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Suranimala සුරනිමල යෝධයා ගේ මාහා වීරකමි

Suranimala was a Sinhalese soldier in the 2nd century BCE. He was the second in command of King Dutugemunu’s army, and among ten of his best warriors known as ten giant warriors. He made an immense contribution to King Dutugemunu's victory over King Elara. He is said to have been a highly skilled swordsman and his preferred weapon was a large sword.


Named by his parents as Nimala, he was the youngest of seven children. His father was known as Samgha, the village headman of Khandakavitthika in Kotthivala. Although said to have had the strength equal to that of ten elephants, in his younger days Nimala preferred to stay idle at home while his brothers worked in the family’s paddy fields. When an order was issued by the King to send one male to serve in his army, Nimala’s brothers picked him to be sent, feeling that he was no use to the family. After joining a company south of the Mahaweli River under a prince named Digabhaya, Nimala was sent on an errand to deliver a message to a Brahmin. Having set off at dawn, Nimala is said to have finished the journey in a few hours, covering a distance of thirty four leagues. Astounded at this feat, the Brahmin had him sent to King Kavantissa to serve directly under him. After meeting the king, Nimala was ordered to sharpen some swords as a test, which he performed extremely well. The king was impressed by his skills, and Nimala was taken to serve under the king, and became one of the ten giant warriors who were the chief commanders and champions of the king’s army.



සුරනිමලා ක්රි.පූ. 2 වන සියවසේ සිංහල යුධ භටයෙක් විය. දුටුගැමුණු රජුගේ හමුදාවේ දෙවන අණ දෙන නිලධාරියා ඔහු විය. ඔහුගේ හොඳම සටන්කරුවන් 10 දෙනාගෙන් යෝධ යෝධ රණවිරුවන් ලෙස ද හැඳින්වේ. දුටුගැමුණු රජතුමාගේ ජයග්රහණයට එළාර රජුට විශාල දායකත්වයක් ලබා දුන්නේය. ඔහු ඉතා දක්ෂ කඩුපුළුවක් වී ඇති අතර ඔහුගේ වඩාත් කැමති ආයුධය විශාල කඩුවකි. ඔහුගේ දෙමව්පියන් විසින් නිමාලා ලෙස නම් කරන ලද ඔහු දරුවන් හත්දෙනෙකුගේ බාලයා විය. ඔහුගේ පියා කොත්මාවල ප්රදේශයේ කන්දකාවත්තික ගම්වැසියෙකු වන සමෝග ලෙස හැදින්වේ. අලි ඇතුන් දහයෙන් එකට සමාන ශක්තියක් තිබුනද, ඔහුගේ වයසැති කුඩා කාලයේ දී තම පවුලේ අයගේ කුඹුරුවල වැඩ කළ නිමල්ලා නිවසේ වාඩි වී සිටියහ.

තම හමුදාවේ සේවය කිරීමට එක් පුරුෂයෙකුට යැවීම සඳහා රජු විසින් නියෝගයක් නිකුත් කරන විට, නිමලගේ සොහොයුරන් ඔහුව යැවීමට ඔහුව තෝරා ගත්තේය.

මහවැලි ගඟට යාබදව සමාගමකට ඩිග්බාහාය නම් කුමරු යටතට පත්වීමෙන් පසු බ්රාහ්මණ පණිවුඩයක් ලබා දීම සඳහා නිමලට යවනු ලැබීය. උදේ නිමිති කරගෙන නිමාලා විසින් ලීග් තිස් හතරක දුරක් ආවරණය කරමින් පැය කිහිපයකින් ගමන අවසන් කර තිබේ. මෙම කැරැල්ලේදී ඔහු පුදුමයට පත් වූ අතර, බ්රාහ්මණ මහතා කාවින්තිස්ස රජුට කෙලින්ම සේවය කිරීම සඳහා ඔහු වෙත යැවීය.

රජු හමුවීමෙන් අනතුරුව නිමලට කඩු කිහිපයක් මුවහත් කිරීම සඳහා නියම කරන ලදී. රජුගේ කුසලතාව නිසා රජුගේ සිත් ඇදගන්නාසුලූ අතර, නිමල රජු රජු යටතේ සේවය කිරීමට ගෙන ගිය අතර, රජුගේ හමුදාවේ ප්රධාන අණදෙන නිළධාරීන් සහ යෝධ රණවිරුවන් දහදෙනෙකු බවට පත් විය.

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