THE RÁMÁYAN OF VÁLMÍKI, VOL. III - Gujarat Knowledge Centre

Canto XXVI. THE R^MJ^TAN. 119
So, when his arms were rent away,
Low on the ground the giant lay.
The spirits saw the monster die,
And loudly rang their joyful cry,
' Honour to Rama ! nobly done !
Well hast thou fought, Kakutstba'a son !'
But the great three, the host who led,
-Enraged to see their chieftain dead,
As though Death's toils were round them cast,
Rushed upon Rama fierce and fast.
Mah&kapdla seized, to strike
His foeman down, a ponderous pike
SthulSksha^charged with spear to fling,
PiamSthi with his axe to swing.
When Rama saw, with keen darts he
Received the onset of the three.
As calm as though he hailed a guest
In each, who came for shade and rest,
Mahakapala's monstrous head
Fell with the trenchant dart he sped.
His good right hand in battle skilled
Sthuldksha's eyes with arrows filled.
And trusting still his ready bow
He laid the fierce Pramathi low,
Who sank as some tall tree falls down
With bough and branch and leafy crown.
Then with five thousand shafts he slew
The rest of Dushan's giant crew
Five thousand demons, torn and rent,
•To Yama's gloomy realm he sent.
When Khara knew the fate of all
The giant band and Dushan's fall.
He called the mighty chiefs who led
His armyj and in fury said