On seeing the shattering of his own forces, Duushana bid five thousand mighty-armed rakshashas of monstrous impetus, and who did not know the words 'retreat in war', to attack Rama. And they with spears, scimitars, swords, and with the showers of boulders, trees and arrows rained incessantly and inordinately upon Rama from all over. Raghava, in his turn neutralized all their weapons including that ghastly and life-taking storm of boulders and trees, with his fierce arrows.
Like a bull receiving rain, Rama with closed eyes received that storming and effortlessly warded off all the weapons thrown on him. At last he became highly exasperated and decided to stop that nuisance once and for all. He then diffused Duushana and his army with arrows thrown all over. This enraged Duushana, who virtually forestalled Raghava's onslaught with his arrows that were simulative of the Thunderbolt. With his crescent-barbed arrow Rama then slivered the sturdy bow of Duushana, and shredded all the four horses with four more arrows. On destructing the horses with excruciating arrows, he fragmented the head of the charioteer with a crescent-barbed arrow, and even impaled the chest of the rakshasha Duushana with some more arrows.
With his bow fractured, chariot shredded, horses and charioteer killed, the dauntless Duushana grabbed a mace which surpassed the peak of a mountain and a hair-raising one to look at, and it once gritted the armies of gods, its head was studded with incisive iron spikes and saturated with the fat of foes, a coequal of a diamond and a thunderbolt in its hardiness and flashiness, and a ransacker of the archways of the fortresses of his adversaries. Firmly gripping that mace which in war was akin to an infernal serpent, and the touch of which was tantamount to snakebite, Duushana with determination and anger rushed towards Rama. Rama smiled and sheared off his shoulders that have wrist-ornaments on his arms with two arrows. This caused the gigantic mace to slip from the falling hand and spun in his (i.e. Duushana's) own front, like the flagstaff with flag raised in honour of Indra, and collapsed. With both of his arms strewn around, Duushana fell down onto earth like a haughty and gigantic elephant when both of its tusks are broken down.
On seeing Duushana on the ground, all the beings in the firmament applauded.
The fall of Duushana made the three leading commanders of that army, namely Mahakapaala, Sthulaaksha and the great mighty Pramaathii infuriated and they collectively charged Rama with Mahakapaala raising a broad trident, Sthulaaksha handling a scimitar, Pramaathi handling an axe. Rama chopped off the head of Mahakapaala, with incalculable spates of arrows. In the similar manner he eliminated Pramaathi, and filled the bulging eyes of Sthulaaksha with arrows by which Sthulaaksha was killed and was thrown down onto the ground like a burly tree with its broad branches. Then Rama coolly eliminated the five thousand rakshashas of Duushana with five thousand arrows.
On learning about the killing of Duushana and his army, Khara irately ordered one his living army captains
"Duushana is killed along with his force. Now you go with all your formidable army, and kill that evil-human Rama."
Khara also rushed towards Rama in rage. He was followed by Shyenagaami, Prithugriiva, Yajnashatru, Vihangama Durjaya, Karaviiraaksha, Parusha, Kaalakaarmuka, Hemamaali, Mahaamaali, Sarpaasya, and Rudhiraaksha, the twelve fiendishly atrocious troop leaders of the demonic force. They rushed towards Rama launching their atrocious and frightening arrows and other weapons and missiles.
Rama killed the complete army barring only Khara and Trishira.
Seeing his great demonic force totally destroyed by Rama in that staggering battle, Khara heroically, belligerently and bravely started towards Rama in a huge chariot, like Indra marching with his upraised Thunderbolt.
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Like a bull receiving rain, Rama with closed eyes received that storming and effortlessly warded off all the weapons thrown on him. At last he became highly exasperated and decided to stop that nuisance once and for all. He then diffused Duushana and his army with arrows thrown all over. This enraged Duushana, who virtually forestalled Raghava's onslaught with his arrows that were simulative of the Thunderbolt. With his crescent-barbed arrow Rama then slivered the sturdy bow of Duushana, and shredded all the four horses with four more arrows. On destructing the horses with excruciating arrows, he fragmented the head of the charioteer with a crescent-barbed arrow, and even impaled the chest of the rakshasha Duushana with some more arrows.
With his bow fractured, chariot shredded, horses and charioteer killed, the dauntless Duushana grabbed a mace which surpassed the peak of a mountain and a hair-raising one to look at, and it once gritted the armies of gods, its head was studded with incisive iron spikes and saturated with the fat of foes, a coequal of a diamond and a thunderbolt in its hardiness and flashiness, and a ransacker of the archways of the fortresses of his adversaries. Firmly gripping that mace which in war was akin to an infernal serpent, and the touch of which was tantamount to snakebite, Duushana with determination and anger rushed towards Rama. Rama smiled and sheared off his shoulders that have wrist-ornaments on his arms with two arrows. This caused the gigantic mace to slip from the falling hand and spun in his (i.e. Duushana's) own front, like the flagstaff with flag raised in honour of Indra, and collapsed. With both of his arms strewn around, Duushana fell down onto earth like a haughty and gigantic elephant when both of its tusks are broken down.
On seeing Duushana on the ground, all the beings in the firmament applauded.
The fall of Duushana made the three leading commanders of that army, namely Mahakapaala, Sthulaaksha and the great mighty Pramaathii infuriated and they collectively charged Rama with Mahakapaala raising a broad trident, Sthulaaksha handling a scimitar, Pramaathi handling an axe. Rama chopped off the head of Mahakapaala, with incalculable spates of arrows. In the similar manner he eliminated Pramaathi, and filled the bulging eyes of Sthulaaksha with arrows by which Sthulaaksha was killed and was thrown down onto the ground like a burly tree with its broad branches. Then Rama coolly eliminated the five thousand rakshashas of Duushana with five thousand arrows.
On learning about the killing of Duushana and his army, Khara irately ordered one his living army captains
"Duushana is killed along with his force. Now you go with all your formidable army, and kill that evil-human Rama."
Khara also rushed towards Rama in rage. He was followed by Shyenagaami, Prithugriiva, Yajnashatru, Vihangama Durjaya, Karaviiraaksha, Parusha, Kaalakaarmuka, Hemamaali, Mahaamaali, Sarpaasya, and Rudhiraaksha, the twelve fiendishly atrocious troop leaders of the demonic force. They rushed towards Rama launching their atrocious and frightening arrows and other weapons and missiles.
Rama killed the complete army barring only Khara and Trishira.
Seeing his great demonic force totally destroyed by Rama in that staggering battle, Khara heroically, belligerently and bravely started towards Rama in a huge chariot, like Indra marching with his upraised Thunderbolt.
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