.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 15

tatastānvidrutāndṛṣṭvā yakṣāñśatasahasraśaḥ .
svayameva dhanādhyakṣo nirjagāma raṇaṃ prati .. 1..

tatra māṇicāro nāma yakṣaḥ paramadurjayaḥ .
vṛto yakṣasahasraiḥ sa caturbhiḥ samayodhayat .. 2..

te gadāmusalaprāsaśaktitomaramudgaraiḥ .
abhighnanto raṇe yakṣā rākṣasānabhidudruvuḥ .. 3..

tataḥ prahastena tadā sahasraṃ nihataṃ raṇe .
mahodareṇa gadayā sahasramaparaṃ hatam .. 4..

kruddhena ca tadā rāma mārīcena durātmanā .
nimeṣāntaramātreṇa dve sahasre nipātite .. 5..

dhūmrākṣeṇa samāgamya māṇibhadro mahāraṇe .
musalenorasi krodhāttāḍito na ca kampitaḥ .. 6..

tato gadāṃ samāvidhya māṇibhadreṇa rākṣasaḥ .
dhūmrākṣastāḍito mūrdhni vihvalo nipapāta ha .. 7..

dhūmrākṣaṃ tāḍitaṃ dṛṣṭvā patitaṃ śoṇitokṣitam .
abhyadhāvatsusaṅkruddho māṇibhadraṃ daśānanaḥ .. 8..

taṃ kruddhamabhidhāvantaṃ yugāntāgnimivotthitam .
śaktibhistāḍayāmāsa tisṛbhiryamapuṅgavaḥ .. 9..

tato rākṣasarājena tāḍito gadayā raṇe .
tasya tena prahāreṇa mukuṭaḥ pārśvamāgataḥ .
tadā prabhṛti yakṣo.asau pārśvamauliriti smṛtaḥ .. 10..

tasmiṃstu vimukhe yakṣe māṇibhadre mahātmani .
saṃnādaḥ sumahānrāma tasmiñśaile vyavardhata .. 11..

tato dūrātpradadṛśe dhanādhyakṣo gadādharaḥ .
śukraproṣṭaḥpadābhyāṃ ca śaṅkhapadmasamāvṛtaḥ .. 12..

sa dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ saṅkye śāpādvibhraṣṭagauravam .
uvāca vacanaṃ dhīmānyuktaṃ paitāmaye kule .. 13..

mayā tvaṃ vīryamāṇo.api nāvagacchasi durmate .
paścādasya phalaṃ prāpya jñāsyase nirayaṃ gataḥ .. 14..

yo hi mohādviṣaṃ pītvā nāvagacchati mānavaḥ .
pariṇāme sa vi mūḍho jānīte karmaṇaḥ phalam .. 15..

daivatāni hi nandanti dharmayuktena kena cit .
yena tvamīdṛśaṃ bhāvaṃ nītastacca na budhyase .. 16..

yo hi mātṝhpitṝnbhrātṝnācaryāṃścāvamanyate .
sa paśyati phalaṃ tasya pretarājavaśaṃ gataḥ .. 17..

adhruve hi śarīre yo na karoti tapo.arjanam .
sa paścāttapyate mūḍho mṛto dṛṣṭvātmano gatim .. 18..

kasya cinna hi durbudheśchandato jāyate matim .
yādṛśaṃ kurute karma tādṛśaṃ phalamaśnute .. 19..

buddhiṃ rūpaṃ balaṃ vittaṃ putrānmāhātmyameva ca .
prapnuvanti narāḥ sarvaṃ svakṛtaiḥ pūrvakarmabhiḥ .. 20..

evaṃ nirayagāmī tvaṃ yasya te matirīdṛśī .
na tvāṃ samabhibhāṣiṣye durvṛttasyaiṣa nirṇayaḥ .. 21..

evamuktvā tatastena tasyāmātyāḥ samāhatāḥ .
mārīcapramukhāḥ sarve vimukhā vipradudruvuḥ .. 22..

tatastena daśagrīvo yakṣendreṇa mahātmanā .
gadayābhihato mūrdhni na ca sthānādvyakampata .. 23..

tatastau rāma nighnantāvanyonyaṃ paramāhave .
na vihvalau na ca śrāntau babhūvaturamarṣaṇaiḥ .. 24..

āgneyamastraṃ sa tato mumoca dhanado raṇe .
vāruṇena daśagrīvastadastraṃ pratyavārayat .. 25..

tato māyāṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa rākṣasīṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ .
jaghāna mūrdhni dhanadaṃ vyāvidhya mahatīṃ gadām .. 26..

evaṃ sa tenābhihato vihvalaḥ śoṇitokṣitaḥ .
kṛttamūla ivāśoko nipapāta dhanādhipaḥ .. 27..

tataḥ padmādibhistatra nidhibhiḥ sa dhanādhipaḥ .
nandanaṃ vanamānīya dhanado śvāsitastadā .. 28..

tato nirjitya taṃ rāma dhanadaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ .
puṣpakaṃ tasya jagrāha vimānaṃ jayalakṣaṇam .. 29..

kāñcanastambhasaṃvītaṃ vaidūryamaṇitoraṇam .
muktājālapraticchannaṃ sarvakāmaphaladrumam .. 30..

tattu rājā samāruhya kāmagaṃ vīryanirjitam .
jitvā vaiśravaṇaṃ devaṃ kailāsādavarohata .. 31..




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