भट्टिकाव्यम् (रावणवधः)

Verse 34

अद्मो द्विजान्देवयजीन्निहन्मः कुर्मः पुरं प्रेत-नराऽधिवासम् । धर्मो ह्ययं दाशरथे ! निजो नो नैवाऽध्यकारिष्महि वेद-वृत्ते ॥

Metre: इन्द्रवज्रा

Karandikar: Marica replied), ‘We eat the brahmins, kill those that sacrifice to the gods, and turn the city into an abode of dead men. For, Oh Son of Dasaratha, that is our duty. We are not at all authorised (entitled) to (perform) Vedic rituals."

Verse 35

धर्मोऽस्ति सत्यं तव राक्षसाऽय- मन्यो व्यतिस्ते तु ममाऽपि धर्मः । ब्रह्म-द्विषस्ते प्रणिहन्मि येन राजन्य-वृत्तिर्धृत-कार्मुकेषुः ॥

Metre: इन्द्रवज्रा

Karandikar: (Rama spoke to him again). Oh demon, truethis may be your duty. But, t, too, have another duty which runs contrary (to it), whereby, following the profession of a warrior and wielding the bow and arrows, have to kill you, the brahmin-hater.

Verse 36

इत्थं-प्रवादं युधि संप्रहारं प्रचक्रतू राम-निशा-विहारौ । तृणाय मत्वा रघु-नन्दनोऽथ बाणेन रक्षः प्रधनान्निरास्थत् ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Conversing thus, Rama and the demon started ex changing blows in the fight. Then taking him as a (mere) blade of grass, the descendant of Raghu (Rama) banished the demon from the battle-field with an arrow

Verse 37

जग्मुः प्रसादं द्विज-मानसानि द्यौर्वर्षुका पुष्प-चयं बभूव । निर्-व्याजमिज्या ववृते। वचश्च भूयो बभाषे मुनिना कुमारः ॥

Metre: इन्द्रवज्रा

Karandikar: The minds of the brahmins regained composure ; the sky became a showerer of heaps of flowers; the sacrifice proceeded without trouble and the prince was again addressed (these) words by the sage:

Verse 38

महीय्यमाना भवताऽतिमात्रं सुराऽध्वरे घस्मर-जित्वरेण । दिवोऽपि वज्राऽऽयुध-भूषणाया ह्रिणीयते वीर-वती न भूमिः ॥

Metre: उपेन्द्रवज्रा

Karandikar: Being honoured beyond limits by you, Oh vanquisher of cannibals, the earth, (nowpossessed of warriors, does not feel ashamed even before the heaven that has the adamant-weaponed (Indra) for its ornament.

Verse 39

बलिर्बबन्धे जलधिर्ममन्थे जह्रेऽमृतं दैत्य-कुलं विजिग्यो । कल्पाऽन्त-दुःस्था वसुधा तथोहे येनैष भारोऽति-गुरुर्न तस्य ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: This burden (was) not too heavy for you by whom Bali was tied down (as Vamana), the ocean was churned (as the divine tortoise), the demon race was vanquished (as Mohini) and the earth standing in danger at the end of the aeon was sustained (as the Great Boar)."

Verse 40

इति ब्रुवाणो मधुरं हितं च तमाञ्जिहन्मैथिल-यज्ञ-भूमिम् । रामं मुनिः प्रीत-मना मखाऽन्ते यशांसि राज्ञां निजिघृक्षयिष्यन् ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Speaking these sweet and beneficial words, the sage whose mind was pleased at the completion of the sacrifice (and) who desired to have the glories of kings surpassed, made that Rama go to the place of the sacrifice of the king of Mithila.

Verse 41

एतौ स्म मित्रा-वरुणौ किमेतौ किमश्विनौ सोम-रसं पिपासू । जनं समस्तं जनकाऽऽश्रम-स्थं रूपेण तावौजिहतां नृ-सिंहौ ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Are these Mitra and Varuna that are coming or are they the two Asvini-kumaras that have arrived, desirous of drinking Some juice ?’ -Those two excellent (lions among) men, made all the people residing in Janaka's hermitage doubt like this by (their) charm.

Verse 42

अजिग्रहत्तं जनको धनुस्तद् "येनाऽर्दिदद्दैत्य-पुरं पिनाकी" । जिज्ञासमानो बलमस्य बाह्वोर्। हसन्नभाङ्क्ष्वीद्रघु-नन्दनस्तत् ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Desirous of knowing the strength of his (Rama's) arm Janaka made him wield the bow wherewith the Pitaka-bearer (Siva) had struck down the city of the demon; the scion of Raghu, broke it, smiling

Verse 43

ततो नदी-ष्णान्पथिकान्गिरि-ज्ञा- नाह्वायकान्भूमि-पतेरयोध्याम् । दित्सुः सुतां योध-हरैस्तुरङ्गैर्व्यसर्जयन्मैथिल-मर्त्य-मुख्यः ॥

Metre: उपजातिः

Karandikar: Thereafter, desirous of giving away his daughter, the lord of the people of Mithila dispatched to Ayodhya, on horses that (usually) carried warriors, messengers conversant with the Trivers, expert travellers acquainted with the mountains, who would invite the King (Dasaratha)

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