THE RAMAYANA

YUDDHA KANDA

SARGA 44 : SLOKAS 21 TO 30

ra¢æOy¤¼m - FIGHT IN THE NIGHT
ymSæO¤à Ñ¤DIxa©I mhapaáImhaEdr¬ .
vj#d|¾®aE mhakayÞt¬ caEB¬ S¤ksarN¬ =21=
tE t¤ ramEN baN¬GW: sv©I mmIs¤ ta¢fta: .
y¤¼adps¦taÞtæO savSExay¤xaE{Bvnq =22=

ymSæO¤: c

Yamasatru also

Ñ¤DIxI:

difficult to overcome

mhapaáImhaEdr¬

Mahaparswa and Mahodara

vj#d|¾®:

Vajradamshtra

mhakay:

gigantic

t¬

those

c uB¬

two also

S¤ksarN¬

Suka and Sarana

that

t¤

in this

ramEN

by Rama

baN¬GW:

with showers of arrows

sv©I

all

mmIs¤

in vital parts

ta¢fta:

pierced

y¤¼atq

from the battle

Aps¦ta:

running away

tæO

then

savSExay¤x:

saving their lifes

ABvnq

became

21,22.That difficult to overcome and Yamasatru, Mahaparswa and Mahodara, the gigantic
Vajradamshtra and both Suka and Sarana, pierced in the vital parts with showers of arrows by Rama ran away from the battle saving their lifes.
tæO ka·n¢cæOaÄñW: SrWr¢g"¢SKaEpmW: .
¢dSàkar ¢vmla: p#¢dSà mhabl: =23=

tæO

then

ka·n¢cæOaÄñW:

made of gold having various forms

SrW:

with arrows

A¢g"¢SKaEpmW:

resembling tongues of fire

¢dS:

quarters

ckar

made

¢vmla:

bright

p#¢dS: c

intermediate points also

mhabl:

with great strength

23.Rama with great strength made all the quarters and the intermediate points bright with arrows resembling tongues of fire.
ramnama¢ÄðtWbaINWÛyaIçO| td#NmÎflmq =24=

ramnama¢ÄðtW:

with Rama's name etched

baNW:

by arrows

ÛyaçO|

was filled

ttq rNmÎflmq

that battle field

24.That battle field was filled by arrows with Rama's name etched in them.
yE ÏvÓyE raXsa B£ma ramÞya¢Bm¤KE ¢ÞTta: .
tE{¢p n¾a: smasaï ptÄña iv pavkmq =25=

who

t¤

in this

AÓyE

other

raXsa:

ogres

B£ma:

cruel

ramÞy

of Rama

A¢Bm¤KE

in front

¢ÞTta:

stood

tE A¢p

they also

n¾a:

perished

smasaï

nearing

ptÄña:

moths

pavkmq

the fire

25.Other cruel ogres who stood in front of Rama also perished like moths nearing the fire.
s¤vNIp¤HKW¢vI¢SKW: s|pt¢ì: shÞa#S: .
bB¥v rjn£ ¢cæOa KïaEtW¢rv Sard£ =26=

s¤vNIp¤HKW:

with golden feathers

¢v¢SKW:

by arrows

s|pt¢ì:

showering

shÞa#S:

in thousands

bB¥v

became

rjn£

the night

¢cæOa

beautiful

KïaEtW:

with fire flies

Sard£

autumnal

26.With thousands of golden feathered arrows showering, the night became beautiful like
the autumnal night with fire flies.
raXsana| c ¢nndWhIr£Na| ca¢p ¢nÞvnW: .
sa bB¥v ¢nSa GaEra B¥yaE GaErtra tda =27=

raXsana|

of the ogres

c ¢nndW:

shouts also

hr£Na|

of monkeys

also

A¢p

even

¢nÞvnW:

sounds

that

bB¥v

became

¢nSa

night

GaEra

dreadful

B¥y:

GaErtra

fearful

tda

then

27.The dreadful night with the shouts of ogres and the sounds of monkeys became even more fearful.
tEn SÖdEn mhta p#v¦¼En smÓtt: .
¢æOk\z: kÓdrak£NI: p#Ûyahr¢dvacl: =28=

tEn

that

SÖdEn

outcry

mhta

loud

p#v¦¼En

that swelled

smÓtt:

on all sides

¢æOk\z:

Trikuta

kÓdrak£NI:

with many caves

p#Ûyahrtq iv

as if responded

Acl:

mountain

28.The outcry that swelled and resounded on all sides looked as if Trikuta mountain with its many caves was responding.
gaElaÄñola mhakayaÞtmsa t¤ÚyvcIs: .
s|p¢rÝvÇy bah¤×ya| BXyn#jn£cranq =29=

gaElaÄñola:

golangulas

mhakaya:

gigantic

tmsa t¤ÚyvcIs:

with colour like that of darkness

s|p¢rÝvÇy

holding tightly

bah¤×ya|

in the arms

BXynq

devoured

rjn£cranq

the ogres, night wanderers

29.Gigantic golangulas with the colour like that of darkness devoured the ogres holding
tightly in their arms.
AÄñdÞt¤ rNE SæO¤| ¢nhÓt¤| sm¤p¢ÞTt: .
rav¢N| ¢njGanaS¤ sar¢T| c hyan¢p =30=

AÄñd: t¤

Angada for his part

rNE

in the battle

SæO¤|

the enemy

¢nhÓt¤|

determined to kill

sm¤p¢ÞTt:

opposing

rav¢N|

Indrajit, son of Ravana

¢njGan

destroyed

AaS¤

quickly

sar¢T| c

charioteer also

hyanq A¢p

horses also

30.Angada for his part determined to kill the enemy, Indrajit, opposing him destroyed the chariot and the horses.
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