THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 3 : SLOKAS 11 TO 20
¢vraDp#har:
- STRIKING VIRADHA
Dn¤xa
Çyag¤Nvta
sçO
baNan¯
m¤maEc
h
,
âvmp¤HqKan¯
mhavEgan¯
s¤pNaI¢nlt¤Úygan¯
.11.
Çyag¤Nvta
|
fitted with a string |
âvmp¤HqKan¯
|
gold tipped arrows |
s¤pNaI¢nlt¤Úyjan¯
|
equal to that of Garuda
and Vayu |
11.Rama released
seven arrows with gold
feathers, of great speed
equal
to that
of Garuda and Vayu.
tE
Sr£r|
¢vraDÞy
¢Bt¯Ïva
brq¢hNvass:
,
¢npEt¤ÜSaE¢Nta¢dÂDa
DrÎya|
pavkaEpma:
.12.
brq¢hNvass:
|
decorated with peacock feathers |
SaE¢Nta¢dÂDa:
|
drenched with blood |
pavkaEpma:
|
looking like fire |
12.Decorated with
peacock feathers, those arrows
pierced Viradha's
body and
fell on the earth drenched
with blood and looking
like fire.
s
¢v¼aE
ÓyÞy
vWdEh£|
S¥lm¤ïØy
raXs:
,
A×yd#vÏs¤sHq@[¼Þtda
ram|
slßmNm¯
.13.
slßmNm¯
|
along with Lakshmana |
13.Viradha, when
hurt, put down Sita, then
lifting the lance ran in
great
fury towards
Rama and Lakshmana.
s
¢vnï
mhanad|
S¥l|
S?ÒvjaEpmm¯
,
p#g¦/aSaEBt
tda
ÛyaäOann
ivaÓtk:
.14.
S?ÒvjaEpmm¯
|
equal to Indra's flag |
iv
AÓtk:
|
like the god of
death Yama |
14.Then Viradha,
taking the spear equal
to Indra's flag, roaring,
appeared
like Yama
with open mouth.
AT
taW
B#atraW
d£çO|
SrvxI|
vvxIt¤:
,
¢vraDE
raXsE
t¢Þmn¯
kalaÓtkymaEpmE
.15.
SrvxI|
| —
shower of arrows |
kalaÓtkymaEpmE
|
looking like timespirit, death
and Yama |
15.The two
brothers then rained a
shining shower of arrows
on the demon,
Viradha, looking
like the time-spirit, death
and Yama.
s
p#hÞy
mharaWd#:
¢ÞTÏva{j¦ØBt
raXs:
.16.
16.Viradha, the
terrible demon stood firmly,
smiled and yawned.
¢vraDÜS¥lm¥ïØy
raGvav×yDavt
.17.
raGvaW
|
Rama and Lakshmana |
17.Lifting the
lance Virada ran towards
Rama and Lakshmana.
tÅC¥l|
vj#s|kaS|
ggnE
ÇvlnaEpmm¯
,
¹a×ya|
Sra×ya|
¢cÅCEd
ramÜSÞæOB¦ta|
vr:
.18.
vj#s|kaS|
|
like the thunderbolt |
18.Rama, foremost
among archers, broke into
pieces with two arrows
that
lance looking
like the thunderbolt and
like the fire in the
sky.
td#am¢v¢SK¢C°|
S¥l|
tÞy
kradqB¤¢v
,
ppatS¢nna
¢C°|
mEraE¢rv
¢Slatlm¯
.19.
ram¢v¢SK¢C°|
|
broken by Rama's arrow |
19.The lance
of Viradha, broken by Rama's
arrows fell on the earth
like
the rock
of mount meru split by
the thunderbolt.
taW
KfqgaW
¢Xp#m¤ïØy
k]ÝNspa©IpmaW
S¤BaW
,
t¥NImapttÞtÞy
tda
p#hrta|
blat¯
.20.
k]ÝNspa©IpmaW
|
like two black serpents |
20.They both
lifting two excellent swords,
like two black serpents,
struck
Viradha, who
was falling down, with
force.
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