And struck with his[397] deed, that one of dreadful vigor, Hanuman, his
eyes reddened in wrath, steadily looked at the lord of Rakshas; flaming
in gorgeous and precious gold, with a splendid diadem studded with
pearls; (adorned with) excellent ornaments, containing diamonds and
costly gems,--seeming to have been forged by the mind; appareled in
costly linen; smeared with red sandal paste, and beautifully painted
with various and variegated devices;[398] looking splendid with his
sightly yet terrible eyes; having sheeny, sharp and long teeth,--with
hanging lips;--and that hero (saw) that one of great energy, radient
with ten heads; like unto Mandara with its summits containing serpents;
resembling a mass of blue collyrium; with his breast graced by a chain;
with his countenance possessed of the lustre of the moon; looking like a
cloud beside the new-risen Sun; with his dreadful arms bound with
_keyuras_, and graced with excellent sandal paste, brilliant with
_angadas_, and resembling five-headed serpents; seated on a superb
seat,--upon a spacious, variegated, and gay sheet embellished with
crystals, and studded with gems; ministered on all sides by gorgeously
adorned damsels, bearing hair-furnished fans,-- the strength-elated one
surrounded by four Rakshas--his counsellors versed in the mystery of
counsel,--viz., Durdhara, Prahasta, the Raksha Mahaparcwa, and the
minister Nikumbha,--like the entire world girt round by the four
seas,--and encouraged by other counselors, fair of forms and versed in
counsel, even like the sovereign of celestials by the celestials. And
Hanuman beheld the immensely energetic lord of Rakshasas surrounded (on
all sides by his advisers), like a cloud containing water on a summit of
Meru. And undergoing exceeding trouble at the hands of the Rakshas of
dreadful prowess, (Hanuman) struck with mighty amaze, gazed at the lord
of Rakshas. And seeing the sovereign of Rakshas, appearing splendid,
Hanuman, bewildered by his effulgence, mentally reflected: "Ah! the
form! Ah! the patience! Ah! the strength! Ah! the splendour! Ah! the
entire auspiciousness of the king of Rakshasas! If the lord of Rakshasas
were not impious unto the height, this one could well be the protector
themselves of the celestial regions with Sakra. But in consequence of
the fell and remorseless acts of this one, which are the aversion of
every one, all the worlds with gods and demons hold him in fear. This
one, being angered, dares to convert this earth into one entire ocean."
Beholding the potency of the Rakshasa king of immeasurable prowess,the
intelligent monkey thus indulged in a variety of thought.
[397] Indrajit's.--T.
[398] _e. g._ the three horizontal marks painted on the forehead by
_Saivas_ and _Saktas_.--T.