THE RAMAYANA
ARANYA KANDA
SARGA 28 : SLOKAS 1 TO 10
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- FIGHT WITH KHARA
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.1.
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along with Trisira |
1.Khara seeing
Dushana and Trisira killed
in the fight, became afraid
when he saw Rama's prowess.
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.2.
¢æO¢SraEÑ¥xNaW
|
Trisira and Dushana |
2.Khara saw
the very mighty and irresistible
army of ogres, Trisira
and
Dushana killed
single handedly by Rama.
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.3.
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completely wiped out |
3.Khara seeing
his entire army wiped out
attacked Rama like Namuci
attacked Indra.
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.4.
naracan¯
|
arrows called naraca |
4.Khara pulled
the string of his bow
with force and discharged
at Rama
blood sucking
arrows called naraca resembling
angry serpents.
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.5.
rTgt:
|
riding on the chariot |
5.Khara, riding
on the chariot on the
battle field, shaking the
string and by practice showing
the weapons displayed in
very many ways his arrows.
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.6.
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|
intermedaite poits also |
7.Khara filled
all the quarters and intermediate
points with arrows and
Rama seeing
him also similarly filled
with arrows from his mighty
bow.
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.7.
sÞP[¢lHqgW:
|
with sparks of fire |
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|
with rain showers |
7.Rama covered
the entire sky with formidable
arrows with sparks
resembling fire
like the cloud covers the
sky with rain showers.
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.8.
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|
with sharp arrows |
Krram¢vv¢jItW:
|
discharged by Khara and
Rama |
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|
without any space |
SrsHqk[lm¯
|
thickly set with arrows |
8.The whole
sky appeared without any
space being thickly covered
with sharp
arrows discharged by Khara
and Rama.
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.9.
Srjalv¦t:
|
screened by the network
of arrows |
AÓyaE{ÓyvDs|r|Bat¯
|
with the zeal to
kill each other |
s|p#y¤ÒytaE:
|
while figthing fiercely |
9.The network
of arrows discharged by
both in their zeal to
kill each
other in
the fierce fighting screened
the sun and did not
shine.
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.10.
nal£knaracW:
|
with arrows called nalika
and naraca |
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|
with sharp tips |
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|
with arrow called vikarni
also |
mha¢¹pm¯
|
a lordly elephant |
10.Khara attacked
Rama with sharp tipped
arrows called nalika, naraca
and vikarni
like a lordly elephant
is struck with a goad.
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