.. vālmīki rāmāyaṇa - araṇyakāṇḍa ..

sarga - 23

āśramaṃ prati yāte tu khare kharaparākrame .
tānevautpātikānrāmaḥ saha bhrātrā dadarśa ha .. 1..

tānutpātānmahāghorānutthitānromaharṣaṇān .
prajānāmahitāndṛṣṭvā vākyaṃ lakṣmaṇamabravīt .. 2..

imānpaśya mahābāho sarvabhūtāpahāriṇaḥ .
samutthitānmahotpātānsaṃhartuṃ sarvarākṣasān .. 3..

amī rudhiradhārāstu visṛjantaḥ kharasvanān .
vyomni meghā vivartante paruṣā gardabhāruṇāḥ .. 4..

sadhūmāśca śarāḥ sarve mama yuddhābhinandinaḥ .
rukmapṛṣṭhāni cāpāni viveṣṭante ca lakṣmaṇa .. 5..

yādṛśā iha kūjanti pakṣiṇo vanacāriṇaḥ .
agrato no bhayaṃ prāptaṃ saṃśayo jīvitasya ca .. 6..

samprahārastu sumahānbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ .
ayamākhyāti me bāhuḥ sphuramāṇo muhurmuhuḥ .. 7..

saṃnikarṣe tu naḥ śūra jayaṃ śatroḥ parājayam .
suprabhaṃ ca prasannaṃ ca tava vaktraṃ hi lakṣyate .. 8..

udyatānāṃ hi yuddhārthaṃ yeṣāṃ bhavati lakṣmaṇaḥ .
niṣprabhaṃ vadanaṃ teṣāṃ bhavatyāyuḥ parikṣayaḥ .. 9..

anāgatavidhānaṃ tu kartavyaṃ śubhamicchatā .
āpadaṃ śaṅkamānena puruṣeṇa vipaścitā .. 10..

tasmādgṛhītvā vaidehīṃ śarapāṇirdhanurdharaḥ .
guhāmāśrayaśailasya durgāṃ pādapasaṅkulām .. 11..

pratikūlitumicchāmi na hi vākyamidaṃ tvayā .
śāpito mama pādābhyāṃ gamyatāṃ vatsa māciram .. 12..

evamuktastu rāmeṇa lakṣmaṇaḥ saha sītayā .
śarānādāya cāpaṃ ca guhāṃ durgāṃ samāśrayat .. 13..

tasminpraviṣṭe tu guhāṃ lakṣmaṇe saha sītayā .
hanta niryuktamityuktvā rāmaḥ kavacamāviśat .. 14..

sā tenāgninikāśena kavacena vibhūṣitaḥ .
babhūva rāmastimire vidhūmo.agnirivotthitaḥ .. 15..

sa cāpamudyamya mahaccharānādāya vīryavān .
babhūvāvasthitastatra jyāsvanaiḥ pūrayandiśaḥ .. 16..

tato devāḥ sagandharvāḥ siddhāśca saha cāraṇaiḥ .
ūcuḥ paramasantrastā guhyakāś ca parasparam .. 17..

caturdaśa sahasrāṇi rakṣasāṃ bhīmakarmaṇām .
ekaśca rāmo dharmātmā kathaṃ yuddhaṃ bhaviṣyati .. 18..

tato gambhīranirhrādaṃ ghoravarmāyudhadhvajam .
anīkaṃ yātudhānānāṃ samantātpratyadṛśyata .. 19..

siṃhanādaṃ visṛjatāmanyonyamabhigarjatām .
cāpāni vispharayatāṃ jṛmbhatāṃ cāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ .. 20..

vipraghuṣṭasvanānāṃ ca dundubhīṃścāpi nighnatām .
teṣāṃ sutumulaḥ śabdaḥ pūrayāmāsa tadvanam .. 21..

tena śabdena vitrastāḥ śvāpadā vanacāriṇaḥ .
dudruvuryatra niḥśabdaṃ pṛṣṭhato nāvalokayan .. 22..

tattvanīkaṃ mahāvegaṃ rāmaṃ samupasarpata .
ghṛtanānāpraharaṇaṃ gambhīraṃ sāgaropamam .. 23..

rāmo.api cārayaṃścakṣuḥ sarvato raṇapaṇḍitaḥ .
dadarśa kharasainyaṃ tadyuddhābhimukhamudyatam .. 24..

vitatya ca dhanurbhīmaṃ tūṇyāścoddhṛtya sāyakān .
krodhamāhārayattīvraṃ vadhārthaṃ sarvarakṣasām .. 25..

duṣprekṣyaḥ so.abhavatkruddho yugāntāgniriva jvalan .
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tejasāviṣṭaṃ prāvyathanvanadevatāḥ .. 26..

tasya kruddhasya rūpaṃ tu rāmasya dadṛśe tadā .
dakṣasyeva kratuṃ hantumudyatasya pinākinaḥ .. 27..




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