.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - sundarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 42

sandiṣṭo rākṣasendreṇa prahastasya suto balī .
jambumālī mahādaṃṣṭro nirjagāma dhanurdharaḥ .. 1..

raktamālyāmbaradharaḥ sragvī rucirakuṇḍalaḥ .
mahānvivṛttanayanaścaṇḍaḥ samaradurjayaḥ .. 2..

dhanuḥ śakradhanuḥ prakhyaṃ mahadrucirasāyakam .
visphārayāṇo vegena vajrāśanisamasvanam .. 3..

tasya visphāraghoṣeṇa dhanuṣo mahatā diśaḥ .
pradiśaśca nabhaścaiva sahasā samapūryata .. 4..

rathena kharayuktena tamāgatamudīkṣya saḥ .
hanūmānvegasampanno jaharṣa ca nanāda ca .. 5..

taṃ toraṇaviṭaṅkasthaṃ hanūmantaṃ mahākapim .
jambumālī mahābāhurvivyādha niśitaiḥ śaraiḥ .. 6..

ardhacandreṇa vadane śirasyekena karṇinā .
bāhvorvivyādha nārācairdaśabhistaṃ kapīśvaram .. 7..

tasya tacchuśubhe tāmraṃ śareṇābhihataṃ mukham .
śaradīvāmbujaṃ phullaṃ viddhaṃ bhāskararaśminā .. 8..

cukopa bāṇābhihato rākṣasasya mahākapiḥ .
tataḥ pārśve.ativipulāṃ dadarśa mahatīṃ śilām .. 9..

tarasā tāṃ samutpāṭya cikṣepa balavadbalī .
tāṃ śarairdaśabhiḥ kruddhastāḍayāmāsa rākṣasaḥ .. 10..

vipannaṃ karma taddṛṣṭvā hanūmāṃścaṇḍavikramaḥ .
sālaṃ vipulamutpāṭya bhrāmayāmāsa vīryavān .. 11..

bhrāmayantaṃ kapiṃ dṛṣṭvā sālavṛkṣaṃ mahābalam .
cikṣepa subahūnbāṇāñjambumālī mahābalaḥ .. 12..

sālaṃ caturbhirciccheda vānaraṃ pañcabhirbhuje .
urasyekena bāṇena daśabhistu stanāntare .. 13..

sa śaraiḥ pūritatanuḥ krodhena mahatā vṛtaḥ .
tameva parighaṃ gṛhya bhrāmayāmāsa vegitaḥ .. 14..

ativego.ativegena bhrāmayitvā balotkaṭaḥ .
parighaṃ pātayāmāsa jambumālermahorasi .. 15..

tasya caiva śiro nāsti na bāhū na ca jānunī .
na dhanurna ratho nāśvāstatrādṛśyanta neṣavaḥ .. 16..

sa hatastarasā tena jambumālī mahārathaḥ .
papāta nihato bhūmau cūrṇitāṅgavibhūṣaṇaḥ .. 17..

jambumāliṃ ca nihataṃ kiṅkarāṃśca mahābalān .
cukrodha rāvaṇaḥ śrutvā kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ .. 18..

sa roṣasaṃvartitatāmralocanaḥ
prahastaputre nihate mahābale .
amātyaputrānativīryavikramān
samādideśāśu niśācareśvaraḥ .. 19..




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