Sri Rama Charita Manasa - Shri Sita Ram Foundation, USA

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Do.: b∂ra parahiÚ janu t∂ra taru majjå bahu baha phena,
kådara dekhi ŒarahiÚ taha° subha¢anha ke mana cena.87.
Warriors fell here and there like the trees on its banks and the abundant, marrow
of their bones represented its scum. Dastards shuddered at its very sight, while
champions were delighted at heart to see it. (87)
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Cau.: majjahiÚ bhµuta pisåca betålå, pramatha mahå jho¢i≈ga karålå.
kåka ka≈ka lai bhujå uRåh∂°, eka te ch∂ni eka lai khåh∂°.1.
eka kahahiÚ aisiu sau° ghå∂, sa¢hahu tumhåra daridra na jå∂.
kaha°rata bha¢a ghåyala ta¢a gire, jaha° taha° manahu° ardhajala pare.2.
khaiÚcahiÚ g∂dha å° ta ta¢a bhae, janu ba≈s∂ khelata cita dae.
bahu bha¢a bahahiÚ caRhe khaga jåh∂°, janu nåvari khelahiÚ sari måh∂°.3.
jogini bhari bhari khappara sa≈cahiÚ, bhµuta pisåca badhµu nabha na≈cahiÚ.
bha¢a kapåla karatåla bajåvahiÚ, cåmu≈Œå nånå bidhi gåvahiÚ.4.
ja≈buka nikara ka¢akka¢a ka¢¢ahiÚ, khåhiÚ huåhiÚ aghåhiÚ dapa¢¢ahiÚ.
ko¢inha ru≈Œa mu≈Œa binu ŒollahiÚ, s∂sa pare mahi jaya jaya bollahiÚ.5.
Spirits, ghouls and goblins and even so frightful genii with a long shaggy mass of
hair and Pramathas (›ivaís own attendants) took their plunge in it. Crows and kites flew
off with human arms, which they tore from one another and ate themselves. Some said,
ìWhat a pity, fools that you should continue to suffer from want even in such plenty?î
Wounded warriors fallen on the banks groaned like the moribund lying all round half in
and half out of water (on the bank of a sacred river, lake etc., in order to ensure that they
may breathe their last while their body is being washed by the sacred water since such
a death is accounted as highly beneficial to the spirit of the dying man). Standing on its
banks, vultures tore the entrails of the dead like fishermen angling with rapt attention.
Many a dead warrior floated down with birds perched on them, as if the latter were
enjoying a game of boating on the river. The Yogin∂s (female attendants of Goddess
Durgå) took to storing blood in skulls, while female spirits and sprites danced in the air.
Even so CåmuƒŒås (another class of female attendants of Durgå) sang songs in various
strains, clashing the skulls of dead warriors like so many pairs of cymbals. Herds of
Jackals snapped their teeth as they tore the dead, feasted upon them and yelled; and,
when surfeited, they snarled. Myriads of headless trunks trotted along the battlefield,
while the heads lying on the ground shouted ìVictory! Victory!!î (1ó5)