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sarga - 45

senāpatīnpañca sa tu pramāpitān
hanūmatā sānucarānsavāhanān .
samīkṣya rājā samaroddhatonmukhaṃ
kumāramakṣaṃ prasamaikṣatākṣatam .. 1..

sa tasya dṛṣṭyarpaṇasampracoditaḥ
pratāpavānkāñcanacitrakārmukaḥ .
samutpapātātha sadasyudīrito
dvijātimukhyairhaviṣeva pāvakaḥ .. 2..

tato mahadbāladivākaraprabhaṃ
prataptajāmbūnadajālasantatam .
rathāṃ samāsthāya yayau sa vīryavān
mahāhariṃ taṃ prati nairṛtarṣabhaḥ .. 3..

tatastapaḥsaṅgrahasañcayārjitaṃ
prataptajāmbūnadajālaśobhitam .
patākinaṃ ratnavibhūṣitadhvajaṃ
manojavāṣṭāśvavaraiḥ suyojitam .. 4..

surāsurādhṛṣyamasaṅgacāriṇaṃ
raviprabhaṃ vyomacaraṃ samāhitam .
satūṇamaṣṭāsinibaddhabandhuraṃ
yathākramāveśitaśaktitomaram .. 5..

virājamānaṃ pratipūrṇavastunā
sahemadāmnā śaśisūryavarvasā .
divākarābhaṃ rathamāsthitastataḥ
sa nirjagāmāmaratulyavikramaḥ .. 6..

sa pūrayankhaṃ ca mahīṃ ca sācalāṃ
turaṅgamataṅgamahārathasvanaiḥ .
balaiḥ sametaiḥ sa hi toraṇasthitaṃ
samarthamāsīnamupāgamatkapim .. 7..

sa taṃ samāsādya hariṃ harīkṣaṇo
yugāntakālāgnimiva prajākṣaye .
avasthitaṃ vismitajātasambhramaḥ
samaikṣatākṣo bahumānacakṣuṣā .. 8..

sa tasya vegaṃ ca kapermahātmanaḥ
parākramaṃ cāriṣu pārhtivātmajaḥ .
vicārayankhaṃ ca balaṃ mahābalo
himakṣaye sūrya ivābhivardhate .. 9..

sa jātamanyuḥ prasamīkṣya vikramaṃ
sthiraḥ sthitaḥ saṃyati durnivāraṇam .
samāhitātmā hanumantamāhave
pracodayāmāsa śaraistribhiḥ śitaiḥ .. 10..

tataḥ kapiṃ taṃ prasamīkṣya garvitaṃ
jitaśramaṃ śatruparājayorjitam .
avaikṣatākṣaḥ samudīrṇamānasaḥ
sabāṇapāṇiḥ pragṛhītakārmukaḥ .. 11..

sa hemaniṣkāṅgadacārukuṇḍalaḥ
samāsasādāśu parākramaḥ kapim .
tayorbabhūvāpratimaḥ samāgamaḥ
surāsurāṇāmapi sambhramapradaḥ .. 12..

rarāsa bhūmirna tatāpa bhānumān
vavau na vāyuḥ pracacāla cācalaḥ .
kapeḥ kumārasya ca vīkṣya saṃyugaṃ
nanāda ca dyaurudadhiśca cukṣubhe .. 13..

tataḥ sa vīraḥ sumukhānpatatriṇaḥ
suvarṇapuṅkhānsaviṣānivoragān .
samādhisaṃyogavimokṣatattvavic
charānatha trīnkapimūrdhnyapātayat .. 14..

sa taiḥ śarairmūrdhni samaṃ nipātitaiḥ
kṣarannasṛgdigdhavivṛttalocanaḥ .
navoditādityanibhaḥ śarāṃśumān
vyarājatāditya ivāṃśumālikaḥ .. 15..

tataḥ sa piṅgādhipamantrisattamaḥ
samīkṣya taṃ rājavarātmajaṃ raṇe .
udagracitrāyudhacitrakārmukaṃ
jaharṣa cāpūryata cāhavonmukhaḥ .. 16..

sa mandarāgrastha ivāṃśumālī
vivṛddhakopo balavīryasaṃyutaḥ .
kumāramakṣaṃ sabalaṃ savāhanaṃ
dadāha netrāgnimarīcibhistadā .. 17..

tataḥ sa bāṇāsanaśakrakārmukaḥ
śarapravarṣo yudhi rākṣasāmbudaḥ .
śarānmumocāśu harīśvarācale
balāhako vṛṣṭimivācalottame .. 18..

tataḥ kapistaṃ raṇacaṇḍavikramaṃ
vivṛddhatejobalavīryasāyakam .
kumāramakṣaṃ prasamīkṣya saṃyuge
nanāda harṣādghanatulyavikramaḥ .. 19..

sa bālabhāvādyudhi vīryadarpitaḥ
pravṛddhamanyuḥ kṣatajopamekṣaṇaḥ .
samāsasādāpratimaṃ raṇe kapiṃ
gajo mahākūpamivāvṛtaṃ tṛṇaiḥ .. 20..

sa tena bāṇaiḥ prasabhaṃ nipātitaiś
cakāra nādaṃ ghananādaniḥsvanaḥ .
samutpapātāśu nabhaḥ sa mārutir
bhujoruvikṣepaṇa ghoradarśanaḥ .. 21..

samutpatantaṃ samabhidravadbalī
sa rākṣasānāṃ pravaraḥ pratāpavān .
rathī rathaśreṣṭhatamaḥ kirañśaraiḥ
payodharaḥ śailamivāśmavṛṣṭibhiḥ .. 22..

sa tāñśarāṃstasya vimokṣayankapiś
cacāra vīraḥ pathi vāyusevite .
śarāntare mārutavadviniṣpatan
manojavaḥ saṃyati caṇḍavikramaḥ .. 23..

tamāttabāṇāsanamāhavonmukhaṃ
khamāstṛṇantaṃ vividhaiḥ śarottamaiḥ .
avaikṣatākṣaṃ bahumānacakṣuṣā
jagāma cintāṃ ca sa mārutātmajaḥ .. 24..

tataḥ śarairbhinnabhujāntaraḥ kapiḥ
kumāravaryeṇa mahātmanā nadan .
mahābhujaḥ karmaviśeṣatattvavid
vicintayāmāsa raṇe parākramam .. 25..

abālavadbāladivākaraprabhaḥ
karotyayaṃ karma mahanmahābalaḥ .
na cāsya sarvāhavakarmaśobhinaḥ
pramāpaṇe me matiratra jāyate .. 26..

ayaṃ mahātmā ca mahāṃśca vīryataḥ
samāhitaścātisahaśca saṃyuge .
asaṃśayaṃ karmaguṇodayādayaṃ
sanāgayakṣairmunibhiśca pūjitaḥ .. 27..

parākramotsāhavivṛddhamānasaḥ
samīkṣate māṃ pramukhāgataḥ sthitaḥ .
parākramo hyasya manāṃsi kampayet
surāsurāṇāmapi śīghrakāriṇaḥ .. 28..

na khalvayaṃ nābhibhavedupekṣitaḥ
parākramo hyasya raṇe vivardhate .
pramāpaṇaṃ tveva mamāsya rocate
na vardhamāno.agnirupekṣituṃ kṣamaḥ .. 29..

iti pravegaṃ tu parasya tarkayan
svakarmayogaṃ ca vidhāya vīryavān .
cakāra vegaṃ tu mahābalastadā
matiṃ ca cakre.asya vadhe mahākapiḥ .. 30..

sa tasya tānaṣṭahayānmahājavān
samāhitānbhārasahānvivartane .
jaghāna vīraḥ pathi vāyusevite
talaprahālaiḥ pavanātmajaḥ kapiḥ .. 31..

tatastalenābhihato mahārathaḥ
sa tasya piṅgādhipamantrinirjitaḥ .
sa bhagnanīḍaḥ parimuktakūbaraḥ
papāta bhūmau hatavājirambarāt .. 32..

sa taṃ parityajya mahāratho rathaṃ
sakārmukaḥ khaḍgadharaḥ khamutpatat .
tapo.abhiyogādṛṣirugravīryavān
vihāya dehaṃ marutāmivālayam .. 33..

tataḥ kapistaṃ vicarantamambare
patatrirājānilasiddhasevite .
sametya taṃ mārutavegavikramaḥ
krameṇa jagrāha ca pādayordṛḍham .. 34..

sa taṃ samāvidhya sahasraśaḥ kapir
mahoragaṃ gṛhya ivāṇḍajeśvaraḥ .
mumoca vegātpitṛtulyavikramo
mahītale saṃyati vānarottamaḥ .. 35..

sa bhagnabāhūrukaṭīśiro dharaḥ
kṣarannasṛnnirmathitāsthilocanaḥ .
sa bhinnasandhiḥ pravikīrṇabandhano
hataḥ kṣitau vāyusutena rākṣasaḥ .. 36..

mahākapirbhūmitale nipīḍya taṃ
cakāra rakṣo.adhipatermahadbhayam .. 37..

maharṣibhiścakracarairmahāvrataiḥ
sametya bhūtaiśca sayakṣapannagaiḥ .
suraiśca sendrairbhṛśajātavismayair
hate kumāre sa kapirnirīkṣitaḥ .. 38..

nihatya taṃ vajrasutopamaprabhaṃ
kumāramakṣaṃ kṣatajopamekṣaṇam .
tadeva vīro.abhijagāma toraṇaṃ
kṛtakṣaṇaḥ kāla iva prajākṣaye .. 39..

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