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कोभवान्वनमभ्येत्य चरिष्यसि यथासुखम् ॥ 1 ॥
kobhavānvanamabhyetya cariṣyasi yathāsukham || 1 ||
Having said this, the glorious Lakshmana, as if laughing at Viradha, said: 'Who are you that has come to this forest and will roam about at your pleasure?' AI
पृच्छतो मम हि ब्रूतं कौ युवां क्व गमिष्यथः ॥ 2 ॥
pṛcchato mama hi brūtaṃ kau yuvāṃ kva gamiṣyathaḥ || 2 ||
Then Viradha, filling the forest, spoke these words again: 'Tell me, since I am asking — who are you two, and where are you going?' AI
तमुवाच ततो रामो राक्षसं ज्वलिताननम् ।
पृच्छन्तं सुमहातेजा इक्ष्वाकुकुलमात्मनः ॥ 3 ॥
tamuvāca tato rāmo rākṣasaṃ jvalitānanam |
pṛcchantaṃ sumahātejā ikṣvākukulamātmanaḥ || 3 ||
Then the greatly resplendent Rama spoke to that demon with the blazing face, who was asking, about his own lineage of the Ikshvaku race. AI
त्वां तु वेदितुमिच्छावः कस्त्वं चरसि दण्डकान् ॥ 4 ॥
tvāṃ tu veditumicchāvaḥ kastvaṃ carasi daṇḍakān || 4 ||
'Know us to be Kshatriyas endowed with good conduct, wandering in the forest. But we wish to know you — who are you who roams the Dandaka forest?' AI
हन्त वक्ष्यामि ते राजन्निबोध मम राघव ॥ 5 ॥
hanta vakṣyāmi te rājannibodha mama rāghava || 5 ||
Then Viradha spoke to Rama, whose valor is true: 'Come, I will tell you, O king; hear me, O Raghava.' AI
विराध इति मामाहुः पृथिव्यां सर्वराक्षसाः ॥ 6 ॥
virādha iti māmāhuḥ pṛthivyāṃ sarvarākṣasāḥ || 6 ||
'I am said to be the son of Jaya, and my mother is Shatahrada. All the demons on earth call me Viradha.' AI
शस्त्रेणावध्यता लोकेऽच्छेद्याभेद्यत्वमेव च ॥ 7 ॥
śastreṇāvadhyatā loke'cchedyābhedyatvameva ca || 7 ||
'By austerity I obtained from the grace of Brahma that I am unslayable in the world by weapon, and also that I am uncuttable and unpierceable.' AI
त्वरमाणौ पलायेथां न वां जीवितमाददे ॥ 8 ॥
tvaramāṇau palāyethāṃ na vāṃ jīvitamādade || 8 ||
'Abandoning this woman, heedless, go back the way you came; fleeing in haste, I will not take your lives.' AI
राक्षसं विकृताकारं विराधं पापचेतसम् ॥ 9 ॥
rākṣasaṃ vikṛtākāraṃ virādhaṃ pāpacetasam || 9 ||
Then Rama, his eyes reddened with anger, replied to that Rakshasa named Viradha, of deformed form and evil mind. AI
रणे प्राप्स्यसे सन्तिष्ठ न मे जीवन् गमिष्यासि ॥ 10 ॥
raṇe prāpsyase santiṣṭha na me jīvan gamiṣyāsi || 10 ||
"Wretched one, fie upon you! Base in purpose, you surely seek your own death. You shall meet it in battle — stand and fight! You shall not go from here alive." AI
सुशीघ्रमभिसन्धाय राक्षसं निजघान ह ॥ 11 ॥
suśīghramabhisandhāya rākṣasaṃ nijaghāna ha || 11 ||
Then Rama, stringing his bow, took very sharp arrows, quickly aimed them, and struck down the Rakshasa. AI
रुक्मपुङ्खान्महावेगान्सुपर्णानिलतुल्यगान् ॥ 12 ॥
rukmapuṅkhānmahāvegānsuparṇānilatulyagān || 12 ||
With his bow whose string was drawn, he let loose seven arrows, golden-shafted, of great speed, flying equal to the wind of Suparna (Garuda). AI
निपेतुश्शोणितादिग्धा धरण्यां पावकोपमाः ॥ 13 ॥
nipetuśśoṇitādigdhā dharaṇyāṃ pāvakopamāḥ || 13 ||
Those arrows, piercing the body of Viradha clad in peacock feathers, fell to the earth smeared with blood, like flames of fire. AI
अभ्यद्रवत्सुसङ्कृद्धस्तदा रामं सलक्ष्मणम् ॥ 14 ॥
abhyadravatsusaṅkṛddhastadā rāmaṃ salakṣmaṇam || 14 ||
Struck thus, the Rakshasa set down Vaidehi, raised his spear, and in great fury rushed at Rama together with Lakshmana. AI
प्रगृह्याशोभत तदा व्यात्तानन इवान्तकः ॥ 15 ॥
pragṛhyāśobhata tadā vyāttānana ivāntakaḥ || 15 ||
Roaring a mighty roar, he seized his spear that resembled the banner of Shakra (Indra), and then shone like Antaka (Death) with gaping mouth. AI
विराधे राक्षसे तस्मिन् कालान्तकयमोपमे ॥ 16 ॥
virādhe rākṣase tasmin kālāntakayamopame || 16 ||
Then those two brothers rained a blazing shower of arrows upon that Rakshasa Viradha, who was like Yama at the end of time. AI
जृम्भमाणस्य ते बाणाः कायान्निष्पेतुराशुगाः ॥ 17 ॥
jṛmbhamāṇasya te bāṇāḥ kāyānniṣpeturāśugāḥ || 17 ||
That greatly terrible demon, laughing, stood and yawned; as he yawned, the swift arrows fell from his body. AI
विराधः शूलमुद्यम्य राघवावभ्यधावत ॥ 18 ॥
virādhaḥ śūlamudyamya rāghavāvabhyadhāvata || 18 ||
But by the boon of invulnerability granted to him, the demon Virādha checked his life-breaths, and raising his spear he rushed at the two descendants of Raghu. AI
द्वाभ्यां शराभ्यां चिच्छेद रामः शस्त्रभृतांवरः ॥ 19 ॥
dvābhyāṃ śarābhyāṃ ciccheda rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃvaraḥ || 19 ||
Rama, the foremost of those who bear weapons, cut that spear — resembling a thunderbolt and blazing like fire in the sky — with two arrows. AI
पपाताशनिना छिन्नं मेरोरिव शिलातलम् ॥ 20 ॥
papātāśaninā chinnaṃ meroriva śilātalam || 20 ||
That spear, cut by Rama's arrows, fell from his hand to the ground, like a slab of rock from Mount Meru split by a thunderbolt. AI
तूर्णमापेततुस्तस्य तदा प्रहरतां बलात् ॥ 21 ॥
tūrṇamāpetatustasya tadā praharatāṃ balāt || 21 ||
Then the two swiftly raised their fair swords, resembling black serpents, and with force quickly came upon him as he struck. AI
अप्रकम्प्यौ नरव्याघ्रौ रौद्रः प्रस्थातुमैच्छत ॥ 22 ॥
aprakampyau naravyāghrau raudraḥ prasthātumaicchata || 22 ||
Being sorely struck, that fierce demon seized the two with his arms — the two tiger-like men, unshakable — and wished to set out (carry them away). AI
वहत्वयमलं तावत्पथाऽनेन तु राक्षसः ॥ 23 ॥
vahatvayamalaṃ tāvatpathā'nena tu rākṣasaḥ || 23 ||
Knowing his intention, Rama said to Lakshmana: 'Let this demon carry us along this path for now.' AI
अयमेव हि नः पन्था येन याति निशाचरः ॥ 24 ॥
ayameva hi naḥ panthā yena yāti niśācaraḥ || 24 ||
'O son of Sumitra, let the demon carry us as he wishes; for this is indeed our path, by which the night-ranger goes.' AI
बालाविव स्कन्धगतौ चकारातिबलोद्धतः ॥ 25 ॥
bālāviva skandhagatau cakārātibaloddhataḥ || 25 ||
But that night-ranger, exulting in his great strength, lifted them up by his own might and valor and set them on his shoulders like two children. AI
विराधो विनदन्घोरं जगामाभिमुखो वनम् ॥ 26 ॥
virādho vinadanghoraṃ jagāmābhimukho vanam || 26 ||
Then the night-ranger Viradha, having placed the two Raghavas on his shoulder, roaring terribly, went facing toward the forest. AI
नानाविधैः पक्षिकुलैर्विचित्रं शिवायुतं व्यालमृगैर्विकीर्णम् ॥ 27 ॥
nānāvidhaiḥ pakṣikulairvicitraṃ śivāyutaṃ vyālamṛgairvikīrṇam || 27 ||
He entered the great forest, resembling a mighty cloud, furnished with great trees of many kinds, made variegated by flocks of birds of many sorts, filled with jackals and with beasts of prey scattered about. AI