषिणीम्
mayi jīvati te netrādaśrūṇi bhuvi no patan | prasūmuvācāśrukhinnāṃ dīnagadgadabhāṣiṇīm
"While I live, let no tears fall from your eye to the ground." (So) he spoke to his mother, worn out with weeping, speaking piteously with a faltering voice.
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PdP 5 63.25
कुशो दुःखमितः सद्यो दुःखितां धीरमानसः । मम भ्राता लवः कुत्र वर्तते वैरिमर्दनः
kuśo duḥkhamitaḥ sadyo duḥkhitāṃ dhīramānasaḥ | mama bhrātā lavaḥ kutra vartate vairimardanaḥ
Kuśa, firm of mind, (spoke) at once to her who was thus grieved with sorrow: "Where is my brother Lava, the crusher of foes?"
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PdP 5 63.26
सदा मामागतं ज्ञात्वा प्रहर्षन्सन्निधावियात् । न दृश्यते कथं वीरः कुत्र रंतुं गतो बली
sadā māmāgataṃ jñātvā praharṣansannidhāviyāt | na dṛśyate kathaṃ vīraḥ kutra raṃtuṃ gato balī
Always, when he learns I have come, he would rejoice and come near. How is it that the hero is not seen? Where has the strong one gone to play?
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PdP 5 63.27
केन वा सह बालत्वाद्गतो मां वै निरीक्षितुम् । किं त्वं रोदिषि मे मातर्लवः कुत्र स वर्तते
kena vā saha bālatvādgato māṃ vai nirīkṣitum | kiṃ tvaṃ rodiṣi me mātarlavaḥ kutra sa vartate
Or with whom has he gone, being a child, to look for me? Why do you weep, my mother? Where is that Lava?
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PdP 5 63.28
तन्मे कथय सर्वं यत्तव दुःखस्य कारणम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा पुत्रवाक्यं सा दुःखिता कुशमब्रवीत्
tanme kathaya sarvaṃ yattava duḥkhasya kāraṇam | tacchrutvā putravākyaṃ sā duḥkhitā kuśamabravīt
Tell me all of it, whatever is the cause of your grief. Hearing that speech of her son, she, grieving, said to Kuśa:
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PdP 5 63.29
लवो धृतो नृपेणात्र केनचिद्धयरक्षिणा । बबंध बालको मेत्र हयं यागक्रियोचितम्
lavo dhṛto nṛpeṇātra kenaciddhayarakṣiṇā | babaṃdha bālako metra hayaṃ yāgakriyocitam
"Lava has been seized here by some king, a guardian of the horse. The boy bound the horse that was appointed for the sacrificial rite.
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PdP 5 63.30
तद्रक्षकान्बहूञ्जिग्ये एकोऽनेकान्रिपून्बली । राजा तं मूर्च्छितं कृत्वा बबंध रणमूर्धनि
tadrakṣakānbahūñjigye eko'nekānripūnbalī | rājā taṃ mūrcchitaṃ kṛtvā babaṃdha raṇamūrdhani
The mighty one, alone, conquered its many guards, many enemies; (but) the king, having made him swoon, bound him at the head of the battle.
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PdP 5 63.31
बालका इति मामूचुः सहगंतार एव हि । ततोऽहं दुःखिता जाता निशम्य लवमाधृतम्
bālakā iti māmūcuḥ sahagaṃtāra eva hi | tato'haṃ duḥkhitā jātā niśamya lavamādhṛtam
So the boys told me, they who had gone along with him; from that I became grief-stricken, hearing that Lava had been seized.
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PdP 5 63.32
त्वं मोचय बलात्तस्मात्काले प्राप्तो नृपोत्तमात् । निशम्य मातुर्वचनं कुशः कोपसमन्वितः । जगाद तां दशन्नोष्ठं दंतैर्दंतान्विनिष्पिषन्
tvaṃ mocaya balāttasmātkāle prāpto nṛpottamāt | niśamya māturvacanaṃ kuśaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ | jagāda tāṃ daśannoṣṭhaṃ daṃtairdaṃtānviniṣpiṣan
You—free him by force from that best of kings; you have arrived at the (right) moment." Hearing his mother's words, Kuśa, filled with rage, biting his lip and grinding tooth against tooth, said to her:
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PdP 5 63.33
कुश उवाच। मातर्जानीहि तं मुक्तं लवं पाशस्य बंधनात् । इदानीं हन्मि तं बाणैः समग्रबलवाहनम्
kuśa uvāca| mātarjānīhi taṃ muktaṃ lavaṃ pāśasya baṃdhanāt | idānīṃ hanmi taṃ bāṇaiḥ samagrabalavāhanam
Kuśa said: Mother, know that Lava is freed from the bondage of the noose. Now I shall strike him down with arrows, together with his whole army and mounts.
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PdP 5 63.34
यदि देवोऽमरो वापि यदि शर्वः समागतः । तथापि मोचये तस्माद्बाणैर्निशितपर्वभिः
yadi devo'maro vāpi yadi śarvaḥ samāgataḥ | tathāpi mocaye tasmādbāṇairniśitaparvabhiḥ
Even if a god, or an immortal, or even if Śarva himself has come there, still I shall free (Lava) from him with arrows of sharpened joints.
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PdP 5 63.35
मा रोदिषि मातरिह वीराणां रणमूर्छितम् । कीर्तयेऽत्र भवत्येव पलायनमकीर्तये
mā rodiṣi mātariha vīrāṇāṃ raṇamūrchitam | kīrtaye'tra bhavatyeva palāyanamakīrtaye
Do not weep, mother; for heroes, being stunned in battle here (leads) to fame, whereas flight leads to disgrace.
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PdP 5 63.36
देहि मे कवचं दिव्यं धनुर्गुणसमन्वितम् । शिरस्त्राणं च मे मातः करवालं तथाशितम्
dehi me kavacaṃ divyaṃ dhanurguṇasamanvitam | śirastrāṇaṃ ca me mātaḥ karavālaṃ tathāśitam
Give me the divine armour, the bow furnished with its string, and a helmet, mother, and likewise a sharpened sword.
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PdP 5 63.37
इदानीं यामि समरे पातयामि बलं महत् । मोचयामि भ्रातरं स्वं रणमध्याद्विमूर्छितम्
idānīṃ yāmi samare pātayāmi balaṃ mahat | mocayāmi bhrātaraṃ svaṃ raṇamadhyādvimūrchitam
Now I go to the battle; I shall bring down that great army; I shall free my own brother, senseless, from the midst of the fight.
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PdP 5 63.38
न मोचयाम्यद्य पुत्रं तव मातर्महारणात् । तदा तौ मे भवत्पादौ संरुष्टौ भवतां क्षितौ
na mocayāmyadya putraṃ tava mātarmahāraṇāt | tadā tau me bhavatpādau saṃruṣṭau bhavatāṃ kṣitau
If today I do not free your son, mother, from that great battle, then let these feet of yours be wrathful with me here on the earth.
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PdP 5 63.39
शेष उवाच। इति वाक्येन संतुष्टा जानकी शुभलक्षणा । सर्वं प्रादादस्त्रवृंदं जयाशीर्भिर्नियुज्यतम्
śeṣa uvāca| iti vākyena saṃtuṣṭā jānakī śubhalakṣaṇā | sarvaṃ prādādastravṛṃdaṃ jayāśīrbhirniyujyatam
Śeṣa said: Pleased by this speech, Jānakī of auspicious marks gave (him) the whole array of weapons, joined with blessings for victory.
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PdP 5 63.40
प्रयाहि पुत्र संग्रामं लवं मोचय मूर्च्छितम् । इत्याज्ञप्तः कुशः संख्ये कवची कुंडली बली
prayāhi putra saṃgrāmaṃ lavaṃ mocaya mūrcchitam | ityājñaptaḥ kuśaḥ saṃkhye kavacī kuṃḍalī balī
"Go forth, son, to the battle; free Lava, who lies senseless." Thus commanded, mighty Kuśa (stood) in the fight, wearing armour and earrings,
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PdP 5 63.41
मुकुटी करवाली च चर्मधारी धनुर्धरः । अक्षयाविषुधी कृत्वा स्कंधयोः सिंहवीर्ययोः
mukuṭī karavālī ca carmadhārī dhanurdharaḥ | akṣayāviṣudhī kṛtvā skaṃdhayoḥ siṃhavīryayoḥ
crowned, bearing sword and shield, holding a bow, having placed two inexhaustible quivers upon his shoulders that had the strength of a lion,
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PdP 5 63.42
जगाम तरसा नत्वा मातृपादौ रथाग्रणीः । वेगेन यावद्युद्धाय गच्छति क्षिप्रमाहवे
jagāma tarasā natvā mātṛpādau rathāgraṇīḥ | vegena yāvadyuddhāya gacchati kṣipramāhave
Having swiftly bowed at his mother's feet, the foremost of charioteers went forth; and while he was going with speed, quickly, to the battle, to fight —
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PdP 5 63.43
तावद्ददर्श स्वलवं वैरिवृंदनिपातकम् । आयांतं तं कुशं वीरा ददृशुः सुमहाभटाः
tāvaddadarśa svalavaṃ vairivṛṃdanipātakam | āyāṃtaṃ taṃ kuśaṃ vīrā dadṛśuḥ sumahābhaṭāḥ
— meanwhile he saw his own (brother) Lava, the feller of the host of enemies; and the heroes, the very great warriors, saw that Kuśa coming,
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PdP 5 63.44
कृतांतमिव संहर्तुं सर्वं विश्वमुपस्थितम् । लवो महाबलं दृष्ट्वा कुशं भ्रातरमागतम्
kṛtāṃtamiva saṃhartuṃ sarvaṃ viśvamupasthitam | lavo mahābalaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuśaṃ bhrātaramāgatam
like Death come to destroy the whole universe. Lava, seeing his brother Kuśa of great strength arrived,
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PdP 5 63.45
अत्यंतं वह्निवद्युद्धे दिदीपे वायुना समम् । रथादुन्मुच्य चात्मानं युद्धाय स विनिर्गतः
atyaṃtaṃ vahnivadyuddhe didīpe vāyunā samam | rathādunmucya cātmānaṃ yuddhāya sa vinirgataḥ
blazed exceedingly in the battle like fire together with wind; and releasing himself from the chariot he went out to fight.
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PdP 5 63.46
कुशः सर्वान्रणस्थान्वै वीरान्पूर्वदिशि क्षिपत् । पश्चिमायां दिशि लवः कोपात्सर्वान्समैरयत्
kuśaḥ sarvānraṇasthānvai vīrānpūrvadiśi kṣipat | paścimāyāṃ diśi lavaḥ kopātsarvānsamairayat
Kuśa flung all the heroes standing in the battle toward the eastern quarter; and in the western quarter Lava, out of anger, drove them all along.
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PdP 5 63.48
कुशबाणव्यथाव्याप्ता लवसायकपीडिताः । सैन्ये जना मुने सर्वे उत्कल्लोलांबुधिभ्रमाः ४७ उत्कल। कुशेन च लवेनाथ शरव्रातैः प्रपीडितम् । न शर्म लेभे सकलं सैन्यं वीरप्रपूरितम्
kuśabāṇavyathāvyāptā lavasāyakapīḍitāḥ | sainye janā mune sarve utkallolāṃbudhibhramāḥ 47 utkala| kuśena ca lavenātha śaravrātaiḥ prapīḍitam | na śarma lebhe sakalaṃ sainyaṃ vīraprapūritam
O sage, all the people in the army, overwhelmed by the pain of Kuśa's arrows and afflicted by Lava's shafts, were (tossed) like the wandering of an ocean with surging waves. (47) Then, tormented by the volleys of arrows from Kuśa and from Lava, the whole army, filled with heroes, found no relief.
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PdP 5 63.49
इतस्ततः प्रभग्नं तद्बलं त्रस्तं पुनः पुनः । न कुत्रचिद्रणे स्थित्वा युद्धमैच्छद्बलान्वितः
itastataḥ prabhagnaṃ tadbalaṃ trastaṃ punaḥ punaḥ | na kutracidraṇe sthitvā yuddhamaicchadbalānvitaḥ
That army, shattered this way and that, terrified again and again, nowhere stood in the battle nor, though possessed of force, wished to fight.
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PdP 5 63.50
एतस्मिन्समये राजा शत्रुघ्नः परतापनः । कुशं वीरं ययौ योद्धुं तादृशं लवसन्निभम्
etasminsamaye rājā śatrughnaḥ paratāpanaḥ | kuśaṃ vīraṃ yayau yoddhuṃ tādṛśaṃ lavasannibham
At this moment King Śatrughna, scorcher of foes, went to fight the hero Kuśa, who was just like Lava.
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PdP 5 63.51
कुशं दृष्ट्वा बलाक्रांतं राममूर्तिसमप्रभम् । रथे तिष्ठन्हेममये जगाद परवीरहा
kuśaṃ dṛṣṭvā balākrāṃtaṃ rāmamūrtisamaprabham | rathe tiṣṭhanhemamaye jagāda paravīrahā
Seeing Kuśa overpowering (his) force, with a radiance equal to Rāma's form, the slayer of enemy heroes, standing in his golden chariot, spoke.
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PdP 5 63.52
शत्रुघ्न उवाच। कोऽसि त्वं सन्निभो भ्रात्रा लवेन सुमहाबलः । किं नामासि महावीर कस्ते तातः क्व ते प्रसूः
śatrughna uvāca| ko'si tvaṃ sannibho bhrātrā lavena sumahābalaḥ | kiṃ nāmāsi mahāvīra kaste tātaḥ kva te prasūḥ
Śatrughna said: Who are you, resembling your brother Lava, of very great strength? What is your name, great hero? Who is your father, where is your mother?
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PdP 5 63.53
कथं वने द्विजैर्जुष्टे तिष्ठसि त्वं नरर्षभ । सर्वं शंस यथायुध्ये त्वया सह महाबल
kathaṃ vane dvijairjuṣṭe tiṣṭhasi tvaṃ nararṣabha | sarvaṃ śaṃsa yathāyudhye tvayā saha mahābala
How is it that you dwell in a forest frequented by brahmins, O bull among men? Tell everything, so that I may fight with you, O mighty one.
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PdP 5 63.54
इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य कुशः प्रोवाच भूमिपम् । मेघगंभीरया वाचा नादयन्रणमंडलम्
iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya kuśaḥ provāca bhūmipam | meghagaṃbhīrayā vācā nādayanraṇamaṃḍalam
Hearing this speech, Kuśa spoke to the king in a voice deep as a cloud, making the arena of battle resound:
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PdP 5 63.55
केवलं सुषुवे सीता पतिव्रतपरायणा । वने वसावो वाल्मीकेश्चरणार्चनतत्परौ
kevalaṃ suṣuve sītā pativrataparāyaṇā | vane vasāvo vālmīkeścaraṇārcanatatparau
"Sītā alone, devoted to the vow of fidelity to her husband, bore (us); we two dwell in the forest, intent on the worship of Vālmīki's feet,
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PdP 5 63.56
मातृसेवासमुद्युक्तौ सर्वविद्याविशारदौ । कुशो लव इति प्रख्यामागतौ भूपतेऽनघ
mātṛsevāsamudyuktau sarvavidyāviśāradau | kuśo lava iti prakhyāmāgatau bhūpate'nagha
engaged in service to our mother, skilled in all branches of knowledge; we have come to be known as Kuśa and Lava, O sinless king.
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PdP 5 63.57
कस्त्वं वीरो रणश्लाघी किमर्थं हयसत्तमः । मुक्तोऽस्ति समरे त्वद्य जेतासि बलसंयुतः
kastvaṃ vīro raṇaślāghī kimarthaṃ hayasattamaḥ | mukto'sti samare tvadya jetāsi balasaṃyutaḥ
Who are you, a hero boastful in battle? For what purpose has this best of horses been let loose? Today in battle will you, with your army, be the victor?
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PdP 5 63.58
युध्यस्व त्वं मया सार्द्धं यदि वीरोऽसि भूमिप । इदानीं पातयिष्यामि भवंतं रणमूर्धनि
yudhyasva tvaṃ mayā sārddhaṃ yadi vīro'si bhūmipa | idānīṃ pātayiṣyāmi bhavaṃtaṃ raṇamūrdhani
Fight with me, if you are a hero, O king; right now I shall bring you down at the head of the battle."
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PdP 5 63.59
शत्रुघ्नस्तं सुतं ज्ञात्वा सीताया रामसंभवम् । विसिष्माय स्वयं चित्ते कोपाद्धनुरुपाददत्
śatrughnastaṃ sutaṃ jñātvā sītāyā rāmasaṃbhavam | visiṣmāya svayaṃ citte kopāddhanurupādadat
Śatrughna, recognising him as the son of Sītā, born of Rāma, marvelled inwardly in his own mind, (yet) in anger took up his bow.
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PdP 5 63.60
तमात्तधनुषं दृष्ट्वा कुशः कोपसमन्वितः । विस्फारयामास धनुः स्वीयं सुदृढमुत्तमम्
tamāttadhanuṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā kuśaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ | visphārayāmāsa dhanuḥ svīyaṃ sudṛḍhamuttamam
Seeing him with bow taken up, Kuśa, filled with anger, drew taut his own excellent, very firm bow.
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PdP 5 63.61
मुमोच बाणान्निशिताञ्छत्रुघ्नः सर्वशस्त्रवित् । तांश्चिच्छेद कुशः सर्वांल्लीलया प्रहसन्रणे
mumoca bāṇānniśitāñchatrughnaḥ sarvaśastravit | tāṃściccheda kuśaḥ sarvāṃllīlayā prahasanraṇe
Śatrughna, knower of all weapons, loosed sharp arrows; Kuśa cut them all off in play, laughing in the battle.
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PdP 5 63.62
बाणाश्च शतसाहस्राः कुशस्य च नृपस्य च । भुवनं व्याप्नुवन्सर्वं तच्चित्रमभवन्मुने
bāṇāśca śatasāhasrāḥ kuśasya ca nṛpasya ca | bhuvanaṃ vyāpnuvansarvaṃ taccitramabhavanmune
And the arrows of Kuśa and of the king, hundreds of thousands, filled the whole world — that was a marvel, O sage.
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PdP 5 63.63
अग्न्यस्त्रेण कुशः सर्वान्ददाह तरसा बली । शमयामास तं भूपः पर्जन्यास्त्रेण वीर्यवान् शत्रुघ्नमूर्च्छने कुशजयोनाम त्रिषष्टितमोऽध्यायः
agnyastreṇa kuśaḥ sarvāndadāha tarasā balī | śamayāmāsa taṃ bhūpaḥ parjanyāstreṇa vīryavān śatrughnamūrcchane kuśajayonāma triṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ
With the fire-weapon the mighty Kuśa swiftly burned them all; (but) the valorous king quelled it with the rain-weapon. — Chapter sixty-three, called "The Swooning of Śatrughna and the Victory of Kuśa."
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PdP 5 63.64
शमयामास तं भूपो वायव्येनातिविक्रमः । तदा वायुरभूत्तीव्रः सर्वतो रणमंडले । पर्वतास्त्रेण तं वायुं क्षोभयंतं समावृणोत्
śamayāmāsa taṃ bhūpo vāyavyenātivikramaḥ | tadā vāyurabhūttīvraḥ sarvato raṇamaṃḍale | parvatāstreṇa taṃ vāyuṃ kṣobhayaṃtaṃ samāvṛṇot
The king of surpassing might quelled that with the wind-weapon; then a fierce wind arose on all sides over the field of battle. With the mountain-weapon (Kuśa) covered over that wind as it churned (everything up).
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PdP 5 63.65
वज्रास्त्रेण नृपः संख्ये चिच्छेद सनगोपलान् । तदा नारायणास्त्रं स मुमोच कुश उद्भटः । नारायणं तदा भूपं नाशकत्परिबाधितुम्
vajrāstreṇa nṛpaḥ saṃkhye ciccheda sanagopalān | tadā nārāyaṇāstraṃ sa mumoca kuśa udbhaṭaḥ | nārāyaṇaṃ tadā bhūpaṃ nāśakatparibādhitum
With the thunderbolt-weapon the king in battle split (the mountains) together with their trees and rocks; then that pre-eminent Kuśa released the Nārāyaṇa-weapon. But then the Nārāyaṇa (weapon) was unable to afflict the king.
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PdP 5 63.66
तदा प्रकुपितोऽत्यतं कुशः कोपपरायणः । उवाच भूपं शत्रुघ्नं महाबलपराक्रमम्
tadā prakupito'tyataṃ kuśaḥ kopaparāyaṇaḥ | uvāca bhūpaṃ śatrughnaṃ mahābalaparākramam
Then Kuśa, exceedingly enraged and given over to wrath, spoke to King Śatrughna, whose strength and prowess were great:
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PdP 5 63.67
जानामि त्वां महावीरं संग्रामे जयकारिणम् । यत्त्वां नारायणास्त्रं मे न बबाधे भयानकम्
jānāmi tvāṃ mahāvīraṃ saṃgrāme jayakāriṇam | yattvāṃ nārāyaṇāstraṃ me na babādhe bhayānakam
"I know you to be a great hero, a winner of victory in battle, since my terrifying Nārāyaṇa-weapon did not afflict you.
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PdP 5 63.68
इदानीं पातयाम्यद्य भूमौ त्वां नृपते शरैः । त्रिभिश्चेन्नकरोम्येतत्प्रतिज्ञां तर्हि मे शृणु
idānīṃ pātayāmyadya bhūmau tvāṃ nṛpate śaraiḥ | tribhiścennakaromyetatpratijñāṃ tarhi me śṛṇu
"Now, this very day, O king, I shall fell you to the ground with arrows — with three; and if I do not accomplish this, then hear my vow:
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PdP 5 63.69
यो मनुष्यवपुः प्राप्य दुर्लभं पुण्यकोटिभिः । तन्नाद्रियेत संमोहात्तस्य मेस्त्वत्र पातकम्
yo manuṣyavapuḥ prāpya durlabhaṃ puṇyakoṭibhiḥ | tannādriyeta saṃmohāttasya mestvatra pātakam
"Whoever, having obtained a human body, hard to win even by crores of meritorious deeds, should out of delusion not honour it — let his sin be mine in this matter.
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PdP 5 63.70
सावधानो भवानत्र भवतु प्रधनांगणे । पातयामि क्षितौ सद्य इत्युक्त्वा स्वशरासने
sāvadhāno bhavānatra bhavatu pradhanāṃgaṇe | pātayāmi kṣitau sadya ityuktvā svaśarāsane
"Be on your guard here, sir, on this field of battle; I shall fell (you) to the earth at once." Having said this, on his own bow
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PdP 5 63.71
शरं संरोपयामास घोरं कालानलप्रभम् । लक्षीकृत्य रिपोर्वक्षो विपुलं कठिनं महत्
śaraṃ saṃropayāmāsa ghoraṃ kālānalaprabham | lakṣīkṛtya riporvakṣo vipulaṃ kaṭhinaṃ mahat
he fitted an arrow, terrible, with the radiance of the fire of time, taking as his target the enemy's chest, broad, hard, and huge.
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PdP 5 63.72
तं संधितं शरं दृष्ट्वा शत्रुघ्नः कोपमूर्च्छितः । मुमोच बाणान्निशितान्कुशत्वग्भेदकारकान्
taṃ saṃdhitaṃ śaraṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrughnaḥ kopamūrcchitaḥ | mumoca bāṇānniśitānkuśatvagbhedakārakān
Seeing that arrow set to the string, Śatrughna, swooning with rage, released sharp arrows that pierced Kuśa's skin.
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PdP 5 63.73
स बाणो हृदयं तस्य भेत्तुं तत्प्रचचाल वै । घोररूपो वह्निसमआशीविषवदुच्छ्वसन्
sa bāṇo hṛdayaṃ tasya bhettuṃ tatpracacāla vai | ghorarūpo vahnisamaāśīviṣavaducchvasan
That arrow of his sped forth to split (Śatrughna's) heart, terrible in form, like fire, hissing like a venomous snake.
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PdP 5 63.74
स बाणो नृपवर्येण रामं स्मृत्वाशुलक्षितः । चिच्छेद कुशमुक्तं स सायकं शितपर्वकम्
sa bāṇo nṛpavaryeṇa rāmaṃ smṛtvāśulakṣitaḥ | ciccheda kuśamuktaṃ sa sāyakaṃ śitaparvakam
That arrow was quickly marked by the best of kings, who called Rāma to mind; and he cut the sharp-jointed shaft released by Kuśa.
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PdP 5 63.75
तदात्यंतं प्रकुपितः कुशो बाणस्य कृंतनात् । अपरं सायकं चापे दधार शितपर्वकम्
tadātyaṃtaṃ prakupitaḥ kuśo bāṇasya kṛṃtanāt | aparaṃ sāyakaṃ cāpe dadhāra śitaparvakam
Then Kuśa, exceedingly enraged at the cutting of his arrow, laid another sharp-jointed shaft upon his bow.
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PdP 5 63.76
स यावत्तदुरो भेत्तुं करोति च बलोद्धुरः । तं तावदच्छिनत्तस्य शरं कालानलप्रभम्
sa yāvattaduro bhettuṃ karoti ca baloddhuraḥ | taṃ tāvadacchinattasya śaraṃ kālānalaprabham
While he, swelling with strength, was acting to pierce that (enemy's) chest, meanwhile (Śatrughna) cut down his arrow that had the radiance of the fire of time.
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PdP 5 63.77
तदा कुशो मातृपादौ स्मृत्वा रोषसमन्वितः । तृतीयं चापके स्वीये दधार शरमद्भुतम्
tadā kuśo mātṛpādau smṛtvā roṣasamanvitaḥ | tṛtīyaṃ cāpake svīye dadhāra śaramadbhutam
Then Kuśa, filled with fury, called his mother's feet to mind and laid a marvellous arrow upon his own bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 63.78
शत्रुघ्नस्तमपि क्षिप्रं च्छेत्तुं बाणं समाददे । तावद्विद्धः शरेणासौ पपात धरणीतले
śatrughnastamapi kṣipraṃ cchettuṃ bāṇaṃ samādade | tāvadviddhaḥ śareṇāsau papāta dharaṇītale
Śatrughna quickly took up an arrow to cut that one too; but by then, pierced by the shaft, he fell to the surface of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 5 63.79
हाहाकारो महानासीच्छत्रुघ्ने विनिपातिते । जयमापकुशस्तत्र स्वबाहुबलदर्पितः
hāhākāro mahānāsīcchatrughne vinipātite | jayamāpakuśastatra svabāhubaladarpitaḥ
A great cry of "Alas! Alas!" arose when Śatrughna was struck down; and there Kuśa, proud of the strength of his own arms, won the victory.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition