THE VALMIKI RAMAYANA
BALA KANDA
p·cÏva¢r|S: sgI:
Canto 45(Contd)
¢vSalagmnm¯
Setting out for
the city of Visala
ud¢t¿°r½E¿
tTWvam¦tm¤äOmm¯ ¡51¡
O! Best among
men! There then emerged
the incomparable
elixir (51).
AT
tÞy k]tE ram mhanas£t¯
klXy: .
A¢dtEÞt¤
tt: p¤æOa ¢dtE: p¤æOans¥dyn¯
¡52¡
klXy:
|
destruction of the clan |
O! Rama! For
that (elixir), there arose
a great decimation of the
clans. For that reason alone,
the sons of Aditi (gods)
destroyed the sons of Diti
(demons) (52).
ektaE{×yagmn¯
svI /s¤ra raXsWÞsh .
y¤ÑGmas£ÓmhaGaEr|
v£r æOWlaEÀymaEhnm¯ ¡53¡
æOWlaEÀymaEhnm¯
|
which confounded the
three worlds |
O! Valiant
one! Thereupon, these demons
with others came
together and
attacked (the gods) from
one side and there ensued
a terrible battle,
that confounded the entire
world (53).
yda
Xy| gt| svI| tda
¢vÝN¤mIhabl: .
Am¦t|
saE{hräO¥NI| mayamaÞTay maE¢hn£m¯
¡54¡
maya|
|
the form of a woman |
When the battle
was decimating the warring-groups,
at that
juncture that
exceedingly mighty Vishnu, quickly
assuming an
enchantingly beautiful
female form, carried away
the elixir (54).
yE
tda{¢Bm¤K| ¢vÝN¤mXy| p¤âxaEäOmm¯
.
s|¢p¾aÞtE
tda y¤ÑGE ¢vÝN¤na p#B¢vÝN¤na
¡55¡
p¤âxaEäOmm¯
|
the best among
men |
p#B¢vÝN¤na
|
capable of achieving
the impossible |
Then, whoever
was opposing that best among
men and the
undestroyable Vishnu,
they were all destroyed in
battle by
that very Vishnu,
capable of accomplishing any
task (55).
A¢dtEraÏmja
v£ra ¢dtE: p¤æOa¢°j¢G"rE
.
t¢Þmn¯
GaErE mhay¤ÑGE dWtEya¢dÏyyaEB¦ISm¯
¡56¡
Aa¢dÏyyaE:
|
of the sons
of Aditi |
In that terrible
battle that raged between
the sons of Diti
and Aditi, the
valiant sons of Aditi destroyed
the sons of Diti
in large numbers
(56).
¢nhÏy
¢d¢tp¤æOa|Þt¤ raÇy| p#aÔy
p¤rÓdr: .
SSas
m¤¢dtaE laEkan¯ s¢xIsHGan¯ scarNan¯
¡57¡
¢d¢tp¤æOan¯
|
the sons of
Diti |
s¢xIsHGan¯
|
along with groups of sages |
scarNan¯
|
and also with Charanas |
The chief among
the celestials-Indra- having decimated
the sons
of Diti and
attaining the heavenly kingdom,
in a happy frame
of mind, was
ruling over the worlds full
of groups of sages
and Charanas
(57).
iÏyaxI
½£md#amayNE vaÚm£k£yE Aa¢dkaÛyE
balkaÎfE p·cÏva¢r|S: sgI:¡45¡
Thus ends Canto
45 of the Bala Kanda
of the
first and ancient poetical
work Srimad
Ramayana of Valmiki
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