.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 59

atha rātryāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ śatrughno bhṛgunandanam .
papraccha cyavanaṃ vipraṃ lavaṇasya balābalam .. 1..

śūlasya ca balaṃ brahmanke ca pūrvaṃ nipātitāḥ .
anena śūlamukhena dvandvayuddhamupāgatāḥ .. 2..

tasya tadbhāṣitaṃ śrutvā śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ .
pratyuvāca mahātejāś cyavano raghunandanam .. 3..

asaṅkhyeyāni karmāṇi yānyasya puruṣarṣabha .
ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhave yadvṛttaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva me .. 4..

ayodhyāyāṃ purā rājā yuvanāśvasuto balī .
māndhatā iti vikhyātastriṣu lokeṣu vīryavān .. 5..

sa kṛtvā pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ śāsane pṛthivīpatiḥ .
suralokamatho jetumudyogamakaronnṛpaḥ .. 6..

indrasya tu bhayaṃ tīvraṃ surāṇāṃ ca mahātmanām .
māndhātari kṛtodyoge devalokajigīṣayā .. 7..

ardhāsanena śakrasya rājyārdhena ca pārthivaḥ .
vandyamānaḥ suragaṇaiḥ pratijñām adhyarohata .. 8..

tasya pāpamabhiprāyaṃ viditvā pākaśāsanaḥ .
sāntvapūrvamidaṃ vākyamuvāca yuvanāśvajam .. 9..

rājā tvaṃ mānuṣaṃ loke na tāvatpuruṣarṣabha .
akṛtvā pṛthivīṃ vaśyāṃ devarājyamihecchasi .. 10..

yadi vīra samagrā te medinī nikhilā vaśe .
devarājyaṃ kuruṣveha sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ .. 11..

indramevaṃ bruvāṇaṃ tu māndhātā vākyamabravīt .
kva me śakrapratihataṃ śāsanaṃ pṛthivītale .. 12..

tamuvāca sahasrākṣo lavaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ .
madhuputro madhuvane nājñāṃ te kurute.anagha .. 13..

tacchrutvā vipriyaṃ ghoraṃ sahasrākṣeṇa bhāṣitam .
vrīḍito.avāṅmukho rājā vyāhartuṃ na śaśāka ha .. 14..

āmantrya tu sahasrākṣaṃ hriyā kiṃ cidavāṅmukhaḥ .
punarevāgamacchrīmānimaṃ lokaṃ nareśvaraḥ .. 15..

sa kṛtvā hṛdaye.amarṣaṃ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ .
ājagāma madhoḥ putraṃ vaśe kartumaninditaḥ .. 16..

sa kāṅkṣamāṇo lavaṇaṃ yuddhāya puruṣarṣabhaḥ .
dūtaṃ sampreṣayāmāsa sakāśaṃ lavaṇasya saḥ .. 17..

sa gatvā vipriyāṇyāha bahūni madhunaḥ sutam .
vadantamevaṃ taṃ dūtaṃ bhakṣayāmāsa rākṣasaḥ .. 18..

cirāyamāṇe dūte tu rājā krodhasamanvitaḥ .
ardayāmāsa tadrakṣaḥ śaravṛṣṭyā samantataḥ .. 19..

tataḥ prahasya lavaṇaḥ śūlaṃ jagrāha pāṇinā .
vadhāya sānubandhasya mumocāyudhamuttamam .. 20..

tacchūlaṃ dīpyamānaṃ tu sabhṛtyabalavāhanam .
bhasmīkṛtya nṛpaṃ bhūyo lavaṇasyāgamatkaram .. 21..

evaṃ sa rājā sumahānhataḥ sabalavāhanaḥ .
śūlasya ca balaṃ vīra aprameyamanuttamam .. 22..

śvaḥ prabhāte tu lavaṇaṃ vadhiṣyasi na saṃśayaḥ .
agṛhītāyudhaṃ kṣipraṃ dhruvo hi vijayastava .. 23..




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