.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 21

evaṃ sañcintya viprendro jagāma laghuvikramaḥ .
ākhyātuṃ tadyathāvṛttaṃ yamasya sadanaṃ prati .. 1..

apaśyatsa yamaṃ tatra devamagnipuraskṛtam .
vidhānamupatiṣṭhantaṃ prāṇino yasya yādṛśam .. 2..

sa tu dṛṣṭvā yamaḥ prāptaṃ maharṣiṃ tatra nāradam .
abravītsukhamāsīnamarghyamāvedya dharmataḥ .. 3..

kaccitkṣemaṃ nu devarṣe kacciddharmo na naśyati .
kimāgamanakṛtyaṃ te devagandharvasevita .. 4..

abravīttu tadā vākyaṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ .
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi vidhānaṃ ca vidhīyatām .. 5..

eṣa nāmnā daśagrīvaḥ pitṛrāja niśācaraḥ .
upayāti vaśaṃ netuṃ vikramaistvāṃ sudurjayam .. 6..

etena kāraṇenāhaṃ tvarito.asmyāgataḥ prabho .
daṇḍapraharaṇasyādya tava kiṃ nu kariṣyati .. 7..

etasminnantare dūrādaṃśumantamivoditam .
dadṛśe divyamāyāntaṃ vimānaṃ tasya rakṣasaḥ .. 8..

taṃ deśaṃ prabhayā tasya puṣpakasya mahābalaḥ .
kṛtvā vitimiraṃ sarvaṃ samīpaṃ samavartata .. 9..

sa tvapaśyanmahābāhurdaśagrīvastatastataḥ .
prāṇinaḥ sukṛtaṃ karma bhuñjānāṃścaiva duṣkṛtam .. 10..

tatastānvadhyamānāṃstu karmabhirduṣkṛtaiḥ svakaiḥ .
rāvaṇo mocayāmāsa vikrameṇa balādbalī .. 11..

preteṣu mucyamāneṣu rākṣasena balīyasā .
pretagopāḥ susaṃrabdhā rākṣasendramabhidravan .. 12..

te prāsaiḥ parighaiḥ śūlairmudgaraiḥ śaktitomaraiḥ .
puṣpakaṃ samavarṣanta śūrāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ .. 13..

tasyāsanāni prāsādānvedikāstaraṇāni ca .
puṣpakasya babhañjuste śīghraṃ madhukarā iva .. 14..

devaniṣṭhānabhūtaṃ tadvimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ mṛdhe .
bhajyamānaṃ tathaivāsīdakṣayaṃ brahmatejasā .. 15..

tataste rāvaṇāmātyā yathākāmaṃ yathābalam .
ayudhyanta mahāvīryāḥ sa ca rājā daśānanaḥ .. 16..

te tu śoṇitadigdhāṅgāḥ sarvaśastrasamāhatāḥ .
amātyā rākṣasendrasya cakrurāyodhanaṃ mahat .. 17..

anyonyaṃ ca mahābhāgā jaghnuḥ praharaṇairyudhi .
yamasya ca mahatsainyaṃ rākṣasasya ca mantriṇaḥ .. 18..

amātyāṃstāṃstu santyajya rākṣasasya mahaujasaḥ .
tameva samadhāvanta śūlavarṣairdaśānanam .. 19..

tataḥ śoṇitadigdhāṅgaḥ prahārairjarjarīkṛtaḥ .
vimāne rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ phullāśoka ivābabhau .. 20..

sa śūlāni gadāḥ prāsāñśaktitomarasāyakān .
musalāni śilāvṛkṣānmumocāstrabalādbalī .. 21..

tāṃstu sarvānsamākṣipya tadastramapahatya ca .
jaghnuste rākṣasaṃ ghoramekaṃ śatasahasrakaḥ .. 22..

parivārya ca taṃ sarve śailaṃ meghotkarā iva .
bhindipālaiśca śūlaiśca nirucchvāsamakārayan .. 23..

vimuktakavacaḥ kruddho siktaḥ śoṇitavisravaiḥ .
sa puṣpakaṃ parityajya pṛthivyāmavatiṣṭhata .. 24..

tataḥ sa kārmukī bāṇī pṛthivyāṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ .
labdhasaṃjño muhūrtena kruddhastasthau yathāntakaḥ .. 25..

tataḥ pāśupataṃ divyamastraṃ sandhāya kārmuke .
tiṣṭha tiṣṭheti tānuktvā taccāpaṃ vyapakarṣata .. 26..

jvālāmālī sa tu śaraḥ kravyādānugato raṇe .
mukto gulmāndrumāṃścaiva bhasmakṛtvā pradhāvati .. 27..

te tasya tejasā dagdhāḥ sainyā vaivasvatasya tu .
raṇe tasminnipatitā dāvadagdhā nagā iva .. 28..

tataḥ sa sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ rākṣaso bhīmavikramaḥ .
nanāda sumahānādaṃ kampayanniva medinīm .. 29..




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