Sundara Kanda, Sarga 45

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Commanded by Rāvaṇa, the ruler of ogres, the aforesaid seven sons of his chief minister—who were splendid as fire—were followed by a large army, armed with bows and endowed with extraordinary might and immeasurable prowess, and were the foremost of those trained in the science of arms and skilled in the use of missiles and were eager to excel one another in fighting, sallied forth, highly delighted, from that palace of Rāvaṇa in large chariots to which horses were yoked, were overlaid with a protective armour of gold, were surmounted by banners and decorated with smaller flags and which made a rattling sound resembling a peal of thunder, stretching their bows inlaid with refined gold and as such looking like clouds accompanied by flashes of lightning. (1—4)

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Coming to know of the Kiṅkaras having been killed, their mothers alongwith their near and dear ones got confounded on account of grief and fear of further calamity. (5)

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Vying with one another to take the lead, the chief minister’s sons, who were decked with ornaments of refined gold, rushed on Hanumān, who stood on the archway motionless. (6)

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Discharging a hail of shafts like watery clouds during the monsoon, the aforesaid cloud in the shape of ogres rambled about, emitting a sound like a clap of thunder in the shape of the rattling of their chariots. (7)

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Covered by those showers of shafts, Hanumān became invisible even as a king of mountains is obscured by incessant showers. (8)

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Wheeling about in the cloudless sky, that swift-footed monkey, Hanumān, eluded the shafts of those heroic ogres as well as the onrush of their chariots. (9)

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Sporting in the air with those warriors, each armed with a bow, the hero shone like the powerful wind-god playing in the heavens with clouds accompanied by rainbows. (10)

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Emitting a terrible roar and striking terror into that large army, the powerful Hanumān rushed on those ogres. (11)

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Hanumān, the scourge of his enemies, struck down some with the palm of his hand, and some more with his feet. He hit others with his fists and tore still others with his nails. (12)

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He crushed some with his chest and others against his thighs, while others fell on the ground at the very spot where they stood, simply at the roar of Hanumān. (13)

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The said sons of Rāvaṇa’s chief minister having been got rid of and fallen on the ground, that army fled in all the ten directions, stricken with fear. (14)

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Elephants trumpeted dissonantly, horses fell to the ground and the earth was strewn with chariots which had their seats, ensigns and canopies shattered. (15)

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Rivers were presented to the view by blood flowing on the way. Nay, Laṅkā seemed to shriek wild due to various cries uttered by its denizens. (16)

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Having disposed of those arrogant ogres, the heroic monkey, Hanumān, who was endowed with extraordinary might and terrific prowess, sought once more the same archway, eager to give battle to other ogres. (17)