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1Markandeya said : Then having marched out of the city with his followers, Kumbhakarna beheld the victorious monkey-army lying before him.
2Having observed (carefully) the monkey host with the desire of finding out Rama (among it) he saw Lakshmana stand (ready for fight), bow in hand.
3The monkeys, (then), coming up to him completely surrounded him and began to smite him with numerous huge trees.
4(And) giving up their fear some began to tear him with nails and several monkeys fought him by resorting to various ways (of battle). And they hurled at that foremost of Rakshasas various terrible weapons.
5Thus struck, he only laughed (at them) and fell to eating up the monkeys, named Bala, Chandabala and Vajrabahu.
6Seeing that terrible act of the Rakshasa Kumbhakarna, Tara and others were greatly alarıned and sent forth a loud wai).
7Hearing the loud cry of the monkey chiefs, Sugriva fearlessly rushed at Kumbhakarna.
8Then that high-minded king of the monkeys, coming up to Kumbhakarna with great speed struck him furiously on the head with a Sala tree.
9And though that large-hearted monkey, Sugriva endued with a great speed, broke that Sala tree on the head of Kumbhakarna, yet he could not afflict him (in the least).
10Then suddenly awakening at the touch of the Sala tree, Kumbhakarna, with a terrible yell, stretching forth his arms, seized Sugriva by main force.
11Seeing Sugriva (thus) seized by the Rakshasa Kumbhakarna, the war-like son of Sumitra, the delighter of his friends, rushed (to his rescue).
12And coming up, that slayer of hostile warriors, Lakshmana, sent after him an impetuous and mighty dart furnished with golden wings.
13That arrow piercing through his armour and his body and covered with blood, penetrated into the earth.
14His heart being (thus) riven, he let go the monkey king. (And then) that mighty bowman, Kumbhakarna, taking a stone as his arrow, rushed at the son of Sumitra, aiming that huge stone at him.
15When he was (thus) advancing, (Lakshmana) quickly cut off his upraised arms with a pair keen-edged razors. He then became four-handed.
16(But) the son of Sumitra, displaying his skill in arms cut off all those arms, holding stones as arrows, by razors.
17His body then assumed formidable proportions and his head and arms began to multiply in large numbers. The son of Sumitra, then, pierced Kumbhakarna, looking like heaps of rocks, by that weapon presided over by Brahma.
18And he, endued with a vast strength, struck by that celestials weapon, fell dead on the battle (field) like a gigantic tree having its spreading branches burnt up by the fire of) the thunderbolt.
19Seeing the mighty Kumbhakarna (powerful) as (the Asura) Vritra, lying dead on the ground, the Rakshasas ran away in (great) terror.
20Then, the two younger brothers of Dushana, seeing those warriors fly away, rallied them and rushed furiously against the son of Sumitra.
21Seeing Vajravega and Pramathin advance against him in great wrath, the son of Sumitra with a loud shout assailed them both with shafts.
22Then, O Partha, there ensued an awfullyterrible encounter, making the hair stand erect, between the younger brothers of Dushana and the intelligent Lakshmana.
23And he (Lakshmana) covered the Rakshasas with a heavy downpour of arrows and those two (Rakshasa) heroes also in great wrath overwhelmed Lakshmana with showers (of arrows).
24That furious battle between Vajravega and Pramathin (on one hand) and the mighty-armed son of Sumitra (on the other) lasted for a moment only.
25Then Hanuman, the son of Pavana, taking up a mountain-peak rushed at and took the life of, the Rakshasa Vajravega.
26(And) the monkey Nila, endued with a vast strength, rushing towards Pramathin, the younger brother of Dushana crushed him with a huge rock.
27Then there again raged a terrible encounter between the forces of Rama and Ravana, smiting one another.
28The monkeys slew hundreds and Rakshasas and the Rakshasas too killed many dwellers of forest. But the number of Rakshasas killed was greater than that of the monkeys.
Nepali
1मार्कण्डेयले भने — त्यसपछि आफ्ना अनुचरसहित नगरीबाट बाहिर कूच गरेर कुम्भकर्णले आफ्नो अगाडि रहेको विजयी वानरसेना देख्यो।
2(त्यसमा) रामलाई खोजी निकाल्ने इच्छाले वानरसेनाको (ध्यानपूर्वक) निरीक्षण गर्दै उसले लक्ष्मणलाई हातमा धनुष लिएर (युद्धका लागि तत्पर) उभिएको देख्यो।
3(तब) वानरहरूले त्यसको छेउमा आएर त्यसलाई चारैतिरबाट पूर्ण रूपमा घेरे र अनेक विशाल रूखले त्यसमाथि प्रहार गर्न थाले।
4(अनि) आफ्नो भय त्यागेर कतिपय वानरले त्यसलाई नङले च्यात्न थाले र अनेक वानरले नाना प्रकारका (युद्ध-) विधिको आश्रय लिएर त्यससँग लड्न थाले। अनि तिनीहरूले त्यस राक्षसश्रेष्ठमाथि नाना भयङ्कर अस्त्र फ्याँके।
5यसरी प्रहार गरिँदा त्यो केवल हास्यो र बल, चण्डबल तथा वज्रबाहु नामक वानरहरूलाई खान थाल्यो।
6राक्षस कुम्भकर्णको त्यो भयङ्कर कर्म देखेर तार आदि वानरहरू अत्यन्त भयभीत भए र तिनीहरूले उच्च स्वरमा विलाप गरे।
7वानरराजहरूको त्यो उच्च क्रन्दन सुनेर सुग्रीव निर्भय भई कुम्भकर्णमाथि जाइलागे।
8तब ती उदारचेता वानरराजले ठूलो वेगले कुम्भकर्णको छेउमा आएर एउटा साल रूखले त्यसको शिरमा क्रोधपूर्वक प्रहार गरे।
9अनि यद्यपि महान् वेगले सम्पन्न ती उदारहृदय वानर सुग्रीवले त्यो साल रूख कुम्भकर्णको शिरमा भाँचिदिए, तापनि उनले त्यसलाई (अलिकति पनि) पीडित पार्न सकेनन्।
10तब साल रूखको स्पर्शले अकस्मात् ब्युँझेर कुम्भकर्णले भयङ्कर गर्जन गर्दै आफ्ना पाखुरा फैलायो र बलपूर्वक सुग्रीवलाई समात्यो।
11सुग्रीवलाई राक्षस कुम्भकर्णद्वारा (यसरी) समातिएको देखेर रणकुशल, आफ्ना मित्रलाई आनन्दित पार्ने सुमित्रापुत्र (उनलाई छुटाउन) दौडे।
12अनि शत्रुयोद्धाहरूको वध गर्ने ती लक्ष्मणले नजिक आएर त्यसमाथि सुनका पखेटा भएको एउटा वेगवान् र भारी बाण छोडे।
13त्यो बाण त्यसको कवच र शरीर बेध्दै रगतले लत्पतिएर पृथ्वीमा गडियो।
14(यसरी) हृदय विदीर्ण भएपछि त्यसले वानरराजलाई छोडिदियो। (अनि तब) त्यस महाधनुर्धर कुम्भकर्णले एउटा ढुङ्गालाई आफ्नो बाण बनाएर त्यो सुमित्रापुत्रमाथि साध्दै उनीमाथि आक्रमण गर्यो।
15जब त्यो (यसरी) अगाडि बढ्दै थियो, तब (लक्ष्मणले) दुई धारिला क्षुरप्र बाणले त्यसका उठेका पाखुरा चाँडै काटिदिए। तब त्यो चार पाखुरा भएको भयो।
16(तर) अस्त्रविद्यामा आफ्नो कौशल देखाउँदै सुमित्रापुत्रले ढुङ्गालाई बाण बनाएर समातेका ती सम्पूर्ण पाखुरा क्षुरप्र बाणले काटिदिए।
17तब त्यसको शरीर विकराल आकार धारण गर्न थाल्यो र त्यसका शिर तथा पाखुरा ठूलो सङ्ख्यामा बढ्न थाले। तब सुमित्रापुत्रले ढुङ्गाको थुप्रोजस्तै देखिने कुम्भकर्णलाई ब्रह्माले अधिष्ठित त्यस अस्त्रले बेधिदिए।
18अनि विशाल बलले सम्पन्न त्यो, त्यस दिव्यास्त्रले आहत भई रणभूमिमा मृत भएर त्यस विशाल रूखझैँ खस्यो, जसका फैलिएका हाँगा वज्र (को अग्नि)ले जलेका होऊन्।
19(असुर) वृत्रजस्तै (बलशाली) महाबली कुम्भकर्णलाई भुइँमा मृत परेको देखेर राक्षसहरू (महान्) आतङ्कमा भागे।
20तब दूषणका दुवै भाइले ती योद्धाहरूलाई भागेको देखेर तिनीहरूलाई फेरि जम्मा गरे र क्रोधपूर्वक सुमित्रापुत्रमाथि जाइलागे।
21वज्रवेग र प्रमथीलाई महान् क्रोधमा आफूतिर बढेको देखेर सुमित्रापुत्रले उच्च स्वरमा गर्जन गर्दै ती दुवैमाथि बाणले आक्रमण गरे।
22तब, हे पार्थ, दूषणका भाइहरू तथा बुद्धिमान् लक्ष्मणबीच रौँ ठाडा पार्ने अत्यन्त भयङ्कर सङ्ग्राम छेडियो।
23अनि उनले (लक्ष्मणले) ती राक्षसलाई बाणको घनघोर वर्षाले ढाकिदिए र ती दुवै (राक्षस) वीरले पनि महान् क्रोधमा लक्ष्मणमाथि (बाणको) वर्षा गर्न थाले।
24वज्रवेग र प्रमथी (एकातिर) तथा महाबाहु सुमित्रापुत्र (अर्कोतिर)बीचको त्यो घोर युद्ध क्षणभर मात्र चल्यो।
25तब पवनपुत्र हनुमान्ले एउटा पर्वतशिखर उठाएर राक्षस वज्रवेगमाथि आक्रमण गरे र त्यसको प्राण लिए।
26(अनि) विशाल बलले सम्पन्न वानर नीलले दूषणका भाइ प्रमथीतिर झम्टिएर एउटा विशाल ढुङ्गाले त्यसलाई किचिदिए।
27तब राम र रावणका सेनाबीच एकअर्कामाथि प्रहार गर्दै फेरि भयङ्कर सङ्ग्राम छेडियो।
28वानरहरूले सयौँ राक्षसको वध गरे र राक्षसहरूले पनि अनेक वनवासीलाई मारे। तर मारिएका राक्षसको सङ्ख्या वानरहरूको सङ्ख्याभन्दा बढी थियो।