And having desisted on hearing the words of Angada, those huge-bodied
ones, regaining calmness, became (again) intent on fight. And attaining
energy at the exhortation (of Angada), and summoning up their prowess,
they stayed in the field agreeably to the words of the powerful Angada.
And inspired with spirits, the monkeys, determined to face their fate,
rushed into the conflict, and, casting away all care for their lives,
entered into a furious fight (with the foe). And speedily upraising
trees and gigantic crags, the huge-bodied monkeys charged Kumbhakarna.
Thereat the mighty Kumbhakarna possessed of a prodigious person waxing
wroth, taking up his mace let the same alight on the enemies. And
attacked by Kumbhakarna, seven, eight hundreds and thousands of monkeys
measure their lengths on the earth. And casting about his arms, he
rusheth on, devouring sixteen, eight, ten, twenty or thirty. And he
devoured (the monkeys) like Garuda swallowing up serpents. And then
cheered up with much ado, the monkeys meeting together, and taking trees
and rocks in their hands, stood their ground in the van of battle. Then
uprooting a crag, Dwivida--foremost of monkeys--resembling an extended
mass of clouds rushed against (Kumbhakarna) having the aspect of a
mountain-summit. And uprooting it, the monkey hurled it at Kumbhakarna.
And without descending on him, the crag fell down amidst the army, and
smashed steeds and elephants and cans and choice chargers. And then
taking another mountain top, Dwivida hurled it at other Rakshas. And
smit with the impetus of the peak, Kumbhakarna had his chargers and his
charioteers slain; and the terrific field overflowed with the blood of
Rakshas. And Rakshasa car-warriors by means of arrows resembling the
Destroyer himself, cut off the heads of the foremost monkeys who had
been setting up roars. And the high-souled monkeys also, uprooting
giants trees, destroyed cars and horses and elephants and camels and
Rakshasas.--And remaining in the sky, Hanuman discharged at
Kumbhakarna's head mountain-peaks and rocks and various trees. And all
those mountain-tops he cut off with his dart; and the mighty Kumbhakarna
also baffled the shower of trees.--Then grasping his sharpened spear,
Kumbhakarna darted against that terrific array of monkeys. And as he
charged them, Hanuman armed with a mountain-peak, stood before him. And
waxing enraged (Hanuman) vehemently smote Kumbhakarna with a gigantic
crag. And overpowered by that, Kumbhakarna experienced great torments,
and his body was covered with fat and blood. And then as Guha had
pierced Krauncha with his fierce dart, Kumbhakarna the mountain-like
smote the Wind-god's son in the chest with his dart resembling lightning
or like a glowing mountain-summit. And having his mighty chest pierced
in the mighty encounter, Hanuman, overwhelmed, and vomitting
blood,--transported with wrath, set up roars resembling the roaring of
the clouds at the universal disruption. And then, beholding him in
torments, the Rakshas suddenly rejoiced, emitted shouts; and the monkeys
aggrieved and overcome with fright, began to fly Kumbhakarna in battle.
And then the powerful Nila, arranging his forces, discharged a
mountain-peak at the intelligent Kumbhakarna. And seeing it descend, he
dealt it a blow; and struck by the blow, the mountain-top was shattered
in pieces; and dropped to the earth glowing and shooting living flames.
And then Rishabha and Sarabha and Nila and Gavaksha and
Gandhamadana--these five terrific monkeys--rushed against Kumbhakarna.
And in the encounter those mighty monkeys began to sorely assail the
huge-bodied Kumbhakarna with crags and trees and slaps and kicks and
blows. But those blows seemed to him like touches[224] and did not at
all pain him. Then he fastened the vehement Rishabha with his arms. And
agonised on being fastened with Kumbhakarna's arms, that foremost of
monkeys, the dreadful Rishabha, fell down to the earth, vomitting blood
by his mouth. And then the enemy of Indra smit, Sarabha with blow, and
Nila, in the conflict with his thigh, struck a slap at Gavaksha. And
suffering great pain in consequence of the blows (dealt by Kumbhakarna
those monkeys), deprived of their senses and bathed in blood, dropped
down to the earth like Kincukas that have been cut down. And on those
high-souled and mighty monkeys falling down, thousands of monkeys rushed
at Kumbhakarna. And ascending a mountain-summit, those foremost of
monkeys,[225] possessed of the splendour of a mountain-peak, sprang upon
him and tore him with their teeth. And those foremost of monkeys
attacked the long-armed Kumbhakarna with their claws and teeth and blows
and arms. And then with thousands of monkeys on him that extraordinary
one that fearful Rakshasa--resembling a hill,--looked like a mountain
with trees on it. And like Garuda eating up serpents, that wondrous
strong one, wrought up with rage, devoured those monkeys, seizing them
with his arms. And cast by Kumbhakarna into his mouth resembling the
nether regions the monkeys emerged from his nose and ears. And eating up
the monkeys, that foremost of Rakshasas resembling a hill, growing
wroth, and fired with rage,[226] began to break the monkeys down.--And
transported with passion, that Rakshasa, making the earth miry with
flesh and blood, spread among the monkey-ranks like unto the fire at the
a time of the Universal dissolution. And in that encounter, Kumbhakarna
armed with his dart in his hand, resembled the thunder-handed Sakra, or
the noose-handed Destroyer himself. And as a conflagration[227] burneth
up a withered forest in the summer, Kumbhakarna burnt that host of the
monkeys. And thus beaten (by Kumbhakarna), those monkeys, with their
ranks destroyed, the monkeys,[228] racked with anxiety, began to cry in
unnatural tones. And having innumerable monkeys slain by Kumbhakarna,
the monkeys, aggrieved and their hearts riven with sorrow, sought the
shelter of Raghava. Seeing the monkeys broken in the terrific encounter,
the son of the thunder-handed,[229] darted impetuously against
Kumbhakarna. And taking up a mighty crag, he momentarily setting up
roars, and thereby terrorizing all the Rakshasas--followers of
Kumbhakarna, he discharged the mountain-peak right against Kumbhakarna's
crown.--And struck with that mountain-peak, Indra's
enemy--Kumbhakarna--flamed up in fierce wrath. And the loud-throated
Kumbhakarna, terrifying all the monkeys vehemently darted against the
enraged son of Vali; and then that wondrous strong one hurled his dart
at Angada. And as the dart descended, that foremost of monkeys endowed
with strength,[230] and skilled in battle, evaded the weapon from his
fleetness. And then swiftly springing up, he slapped (his antagonist) in
the chest. And thereat that one resembling a hill, lost his senses. And
recovering his senses, that exceedingly strong Rakshasa, dealt a blow at
Angada; and the latter dropped down senseless. And on that powerful
monkey falling down insensible, Kumbhakarna, taking his dart, rushed
against Sugriva. And seeing the exceeding stout Kumbhakarna approach,
the heroic king of monkeys--Sugriva--sprang up; and taking a
mountain-top that one possessed of great strength darted against the
mighty Kumbhakarna. And seeing that monkey, Kumbhakarna, stretching his
limbs, stood before the lord of monkeys. And seeing Kumbhakarna, with
his body laved in the blood of monkeys; and eating up mighty monkeys,
Sugriva addressed him, saying,--"Thou hast felled heroes done deeds
difficult of being performed, and hast devoured the warriors; and thou
hast thus attained renown. But let go now the monkey-army. What shalt
thou do with the ignoble? Do thou, O Rakshasa bear the descent of this
mountain". Hearing those words of the monkey-king instinct with strength
and fortitude, that terrible Rakshasa--Kumbhakarna--said,--"O monkey,
thou stormest, because thou art the grandson of Prajapati[231] and the
son of the king of bears; and because as such thou art endowed with
fortitude and prowess". Hearing Kumbhakarna's speech, Sugriva whirling
that mountain-peak, suddenly let it go; and with that rock resembling
_Vajra_ or the thunder-bolt, smote Kumbhakarna in the chest. And on
coming in contact with his wide breast, that mountain-peak was at once
shattered in shivers. And thereat the monkeys grew dispirited and the
Rakshasa's ranks shouted in joy. And struck with the mountain-summit,
Kumbhakarna was fired with wrath; and roared, expending his face. And
then, whirling his dart resembling lightning displayed, he hurled it for
compassing the destruction of the master of monkeys. Then swiftly
bounding up, the Wind-god's son, resisting that whetted dart fastened
with golden chains,--with his hands violently snapped it in twain. And
placing the same on his thighs, (Hanuman) snapped that ponderous and
terrible dart composed of black iron, and thereat the monkeys waxed
delighted. And seeing the dart severed by Hanuman, the monkey-army,
growing delighted, set up countless shouts and rushed in all directions.
And the Rakshasa was seized with fear and turned away (from the field.)
And the monkeys excessively delighted, set up loud shouts, and finding
the dart broken, poured forth thanks to the Wind-god's son. Then the
mighty-minded lord of Rakshasas seeing the dart thus severed, uprooted a
peak from the Malaya and with it smote Sugriva. The king of monkeys
struck with the mountain-peak fell senseless upon the field, and the
demons finding him in this plight shouted out in great joy. Then
Kumbhakarna coming to the wonderfully mighty master of monkeys, took him
up and stole away from the field, as a violent gust of wind stealeth
away a patch of cloud. Kumbhakarna, who resembled a mountain in
loftiness of stature, while taking him away like a mass of cloud
appeared like Sumeru overtopped with lofty peaks. Thus the lord of
Rakshasas went on hearing thanks (from the Rakshasas) and shouts from
the lords of the heavens, wondered at the capture of the foremost of
monkeys. Thus taking him captive, that mighty one resembling Indra in
puissance, thought his death would destroy the entire host of the
opponents together with Raghava. Then Hanuman, the shrewd son of Maruta,
finding the whole host of monkeys scattered in all directions, as well
as Sugriva captured by Kumbhakarna bethought himself--"What ought to be
done by me now that our king has been captured? I will doubtless do as
befits me now--let me assume the shape of a mountain and kill the
Rakshasas. Let me kill the mighty Kumbhakarna, splitting his body with
my strong fist and thus relieve the master of monkeys--thus let the
whole host of monkeys become delighted. Or, even when captured by the
whole host of gods or Asuras or serpents he is mighty enough to
extricate himself. Meseems, the lord of monkeys struck with dart in
battle by Kumbhakarna has not yet recovered his senses. Else in a moment
he would do the needful for himself as well as the monkeys. Should the
relief of the mighty-minded Sugriva come from me, I should be incurring
his displeasure and it would certainly lead to the loss of his
reputation for ever; then I must wait a moment and see his own might
displayed by himself when relieved. Meanwhile let me cheer up the
monkey-host". Thinking thus within himself, Hanuman, that son of Maruta,
began to stay the mighty host of monkeys. In the meantime Kumbhakarna
entered Lanka with Sugrira trembling, being honored with the showering
of beautiful flowers from the sky, the buildings on the main roads and
the town-gate. Then the mighty one (Sugriva) slowly recovered his senses
with the shower of fried paddy and sweet scent and the sprinkling of
water as well as with the coolness of the streets. Then that
mighty-minded (Sugriva), caught in the arms of the powerful Rakshasa,
having with difficulty come to his senses and surveying around him the
streets of the town bethought himself:--"When thus within the grasp of
the enemy how can I take revenge? Or let me do what will be acceptable
and advantageous to our army". Then advancing all on a sudden, he with
his nails and sharp teeth cut off the ears and nose of that lord of the
enemies of the gods and split both his sides with the blow of his feet.
And Kumbhakarna losing his ears and nose and having his sides split with
nails and teeth grew angry, and becoming all covered over with blood,
threw Sugriva to the ground and pressed him. Thus pressed upon the
ground with main force and severely struck by the enemies of gods, he
flew to the skies like a ball-rolling, and once more joined Rama. The
mighty Kumbhakarna having lost his nose and ears and drenched in blood,
appeared like a mountain covered all over with streamlets. That
huge-bodied Rakshasa, younger brother of Ravana, terrible in appearance,
resembling a mass of deep black collyrium, and covered all over with
blood, appeared like an evening cloud; and (once more) made up his mind
to appear in battle. Sugriva having thus escaped, that dreadful enemy of
the king of the celestials in wrath again rushed to battle; and finding
himself destitute of arms took up a fearful mace. And then that
mighty-minded one, the Raksha Kumbhakarna, issuing out of the city began
to devour the terrific host of monkeys, as doth the mighty fire eat up
people at the end of a Yuga. On entering the mighty host of monkeys, the
hungry Kumbhakarna, hankering after flesh and blood, ate up the monkeys,
and with them, devoured many a Rakshasa and Pisacha by mistake. Thus, as
Death devoureth creatures at the end of a Yuga, he destroyed the mighty
monkeys. And he in wrath, taking up with one hand the monkeys along with
the Rakshasas, hurriedly threw them into his mouth,--one, two three, or
many at a time. And blood and fat flowed copiously down his body; and
though struck by the monkeys with peaks of mountains, the mighty one
devoured all those monkeys. And the monkeys as they were being devoured,
saught the shelter of Rama. And Kumbhakarna wrought up with wrath,
chased amain hundreds of monkeys, eating up seven, eight, twenty, or
thirty. And fastening (the monkeys) with his arms, he, devouring them,
rushed on. And resembling the Destroyer of prodigious dimensions at the
end of a Yuga, that one furnished with extremely sharp teeth, having his
body covered with fat, marrow and blood, and coiling entrails about his
ears, began to discharge darts. And at this moment, that subduer of
hostile hosts and captor of the capitals of foes--Sumitra's
son--Lakshmana, growing enraged, entered on an encounter with the enemy.
And Lakshmana endued with prowess shot seven shafts at Kumbhakarna's
body; and next, taking up other arrows also discharged them (at his
antagonist). And thereat that Rakshasa, smarting under the wounds
inflicted by that weapon,[232] cut it off (by means of a weapon).
Thereupon grew enraged the powerful Lakshmana--enhancer of Sumitra's
joy. And then as the wind overspreadeth evening clouds, he with his
shafts covered his[233] shining and graceful mail entirely made of gold.
And smit with arrows dight with gold, that one resembling a mass of
dark-blue collyrium appeared beautiful like the ray-furnished Sun
surrounded by clouds. Then that dreadful Rakshasa voiced like masses of
clouds, scornfully addressed the enhancer of Sumitra's felicity,
saying,--"By dauntlessly fighting with me, who have without ado brought
down the Destroyer himself in battle, thou hast established thy heroism.
Even by staying before me, who am equipped with arms in this encounter,
and who in mighty conflict resemble Death himself, thou deservest to be
honored. What shall I say of thy fighting? Not even that lord--Sakra
himself--mounted on his Airavata, and engirt by all the immortals,--had
ever before stayed before me in the field. But to-day, O Sumitra's son,
albeit a boy, thou hast gratified me with thy prowess. Now taking thy
leave, I wish to go to Raghava. And as I have been well pleased in
battle with thy vigour and strength and enthusiasm, I now wish to slay
Rama alone, who being slain, all are slain. On Rama being here slain by
me, the rest remaining in the encounter--them shall I undertake with my
all-crushing vigour". When that Raksha had spoken thus, (Lakshmana);
Sumitra's son, present in that contest, answered him laughing in
terrible words, saying,--"That thy prowess is incapable of being borne
by Sakra and other celestials,--is true. It is not otherwise, O hero.
To-day I myself have witnessed thy prowess. Yonder is Dacaratha's
son--Rama--staying like a moveless mountain". Hearing this, that
night-ranger--Kumhhakarna--possessed of immense might, disregarding
Lakshmana and passing beyond Sumitra's son, rushed against Rama, making
the earth tremble. Thereat Dacaratha's son, Rama, employing a terrific
weapon, discharged sharpened shafts at Kumbhakarna's breast. Thereat
flames mixed with live embers shot out from the mouth of that enraged
one suddenly rushing (against Rama),--as Rama pierced him (with his
arrows). And on being frightfully pierced by Rama's weapons, that
foremost of Rakshasas, roaring wrathfully darted against Rama, and
pursued the monkeys in the conflict. And those shafts adorned with
peacock's plumes, alighting on (Kumbhakarna's) chest, his mace, escaping
his hand, dropped to the earth; and all his (other) arms also were
scattered on the ground. And when that exceedingly powerful one saw
himself deprived of all his arms, he began to spread a huge havoc by
means of his clenched fists and hands. And with his body entirely
covered with arrows and bathed in blood, he began to bleed like a hill
overflowing with fountains. And fired with wrath and maddened with
blood,[234] he rusheth on, devouring monkeys and Rakshasas and bears.
And that redoubtable one possessed of dreadful prowess, resembling the
Reaper himself, whirling a mighty mountain-peak, hurled it aiming at
Rama. Thereat Bharata's elder brother, the righteous Rama, ere that
prodigious peak had alighted, severed the same by means of seven
straight-speeding shafts wrought with gold. Intent on finishing
Kumbhakarna, the virtuous Lakshmana, revolving many a means, (at last)
spoke unto Rama,--"O king, this one knoweth not monkeys and
Rakshasas,--maddened with the smell of blood, he eateth up his own as
well as his enemies. Now let the foremost monkeys, putting forth their
best, mount on him; and let the leaders of bands according to their
rank, stand surrounding him. And then to-day this wicked-minded
Rakshasa, oppressed with a mighty weight, will no longer be able to eat
up any more monkeys". Hearing the words of the intelligent prince, those
exceedingly powerful monkeys with alacrity ascended Kumbhakarna. And
Kumbhakarna mounted by those monkeys, waxing exceedingly enraged, shook
them vehemently, even as mad elephants shake the drivers thereof. And
Raghava seeing them shaken, and concluding the Rakshasa to be wroth,
furiously sprang forward, taking his bow. And with his eyes crimsoned
with choler, the gentle Raghava, as if burning up the Rakshasa with his
eyes, rushed forth vehemently, summoning up all his impetuosity, thereby
cheering up the leaders of bands that had been sore tried by the might
of Kumbhakarna. And equipped with an excellent quiver and arrows, Rama
cheering up the monkeys sprang forward, taking a bow, resembling a
serpent; terrific; having a stout string; and embellished in gold. Then
surrounded by exceedingly invincible monkey-bands, that highly powerful
hero, followed by Lakshmana, marched forth. And he saw the redoubtable
and high-souled Kumbhakarna, with his body drenched in blood, and with
blood-shot eyes; rushing against all, like unto an infuriated elephant
of the cardinal points; pursuing the monkeys; wrought up with wrath;
environed by Rakshasas; appearing like the Vindhya or the Mandara;
decked with golden _angadas_; bleeding from his mouth; like clouds
pouring showers; licking at the corners of his mouth laved with blood;
smashing the monkey-ranks; and resembling Yama the Destroyer. And that
best of persons, seeing that foremost of Rakshasas having the splendour
of a living fire, stretched his bow to its full bent. And fired with
wrath at the twang of his bow, that foremost of Rakshasas, inflamed with
wrath,--not brooking that report, rushed against Raghava. Thereat, the
gentle Rama, endowed with arms resembling the body of the sovereign of
serpents, in that encounter addressed Kumbhakarna, like unto an elevated
cloud and possessed of the splendour of a mountain,--as he darted
forward, saying,--"Come, O king of Rakshas! Let no grief be thine! Here
I stay, taking my bow in my hand. Know me for the destroyer of the race
of the Rakshasas--thou who in a moment shalt be deprived of thy senses".
Knowing that this was Rama, (Kumbhakarna) laughed in frightful accents;
and then, wrought up with wrath, rushed against the monkeys in the
encounter. And as if riving the breasts of all the monkeys (present),
the exceedingly energetic Kumbhakarna, laughing frightfully and in a
terrific manner,--resembling the rumbling of clouds, addressed Raghava,
saying,--"Take me not for Viradha, or for Kavandha, or yet for Khara. I
am not Vali or Maricha. I am Kumbhakarna, that am come. Behold my
dreadful and mighty mace entirely made of iron. By help of this I had
formerly brought down deities and Danavas. It doth not behove thee to
scorn me in that my nose hath been severed. I do not feel any the
smallest torment in consequence of my ears and nose having been cut off.
O tiger of the Ikshwaku line, O sinless one, do thou witness the prowess
that is in my frame. And thereafter, when thou shalt have displayed thy
prowess and power, shall I devour thee up". Hearing Kumbhakarna's words,
Rama discharged (at him) shafts furnished with knobs. And smit with
these having the impetus of the thunder-bolt, the foe of the celestials
did not feel any pain or smart. And those shafts which had severed the
seven stately _salas_, and, to boot, had slain Vali--best of
monkeys,--they resembling the thunder itself--could not impart any pain
to Kumbhakarna's body. And drinking up in his body those arrows
resembling a shower, the enemy of the great Indra whirling his mace
possessed of fierce vehemence, put out the arrowy discharge of Rama.
Then that Raksha whirling his mace washed in blood, capable of striking
terror into the mighty hosts of gods and Danavas, and possessed of
fierce impetus,--made the monkey-army take to its heels. Then Rama,
taking a mighty _Vayavya_ weapon, used the same against the
night-ranger; and cut off his arm with the mace. And having his arm cut
off, he set up tremendous roars. And his arm with the mace, resembling a
mountain-peak, cut off by Raghava's arrows, fell in the midst of the
army of the monkey-king, and destroyed that army.[235] Thereat the
monkeys remaining after those broken and slain,--dispirited, and having
their limbs wounded,--moving aside, looked on the dreadful encounter
between the Raksha and the lord of men. And then Kumbhakarna, having his
arm severed, resembling the foremost of mountains with its crest hewn
away by a mighty sabre, tore up a tree with his (remaining) arm and in
the conflict rushed against the monarch of men. Thereupon with a shaft
plated in gold, set upon a weapon of Indra, Rama cut off his uplifted
arm with a palm tree, looking like the body of a _pannaga_. And that arm
of Kumbhakarna, being severed, dropped inert on the earth, like a hill,
and crushed trees and rocks and crags and monkeys and Rakshasas. And
Rama, seeing that one shorn of his arms suddenly spring up,
roaring,--took up two whetted crescents, and in the contest cut off the
legs of the Rakshasa. And thereupon those legs (of his), making all
sides and quarters and rocks and caves and the mighty main and Lanka
herself and the army of the monkeys and the
Rakshasas,--resound,--dropped down (on the ground). And having his arms
cut off and his legs also severed, (Kumbhakarna), opening wide his mouth
resembling in sheen the mouth of a mare, roaring swiftly darted against
Raghava,--even as Rahu pursueth the Moon in the firmament. Then Rama
stuffed his mouth full of sharpened shafts having their feathered parts
furnished with gold. And having his mouth filled; he could not
articulate; but with extreme effort uttered indistinct accents and
swooned away. Then Rama took an arrow of Indra,--whetted and knobbed,
impetuous as the wind, resembling the effulgence of the Sun, and like
unto the very banner of Brahma, or the Destroyer himself; and fatal to
foes. And then Rama hurled it at the ranger of the night. And thereat
that weapon hurled by Rama's arm, resembling a smokeless flame, lighting
up the ten cardinal points with its own glory,--saught him that was
possessed of the dreadful energy of Sakra's thunder-bolt. And therewith
he (Rama) cut off the head of the lord of Rakshas resembling a
mountain-summit, furnished with prominent teeth,--from which the
ear-rings had fallen off,--even as formerly Purandara had cut off the
head of Vritra. And then Kumbhakarna's huge head deprived of the
ear-rings appeared like the Moon seated in the midst (of the heavens) on
the rising of the Sun in the morning.[236] And struck with Rama's arrow,
the head of the Raksha resembling a hill fell down to the earth; and (in
its fall) crushed edifices on the highways and gateways; and elevated
walls also it bore down to the ground. And then that Raksha of gigantic
proportions and vast to the view plunged into the deep; and crushing
huge and mighty fishes and serpents, saught the depths. And on that
enemy of the Brahmanas and gods, endowed with immense strength,--having
been slain in battle, the earth shook and the mountains also; and from
excess of joy the celestials shouted aloud. And those deities and saints
and Maharshis and Pannagas, and celestials and (other) beings and birds
and Guhyakas, together with Yakshas and Gandharvas,--all these who had
stationed themselves in the welkin,--were rejoiced at the prowess of
Rama. And at his (Kumbhakarna's) great destruction, the intelligent
adherents of the king of Nairitas,--aggrieved exceedingly, began to cry
at the sight of that best of the Raghus, even as mad elephants cry at
sight of a lion. And like unto the Sun emerged from the mouth of Rahu,
and destroying the darkness of the celestial fields,--shone Rama in the
midst of the monkey-army having slain Kumbhakarna in battle. And
countless monkeys experienced the very height of delight; and on (their)
foe of terrific strength having been slain, they with countenances
resembling awaked lotuses paid homage unto the king's son--Raghava--the
sharer of good fortune. And as the monarch of the immortals had rejoiced
on slaying the mighty Asura--Vritra--Bharata's elder brother rejoiced on
having in battle slain that smiter of celestial hosts, Kumbhakarna in
mighty conflict, never (before) vanquished in renowned encounters.
[224] _Like the feel_, remarks Ramanuja, _of wreaths, unguents,
etc._--T.
[225] _Plavaganshavah_--foremost of the monkeys occurs twice--one is
left out in the translation.--T.
[226] _Sankrudha_--infuriated, and Krudha, _angered_--this pleonasm is
in the text.--T.
[227] The text has _pavaka_--fire.--T.
[228] _Plavangamah_ and _vanarah_--both mean _monkeys_. One is left
out.--T.
[229] The _thunder-handed_ is Indra--his son is Vali; and Vali's son is
Angada, who is meant in the text.--T.
[230] _Valavan_--strong occurs twice.
[231] _Rikskarajas_--the father of Sugriva, was produced from the
yawning of Prajapati or Brahma.--T.
[232] But Lakshmana had _not_ discharged a single weapon only against
Kombhakarna.--T.
[233] Kumbhakarna's.
[234] Perhaps with the _smell_ of blood.--T.
[235] This, of course, is not to be taken literally.--T.
[236] This _sloka_ is wanting in many texts.--T.