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sarga - 23

sa tu jitvā daśagrīvo yamaṃ tridaśapuṅgavam .
rāvaṇastu jayaślāghī svasahāyāndadarśa ha .. 1..

jayena vardhayitvā ca mārīcapramukhāstataḥ .
puṣpakaṃ bhejire sarve sāntvitā ravaṇena ha .. 2..

tato rasātalaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ praviṣṭaḥ payaso nidhim .
daityoraga gaṇādhyuṣṭaṃ varuṇena surakṣitam .. 3..

sa tu bhogavatīṃ gatvā purīṃ vāsukipālitām .
sthāpya nāgānvaśe kṛtvā yayau maṇimatīṃ purīm .. 4..

nivātakavacāstatra daityā labdhavarā vasan .
rākṣasastānsamāsādya yuddhena samupāhvayat .. 5..

te tu sarve suvikrāntā daiteyā balaśālinaḥ .
nānāpraharaṇāstatra prayuddhā yuddhadurmadāḥ .. 6..

teṣāṃ tu yudhyamānānāṃ sāgraḥ saṃvatsaro gataḥ .
na cānyatarayostatra vijayo vā kṣayo.api vā .. 7..

tataḥ pitāmahastatra trailokyagatiravyayaḥ .
ājagāma drutaṃ devo vimānavaramāsthitaḥ .. 8..

nivātakavacānāṃ tu nivārya raṇakarma tat .
vṛddhaḥ pitāmaho vākyamuvāca viditārthavat .. 9..

na hyayaṃ rāvaṇo yuddhe śakyo jetuṃ surāsuraiḥ .
na bhavantaḥ kṣayaṃ netuṃ śakyāḥ sendraiḥ surāsuraiḥ .. 10..

rākṣasasya sakhitvaṃ vai bhavadbhiḥ saha rocate .
avibhaktā hi sarvārthāḥ suhṛdāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 11..

tato.agnisākṣikaṃ sakhyaṃ kṛtavāṃstatra rāvaṇaḥ .
nivātakavacaiḥ sārdhaṃ prītimānabhavattadā .. 12..

arcitastairyathānyāyaṃ saṃvatsarasukhoṣitaḥ .
svapurānnirviśeṣaṃ ca pūjāṃ prāpto daśānanaḥ .. 13..

sa tūpadhārya māyānāṃ śatamekonamātmavān .
salilendrapurānveṣī sa babhrāma rasātalam .. 14..

tato.aśmanagaraṃ nāma kālakeyābhirakṣitam .
taṃ vijitya muhūrtena jaghne daityāṃścatuḥśatam .. 15..

tataḥ pāṇḍurameghābhaṃ kailāsamiva saṃsthitam .
varuṇasyālayaṃ divyamapaśyadrākṣasādhipaḥ .. 16..

kṣarantīṃ ca payo nityaṃ surabhiṃ gāmavasthitām .
yasyāḥ payoviniṣyandātkṣīrodo nāma sāgaraḥ .. 17..

yasmāccandraḥ prabhavati śītaraśmiḥ prajāhitaḥ .
yaṃ samāsādya jīvanti phenapāḥ paramarṣayaḥ .
amṛtaṃ yatra cotpannaṃ surā cāpi surāśinām .. 18..

yāṃ bruvanti narā loke surabhiṃ nāma nāmataḥ .
pradakṣiṇaṃ tu tāṃ kṛtvā rāvaṇaḥ paramādbhutām .
praviveśa mahāghoraṃ guptaṃ bahuvidhairbalaiḥ .. 19..

tato dhārāśatākīrṇaṃ śāradābhranibhaṃ tadā .
nityaprahṛṣṭaṃ dadṛśe varuṇasya gṛhottamam .. 20..

tato hatvā balādhyakṣānsamare taiśca tāḍitaḥ .
abravītkva gato yo vo rājā śīghraṃ nivedyatām .. 21..

yuddhārthī rāvaṇaḥ prāptastasya yuddhaṃ pradīyatām .
vada vā na bhayaṃ te.asti nirjito.asmīti sāñjaliḥ .. 22..

etasminnantare kruddhā varuṇasya mahātmanaḥ .
putrāḥ pautrāśca niṣkrāmangauśca puṣkara eva ca .. 23..

te tu vīryaguṇopetā balaiḥ parivṛtāḥ svakaiḥ .
yuktvā rathānkāmagamānudyadbhāskaravarcasaḥ .. 24..

tato yuddhaṃ samabhavaddāruṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam .
salilendrasya putrāṇāṃ rāvaṇasya ca rakṣasaḥ .. 25..

amātyaistu mahāvīryairdaśagrīvasya rakṣasaḥ .
vāruṇaṃ tadbalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ kṣaṇena vinipātitam .. 26..

samīkṣya svabalaṃ saṅkhye varuṇasyā sutāstadā .
arditāḥ śarajālena nivṛttā raṇakarmaṇaḥ .. 27..

mahītalagatāste tu rāvaṇaṃ dṛśya puṣpake .
ākāśamāśu viviśuḥ syandanaiḥ śīghragāmibhiḥ .. 28..

mahadāsīttatasteṣāṃ tulyaṃ sthānamavāpya tat .
ākāśayuddhaṃ tumulaṃ devadānavayoriva .. 29..

tataste rāvaṇaṃ yudhe śaraiḥ pāvakasaṃnibhaiḥ .
vimukhīkṛtya saṃhṛṣṭā vinedurvividhānravān .. 30..

tato mahodaraḥ kruddho rājānaṃ dṛśya dharṣitam .
tyaktvā mṛtyubhayaṃ vīro yuddhakāṅkṣī vyalokayat .. 31..

tena teṣāṃ hayā ye ca kāmagāḥ pavanopamāḥ .
mahodareṇa gadayā hatāste prayayuḥ kṣitim .. 32..

teṣāṃ varuṇasūnūnāṃ hatvā yodhānhayāṃśca tān .
mumocāśu mahānādaṃ virathānprekṣya tānsthitān .. 33..

te tu teṣāṃ rathāḥ sāśvāḥ saha sārathibhirvaraiḥ .
mahodareṇa nihatāḥ patitāḥ pṛthivītale .. 34..

te tu tyaktvā rathānputrā varuṇasya mahātmanaḥ .
ākāśe viṣṭhitāḥ śūrāḥ svaprabhāvānna vivyathuḥ .. 35..

dhanūṃṣi kṛtvā sajyāni vinirbhidya mahodaram .
rāvaṇaṃ samare kruddhāḥ sahitāḥ samabhidravan .. 36..

tataḥ kruddho daśagrīvaḥ kālāgniriva viṣṭhitaḥ .
śaravarṣaṃ mahāvegaṃ teṣāṃ marmasvapātayat .. 37..

musalāni vicitrāṇi tato bhallaśatāni ca .
paṭṭasāṃścaiva śaktīśca śataghnīstomarāṃstathā .
pātayāmāsa durdharṣasteṣāmupari viṣṭhitaḥ .. 38..

atha viddhāstu te vīrā viniṣpetuḥ padātayaḥ .. 39..

tato rakṣo mahānādaṃ muktvā hanti sma vāruṇān .
nānāpraharaṇairghorairdhārāpātairivāmbudaḥ .. 40..

tataste vimukhāḥ sarve patitā dharaṇītale .
raṇātsvapuruṣaiḥ śīghraṃ gṛhāṇyeva praveśitāḥ .. 41..

tānabravīttato rakṣo varuṇāya nivedyatām .
rāvaṇaṃ cābravīnmantrī prabhāso nāma vāruṇaḥ .. 42..

gataḥ khalu mahātejā brahmalokaṃ jaleśvaraḥ .
gāndharvaṃ varuṇaḥ śrotuṃ yaṃ tvamāhvayase yudhi .. 43..

tatkiṃ tava vṛthā vīra pariśrāmya gate nṛpe .
ye tu saṃnihitā vīrāḥ kumārāste parājitāḥ .. 44..

rākṣasendrastu tacchrutvā nāma viśrāvya cātmanaḥ .
harṣānnādaṃ vimuñcanvai niṣkrānto varuṇālayāt .. 45..

āgatastu pathā yena tenaiva vinivṛtya saḥ .
laṅkāmabhimukho rakṣo nabhastalagato yayau .. 46..




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