.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - kiṣkindhākāṇḍa ..

sarga - 16

tāmevaṃ bruvatīṃ tārāṃ tārādhipanibhānanām .
vālī nirbhartsayāmāsa vacanaṃ cedamabravīt .. 1..

garjato.asya ca saṃrambhaṃ bhrātuḥ śatrorviśeṣataḥ .
marṣayiṣyāmyahaṃ kena kāraṇena varānane .. 2..

adharṣitānāṃ śūrāṇāṃ samareṣvanivartinām .
dharṣaṇāmarṣaṇaṃ bhīru maraṇādatiricyate .. 3..

soḍhuṃ na ca samartho.ahaṃ yuddhakāmasya saṃyuge .
sugrīvasya ca saṃrambhaṃ hīnagrīvasya garjataḥ .. 4..

na ca kāryo viṣādaste rāghavaṃ prati matkṛte .
dharmajñaśca kṛtajñaśca kathaṃ pāpaṃ kariṣyati .. 5..

nivartasva saha strībhiḥ kathaṃ bhūyo.anugacchasi .
sauhṛdaṃ darśitaṃ tāre mayi bhaktiḥ kṛtā tvayā .. 6..

pratiyotsyāmyahaṃ gatvā sugrīvaṃ jahi sambhramam .
darpaṃ cāsya vineṣyāmi na ca prāṇairvimokṣyate .. 7..

śāpitāsi mama prāṇairnivartasva jayena ca .
ahaṃ jitvā nivartiṣye tamalaṃ bhrātaraṃ raṇe .. 8..

taṃ tu tārā pariṣvajya vālinaṃ priyavādinī .
cakāra rudatī mandaṃ dakṣiṇā sā pradakṣiṇam .. 9..

tataḥ svastyayanaṃ kṛtvā mantravadvijayaiṣiṇī .
antaḥpuraṃ saha strībhiḥ praviṣṭā śokamohitā .. 10..

praviṣṭāyāṃ tu tārāyāṃ saha strībhiḥ svamālayam .
nagarānniryayau kruddho mahāsarpa iva śvasan .. 11..

sa niḥśvasya mahāvego vālī paramaroṣaṇaḥ .
sarvataścārayandṛṣṭiṃ śatrudarśanakāṅkṣayā .. 12..

sa dadarśa tataḥ śrīmānsugrīvaṃ hemapiṅgalam .
susaṃvītamavaṣṭabdhaṃ dīpyamānamivānalam .. 13..

sa taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāvīryaṃ sugrīvaṃ paryavasthitam .
gāḍhaṃ paridadhe vāso vālī paramaroṣaṇaḥ .. 14..

sa vālī gāḍhasaṃvīto muṣṭimudyamya vīryavān .
sugrīvamevābhimukho yayau yoddhuṃ kṛtakṣaṇaḥ .. 15..

śliṣṭamuṣṭiṃ samudyamya saṃrabdhataramāgataḥ .
sugrīvo.api samuddiśya vālinaṃ hemamālinam .. 16..

taṃ vālī krodhatāmrākṣaḥ sugrīvaṃ raṇapaṇḍitam .
āpatantaṃ mahāvegamidaṃ vacanamabravīt .. 17..

eṣa muṣṭirmayā baddho gāḍhaḥ sunihitāṅguliḥ .
mayā vegavimuktaste prāṇānādāya yāsyati .. 18..

evamuktastu sugrīvaḥ kruddho vālinamabravīt .
tavaiva ca haranprāṇānmuṣṭiḥ patatu mūrdhani .. 19..

tāḍitastena saṅkruddhaḥ samabhikramya vegataḥ .
abhavacchoṇitodgārī sotpīḍa iva parvataḥ .. 20..

sugrīveṇa tu niḥsaṅgaṃ sālamutpāṭya tejasā .
gātreṣvabhihato vālī vajreṇeva mahāgiriḥ .. 21..

sa tu vālī pracaritaḥ sālatāḍanavihvalaḥ .
gurubhārasamākrāntā sāgare naurivābhavat .. 22..

tau bhīmabalavikrāntau suparṇasamaveginau .
pravṛddhau ghoravapuṣau candrasūryāvivāmbare .. 23..

vālinā bhagnadarpastu sugrīvo mandavikramaḥ .
vālinaṃ prati sāmarṣo darśayāmāsa lāghavam .. 24..

tato dhanuṣi sandhāya śaramāśīviṣopamam .
rāghaveṇa mahābāṇo vālivakṣasi pātitaḥ .. 25..

vegenābhihato vālī nipapāta mahītale .. 26..

athokṣitaḥ śoṇitatoyavisravaiḥ
supuṣpitāśoka ivāniloddhataḥ .
vicetano vāsavasūnurāhave
prabhraṃśitendradhvajavatkṣitiṃ gataḥ .. 27..




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