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sarga - 28

sumālinaṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā vasunā bhasmasātkṛtam .
vidrutaṃ cāpi svaṃ sainyaṃ lakṣayitvārditaṃ śaraiḥ .. 1..

tataḥ sa balavānkruddho rāvaṇasya suto yudhi .
nivartya rākṣasānsarvānmeghanādo vyatiṣṭhata .. 2..

sa rathenāgnivarṇena kāmagena mahārathaḥ .
abhidudrāva senāṃ tāṃ vanānyagniriva jvalan .. 3..

tataḥ praviśatastasya vividhāyudhadhāriṇaḥ .
vidudruvurdiśaḥ sarvā devāstasya ca darśanāt .. 4..

na tatrāvasthitaḥ kaścidraṇe tasya yuyutsataḥ .
sarvānāvidhya vitrastāndṛṣṭvā śakro.abhyabhāṣata .. 5..

na bhetavyaṃ na gantavyaṃ nivartadhvaṃ raṇaṃ prati .
eṣa gacchati me putro yuddhārthamaparājitaḥ .. 6..

tataḥ śakrasuto devo jayanta iti viśrutaḥ .
rathenādbhutakalpena saṅgrāmamabhivartata .. 7..

tataste tridaśāḥ sarve parivārya śacīsutam .
rāvaṇasya sutaṃ yuddhe samāsādya vyavasthitaḥ .. 8..

teṣāṃ yuddhaṃ mahadabhūtsadṛśaṃ devarākṣasām .
kṛte mahendraputrasya rākṣasendrasutasya ca .. 9..

tato mātaliputre tu gomukhe rākṣasātmajaḥ .
sārathau pātayāmāsa śarānkāñcanabhūṣaṇān .. 10..

śacīsutastvapi tathā jayantastasya sārathim .
taṃ caiva rāvaṇiṃ kruddhaḥ pratyavidhyadraṇājire .. 11..

tataḥ kruddho mahātejā rakṣo visphāritekṣaṇaḥ .
rāvaṇiḥ śakraputraṃ taṃ śaravarṣairavākirat .. 12..

tataḥ pragṛhya śastrāṇi sāravanti mahānti ca .
śataghnīstomarānprāsāngadākhaḍgaparaśvadhān .
sumahāntyadriśṛṅgāṇi pātayāmāsa rāvaṇiḥ .. 13..

tataḥ pravyathito lokāḥ sañjajñe ca tamo mahat .
tasya rāvaṇaputrasya tadā śatrūnabhighnataḥ .. 14..

tatastaddaivatabalaṃ samantāttaṃ śacīsutam .
bahuprakāramasvasthaṃ tatra tatra sma dhāvati .. 15..

nābhyajānaṃstadānyonyaṃ śatrūnvā daivatāni vā .
tatra tatra viparyastaṃ samantātparidhāvitam .. 16..

etasminnantare śūraḥ pulomā nāma vīryavān .
daiteyastena saṅgṛhya śacīputro.apavāhitaḥ .. 17..

gṛhītvā taṃ tu naptāraṃ praviṣṭaḥ sa mahodadhim .
mātāmaho.aryakastasya paulomī yena sā śacī .. 18..

praṇāśaṃ dṛśya tu surā jayantasyātidāruṇam .
vyathitāścāprahṛṣṭāśca samantādvipradudruvuḥ .. 19..

rāvaṇistvatha saṃhṛṣṭo balaiḥ parivṛtaḥ svakaiḥ .
abhyadhāvata devāṃstānmumoca ca mahāsvanam .. 20..

dṛṣṭvā praṇāśaṃ putrasya rāvaṇeścāpi vikramam .
mātaliṃ prāha devendro rathaḥ samupanīyatām .. 21..

sa tu divyo mahābhīmaḥ sajja eva mahārathaḥ .
upasthito mātalinā vāhyamānā manojavaḥ .. 22..

tato meghā rathe tasmiṃstaḍidvanto mahāsvanāḥ .
agrato vāyucapālā gacchanto vyanadaṃstadā .. 23..

nānāvādyāni vādyanta sutayaśca samāhitāḥ .
nanṛtuścāpsaraḥsaṅghāḥ prayāte vāsave raṇam .. 24..

rudrairvasubhirādityaiḥ sādhyaiśca samarudgaṇaiḥ .
vṛto nānāpraharaṇairniryayau tridaśādhipaḥ .. 25..

nirgacchatastu śakrasya paruṣaṃ pavano vavau .
bhāskaro niṣprabhaścāsīnmaholkāś ca prapedire .. 26..

etasminnantare śūro daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān .
āruroha rathaṃ divyaṃ nirmitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā .. 27..

pannagaiḥ sumahākāyairveṣṭitaṃ lomaharṣaṇaiḥ .
yeṣāṃ niśvāsavātena pradīptamiva saṃyugam .. 28..

daityairniśācaraiḥ śūrai rathaḥ samparivāritaḥ .
samarābhimukho divyo mahendramabhivartata .. 29..

putraṃ taṃ vārayitvāsau svayameva vyavasthitaḥ .
so.api yuddhādviniṣkramya rāvaṇiḥ samupāviśat .. 30..

tato yuddhaṃ pravṛttaṃ tu surāṇāṃ rākṣasaiḥ saha .
śastrābhivarṣaṇaṃ ghoraṃ meghānāmiva saṃyuge .. 31..

kumbhakarṇastu duṣṭātmā nānāpraharaṇodyataḥ .
nājñāyata tadā yuddhe saha kenāpyayudhyata .. 32..

dantairbhujābhyāṃ padbhyāṃ ca śaktitomarasāyakaiḥ .
yena kenaiva saṃrabdhastāḍayāmāsa vai surān .. 33..

tato rudrairmahābhāgaiḥ sahādityairniśācaraiḥ .
prayuddhastaiśca saṅgrāme kṛttaḥ śastrairnirantaram .. 34..

tatastadrākṣasaṃ sainyaṃ tridaśaiḥ samarudgaṇaiḥ .
raṇe vidrāvitaṃ sarvaṃ nānāpraharaṇaiḥ śitaiḥ .. 35..

ke cidvinihatāḥ śastrairveṣṭanti sma mahītale .
vāhaneṣvavasaktāśca sthitā evāpare raṇe .. 36..

rathānnāgānkharānuṣṭrānpannagāṃsturagāṃstathā .
śiṃśumārānvarāhāṃśca piśācavadanāṃstathā .. 37..

tānsamāliṅgya bāhubhyāṃ viṣṭabdhāḥ ke ciducchritāḥ .
devaistu śastrasaṃviddhā mamrire ca niśācarāḥ .. 38..

citrakarma ivābhāti sa teṣāṃ raṇasamplavaḥ .
nihatānāṃ pramattānāṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahītale .. 39..

śoṇitodaka niṣyandākaṅkagṛdhrasamākulā .
pravṛttā saṃyugamukhe śastragrāhavatī nadī .. 40..

etasminnantare kruddho daśagrīvaḥ pratāpavān .
nirīkṣya tadbalaṃ sarvaṃ daivatairvinipātitam .. 41..

sa taṃ prativigāhyāśu pravṛddhaṃ sainyasāgaram .
tridaśānsamare nighnañśakramevābhyavartata .. 42..

tataḥ śakro mahaccāpaṃ visphārya sumahāsvanam .
yasya visphāraghoṣeṇa svananti sma diśo daśa .. 43..

tadvikṛṣya mahaccāpamindro rāvaṇamūrdhani .
nipātayāmāsa śarānpāvakādityavarcasaḥ .. 44..

tathaiva ca mahābāhurdaśagrīvo vyavasthitaḥ .
śakraṃ kārmukavibhraṣṭaiḥ śaravarṣairavākirat .. 45..

prayudhyatoratha tayorbāṇavarṣaiḥ samantataḥ .
nājñāyata tadā kiṃ citsarvaṃ hi tamasā vṛtam .. 46..




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