Pātāla-khaṇḍa · Chapter 61
Sourceशत्रुघ्न उवाच। जानासि किं महामंत्रिन्को बालो हयमाहरत् । येन मे क्षपितं सर्वं बलं वारिधिसन्निभम् १। सुमतिरुवाच। स्वामिन्नयं मुनिश्रेष्ठ वाल्मीकेराश्रमो महान् । क्षत्त्रियाणामत्र वासो नास्त्येव परतापन २। इंद्रो भविष्यति परममर्षी हयमाहरत् । पुरारिर्वान्यथा वाहं तव कः समुपाहरेत् ३। कालजिद्येन नाशं वै प्राप्तः परमदारुणः । तं प्रति श्रीमहाराज गंता कः पुष्कलान्यतः ४। त्वं च वीरैर्भटैः सर्वैराजभिः परिवारितः । तत्र गच्छस्व सैन्येन महता शत्रुकृंतन ५। गत्वा स जीवितं वीरं बद्ध्वा तु कुतुकार्थिने । दर्शयिष्यामि रामाय मतं मे त्विदमादृतम् ६। इति वाक्यं समाकर्ण्य वीरान्सर्वान्समादिशत् । सैन्येन महता यात यूयमायामि पृष्ठतः ७। निर्दिष्टास्ते क्षणाद्वीरा जग्मुर्यत्र लवो बली । धनुर्विस्फारयंस्तत्र सुदृढं गुणपूरितम् ८। आयातं तन्महद्दृष्ट्वा बलं वीरप्रपूरितम् । न किंचिन्मनसा बिभ्येलवेन बलशालिना ९। लवः सिंह इवोत्तस्थौ मृगान्मत्वाऽखिलान्भटान् । धनुर्विस्फारयन्रोषाच्छरान्मुंचन्सहस्रशः १०। ते शरैः पीड्यमानास्तु महारोषेण पूरिताः । वीरं बालं मन्यमानाः संमुखं प्राद्रवंस्तदा ११। वीरान्सहस्रशो दृष्ट्वा भ्रमिभिः पर्यवस्थितान् । लवो जवेन संधाय शरान्रोषप्रपूरितः १२। भ्रमिराद्या सहस्रेण द्वितीयायुतसंख्यया । तृतीयायुतयुग्मेन तुरीयायुतपंचभिः १३। पंचमी लक्षयोधानां षष्ठी योधायुताधिकैः । सप्तमी लक्षयुग्मेन सप्तभिर्भ्रमिभिर्वृतः १४। मध्ये लवो भ्रमिव्याप्तः स चरन्वह्निवत्तदा । दाहयामास सर्वान्वै सैनिकान्भ्रमिकारकान् १५। काचित्खङ्गैः शरैः काचित्काचित्प्रासैश्च कुंतलैः । पट्टिशैः परिघैः सर्वा भ्रमिर्भग्ना महात्मना १६। सप्तभिर्भ्रमिभिर्मुक्तो रराज स कुशानुजः । मेघवृंदविनिर्मुक्तः शशीव शरदागमे १७। प्राहरत्सर्वथा योधान्भिंदन्गजकरान्बहून् । छिंदञ्छिरांसि वीराणां चक्रभ्रूणि महांति च १८। अनेके पतिता वीरा लवबाणप्रपीडिताः । मुमुहुः समरेऽथान्ये नष्टा अन्ये सुकातराः १९। पलायनपरं सैन्यं लवबाणप्रपीडितम् । वीक्ष्य वीरो रणे योद्धुं प्रायात्पुष्कलसंज्ञकः २०। तिष्ठतिष्ठेति च वदन्रोषपूरितलोचनः । रथे सुहयशोभाढ्ये तिष्ठन्प्रायाल्लवं बली २१। स लवं प्रत्युवाचाथ पुष्कलः परमास्त्रवित् । तिष्ठ दत्ते मया संख्ये रथे सुहयशोभिते २२। पदातिना त्वया युद्धं करोमि किमथाहवे । तस्मात्तिष्ठ रथे पश्चाद्युद्ध्येऽहं भवता सह । एतद्वाक्यं निशम्यासौ लवः पुष्कलमब्रवीत् २३। त्वया दत्ते रथे स्थित्वा युद्धं कुर्यामहं रणे । तदा मे पापमेव स्याज्जयः संदिग्ध एव हि २४। न वयं ब्राह्मणा वीर प्रतिग्रहपरायणाः । वयं तु क्षत्रिया नित्यं दानकर्मक्रियारताः २५। इदानीं त्वद्रथं कोपाद्भनज्मि प्रत्यहं भवान् । पादचारी भवत्येव पश्चाद्युद्धं करिष्यति २६। पुष्कलो वाक्यमाकर्ण्य धर्मधैर्यसमन्वितम् । विसिस्माय चिरं चित्ते धनुः सज्यमथाकरोत् २७। तमात्तधनुषं दृष्ट्वा लवः कोपसमन्वितः । चापं चिच्छेद पाणिस्थं शरसंधानमाचरन् २८। स यावत्स गुणं चापं कुरुते तावदुद्धतः । रथभंगं चकारास्य समरे प्रहसन्बली २९। भग्नं रथं स्वकं वीक्ष्य धनुश्छिन्नं महात्मना । महावीरं मन्यमानः पदातिः प्राद्रवद्रणे ३०। उभौ धनुर्धरौ वीरावुभावपि शरोद्धतौ । उभौ क्षतजविप्लुष्टौ छिन्नसन्नाहितावुभौ ३१। परस्परं बाणघातविशीर्णावपुलक्षितौ । जयाकांक्षां प्रकुर्वंतौ परस्परवधैषिणौ ३२। जयंतकार्तिकेयौ वा पुरारिः पुरभिद्यथा । एवं परस्परं युद्धं प्रकुर्वाणौ रणांगणे ३३। पुष्कलः प्रत्युवाचाथ बालं शूरशिरोमणे । त्वादृशो न मया दृष्टः कश्चिद्वीरशिरोमणिः ३४। शिरस्ते पातयाम्यद्य बाणैः शितसुपर्वभिः । मा पलायस्व समरे प्राणान्रक्षस्व संयतः ३५। एवमुक्त्वा लवं वीरं चकार शरपंजरे । पुष्कलस्य शरा भूमौ नभसि व्याप्य संस्थिताः ३६। शरपंजरमध्यस्थो लवः पुष्कलमब्रवीत् । महत्कर्म कृतं वीर यन्मां बाणैरपीडयत् ३७। इत्युक्त्वा बाणसंघातं प्रच्छिद्य वचनं पुनः । जगाद पुष्कलं वीरः शरसंधानकोविदः ३८। पालयात्मानमाजिस्थं मच्छराघातपीडितः । पतिष्यसि महीपृष्ठे रुधिरेण परिप्लुतः ३९। एवमुक्तं समाकर्ण्य पुष्कलः कोपसंयुतः । रणे संयोधयामास लवं वीरं महाबलम् ४०। लवः प्रकुपितो बाणं तीक्ष्णं वैरिविदारणम् । जग्राह लवतः कोशादाशीविषमिव क्रुधा ४१। जाज्वल्यमानः सशरश्चापमुक्तो लवस्य च । हृदयं भेत्तुमुद्युक्तश्छिन्नो भारतिनाशु सः ४२। छिन्ने भारतिना संख्ये शरेण प्राणहारिणा । अत्यंतं कुपितो घोरं शरमन्यं समाददे ४३। आकर्णाकृष्टचापेन स मुक्तो निशितः शरः । बिभेद हृदयं तस्य पुष्कलस्य महारणे ४४। भिन्नो वक्षसि वीरेण सायकेनाशुगामिना । पपात धरणीपृष्ठे महाशूरशिरोमणिः ४५। पतितं तं समालोक्य पुष्कलं पवनात्मजः । गृहीत्वा राघवभ्रात्रे ददौ मूर्च्छासमन्वितम् ४६। मूर्च्छितं तं समालोक्य शोकविह्वलमानसः । हनूमंतं लवं हंतुं निदिदेश क्रुधान्वितः ४७। हनूमान्क्रोधसंप्लुष्टो लवं संख्ये महाबलम् । विजेतुं तरसा प्रागाद्वृक्षमुद्यम्य शाल्मलिम् ४८। वृक्षेण हतवान्मूर्ध्नि लवस्य हनुमान्बली । तमापतंतं तरसा चिच्छेद शतधा लवः ४९। छिन्ने नगे पुनः कोपाद्वृक्षानुत्पाट्य मूलतः । ताडयामास हृदये मस्तके च महाबलः ५०। यान्यान्वृक्षान्समाहृत्याताडयत्पवनात्मजः । तांस्तांश्चिच्छेद तरसा बलवान्नतपर्वभिः ५१। तदा शिलाः समुत्पाट्य गंडशैलोपमाः कपिः । पातयामास शिरसि क्षिप्रवेगेन मारुतिः ५२। स आहतः शिलासंघैः संख्ये कोदंडमुन्नयन् । बाणैस्ताश्चूर्णयामास यंत्रिकाभिर्यथा कणाः ५३। तदात्यंतं प्रकुपितो मारुतिः पुच्छवेष्टनम् । चकार समरोपांते लवस्य बलिनः कृती ५४। स्वं पुच्छेन समाविद्धं वीक्ष्य स्वांबां हृदि स्मरन् । मुष्टिना ताडयामास लांगूलं मारुतेर्बली ५५। तन्मुष्टिघातव्यथितो मारुतिस्तममूमुचत् । स मुक्तः पुच्छतो युद्धे शरान्मुंचन्नभूद्बली ५६। दुर्वारशरघातेन संपीडिततनुः कपिः । बाणवर्षं मन्यमानो दुःसहं समरे बहु ५७। किंकर्तव्यमितोऽस्माभिः पलाय्य यदि गम्यते । तदा मे स्वामिनो लज्जा ताडयेद्बालकोऽत्र माम् ५८। ब्रह्मदत्तवरत्वात्तु मूर्च्छा न मरणं नहि । दुःसहा बाणपीडात्र किं कर्तव्यं मयाधुना ५९। शत्रुघ्नः समरे गत्वा जयं प्राप्नोतु बालकात् । अहं तावज्जयाकांक्षी शये कपटमूर्च्छया ६०। इत्येवं मानसे कृत्वा पपात रणमंडले । पश्यतां सर्ववीराणां कपटेन विमूर्च्छितः ६१। तं मूर्च्छितं समाज्ञाय हनूमंतं महाबलम् । जघान सर्वान्नृपतीञ्छरमोक्षविचक्षणः ६२। इति श्रीपद्मपुराणे पातालखण्डे शेषवात्स्यायनसंवादे रामाश्वमेधे। हनुमत्पतनंनामैकषष्टितमोऽध्यायः ६१।
śatrughna uvāca| jānāsi kiṃ mahāmaṃtrinko bālo hayamāharat | yena me kṣapitaṃ sarvaṃ balaṃ vāridhisannibham 1| sumatiruvāca| svāminnayaṃ muniśreṣṭha vālmīkerāśramo mahān | kṣattriyāṇāmatra vāso nāstyeva paratāpana 2| iṃdro bhaviṣyati paramamarṣī hayamāharat | purārirvānyathā vāhaṃ tava kaḥ samupāharet 3| kālajidyena nāśaṃ vai prāptaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ | taṃ prati śrīmahārāja gaṃtā kaḥ puṣkalānyataḥ 4| tvaṃ ca vīrairbhaṭaiḥ sarvairājabhiḥ parivāritaḥ | tatra gacchasva sainyena mahatā śatrukṛṃtana 5| gatvā sa jīvitaṃ vīraṃ baddhvā tu kutukārthine | darśayiṣyāmi rāmāya mataṃ me tvidamādṛtam 6| iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya vīrānsarvānsamādiśat | sainyena mahatā yāta yūyamāyāmi pṛṣṭhataḥ 7| nirdiṣṭāste kṣaṇādvīrā jagmuryatra lavo balī | dhanurvisphārayaṃstatra sudṛḍhaṃ guṇapūritam 8| āyātaṃ tanmahaddṛṣṭvā balaṃ vīraprapūritam | na kiṃcinmanasā bibhyelavena balaśālinā 9| lavaḥ siṃha ivottasthau mṛgānmatvā'khilānbhaṭān | dhanurvisphārayanroṣāccharānmuṃcansahasraśaḥ 10| te śaraiḥ pīḍyamānāstu mahāroṣeṇa pūritāḥ | vīraṃ bālaṃ manyamānāḥ saṃmukhaṃ prādravaṃstadā 11| vīrānsahasraśo dṛṣṭvā bhramibhiḥ paryavasthitān | lavo javena saṃdhāya śarānroṣaprapūritaḥ 12| bhramirādyā sahasreṇa dvitīyāyutasaṃkhyayā | tṛtīyāyutayugmena turīyāyutapaṃcabhiḥ 13| paṃcamī lakṣayodhānāṃ ṣaṣṭhī yodhāyutādhikaiḥ | saptamī lakṣayugmena saptabhirbhramibhirvṛtaḥ 14| madhye lavo bhramivyāptaḥ sa caranvahnivattadā | dāhayāmāsa sarvānvai sainikānbhramikārakān 15| kācitkhaṅgaiḥ śaraiḥ kācitkācitprāsaiśca kuṃtalaiḥ | paṭṭiśaiḥ parighaiḥ sarvā bhramirbhagnā mahātmanā 16| saptabhirbhramibhirmukto rarāja sa kuśānujaḥ | meghavṛṃdavinirmuktaḥ śaśīva śaradāgame 17| prāharatsarvathā yodhānbhiṃdangajakarānbahūn | chiṃdañchirāṃsi vīrāṇāṃ cakrabhrūṇi mahāṃti ca 18| aneke patitā vīrā lavabāṇaprapīḍitāḥ | mumuhuḥ samare'thānye naṣṭā anye sukātarāḥ 19| palāyanaparaṃ sainyaṃ lavabāṇaprapīḍitam | vīkṣya vīro raṇe yoddhuṃ prāyātpuṣkalasaṃjñakaḥ 20| tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti ca vadanroṣapūritalocanaḥ | rathe suhayaśobhāḍhye tiṣṭhanprāyāllavaṃ balī 21| sa lavaṃ pratyuvācātha puṣkalaḥ paramāstravit | tiṣṭha datte mayā saṃkhye rathe suhayaśobhite 22| padātinā tvayā yuddhaṃ karomi kimathāhave | tasmāttiṣṭha rathe paścādyuddhye'haṃ bhavatā saha | etadvākyaṃ niśamyāsau lavaḥ puṣkalamabravīt 23| tvayā datte rathe sthitvā yuddhaṃ kuryāmahaṃ raṇe | tadā me pāpameva syājjayaḥ saṃdigdha eva hi 24| na vayaṃ brāhmaṇā vīra pratigrahaparāyaṇāḥ | vayaṃ tu kṣatriyā nityaṃ dānakarmakriyāratāḥ 25| idānīṃ tvadrathaṃ kopādbhanajmi pratyahaṃ bhavān | pādacārī bhavatyeva paścādyuddhaṃ kariṣyati 26| puṣkalo vākyamākarṇya dharmadhairyasamanvitam | visismāya ciraṃ citte dhanuḥ sajyamathākarot 27| tamāttadhanuṣaṃ dṛṣṭvā lavaḥ kopasamanvitaḥ | cāpaṃ ciccheda pāṇisthaṃ śarasaṃdhānamācaran 28| sa yāvatsa guṇaṃ cāpaṃ kurute tāvaduddhataḥ | rathabhaṃgaṃ cakārāsya samare prahasanbalī 29| bhagnaṃ rathaṃ svakaṃ vīkṣya dhanuśchinnaṃ mahātmanā | mahāvīraṃ manyamānaḥ padātiḥ prādravadraṇe 30| ubhau dhanurdharau vīrāvubhāvapi śaroddhatau | ubhau kṣatajavipluṣṭau chinnasannāhitāvubhau 31| parasparaṃ bāṇaghātaviśīrṇāvapulakṣitau | jayākāṃkṣāṃ prakurvaṃtau parasparavadhaiṣiṇau 32| jayaṃtakārtikeyau vā purāriḥ purabhidyathā | evaṃ parasparaṃ yuddhaṃ prakurvāṇau raṇāṃgaṇe 33| puṣkalaḥ pratyuvācātha bālaṃ śūraśiromaṇe | tvādṛśo na mayā dṛṣṭaḥ kaścidvīraśiromaṇiḥ 34| śiraste pātayāmyadya bāṇaiḥ śitasuparvabhiḥ | mā palāyasva samare prāṇānrakṣasva saṃyataḥ 35| evamuktvā lavaṃ vīraṃ cakāra śarapaṃjare | puṣkalasya śarā bhūmau nabhasi vyāpya saṃsthitāḥ 36| śarapaṃjaramadhyastho lavaḥ puṣkalamabravīt | mahatkarma kṛtaṃ vīra yanmāṃ bāṇairapīḍayat 37| ityuktvā bāṇasaṃghātaṃ pracchidya vacanaṃ punaḥ | jagāda puṣkalaṃ vīraḥ śarasaṃdhānakovidaḥ 38| pālayātmānamājisthaṃ maccharāghātapīḍitaḥ | patiṣyasi mahīpṛṣṭhe rudhireṇa pariplutaḥ 39| evamuktaṃ samākarṇya puṣkalaḥ kopasaṃyutaḥ | raṇe saṃyodhayāmāsa lavaṃ vīraṃ mahābalam 40| lavaḥ prakupito bāṇaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ vairividāraṇam | jagrāha lavataḥ kośādāśīviṣamiva krudhā 41| jājvalyamānaḥ saśaraścāpamukto lavasya ca | hṛdayaṃ bhettumudyuktaśchinno bhāratināśu saḥ 42| chinne bhāratinā saṃkhye śareṇa prāṇahāriṇā | atyaṃtaṃ kupito ghoraṃ śaramanyaṃ samādade 43| ākarṇākṛṣṭacāpena sa mukto niśitaḥ śaraḥ | bibheda hṛdayaṃ tasya puṣkalasya mahāraṇe 44| bhinno vakṣasi vīreṇa sāyakenāśugāminā | papāta dharaṇīpṛṣṭhe mahāśūraśiromaṇiḥ 45| patitaṃ taṃ samālokya puṣkalaṃ pavanātmajaḥ | gṛhītvā rāghavabhrātre dadau mūrcchāsamanvitam 46| mūrcchitaṃ taṃ samālokya śokavihvalamānasaḥ | hanūmaṃtaṃ lavaṃ haṃtuṃ nidideśa krudhānvitaḥ 47| hanūmānkrodhasaṃpluṣṭo lavaṃ saṃkhye mahābalam | vijetuṃ tarasā prāgādvṛkṣamudyamya śālmalim 48| vṛkṣeṇa hatavānmūrdhni lavasya hanumānbalī | tamāpataṃtaṃ tarasā ciccheda śatadhā lavaḥ 49| chinne nage punaḥ kopādvṛkṣānutpāṭya mūlataḥ | tāḍayāmāsa hṛdaye mastake ca mahābalaḥ 50| yānyānvṛkṣānsamāhṛtyātāḍayatpavanātmajaḥ | tāṃstāṃściccheda tarasā balavānnataparvabhiḥ 51| tadā śilāḥ samutpāṭya gaṃḍaśailopamāḥ kapiḥ | pātayāmāsa śirasi kṣipravegena mārutiḥ 52| sa āhataḥ śilāsaṃghaiḥ saṃkhye kodaṃḍamunnayan | bāṇaistāścūrṇayāmāsa yaṃtrikābhiryathā kaṇāḥ 53| tadātyaṃtaṃ prakupito mārutiḥ pucchaveṣṭanam | cakāra samaropāṃte lavasya balinaḥ kṛtī 54| svaṃ pucchena samāviddhaṃ vīkṣya svāṃbāṃ hṛdi smaran | muṣṭinā tāḍayāmāsa lāṃgūlaṃ māruterbalī 55| tanmuṣṭighātavyathito mārutistamamūmucat | sa muktaḥ pucchato yuddhe śarānmuṃcannabhūdbalī 56| durvāraśaraghātena saṃpīḍitatanuḥ kapiḥ | bāṇavarṣaṃ manyamāno duḥsahaṃ samare bahu 57| kiṃkartavyamito'smābhiḥ palāyya yadi gamyate | tadā me svāmino lajjā tāḍayedbālako'tra mām 58| brahmadattavaratvāttu mūrcchā na maraṇaṃ nahi | duḥsahā bāṇapīḍātra kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayādhunā 59| śatrughnaḥ samare gatvā jayaṃ prāpnotu bālakāt | ahaṃ tāvajjayākāṃkṣī śaye kapaṭamūrcchayā 60| ityevaṃ mānase kṛtvā papāta raṇamaṃḍale | paśyatāṃ sarvavīrāṇāṃ kapaṭena vimūrcchitaḥ 61| taṃ mūrcchitaṃ samājñāya hanūmaṃtaṃ mahābalam | jaghāna sarvānnṛpatīñcharamokṣavicakṣaṇaḥ 62| iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṇḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe| hanumatpatanaṃnāmaikaṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ 61|
English translation
Śatrughna said :
1. O great minister, do you know who is the boy that took away the horse and who destroyed all my army like an ocean?
Sumati said :
3-5. O lord, this is the great hermitage of the best sage Vālmīki . O you who torment your enemies, kṣatriyas do not at all live here. It might be that Indra became (i.e. took the form of) the great sage and snatched the horse, or it might be Śiva . Otherwise, who else would take away your horse? O great king, who else but Puṣkala can go to (i.e. march against) him who killed the very fearful Kālajit? O you destroyer of your enemies, go there surrounded by all your brave warriors, kings, and your great army.
6-8. Having gone there, having bound the hero, I shall show it to Rāma , who has a curiosity. This is my careful (i.e. well-considered) view.
Hearing these words, he ordered all his warriors:“Go with a great army. I (shall) come after you.” In a moment the soldiers went there where the mighty one (i.e. Lava ), stretching his very strong bow furnished with a string, stood.
9-11. Having seen that very mighty army full of warriors, coming, the powerful Lava was not at all afraid in his mind. Lava, looking upon all the warriors as deer, angrily stretched his bow, and discharging arrows in thousands, stood up like a lion. They, being afflicted by the arrows, and full of great anger, looking upon the hero as a boy, then rushed to him.
12-14. Seeing thousands of warriors arrayed in a circular arrangement of the troops, Lava, full of anger, quickly fixed arrows (on his bow). The first circular arrangement had a thousand (soldiers). The second had ten thousand as the number (ofsoldiers). The third had twenty thousand; the fourth had fifty thousand; the fifth had a lakh of soldiers; the sixth had ten thousand more; and the seventh had a couple of lakhs . He was surrounded by seven (such) circular arrangements of the troops.
15-16. In the midst was Lava, surrounded by the circular arrangements of the troops; and moving like fire he burnt (i.e. destroyed) all the soldiers forming the circular arrangements. The noble one destroyed all the arrangement(s)—some with swords, some with arrows, some with barbed missiles, some with lances, (some) with spears having sharp edges, and some with clubs tipped with iron.
17-21. The younger brother of Kuśa , freed from the seven circular arrangements of the troops, shone like the moon freed from the group of clouds at the advent of the autumn. He with his disc cut off many trunks of elephants and mighty heads of warriors, and completely struck (down) the warriors. Afflicted by Lava’s arrows many fell and fainted on the battlefield; others, very timid, fled away. Seeing the army afflicted by Lava’s arrows, intent on fleeing, the hero named Puṣkala went to the battlefield to fight. The mighty one, seated in his chariot, charming due to good horse, saying, ‘Wait, wait’ and with his eyes full of anger, went to (i.e. marched against) Lava.
22-23a. That Puṣkala knowing the (use of) great missiles, said to Lava: “Stand in the chariot adorned with good horses in the battle. How shall I fight with you—a foot-soldier—in the battle? Therefore, stand in the chariot, and then I shall fight with you.”
23b-26. Hearing these words, Lava said to Puṣkala: “If I standing in your chariot, fight in the battle, then my victory would be doubtful. O hero, we are not brāhmaṇas given to receiving (gifts), but we are kṣatriyas, always engaged in acts of charity. Now, through anger I shall break your chariot. Then you will (also) be fighting on foot. Then you will fight (with me).”
27-29. Puṣkala having heard these words full of righteousness and courage, was amazed in heart for a long time and made ready his bow. Lava seeing him having taken a bow, got angry and cut off the bow in his hand, and took an aim with his arrow. The powerful one, laughed and being excited broke his chariot in the battlefield, while he was stringing his bow.
30-35. Seeing his chariot broken and his bow cut off by the noble one, he regarded him as a great hero, and the fighter on foot ran away in the battlefield. Both heroes were heroes; both had raised their arrows; both were wet with blood; both had their armours cut off. Both were seen to have their bodies shattered with the strokes of arrows of each other; both desired victory; both desired to kill each other like Jayanta and Kārtikeya or Śiva and Indra. In this way they fought with each other on the battlefield. Puṣkala said to the boy: “O crest-jewel of the brave, I have not seen a crest-jewel (i.e. best) of the brave like you. Today I shall knock down your head with arrows having sharp, fine joints. Do not run from the battlefield. Being restrained, protect your life.”
36-39. Saying so he put brave Lava in the cage of(i.e. formed by) arrows. Puṣkala’s arrows settled on the ground after having pervaded the sky. Lava, being in the cage of (i.e. formed by) arrows, said to Puṣkala: “O hero, you have done a great feat that you harassed me with arrows”. Saying so, the hero skilled in taking aim with an arrow and cutting off the volley of arrows, said to Puṣkala: “Take care of yourself (while) standing in the battle. Afflicted by the strokes of my arrows, you will fall covered with blood, on the earth.”
40-45. Having heard these words, Puṣkala, full of anger, fought with the very strong hero in the battle. Lava, getting angry in a moment angrily took out a sharp arrow (capable of) killing the enemy and resembling a serpent from the quiver. That blazing arrow discharged from Lava’s bow and ready to pierce his chest was quickly cut off by Bharata ’s son (Puṣkala). When Bharata’s son cut off with his fatal arrow (the arrow of Lava), he got very angry and took another fierce arrow. The sharp arrow discharged from the bow drawn up to the ear, pierced the chest of that Puṣkala in the great battle. The crest-jewel of the very brave, pierced in the chest by that fast going arrow, fell on the ground.
46-54. Seeing Puṣkala fallen, the son of Wind (i.e. Hanūmat) took him who was unconscious and handed him over to ( Śatrughna ) brother of Rāghava . Seeing him unconscious, he, with his mind overcome with grief and full of anger, ordered Hanūmat to kill Lava. Hanūmat, burning with rage, uprooted a śālmali tree and quickly went (i.e. rushed) to vanquish in the battle the very powerful Lava. The mighty Hanūmat struck on Lava’s head with the tree. Lava, seeing it falling upon (him), quickly cut it off into hundred (pieces). When the tree was cut off, the very mighty one again angrily uprooted trees from the root and struck them on his chest and head. The mighty one speedily cut off with his arrows of sharp joints those trees which Wind’s son (i.e. Hanūmat) took, and with which he struck him. Then the monkey, Wind’s son, having uprooted rocks like high rocks thrown down by an earthquake, speedily threw them on the head (of Lava). Struck by those multitudes of rocks in the battle, he raised his bow and powdered them with his arrows as particles with turners’ wheels.
55-62. Then, in the battle the angry blessed Hanūmat encircled the mighty Lava with his tail. Seeing himself tied up with his tail, he the powerful one, remembering his mother in his heart, struck with his fist Hanūmat’s tail. Distressed by the strokes of the fist, Hanūmat freed him. He the powerful one, freed from the tail, discharged arrows in the battle. The monkey with his body afflicted by the unavoidable strokes of arrows, looking upon the shower of arrows as very unbearable thought: ‘What should we do here? If I run away then it is shameful for my lord; (If I stay here), the boy would strike me. Due to the boon given to me by Brahmadatta , I had neither a swoon, nor did I die. The affliction caused by the arrows is unbearable. Let Śatrughna go to (i.e. march against) Lava in the battle and get victory over the boy. I desiring victory, shall lie in false swoon!’ Thinking like this in his mind, he fell on the battlefield, fraudulently unconscious when all the heroes were seeing (i.e. in the presence of all the heroes). He, skilled in discharging arrows, knowing that the very mighty Hanūmat was unconscious, struck all the kings (with arrows).
Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit Wikisource page 43953, revision 334636 (2022-04-07T01:36:11Z). English is N. A. Deshpande’s complete translation, controlled against its chapter page at https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/the-padma-purana/d/doc365372.html and the ten-volume archival witness. The witnesses are aligned at chapter level; no unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.