Virupaksha, Mahodara and Mahaparshva slain

(Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - 95 to 98)

Sri Rama fighting

• Meditation: I meditate on Sri Rama waging war against Ravana in Lanka.

• Ravana entering the battlefield: Hearing about the cries of the wives of demons in every house, Ravana became enraged and ordered Mahodara, Mahaparshva and Virupaksha to start marching to the battlefield immediately. Ravana in anger declared that today he will destroy the vanaras and kill Rama with his powerful arrows. Then he set off to the battlefield on his chariot. Evil portents appeared. The sun lost its splendour. The directions became enveloped in darkness. The birds sounded fearful sounds. The earth trembled. Clouds rained blood. Vultures showed up. Jackals howled. A meteor fell down from the sky. Ravana's left eye twitched. His left arm throbbed. His face became pale. His voice became choked. The evil portents predicted the death of Ravana. Ravana ignored those portents and marched forward towards the battlefield. A terrific battle ensued between the vanaras and the demons. Ravana in anger fell the army of the vanaras who came on his way.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - 95)

• Sugreeva killing Virupaksha: Seeing Ravana destroying the vanaras, Sugreeva went forward and started destroying the demons with rocks and trees. Virupaksha rushed forward on an elephant and struck Sugreeva with his arrows. Sugreeva in anger struck the face of his elephant with a huge tree. The elephant became wounded. Getting down from his elephant, Virupaksha advanced towards Sugreeva with a sword in hand. Sugreeva threw a huge rock on Virupaksha. Virupaksha avoided it and struck Sugreeva with his sword. Sugreeva swooned for a moment. Then regaining his balance he struck Virupaksha on his chest with his fist. Virupaksha in retaliation, struck Sugreeva with his sword, brought down his armour and made him fall. Sugreeva got up and struck Virupaksha violently with a slap. Virupaksha escaped the full force of the slap and struck Sugreeva on his chest with his fist. Seeing Virupaksha avoiding the first slap, Sugreeva slapped him again violently on the temple. Virupaksha fell down and oozing blood, died.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - 96)

• Sugreeva killing Mahodara: Seeing his army getting destroyed and the fall of Virupaksha, Ravana told Mahodara to show his prowess and crush the enemy. Mahodara with great energy pierced the arms, feet and thighs of the vanaras with his arrows. Some of the vanaras started fleeing. Some sought refuge of Sugreeva. Rushing towards Mahodara, Sugreeva hurled a large rock on him. Mahodara broke the rock with his arrows. Sugreeva then uprooted a Sala tree and hurled it on Mahodara. Mahodara chopped it with his arrows. Mahodara then injured Sugreeva with his arrows. Sugreeva picked up an iron rod from the ground and killed the horses of Mahodara with it. Mahodara picked up a mace and struck Sugreeva. Sugreeva struck the mace with his iron rod but the rod broke down. Sugreeva then picked up a club from the ground and hurled it on Mahodara. Mahodara hurled his mace and the two striking each other broke down. Sugreeva and Mahodara then wrestled with each other, and struck each other with fists and slaps. After sometime, getting exhausted, they both picked up a sword and shield from the ground. Mahodara struck Sugreeva with his sword which hits his shield. Before he lifted the sword again, Sugreeva severed his head with his own sword. The demons became dejected. The celestials rejoiced.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - 97)

• Angada killing Mahaparshva: Seeing Mahodara dead, Mahapashva started creating havoc among the armies of vanaras with his arrows, cutting of the heads and limbs of them. Seeing the vanaras getting tormented, Angada rushed forward. Angada hurled a steel rod on Mahaparshva. Mahaparshva fell down unconscious. Jambavan killed the horses of Mahaparshva and destroyed his chariot. Regaining his consciousnes, Mahaparshva again struck Angada with his arrows. Then he struck Jambavan and Gavaksha with his arrows. Angada seized an iron rod and gave a terrible blow to Mahaparshva with it. The iron rod knocked down the bow and arrow from the hand of Mahaparshva as also his helmet. Angada then slapped the temple of Mahaparshva hard with his hand. Mahaparshva in anger took up a huge axe and hurled it on Angada. Anagada evaded the axe and gave a mighty blow on the bosom of Mahaparshva with his fist. That blow broke the heart of Mahaparshva and he fell down dead on the battlefield.
(Valmiki Ramayana - Yuddha Kanda - 98)

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