5.Sundara
Kandam(contd)
5.Choodamani padalam
Chapter on
head brooch.
(Hanuman tells
Sita , that he would carry her on his back to the place of Rama. She
tells him that it is not proper due to several reasons . Hanuman agrees with
her reply. Later she tells that she can
keep her soul only for one more month
and requested Hanuman to tell
Rama to come by that time. Hanuman
consoles her and asks for incidents of
identity. She tell about the attack on her
by the son of Indra and how once
Rama suggested her to keep the name of Kaikeyi to her pet bird. She later
gives Hanuman her hair brooch which Hanuman keeps safely .With great sorrow Hanuman takes leave from Sita.
In Valmiki
Ramayana Sita tells about the incident
when day her Thilaka got erased , how
Rama put a Thilaka using laterite stone
and not about the incident of choosing name to her pet bird.)
5345.Hanuman
thinking that Sita who was like Goddess
Lakshmi may commit suicide,
And felt that it is not easy to tell her that” I am here who would
protect you so , do not be scared”.
Thought that it would be better to
carry the soul like wife of
Lord Rama ,
Who is the root
cause of all the world and move her from there.
5346.He told her ,
“Please hear my words
, do not brush it away ,
If that Ravana
were to kill you, it would be no point in
winning over him,
And so what is
the point and collecting ideas as to
what we could do,
I would take
you and show to Rama
and salute both your feet,
And this happens
to be the proper time
to do it.”
5347.”Oh Sita who
is greatly pretty and who is like a golden climbing plant,
If you sit on my
shoulders covered with soft
hair peacefully,
Leaving your sorrow
and get a sweet sleep , then I
can carry you ,
And take you to the hill where Lord Rama lives,
Within a second ,
without making any delay on my way.”
5348.”Oh lady
with curly hair , if some Rakshasas come to know,
That I am taking
you away and if some Rakshasas chase
me in the middle,
I would cool my anger
by shattering those asuras and make
them fall down,
And I who have got the boon of deathlessness , after seeing your sorry state,
Would not go back to Rama with empty hands, without solving it.”
5349.”Oh mother, even if you order
me to take you along with Lanka ,
I would uproot it and carry it on one of my strong hands
,
Destroy all those
who try to stop me and place
it before Rama,
Who holds the
cruel bow and then salute his
feet ,
Where he wears
the heroic anklets and this is not
difficult for me.”
5350,”Oh Lady who is similar to Arundathi, if I go near
Lord Rama and tell,
That , “Your
nectar like consort is
living with great sorrow in a prison,
By some people who are
great cheaters, without getting her
freedom “,
What is the point
in my doing service to him.
5351.”I who have got protection to my life
, with the shoulders ,
Which did not have relations with wounds of war ,
Would reach Rama
and I would describe
about the strength of the enemies,
And tell him that I did not have the ability to see
the lady and return back,
Or shall I tell a lie
that I did not have the luck to bring her back.”
5352.”If you order me ,
to destroy within the time of
batting of the eye and melt this city
of Lanka,
Which is surrounded by
walls and which is guarded,
and then after destroying,
The very different
type of Ravana , also destroy all the Rakshasa army
,
And go speedily
away from this city of Lanka , I
would do it now itself.”
5353, “Oh lady
Sita who has a forehead like moon
That Rama who is valorous ,
After getting you
would lose all the sorrows in his mind
, with a clear mind ,
If he reaches this city of Lanka with you and completely
destroy the clan of Rakshasa
Then all the great
sorrow of this world
would go away .This is a
great deed.”
5354.”Oh lady who is like a young creeper
speaking very pretty words ,
Now there is
nothing more that needs to be told ,.Please shower your grace
,
On this slave and make
me get this luck according to my fate
and afterwards ,
Reach Rama and
put out your sorrow ,Please get up on my
shoulders quickly ,”
And telling like this he saluted her divine feet which brings good luck.
5355.Looking at Hanuman
who told words that would
lead to good results,
Which were very appropriate similar to
a calf standing before its
mother ,
She told , “What you have told is impossible for you to
do,”
And afterwards told
pure and soft words addressing
Hanuman.
5356.’This is not
impossible for you to do
and is suitable for your strength,
You have thought about it properly and you would also do it,
but ,
Though I am
feminine having great ignorance and with
lesser wisdom ,
I am able to
conclude that it is not a proper thing to do as I can understand.”
5357”Oh Hanuman when you are carrying me
, if asuras encircle you ,
In the middle
of the sea and attack you with cruel arrows
,
From all directions , you would totter fighting
with them,
Who are like poison
and also take care of me
,
Making you
confused as well
as one affected by solitude.”
5358.”Apart from this
there is also another reason . By your act,
The victorious bow of
Rama would get
stained,
What is the benefit
in that? Like the dogs which
cheat and steal ,
And eat that food
, do you also want to cheat and take me ,
From those Rakshasas
who took me away by cheating.”
5359. “In the
battle field where my Lord
is fighting with the bow,
When that
Rakshasa with sword like eyes looked at my body
In an
inappropriate manner , Would
I not want his body ,
To be eaten by crows
with the Devas witnessing it all
rather than retain my life .”
5360 “When the
archery of Rama and Lakshmana
who hold the bow as well as victory ,.
Matures and they
cut the noses of Rakshasis when they still have Mangalya Suthra,
Would the
shyness that I posses
also become great.”
5361.”If this city
of Lanka built on the golden mountain which is
populated by
The Rakshasas who
do not follow Dharma does not become ,
A big mountain of bones , how would I be able to tell the world ,
About my great lineage
, character as well as chastity.”
5362.”Would the sorrow of becoming a bone mountain stop
with Lanka,
Populated by people who are
like animals? I could burn all
the worlds,
Which go against Dharma
by my words but I did not attempt to do it,
As I thought that it would be a stain to the
strength of bow of Rama.”
5363.”Oh personification of truth , there
is one more thing that needs to
be told,
Please hear that for me
it is not proper to touch any other body except that of Rama
Who has growing Valour , because your body which has
destroyed ,
The cravings of five senses, would akso be called
as ‘male’ by this world.”
5364,”if that
Ravana with debased culture had
touched me , would,
The soul of Ravana
remain in his body for such a long time ?
I would have destroyed him with in a period of
batting the eye,
For due to his great power he uprooted the hermitage ,
Where I was
living and brought
it here.”
5365,”That Ravana has
a curse given by the primeval
Lord Brahma, born out of flower,
That if he
touches the body of a lady whose mind
is not attracted by him,
All his divine heads
would break in to pieces and this
protected my soul.”
5366.” The maiden daughter of Vibheeshana who has masculinity ,
And who wears a
shining crown, showed great mercy on me,
And had told
me earlier about the existence
of this curse .”
5367.”Due to this curse
being there , I did not go backwards ,
In the observance of Dharma , always thinking about
,
The valour of my
Lord Rama and also
to prove ,
My purity to this
world, I stayed alive
up to this time ,
Had that curse
been not true , I would have died
long back.”
5368.”Oh sir , with your
eyes which see the truth
, please see, the land
Along with the
long hermitage built by the younger brother,
Which was
uprooted and brought here
by Ravana ,
In a stable
condition and kept
here.”
5369.”With
the firm aim of protecting my
soul which is depressed ,
I would come to this lake which is like Rama
holding the bow ,
Which is full of
water and flowers at the
day time without fail.”
5370.”Oh sir
because of that , your
thought of carrying me back ,
Is not desirable and
what you have to do is to ,
Go back to Rama
who is the lord of Vedas”said
Sita ,
And that Hanuman
who did not have any fault replied
like this.
5371.Hanuman
whose sorrow in heart with
doubt was removed,
Thought that the character got through penance of the consort of Rama,
Who was the lord of the world
was indeed very great ,
And becoming very
happy started praising her .
5372. “Oh mother ,
the world made dark
by Ravana would see light,
And even if I delay
a little further it would be filled with anxiety,
And so
please tell me what I have to convey to Rama “
Saying this
Hanuman fell at her feet and
saluted her.
5373.”Oh Hanuman who
is just, I would wait for the
coming of my lord,
For only one more month and if he does not come , I do not have the ability ,
To hold on to my soul. The
command of that king depends on your behavior ,
And so who are
very wise please keep these in your mind.”
5374.”Even though I am not a suitable wife to Rama
Whose chest is
decorated by garlands
And due to that
even if I am not in the heart of
Rama ,
Though he does
not have mercy on me, please request him,
To desire his own
natural conduct of protecting the valour.”
5375.”Please tell this one word to Lakshmana who is praised by all,
And who is victorious
, “as per the commend of Lord Rama
,
You have the duty
to protect me and so please free
me ,
From this cruel prison
where I have been imprisoned.”
5376.”Since within one
month , my great penance is getting over ,
By that time if Lord Rama
does not arrive here
,
Request him to do my
obsequies by his red
hand ,
In the shores
of river ganges. Please tell him this.”
5377.”Oh sir,
Please tell the Lord of Dharma that ,
Sita who is going to die in Lanka ,
Salutes with
raised hands her three great mother in laws, and please tell him
.
Not to forget this
though he does not seem to
have any mercy on me.”
5378.”Please tell
in the divine ears of Rama
that when he reached Mithila,,
And married
me , he had promised , “In this
birth I
would not even think ,
Of another lady by
my mind , “ which was a boon he gave to
me.”
5379.”In this Lanka, after I stay with sorrow and happen to lose,
My sweet soul and
when I am born again in this world .
I should not do the evil
act to hug the divine
body of Rama and cause him evil,
Please tell him
that I am requesting this boon with saluting
hands.”
5380.” I am one who is not fated to see
him occupy the throne,
And see his moving bell of rule
nor see him going in a procession,
On an elephant
with great decorations . So what is the point,
In talking about it
.I would become sorry thinking about my old fate .”
5381”Lord
Rama would only go to Ayodhya
, for removing the depression,
Of his people who think about only himself , for
removing sorrow of his mothers ,
For removing the burden of ruling the country being suffered by Bharata ,
And would not
think of me who is unsuitable and
come to Lanka.”
5382.”Please
inform my salutations to my
father , mother and
relatives,
Please
request the Lord of
monkeys Sugreeva to follow Rama ,
Who has very pretty shoulders to the endlessly pretty Ayodhya,
And crown Rama
as the king of Ayodhya ,”
5383.When Lady
Sita was thus painfully upset
, Hanuman looking at her ,
Told , “Oh lady,
you have not still left sorrowing “ and
then told her ,
Sweet and apt words
which were logical and reasonable so that her minds became clear.
5384.”You would die
here itself , It is true? Would
after your death ,
Lord Rama who suffers
due to your parting continue to
live?
He can crown himself only after leaving the forest
and reaching Ayodhya,
Is it not ?Are
all these things
that are going to happen?”
5385.”That
Ravana who has kept
you, who is the form of chastity,
In a prison , it
seems would live with his sweet
soul and Rama ,
Who holds the matchless
bow, slipping away from his
duty ,
It seems would return from the forest. What event compares to these?”
5386,”Oh good lady , Without killing those Rakshasas
who troubled you,
Would we go back to Ayodhya carrying our soul and like us
,
Should not our Lord Rama who holds the bow,
Like all of
us , also go to the city
of Ayodhya.”
5387.Rama had removed
our sorrow , when we were all in
the river of sorrow,
And has given
us wealth which can
never get reduced and if,
We do not free you
and give you back to Rama,
Who can be better
than us , who are inactive and
indolent?”
5388. “To Rama who took an oath before
the sages that ,
“I would not return to my country Kosala
unless I make devils
eat the liver,
Of those
Rakshasas , who ate the
very good people who are sages,”
Is destroying the Rakshasas and
getting you free from
prison an impossible act.”
5389.”Suppose we
return back without saying that we have released ,
You from prison where
you were kept by the very weak Asuras ,,
Would this be accepted by citizens of the country , people of good nature ,
And by all those
who have read books which
are good?”
5390.”Suppose we
decide that Our Lady Sita who is chaste ,
Who does not lie
and who cannot be approached ,
Died before
the cheating Asuras touched
her ,
And wore a garland of fame, and go back ,
Would not our
valour be blamed ?”
5391.”If you who happen
to die due to the great sorrow of parting ,
I am destroyed
and would our bad fame go away ,
Even if using cruel arrows we
burn all the matchless seven worlds ?”
5392.”Oh Lady who
is like a goddess , earlier
when Rama who is expert in war,
Came to know about nature of Rakshasas , he wanted to
destroy all the three worlds ,
But once he comes
to know about you , would he assume the posture of peace?”
5393. “The anger of Rama
which does not flare up without
any cause,
Would not stop
with taking away the
souls of those murderous Asuras,
And not only
that would not the earth
and heaven also get destroyed?
Would there
be any other thing near by which
would not get destroyed?”
5394”Oh mother , on the day that he hears
the news about you ,
Would not the arrows of Rama who holds
the wheel ,
Eat away the seven pot like oceans
of this world ,
Along with the seven oceans of heaven , like the fire at
deluge .”
5395.”Lord Rama
destroyed the enemies of Devas,
Stifled the
sinful acts of the world , encouraged,
Those who are suitable
, at all times did good deeds,
Have you not heard these
praises of Rama sung by the world.”
5396.” Is it not better
for you to live with sorrow ,
In this
prison for a few more days
and ,
See the good times later, especially when
due to your being ,
In prison great
and good Dharma lives further.”
5397.”Whenever
the ghosts bathe in the flowing blood ,
Of the
Rakshasas who are like
thorns .,
The devas who see
this from hiding would become happy ,
And would you not
make this scene of pride to occur?”
5398.”Please
see the rivers
of blood from wounds of Rakshasas,
Who are torn by
the lustrous arrows which
come,
Like the thunder at
the end of final deluge ,
Fill up the seven
oceans and hear the constant sound from them.”
5399.” You would see
the mountain of Mangala Suthras ,
which cannot ,
Be even crossed
by Vali , which are cut and
thrown away by Rakshasis ,
With tear drenched eyes after beating their paunches ,
Which were
similar to the belly of pregnant women.”
5400. “You would see
that the ghosts which are as long as the sky ,
Huge crowd of birds
with cruel wings which are innumerable ,
Take bath in the blood coming out of the wounds of Rakshasas,
And then again
taking bath in the flowing river of Rakshasi tears.”
5401.”You would
see the monkeys which do masculine
jobs ,
dance ,
In the stages where
Deva maidens danced
accompanied by
The drums played
by hands and the
stringed instruments played by
hands.”
5402.The Huge collection of mountain
like corpses which would be
floating,
In the river
of blood from that wounds of
criminal Rakshasas who did
silly work,
Would reach the
huge sea with its shores and block it. You would be seeing that.”
5403. “You would see
the golden city of Lanka melting
in the fire of bad fate ,
Created by the coal
of the Rakshasas who are
engaged in cruel acts ,
Due to matchless
fire of Sita being in the middle of that fire ,
Which is kindled
by the great wind of arrows sent
by hand of Rama.”
5404.” Oh Lady Sita
,crows would jump and sit on the fallen heads of Ravana ,
In the war waged by his enemies , and due to good fate would peck his eyes ,
Which had seen
your faultless divine body by
their very sharp beaks ,
Take it away and
eat them, You would also see this.”
5405.”Making,
the blue elephants
of directions which were shamed,
And were
defeated by Ravana, happy
, the arrows from the
bow of Rama
Would cut
all his heads and put
them under their feet . You will see it.”
5406. When the
arrows are showered like rain , the blue sky
Once got sweat
and the pretty flags of
Lanka which are kept,
In several places close by waved and produced air to
cool it,
But in that
Lanka you would see the ghosts raising
Making huge sounds and dance
there with great glee.”
5407. “The stream
of blood from the body of blue
coloured Rakshasas,
Raised the level
of the ocean where they had
reached ,
And returned back
by the river and similar to that
,
You would see the God of death who does
not stop killing,
Even at the
destruction of the world at deluge, vomiting,
The Rakshasas
due to eating them in excess.”
5408. “ You would
see the crowd of monkeys which move about in a row ,
Bathe in the same
pond which is situated
in the scented Karpaga garden,
In which the
Rakshasas used to take bath along ,
With ladies who
were similar to the ladies in heaven.”
5409.’What would
result in telling many such
examples?,
The divine arrows of
Rama would destroy all the asuras ,
In this world and
go also outside and would attack
the three worlds,
And you would see
the destruction of Rakshasas
living there also.”
5410.”Oh mother you need not live for one month
sorrowing ,
In this city of Lanka
because as soon as I see Rama
with great speed ,
Would he look for a
good time to start for here?
Would he even ,
Wait for one
more second to start for here?”
5411. “Only in the words
“there is soul “ the
soul is existing ,
In that big forest
by touching your soul like
servant(Lord Rama),
There are no
flowers that have not burnt
, no leaves are there which are
not burnt ,
There are no
gardens that have not been burnt and split
, there are no creepers.”
5412. “Only if he
recovers then only we can say that his mind is
tired,
Even if the cloud
makes great sound and make the thunder
fall on him,
And even if a five
headed snake comes near and attacks him ,
Making his body and shoulders faded
, would the Lord ever feel it?”
5413,” Like the curd churned by the churner ,
coming inside ,
And going
outside , in between desire and worries ,
With tottering soul
and with madness which makes his five senses
fall
Due to parting
with you , how much pain is There in him ?
Can that be measured?”
5414. “ “The truth
of my words can only be realized , If you say ,
That in the present
state of Rama, he would
wait for some time.
Please bid me farewell and give
me, some thing
For identification , please give me permission to go ,
And then I would
prove all I said,
Like the gooseberry kept
on the palm of my hands ,
And then you will
realize that a lie
cannot last.”
5415, “Oh divine mother ,
even before the pure Rama
and
The king of monkeys
Sugreeva hear about you and become happy ,
One huge crowd of monkeys would make
a hill out of the ocean,
Cross the ocean
, lay siege of Lanka
and would shout in joy.
Please hear that by your ears and
live with joy.”
5416.”Oh lady ,
when the army whose strength is
beyond estimation,
Arrives here at a latter date and reach this city
, you will see in its middle ,
Lord Rama riding
on my shoulders looking like ,
Lord Vishnu
who with great luster travels
on Garuda.”
5417.”Lord Lakshmana
would be riding on the shoulders
of Angadha ,
And look like the hot sun rising out of the
rising mountain and ,
The monkey army would
come and stay here
and so please
get out ,
Of the sorrow as well as
doubt and you would also get out of this solitude.”
5418.”Oh Sita who
decorates her hair with
kurava flowers,
If Rama does not free
you from this prison within the
time limit,
Indicated by you , then that Rama would
become Ravana ,
And get bad name
and sin attached to him, and
Ravana would become Rama.”
5419 . Like this
hearing these faultless words
of Hanuman , Lady Sita ,
Got great clarity and
got joy as well as love in her heart,
And decided that
it would be proper
to send Hanuman to Rama,
And with
wisdom in her mind , started
telling the following .
5420. That Lady
Sita who talks sweet words looked at Hanuman and told ,
“”Oh sir, Oh great one , go with speed, win over every evil,,
I would not tell you anything now, but I would be saying to you ,
Some earlier identifying incidents which would be
clearly understood by the Lord.”
5421.”Tell him slowly about the incident when one day , below ,
The chithrakoota mountains which touch the sky , how
a crow,
Wounded me with its nail
and how Rama getting angry ,
Took a grass by the side of the stone and sent it as
Brahmastra.”
5422.”Oh Hanuman who
follows the life of truth , when once ,
I asked him , “ Oh king, Whose name shall I keep to my
tender soul like pet bird,”
He said with love , “Oh Sita
, Give her the name of my faultless
mother ,
Who is the daughter
of the King of Kekaya”.Please
tell him these true words.”
5423.After saying
this she
thought ,”There is no other great incident
,
Which is sweet
and which you can tell him.” She
decided ,
To hand over her hair brooch which she had kept tied in her pretty apparel,
And which by its
own luster in this world and
heaven had won over the Sun.
5424.She took it in her
flower like hands , thought of
Rama and became anxious,
And seeing that
Hanuman was astonished thinking
“What is placed in her hand?”
And that brooch chased away the darkness which was sleeping in all the seven worlds.
5425. The Rakshasas with cruel eyes doubted
due to that light ,”whether
the Sun which ,
Travels behind the clouds has come to the city
of Lanka ?”and thought
“Now he would not be scared” and due to that light the lotus flower ,
Which had become
low along with Chakravaka birds by closing
opened up,
And the Surya
Kantha stones spread
their great luster.
5426.She
showed Hanuman the lustrous hair brooch
which was like the Sun God,
Which is on the
top of the rainy cloud which resembled her hair and which
had the red colour ,
Resembling the shining
body of the tender
Sita and which was shining like the divine feet of Rama.
5427. That lady
Sita who had real fame looked at Hanuman and told him ,
“You gave me back
my sweet soul due to your liking to me and this brooch,
Is like my
eyeballs and was kept safely tied in my apparel .Please take this,
As the big identity”
and then she gave the hair brooch to
Hanuman.
5428.Hanuman
saluted her , took the brooch and
tied to his cloth,
So that it
will not go missing again saluted her
crying , went round her,
Three times and
saluted her feet and Sita who saw that,
Greeted and
praised him and he went to the other side.
6.Pozhil irutha
Padalam
Chapter on destroying
of the garden
(After taking
leave from Sita, Hanuman felt that if
he does not do something more , it would
not be proper.Also he wanted to see
Ravana and talk to him. With
this aim in view he uproots all the trees in the garden where Sita was imprisoned. The devas of
seasons who were guarding the garden , rushed to tell about the damage that is being done by a monkey.
There is no mention of Devas of season guarding that garden in Valmiki Ramayana , There it
is the Rakshasis who are guarding
Sita who report about the destruction to Ravana.)
5429. Hanuman
thinking of the direction he has to proceed ,
Decided to go north and took his big form suitable to it,
And went speedily
through the garden with flowers
swarmed by bees,
Thought that, just seeing Sita and going back was much simpler act for his
strength,
And decided to do some other job, which is suitable for him to do.
5430.He thought “ If
I do not hit the Asuras
who do base acts , throw .
This city surrounded by walls in the sea , which houses the fishes and
Take away the doe eyed lady and keep her at the feet of Rama and salute him ,
Even when I am
there how can I become a
true assistant to Rama.”
5431.”I also have not
tied tightly the Ravana with ten heads and twenty
hands ,
And kept him in a cruel prison , I have
neither won him in a war ,
And when it is so
, how is my oath that we will help
each other proper?”
5432.”Is there any demerit for me
to fight with Asuras
whom I see ,
Make them distraught
, when the very strong Rakshasa
Ravana ,
Is witnessing it
and using my matchless prowess ,
Catch hold of the
flower decked hair of his chief queen,
Mandodhari
And take her and imprison her ?”
5433. “I think that
the proper service as a servant that I can do to Rama,
Would be to collect all the asuras and harshly chase them away and so,
There is no
need to think any further about it
and he further thought,
As to how he can draw
all these asuras and get engaged in a cruel
battle with them?”
5434 , “I
will soon break
this garden and destroy it and if
I do so,
As soon as that great sound reaches
the ears of the Asuras ,
They would get very angry with me and come
to wage a war,
And if they come like that using my strength ,
I would kill all of them, and this is definitely the proper
plan.”
5435. “If all those
people who come to fight with me die,
And are not able to return back , that Ravana
of cruel strength ,
Which cannot be opposed
would come to a war with me.
If he does I would destroy his ten crowned heads and,
Thus removing the
sorrow in my mind , I would go back happily.
5436. Thinking like this in his mind Hanuman
whose shoulders,
Were like Sun and moon who go round the Meru mountain ,
Assumed his mega form
looking like Lord Varaha ,
Who took the earth in between his teeth , destroyed
that garden
By kicking and stamping
it completely.”
5437.Some trees died
, some broke , some got bent ,
Some dashed against each other and got powdered and fell,
Some fell upside down , Some broke in to pieces,
Some flew in to
air in the form of flakes , Some got burnt
,
Some got blackened, Some
got bent and moved away bending,
Some shed all its
flowers and some fell down,:
5438.”Some
trees got upturned along with
roots , some got burnt,
Some went near
clouds in the sky , some flew in the
wind ,
And fel down on slushy mud of the sea, some along with
bees,
Went to the heavens
dashed , fell down broken.”
5439.”Some of those trees
rotated and thrown by
Hanuman
Along with the cloud
became the leaf food to elephants of directions,
Some trees whose bottom was caught and thrown towards the sky ,
Went through the
sky and destroyed pretty gardens of
heaven.”
5440.Due to the trees
thrown by Hanuman the tides of
the sea wandered,
Here and there, the big mansions of the Asuras got shattered and fell at all places,
Some thrown by him dashed against the seven great mountains and became dust,
The silver flowers of some trees , got mixed with falling
stars and fell down.
5441.Some trees
with bent roots which were uprooted and thrown by Hanuman
,
Went and hung on the tusks of the elephants of directions in rut
, who gave them .
To young female elephants
, and it appeared as if they were
holding the clouds by their trunks.
5442. When the
scented flowers of that garden which belonged to poison like Ravana ,
Reached the land
of Vidhyadhras, the mountains of
Yakshas, and the immortal devas,
Of the heaven
those ladies with feet decorated by red cotton juice crowded and
picked them.
5443. Some trees
which were covered by gold on
all sides , looked like,
Streaks of lightning and the big gem studded trees were similar to light of sun.
And when such trees
dashed against each other, broke
in to pieces,
And fell down like the
crowds of stars falling at time of deluge.
5444. The fishes
in the sea with lots of water
,swallowed the birds , bees ,
Scented flowers ,honey
, buds , fresh leaves, the sweet
fruits which fell there ,
And jumped with
joy and were crushed later by falling trees and
started trembling.
5445.Due to the scattered bunches
of flowers, all the places ,
Had only scent of
flowers and because of that the meat
smell was subdued,
And the sea with tides where great
devas take bath along with their consorts,
Became like big ponds
which were filled with lotus flowers.
5446. The gem
studded stages which were uprooted by
Hanuman and ,
Broken kadika trees
went one after another and fell in the sea ,
And filled up the sea
so that the scented sea had to
cross them,
And which
made it appear that
the sea can be crossed by
walking.
5447.Due to
the very big trees which Hanuman threw on the
lustrous sky ,
Which was like
the play ground of Sun in the
summer ,
The mansions of Asuras
broke like they were hit by
thunder from sky,
And became
powdered like mountains hit by thunder.
5448.At that time
the numerous trees uprooted and
thrown by Hanuman ,
Crowded in a dense manner and looked well grown like a
cool cloud in the sky,
And that very
angry Hanuman made it appear
as if,
The garden of the
very strong Ravana existed in the sky also.
5449.With honey dropping down , with the birds
living there making sound,
When the gem studded
trees covered with flowers went towards
the sky ,
And with stars
nearing them , with light in sky competing with light of the sword,
It looked as if a
lustrous plane was travelling
in the sky.
5450. Due to
Hanuman who was strong
like a matchless elephant in war
,
Throwing trees with long branches full of leaves , those
trees which were going up ,
As well as falling
in to the huge sea , were similar to the huge clouds ,
Which comes down
from the sky and drinking the water
of the sea.
5451.Like the devas
who do wrong , being born in
this world ,
And returning
after they get filled with wisdom
, those ,
Karpaga trees in
that garden which are charitable ,
Being thrown up by Hanuman travelled through the sky ,
And appeared as if
they had reached the heavens , where
they were there earlier.
5452-3. After breaking the verandahs which are gem studded , after ,
Breaking in to pieces
the stages using them to fill up
lakes near by,
After
breaking lustrous huge walls
, after destroying ,
Many things of great craftsmanship , after destroying
huge hills,
After
uprooting vengai and
Maramara trees , after picking and throwing ,
The rows of champaka trees growing near Karpaga
trees ,
He also broke
branches of trees full of mango fruits.
5454.With the spring season which comes before God of love ,
Becoming one with
a jaded face , with the gardens in the
,
Sky became upset
and started shivering,
The sandalwood
trees which broke being hit by the feet of Hanuman,
Started burning
like firewood and spit out fire.
5455.With the
joyful bees which sing a Pan called
Kamaram getting jittery
Huge trees fell
on the floor of earth and
died,
With the drama stages
breaking and falling down ,
Many trees which
were full of flowers caught fire and became ash.
5456. Small
branches which can bend , flowering creepers ,
The cool places of
newly formed leaved which
koels like ,
The entrance which
had soft flowers , scented bushes ,
Golden coloured
rain of honey , bees and
peacocks were all destroyed.
5457.With several
red creeping plants resembling
corals ,
Which were thrown out by Hanuman , similar to streaks of lightning ,
Appearing
rounded on the clouds , circled
round ,
The mountains which were all around city of Lanka and
The huge trees
with golden branches which were thrown on the mountain
Made them
appear like the elephant eating huge balls of rice with the golden mask.
5458. At that time
the sound of the loud cackling
of birds ,
The thunder like sound
produced by breaking of
trees and,
The joyful
shouting of Hanuman who was personification of Dharma ,
Crossed this
globe of earth and reached other places.
5459. The crowd of
birds living happily along with its kids on trees,
Suffered greatly and
the very tall Kongu trees , Padiri trees ,
Along with pretty
and cool bees which were singing good songs ,
Went and fell on
the sea with very many tides.
5460.The Aachaa trees
with the sound of bees which
were on the pretty road,
Went and fell in
the river filled with pretty water and silt and pressed it ,
And so some other trees which touched the sky went
and fell in the sky Ganges river,
Which was formed with the water that was used by Brahma to wash feet of Lord Vishnu.
5461.Due to
Hanuman throwing various kinds of trees
the big lakes,
Filled with red lotus flowers looked like red sandal paste has been mixed in them,
And the trees of
the garden which fell on the pretty salty ocean
,
Along with bees
which sing Kamaram pan , made it in to a
flowery ocean.
5462.The Karu nochi trees thrown by Hanuman went to all four directions ,
And merged with the long
and pretty tides of the
ocean and also ,
The sandalwood
trees which were thrown
fell on and broke ,
The doors and
padlocks of buildings and made them fall down.
5463. The
freshly opened flowers of that garden which spread sweet smell,
Appeared like
the stars which were
shining in the sky and the tamarind trees,
Rolled in the sky
and when they fell on the ocean
, the beetles
of conches ,
In that ocean
with tides threw out the
pretty pearls and ran away from there.
5464.Those pretty
trees which had golden branches and studded
with ,
Various types of gems
, which were thrown by Hanuman towards
the sky,
Were shining like
rainbow made at night and indicated ,
That Hanuman will destroy Sri Lanka
immediately.
5465. When the big Hanuman uprooted the trees
which were crowding ,
In that garden
then , due to that , the shed
where elephants were tied , dancing
halls ,
Places of drinking alcohol , the places
where the horses with great speed were
tied,
Along with
chariots on which small gems
were tied broke down.
5466.Those
greatly lustrous gold flags which were
thrown so that,
They would fall in the sea in all directions were
similar ,
To the collection of rays of the sun which were
cut ,
And fell in to the
sea which had
storms.
5467 Being thrown by Hanuman, the Very huge trees and the huge mountains
So that they will
break made the very lustrous gold compound walls ,
AS well as mansions catch fire and burn
and turn in to ash ,
And the people of
the city of Lanka got scared and ran to all places.
5468.At that
time the moon who is the
lord of stars thinking that,
If the Asura called
Ravana sees him ,
he may blame him that ,
Due to your relation
with the red mouthed Sita (sister?)
you scalded me,
And before the
eyes of devas who were my enemies ,
You were with joy watching a monkey break my garden ,
Like a very scared
one he went away from the sky.
5469. Due to the
faultless gems , gold , Surya Kantha and Chandra Kantha stones,
AS well as the
faultless shining trees of that
garden which is the seat of the God of love
,
Due to being
thrown in different directions by the two hands of Hanuman,
Gave out very
great light and the entire
world shined in that great darkness.
5470 The various
types of animals who lived in that
gardens shouted,
Became mentally upset
, their eyes rose up being wounded,
The several types of birds living there fell in the
sea and got drowned ,
And greatly
upset , flew for a whie and not
able to fly further ,
Fell on the earth
, shaking their wings and when
they became dry , with dejection they died.
5471 That Hanuman who had fat shoulders
like mountain and pretty broad ,
Chest which
was like the
Sun, even
though he was angry ,
Due to the
power of touch , all those
divine trees growing densely
,
In that
garden and the birds along with the nests made by their of their leaves
Went and reached
the heaven ,Can we tell the position any one ,
Will receive if
they got the grace and blessings of Hanuman.
5472.In that new pleasant looking garden in which birds lived and was guarded by
Asuras ,
Who consider “lie”
as their Dharma , only that tree
under which Sita,
Who was like a
swan sobbing due to sorrow , was sitting ,similar to the Banyan tree ,
Under which Lord
Vishnu stays not
getting destroyed during final
deluge .
5473.Since she had
given away the hair brooch which
was a
royal jewel,
AS identifying material
to her soul like consort
Rama ,
And alas ,
she was sitting without any ornaments like a poor lady ,
And at that
time to the Sita who had densely grown hair The sun rose up,
AS if he had the
intention of buying a new brooch for her through the rising sea.
5474. That
Hanuman who was standing alone after
destroying the entire garden ,
Was like Lord
Vishnu who had measured the
fourteen worlds with two steps,
And also
like the great and best Mandhara mountain used to churn ocean of milk,
And also like
like Lord Rudra who was standing
after deluge after destroying everything.
5475.When that
garden was being destroyed , those Rakshasis woke up ,
Got very angry ,but looked at Hanuman who was standing like ,
A golden meru mountain with desire and exclaimed , “oh mother,
What is this form
we are seeing and who is this “ with
great fear asked,
Lady Sita, who
had a pretty forehead , “Hey lady , do
you know who he is ?”
5476.She replied ,
“ the evil acts done by evil people
could be recognized ,
By only evil people
like them and how can good
people like me know about it
,
All these are
tricks which are being played by
Asuras like you , because ,
When in the forest Mareecha came
before me in the form of a deer,
And Lakshmana told us that it is
an illusion created by Asuras,
But I thought that
it is a true deer and took
a liking to it.”
5477.When like this
Lady Sita replied those
Rakshasis , they beat,
Their own belly with their own hands , lost their balance ,
And then they ran
making hills , world and sky tremble,
And Hanuman who
was equal to his father the wind God
,
Saw a ornamental
building there and
determining to destroy that ,
Caught hold of
it using his very big hands .
5478.It would be difficult for anybody to see that
building fully with their eyes ,
It was so tall
that even clouds could not go
above it ,
Even the wind could not
imagine to try to hold it and
even at night darkness could not cover it ,
And it stood there
making the Meru mountain which
touched the sky ,
felt shy ,
Seeing its height
and got mentally upset , Even the
earth was finding it difficult to carry
it.
5479. That building was perhaps made by
Lord Brahma , who sits on a
lotus,
By himself as per the orders of Ravana
who had twenty pretty hands ,
For the sake of eating away all the stain of darkness of the moon
,
Who had grown for fifteen days , earning
more and more light daily,
Who gives the
moon light which can be compared to
the pouring of new milk.
5480.All the pillars
of that building were made of
gems , and all the surroundings,
Were made by gold as well as gems ,its backside
was made by desirable rows of
gems,
And even Lord
Sun who spreads the red light throughout
the sky ,
Would feel that
it could be worn as ornament by him
,
And so for people
like us , praising it is an impossible task.
5481-2. That Hanuman
, who had heard that Ravana
who does cruel deeds,
Once has uprooted
the pretty mountain Kailasa which was
made of silver,
To make that act as smaller , just like carrying the multi coloured golden Meru mountain,
Using his big
hands with sharp nails , easily
uprooted that building from earth,
And threw it on the city
of Lanka and due to that , hit by that ,
Those mansions which were touching the sky were
turned in to powder ,
And due to the falling of fire sparks from it , it burnt
all sort of materials,
And many valorous
Rakshasas who never get worried about
anything were killed.
Would those who want to do evil for others , survive
from similar evil actions?
5483.The Gods who
protect the big gardens
in Lanka which is a part of the
earth,
During the six seasons, with a mind that was occupied by great fear ,
And due to that
making their cloths wet by
passing urine ,
With a form from which
due to fear blood was flowing out
,
With legs intertwined
with each other preventing them from
walking properly ,
Who were wailing
similar to the open mouthed citizens
ran and reached Ravana.
5484. They went
and saluted the feet of Ravana
who had anger like that of a lion,
And told, “Oh lord whose
rule extends up to the end
of directions where,
The elephants of
directions live , we have lost the job of protecting the gardens.
Due to a monkey
who has shoulders which make the mountains scared,
Entering inside the garden , breaking all trees
and throwing them out ,
The gardens, which was looked after well , became like
cloth burnt by fire.”
5485.They further
told, “It is not easy to tell for
that monkey using its legs,
Hands and
teeth powdered those trees and made them without a coating of dust,
And also uprooted
easily the golden building of Yagna
and by throwing it,
Has destroyed
the entire divine
city of Lanka
except for small portions.”
5486.Hearing this
Ravana told “has just one monkey
destroyed completely ,
The entire garden with golden trees by
powdering it and also destroyed ,
That great and rare
building like of which cannot be
easily seen,
And which is guarded
by Rakshasas and also destroyed
the city of Lanka?
The valour of the Rakshasas appears to be great!. Such words
,
Would not be uttered
by ignorant people” and then
he smiled.
5487.When Ravana berated those Gods of the season , they
looked at Ravana ,
And told, “Oh king , If the
earth has the strength to carry,
The body of that
monkey , we have to
appreciate that earth.
It would be very
great crime to say that
monkey is one of the trinity of Gods,
Oh Lord you would
see it just now.”
5488. Hanuman
shouted the war cry making the water in the ocean,
Going back through
the holes on the earth , with
the eight elephants ,
Carrying the earth and eight protectors of earth running
away in fear ,
With the Rakshasis
with red mouth like kovvai
fruit ,
Suffering abortions
and getting famished and making ,
The globe of the earth
blowing up and breaking.
7.Kinkarar vadhai padalam
Chapter on killing
of Kinkaras
( Ravana sends
an army of Kinkaras to catch and bring
Hanuman. By uprooting a huge tree Hanuman killed all of them . The Rakshasas
who were alive and told Ravana who
becomes upset.
Valmiki
Ramayana tells that Hanuman killed tem all by an iron rod. It
also says they were eighty thousand of
them) )
5489. That sound
which was like the thunder going and striking the mountain cave ,
Like the fearful
sound of sea at time of deluge, and
like the sound produced ,
When Rama broke the
bow of Shiva and which sound has
spread everywhere,
Went in to the twenty ears of Ravana
who was wearing lustrous gem studded
,
Crowns over his
head , blessed with lots
of hair.
5490.Ravana with
a slight smile , with jealousy
raising its head in him,
Send innumerable kinkaras
who had measureless strength
and told them,
“Please block the
way through the sky so that , the monkey
cannot escape ,
Catch it easily
without killing it and bring it before me.”
5491.Those Rakshasas
who had a poison like black body
armed with ,
Weapons like spear
, sword, trident , javelin
, staff and mace with thorns,
Speedily
departed from there like
the huge sea rising up at
deluge,
Which would
destroy the entire earth .
5492.They
whose mind would be sweetened by honey
, when they hear,
That a war would
happen in any place , were wider
than the forest ,
And their body
was greater than huge
mountains.
5493. They
who were famous for fighting
with enemies like
The short tempered
devas and asuras, and were capable
of destroying their defenses,
By engaging themselves
in competitive war became sad
thinking that ,
Achieving a
victory fighting with a small monkey
subsisting ,
On fruits and
roots was a very
Great shame to them.
5494. They were
people who had tied the weapon of sword on their waists,
Who were wearing an armour as well as heroic
anklets ,
Who had shoulders
which touched the end of all directions ,
Who had long
hands which could caress the
clouds in the sky ,
Who had heads that touched the sky , who were
capable , of throwing mountains
by their feet And Who had a voice like several drums
played together or the thunder
from the clouds.
5495. They had scars
on their shoulders made by
divine weapons ,
Thrown on them by the devas or created
by other asuras in war fare
,
They had a cave
like mouth , which could swallow male and female elephants
by taking them ,
And putting them in their mouth , they had curved teeth which were
like ,
The newly appeared
white crescent of the
moon , and had an eye boiling
with anger.
5496.They were armed with weapons like Wheels
, Pestles , Swords with sharp tips,
Iron staff ,
conches , Maces with thorns , Throw spears , spears
, tridents ,
Thorn sticks ,
golden Vajrayudhas, weapons of the
shape of ropes , shining axes,
Pretty spears
which go up , bows , big
arrows , spears which can be thrown ,
And iron staffs
with very sharp pointed ends.
5497.They were
wearing , pretty divine
ornaments , had mountain like shoulders
,
Had lustrous weapons
and eyes , had bodies spreading
light like Sun,
And they asked
those in front why their progress is hindered,
Without knowing that
they were not able to move due to
rush,
And they would
heat the back of the people
standing before them by their hot breath,
And move
shouting “Why, Why”, trying to go with great speed.
5498.Those Rakshasas
with folded lips who possessed
the cruel weapon of lightning
Possessing
bows , possessing blowing
breaths , having a black
body like clouds in the sky,
Spreading themselves
on to the sides and
possessed the greatness ,
Of being compared to
the clouds of deluge getting prepared to great rains.
5499. “If a monkey
which is alone has destroyed the cool
garden and also,
Uprooted the
huge Chaithya building there , What of our great strength?
Can there be a greater disrespect that can occur to the clan of asuras?”
Shouting like this
with great anger , they started going there
with great speed.”
5500.The sound of
beating of the drums , the twang of the string of the bow,
The jingling sound
of heroic anklets , the booming sound of
conches and
The sound of
chiding in a big tone , all joined together one by one
,
And became a huge sound
and became capable of
stifling ,
The
torrential sound of very big waves of the sea at deluge.
5501. They were those who travelled by the sky feeling
there is no space in the sky,
Those who were
producing smoke due to fire of anger bending their eye brows and bows,
And breathing heavily . those who get angry with other for going ,
In front of each
other by mistake ,those who could not get their way ,
Thinking that
city of Lanka was not broad enough for them
And those who
were having a perplexed look not knowing what to do.
5502. There were
those who take their sword from
its sheath and waving it,
Those who fold their
lips , Those who pat
their own shoulders,
Those while
walking make the stones on the way
in to powder,
Those not finding
space to lift their legs and keep the next step,
And those who bite
their big curved teeth and seethe like
fire.
5503. All
those soldiers of Ravana
were standing like a mountain,
Were well trained in the use
of various weapons ,
They were all best experts
in warfare , They had great strength by boons,
They wore
ornaments which sparkled like
Vajrayudha ,
They had all won over devas in war, They were people who killed Asuras and ate them,
And they
all walked towards the place of Hanuman shaking the earth.
5504.Due to making Nagas
who wore heroic anklets which was sparkling like lightning,
And Nivatha Kavachas
run away showing their backs.
When the
war with them was reaching the zenith,
These Kinkaras broke in to a smile when thinking about their
lack of valour ,
And they were
those who destroyed the Alakapuri of Khubera and destroyed his fame
,
And they
were wandering all over the world in search of war as ,
Without fighting
with any one they were
having great discomfort of their
shoulders.
5505.If ordered to
Knock off the mountain
or drink all water of ocean with tides ,
Or Push the sun so
that it falls down , or extract water from
clouds in the sky,
Or Crush Adhisesha
, the king of serpents on the earth
or uproot this earth .
Only one group of
people could do it and not only that ,
Their valour could not be contained with only
this.
5506. They came
towards Hanuman, like the cruel crowd of devils who travel ,
On the raising dust
to make the devas blind , like
the crowd of tigers ,
Which walk speedily with their powerful legs , like
the crowd of lions .
Who were rushing through the sky and
like The Halahala poison ,
Which rose from the
ocean , fearlessly with the speed of arrows,
Like the huge clouds
which were rushing towards the mountains.
5507.Apart from their long breaths , fire sparks were coming out from their eyes and
Smoke was coming
out of their mouth and they were
coming like the spark of the
spear,
Making sound like thunder and were
rushing speedily towards the
eight directions.
Creating huge winds
which made the stars in the sky fall down and they
came,
And surrounded the Asoka forest which was like a cloudless
sky.
5508.Hanuman who
was standing outside like the
Kailasa mountain touching the sky ,
Making even the sun god
giving out heat getting scared of him and move away,
Hearing the sound
of curved horns , the booming of conches , the
sound of drums,
Which was like the
sound from rainy season clouds , the
sound of
shivering,
Of many animals running away and sound
of the impending war approaching
,
Saw those Rakshasas
coming towards him by his own eyes.
5509. That Hanuman who was better than all , understood
clearly that his destroying
,
In the beginning
was a good act and due to his clear understanding of the matter ,
He felt that , there
would not have been better
strategy than that as ,by the act
Destroying that garden
in that war he could make defeat
them and make them run away.
5510. Those Army of Rakshasas who were
moving with a speed of the wind,
Came near him making the day time in to night
and they stood there saying,
“This fellow, this fellow, this fellow” and said “This is that monkey”,
And started
making the earth , the
mountain , sky as well as
,
The matchless sky shiver
by their unified war cry
, and threw at Hanuman,
Various lustrous weapons
which were as cruel as Halahala poison.
5511, Those Rakshasas who
started throwing those great
wapons,
Destroying the pride of
clouds that thunder and
the oceans that fold with tides,
Beat their
drums , opened their cave like mouths
, became greatly angry ,
Making smoke
coming out of their mouths , walked making ,
The faultless hoods
and shoulders pressed down and
surrounded ,
That place
like the fire surrounds the forest
of bamboos.
5512.Hanuman who was the personification of Dharma
understanding ,
That the Rakshasas had come near and were throwing
weapons at him,
Took in his hands
a properly shaped great
tree that would
help him,
To kill with sweetness
those Asuras who were
crowding on his side,
Thinking that “it was like a help liked
by his mind to do his job,
And like a
churner which could be used to
churn the ocean of milk ,
Grew up greatly
in the middle of Rakshasas
surrounding him.
5513. He hit those
Asuras with that tree making a
sound which is higher than ,
The sound of
huge thunder which are capable of powdering the mountain
Because of
that similar to
the cool mountains giving rise
to rivers and long canals ,
From the strong
shoulders of Asuras gave out
blood which was like rivers,
And they died
catching each other and their
tall broken heads rolled on the
earth .
5514. Those asuras
stood in a line and threw their
weapons on Hanuman,
And due to being
hit by Hanuman some of them lost their
eyes which were like drums made of hide,
Some of them fell
lengthwise on the floor , some lost
their teeth ,
Which were like
the crescent of the moon , some
had their rear neck and head broken ,
Some were
destroyed by stamping and losing the remnant of their
souls ,
Some spit out
their intestines along with
blood and died,
Some died
because their evil smelling body was
broken.
5515,The hair of some asuras who speedily got up to
fight in the war was burnt
,
Due to the fire that arose giving out sparks of fire,
Some got their thighs
and back hurt due to the beating by Hanuman ,
Some got their thighs
and neck broken and spit blood which caused whirl pools ,
Some got the
weapons in the hand broken and their shoulders ,
Getting
separated from their body , some got their bellies
broken,
And those who ran scared
fell in different part of the
battle field.
5516. Those who fought well with iron staff and
those who had bows
that rained arrows,
Were kicked by
Hanuman , got their chests broken
, and vomited blood with
shivering.
Some Rakshasa heroes
who had a body with colour of
darkness who were there ,
Were buried under
the dust in that place ,rolled
for quite a distance and ,
With soul as small as the seeds with a
body without soul fell there,
And some
others lost their heroic voice
as well as their eyes.
5517.Hanuman
lifted them and dashed them on
the near by mountains ,
And because of that
some reached the city of Alakapuri
with great enmity ,
Towards them and
wanting to kill them, some others
spread on the sky ,
So that it could
not be seen and some others were seen
filling the heavens,
Some ran with their
bodies crushed and he
threw speedily some others
Towards the
sky and
they reached the heavens along
with their body.
5518. Hanuman caught some Asuras pulled out their
legs and shoulders and threw them,
And they who had
lost their legs and shoulders were
lying on earth,
Like the mountains
which have lost their wings
and he caught
Some cruel Asuras
by his victorious tail and threw
them making them to spin like
a top.
5519.Due to Hanuman
swords of some asuras broke ,
Some strong bows broke,
The diamond like
shoulders of some got cut off , the
lustrous spears and axes broke,
Some broke their legs
, Some had their teeth falling to
the earth ,
Like the shining
stars . and some got their arms holding
weapons cut off.
5520. The big
heads of some them got broken and fell down ,
The very lustrous
armour broke and got scattered,
The heroic anklets
made of pure gold
broke and got scattered,
The golden necklaces
along with bells fell with great sound,
The Gems studded
in ornaments came out ,
Their
victorious crowns which were
honour given to them broke ,
Their golden air rings
got cut off . Their eye balls
got broken.
5521. Their
collection of teeth scattered,
their skin as well as bones ,
Got scattered, Their hammer like weapon
lay scattered,
The mace with
thorns broke and lay scattered ,
The weapon called wheel
lay scattered , their body broke and souls departed,
The weapon called Kappanam lay scattered, the best
crowns made of gem lay scattered.
5522.Many died by
the legs of Hanuman , many by his long hands
,
Many by his
dashing shoulders , many by the fire from his lustrous eyes,
Many due to him catching them , many hit by
his fists ,
Many by their own swords and many due to throwing of trees died.
5523.Some Rakshasas
died because Hanuman pulled them ,
Some died due to being hit by his fist , some died because he threw them,
Some died
because Hanuman caught them , some died being tied by him,
Some died
because they were slapped, some
died because he looked at them
angrily ,
And some others
died because they were greatly scared by Hanuman.
5524. That Hanuman who was moving like a kite ran to places where ,
The Rakshasas were
there and killed them , some he killed by going near them,
Some he killed by hitting
with a tree tied with
creepers and ,
He killed some who
were hiding in the hill of corpses by searching for them.
5525Hanuman who
was like a mountain , knocked those who knocked him,
Neared those Asuras who came one after
other and killed them,
Killed those who were
like mountain and who wanted to tie him,
by tying them,
Killed those by
slapping those who slapped his body.
5526. Hanuman killed them even when they were tired
or in high spirits,
He would kill them even if they fly in the sky or walk on earth,
Hanuman would catch
those weapons emitting fire
thrown at him,
By Asuras who had
hands like lightning , who were black and wore heroic anklets ,
Standing all
over the way , grind them by his hands and break them.
5527.With the
brain and fat of those Asuras being getting collecting like slushy mud ,
And also silt , With
the long dust filled streets
inside the city getting filled with water,
And the blood of
those Asuras which was approaching
him like a river ,
Being pushed here and there by him , the city appeared to spit,
Endlessly blood
through several of its
mouths.
5528,The Hanuman who was like Vedas , tied several
asuras by,
His hand, legs and tails and dashed them against the trees,
Those Asuras got
crushed like sugarcane
in a pressing factory ,
And blood that was flowing from that body flowed,
To the ocean like
vessel of juice of the
Sugarcane.
5529.When Hanuman lifted those Asuras
and flung them,
Due their bodies hitting , huge mansions with flags broke
in to pieces,
The stages became misshapen and got destroyed
,
Male elephants
with huge trunks died,
Crowd of huge female
elephants as well as big horses
got destroyed.
5530.Due to Hanuman
tying them by his very big hands
and flinging them,
Some asuras went
and hit their own homes and broke them
with their own body,
Some asuras destroyed their wives by their
legs ,
And some Asuras
killed their own children with their weapons.
5531. That Hanuman who was like a big male
elephant capable of killing its
enemies,
Seeing the sorrow suffered by Rakshasis , took mercy
on them , did not kill them,
And requested
them to go back to their
homes and left some asuras ,
Who were like
soul to the just married to young Rakshasis without killing,
And took mercy on
those ladies with love tiff and send
back their husbands.
5532. All the trees were having bodies of Rakshasas, all Verandas were having their bodies,
All road intersections had their bodies , the sea was
filled with their bodies,
The central places
of the city were filled with
their bodies, Sky was full of bodies,
The streets
where they lived was filled with their bodies and Lanka was filled by their
bodies.
5533. Hanuman was not one who
did not kill those Asuras who came before him,
And because of that , The god of death who was supposed to take back their souls,
Became tired and
was not able to his job and due to no one to take their souls ,
The souls were wandering here and there and the place of stars
,
AS well as the place of clouds and all places in between were filled up by their souls.
5534. When the war was
going on like this , some
asuras lost their wisdom,
Became more and more angry and occupied all the sky and all the directions ,
And were looking
like black clouds and Hanuman
looked like the Sun God.
5535. Due the shouting
of those strong Asuras they made
Hanuman to wander about ,
And to those who
witnessed saw the huge asuras
with their sides becoming thick
and tall,
And with
excessive black colour , and due to their
strong spears looking
like fish,
And felt that
they were like a tumultuous ocean
and Hanuman looked like
Mandhara mountain.
5536.The
black kinkaras were killed by Hanuman
by his hands , legs and catching
by tail,
And to their shattered heads falling on the earth were
looking like the snakes ,
Who were following Garuda who emerged
with pot of nectar making devas
scared,
And that Hanuman
was looking similar
to that Garuda.
5537.Those
Rakshasas due to enmity born out
of their pride with anger
surrounded Hanuman,
And were
completely occupying that Lanka , which is surrounded by the ocean full of fishes,
And though
killed in very large numbers they appeared to be
in large number,
Like the elephant and Hanuman was looking like a lion killing those elephants.
5538.Due to
those Rakshasas sending arrows which hurt,
due to thrown arrows,
Which pulled ,
showered pierced , pressed , made hole , broke
,
Snatched ,
surrounded , caught and irritated
on the huge shoulders,
Of the great Hanuman
, the wounds of war were extremely numerous.
5539.Devas heard
the sound created by the crowds
of Rakshasas,
Engaged in a
horrific war making huge black oceans .
AS well the clouds
that give rise to rain retreat
And praised that
great Hanuman and shouted ,
Words of encouragement
whose sound was more in that
war.
5540.Those cruel
Rakshasas who had come to fight the
war , with great anger ,
Several times
sent various weapons
by triggered by mechanical devices ,
In several
billions and the wounds that were
made by them ,
As well as the
flowers that were showered by
the devas , their consorts,
As well sages settled on the shoulders
of Hanuman and it was difficult to make them out.
5541.Because that
Valorous and great Hanuman who
was the follower of Dharma
,
Ran round and round
speedily like a kite and moved
in all eight directions,
And also went
high in to the sky
as well as in to the earth,
All Rakshasas got
worn out and died but
that hanuman ,
Did not sweat
in his body nor did he take heavy breath.
5542. Those Rakshasas
fighting the great war with Hanuman
were those ordered by
Ravana
And sent there
and were like those who had swallowed poison and we do not know,
How many of them died but know that all of them were killed and ,
There were no
survivors who were not valorous
and got defeated by that ,
And so there
are no other soldiers
, like those Rakshasas.
5543.The KInkaras
who came to fight with Hanuman died in two mathra time ,
And then the chiefs of the garden went speedily
and with shivering hands and
legs ,
With fear pushing
their neck fell on thousands of hills of
bodies and became sad.
5544.They speedily went
and stood in front of Ravana and with sobbing ,
Not able to tell
anything by their mouth , showed all that happened there ,
By the signs made
by their hands and not able to stand there,
Looked at all the
four directions and shivered and the king ,
Understood the great defeat by
their great sorrow.
5545.That
Ravana who showed his chest due
to great pride and who was ,
Spitting fire of anger
from all his ten mouths
asked them,
“Did all the Kinkaras
sent by me for war meet their death ,
And sacrificed their souls or did they go against my order ,
And ran away from war? Or did they due
to great defeat in war,
Forgot me due the great insult ? Please tell me why you have
come?”
5546. Then those
guards who came there told ,
“the very Kinkaras,
Did not become sad
and run away , they did not get
scared ,
And leave the
battle field and like those clan of silly
people ,,
Who bear false witnesses
, they were destroyed by the monkey.”
5547. That Ravana
who due to his anger appeared
like one ,
Who is prepared to swallow all the three worlds
,
Feeling great shame looked at the
divine guards of the eight
directions,
Who were guarding him
and shouted ,
At the guardians of seasons , Possibly you do not know what happened?”
5548.Those lords of the forests did not reply and were
shivering due to fear ,
And That
Ravana who was wearing garland
made of several types of flowers,
As well as petals
,again asked them , “Did the cruel word that,
The monkey has killed was
it seen by you or only heard by you
“
5549.They said ,
We hid ourselves in one corner and
saw it, that monkey,
Travelling in
all directions by rotating himself hit
with a tree ,
And killed all
the Rakshasa army belonging to
the great army ,
Surrounding him
like the ocean of the south and
still,
It has not gone
away from that place
.”
8,Jambu mali vadhai padalam
Chapter on
killing of Jambumali.
(Jambumali and his big army who came to fight
with Hanuman are killed by him
According to Valmiki Ramayana, Jambumali
was the son of Prahastha the
chief minister of Ravana. This is not
mentioned in Kamba Ramayana.)
5550. Ravana
then looked at a Rakshasa called
Jambumali who was standing near him,
With folded
hands in salutation and who
had mountain like strong shoulders ,
Who was not scared
like a serpent and told him, “you
, please go ,
Along with a horse
army which flashes in circles , encircle that monkey,
Stifle its strength
, tie it with a rope and bring
him to me,
And bring down the
great anger that I have in my
mind.”
5551. That
Jambumali saluted Ravana and said to him, “Sir ,
In the
measureless crowd of
great Rakshasas , after thinking,
You ordered me “as
per my words , please do this job”
And I have got great
fame due to that and who else
,
Can be greater than me
“and went away looking as if,
He was the anger
of the king of Lanka
participating in war.”
5552,That
Jambumali who got the
chance to fight a big war,
Along with his
army and with army of the king
which was ordered to come ,
By the ten headed
Ravana and with with army holding the sword,
Given to him by
his father Prahastha and along with the armies ,
Sent by his
friends which came to guard ,
departed.
5553.
Accompanied by the proud mountain like elephants
having sound like thunder ,
Red eyes and white tusks and
the head covered with ornamental mask ,
And with huge
chariots with white flags , resembling
the crowds ,
Created by Lord
Brahma sitting on the lotus and decorated by,
Wheels and very pretty pearl necklaces .
5554. He was also followed by crowds
of horses of great lineage,
On which valorous
heroes who were like God of death rode ,
And which looked as if they were created by catching hold of winds from all directions,
And putting four
legs to those , He was also followed by ,
Mentally happy
foot soldiers who were looking like various types of male
tigers
Which have
left their mountain caves and have assembled in the battle field .
5555. They all came armed with huge iron staff , pestle
, sharp swords,
Shining axe , maces with thorns , goad
, spears which were sharpened,
Wheels with flame
of fire , bow , pretty
iron staff , iron rollers ,
Shining iron maces
, the rope of the God of death , huge
trees,
Rings , cruel
arrows and other
weapons.
5556. They were
also armed with the throw
spears and
iron rods
And the pretty
crowd of flags which were similar
to the ,
The matchless rain
water coming down from the very black clouds ,
In the sky
got out of piercing them and which were crowding from all sides.
5557. That army marched
with the sound created by many
musical instruments,
With pretty conches
booming, with sounds produced
by the speedy ,
Rolling of wheels
of chariots , With horses neighing like
lauging ,
With bows and
belled chains standing
firmly ,
With elephants
trumpeting loudly and
with sound in the sky,
Masking the conversations of devas
with each other .
5558. Due to the marching of the army of Jambumali
that golden city,
Surrounded by
sea appeared full and broken and the dust it raised ,
The ordinary shining
mountains were resembling the Meru mountain,
With great luster
and the old city of Lanka and other
cities,
Looked like the
golden city of heaven.
5559.In the army of the cruel Jambumali which surrounded his
chariot ,
There were ten
thousand chariots with pretty
wheels , double that number ,
Of elephants , four times that number of speedily
running horses,
And the foot soldiers
were the double the number of those horses.
5560.Those heroes
riding on the speedy
chariots were expert in science of archery,
They were experts
in arts of illusion , great due
to the boons received by them,
They had eyes
showing great valour , they were
having strong shoulders m
Which had
matchless power , they were
born in families with great
valour,
They had tied the quiver on their backs and they
were wearing golden armour ,
Which masked their
chests which were like big mountains.
5561. Those soldiers
who were driving the male elephant
in rut .
Were as pretty as
the pure Indra who rides on Iravatha
, the elephant of the east ,
Which has the
habit of fighting , Were experts in warfare
with swords ,
And managing the elephants with goad , were born in the clan of Niruthi,
The female
guardian of south east ,
were with eyes which sheds fire again
and again,
And were
people with lustrous bodies
like the Sun.
5562.The valorous
riders of horses knew about the
pretty directions to go,
And knew the eighteen types of steps
of the horses , knew about the
nature ,
Of army suitable
for a war and in the battle field , they went by the side
of
Chariot and elephant
borne soldiers and rode
,
On horses with
garlands with bells and went as
per their mind.
5563,That Jambumali
who had the lustrous
curved teeth proceeded,
Accompanied by
such type of army, making the Devas
scared,
With his big
eyes lighten up due to great anger ,
With a shining armour on his chest,
And with
anger which was like the fire in the mountain proceeded in big golden chariot.
5564.Hanuman who was the emissary of Lord Rama and
stood alone in that garden of
luxury.
Thinking that more
Rakshasas had not come to fight
with him ,
Looking at the
path they are likely to come
and climbed up,
On the ornamental arched gate
which similar to a rain bow ,
Which was
surrounded by Chandra and other planets and
the stars in the sky.
5565. With the well coloured big gems as well as gold
removing the darkness,
In the sky , That Hanuman who stood
on that arched gate which
was shining ,
With rays from gems
and gold , making that light
shine surrounding him,
Was similar the Sun god with great light in
the middle of an ocean.
5566.That greatly
valorous Hanuman shouted
the great war cry,
Which was
similar the twang sound made by Rama on his
bow
Making
clouds fall down with thunder
, making the sea ,
Producing great sound calm down , the serpents in the mountain holes,
Spit out their soul along with poison , with fear enter and stay
in the minds of
Rakshasas who are
habituated for killing others and
making the devas shiver .
5567.Then Hanuman slapped his shoulders which made
the elephants of directions,
Lose the joy of
rut , Which made God of death ruling
the south taken aback,
And loose his poise
, made the undamaged stars in the sky
Fall down like
flowers and made
earth and mountains split .
5568. At that time all the Rakshasas who had
come to fight the war ,
Shouted like the
tumultuous ocean with great tides
,
And due to being prevented from going further by mountain of corpses.
And due to the hot
flowing blood which was hot
coming near and ebbing out ,
And being knocked down by the corpses of their own relation and falling,
Were not able to go by straight path , got perplexed as to what path they should take.
5569. Jambumali
from there divided in to various groups
and ordered them,
To approach Hanuman from his two sides and also in his frontin a proper formation,
And then he drove his big chariot and went further and then Hanuman who
was sitting on the gate ,
Seeing that
whatever he wanted came before him and had joyus feeling on his victorious shoulders.
5570. That chief
Hanuman making his
forehead having the “Namam” symbol,
Of Lord
Vishnu , who held the divine wheel
and which was shining like flame
of lamp,
AS his front army
, With the hairs growing erect all over his body as
his soldiers,
With his
strong hands with
sword like sharp nails as his
army on both sides ,
With his divine tail
as his back side army and he himself as the full army marched ahead.
5571. Those
sword holding asuras who had
enmity with him, feeling great
,
Because of
their anger ,
with their horns and conches
made huge sounds ,
With their strong
bows making twang sound
, With Rakshasas ,
Who are experts in illusion becoming joyous and shouting roar of victory,
With very many musical instruments playing
, took their weapons by their hands
,
And speedily
threw them at valorous Hanuman, so that all directions would break.
5572. That Hanuman who was sitting on the curved
gate using only his hands ,
And hitting and breaking the weapons thrown by
the Rakshasas with black anklets ,
And made them fall in the huge
ocean so that they would become useless.
Due to the
crowds of bees (weapons) spread
everywhere He was affected
with great anger,
Which was Burning like fire , and chose and took hold of an iron staff which had
fallen there.
5573. That Hanuman who was sitting on the gate got
down stood erect and ,
Using the iron
staff, killed in that battle field
, Those who did not know him
properly .
Those who had
spread, those who were staying
together ,
And those who
were standing in that
battle field.
5574. He using his left hand
pushed aside all the weapons
Which had come near him
and those that were thrown at him
by the Rakshasas
And started
fighting with his right
hand and due to which ,
The elephants
which had strength to kill
died there ,
Many great chariots broke in to pieces and ,
The crowd
of horses fell down on earth and died.
5575.By the hit
of that Hanuman, elephants
in rut lost the flags,
That were held over them , they lost their big
tusks ,
They lost their big
trunks , they lost their big legs,
They lost their ability
to shout , The flowing of rut stopped,
And they also
lost their very great anger.
5576.The outer rims
of the chariots broke , their
huge axils broke ,
The places where horses are tied broke , their
wheels broke,
The upper
plates broke in to pieces, The best of garlands were
damaged ,
The best of the horses
which were tied to chariot were destroyed ,
And to sum up everything
up, those huge chariots were
destroyed.
5677. Some
horses got their body broken and
rolled on earth,
And died , some of them suffered ,some of them who were hit
,
Caught fire
and broke down and became
like dust.,
Some horses which rose up
.got their feet folded ,
While trying to get up
and they broke , and
like this
Many horses fell down like the mountains whose wings
were cut by Indra.
5678. Some of those
soldiers seeing the
prowess of Hanuman,
Got scared and
wondering about him fell down ,
Some of those who
fell got up and being scared ,
Lost their senses and fell down dead and
those who did not die ,
Rolled became
tired ,
and with their organs ,
Going round and
round on the earth ran away.
5679.Hanuman killed
Elephants by dashing them with
other elephants ,
In that battle
ground , He hit horses with other
horses,
Made them fall on
the ground and destroyed them,
He threw some
heroes with very strong bow and killed them,
He destroyed the row
of chariots using other chariots.
5680. The brains and blood of the Rakshasas became like a
boiling fluid,
And became a
fearful slush and the
elephants which fell in
that slush,
Were swallowed by
it leading to their death and Hanuman
by stamping with his feet,
On the Rakshasas
who were like a long big
mountain destroyed them .
Along with the shoulders
and the swords that they were holding.
5681. He stamped
and killed those asuras who were fighting doing wrestling ,
And who were valorous ones with mountain like shoulders along
with ,
The curved teeth
in their mouth , long big hands
, the bow they were holding,
The spears , their
valour , their loud shouts and
souls .
5682. That Hanuman
who could go in to all places where
the fire with smoke ,
Can enter , approached all chariots which were giving light from their top.
He went
round all places where the
great big elephants and
horses were there.
He went near the army which made fun of him as only a monkey and ,
Walked over the heads
of all their soldiers and
killed them all.
5683.Hanuman jumped
over like thunder of deluge,
on the back of victory giving horses,
On the chests wearing
scented garland of the enemy
soldiers who were valorous,
On the shoulders decorated by gems
one after another ,on the huge elephants
,
Which were raining water
of rut , and destroyed all of them.
5684. At that time he was wandering and killing like
a kite ,like
the scepter ,
Which is stable
and matchless , like the wisdom of elders who
have got over,
The fate of
blessed deeds and sins and like the
minds of prostitutes ,
Who gave their growing breasts to all
without bothering who they were
Deciding based
only on the money they gave according
to the amount they gave.
5585. That great Hanuman
making people understand
faultlessly that ,
The devotees of Lord Vishnu would attain all
his greatness ,
Was visible to
the eye and merged with the
minds of Rakshasas,
Who were fighting
with strength on the earth , sky
, sides and all directions.
5586.Using his big hands
he hit and grinded on the earth, crowds
of horses,
Along with huge
chariots having flags and caught
the huge mountain like elephants,
With tusks which were blaring out
due to his great anger ,
By his other hand
and crushed and killed them.
5587.Hanuman bit
like Lord Rudra all those
Rakshasas who were coming,
With a mind full of rage
, those having bent and
protruding long teeth ,
Those having rope as a weapon ,Those with enmity stare
like fire ,
Those having the
power of a pointed army and those who were
,
Having enmity , were coming like gods of death and ,
Were shouting a
loud voice , kicked them with his feet and
killed them.
5588.Due to being rotated
by the huge tides of blood gushing out ,
From those Rakshasas, the wheels , huge iron rods , pestles
, maces , spears ,
Became extra and
got mixed along with chariots , horses,
umbrellas and flags
As well as
elephants with huge trunks
and entered in to that
sea.
5589.Due the throwing
of a weapon of iron pillar (yezhu) by
Hanuman hitting them,
The heads of the Rakshasas rose up from their bodies and some went and hit
the mountains,
Which touch the
sky , Some travelled towards end of directions ,
And some joined
with each other and along with
the heads ,
That have fallen earlier
, were scattered all around like
household materials.
5590 That Jambumali
who was cruel like god of
death , was standing alone ,
Like the fainted
elephant as the other elephants have
been killed ,
By an angry lion
and have reached the heaven ,
with honey like,
Red eyes giving
out sparks of fire and became very angry.
5591.Those Rakshasas
who were riding , on horses with
reins moving like air ,
Had died on the
battle field and due to his wheels of
chariot going deep,
And got caught
by the slushy mud created by the
blood and fat of those Asuras,
And was not able to move out from that place but
he,
Who was
pitiable was trying
to with speed.
5592.That Hanuman
who was wounded all over his
body looked like,
A tree full of flowers
told him, “You have only one weapon
, you have only,
One chariot and
you did not have strength to protect
those ,
Who came to war
along with you and you are standing alone.
If you fight with me now
you will surely die and so,
What are you going
to do b now? It is not just to kill
the poor people ,
And so you can go
back “said Hanuman with sense of mercy.
5593.Jambumali looked at Hanuman and told, “you mercy
seems to be good,”
And he laughed
uproariously making fire come out and further
told,
“You possibly
thought that I am one
who would easily die in
this war .”
And using
his very strong bow as hard as
diamond started sending ,
Arrows with great luster
in numbers, one , ten , hundred , hundred thousand and so on.
5594. That Hanuman
told him, “Just because you take
a bow in your hand ,
Do you think it is easy to kill those who wander without
weapons?”
And then smiled
showing out his white teeth and
destroyed and scattered ,
All the arrows that
were coming towards him using the
weapon called “Yezhu(iron pillar) ”
Like the rain
drops being destroyed by wind , in all directions.
5595. That Rakshasa
called Jambumali becoming extremely
enraged ,
Observing that
the arrows sent by him in front
and back were not hurting Hanuman,
And were falling
down broken , tried to reach near
Hanuman in his chariot ,
And not able to do it
, cut off the victorious weapon
“Yezhu(iron pillar) ” ,
Of Hanuman , by his arrow which had
a tip like an axe.
5596. Hanuman due to loss of “Yezhu(iron pillar)” was disturbed and started
breaking ,
All the arrows sent by him by his hands
and Devas who wore
long garlands ,
Seeing this made
tumultuous sound , and Hanuman jumped
in to the chariot ,
Of Jambumali
, easily caught hold of his bow which was making sound by his hand,
Folded his mouth
and pulled the mountain
like head of that Asura
,
By the bow and made
it fall on the earth.
5597.Then Hanuman jumped out of that chariot and crushed
in to pulp,
His chariot , his charioteer and
the horses that were
drawing it ,
Again climbed up on the tall arch and
those Gods of seasons,
Whose body had
dried up , getting scared witnessing
the death of ,
The very huge army , fearing
to tell it to Ravana,
Ran from the battle field
towards the palace of Ravana with great speed.
5598.That broad ,
very big river of blood , took the corpses to
each of their homes ,
Sio that their
wives can realize that their husbands have
all died,
The city of Lanka was
greatly shattered and in all places,
Only sound of wailing
due to sorrow was being heard ,
And the God of
Dharma became joyous thinking that ,
“Due to this
monkey the strength of Asuras living in Lanka has diminished.”
5599. Those Gods of seasons entered
the matchless palace of
Ravana ,
Who was wearing
garland of Gold , stood there
without telling anything,
With numbed faces
as they were all scared and shivering
to tell the news,
And seeing that Ravana
laughed and told
them , “Do not shiver” and then
they said,
“Sir , All the
Asuras who were ours have died and Jambumali is also o more ,
Though there was
just one monkey there to
fight with all of them.”
5600.AS soon as
they told this That Ravana who
had anger like raging fire ,
Thought about the death
of Jambumali and his eyes spit out blood ,
And got up saying that , “ I would myself go
and catch that monkey,
And bring him
here” and hearing that his five
commanders told.
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