Heard this news, he, in great anguish, threw his head on the earth.440.
End on the chapter entitled ‘The Killing of Kumbhkaran’ in Ramavtar in BACHHITTAR NATAK
Now begins the description of the war with Trimund :
RASAAVAL STANZA
(Then Ravana) sent the demon Trimunda
Now Ravana sent the demon Trimund who marched at the head of the army
(He) was a warrior who wore the color of war
That warriors was unique like a portrait and a demon of supreme fury.441.
Mar lau, mar lau, speaking
He shouted “Kill, Kill” and discharged a current of arrows,
(In front of him) Hanuman with anger
With great rage Hanuman stood with a firm foot in the battlefield.442.
(Hanuman took away the sword from the hands of Trimund).
Hanuman seized the sword of that demon and with the same he gave a blow on his neck.
(Thus) slew the six-eyed (Trimund).
That six-eyed demon was killed, seeing whom the gods smiled in the sky.443.
End on the chapter entitled ‘The Killing of Trimund’ in Ramavtar in BACHITTAR NATAK.
Now begin the description of the war with the minister Mahodar :
RASAAVAL STANZA
Lord of Lanka (Ravana) heard (Trimund's death).
When Ravana heard the news about the destruction of his warriors he held his forehead in extreme anguish.
(Then) consumed alcohol
(In order to forget his agony), he in his pride drank wine.444.
Strongly pulled the bow
There was sound of the pulling of bows and the arrows were being showered,
And patient warriors
The persistent warriors like Mahodar held their swords and stood firmly with forbearance.445.
MOHINI STANZA
There is a clatter of the swaying drums.
The shields sounded like drums and there was being heard the agitated atmosphere of the war
Nafiri is sounding loudly.
The sound of fifes filled a all the four directions and small cymbals of different colors rang.446.
The overflowing waves echo,
The kettledrums sounded like the resonance of the group of peacocks on seeing the clouds in the month of Sawan
Horses with wings leap,
The armoured horse jumped and the warriors were absorbed in war.447.
The mighty elephants with huge tusks roam,
The elephants having trunks and tusks got intoxicated and the warriors of frightful whiskers danced
The whole army has come shouting
There was movement of all the forces and the gobs saw them from the sky.448.
Steadfast warriors are falling down,
The blows of very stern warriors are being endured the fighters are falling in the battlefield and are flowing in the stream of blood
As soon as the wound is inflicted, the gherni eats and falls down.
The wounded warriors are wandering circularly and are falling on the earth with downward faces.449.
They are cutting off those who cannot be cut off with anger,
In great fury they are killing others and are going on killing the persistent warriors are tightening their weapons smilingly
Warriors are seized and armed with fury,
And being enraged are churning the fighters and are raising the ire of others.450.