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sarga - 22

tatprayātaṃ balaṃ ghoramaśivaṃ śoṇitodakam .
abhyavarṣanmahāmeghastumulo gardabhāruṇaḥ .. 1..

nipetusturagāstasya rathayuktā mahājavāḥ .
same puṣpacite deśe rājamārge yadṛcchayā .. 2..

śyāmaṃ rudhiraparyantaṃ babhūva pariveṣaṇam .
alātacakrapratimaṃ pratigṛhya divākaram .. 3..

tato dhvajamupāgamya hemadaṇḍaṃ samucchritam .
samākramya mahākāyastasthau gṛdhraḥ sudāruṇaḥ .. 4..

janasthānasamīpe ca samākramya kharasvanāḥ .
visvarānvividhāṃścakrurmāṃsādā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ .. 5..

vyājahruśca padīptāyāṃ diśi vai bhairavasvanam .
aśivā yātu dāhānāṃ śivā ghorā mahāsvanāḥ .. 6..

prabhinnagirisaṅkāśāstoyaśoṣitadhāriṇaḥ .
ākāśaṃ tadanākāśaṃ cakrurbhīmā balāhakāḥ .. 7..

babhūva timiraṃ ghoramuddhataṃ romaharṣaṇam .
diśo vā vidiśo vāpi suvyaktaṃ na cakāśire .. 8..

kṣatajārdrasavarṇābhā sandhyākālaṃ vinā babhau .
kharasyābhimukhaṃ nedustadā ghorā mṛgāḥ khagāḥ .. 9..

nityāśivakarā yuddhe śivā ghoranidarśanāḥ .
nedurbalasyābhimukhaṃ jvālodgāribhirānanaiḥ .. 10..

kabandhaḥ parighābhāso dṛśyate bhāskarāntike .
jagrāha sūryaṃ svarbhānuraparvaṇi mahāgrahaḥ .. 11..

pravāti mārutaḥ śīghraṃ niṣprabho.abhūddivākaraḥ .
utpetuśca vinā rātriṃ tārāḥ khadyotasaprabhāḥ .. 12..

saṃlīnamīnavihagā nalinyaḥ puṣpapaṅkajāḥ .
tasminkṣaṇe babhūvuśca vinā puṣpaphalairdrumāḥ .. 13..

uddhūtaśca vinā vātaṃ reṇurjaladharāruṇaḥ .
vīcīkūcīti vāśyanto babhūvustatra sārikāḥ .. 14..

ulkāścāpi sanirghoṣā nipeturghoradarśanāḥ .
pracacāla mahī cāpi saśailavanakānanā .. 15..

kharasya ca rathasthasya nardamānasya dhīmataḥ .
prākampata bhujaḥ savyaḥ kharaścāsyāvasajjata .. 16..

sāsrā sampadyate dṛṣṭiḥ paśyamānasya sarvataḥ .
lalāṭe ca rujā jātā na ca mohānnyavartata .. 17..

tānsamīkṣya mahotpātānutthitānromaharṣaṇān .
abravīdrākṣasānsarvānprahasansa kharastadā .. 18..

mahotpātānimānsarvānutthitānghoradarśanān .
na cintayāmyahaṃ vīryādbalavāndurbalāniva .. 19..

tārā api śaraistīkṣṇaiḥ pātayeyaṃ nabhastalāt .
mṛtyuṃ maraṇadharmeṇa saṅkruddho yojayāmyaham .. 20..

rāghavaṃ taṃ balotsiktaṃ bhrātaraṃ cāpi lakṣmaṇam .
ahatvā sāyakaistīkṣṇairnopāvartitumutsahe .. 21..

sakāmā bhaginī me.astu pītvā tu rudhiraṃ tayoḥ .
yannimittaṃ tu rāmasya lakṣmaṇasya viparyayaḥ .. 22..

na kva citprāptapūrvo me saṃyugeṣu parājayaḥ .
yuṣmākametatpratyakṣaṃ nānṛtaṃ kathayāmyaham .. 23..

devarājamapi kruddho mattairāvatayāyinam .
vajrahastaṃ raṇe hanyāṃ kiṃ punastau ca mānuṣau .. 24..

sā tasya garjitaṃ śrutvā rākṣasasya mahācamūḥ .
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe mṛtyupāśāvapāśitā .. 25..

sameyuśca mahātmāno yuddhadarśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ .
ṛṣayo devagandharvāḥ siddhāśca saha cāraṇaiḥ .. 26..

sametya coruḥ sahitāste.anyāyaṃ puṇyakarmaṇaḥ .
svasti gobrāhmaṇebhyo.astu lokānāṃ ye ca saṃmatāḥ .. 27..

jayatāṃ rāghavo yuddhe paulastyānrajanīcarān .
cakrā hasto yathā yuddhe sarvānasurapuṅgavān .. 28..

etaccānyacca bahuśo bruvāṇāḥ paramarṣayaḥ .
dadṛśurvāhinīṃ teṣāṃ rākṣasānāṃ gatāyuṣām .. 29..

rathena tu kharo vegātsainyasyāgrādviniḥsṛtaḥ .
taṃ dṛṣṭvā rākṣasaṃ bhūyo rākṣasāśca viniḥsṛtāḥ .. 30..

śyena gāmī pṛthugrīvo yajñaśatrurvihaṅgamaḥ .
durjayaḥ karavīrākṣaḥ paruṣaḥ kālakārmukaḥ .. 31..

meghamālī mahāmālī sarpāsyo rudhirāśanaḥ .
dvādaśaite mahāvīryāḥ pratasthurabhitaḥ kharam .. 32..

mahākapālaḥ sthūlākṣaḥ pramāthī triśirāstathā .
catvāra ete senāgryā dūṣaṇaṃ pṛṣṭhato.anvayuḥ .. 33..

sā bhīmavegā samarābhikāmā
sudāruṇā rākṣasavīra senā .
tau rājaputrau sahasābhyupetā
mālāgrahāṇāmiva candrasūryau .. 34..

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