Agnipurana 10
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10.1
Nārada said:
And instructed by Rāma, Aṅgada went and said to Rāvaṇa: "Let Jānakī / be given to the descendant of Raghu at once; otherwise you will die!"
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Rāvaṇa, prepared to kill [him], the rākṣasa haughty in battle, / the Ten-necked one said to Rāma: "Battle alone is what is considered!"
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Having heard that, Rāma came to Laṅkā for battle, accompanied by the monkeys: / the monkey Hanumān, Mainda, Dvivida, Jāmbavān, Nala,
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Nīla, Tāra, Aṅgada, Dhūmra, Suṣeṇa, Keśarī, Gaya,
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Panasa, Vinata, Rambha, Śarabha, Krathana the strong,
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Gavākṣa, Dadhivaktra, Gavaya, and Gandhamādana, / and these and others, and Sugrīva—accompanied by these innumerable ones indeed,
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a tumultuous battle of the rākṣasas and monkeys shone forth. / The rākṣasas struck the monkeys with arrows, lances, maces, and the like;
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the monkeys struck the rākṣasas with nails, teeth, rocks, and the like. / The army of the rākṣasas, consisting of elephants, horses, chariots, and foot-soldiers, was destroyed.
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Hanumān slew the enemy Dhūmrākṣa with a mountain peak; / Nīla slew Akampana and Prahasta as they fought.
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And Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa, freed from Indrajit's arrow-bonds / upon the sight of Tārkṣya, with their arrows struck the rākṣasa host.
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Rāma shattered Rāvaṇa in battle with arrows. / Distressed, Rāvaṇa awakened Kumbhakarṇa.
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Then Kumbhakarṇa, awakened, having drunk a thousand jars / of wine and devoured buffaloes and other animals, said to Rāvaṇa:
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"The abduction of Sītā was a sin committed [by you]; yet because you are an elder, / therefore I go to battle, and I will slay Rāma together with the monkeys."
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Having spoken thus, Kumbhakarṇa crushed all the monkeys. / Seized by him, Sugrīva cut off his ears and nose.
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Deprived of ears and nose, he devoured the monkeys. / Then Rāma severed Kumbhakarṇa's arms with arrows.
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Then his feet, and then cutting off his head, he felled it to the earth. / Then the rākṣasas Kumbha, Nikumbha, and Makarākṣa,
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Mahodara, Mahāpārśva, Matta, the rākṣasa Unmatta, / Praghasa, Bhāsakarṇa, and Virūpākṣa in battle,
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Devāntaka, Narāntaka, Triśiras, and Atikāya,
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fighting with Rāma, Lakṣmaṇa, / and the monkeys accompanied by Vibhīṣaṇa,
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as well as other rākṣasas, were felled to the earth. / Indrajit, fighting with sorcery, bound Rāma and the others
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with serpent-arrows granted by a boon. With the herb that extracts arrows, making the two free from arrows / and uninjured, on the mountain brought by the son of Marut,
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Hanūmān held that mountain where he stood. / Indeed, Lakṣmaṇa [attacked] him as he performed fire oblations and other rites at Nikumbhilā;
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with arrows in battle he struck down that heroic Indrajit. / Rāvaṇa, tormented by grief, prepared to kill Sītā.
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Dissuaded by Avindhya, the king went forth in his chariot with his army. / Instructed by Indra, Mātali placed Rāma in his chariot.
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The battle between Rāma and Rāvaṇa was like that between Rāma and Rāvaṇa alone. / Rāvaṇa killed the monkeys, and the son of Marut and others [attacked] Rāvaṇa.
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Rāma showered him with weapons and missile weapons like a cloud. / He severed his banner, chariot, horses, and charioteer,
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his bow, arms, and indeed his heads; yet the heads kept rising again. / Piercing Rāvaṇa's chest with [the missile] of Brahmā,
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Rāma felled him to the surface of the earth. All the rākṣasa women wept. / Vibhīṣaṇa, commanded by Rāma, consoled them and performed the funeral rites for him.
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Rāma had Sītā brought by Hanūmān and accepted her once purified. / When she entered the fire and was proved pure, Rāma was praised by Indra and the others,
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by Brahmā, and by Daśaratha: “You are Viṣṇu, the slayer of the rākṣasas.” / Honoured by Indra, he revived the monkeys with a shower of nectar.
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[Note]
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1. The reading in the manuscript marked kha is nāgapāśaiḥ ("with serpent-nooses").
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2. The reading in the manuscript marked kha is suhṛnnivāritaḥ ("restrained by his friend"). / [Page 25]
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Honoured by Rāma, having watched the battle, they went to heaven. / Rāma gave Laṅkā to Vibhīṣaṇa and, having honoured the monkeys,
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seated in the Puṣpaka [aerial chariot] with Sītā, he departed along the path he had come, / showing the forest strongholds to Sītā with a delighted heart.
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Having paid homage to Bharadvāja, he arrived at Nandigrāma. / Bowed to by Bharata, he proceeded to Ayodhyā and took up residence there.
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Having paid homage to Vasiṣṭha and the others, and to Kauśalyā, Kaikeyī, / and Sumitrā, having attained the kingdom, he then honoured the twice-born and others.
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Then with horse sacrifices he worshipped his own Self, Vāsudeva. / He gave all manner of gifts and protected the subjects
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like sons, devoted to righteousness, pleasure, and the like, and intent on punishing the wicked. / All people were devoted to righteousness, the earth was full of crops, / and there was no untimely death while Rāma ruled the kingdom.
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Thus ends the tenth chapter, named "Description of the Yuddhakāṇḍa" in the Rāmāyaṇa, in the ancient Great Purāṇa of Agni.
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Now the eleventh chapter.
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Description of the Incarnation of Śrī Rāma.
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- Agnipurāṇa (Nag Publishers edition, Delhi) — Sanskrit
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- Agnipurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit