Pātāla-khaṇḍa · Chapter 52
Sourceशेष उवाच। चंपकं पतितं दृष्ट्वा सुरथः क्षत्रियो बली । पुत्रदुःखपरीतांगो जगाम स्यंदने स्थितः १। कपींद्रमाजुहावाथ सुरथः कोपसंयुतः । निःश्वासवेगं संमुंचन्महाबलसमन्वितः २। आह्वयानं नृपं दृष्ट्वा निजं वीरः कपीश्वरः । जगाम तं महावीरो महावेगसमन्वितः ३। तमागतं हनूमंतं तृणीकुर्वं तमुद्भटान् । उवाच सुरथो राजा मेघगंभीरसुस्वरः ४। सुरथ उवाच। धन्योसि कपिवर्य त्वं महाबलपराक्रमः । येन राममहत्कृत्यं कृतं राक्षसके पुरे ५। त्वं रामचरणस्यासि सेवको भक्तिसंयुतः । त्वया वीरेण मत्पुत्रः पातितश्चंपको बली ६। इदानीं त्वां तु संबध्य गंतास्मि नगरेमम । यत्नात्तिष्ठ कपीशेशसत्यमुक्तं मया स्मृतम् ७। इति भाषितमाकर्ण्य सुरथस्य कपीश्वरः । उवाच धीरया वाण्या रणे वीरैकभूषिते ८। हनूमानुवाच। त्वं रामचरणस्मारी वयं रामस्य सेवकाः । बध्नासि चेन्मां प्रसभं मोचयिष्यति मत्प्रभुः ९। कुरु वीर भवत्स्वांतस्थितं सत्यं प्रतिश्रुतम् । रामं स्मरन्वै दुःखांतं याति वेदा वदंत्यदः १०। शेष उवाच। इति ब्रुवंतं सुरथः प्रशस्य पवनात्मजम् । विव्याध बाणैर्बहुभिः शितैः शाणेन दारुणैः ११। तान्मुक्तानगणय्याथ बाणाञ्छोणितपातिनः । करे जग्राह कोदंडं सज्यं शरसमन्वितम् १२। गृहीत्वा करयोश्चापं बभंज कुपितः कपिः । चीत्कुर्वंस्त्रासयन्वीरान्नखैर्दीर्णान्सृजन्भटान् १३। तेन भग्नं धनुर्दृष्ट्वा स्वकीयं गुणसंयुतम् । अपरं धनुरादत्त महद्गुणविशोभितम् १४। तच्चापि जगृहे रोषात्कपिश्चापं बभंज तत् । अन्यच्चापं समादत्त तद्बभंज महाबलः १५। तस्मिंश्चापे प्रभग्नेऽपि सोऽन्यद्धनुरुपाददत् । सोपि चापं बभंजाशु महावेगसमन्वितः १६। एवं राज्ञस्तु चापानामशीतिर्विदलीकृता । क्षणे क्षणे महारोषात्कुर्वन्नादाननेकधा १७। तदात्यंतं प्रकुपितः शक्तिमुग्रामथाददे । शक्त्या स ताडितो वीरः पपात क्षणमुत्सुकः १८। उत्थाय स्यंदनं राज्ञो जग्राह कुपितो भृशम् । उड्डीनस्तं गृहीत्वा तु समुद्रमतिवेगतः १९। तमुड्डीनं समालक्ष्य सुरथः परवीरहा । ताडयामास परिघैर्हृदि मारुतिमुद्यतम् २०। मुक्तस्तेन रथो दूराच्चूर्णीभूतोऽभवत्क्षणात् । सोऽन्यरथं समारुह्य ययौ वेगात्समीरजम् २१। हनूमांस्तद्रथं पुच्छे संवेष्ट्य प्रधनांगणे । हयसारथिसंयुक्तं बभंज सपताकिनम् २२। अन्यं रथं समास्थाय ययौ राजा महाबलः । बभंज तं रथं वेगान्मारुतिः कुपितांगकः २३। भग्नं तं स्यंदनं वीक्ष्य सुरथोऽन्यसमाश्रितः । भग्नः स तेन सहसा हयसारथिसंयुतः २४। एवमेकोनपंचाशद्रथा भग्ना हनूमता । तत्कर्म वीक्ष्य राजापि विसिस्माय ससैनिकः २५। कुपितः प्राह कीशेंद्रं धन्योसि पवनात्मज । पराक्रमन्निदं कर्म न कर्ता न करिष्यति २६। क्षणमेकं प्रतीक्षस्व यावत्सज्यं धनुस्त्वहम् । करोमि पवनोद्भूत रामपादाब्जषट्पद २७। इत्युक्त्वा चापमात्तज्यं कृत्वा रोषपरिप्लुतः । अस्त्रं पाशुपतं नाम संदधे शर उल्बणे २८। ततो भूताश्च वेतालाः पिशाचा योगिनीमुखाः । प्रादुर्बभूवुः सहसा भीषयंतः समीरजम् २९। कपिः पाशुपतैरस्त्रैर्बद्धो लोकैरभीक्षितः । हाहेति च वदंत्येते यावत्तावत्समीरजः ३०। स्मृत्वा रामं स्वमनसा त्रोटयामास तत्क्षणात् । स मुक्तगात्रः सहसा युयुधे सुरथं नृपम् ३१। तं मुक्तगात्रं संवीक्ष्य सुरथः परमास्त्रवित् । महाबलं मन्यमानो ब्राह्ममस्त्रं समाददे ३२। मारुतिर्ब्राह्ममस्त्रं तु निजगाल हसन्बली । तन्निगीर्णं नृपो दृष्ट्वा रामं सस्मार भूमिपः ३३। स्मृत्वा दाशरथिं रामं रामास्त्रं स्वशरासने । संधाय तं जगादेदं बद्धोसि कपिपुंगव ३४। श्रुत्वा तत्प्रक्रमेद्यावत्तावद्बद्धो रणांगणे । राज्ञा रामास्त्रतो वीरो हनूमान्रामसेवकः ३५। उवाच भूपं हनुमान्किंकरोमि महीभुज । मत्स्वाम्यस्त्रेण संबद्धो नान्येन प्राकृतेन वै ३६। तन्मानयामिभूपालनयस्वस्वपुरंप्रति । मोचयिष्यति मत्स्वामी आगत्य स दयानिधिः ३७। बद्धे समीरजे क्रुद्धः पुष्कलो भूमिपं ययौ । तं पुष्कलं समायांतं विव्याध वसुभिः शरैः ३८। अनेकबाणसाहस्रैर्निजघान नृपं बली । राज्ञानेके शरास्तस्य च्छिन्नाः प्रधनमंडले ३९। एवं समरसंक्रुद्धे सुरथे पुष्कले तथा । बाणैर्व्याप्तं जगत्सर्वं स्थास्नुभूयश्चरिष्णु च ४०। तेषां रणोद्यमं वीक्ष्य मुमुहुः सुरसैनिकाः । मानवानां तु का वार्ता क्षणात्त्रासं समीयुषाम् ४१। अस्त्रप्रत्यस्त्रविगमैर्महामंत्रपरिस्तुतैः । बभूव तुमुलं युद्धं वीराणां रोमहर्षणम् ४२। तदा प्रकुपितो राजा नाराचं तु समाददे । छिन्नः स तु क्रुधा मुक्तैर्वत्सदंतैः सभारतैः ४३। छिन्ने तस्मिञ्छरे राजा कोपादन्यं समाददे । छिनत्ति यावत्स शरं तावल्लग्नो हृदि क्षतः ४४। मूर्च्छां प्राप महातेजाः पुष्कलो महदद्भुतम् । युद्धं विधाय सुमहद्राज्ञा सह महामतिः ४५। पुष्कले पतिते राजा शत्रुघ्नः शत्रुतापनः । सुरथं प्रति संक्रुद्धो जगाम स्यंदनस्थितः ४६। उवाच सुरथं भूपं रामभ्राता महाबलः । त्वया महत्कृतं कर्म यद्बद्धः पवनात्मजः ४७। पुष्कलोऽपि महावीरस्तथान्ये मम सैनिकाः । पातिताः प्रधने घोरे महाबलपराक्रमाः ४८। इदानीं तिष्ठ मद्वीरान्पातयित्वा रणांगणे । कुत्र यास्यसि भूमीश सहस्व मम सायकान् ४९। इत्थमाश्रुत्य वीरस्य भाषितं सुरथो बली । जगाद रामपादाब्जं दधच्चेतसि शोभनम् ५०। मया ते पातिताः संख्ये वीरा मारुतजोन्मुखाः । इदानीं पातयिष्यामि त्वामपि प्रधनांगणे ५१। स्मरस्व रामं यो वीरः स्वमागत्य प्ररक्षति । अन्यथा जीवितं नास्ति मत्पुरः शत्रुतापन ५२। इत्युक्त्वा बाणसाहस्रैस्तं जघान महीपतिः । शत्रुघ्नं शरसंघातपंजरे न्यदधात्परम् ५३। शत्रुघ्नः शरसंघातं मुंचंतं वह्निदैवतम् । अस्त्रं मुमोच दाहार्थं शराणां नतपर्वणाम् ५४। तदस्त्रं मुक्तमालोक्य राजा वै सुरथो महान् । वारुणास्त्रेण शमयन्विव्याध शरकोटिभिः ५५। तदा तद्योगिनीदत्तमस्त्रं धनुषि संदधे । मोहनं सर्ववीराणां निद्राप्रापकमद्भुतम् ५६। तन्मोहनं महास्त्रं स वीक्ष्य राजा हरिंस्मरन् । जगाद शत्रुघ्नमयं सर्वशस्त्रास्त्रकोविदः ५७। मोहितस्य मम श्रीमद्रामस्य स्मरणेन ह । नान्यन्मोहनमाभाति ममापि भयतापदम् ५८। इत्युक्तवति वीरे तु मुमोच स महास्त्रकम् । तेन बाणेन संछिन्नं पपात रणमंडले ५९। तन्मोहनं महास्त्रं तु निष्फलं वीक्ष्य भूमिपे । अत्यंतं विस्मयं प्राप्य बाणं धनुषि संदधे ६०। लवणो येन निहतो महासुरविमर्दनः । तं बाणं चाप आधत्त घोरं कान्त्यानलप्रभम् ६१। तं वीक्ष्य राजा प्रोवाच बाणोऽयमसतां हृदि । लगते रामभक्तस्य संमुखेऽपि न भात्यसौ ६२। इत्येवं भाषमाणं तु बाणेनानेन शत्रुहा । विव्याध हृदये क्षिप्रं वह्निज्वालासमप्रभम् ६३। तेन बाणेन दुःखार्तो महापीडासमन्वितः । रथोपस्थे क्षणं मूर्च्छामवाप परतापनः ६४। स क्षणात्तां व्यथां तीर्त्वा जगाद रिपुमग्रतः । सहस्वैकं प्रहारं मे कुत्र यासि ममाग्रतः ६५। एवमुक्त्वा महासंख्ये बाणमाधत्त सायके । ज्वालामालापरीतांगं स्वर्णपुंखसमन्वितम् ६६। स बाणो धनुषो मुक्तः शत्रुघ्नेन पथिस्थितः । छिन्नोऽप्यग्रफलेनाशु हृदये समपद्यत ६७। तेन बाणेन संमूर्छ्य पपात स्यंदनोपरि । ततो हाहाकृतं सैन्यं भग्नं सर्वं पराद्रवत् ६८। सुरथो जयमापेदे संग्रामे रामसेवकः । दशवीरा दशसुतैर्मूर्च्छिताः पतिताः क्वचित् ६९। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखण्डे शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे रामाश्वमेधे सुरथविजयोनाम द्विपंचाशत्तमोऽध्यायः ५२।
śeṣa uvāca| caṃpakaṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā surathaḥ kṣatriyo balī | putraduḥkhaparītāṃgo jagāma syaṃdane sthitaḥ 1| kapīṃdramājuhāvātha surathaḥ kopasaṃyutaḥ | niḥśvāsavegaṃ saṃmuṃcanmahābalasamanvitaḥ 2| āhvayānaṃ nṛpaṃ dṛṣṭvā nijaṃ vīraḥ kapīśvaraḥ | jagāma taṃ mahāvīro mahāvegasamanvitaḥ 3| tamāgataṃ hanūmaṃtaṃ tṛṇīkurvaṃ tamudbhaṭān | uvāca suratho rājā meghagaṃbhīrasusvaraḥ 4| suratha uvāca| dhanyosi kapivarya tvaṃ mahābalaparākramaḥ | yena rāmamahatkṛtyaṃ kṛtaṃ rākṣasake pure 5| tvaṃ rāmacaraṇasyāsi sevako bhaktisaṃyutaḥ | tvayā vīreṇa matputraḥ pātitaścaṃpako balī 6| idānīṃ tvāṃ tu saṃbadhya gaṃtāsmi nagaremama | yatnāttiṣṭha kapīśeśasatyamuktaṃ mayā smṛtam 7| iti bhāṣitamākarṇya surathasya kapīśvaraḥ | uvāca dhīrayā vāṇyā raṇe vīraikabhūṣite 8| hanūmānuvāca| tvaṃ rāmacaraṇasmārī vayaṃ rāmasya sevakāḥ | badhnāsi cenmāṃ prasabhaṃ mocayiṣyati matprabhuḥ 9| kuru vīra bhavatsvāṃtasthitaṃ satyaṃ pratiśrutam | rāmaṃ smaranvai duḥkhāṃtaṃ yāti vedā vadaṃtyadaḥ 10| śeṣa uvāca| iti bruvaṃtaṃ surathaḥ praśasya pavanātmajam | vivyādha bāṇairbahubhiḥ śitaiḥ śāṇena dāruṇaiḥ 11| tānmuktānagaṇayyātha bāṇāñchoṇitapātinaḥ | kare jagrāha kodaṃḍaṃ sajyaṃ śarasamanvitam 12| gṛhītvā karayoścāpaṃ babhaṃja kupitaḥ kapiḥ | cītkurvaṃstrāsayanvīrānnakhairdīrṇānsṛjanbhaṭān 13| tena bhagnaṃ dhanurdṛṣṭvā svakīyaṃ guṇasaṃyutam | aparaṃ dhanurādatta mahadguṇaviśobhitam 14| taccāpi jagṛhe roṣātkapiścāpaṃ babhaṃja tat | anyaccāpaṃ samādatta tadbabhaṃja mahābalaḥ 15| tasmiṃścāpe prabhagne'pi so'nyaddhanurupādadat | sopi cāpaṃ babhaṃjāśu mahāvegasamanvitaḥ 16| evaṃ rājñastu cāpānāmaśītirvidalīkṛtā | kṣaṇe kṣaṇe mahāroṣātkurvannādānanekadhā 17| tadātyaṃtaṃ prakupitaḥ śaktimugrāmathādade | śaktyā sa tāḍito vīraḥ papāta kṣaṇamutsukaḥ 18| utthāya syaṃdanaṃ rājño jagrāha kupito bhṛśam | uḍḍīnastaṃ gṛhītvā tu samudramativegataḥ 19| tamuḍḍīnaṃ samālakṣya surathaḥ paravīrahā | tāḍayāmāsa parighairhṛdi mārutimudyatam 20| muktastena ratho dūrāccūrṇībhūto'bhavatkṣaṇāt | so'nyarathaṃ samāruhya yayau vegātsamīrajam 21| hanūmāṃstadrathaṃ pucche saṃveṣṭya pradhanāṃgaṇe | hayasārathisaṃyuktaṃ babhaṃja sapatākinam 22| anyaṃ rathaṃ samāsthāya yayau rājā mahābalaḥ | babhaṃja taṃ rathaṃ vegānmārutiḥ kupitāṃgakaḥ 23| bhagnaṃ taṃ syaṃdanaṃ vīkṣya suratho'nyasamāśritaḥ | bhagnaḥ sa tena sahasā hayasārathisaṃyutaḥ 24| evamekonapaṃcāśadrathā bhagnā hanūmatā | tatkarma vīkṣya rājāpi visismāya sasainikaḥ 25| kupitaḥ prāha kīśeṃdraṃ dhanyosi pavanātmaja | parākramannidaṃ karma na kartā na kariṣyati 26| kṣaṇamekaṃ pratīkṣasva yāvatsajyaṃ dhanustvaham | karomi pavanodbhūta rāmapādābjaṣaṭpada 27| ityuktvā cāpamāttajyaṃ kṛtvā roṣapariplutaḥ | astraṃ pāśupataṃ nāma saṃdadhe śara ulbaṇe 28| tato bhūtāśca vetālāḥ piśācā yoginīmukhāḥ | prādurbabhūvuḥ sahasā bhīṣayaṃtaḥ samīrajam 29| kapiḥ pāśupatairastrairbaddho lokairabhīkṣitaḥ | hāheti ca vadaṃtyete yāvattāvatsamīrajaḥ 30| smṛtvā rāmaṃ svamanasā troṭayāmāsa tatkṣaṇāt | sa muktagātraḥ sahasā yuyudhe surathaṃ nṛpam 31| taṃ muktagātraṃ saṃvīkṣya surathaḥ paramāstravit | mahābalaṃ manyamāno brāhmamastraṃ samādade 32| mārutirbrāhmamastraṃ tu nijagāla hasanbalī | tannigīrṇaṃ nṛpo dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ sasmāra bhūmipaḥ 33| smṛtvā dāśarathiṃ rāmaṃ rāmāstraṃ svaśarāsane | saṃdhāya taṃ jagādedaṃ baddhosi kapipuṃgava 34| śrutvā tatprakramedyāvattāvadbaddho raṇāṃgaṇe | rājñā rāmāstrato vīro hanūmānrāmasevakaḥ 35| uvāca bhūpaṃ hanumānkiṃkaromi mahībhuja | matsvāmyastreṇa saṃbaddho nānyena prākṛtena vai 36| tanmānayāmibhūpālanayasvasvapuraṃprati | mocayiṣyati matsvāmī āgatya sa dayānidhiḥ 37| baddhe samīraje kruddhaḥ puṣkalo bhūmipaṃ yayau | taṃ puṣkalaṃ samāyāṃtaṃ vivyādha vasubhiḥ śaraiḥ 38| anekabāṇasāhasrairnijaghāna nṛpaṃ balī | rājñāneke śarāstasya cchinnāḥ pradhanamaṃḍale 39| evaṃ samarasaṃkruddhe surathe puṣkale tathā | bāṇairvyāptaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sthāsnubhūyaścariṣṇu ca 40| teṣāṃ raṇodyamaṃ vīkṣya mumuhuḥ surasainikāḥ | mānavānāṃ tu kā vārtā kṣaṇāttrāsaṃ samīyuṣām 41| astrapratyastravigamairmahāmaṃtraparistutaiḥ | babhūva tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ vīrāṇāṃ romaharṣaṇam 42| tadā prakupito rājā nārācaṃ tu samādade | chinnaḥ sa tu krudhā muktairvatsadaṃtaiḥ sabhārataiḥ 43| chinne tasmiñchare rājā kopādanyaṃ samādade | chinatti yāvatsa śaraṃ tāvallagno hṛdi kṣataḥ 44| mūrcchāṃ prāpa mahātejāḥ puṣkalo mahadadbhutam | yuddhaṃ vidhāya sumahadrājñā saha mahāmatiḥ 45| puṣkale patite rājā śatrughnaḥ śatrutāpanaḥ | surathaṃ prati saṃkruddho jagāma syaṃdanasthitaḥ 46| uvāca surathaṃ bhūpaṃ rāmabhrātā mahābalaḥ | tvayā mahatkṛtaṃ karma yadbaddhaḥ pavanātmajaḥ 47| puṣkalo'pi mahāvīrastathānye mama sainikāḥ | pātitāḥ pradhane ghore mahābalaparākramāḥ 48| idānīṃ tiṣṭha madvīrānpātayitvā raṇāṃgaṇe | kutra yāsyasi bhūmīśa sahasva mama sāyakān 49| itthamāśrutya vīrasya bhāṣitaṃ suratho balī | jagāda rāmapādābjaṃ dadhaccetasi śobhanam 50| mayā te pātitāḥ saṃkhye vīrā mārutajonmukhāḥ | idānīṃ pātayiṣyāmi tvāmapi pradhanāṃgaṇe 51| smarasva rāmaṃ yo vīraḥ svamāgatya prarakṣati | anyathā jīvitaṃ nāsti matpuraḥ śatrutāpana 52| ityuktvā bāṇasāhasraistaṃ jaghāna mahīpatiḥ | śatrughnaṃ śarasaṃghātapaṃjare nyadadhātparam 53| śatrughnaḥ śarasaṃghātaṃ muṃcaṃtaṃ vahnidaivatam | astraṃ mumoca dāhārthaṃ śarāṇāṃ nataparvaṇām 54| tadastraṃ muktamālokya rājā vai suratho mahān | vāruṇāstreṇa śamayanvivyādha śarakoṭibhiḥ 55| tadā tadyoginīdattamastraṃ dhanuṣi saṃdadhe | mohanaṃ sarvavīrāṇāṃ nidrāprāpakamadbhutam 56| tanmohanaṃ mahāstraṃ sa vīkṣya rājā hariṃsmaran | jagāda śatrughnamayaṃ sarvaśastrāstrakovidaḥ 57| mohitasya mama śrīmadrāmasya smaraṇena ha | nānyanmohanamābhāti mamāpi bhayatāpadam 58| ityuktavati vīre tu mumoca sa mahāstrakam | tena bāṇena saṃchinnaṃ papāta raṇamaṃḍale 59| tanmohanaṃ mahāstraṃ tu niṣphalaṃ vīkṣya bhūmipe | atyaṃtaṃ vismayaṃ prāpya bāṇaṃ dhanuṣi saṃdadhe 60| lavaṇo yena nihato mahāsuravimardanaḥ | taṃ bāṇaṃ cāpa ādhatta ghoraṃ kāntyānalaprabham 61| taṃ vīkṣya rājā provāca bāṇo'yamasatāṃ hṛdi | lagate rāmabhaktasya saṃmukhe'pi na bhātyasau 62| ityevaṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ tu bāṇenānena śatruhā | vivyādha hṛdaye kṣipraṃ vahnijvālāsamaprabham 63| tena bāṇena duḥkhārto mahāpīḍāsamanvitaḥ | rathopasthe kṣaṇaṃ mūrcchāmavāpa paratāpanaḥ 64| sa kṣaṇāttāṃ vyathāṃ tīrtvā jagāda ripumagrataḥ | sahasvaikaṃ prahāraṃ me kutra yāsi mamāgrataḥ 65| evamuktvā mahāsaṃkhye bāṇamādhatta sāyake | jvālāmālāparītāṃgaṃ svarṇapuṃkhasamanvitam 66| sa bāṇo dhanuṣo muktaḥ śatrughnena pathisthitaḥ | chinno'pyagraphalenāśu hṛdaye samapadyata 67| tena bāṇena saṃmūrchya papāta syaṃdanopari | tato hāhākṛtaṃ sainyaṃ bhagnaṃ sarvaṃ parādravat 68| suratho jayamāpede saṃgrāme rāmasevakaḥ | daśavīrā daśasutairmūrcchitāḥ patitāḥ kvacit 69| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe surathavijayonāma dvipaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ 52|
English translation
Śeṣa said :
1-4. Seeing Campaka fallen Suratha , the mighty kṣatriya , with his body filled with grief, went, seated in a chariot (to the battlefield). Suratha who was very powerful, was angry and heaving heavy sighs, called (i.e. challenged) the monkey. Seeing the king challenging him the very brave hero, the lord of monkeys, having great speed, went to (i.e. marched against) him. King Suratha with his beautiful voice deep-sounding like (that of) the clouds, seeing Hanūmat who despised great heroes coming, said:
Suratha said :
5-8. O best monkey, possessing great might and valour you who performed a great feat for Rāma in the demon’s city, are blessed. You are the devoted servant of Rama ’s feet. You, the hero, overthrew my mighty son Campaka. Now having tied you up I shall go to my city. O best among the lordly monkeys, wait carefully. I have told (you) what I thought to be the truth.
Hearing these words of Suratha the lord of the monkeys said with a grave voice (to him) on the battlefield adorned only by warriors.
Hanūmat said :
9-10. You remind (us) of Rāma’s feet. We are the servants of Rāma’s feet. If you bind me forcibly, my lord (Rāma) will free me. O hero, make true (i.e. carry out) the pledge that you have in your heart. (A man) who remembers Rāma goes to the end of (i.e. destroys) his misery. The Vedas say this.
Śeṣa said :
11-18a. Suratha having praised Vāyu ’s son (Hanūmat) like this, pierced him with many fierce arrows sharpened on a whetstone. Not minding those arrows discharged (by Suratha) and causing bloodshed, Hanūmat seized (Suratha’s) bow ready with arrows with his hand. The angry monkey holding the bow in both his hands broke it; and shouting (i.e. with his shouts) he scared the warriors and tore them with his nails. Seeing that his bow with the string attached was broken by him (i.e. by Hanūmat), he took another bow adorned with a great (i.e. strong) string. The monkey angrily seized that bow also and broke it. He (i.e. Suratha) took anotherbow. The mighty (Hanūmat) broke that (also). When that bow was broken, he took another bow. He (i.e. Hanūmat) having a great energy, quickly broke that bow also. Making great sounds in many ways every moment through great anger, he thus broke to pieces eighty bows of the king. Then (the king) getting very angry took (the missile) called Śakti .
18b-23. The hero (i.e. Hanūmat) struck by the Śakti fell down. (Then) in a moment being anxiously desirous (to defeat Suratha) he got up and, being very angry, seized the king’s chariot. Seizing it he flew with a great speed toward the sea. Seeing him flying Suratha, the killer of his enemies, struck the active Hanūmat on his chest with iron-clubs. He dropped the chariot from a distance and in a moment it was shattered to pieces. Getting into another -chariot he (i.e. Suratha) speedily went (i.e. rushed) to (Hanūmat), the son of Vāyu. Encircling the chariot along with the horses and the charioteer and with the banners, Hanūmat shattred it on the battlefield. Getting into another chariot, the very powerful king went (to attack Hanūmat). Hanūmat with his body getting strength violently broke it.
24-27. Seeing the chariot shattered Suratha got into another (chariot). He forcibly broke it along with the horses and the charioteer. In this way Hanūmat shattered forty-nine chariots. Seeing that feat the king too along with his soldiers was amazed. Being angry he said to the lord of monkeys: “O son of Vāyu, acting bravely (like this) you are blessed. No one (but you) has done or will do this feat. O son of Vāyu, O bee (hovering round) the lotuses of the feet of Rāma, wait for a moment till I make my bow ready.”
28-34. Saying so, and stringing the bow he, full of anger,.fixed on his strong arrow the missile called Pāśupata (i.e. presided over by Paśupati ). Then ghosts, friends, goblins, led by witches, frightening Hanūmat, suddenly appeared (there). The monkey was bound by the Pāśupata missiles. He was seen by the people (bound by the missiles). While they were wailing, the son of Vāyu remembering Rāma in his mind broke them in a moment. With his body freed he at once fought with king Suratha. Seeing him with his body freed Suratha, knowing (the use of) great missiles, taking him (i.e. Hanūmat) to be very strong, took the missile known as Brāhma (i.e. presided over by Brahmā ). The strong Māruti laughed and swallowed the Brāhma missile. The king, the protector of the earth, seeing that (the missiles was) swallowed by him, remembered Rāma. Remembering Rāma, the son of Daśaratha , he fixed the Rāma-missile (i.e. the missile presided over by Rāma) on his bow, and said these (words) to him: “O best monkey (now) you are bound.”
35-39a. Having heard those words, when the hero Hanūmat, Rāma’s servant, would go ahead, he was bound on the battlefield by the king with the Rāma-missile. To the king Hanūmat said: “O king, what do (i.e. can) I do now? You have bound me with the missile of (i.e. presided over by) my master, and not with any ordinary one. I respect it; O king, take me to your city. That abode of kindness, my master, will come and release me.” When the son of Wind (i.e. Hanūmat) was bound, the angry Puṣkala went to (i.e. marched against) the king. He pierced that Puṣkala who had come (like that) with many arrows. The mighty one struck the king with thousands of arrows.
39b-46. The king cut off many of his arrows on the battlefield. When that great warrior Puṣkala was thus angry in the battle, the entire world—immobile and also the mobile—was filled with arrows. Seeing their firm resolve to fight, the soldiers of gods were perplexed. Then what to say of (i.e. what can be said about) men who got scared in a moment! With the discharges of missiles and counter-missiles a fierce, thrilling battle took place among the warriors. Then the angry king took an arrow. But it was cut off by the arrows angrily discharged by Bharata ’s son (Puṣkala). When that arrow was cut off, the king took another. When he (i.e. Puṣkala) cut off (i.e. tried to cut off) that arrow, he was wounded on chest (with it) which stuck to (i.e. struck) his chest. Having fought a very great (i.e. fierce), wonderful battle with the king, the very lustrous and very intelligent Puṣkala fell into a swoon. When Puṣkala had fallen, Śatrughna who tormented his enemies, got angry with Suratha and seated in his chariot went (to him).
47-58. The very mighty brother of Rāma said to king Suratha: “You have done a great feat that you have bound the son of Wind (i.e. Hanūmat). You have overthrown even the great hero Puṣkala and so also my other very mighty and brave warriors in the battle. Now wait. O king, where will you go by overthrowing my soldiers on the battlefield? Now put up with my arrows.” Hearing these words of the hero, the mighty Suratha having in his mind the charming lotus-like feet of Rāma, said: “In the battle I have knocked down your warriors waiting for Hanūmat. Now I shall overthrow you also on the battlefield. Recollect Rāma who, the hero, (will) himself come and protect you. Otherwise, O you tormentor of the enemies, you will not live before me.” Saying so, the king struck him with thousands of arrows. He put the great Śatrughna into the cage of the volley of arrows. Śatrughna (trying to) avoid the volley of arrows, discharged a missile to burn the arrows with bent joints. The great king Suratha, seeing that missile discharged, destroying it with the Varuṇa missile (i.e. the missile presided over by Varuṇa), pierced him with crores of arrows. Then he fixed on his bow the wonderful missile given by the female devotee which deluded all heroes and made them sleep. The king seeing that great deluding missile remembered Viṣṇu and said to Śatrughna: “This one is proficient in (the use of) all weapons an d missiles. No other delusion seems to be causing fear and tormentation to me who am deluded by the recollection of Śrī Rāma .”
59-65. When the hero spoke like this, he discharged the great missile. Cut off by the arrow it fell on the battlefield. Seeing that the great missile was fruitless against the king, he being extremely amazed, fixed an arrow on his bow. The destroyer of great demons fixed on his bow that fierce arrow resembling fire in lustre with which Lavaṇa was killed. Seeing that (arrow) the king said: “This arrow sticks to (i.e. strikes) the chest of the wicked. It does not even remain in front of the devotee of Rāma.” When he was saying like this, Śatrughna struck him with that arrow and pierced him in his chest (with it) resembling flames of fire. The tormentor of the enemies, afflicted by the arrow and full of great agony became unconscious for a moment in the interior of his chariot. Having in a moment overcome that agony he said to his enemy before him: “Endure one stroke of (i.e. given by) me. Where will you go from my presence?”
66-69. Speaking like this in the great battle he fixed on his bow an arrow full of flame of fire and having golden feathered ends. That arrow that was discharged from the bow and that remained on its way, though cut off by Śatrughna with the upper part of his (sword’s) blade, fell upon his chest. Being rendered unconscious by that arrow, he fell on the chariot. The entire army that was defeated wailed and fled away. Suratha, the servant of Rāma, obtained victory in the battle. Then heroes rendered unconscious by his ten sons, fell somewhere.
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43945, revision 335984 (2022-04-17T11:18:42Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365363.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.