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sarga - 16

sa jitvā bhrātaraṃ rāma dhanadaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ .
mahāsenaprasūtiṃ tu yayau śaravaṇaṃ tataḥ .. 1..

athāpaśyaddaśagrīvo raukmaṃ śaravaṇaṃ tadā .
gabhastijālasaṃvītaṃ dvitīyamiva bhāskaram .. 2..

parvataṃ sa samāsādya kiṃ cidramyavanāntaram .
apaśyatpuṣpakaṃ tatra rāma viṣṭambhitaṃ divi .. 3..

viṣṭabdhaṃ puṣpakaṃ dṛṣṭvā kāmagaṃ hyagamaṃ kṛtam .
rākṣasaścintayāmāsa sacivaistaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ .. 4..

kimidaṃ yannimittaṃ me na ca gacchati puṣpakam .
parvatasyoparisthasya kasya karma tvidaṃ bhavet .. 5..

tato.abravīddaśagrīvaṃ mārīco buddhikovidaḥ .
naitanniṣkaraṇaṃ rājanpuṣpako.ayaṃ na gacchati .. 6..

tataḥ pārśvamupāgamya bhavasyānucaro balī .
nandīśvara uvācedaṃ rākṣasendramaśaṅkitaḥ .. 7..

nivartasva daśagrīva śaile krīḍati śaṅkaraḥ .. 8..

suparṇanāgayakṣāṇāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām .
prāṇināmeva sarveṣāmagamyaḥ parvataḥ kṛtaḥ .. 9..

sa roṣāttāmranayanaḥ puṣpakādavaruhya ca .
ko.ayaṃ śamraka ityuktvā śailamūlamupāgamat .. 10..

nandīśvaramathāpaśyadavidūrasthitaṃ prabhum .
dīptaṃ śūlamavaṣṭabhya dvitīyamiva śaṅkaram .. 11..

sa vānaramukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tamavajñāya rākṣasaḥ .
prahāsaṃ mumuce maurkhyātsatoya iva toyadaḥ .. 12..

saṅkruddho bhagavānnandī śaṅkarasyāparā tanuḥ .
abravīdrākṣasaṃ tatra daśagrīvamupasthitam .. 13..

yasmādvānaramūrtiṃ māṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasadurmate .
maurkhyāttvamavajānīṣe parihāsaṃ ca muñcasi .. 14..

tasmānmadrūpasaṃyuktā madvīryasamatejasaḥ .
utpatsyante vadhārthaṃ hi kulasya tava vānarāḥ .. 15..

kiṃ tvidānīṃ mayā śakyaṃ kartuṃ yattvāṃ niśācara .
na hantavyo hatastvaṃ hi pūrvameva svakarmabhiḥ .. 16..

acintayitvā sa tadā nandivākyaṃ niśācaraḥ .
parvataṃ taṃ samāsādya vākyametaduvāca ha .. 17..

puṣpakasya gatiśchinnā yatkṛte mama gacchataḥ .
tadetacchailamunmūlaṃ karomi tava gopate .. 18..

kena prabhāvena bhavastatra krīḍati rājavat .
vijñātavyaṃ na jānīṣe bhayasthānamupasthitam .. 19..

evamuktvā tato rājanbhujānprakṣipya parvate .
tolayāmāsa taṃ śailaṃ samṛgavyālapādapam .. 20..

tato rāma mahādevaḥ prahasanvīkṣya tatkṛtam .
pādāṅguṣṭhena taṃ śailaṃ pīḍayāmāsa līlayā .. 21..

tataste pīḍitāstasya śailasyādho gatā bhujāḥ .
vismitāścābhavaṃstatra sacivāstasya rakṣasaḥ .. 22..

rakṣasā tena roṣācca bhujānāṃ pīḍanāttathā .
mukto virāvaḥ sumahāṃstrailokyaṃ yena pūritam .. 23..

mānuṣāḥ śabdavitrastā menire lokasaṅkṣayam .
devatāścāpi saṅkṣubdhāścalitāḥ sveṣu karmasu .. 24..

tataḥ prīto mahādevaḥ śailāgre viṣṭhitastadā .
muktvā tasya bhujānrājanprāha vākyaṃ daśānanam .. 25..

prīte.asmi tava vīryācca śauṇḍīryācca niśācara .
ravato vedanā muktaḥ kharaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ .. 26..

yasmāllokatrayaṃ tvetadrāvitaṃ bhayamāgatam .
tasmāttvaṃ rāvaṇo nāma nāmnā tena bhaviṣyasi .. 27..

devatā mānuṣā yakṣā ye cānye jagatītale .
evaṃ tvāmabhidhāsyanti rāvaṇaṃ lokarāvaṇam .. 28..

gaccha paulasthya visrabdhaḥ pathā yena tvamicchasi .
mayā tvamabhyanujñāto rākṣasādhipa gamyatām .. 29..

sākṣānmaheśvareṇaivaṃ kṛtanāmā sa rāvaṇaḥ .
abhivādya mahādevaṃ vimānaṃ tatsamāruhat .. 30..

tato mahītale rāma paricakrāma rāvaṇaḥ .
kṣatriyānsumahāvīryānbādhamānastatastataḥ .. 31..




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