Paumacariya 57

English (machine translation) 57

Language: English

57.1

Seeing the Rākṣasa army advancing like an overflowing ocean,
all the Vānaras prepared themselves, equipped with chariots, elephants, and horses.

57.2

Engaged in Rāghava's cause, Nala, Nīla, Hanumat, and Jāmbavat
märched out in excellent chariots yoked with superior elephants;

57.3

Jayamitra, Samāna, Candrābha, Rativivardhana,
and next Rativardhana, Kumudāvarta, and Mahendra;

57.4

the great-souled Prītikara, Anuddhara, Dṛḍharatha, Śūra,
Jyotipriya, Bala, Mahābala, and Atibala;

57.5

Durbuddhi, Śavasāra, Śabadaśaratha, then Āhṛṣṭa,
Aviṇaṣṭa, Saṃtrāsa, Nāḍa, and the valiant Barbara;

57.6

then Vighnasūcana, Bāla, Lola, Maṇḍala,
Raṇacandra, Candraratha, Kusumāyudha, and Kusumamāla;

57.7

Prastāra, Himāṅga, Aṅgada, and Priyarūpa—
these warriors marched out in chariots yoked with elephants;

57.8

the warrior Pūrṇacandra, Duṣprekṣya, Suvidhi, Sāgarasvara,
Priyavigraha, Skandha, Vrajāṃśu, Apratighāta;

57.9

Duṣṭa, Kuṣṭhaganirava, Candanapādapa, Samādhi,
Bahula, Kīrtināman, Kirīṭin, Indrāyudha, the steadfast Dhīra;

57.10

Gayavaratrāsa, Saṅkaṭa, and the feudatory Prahlāda—
these rushed swiftly in chariots yoked with elephants;

57.11

Śīla, Vidyunnayana, Bala, Sapakṣa, Ghana, Ratna,
Sammega, Cala, Sāla, Kāla, Kṣitidhara;

57.12

Lola, Vikala, Kāla, Kaliṅga-Caṇḍāṃśu-Ujjhita, Kīla,
Bhīma, Bhīmaratha, Taraṅgatilaka, Suśaila;

57.13

Tarala, the mighty Gharma, Manoharaṇa, Mahāsukha, Pramatta,
Marda, Matta, Sāra, Ratnajaṭin, Dūṣaṇa, Koṇa;

57.14

then Bhūṣaṇa, Vikaṭa, Virādhita, Manuraṇa, Kṣaṇakṣepa,
Nakṣatraluddhanāman, Vijaya, Jaya, and Saṅgrāma.

57.15

Kṣepa, likewise Arivijaya, and the warriors Nakṣatramāla and others— / these quickly set out on chariots yoked with horses.

57.16

Taḍidvāha, Marudvāha, Ravimāna, Jaladavāhana, Bhānu, / [and] King Pracaṇḍamālin—these [went] in chariots resembling clouds.

57.17

Bibhīṣaṇa mounted the aerial chariot named Jyotiḥprabha itself; / and other warriors such as these I mention in brief:

57.18

Kānta, Yuddhavant, then Kaumudīnandana, Vṛṣabha, / Kolāhala, the heroic Prabhāvita, affectionate towards ascetics,

57.19

Jinaprema, Rathacandra, Yaśodhara, Sāgara, Jinanāman, / and the warriors Jinamata and others—these too mounted aerial chariots.

57.20

Padma, Lakṣmaṇa, Sugrīva, and the son of Janaka— / these bulls among kings, possessing aerial chariots, stood in the sky.

57.21

With various weapons taken in hand, mounted on various kinds of vehicles, / the monkey-bannered [warriors] set forth facing Laṅkā, full of joy and eagerness.

57.22

Thereupon, great drums were beaten in both armies, / full of the loud sounds of clear paṭahas, bherīs, jhallarīs, kāhalas, and timilās,

57.23

abounding in bhambhās, mṛdaṅgas, ḍamarus, ḍhakkās, war cries, and conches, / intensely accompanied by kharamukhīs, huḍukkas, pāvakas, and brass cymbals.

57.24

The varied cry of elephants, horses, lions, buffaloes, bulls, / and rutting birds spread, causing terror to cowardly men.

57.25

From the sound of the many instruments and the roaring noise increased by the warriors' shouts, / one could not hear the speech of another even though it fell on the ear.

57.26

Thereupon, a dreadful, vast combat began between both armies; / the earth was shaken and the mountains suddenly trembled.

57.27

Stones [and] fire fell from the sky, the wind blew up dense dust, / and rivers flowed backwards by the violent power of the battle.

57.28

In both armies, excellent warriors released weapons such as maces, arrows, / javelins, and bhindimālas, blazing like meteors.

57.29

Armored, heroic in battle, striking with blows of clubs, swords, and discs, / they proclaimed their own lineages, their minds intent on slaying one another.

57.30

The Rākṣasas, hard-pressed, began to fight so fiercely / with blows resembling lightning and axes that the Vānara army retreated.

57.31

Then other Vānara warriors, their battle advances unbroken, arose; / turning to the attack, they fought, destroying the Rākṣasa army.

57.32

Seeing his own host sink down in the combat, / Hasta and Prahasta swiftly arose, confronting them.

57.33

That army of the chief monkeys was broken again by Prahasta and Hasta; / suddenly taking to flight, it was rallied by the warriors Nala and Nīla.

57.34

When the battle joined, with excellent warriors falling in both armies, / Hasta was slain by Nala, and likewise Prahasta by Nīla.

57.35

Then, seeing Hasta and Prahasta slain, their own army, / with warriors and horses falling, retreated from the midst of the battle.

57.36

Thus without an eminent leader an undertaking, though being pursued, does not achieve success, / just as a night endowed with stars and planets is not [bright] without the pure moonbeams.

57.37

Thus the fifty-seventh parvan in the Paümacariya, named 'The Slaying of Hasta and Prahasta', is completed.

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Paümacariya — Vimalasūri, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit