Setubandha

SR No.: 001384
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Krishnakant Handiqui
Publisher: Prakrit Text Society Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1976
Total Pages: 812
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English & Literature
File Size: 14 MB

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SETUBANDHA
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79. The demons resumed the burden of war abandoned by them, and summoned their fading courage, and retrieved their lost renown, and became unconquerable by the martial hosts of apes.
80. A momentous combat then ensued between the demons, ashamed of their defeat, and the apes, elated by their enhanced success, the leading warriors (on each side) being chosen and challenged.
81. Prajangha,35 who gave the joy of battle (to his adversary), was hit by Sugrīva with a Saptaparņa tree, which, fragrant with the ichor of wild elephants, 36 seemed to burst into laughter as the former's bosom was strewn with its flowers.37.
82. The life of the demon Asaniprabha, who was struck by Dvivida with a sandal tree in the combat, ebbed away as he, with eyes closed, inhaled with delight the fragrance of the sappy tree crashing on his bosom.
83. Having slain the demon Vajramuşti, laid low with a punch (on the head), Mainda laughed as the former's eyeballs shot out in the wake of the flame of wrath issuing from his bewildered eyes.
84. Vidyunmālin, who was elated by the prolonged fight, was held down by the angry Suşena with his feet, and both the massive arms of the demon were torn asunder by the ape with his nails and hurled aloft. .
85. Having endured a blow dealt by Tapana, Nala38 broke the demon's neck with a slap, and thrust the head into the body, and made the body sink half into the earth.
above lines recur in Iliad XV. 561 ff. with a notable change in the first line: aidō thesth' eni thumo, take ye shame in your hearts (Loeb); think of your honour (Penguin).
35. One of the leaders of the demons.
36. The animals had rubbed themselves against the tree. Haribhadra, for instance, refers to groves of Saptaparna trees smashed by elephants in the autumn. Samarāiccakahā, p. 194,. .
37. The flowers are fancied as the laugh of the tree, pleased with Sugrīva's skill in hitting his adversary.
38. The architect among the apes who built the causeway.