Yuddha Kanda · Sarga 67 of 128 · 177 verses
The Death of Kumbhakarna
Rallied by Angada, the monkeys return, resolved to die, and attack Kumbhakarna with trees and peaks. Swinging his mace, he scatters them; thousands lie struck down; he seizes them by the dozen in his arms and devours them like Garuda eating snakes. Dvivida hurls a mountain that misses him but crushes horses, elephants and chariots in his army; Hanuman, from the sky, rains peaks, rocks and trees on his head, which he shatters with his spear; then Hanuman strikes him with a mountain top, and Kumbhakarna, bleeding, drives his lightning-bright spear into Hanuman’s chest; Hanuman, vomiting blood, roars like a storm cloud, and the monkeys flee. Nila’s peak is smashed by Kumbhakarna’s fist. Rishabha, Sharabha, Nila, Gavaksha and Gandhamadana attack together; he feels their blows like caresses, crushes Rishabha in his arms, and fells the others with fist, knee, palm and foot. Thousands of monkeys climb him like a mountain and bite and claw him; he shakes them off and stuffs them into his mouth, where they escape through his nostrils and ears. Like the fire at the end of time he burns through the monkey army, and they run to Rama for refuge.
Angada strikes his head with a peak; Kumbhakarna hurls his spear; Angada dodges it, slaps his chest and is knocked senseless by a backhand blow. Kumbhakarna then goes for Sugriva, who comes at him with a mountain top: you have killed heroes and done a hard deed; leave the common monkeys and bear one blow from me. Kumbhakarna answers: you are Prajapati’s grandson and son of Riksharajas, full of courage; that is why you roar. Sugriva’s mountain shatters on his chest. Kumbhakarna hurls his spear at Sugriva, but Hanuman leaps up, catches the spear, a thousand loads of black iron, and breaks it over his knee; the monkeys cheer. Furious, Kumbhakarna tears off a peak of Lanka’s Malaya hill, knocks Sugriva senseless, picks him up and carries him off toward Lanka like a wind carrying a cloud, thinking that if the king is killed, the whole army and Raghava are finished. Hanuman considers rescuing him, but reasons that Sugriva will recover and free himself, and that a rescue would shame him; he rallies the army instead. In the city, sprinkled with cool water, flowers and parched grain from the rooftops, Sugriva comes to, and, still held, bites off Kumbhakarna’s ears and nose with his teeth and claws, tears his sides with his feet, and, when Kumbhakarna dashes him to the ground, bounces up like a ball into the sky and returns to Rama.
Earless and noseless, bleeding like a mountain with springs, Kumbhakarna takes up a terrible hammer and rushes out again, maddened, devouring monkeys, rakshasas, pishachas and bears alike, entrails hanging from his ears. Lakshmana pierces him with arrows and covers his golden armour. Kumbhakarna praises him: you have shown your valour fighting me unafraid, I who conquered even Death; even Indra on Airavata never stood before me. I am pleased with you, child though you are; with your leave I want to fight Rama alone; when he is dead, all is dead. Lakshmana answers: it is true, your valour has been seen; there stands Rama, like a mountain. Ignoring Lakshmana, Kumbhakarna rushes at Rama, shaking the earth. Rama shoots him in the heart with the Raudra weapon; sparks and flames burst from his mouth; his mace and weapons fall; he fights on with fists, eating monkeys and rakshasas alike, and hurls a mountain peak which Rama cuts down; it falls and kills two hundred monkeys. Lakshmana observes that Kumbhakarna, drunk with blood, no longer knows friend from foe, and suggests the monkeys climb on him and weigh him down; he shakes them off like a rogue elephant. Rama, eyes red with anger, takes his bow and goes to meet him, comforting the monkeys.
Kumbhakarna, crowned, bleeding, licking his lips, crushing the army like Yama, laughs: I am not Viradha, Kabandha, Khara, Vali or Maricha; Kumbhakarna has come. See my iron hammer that conquered gods and danavas; do not despise me for losing my ears and nose; I feel no pain. Show your valour, and then I will eat you. Rama’s arrows, which pierced sala trees and killed Vali, do not trouble his body; he drinks them like rain and scatters the monkeys with his hammer. Then Rama, with the Vayavya weapon, cuts off his arm with the hammer; it falls and crushes monkeys. With the other arm Kumbhakarna tears up a palm tree; Rama cuts it off with the Aindra weapon. With two crescent arrows he cuts off his legs, which fall resounding over the land, the mountains, the sea and Lanka. Armless and legless, Kumbhakarna opens his mouth like the submarine fire and rushes at Rama like Rahu at the moon; Rama fills his mouth with arrows until he can only choke. Then Rama takes the Aindra arrow, bright as the sun, like Brahma’s rod and Death, and looses it; it lights the ten directions and cuts off the rakshasa’s head, huge as a mountain peak with its bright earrings, as Indra cut off Vritra’s. The head shines like the moon at midnight when the sun rises, falls on the city, breaks guard-houses and gates and topples the high wall; the huge body falls into the sea, crushing crocodiles, fish and serpents, and sinks into the earth. The earth and mountains shake; the gods, sages, gandharvas and yakshas rejoice; Lanka’s rakshasas wail; and Rama, having killed Kumbhakarna, the crusher of the gods’ armies, never before defeated, shines in the monkey army like the sun released from Rahu, honoured by the monkeys, rejoicing like Indra after killing Vritra.
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ते निवृत्ता महाकायाः श्रुत्वाङ्गदवचस्तदा । नैष्ठिकीं बुद्धिमास्थाय सर्वे संग्रामकाङ्क्षिणः ॥ १ ॥
Hearing Angada’s words then, those huge ones turned back, all eager for battle, taking up a final resolve.
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समुदीरितवीर्यास्ते समारोपितविक्रमाः । पर्यवस्थापिता वाक्यैरङ्गदेन बलीयसा ॥ २ ॥
Their valour roused, their prowess restored, steadied by mighty Angada’s words,
प्रयाताश्च गता हर्षं मरणे कृतनिश्चयाः । चक्रुः सुतुमुलं युद्धं वानरास्त्यक्तजीविताः ॥ ३ ॥
they set out and became joyful, resolved on death; the monkeys, having given up their lives, made a tumultuous battle.
अथ वृक्षान् महाकायाः सानूनि सुमहान्ति च । वानरास्तूर्णमुद्यम्य कुम्भकर्णमभिद्रवन् ॥ ४ ॥
Then the huge monkeys, quickly raising trees and very great mountain slopes, rushed at Kumbhakarna.
कुम्भकर्णः सुसंक्रुद्धो गदामुद्यम्य वीर्यवान् । धर्षयन् स महाकायः समन्ताद् व्यक्षिपद् रिपून् ॥ ५ ॥
Very angry, valiant Kumbhakarna, raising his mace, the huge one, assailing them, scattered his enemies on every side.
शतानि सप्त चाष्टौ च सहस्राणि च वानराः । प्रकीर्णाः शेरते भूमौ कुम्भकर्णेन ताडिताः ॥ ६ ॥
Seven and eight hundred, and thousands, of monkeys lie scattered on the ground, struck by Kumbhakarna.
षोडशाष्टौ च दश च विंशत्त्रिंशत्तथैव च । परिक्षिप्य च बाहुभ्यां खादन् स परिधावति । भक्षयन् भृशसंक्रुद्धो गरुडः पन्नगानिव ॥ ७ ॥
Sixteen and eight and ten, twenty and thirty, he seized in his arms and ran about eating them, devouring them in great anger, like Garuda snakes.
कृच्छ्रेण च समाश्वस्ताः संगम्य च ततस्ततः । वृक्षाद्रिहस्ता हरयस्तस्थुः संग्राममूर्धनि ॥ ८ ॥
Comforted with difficulty and coming together from here and there, the monkeys stood at the head of the battle with trees and mountains in their hands.
ततः पर्वतमुत्पाट्य द्विविदः प्लवगर्षभः । दुद्राव गिरिशृङ्गाभं विलम्ब इव तोयदः ॥ ९ ॥
Then Dvivida, bull among leapers, tearing up a mountain, rushed like a hanging cloud, looking like a mountain peak.
तं समुत्पाट्य चिक्षेप कुम्भकर्णाय वानरः । तमप्राप्य महाकायं तस्य सैन्येऽपतत् ततः ॥ १० ॥
The monkey tore it up and hurled it at Kumbhakarna; not reaching the huge one, it fell then on his army.
ममर्दाश्वान् गजांश्चापि रथांश्चापि गजोत्तमान् । तानि चान्यानि रक्षांसि एवं चान्यद्गिरेः शिरः ॥ ११ ॥
It crushed horses and elephants, chariots and fine elephants, and those other rakshasas; and so another mountain top too.
तच्छैलवेगाभिहतं हताश्वं हतसारथिम् । रक्षसां रुधिरक्लिन्नं बभूवायोधनं महत् ॥ १२ ॥
Struck by the force of that mountain, its horses killed, its drivers killed, the great battlefield of the rakshasas became wet with blood.
रथिनो वानरेन्द्राणां शरैः कालान्तकोपमैः । शिरांसि नर्दतां जह्रुः सहसा भीमनिःस्वनाः ॥ १३ ॥
The chariot-fighters, with arrows like Death the ender, suddenly took the heads of the roaring monkey lords, with terrible noise.
वानराश्च महात्मानः समुत्पाट्य महाद्रुमान् । रथानश्वान् गजानुष्ट्रान् राक्षसानभ्यसूदयन् ॥ १४ ॥
And the great-souled monkeys, tearing up great trees, destroyed chariots, horses, elephants, camels and rakshasas.
हनूमान् शैलशृङ्गाणि शिलाश्च विविधान् द्रुमान् । ववर्ष कुम्भकर्णस्य शिरस्यम्बरमास्थितः ॥ १५ ॥
Hanuman, standing in the sky, rained mountain peaks, rocks and trees of many kinds on Kumbhakarna’s head.
तानि पर्वतशृङ्गाणि शूलेन स बिभेद ह । बभञ्ज वृक्षवर्षं च कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः ॥ १६ ॥
Mighty Kumbhakarna split those mountain peaks with his spear and broke the rain of trees.
ततो हरीणां तदनीकमुग्रं दुद्राव शूलं निशितं प्रगृह्य । तस्थौ स तस्यापततः परस्ता- न्महीधराग्रं हनुमान् प्रगृह्य ॥ १७ ॥
Then he ran at that fierce army of the monkeys, grasping his sharp spear; and Hanuman, grasping a mountain top, stood in front of him as he came.
स कुम्भकर्णं कुपितो जघान वेगेन शैलोत्तमभीमकायम् । संचुक्षुभे तेन तदाभिभूतो मेदार्द्रगात्रो रुधिरावसिक्तः ॥ १८ ॥
Angry, he struck with force Kumbhakarna, of terrible body like the best of mountains; overpowered by it, he was shaken, his limbs wet with fat, drenched in blood.
स शूलमाविध्य तडित्प्रकाशं गिरिं यथा प्रज्वलिताग्निशृङ्गम् । बाह्वन्तरे मारुतिमाजघान गुहोऽचलं क्रौञ्चमिवोग्रशक्त्या ॥ १९ ॥
Whirling his spear, bright as lightning, like a mountain with a peak of blazing fire, he struck the son of the Wind between the arms, as Guha struck Mount Krauncha with his fierce spear.
स शूलनिर्भिन्नमहाभुजान्तरः प्रविह्वलः शोणितमुद्वमन् मुखात् । ननाद भीमं हनुमान् महाहवे युगान्तमेघस्तनितस्वनोपमम् ॥ २० ॥
His broad chest split by the spear, reeling, vomiting blood from his mouth, Hanuman roared terribly in the great battle, a sound like the thunder of clouds at the end of an age.
ततो विनेदुः सहसा प्रहृष्टा रक्षोगणास्तं व्यथितं समीक्ष्य । प्लवंगमास्तु व्यथिता भयार्ताः प्रदुद्रुवुः संयति कुम्भकर्णात् ॥ २१ ॥
Then the hosts of rakshasas suddenly roared, delighted, seeing him in pain; but the leapers, distressed and tormented by fear, fled from Kumbhakarna in the battle.
ततस्तु नीलो बलवान् पर्यवस्थापयन् बलम् । प्रविचिक्षेप शैलाग्रं कुम्भकर्णाय धीमते ॥ २२ ॥
Then mighty Nila, steadying the army, hurled a mountain top at wise Kumbhakarna.
तदापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य मुष्टिनाभिजघान ह । मुष्टिप्रहाराभिहतं तच्छैलाग्रं व्यशीर्यत । सविस्फुलिङ्गं सज्वालं निपपात महीतले ॥ २३ ॥
Seeing it coming, he struck it with his fist; struck by the blow of the fist, that mountain top shattered and fell on the ground with sparks and flames.
ऋषभः शरभो नीलो गवाक्षो गन्धमादनः । पञ्च वानरशार्दूलाः कुम्भकर्णमुपाद्रवन् ॥ २४ ॥
Rishabha, Sharabha, Nila, Gavaksha and Gandhamadana, five tigers among monkeys, rushed at Kumbhakarna.
शैलैर्वृक्षैस्तलैः पादैर्मुष्टिभिश्च महाबलाः । कुम्भकर्णं महाकायं निजघ्नुः सर्वतो युधि ॥ २५ ॥
With rocks, trees, palms, feet and fists the mighty ones struck huge Kumbhakarna from every side in battle.
स्पर्शानिव प्रहारांस्तान् वेदयानो न विव्यथे । ऋषभं तु महावेगं बाहुभ्यां परिषस्वजे ॥ २६ ॥
Feeling those blows like caresses, he was not distressed; he embraced very swift Rishabha with his arms.
कुम्भकर्णभुजाभ्यां तु पीडितो वानरर्षभः । निपपातर्षभो भीमः प्रमुखागतशोणितः ॥ २७ ॥
Crushed by Kumbhakarna’s arms, the bull among monkeys, terrible Rishabha, fell, blood coming from his mouth.
मुष्टिना शरभं हत्वा जानुना नीलमाहवे । आजघान गवाक्षं तु तलेनेन्द्ररिपुस्तदा । पादेनाभ्यहनत् क्रुद्धस्तरसा गन्धमादनम् ॥ २८ ॥
Having struck Sharabha with his fist and Nila with his knee in battle, the enemy of Indra then struck Gavaksha with his palm, and, angry, struck Gandhamadana hard with his foot.
दत्तप्रहारव्यथिता मुमुहुः शोणितोक्षिताः । निपेतुस्ते तु मेदिन्यां निकृत्ता इव किंशुकाः ॥ २९ ॥
Pained by the blows given, drenched in blood, they fainted and fell on the ground like cut kimshukas.
तेषु वानरमुख्येषु पातितेषु महात्मसु । वानराणां सहस्राणि कुम्भकर्णं प्रदुद्रुवुः ॥ ३० ॥
When those great-souled chief monkeys had been brought down, thousands of monkeys rushed at Kumbhakarna.
तं शैलमिव शैलाभाः सर्वे तु प्लवगर्षभाः । समारुह्य समुत्पत्य ददंशुश्च महाबलाः ॥ ३१ ॥
All those bulls among leapers, like mountains, climbing on him as on a mountain and leaping up, the mighty ones bit him.
तं नखैर्दशनैश्चापि मुष्टिभिर्बाहुभिस्तथा । कुम्भकर्णं महाबाहुं निजघ्नुः प्लवगर्षभाः ॥ ३२ ॥
With nails, teeth, fists and arms the bulls among leapers struck mighty-armed Kumbhakarna.
स वानरसहस्रैस्तु विचितः पर्वतोपमः । रराज राक्षसव्याघ्रो गिरिरात्मरुहैरिव ॥ ३३ ॥
Covered by thousands of monkeys, like a mountain, the tiger among rakshasas shone like a mountain with its own trees growing on it.
बाहुभ्यां वानरान् सर्वान् प्रगृह्य स महाबलः । भक्षयामास संक्रुद्धो गरुडः पन्नगानिव ॥ ३४ ॥
Seizing all the monkeys in his arms, the mighty one, very angry, devoured them like Garuda snakes.
प्रक्षिप्ताः कुम्भकर्णेन वक्त्रे पातालसंनिभे । नासापुटाभ्यां संजग्मुः कर्णाभ्यां चैव वानराः ॥ ३५ ॥
Thrown by Kumbhakarna into his mouth like the underworld, the monkeys came out through his nostrils and his ears.
भक्षयन् भृशसंक्रुद्धो हरीन् पर्वतसंनिभः । बभञ्ज वानरान् सर्वान् संक्रुद्धो राक्षसोत्तमः ॥ ३६ ॥
Devouring the monkeys in great anger, like a mountain, the best of rakshasas, enraged, broke all the monkeys.
मांसशोणितसंक्लेदां कुर्वन् भूमिं स राक्षसः । चचार हरिसैन्येषु कालाग्निरिव मूर्च्छितः ॥ ३७ ॥
Making the ground a mire of flesh and blood, the rakshasa roamed through the monkey armies like the fire of Time, frenzied.
वज्रहस्तो यथा शक्रः पाशहस्त इवान्तकः । शूलहस्तो बभौ युद्धे कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः ॥ ३८ ॥
Like Shakra with the thunderbolt in hand, like Death with the noose in hand, mighty Kumbhakarna shone in battle, spear in hand.
यथा शुष्काण्यरण्यानि ग्रीष्मे दहति पावकः । तथा वानरसैन्यानि कुम्भकर्णो ददाह सः ॥ ३९ ॥
As fire burns dry forests in summer, so Kumbhakarna burned the monkey armies.
ततस्ते वध्यमानास्तु हतयूथाः प्लवंगमाः । वानरा भयसंविग्ना विनेदुर्विकृतैः स्वरैः ॥ ४० ॥
Then, being killed, their troops slaughtered, the leapers, the monkeys, shaken with fear, cried out with distorted voices.
अनेकशो वध्यमानाः कुम्भकर्णेन वानराः । राघवं शरणं जग्मुर्व्यथिता भिन्नचेतसः ॥ ४१ ॥
Killed by Kumbhakarna many times over, the monkeys, distressed, their minds broken, went to Raghava for refuge.
प्रभग्नान् वानरान् दृष्ट्वा वज्रहस्तात्मजात्मजः । अभ्यधावत वेगेन कुम्भकर्णं महाहवे ॥ ४२ ॥
Seeing the monkeys broken, the grandson of the thunderbolt-wielder rushed with force at Kumbhakarna in the great battle.
शैलशृङ्गं महद् गृह्य विनदन् स मुहुर्मुहुः । त्रासयन् राक्षसान् सर्वान् कुम्भकर्णपदानुगान् ॥ ४३ ॥
Taking a great mountain peak, roaring again and again, terrifying all the rakshasas following at Kumbhakarna’s heels,
चिक्षेप शैलशिखरं कुम्भकर्णस्य मूर्धनि । स तेनाभिहतो मूर्ध्नि शैलेनेन्द्ररिपुस्तदा ॥ ४४ ॥
he hurled the mountain peak at Kumbhakarna’s head. Struck on the head by that mountain, the enemy of Indra then,
कुम्भकर्णः प्रजज्वाल क्रोधेन महता तदा । सोऽभ्यधावत वेगेन वालिपुत्रममर्षणः ॥ ४५ ॥
Kumbhakarna, blazed with great anger. Impatient, he rushed with force at Vali’s son.
कुम्भकर्णो महानादस्त्रासयन् सर्ववानरान् । शूलं ससर्ज वै रोषादङ्गदे तु महाबलः ॥ ४६ ॥
Loud-roaring Kumbhakarna, terrifying all the monkeys, in his rage hurled his spear at Angada, the mighty one.
तदापतन्तं बलवान् युद्धमार्गविशारदः । लाघवान्मोक्षयामास बलवान् वानरर्षभः ॥ ४७ ॥
As it came on, the mighty one, skilled in the ways of battle, the strong bull among monkeys, evaded it by his nimbleness.
उत्पत्य चैनं तरसा तलेनोरस्यताडयत् । स तेनाभिहतः कोपात् प्रमुमोहाचलोपमः ॥ ४८ ॥
Leaping up, he struck him on the chest with his palm with force; struck by it, he fainted from anger, like a mountain.
स लब्धसंज्ञोऽतिबलो मुष्टिं संगृह्य राक्षसः । अपहस्तेन चिक्षेप विसंज्ञः स पपात ह ॥ ४९ ॥
Regaining consciousness, the very mighty rakshasa, clenching his fist, struck him with a backhand blow, and he fell senseless.
तस्मिन् प्लवगशार्दूले विसंज्ञे पतिते भुवि । तच्छूलं समुपादाय सुग्रीवमभिदुद्रुवे ॥ ५० ॥
When that tiger among leapers had fallen senseless on the ground, he took that spear and rushed at Sugriva.
तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य कुम्भकर्णं महाबलम् । उत्पपात तदा वीरः सुग्रीवो वानराधिपः ॥ ५१ ॥
Seeing mighty Kumbhakarna coming on, heroic Sugriva, lord of the monkeys, leapt up then.
स पर्वताग्रमुत्क्षिप्य समाविध्य महाकपिः । अभिदुद्राव वेगेन कुम्भकर्णं महाबलम् ॥ ५२ ॥
Raising and whirling a mountain top, the great monkey rushed with force at mighty Kumbhakarna.
तमापतन्तं सम्प्रेक्ष्य कुम्भकर्णः प्लवंगमम् । तस्थौ विवृत्तसर्वाङ्गो वानरेन्द्रस्य सम्मुखः ॥ ५३ ॥
Seeing the leaper coming on, Kumbhakarna stood facing the lord of the monkeys, all his limbs spread.
कपिशोणितदिग्धाङ्गं भक्षयन्तं महाकपीन् । कुम्भकर्णं स्थितं दृष्ट्वा सुग्रीवो वाक्यमब्रवीत् ॥ ५४ ॥
Seeing Kumbhakarna standing there, his limbs smeared with monkeys’ blood, eating great monkeys, Sugriva said:
पातिताश्च त्वया वीराः कृतं कर्म सुदुष्करम् । भक्षितानि च सैन्यानि प्राप्तं ते परमं यशः ॥ ५५ ॥
“Heroes have been struck down by you, and a very hard deed done; armies have been eaten, and you have won the highest fame.
त्यज तद् वानरानीकं प्राकृतैः किं करिष्यसि । सहस्वैकं निपातं मे पर्वतस्यास्य राक्षस ॥ ५६ ॥
“Leave that monkey army; what will you do with common ones? Bear one blow of this mountain of mine, rakshasa.”
तद् वाक्यं हरिराजस्य सत्त्वधैर्यसमन्वितम् । श्रुत्वा राक्षसशार्दूलः कुम्भकर्णोऽब्रवीद् वचः ॥ ५७ ॥
Hearing those words of the king of the monkeys, full of courage and steadiness, the tiger among rakshasas, Kumbhakarna, said:
प्रजापतेस्तु पौत्रस्त्वं तथैवर्क्षरजःसुतः । धृतिपौरुषसम्पन्नस्तस्माद् गर्जसि वानर ॥ ५८ ॥
“You are a grandson of Prajapati, and likewise the son of Riksharajas, endowed with steadiness and manliness; that is why you roar, monkey.”
स कुम्भकर्णस्य वचो निशम्य व्याविध्य शैलं सहसा मुमोच । तेनाजघानोरसि कुम्भकर्णं शैलेन वज्राशनिसंनिभेन ॥ ५९ ॥
Hearing Kumbhakarna’s words, he whirled the mountain and suddenly let it go; with it he struck Kumbhakarna on the chest, with the mountain like the thunderbolt.
तच्छैलशृङ्गं सहसा विभिन्नं भुजान्तरे तस्य तदा विशाले । ततो विषेदुः सहसा प्लवंगा रक्षोगणाश्चापि मुदा विनेदुः ॥ ६० ॥
That mountain peak suddenly shattered on his broad chest then; then the leapers suddenly despaired, and the hosts of rakshasas roared with joy.
स शैलशृङ्गाभिहतश्चुकोप ननाद रोषाच्च विवृत्य वक्त्रम् । व्याविध्य शूलं स तडित्प्रकाशं चिक्षेप हर्यृक्षपतेर्वधाय ॥ ६१ ॥
Struck by the mountain peak, he grew angry and roared in rage, opening his mouth wide; whirling his spear, bright as lightning, he hurled it to kill the lord of monkeys and bears.
तत् कुम्भकर्णस्य भुजप्रणुन्नं शूलं शितं काञ्चनधामयष्टिम् । क्षिप्रं समुत्पत्य निगृह्य दोर्भ्यां बभञ्ज वेगेन सुतोऽनिलस्य ॥ ६२ ॥
That sharp spear, its shaft bound with gold, thrust from Kumbhakarna’s arm, the son of the Wind, quickly leaping up, caught with his two arms and broke with force.
कृतं भारसहस्रस्य शूलं कालायसं महत् । बभञ्ज जानुमारोप्य तदा हृष्टः प्लवंगमः ॥ ६३ ॥
The great spear of black iron, made of a thousand loads, the leaper, delighted, broke, putting it across his knee.
शूलं भग्नं हनुमता दृष्ट्वा वानरवाहिनी । हृष्टा ननाद बहुशः सर्वतश्चापि दुद्रुवे ॥ ६४ ॥
Seeing the spear broken by Hanuman, the monkey army, delighted, roared many times and ran about on every side.
बभूवाथ परित्रस्तो राक्षसो विमुखोऽभवत् । सिंहनादं च ते चक्रुः प्रहृष्टा वनगोचराः । मारुतिं पूजयांचक्रुर्दृष्ट्वा शूलं तथागतम् ॥ ६५ ॥
The rakshasa became frightened and turned away; the forest-dwellers, delighted, made lions’ roars, and honoured the son of the Wind, seeing the spear in that state.
स तत् तथा भग्नमवेक्ष्य शूलं चुकोप रक्षोधिपतिर्महात्मा । उत्पाट्य लङ्कामलयात् स शृङ्गं जघान सुग्रीवमुपेत्य तेन ॥ ६६ ॥
Seeing his spear broken so, the great-souled lord of the rakshasas became angry; tearing a peak from Lanka’s Malaya, he came up and struck Sugriva with it.
स शैलशृङ्गाभिहतो विसंज्ञः पपात भूमौ युधि वानरेन्द्रः । तं वीक्ष्य भूमौ पतितं विसंज्ञं नेदुः प्रहृष्टा युधि यातुधानाः ॥ ६७ ॥
Struck by the mountain peak, the lord of the monkeys fell senseless on the ground in battle; seeing him fallen senseless on the ground, the yatudhanas roared with delight in battle.
समभ्युपेत्याद्भुतघोरवीर्यं स कुम्भकर्णो युधि वानरेन्द्रम् । जहार सुग्रीवमभिप्रगृह्य यथानिलो मेघमिव प्रचण्डः ॥ ६८ ॥
Coming up to the lord of the monkeys, of wondrous, terrible valour, Kumbhakarna seized Sugriva in battle and carried him off, as a fierce wind carries a cloud.
स तं महामेघनिकाशरूप- मुत्पाट्य गच्छन् युधि कुम्भकर्णः । रराज मेरुप्रतिमानरूपो मेरुर्यथा व्युच्छ्रितघोरशृङ्गः ॥ ६९ ॥
Lifting him, like a great cloud in form, and going on in the battle, Kumbhakarna shone, his form like Meru’s, like Meru with a towering terrible peak.
ततस्तमादाय जगाम वीरः संस्तूयमानो युधि राक्षसेन्द्रः । शृण्वन् निनादं त्रिदिवालयानां प्लवङ्गराजग्रहविस्मितानाम् ॥ ७० ॥
Then, taking him, the hero went, the lord of the rakshasas, being praised in battle, hearing the cry of the heaven-dwellers, amazed at the capture of the king of the leapers.
ततस्तमादाय तदा स मेने हरीन्द्रमिन्द्रोपममिन्द्रवीर्यः । अस्मिन् हते सर्वमिदं हतं स्यात् सराघवं सैन्यमितीन्द्रशत्रुः ॥ ७१ ॥
Then, having taken him, the enemy of Indra, with Indra’s valour, thought of the lord of monkeys, like Indra: “When he is killed, all this will be killed, the army with Raghava.”
विद्रुतां वाहिनीं दृष्ट्वा वानराणामितस्ततः । कुम्भकर्णेन सुग्रीवं गृहीतं चापि वानरम् ॥ ७२ ॥
Seeing the monkey army fleeing here and there, and the monkey Sugriva seized by Kumbhakarna,
हनूमांश्चिन्तयामास मतिमान् मारुतात्मजः । एवं गृहीते सुग्रीवे किं कर्तव्यं मया भवेत् ॥ ७३ ॥
wise Hanuman, son of the Wind, thought: “With Sugriva seized so, what should I do?
यद्धि न्याय्यं मया कर्तुं तत् करिष्याम्यसंशयम् । भूत्वा पर्वतसंकाशो नाशयिष्यामि राक्षसम् ॥ ७४ ॥
“Whatever is right for me to do, that I will do without doubt. Becoming like a mountain, I will destroy the rakshasa.
मया हते संयति कुम्भकर्णे महाबले मुष्टिविशीर्णदेहे । विमोचिते वानरपार्थिवे च भवन्तु हृष्टाः प्लवगाः समग्राः ॥ ७५ ॥
“When mighty Kumbhakarna has been killed by me in battle, his body shattered by my fist, and the king of monkeys freed, let all the leapers rejoice.
अथवा स्वयमप्येष मोक्षं प्राप्स्यति वानरः । गृहीतोऽयं यदि भवेत् त्रिदशैः सासुरोरगैः ॥ ७६ ॥
“Or else this monkey will gain his release by himself, even if he were seized by the thirty gods with the asuras and serpents.
मन्ये न तावदात्मानं बुध्यते वानराधिपः । शैलप्रहाराभिहतः कुम्भकर्णेन संयुगे ॥ ७७ ॥
“I think the lord of the monkeys does not yet know himself, struck by Kumbhakarna’s blow of the mountain in battle.
अयं मुहूर्तात् सुग्रीवो लब्धसंज्ञो महाहवे । आत्मनो वानराणां च यत् पथ्यं तत् करिष्यति ॥ ७८ ॥
“In a moment Sugriva will regain consciousness in the great battle and will do what is good for himself and the monkeys.
मया तु मोक्षितस्यास्य सुग्रीवस्य महात्मनः । अप्रीतिश्च भवेत् कष्टा कीर्तिनाशश्च शाश्वतः ॥ ७९ ॥
“But if great-souled Sugriva were freed by me, there would be grievous displeasure, and a lasting loss of fame.
तस्मान्मुहूर्तं कांक्षिष्ये विक्रमं मोक्षितस्य तु । भिन्नं च वानरानीकं तावदाश्वासयाम्यहम् ॥ ८० ॥
“So I will wait a moment for the valour of the one freed; meanwhile I will comfort the broken monkey army.”
इत्येवं चिन्तयित्वाथ हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः । भूयः संस्तम्भयामास वानराणां महाचमूम् ॥ ८१ ॥
Having thought so, Hanuman, son of the Wind, steadied the great army of the monkeys again.
स कुम्भकर्णोऽथ विवेश लङ्कां स्फुरन्तमादाय महाहरिं तम् । विमानचर्यागृहगोपुरस्थैः पुष्पाग्र्यवर्षैरभिपूज्यमानः ॥ ८२ ॥
Kumbhakarna then entered Lanka, taking that struggling great monkey, honoured with showers of the finest flowers by those on the mansions, guard-houses, houses and gate towers.
लाजगन्धोदवर्षैस्तु सेच्यमानः शनैः शनैः । राजवीथ्यास्तु शीतत्वात् संज्ञां प्राप महाबलः ॥ ८३ ॥
Gradually sprinkled with showers of parched grain, scents and water, through the coolness of the royal street the mighty one regained consciousness.
ततः स संज्ञामुपलभ्य कृच्छ्राद् बलीयसस्तस्य भुजान्तरस्थः । अवेक्षमाणः पुरराजमार्गं विचिन्तयामास मुहुर्महात्मा ॥ ८४ ॥
Then, regaining consciousness with difficulty, held between the arms of that very mighty one, looking at the royal road of the city, the great soul thought again and again:
एवं गृहीतेन कथं नु नाम शक्यं मया सम्प्रतिकर्तुमद्य । तथा करिष्यामि यथा हरीणां भविष्यतीष्टं च हितं च कार्यम् ॥ ८५ ॥
“Seized like this, how can I make a counter-move now? I will do it so that what is dear and good for the monkeys will be done.”
ततः कराग्रैः सहसा समेत्य राजा हरीणाममरेन्द्रशत्रोः । खरैश्च कर्णौ दशनैश्च नासां ददंश पादैर्विददार पार्श्वौ ॥ ८६ ॥
Then, suddenly reaching with his fingertips, the king of the monkeys bit off the ears of the enemy of the king of the immortals with his sharp nails, and his nose with his teeth, and tore his sides with his feet.
स कुम्भकर्णो हृतकर्णनासो विदारितस्तेन रदैर्नखैश्च । रोषाभिभूतः क्षतजार्द्रगात्रः सुग्रीवमाविध्य पिपेष भूमौ ॥ ८७ ॥
Kumbhakarna, his ears and nose taken, torn by his teeth and nails, overcome by rage, his limbs wet with blood, whirled Sugriva and crushed him on the ground.
स भूतले भीमबलाभिपिष्टः सुरारिभिस्तैरभिहन्यमानः । जगाम खं कन्दुकवज्जवेन पुनश्च रामेण समाजगाम ॥ ८८ ॥
Crushed on the ground by that one of terrible strength, being struck by those enemies of the gods, he went up into the sky with speed like a ball and came back again to Rama.
कर्णनासाविहीनस्तु कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः । रराज शोणितोत्सिक्तो गिरिः प्रस्रवणैरिव ॥ ८९ ॥
Without ears and nose, mighty Kumbhakarna shone, spurting blood, like a mountain with springs.
शोणितार्द्रो महाकायो राक्षसो भीमदर्शनः । युद्धायाभिमुखो भूयो मनश्चक्रे निशाचरः ॥ ९० ॥
Wet with blood, huge, terrible to see, the night-wanderer rakshasa set his mind again on battle.
अमर्षाच्छोणितोद्गारी शुशुभे रावणानुजः । नीलाञ्जनचयप्रख्यः ससंध्य इव तोयदः ॥ ९१ ॥
Spurting blood in his indignation, Ravana’s younger brother shone, like a heap of dark collyrium, like a cloud with the evening glow.
गते च तस्मिन् सुरराजशत्रुः क्रोधात् प्रदुद्राव रणाय भूयः । अनायुधोऽस्मीति विचिन्त्य रौद्रो घोरं तदा मुद्गरमाससाद ॥ ९२ ॥
When he had gone, the enemy of the king of the gods rushed again to battle in anger; thinking “I am without a weapon,” the fierce one then took up a terrible hammer.
ततः स पुर्याः सहसा महौजा निष्क्रम्य तद् वानरसैन्यमुग्रम् । बभक्ष रक्षो युधि कुम्भकर्णः प्रजा युगान्ताग्निरिव प्रवृद्धः ॥ ९३ ॥
Then, coming suddenly out of the city, the very energetic rakshasa Kumbhakarna devoured that fierce monkey army in battle, like the grown fire at the end of an age devouring creatures.
बुभुक्षितः शोणितमांसगृध्नुः प्रविश्य तद् वानरसैन्यमुग्रम् । चखाद रक्षांसि हरीन् पिशाचा- न्नृक्षांश्च मोहाद् युधि कुम्भकर्णः । यथैव मृत्युर्हरते युगान्ते स भक्षयामास हरींश्च मुख्यान् ॥ ९४ ॥
Hungry, greedy for blood and flesh, entering that fierce monkey army, Kumbhakarna in his delusion ate rakshasas, monkeys, pishachas and bears in battle; as Death carries off at the end of an age, so he devoured the chief monkeys.
एकं द्वौ त्रीन् बहून् क्रुद्धो वानरान् सह राक्षसैः । समादायैकहस्तेन प्रचिक्षेप त्वरन् मुखे ॥ ९५ ॥
One, two, three, many monkeys with rakshasas, in anger, he seized with one hand and quickly threw them into his mouth.
सम्प्रस्रवंस्तदा मेदः शोणितं च महाबलः । वध्यमानो नगेन्द्राग्रैर्भक्षयामास वानरान् ॥ ९६ ॥
Streaming fat and blood, being struck by mountain tops, the mighty one devoured the monkeys.
ते भक्ष्यमाणा हरयो रामं जग्मुस्तदा गतिम् । कुम्भकर्णो भृशं क्रुद्धः कपीन् खादन् प्रधावति ॥ ९७ ॥
Being devoured, the monkeys went then to Rama as their refuge; Kumbhakarna, in great anger, runs about eating monkeys.
शतानि सप्त चाष्टौ च विंशत् त्रिंशत् तथैव च । सम्परिष्वज्य बाहुभ्यां खादन् विपरिधावति ॥ ९८ ॥
Seven and eight hundred, twenty and thirty, embracing them in his arms, he runs about eating them.
मेदोवसाशोणितदिग्धगात्रः कर्णावसक्तग्रथितान्त्रमालः । ववर्ष शूलानि सुतीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रः कालो युगान्तस्थ इव प्रवृद्धः ॥ ९९ ॥
His limbs smeared with fat, marrow and blood, with garlands of entrails knotted on his ears, he rained spears, with very sharp teeth, like Time grown at the end of an age.
तस्मिन् काले सुमित्रायाः पुत्रः परबलार्दनः । चकार लक्ष्मणः क्रुद्धो युद्धं परपुरंजयः ॥ १०० ॥
At that time Sumitra’s son, crusher of enemy armies, Lakshmana, conqueror of enemy cities, angry, gave battle.
स कुम्भकर्णस्य शरान् शरीरे सप्त वीर्यवान् । निचखानाददे चान्यान् विससर्ज च लक्ष्मणः ॥ १०१ ॥
Valiant Lakshmana planted seven arrows in Kumbhakarna’s body, and took and loosed others.
पीड्यमानस्तदस्त्रं तु विशेषं तत् स राक्षसः । ततश्चुकोप बलवान् सुमित्रानन्दवर्धनः ॥ १०२ ॥
Pressed by that weapon, the rakshasa felt its special force; then the mighty increaser of Sumitra’s joy grew angry.
अथास्य कवचं शुभ्रं जाम्बूनदमयं शुभम् । प्रच्छादयामास शरैः संध्याभ्रमिव मारुतः ॥ १०३ ॥
Then he covered his bright, lovely golden armour with arrows, as the wind covers an evening cloud.
नीलाञ्जनचयप्रख्यः शरैः काञ्चनभूषणैः । आपीड्यमानः शुशुभे मेघैः सूर्य इवांशुमान् ॥ १०४ ॥
Like a heap of dark collyrium, being pressed by arrows adorned with gold, he shone like the rayed sun with clouds.
ततः स राक्षसो भीमः सुमित्रानन्दवर्धनम् । सावज्ञमेव प्रोवाच वाक्यं मेघौघनिःस्वनः ॥ १०५ ॥
Then that terrible rakshasa, with a voice like masses of clouds, said with disdain to the increaser of Sumitra’s joy:
अन्तकस्याप्यकष्टेन युधि जेतारमाहवे । युध्यता मामभीतेन ख्यापिता वीरता त्वया ॥ १०६ ॥
“You have made your heroism known by fighting me without fear in battle, me who without trouble conquered even Death in war.
प्रगृहीतायुधस्येह मृत्योरिव महामृधे । तिष्ठन्नप्यग्रतः पूज्यः किमु युद्धप्रदायकः ॥ १०७ ॥
“Even standing before me in a great battle, holding a weapon like Death, one is to be honoured; how much more one who gives me battle!
ऐरावतं समारूढो वृतः सर्वामरैः प्रभुः । नैव शक्रोऽपि समरे स्थितपूर्वः कदाचन ॥ १०८ ॥
“Mounted on Airavata, surrounded by all the immortals, even the lord Shakra never stood before me in battle.
अद्य त्वयाहं सौमित्रे बालेनापि पराक्रमैः । तोषितो गन्तुमिच्छामि त्वामनुज्ञाप्य राघवम् ॥ १०९ ॥
“Today, Saumitri, I am pleased with you, though you are a boy, by your feats; I want to go, having taken your leave, to Raghava.
यत् तु वीर्यबलोत्साहैस्तोषितोऽहं रणे त्वया । राममेवैकमिच्छामि हन्तुं यस्मिन् हते हतम् ॥ ११० ॥
“Since I have been pleased by you in battle with your valour, strength and energy, I want to kill only Rama, with whom killed, all is killed.
रामे मयात्र निहते येऽन्ये स्थास्यन्ति संयुगे । तानहं योधयिष्यामि स्वबलेन प्रमाथिना ॥ १११ ॥
“When Rama has been killed by me here, those others who stand in battle I will fight with my crushing strength.”
इत्युक्तवाक्यं तद् रक्षः प्रोवाच स्तुतिसंहितम् । मृधे घोरतरं वाक्यं सौमित्रिः प्रहसन्निव ॥ ११२ ॥
To the rakshasa who had spoken these words full of praise, Saumitri, as if laughing, said these very terrible words in battle:
यस्त्वं शक्रादिभिर्देवैरसह्यः प्राप्य पौरुषम् । तत् सत्यं नान्यथा वीर दृष्टस्तेऽद्य पराक्रमः ॥ ११३ ॥
“That you, having gained manliness, are unbearable by Shakra and the other gods is true and not otherwise, hero; your valour has been seen today.
एष दाशरथी रामस्तिष्ठत्यद्रिरिवाचलः । इति श्रुत्वा ह्यनादृत्य लक्ष्मणं स निशाचरः ॥ ११४ ॥
“Here stands Rama, son of Dasharatha, unmoving like a mountain.” Hearing this, the night-wanderer disregarded Lakshmana,
अतिक्रम्य च सौमित्रिं कुम्भकर्णो महाबलः । राममेवाभिदुद्राव कम्पयन्निव मेदिनीम् ॥ ११५ ॥
and, passing Saumitri, mighty Kumbhakarna rushed at Rama alone, as if making the earth shake.
अथ दाशरथी रामो रौद्रमस्त्रं प्रयोजयन् । कुम्भकर्णस्य हृदये ससर्ज निशितान् शरान् ॥ ११६ ॥
Then Rama, son of Dasharatha, using the Raudra weapon, loosed sharp arrows into Kumbhakarna’s heart.
तस्य रामेण विद्धस्य सहसाभिप्रधावतः । अङ्गारमिश्राः क्रुद्धस्य मुखान्निश्चेरुरर्चिषः ॥ ११७ ॥
As, pierced by Rama, he suddenly rushed on in anger, flames mixed with embers came out of his mouth.
रामास्त्रविद्धो घोरं वै नर्दन् राक्षसपुङ्गवः । अभ्यधावत संक्रुद्धो हरीन् विद्रावयन् रणे ॥ ११८ ॥
Pierced by Rama’s weapon, roaring terribly, the bull among rakshasas rushed on in anger, routing the monkeys in battle.
तस्योरसि निमग्नास्ते शरा बर्हिणवाससः । हस्ताच्चास्य परिभ्रष्टा गदा चोर्व्यां पपात ह ॥ ११९ ॥
Those peacock-feathered arrows sank into his chest, and his mace slipped from his hand and fell on the earth.
आयुधानि च सर्वाणि विप्रकीर्यन्त भूतले । स निरायुधमात्मानं यदा मेने महाबलः ॥ १२० ॥
And all his weapons were scattered on the ground. When the mighty one knew himself to be without a weapon,
मुष्टिभ्यां च कराभ्यां च चकार कदनं महत् । स बाणैरतिविद्धाङ्गः क्षतजेन समुक्षितः । रुधिरं परिसुस्राव गिरिः प्रस्रवणं यथा ॥ १२१ ॥
he made a great slaughter with fists and hands. His limbs much pierced by arrows, drenched with blood, he streamed blood like a mountain with a spring.
स तीव्रेण च कोपेन रुधिरेण च मूर्च्छितः । वानरान् राक्षसानृक्षान् खादन् स परिधावति ॥ १२२ ॥
Faint with fierce anger and with blood, he runs about eating monkeys, rakshasas and bears.
अथ शृङ्गं समाविध्य भीमं भीमपराक्रमः । चिक्षेप राममुद्दिश्य बलवानन्तकोपमः ॥ १२३ ॥
Then, whirling a terrible peak, the mighty one of terrible valour, like Death, hurled it, aiming at Rama.
अप्राप्तमन्तरा रामः सप्तभिस्तमजिह्मगैः । चिच्छेद गिरिशृङ्गं तं पुनः संधाय कार्मुकम् ॥ १२४ ॥
Before it reached him, Rama, fitting his bow again, cut that mountain peak with seven straight-flying arrows.
ततस्तु रामो धर्मात्मा तस्य शृङ्गं महत् तदा । शरैः काञ्चनचित्राङ्गैश्चिच्छेद भरताग्रजः ॥ १२५ ॥
Then righteous Rama, Bharata’s elder brother, cut that great peak of his with arrows decorated with gold.
तन्मेरुशिखराकारं द्योतमानमिव श्रिया । द्वे शते वानराणां च पतमानमपातयत् ॥ १२६ ॥
That peak, shaped like Meru’s summit, shining with splendour, as it fell brought down two hundred monkeys.
तस्मिन् काले स धर्मात्मा लक्ष्मणो राममब्रवीत् । कुम्भकर्णवधे युक्तो योगान् परिमृशन् बहून् ॥ १२७ ॥
At that time righteous Lakshmana, considering many means for the killing of Kumbhakarna, said to Rama:
नैवायं वानरान् राजन् न विजानाति राक्षसान् । मत्तः शोणितगन्धेन स्वान् परांश्चैव खादति ॥ १२८ ॥
“This one does not know monkeys from rakshasas, king; drunk with the smell of blood, he eats both his own and the enemy.
साध्वेनमधिरोहन्तु सर्वतो वानरर्षभाः । यूथपाश्च यथा मुख्यास्तिष्ठन्त्वस्मिन् समन्ततः ॥ १२९ ॥
“Let the bulls among monkeys climb on him well from every side, and let the troop leaders, according to rank, stay on him all round.
अद्यायं दुर्मतिः काले गुरुभारप्रपीडितः । प्रचरन् राक्षसो भूमौ नान्यान् हन्यात् प्लवंगमान् ॥ १३० ॥
“Today this evil-minded one, pressed by the heavy weight, moving on the ground, the rakshasa would not kill other leapers.”
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा राजपुत्रस्य धीमतः । ते समारुरुहुर्हृष्टाः कुम्भकर्णं महाबलाः ॥ १३१ ॥
Hearing those words of the wise prince, those mighty ones, delighted, climbed on Kumbhakarna.
कुम्भकर्णस्तु संक्रुद्धः समारूढः प्लवंगमैः । व्यधूनयत् तान् वेगेन दुष्टहस्तीव हस्तिपान् ॥ १३२ ॥
But Kumbhakarna, very angry, climbed by the leapers, shook them off with force, as a rogue elephant shakes off its riders.
तान् दृष्ट्वा निर्धुतान् रामो रुष्टोऽयमिति राक्षसम् । समुत्पपात वेगेन धनुरुत्तममाददे ॥ १३३ ॥
Seeing them shaken off, Rama, thinking “This rakshasa is enraged,” leapt up with force and took his excellent bow.
क्रोधरक्तेक्षणो धीरो निर्दहन्निव चक्षुषा । राघवो राक्षसं वेगादभिदुद्राव वेगितः । यूथपान् हर्षयन् सर्वान् कुम्भकर्णबलार्दितान् ॥ १३४ ॥
His eyes red with anger, steadfast, as if burning with his eye, Raghava rushed with speed at the rakshasa, gladdening all the troop leaders oppressed by Kumbhakarna’s strength.
स चापमादाय भुजंगकल्पं दृढज्यमुग्रं तपनीयचित्रम् । हरीन् समाश्वास्य समुत्पपात रामो निबद्धोत्तमतूणबाणः ॥ १३५ ॥
Taking his bow, like a serpent, strongly strung, fierce, decorated with gold, comforting the monkeys, Rama leapt up, his fine quiver and arrows bound on.
स वानरगणैस्तैस्तु वृतः परमदुर्जयैः । लक्ष्मणानुचरो वीरः सम्प्रतस्थे महाबलः ॥ १३६ ॥
Surrounded by those hosts of monkeys, most unconquerable, followed by Lakshmana, the mighty hero set out.
स ददर्श महात्मानं किरीटिनमरिंदमम् । शोणिताप्लुतरक्ताक्षं कुम्भकर्णं महाबलः ॥ १३७ ॥
The mighty one saw great-souled Kumbhakarna, crowned, tamer of enemies, his eyes red, drenched in blood,
सर्वान् समभिधावन्तं यथा रुष्टं दिशागजम् । मार्गमाणं हरीन् क्रुद्धं राक्षसैः परिवारितम् ॥ १३८ ॥
rushing at all like an angry elephant of the quarters, searching for monkeys in anger, surrounded by rakshasas,
विन्ध्यमन्दरसंकाशं काञ्चनाङ्गदभूषणम् । स्रवन्तं रुधिरं वक्त्राद् वर्षमेघमिवोत्थितम् ॥ १३९ ॥
like the Vindhya or Mandara, adorned with golden armlets, streaming blood from his mouth, like a risen rain cloud,
जिह्वया परिलिह्यन्तं सृक्किणी शोणितोक्षिते । मृद्नन्तं वानरानीकं कालान्तकयमोपमम् ॥ १४० ॥
licking the corners of his mouth, wet with blood, with his tongue, crushing the monkey army, like Yama, the ender at the end of time.
तं दृष्ट्वा राक्षसश्रेष्ठं प्रदीप्तानलवर्चसम् । विस्फारयामास तदा कार्मुकं पुरुषर्षभः ॥ १४१ ॥
Seeing that best of rakshasas, with the splendour of a blazing fire, the bull among men then twanged his bow.
स तस्य चापनिर्घोषात् कुपितो राक्षसर्षभः । अमृष्यमाणस्तं घोषमभिदुद्राव राघवम् ॥ १४२ ॥
At the sound of his bow the bull among rakshasas grew angry and, not bearing that sound, rushed at Raghava.
ततस्तु वातोद्धतमेघकल्पं भुजंगराजोत्तमभोगबाहुः । तमापतन्तं धरणीधराभ- मुवाच रामो युधि कुम्भकर्णम् ॥ १४३ ॥
Then to him coming on, like a cloud raised by the wind, like a mountain, Rama, with arms like the coils of the king of serpents, said in battle to Kumbhakarna:
आगच्छ रक्षोऽधिप मा विषाद- मवस्थितोऽहं प्रगृहीतचापः । अवेहि मां राक्षसवंशनाशनं यस्त्वं मुहूर्ताद् भविता विचेताः ॥ १४४ ॥
“Come, lord of the rakshasas; do not despair; I stand with bow in hand. Know me as the destroyer of the rakshasa race, you who in a moment will be senseless.”
रामोऽयमिति विज्ञाय जहास विकृतस्वनम् । अभ्यधावत संक्रुद्धो हरीन् विद्रावयन् रणे ॥ १४५ ॥
Knowing “This is Rama,” he laughed with a distorted sound and rushed on in anger, routing the monkeys in battle,
दारयन्निव सर्वेषां हृदयानि वनौकसाम् । प्रहस्य विकृतं भीमं स मेघस्तनितोपमम् ॥ १४६ ॥
as if splitting the hearts of all the forest-dwellers, laughing distortedly, terribly, like the thunder of clouds,
कुम्भकर्णो महातेजा राघवं वाक्यमब्रवीत् । नाहं विराधो विज्ञेयो न कबन्धः खरो न च । न वाली न च मारीचः कुम्भकर्णः समागतः ॥ १४७ ॥
radiant Kumbhakarna said to Raghava: “I am not to be taken for Viradha, nor Kabandha, nor Khara, nor Vali, nor Maricha; Kumbhakarna has come.
पश्य मे मुद्गरं भीमं सर्वं कालायसं महत् । अनेन निर्जिता देवा दानवाश्च पुरा मया ॥ १४८ ॥
“See my terrible hammer, great, all of black iron; with it I conquered gods and danavas long ago.
विकर्णनास इति मां नावज्ञातुं त्वमर्हसि । स्वल्पापि हि न मे पीडा कर्णनासाविनाशनात् ॥ १४९ ॥
“You should not despise me because I am without ears and nose; I have not the slightest pain from the loss of my ears and nose.
दर्शयेक्ष्वाकुशार्दूल वीर्यं गात्रेषु मेऽनघ । ततस्त्वां भक्षयिष्यामि दृष्टपौरुषविक्रमम् ॥ १५० ॥
“Show your valour on my limbs, tiger of the Ikshvakus, sinless one; then I will eat you, having seen your manliness and valour.”
स कुम्भकर्णस्य वचो निशम्य रामः सुपुङ्खान् विससर्ज बाणान् । तैराहतो वज्रसमप्रवेगै- र्न चुक्षुभे न व्यथते सुरारिः ॥ १५१ ॥
Hearing Kumbhakarna’s words, Rama loosed well-feathered arrows; struck by them, with speed like the thunderbolt, the enemy of the gods was not shaken or pained.
यैः सायकैः सालवरा निकृत्ता वाली हतो वानरपुङ्गवश्च । ते कुम्भकर्णस्य तदा शरीरं वज्रोपमा न व्यथयाम्प्रचक्रुः ॥ १५२ ॥
The arrows with which the best sala trees were cut, and Vali, bull among monkeys, was killed, like thunderbolts, did not then pain Kumbhakarna’s body.
स वारिधारा इव सायकांस्तान् पिबन् शरीरेण महेन्द्रशत्रुः । जघान रामस्य शरप्रवेगं व्याविध्य तं मुद्गरमुग्रवेगम् ॥ १५३ ॥
Drinking those arrows with his body like streams of water, the enemy of great Indra struck down the force of Rama’s arrows, whirling that hammer of fierce speed.
ततस्तु रक्षः क्षतजानुलिप्तं वित्रासनं देवमहाचमूनाम् । व्याविध्य तं मुद्गरमुग्रवेगं विद्रावयामास चमूं हरीणाम् ॥ १५४ ॥
Then the rakshasa, smeared with blood, the terror of the great armies of the gods, whirling that hammer of fierce speed, routed the army of the monkeys.
वायव्यमादाय ततोऽपरास्त्रं रामः प्रचिक्षेप निशाचराय । समुद्गरं तेन जहार बाहुं स कृत्तबाहुस्तुमुलं ननाद ॥ १५५ ॥
Then Rama, taking another weapon, the Vayavya, hurled it at the night-wanderer; with it he took off his arm with the hammer; with his arm cut off, he roared tumultuously.
स तस्य बाहुर्गिरिशृङ्गकल्पः समुद्गरो राघवबाणकृत्तः । पपात तस्मिन् हरिराजसैन्ये जघान तां वानरवाहिनीं च ॥ १५६ ॥
That arm of his, like a mountain peak, with the hammer, cut by Raghava’s arrow, fell on the monkey king’s army and killed that monkey army.
ते वानरा भग्नहतावशेषाः पर्यन्तमाश्रित्य तदा विषण्णाः । प्रपीडिताङ्गा ददृशुः सुघोरं नरेन्द्ररक्षोऽधिपसंनिपातम् ॥ १५७ ॥
Those monkeys, the remnant of the broken and slain, retreating to the edge, dejected, their limbs crushed, watched the very terrible encounter of the king of men and the lord of the rakshasas.
स कुम्भकर्णोऽस्त्रनिकृत्तबाहु- र्महासिकृत्ताग्र इवाचलेन्द्रः । उत्पाटयामास करेण वृक्षं ततोऽभिदुद्राव रणे नरेन्द्रम् ॥ १५८ ॥
Kumbhakarna, his arm cut by the weapon, like a lord of mountains with its top cut by a great sword, tore up a tree with his hand and rushed at the king of men in battle.
तं तस्य बाहुं सहतालवृक्षं समुद्यतं पन्नगभोगकल्पम् । ऐन्द्रास्त्रयुक्तेन जघान रामो बाणेन जाम्बूनदचित्रितेन ॥ १५९ ॥
That arm of his, raised with the palm tree, like a serpent’s coil, Rama struck with an arrow joined to the Aindra weapon, decorated with gold.
स कुम्भकर्णस्य भुजो निकृत्तः पपात भूमौ गिरिसंनिकाशः । विचेष्टमानो निजघान वृक्षान् शैलान् शिलावानरराक्षसांश्च ॥ १६० ॥
That arm of Kumbhakarna, cut off, fell on the ground like a mountain; writhing, it struck down trees, mountains, rocks, monkeys and rakshasas.
तं छिन्नबाहुं समवेक्ष्य रामः समापतन्तं सहसा नदन्तम् । द्वावर्धचन्द्रौ निशितौ प्रगृह्य चिच्छेद पादौ युधि राक्षसस्य ॥ १६१ ॥
Seeing him, his arms cut off, suddenly coming on roaring, Rama took two sharp crescent arrows and cut off the rakshasa’s legs in battle.
तौ तस्य पादौ प्रदिशो दिशश्च गिरेर्गुहाश्चैव महार्णवं च । लङ्कां च सेनां कपिराक्षसानां विनादयन्तौ विनिपेततुश्च ॥ १६२ ॥
Those two legs of his fell, making the directions and intermediate directions, the mountain caves, the great ocean, Lanka and the armies of monkeys and rakshasas resound.
निकृत्तबाहुर्विनिकृत्तपादो विदार्य वक्त्रं वडवामुखाभम् । दुद्राव रामं सहसाभिगर्जन् राहुर्यथा चन्द्रमिवान्तरिक्षे ॥ १६३ ॥
His arms cut off, his legs cut off, opening his mouth like the submarine fire, he rushed suddenly at Rama, roaring, as Rahu at the moon in the sky.
अपूरयत् तस्य मुखं शिताग्रै रामः शरैर्हेमपिनद्धपुङ्खैः । सम्पूर्णवक्त्रो न शशाक वक्तुं चुकूज कृच्छ्रेण मुमूर्च्छ चापि ॥ १६४ ॥
Rama filled his mouth with sharp-pointed arrows bound with gold; his mouth full, he could not speak; he choked with difficulty and fainted.
अथाददे सूर्यमरीचिकल्पं स ब्रह्मदण्डान्तककालकल्पम् । अरिष्टमैन्द्रं निशितं सुपुङ्खं रामः शरं मारुततुल्यवेगम् ॥ १६५ ॥
Then Rama took an arrow like the sun’s rays, like Brahma’s rod, like Death and Time, the Aindra arrow, deadly, sharp, well-feathered, swift as the wind.
तं वज्रजाम्बूनदचारुपुङ्खं प्रदीप्तसूर्यज्वलनप्रकाशम् । महेन्द्रवज्राशनितुल्यवेगं रामः प्रचिक्षेप निशाचराय ॥ १६६ ॥
That arrow, with its lovely feathers of diamond and gold, bright as the blazing sun and fire, of speed equal to great Indra’s thunderbolt, Rama hurled at the night-wanderer.
स सायको राघवबाहुचोदितो दिशःस्वभासा दश सम्प्रकाशयन् । विधूमवैश्वानरभीमदर्शनो जगाम शक्राशनिभीमविक्रमः ॥ १६७ ॥
That arrow, sent by Raghava’s arm, lighting the ten directions with its own light, terrible to see like smokeless fire, went, with valour terrible as Shakra’s thunderbolt.
स तन्महापर्वतकूटसंनिभं सुवृत्तदंष्ट्रं चलचारुकुण्डलम् । चकर्त रक्षोऽधिपतेः शिरस्तदा यथैव वृत्रस्य पुरा पुरंदरः ॥ १६८ ॥
It cut off the head of the lord of the rakshasas, like the summit of a great mountain, with its round teeth and its moving, lovely earrings, as Purandara cut off Vritra’s long ago.
कुम्भकर्णशिरो भाति कुण्डलालंकृतं महत् । आदित्येऽभ्युदिते रात्रौ मध्यस्थ इव चन्द्रमाः ॥ १६९ ॥
Kumbhakarna’s great head, adorned with earrings, shone like the moon standing in the middle of the sky at night when the sun has risen.
तद् रामबाणाभिहतं पपात रक्षःशिरः पर्वतसंनिकाशम् । बभञ्ज चर्यागृहगोपुराणि प्राकारमुच्चं तमपातयच्च ॥ १७० ॥
Struck by Rama’s arrows, that head of the rakshasa, like a mountain, fell; it broke the guard-houses and gate towers and brought down the high wall.
तच्चातिकायं हिमवत् प्रकाशं रक्षस्तदा तोयनिधौ पपात । ग्राहान् परान् मीनवरान् भुजंगमान् ममर्द भूमिं च तथा विवेश ॥ १७१ ॥
And that huge rakshasa, shining like Himavat, fell then into the ocean; it crushed great crocodiles, fine fish and serpents, and likewise entered the earth.
तस्मिन् हते ब्राह्मणदेवशत्रौ महाबले संयति कुम्भकर्णे । चचाल भूर्भूमिधराश्च सर्वे हर्षाच्च देवास्तुमुलं प्रणेदुः ॥ १७२ ॥
When mighty Kumbhakarna, enemy of brahmanas and gods, was killed in battle, the earth and all the mountains shook, and the gods roared tumultuously with joy.
ततस्तु देवर्षिमहर्षिपन्नगाः सुराश्च भूतानि सुपर्णगुह्यकाः । सयक्षगन्धर्वगणा नभोगताः प्रहर्षिता रामपराक्रमेण ॥ १७३ ॥
Then the divine sages, great sages and serpents, the gods and beings, the suparnas and guhyakas, with the hosts of yakshas and gandharvas in the sky, rejoiced at Rama’s valour.
ततस्तु ते तस्य वधेन भूरिणा मनस्विनो नैर्ऋतराजबान्धवाः । विनेदुरुच्चैर्व्यथिता रघूत्तमं हरिं समीक्ष्यैव यथा मतंगजाः ॥ १७४ ॥
Then the high-minded kin of the king of the nairritas, distressed by his great slaughter, cried out loudly, seeing the best of the Raghus, as elephants seeing a lion.
स देवलोकस्य तमो निहत्य सूर्यो यथा राहुमुखाद् विमुक्तः । तथा व्यभासीद्धरिसैन्यमध्ये निहत्य रामो युधि कुम्भकर्णम् ॥ १७५ ॥
As the sun, having destroyed the darkness of the world of the gods, shines released from Rahu’s mouth, so Rama shone in the midst of the monkey army, having killed Kumbhakarna in battle.
प्रहर्षमीयुर्बहवश्च वानराः प्रबुद्धपद्मप्रतिमैरिवाननैः । अपूजयन् राघवमिष्टभागिनं हते रिपौ भीमबले नृपात्मजम् ॥ १७६ ॥
Many monkeys rejoiced, with faces like opened lotuses, and honoured Raghava, the prince, who had won his desire, when the enemy of terrible strength was killed.
स कुम्भकर्णं सुरसैन्यमर्दनं महत्सु युद्धेषु कदाचनाजितम् । ननन्द हत्वा भरताग्रजो रणे महासुरं वृत्रमिवामराधिपः ॥ १७७ ॥
Having killed in battle Kumbhakarna, crusher of the gods’ armies, never conquered before in great battles, Bharata’s elder brother rejoiced, as the lord of the immortals did when he had killed the great asura Vritra.