Friends, here is one chapter in Yuddhakanda of Valmeeki Ramayana, where Maharshi Valmeeki has given a semblance of information, in Shlokas after 25, that Srirama was the incarnation of Lord Vishnu and by inserting the description of the Great Disc, he has also established that there is no difference between Lord Rama and Lord Krishna. Hope you love it.
Sa pravishya saBhAm rAjA deenaha
paramaduhKhitaha|
NiShasAdAsanE muKhyE sihmaha krudDha iva
shwasan||1||
Abraveechcha sa
tAnsarvAnbalamuKhyAnmahAbalaha|
RAvaNaha prAnjalirvAkyam
putravyasanakarshitaha||2||
SarvE Bhavantaha sarvENa hastyashwEna
samAvrutAha|
NiryAntu raThasanGhaishcha
pAdAtaishchOpashOBhitAha||3||
YEkam RAmam parikShipya samarE
hantumarhaTha|
VarShantaha sharavarShENa prAvruTkAla
ivAmbudAha||4||
AThavAham sharaisteekShNairBhinnagAtram
mahAraNE|
BhavadBhihi shwO nihantAsmi RAmam lOkasya
pashyataha||5||
Desperate, dejected, depressed and despair
Ravana went to the royal meeting hall like an infuriated lion gasping and
heaving and sat on his super-special throne.
Mentally shattered by the death of his
beloved son, very strong Ravana folded his two hands in saluting posture and
told the chiefs of his army:
“Oh army chiefs, all of you go to the
battlefield now with elephants, horses, chariots and armed forces. All of you
surround Rama, launch a rain of arrows like it rains during the monsoon and
kill him in the war. Or else, I will personally come with you to the
battlefield tomorrow and in the Rama-Ravana war that unfolds, just as you will
all be witnessing, I will inflict wounds on all parts of Rama’s body before
killing him.”
As soon Ravana spelt his mood, the army
chiefs, who were joined by different forces, started off from Lanka. A fierce
battle broke out between demons and Vanaras. Demons hit the Vanaras with lethal
weapons like axe, mace, spear, sword, pike, dart, battle axe, pestle and so on.
In response, the Vanaras too plucked and pulled rocks, mountain towers and
trees and threw them at the demons. The battle of demons and Vanaras that began
at the dawn assumed alarming proportions as the day progressed. The demons and
Vanaras were hurling strange maces, axe, battle axe, spears, trees, rocks, mountain
towers at each other. With such a deadly and dreadful war happening between the
demons and Vanaras, the dust that was earlier rising from the ground like a
giant hill dissolved due to the blood that was oozing out of the bodies of wounded
demons and Vanaras. It presented a very bewildering look. In the rivulet of
blood that started flowing in the battlefield, the corpses of demons and
Vanaras were floating like logs of wood in a river. Carcasses of elephants and
broken chariots were looking like the banks of that rivulet. The arrows were
like the fish and the tall flags like trees. The blood-wet Vanaras were leaping
from one place to another and began plucking the flags, armors and horses of
chariots from demons and destroying them. With their sharp tooth and nails,
they were pulling the hair, biting the ears and noses of demons and scratching
them. Like hundreds of birds throng a fruit-covered tree, hundreds of Vanaras
were collectively attacking, torturing and assaulting the demons. In
retaliation, the demons too were crushing and pounding the Vanaras with their
heavy maces, axe, spear, dart and pikes and smashing the rivals into pieces.
Meanwhile, a few Vanaras, who could survive
amidst the massacre of their fellow beings by demons, surrendered to Srirama,
the ultimate shelter and shield of protection.
Instantaneously, most radiant and epitome of
valor Srirama dashed into the demon army with his bow and launched a deluge of
arrows. Like Sun can seldom be attacked, Srirama dashed into the demon army and
started burning the demon soldiers into ashes with his fire-like arrows, even
as none of the cruelest demons could confront him at all. In that battlefield,
the demons could only witness the most arduous and dreadful deed of assassination
of their fellow warriors. They could not see Srirama, the person, at all. Like
the hurricane wind that uproots trees in forests remains invisible, none could
ever see Srirama as he went on creating a tumult in the demon army and indulged
in killing even Maharathi demons the demons were seeing their army being
shattered into pieces and getting burnt and segmented by arrows. But, they were
unable to see Srirama as he was involved in such a brisk action of setting,
aiming and releasing of the arrows. As people cannot see the Almighty, the
origin of all sounds and touch of sensory organs, demons could not see Srirama,
who was hitting the demons with arrows.
“See there, he is killing the elephant
mounted force. He is Rama. He is killing Maharathis too. He is Rama. No…No…he
is killing the soldiers along with the cavalry and he is indeed Rama”, were the
words that demons were spelling aloud at all corners. Whoever was appearing
like Rama was being mistaken as Rama himself by the demons. Finally, the demons
were seeing Rama in demons alone and as a result, demons started killing their
fellow demons. Even though Srirama was burning the army of demons, none was
able to see him anywhere. Later, by releasing Gandharvastra, Srirama lured all
the demons in the battlefield.
TE tu RAmasahasrANi raNE pashyanti
rAkShasAha|
Punaha pashyanti kAkutsThamEkamEva
mahAhavE||27||
Because of the influence of Gandharvastra,
demons were seeing thousands of Ramas in the battlefield. In the next moment,
they thought that same Rama was fighting with each and every demon separately.
Demons were able to only see the golden
front portion of the bow of Srirama, which appeared to them as a rotating wheel
of burning firewood torches. They were unable to Raghava at all. With Srirama
incessantly destroying the demon soldiers, he was appearing like the revolving
and rotating Holy Disc. The middle portion of the wheel was appearing like the
elevation around the naval. The strength of Srirama was like the flames
emanating from the Disc. The form of Srirama was like the spokes of the Disc.
The bow was the edge of that wheel. Sounds emanating from the pulling of the
string and the moment of palms were like the sounds emanating from the
revolutions of the wheel. Radiation, wit and the shine were like the radiation
around the Disc. The characteristics and impact of arrows were like the border
of Rama in the form of the Disc. Like the subjects see the Wheel of Time at the
time of Grand Destruction, demons were conceiving the mass destruction that
Srirama had launched at that time as the great power and influence of Rama-like
Disc. Single handedly, Srirama had destroyed ten thousand chariots that were as
fast-paced as wind, eighteen thousand elephant-mounted soldiers, who could assume
any form at will, fourteen thousand horsesm along with their horsemen and two
lakh soldiers within the span of one-eighth of the day (before one-and-a-half
hours of the noon) with his flame-like arrows. With such a large number of
elephant-mounted, horse-mounted, chariot-driven demon soldiers having been
demolished by Srirama so swiftly, a few of the remaining demons silently walked
their way back into Lanka. With the entire battlefield covered with corpses and
carcasses and broken chariots, it was appearing like the playground of enraged
Rudra. Later, goddesses, Gandharvas, Siddhas and Maharshis, who all witnessed that
astounding act, said “Very great Rama, truly great Rama”. At that moment, Srirama
told Vibheeshana, Sugreeva, great monkey Hanumantha, Jambavantha, Mainda and Dwivida,
who were standing close to him:
YEtadastrabalam Divyam mama vA Tryambakasya vA||38||
“Friends, this special Astra (arrow) is only
with me and Lord Shiva. None else has it.”
Having displayed the gallantry that is only associated
with Lord Indra, Srirama did not look like tired at all after setting and releasing
so many arrows. Seeing such a mayhem unfolded by Srirama, all gods and goddesses
praised and hailed him.
