Ramopakhyana Parva — Indrajita's fight

Markandeya said : Then, hearing that the mighty bowman Prahasta, the highly-energetic Dhumraksha and Kumbhakarna together with his followers had been killed in battle, Ravana spoke to his heroic son Indrajita (thus), “O destroyer of foes, slay Rama together with Sugriva and Lakshmana.

O my dutiful son, by conquering the thousand-eyed wielder of the Vajra (thunderbolt), the husband of Sachi, in battle, you have acquired a blazing renown for me.

Remaining (either) invisible or visible, O slayer of foes, the best of those that wield weapon, kill my enemies by celestials weapons granted to you as boons.

O sinless one, not to speak of their followers, even Rama, Lakshmana and Sugriva cannot endure the touch of your weapons.

O sinless and mighty-armed one, bring to a (successful) termination the hostilities which even Prahasta and Kumbhakarna could not effect in battle.

My son, destroying, today, my enemies together with their followers, increase my delight as you did before by conquering Vasava."

O king, thus addressed (by his father), Indrajita replied “it shall be so" and donning his armour and riding on his car, he soon marched towards the battle-field.

Then that foremost of Rakshasas distinctly announcing his name, challenged Lakshmana bearing auspicious signs, to battle.

(And) like a lion (pursuing) a fawn, Lakshmana taking up his bow together with arrows and terrifying his adversary by striking his arm with his palms, rushed towards him.

Then, there ensued a terrible and mighty encounter between those two (warriors), desirous of overcoming each other, both skilled in celestials weapons and setting at defiance the prowess of each other.

When the son of Ravana, the strongest of the strong, could not get the better of his adversary by his arrows, he began to make vigorous exertions.

Then he (Indrajita) began to hurl violently at Lakshmana, many javelins. But the son of Sumitra severed them to pieces as they were coming up to him, with sharpened arrows.

(Thus) cut down by sharpened darts they fell down on earth. Then the renowned Angada, the son to Bali, uprooting a tree and coming up with great speed, struck him (Indrajita) on the head. (But) the mighty Indrajita 'nothing daunted at this, took up a lance (and) wished to hurl it at him. (But) Lakshmana severed that lance.

(Then) the son of Ravana, (seeing) the heroic Angada stand close to him, struck on the left side of the foremost of monkeys with a mace.

Disregarding that stroke, the mighty son of Bali, Angada, wrathfully hurled a Sala stem at Indrajita.

And that tree, hurled wrathfully by Angada for killing Indrajita, O Partha, destroyed his car together with the charioteer and horses.

His horses and driver being slain, he jumped down from the car; and O king, resorting to his power of illusion, the son of Ravana vanished at that very spot.

Knowing that the Rakshasa capable of spreading various illusions, had disappeared, Rama coming up to that place (where the battle was raging) began to carefully protect his army.

He (Indrajita), then, aiming at Rama and the highly-powerful Lakshmana began to pierce them, with arrows obtained as boons, all over their bodies.

Then both the heroic Rama and Lakshmana, began to fight the son of Ravana, who remained invisible by his powers of illusion, by means of arrows.

But Indrajita discharged at the bodies of those lions among men, incessant showers of arrows by hundreds and thousands.

Seeing that he (Indrajita) remaining invisible, poured down showers of arrows, the monkeys taking up huge stones entered into (every part of the) firmament.

But the Rakshasa being invisible, pierced them and the two (brothers Rama and Lakshmana), with arrows hidden by illusion, the son of Ravana sorely afflicted them (the monkeys).

And the two brothers, the heroic Rama and Lakshmana, wounded all over with shafts fell down on earth, as if the sun and the moon had fallen from the firmament.