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रक्षसां तु शतं रामः शतेनैकेन कर्णिना । सहस्रं च सहस्रेण जघान रणमूर्धनि ॥ ३-२६-३१
Rama killed a hundred demons with one hundred arrows by a single stroke. The same way he killed a thousand of them with a thousand arrows on the battle front. [3-26-31]
english translation
तैर्भिन्नवर्माभरणाश्छिन्नभिन्नशरासनाः । निपेतुश्शोणितादिग्धा धरण्यां रजनीचराः ॥ ३-२६-३२
The demons fell down on the ground with their shields and ornaments broken, their bows stained with blood splintered. [3-26-32]
english translation
तैः मुक्त केशैः समरे पतितैः शोणित उक्षितैः । आस्तीर्णा वसुधा कृत्स्ना महावेदिः कुशैरिव ॥ ३-२६-३३
The entire ground was littered with bodies of demons fallen in the battle with loose hair and with drops of blood on them looking like a great sacrificial altar strewn all over with kusa grass. [3-26-33]
english translation
क्षणेन तु महाघोरं वनं निहतराक्षसम् । बभूव निरयप्रख्यं मांसशोणितकर्दमम् ॥ ३-२६-३४
With the slaughtered bodies of demons lying on the ground, the forest in a moment looked very dreadful like hell with the mud of soil soaked with flesh and blood. [3-26-34]
english translation
चतुर्दश सहस्राणि रक्षसां भीमकर्मणाम् । हतान्येकेन रामेण मानुषेण पदातिना ॥ ३-२६-३५
Fourteen thousand formidable demons were killed by Rama, a pedestrian human, singlehanded. [3-26-35]
english translation