--- title: "Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 43" canonical: "https://ramayana.com/valmiki-ramayana/yuddha-kanda/sarga-43" lang: "en" --- # Yuddha Kanda, Sarga 43 > युध्यतां तु ततस्तेषां वानराणां महात्मनाम्। > रक्षसां सम्बभूवाथ बलरोषः सुदारुणः॥ १॥ An exceedingly terrible fury forthwith burst forth on that occasion in the ranks of the aforesaid monkeys of gigantic proportions and the ogres, even while they were fighting at the sight of the strength of the hostile army. (1) > ते हयैः काञ्चनापीडैर्गजैश्चाग्निशिखोपमैः। > रथैश्चादित्यसंकाशैः कवचैश्च मनोरमैः॥ २॥ > निर्ययू राक्षसा वीरा नादयन्तो दिशो दश। > राक्षसा भीमकर्माणो रावणस्य जयैषिणः॥ ३॥ Mounted on the back of steeds and elephants provided with golden trappings as well as on chariots bright as flames, and clad in soul ravishing coats of mail, dazzling like the sun, the said heroic ogres of terrible deeds, accompanied by other ogres, sallied forth seeking the triumph of Rāvaṇa and causing the ten directions resound with their clamour. (2-3) > वानराणामपि चमूर्बृहती जयमिच्छताम्। > अभ्यधावत तां सेनां रक्षसां घोरकर्मणाम्॥ ४॥ The huge army of the monkeys too, that likewise longed for Śrī Rāma’s victory, rushed towards the army of ogres of terrible deeds. (4) > एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तेषामन्योन्यमभिधावताम्। > रक्षसां वानराणां च द्वन्द्वयुद्धमवर्तत॥ ५॥ In the meantime there ensued duels between the aforesaid ogres and monkeys, each side rushing towards the other. (5) > अङ्गदेनेन्द्रजित्सार्धं वालिपुत्रेण राक्षसः। > अयुध्यत महातेजास्त्र्यम्बकेण यथान्धकः॥ ६॥ The ogre Indrajit (the eldest son of Rāvaṇa), who was endowed with extraordinary energy, contended with Aṅgada, son of Vālī, even as the demon, Andhaka, did with Lord Śiva, endowed with three eyes. (6) > प्रजङ्घेन च सम्पातिर्नित्यं दुर्धर्षणो रणे। > जम्बुमालिनमारब्धो हनूमानपि वानरः॥ ७॥ Nay, Sampāti, who was always hard to overcome in an encounter, fought with Prajaṅgha; while the monkey, Hanumān, proceeded to give battle to Jambumālī. (7) > संगतस्तु महाक्रोधो राक्षसो रावणानुजः। > समरे तीक्ष्णवेगेन शत्रुघ्नेन विभीषणः॥ ८॥ The furious ogre Vibhīṣaṇa, the youngest borther of Rāvaṇa, for this part, closed on the field of battle with Śatrughna of fiery impetuosity. (8) > तपनेन गजः सार्धं राक्षसेन महाबलः। > निकुम्भेन महातेजा नीलोऽपि समयुध्यत॥ ९॥ The very mighty Gaja steadily fought with the ogre Tapana; and Nīla too, who was endowed with extraordinary energy, with Nikumbha. (9) > वानरेन्द्रस्तु सुग्रीवः प्रघसेन सुसंगतः। > संगतः समरे श्रीमान् विरूपाक्षेण लक्ष्मणः॥ १०॥ Sugrīva, the ruler of monkeys, for his part closed well with Praghasa; while the glorious Lakṣmaṇa grappled in an encounter with Virūpākṣa. (10) > अग्निकेतुः सुदुर्धर्षो रश्मिकेतुश्च राक्षसः। > सुप्तघ्नो यज्ञकोपश्च रामेण सह संगताः॥ ११॥ Agniketu, who was very hard to overcome as well as the ogres Raśmiketu, Suptaghna and Yajñakopa closed with Śrī Rāma. (11) > वज्रमुष्टिश्च मैन्देन द्विविदेनाशनिप्रभः। > राक्षसाभ्यां सुघोराभ्यां कपिमुख्यौ समागतौ॥ १२॥ Vajramuṣṭi grappled with Mainda and Aśaniprabha with Dwivida. The aforesaid two leaders of monkeys thus closed with two most formidable ogres. (12) > वीरः प्रतपनो घोरो राक्षसो रणदुर्धरः। > समरे तीक्ष्णवेगेन नलेन समयुध्यत॥ १३॥ The valiant and redoubtable ogre Pratapana. who was difficult to restrain on the field of batle, fought steadily with Nala of vehement impetuosity in combat. (13) > धर्मस्य पुत्रो बलवान् सुषेण इति विश्रुतः। > स विद्युन्मालिना सार्धमयुध्यत महाकपिः॥ १४॥ That great monkey, the mighty son of Dharma (the god of piety), widely known by the name of Suṣena, fought with Vidyunmālī. (14) > वानराश्चापरे घोरा राक्षसैरपरैः सह। > द्वन्द्वं समीयुः सहसा युद्ध्वा च बहुभिः सह॥ १५॥ Nay, having fought with many ogres at a time, other fierce monkeys too entered all of a sudden into a duel with other ogres. (15) > तत्रासीत् सुमहद् युद्धं तुमुलं रोमहर्षणम्। > रक्षसां वानराणां च वीराणां जयमिच्छताम्॥ १६॥ There raged on that occasion a fierce and confounding fight, which made one’s hair stand on end, between the heroic ogres and monkeys, who sought victory for their own army. (16) > हरिराक्षसदेहेभ्यः प्रभूताः केशशाद्वलाः। > शरीरसंघाटवहाः प्रसुस्रुः शोणितापगाः॥ १७॥ Having issued from the bodies of monkeys and ogres, and strewn with duckweeds in the form of hair, streams of blood flowed rapidly, bearing away logs of wood in the form of dead bodies. (17) > आजघानेन्द्रजित् क्रुद्धो वज्रेणेव शतक्रतुः। > अङ्गदं गदया वीरं शत्रुसैन्यविदारणम्॥ १८॥ Filled with rage, Indrajit, the eldest son of Rāvaṇa, struck with his mace the valiant Aṅgada, the destroyer of hostile forces, even as Indra (who is presupposed to have performed in his previous births a hundred Aśwamedha sacrifices as a condition precedent to his attaining Indrahood) would attack his adversary with his thunderbolt. (18) > तस्य काञ्चनचित्राङ्गं रथं साश्वं ससारथिम्। > जघान गदया श्रीमानङ्गदो वेगवान् हरिः॥ १९॥ With the same mace, snatched from the ogre’s hand, the glorious monkey, Aṅgada, who was full of impetuosity, in his turn struck Indrajit’s chariot—the framework of which was bright with gold—horses, charioteer and all. (19) > सम्पातिस्तु प्रजङ्घेन त्रिभिर्बाणैः समाहतः। > निजघानाश्वकर्णेन प्रजङ्घं रणमूर्धनि॥ २०॥ Grievously wounded with three arrows by Prajaṅgha, Sampāti for his part killed Prajaṅgha with an Aśwakarṇa tree in the van of the battle. (20) > जम्बुमाली रथस्थस्तु रथशक्त्या महाबलः। > बिभेद समरे क्रुद्धो हनूमन्तं स्तनान्तरे॥ २१॥ Taking up his position in a chariot and full of rage, Jambumālī for his part, who was endowed with extraordinary might, pierced Hunumān in the breast with a javelin kept in his chariot on the field of battle. (21) > तस्य तं रथमास्थाय हनूमान् मारुतात्मजः। > प्रममाथ तलेनाशु सह तेनैव रक्षसा॥ २२॥ Spiringing to that chariot of Jambumālī. Hanumān, son of the wind-god, destroyed it in no time alongwith that ogre himself with a blow of his palm. (22) > नदन् प्रतपनो घोरो नलं सोऽभ्यनुधावत। > नलः प्रतपनस्याशु पातयामास चक्षुषी॥ २३॥ > भिन्नगात्रः शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः क्षिप्रहस्तेन रक्षसा। > ग्रसन्तमिव सैन्यानि प्रघसं वानराधिपः॥ २४॥ > सुग्रीवः सप्तपर्णेन निजघान जवेन च। > प्रपीड्य शरवर्षेण राक्षसं भीमदर्शनम्॥ २५॥ > निजघान विरूपाक्षं शरेणैकेन लक्ष्मणः। > अग्निकेतुश्च दुर्धर्षो रश्मिकेतुश्च राक्षसः। > सुप्तघ्नो यज्ञकोपश्च रामं निर्बिभिदुः शरैः॥ २६॥ The notorious and fierce Pratapana rushed yelling towards Nala. With his limbs lacerated by the swift-handed ogre with his pointed arrows, Nala (in his turn) quickly gouged out his eyes. Nay, Sugrīva, the suzerain lord of monkeys, speedily killed with a Saptaparṇa tree Praghasa, who was consuming as it were the monkey troops. Overwhelming in the first balance with a hail of shaft his adversary, Virūpākṣa of fearful aspect, Lakṣmaṇa eventually struk down the ogre with a single arrow. Agniketu, who was diffcult to overcome, and the ogre Raśmiketu, as also Suptaghna and Yajñakopa, mangled Śrī Rāma with their arrows. (23—26) > तेषां चतुर्णां रामस्तु शिरांसि समरे शरैः। > क्रुद्धश्चतुर्भिश्चिच्छेद घोरैरग्निशिखोपमैः॥ २७॥ Filled with rage on the field of battle, Śrī Rāma for his part lopped off the heads of all the four ogres with four dread arrows bright like flames. (27) > वज्रमुष्टिस्तु मैन्देन मुष्टिना निहतो रणे। > पपात सरथः साश्वः सुराट्ट इव भूतले॥ २८॥ Struck down with his fist on the battlefield by Mainda, Vajramuṣṭi for his part fell to the ground, chariot, horses and all, like an aerial car of gods. (28) > निकुम्भस्तु रणे नीलं नीलाञ्जनचयप्रभम्। > निर्बिभेद शरैस्तीक्ष्णैः करैर्मेघमिवांशुमान्॥ २९॥ Even as the sun pierces a cloud with its rays, Nikumbha for his part pierced with his pointed arrows on the field of battle Nīla, who looked like a mass of collyrium. (29) > पुनः शरशतेनाथ क्षिप्रहस्तो निशाचरः। > बिभेद समरे नीलं निकुम्भः प्रजहास च॥ ३०॥ The nimble-handed ranger of the night, Nikumbha then pierced Nīla once more on the field of battle with a hundred arrows and heartily laughed. (30) > तस्यैव रथचक्रेण नीलो विष्णुरिवाहवे। > शिरश्चिच्छेद समरे निकुम्भस्य च सारथेः॥ ३१॥ With a wheel of the chariot of Nikumbha himself, Nīla, in his turn, lopped off on the field of battle the former’s head as well as that of his charioteer, even as Lord Viṣṇu, the Protector of the universe, severs the heads of his adversaries (the demons) in the course of His encounter with them. (31) > वज्राशनिसमस्पर्शो द्विविदोऽप्यशनिप्रभम्। > जघान गिरिशृङ्गेण मिषतां सर्वरक्षसाम्॥ ३२॥ Dwivida too, whose impact was hard as adamant as the thunderbolt, hit Aśaniprabha with the peak of a mountain, while all the ogres stood looking on. (32) > द्विविदं वानरेन्द्रं तु द्रुमयोधिनमाहवे। > शरैरशनिसंकाशैः स विव्याधाशनिप्रभः॥ ३३॥ The notorious Aśaniprabha for his part pierced with his arrows, flashing like lightning, monkey chief Dwivida, who fought with trees on the field of battle. (33) > स शरैरभिविद्धाङ्गो द्विविदः क्रोधर्मूच्छितः। > सालेन सरथं साश्वं निजघानाशनिप्रभम्॥ ३४॥ Infatuated with anger, the aforesaid Dwivida, whose limbs had been lacerated by the shafts, struck down with a sal tree Aśaniprabha with his chariot and horses. (34) > विद्युन्माली रथस्थस्तु शरैः काञ्चनभूषणैः। > सुषेणं ताडयामास ननाद च मुहुर्मुहुः॥ ३५॥ Mounted on a chariot, Vidyunmālī for his part hit Suṣeṇa with his arrows encrusted with gold and roared again and again. (35) > तं रथस्थमथो दृष्ट्वा सुषेणो वानरोत्तमः। > गिरिशृङ्गेण महता रथमाशु न्यपातयत्॥ ३६॥ Seeing him mounted on a chariot, Suṣeṇa, the foremost of monkeys, knocked down his chariot in no time with a huge mountain peak. (36) > लाघवेन तु संयुक्तो विद्युन्माली निशाचरः। > अपक्रम्य रथात् तूर्णं गदापाणिः क्षितौ स्थितः॥ ३७॥ Hastily jumping down from his chariot, the ranger of the night, Vidyunmālī, for his part, who was fully endowed with agility, stood on the ground, mace in hand. (37) > ततः क्रोधसमाविष्टः सुषेणो हरिपुङ्गवः। > शिलां सुमहतीं गृह्य निशाचरमभिद्रवत्॥ ३८॥ Seizing a huge rock, Suṣeṇa, a bull among the monkeys, agitated as he was with anger, rushed towards the ranger of the night. (38) > तमापतन्तं गदया विद्युन्माली निशाचरः। > वक्षस्यभिजघानाशु सुषेणं हरिपुङ्गवम्॥ ३९॥ The prowler of the night, Vidyunmālī, immediately struck Suṣeṇa, that bull among the monkeys, on the breast with a mace even as the latter was darting towards him. (39) > गदाप्रहारं तं घोरमचिन्त्य प्लवगोत्तमः। > तां तूष्णीं पातयामास तस्योरसि महामृधे॥ ४०॥ Not minding that terrible blow with the mace, Suṣeṇa (the foremost of the monkeys) quietly hurled that rock, which he bore in his hands, upon the ogre’s breast in that mighty fight. (40) > शिलाप्रहाराभिहतो विद्युन्माली निशाचरः। > निष्पिष्टहृदयो भूमौ गतासुर्निपपात ह॥ ४१॥ Struck by that blow with a rock, the prowler of the night, Vidyunmālī, whose chest had been crushed thereby, fell down dead to the ground; so the tradition goes. (41) > एवं तैर्वानरैः शूरैः शूरास्ते रजनीचराः। > द्वन्द्वे विमथितास्तत्र दैत्या इव दिवौकसैः॥ ४२॥ In this way were those valiant prowlers of the night crushed in the course of those duels by the aforesaid heroic monkeys even as demons were crushed by gods, the denizens of heaven. (42) > भल्लैश्चान्यैर्गदाभिश्च शक्तितोमरसायकैः। > अपविद्धैश्चापि रथैस्तथा सांग्रामिकैर्हयैः॥ ४३॥ > निहतैः कुञ्जरैर्मत्तैस्तथा वानरराक्षसैः। > चक्राक्षयुगदण्डैश्च भग्नैर्धरणिसंश्रितैः॥ ४४॥ > बभूवायोधनं घोरं गोमायुगणसेवितम्। > कबन्धानि समुत्पेतुर्दिक्षु वानररक्षसाम्। > विमर्दे तुमुले तस्मिन् देवासुररणोपमे॥ ४५॥ The battlefield presented a ghastly appearance, strewn as it was with extraordinary spears and maces as well as with javelins, lances and arrows, shattered chariots, also steeds, elephants in rut as also monkeys and ogres which had been killed and wheels, axles and yokes which had been broken and had fallen to the ground, and frequented as it was by herds of jackals. In that confused fight, which resembled the conflict between gods and demons, the headless trunks of monkeys and ogres bounded here and there.(43—45) > निहन्यमाना हरिपुङ्गवैस्तदा > निशाचराः शोणितगन्धमूर्च्छिताः। > पुनः सुयुद्धं तरसा समाश्रिता > दिवाकरस्यास्तमयाभिकाङ्क्षिणः ॥ ४६॥ Maddened by the smell of blood while being killed by the foremost of monkeys on that occasion and longing for sunset*, the prowlers of the night quickly embraked on a stubborn fight once more. (46) Book: https://ramayana.com/valmiki-ramayana --- Source: Gita Press, Gorakhpur editions. Buy the book: https://gitapress.org/product/sri-ramcharitmanas-special-edition Ramayana.com, a free, ad-free project of Ved Vyas Foundation.