Commanded by the lord of Rakshasas, Prahasta's son, the powerful
Jamvumali, having large teeth, went out bow in hand. And he wore a red
wreath and attire, with a garland hung round his neck, and elegant
ear-rings; and he was huge, and terrible, with his eyes
whirling,--invincible in encounter. And he impetuously stretched a
graceful bow, resembling the bow of Sakra, and roaring like _vajra_ and
the thunderbolt.[376] And the entire welkin, and all sides and quarters,
were suddenly filled with the mighty sounds of that bow as it was being
stretched. And seeing him approaching in a car yoked with asses, Hanuman
endowed with vigour both rejoiced and shouted. Thereat, the highly
energetic Jamvumali pierced with whetted shafts that mighty monkey,
Hanuman, who was seated on an awry plank at the gate serving as a perch
for pigeons.[377] He pierced that lord of monkey's face with half-moon
(shaped) arrows, his head with one having its head made like a hook and
his arms with ten _narachas_.[378] And pierced by the arrows, his
coppery face looked beautiful like a blown autumnal red lotus shot at by
the solar rays.--And his naturally red countenance being painted with
blood, looked lovely like a majestic red lotus in the sky, washed with
the honey of the red _acoka_.--Wounded by the shafts, the redoubted
monkey grew enraged. And he espied a huge and gigantic crag beside him.
Thereat, at once uprooting it, that one endowed with celerity and
strength hurled it (at his foe). And the enraged Rakshasa opposed it by
ten shafts. Witnessing his action rendered fruitless, the energetic
Hanuman of terrific prowess, uprooting a large _sala_, began to whirl it
(in the air). Seeing the exceedingly strong monkey whirling the _sala_
tree, the highly powerful Jamvumali dischanged a many shafts. And he
severed the _sala_ by means of four shafts, and wounded the monkey in
the arm with five, in the chest, with one, and with ten, between the
teats. With his body covered all over with shafts, (Hanuman) getting
into a furious passion, taking up the same bolt, again began to swing it
with rapidity. And that terrific one gifted with exceeding impetuosity,
having whirled the bolt with wondrous rapidity, let it light upon
Jamvumali's spacious breast. And (anon) there was neither seen there his
head, nor bis arms, nor his thighs, nor his bow, nor his car, nor his
steeds, nor his arrows at that place. And that mighty car-warrior,
Jamvumali, speedily slain, fell down to the earth, like a tree whose
trunk hath been crushed. Hearing Jamvumali as well as his exceedingly
powerful servants slaughtered, Ravana became transported with anger, and
his eyes became reddened in wrath. And on the mighty son of Prahasta
having been slain, the lord of the night-rangers, with his reddened eyes
rolling in rage, speedily commanded the sons of his counsellors, endowed
with vast energy and prowess, (to encounter Hanuman in battle.)
[376] For distinction between the two, vide ante.--T.
[377] This is all that I can make of the commentator's gloss on
_toranavitanka_.--T.
[378] Iron arrows.--T.