THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA
BALA KANDA
p·p·aS:
sgI: Canto 55
¢váa¢mæOÞy
Dn¤vIda¢Dgm: Viswamitra acquires
the art of archery
ttÞtanaklaÓè¾va
¢váa¢mæOaÞæOmaE¢htan¯
.
v¢s¿àaEdyamas
kamD¤Às¦j yaEgt:
¡ 1¡
| ¢váa¢mæOaÞæOmaE¢htan¯
|
confounded by the missiles of Viswamitra |
| kamD¤k
|
the (wishyielding) cow Kamadhenu |
| yaEgt:
|
`with your yogic power' |
Vasishta, noticing
them to be confounded
by the arrows discharged
by Viswamitra,
thereupon prompted Kamadhenu (Sabala):
`May you
create through
your yogic power' (1).
tÞya
h^|kartaE jata: kaØBaEja
r¢vs¢°Ba: .
UDsÞÏvT
s|jata: pÔlva: SÞæOpaNy:
¡ 2¡
| h^|kart:
|
from the sound `hum' |
| r¢vs¢°Ba:
|
blazing like the Sun |
| SÞæOpaNy:
|
holding weapons |
yaE¢ndESaÅc
yvna: Sk]êESaÅCkaÞtTa
.
raEmk\pEx¤
c ØlEÅCa har£ta:
s¢kratka: ¡ 3¡
| yaEn¢dESat¯
|
from her reproductive organs |
| Sk]êESat¯
|
from her organ of excretion |
| raEmk\pEx¤
|
from the roots of her hair |
| s¢kratka:
|
along with Kiratakas |
Then, there
arose Kambhojas, scintillating like
the sun, from the syllable
`hum' uttered by her;
from her udder were born
Paplavas carrying weapons; from
her reproductive organs issued forth
Yavanas; from her organ
of excretion were born Sakas
and from the roots of
her hair were born the
Mlechas and Haritas in
the company of Kiratakas
(2-3).
tWÞtW¢nIx¥¢dt|
sWÓy| ¢váa¢mæOÞy
tÏXNat¯ .
spda¢tgj|
saá| srT| rG¤nÓdn
¡ 4¡
| spda¢tgj|
|
with foot soldiers and elephants |
| rG¤nÓdn
|
O! Delight of the Raghu race! |
O! Delight of
the Raghus! The entire army of
Viswamitra comprising of infantry,
cavalry, chariots and elephants was annihilated
in a trice by those
(created by Sabala), taking on
appropriate opponents (4).
è¾va
¢nx¥¢dt| sWÓy| v¢s¿En
mhaÏmna .
¢váa¢mæOs¤tana|
t¤ St| nana¢vDay¤Dm¯
¡
A×yDavÏs¤s|@ÑG|
v¢s¿| jpta| vrm¯
¡ 5¡
| mhaÏmna
|
by the highsouled |
| ¢váa¢mæOs¤tana|
|
of the sons of Viswamitra |
| nana¢vDay¤Dm¯
|
taking hold of several types of weapons |
| s¤s|@ÑG|
|
burning with wrath |
Having seen
the army totally annihilated
by the high-souled Vasishta, a
hundred sons of Viswamitra
flew into a blazing rage
and armed with various
weapons charged towards Vasishta, who
was always given to meditative
contemplation (5).
h^|karENWv
taÓsvaI¢°dIdah mhan¦¢x:
¡ 6¡
| h^|karEN
|
with the sound `hum' |
That great
seer reduced all of them
into ashes by the mere
muttering of
the syllable `hum' (6).
tE
saárTpadata v¢s¿En mhaÏmna
.
BÞm£k]ta
m¤h\tEIn ¢váa¢mæOs¤taÞtda
¡ 7¡
| saárTpadata:
|
accompanied by soldiers, horses and chariots |
| mhaÏmna
|
by the highsouled |
| BÞm£k]ta:
|
were reduced to ashes |
| ¢váa¢mæOs¤ta:
|
the sons of Viswamitra |
Those sons
of Viswamitra, along with
their retinue of horses, elephants
and soldiers, were then
reduced to ashes in a moment
by that high-souled Vasishta
(7).
è¾va
¢vna¢StaÓp¤æOan¯bl| c
s¤mhaySa: .
sv#£f¢àÓtya{{¢v¾aE
¢váa¢mæOaE{BväOda ¡ 8¡
| ¢vna¢Stan¯
|
being decimated |
| s¤mhaySa:
|
of immense fame |
That greatly
reputed Viswamitra, having
seen his sons and army
completely annihilated, was rendered
despondent and was covered with
a sense of shame (8).
sm¤d#
iv ¢nvIgaE Bg"d|¾®
ivaErg: .
upr³
iva¢dÏy: sïaE ¢nÝp#Bta|
gt: ¡ 9¡
| Bg"d|¾®:
|
with fangs pulled out |
| upr³:
|
afflicted by the planet Ketu |
He also became at
once lustreless, like the ocean which
had frozen, like a serpent
with its fangs gone and
like the blazing Sun gobbled
up by Ketu (9).
htp¤æOblaE
d£naE l¥npX iv ¢¹j:
.
htdpaI
htaEÏsahaE ¢nvId| smpït
¡ 10¡
| htp¤æObl:
|
having lost his sons and his army |
| d£n:
|
in a state of despair |
| l¥npX:
|
clipped of its wings |
| htdpI:
|
arrogance shattered |
| htaEÏsah:
|
shorn of enthusiasm |
With his sons
and soldiers slain, rendered
pitiable and appearing like a
bird with its wings
clipped, he sank into languor,
his arrogance crushed and
enthusiasm sniffed out (10).
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