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sarga - 22

sa tu tasya mahānādaṃ śrutvā vaivasvato yamaḥ .
śatruṃ vijayinaṃ mene svabalasya ca saṅkṣayam .. 1..

sa tu yodhānhatānmatvā krodhaparyākulekṣaṇaḥ .
abravīttvaritaṃ sūtaṃ rathaḥ samupanīyatām .. 2..

tasya sūto rathaṃ divyamupasthāpya mahāsvanam .
sthitaḥ sa ca mahātejā āruroha mahāratham .. 3..

pāśamudgarahastaśca mṛtyustasyāgrato sthitaḥ .
yena saṅkṣipyate sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram .. 4..

kāladaṇḍaśca pārśvastho mūrtimānsyandane sthitaḥ .
yamapraharaṇaṃ divyaṃ prajvalanniva tejasā .. 5..

tato lokāstrayastrastāḥ kampante ca divaukasaḥ .
kālaṃ kruddhaṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā lokatrayabhayāvaham .. 6..

dṛṣṭvā tu te taṃ vikṛtaṃ rathaṃ mṛtyusamanvitam .
sacivā rākṣasendrasya sarvalokabhayāvaham .. 7..

laghusattvatayā sarve naṣṭasañjhā bhayārditāḥ .
nātra yoddhuṃ samarthāḥ sma ityuktvā vipradudruvuḥ .. 8..

sa tu taṃ tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā rathaṃ lokabhayāvaham .
nākṣubhyata tadā rakṣo vyathā caivāsya nābhavat .. 9..

sa tu rāvaṇamāsādya visṛjañśaktitomarān .
yamo marmāṇi saṅkruddho rākṣasasya nyakṛntata .. 10..

rāvaṇastu sthitaḥ svasthaḥ śaravarṣaṃ mumoca ha .
tasminvaivasvatarathe toyavarṣamivāmbudaḥ .. 11..

tato mahāśaktiśataiḥ pātyamānairmahorasi .
pratikartuṃ sa nāśaknodrākṣasaḥ śalyapīḍitaḥ .. 12..

nānāpraharaṇairevaṃ yamenāmitrakarśinā .
saptarātraṃ kṛte saṅkhye na bhagno vijito.api vā .. 13..

tato.abhavatpunaryuddhaṃ yamarākṣasayostadā .
vijayākāṅkṣiṇostatra samareṣvanivartinoḥ .. 14..

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ .
prajāpatiṃ puraskṛtya dadṛśustadraṇājiram .. 15..

saṃvarta iva lokānāmabhavadyudhyatostayoḥ .
rākṣasānāṃ ca mukhyasya pretānāmīśvarasya ca .. 16..

rākṣasendrastataḥ kruddhaścāpamāyamya saṃyuge .
nirantaramivākāśaṃ kurvanbāṇānmumoca ha .. 17..

mṛtyuṃ caturbhirviśikhaiḥ sūtaṃ saptabhirardayat .
yamaṃ śarasahasreṇa śīghraṃ marmasvatāḍayat .. 18..

tataḥ kruddhasya sahasā yamasyābhiniviḥsṛtaḥ .
jvālāmālo viniśvāso vadanātkrodhapāvakaḥ .. 19..

tato.apaśyaṃstadāścaryaṃ devadānavarākṣasāḥ .
krodhajaṃ pāvakaṃ dīptaṃ didhakṣantaṃ riporbalam .. 20..

mṛtyustu paramakruddho vaivasvatamathābravīt .
muñca māṃ deva śīghraṃ tvaṃ nihanmi samare ripum .. 21..

narakaḥ śambaro vṛtraḥ śambhuḥ kārtasvaro balī .
namucirvirocanaścaiva tāvubhau madhukaiṭabhau .. 22..

ete cānye ca bahavo balavanto durāsadāḥ .
vinipannā mayā dṛṣṭāḥ kā cintāsminniśācare .. 23..

muñca māṃ sādhu dharmajña yāvadenaṃ nihanmyaham .
na hi kaścinmayā dṛṣṭo muhūrtamapi jīvati .. 24..

balaṃ mama na khalvetanmaryādaiṣā nisargataḥ .
saṃspṛṣṭo hi mayā kaścinna jīvediti niścayaḥ .. 25..

etattu vacanaṃ śrutvā dharmarājaḥ pratāpavān .
abravīttatra taṃ mṛtyumayamenaṃ nihanmyaham .. 26..

tataḥ saṃraktanayanaḥ kruddho vaivasvataḥ prabhuḥ .
kāladaṇḍamamoghaṃ taṃ tolayāmāsa pāṇinā .. 27..

yasya pārśveṣu niśchidrāḥ kālapāśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ .
pāvakasparśasaṅkāśo mudgaro mūrtimānsthitaḥ .. 28..

darśanādeva yaḥ prāṇānprāṇinām uparudhyati .
kiṃ punastāḍanādvāpi pīḍanādvāpi dehinaḥ .. 29..

sa jvālāparivārastu pibanniva niśācaram .
karaspṛṣṭo balavatā daṇḍaḥ kruddhaḥ sudāruṇaḥ .. 30..

tato vidudruvuḥ sarve sattvāstasmādraṇājirāt .
surāśca kṣubhitā dṛṣṭvā kāladaṇḍodyataṃ yamam .. 31..

tasminprahartukāme tu daṇḍamudyamya rāvaṇam .
yamaṃ pitāmahaḥ sākṣāddarśayitvedamabravīt .. 32..

vaivasvata mahābāho na khalvatulavikramaḥ .
prahartavyaṃ tvayaitena daṇḍenāsminniśācare .. 33..

varaḥ khalu mayā dattastasya tridaśapuṅgava .
tattvayā nānṛtaṃ kāryaṃ yanmayā vyāhṛtaṃ vacaḥ .. 34..

amogho hyeṣa sarvāsāṃ prajānāṃ vinipātane .
kāladaṇḍo mayā sṛṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ mṛtyupuraskṛtaḥ .. 35..

tanna khalveṣa te saumya pātyo rākṣasamūrdhani .
na hyasminpatite kaścinmuhūrtamapi jīvati .. 36..

yadi hyasminnipatite na mriyetaiṣa rākṣasaḥ .
mriyeta vā daśagrīvastathāpyubhayato.anṛtam .. 37..

rākṣasendrānniyacchādya daṇḍamenaṃ vadhodyatam .
satyaṃ mama kuruṣvedaṃ lokāṃstvaṃ samavekṣya ca .. 38..

evamuktastu dharmātmā pratyuvāca yamastadā .
eṣa vyāvartito daṇḍaḥ prabhaviṣṇurbhavānhi naḥ .. 39..

kiṃ tvidānīṃ mayā śakyaṃ kartuṃ raṇagatena hi .
yanmayā yanna hantavyo rākṣaso varadarpitaḥ .. 40..

eṣa tasmātpraṇaśyāmi darśanādasya rakṣasaḥ .
ityuktvā sarathaḥ sāśvastatraivāntaradhīyata .. 41..

daśagrīvastu taṃ jitvā nāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ .
puṣpakeṇa tu saṃhṛṣṭo niṣkrānto yamasādanāt .. 42..

tato vaivasvato devaiḥ saha brahmapurogamaiḥ .
jagāma tridivaṃ hṛṣṭo nāradaśca mahāmuniḥ .. 43..




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