Dn¥|¢x    c    Òvjag#a¢N    vmaIN£    c    ¢Sra|¢s    c    ,
¢c¢ÅCѤ¢vI¢BѤàWv    rambaNa    g¤NÅy¤ta:    .21.

Dn¥|¢x   c

bows also

Òvjag#a¢N

top of the ensigns

vmaIN£   c

coat of mails also

¢Sra|¢s   c

heads also

¢c¢ÅCѤ:

cut off

¢v¢BѤ:

split

c

also

ev

only

rambaNa:

Rama's arrows

g¤NÅy¤ta:

released from the bow

21.Rama's   arrows   released   from   his   bow,   cut   off   their   bows   and   top   of
their   ensigns.   The   arrows   also   split   their   coat   of   mails   and   heads.

bah\n¯    shÞtaBrNan¥ãn¯    k¢rkraEpman¯    ,
¢cÅCEd    ram:    smrE    StSaE{T    sh*S:    .22.

bah\n¯

arms

shÞtaBrNan¯

adorned with ornaments

Uãn¯

thighs

k¢rkraEpman¯

resembling the trunk of an elephant

¢cÅCEd

cut off

ram:

Rama

smrE	in the battle field

StS:	in hundreds

AT

then

sh*S:

in thousands

22.Rama   cut   of   the   arms   decorated   with   ornaments   and   thighs   like   the
trunk   of   elephants   in   hundreds   and   thousands   in   the   battle   field.

hvan¯    ka·ns°ahaÓrTy¤³an¯    ssarT£n¯    ,
gja|à    sgjaraEhan¯    shyan¯    sa¢dnÞtTa    .23.
pdat£n¯    smrE    hÏva    /nyïmsadnm¯    .24.

hvan¯

horses

ka·ns°ahan¯

with golden armour

rTy¤³an¯

yoked to the chariots

ssarT£n¯

with charioteers

gjan¯   c

elephants also

sgjaraEhan¯

with their riders

shyan¯

with horses

sa¢dn:

horsemen

tTa

similarly

pdat£n¯

foot soldier

smrE	on the battle field

hÏva

killing

¢h

surely

Anyt¯

sent

ymsadnm¯

to Yama's abode

23,24.Rama's   arrows   killed   the   horses   yoked   to   the   chariots   alongwith   the
charioteers,   elephants   with   their   riders,   horsemen   with   the   horses   and   foot   soldiers   on   the   battle   field   and   sent   them   to   Yama's   abode.

ttaE    nal£knaracWÞt£ßNag#Wà    ¢vk¢NI¢B:    ,
B£mmatIÞvr|    c@[¢BIïmana    ¢nSacra:    .25.

tt:

then

nal£knaracW:

nalika and naraca named arrows

t£ßNag#W:

with sharp tips

c   ¢vk¢NI¢B:

vikarni also

B£m|

terrible

AatIÞvr|

pitiable cry

c@[:

raised

¢Bïmana:

being torn

¢nSacra:

night wanderers

25.Being   torn   by   the   sharp   arrows   nalika,   naraca   and   vikarni,   the   ogres
raised   a   terrible   pitiable   cry.

tÏsWÓy|    ¢n¢StWbaINWr¢dIt|    mmIBEd¢B:    ,
ramEN    n    s¤K|    lEBE    S¤Ýk|    vn¢mva¢g"na    .26.

tt¯

that

sWÓy|

army

¢n¢StW:

sharp

baNW:

by arrows

A¢dIt|

tormented

mmIBEd¢B:

in vital parts

ramEN

by Rama

n

did not

s¤K|

relief

lEBE

obtained

S¤Ýk|

dry

vn|

forest

iv

like

A¢g"na

by fire

26.Tormented   by   Rama's   arrows   piercing   their   vital   parts,   the   ogres   did
not   get   relief   like   a   dry   forest   ravaged   by   fire.

kE¢cì£mbla:    S¥ra:    S¥lan¯    KHqgan¯    práDan¯    ,
ramÞya¢Bm¤K|    gÏva    ¢c¢Xx¤:    prmay¤Dan¯    .27.

kE¢ct¯

some

B£mbla:

of terrible might

S¥ra:

gallants

S¥lan¯

lances

KHqgan¯

swords

práDan¯

axes

ramÞy

Rama

A¢Bm¤K|

towards

gÏva

going

¢c¢Xx¤:

hurled

prmay¤Dan¯

the best of weapons

27.Some   of   the   gallant   ogres   possessed   of   terrible   might   went   towards
Rama   and   hurled   the   best   of   weapons   like   lances,   swords   and   axes   at   him.

ta¢n    baNWmIhabah^:    SÞæOaÎyavayI    raGv:    ,
jhar    smrE    p#aNa|¢àÅCEd    c    ¢SraEDran¯    .28.

ta¢n

those

baNW:

with arrows

mhabah^:

mighty armed

SÞæOa¢N

weapons

AavayI

intercepting

raGv:

Rama

jhar

took away

smrE	on the battle field

p#aNan¯

lives

¢cÅCEd

severed

c

thus

¢SraEDran¯

necks

28.Rama   intercepted   the   weapons   with   arrows   and   killed   them   by
severing   the   necks   in   the   encounter.

tE    ¢C°¢Srs:    pEt¤¢ÜC°vmISrasna:    ,
s¤pNIvat¢v¢XçOa    jgÏya|    padpa    yTa    .29.

tE

they

¢C°¢Srs:

with heads cut off

pEt¤:

fell down

¢C°vmISrasna:

with shield and bows pierced

s¤pNIvat¢v¢XçOa:

by the blast raised by garuda

jgÏya|

on the ground

padpa:   yTa

like the trees

29.With   their   head   cut   off,   shield   and   bow   pierced,   they   fell   down   on   the   ground   like   the   trees   felled   by   the   blast   raised   by   garuda.

Av¢S¾aà    yE    tæO    ¢vxÎNaà    ¢nSasra:    ,
KrmEva×yDavÓt    SrNaTI|    Sra¢dIta:    .30.

Av¢S¾a:

those remaining

c

also

yE

who

tæO

there

¢vxÎNa:   c

feeling dejected also

¢nSasra:

night wanderers

Kr|   ev

to Khara onlt

A×yDavÓt

ran towards

SrNaTI|

for protection

Sra¢dIta:

wounded by arrows

30.Wounded   by   arrows,   those   who   were   remaining,   feeling   dejected   ran
towards   Khara   for   protection.