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sarga - 19

atha jitvā maruttaṃ sa prayayau rākṣasādhipaḥ .
nagarāṇi narendrāṇāṃ yuddhakāṅkṣī daśānanaḥ .. 1..

sa samāsādya rājendrānmahendravaruṇopamān .
abravīdrākṣasendrastu yuddhaṃ me dīyatām iti .. 2..

nirjitāḥ smeti vā brūta eṣo hi mama niścayaḥ .
anyathā kurvatāmevaṃ mokṣo vo nopapadyate .. 3..

tatastu bahavaḥ prājñāḥ pārthivā dharmaṇiścayāḥ .
nirjitāḥ smetyabhāṣanta jñātvā varabalaṃ ripoḥ .. 4..

duṣyantaḥ suratho gādhirgayo rājā purūravāḥ .
ete sarve.abruvaṃstāta nirjitāḥ smeti pārthivāḥ .. 5..

athāyodhyāṃ samāsādya rāvaṇo rākṣasādhipaḥ .
suguptāmanaraṇyena śakreṇevāmarāvatīm .. 6..

prāha rājānamāsādya yuddhaṃ me sampradīyatām .
nirjito.asmīti vā brūhi mamaitadiha śāsanam .. 7..

anaraṇyaḥ susaṅkruddho rākṣasendramathābravīt .
dīyate dvandvayuddhaṃ te rākṣasādhipate mayā .. 8..

atha pūrvaṃ śrutārthena sajjitaṃ sumahaddhi yat .
niṣkrāmattannarendrasya balaṃ rakṣovadhodyatam .. 9..

nāgānāṃ bahusāhasraṃ vājināmayutaṃ tathā .
mahīṃ sañcādya niṣkrāntaṃ sapadātirathaṃ kṣaṇāt .. 10..

tadrāvaṇabalaṃ prāpya balaṃ tasya mahīpateḥ .
prāṇaśyata tadā rājanhavyaṃ hutamivānale .. 11..

so.apaśyata narendrastu naśyamānaṃ mahadbalam .
mahārṇavaṃ samāsādya yathā pañcāpagā jalam .. 12..

tataḥ śakradhanuḥprakhyaṃ dhanurvisphārayansvayam .
āsadāda narendrāstaṃ rāvaṇaṃ krodhamūrchitaḥ .. 13..

tato bāṇaśatānyaṣṭau pātayāmāsa mūrdhani .
tasya rākṣasarājasya ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ .. 14..

tasya bāṇāḥ patantaste cakrire na kṣataṃ kva cit .
vāridhārā ivābhrebhyaḥ patantyo nagamūrdhani .. 15..

tato rākṣasarājena kruddhena nṛpatistadā .
talena bhihato mūrdhni sa rathānnipapāta ha .. 16..

sa rājā patito bhūmau vihvalāṅgaḥ pravepitaḥ .
vajradagdha ivāraṇye sālo nipatito mahān .. 17..

taṃ prahasyābravīdrakṣa ikṣvākuṃ pṛthivīpatim .
kimidānīṃ tvayā prāptaṃ phalaṃ māṃ prati yudhyatā .. 18..

trailokye nāsti yo dvandvaṃ mama dadyānnarādhipa .
śaṅke pramatto bhogeṣu na śṛṇoṣi balaṃ mama .. 19..

tasyaivaṃ bruvato rājā mandāsurvākyamabravīt .
kiṃ śakyamiha kartuṃ vai yatkālo duratikramaḥ .. 20..

na hyahaṃ nirjito rakṣastvayā cātmapraśaṃsinā .
kāleneha vipanno.ahaṃ hetubhūtastu me bhavān .. 21..

kiṃ tvidānīṃ mayā śakyaṃ kartuṃ prāṇaparikṣaye .
ikṣvākuparibhāvitvādvaco vakṣyāmi rākṣasa .. 22..

yadi dattaṃ yadi hutaṃ yadi me sukṛtaṃ tapaḥ .
yadi guptāḥ prajāḥ samyaktathā satyaṃ vaco.astu me .. 23..

utpatsyate kule hyasminnikṣvākūṇāṃ mahātmanām .
rājā paramatejasvī yaste prāṇānhariṣyati .. 24..

tato jaladharodagrastāḍito devadundubhiḥ .
tasminnudāhṛte śāpe puṣpavṛṣṭiśca khāccyutā .. 25..

tataḥ sa rājā rājendra gataḥ sthānaṃ triviṣṭapam .
svargate ca nṛpe rāma rākṣasaḥ sa nyavartata .. 26..




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