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Chapter 60

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शेष उवाच। शत्रुघ्नो निजवीराणां छिन्नान्बाहून्निरीक्षयन् । उवाच तान्सुकुपितो रोषसंदंशिताधरः १। केन वीरेण वो बाहुकृंतनं समकारि भोः । तस्याहं बाहू कृंतामि देवगुप्तस्य वै भटाः २। न जानाति महामूढो रामचंद्र बलं महत् । इदानीं दर्शयिष्यामि पराक्रांत्या बलं स्वकम् ३। स कुत्र वर्तते वीरो हयः कुत्र मनोरमः । को वाऽगृह्णात्सुप्तसर्पान्मूढो ज्ञात्वा पराक्रमम् ४। इति ते कथिता वीरा विस्मिता दुःखिता भृशम् । रामचंद्र प्रतिनिधिं बालकं समशंसत ५। स श्रुत्वा रोषताम्राक्षो बालकेन हयग्रहम् । सेनान्यं वै कालजितमाज्ञापयद्युयुत्सुकः ६। सेनानीः सकलां सेनां व्यूहयस्व ममाज्ञया । रिपुः संप्रति गंतव्यो महाबलपराक्रमः ७। नायं बालो हरिर्नूनं भविष्यति हयंधरः । अथवा त्रिपुरारिः स्यान्नान्यथा मद्धयापहृत् ८। अवश्यं कदनं भाविसैन्यस्य बलिनो महत् । स्वच्छंदचरितैः खेलन्नास्ते निर्भयधीः शिशुः ९। तत्र गंतव्यमस्माभिः सन्नद्धै रिपुदुर्जयैः । एतन्निशम्य वचनं शत्रुघ्नस्य ससैन्यपः १०। सज्जीचकार सेनां तां दुर्व्यूढां चतुरंगिणीम् । सज्जां तां शत्रुजिद्दृष्ट्वा चतुरंगयुतां वराम् ११। आज्ञापयत्ततो गंतुं यत्र बालो हयंधरः । सा चचाल तदा सेना चतुरंगसमन्विता १२। कंपयंती महीभागं त्रासयंती रिपून्बलात् । सेनानीस्तं ददर्शाथ बालकं रामरूपिणम् १३। विचार्य रामप्रतिममब्रवीद्वचनं हितम् । बाल मुंच हयश्रेष्ठं रामस्य बलशालिनः १४। सेनानीः कालजिन्नाम तस्य भूपस्य दुर्मदः । त्वां रामप्रतिमं दृष्ट्वा कृपा मे हृदि जायते १५। अन्यथा तव मे दौस्थ्याज्जीवितं न भविष्यति । एतद्वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य शत्रुघ्नस्य भटस्य हि १६। जहास किंचिदाकोपादुवाच च वचोद्भुतम् । गच्छ मुक्तोसि तं रामं कथयस्व हयग्रहम् १७। त्वत्तो बिभेमि नो शूर वाक्येन नयशालिना । ममात्र गणना नास्ति त्वादृशाः कोटयो यदि १८। मातृपादप्रसादेन तूलीभूता न संशयः । कालजित्तव यन्नाम मात्राकारि मनोज्ञया १९। पक्वबिंबफलस्येव वर्णतो न च वीर्यतः । दर्शयस्वाधुना वीर्यं स्वनामबलचिह्नितः २०। मां कालं तव संजित्य सत्यनामा भविष्यसि । शेष उवाच। स वाक्यैः पविनातुल्यैर्भिन्नः सुभटशेखरः २१। चुकोप हृदयेऽत्यतं जगाद वचनं पुनः । कस्मिन्कुले समुत्पत्तिः किं नामासि च बालक । त्वन्नाम नाभिजानामि कुलं शीलं वयस्तथा २२। पादचारं रथस्थोऽहमधर्मेण कथं जये । तदात्यंतं प्रकुपितो जगाद वचनं पुनः २३। कुलेन किं च शीलेन नाम्ना वा सुमनोहृदा । लवोऽहं लवतः सर्वाञ्जेष्यामि रिपुसैनिकान् २४। इदानीं त्वामपि भटं करिष्ये पादचारिणम् । इत्थमुक्त्वा धनुः सज्यं चकार स लवो बली २५। टंकारयामास तदा वीरानाकंपयन्हृदि । वाल्मीकिं प्रथमं स्मृत्वा जानकीं मातरं लवः २६। मुमोच बाणान्निशितान्सद्यः प्राणापहारिणः । कालजित्स्वधनुः कृत्वा सज्यं कोपसमन्वितः २७। ताडयामास जवनो लवं रणविशारदः । तद्बाणाञ्छतधा छित्त्वा क्षणाद्वेगात्कुशानुजः २८। सेनान्यं विरथं चक्रे वसुभिः स्वशरोत्तमैः । विरथो गजमानीतमारुरोह भटैर्निजैः २९। मदोन्मत्तं महावेगं सप्तधा प्रस्रवान्वितम् । गजारूढं तु तं दृष्ट्वा दशभिर्धनुषोगतैः ३०। बाणैर्विव्याध विहसन्सर्वान्रिपुगणाञ्जयी । कालजित्तस्य वीर्यं तु दृष्ट्वा विस्मितमानसः ३१। गदां मुमोच महतीं महायस विनिर्मिताम् । आपतंतीं गदां वेगाद्भारायुतविनिर्मिताम् ३२। त्रिधा चिच्छेद तरसा क्षुरप्रैः सकुशानुजः । परिघं निशितं घोरं वैरिप्राणहरोदितम् ३३। मुक्तं पुनस्तेन लवश्चिच्छेद तरसान्वितः । छित्त्वा तत्परिघं घोरं कोपादारक्तलोचनः ३४। गजोपस्थे समारूढं मन्यमानश्चुकोप ह । तत्क्षणादच्छिनत्तस्य शुंडां खड्गेन दंतिनः ३५। दंतयोश्चरणौ धृत्वा रुरोह गजमस्तके । मुकुटं शतधा कृत्वा कवचं तु सहस्रधा ३६। केशेष्वाकृष्य सेनान्यं पातयामास भूतले । पातितः स गजोपस्थात्सेनानीः कुपितः पुनः ३७। हृदये ताडयामास मुष्टिना वज्रमुष्टिना । स आहतो मुष्टिभिस्तु क्षुरप्रान्निशिताञ्छरान् ३८। मुमोच हृदये क्षिप्रं कुंडलीकृतधन्ववान् । स रराज रणोपांते कुंडलीकृत चापवान् ३९। शिरस्त्रं कवचं बिभ्रदभेद्यं शरकोटिभिः । स विद्धः सायकैस्तीक्ष्णैस्तं हंतुं खड्गमाददे ४०। दशन्रोषात्स्वदशनान्निःश्वसन्नुच्छ्वसन्मुहुः । खड्गहस्तं समायांतं शूरं सेनापतिं लवः ४१। चिच्छेद भुजमध्यं तु स खड्गः पाणिरापतत् । छिन्नं खड्गधरं हस्तं वीक्ष्य कोपाच्चमूपतिः ४२। वामेन गदया हंतुं प्रचक्राम भुजेन तम् । सोऽपि च्छिन्नो भुजस्तस्य सांगदस्तीक्ष्णसायकैः ४३। तदा प्रकुपितो वीरः पादाभ्यामहनल्लवम् । लवः पादाहतस्तस्य न चचाल रणांगणे ४४। स्रजाहतो द्विप इव चरणच्छेदनं व्यधात् । तदापि तं मौलिनासौ प्रहर्तुमुपचक्रमे ४५। तदा लवश्चमूनाथं मन्यमानोऽधिपौरुषम् । करवालं समादाय करे कालानलोपमम् ४६। अच्छिनच्छिर एतस्य महामुकुटशोभितम् । हाहाकारो महानासीच्चमूनाथे निपातिते ४७। सैनिकाः परिसंक्रुद्धा लवं हंतुं समागताः । लवस्तान्स्वशराघातैः पलायनपरान्व्यधात् ४८। छिन्नाभिन्नांगकाः केचिद्गता केचिद्रणांगणात् । स निवार्याखिलान्योधान्विजगाह चमूं मुदा ४९। वाराह इव निःश्वस्य प्रलये सुमहार्णवम् । गजा भिन्ना द्विधा जाता मौक्तिकैः पूरिता मही ५०। दुर्गमाभूद्भटाग्र्याणां पर्वतैर्व्यापृता यथा । अश्वाः कनकपल्याणा रुचिरारत्नराजिताः ५१। अपतन्रुधिराप्लुष्टे ह्रदे बल सुशोभिताः । रथिनः करमध्यस्थ धनुर्दंडसुशोभिनः ५२। रथोपस्थे निपतिताः स्वर्गगा इव वै सुराः । संदष्टौष्ठपुटा वक्त्र भ्रमल्लक्ष्मीविलक्षिताः ५३। पतितास्तत्र दृश्यंते वीरा रणविशारदाः । सुस्राव शोणितसरिद्धयमस्तककच्छपा ५४। महाप्रवाहललिता वैरिणां भयकारिका । केषांचिद्बाहविश्छिन्नाः केषां पादा विकर्तिता ५५। केषां कर्णाश्च नासाश्च केषां कवचकुंडले । एवं तु कदनं जातं सेनान्यां पतिते रणे ५६। सर्वे निपतिता वीरा न केचिज्जीवितास्ततः । लवो जयं रणे प्राप्य वैरिवृंदं विजित्य च ५७। अन्यागमनशंकायां मनः कुर्वन्नवैक्षत । केचिदुर्वरिता युद्धाद्भाग्येन न रणे मृताः ५८। शत्रुघ्नं सविधे जग्मुः शंसितुं वृत्तमद्भुतम् । गत्वा ते कथयामासुर्यथावृत्तं रणांगणे ५९। कालजिन्निधनं बालाच्चित्रकारि रणोद्यमम् । तच्छ्रुत्वा विस्मयं प्राप्तः शत्रुघ्नस्तानुवाच ह ६०। हसन्रोषाद्दशन्दंतान्बालग्राह हयं स्मरन् । रे वीराः किं मदोन्मत्ता यूयं किं वा छलग्रहाः ६१। किं वा वैकल्यमायातं कालजिन्मरणं कथम् । यः संख्ये वैरिवृंदानां दारुणः समितिंजयः ६२। तं कथं बालको जीयाद्यमस्यापि दुरासदम् । शत्रुघ्नवाक्यं संश्रुत्य वीराः प्रोचुरसृक्प्लुताः ६३। नास्माकं मदमत्तादि न च्छलो न च देवनम् । कालजिन्मरणं सत्यं लवाज्जानीहि भूपते ६४। बलं च कृत्स्नं मथितं बालेनातुलशौंडिना । अतः परं तु यत्कार्यं ये प्रेष्या नृवरोत्तमाः ६५। बालं ज्ञात्वा भवान्नात्र करोतु बलसाहसम् । इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तेषां वीराणां शत्रुहा तदा ६६। सुमतिं च मतिश्रेष्ठमुवाच रणकारणे ६७। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखण्डे शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे रामाश्वमेधे कुशलवयुद्धे सैन्यपराजय कालजित्सेनानीमरणंनाम षष्टितमोऽध्यायः ६०।

śeṣa uvāca| śatrughno nijavīrāṇāṃ chinnānbāhūnnirīkṣayan | uvāca tānsukupito roṣasaṃdaṃśitādharaḥ 1| kena vīreṇa vo bāhukṛṃtanaṃ samakāri bhoḥ | tasyāhaṃ bāhū kṛṃtāmi devaguptasya vai bhaṭāḥ 2| na jānāti mahāmūḍho rāmacaṃdra balaṃ mahat | idānīṃ darśayiṣyāmi parākrāṃtyā balaṃ svakam 3| sa kutra vartate vīro hayaḥ kutra manoramaḥ | ko vā'gṛhṇātsuptasarpānmūḍho jñātvā parākramam 4| iti te kathitā vīrā vismitā duḥkhitā bhṛśam | rāmacaṃdra pratinidhiṃ bālakaṃ samaśaṃsata 5| sa śrutvā roṣatāmrākṣo bālakena hayagraham | senānyaṃ vai kālajitamājñāpayadyuyutsukaḥ 6| senānīḥ sakalāṃ senāṃ vyūhayasva mamājñayā | ripuḥ saṃprati gaṃtavyo mahābalaparākramaḥ 7| nāyaṃ bālo harirnūnaṃ bhaviṣyati hayaṃdharaḥ | athavā tripurāriḥ syānnānyathā maddhayāpahṛt 8| avaśyaṃ kadanaṃ bhāvisainyasya balino mahat | svacchaṃdacaritaiḥ khelannāste nirbhayadhīḥ śiśuḥ 9| tatra gaṃtavyamasmābhiḥ sannaddhai ripudurjayaiḥ | etanniśamya vacanaṃ śatrughnasya sasainyapaḥ 10| sajjīcakāra senāṃ tāṃ durvyūḍhāṃ caturaṃgiṇīm | sajjāṃ tāṃ śatrujiddṛṣṭvā caturaṃgayutāṃ varām 11| ājñāpayattato gaṃtuṃ yatra bālo hayaṃdharaḥ | sā cacāla tadā senā caturaṃgasamanvitā 12| kaṃpayaṃtī mahībhāgaṃ trāsayaṃtī ripūnbalāt | senānīstaṃ dadarśātha bālakaṃ rāmarūpiṇam 13| vicārya rāmapratimamabravīdvacanaṃ hitam | bāla muṃca hayaśreṣṭhaṃ rāmasya balaśālinaḥ 14| senānīḥ kālajinnāma tasya bhūpasya durmadaḥ | tvāṃ rāmapratimaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛpā me hṛdi jāyate 15| anyathā tava me dausthyājjīvitaṃ na bhaviṣyati | etadvākyaṃ samākarṇya śatrughnasya bhaṭasya hi 16| jahāsa kiṃcidākopāduvāca ca vacodbhutam | gaccha muktosi taṃ rāmaṃ kathayasva hayagraham 17| tvatto bibhemi no śūra vākyena nayaśālinā | mamātra gaṇanā nāsti tvādṛśāḥ koṭayo yadi 18| mātṛpādaprasādena tūlībhūtā na saṃśayaḥ | kālajittava yannāma mātrākāri manojñayā 19| pakvabiṃbaphalasyeva varṇato na ca vīryataḥ | darśayasvādhunā vīryaṃ svanāmabalacihnitaḥ 20| māṃ kālaṃ tava saṃjitya satyanāmā bhaviṣyasi | śeṣa uvāca| sa vākyaiḥ pavinātulyairbhinnaḥ subhaṭaśekharaḥ 21| cukopa hṛdaye'tyataṃ jagāda vacanaṃ punaḥ | kasminkule samutpattiḥ kiṃ nāmāsi ca bālaka | tvannāma nābhijānāmi kulaṃ śīlaṃ vayastathā 22| pādacāraṃ rathastho'hamadharmeṇa kathaṃ jaye | tadātyaṃtaṃ prakupito jagāda vacanaṃ punaḥ 23| kulena kiṃ ca śīlena nāmnā vā sumanohṛdā | lavo'haṃ lavataḥ sarvāñjeṣyāmi ripusainikān 24| idānīṃ tvāmapi bhaṭaṃ kariṣye pādacāriṇam | itthamuktvā dhanuḥ sajyaṃ cakāra sa lavo balī 25| ṭaṃkārayāmāsa tadā vīrānākaṃpayanhṛdi | vālmīkiṃ prathamaṃ smṛtvā jānakīṃ mātaraṃ lavaḥ 26| mumoca bāṇānniśitānsadyaḥ prāṇāpahāriṇaḥ | kālajitsvadhanuḥ kṛtvā sajyaṃ kopasamanvitaḥ 27| tāḍayāmāsa javano lavaṃ raṇaviśāradaḥ | tadbāṇāñchatadhā chittvā kṣaṇādvegātkuśānujaḥ 28| senānyaṃ virathaṃ cakre vasubhiḥ svaśarottamaiḥ | viratho gajamānītamāruroha bhaṭairnijaiḥ 29| madonmattaṃ mahāvegaṃ saptadhā prasravānvitam | gajārūḍhaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā daśabhirdhanuṣogataiḥ 30| bāṇairvivyādha vihasansarvānripugaṇāñjayī | kālajittasya vīryaṃ tu dṛṣṭvā vismitamānasaḥ 31| gadāṃ mumoca mahatīṃ mahāyasa vinirmitām | āpataṃtīṃ gadāṃ vegādbhārāyutavinirmitām 32| tridhā ciccheda tarasā kṣurapraiḥ sakuśānujaḥ | parighaṃ niśitaṃ ghoraṃ vairiprāṇaharoditam 33| muktaṃ punastena lavaściccheda tarasānvitaḥ | chittvā tatparighaṃ ghoraṃ kopādāraktalocanaḥ 34| gajopasthe samārūḍhaṃ manyamānaścukopa ha | tatkṣaṇādacchinattasya śuṃḍāṃ khaḍgena daṃtinaḥ 35| daṃtayoścaraṇau dhṛtvā ruroha gajamastake | mukuṭaṃ śatadhā kṛtvā kavacaṃ tu sahasradhā 36| keśeṣvākṛṣya senānyaṃ pātayāmāsa bhūtale | pātitaḥ sa gajopasthātsenānīḥ kupitaḥ punaḥ 37| hṛdaye tāḍayāmāsa muṣṭinā vajramuṣṭinā | sa āhato muṣṭibhistu kṣuraprānniśitāñcharān 38| mumoca hṛdaye kṣipraṃ kuṃḍalīkṛtadhanvavān | sa rarāja raṇopāṃte kuṃḍalīkṛta cāpavān 39| śirastraṃ kavacaṃ bibhradabhedyaṃ śarakoṭibhiḥ | sa viddhaḥ sāyakaistīkṣṇaistaṃ haṃtuṃ khaḍgamādade 40| daśanroṣātsvadaśanānniḥśvasannucchvasanmuhuḥ | khaḍgahastaṃ samāyāṃtaṃ śūraṃ senāpatiṃ lavaḥ 41| ciccheda bhujamadhyaṃ tu sa khaḍgaḥ pāṇirāpatat | chinnaṃ khaḍgadharaṃ hastaṃ vīkṣya kopāccamūpatiḥ 42| vāmena gadayā haṃtuṃ pracakrāma bhujena tam | so'pi cchinno bhujastasya sāṃgadastīkṣṇasāyakaiḥ 43| tadā prakupito vīraḥ pādābhyāmahanallavam | lavaḥ pādāhatastasya na cacāla raṇāṃgaṇe 44| srajāhato dvipa iva caraṇacchedanaṃ vyadhāt | tadāpi taṃ maulināsau prahartumupacakrame 45| tadā lavaścamūnāthaṃ manyamāno'dhipauruṣam | karavālaṃ samādāya kare kālānalopamam 46| acchinacchira etasya mahāmukuṭaśobhitam | hāhākāro mahānāsīccamūnāthe nipātite 47| sainikāḥ parisaṃkruddhā lavaṃ haṃtuṃ samāgatāḥ | lavastānsvaśarāghātaiḥ palāyanaparānvyadhāt 48| chinnābhinnāṃgakāḥ kecidgatā kecidraṇāṃgaṇāt | sa nivāryākhilānyodhānvijagāha camūṃ mudā 49| vārāha iva niḥśvasya pralaye sumahārṇavam | gajā bhinnā dvidhā jātā mauktikaiḥ pūritā mahī 50| durgamābhūdbhaṭāgryāṇāṃ parvatairvyāpṛtā yathā | aśvāḥ kanakapalyāṇā rucirāratnarājitāḥ 51| apatanrudhirāpluṣṭe hrade bala suśobhitāḥ | rathinaḥ karamadhyastha dhanurdaṃḍasuśobhinaḥ 52| rathopasthe nipatitāḥ svargagā iva vai surāḥ | saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭā vaktra bhramallakṣmīvilakṣitāḥ 53| patitāstatra dṛśyaṃte vīrā raṇaviśāradāḥ | susrāva śoṇitasariddhayamastakakacchapā 54| mahāpravāhalalitā vairiṇāṃ bhayakārikā | keṣāṃcidbāhaviśchinnāḥ keṣāṃ pādā vikartitā 55| keṣāṃ karṇāśca nāsāśca keṣāṃ kavacakuṃḍale | evaṃ tu kadanaṃ jātaṃ senānyāṃ patite raṇe 56| sarve nipatitā vīrā na kecijjīvitāstataḥ | lavo jayaṃ raṇe prāpya vairivṛṃdaṃ vijitya ca 57| anyāgamanaśaṃkāyāṃ manaḥ kurvannavaikṣata | kecidurvaritā yuddhādbhāgyena na raṇe mṛtāḥ 58| śatrughnaṃ savidhe jagmuḥ śaṃsituṃ vṛttamadbhutam | gatvā te kathayāmāsuryathāvṛttaṃ raṇāṃgaṇe 59| kālajinnidhanaṃ bālāccitrakāri raṇodyamam | tacchrutvā vismayaṃ prāptaḥ śatrughnastānuvāca ha 60| hasanroṣāddaśandaṃtānbālagrāha hayaṃ smaran | re vīrāḥ kiṃ madonmattā yūyaṃ kiṃ vā chalagrahāḥ 61| kiṃ vā vaikalyamāyātaṃ kālajinmaraṇaṃ katham | yaḥ saṃkhye vairivṛṃdānāṃ dāruṇaḥ samitiṃjayaḥ 62| taṃ kathaṃ bālako jīyādyamasyāpi durāsadam | śatrughnavākyaṃ saṃśrutya vīrāḥ procurasṛkplutāḥ 63| nāsmākaṃ madamattādi na cchalo na ca devanam | kālajinmaraṇaṃ satyaṃ lavājjānīhi bhūpate 64| balaṃ ca kṛtsnaṃ mathitaṃ bālenātulaśauṃḍinā | ataḥ paraṃ tu yatkāryaṃ ye preṣyā nṛvarottamāḥ 65| bālaṃ jñātvā bhavānnātra karotu balasāhasam | iti śrutvā vacasteṣāṃ vīrāṇāṃ śatruhā tadā 66| sumatiṃ ca matiśreṣṭhamuvāca raṇakāraṇe 67| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe kuśalavayuddhe sainyaparājaya kālajitsenānīmaraṇaṃnāma ṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ 60|

English translation

Śeṣa said :

1-4. Seeing his soldiers with their arms cut off, Śatrughna getting very angry and biting his lower lip with anger, said to them: “O you, which hero has cut off your arms? I shall cut off both the arms of him, (even though he is) protected by gods, O soldiers. The great fool does not know (anything about) the great might of Rāmacandra . Now through my valour I shall show (him) my might. Where is that hero? Where is the charming hero? Which fool, not knowing the valour, would seize sleeping serpents?” When the heroes were told (like this) they were amazed and much afflicted.

5-10a. They told (him) about the child that had the likeness of Rāmacandra. He on hearing the seizure of the horse by the boy, had his eyes red due to anger and willing to fight he ordered his general Kālajit: “O general, by my order array the entire army. We have to encounter a very mighty and brave enemy. This is not a child who has seized the horse. He might be Viṣṇu or he might be Śiva . My horse could not have been taken away in any other way. Certainly a great destruction of the mighty army will take place. The boy with a fearless mind, is playing (doing) acts according to his own will. We difficult to be conquered by our enemies, should get ready and go there.”

10b-14a. Hearing these words of Śatrughna, that general of the army made ready that army which was arranged in(such) a way that it would be hard (for the enemy to dislodge it) and which had four divisions. Śatrughna, having seen that excellent (complete) army with four divisions made ready, ordered it to go to that place where the boy who had seized the horse, stood. Then the army moved with the four divisions causing that part of the earth to quake and scaring by its might the enemies. The generl [general?] saw that boy having a form (like that) of Rāma . Thinking (i.e. finding) him to be the likeness of Rāma, he spoke to him beneficial words:

14b-21a. “O boy, leave the best horse of the powerful Rāma. I am the ferocious general, named Kālajit, of the king. Seeing you resembling Rāma, pity is produced in my heart. Otherwise, you will not live due to the suffering caused by me.” Having heard these words of the warrior of Śatrughna (i.e. of Kālajit), the boy laughed a little, and with a little wrath said (these) wonderful words: “Go, you are free; report to that Rāma the seizure of the horse. O brave one, I am not afraid of you by means of (i.e. though you have uttered) words of political wisdom. I do not care (even) if crores like you (encounter me). Due to the grace of my mother’s feet, they are to me (as light) as cotton . That your name which your beautiful mother gave to you, is only due to complexion and not due to valour, like the ripe bimba fruit (having red colour but no efficacy). Now, characterised by (i.e. on) the strength of your name (Kālajit), show me your valour. You will prove your name to be true vanquishing me who am your death.”

Śeṣa said :

21b-25a. He, the crest (i.e. the best) of excellent warriors, disturbed by the words like thunderbolt, got very angry in his mind, and again said (these) words: “O boy, in which family are you born? What is your name? I do not know your name, so also your family and your virtue. How can I, being in a chariot, conquer you who go on foot (i.e. are a foot-soldier), by following the prescribed course of conduct?” Then, he got very angry, and again said these words: “O warrior, what is the use of (your knowing) my family, my virtue, or my name? I am Lava and will in a moment vanquish all the soldiers of my enemy. Now I shall even make a warrior like you (seated in a chariot) go on foot (i.e. a foot-soldier).”

25b-33. Speaking like this, that mighty Lava made ready his bow; he made the twang-sound (of the bow) and scared the soldiers at heart. Having recollected Vālmīki first and (then) his mother Jānakī , Lava discharged sharp arrows which instantly took away the life (of his enemies). Kālajit who was angry, made his bow ready and he who was quick and proficient in fighting, struck Lava. The younger brother of Kuśa (i.e. Lava) in a moment quickly cut off his arrows into hundred (pieces) and deprived the general of his chariot by means of bright, excellent arrows. He who was deprived of his chariot, mounted upon an intoxicated, very speedy elephant which (i.e. whose ichor) was flowing in seven ways (i.e. streams) and which was brought by his soldiers. The victor (i.e. Lava), seeing him mounted upon an elephant, laughed, and pierced all the hosts of the enemies with ten arrows íixed on his bow. Kālajit, seeing his valour, and with his mind amazed, threw (at him) a big mace made of great (i.e. strong) iron. (Lava), the younger brother of Kuśa, seeing the mace, made with (i.e. weighing) a myriad of bhāras coming to him speedily, cut it off quickly into three pieces with arrows having sharp, horse-shoe-shaped heads.

34-40. He then discharged (at Lava) a sharp, fierce iron club, out to take away his life. Lava, full of speed, cut it off. Having cut off the fierce iron club, he, with his eyes red due to anger, observing him to have mounted upon the haunch of an elephant, became angry. At that moment (only) he cut off with his sword the trunk of that elephant. Supporting his feet with (i.e. standing on) the tusks of the elephant, he mounted on his head. Having cut off the general’s crown into a hundred pieces, and his armour into a hundred pieces, and having dragged the general with (i.e. by seizing) his hair he knocked him down on the ground. The general knocked down from the haunch of the elephant, again got angry. He struck him on his chest with his thunderbolt-like fist; he, struck with fists, having bent his bow, quickly discharged arrows with sharp horse-shoe-shaped arrows at his chest. He who had bent his bow and who had put on a helmet and an armour unbreakable even by crores of arrows, shone on the battlefield. He pierced by sharp arrows, took a sword to kill him.

41-48a. Lava, gnawing his teeth through anger, and repeatedly heaving and breathing, cut off the centre of the arm of the general who was coming with a sword in his hand. He, with the sword in his hand fell down. The general, seeing that his (right) hand holding the sword was cut off, angrily went to strike him with a mace (held) with the left (hand). That arm of him along with the armlets was also cut off with sharp arrows. Then the hero, getting extremely angry struck Lava with his feet. Lava, (though) struck by his feet, did not move on the battlefield. He bore up the cutting off of the feet like an elephant struck with a garland. Even then he started striking him with his head. Then Lava, looking upon the general as having superior valour, took a sword resembling the destructive fire at the end of the world in his hand, and cut off his head adorned with a large crown. When the general was struck down, there was a great wailing. The angry soldiers came (forward) to kill Lava.

48b-57a. By striking them with his arrows, Lava made them intent on fleeing. Some were broken; some were pierced; some went (away) from the battlefield. Having warded off all soldiers, he gladly penetrated the army, as the hog, having heaved, plunges into the great ocean at the time of the deluge. The elephants were pierced and cut into two, and the earth was filled with pearls, and became inaccessible for the great warriors (when) it is covered with mountains. Horses, shining with power, having golden saddles, charming, and decorated with gems, fell into the pool wet (i.e. full) with blood. The warriors fighting from chariots, who looked lovely on account of the bows in their hands, fell into the interior of the chariots like gods going to heaven. Warriors skilled in fighting, who bit their lips, marked with charm revolving round their faces, were seen to have fallen there. A river of blood, with the tortoises in the form of horses’ heads and charming due to its great stream and causing fear to the enemies, flew (there). The arms of some were cut off; the feet of some were chopped off. The ears and noses and armours and earrings of some were cut off. When the general fell in the battle, such (was the) destruction (that) took place. All heroes fell down. None survived then.

57b-67. Lava, having got victory in the battle and having vanquished the host of his enemies, thinking that someone else might come, looked (everywhere). Some who were spared from the battle, did not die on the battlefield. They went near Śatrughna to tell him (about) the wonderful account. Having gone (to him), they told him (the account) as it took place on the battlefield—the death of Kālajit from (i.e. at the hands of) the boy, and his wonderful effort in the battle. Hearing that, Śatrughna who was amazed, laughed, and remembering the seizure of the horse by the boy, gnawed his teeth in anger, and said to them: “O heroes, were you intoxicated, or were you cheating imps? How did incompetency overcome you? How did Kālajit die? How would a boy vanquish him who was fearful to the hosts of enemies in the battle, who was (always) victorious in a battle, and who was invincible even for Yama ?” Hearing the words of Śatrughna, the warriors, wet with blood, said: “We were not under the influence of intoxication etc. There was no fraud, nor gambling. O king, know that Kālajit had his death from (i.e. at the hands of) Lava. The boy having matchless skill, shook the entire army. (Now you decide) what is to be done hereafter, or which excellent men should be sent (against Lava). Thinking him to be a child, you should not use your force rashly.” Then Śatrughna, having heard these words of the warriors, spoke to Sumati , the best intellect, about the waging of the war.

Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43952, revision 336004 (2022-04-17T11:48:25Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365371.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.