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sarga - 25

sa tu dattvā daśagrīvo vanaṃ ghoraṃ kharasya tat .
bhaginīṃ ca samāśvāsya hṛṣṭaḥ svasthataro.abhavat .. 1..

tato nikumbhilā nāma laṅkāyāḥ kānanaṃ mahat .
mahātmā rākṣasendrastatpraviveśa sahānugaḥ .. 2..

tatra yūpaśatākīrṇaṃ saumyacaityopaśobhitam .
dadarśa viṣṭhitaṃ yajñaṃ sampradīptamiva śriyā .. 3..

tataḥ kṛṣṇājinadharaṃ kamaṇḍaluśikhādhvajam .
dadarśa svasutaṃ tatra meghanādamarindamam .. 4..

rakṣaḥpatiḥ samāsādya samāśliṣya ca bāhubhiḥ .
abravītkimidaṃ vatsa vartate tadbravīhi me .. 5..

uśanā tvabravīttatra gururyajñasamṛddhaye .
rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasaśreṭṣhaṃ dvijaśreṣṭho mahātapāḥ .. 6..

ahamākhyāmi te rājañśrūyatāṃ sarvameva ca .
yajñāste sapta putreṇa prāptāḥ subahuvistarāḥ .. 7..

agniṣṭomo.aśvamedhaśca yajño bahusuvarṇakaḥ .
rājasūyastathā yajño gomedho vaiṣṇavastathā .. 8..

māheśvare pravṛtte tu yajñe pumbhiḥ sudurlabhe .
varāṃste labdhavānputraḥ sākṣātpaśu pateriha .. 9..

kāmagaṃ syandanaṃ divyamantarikṣacaraṃ dhruvam .
māyāṃ ca tāmasīṃ nāma yayā sampadyate tamaḥ .. 10..

etayā kila saṅgrāme māyayā rāṣaseśvara .
prayuddhasya gatiḥ śakyā na hi jñātuṃ surāsuraiḥ .. 11..

akṣayāviṣudhī bāṇaiścāpaṃ cāpi sudurjayam .
astraṃ ca balavatsaumya śatruvidhvaṃsanaṃ raṇe .. 12..

etānsarvānvarā.Nllabdhvā putraste.ayaṃ daśānana .
adya yajñasamāptau ca tvatpratīkṣaḥ sthito aham .. 13..

tato.abravīddaśagrīvo na śobhanamidaṃ kṛtam .
pūjitāḥ śatravo yasmāddravyairindrapurogamāḥ .. 14..

ehīdānīṃ kṛtaṃ yaddhi tadakartuṃ na śakyate .
āgaccha saumya gacchāmaḥ svameva bhavanaṃ prati .. 15..

tato gatvā daśagrīvaḥ saputraḥ savibhīṣaṇaḥ .
striyo.avatārayāmāsa sarvāstā bāṣpaviklavāḥ .. 16..

lakṣiṇyo ratnabūtāśca devadānavarakṣasām .
nānābhūṣaṇasampannā jvalantyaḥ svena tejasā .. 17..

vibhīṣaṇastu tā nārīrdṛṣṭvā śokasamākulāḥ .
tasya tāṃ ca matiṃ jñātvā dharmātmā vākyamabravīt .. 18..

īdṛśaistaiḥ samācārairyaśo.arthakulanāśanaiḥ .
dharaṇaṃ prāṇināṃ dattvā svamatena viceṣṭase .. 19..

jñātīnvai dharṣayitvemāstvayānītā varāṅganāḥ .
tvāmatikramya madhunā rājankumbhīnasī hṛtā .. 20..

rāvaṇastvabravīdvākyaṃ nāvagacchāmi kiṃ tvidam .
ko vāyaṃ yastvayākhyāto madhurityeva nāmataḥ .. 21..

vibhīṣaṇastu saṅkruddho bhrātaraṃ vākyamabravīt .
śrūyatāmasya pāpasya karmaṇaḥ phalamāgatam .. 22..

mātāmahasya yo.asmākaṃ jyeṣṭho bhrātā sumālinaḥ .
mālyavāniti vikhyāto vṛddhaprājño niśācaraḥ .. 23..

piturjyeṣṭho jananyāśca asmākaṃ tvāryako.abhavat .
tasya kumbhīnasī nāma duhiturduhitābhavat .. 24..

mātṛṣvasurathāsmākaṃ sā kanyā cānalodbhavā .
bhavatyasmākameṣā vai bhrātṝṇāṃ dharmataḥ svasā .. 25..

sā hṛtā madhunā rājanrākṣasena balīyasā .
yajñapravṛtte putre te mayi cāntarjaloṣite .. 26..

nihatya rākṣasaśreṣṭhānamātyāṃstava saṃmatān .
dharṣayitvā hṛtarājanguptā hyantaḥpure tava .. 27..

śrutvā tvetanmahārāja kṣāntameva hato na saḥ .
yasmādavaśyaṃ dātavyā kanyā bhartre hi dātṛbhiḥ .
asminnevābhisamprāptaṃ loke viditamastu te .. 28..

tato.abravīddaśagrīvaḥ kruddhaḥ saṃraktalocanaḥ .
kalpyatāṃ me rathaḥ śīghraṃ śūrāḥ sajjībhavantu ca .. 29..

bhrātā me kumbhakarṇaśca ye ca mukhyā niśācarāḥ .
vāhanānyadhirohantu nānāpraharaṇāyudhāḥ .. 30..

adya taṃ samare hatvā madhuṃ rāvaṇanirbhayam .
indralokaṃ gamiṣyāmi yuddhakāṅkṣī suhṛdvṛtaḥ .. 31..

tato vijitya tridivaṃ vaśe sthāpya purandaram .
nirvṛto vihariṣyāmi trailokyaiśvaryaśobhitaḥ .. 32..

akṣauhiṇīsahasrāṇi catvāryugrāṇi rakṣasām .
nānāpraharaṇānyāśu niryayuryuddhakāṅkṣiṇām .. 33..

indrajittvagrataḥ sainyaṃ sainikānparigṛhya ca .
rāvaṇo madhyataḥ śūraḥ kumbhakarṇaśca pṛṣṭhataḥ .. 34..

vibhīṣaṇastu dharmātmā laṅkāyāṃ dharmamācarat .
te tu sarve mahābhāgā yayurmadhupuraṃ prati .. 35..

rathairnāgaiḥ kharairuṣṭrairhayairdīptairmahoragaiḥ .
rākṣasāḥ prayayuḥ sarve kṛtvākāśaṃ nirantaram .. 36..

daityāṃśca śataśastatra kṛtavairāḥ suraiḥ saha .
rāvaṇaṃ prekṣya gacchantamanvagacchanta pṛṣṭhataḥ .. 37..

sa tu gatvā madhupuraṃ praviśya ca daśānanaḥ .
na dadarśa madhuṃ tatra bhaginīṃ tatra dṛṣṭavān .. 38..

sā prahvā prāñjalirbhūtvā śirasā pādayorgatā .
tasya rākṣasarājasya trastā kumbhīnasī svasā .. 39..

tāṃ samutthāpayāmāsa na bhetavyamiti bruvan .
rāvaṇo rākṣasaśreṣṭhaḥ kiṃ cāpi karavāṇi te .. 40..

sābravīdyadi me rājanprasannastvaṃ mahābala .
bhartāraṃ na mamehādya hantumarhasi mānada .. 41..

satyavāgbhava rājendra māmavekṣasva yācatīm .
tvayā hyuktaṃ mahābāho na bhetavyamiti svayam .. 42..

rāvaṇastvabravīddhṛṣṭaḥ svasāraṃ tatra saṃsthitam .
kva cāsau tava bhartā vai mama śīghraṃ nivedyatām .. 43..

saha tena gamiṣyāmi suralokaṃ jayāya vai .
tava kāruṇyasauhardānnivṛtto.asmi madhorvadhāt .. 44..

ityuktvvā sā prasuptaṃ taṃ samutthāpya niśācaram .
abravītsamprahṛṣṭeva rākṣasī suvipaścitam .. 45..

eṣa prāpto daśagrīvo mama bhrātā niśācaraḥ .
suralokajayākāṅkṣī sāhāyye tvāṃ vṛṇoti ca .. 46..

tadasya tvaṃ sahāyārthaṃ sabandhurgaccha rākṣasa .
snigdhasya bhajamānasya yuktamarthāya kalpitum .. 47..

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā tathetyāha madhurvacaḥ .
dadarśa rākṣasaśreṣṭhaṃ yathānyāyamupetya saḥ .. 48..

pūjayāmāsa dharmeṇa rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam .
prāptapūjo daśagrīvo madhuveśmani vīryavān .
tatra caikāṃ niśāmuṣya gamanāyopacakrame .. 49..

tataḥ kailāsamāsādya śailaṃ vaiśvaraṇālayam .
rākṣasendro mahendrābhaḥ senāmupaniveśayat .. 50..

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