Ratnavali 28

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tataḥ praviśati khaḍgahastā vasuṃdharā |
(4.38) Vasuṃdharā | upasṛtya | jaadu jaadu bhaṭṭā | eso kkhu rumaṇṇado bhāiṇeo vijaavammā piaṃ kiṃ pi ṇivedidukāmo duvāre ciṭṭhadi |
(4.39) Rājā | vasuṃdhare | avilambitaṃ praveśaya |
(4.40) Vasuṃdharā | jaṃ devo āṇavedi | iti niṣkramya vijayavarmaṇā saha punaḥ praviśya ca | vijaavammaṃ | eso kkhu bhaṭṭā | tā uvasappadu ajjo ṇaṃ |
(4.41) Vijayavarmā | upasṛtya | jayati jayati devaḥ | deva | diṣṭyā vardhase rumaṇvato vijayena |
(4.42) Rājā | saparitoṣam | vijayavarman | api jitāḥ kosalāḥ |
(4.43) Vijayavarmā | devasya prasādena |
(4.44) Rājā | sādhu rumaṇvan sādhu | acirān mahatprayojanam anuṣṭhitam | vijayavarman | tat kathaya kathām | ativistarataḥ śrotum icchāmi |
(4.45) Vijayavarmā | deva | śrūyatām | ito devādeśāt katipayair eva vāsarair anekakarituragapadātidurnivāreṇa mahatā balasamūhena gatvā rumaṇvān vindhyadurgāvasthitasya kosalapater dvāram avaṣṭabhya samāvāsayitum ārabdhavān |
(4.46) Rājā | tatas tataḥ |
(4.47) Vijayavarmā | tataḥ kosaleśvaro 'pi darpāt paribhavam asahamāno hāstikaprāyam ātmasainyaṃ sajjīkṛtavān |
(4.48) Vidūṣakaḥ | vijaavammaṃ | lahuṃ ācakkha | vedadi me hiaaṃ |
(4.49) Rājā | tatas tataḥ |
(4.50) Vijayavarmā | deva | kṛtaniścayaś cāsau
yoddhuṃ nirgatya vindhyād abhavad abhimukhas tatkṣaṇaṃ digvibhāgān
vindhyenevāpareṇa dvipapatipṛtanāpīḍabandhena rundhan |
vegād bāṇān vimuñcann atha samadagajotpiṣṭapattir nipatya
pratyāyād vāñchitāptidviguṇitarabhasas taṃ rumaṇvān kṣaṇena || 68 || (4.5)
api ca |astravyastaśirastraśastrakaṣaṇaiḥ kṛttottamāṅge muhur
vyūḍhāsṛksariti svanatpraharaṇair gharmodvamadvahnini |
āhūyājimukhe sa kosalapatir bhagne pradhāne bale
(4.51) Rājā | katham | asmadīyāny api balāni bhagnāni |
(4.52) Vijayavarmā | ekenaiva rumaṇvatā śaraśatair mattadvipastho hataḥ || 69 || (4.6)
(4.53) Vidūṣakaḥ | jaadu jaadu bhavaṃ | jidaṃ amhehiḥ | iti nṛtyati |
(4.54) Rājā | sādhu kosalapate sādhu | mṛtyur api te ślāghyo yasya śatravo 'py evaṃ puruṣakāraṃ varṇayanti |
(4.55) Vijayavarmā | rumaṇvān api kosaleṣu madbhrātaraṃ jyāyāṃsaṃ jayavarmāṇaṃ sthāpayitvā prahāravraṇitaṃ hāstakaprāyam aśeṣasainyam anuvartamānaḥ śanaiḥ śanair āgata eva |
(4.56) Rājā | vasuṃdhare | ucyatāṃ yaugandharāyaṇaḥ | pradīyatāṃ matprasādo 'syeti |
(4.57) Vasuṃdharā | jaṃ devo āṇavedi | iti vijayavarmaṇā saha niṣkrāntā |

Then enters Vasundharā, sword in hand.
(4.38) Vasundharā (approaching): Victory, victory to my lord! Rumaṇvat's nephew Vijayavarman, wishing to announce something pleasing, is waiting at the door.
(4.39) King: Vasundharā, bring him in without delay.
(4.40) Vasundharā: As my lord commands. (Going out and entering again with Vijayavarman.) Vijayavarman, here is my lord; let the noble one approach him.
(4.41) Vijayavarman (approaching): Victory, victory to the lord! My lord, congratulations on Rumaṇvat's victory!
(4.42) King (with satisfaction): Vijayavarman, has Kosala been conquered?
(4.43) Vijayavarman: Through my lord's favor.
(4.44) King: Well done, Rumaṇvat, well done! In no time a great enterprise has been accomplished! Vijayavarman, then tell the tale; I wish to hear it in full detail.
(4.45) Vijayavarman: Lord, listen. A few days after leaving here by my lord's command, Rumaṇvat, having marched with a mighty host irresistible with its countless elephants, horses, and foot-soldiers, blockaded the gate of the king of Kosala, who was stationed in the Vindhya fortress, and began to pitch camp.
(4.46) King: And then? And then?
(4.47) Vijayavarman: Then the lord of Kosala too, unable out of pride to endure humiliation, prepared his army, which consisted mainly of elephants.
(4.48) Vidūṣaka: Vijayavarman, tell it quickly! My heart is trembling.
(4.49) King: And then? And then?
(4.50) Vijayavarman: My lord, having resolved
To fight, he came forth from the Vindhya and immediately confronted him, blocking the quarters
With an array formed of a host of lordly elephants, like another Vindhya mountain;
Then, releasing arrows with fury, falling [upon the foe] whose foot-soldiers were crushed by rutting elephants,
Rumaṇvat, his impetuosity doubled by gaining what he had longed for, in an instant advanced against him. // 68 // (4.5)
Moreover:
While heads were repeatedly severed by the clashing of weapons that shattered helmets with missiles,
While rivers of blood surged, and sparks flew in the blazing heat from clashing weapons,
Challenging [our men] at the vanguard of the battle, that king of Kosala, when his main army was broken—
(4.51) King: What? Were our forces broken too?
(4.52) Vijayavarman:
—was slain on his rutting elephant with hundreds of arrows by Rumaṇvat alone. // 69 // (4.6)
(4.53) Vidūṣaka: Victory, victory to your honor! We have won! (Dances.)
(4.54) King: Well done, king of Kosala, well done! Even your death is praiseworthy, since even your enemies extol your manly valor in such a way.
(4.55) Vijayavarman: Rumaṇvat too, having stationed my elder brother Jayavarman in Kosala, has been advancing slowly, accompanied by the entire army, which consists mainly of elephants and is wounded by blows.
(4.56) King: Vasundharā, tell Yaugandharāyaṇa: let a favor from me be bestowed upon him.
(4.57) Vasundharā: As my lord commands. (Exit with Vijayavarman.)