अथ चतदशः सर्गः
( तिङन्तकाण्ड: )
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ततो दशास्यः स्मरबिद्लामा चारप्रकाशकृतशत्रुशक्तिः । |
NOW CANTO XIV
( 'Tiianta-kanda : Verbal forms )
1. Thereafter, Ravana whose mind was affilicted by Cupid (passion) (and) to whom the might of the enemy was revealed by the spies, dispatched the army for fighting, after having beguiled Sita by means of Rama's head made by magic.
2. Then (they) blew the conchs, beat the drums with drum-sticks and puffed the flutes, and the drums, that were struck with the hands, sounded.
3. The tabours began to sound, the beaten drum resounded; they blew the kahalas, and the air-filled peras produced notes.
4. The murdagas produced deep notes and music was produced by the gomukhas ; the bells tolled for long, and excessive noise was produced by the pataha drums.
