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sarga - 27

kailāsaṃ laṅghayitvātha daśagrīvaḥ sarākṣasaḥ .
āsasāda mahātejā indralokaṃ niśācaraḥ .. 1..

tasya rākṣasasainyasya samantādupayāsyataḥ .
devalokaṃ yayau śabdo bhidyamānārṇavopamaḥ .. 2..

śrutā tu rāvaṇaṃ prāptamindraḥ sañcalitāsanaḥ .
abravīttatra tāndevānsarvāneva samāgatān .. 3..

ādityānsavasūnrudrānviśvānsādhyānmarudgaṇān .
sajjībhavata yuddhārthaṃ rāvaṇasya durātmanaḥ .. 4..

evamuktāstu śakreṇa devāḥ śakrasamā yudhi .
saṃnahyanta mahāsattvā yuddhaśraddhāsamanvitāḥ .. 5..

sa tu dīnaḥ paritrasto mahendro rāvaṇaṃ prati .
viṣṇoḥ samīpamāgatya vākyametaduvāca ha .. 6..

viṣṇo kathaṃ kariṣyāmo mahāvīryaparākrama .
asu hi balavānrakṣo yuddhārthamabhivartate .. 7..

varapradānādbalavānna khalvanyena hetunā .
tacca satyaṃ hi kartavyaṃ vākyaṃ deva prajāpateḥ .. 8..

tadyathā namucirvṛtro balirnarakaśambarau .
tvanmataṃ samavaṣṭabhya yathā dagdhāstathā kuru .. 9..

na hyanyo deva devānāmāpatsu sumahābala .
gatiḥ parāyaṇaṃ vāsti tvāmṛte puruṣottama .. 10..

tvaṃ hi nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānpadmanābhaḥ sanātanaḥ .
tvayāhaṃ sthāpitaścaiva devarājye sanātane .. 11..

tadākhyāhi yathātattvaṃ devadeva mama svayam .
asicakrasahāyastvaṃ yudhyase saṃyuge ripum .. 12..

evamuktaḥ sa śakreṇa devo nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ .
abravīnna paritrāsaḥ kāryaste śrūyatāṃ ca me .. 13..

na tāvadeṣa durvṛttaḥ śakyo daivatadānavaiḥ .
hantuṃ yudhi samāsādya varadānena durjayaḥ .. 14..

sarvathā tu mahatkarma kariṣyati balotkaṭaḥ .
rakṣaḥ putrasahāyo.asau dṛṣṭametannisargataḥ .. 15..

bravīṣi yattu māṃ śakra saṃyuge yotsyasīti ha .
naivāhaṃ pratiyotsye taṃ rāvaṇaṃ rākṣasādhipam .. 16..

anihatya ripuṃ viṣṇurna hi pratinivartate .
durlabhaścaiṣa kāmo.adya varamāsādya rākṣase .. 17..

pratijānāmi devendra tvatsamīpaṃ śatakrato .
rākṣasasyāhamevāsya bhavitā mṛtyukāraṇam .. 18..

ahamenaṃ vadhiṣyāmi rāvaṇaṃ sasutaṃ yudhi .
devatāstoṣayiṣyāmi jñātvā kālamupasthitam .. 19..

etasminnantare nādaḥ śuśruve rajanīkṣaye .
tasya rāvaṇasainyasya prayuddhasya samantataḥ .. 20..

atha yuddhaṃ samabhavaddevarākṣasayostadā .
ghoraṃ tumulanirhrādaṃ nānāpraharaṇāyudham .. 21..

etasminnantare śūrā rākṣasā ghoradarśanāḥ .
yuddhārthamabhyadhāvanta sacivā rāvaṇājñayā .. 22..

mārīcaśca prahastaśca mahāpārśvamahodarau .
akampano nikumbhaśca śukaḥ sāraṇa eva ca .. 23..

saṃhrādirdhūmaketuśca mahādaṃṣṭro mahāmukhaḥ .
jambumālī mahāmālī virūpākṣaśca rākṣasaḥ .. 24..

etaiḥ sarvairmahāvīryairvṛto rākṣasapuṅgava .
rāvaṇasyāryakaḥ sainyaṃ sumālī praviveśa ha .. 25..

sa hi devagaṇānsarvānnānāpraharaṇaiḥ śitaiḥ .
vidhvaṃsayati saṅkruddhaḥ saha taiḥ kṣaṇadācaraiḥ .. 26..

etasminnantare śūro vasūnāmaṣṭamo vasuḥ .
sāvitra iti vikhyātaḥ praviveśa mahāraṇam .. 27..

tato yuddhaṃ samabhavatsurāṇāṃ rākṣasaiḥ saha .
kruddhānāṃ rakṣasāṃ kīrtiṃ samareṣvanivartinām .. 28..

tataste rākṣasāḥ śūrā devāṃstānsamare sthitān .
nānāpraharaṇairghorairjaghnuḥ śatasahasraśaḥ .. 29..

surāstu rākṣasānghorānmahāvīryānsvatejasā .
samare vividhaiḥ śastrairanayanyamasādanam .. 30..

etasminnantare śūraḥ sumālī nāma rākṣasaḥ .
nānāpraharaṇaiḥ kruddho raṇamevābhyavartata .. 31..

devānāṃ tadbalaṃ sarvaṃ nānāpraharaṇaiḥ śitaiḥ .
vidhvaṃsayati saṅkruddho vāyurjaladharāniva .. 32..

te mahābāṇavarṣaiśca śūlaiḥ prāsaiśca dāruṇaiḥ .
pīḍyamānāḥ surāḥ sarve na vyatiṣṭhansamāhitāḥ .. 33..

tato vidrāvyamāṇeṣu tridaśeṣu sumālinā .
vasūnāmaṣṭamo devaḥ sāvitro vyavatiṣṭhata .. 34..

saṃvṛtaḥ svairanīkaistu praharantaṃ niśācaram .
vikrameṇa mahātejā vārayāmāsa saṃyuge .. 35..

sumatayostayorāsīdyuddhaṃ loke sudāruṇam .
sumālino vasoścaiva samareṣvanivartinoḥ .. 36..

tatastasya mahābāṇairvasunā sumahātmanā .
mahānsa pannagarathaḥ kṣaṇena vinipātitaḥ .. 37..

hatvā tu saṃyuge tasya rathaṃ bāṇaśataiḥ śitaiḥ .
gadāṃ tasya vadhārthāya vasurjagrāha pāṇinā .. 38..

tāṃ pradīptāṃ pragṛhyāśu kāladaṇḍanibhāṃ śubhām .
tasya mūrdhani sāvitraḥ sumālervinipātayat .. 39..

tasya mūrdhani solkābhā patantī ca tadā babhau .
sahasrākṣasamutsṛṣṭā girāviva mahāśaniḥ .. 40..

tasya naivāsthi kāyo vā na māṃsaṃ dadṛśe tadā .
gadayā bhasmasādbhūto raṇe tasminnipātitaḥ .. 41..

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nihataṃ saṅkhye rākṣasāste samantataḥ .
dudruvuḥ sahitāḥ sarve krośamānā mahāsvanam .. 42..




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