Lanka Kaanda
184 - Ravana's swoon; destruction of his sacrificial performance; combat between Sri Rama and Ravana
Chhands
kādara bhayaṃkara rudhira saritā calī parama apāvanī.
dōu kūla dala ratha rēta cakra abarta bahati bhayāvanī..
jala jaṃtugaja padacara turaga khara bibidha bāhana kō ganē.
sara sakti tōmara sarpa cāpa taraṃga carma kamaṭha ghanē..
Description
A most unholy river of blood, that smote recreants with terror, ran across the battlefield. With the two armies for its banks, the chariots for its intervening sands and their wheels for its whirlpools, it was a frightful flood indeed. The foot-soldiers, and even so elephants, horses, donkeys and other mounts of all kinds, more than one could count, (that floated on the river) represented the various aquatic creatures; the arrows, lances and iron clubs (swept by it) stood for its serpents: the bows borne along the current represented its waves and the shields stood for its many tortoises.
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