Lakshmana Slays Kumbhakarna

Verse 1 (3.288.1)

ततो निर्याय स्वपुरात्कुम्भकर्णः सहानुगः । अपश्यत्कपिसैन्यं तज्जितकाश्यग्रतः स्थितम् ॥

tato niryāya svapurātkumbhakarṇaḥ sahānugaḥ | apaśyatkapisainyaṃ tajjitakāśyagrataḥ sthitam

Then Kumbhakarna came out of his city with his followers and saw the monkey army standing before him, flushed with victory.

Note on the text: Corrected कपिसैन्यं रतज्जित → कपिसैन्यं तज्जित (misprint in Wikisource; a stray र; critical edition kapisainyaṃ taj jitakāśy).

Verse 2 (3.288.2)

स वीक्षमाणस्तत्सैन्यं रामदर्शनकाङ्क्षया । अपश्यच्चापि सौमित्रिं धनुष्पाणिं व्यवस्थितम् ॥

sa vīkṣamāṇastatsainyaṃ rāmadarśanakāṅkṣayā | apaśyaccāpi saumitriṃ dhanuṣpāṇiṃ vyavasthitam

Scanning that army in the hope of seeing Rama, he caught sight of Sumitra's son standing ready, bow in hand.

Note on the text: Not in the critical edition (found in the vulgate recension); the CE gives it only in its apparatus (3.271.1d*1282a).

Verse 3 (3.288.3)

तमभ्येत्याशु हरयः परिवब्रुः समन्ततः । शैलवृक्षायुधा नादानमुञ्चन्भीषणास्ततः ॥

tamabhyetyāśu harayaḥ parivabruḥ samantataḥ | śailavṛkṣāyudhā nādānamuñcanbhīṣaṇāstataḥ

The monkeys swiftly rushed up and surrounded him on every side; then, armed with rocks and trees, they let out terrifying roars.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote marks (` and '). Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.271.2ab (with परिवब्रुः for parivārya); line 2 is not in the critical text but appears in its apparatus (3.271.2b*1283).

Verse 4 (3.288.4)

अभ्यघ्नंश्च महाकायैर्बहुभिर्जगतीरुहैः । करजैरतुदंश्चान्ये विहाय भयमुत्तमम् ॥

abhyaghnaṃśca mahākāyairbahubhirjagatīruhaiḥ | karajairatudaṃścānye vihāya bhayamuttamam

They battered him with many huge trees, and others, casting off all fear, tore at him with their nails.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.271.2cdef (unmatched by the automatic alignment).

Verse 5 (3.288.5)

बहुधा युध्यमानास्ते युद्धमार्गैः प्लवंगमाः । नानाप्रहरणैर्भीमै राक्षसेन्द्रमताडयन् ॥

bahudhā yudhyamānāste yuddhamārgaiḥ plavaṃgamāḥ | nānāpraharaṇairbhīmai rākṣasendramatāḍayan

Fighting in many ways, by every method of combat, the monkeys struck the lord of the rakshasas with all manner of fearsome weapons.

Verse 6 (3.288.6)

स ताड्यमानः प्रहसन्भक्षयामास वानरान् । बलं चण्डबलाख्यं च वज्रबाहुं च वानरम् ॥

sa tāḍyamānaḥ prahasanbhakṣayāmāsa vānarān | balaṃ caṇḍabalākhyaṃ ca vajrabāhuṃ ca vānaram

Struck as he was, he laughed and devoured the monkeys: Bala, the one called Chandabala, and the monkey Vajrabahu.

Note on the text: Wikisource's list of victims (बलं चण्डबलाख्यं च for the critical edition's panasaṃ ca gavākṣaṃ ca) is kept as a recension variant.

Verse 7 (3.288.7)

तद्दृष्ट्वा व्यथनं कर्म कुम्भकर्णस्य रक्षसः । उदक्रोशन्परित्रस्तास्तारप्रभृतयस्तदा ॥

taddṛṣṭvā vyathanaṃ karma kumbhakarṇasya rakṣasaḥ | udakrośanparitrastāstāraprabhṛtayastadā

Seeing that dreadful deed of the rakshasa Kumbhakarna, Tara and the others cried out in terror.

Verse 8 (3.288.8)

तानुच्चैः क्रोशतः सैन्याञ्श्रुत्वा स हरियूथपान् । अभिदुद्राव सुग्रीवः कुम्भकर्णमपेतभीः ॥

tānuccaiḥ krośataḥ sainyāñśrutvā sa hariyūthapān | abhidudrāva sugrīvaḥ kumbhakarṇamapetabhīḥ

Hearing those soldiers, the leaders of the monkey troops, crying aloud, Sugriva rushed fearlessly at Kumbhakarna.

Verse 9 (3.288.9)

ततो निपत्य वेगेन कुम्भकर्णं महामनाः । सालेन जघ्निवान्मूर्ध्नि बलेन कपिकुञ्जरः ॥

tato nipatya vegena kumbhakarṇaṃ mahāmanāḥ | sālena jaghnivānmūrdhni balena kapikuñjaraḥ

Falling upon Kumbhakarna with great speed, that high-souled elephant among monkeys struck him on the head with a sal tree, with all his strength.

Note on the text: Corrected महामना । → महामनाः । (misprint in Wikisource; the final visarga of the nominative is lost; critical edition mahāmanāḥ). Corrected मूर्ध्निं → मूर्ध्नि (misprint in Wikisource; a stray anusvara; critical edition mūrdhni).

Verse 10 (3.288.10)

स महात्मा महावेगः कुम्भकर्णस्य मूर्धनि । बिभेद सालं सुग्रीवो न चैवाव्यथयत्कपिः ॥

sa mahātmā mahāvegaḥ kumbhakarṇasya mūrdhani | bibheda sālaṃ sugrīvo na caivāvyathayatkapiḥ

The great-souled and impetuous monkey Sugriva broke the sal tree on Kumbhakarna's head, yet could not make him flinch.

Note on the text: Corrected कुम्भकर्णस् → कुम्भकर्णस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; critical edition kumbhakarṇasya).

Verse 11 (3.288.11)

ततो विनद्य सहसा सालस्पर्शविबोधितः । दोर्भ्यामादाय सुग्रीवं कुम्भकर्णोऽहरद्बलात् ॥

tato vinadya sahasā sālasparśavibodhitaḥ | dorbhyāmādāya sugrīvaṃ kumbhakarṇo'haradbalāt

Roused by the touch of the sal tree, Kumbhakarna suddenly roared, seized Sugriva in his two arms and carried him off by force.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (विनद्यसहसा → विनद्य सहसा).

Verse 12 (3.288.12)

ह्रियमाणं तु सुग्रीवं कुम्भकर्णेन रक्षसा । अवेक्ष्याभ्यद्रवद्वीरः सौमित्रिर्मित्रनन्दनः ॥

hriyamāṇaṃ tu sugrīvaṃ kumbhakarṇena rakṣasā | avekṣyābhyadravadvīraḥ saumitrirmitranandanaḥ

Seeing Sugriva being carried off by the rakshasa Kumbhakarna, the heroic son of Sumitra, the delight of his friends, rushed forward.

Verse 13 (3.288.13)

सोऽभिपत्य महावेगं रुक्मपुङ्खं महाशरम् । प्राहिणोत्कुम्भकर्णाय लक्ष्मणः परवीरहा ॥

so'bhipatya mahāvegaṃ rukmapuṅkhaṃ mahāśaram | prāhiṇotkumbhakarṇāya lakṣmaṇaḥ paravīrahā

Charging forward, Lakshmana, slayer of enemy heroes, loosed at Kumbhakarna a great, swift arrow with golden feathers.

Note on the text: Corrected महर्वेगं → महावेगं (misprint in Wikisource; र्व for ाव; critical edition mahāvegaṃ).

Verse 14 (3.288.14)

स तस्य देहावरणं भित्त्वा देहं च सायकः । जगाम दारयन्भूमिं रुधिरेण समुक्षितः ॥

sa tasya dehāvaraṇaṃ bhittvā dehaṃ ca sāyakaḥ | jagāma dārayanbhūmiṃ rudhireṇa samukṣitaḥ

The arrow pierced his armour and his body and went on, smeared with blood, tearing into the earth.

Verse 15 (3.288.15)

तथा स भिन्नहृदयः समुत्सृज्य कपीश्वरम् । वेगेन महताऽऽविष्टस्तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत् ॥

tathā sa bhinnahṛdayaḥ samutsṛjya kapīśvaram | vegena mahatā''viṣṭastiṣṭha tiṣṭheti cābravīt

Then, his heart pierced, he let go of the lord of the monkeys and, seized by a mighty fury, cried, 'Stand! Stand!'

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki quote mark (`). Restored a missing word space (तिष्ठतिष्ठेति → तिष्ठ तिष्ठेति). Line 1 is the critical edition's 3.271.13ab; line 2 is not in the critical text but appears in its apparatus (3.271.13b*1285).

Verse 16 (3.288.16)

कुम्भकर्णो महेष्वासः प्रगृहीतशिलायुधः । अभिदुद्राव सौमित्रिमुद्यम्य महतीं शिलाम् ॥

kumbhakarṇo maheṣvāsaḥ pragṛhītaśilāyudhaḥ | abhidudrāva saumitrimudyamya mahatīṃ śilām

Kumbhakarna, the great archer, armed now with a rock, lifted a huge boulder and charged at the son of Sumitra.

Note on the text: The critical edition's 3.271.13cdef (unmatched by the automatic alignment).

Verse 17 (3.288.17)

तस्याभिपततस्तूर्णं क्षुराभ्यामुच्छ्रितौ करौ । चिच्छेद निशिताग्राभ्यां स बभूव चतुर्भुजः ॥

tasyābhipatatastūrṇaṃ kṣurābhyāmucchritau karau | ciccheda niśitāgrābhyāṃ sa babhūva caturbhujaḥ

As he came swiftly on, Lakshmana cut off his two upraised hands with two sharp-pointed, razor-headed arrows; and he became four-armed.

Note on the text: Corrected क्षुराभ्यामुच्छितौ → क्षुराभ्यामुच्छ्रितौ (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped र्; critical edition ucchritau).

Verse 18 (3.288.18)

तानप्यस्य भुजान्सर्वान्प्रगृहीतशिलायुधान् । क्षुरैश्चिच्छेद लघ्वस्त्रं सौमित्रिः प्रतिदर्शयन् ॥

tānapyasya bhujānsarvānpragṛhītaśilāyudhān | kṣuraiściccheda laghvastraṃ saumitriḥ pratidarśayan

Those arms too, every one of them gripping a rock, the son of Sumitra cut off with razor-headed arrows, displaying the lightness of his hand with weapons.

Note on the text: Corrected तानप्यस् → तानप्यस्य (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; critical edition tān apy asya). Restored a missing word space (चिच्छेदलघ्वस्त्रं → चिच्छेद लघ्वस्त्रं).

Verse 19 (3.288.19)

स बभूवातिकायश्च बहुपादशिरोभुजः । तं ब्रह्मास्त्रेण सौमित्रिर्ददाराद्रिचयोपमम् ॥

sa babhūvātikāyaśca bahupādaśirobhujaḥ | taṃ brahmāstreṇa saumitrirdadārādricayopamam

Then he grew enormous, with many feet, heads and arms; and the son of Sumitra split him apart, vast as a mass of mountains, with the Brahma weapon.

Verse 20 (3.288.20)

स पपात महावीर्यो दिव्यास्त्राभिहतो रणे । महाशनिविनिर्दग्धः पादपोऽङ्कुरवानिव ॥

sa papāta mahāvīryo divyāstrābhihato raṇe | mahāśanivinirdagdhaḥ pādapo'ṅkuravāniva

Struck by the divine weapon, that mighty one fell on the battlefield like a tree in full shoot blasted by a great thunderbolt.

Verse 21 (3.288.21)

तं दृष्ट्वा वृत्रसंकाशं कुम्भकर्णं तरस्विनम् । गतासुं पतितं भूमौ राक्षसाः प्राद्रवन्भयात् ॥

taṃ dṛṣṭvā vṛtrasaṃkāśaṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ tarasvinam | gatāsuṃ patitaṃ bhūmau rākṣasāḥ prādravanbhayāt

Seeing the mighty Kumbhakarna, who was like Vritra, lying lifeless on the ground, the rakshasas fled in fear.

Verse 22 (3.288.22)

तथा तान्द्रवतो योधान्दृष्ट्वा तौ दूषणानुजौ । अवस्थाप्याथ सौमित्रिं संक्रुद्धावभ्यधावताम् ॥

tathā tāndravato yodhāndṛṣṭvā tau dūṣaṇānujau | avasthāpyātha saumitriṃ saṃkruddhāvabhyadhāvatām

Seeing their warriors fleeing so, Dushana's two younger brothers rallied them and rushed in fury at the son of Sumitra.

Note on the text: Restored a missing word space (तथातान्द्रवतो → तथा तान्द्रवतो).

Verse 23 (3.288.23)

तावाद्रवन्तौ संक्रुद्धौ वज्रवेगप्रमाथिनौ । अभिजग्राह सौमित्रिर्विनद्योभौ पतत्रिभिः ॥

tāvādravantau saṃkruddhau vajravegapramāthinau | abhijagrāha saumitrirvinadyobhau patatribhiḥ

As Vajravega and Pramathin came running at him in fury, the son of Sumitra roared and met them both with his arrows.

Verse 24 (3.288.24)

ततः सुतुमुलं युद्धमभवद्रोमहर्षणम् । दूषणानुजयोः पार्थ लक्ष्मणस्य च धीमतः ॥

tataḥ sutumulaṃ yuddhamabhavadromaharṣaṇam | dūṣaṇānujayoḥ pārtha lakṣmaṇasya ca dhīmataḥ

Then a most tumultuous, hair-raising battle took place, O Partha, between Dushana's younger brothers and the wise Lakshmana.

Note on the text: Corrected लक्ष्मणस् च → लक्ष्मणस्य च (misprint in Wikisource; a dropped akshara; critical edition lakṣmaṇasya ca).

Verse 25 (3.288.25)

महता शरवर्षेण राक्षसौ सोऽभ्यवर्षत । तं चापि वीरौ संक्रुद्धावुभौ तौ समवर्षताम् ॥

mahatā śaravarṣeṇa rākṣasau so'bhyavarṣata | taṃ cāpi vīrau saṃkruddhāvubhau tau samavarṣatām

He rained a great shower of arrows on the two rakshasas, and both those heroes, enraged, rained arrows on him in return.

Note on the text: Corrected सोऽभ्यवर्पत → सोऽभ्यवर्षत (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष; critical edition abhyavarṣata). Restored a missing word space (चापिवीरौ → चापि वीरौ).

Verse 26 (3.288.26)

मुहूर्तमेवमभवद्वज्रवेगप्रमाथिनोः । सौमित्रेश्च महाबाहोः संप्रहारः सुदारुणः ॥

muhūrtamevamabhavadvajravegapramāthinoḥ | saumitreśca mahābāhoḥ saṃprahāraḥ sudāruṇaḥ

For a while the fight between Vajravega and Pramathin and the mighty-armed son of Sumitra raged fiercely in this way.

Verse 27 (3.288.27)

अथाद्रिशृङ्गमादाय हनुमान्मारुतात्मजः । अभिद्रुत्याददे प्राणान्वज्रवेगस्य रक्षसः ॥

athādriśṛṅgamādāya hanumānmārutātmajaḥ | abhidrutyādade prāṇānvajravegasya rakṣasaḥ

Then Hanuman, son of the Wind, took up a mountain peak, rushed at the rakshasa Vajravega and took his life.

Verse 28 (3.288.28)

नीलश्च महता ग्राव्णा दूषणावरजं हरिः । प्रमाथिनमभिद्रुत्य प्रममाथ महाबलः ॥

nīlaśca mahatā grāvṇā dūṣaṇāvarajaṃ hariḥ | pramāthinamabhidrutya pramamātha mahābalaḥ

And the mighty monkey Nila rushed at Pramathin, Dushana's younger brother, and crushed him with a great rock.

Note on the text: Corrected दूपणावरजं → दूषणावरजं (misprint in Wikisource; प for ष in the name; critical edition dūṣaṇāvarajaṃ).

Verse 29 (3.288.29)

ततः प्रावर्तत पुनः संग्रामः कटुकोदयः । रामरावणसैन्यानामन्योन्यमभिधावताम् ॥

tataḥ prāvartata punaḥ saṃgrāmaḥ kaṭukodayaḥ | rāmarāvaṇasainyānāmanyonyamabhidhāvatām

Then the battle, bitter in its outcome, broke out again as the armies of Rama and Ravana charged at each other.

Verse 30 (3.288.30)

शतशो नैर्ऋतान्वन्या जघ्नुर्वन्यांश्च नैर्ऋताः । नैर्ऋतास्तत्र वध्यन्ते प्रायेण न तु वानराः ॥

śataśo nairṛtānvanyā jaghnurvanyāṃśca nairṛtāḥ | nairṛtāstatra vadhyante prāyeṇa na tu vānarāḥ

The forest folk killed rakshasas by the hundred, and the rakshasas killed forest folk; but it was mostly the rakshasas who were slain there, not the monkeys.

Note on the text: Corrected शतसो → शतशो (misprint in Wikisource; स for श; critical edition śataśo). Restored a missing word space (नैर्ऋतास्तत्रवध्यन्ते → नैर्ऋतास्तत्र वध्यन्ते).