.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - uttarakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 60

kathāṃ kathayatāṃ teṣāṃ jayaṃ cākāṅkṣatāṃ śubham .
vyatītā rajanī śīghraṃ śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ .. 1..

tataḥ prabhāte vimale tasminkāle sa rākṣasaḥ .
nirgatastu purādvīro bhakṣāhārapracoditaḥ .. 2..

etasminnantare śūraḥ śatrughno yamunāṃ nadīm .
tīrtvā madhupuradvāri dhanuṣpāṇiratiṣṭhata .. 3..

tato.ardhadivase prāpte krūrakarmā sa rākṣasaḥ .
āgacchadbahusahasraṃ prāṇinām udvahanbharam .. 4..

tato dadarśa śatrughnaṃ sthitaṃ dvāri dhṛtāyudham .
tamuvāca tato rakṣaḥ kimanena kariṣyasi .. 5..

īdṛśānāṃ sahasrāṇi sāyudhānāṃ narādhama .
bhakṣitāni mayā roṣātkālamākāṅkṣase nu kim .. 6..

āhāraścāpyasampūrṇo mamāyaṃ puruṣādhama .
svayaṃ praviṣṭo nu mukhaṃ kathamāsādya durmate .. 7..

tasyaivaṃ bhāṣamāṇasya hasataśca muhurmuhuḥ .
śatrughno vīryasampanno roṣādaśrūṇyavartayat .. 8..

tasya roṣābhibhūtasya śatrughnasya mahātmanaḥ .
tejomayā marīcyastu sarvagātrairviniṣpatan .. 9..

uvāca ca susaṅkruddhaḥ śatrughnastaṃ niśācaram .
yoddhumicchāmi durbuddhe dvandvayuddhaṃ tvayā saha .. 10..

putro daśarathasyāhaṃ bhrātā rāmasya dhīmataḥ .
śatrughno nāma śatrughno vadhākāṅkṣī tavāgataḥ .. 11..

tasya me yuddhakāmasya dvandvayuddhaṃ pradīyatām .
śatrustvaṃ sarvajīvānāṃ na me jīvangamiṣyasi .. 12..

tasmiṃstathā bruvāṇe tu rākṣasaḥ prahasanniva .
pratyuvāca naraśreṣṭhaṃ diṣṭyā prāpto.asi durmate .. 13..

mama mātṛṣvasurbhrātā rāvaṇo nāma rākṣasaḥ .
hato rāmeṇa durbuddhe strīhetoḥ puruṣādhama .. 14..

tacca sarvaṃ mayā kṣāntaṃ rāvaṇasyā kulakṣayam .
avajñāṃ purataḥ kṛtvā mayā yūyaṃ viśeṣataḥ .. 15..

na hatāśca hi me sarve paribhūtāstṛṇaṃ yathā .
bhūtaścaiva bhaviṣyāśca yūyaṃ ca puruṣādhamāḥ .. 16..

tasya te yuddhakāmasyā yuddhaṃ dāsyāmi durmate .
īpsitaṃ yādṛśaṃ tubhyaṃ sajjaye yāvadāyudham .. 17..

tamuvācātha śatrughna kva me jīvangamiṣyasi .
durbalo.apyāgataḥ śatrurna moktavyaḥ kṛtātmanā .. 18..

yo hi viklavayā buddhyā prasaraṃ śatrave dadau .
sa hato mandabuddhitvādyathā kāpuruṣastathā .. 19..




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