भट्टिकाव्यम् (रावणवधः)

Verse 1

अथ स वल्क-दुकूल-कुथाऽऽदिभिः परिगतो ज्वलदुद्धत-वालधिः ।उदपतद्दिवमाकुल-लोचनैर्नृ-रिपुभिः स-भ्यैरभिवीक्षितः ॥

Metre: द्रुतविलम्बितम्

Karandikar: Now, wrapped up with bark garments, silken cloth, mattings and other things and watched by the frightened enemies of human beings whose eyes were agitated, he who had raised aloft his burning tail, jumped up in the sky.

Verse 2

रण-पण्डितोऽग्र्य-विबुधाऽरि-पुरे कलहं स राम-महितः कृतवान् । ज्वलदग्नि रावण-गृहं च बलात्बलहंस्-रामम-हितः कृतवान् ॥

Metre: प्रमिताक्षरा

Karandikar: The enemy (Hanuman), expert in battle, commended by Rama, desirous of achievement, forcibly introduced a strife in the capital of the foremost enemy of gods (Ravana) and had the house of Ravana, delightful to swans, set on fire.

Verse 3

निखिलाऽभवन्न स-हसा सहसा ज्वलनेन पूः प्रभवता भवता । वनिता-जनेन वियता वियता त्रि-पुराऽपदं नगमिता गमिता ॥

Metre: प्रमिताक्षरा

Karandikar: Situated on a mountain and reduced to the plight of the Tripuras’ (the group of three demoniac cities) by the raging fire that broke out all of a sudden, with the women-folk running helter-skelter through the sky, the city was no more full of laughter.

Verse 4

सरसां स-रसां परिमुच्य तनुं पततां पततां ककुभो बहुशः । स-कलैः सकलैः परितः करुणै- रुदितै रुदितैरिव खं निचितम् ॥

Metre: तोटकम्

Karandikar: The sky was, as though pervaded, all around, by the full-(throated), sweet, (but) piteous cries of the birds which, having abandoned the watery body of the lakes, were filying again and again towards the sky.

Verse 5

न च कांचन काञ्चन-सद्म-चितिं न कपिः शिखिना शिखिना समयौत् । न च न द्रवता द्रवता परितो हिम-हान-कृता न कृता क्व च न ॥

Metre: तोटकम्

Karandikar: And, it was not that the monkey did not unite with fire any one block of golden buildings. Nor that by it (the fire) which did not stop spreading and which effected the destruction of snow anything was not reduced to melting.

Verse 6

अवसितं हसितं प्रसितं मुदा विलसितं ह्रसितं स्मर-भासितम् । न स-मदाः प्रमदा हत-संमदाः पुर-हितं विहितं न समीहितम् ॥

Metre: द्रुतविलम्बितम्

Karandikar: Intense laughter ended; the joyous amours of love aroused by Cupid waned; the proud ladies, whose delight was killed, were no (longer) infatuated; the desired welfare of the city was not accomplished.

Verse 7

समिद्ध-शरणा दीप्ता देहे लङ्का मतेश्वरा । समिद्-ध-शरणाऽऽदीप्-ता देहेऽलं-काम-तेश्वरा ॥

Metre: अनुष्टुप्

Karandikar: Brilliant in its interior, with its buildings set fire to, Lanka which was much liked by Siva , which had the encourager (of the demons) for its protector and which was capable of fulfilling ample desires, was burnt out.

Verse 8

पिशिताऽशिनामनु-दशं स्फुटतां स्फुटतां जगाम परिविह्वल-ता । हलता जनेन बहुधा चरितं चरितं महत्त्व-रहितं महता ॥

Metre: प्रमिताक्षरा

Karandikar: The distress of the demons scampering in every direction became manifest; by the great men that were moving about was undertaken manifold activity that was devoid of greatness.

Verse 9

न गजा नग-जा दयिता दयिता वि-गतं विगतं ललितं ललितम् । प्रमदा प्र-मदाऽऽम-हता महता- म-रणं मरणं समयात्समयात् ॥

Metre: तोटकम्

Karandikar: Elephants procured from forests, though dear, were not protected ; the flight of birds disappeared ; (any) desirable (object) was crushed; the proud ladies became devoid of joy, as if struck by diseases (or injured in running) : due to (adverse times) death befelt the great without any fighting.

Verse 10

न वानरैः पराक्रान्तां महद्भिर्भीम-विक्रमैः । न वा नरैः पराक्रान्तां ददहा नगरीं कपिः ॥

Metre: अनुष्टुप्

Karandikar: The monkey burnt down the city (that was) never seiged by monkeys nor by the great (gods) of terrific valour, nor by men.

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