Yudha Kandam (contd)
31.Vel Yetha Padalam
Chapter on hit by
the spear.
(Lakshmana was
killed by Ravana’s spear which
was aimed at Vibheeshana because he
wanted to save him, who has sought his protection. Hanuman goes again and
brings the medicine for giving life to him and he gets up. Rama comes there and thanks Hanuman for giving
life back to Lakshmana.)
9531.None of the great monkey commanders deserted the army
and the warriors ,
Who had gone away thinking that there was no one to stop them if
they go away,
If they wanted to
live and for washing of their bad
name , they were prepared,
To go to heaven
and came back and like a sea coming back , the monkey army returned.
9532 Ravana got in
to a chariot thousand wheels drawn
by thousand horses with
manes ,
Which was shining
like the sun in its orbit
and which could travel with very great speed,
Holding the bow that destroyed the Devas , With a quiver full of vicious
arrows and with valour.
9533.Then With
Ravana who resembled a seething male lion
, hundred crores chariots,
Two hundred crores
of horses which can run with very great speed ,
Ten crores of
huge elephants whose water
of rut was flowing like
river,
And twenty six
crores of lion like foot soldiers came accompanying him.
9534.The sound of
huge drums played by all the Rakshasa
warriors belonging,
To the three
worlds as well as other worlds
also , which seems to say ,
‘welcome, please
come, and the sound of conches
played by them ,
Which had a sound that startled and
the Asani instruments
producing ,
Great
thunder like sounds , were heard in all the fourteen worlds.
9535. They then
saw that Ravana who was a Rakshasa of Rakshasas, who used ,
To trouble Devas
and cause them great sorrow , due to their very bad fate ,
Who was like the matchless fire which burns the hearts ,
Of Warriors who
think about him , who was like an
incomparable ocean,
Which had crossed his
boundary and who had a colour
like that of the sea.
9536.After seeing Ravana
, having decided that it
would be better ,
To fight with Ravana , after
forming an army formation ,
Carrying Stones
which were like thunder and which cause
sorrow to the enemy,
After slapping their
own shoulders they made huge
noise ,
Which made many corners
of the world lose their peace.
9537.The army of Ravana
and that of the monkeys who were
,
Standing prepared to lose
their life in war , started fighting with each other ,
By clasping each
others hand and
due to this fire erupted in between them,
And their blood
flowed like the molten copper in to
the ocean.
9538.Due to the cut head
going up from the headless body,
And attaching
itself to the top , they shined like sun in the sky,
And the blood from them
got attached to cloud ,
And this resulted
in a rain of blood and the entire
world .
Looked as if it is a
a huge field of war.
9539.Due to Lakshmana joining the sea of the battle the elephants , threw their
,
Face mask so
that the male bees along with the pretty
female bees got away,
And became greatly worn out and got drowned in the blood let out ,
Due to the wonderful arrows and due to
excess of arrows ,
Their intestines
came out and they started
floating in the blood.
9540.Thinking about
the incidents of love making with
their husbands ,
The sound of wail of the ladies which was like a song together with the sound of anklets
,
Was sounding like shivering and those chaste ladies,
Who sacrifices
their life, after seeing the
smile with open eyes of the face of
their husbands
Which would
merge with the soul of their dead husbands.
9541. Ravana looking at
the cruelty which causes the death of enemies in the battle field ,
Which was like the fourteen worlds getting dislodged at the end of final deluge,
Thought that
his army which did not have humility
would lose their pride and said.
9542.”On the one
side where learned and strong Hanuman is fighting ,
Where only be the trees and mountains thrown by which
he has
,
The strength to
destroy swords , bows , axes ,
spears and similar ,
Sharp weapons and break the
heads of my asuras,
And because of
that my army got destroyed.”
9543, “Just like the
weaving pipe and the thread following it properly,
Hanuman and that
Lakshmana followed one another in fighting war ,
The ornaments
worn elephants with angry eyes would be
cut in to pieces,
The collection of
different valorous warriors would lose
their souls .
The lustrous
chariots would also rotate and the
blood ,
From their dead
bodies , would flow and reach the ocean.”
9544.”Lakshmana
who wanders in the battle field
proves that ,
The God of death also has a bow and
he whose job is killing only ,
Just like God of death
reduces the number of Rakshasas ,
By killing them
and in this state, the Hanuman is the strong lion ,
As well as thunder
who can win over the Rakshasa
army with his teeth ,
And nails but The Rakshasa army
do not have the power to kill
the monkey army.”
9545.”I can spend some time looking at the war being fought by Lakshmana and Hanuman,
But the God of
death would take away the souls of
Rakshasas and would and go away .
But In the close battle , within a second I can kill
the monkeys,
Make their bodies in to a heap return “Said Ravana and boiled all over .
9546. Ravana went on sending harsh arrows which can go with speed of wind,
Which can destroy like thunder, which can go inside the
worlds and split it ,
Which can drill in the sky , which can measure the directions,
Which are like the stable emissaries of the God of death
9547.Ravana looked like
a lion in the battle field because when you are opposing the monkeys,
What is the use of being like a dog?.Ravana was like Goddess Kali
in pitch darkness ,
To those angry monkeys
who were fighting war like a cat flower located in another place.
9548.Lakshmana stopped the monkey army that was being defeated
and said to them,
“Oh monkeys , do
not get scared, do not fear”, and climbed the shoulders ,
Of Hanuman who was like a rotating chariot and went before,
And opposed
Ravana who was having a burning cruel anger.
9549.As soon as Lakshmana went there , Ravana
using his bow sent,
Hundred crores of
burning arrows at him and Lakshmana ,
Using suitable arrows
removed them and they vanished,
Like the cotton flakes
that cannot withstand a heavy
wind.
9550.When Lakshmana removed those arrows like that , Ravana sent ten arrows ,
Aimed at the chest and shoulders of Lakshmana so that his strength is reduced,
And when those
arrows went in side his body ,
not bothering very much about it,
Lakshmana with an
angry mind gave pain to Ravana with
his own arrows.
9551.Lakshmana sent
with great speed arrows which
cannot be stopped ,
And Ravana who cut all those arrows and understanding
that ,
It is difficult to win over Lakshmana in the
war were one kills ,
Stopped war with
arrows and thought deeply as to what he
should do?
9552.”If I sent huge divine arrows, he can win all those arrows,
And has strength
to tolerate them and he who
examines ,
The God of death
as well as power like Rama,
Can burn the
entire world and would not get defeated.”
9553. “There is a weapon called Mohana which was made by the primeval God,
In the very beginning and it has a form which cannot be seen by the eye
and ,
Has the power to
destroy even lord Shiva as well as success . I would send ,
This weapon with individuality on him and
make him,
Lie on the battle field where the crows
come to eat the corpses.”
9554.Thinking like that Ravana thought about that Mohana
arrow ,
In his mind
and sent it against the great Lakshmana and Vibheeshana,
Who had love
seeing that told him to send the arrow of Lord Vishnu,
Who had the
divine wheel and Lakshmana sent that
Narayanastra.
9555.As per the words of Vibheeshana he sent that Narayanasthra
and ,
When Lakshmana
removed the Very angry Mohana which came to benumb him ,
Ravana became very angry
and thought that ,due to
Vibheeshana ,
Who was standing near and advising him and due to Lakshmana accepting it,
Bad result came
to me and became mentally upset.
9556.Then Ravana took his spear which was given to him by Maya ,
Along with his daughter , which was made
by Lord Brahma in a sacrificial fire
,
Which was like
the divine wheel and Vajrayudha and which
has beaten,
The final deluge in giving victory and sent it
to take the life,
Of Vibheeshana
who can only be compared to
victory.
9557 .If that is thrown
, it would return only after killing the enemy ,
And if it hits a person,
even if is Lord Brahma it would
kill him,
And after taking this spear and saluting it he
threw it,
On his younger brother who was not standing far away from
him.
9558.When Ravana threw it , Vibheeshana who knew all about it ,
Said, “Oh Lord this will kill me and there is no method to prevent it ,
And then Lakshmana told him, “I would understand its power,
And then prevent it.
Do not get scared” and stood at
place of Vibheeshana.
9559.All the arrows sent b and all the weapons sent by
Lakshmana ,
Similar to the
curses of a lowly servant not being effective
,
Against the one
who is great in penance , were not effective
And the devas got depressed thinking that “Vibheeshana ,
Is now no
more and he would definitely die.”
9560.Thinking that, “If I receive that spear
and lose my life ,
My fame as one who protected those who surrender would live long,
Dharma would
follow me , good people would shout
with joy ,
And what is the point in seeing the one who surrendered getting killed?
Before the bad
name which would live for a long time
comes ,
I would receive that
spear in my matchless chest”,
Lakshmana stood facing that spear.
9561.Vibheeshana
tried to go in front of Lakshmana, Angadha ,
Would push both of them and try to go on front , Sugreeva
the king of monkeys,
Would push him also and try to go in front and Hanuman will rush in with speed.
Can we tell name
that great sorrow as the
particular type of sorrow?
9562.With all the people
who tried to go in to front , standing back .
Lakshmana went with more speed than the wind saying,
“All of you stop, I would prevent it, “ but saying
this ,
With the devas
wailing patting their eyes , that
spear ,
Hit him on his chest
and went inside and came out of his back.
9563.Vibheshana looking at Ravana who was trying to leave the battle field,
Stood up and asked “where are you going?” and with
anger like a male lion.
Killed the
charioteer and horses of the
chariot of Ravana, beating by,
His long Dandayudha
and with this the Devas got
little consoled.
9564,That Ravana who was going far away on the sky got
very angry ,
Sent ten arrows at
Vibheeshana so that it
enters in to his body,
And thousand arrows at Hanuman and thinking,
That the war has come to an end went back
to his city of Lanka.
9565.Vibheeshana
asked “To protect me who has surrendered to him,
Lakshmana who owns the
entire world has faded away, With
your ,
Deceitful brain
where are you running away ? Now what is
the need ,
For you to run away with your cheating brain . I
would now itself ,kill you,
And I would also die.” Saying like this Vibheeshana
showed his great anger .
9566,Ravana thought
“The victory , now is mine and I would get nothing great ,
By killing this cow
like Vibheeshana “ and without
standing there ,
And leaving out all his great anger , he went in to the
pretty L:anka with walls.
9567.Ravana went back to Lanka and Vibheeshana wailed
greatly,
And fell on the
feet of Lakshmana who was the personification of mercy,
Due to great love
and shed tears and that Monkey army ,
As well as its
leaders got drowned in great sorrow.
9568.Vibheeshnaa wailed
,With Lakshmana who was
wearing over his shoulders ,
A garland made of
pretty flower buds dying , what is the need for me to be alive?
I would die this instant and Rama who gave me his protection ,
Also would not
continue to live now.”Jambavan
said , “stop, stop”,
And told him one
word.
9569.”When Hanuman
is standing by our side , is it wise
to sorrow,
For the loss of one life? As soon as he thinks
, he would ,
Assume the mega
form which occupies the entire world,
And due to our good fate
, would get us that medicine
And as soon as it it is given Lakshmana
would get up,
And so do not sorrow even minutely “ and Vibheeshana and others lost their sorrow.
9570.That darling
son of wind God , thought he has been hit by several arrows,
As soon as it was told
“ Would you not go and bring the medicine ?
Can Rama tolerate
to see his younger brother like
this?”by Jambavan,
Thinking about that idea
, Hanuman went away crossing all
the worlds.
9571.Hanuman rose up
and speedily travelled towards
north by jumping
So that he can
cross all the worlds and he who had gone earlier ,
And brought the medicine along with the mountain ,
After
recognizing the
specifications without
any problem to bring it.
9572. Even before
that medicine reached its smell
gave rise to good fate ,
And when all those
who had met their death got their life , is it a big thing,
To remove the sorrow of one who has been hit by the spear as it is a small job,
With the deva
world shout with joy , within a second
Lakshmana got back his life.
9573.Lakshmana stood up
and hugged Hanuman with both his hands
and said,
“Oh my father like one
, does that Vibheeshana keep himself alive?”
Hearing which when Vibheeshana with sobbing saluted
him , he told him,
“Our depression and sorrow has come to an end,
Ravana would die now ,
And my sister in law
would get her freedom “ and
became very happy.
9574. They all thought
about the great act of
Hanuman who had
Thought that
as an act which is called Dharma
by wise people ,
Should be immediately performed and that
there was nothing ,
That needed to be done to Rama and also if one were to examine,
Life here and that
after death , only dharma
will win and ,
Sin will be defeated
and then went to meet Rama.
9575.Along with devas they jumped and crossed not one
but many,
Mountains of corpses
and the sound making ocean of
blood,
And saluted the
divine feet of Rama and seeing those
victorious ,
Leaders saluting him
Rama asked them “What happened?”
9576. Hearing that Jambavan after
thinking told all incidents ,
Without leaving any thing
so that he clearly understands
them,
And Rama went and hugged the
valorous Hanuman and
said,
“Oh great one , I
have got you, and what is the need of
getting ,
Anything else that
is great and be one who has life
,
Which would not face problems at any
time.”
9577.That Lakshmana
whose eyes looked like
clouds showered stream like tears,
Who cried and
sobbed , who had a mind full of joy ,
who had a form like the faded body ,
From which the
soul went away and was standing outside and was joyous as if,
Had gone to the heavens from where the dead
do not return and had seen there,
King Dasaratha ., who had gone there after giving farewell , saluted the divine feet of Rama.
9578.Rama seeing his younger brother said
, “oh sir who wears the garland ,
Made of thulasi leaves, if you as
per the traditions of our clan had dared to
Help one who surrendered to us and had done the great act of
protecting his soul ,
It is not an act
beyond your stature but is is it not a job suitable to you?
9579.”Oh sir, even that
divine king Sibi the follower of
Dharma , who for the sake of
The dove that
surrendered to him , cut his
sweet body and gave his flesh,
Would not be equal
to you. And what is the use of
other acts for comparison?
Very generous people if they notice sorrow coming to their near and dear ones ,
Would rush like
the mother cow rushing towards
its calf.”
9580. Like the blue coloured Sun , Rama removed the armour and other heavy loads,
From the body of Lakshmana ., and after giving the bow and arrows
,
In the hands of the victorious Hanuman , he made Lakshmana ,
Take rest on
a hill which is surrounded by
clouds.
32,Vanarar kalam kaan Padalam
Chapter on
Monkeys seeing the battle foield.
(The monkeys are greatly surprised to know that Rama all alone
killed all the great Asura army.
Vibheeshana takes them round the battle field )
9581.After that ,
when Sugreeva and the measureless
monkey army came,
And joined ,
praised and saluted him , seeing
the great number ,
Of Rakshasas who
had been killed they were surprised and shivered,
And became shy that
with a mind which was resting
they did not realize anything .
9582.”Oh Lord Rama
, the crowd of the
army that came to war with you,
Was larger than all the three worlds and how did you win over such an army?”
When Sugreeva
the son of sun god with pillar
like shoulders asked Rama like this ,
Rama said, “Along with the king of Rakshasas you go
and see it for yourself.”
9583. Then all the monkey chiefs saluted Rama and egged
by their desire ,
Went to the younger brother of Ravana and asked him, “Please get up”,
And speedily went
and saw with their eyes that
battle ground ,
Frequented by
eagles , hawks , ghosts and
crowds of crows, and were taken aback.
9584. They cried ,
they shivered, took long breaths and due
to sorrow of the mind ,
Became bloated up. They got scared , with an upset mind , they sobbed ,
Slowly they got back their activity , became joyful and
became very sensitive ,
Who can understand
and describe the state of their
true feelings .
9585. Like the sinners
who wanted to see the seven
oceans with great tides ,
Apart from seeing
all the areas that they wanted to
see joyfully,
And said , “even if thousand years are past
, we will not be able ,
To see the other shore
and so peacefully tell us about
it”
And
Vibheeshana started explaining to them in a proper way.”
9586.”Oh our
people , Please see
the mountains of elephants ,
Which though they were
killed by Rama by using his
crowds of arrows,
Are spread like
tent erected by crows in this reddish battle ground ,
With their bodies sticking to each other , with their
legs caught,
In the mud made slushy with blood , like collection of clouds ,
With no place for all of them to fall down on the
ground.”
9587”.Those red eyed
and cruel Rakshasas who had
earlier been victorious,
Due to speedy
arrows coming one after and another and
killing them,
Are now like lions sleeping on the elephant mountain. Please see it.
9588. “Getting the chance of dying by the arrows of Rama,
Who has pretty eyes full of grace , some of the Rakshasas ,
Have died with great joy
and this can be seen from their lustrous faces
And they are like
lotus forests growing in the small ponds ,
By the side of sand
dunes . Oh my persons, please see
them.”
9589. “That elephant
with three types of rut which is floating on the earth,
Are not able to get up
in spite of being alive and
became separated in the flowing blood.
And please see
them to be similar to the king of
fishes, which go in ,
And come out in
the spreading ocean, which has several
flowing tides.”
9590 ,”Oh our people
, please see the chariots standing
on the flowing blood,
Due to horses dying after being hit by sharp
tipped arrows , which fell on
them like thunder,
And standing with white flags flying in the sky looking like
,
Huge ships in
the ocean filled with water. Please see
them.”
9591.Oh our people , those ghosts
which were moving their hands in
consonance,
With standing
headless bodies whose bodies are like
clouds, after moving ,
In accordance to the beats are
like the dance teachers ,
Who teach others
by showing the steps by moving their feet.”
9592.”Oh our people
, in between the huge teeth
of the sharp mouth of an axe ,
With a crowd of
victorious warriors hugging them like a machine similar,
To the beginning of the nerves being pushed
by the devils with deceit , please see them.”
9593.”On the
lustrous forehead which shines
due to the golden mask ,
The
elephants with red dots due to arrows hitting them being cut ,
And the front and back of the elephants got changed and joined and due to this,
It can be told that a new animal with head in back and front has been created,
Please see many
of them.”
9594.” In that
very fearsome huge war , there were several open mouths .
Due to the huge laughter due to great anger which were
like ,
Spreading ocean
with old water and these matchless
open mouths,
Were like the fire place of Yajna where
harsh fire was burning ,
You can see many
such mouths here.”
9595”.Please see
the white cowries
at the bottom of the ears
of ,
The strong elephants which are victorious in war which had
,
Shining forehead
shield and which keep on moving ,
For they which are
placed on the face of the warriors
,
And are like
lotus flowers on water
bodies placed on ,
The face of lightly sleeping swans.”
9596. “ Oh our people
, please see the white tusks of
those the tall elephants
Which reached the not well guarded, battle field wading,
In the sea of
blood which are not filled by the warriors,
Which are like
the silvery moon hidden by the crowd of clouds .”
9597.”The fire of
anger from the dying warriors
went and burnt ,
Flags , bows , spears
. the stacked chariots and later
,
Reached the royal seat tied by tapes on the back of the
elephant ,
With drum like feet
and the ghosts with dancing ate
their cooked flesh ,. Please see
that.”
9598.” Oh our people
, Du to the blood flowing from
the battle field ,
Getting mixed
with water in the sea , which was dug by the
Sagara princes ,
The elephants which saw
the crocodiles standing along
with them,
Became scared ,
thinking that they are mountain like elephants ,
And some
crocodiles with great shyness went back,
To the ocean where
they live , please see that.”
9599. Due the mountain like bodies of those who died
on the sky ,
Being hit by arrows of
Rama falling on those who live
on the earth,
And killing them
and you would see them unable to remove
,
Those corpses ,
hiding somewhere but are
sobbing . Please see them.”
9600.Due to the
blood that flowed from horses and
elephants that were pulling ,
Huge chariots as
well as from the bodies of Rakshasas
who came to the battle ,
The sun has reached the mid sky is red
like rising sun ,Please see that.
9601.” When the black coloured Rakshasas are being cut
, the blood from them,
Flowing in the sky, which makes people wonder whether it is a river,
Makes the white
moon standing there separately as red ,
And please see that
it looks like a different type of orbit of sun.”
9602.”Please see
that this blood wets sky, wets
earth and wets the ocean with
crocodiles,
And the birds which rise in the sky bearing on this body
this new rain sprinkled on it,
The star like flowers
, the scented new buds and the bees with black wings assume ,
A different colour making the forests and nice scented gardens ,
Put out red new
growth which shines.”
9603.With tides carrying
the broken tusks of elephants
which fought with the mountains,
And the lustrous
pears and gems which were formed in side those tusks,
And heaping them on both sides , with birds with
wings rolling ,
Strong and thick trees and shout
with joy , please see this
huge river of blood,
Which carries within itself white
umbrellas , cowries making it
look like foams ,
Knocking against the huge banks built by corpses , speedily going towards the ocean.
9604.The banks made
of mountain like bodies of elephants
with tusks,
The dense
steps made of the shoulders of Rakshasa bodies ,
THe forest of dead horses forming the waves
, the altered,
Tusks of elephants
being crocodiles, the faces
shining like,
The forests of
lotus flowers , the falling intestines as algae,
And the fat acting as slushy mud, with the blood flowing,
From the bodies
of Asuras forming the pond are beyond count. Please see them.
9605.Due to having
fat like slushy mud being ploughed by plough like sword,
Having blood
filled like water bodies, having large
area pressed using the elephants,
Having
warriors from clans spreading
everywhere, having huge beds with heads
,
Decorated by sweet
smelling lotus flowers having huge
fields of warriors,
Is this huge
cultivable tract which is kl like a well perfumed field, Please see it.
9606.With the
bodies of very strong Asuras which were like mountains ,
Without any empty
spaces falling down , due to the complete
and lengthy twang from the bow,
Which was pulled
up to his ears by Rama making several thunders weak and fall down ,
Please see the very speedy flow
of huge river streams pulling with them ,
The elephants
going to the serpent world by the path made by arrows of Rama.”
9607”.Except telling that arrows of Rama after cutting the tusks, legs , huge
necks ,
Long shoulders
and chest , without getting slowed down
tore the huge lands in ,
The directions and
got down in to Patala , we cannot say that his arrows ,
Pierced and stayed on the sea of the bodies of elephants with rut ,
victorious horses
And foot soldiers
for we are not able to see those arrows any where , please
see.”
9608.”The elephants
which have flow of rut with the
scent of lotus flower,
Which are as cruel as God of death , which are
lying dead along with their tamers
,
Which have the
action of black pig which bent
forward , came ,
Along with the nectar
in the ocean of milk and were in ten crore in numbers.”
9609.”Even if the falling rain and
oceans with moving tides ,
Were to completely dry up , those elephants which pour out ,
Black liquid of rut
like rivers came from Lord
Brahma’s fire sacrifice in twelve crore numbers.”
9610.”Fourteen crores
of elephants were born in the
clan of Iravatha ,,
Which belonged to
Indra the lord of clouds and which had
great battle valour in the east,
And now their soul has departed , their
blood has dried ,
And though their
trance due to rut has gone their pride
has not departed.”
9611”.These
elephants which came from
the Sarva Bhowma clan , which
are,
Like a
northern mountain in rut , which have a face producing rut ,
Which when ordered by Brahma to carry the earth , did not carry the long directions ,
And they like Devas
do not blink and are in a huge number called Padmam.”
9612. “These which have been given by Indra
as tribute to Ravana ,
Are in thousand crore numbers, The tribute given by the lord of
Dhanavas,
Belong to another
clan and their number is beyond estimation.”
9613.”The horses that are to be seen here rose
with great tumult,
From the ocean of
milk , when it was churned and they are
,
Thousand -thousand in number . but the battle ground
horses,
Have a contrary look and are those who won Lord Varuna in the western sea.”
9614. “Those horses
which are difficult to get , it seems
ran defeated,
In the war of Khubera
with Ravana and they are thousand - thousand,
In number and the horses conquered from the great Vidhyadhara king ,
Who was an
enemy who was greatly angry are of a number Padma.”
9615.Then the
monkey leaders said, “even if we keep on seeing ,
And you keep on describing these scenes of the battle ground ,
It is not possible to complete it and it is
not possible to completely see ,
The Himalaya mountains
and so we will see it afterwards ,
And let us go and see the place where Rama is.”
9616.They went and saluted that great Rama
, stood their breathing long ,
Thinking the
nature of the great war that was fought
by Rama ,
And now we will
start telling about other things that happened meanwhile.
33.Ravanan Kalam Kaan Padalam
Chapter on Ravana
seeing the battle field.
(Ravana is arranging a big feast to celebrate his killing of Lakshmana and
impending victory over Rama. His
emissaries come and tell him all that happened. When he refuses to believe
it , Malyavan says that it was true. Ravana starts for the final battle with Rama.)
9617-9618.Ravana in the golden palace of his , with a wish to arrange
for a great feast ,
For those who fought for him and suffered and those
,
Who came to the battle because of their love for those warriors ,
By arranging suitable eatables and ordered
the devas to come there ,
Along with all
their people and told them
“please cook ,
The great food of the place of Devas
.If you do not do it properly , you
will die.”
9619.
Immediately faultless toddy , meat
and other food items as well as,
Cloths , sandal
paste , flowers for decorating self , the
scented water,
Mixed with musk
and similar materials , the bed for their lying down,
Came and filled up
inside and outside of that great palace.
9620.And the Deva
ladies arrived for
massaging with ghee ,
Giving bath with
scented water so that all dirt would go
away ,
For giving
nectar like rice along with water
for drinking ,
And also for
spreading all those beds.
9621.Then came a
crowd of ladies who would sing , who would dance well,
With acting , who
would embrace lying on the beds to give joy,
And make them feel like one who got everything from first to last with searching.
9622,The Rakshasas with mountain like body right
from the kings ,
To the slaves had
come there with a desire to enjoy
pleasures like Indra,
And reeked
in limitless joy and pleasure.
9623.At that time the emissaries came and
saluted the king of Rakshasas ,
Who was enjoying the pleasures like
this and told him in his ears,
About how the
great Moola bala army had completely perished in the battle field.
9624,With voice tottering as if someone was drawing out
the words,
From their mouth ,
with the entire body shivering , with toungue dried,
With destroyed
mind , with eyes made small and with
anxiety they told.
9625”Oh king who
got victory given by Devas , when the thousand vellam,
Army which went as per your order was standing on one
side ,
Rama with a bow
in his divine hand in a period
of six Nazhigais ,
Destroyed the entire army
.Who are partaking in feast here?”
they asked.
9626,” If you had wanted
out of joy to give the Rakshasas,
The pleasure that you have created by ordering
the Devas,
To do their duty , it would be more proper to have given this ,
As the Bali for
the departed as in the entire world ,
Surrounded by ocean, there is no one who belongs to your clan
And all those who
are in this city are only dead persons.”
9627.That Ravana who was greatly happy in the
thought that,
He had killed Lakshmana
, as soon as he heard these
words,
With great anger
mixed with shivering and loss ,
With his red eyes
that had lost their honour spitting fire,
With heavy breathing
, with a greatly confused mind ,
Stood there like
a pretty statue.
9628.”The warriors
of the Moola Bala army are stronger than me ,
And are people who cannot be destroyed at any time and
anywhere.
They are people who cannot be even killed in thought ,
Their number ig greater than number of sand dusts y
the ocean,
And when you
say that they all died with no one to
see ,
What you are saying must be a lie” said Ravana .
9629.Hearing what
he told to his suspecting words ,Malyavan,
Who was near by told, “is
it proper for you to ask like
this?
Would the emissaries we have deputed tell a lie to us?
Would not the entire
world be destroyed in a second?
At the final deluge would not Rudra just by thought
destroy the world?”
9630. “ Creating and destroying all the worlds which cannot be measured ,
Is done by one person
by his greatness , say the Vedas
which only tell the truth,
Have we not heard this ? That Vishnu with great power who was sleeping ,
On Adhisesha is now born as Rama
, said Vibheeshana .Would it
become a lie.”
9631.”If to those beings of the world who eat If
suitable food is offered,
If food that is
not suitable to soul is offered to them, we see fire ,
That completely eats them
and we also see the very
powerful wind,
Which can destroy mountain , trees
, grass and so many other beings.
Is there any
limit to the strength?”
9632.”Oh sir , It
is true that Moola Bala army has been destroyed and it is also true,
That the wealth of Indra has already left you and nothing more
remains to be done ,
All your relations have died only because of you and so perform good things “
Said Malyavan and
hearing that Ravana became greatly angry.
9633.’By throwing the spear at Lakshmana , I have given him to the
God of death,
And all the monkey
commanders are completely
drowned in the sorrow ,
Caused by his death,.If Rama sees the death of Lakshmana
, he would get dread,
And without any desire to live Rama would die ,.Let the sorrow that ,
Happened to me be
true but
victory is mine ,” said Ravana,=.
9634. The emissaries who were standing there seeing all this said,
“Oh lord as soon as the medicine brought by Hanuman touched,
The body of Lakshmana
without any delay he got back his life,
And that Lakshmana with red eyes is
surrounded by all,
And they are
hugging him ,You can go and see
that.”
9635.Ravana was not
convinced that what the emissaries
,
Said were true and so to
get rid of his great confusion ,
Climbed up a tower
made of gold and
with his eyes he clearly saw,
That truth of the destruction of the huge vellam of that
army ,
Causing
great sorrow to his
proud mind.
9636.The Rakshasa maidens
sorrowing on seeing the
heads of husbands cut by
the enemy,
Due to their sword like long eyes similar Kuvalai
and neithal flowers becoming red due to crying ,
Hitting their heads with their hands and the
sound of their crying was
louder than,
The sound of raising of all the oceans and this was heard by Ravana.
9637.Many ghosts
were carrying the big corpses of
Elephants which had lost,
Their power of thinking and dug the ground till they found new spring of water
Uprooted long mountains
and took dip in the
speedily flowing river of blood,
Thinking that it
is the flow of tears ,
And without
changing their form merged in the black sea and
Ravana saw this.
9638.That Ravana
with eyes from which tears
that form bubbles ,
And blood that
gives out anger like fire, as per the Dharma of Tamil,
Saw those dead
ones killed by the matchless arrows
drowning
,
In the place
where the river of blood joins the sea,
And it was like the water which was kept in the mouth was being spit
out,
And Ravana saw
the sea water mixed with blood lashing
on the battle field.
9639. He saw the
crowd of Rakshasis seeing the
ghosts eating away the desirable parts ,
Of the wounds of the body of their husbands with strong shoulders ,
Who have reached the heavens , chasing those ghosts , catching them in the sky ,
And picking away the big eyes of those ghosts by their big nails
9640.He saw the
large increase of the monkeys
who were shouting loudly ,
Which was capable
of breaking the sky and he
saw the
dancing headless bodies,
Which was breaking the earth and making it sink and he also saw
the joy of Devas,
Who were opening their eyes wide, and were staring at the battle field.,
And that Ravana
who had sorrowing mind which was
giving pain ,
Like the breaking of wounds of the body, then got down from that tower.
9641.That one who
had a mouth indicating
very great anger ,
With toungue licking the
bottom of the mouth , with fire
sparks ,
Coming out of his eyes
, with a heart which
indicated great pride ,
With anger
greatly increasing and talking
greatly angry words ,
Reached the palace from which he ruled.
34.Ravanan ther yeru padalam
Chapter on Ravana
climbing in to the
chariot
(Along with the rest of the army Ravana gets in to his great chariot after worshipping it. He says that the result would make Sita or Mandodhari
sad,)
9642.As per rule
he looked at Mahodara who had mountain like body,
And who had black
eye brows similar to smoke said ,
“Which army is still alive? Wake up all the armies which
are inside Lanka ,
And announce this
on an elephant back with playing of
drums.”
9643.With the
playing of the drum an army of
fourteen hundred crores,
Victorious
Rakshasa got assembled and the city of Lanka became
poor ,
Like a completely dried up ocean and
chariots with flags , elephants ,
With holed hands
which waves , horse and all other types
of army assembled.
9644.After
performing worship suitable to
life in this and other world,
Of Lord Shiva who
has all types of wealth and
had three eyes,
After performing charity as per the Vedas without limit ,
After giving away
all the things people wished without fault ,
Ravana became
suitable for the untiring war.
9645.He then wore the
golden armour produced by
Lord Brahma in an Yagna ,
And which was given
to him by Indra and appeared
like ,
One thousand suns with different forms appearing
on the ,
Black mountain
with several water bearing
streams.
9646.After tying
the hand sword on his right
side , after tying the golden ,
Waist belt similar to the serpent Vasuki tying
the Mandhara mountain,
And the
planets going round him assembled there,
After wearing
the Kati Suthra made of gems
which does not ,
Go away
thinking It would happen and which was round like Kimpuri.
9647.Taking the Kousika
which was spread like the Vedas and spread wings of ,
The Great Garuda
who was near by and tying it in
the tightly in between ,
The white silk apparel
on the waist and after tying the
snake ,
With white teeth
which was like the crescent of the moon,
9648.After tying
the sword , the dress and the
gems which were like ,
All the thunders
which are in the crowd of clouds were collected and he was tying
them ,
After tying anklets
which were like the golden
flower and the light of lightning ,
And which was
making sound like the roar of huge lions sleeping in the cave,
9649. After
wearing the golden anklets which makes sound making ,
The trembling of serpents as as a result of a thunder
being felt,
In the heavens ,
earth and all other worlds
, After increasing his ,
Prettiness by its
light reflect on the dress
which was slanting ,
9650.After wearing on those twenty hands
the long and pretty Shoulder tie
,
Which was like the
stain lying in the neck of Adhi Sesha with huge head
After wearing covers over the fingers and wearing
the bangles,
Which was like
snake with a long toungue.
9651.With shining
battle rings over his very strong
shoulders which were like ,
The serpent Vasuki
tying the Mandhara mountain which churned the sea ,
Wearing ear
globes which were shin ing
like the fallen golden rays ,
When the body of the
Sun god was sharpened
9652. Like the rays of the sun that appear from the top of the sun rise mountain,
With shoulders densely applied with kumkum , with ear globes which are enemy to darkness,
Which were near his shoulders , like Sun God , unlike
moon and stars with stain with pearls
shining.
9653.Making people think that all the Suns had been made to
come near the sea,
He came with a
pearl royal umbrella which was
sending its luster in all directions,
And this was also as if the moon had taken different shapes on becoming full.
9654.In the cave
like open , mouth on the
processed fertile hill , the
crowd ,
Of bent teeth in
the end part of the mouth appeared as if
,
In the clouded blue sky
, the plants have started growing in pot of germination.
9655.They were shining in a matching manner and were giving out the luster of pearls,
His forehead shining with the heroic label was looking like the special ornamented mask,
Of the elephants
with flow of lot of rut and due
to this his ten foreheads were greatly
pretty.
9656. Without
saluting the loving damsels who remove
their feet with pretty anklets,
Which make jingling sound
and those who
think they are the leaders ,
Were his gem
studded crowns , which would light up
the world,
And were
making the Sun God run so
that there is no darkness in the world.
9657.He wore the victory garland that he wore before the
Devas,
After conquering the land of devas, land of Brahma as well as the earth,
And also a garland of
thumbai flowers along with the bees by its side,
Making the eyes of
the young peacock like ladies following him.
9658.What is the
need to compare sea , time , the
number of sand particles ,
The fishes that live in the sea and
knowledge as similar .
Though the stable
beings which are faultless are
destroyed .
He tied his
quiver which is the fame that never dies , on his back.
9659 ,.Even if
all the people of earth,
heaven and serpent world
,
Get in to the
chariot of Ravana together, it would consider ,
It like a load of a single flower and
even if there are no horses,
It would go as per
the thought of Ravana and ,
As soon as he told, “come chariot” that chariot
came.
9660.Thousand horses
which came along with the nectar
,
And which had come in the clan of the Sun god and
Which were born to
the Vadamukagni spread all over
the water ,
By the cruel wind god
were tied to that chariot.
9661. That chariot can travel on the sky like it travels on the
earth, it could ,
Travel on the wide
water, it could go inside the
fire ,
It could go in a matchless manner inside the battle ,
It could go on the golden sky as well as land of Brahma,
And within a second it could reach any world.
9662.The instrument called Gandai which
makes sound like ,
The bells tied on the neck of elephants of the eight directions
.
Thousand crores of
this instrument were played. The universe ,
Which was looking like
the suns are stacked over the Meru mountain,
The huge
collection of gems completely decorated
it.
9663. The
cruel weapons given by Sages , Devas and others
Who are the
greatest in this world or forcibly taken
,
In numbers of
sand particles were carried by that chariot.
9664. Its great strength cannot be destroyed even if wheel of Lord Vishnu ,
The axe weapon of Lord Shiva and the
sacred water pot of Lord
Brahma are destroyed,
It is bigger than the truth which cannot be understood even by Devas
It is the store house of victory .
9665.After worshipping such a great chariot as per religious rules ,
And after giving measureless gifts to innumerable Brahmins ,
And giving
away great wealth in unimaginable charities,
He completed all
the duties that he had to do,
9666,Ravana saluted that chariot and got in to it and
Indra and other Devas ,
With a loss od f
conscience became greatly perplexed and
,
Since there was nothing else to be done , even the sages
,
Who have controlled all
their five senses ,
Became scared as the
entire world was sad.
9667. Ravana said
, “Either the Sita with sweet
smelling hair would ,
Hurt her belly with her flower like hands and drown in deep sorrow,
Or the daughter of
Maya would attain that.
If I go to
the battle field I would make one of
them happen.”
9668.Ravana grew up like the one who measured
the world ,
Making the devas
as well as the people of earth surrounded by the sea,
With very many
people the heads over their neck
were with crown,
Several shoulders
could not be measured and hiding
with very many weapons.
9669.Ravana slapped
his own shoulders and made very great sound .
Making the sky split in to two , making mountains break like
fresh wounds ,
Becoming further deep, Making the sun rotate
in its own position like a fresh pot,
And making the moon
shed its nectar and becoming greatly sad.
9670.Ravana due
to the great joy that a
very great one has come very near,
Making a huge mountain
break and become dust , twanged
the string of his bow ,
And the ladies of the clan of Devas and Dhanavas who wore
,
Pretty bent ear
globes became greatly scared and
felt for their Mangalya Sutra.
9671. Ravana
assumed a matchless form making , the sun and moon ,
Who rotate in the
sky made the water
in the sea rotate and whirl,
All the beings
which shout with joy started
shivering and started losing their balance ,
And the thousand
headed Anantha , unable to carry the
world ,opened its hoods,
Decorated by the
lustrous continuously shining gems and stood up.
9672.He got
interested in the war which would destroy along with Devas,
And Asuras all
the beings of the three worlds
and make all life get destroyed ,
And vomiting blood
and became one with eyes
blow fire ,
Which was twice
harsher than the
northern fire .
9673, Seeing the confusion that
came in this world and
seeing the sorrow of devas,
The rotation of
the mountains , sky and the earth and the
tiresomeness ,
Shown by the
scared oceans with great tides was
seen by
,
The head of the monkey army and
those who had inestimable strength.
9674.Rama got up
to know why there was a
tottering as if the world has been
torn,
, A peculiar type of loud noise being heard
from near by making an upset
,
Happening
when many things are
improving and things are looking up.
9675.With
oceans becoming similar to stony mountains , clouds ,
As well as the strong Meru mountain travelling
the sky , he understood
that,
The very powerful
Rakshasa army and that Ravana
travelling in the chariot,
Were coming and making huge sound
like a big ocean.
9676.Vibheeshana who came told , “Oh heroic king ,
Ravana is coming here,
With his very huge army and the advanced army of theirs has reached here.
Making our army shiver with fear and the Devas became
scared fell down and dispersed.,”
35.Raman ther yerum Padalam
Chapter on Rama climbing
in to chariot.
(Rama gets ready for the battle. As per instruction of
Lord Shiva, Indra sends his chariot
to his use. After verifying it is
genuine, Rama gets in to it.)
9677.The monkeys with hands held in salutation , with
stuttering voice due to fear ,
With a shivering body
, fell on the ground and got up and
started shouting ,
And Rama who heard
that ,
similar to his telling the devas “do not get scared,
When the Devas started crying bitterly and when he was sleeping on the ocean
of milkm,
Told them ”Do not
get scared “ and to remove their fear
, he got up.
9678.That Rama
who was like a male elephant in
rut , took his sword ,
Which was like
the matchless poisonous rope
of the God of death,
And tied it on his
right side and
said ,”Today is the end of sorrow,
Of Sita who is like a young
creeper and the devas who live
in the long heaven.”
9679 For tying up Rama
who had all the worlds within himself and .
There is
nothing else in the world which is different from him ,
Shall we say , there
is only truth and the armour of
Rama which ,
Can be tied his body
as it is known that he is the God himself.
9680.Then on his pretty hands which
can be told as the burning stow
,
Of the God of death, he wore gloves as well as metallic
finger gloves,
So that the entire hand is hidden and took
his quiver ,
Which looked as
if it can contain everything in the
world ,
But had innumerable arrows and tied it tightly on his
back.
9681.”Oh Devas ,
this battle which has started now would get over by today,
And victory
now belongs to the very
masculine Rama only ,This is the truth,
And now you
have got rid of your fear .Please
send the divine golden chariot
,
Which is drawn by strong
horses for the use of Lord Rama with great speed. ”said Lord Shiva .
9682The devas after listening to Lord Shiva said that it is a proper thing to be done,
And said it to Indra ad Indra who obeys the commands of Lord Shiva,
Who accepted
it and said, “I would make
my great chariot , which is the best in the three worlds,
Which can go round
the three worlds in a second, As
a suitable temple for Rama.
Go and bring my matchless chariot “Said he to his charioteer Mathali.
9683.Mathali then brought his golden chariot which
appeared to work ,
As if it is the entire earth surrounded by ocean and
stood as if,
The cool system of
the moon and other things above it , are just its strong foot ,
And it spread due
to its height all over
the sky.
9684. It had the strength
of the seven heritage mountains
and it had a machine,
Called Kodinju which maintains its stability . the great strength of
the wavering earth,
And the
axils fitted to its wheels and
on it the very angry
eight serpents,
Were tied making in to a dense formation and that
chariot touched the sky.
9685.On the chariot floor was written the past and next year
apart from day ,
Season and
month and being decorated
by the garland made of gem like
stars,
It came like a mountain
and took its place in the battle
field .
9686.It has been made
with all the directions
made as its pretty
walls,
It has been made
faultlessly and it made all the
clouds ,
Into its flags
and made them waft in the
air and it had ,
The strength of the undying five elements and stood
pretty.
9687. After taking the trees and medicines of the world
,
It was made in to a flag and this chariot was bearing that flag,
And the huge sound
when the ocean was rising up with huge
tides
Which comes strongly
was the sound made by that
chariot.
9688. That Chariot
having a part called Bud , which
was like the bud ,
Of Lotus of
ancient times from where Lord Brahma
was born,
And it was equal in breadth to the serpent bed of Lord
Vishnu ,
Who keeps all the beings in his belly and lets them out at time of creation,
9689-9690. That
golden chariot was drawn by four Vedas
, the completed Yagnas ,
The separate
seven oceans, the seven heritage
mountains , the seven worlds,
The seven elements
, three types of fire , the offerings
made to Devas ,
The great penances
done without lie , the five sense organs , the five fires ,
The four directions
, three walls which work
together and the long day time ,
Turning themselves
in to horses which were
well yoked to it.
9691.The Devas saluted
that chariot which came like
that and looked at Mathali ,
And told, “oh great one , you have come because
our father Indra has sent you ,
You are one who has
the power to help us and so help us to get victory”
And they showered
on him the cool flowers and ,
He driving the
chariot with great speed departed .
9692. That great chariot
with a speed of fate which is
the enemy of the soul,
Went through the sky and then assuming the
well known speed of mind,
And being saluted
by the earth as well as the world of devas ,
Reached that pure
one and stood very high , making even
thoughts lose.
9693.Rama thought
“This is not the chariot of Sun
God with one
wheel,
This is not the one with that great light
that appears at the final
deluge ,
This is not the
stable Meru mountain but this is
very tall .Is it ,
The Chariot of the
matchless gods called Trinty?”
9694.”How did this chariot reach me and why?, “ thinking
like that the son ,
Of the king of
kings looked ar Mathali and who asked “Who brought ,
This chariot which is glittering like Gold here and under whose orders?”
And he also replied
to the question asked by Rama.
9695. “My
father This chariot was made on the
first day of creation ,
By the one who burnt the three cities and
the four faced one ,
And by its luster
it is comparable to one
thousand suns ,
And it does not get destroyed at deluge and belongs to
Indra.’
9696.”Oh lotus like Rama, this can
stack several universes inside
it,
And do work and
when needed it can be shortened or lengthened ,
And if a comparison is needed , it can be
compared to the belly of Lord
Vishnu,
Who swallowed
all the universes and it will travel
as speedily as your arrow.”
9697. “If it
sees eye , mind and speedy wind , it would go faster than them,
And would go even
more forward than wisdom .It does not
differentiate ,
Between the sky and the earth or differences between water and fire.”
9698.”Oh Lord who created the world Are
there not seven worlds?
Or there not
double that number of worlds which are
standing above it ?
Those oceans and the worlds may sometime change its
stature ,
But are there any other chariots like this one which does not change its nature?”
9699.”Oh Lord The devas
, the chiefs of sages, Lord Shiva
, Lord Brahma ,
Who created the
world at olden times came and ordered
and obeying them,
The king of the
Devas has given this chariot to you. “Said Matali ,
Who can drive the
chariot according to the mind of the horses.
9700 Rama after
hearing what Matali told had a doubt whether
,
It was a trick of illusion created by his enemies and to clear his doubt ,
And make him feel that
Matali has told the truth
the horses,
With manes tied
to the chariot started chanting the ancient Vedas.
9701.Rama then decided that there was no further doubt
and looking,
At the good natured Matali asked him, “Please tell me
your name?”
He said, Me who has been driving this big chariot is known as Matali.”
And he Saluted Rama and told these fully from his mind.
9702.,Then Rama
looked at Hanuman and
Lakshmana who was ,
Like a young lion
and told them , “Please tell
your opinion.”
And Lord Rama
stood there and they whose doubts have been cleared told,
“Oh Lord , there
is no doubt . This chariot does belong to Devendra,”
9703.With the bad fate
which had started rolling on
earth fading,’
And the worshipful good fate jumping with joy , with the devas
,
And Brahmins who had drowned in sorrow lifting their
hands ,
Above their heads
Rama got in to that chariot sent by Indra.
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